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Trustees to give Riverside the bird Village board in favor of pilot program for chickens in 2017 By BOB UPHUES Editor
Backyard chickens in Riverside? You’d better believe it. At their next regularly scheduled business meeting on Dec. 1, Riverside trustees are poised to approve an ordinance allowing hens to be kept in the village’s residential backyards, at least as a oneyear pilot program, beginning in 2017. An informal poll of trustees during the latest discussion of the subject on Nov. 17 indicated that trustees were in favor of a pilot program by a 4 to 2 margin. Trustees Joseph Ballerine and Michael Sedivy opposed allowing chickens to be raised in the village. “I don’t think I’d be too excited about having chickens next door to my house,” Sedivy said. Ballerine pointed to an Oct. 6 report by the Center for Disease Control linking backyard chickens to an uptick in salmonella cases during 2016 as one reason why he was against allowing hens in the village. “We’re not a rural community,” said Ballerine. “I don’t like the idea.” But other trustees were amenable to a pilot program after village staff submitted more information from other suburban Chicago communities that allow chickens. Village staff surveyed a dozen communities that allow chickens and heard back from Brookfield, Burr Ridge, Downers Grove, North Riverside, Oak Park and Western Springs. See CHICKENS on page 9
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Brookfield Police Chief James Episcopo at a press conference Nov. 21 at the village hall details the arrests of three men who allegedlly plotted to kill Michael Smith in January.
Three face murder charges in shooting Men apparently conspired to kill victim to prevent court testimony By BOB UPHUES Editor
Three men, including the man suspected of the execution-style shooting of 33-year-old Michael Smith of Brookfield in January, have been charged with first-degree murder, Police Chief James Episcopo announced Monday. The suspected gunman, Jermaine E. Douglas,
25, of the 7100 block of South Whipple Street in Chicago, is being held without bond at Cook County Jail. His alleged accomplices, Comfort K. Robinson, 39, of the 2100 block of South 13th Avenue in Broadview, and DeJuyon M. Johnican, 29, of the 1400 block of South 57th Avenue in Cicero, are being held on $250,000 bond. See MURDER CHARGES on page 11
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Village of Brookfield & Brookfield Chamber of Commerce Merrily Present
Brookfield Holiday Celebration Saturday, December 3 • 2:00 - 7:00PM Tree Lighting Festivities 5:00 – 6:00 pm
Event Highlights Festivities, refreshments, specials and open houses in the Grand Blvd. and Broadway Ave. business districts Entertainment in Village Hall, along with children’s crafts, games and holiday photo booth
Model Train exhibit
Amazing display of painted reindeer by event sponsors and Brookfield residents
Live woodcarving demonstration
Strolling Carolers
Petting Zoo
Free holiday basket raffle
Visits with Santa & Mrs. Claus
Courtesy trolley from 2 - 6:00 pm
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New comptroller wore Judy’s suit during acceptance speech
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Joseph Topinka says gesture wasn’t about politics, but of respect By BOB UPHUES Editor
When Susana Mendoza walked out onto the stage to make her acceptance speech on Nov. 8 after being elected Illinois comptroller, she did so wearing a fire-engine red suit with brass buttons. It wasn’t just any old suit. It had belonged to one of the state’s pioneering female politicians who also happened to be a predecessor in the comptroller’s office – Judy Baar Topinka, who died in office in December 2014. The suit was given to her by Topinka’s son, Joseph, several weeks before the election during a visit by Mendoza to Topinka’s former home on Herrick Road in Riverside. That Joseph Topinka offered the jacket-skirt ensemble to Mendoza, a Democrat – his mother was a Republican – says as much about what he thinks of Mendoza as it does about his feelings about the Illinois GOP these days. “Ms. Mendoza is very much like my mother,” Topinka said in a telephone interview last week. “I think she has the opportunity to bring a new perspective on what state government is all about in an era of fog and darkness.” Mendoza was traveling and was unavailable to comment for this story. For the past two years, Joseph Topinka has been trying to convince various government agencies to find a way to publicly hon-
or the legacy of his mother, who served as a state representative, state senator and state treasurer before making an unsuccessful run for governor in 2006. He first approached the Riverside Township Board, asking them to rename the township hall in honor of his mother. The board declined to do that, but agreed to dedicate the second-floor auditorium in her name and erect a plaque outside the room. Topinka said he’s also been unsuccessful in getting a reading room at the Riverside Public Library named in his mom’s honor. In the meantime, Topinka’s been embroiled in a lawsuit, now waiting to be heard by the Illinois Court of Appeals, regarding money left in his mother’s political campaign committee fund. Topinka sued in January, claiming he was entitled to more than $300,000 remaining in the fund and that a former close political ally improperly received payments from the fund. Topinka said he wanted the money to go toward the Judy Baar Topinka Charitable Foundation, which he created after his mother’s death. However, a Cook County Circuit Court judge dismissed the suit in April. Between his frustrations with the GOP-controlled Riverside Township Board and the lawsuit against two of his mom’s former GOP allies, Joseph Topinka has not been a fan of Illinois Republicans lately.
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HAND ME DOWN: Susana Mendoza, wearing a suit once owned by Judy Baar Topinka, gives the thumbs up on Nov. 8 as she appears to give her acceptance speech after being elected Illinois comptroller. “The Republican Party and the treatment of the Topinka family since my mother’s death have been absent,” Topinka said. “There’s been nothing. The absence of attention of the Republican Party toward my mother’s legacy is astounding to me.” On the other hand, said Topinka, the comptroller-elect has expressed interest in advancing his mom’s legacy. “She has advocated for my mother’s memory with the township and shall continue to do so,” Topinka said. “I’m grateful she’s advocating for my mother’s legacy as much as I am.” So when Mendoza came to visit, Topinka gave her a tour of
his mom’s home and showed her his mother’s wardrobe. She found the red suit ensemble. According to Topinka, he said, “It’s yours. My mom would want you to have it.” Topinka said he gave Mendoza some other items to display in the comptroller’s office after she takes the oath in January. And when she takes the oath, Topinka said, she’ll be doing it with her hand on a Bible given to his mother by her parents in 1960. “[Mendoza] was a supporter before she knew she was running for comptroller,” said Topinka. “It’s not about politics. It’s about friendship, respect and role models.”
D96 board hires architect for master building plan DLA Architects chosen over district’s architect of record
By BOB UPHUES Editor
Less than a year after hiring Legat Architects as its architect of record, the Riverside Elementary School District 96 Board of Education voted unanimously on Nov. 16 to hire DLA Architects Ltd. to complete a long-
range master facilities survey. The document is meant to provide the district with a comprehensive plan with respect to its five school campuses for the next decade. DLA Architects will complete architectural surveys of each school facility, including how existing buildings can deliver a contemporary curriculum; conduct an on-
line survey “for educational delivery evaluation”; conduct student interviews and host three community meetings; integrate lifesafety improvements; and present a final report to the school board in June 2017. The school board approved the firm’s proSee D96 ARCHITECT on page 9
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LIGHT IT UP
Brookfield public works employees put up this year’s Christmas tree at Veterans Memorial Circle on Nov. 17. It’s a 45-foot tall Colorado blue spruce donated by Alonso and Maria King of Brookfield. The village and Chamber of Commerce will kick off the holiday season with the annual holiday celebration on Dec. 3.
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As holidays approach downtown Riverside abuzz Two new restaurants, pop-up shops spring to life By BOB UPHUES Editor
Advent...wait & watch with joyful hope! St. Barbara Men’s Club Corned Beef Dinner Friday, December 2nd in the Parish Center
Doors open at 6pm. • Dinner is served at 7pm. Tickets are $35 per person. Our Guest Speaker is John Kass, reporter from the Chicago Tribune. For tickets call, Tom Morrill 708/387-7238, John Debnar 708/579-3674 or Andy Mikulski 708/269-6086.
With the 2017 holiday season on our doorstep, things have begun to hum a little louder in Riverside’s central business district. Last week, La Barra Ristorante opened its doors to patrons at 2 E. Burlington St. in the corner commercial space of the Village Center development. The Italian restaurant features a selection of small plates and salads to share as well as pasta dishes, full entrees and burgers. Of course, pizza is a signature dish of the restaurant, including both thin and pan pizza. In addition to dining in (seats have been hard to come by during the first week, so it may be best to make a reservation), the restaurant also delivers and accepts take-out orders. It’s open for dinner Monday through Friday and for lunch and dinner on Saturday and Sunday.
Pop-up shops sprout downtown While you’re waiting for a table at La Barra, from Nov. 25 through Dec. 3 a trio of Riverside businesses will be operating a pop-up shop from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends (with evening appointments) at 16 E. Burlington St., next to Shamrock Florist. The businesses that are teaming up
include Bridget Hoch and her Etcetera Fall and Winter Trunk Show of women’s clothes, Robin Mooney of Arcade Jewelers with a selection of vintage and contemporary jewelry and Karen Mitchell of Deck Those Dolls, which features hand-crafted holiday items. The pop-up shop will host an open house reception on Saturday, Nov. 26 and will participate in the Riverside Chamber of Commerce’s Holiday Stroll on Dec. 2. Meanwhile, across the tracks over at the Riverside train station, 90 Bloomingbank Road, Kate Coffey opened her Chocolate Twist pop-up shop on Nov. 21. The shop, which features an assortment of sweet treats, is located in the east wing of the station and is open weekday mornings from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. through the holiday season. Chocolate Twist will also be open during the Holiday Stroll.
