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December 28, 2016

The year in sports

County buys up property in Riverside Lawn PAGE 3

We look at the high school athletic highlights from 2016

Man robbed outside shopping mall PAGE 6

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Director hired for central 911 dispatch agency

2016

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YEAR IN REVIEW

Supervisor from DuPage County group picked for WC3

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Brookfield, North Riverside and Riverside moved closer to making a consolidated emergency dispatch center a reality with the hiring of Jason A. Rodgers as the new agency’s executive director, following a five-month search process.

West Central Consolidated Communications, or WC3, will be the result of a nearly year-long joint effort involving each village’s managers, police chiefs and fire chiefs to create a central police and fire dispatch agency.

All three villages will pay an equal amount to support the operation of the dispatch center, which will be a separate unit of government with its own board of directors.

In addition to the three charter members of WC3, the village of McCook will pay an annual fee of $150,000 to join the agency as a non-voting member. McCook presently shares a dispatch center with the village of Lyons.

The village of Forest View reportedly is also considering joining WC3 as a non-voting partner.

In June 2015, Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a law requiring any municipality with less than 25,000 people to join or form a consolidated dispatch center. The three village’s signed an intergovernmental agreement to create the agency last summer and paid a firm called GovHR $18,500 to conduct a search for WC3’s executive director.

See DISPATCH AGENCY on page 2

WILLIAM CAMARGO/Staff Photographer

Aubree Isdale, gives a kiss to her dad, Adam, who surprised his daughter just a short time after he returned from a long overseas deployment with the U.S. Army in Kuwait on the afternoon of July 10 at Kiwanis Park in Brookfield, where Aubree was playing in the finals of a girls softball tournament. For more of our favorite photos from 2016, please turn to page 10.

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2016 was the Year of the Referendum in Brookfield

By BOB UPHUES Editor

If there’s anyone looking for nominations for a word that might best

describe 2016, perhaps “whiplash” would fit the bill.

A rocky journey from start to end, 2016 saw a national presidential election right out of Barnum and Bailey, a parade

of towering figures -- from Prince to David Bowie to Muhammad Ali – shaking off this mortal coil, political upheaval See YEAR IN REVIEW on page 8

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DISPATCH AGENCY from page 1 Local officials interviewed two finalists and selected Rodgers, who is communications supervisor for DuPage Public Safety Communications, better known as DUCOMM. His role with DUCOMM, which serves 46 police and fire agencies, includes overseeing day-to-day operations of the dispatch center, supervising telecommunicators, training staff and responding to public inquiries.

Rodgers has worked at DUCOMM since 2001 when he was hired as a dispatcher. He later served as operations manager before moving up the ranks to communications supervisor, which he described as a middle management position at DUCOMM, which also has an executive director and assistant executive director.

“This is really a great opportunity,” said Rodgers. “There are three communities coming together, and I’m not walking into a role that’s already filled. It’s being built from the ground up.”

Riverside Village Manager Jessica Frances who chairs the WC3 executive board, which also includes Brookfield Village Manager Keith Sbiral and North Riverside Village Administrator Guy Belmonte, said Rodgers’ background in operations at DUCOMM and his education (he holds an MBA from

the Keller School of Management in addition to a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Iowa made him a standout candidate.

Rodgers’ starting salary is $103,000. His first day on the job will be Jan. 9 and his office will be located at the North Riverside Police Department, whose dispatch center will be used to house WC3 operations.

The state of Illinois has set a deadline of July 1, 2017 for consolidated dispatch centers to begin operations and WC3 is shooting for that, but much work needs to be done before that can happen.

First on Rodgers’ to-do list will be becoming acquainted with dispatchers from the three villages, who will form the core staff of the new agency. The employees now belong to three different union bargaining units and will have to be consolidated into a new union entity for WC3.

He’ll also need to draft policies and procedures for the new dispatch center, train staff to use the record-keeping software, complete information technology infrastructure upgrades to connect all four communities currently involved, de-convert Brookfield and Riverside’s dispatch centers and secure their lobbies, which will no longer be open 24 hours a day.

There’s also a lot of paperwork that the state of Illinois has to process before the agency can go live.

“We hope we can get operations up quickly, but we have to map it out, plan and see how it happens,” Rodgers said.

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Riverside Lawn sell-off well under way County has deal on roughly half of homes, demolition in spring

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By BOB UPHUES Editor

Sometime early next year the bulldozers will start arriving in Riverside Lawn to demolish about 20 homes that have been sold or are slated for sale to the Cook County Land Bank.

Through the first half of December, the Cook County Land Bank had conducted 16 real estate transactions, buying 15 homes in Riverside Lawn, the flood-prone unincorporated area of Riverside Township.

Rob Rose, the executive director of the land bank, told the Landmark on Dec. 21 that there were four more transactions remaining in the pipeline. When those are completed, the land bank will have purchased roughly half the homes in Riverside Lawn.

After the final four property transactions close, said Rose, there will be 22 homes left in Riverside Lawn. Most of those are on the south end of the neighborhood, closer to 39th Street.

And once the demolitions begin, Rose said he expected more homeowners to follow suit and sell their properties to the county, which instituted the buyout to move people out of the flood plain.

When the demolitions are complete next spring, almost all of the homes closest to the Des Plaines River will be gone and any that remain in the northern section of Riverside Lawn will be isolated.

The land bank plans to transfer ownership of the properties to the Cook County Forest Preserve District and prohibit the land from being sold and developed for residential or commercial uses in the future.

Editor Bob Uphues Sports Editor Marty Farmer

GOING, GOING …: The Cook County Land Bank has closed or is ready to close 20 real estate transactions in Riverside Lawn. In addition, the agency is negotiating on other parcels in the flood-prone area. Demolition of homes will begin in early 2017.

“Once demolition crews come in I expect an echo response [from remaining homeowners],” said Rose, who added he’s in the process of getting demolition bids.

The demolitions will not happen sporadically, Rose said.

“We’re going to move in pretty heavy and do it all at once or in groups at a time,” Rose said. “There will be a lot of activity all at once. I think that will motivate some who are on the fence.”

Rose said the buyout has progressed pretty much as prior surveys of residents had suggested. The owners of houses most affected by flooding have agreed to sell or have sold

their properties.

“They were the first responders,” Rose said.

In addition, the land bank is working on acquiring a couple of properties at the north end of Riverside Lawn that are not under contract, including a couple of abandoned properties, one of which is in probate.

Rose said that while some of the people reluctant to sell weren’t so severely affected by flooding in the past, he wasn’t sure how the removal of properties to the north might affect flood patterns in the future.

“There will be no other structures to stop water from getting to them,” Rose said. “It’s something else to consider.”

Spoiler enters North Riverside mayor’s race One-time Demopoulos political ally files nominating petitions

By BOB UPHUES Editor

What was shaping up to be a straightforward two-way race for mayor of North Riverside in 2017 got turned on its ear on Dec. 19 when a third person filed nominating petitions seeking election to the village’s top office.

With less than two hours left on the final day to file, Marybelle Mandel submitted papers to run for mayor as an independent, a move that could sabotage the candidacy of her erstwhile

political ally, H. Bob Demopoulos.

In a phone interview with the Landmark, Mandel denied having a falling out with Demopoulos, saying she decided to run “after numerous residents approached me and asked me to run on their behalf.”

Mandel said residents recognize her as an “independent thinker.”

Asked what she would be presenting as her main policy issues, Mandel declined to specify them, saying, “I’m working on it now.”

The move came as a surprise to Demopoulos, who said he found out about the filing on Dec. 21. He said he’d heard rumors that Mandel was thinking about throwing her hat in the ring, but didn’t know she’d gathered the signatures necessary to file papers.

“I don’t know the reasoning behind it,” Demopoulos said. “It doesn’t make sense.”

Mandel has made two unsuccessful bids to be elected as a village trustee. In 2013, she was part of a slate that ran against the majority VIP Party under the name, the Transparency and Accountability in Politics Party.

While Demopoulos was not part of that slate, he actively supported it and provided one of that slate’s most important policy issues – a program to replace the village’s private paramedic service provider with crosstrained union firefighter/paramedics.

The TAP Party, in fact, used Demopoulos’ statements regarding the paramedic contractor verbatim on its campaign website. Paramedic Services of Illinois (PSI) responded by suing members of the TAP slate and Demopoulos for libel.

See MAYOR RACE on page 11

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School board races for 2017 come into focus

Five running for full terms in D95

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

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There are competitive races in Riverside District 96, Brookfield-Lyons District 103 and Riverside-Brookfield High School District 208, races which have been reported on previously, Here’s how the rest of the school board contests are shaping up.

District 95

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erside-Brookfield High School, a sixth-grader at S.E. Gross Middle School, and first-grader at Brook Park Elementary School.

Encher thinks the district should offer fullday kindergarten and said his experience as a trial attorney and an arbitrator would be useful on the school board. He says he has nothing against any of the incumbents he’s running against, three of whom are teachers, two on the elementary school level.

“I just think having an additional voice [is good],” Encher said. “If I’m not fortunate enough to win, I think the board will be in good hands.”

District 94 In Komarek School District 94, where three seats are up for election in April, only two candidates, incumbents Al Sarro and Jonathan Hoadley, have filed to run.

Board member Gina Sierra is giving up her seat to run for the Riverside-Brookfield High School District 208 school board.

If no one files with the Cook County Clerk’s office as a write-in candidate, the school board will appoint a board member after the election to fill the open seat.

There is also no competition in LaGrangeBrookfield District 102. There are three candidates, all newcomers, running for three seats.

Two of the candidates, Ed Campbell and Michael Melendez, are residents of Brookfield while Michael Thornton lives in LaGrange Park.

Brookfield resident Steve Kudia is one of three incumbents not running for re-election.

LTHS District 204 There are five candidates running for four seats on the Lyons Township High School District 204 Board of Education.

