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Al Capone’s Hillside grave defaced Nov. 23

Hillside police said no suspects detained, but most of the word “Evil” in red spray-paint has been removed

By LOCAL NEWS CURATOR Village Free Press

The gravesite of famous Chicago mob boss Al Capone was defaced last week, according to reports by the Chicago Sun-Times and other media outlets.

Hillside police said they discovered the word “Evil” in red spray-paint on Capone’s grave marker at around 1 p.m. on Nov. 23 at Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery, where Capone and his family are buried.

A photo of the desecrated grave was posted on the Chicago History Instagram page, the Sun-Times reported.

Hillside police said the graffiti was removed on the same day they discovered it, but the Sun-Times reported that bits of red paint still remained on the grave on Nov. 27.

Police said no suspects were in custody.

Last year, the Sun-Times reported, “an auction of Al Capone’s personal effects, including his favorite gun, garnered more than $3.1 million. More than 1,200 bidders from all 50 states and several countries participated.”

Mount Carmel Cemetery is one of the most notable in the Chicago area. It’s home

Speaker Welch reflects on growing House majority

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois House

Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, who recently announced he has the support for another term as House speaker, says he looks forward to governing with an even larger supermajority than he had during his first two years.

“Expanding our caucus was definitely a priority of mine,” he said during an

interview with Capitol News Illinois. “But from a policy standpoint, we want to continue to build on the budget work that we’ve done. Expanding our caucus would not have been possible if people didn’t believe Democrats were doing the right things.”

Welch, a Maywood native and Democrat from Hillside whose district spans much of Proviso Township, was elected speaker in January 2021 after most in the Democratic caucus refused to back longtime Speaker Michael Madigan, who’d been implicated in a bribery scandal and has since been indicted on cor ruption charges.

During his first two years, Democrats held a 73-45 advantage in the House, and Welch used that to pass landmark legislation, including the Clean Energy Jobs Act, which provides state support for carbon-free energy production and seeks to phase out fossil fuel

power plants by 2045.

That supermajority also enabled Democrats to control the redistricting process when lawmakers drew new maps for the General Assembly, congressional districts and the Supreme Court.

In the elections that followed, Democrats widened their majority in the House by at least four seats – one race remained too close to call as of Monday – while also capturing a 5-2 majority on the state supreme court.

In all, while Democrats who ran for statewide offices received, on average, about 55 percent of the vote, Democrats captured roughly 66 percent of the state legislative seats.

When asked whether gerrymandering played a role in those results, Welch said it did not.

“What I would say is that the maps

State’s first Black House speaker says he has the suppor t for another term, touts diversity of Democratic supermajority

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Suburbs to get more o -peak, evening Metra service

Changes bring ser vice close to pre -pandemic levels

By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter

West suburban and West Side riders will get more Metra service starting Dec 5, with Oak Park, Maywood and Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood getting more service than they had even before the pandemic

The new schedule represents something of a retur n to pre-pandemic service levels for the Union Pacific West Line riders, which serves East Garfield Park’s Kedzie station, Oak Park, River Forest, Maywood, Melrose Park, Bellwood and Berkeley Similar to what Metra did on other lines earlier this year, the headways were adjusted to be more consistent and service frequency was improved in several stations.

In Oak Park, trains will stop an aver age of once every 15 minutes during rush hour, an improvement compared an av erage of 30 minutes under the current

schedule and the average of 20 minutes before the pandemic. And while, even be fore the pandemic, many trains skipped Kedzie, Maywood and Melrose Park stations, all trains except some express trains and late evening trains will now stop there.

During the Nov. 11 Metra Board of Di rectors meeting, Metra Executive Director Jim Derwinski announced that the transit agency will be beefing up service for several lines that are still operating below pre-pandemic service levels, in cluding the Union Pacific West Line At the time, Metra spokesperson Michael Gillis said that he hasn’t seen the new schedules, so he couldn’t comment on any details.

According to the schedules released on Nov. 22, Metra is adding nine trains in each direction, increasing the number of trips from 40 to 58. It will restore the after 10:30 p.m. evening trains that were suspended early in the pandemic, albeit with slightly dif ferent schedules Metra increased the number of rush hour trains and set more consistent headways, with trains stopping at Kedzie and west subur

ban stations once every half an hour. For Oak Park, inbound mor ning rush hour trains will stop every 15 minutes, and outbound after noon rush hour trains will stop there every 10 to 20 minutes

With a few exceptions, the of f-peak and evening trains will stop at each station once every hour. There are currently twohour gaps in several parts of the of f-peak schedule – something that was an issue even before the pandemic.