Sawmilly eyes Dec. 5 open Finally, Scott Zimmer, the owner of The Chew Chew in downtown Riverside has announced that he intends to open his longawaited new venture, Sawmilly, on Dec. 5 at 35 E. Burlington St, next to his restaurant. As of Nov. 21, no menu was available online but, according to its Facebook page, Sawmilly will specialize in serving “premium quality hand-carved sandwiches.”
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Child care center headed to former Helping Hand space Alphabet Learning Center hopes to open second location on Grand Blvd. next spring
By BOB UPHUES Editor
The former helping Helping Hand Thrift Store at 3726 Grand Blvd. in downtown Brookfield, vacant since it was gutted by fire in April 2013, will have new life as a child care center next spring. Alphabet Learning Center, which already operates a location for children 6 weeks to 6 years on Broadway Avenue near Eight Corners, will open a second location on Grand Boulevard once a buildout of the space is complete, said Heather Mayes, director of the center. “There’s a big need in Brookfield,” said Mayes, who has been the director at Alphabet since March 2012. “We were turning down 10 to 15 people a week.” Regina Spevak, the owner of the business, opened Alphabet Learning Center in October 2011. The Broadway Avenue location cares for about 85 children (about 75 at any one time), and the new Grand
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BRANCHING OUT: Heather Mayes and Regina Spevak will expand Alphabet Learning Center by opening a second location on Grand Blvd. next spring. Boulevard space ought to be able to accommodate between 63 and 67 children, Mayes said. “Brookfield is such a wonderful community for families starting
out,” Mayes said. “We had a big boom last year. Seventeen of our families got pregnant.” Alphabet Learning Center had been looking at locations in Brook-
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field, LaGrange and LaGrange Park. Mayes said it was important that the new location be close to the Metra line. The company had been working with a Western Springs-based real estate firm called KrohVan Real Estate Services to find a location. On Sept. 30, KrohVan purchased the property for $165,000 from the prior owners, John Scaletta and Michael Maksimovich. Mayes said Alphabet Learning Center has entered into a long-term lease on the space. Scaletta said that he retains ownership of the building at 3730 Grand Blvd., a two-story structure that’s immediately south of the one-story brick building that will house Alphabet Learning Center. According to Scaletta, the twostory building, which was once part of the Helping Hand operation, is being renovated to include a first-floor storefront with an apartment above. Chris Krohe, the owner of KrohVan, said his architect will soon
submit building permit applications for the buildout, which will include bathrooms for both adults and children, a kitchenette and five rooms to house the various age groups served by the center. “They hope to be open spring 2017,” Krohe said. Renovating the space, however, should brighten up the west side of Grand Boulevard, which has suffered from having a vacant, boarded-up building for more than three years. “It really takes away a negative and turns it into a positive,” said Nicholas Greifer, community and economic development director for the village of Brookfield. “It’s a huge aesthetic win for the whole block. Greifer said that while a child care center in the midst of a retail block is “unconventional,” it will drive foot traffic to the business district. “From a pedestrian standpoint, it’ll be complementary to the other businesses there,” Greifer said.
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Taps pouring at Brookfield Ale House New restaurant opens after 10-month renovation project By BOB UPHUES Editor
When the Brookfield Ale House quietly opened its doors Nov. 16, owner Steve Landrey admitted being a bit nervous. He had just finished a 10-month renovation of the space at 8900 Fairview Ave. in downtown Brookfield that went far beyond what he’d imagined going in. Seeing the possibilities of the space, Landrey jumped at a chance that others who looked at the space knew would be risky and walked away. When he first pitched the plan to the village back in late January, he felt he’d be open by April. He quickly learned that wasn’t going to happen, but it also let him create a completely new concept. While nominally an, “ale house” the business is first and foremost a restaurant that can seat about 115 with a menu that covers everything from appetizers and burgers to steaks, chicken, pasta and seafood. In addition to more than 100 beers available (including 20 on tap) the bar also features a selection of craft spirits and a selection of about 20 wines, several by the glass. “If I knew the time it would take and the work it would take and the money it would take, I would never have done this,” Landrey said. “But it’s a blessing in disguise, because I’m really glad we did it.” Right now Brookfield Ale House isn’t serving the full menu; that will come in a couple of weeks, Landrey said. And, for now, the business is open from 4 to 11 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday; 4 p.m. to midnight on Thursday and Friday; 11 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. on Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday. “We’re still working out the menu,” Landrey said. “It’s limited right now.” Among the renovation work Landrey and his partner, ZeZe Aiyash, did was to install a
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Young Life group celebrates 10th year You may not read about this group for their accomplishments on the front pages or the sports pages, but the young people and the adults who part of the organization called Young Life are all winners and deserving of attention. Young Life is an organization that gives young people a place gather while focusing on the premise that you are never alone because Christ is always at your side. Locally Young Life members mainly come from RiversideBrookfield High School, but the group includes students from other schools as well. They meet at the Hollywood Community House where they can be themselves and share different aspects of their lives. The popularity of the group has resulted in an expansion of the program last year when WyldLife, for junior high-age students, was formed. There are no dues, or qualifications to belonging just the desire to be there. On Nov. 18, Young Life held their 10th year celebration benefit with over 200 people gathering at the Riverside Golf Club. Because Young Life exists on donations, the generosity of many has made it possible for the organization to continue and grow. Heading up the local group is Jonathan Gorney, who served as emcee for the program and is a staff member at RiversideBrookfield High School. Speakers included Dan Bonarigo, an RBHS teacher; student Samantha Bloom, who spoke of living out the legacy; Chesleigh Rogers, director of the WyldLife group; and Mike Ashburn, special assistant to the president of Young Life. The highlight of the evening, along with a slide show featuring past and present members giving testimony, was when the doors opened and in came more than 50 young people obviously happy being members of Young Life. I have seen their participation helping in various ways, seeing young people given the opportunity to attend camps or going places to help others. A family member went to Nicaragua and was able to assist at an orphanage. She came back feeling she received more than she had given. To learn more about Young Life or help support it go to www.rbyl.org and be part of the continuing legacy in the RiversideBrookfield community area. Be part of a winning team.
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full commercial kitchen – the kitchen of the business it replaced, Salt Creek Wine Bar, was equipped simply with an electric oven – and an enormous, custom-built walk in cooler in the basement of the building that holds beer kegs for the tap beer. Those are parts of the building that customers won’t see, but Landrey spent plenty of time creating an inviting space for the bar and restaurant areas, with walls that feature a lot of exposed brick as well as distressed, reclaimed wood. Parallel to the bar is a long, irregularly shaped plank of Osage orange wood that Landrey calls a “signature piece” for high-top seating that essentially marks the end of the bar area and the beginning of the restaurant. And if you didn’t know what town the business was in, you couldn’t miss the image that covers the entire north wall. It’s a 1920s-era photo of the Brookfield Fire Department that was one of about 20 found in the basement of the wine bar shortly after Landrey signed the lease. Framed reproductions of other historic Brookfield photos can be seen elsewhere in the bar area. Landrey expanded the restaurant area by demolishing a wall near the north end of the space. That area, which once served as a private seating area for the old wine bar, now doubles as a performance space. The ale house will feature pianist Stan Karcz on Wednesdays and Fridays, and Landrey said he hopes to expand the live music offerings in the future, including bringing back the open mike night that was popular at Salt Creek Wine Bar. “I wanted to continue the intimacy of Salt Creek Wine Bar,” said Landrey. “The challenge was how to cater to all groups without chasing anyone away.”
Fitness studio opens in downtown Brookfield In addition to the opening of the Brookfield Ale House and the impending renovation of the former Helping Hand thrift store, another businesses has recently opened in the Grand/ Prairie business district. Strive 4 Fitness, a personal and group fitness training studio, opened Nov. 1 at 3749½ Grand Blvd. The business is owned by Shawn Groll, who says he’s been working as a fitness trainer for the past decade and wanted to finally open his own gym. “Brookfield is right in the middle of all the locations where I was before,” Groll said. “I’m a natural-born entrepreneur and wanted my own concept, my own studio.” Strive 4 Fitness offers about 30 different classes in categories including boot camp, spin, TRX and kettles. The studio also offers personal and small group training, which Groll schedules in between class times. Groll has a business management degree and received personal training certification from the National Academy of Sports Medicine. He says he’s also a fitness nutrition specialist. The studio is open for classes seven days a week. The studio’s Facebook page can be found at @strive4fitnessbrookfield. — Bob Uphues
Sign up for Holiday Remembrance Event
The holidays can be a difficult time of year for someone who has experienced the death of a close family member or friend. Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St. in Brookfield, will host a Holiday Remembrance Event intended to help those coping with grief they may face during the season. The Rev. Denis Condon will provide opening and closing prayers and Meg Eifrig LCPC will be the keynote speaker. The Rev. Dan Willis will also present words of healing and comfort. The event is on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 2 p.m., but seats are limited. To reserve a place email info@hitzemanfuneral.com or call 708-485-2000 by Dec. 2.
BIG WEEK November 23-30 The Youth Services Department at the North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., invites all aspiring bakers to its annual Cupcake Wars! On Saturday, Nov. 26 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Can you create an epic fall-themed cupcake? Come and find out. Call 708-447-0869 for more information.
vases and decorative pieces, such as their roundelays, Higgins Glass will also be offering holiday ornaments and jewelry crafted for the event. There will also be a special giveaway of a free piece of Higgins Glass to the winner of a holiday raffle. For more information call 708-447-2787.
Higgins Glass Studio, 33 E. Quincy St. in Riverside, will hold its 68th Annual Holiday Open House on Saturday, Nov. 26 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 27 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. In addition to traditional pieces such as bowls, plates, dishes, frames
LTHS hosts Future Freshman Night of Brookfield. Academic division chairs, counselors and school administrators will be on hand to answer questions, and Superintendent Tim Kilrea and Principal Brian Waterman will provide an overview of the expectations LTHS has for incoming students. You’ll also have the opportunity to tour the campus. Call 708-579-6300 for more information.