Newcomer William Cassidy of Willow Springs will be on the ballot along with incumbents Tom Cushing, George Dougherty, Jessica McLean and Molly Murphy.

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Appeals court says ‘no excuse’ for underfunding pensions The Illinois Court of Appeals on Dec. 19 affirmed a circuit court judge’s ruling that the village of North Riverside had no excuse for not funding its police and fire pensions adequately over the course of a decade.

The village filed the appeal back in November 2015 after a County Circuit Court judge dismissed North Riverside’s lawsuit against the Illinois Department of Insurance, which ordered the village to adequate-

ly fund its pension obligations or have its sales tax revenues forcibly reallocated for that purpose.

The decision cleared up one of two matters the village had filed with the Illinois Court of Appeals. The second matter involves a circuit court judge’s decision that she did not have jurisdiction to rule whether See PENSIONS on page 11

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Riverside board gives manager $10K bonus Work on consolidated dispatch center lauded

ager but in her role as chairwoman of the West Central Consolidation Communications (WC3) emergency dispatch committee, which will consolidate police and fire dispatching services in 2017.

By BOB UPHUES “She’s spent an enormous amount of time Editor separate from her village manager duties on that,” Sells said. “Everywhere she goes, she’s Riverside trustees voted unanimously to chosen as a leader. Her performance exceeds give a $10,000 cash bonus to Village Manager the job she has. It’s hard for me to imagine a Jessica Frances after “careful consideration to better village manager.”

Frances’ performance during this According to Sells, one of the most recent year of employment,” reasons for the straight bonus was according to the resolution adoptthe fact that Frances’ contract is ed by the village board as part of tied to his term in office, which a 21-item consent agenda at their is up in the spring of 2017. Sells is regular meeting on Dec. 15. running for re-election but until According to the resolution, the Monday could not rule out a chalvillage may choose on an annual lenger who might defeat him in basis to grant Frances a raise in the next election. salary or give her a cash bonus, or The village board could revisit both. the matter of raising Frances’ JESSICA FRANCES At the end of 2015, the board salary in early 2017 if Sells’ path gave Frances a combination of a to the president’s chair is unchal2.5-percent raise and a $3,000 cash bonus. The lenged. raise bumped her annual salary to $119,925.

Frances, 36, has been Riverside’s village This year, the village board opted for a one- manager for a little more than two years, taktime cash bonus of $10,000, which amounts to ing over as interim manager in the latter part about 8.3 percent of her salary. of 2014 after the departure of Peter Scalera.

Village President Ben Sells said the bonus She was named manager on a permanent bareflected work Frances did not only as man- sis in January 2015.

Prior to stepping into the manager’s office, Frances worked as Riverside’s finance director, a job she started in 2012. She was recruited for that job by Scalera, who worked with her as part of the village management team in northsuburban Glencoe.

Riverside finance chief leaving Frances announced on Dec. 15 that the man who replaced her as Riverside’s finance director, Marco Salinas, would be leaving that position in late December or early January for another opportunity.

Salinas, who has worked for the village of Riverside for the past 14 years, will begin a new job as the chief financial officer for the Oak Brook Park District on Jan. 9, 2017.

“I think after 14 years I just need different challenges,” said Salinas, who was hired as the finance department’s full-time accountant and served under four different finance directors before being hired for the job on an interim basis in September 2014 and permanently in March 2015.

“The toughest part is leaving all of the great co-workers here and all of the experiences here, past and present,” Salinas said.

Frances said she will conduct the search process for Salinas’ replacement, but didn’t have a set timeline for that hire.

“Sooner would be best, but it depends on who we select and how much time they need to give their employer,” Frances said.

Frances said she’ll have to hire someone on a temporary contract basis, perhaps someone from the village’s auditing firm, to fill the gap created by Salinas’ departure.

Frances said that she’ll also play a “heightened role” in the finance department until she hires as Salinas’ replacement.

In Oak Brook, Salinas will oversee a roughly $10.5 million budget for a park district that includes 150 acres of park land and operates a fitness center, tennis center, indoor aquatics center and an all-purpose facility it rents out for everything from weddings to birthday parties.

In heading west, Salinas will be reunited with another former Riverside village employee, Laure Kosey, who was the village’s recreation director until 2010.

Kosey said the fact that Salinas was a certified public accountant was key to his hire.

“Marco has always been a team player who is willing to help out,” said Kosey. “And being a certified public accountant is an important piece for that position.”

In addition, Salinas will be getting a bit of a pay raise along with the new gig. In Riverside, Salinas’ salary was $97,000; in Oak Brook he’ll be paid $103,000.

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The gunmen reportedly ambushed the 43-year-old business owner and two other men, ages 50 and 35, as they attempted to enter a vehicle parked near the east bus stop after closing the business for the night.

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Punched over parking space Police responded to the parking lot of the North Riverside Park Mall, 7501 Cermak Road, on Dec. 23 at about 1:50 p.m. after a 49-year-old Chicago woman called to report that she’d just been punched in the face repeatedly by another woman in a dispute

over a parking space.

The victim told police that she was driving in the lot and got to a parking space before a Jeep could pull into it. The Jeep parked further down the aisle and a woman got out of the Jeep, began yelling at her and then started punching her until a man removed her.

Both subjects fled in a Jeep that registered to an address in Westchester, according to police, who indicated that the case remains under investigation.

Theft ■ Police responded to a business in the 9500 block of 47th Street, Brookfield, on Dec. 20 at 3:25 p.m. after an employee called to report that an unknown woman had stolen $75 out of her wallet.

The victim said the woman had come into the business and asked if she could fax something. After faxing the document, the woman left the store and the victim went into the back of the business to complete some tasks.

Ten minutes later the victim saw the same woman leaving her office, saying she’d forgotten her cellphone. At that time, the victim said she found her wallet out of her purse and the cash missing.

■ Meanwhile, a purse was stolen from the office of a business in the 9100 block of Broadway Avenue on Dec. 22 at about 4:45 p.m. The victim told police three subjects entered the business. While one kept her occupied, two others asked to use the bathroom and then left the building shortly after.

Drunk and pants-less Police responded to a building in the 9300 block of Ogden Avenue on Dec. 23 at about 9:15 p.m. after a resident called to report that a subject wearing a black jacket and no pants was standing outside the door to his apartment, possibly trying to gain entry.

The complainant said he wasn’t sure what the man’s intentions were and figured he was drunk, which police also observed. Police reported that the man was incoherent but were able to identify him after finding a wallet in his jacket pocket.

Paramedics transported him to LaGrange Memorial Hospital for treatment. No charges were filed.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Dec. 1925, 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.

—Compiled by Bob Uphues

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2 1. Miguel Melendez uses a wet towel to cool down in between innings during a Brookfield Little League game on June 18.

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2. Eddie Melidis slides down a water slide set up outside the Riverside Swim Club on July 14.

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5. Congress Park students dab as part of the retirement celebration held in June for Adamczyk and Bolen.

6. Nick Galette shows his glass blowing skills during the Riverside Arts Weekend at Guthrie Park on May 20.

3. The Highland Dancers perform classic Scottish dances during the 100th Annual Scottish Home Picnic in North Riverside on Aug. 6.

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4. Freddy Zegarra cuts a fearsome figure as Freddy Krueger during Monsters on Mainstreet on Oct. 29 in downtown Brookfield.

PHOTOS BY WILLIAM CAMARGO/Staff Photographer

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YEAR IN REVIEW from page 1 both at home and abroad and, incredibly, the first Chicago Cubs World Series championship in more than a century.

The reverberations were felt everywhere and are still being felt. But closer to home there was plenty of other important news, probably imperceptible to those elsewhere, that residents of Brookfield, North Riverside and Riverside experienced.

Referendum anyone?

For a year in which there were no elections to choose local town presidents or trustees, voters sure made an impact in their respective villages during 2016.

Why, because 2016 was the Year of the Referendum, with votes on a host of important issues in North Riverside and Brookfield – with news of more referenda on the way in the future.

In March, voters in Brookfield passed a referendum for an unprecedented $22 million bond issue to fund a road improvement program that will reconstruct or resurface about one-third of the residential streets in the village over the next decade.

The funding will allow the village to shift money previously used to do small resurfacing projects toward maintaining the newly improved streets so they don’t deteriorate so quickly.

The referendum, the financial impact of which will be no easy pill for many Brookfield homeowners to swallow, passed convincingly, with nearly 60 percent of those casting ballots in the March primary voting themselves a tax hike to pay the 15 years of debt service on the bonds Up in North Riverside during the March primary election, however, voters were in a different mood.

With a 20-year bond issue that was used to build the North Riverside Public Library about to be paid off, officials sought a tax increase to fund ongoing capital improvements to the aging building.

The tax increase actually wouldn’t be an “increase” officials argued, since it would be

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simply replacing the debt service levy taxpayers had been shouldering for two decades.

But voters opted by a 56 to 44 percent margin to decrease the IN tax burden related to the North Riverside Public Library District, leaving the library board wishing it had campaigned a little harder for the question and wondering how to fund future capital improvements.

Then in November, Brookfield voters again were asked to dig into their wallets, this time by the Brookfield Public Library Board of Trustees. The library board sought $10.3 million to fund construction of a library it has been planning for a decade. With the impact to voters less than half what the village sought for its road referendum and with a vigorous public information campaign, officials believed they had a shot.

But warning signs were there as well. The plan got hammered on social media and a grassroots “Vote No” campaign pushed back as well.

When the votes came in, the referendum failed by a narrow margin – 52.7 to 47.3 percent. But the library board has time to have another go, maybe more than one, before their planned development approval expires.

On the village’s southwest side, homeowners voted along with the rest of LaGrangeBrookfield School District 102 to narrowly (50.6 to 49.4 percent) increase taxes to avoid program cuts and increased class sizes.

With the successful street referendum earlier in the year, homeowners in southwest Brookfield can expect to see tax bills increasing $600 or more annually in coming years.