In a statement to the media, Derwinski described the new schedule as a way to address the growing travel demand and adopt to the post-pandemic commuting patter ns

“We are greatly encouraged by the growth in ridership so far this year and are happy that we are able to expand ser vice on the UP-West Line to provide commuters with another option as winter sets in,” he stated.

NEWS briefs

Man fatally shot in Hillside, crashes car into

firehouse

A Hillside man who was shot before crashing his vehicle in Hillside on Thanksgiving Day has died, Hillside police said.

On Nov. 25, at approximately 3:45 p.m., He zekiah D. Wyatt was shot while driving near the intersection of Wolf Road and Washington Boulevard. Wyatt crashed his vehicle into the Hillside firehouse and was transported with head injuries to Loyola Medical Center in Maywood, police said.

Wyatt was pronounced dead at 2:20 p.m. on Nov. 25, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s of fice. The Medical Examiner said the cause was multiple gunshot wounds.

Hillside police said the incident is still under investigation but that they were “confident that this was a targeted and isolated incident and there is no imminent threat to the public,” adding that they are “tracking leads and working closely with other local enforcement agencies to apprehend the suspects.”

Area chambers planning major holiday gatherings

Two area chambers of commerce are planning major holiday gatherings in early December.

The Westchester Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Christmas Luncheon on Tuesday, Dec 6, 11:30 a.m., at the Alpine Banquet Haus, 1141 Roosevelt Rd. in Westchester Tickets are $40 a person. Space is limited and paid reservations are required. All Westchester residents are welcome. To re gister, email info@

westchesterchamber.org.

Longtime Chamber member Bill Er nst said the annual luncheon typically raises between $6,000 and $7,000 for local charities, including the Westchester Food Pantry, Aspire, the Lion’s Club, the Kiwanis Club and others. New Chamber of ficers are also installed at the event.

Er nst said, in addition to of ficer installations, the luncheon is also where the village, school district, Chamber, park district and library name their Person of the Year The money for local charities is raised through raf fle gifts and auction items donated by Chamber members and the business community, Er nst said.

The Maywood Chamber of Commerce, the Maywood-Proviso Rotary Club, Mariella’s Banquet Hall and the Maywood Police Department will host the Mix, Mingle and Give holiday event on Tuesday, Dec 6, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at Loyola’s Cuneo Center 1st floor faculty lounge, 2160 S. 1st Ave. in Maywood. To re gister, visit: https://for ms.gle/Ugqru85UQfyNAqHy9

Guests should RSVP by Dec. 2. The event, hosted by the Of fice of Neighborhood Initiatives at the Loyola University Chicago Health Science Campus, will double as a toy and scholarship drive The Maywood Police Department, 125 S. 5th Ave. in Maywood, is taking donations of new (unwrapped) toys now through Dec. 5.

Holiday light events kick-off in Proviso this week

Berkeley | Berkeley’s annual Electric Lights Festival will kick-off on Dec. 1 and run daily 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. through Jan. 9, 2023. Enjoy a walk-through holiday

experience along a lighted portion of the Historic Illinois Prairie Path located in Berkeley Park on Electric Avenue in Berkeley

Maywood | The village of Maywood and the Maywood Park District will host their annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 3, 4 p.m to 6 p.m., at 5th Avenue and St. Charles Rd. in Maywood. The event will feature appearances by Maywood Fine Arts’ Stairway of the Stars dancers, Irving Middle School’s Showstoppers, the Proviso East Marching Band and cheerleaders, and Santa Claus For more info, contact (708) 450-6366 or visit maywood-il.org.

Westchester | The Westchester Park District and the village of Westchester will host the Winter Wonderland Walk on Wednesday, Dec 7, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Community Park, 10201 Bond St. in Westchester The evening will feature Santa’s ar rival and a tree lighting ceremony, community tree displays, a storybook trail, bonfire, s’mores, selfie stations, bedtime

stories, live carols and more. And on Dec 8, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., bring your pets to Claus & Paws for a photo taken with Santa. All pets must be leashed at all times For more info, visit: https://www.westchester-il.org/ news/winter-wonderland-walk

Broadview police will start ticketing unattended, running cars

Broadview’s police department will start ticketing any cars that are unattended and running with keys inside, the village announced on Nov. 23. The announcement comes after a string of auto thefts, police said.

At a Broadview village board meeting on Nov. 21, Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills said he issued an order to his of ficers that they should knock on a resident’s door if they see unattended, running vehicles with keys inside of them and to issue a $50 ticket on a second incident.