Lyons Township High School’s South Campus, 4900 S. Willow Springs Road in Western Springs, will roll out the red carpet for eighth-grade students and their parents on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. during Future Freshman Night. Families will be provided with information about the academic programs and student activities available at LTHS, which serves several communities including the south half
And more Try your luck at Family Bingo and Loteria Familia hosted by North Riverside Public Library Youth Services, 2400 Desplaines Ave., on Saturday, Nov. 26 at 2 p.m. For North Riverside residents ages 3 and older; children under 7 must be accompanied by a parent. Choose Bingo (number cards) or Loteria (picture cards) and win prizes. 708-447-0869. ■
Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home, 2447 Desplaines Ave. in North Riverside, is participating in the 8th Annual Christmas Stockings for Soldiers and Veterans initiative. From now through Dec. 20, stop in at the funeral home and pick up a stocking to take home, decorate and stuff with Christmas cheer from a list of recommended items. Kuratko-Nosek will ship the stockings to troops overseas
and deliver them to veterans’hospitals. Pick up stockings or drop off filled ones Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. 708-485-2500. The village of North Riverside provides $6 haircuts for seniors at the Village Commons, 2401 Desplaines Ave. Open to residents and non-residents. Call the Recreation Department for details and appointments at 708■
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Chris Stach Memorial Book Sale
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442-5515. Upcoming dates are Nov. 28 and Dec. 12. The Lyons Lions Club will host a Black Sunday Christmas Shopping Showcase on Sunday, Nov. 27 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Lyons Community Center, 4200 Lawndale Ave. Twenty vendors will be on hand selling holiday gift items. The event also features a bake sale. ■
The Brookfield Friends of the Library will host the Chris Stach memorial Book Sale on Saturday, Nov. 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sunday, Nov. 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the lower level of the Brookfield Public Library, 3609 Grand Blvd. Explore treasures from the personal collection of the late Chris Stach, Brookfield’s greatest historian and former frequent contributor to the Riverside-Brookfield Landmark newspaper. Sale items include Girl Scout journals and books, a collection of books by and about Lewis Carroll and numerous publications from the mid-1800s to the present, covering a wide range of topics. Sales items will be individually prices in Saturday, with a bag sale on Sunday. For more info call 708-485-6917 or email to brookfieldlibraryfriends@gmail.com.
Is it time for your close-up?
The Riverside Children’s Theater Guild is looking for children 8 years old and up to play fairy tale characters in their upcoming musical Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Auditions will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road in Riverside. Rehearsals will begin the week of Dec. 18 with performances Feb. 9-12. For more info email to dr.jeanne.sheehan@gmail. com.
CALENDAR EVENTS ■ As you’ve likely noticed, our Calendar has changed to Big Week. Fewer items, higher profile. If you would like your event to be featured here, please send a photo and details by noon of the Wednesday before it needs to be published. We can’t publish everything, but we’ll do our best to feature the week’s highlights. Email calendar@wjinc.com.
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Mold-A-Rama, the Brookfield-based company known nationwide for its brightly colored molded plastic souvenirs, has always been old school. If you wanted one of their blue dolphins or red panthers, you’d have to go to Brookfield Zoo or one of the other tourist attractions the company serves, plop your two bucks in the machine and experience the magic. But on Nov. 11, Mold-A-Rama entered the digital age when it opened up an online store via a link on the company’s website, www. mold-a-rama.com. Mold-A-Rama owner Paul Jones announced the arrival of the online store on Facebook the day before it went live, saying the inventory comprised molds that were no longer in production. The initial stock included about 150 pieces, Jones told the Landmark in a phone interview. The store nearly sold out within hours of going live. “We sold 70 percent of our inventory in the first three hours,” Jones said. As of Nov. 16, there were about 25 items left in the store, including blue trains from the Henry Ford Museum and Binder Park Zoo, a few red rhinos that were part of a limited edition run for the company’s 50th anniversary at Brookfield Zoo and a couple of other molds. Jones said that he’s not sure exactly what molds will appear in the store at a given time. The company has all kinds of molds that haven’t been in production for years – the Astrodome, pirates from a Field Museum exhibit six years ago, busts of every president up to John F. Kennedy, Disney charac-
ters, a Cupie doll. “They might show up,” Jones said. “You never know.” The online store even sold out of a mold that wasn’t very popular when it was unveiled in the 1970s -- the Brookfield Zoo wombat. Jones had a few test molds leftover from a special request to make some available for National Wombat Day (yes, there is such a thing, at least in Australia) in October. “It sold out in a half hour,” Jones said. But any of those might appear in the store, because the company runs test molds every time a machine is repaired in the shop or when machines are installed at zoos and museums to make sure they’re working right. Jones said that there was some thought about keeping a couple of the machines out of general circulation in order to use them as molds to keep the store stocked, but he ultimately decided against it. “If I have working machines, I’d rather put them out in the field for people to use,” he said. The only trouble with the online store, at least right now, is making sure the inventory stays stocked. Mold-A-Rama is a small, family-run operation. Paul’s wife, Sue, set up the online store after working on it for about six months. “It’s a lot of work,” said Paul. “You have to take photos of every mold you’re selling, and once you sell them, you have to ship them and do collections.” At $5 a pop plus about $4 for shipping, the molds selling online are a bit more expensive than the ones you can buy at the zoo. But that hasn’t deterred collectors. “It took off,” Jones said. And in the future, the store may carry other Mold-A-Rama merchandise, like T-shirts and other items. Similar items were sold at Brookfield Zoo at the special Mold-A-Rama tent this summer during the company’s 50th anniversary celebration there. “We had seen the success at Brookfield Zoo and thought, ‘This is something we can do,’” Jones said.
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posal for a cost not to exceed $69,600, not including additional services, which will be billed on a time and materials basis. DLA Architects was chosen from a field of three firms, including Legat, which submitted proposals to the school board. The District 96 board hired Legat as the district’s architect of record in December 2015, but some board members expressed disappointment in the firm’s performance on a life-safety study of all of the schools, which was commissioned earlier this year. There was also some discontent with the firm’s handling of three construction projects this summer – repaving the Central/ Hauser parking lot, installing an elevator at Hauser Junior High and replacing the Blyth Park School windows. According to school board President Jeff Miller, not all board members shared that perspective, however. He also said the summer projects were completed on time and on budget. Board member Randy Brockway, in particular, expressed displeasure with Legat and suggested that the district avoid using the firm all together in the future. “I would add that we should use DLA for future work and cut ties with Legat at this point,” Brockway said during the school board’s regular business meeting on Nov. 16. While not all board members felt so strongly about Legat’s performance, they agreed that DLA and not Legat would oversee improvements that Legat had identified in its recently completed life-safety report as projects for summer 2017. Miller in a phone interview with the Landmark after the board’s decision to choose DLA Architects said that he saw no reason why District 96 shouldn’t have two architects of record, while suggesting that DLA might be preferred for some future work. Miller pointed to the school board using two different law firms as an example of playing to the strengths of different firms for different projects. “Legat is a big firm and I don’t want to judge them too hard on not being 100-percent happy,” Miller said. “I wouldn’t want to make any broad statements about Legat.”
The information they received back suggested that the practice of raising chickens either was not widely practiced and/or that few, if any, complaints about noise, cleanliness and predation could be substantiated. Rob Dixon, a Riverside resident who has raised chickens in the past, argued for allowing the program and said concerns about noise and attracting predators such as coyotes are “overblown.”
Dixon said allowing chickens to be raised in Riverside was “in keeping with the promise of Riverside, which is green space, the connection to the environment, and using your property in a way that is satisfying.” According to a draft version of the ordinance discussed by trustees on Nov. 17, the village’s pilot program would be limited to a maximum of 15 properties during the one-year trial and that if more than 15 residents express interest, the licenses would be awarded by a lottery. The initial license would cost $100 and would have to be renewed annually, likely at a lower cost, and limits each property to between two and four hens (no roosters
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Man found dead on Grand Blvd. Brookfield police responded to the 3500 block of Grand Boulevard on the night of Nov. 19 after a 42-year-old Brookfield man was found lying unresponsive at the foot of the front stairs to a residence. About 8 p.m., police located William Lukas, a Brookfield resident who did not live at the residence. Paramedics transported Lukas to Loyola University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 8:31 p.m. Police closed Grand Boulevard during their investigation, which including canvassing the area, and Cook County Sheriff ’s evidence technicians were also called to the scene. The Cook County Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy to determine the cause of the man’s death, but stated that the cause and manner of death won’t be determined until the office receives results of additional tests. But police don’t believe that Lukas was a victim of foul play. “At this time we do not have any indication foul play is involved,” said Police Chief James Episcopo. These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Nov. 14-20, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.