And, brace yourselves, homeowners in the Proviso Township portion of Brookfield have a referendum of their own to look forward to in 2017, when Brookfield-LaGrange Park District 95 comes calling for a bond issue to expand Brook Park and S.E. Gross schools.

YEAR REVIEW

Parking lot lawsuit resolved As taxpayers wrestled with the prospect of raising their own taxes to fund roads, schools and libraries, they were frustrated and angry they were at the same time paying legal bills for a fight between Riverside-Brookfield High School and the village of Brookfield over … a parking lot.

In 2014-15, RBHS sought to convince neighbors and the village that it needed a 91-space parking lot to help solve the parking problem that just about everyone who ever has visited the school has experienced.

But the high school’s residential neighbors howled, and in May 2015, the village denied the request with almost no comment from the public officials casting the deciding votes.

By May 2016, the lawsuit had dragged on for a year. Behind the scenes there had been some progress, but by late summer/early fall both sides appeared to have run into a wall over just a handful of parking spaces.

With an expensive trial looming, however, negotiations resumed and on Dec. 13, the high school board OK’d a settlement agreement passed the day before by the Brookfield Village Board.

The high school gets a 50-space lot to go along with the 103 spaces on Rockefeller Avenue – which it will lease from the village for $1 a year for the next 20 years – ending a battle that taxpayers just hated funding.

A terrible crime, a murder solved The year got off to a violent, tragic start.

On Jan. 27, a 33-year-old Brookfield resident, Michael Smith, was shot dead in front of his home – an apparent execution. The reason?

It was allegedly because Smith was going to testify against another man in a criminal case connected to a night club altercation where Smith had been employed to provide security.

The murder, carried out in broad daylight on a quiet residential street, was a shock to neighbors. Smith was married with a young son. Police kept a tight lid on funeral arrangements and access to where it was held, because Smith’s killer was on the loose and family members were afraid.

For months, police kept quiet about their investigation, which came to involve the help of suburban crime task forces, Chicago police and the FBI. But in November, police announced that the men responsible for Smith’s death -- two who allegedly plotted it and one who reportedly carried out the execution – had been arrested.

Comfort K. Robinson, of Broadview; DeJuyon Johnican, of Cicero; and Jermaine Douglas, of Chicago, were all charged with first-degree murder and now await trial while being held without bond at Cook County Jail.

Back in business Five years ago, business in Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield wasn’t exactly booming. Still trying to pull out of the recession that socked the nation, the villages were struggling to hang on to the businesses they had much less roll out the welcome mat for new ones.

That began to change a couple of years ago, first in North Riverside with the arrival of Costco and some new life being breathed into the North Riverside Park Mall. And in 2016, the recovery began to be felt on main street in Riverside and Brookfield, which both sought to concentrate on economic development efforts.

In 2015, Brookfield Village manager Keith Sbiral reorganized the building department, adding a specific economic development component to it. The year 2016 was the first full year under the new arrangement and things are changing.

New zoning for the village’s commercial areas seeks to make Brookfield more attractive to developers, one of whom has pitched a mixed-use development near the Congress Park train station.

The village board created a TIF district for the Eight Corners area and business activity increased on Grand Boulevard with the opening of the Brookfield Ale House and the sale of the derelict former Helping Hand Thrift Store building.

Riverside spent $2 million (most of it via grants) to completely make over the downtown

business district, tweaked its zoning code and embarked on creating a new marketing plan to heighten Riverside’s “brand.”

As the downtown face-lift was completed, two new restaurants opened in the downtown area and a brewery/pub got the OK to begin construction on Burlington near Harlem Avenue. A second microbrewery/brew pub idea was nudged out of a potential deal on Quincy Street.

And on Harlem Avenue there’s new life being breathed into long-underutilized commercial properties near Longcommon Road.

First Avenue path a done deal In 2014, back before the state of Illinois General Assembly and Gov. Bruce Rauner ground the state’s ability to fund itself to a complete halt, it looked to be smooth sailing for a bike path that would finally connect RiversideBrookfield High School with the village of North Riverside.

But the funding promised for phase two of the path, connecting 31st Street and 26th Street along the west side of First Avenue, dried up in 2015 and the path was back in limbo.

In February, the Cook County Forest Preserve District Board stepped up and agreed to fund that segment of the path and by late summer it was on its way to becoming a reality.

Although the route changed – it initially was going to cut west from First Avenue on 31st Street to Golfview and then north to reconnect with First Avenue – and wound up traveling down First Avenue the entire way, the path was largely complete as 2016 drew to a close, a real triumph of intergovernmental cooperation to plan and fund something beneficial not just to local residents but anyone who wants a safe pedestrian/bike route along a very busy stretch of state highway.

A tale of two boards Since 2013, there had been a revolving door to superintendent’s office in Riverside School District 96. From May 2013 to July 2016 there have been four changes at the top.

The last came July 1, when Martha RyanToye started as superintendent, following a year that saw the district led by a two-man interim team that had been unceremoniously bounced – though they might have said rescued – from Lyons-Brookfield District 103.

And while there will be a contested election for four seats on the school board in 2017, the internal crisis in District 96 appears to have passed.

In District 103, the battle for the board of education is still being waged. After being captured by a politically connected slate of candidates in 2015, the District 103 board could see another shift in majority next year.

In the meantime, 2016 was a time for the present majority to consolidate its power.

By the end of 2016, the district is staffed by an entirely new and politically dependent administration, though there’s been at least one bit of court intrigue still unresolved, regarding the suspension and impending termination of the district’s business manager.

While relative calm may have returned to District 96, the same can’t be said for their neighbors in southeast Brookfield.

BIG WEEK

Ring in the New Year, kids

North Riverside Parks and Recreation will host a rocking New Year’s Eve Party for kids 4 to 9 on Friday, Dec. 30, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Village Commons, 2401 Desplaines Ave. Kids can partake in various games before a countdown on the big screen at noon. Noisemakers, treats, confetti and more provided. The fee is $12 ($15 for Brookfield Zoo’s Holiday Magic nights non-residents). Call 708-442continue every night this week through 5515 with Visa or MasterCard to Dec. 31 from 4 to 9 p.m. at the zoo, 3300 register.

Golf Road in Brookfield.

And on Dec. 31, starting at 6 p.m., help bring in the New Year at Zoo Year’s Eve, featuring a DJ, games, party favors, prizes, noisemakers, confetti cannons and a New Year’s countdown at 8 p.m.

North Riverside Public The event is included with paid zoo Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., admission. Parking is extra. celebrates Elvis Presley’s birthday next month with a screening of his 1962 film Kid Galahad, co-starring Gig Young, Lola Albright and Charles Bronson on Wednesday, Jan. 4 at 2 p.m. Admission is free.

Presley plays a prizefighter who won’t take a dive for gangsters in this remake of the 1937 original.

December 28-January 4

Family friendly Zoo Year’s Eve

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And more “Good Machines,”an art exhibition highlighting connections between humans and technology continues thru Jan. 7 at Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., Riverside.

Free. Visit www.riversideartscenter.com for gallery times.

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North Riverside Parks and Recreation hosts a supervised open gym for teens every Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Village Commons, 2401 Desplaines Ave. Concession available. $5 fee at the door.

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The Brookfield Elks Lodge, 9022 31st St., hosts bingo every Monday night. Doors open at 5 p.m. and games start at 7 p.m. minimum cash payout of $2,275 a night, plus pull tabs, lightning, tic-tac and raffles.

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Celebrate The King’s birthday

North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., hosts Messy Mornings for Munchkins for ages 2 and up every Tuesday in January at 10:30 a.m. Enjoy short, active stories and messy fun in this hands-on program.

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Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-3rd) hosts a town hall meeting on Jan. 7 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Oak Lawn Community High School, 9400 Southwest Highway. Lipinski will talk about his work in Congress and take questions from audience members. Staff will be on hand an hour before the meeting to assist with Medicare, Social Security and veterans’benefits.

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Remembering those we lost in 2016

By BOB UPHUES Editor

The area lost some giants in 2016, longtime public servants, characters and even a beloved resident of the Brookfield Zoo. Here’s a look back at those who passed away in the past 12 months.

Mark Camasta, 59 An attorney who was very involved as a Boy Scout leader and volunteer, the Lyons resident served for eight years on the Lyons-Brookfield School District 103 Board of Education, to which he was re-elected in 2013. March 8.

Cookie the Cockatoo, 83 Cookie, a Major Mitchell’s cockatoo, was a part of the Brookfield Zoo’s collection from the day it opened in 1934 until the day he died.

Celebrated in 2014 as the world’s oldest parrot, Cookie received star treatment from visitors and staff alike. In 2013, Dr. Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji, a holy man/healer who founded a parrot sanctuary in Mysore, India, made a special pilgrimage to Brookfield Zoo to see Cookie. Aug. 27.

Randall Czajka, 59 Czajka first got involved in North Riverside politics in the 1980s as a resident concerned

about the impact of the North Riverside Park Mall on his east side neighborhood. In 1991, he won election as a village trustee and served in that capacity for 22 years, several of them battling a debilitating neurodegenerative disease before leaving the village board in 2013. Jan. 9.

Harold Fitzsimmons, 82 “Fitz” was a Boston native who spent a long career in law enforcement, serving as a police officer in Riverside and Oak Park, where he became deputy chief. He also served as police chief at Brookfield Zoo and for the village of Lisle before retiring after a stint with the DuPage Metropolitan Enforcement Group.

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James Greene, 87 Greene worked as an electrician, but the Riverside resident’s time serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean War spurred a lifetime of service to veterans’ causes, including 55 years as a volunteer at Hines V.A. Hospital.

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Schofield “Scuffy” Gross, 88 Gross was perhaps best known in town as being Riverside Township’s assessor for 40 years, retiring from the job in 2009. But he was omnipresent in Riverside as a member of

the Lions Club, as a businessman, one of the founders of the Riverside Swim Club, an elder at Riverside Presbyterian Church and as a repository of historical knowledge. July 4.