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‘Good man, model citizen’ from page 1 The three men appeared at the Maybrook courthouse for a preliminary hearing on Monday. “These are evil men who will now answer to our justice system for their actions,” Episcopo said at a press conference Monday afternoon at Brookfield Village Hall. According to police, the three men conspired to kill Smith, who was a witness in a criminal case involving Robinson, apparently to prevent him from testifying. Smith was killed just after noon on Jan. 27 as he sat in his car outside his residence in the 3600 block of Forest Avenue. Earlier that morning, Robinson’s criminal case was set for a bench trial, and Smith was schedule to testify. However, Robinson’s attorney asked for a continuance, which was granted, and Smith did not testify. The criminal case was related to a March 8, 2015, incident for which Robinson was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and being an armed habitual criminal. The disturbance was at a night club called The Shrine, 2109 S. Wabash Ave. in Chicago, where Smith was working as a contract security guard and intervened. Robinson was found to be in possession of a handgun and arrested. Both Robinson and Smith left the courthouse on the morning of Jan. 28. As Smith drove home, he was followed, according to police. As Smith parked his car in front of his Brookfield home, Douglas allegedly pulled up alongside Smith in a blue hatchback vehicle and fired several rounds at point-blank range, killing him. Police said Smith’s wife and 3-year-old son were inside the residence waiting to have lunch with Smith when they heard the gunshots. Smith’s wife ran outside to find Michael had been shot and called 911. Police reported finding the subpoena for the Robinson court case in Smith’s pocket. “Michael Smith was a good man, a model citizen and hardworking family man who was killed in the prime of his life,” Episcopo said. “My heart goes out to his family and friends for their tremendous loss.” Brookfield police reported finding the blue hatchback vehicle in Chicago a day af-
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he shooting death of Brookfield resident Michael Smith stung for all kinds of reasons. He was by all accounts a devoted family man and gentle soul who was just doing his job when he intervened in a disturbance at a night club where he was working as a security guard. He was doing his civic and professional duty by testifying against the defendant, a man with a violent criminal past. That Smith was killed to prevent him from testifying in court is insidious. That he was killed in front of his house, in broad daylight, with witnesses in the vicinity, was incredibly brazen and a shock to Brookfield residents. But Brookfield police, with the help of other agencies from Cook and DuPage counties, as well as Chicago and the FBI, were able to carefully build their case against suspects they identified early on after finding a court subpoena on Smith’s person and locating the vehicle involved in the shooting just a day later. Ten months is a long time, but police needed to make sure that the evidence they were able to collect was enough to convince both the state’s attorney to seek prosecution and a judge to issue warrants for arrest. Within a day of getting those warrants, the suspects were in custody and will now stand trial for Smith’s death. Of course, the suspects are presumed innocent, but we’re confident that police and prosecutors have built a solid case based on months of investigation. And Brookfield residents can be proud of a police department that’s able to solve such a violent, abhorrent crime.
A beverage tax was passed by the Cook County Board on Nov. 10 as a key element to fund the Cook County 2017 budget. This new tax would add one penny for every one ounce of a beverage drink which means an additional $2.88 for a 24-pack of beverage drinks. I appreciate the fact that many Cook County constituents have paid close attention to Cook County’s 2017 budget process and specifically this tax proposal as hundreds contacted my office to express their opposition to this tax. Contrary to most public headlines that call it just a “soda tax,” that couldn’t be further from the truth. This massive and expansive tax includes a list of nearly 1,000 individual beverages including fruit juices, teas, coffees, energy and sports drinks, enhanced waters, sodas and diet sodas. This beverage tax goes too far by hitting our residents too hard in their pocketbooks, especially Chicago residents, and hurts our local businesses. I firmly opposed this heavy-handed tax for multiple
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Charley Krebs, 59, died on Nov. 10, 2016 at his Riverside home after a battle with cancer. Mr. Krebs was a music lover, a passionate White Sox fan, and an award-winning cartoonist. A Cicero native, he was part of the first class to attend Morton College, received a merit scholarship, and served as editor of The Collegian, the school newsCHARLEY KREBS paper. After college, he landed a job as a paste-up artist, and then parlayed that into a job as a cartoonist for Life Newspapers, where he did five cartoons a week for 30 years. Mr. Krebs received 17 state and national cartooning awards, including two state and two national first-prize designations. He was also featured in Chicago Jazz Magazine, New City, Copley Newspapers and Patch.com, among other publications. Always cartooning on the side, Mr. Krebs spent 14 years as an art director at two international educational travel tour companies and was a staff illustrator for a major marketing/business company. “I never realized how many different and creative applications there are for the art form of cartooning, and I’m grateful for the chance to find out,” he said. “I basically won the job lotto with a dream gig collaborating with brilliant people from all over the world.”
We don’t usually get exercised over bad calls by umps, refs and other sports officiators. Mistakes happen. Sometimes in key games. But Friday night, Fenwick’s stellar football team — and the generations of Friar football fans long dead — got robbed, hosed, jobbed, knee-capped in what should have been the very final seconds of a game that would have sent Fenwick to the state finals for the first time ever. Instead a fully incorrect call — not a subjective interpretation of a play but a straight-out blown rules call — gave the competition a bonus play, which it used to kick a field goal and drive the game into an overtime loss for the Friars. And it is not just Fenwick coaches, team parents and our irate editor (admittedly a Fenwick alumnus) who see this as a monumental and enormously painful gaffe by officials. Late Friday night, the executive director of the IHSA issued a statement acknowledging the outright error, admitted the game should have ended in regulation with a Fenwick victory and offered an apology to the team. What he could not do, under IHSA rules, is to overrule the call on the field. And that is just wrong. And now it’s the subject of a lawsuit in circuit court, putting a judge in an unenviable, no-win situation. Where the spotlight ought to be is on the IHSA, which is hiding behind its ridiculous bylaws, which absolve them of any responsibility to right a wrong. Get it together, IHSA.
reasons. First, the tax purposely singles out a specific private sector industry and is too expansive and creates a revenue stream that goes far beyond the means it is intended to serve. Second, there is still too much redundant and unnecessary spending and political clout jobs that could be cut from the 2017 budget before looking at additional taxes to fix budget shortfalls. Third, this tax will cause further damage to private sector jobs in exchange for protecting government patronage jobs. Fourth, it further places Cook County businesses at a competitive disadvantage against our neighboring counties and the state of Indiana when just a short commute to shop across the border means lost customers and lost revenue for Cook County. Once again, Cook County government is committing itself to another horrible tax policy which will add more long term damage to our local economy.
Sean M. Morrison, Cook County commissioner
17th District
OBITUARIES
Charley Krebs, 59 Award-winning cartoonist
His work has been widely exhibited, including a career retrospective in 2016 at the Riverside Arts Center and presentations at the Geneva Historic Society, the Aurora Public Arts Commission, and many other galleries, theatres, coffeehouses, libraries, festivals and music venues. Mr. Krebs defined cool, and he lived in one of the coolest places in Riverside, a walk-up loft apartment above Higgins Glass on East Quincy Street. The place had a greenhouse and rooftop view of the community where Mr. Krebs could work and entertain his many friends. He said that, “Cartooning does keep you young. You need to keep up on things. Your reference points have to be recognizable for readers of all ages. You have to maintain that sense of sarcasm and skepticism that a younger person has to keep the work and subject fresh. You want to keep that kind of edge.” Mr. Krebs is survived by his mother, Geraldine A. (Elwarth) Krebs; his siblings, Jacqueline A. Krebs and Christopher J. (Stephanie Colbert) Krebs; and his nephew, Christopher P. Krebs. He was preceded in death by his father, Charles B. Krebs. A memorial celebration of life service is being planned.
John Kurland, 69 Lived in Riverside for 61 years John Joseph Kurland, 69, of Riverside, died on November 18, 2016. Born on December 16, 1946, he graduated from St. Mary School and Lyons Township High School’s special education program. His last eight years
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OBITUARIES were spent at Burgess Square Health Care Center in Westmont. Mr. Kurland worked as a messenger for Cushing and Co. in Chicago and retired after 42 years of dedicated service. His knowledge of the names of the streets and of the bus and train routes was amazing. He was an avid Chicago Cubs fan and enjoyed the music of Lawrence Welk. He was also an accomplished clarinet and saxophone player. He will be especially missed by his “circle of caring cousins,” Geri and Al Hinton, Joe and Jan Kurland, Tom and Elaine Kurland, Charlie and Kathy Kurland and Nancy JOHN KURLAND Czerwiec, numerous other cousins, the dedicated staff at Burgess Square and his former classmates from the class of 1961 from St. Mary’s School. A funeral Mass was celebrated Nov. 21 at St. Mary Church, followed by interment at Resurrection Cemetery in Justice. Memorial donations are appreciated to St. Mary School, 97 Herrick Road, Riverside, 60546 or to Angels for Hospice Charities, 325
W. Huron St., Suite 200, Chicago, 60654. Adolf Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Berwyn, handled arrangements.
Veronica Pierson, 73 Lyons resident Veronica K. Pierson (nee Kassal), 73, of Lyons, has died. She is survived by her husband, Lawrence Pierson; her children, Larry Pierson, Sue (Larry) Garza, Debbie (Art) Loza, Cheryl Teska, George Pierson, Michael (June) Pierson, Jack (Julie) Pierson, Elizabeth Pierson and Robert (Kelly) Pierson; her grandchildren, Antoinette Pozzie, Donyel (Jamie) Garza, Jennifer (Jason) Triplett, Nicole Pozzie, Anthony (Jennifer) Pierson, Anthony Garza, David (Jennifer) Pierson, Frank (Arielle) Pierson, Sean Pierson, Steven (Susan) Teska, Edward Pozzie, Katie Pierson, Christopher (Lindsey)Pierson, Lauren Teska, Andrew Pierson, Mya Pierson, Mackenzie Pierson and Seth Pierson; her great-grandchildren, Janessa, Dominique, Santino, Brianna, Hailey, Alyssa, Jacob, Adam, Marissa, Kiera, Shawn, Kate, Cassidy, Dominic, Parker and Jack; her siblings, Karl (the late Evelyn) Kassal, Louise (the late Jerry) Young, Barbara (Rich) Orozen
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and Anthony Kassal; and many nieces and nephews. Services have been held. Inurnment was at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside. Hitzeman Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements.