James Keen, 85 Keen grew up on a farm in South Dakota but made his mark as a research chemist for General Mills, registering 20 patents. The father of 11, Keen also had a strong interest in education and was a critic of education policy. He served on the Riverside-Brookfield High School board for 12 years. July 30.

Charley Krebs, 59 A Riverside man about town, Krebs was the award-winning editorial cartoonist for Suburban Life newspapers for 30 years. His distinctive style graced the pages of Chicago Jazz Magazine, Copley Newspapers and the web pages of Patch.com. Riverside Arts Center displayed a retrospective of his work last summer, prior to his death on Nov. 10.

John Kunka, 83 A longtime member and leader of the Frederick Law Olmsted Society, Kunka served on the Riverside Forestry Advisory Committee and led the first research-based restoration of the Riverside landscape in keeping with Olmsted’s plan. He also helped organize the

Olmsted Society’s first housewalk and, along with his wife, Jane, was named a Person of the Year by the Lions Club. Nov. 10.

Dr. Harold Lindahl, 89 A chemical engineer and adjunct professor of chemical engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology for more than 40 years, Dr. Lindahl also was elected to the Riverside Elementary School District 96 Board of Education, serving as president. Oct. 19.

Joseph Lis, 87 Lis famously got his job in 1956 as a science teacher at S.E. Gross School in Brookfield after getting lost on his way to Brookfield Zoo and stopping at the school for directions. For the next 37 years he was known as “Mr. Lis the Scientist” retiring in 1993. Oct. 15.

Martin Mitera, 63 After serving in the U.S. Marines, Mitera embarked on a career in law enforcement, serving as a Brookfield police officer for 30 years until his retirement in 2011. Sept. 5.

Clyde “Moose” Moravec, 73 A Riverside native with big ideas, Moravec was a world traveler and renaissance man See IN MEMORIAM on page 11

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THE LANDMARK VIEW

Putting things to rest There’s really no such thing as the “end” of a year. It’s all an artificial construct we’ve developed through the millennia to make sense of the never-ending cycle of life on the planet.

Nothing significantly changes when the clock strikes midnight on Jan. 1; there are still the same problems to face and possibilities to imagine. But it’s as useful a time as any to take stock of what those problems and possibilities are, so here’s a bash at a few things that still need resolving – some of them longstanding matters.

Speed it up, justice Here’s a name you might not remember: Jeffrey Gurley.

Back in April 2012 – yes, it’s been nearly five years – he was on probation in Kentucky and decided he’d travel up to Brookfield to meet an ex-girlfriend. Afraid of his violent past, she called Brookfield police to escort her to his apartment to gather some belongings, which she did.

A day later, she went back to the apartment accompanied by her stepbrother, who went inside to get some more things.

When he didn’t come out, the woman called police, who reported finding the woman’s stepbrother stabbed multiple times and hanging by a belt in a closet.

Gurley, who was also inside the apartment, reportedly said, “Just take me to jail.”

The stabbing victim recovered and Gurley has been sitting in jail – he’s being housed in Kankakee in between appearances at the Maybrook courthouse in Maywood.

Incredibly, this case still hasn’t gone to trial. We don’t know what the holdup is, but it sure does seem like it ought not take five years to prosecute this kind of case. Hopefully, 2017 is the year it’s finally resolved.

All hands on deck It’s been two-and-a-half years since the village of North Riverside launched an ill-fated effort to privatize its fire department.

The village’s case has faced setback after setback in the courts. The most recent one came earlier this month when a state appeals court shot down the village’s reasons for underfunding police and fire pensions, which is at the center of the privatization effort.

Early next year we expect the same court to reject the village’s appeal of a circuit court ruling regarding the privatization effort itself. That must end this push, which was a bad idea from the start.

Then both sides have to sit down and negotiate a contract.

If private paramedics remain part of that deal, so be it.

Members of the department from the chief (whoever that’s going to be and God knows who’d want the job at this point) on down have got to be professionals and work toward a common purpose and end the factionalism that’s tearing it apart.

Put the fix in Speaking of torn apart, it’s now been almost three years since Swan Pond Park in Riverside was torn up by a couple of terrible winter floods. Since that time, there’s been much talk but little action on a long-term fix.

Last fall a long-range solution appeared to be coming into focus. It’s going to take not just startup funding, but ongoing funding for maintenance, and Riverside needs to step up and begin to set things right there.

Opinion KOSEY CORNER

Another year in the books as time flies

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ere it is the last week in December, and as we ready for the New Year I am still trying to catch up on 2016.

As expected, I still have a few cards to send out with apologies to those who are on the “M” and “H” pages. I will add a little note to those late receivers, not with an apology but something that will make them feel special in receiving a belated greeting.

I console myself by saying these cards will receive more attention since they are not combined with a stack of mail.

Can you believe it will be 2017? Seems like just last year when we were at the Chew Chew Café in the Arcade Building on New Year’s Eve. Actually, the year was 1999 and all eyes were on the clock on the Riverside Township Hall waiting for it to make its move, signaling a new century. There was talk about a technological disaster happening at midnight, but all that happened was everyone wishing each other a Happy New Year. It took me a while to remember to write 2000, and now we are at 2017. Where does the time go?

The year 2016 had changes for everybody and almost every place in the Landmark area -- some things good, some things not so good, depending on how you look at it.

We all aged a year or, if you like to hedge a little, you became a year younger again.

Now we look at the best thing that happened in 2016 -- the Cubs winning the World Series. I still can’t believe it, and even watching replays gives me a thrill. I will treasure my Cubs championship sweatshirt that I received as a Christmas present, and I wear it with pride. It’s good enough to wear to church.

Other good things happened, of course. I made some new friends at the Masonic Hall who honored me this past summer, naming me their “Community Builder of the Year”. Thank you.

And of course I look forward to writing more columns for you in the New Year. Thank you and Happy New Year to all.

To Rey Navarro of Riverside: a special happy birthday to you. I won’t divulge his age, because you wouldn’t believe it. He is forever young.

JOANNE KOSEY

LETTERS

Heartfelt thanks to Congress Park staff and parents This heartfelt thanks is to the Congress Park School community of parents and staff. I have been a part of this community since 1993. My brother, sister and son Nicolas, now at Park Junior High, has attended Congress Park over the years.

I also worked at Congress Park while obtaining my teaching degree for 10 years. This year my little Gabriela started kindergarten with an amazing teacher named Mrs. Repsis. This school community came together to help my family during the holidays.

I was recently diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 38 in September. This news devastated my entire family, my students and my school. After months of enduring test after test, biopsy after biopsy, I went for a second opinion. I found a team of excellent doctors at Loyola Hospital. After some appointments, my surgery was scheduled.

Every mom’s nightmare whenever surgery is involved is making sure things are all in place, just in case. It was hard to be strong and put on a happy face, but I did it.

I had to change my mindset into thinking positively and having my faith in God even stronger than before.

God showed me His angels were everywhere. So many kind and generous people made my journey a little happier than I would’ve expected.

Days before my bilateral mastectomy surgery, a

hard-working dedicated mom, Tam Chavez, was talking with another mom, Melanie Osinski-Ballauer, about setting up a Meal Train on behalf of my family.

Tears welted up and I began to sob.

These two very busy moms wanted to help out and ask our community for help for my family. I am not one to accept help, because I am the one usually helping others. I love to help others and I don’t know how to ask for help.

I had surgery on Tuesday and the first meal came on Friday. Every day for the month of December, someone signed up to make dinner for my family and/or make a donation for gift cards. Many families that signed up, I didn’t even know.

During this crazy time of the year, they still offered their time to take one less thing off of my family’s plate.

To all of you that donated, cooked, sent cards, texted, called and visited, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I am so blessed and proud to live in Brookfield and to be a part of the Congress Park community with you all. We as parents are also very lucky to have some of most amazing teachers I have ever known. From the Guerrero family to yours, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Desiree Guerrero Brookfield

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IN MEMORIAM

OBITUARIES

Franklin L. Dieter, 84 Salesman and Realtor Franklin L. Dieter, 84, formerly of Brookfield, died peacefully at home on Dec. 10, 2016.

Mr. Dieter was born July 11, 1932 in Wheaton to Frank and Lena (nee Fortman) Dieter.

He served in the U.S Air Force and worked as a salesman and Realtor, living life on his own terms. His wit, humor and FRANKLIN L. DIETER strong spirit will be greatly missed.

He was married for 57 years to his wife, Betty Lee (nee Ver Halen). He was the father of Jeff (Nancy) Dieter; the grandfather of Guston and Webb; the youngest brother of eight, including his surviving sister, Irene (Joe) Pesek; the brother-in-law of Joanna (David) Angsten; an uncle to many nieces and nephews; and friend to all who knew him.

A memorial will be held at Bethlehem Woods, 1571 W. Ogden Ave. in LaGrange Park on Wednesday, Dec. 28 starting at 3:30 p.m., with a service at 6 p.m.

Virginia M. Hall, 92 Retired secretary Virginia Mary Hall, 92, of Brookfield, died Dec. 26, 2016.

She was born Jan. 25, 1924 and worked as a secretary prior to retirement.

She was the daughter of the late Stanley G. Hall and Emma V. Hall (nee Hanus); the sister of Leonard (Geraldine) Hall, the late Dolores (Melvin) Korrell, Robert (Virginia) Hall, VIRGINIA M. HALL Helen Hall and Sister Audrey Hall DSMP; and the aunt of many nieces and nephews.

Visitation is on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St. in Brookfield, followed by a funeral Mass at noon at St. Louise de Marillac Church in La Grange Park. Interment is at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside.

Hitzeman Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements.

Anne Jucius Kropik, 98 Former Miss Marquette Park Anne Jucius Kropik, 98, a 55-year resident of Riverside and former resident of Chicago’s Marquette Park neighborhood, died Dec. 23, 2016.

She was born to Lithuanian parents on June 15, 1918.

At the age of 18, she was crowned Miss Ogden Hill, after the Chicago neighborhood, and cut the ceremonial ribbons on the new Warner Brothers Theater.

Ms. Kropik also reigned as Miss Marquette Park during its jubilee. But her best prize, she would tell you, was meeting Charles T. Kropik, a student at Northwestern University’s law school. They were married for more than 50 years at the time of his death in 1992.

She was a member of St. Mary’s Bridge Group and

for 20 years was a member of the Riverside Golf Club, where she was a former 9-hole champion She is survived by her daughter, Candy (Stanley) Papuga. Stanley practiced law with his father-in-law at Kropik, Papuga & Shaw. She’s also survived by her grandchildren, Charanne, Justin (Erin) and Amanda Papuga and great-grandchildren Caroline, Jake and Reagan Papuga and Nathan and Zachary Bell.

Services are private. Interment is at Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago.

In lieu of flowers, donations are appreciated to CSA Fraternal Life Scholarship Fund, 2050 Finley Rd., Suite 70, Lombard, 60148 or Plzensky Sokol Memorial Fund.

Arrangements were handled by Riverside Funeral Directors, the Original Kuratko Family Directors, Brian D. Kuratko, director.

Richard P. Tomaszkiewicz, 88 Civil engineer Richard P. Tomaszkiewicz, 88, of Lyons, died Dec. 23, 2016 Mr. Tomaszkiewicz was born Sept. 21, 1928 and served in the U.S. Army before embarking on a career as a civil engineer for a government agency.

He was the husband of Lucia M. Tomaszkiewicz (nee Novakovich); the father of Sheri Trent, Richelle (Gary) SchuenRICHARD emann, Richard W. (Lauren) P. TOMASZKIEWICZ Tomaszkiewicz and Luci (Ray) Kasiorek; the grandfather of Christopher Tomaszkiewicz, Ellery Tomaszkiewicz and Daniel Kasiorek; and the uncle of many nieces and nephews.

Visitation is on Wednesday, Dec. 28 from 3 to 8 p.m. and on Thursday, Dec. 29 from 9 to 9:30 a.m. at Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St. in Brookfield.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, Dec. 29 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Hugh Church, 7939 43rd St. in Lyons. Interment is private.

Kristan Wood, 46 Riverside resident Kristan Michelle Wood, 46, of Riverside and formerly of Venice, Florida, died on Dec. 13, 2016.

Born on Aug. 9, 1970, she will be remembered by those she touched, from family to friends and to all of the nurses and doctors she met along the way. It was her loving personality, her quick wit and humor, and her strong faith that helped her fight her way through each day.

Ms. Wood was the daughter of the late Howard and June Wood; the sister of Tracy (Rebecca); the aunt of Sarah, Callie and T.J. Wood; a fantastic mom to her dog Fuji; and a friend to many.

A funeral Mass was held Dec. 17 at St. Mary Church.

Interment was private.

Memorial donations are appreciated to the Transverse Myelitis Association, 1787 Sutter Parkway, Powell, Ohio, 43065-8806 (www.myelitis.org/donate) or to Canine Assistants, 3160 Francis Road, Milton, Georgia, 30004.

Arrangements were handled by Riverside Funeral Directors, the Original Kuratko Family, Brian D. Kuratko and Ken D. Kuratko, directors.

This is the corrected version of an obituary that ran in the Dec. 21 issue of the Landmark.

from page 9 whose jobs included being a restaurateur, working at the Chicago Board of Trade, remodeling homes, managing property in Los Angeles and building wood hot tubs from scratch. Moravec was the life of the party, whose “Moosefest” gatherings were highlights of his RBHS class’ high school reunions. Feb. 20.

Chris Stach, 64 A beloved local figure who dubbed himself “Brookfield’s Greatest Historian,” Stach was a prolific collector of documents and items related to local history, helped author the book Brookfield, Illinois: A History and wrote about local history regularly for the Riverside-Brookfield Landmark.

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Dennis Sadilek, 85 A Czech immigrant whose fa-

MAYOR RACE from page 3 Both sides settled the case earlier this month after nearly four years in the courts. As part of the settlement agreement, the defendants were ordered to pay unspecified monetary damages and publicly apologize.

Asked if the result of the lawsuit might have played a role in Mandel’s decision to run against him, Demopoulos said he doubted it. Mandel, he noted, ran for trustee again in 2015 as part of the Save Our Firefighters slate that was put together

by Demopoulos.

PENSIONS from page 4 the village had the right to unilaterally terminate its contract with union firefighters.

North Riverside’s failure to fund its pension obligations was at the center of the village’s attempt in 2014 to privatize its fire department. When the state’s Department of Insurance called officials before it to explain why it had failed to adequately fund pensions between 2000 and 2011, local officials argued that the economic downturn of 2008-09 had devastated sales tax revenues.

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ther died at the hand of the Nazis during World War II, Sadilek earned a law degree from Yale University and worked for Jewel, Northern Trust and in commercial real estate. Locally, he served as a member of the Riverside Village Board and the library board.

He was also president of the Lions Club and was an elder at Riverside Presbyterian Church. Aug. 10.

James “Sully” Sullivan, 80 A former Marine who worked as a maintenance manager for a transport company, Sullivan was best known in Brookfield as the manager of the Brookfield National Little League softball team that won the Little League World Series in 1986. Nov. 23.

Lois Verdon, 80 A former longtime Brookfield resident, she was the “Lo” in Dav N Lo’s Chicken, which churned out box after box of fried chicken for hungry residents for 20 years, from 1976 until 1996 on Ogden Avenue. Feb. 3.

Mandel finished fourth in a sixperson race for three trustee seats in 2015. Demopoulos won re-election as a trustee and the slate put a scare into the VIP Party, which looked to be headed to a defeat until totals from the final precinct put two of its candidates over the top.

With that result as a backdrop, Demopoulos felt Mayor Hubert Hermanek Jr., who won election to that office as VIP’s candidate in 2013, would be vulnerable in his bid for re-election in 2017.

But Mandel’s entry into the race would appear to siphon off votes for Demopoulos, benefitting Hermanek. level didn’t buy that reasoning and neither did the appellate court, which reasoned the village could have chosen to direct funds toward pensions but simply chose not to.

In addition, the appellate court noted, several years during which the village failed to adequately fund pensions came prior to the economic downturn.

“The village, as all government units, has to make choices where to spend money,” the appellate court’s ruling states. “And here there was evidence that the village spent its money on discretionary endeavors it prioritized more than contributing to the police and firefighter pensions. That is a violation of the Pension Code.”

— Bob Uphues

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Riverside woman lauded for ‘heroic efforts’

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iverside resident Sharon Weiss recently was recognized by Riverside Police Chief Thomas Weitzel for “courageous action” in responding to a vehicle crash at the intersection of Berkeley and Byrd roads, near her home, on Oct. 27.

At about 10 a.m. that day, a vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree on the corner of Berkeley and Byrd.

Weiss, a real estate agent for Burlington Realty in Riverside, pulled the driver from vehicle, an action which “not only saved the driver from further SHARON WEISS injury, but removed the driver before the vehicle may have caught on fire,” according to Weitzel.

“You unselfishly put yourself in harm’s way and assisted the driver out of the vehicle before police and fire personnel arrived,’ Weitzel wrote. “I am truly thankful for you heroic efforts.”

Ascension Lutheran names pastor

ley Community College on Nov. 29, Officer John Cairo received an Award of Merit for “exceptional attitude, attendance, work ethic and professionalism serving the resident of Riverside.”

In addition, Detective Sgt. Frank Lara, Sgt. Leo Kotor, Officer Fabian Navarro, Detective Jim Lazansky and Officer Isaac Hamilton were honored with the Cook County Sheriff ’s Law Enforcement Unit Citation for their teamwork in assisting Lyons police with the apprehension of armed home invasion offenders in February.

Welcome aboard, sir Maj. Timothy Barnhart is the new commander of the 405th Brigade Support Battalion, which is headquartered at the Illinois National Guard Armory in North Riverside. Barnhart took command of TIMOTHY BARNHART the unit on Oct. 23, relieving Lt. Col. Brian Creech.

Barnhart, a Springfield native who previously served as the battalion’s support op-

erations officer, was promoted to lieutenant colonel in November.

On campus

Libby Creek, of Brookfield, served as a national media volunteer during the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump at Hofstra University (Hempstead, New York) in September. The program included a month-long series of panel discussions, lectures and performances on important election issues.

■ Riverside residents Amy Kucera, Jack Lulich, Dennis O’Bryan, James Skiest, Garrett Javors, Rachel McCarthy, Anna Milleker, Alec Polston and Michael Saganich were among the 97 Fenwick High School senior class members named Illinois State Scholars in 2016.

Also, Lyons Township High School has announced that Brookfield residents Jose Bravo, Samantha Hauser, Hunter Jasinski, Brianna Liddell, Elizabeth Strzelczyk and Amber Troesch have been named Illinois State Scholars.

State scholars are among the top 10 percent in the state’s entire senior class, based on a combination of unweighted grade-point average and a scaled score based on either an ACT or SAT test taken during junior year.

■ Two S.E. Gross Middle School students are repeat state qualifiers for the FIRST

Bridget Brown and Alex Barrido Lego League Robotics Illinois Championship to be held in January. Eighth-grader Alex Barrido and seventh-grader Bridget Brown qualified for the state tourney as part of Team Chuck Norris, which competed at the Horizon Science Academy qualifier tournament on Dec. 10.

Teams are judges on how their Lego robots perform certain tasks, like pulling and pushing objects, retrieving items from one location and delivering them to another and maneuvering around a competition table.

Ascension Lutheran Church in Riverside welcomed its new permanent pastor, the Rev. Christopher Honig, and his wife, Liz Honig, into the community earlier this fall.