Joan Wilborn, 97 Retired salon owner Joan L. Wilborn (nee King), 97, a former longtime Brookfield resident, died on Nov. 20, 2016 at the Alden Estates of Naperville. She was a 1937 graduate of Lyons Township High School and a hairstylist who had
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P R O P E R T Y
Blackhawk Road home sells for $750,000
T R A N S F E R S
The following property transfers were reported by the Cook County Recorder of Deeds from Sept. 16 to Oct. 14, 2016. Where addresses appear incomplete, for instance where a unit number appears missing, that information was not provided by the recorder of deeds.
Brookfield ADDRESS
PRICE
SALE DATE
9119 Sherman Ave. 4644 Custer Ave. 8545 Rockefeller Ave. 4320 Arthur Ave. 4127 Blanchan Ave. 4605 Grove Ave. 9015 Southview Ave. 3530 Grand Blvd. 3814 Madison Ave. 3550 McCormick Ave. 4540 Prairie Ave. 4540 Prairie Ave. 9242 Broadway Ave. 4140 Forest Ave. 3914 Oak Ave. 3640 Prairie Ave. 4224 Maple Ave. 3412 Oak Ave. 4429 Sunnyside Ave. 3726 Forest Ave. 4171 Blanchan Ave. 4200 Prairie Ave. 9524 Jackson Ave. 9312 Jefferson Ave. 3711 Madison Ave. 3712 Maple Ave. 9143 Sheridan Ave. 4239 Grove Ave. 3726 Grand Blvd. 3220 Maple Ave. 3111 Park Ave. 4156 DuBois Blvd. 4156 DuBois Blvd. 9509 Burlington Ave. 8906 Ogden Ave. 4509 Forest Ave. 4508 Grove Ave. 4115 Deyo Ave. 9035 Monroe Ave. 3729 Morton Ave. 3326 Elm Ave.
Unknown $300,000 $349,000 $244,000 $209,000 $456,000 $280,000 $205,000 $216,000 Unknown $220,000 $38,000 $90,000 $290,000 $129,500 $458,500 $230,000 $255,000 $229,000 289,000 Unknown $240,000 Unknown $181,000 $245,000 $227,500 $275,000 $165,000 $165,000 $141,000 $209,000 Unknown $200,000 $420,000 Unknown $440,000 $475,000 $235,000 $156,000 Unknown $202,000
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2331 11th Ave. 7610 26th St. 9031 24th St.
Unknown $150,000 $216,00
SELLER Judicial Sales Corp Meyers, Marilyn Hackel, Joseph F Larson, Jonathon J Makaveskis, David J TR Eastern Savings Bk Petrovic, Marko Kingzette, Mary A Santos, Janet L Intercounty Judicial Sales Corp Luck, Siegfried Begin Again LLC Chicago Title Land Trust Co TR 290 Erickson, Bradley Jacak, Maria Heraty, Nancy Cortez, Samantha Wiginton, Larry A Peacock, Ellen Norris, Jennifer Intercounty Judicial Sales Corp Sander, Mary Fannie Mae Niemiec, Kenneth L Standard B&T Co TR 19975 O’Connell, Daniel T Scaletta, John G Ogle, Carmella H Grand Boulevard Partners LLC Housemart Biz Inc Caswell, Kevin R Judicial Sales Corp TCF Natl Bk Butler Enterprises Ltd PS Judicial Sales Corp Bonk, Frank J Trust Chicago Title Land Trust Co TR 272 Dorta, Cynthia Susan Sellig, Peggy TR Judicial Sales Corp Kohout, Tamara
North Riverside
9/14/2016 8/08/2016 9/19/2016
Judicial Sales Corp Weinberg, Benjamin C Biskowski, Lawrence J Ind Exe Est
BUYER Federal Natl Mtg Assn Martinic, Niki Kelly, William B Herrera, Jorge M Rodriguez, Hector Z Tawfik, Tawfik M Kaz, Andrew S Giron, Oscar Schultz, Alison Champion Mtg Co Begin Again LLC Iusco, Romeo Rodriguez, Alejandro Morales, Julio C Torres, Cesar Regino Froemel, Christopher J Kubiak, Lizette Dehoyos, Arnoldo Jr Pantoja, Michelle Navarro, Noel Wells Fargo Bk Nakamura, Ayano Hlavaty, James Evernden, Deni R Resek, Andrew Costello, Jennifer Pytel, Kevin Gordon, Josclyn Krohvan LLC Series 001 Ion Home Sol Inc Schoonover, Samantha TCF Natl Bk Amedge Grp Inc De La Cruz, Richard Kaltinger, Edlmira TR Tawfik, Tawfik M Tawfik, Tawfik M Monarrez, Gualberto Daly, Sheila M Federal Natl Mtg Assn Carlisle, Linda
Ventures Trust 2013-IHR Lopez, Sergio Andersen, James
263 Blackhawk Rd., Riverside ADDRESS
PRICE
SALE DATE
2523 2nd Ave. 2523 2nd Ave. 8107 26th St. 8642 26th St. 2236 Park Ave. 2432 1st Ave. 2442 3rd Ave. 2522 6th Ave. 2200 Westover Ave. 8941 24th St. 2453 5th Ave.
Unknown $160,000 $377,500 $227,000 $198,000 $250,000 $85,000 Unknown $162,000 $204,500 $212,500
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200 Gage Rd. 7904 39th St. 7904 39th St. 2720 Harlem Ave. 192 E. Quincy St. 576 E. Parkway Rd. 30 Woodside Rd. 3803 Stanley Ave. 162 Maplewood Rd. 263 Blackhawk Rd.
$575,000 $102,000 $102,000 $500,000 $230,000 $400,500 $265,000 Unknown $405,000 $750,000
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197 Longcommon Rd. 227 Addison Rd. 250 N. Delaplaine Rd. 3804 Stanley Ave. 750 Arlington Rd. 400 Uvedale Rd.
$438,500 $580,000 $731,000 Unknown $605,000 $490,000
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SELLER BOMF 111A I2014-21NPL1 Pt Trust REO 2014-1 LLC Register, Sophia Ava Wenzbauer, Joanne TR Gatlin, Joseph Guzik, Paula Grafft, John C Intercounty Judicial Sales Corp Onischuk, Karen TR Schaefer, Ingo F North Prop Inc
Riverside
Geroch, Mary E TR Wells Fargo Bk BV ACA LLC Sambrook LLC Fannie Mae Dowling, Kevin Silverwood Patricia TR Boyce, Thomas M Tryba-O’Donnell Jane E TR Victorian Painters & General Contractors Inc Kaval, Irene JTR Callanan, Patrick M Smith, Kevin F Basketfield, Barbara TR Poell, Timothy A Peluso, Gloria J TR
BUYER REO 2014-1 LLC Gerace, James Greicius, Sandra Figueroa, Juan A Solis, Milton Avila, Julio Luther, Wilburn Fifth Third Mtg Co Cano, John A Jr Cornejo, David Alvarez-Rios, Esmeralda Dowling, Margaret K BV ACA LLC BV ACA II LLC 2720 Harlem LLC Jimenez, Herman Tesmer, Tara Zancheck, Craig Cook County Grusecki, Matthew Serge, Frank P Federow, Margaret Faletti, James L Streeter, Jason Cook County Rynn, Stephen J Sherman, Kevin
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olfpack strength and conditioning coach Antonio “Ace” Foster and staff will lead this camp in our “from the Concrete” (F.T.C.) style approach. F.T.C. signifies hard work, grind and passion through aggression and a blue collar work ethic on the hardwood. This blast 4 day camp will get all players to learn how to exert their energy and the mindset to understand effort when on the
hardwood with a combination of amateur and elite individual skill enhancement drills. Previous basketball experience is not needed but a strong work ethic and willingness to push your physical limits is required. Visit wolfpackschoolofbasketball.com to register and contact: info@wolfpackschoolofbasketball.com or 708.669.9762 with any questions.
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Monday, December 26, 27, 28, 29 @ St. Luke School (River Forest) Junior F.T.C Bootcamp 4th-6th Grade Boys and Girls $150 9:00a-10:30a F.T.C. Bootcamp 7th-8th Grade Boys and Girls $150 10:30a-12:00p
Wolfpack School of Basketball would like to wish luck to our former players who made their high school basketball teams as well as our four collegiate basketball players. College Players: Mike Ballard: University of Wisconsin Danny Dwyer: University of Pennsylvania Tom Planek: Providence University Mike Smith: Columbia University High School Players St. Joseph Sophomore: Kyle Flournoy OPRF Freshmen Boys Stephen Bonaccorsi Josh Cotter Justin Cross Jaylen Davis Evan Failor Will Gery Miles Hirshman
Toby Kunkel Matthew Leonard Jeremy Mart Malakai Naber Eric Skala OPRF Sophomore Boys Alec Fraggos Dan Francis Grant Kindler Tregg Lofgren Sam Schrodt Craig Shelton Luke Menna OPRF Varsity Boys Phil Saleh Mike Saleh Jack Simpson Ben Pierce Charlie Hoehne
OPRF Freshmen Girls Shelly Brown Evelyn Drews Eliana Gerace Nina Petrosino Kayla Smith Jane Vachon Leyden Sophomore Boys Guy Obaya Fenwick Freshmen Boys Christian Flynn Bryce Legan Will O’Brien Jacob Underwood Ryan Planek David Mendoza Fenwick Sophomore Boys Lucas Kolovitz Max Barnett
Ethan Forde Charlie Westerman Anthony Barnett Fenwick Varsity Boys Billy Bruce DJ Steward Fenwick Freshmen Girls Alyssa Ruiz Julia Goode Marie O’Brien Lilly Reardon Elmwood Park Varsity Boys Jack Gavin MJ Aldalpe Danny Wnuk Ivan Salazar
St. Viator Sophomore Boys Brad Wilson Trinity Freshmen Girls Madison Schultz Parker Phillips Trinity JV Girls Claire Hanley Liza Montgomery Lauren Saleh Kelly Saleh Immaculate Conception Sophomore Boys Andrew Rosa Norvice Landon Immaculate Conception Sophomore Boys Zach Jordan Mike Carpanzanno
for more info, visit www.wolfpackschoolof basketball.com or email info@wolfpackschoolofbasketball.com
York Freshmen Girls Julianna Tamburino Nazareth Freshmen Boys Luke Panek Kyle Kebby Nazareth Sophomore Boys Henry Panek Jack Doss Timothy Christian AJ Vos St. Ignatius Freshmen Boys Bryce Jenkins Mike Preston
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Bulldogs, McCloskey ready for memorable season Clanton, Trelenberg and Cicenas fuel Bulldogs’ ulldogs’ high-powered offense
By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor
Riverside-Brookfield High School boys basketball coach Tom McCloskey has won 348 games in 21 seasons with the Bulldogs. RBHS has won 15 straight conference championships under his watch as well. While a track record of success is clearly established in the RBHS program, the last few seasons have been particularly special. Despite playing their toughest schedule in GIRLS BASKETBALL school history last season, the Bulldogs won 22 games, including their own Thanksgiving tournament and a Metro Suburban Conference title. TOM MCCLOSKEY In 2015, RBHS won its first sectional Head coach
Riverside-Brookfield Bulldogs Head coach: Tom McCloskey (21 seasons, 348-181; Montini 4 years, 77-31) Record last year: 22-6, 12-0 Metro Suburban Top players: Jalen Clanton, G, Senior; Henry Trelenberg, G, Senior; Ryan Cicenas, G, Junior; Jalen Brooks, G/F, Senior; Calvell Randall, C, Senior Quote: The other teams in our conference know about the streak (15 straight conference titles) and they want to knock us down.”McCloskey
championship and finished 28-4. And oh h by the way, RBHS hosts arguably the best collection n of summer league games and tournaments in the state. While program visibility is at an all-time ll-time high, McCloskey is focused on the task at hand. nd. “We are excited and ready to go,” McCloskey cCloskey said about the upcoming season. “We did a lot of good things last ast season. I think we were hoping hopin ng to go a little farther in the state tournament but ut it is what it is.” Although ough the Bulldogs lost point oint guard DanJalen iko Jackson ckson and center Mark Smith to graduClanton ation, plenty of talent remainss on the roster. Three-year year varsity players Jalen len Clanton and Henry Trelenberg comprise one ne of the best backcourts urts in the state. Junior guard Ryan Cicenas adds even more offensive ve firepower as an elitee shooter with size at 6-foot-3. “Jalen n and Henry are very y experienced and talented ented players,” McCloskey keey said. said d. “Ryan “Rya y n Cicenass is certainly
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Niego-led Lyons ready for improvement Plenty of talent returns for determined LTHS By BILL STONE Contributing Reporter
Lyons Township senior Connor Niego and sophomore Nolan Niego actually have been basketball teammates for a while. For family pickup games, they often pair against older brother Harrison and younger brother Grant, an LTHS freshman. “There’s one more in sixth grade (Jackson). If there’s an injury, he’ll CONNOR NIEGO jump in there,” said Connor Niego, Senior forward laughing. The return of the Niegos is among the strengths for the Lions as they expect to improve significantly from last season’s 9-18 finish following their 2015 West Suburban Conference Silver Division title. The 6-foot-8 Connor Niego, who recently signed with Holy
Cross, and 6-4 senior cousin Noah Niego enter their third varsity seasons. Other returnees who played at least 20 games are seniors Eli Bright and Frank Cannistra and sophomores Tyrese Shines and Nolan Niego, LT’s first freshmen on varsity in recent memory. “Nobody likes to lose games so (last season) was frustrating. I do think the guys learned and improved as the season went along,” LTHS coach Tom Sloan said. “We had a pretty successful summer, not that wins and losses really tell the story. I just felt like we were competitive. Practice has been very competitive when you go down the roster.” More than two-thirds of last year’s scoring returns. Connor Niego received all-conference honors after averaging a team-high 16.4 points and 8.5 rebounds per game with a team-best 36 blocked shots. “Last year I was more of an outside threat and I’d like to build upon that and add more of an inside game,” Connor Niego said. Noah Niego (9.7 points per game, 4.7 rebounds per game)
ready to go. He has great grea upside and is good in a lot of phases of the game.” gam Along the frontline, 6-4 guard/forward Jalen Brooks and 6-6 center Calvell Randall should make an impact at both ends of the floor. player. We’re hoping “Jalen is a very athletic athl he provides a lot o of different things for us,” said. “Calvell is off to a good McCloskey said hoping he can rebound and start. We’re ho with some basket protection provide us wi (defensively) as well as score inside.” Reserves like 6-1 forward A.J. 5-11 guard Zach Vaia, 6-1 Meindl, 5Devin Moody and 6-3 forguard De Jason Bageanis are talented ward Ja unproven at the varsity level. but unp “To be honest, I don’t know’s around the corner with those arou people,” McCloskey said peo about the bench. “Hopefully, abo they’ll step up and be good the contributors.” con One thing’s for sure, the On Bulldogs will be on everyBull body’s radar in the Metro body Suburban Conference. Subu “There are a bunch of good “T teams in our conference,” McCloskey said. “As usual, we’ll Closke have to be ready to play every night.”
Lyons Township Lions Head Coach: Tom Sloan (9th season, 140-84) Record last year: 8-19, 2-10 in West Suburban Conference Silver Division (7th place); lost to Downers Grove North 55-46 in Class 4A LT Regional opening round Top players: Connor Niego, F, Senior; Noah Niego, F, Senior; Tyrese Shines, G, Sophomore; Eli Bright, F, Senior; Nolan Niego, G, Sophomore; Senior Frank Cannistra, G, Senior Quote: “Several of the kids (for season goals) want to be the best defensive team in our league,” Sloan said. “Others would like to come to practice and improve every day. That’s something as coaches you always want to do so it’s nice to have kids that have the same attitude.” brings the same outside-inside threat. Shines (6.9 ppg, 3.5 rpg) also started and was sometimes replaced by or played with Nolan Niego (3.6 ppg, 1.5 rpg) in the backcourt. The physical 6-3 Bright (2.5 ppg, 3.7 rpg) was a part-time starter and strong rebounder. Cannistra also is a point guard with a “very high basketball IQ.” Seniors Nick Ellison, Charlie Heyer, Will Higgins and Joe Larson also saw varsity action. Newcomers are juniors Ryan Barker, Nick McColgan, Matt Piento, Nate Rusk, Robert Spencer and Lazarius Williams.
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RBHS maintains winning ways with balance Powered by stars Bloom and Hoyd plus solid role players, Bulldogs optimistic about season By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor
When the highly touted trio of Samantha Bloom, Lyndsey Hoyd and Dana Rettke started as freshmen in 2014, the Riverside-Brookfield High School girls rls basketball team looked set for several years. For the most part, the resultss have matched the hype surrounding these players. In their first two seasons together, the Bulldogs gs went 5112. Last season, when the 6-foot-88 Rettke left the team to concentrate on volleyball, RBHS still produced a solid lid 20-11 campaign, highlighted by a 10-2 record in the Metro Suburban Conference. Rettke, ettke, one of the best high school volleyball all players in the country, will play at Wisconsin onsin next season. For Bloom and Hoyd, who comprise mprise a terrific backcourt, time flies when you’ree having fun and winning games. “It’s absolutely crazy how fast st everything has gone,” Bloom said. “Lyndsey and d I are seniors so it’s bittersweet. “Losing Dana hurt us but it didn’t n’t stop us. We adjusted well and made the best out of the situation.” In previous years with interiorr scoring threats like Rettke and Janae Dabney, the he Bulldogs had a very balanced offensive attack. ck. Now, RBHS
employs more of a spread offense with one player typically inside and the four others along the perimeter. “You have to run with the personnel you have,” RBHS coach Dallas Till said. “I’m not the kind of coach who runs the exact same system regardless of our personnel. We don’t have a lot of size this season so we w have to adjust a bit.” Bloom, the reigning Metro B Suburban Conference MVP, Su averaged 18.4 points, 3.3 asave Lyndsey sists and 2.5 steals per game while an Hoyd shooting 41 4 percent from the field. all-conference player, put up Hoyd, an all 13.5 points, 2.2 2. steals per game and shot three-point attempts. 34 percent on th speaks for itself,” Till said. “Their play sp Lyndsey have the green light to “Sam and Lyndse need their scoring. They do shoot because we ne court as well. And they play other things on the co sets a great example for the their hearts out which se other kids.” “We’re going to need ccontributions from a lot of players as well to be successful.” succ Senior guard/forward Colette Murray, sophomore forward Maddie Meehan and senior center M Maggie Shereck fill out the th starting rotation. Fresh of a solid freshm freshman season, Meehan is a promising player who runs run the floor well and both score and defend. Shereck, Shereck a key contributor for the volleyball team which advanced to the superseca
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Riverside-Brookfield Bulldogs Head Coach: Dallas Till (6th season, 114-39) Record last year: 20-11, 10-2 Metro Suburban Conference; lost 57-44 to Simeon in Class 4A regional finall Top players: Samantha Bloom, Senior, G; Lyndsey Hoyd, Senior, G; Maggie Shereck, Senior, C; Maddie Meehan, Sophomore, F; Colette Murray, Senior, F Quote: “Sam (Bloom) and I are captains again this year. We really hope our leadership helps the team succeed this year.” - Lyndsey Hoyd tionals, will provide an interior presence for the Bulldogs. Top reserves include 5-10 junior forward Vasara Kulbis, 6-foot junior forward Morgan Litavecz and 5-4 senior guard Taylor Jensen.