It’s Honig’s second solo pastor position. He received his Master of Divinity degree from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago following the completion of his undergraduate studies at ValCHRISTOPHER HONIG paraiso University in Indiana.

Ascension Lutheran had been in a period of transition in the year prior to Honig’s arrival after the departure of the previous full-time pastor, the Rev. Jennifer Fisher. In between, the Rev. Dr. Kim Beckmann led the congregation as interim pastor. A pastoral call committee began its formal search for new leadership in May.

I’d be honored Five Riverside police officers were honored recently by Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart for their performance on the job.

At a presentation held at Moraine Val-

Riverside Village President Ben Sells and Police Chief Thomas Weitzel (center left and right) attended a recent ceremony honoring police officers (from left) Fabian Navarro, Isaac Hamilton, Leo Kotor, Frank Lara, Jim Lazansky and John Cairo.

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“Flor Muerta” by Derek Baker Dahl and Adam Kneebone were among the 57 Lyons Township High School student musicians recently selected for the Illinois Music Educators Association District 1 Band, Orchestra, Jazz Band and Jazz Choir.

Students were chosen from a field of more than 2,000 from more than 80 Chicago-area high schools. Being a district musician is the first step toward being selected as an allstate musician.

Dahl, a sophomore, was chosen in Band.

Kneebone, a junior, was selected to the district Jazz Band.

■ Two Brookfield residents won awards during the annual Lyons Township High School Recycled Art Contest. All forms of artwork were accepted and had to be made ■ Emma

“Red Rocker” by Everardo Rios from at least 70 percent reused material.

Winning first place was senior Derek Baker for “Flor Muerta” (Day of the Dead Flower), while junior Everardo Rios tied for second with his “Red Rocker” drum set.

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Love of the game

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RBHS senior known for her special speed, passion on ice

By BOB SKOLNIK

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ngelica Melone first put on a pair of ice skates when she was just 3-years-old.

She was at the Franklin Park Ice Arena where her older brother Luca was playing hockey. Two years later she joined her first team, the Franklin Park Panthers.

Her family is crazy about hockey. Luca is a defenseman for Aurora University and younger brother Dominic plays for a co-op high school team.

“We always like lived in a hockey rink basically and I just wanted to see if I liked it,” said Melone, a 17-year-old senior at Riverside Brookfield High School from North Riverside. “I’ve loved it ever since. I like how fast the game is and I like the competition.”

Melone started playing for the Panthers when she was five and played for the Panthers for five years. Most of her teammates then were boys.

ANGELICA MELONE “Some years I was the only girl, RBHS senior but some years there was another girl with me,” Melone said.

At 10, Melone started playing on a girls team joining the Chicago Mission, a high-level travel program, starting out on their under-12 girls team. Now she plays left wing for the Mission’s under-19 girls team. She is the fastest straight line skater on the team and a very hard worker with great intangibles according to Mission head coach Tony Cachey.

“She’s a dangerous kid because of her speed,” Cachey said. “Other teams have to be aware of her because of her speed. She will outwork people, especially in the corner for pucks.”

Speed is very important in women’s hockey where checking is not allowed.

While not a prolific scorer, Melone is very active on the ice.

“Angelica is very coachable and a super nice kid,” Cachey said. “As good a hockey player as she is, she’s a better kid.

She’s the first one out of the locker room for every game and every practice.”

Hockey takes up a lot of time for Melone.

During the travel season, which runs from August until April, she goes to Seven Bridges Ice Arena in Woodridge on Monday and Wednesday afternoons for Mission practices.

On weekends the team usually plays in tournaments, often hundreds of miles away. They travel regularly to Canada

“I like how fast the game is and I like the competition.”

Courtesy Angelica Melone

RBHS senior Angelica Melone plays left wing for the Chicago Mission U19 girls team. (Below, left to right) Angelica Melone, Lauren Severson (#17) and Amanda Tomasek (#5).

(mostly Ontario) as well as Michigan, New York, and Vermont for tournaments. The team often leaves on Thursday afternoons so she misses school on most Fridays.

Nevertheless, Melone is an excellent and conscientious student who made the B Honor Roll in the first quarter.

“She is on top of her school work,” said Doug Schultz, Melone’s College Algebra teacher. “I would best describe her as being balanced. To be that competitive in a sport, but still an A student at school and responsible with getting any of the word done that she’s missed has been impressive.

She’s just a nice person who adds to the positive atmosphere

in my classroom.”

Playing travel hockey comes with sacrifices including missing many school events because she is gone so many weekends.

“I’ve gone to like maybe seven (RBHS) football games,” Melone said.

When she was younger she played travel softball and played softball as a freshman at RBHS, but gave up softball to concentrate on hockey.

Next year Melone will be playing Division I college hockey for Union College, a liberal arts college of about 2,200 students located in Schenectady, New York. Union College plays NCAA Division I hockey in the tough Eastern College Athletic Conference against bigger schools such as Brown, Colgate, Dartmouth, Harvard, and Yale.

“I was getting looked at by a number of schools but when I visited Union it was like the perfect match,” Melone said.

“I don’t like big schools. It’s a really beautiful campus and I really loved it.”

Union College has traditionally struggled in the ECAC and didn’t win a game last year. This year the team has a 3-17 record this year but is rebuilding under first-year coach Josh Sciba, a former assistant at Colgate who played college hockey at Notre Dame.

“We want to bring in kids like Angelica and surround her with other kids who are passionate about hockey,” Sciba said.

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2016: A year to remember

Lyons Township boys swimming wimming wins state; several Riverside-Brookfield, Fenwick teams excel as well

By MARTY FARMER

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onsidering the plethora of talented high school coaches and players at Riverside-Brookfield, Fenwick, Lyons Township and Trinity, it’s not surprising to see so much athletic success by the schools, collectively, in a given year. inly no exception as the 2016 was certainly ming team set a high stanLTHS boys swimming dard of excellencee by winning its first state title under coach Scott Walker.

Stellar athletes like RBHS’ Daniko Jacklanton (basketball), Dana son and Jalen Clanton l) and Allie Kucera (socRettke (volleyball) cer); Fenwick’s Mike Smith (basketball), otball/basketball) Jacob Keller (football/basketball) n (track & field/ and Grace Cronin state champ); and Trinity’s Annie McKenna and Kaitlin asketAylward (both basketong a ball) excelled among p of remarkable group athletes. ook So here’s a look back at 2016, as yet ing another compelling ed to chapter was added tions of the storied traditions RBHS, Fenwick, LTHS s. and Trinity sports.

LTHS wins boys swimming mming state title The Lyons Township ownship High School boyss swimming team made history i at the state finals. Th The Lions, who scored 146 points in the team standings, became the first team in program history to win a state championship.

In the estimation of LTHS coach Scott Walker, every swimmer within the program truly contributed to the unprecedented accomplishment.

“We had 12 representatives at the state meet but all 70 kids in the program played a role,” Walker said. “The guys really bought into the concept that they were swimming for our team, our program, our school and our community.”

LTHS excelled in the relays with a first, second and third place finish.

Chris Phillips was fifth in the 200-yard individual medley with a time 1:52.21 and eighth in the 100 breaststroke at 57.69.

Other notable results included: Credit (100 breaststroke/fourth, 56.24; 200 IM/seventh, 1:51.85), Spencer Walker (100 backstroke/ sixth, 51.07; 500 free/eighth, 4:35.16), Hammond (50 free/ninth, 21.51) and Claesson (100 free/10th, 46.54).

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In diving, Seamus Scotty came in fifth with a score of 459.75.

Bad call spoils Friars’ run

Fenwick appealed to the IHSA, but the IHSA refused to hear it and claimed that its by-laws would not allow a reversal of the outcome. Fenwick then sued the IHSA and went to court in an effort to get the team into the finals, but that, too, failed.

The Fenwick Boyd resigns as RBHS wrestling coach fo football team finish ished 11-2 with a Within three years of his 2013 hiring, the Chi Chicago Catholic RBHS wrestling program dramatically imLeag League Green title, proved under coach Mike Boyd. The Bullstate semifinals ap- dogs went 20-3 with three sectional qualifipeara pearance, and two ers in 2016 and the number of wrestlers in All-Sta All-State players (quar- the program increased from approximately Kel terback Jacob Keller, wide receiver 15 to 88 including the development of a girls O’Laughlin among many no- wrestling team. In 2015, the Bulldogs went Michael O’Laughlin) table players.

19-4 with a school-record 12 sectional and a And yet, 2016 will always be remem- six state qualifiers, highlighted by Al’Lon bered as the season the Friars were flat- Carter’s fifth-place showing at 220 pounds in out robbed of a Class 6A state title game the Class 2A finals. appearance.

Boyd resigned from his head coaching poI the h state semifinals, ifi l Plainfield North sition during a meeting with RBHS PrinciIn defeated Fenwick 18-17 in overtime at Triton pal Kristin Smetana on March 4.

College in River Grove after a controversial “I told the kids in our wrestling program play at the end of regulation that incorrect- and their parents at our team banquet ly handed Plainfield North the momentum.

(March 4) that I resigned,” Boyd said. “It With Fenwick holding a slim lead and was tough, felt like a wake. I buried my dad looking to run out the clock, the officials about six years ago, and this is probably the called an intentional groundsecond hardest thing I’ve done.” ing penalty on Keller during the Rettke-led RBHS volleyball makes last play and awarded Plainfield quarterfinals North the ball and an untimed Powered by the explosive down on the Fenwick 5-yard line. game of 6-foot-8 senior Dana The Tigers kicked a game-tying Rettke, the Bulldogs went 32-8 field goal. In overtime, Fenwick and advanced to the Class 4A suregained the lead at 17-10 on Conpersectionals. ner Lillig’s 1-yard run. Dillon McAlthough Niles West edged Carthy scored a TD and added a RBHS 25-22, 22-25, 31-29 in an two-point conversion run, lifting epic supersectional, the disapPlainfield North to victory.