LTHS success arrives right on time Experienced Lions eager for more success
By BILL STONE Contributing Reporter
Following his theme for this girls basketball season, Lyons Township coach Paul Krick gave his players special wall clocks. “All opportunity has a shelf life,” Krick said. “Our time is now. We want to feel special in the moment and every day we come together.” The Lions are gearing up for another strong effort after using teamwork to overcome key injuries last season. They finished 20-8 and captured their second straight West Suburban Conference Silver Division title and their first regional title since 2005 as a No. 6 sectional seed. Three starters and six players return – seniors Claire Purcell, Camille Branch and Grace Thomas and juniors Sidney Bugaieski, Jenna Fink and Kaelan Lee. Purcell, Thomas and Lee are team captains. The 5-foot-11 Bugaieski was among LT’s three all-conference players last season. “We’re really trying to use the momentum from last year to carry on to a good season,” Thomas said. “We really came together as a team and I think that’s why we got really far.
That’s one of our biggest aspects Courier. this year, coming together as a “We have a really deep team. team and playing team basketWe all have a lot of different ball.” aspects that we bring,” Purcell Bugaieski could be an even said. “Honestly, being a team and more dangerous shooting guard working together is the only way after being third on the Lions to get as far as we did last year.” last season in points (7.2 per The Lions graduated their game) with 16 threes and second other all-conference players – in assists (47) and steals (32). Nina Scaramella and Frannie A third-year varsity player, the Corrigan, their lone Division I SIDNEY BUGAIESKI 5-10 Purcell was fourth in points player (Illinois State). However, Junior forward (5.4 per game) and rebounds (3.5 six players last season averaged per game), steals (26) and blocked shots (12). between 10.4 and 4.6 points and seven averThe 6-0 Fink was second in rebounds (4.1 per aged between 6.6 and 2.4 rebounds. game) and averaged 2.7 points. Fink came “I’m hoping we’re going to be in the same up big inside as a starter with graduated kind of position as last year from a balanced Emily Pender sidelined until mid-January scoring standpoint,” Krick said. “We have to by a knee injury. earn whatever we get this year. We have a little Lee (4.6 points per game, 44 assists) will bit of a target on our back. I look at it the other play point guard. Thomas and Branch were way. We have something that they want.” LT twice has won back-to-back Silver tikey role players, primarily on the wing or tles in program history but never for three inside. Varsity newcomers are juniors Gabby seasons in a row. Last season, the Lions won regionals 54Allen, Christina Demes, Natalie Demes, Jenna Elliott, Tessa Elliott, Kaley Kessler 47 over No. 3-seed Simeon. They ended the and Dana Reynolds and 5-11 freshman Lily regular season by beating two higher seed-
Lyons Township Lions Head Coach: Paul Krick (4th season, 57-26) Record last year: 20-8, 9-3 in West Suburban Conference Silver Division (co-champions with Oak Park and River Forest); lost to Whitney Young 62-41 in Class 4A LT Sectional semifinal Top players: Sidney Bugaieski, G, Junior; Claire Purcell, F, Senior; Emma Fink, F, Junior; Kaelan Lee, G, Junior; Camille Branch, G, Senior; Grace Thomas, G, Senior Quote: “We should be able to compete for all of our goals -- if our togetherness and toughness come along with our talent,” Krick said. “Last year was last year. We’ve got a new set of cards and we’re excited to play for each other.” ed teams from their sectional and winning their last five Silver games, including 44-30 at home over Oak Park and River Forest to share the overall title with the Huskies. “That’s our goal, to be playing our best basketball at the end of the season,” Krick said. “There’s a lot of expectations because we won (conference) the past two years and people think we should win this year, but we’re just going to take it one game at a time,” Lee said.
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Fenwick stunned by Plainfield North in 7A semis Officials’ error on final play of fourth quarter robs Friars of 7A finals appearance
By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor
The Fenwick High School football team was on the verge of becoming the first in program history to make a state final. That was until the officials spoiled the Friars’ dream season, incorrectly ruling on the final play in regulation of the Friars’ 1817 overtime loss to visiting Plainfield North Saturday in the Class 7A semifinals at Triton College. In the closing seconds of the fourth quarter, Fenwick quarterback Jacob Keller (17for-30, 170 passing yards, TD) was called for an intentional grounding penalty on a fourth-and-15 deep inside Friars’ territory. Per Rule 3-3-4 in the 2016 NFHS Football Rules Book, Keller’s throw should have been the last play of the game; however, the officials ruled that Plainfield North be allowed one untimed down from the Fenwick fiveyard line. Their decision was wrong because a game can end on an offensive penalty like the intentional grounding called against Fenwick. Conversely, a game can’t end on a defensive penalty. With the Tigers regaining possession at
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Fenwick players (left to right) Sean Heslin (#77), Daniel Kannin (#56), Austin Glazier (#73), Marco Torres (#68) and Sam Dahlstrom (#55) can’t believe Fenwick lost 18-17 in overtime to Plainfield North in the Class 7A state semifinals. Plainfield North 10. While the Friars made some costly mistakes on offense, the Tigers struggled even more. Plainfield North didn’t even even move the chains for a first down until 4:42 remained before halftime. Three-and-out offensive series were common for Plainfield North most of the night. Persistence paid off though as running back Zach Nadle finally put the Tigers on the scoreboard via a 1-yard run with 26.2 seconds left in the third quarter to whittle their deficit to 10-7. More importantly, Plainfield North seized momentum entering the fourth quarter. Coupled with the Friars’ nightmarish ending in regulation, Plainfield North somehow emerged with its best win in program history. The Tigers (11-2) will face East St. Louis (13-0) in the 7A championship game Saturday, Nov. 26 at 4 p.m. at Memorial Stadium on the University of Illinois campus. With the loss, Fenwick finishes 11-2. The Friars had a remarkable season, highlighted by a Chicago Catholic League Green Division championship and semifinals appearance in the state playoffs (only third team in program history to achieve that milestone). The Friars also defeated 2015 state champions Phillips and Montini, opened their new home stadium at Triton College and celebrated Keller and Mike O’Laughlin’s recognition as All-State players in Class 7A.
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The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the above named Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending.
The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the above named Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending.
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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number D16148718 on November 14, 2016 Under the Assumed Business Name of FRESH SENSATIONS CLEANING SERVICE with the business located at: 4545 S. DREXEL BLVD. #3B CHICAGO, IL 60653. The true and real fulll name(s) and residence address of the owner(s) is: SIMONE THORNTON 4545 S. DREXEL BLVD. #3B CHICAGO, IL 60653.
STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, ssCircuit Court of Cook County, County Department Domestic Relations Division In re the Marriage of Raul Nava, Petitioner, and Luz Maria Diez, Respondent. No. 16 D 10305 The requisite affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, Luz Maria Diez, Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief: and that said suit is now pending. Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before December 21, 2016, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a Judgment for Dissolution of Marriage Entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition. DOROTHY BROWN, Clerk. Published in Wednesday Journal 11/23, 11/30, 12/7/2016.
NOTICE OF DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Oak Park’s Draft Program Year 2015 Comprehensive Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (Draft CAPER) will be available for public review and comment during business hours from November 24, 2016 through December 8, 2016 at the Oak Park Village Hall, Development Customer Services Department, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302; at all three public library branches in Oak Park; and on the Village’s website. As a recipient of federal funding under the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) and the Emergency Solutions Grant Program (ESG), the Village is required to submit annual performance reports to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Any comments concerning the Draft CAPER should be submitted in writing to Mark Dwyer, Grants Supervisor, at the Village Hall address listed above, or by calling 708.358.5416, by 5 pm, December 8, 2016. Published in Wednesday Journal 11/23/2016
The Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 (“the School District”) invites the submission of proposals from firms (“Bidders”) that wish to a comprehensive proposal for a Timekeeper System (“System”) to the School District. The District reserves the right to (i) select one or more firms to provide the system outlined herein; (ii) reject any and all proposals, including the lowest proposal; (iii) to waive immaterial technicalities or minor variances in the proposal; and (iv) to accept the proposals(s) deemed most favorable to the interest of the District after all proposals have been examined and evaluated.
Published in Wednesday Journal 11/9, 11/16, 11/23/2016
Firms can attend the Site Visit and Conference held on Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Oak Park & River Forest High School, 201 N Scoville Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302. Attendees are to gather and obtain ID badges at the Welcome Center located at Scoville Avenue Entrance 4 near Ontario Street. RFP submissions are due by Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. Proposals received prior to the date will be secure until the RFP submission date. A proposal received thereafter will not be considered. Proposals are to be submitted electronically using the districts online system that is used to obtain the RFP documents. Published in Wednesday Journal 11/23/2016
PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D16148645 on November 3, 2016. Under the Assumed Business Name of YOUR VIRTUAL ADMIN EXPERT with the business located at: PO BOX 323 LAGRANGE, IL 60525. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: GWENDOLYN L YOUNG, 106 EAST AVE #2 LAGRANGE, IL 60525. Published in Landmark 11/9, 11/16, 11/23/2016
LEGAL NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday evening, December 7, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter: Cal. No. 31-16-Z: 536 N. Taylor Avenue, Christopher Hansen
Christopher Hansen, Owner and Applicant, filed an application requesting relief from Section 5.3.4 (Additions and Enlargements) of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Oak Park, which prohibits an addition or enlargement of a non-conforming building or structure that is devoted in whole or in part to a non-conforming use, to permit the addition of a new foundation, a basement, and to increase the overall height of the existing house located at the rear of the property at the premises commonly known as 536 N. Taylor Avenues.
Those property owners within 500 foot notice area and those persons with a special interest beyond that of the general public (“Interested Parties”) wishing to cross-examine witnesses must complete and file an appearance with original signatures with the Village Clerk not later than 5:00 PM on the business day preceding the public hearing. All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Administrator at 708.358.5440. DATED AT OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, this 23rd Day of November, 2016 Published in Wednesday Journal 11/23/2016
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1. Notice is hereby given of the death of Bessie Ludik who died on 8/1/16 leaving a will dated November 15, 2007 and numbered 16W6276, admitted to probate October 28, 2016. 2. The Representative for the estate is: ANTON SCHOENBERGER 3. The Attorney for the estate is: MATT J LEUCK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Atty. No. 11017, 84 E. BURLINGTON # 2W, RIVERSIDE, IL 60546
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, PROBATE DIVISION Estate of BESSIE LUDIK, Deceased Case No. 16 P 5741 P U B L I C AT I O N NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION TO: CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES
4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before 05/09/17. Claims against the estate may be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street Room 1202 Chicago, IL 60602 or with the Representative, or both. Any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed. 5. On 8/28/16 an Order Appointing the Representative was entered. 6. Within forty-two (42) days after the effective date of the original Order Admitting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the Court to require proof of the validity of the Will by testimony or witnesses to the Will in open Court, or other evidence, as provided in Article VI 5/6-21 (755 ILCS 5/6/21). 7. Within six (6) months after the effective date of the original Order Admitting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the Court to contest the validity of the Will as provided under Article VIII 5/8-1 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/8-1). 8. The estate will be administrated without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates independent supervision administration by filing a petition to terminate under Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4). /s/ ANTON SCHOENBERGER Independent Administrator Published in Wednesday Journal 11/9, 11/16, 11/23/2016
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Published in Forest Park Review 11/16, 11/23, 11/30/2016
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CAUCUS Notice is hereby given that on December 6, 2016 a Caucus of the Democratic Party in Riverside Township of Cook County, Illinois will be held at Arcade Building, 1st Floor, 1 Riverside Road, Riverside, IL 60546 commencing at 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of nominating candidates for the following offices: Riverside Township Supervisor Riverside Township Assessor Riverside Township Clerk Riverside Township Trustee Riverside Township Trustee Riverside Township Trustee Riverside Township Trustee Dated: November 17, 2016 Liane J. Blauw Riverside Township Clerk
Published in RB Landmark 11/23/2016
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CAUCUS Notice is hereby given that on December 6, 2016 a Caucus of the Republican Party in Riverside Township of Cook County, Illinois will be held at North Riverside Village Commons, Room B & C, 2401 DesPlaines Ave., North Riverside, IL 60546 commencing at 9:00 p.m. for the purpose of nominating candidates for the following offices: Riverside Township Supervisor Riverside Township Assessor Riverside Township Clerk Riverside Township Trustee Riverside Township Trustee Riverside Township Trustee Riverside Township Trustee Dated: November 17, 2016 Liane J. Blauw Riverside Township Clerk
Published in RB Landmark 11/23/2016
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D16148657 on November 4, 2016. Under the Assumed Business Name of PAPERIKA with the business located at: 14416 S. HARRISON AVENUE UNIT 2, POSEN, IL 60469. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: LAUREN AREBALO 14416 S. HARRISON AVENUE UNIT 2 POSEN, IL 60469.
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number D16148624 on November 1, 2016 Under the Assumed Business Name of B.E. WELL with the business located at: 116 CHICAGO AVE., OAK PARK, IL 60302. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: BRANDI ELIZABETH JONES 116 CHICAGO AVE. OAK PARK, IL 60302.
Published in Wednesday Journal 11/16, 11/23, 11/30/2016
Published in Wednesday Journal 11/9, 11/16, 11/23/2016
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LEGAL NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday evening, December 7, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter: Cal. No. 30-16-Z: 743 S. Highland Avenue, Mark Meagher
Mark Meagher, Owner and Applicant, requests that a variation be granted from Section 3.5.4 (B) (1) of the Zoning Ordinance, which section requires a front yard setback of not less than 20 feet for the principal structure, to permit the demolition of the existing principal building, which is currently located approximately 10 feet from the front lot line, and the rebuilding of the principal structure approximately 10 feet from the front lot line. Those property owners within 500 feet of the Subject Property and those persons with a special interest beyond that of the general public (“Interested Parties”) wishing to cross-examine witnesses must complete and file an appearance with original signatures with the Village Clerk not later than 5:00 PM on the business day preceding the public hearing. All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Officer at 708.358.5449.
DATED AT OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, this 23rd Day of November, 2016 Published in Wednesday Journal 11/23/2016
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005QA10; Plaintiff, vs. TEODORA AGUILAR, 653655 SOUTH BOULEVARD CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; TD AUTO FINANCE LLC F/K/A DIAMLERCHRYSLER FINANCIAL SERVICES AMERICAS LLC D/B/A CHRYSLER FINANCIAL; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF TEODORA AGUILAR IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 15 CH 2853 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, December 16, 2016 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-07-401-030-1007. Commonly known as 655 South Boulevard, Unit 301 North, Oak Park, IL 60302. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g) (1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 WA14-0494. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I707432 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2013-4T Plaintiff, -v.GAD IKEANUMBA AKA GAD C. IKEANUMBA, 1030-32 NORTH AUSTIN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION AKA 1030-32 N. AUSTIN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, HENRY SILVERMAN LIVING TRUST U/A/D AUGUST 26, 1996 Defendants 11 CH 33740 1032 North Austin Blvd. Unit 1N, (ASSESSOR’S OFFICE SHOWS AS 1030 NORTH AUSTIN BLVD. UNIT 1N) Oak Park, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 20, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 21, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1032 North Austin Blvd. Unit 1N, (ASSESSOR’S OFFICE SHOWS AS 1030 NORTH AUSTIN BLVD. UNIT 1N), Oak Park, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05314-031-1001. The real estate is improved with a residential condominium. The judgment amount was $241,648.27. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire
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transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the
Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 4221754 CookPleadings@hsbattys. com Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 11 CH 33740 TJSC#: 3611561 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I706737
of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of
a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 1416-03929. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-16-03929 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 005490 TJSC#: 36-10020 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I706781
CAPITAL ONE BANK, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO GREAT AMERICAN FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, ASSOCIATED BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO GREAT AMERICAN FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Defendants 12 CH 41397 401 SOUTH MAPLE AVENUE Oak Park, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 13, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 14, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 401 SOUTH MAPLE AVENUE, Oak Park, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-321-019-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $473,172.93. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF
POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm–3pm fax number 312-372-4398 Please refer to file number 15-076981. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 2911717 Fax #: (312) 372-4398 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 15-076981 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 12 CH 41397 TJSC#: 36-11179 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I706903
each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 1416-03188. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-16-03188 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 004578 TJSC#: 36-9984 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I706905
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CIT BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.NORMAN HALL TRUST DATED 10/31/05, EVA HALL, UNKNOWN SUCCESSOR TRUSTEES OF THE NORMAN HALL TRUST DATED 10/31/05, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA–DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 005490 514 N. HUMPHREY AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 8, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 12, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 514 N. HUMPHREY AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-326-033-0000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF BRADLEY L. ERICKSON, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, IMPERIAL MANOR OF OAK PARK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, DOROTHY ERICKSON, WILLIAM P. BUTCHER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR BRADLEY L. ERICKSON (DECEASED) Defendants 16 CH 004578 425 HOME AVENUE UNIT #3E OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 5, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 14, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 425 HOME AVENUE UNIT #3E, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-323-043-1025. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NRPL TRUST 2015-2 MORTGAGE-BACKED NOTES SERIES 2015-2, BY WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTINA TRUST, AS INDENTURED TRUSTEE Plaintiff, -v.ALAN M. GLAVANOVITS, ALEGNA COURT CONDOMINIUMS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 002470 1209 N. HARLEM AVENUE UNIT #8 OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 20, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 22, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1209 N. HARLEM AVENUE UNIT #8, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-06-120-044-1006. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR
(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 1416-00154. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-16-00154 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 002470 TJSC#: 36-12701 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I707555
Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 4536960. For Bidding instructions visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. F13020314 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122
Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 14-0832. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 14-0832 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 14 CH 18854 TJSC#: 36-13066 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I707839
real estate: Commonly known as 110 S. HUMPHREY AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-305-003-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twentyfour (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assess-
ments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-22714. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-13-22714 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 14 CH 000292 TJSC#: 36-13141 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I708078
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs. BRIAN J. SMITH; ARTIST SQUARE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; ARTIST SQUARE TOWNHOUSE ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 13 CH 6415 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-07-323-055-1020. Commonly known as 1041 Susan Collins Lane, Unit 505, Oak Park, Illinois 60302. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g) (1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney,
I707386 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, Plaintiff, -v.MATTIE BURRELL, MARCUS BURRELL, GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, DELL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC, 320 N. AUSTIN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 14 CH 18854 320 N. AUSTIN BLVD., APT. 1 Oak Park, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 14, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 15, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 320 N. AUSTIN BLVD., APT. 1, Oak Park, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-305-025-1001 VOL. 142. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $69,522.88. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-1 Plaintiff, -v.ELIZABETH L. PURNELL, KENNETH PURNELL JR. A/K/A KENNETH PURNELL, STATE OF ILLINOIS, CITY OF CHICAGO Defendants 14 CH 000292 110 S. HUMPHREY AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 2, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 4, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described
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