TOM MCCLOSKEY pointment of that loss paled in Here’s the rub: The rules state a RBHS coach comparison to the team’s overall game can end on an offensive penalty (like Keller’s intentional grounding); it success.

Gia Cinkay, Maria Gonzales, Claire Swican’t end on a defensive penalty.

In fact, the officials’ incorrect ruling atek, Leah Rettke, Olivia Louthen, Vasara shouldn’t have been allowed since the game Kulbis, Margaret Shereck and Maya Diaz also contributed for the Bulldogs. was over after the clock struck triple zeros.

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McCloskey farewell You know your program is in good shape when a 22-6 season is viewed as a bit disappointing. For clarity, the 22-6 record the Riverside-Brookfield boys basketball team earned was fine, but a first-round 74-69 loss to Proviso East in the state playoffs ended the Bulldogs’ season on a sour note.

The Bulldogs played well in most of their losses, holding their own against elite competition like nationally-ranked Gonzaga Prep from Washington D.C. and in-state powers Fenwick, St. Joseph and Morgan Park.

More significantly, this winter is head Closkey’s coach Tom McCloskey’s rrently, final season (currently, e 5-5). the Bulldogs are y prac“I really enjoy y said. tice,” McCloskey at when “I think it’s great y good you have a really tice week of practice and everybody is ge. on the same page. ers Then the players g a execute during game what we ll talked about all week. You neverr KAITLIN stop learning.”

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Fenwick girls water polo on topp Fenwick senior or Catie Wallace scored the game-winning goal in a 13-12 double-overtime victory against Stevenson in the water polo state final.

“It feels pretty awesome,” Wallace said. “It was a team effort.”

It was the ninth state title in the past 13 years for the Friars (30-5-1), who improved to 9-1 in state title games.

Trinity third in hoops Senior guard Annie McKenna turned in a brilliant performance with 25 points on 9-of11 shooting to power the Blazers past Whitney Young, 63-47, in the semifinal at Redbird Arena in Normal.

Kaitlin Aylward added 20 points and six rebounds as Trinity (30-6) tied the school record for wins and earned the first state trophy in program history despite changing head coaches (Eddie Stritzel resigned; replaced by Mike Valente) during the season.

Bulldogs win with Kucera, defense The RBHS girls soccer team won its second straight regional title in 2016 with a foolproof formula. Let high-scoring forward Allie Kucera and playmaking midfielders Esther Annoreno and Kathryn Sessler do their thing and a stingy defense will do the rest.

The Bulldogs (13-7-3) earned their regional title in dominant fashion by outscoring two opponents 13-0. In a sectional semifinal, St. Ignatius defeated RBHS 2-1 to close out the latter’s season.

The aforementioned defense featured Claire Hansa, McKenna Powers, Sarah Sanchez and Ivy Marcucci.

RBHS surrendered more than two goals only five times.

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WHEREAS, the Village of Forest Park (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Villageâ&#x20AC;?) owns a certain parcel of vacant real property, comprised of approximately 5,073 square feet, generally located along the west side of Van Buren Street, south of Madison Street, Forest Park, Illinois, legally described on Exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;? attached hereto and incorporated herein (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Real Propertyâ&#x20AC;?); and WHEREAS, the corporate authorities of the Village have determined that such Real Property is surplus real estate, in that it is no longer necessary, appropriate, required for the use of, profitable to, or for the best interests of the Village; and WHEREAS, the corporate authorities of the Village have ascertained the value of the Real Property, by a written MAI certified appraisal; and WHEREAS, Noah Properties, LLC (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Noahâ&#x20AC;?) has proposed to purchase the Real Property for the purpose of incorporating the Real Property into a portion of the redevelopment of adjoining property with a proposed townhome development (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Projectâ&#x20AC;?), for the sum of Six Thousand ($6,000.00) Dollars and the reimbursement of the Villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appraisal costs and payment of any cost associated with such closing of the Real Property (all such consideration is collectively referred to as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Total Considerationâ&#x20AC;?); and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Village to sell the Real Property to Noah.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Village Council of the Village of Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois as follows: Section 1. The foregoing recital clauses to this Resolution are hereby adopted as the findings of the corporate authorities and are incorporated herein by specific reference.

Section 2. Pursuant to Section 11-76-4.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, 65 ILCS 5/11-764.1, the corporate authorities find that the Real Property is surplus public real estate and that it is no longer necessary, appropriate, required for the use of, profitable to, or for the best interests of the Village, and further find that it is in the best interest of the Village to sell the Real Property to Noah for the Total Consideration, as described hereinabove, said Total Consideration being not less than eighty percent (80%) of the appraised value of the Real Property.

Section 3. Subject to the provisions herein, the corporate authorities find that it is in the best interest of the Village to sell the Real Property to Noah for the purposes of incorporating the Real Property into the Project.

Section 4. The pertinent information concerning the terms of the sale is as follows: Purchaser: Noah Properties, LLC Sales Price: $6,000.00, plus costs Property: Âą 5,073 sq. ft. located along the west side of Van Buren Street, just south of Madison Street; vacant and zoned I2 Industrial District.

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Section 5. Subject to the provisions herein, the corporate authorities of the Village hereby authorize the sale of the Real Property to Noah, pursuant to the terms and conditions of that certain â&#x20AC;&#x153;Commercial Real Estate Purchase and Sale Contract,â&#x20AC;? a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bâ&#x20AC;?, and the specific terms of the sale can be found in the proposed Commercial Real Estate Purchase and Sale Contract on file in the office of the Village Clerk.

Section 6. Subject to the prior receipt from Noah of the agreeable executed Commercial Real Estate Purchase and Sale Contract, The Mayor and Village Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute and attest to, respectively, the Commercial Real Estate Purchase and Sale Contract attached hereto as Exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bâ&#x20AC;?, with such changes therein as may be approved by the officials executing the same, their execution thereof to constitute approval of all such changes therein, with such execution and attestation to occur of the publication of this Resolution pursuant to Section 7 below.

Section 7. A copy of this Resolution shall be published at the first opportunity following its passage in the Forest Park Review.

Section 8. The officials, officers, employees and agents of the Village are hereby authorized to take such actions and execute such documents as are necessary to effectuate the sale of the Real Property and carry out the terms, provisions and intent of this Resolution.

Section 9. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by two-thirds (2/3) of the corporate authorities then holding office in the manner provided by law.

PASSED by the Mayor and Council of the Village of Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois this 19th day of December, 2016.

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ABSENT: 0 APPROVED: ______________________________ Mayor Anthony T. Calderone ATTESTED and filed in my office, and published in pamphlet form this 19th day of December, 2016. ______________________________ Vanessa Moritz, Village Clerk

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LEGAL DESCRIPTION A PARCEL OF LAND IN LOT 1 OF NOYESVILLE, A SUBDIVISION OF THE WEST ½ OF THE NORTHWEST Âź OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 39, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID WEST 1/2 OF NORTHWEST Âź; THENCE DUE S0UTH ALONG THE EAST LINE THEREOF A DISTANCE OF 33 FEET; THENCE S. 89°51â&#x20AC;&#x2122; W. AND PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID WEST 1/2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4.

A DISTANCE OF 215.0 FEET TO A POINT IN THE EAST LINE OF A 50 FT. ROADWAY (THE FOLLOWING COURSES TERMINATING AT THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 1 ARE 25.0 FEET EASTERLY OF AND PARALLEL TO THE CENTER LINE OF SAID ROADWAY); THENCE DUE S0UTH AND PARALLEL WITH THE SAID EAST LINE OF THE WEST 1/2 OF NORTHWEST Âź, A DISTANCE OF 72.57 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENCY WITH A CURVED LINE; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE, CONVEX TO THE WEST AND HAVING A RADIUS OF 375 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 135.21 FEET TO A POINT IN A LINE THAT IS 238.0 FEET SOUTH OF (AS MEASURED PARALLEL WITH THE SAID EAST LINE OF WEST 1/2 OF NORTHWEST Âź) AND PARALLEL WITH SAID NORTH LINE OF WEST ½ OF NORTHWEST Âź, SAID POINT BEING THE PLACE OF BEGINNING OF THIS PARCEL OF LAND; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CURVED LINE, A DISTANCE OF 45.87 FEET; THENCE S. 27°40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; E. TANGENT TO SAID CURVE, A DISTANCE OF 147.57 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENCY WITH A CURVED LINE; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE, CONVEX TO THE NORTHEAST AND HAVING A RADIUS OF 425.0 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 205.22 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENCY IN A LINE THAT IS 65 FEET WEST (AS MEASURED PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID WEST 1/2 OF NORTHWEST 1/4) OF THE SAID EAST LINE OF SAID WEST 1/2 OF NORTHWEST 1/4; THENCE DUE SOUTH ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE, A DISTANCE OF 51.79 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE AFORESAID LOT 1; THENCE N. 89°51â&#x20AC;&#x2122; E. ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, A DISTANCE OF 55.0 FEET TO THE SAID EAST LINE OF WEST 1/2 OF NORTHWEST 1/4; THENCE DUE NORTH ALONG SAID EAST LINE. 78.06 FEET; THENCE N. 27°36â&#x20AC;&#x2122; W., A DISTANCE OF 387.58 FEET TO A POINT IN THE AFORESAID LINE 238 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTH LINE OF WEST 1/2 OF NORTHWEST 1/4; THENCE S. 89°51â&#x20AC;&#x2122; W. ALONG SAID LINE. A DISTANCE OF 11.30 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING (EXCEPT THAT PORTION OF THE AFORESAID AND DESCRIBED PARCEL OF LAND LYING SOUTH OF A LINE PARALLEL TO AND 493.0 FEET SOUTH OF THE AFORESAID NORTH LINE OF THE WEST ½ OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN).

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Official notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Administration Buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;260 Madison; Oak Park, IL 60301 until 1:30 p.m. local time on January 11, 2017, for the following:

Monroe St.; Chicago, IL 60601.

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OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT 97 LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS & RENOVATIONS

Bid security in the form of a bid bond, certified check or cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s check in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the Base Bid shall be submitted with the bid. Certificate of Insurance may be required from the successful Bidder.

BIDS WILL BE PUBLICLY OPENED AT 2:00PM ON JANUARY 11, 2017 AT THE OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT 97 ADMINISTRATION OFFICEâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;260 MADISON STREETâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;OAK PARK, IL 60302.

Scope of work for Life Safety Improvements includes, but is not limited to: site concrete, masonry repairs, roofing, carpentry, doors and hardware, drywall, acoustical ceiling grid and tile, painting, HVAC, plumbing and electrical.

All available bid documents will be available December 21st and may be purchased from BEST Imaging Solutions (312-357-9050)â&#x20AC;&#x201C;55 E.

Oak Park Elementary School District 97 reserves the right to reject any and all bids or parts thereof, to waive any irregularities or informalities in bidding procedures, and to award the contract in a manner best serving the interest of the Owner.

All Bidders must comply with applicable Illinois Law requiring the payment of prevailing wages to all laborers, workman and mechanics working on public funded projects.

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costs without any change to the contract amount.

The proposed contract is subject to the requirements of the Equal Employment Practices Commission and the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHA) Illinois Revised Statute, Ch. 69, Par. 1-101, et. seq.

Offers may not be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after closing date.

Any Bid submitted unsealed, unsigned, fax transmissions or received subsequent to the aforementioned date and time, may be disqualified and returned to the bidder.

The Oak Park School District 97 reserves the right to reject any and all bids or parts thereof, to waive any irregularities or informalities in bid procedures and to award the contract in a manner best serving the interest of The Oak Park School District.

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VILLAGE OF OAK PARK, ILLINOIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Village of Oak Park Historic Preservation Commission on January 12, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. at the Oak Park Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois on an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness filed by Tom and Michelle Gill to construct a two-story frame addition on the south side of 238 S. Kenilworth Avenue, located in the Ridgeland/Oak Park Historic District.

All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard.

The hearing may be adjourned by the Historic Preservation Commission to another date without further notice other than a motion to be entered upon the minutes of the hearing fixing the time and place of its adjournment. The Historic Preservation Commission shall issue or deny the Certificate of Appropriateness within fifteen (15) days following completion of the public hearing.

For further information, contact the Development Customer Services Department, Planning Division, Village of Oak Park, Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois during normal business hours.

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LEGAL NOTICE Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615 STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the marriage of Maria Adela Ruiz, Petitioner and Alejandro Reyes, Respondent, Case No. 2016D-011584.

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.

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, 50 West appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before January 30, 2017, 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 A. BROWN, Clerk.

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PUBLIC NOTICES The corporate authorities of the Village of Riverside (the “Village”) will hold a public hearing on February 2, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., at Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois (the “Hearing”), to consider whether to designate the following described property (the “Proposed Harlem Avenue Business District”) as a business district as set forth in the Illinois Business District Development and Redevelopment Law, 65 ILCS 5/11-74.3-1, et seq. (the “Law”), and whether to approve a business district plan for the Proposed Harlem Avenue Business District as set forth in the Law: THAT PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE EAST LINE OF SAID EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 25 AND THE EASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTH RIGHTOF-WAY LINE OF BERKLEY ROAD (a.k.a. BERKELEY ROAD); THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID EAST LINE TO A POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE EASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF A 16-FOOT-WIDE ALLEY LYING SOUTHEASTERLY OF LONGCOMMON ROAD; THENCE WEST ALONG SAID EASTERLY EXTENSION AND SAID SOUTH LINE OF THE 16-FOOTWIDE ALLEY TO A POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE SOUTHEASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF LOT 1 IN KIRCHMAN AND JEDLAN’S RIVERSIDE PARKWAY AND HARLEM AVENUE SUBDIVISION OF PART OF LOT 2 AND ALL OF LOTS 3 AND 4 IN CIRCUIT COURT PARTITION BEING A SUBDIVISION IN SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 25; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHEASTERLY EXTENSION, THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF LOT 1 AND THE NORTHWESTERLY EXTENSION THEREOF TO A POINT ON THE

PUBLIC NOTICES Public Notice Pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/11-74.3-2(b) NORTHWESTERLY RIGHT-OFWAY LINE OF SAID LONGCOMMON ROAD; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID NORTHWESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE TO A POINT ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF A 16-FOOT-WIDE ALLEY LYING WEST OF HARLEM AVENUE; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY AND NORTHERLY ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE OF THE 16-FOOT-WIDE ALLEY AND ITS NORTHERLY EXTENSION THEREOF TO A POINT ON THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF AFORESAID BERKLEY ROAD (a.k.a. BERKELEY ROAD); THENCE EAST ALONG SAID NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF BERKLEY ROAD (a.k.a. BERKELEY ROAD) TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS (PINS): 15-25-407-013-0000 15-25-407-014-0000 15-25-407-015-0000 15-25-407-016-0000 15-25-407-017-0000 15-25-407-018-0000 15-25-407-019-0000 15-25-407-020-0000 15-25-413-013-0000 COMMON ADDRESSES: 2704 S HARLEM; 2710 S HARLEM; 27202728 S HARLEM & 539 LONGCOMMON STREET LOCATION: GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF HARLEM AVENUE FROM BERKLEY ROAD ON THE NORTH TO THE ALLEY APPROXIMATELY 150 FT SOUTH OF LONGCOMMON ROAD TO THE SOUTH IN RIVERSIDE, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AS MORE FULLY DEPICTED IN THE MAP ATTACHED TO THE BUSINESS DISTRICT PLAN ON FILE WITH THE VILLAGE FOR REVIEW AT VILLAGE OFFICES, 27 RIVERSIDE ROAD, RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at the Hearing. The business district plan for the Proposed Harlem Avenue Business District under consideration at the Hearing provides, gen-

PUBLIC NOTICES erally, that the Village may provide or enter into an agreement with developers or business owners and tenants to provide certain public and private improvements in the Proposed Harlem Avenue Business District to enhance the immediate area and to serve the needs of development and the interests of the Village and its residents. The Village intends to develop the Proposed Harlem Business District to further contribute to the long-term economic health and vitality of the Village. Proposed Village projects in the Proposed Harlem Avenue Business District may include but shall not necessarily be limited to: improvement of public utilities including water mains, sewer related system improvements and storm water retention; property acquisition by contract or eminent domain; environmental remediation and site preparation; rehabilitation of building exterior and interior components; improvement of roadways, alleyways and sidewalks; beautification and installation of identification markers, landscaping/ streetscaping; and relocation and/ or extension of utilities.

A copy of the business district plan under consideration for the Proposed Harlem Avenue Business District is available at Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Rd, Riverside, Illinois, for review. Any party interested in submitting an alternative proposal or bid for any proposed conveyance, lease, mortgage, or other disposition by the Village of Riverside of land or rights in land owned by the Village and located within the Proposed Harlem Avenue Business District, should contact Jessica Frances, Village Manager, at (708) 447-2700. Any alternative proposals or bids must be addressed to and submitted to Jessica Frances, Village Manager, at the above-listed Village Hall address, no later than Friday before the Hearing, January 27, 2017, at 4:00 p.m.

Village of Riverside Jessica Frances Village Manager

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Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615

Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615

STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss

STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss

Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the marriage of Oscar Chavez, Petitioner and Susana Arellano Reyes, Respondent, Case No. 2016D-011185.

In re the marriage of Sergio Jimenez, Petitioner and Silvia Jimenez, Respondent, Case No. 2016D-007640.

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.

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, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before January 17, 2017, 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.

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, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before January 24, 2017, 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 A. BROWN, Clerk.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

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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: D16148978 on December 8, 2016. Under the Assumed Business Name of BLUE TRAIN with the business located at: 833 S LOMBARD AVE, OAK PARK, IL 60304. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: PETER DONALD TODD 833 S. LOMBARD AVE OAK PARK, IL 60304 Published in Wednesday Journal 12/14, 12/21, 12/28/2016

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: D16148969 on December 6, 2016 Under the Assumed Business Name of EN PRODUCTIONS with the business located at: 2729 KENILWORTH AVE, BERWYN, IL 60402. The true and full real name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: NICHOLAS ROBERT PROVOST 2729 KENILWORTH AVE BERWYN, IL 60402.

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.DUSTIN M. PARK, SARAH R. MILLER, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR PERL MORTGAGE, INC., AN ILLINOIS CORPORATION, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., VILLAGE OF LANSING, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Defendants 15 CH 13234 1013 S. HARVEY AVE. Oak Park, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 17, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 17, 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 real estate: Commonly known as 1013 S. HARVEY AVE., Oak Park, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-17-310-026-0000 Vol. 143.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $319,106.13. 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. 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, 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 15-2479. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 606064650 (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. 152479 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 15 CH 13234 TJSC#: 3613463 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.

I708988

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 13, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 18, 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 real estate: Commonly known as 420 S. KENILWORTH AVENUE UNIT #3, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07326-025-1003. 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 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 identifica-

tion 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 14-16-06735. 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. 14-16-06735 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 008186 TJSC#: 36-12490 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.

I708868

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION MTGLQ INVESTORS, L. P. Plaintiff, -v.JEANELL P. EDWARDS, 420 SOUTH KENILWORTH CONDOMINIUM BUILDING ASSOCIATION Defendants 16 CH 008186 420 S. KENILWORTH AVENUE UNIT #3 OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION FIFTH THIRD MORTGAGE COMPANY; Plaintiff, vs.

JAMES E. FORD AKA JAMES FORD; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 2424 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, January 17, 2017 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. 16-17-330-012-0000.

Commonly known as 1180 Lyman Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois 60304.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 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, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.falillinois.com 24 hours prior to sale.

F16020148 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I710283

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