“We had three cars stolen already this week that were left unattended with the engine running and the keys inside,” Mills said. “While the Broadview Police Department wants to avoid imposing any financial burdens on residents, a $50 ticket is less painful than the loss of a $20,000 or $30,000 vehicle.”

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson said she supports the chief ’s decision.

“If residents want the Broadview Police Department to fight crime, then you have to help of ficers and that includes not allowing your car to idle, unoccupied, with keys inside.”

CONTAC T: michael@oakpark.com

a trolley tour of Mount Car mel and Queen of Heaven Cemetery each year

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to Mausoleum of the Bishops and Archbishops of Chicago, which is the final resting place of eight Chicago cardinals

In addition to Capone, famous gangsters like Sam Giancana, the boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957 to 1966, and Frank Nitti, Capone’s cousin and bodyguard, are also buried at Mount Car mel.

Hillside Mayor Joseph Tamburino gives

The Hillside burial grounds are also the burial sites of the marines who raised the first American flag over Iwo Jima, according to an online description of the tours.

CONTAC T: michael@oakpark.com

Photos provided

Al Capone’s gravesite at Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery in Hillside was spray-paint ed with the word “Evil.” Capone pictured at the Chicago Detective bureau in 1930.

Pipeline reaches sales agreement for 2 hospitals

Resilience Healthcare, based in Michigan, will assume all operations of West Suburban and Weiss

Memorial

By STACEY SHERIDAN Wednesday Journal

Resilience Healthcare, a Michig an-based healthcare management group, is expected to assume all operations of West Suburban Medical Center in early December The hospital’s current owner, Pipeline Health Systems LLC, announced a sales ag reement had been reached with Resilience in a Nov. 23 news release Pipeline is the for mer owner of Westlake Hospital in Merose Park, which the company closed in 2019.

The sale is pending approval from a Texas bankruptcy court and also includes Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, as well as West Suburban’s River Forest medical campus and the Chicago Health Medical Group The change in ownership has been in the works since last March and has had some bumps in the sales process.

“We are excited about this progress and look forward to a closing date of Dec 2 for Resilience to assume the hospital

operations and continue serving the communities around Weiss and West Suburban,” said Jane Brust, a Pipeline spokesperson.

The ag reement between Pipeline and Resilience is bifurcated. While Resilience will take over the operations for both hospitals early next month, the two healthcare groups are still working out the details re garding the purchase of the medical facilities and underlying real estate That second phase is still under discussion.

“We expect it close in the next few months as the second transaction of the deal,” said Brust.

The sale of the two hospitals has a planned price tag of $92 million, with a $12 million refund going back to West Suburban and Weiss as previously committed. Resilience is led by healthcare executive Manoj Prasad and his financial partner, Rathnakar R. Patlola, who manages Ramco Healthcare Holdings LLC. Wednesday Jour nal has reached out to Prasad for comment.

The California-based Pipeline says it invested $60 million in the two hospitals since it took over ownership in 2019. Pipeline and its af filiates filed for bankruptcy Oct. 2. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Souther n District of Texas is expected to approve the sales ag reement next week, according to Brust.

West Suburban is considered a safety net hospital. More than 80 percent of the hospital’s patients live in the Chicago’s Austin community. Weiss is a high Medicaid hospital.

“Pipeline Health is excited to reach this milestone in discussions and plans for change of ownership and we are grateful to hospital leadership, employees and

physicians who have continued their ongoing dedication to the patients they serve,” said Brust

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Right to unionize amendment projected to pass

Estimates compiled by multiple media outlets projected on Nov. 15 that the ballot measure had support on an estimated 53 percent of the total ballots cast in the election, with more than 95 percent of the ballots counted. That’s enough for approval under one of two paths to passage for a constitutional amendment in Illinois.

of so-called “right-to-work” laws, which prohibit requiring membership in a union as a condition of employment.

On election night, the Vote Yes for Workers’ Rights campaign declared victory, but media outlets were slow to confir m that due to the complicated rules in Illinois for passing a constitutional amendment.

the election.

By PETER HANCOCK Editor

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois voters have approved a state constitutional amendment guaranteeing workers the right to organize and engage in collective bargaining

The amendment, which will be added to the Bill of Rights of the Illinois Constitution, states that employees have a fundamental right to organize and bargain collectively “for the purpose of ne gotiating wages, hours and working conditions, and to protect their economic welfare and safety at work.”

It also prohibits state and local gover nments from enacting laws that interfere with that right, including passage

The state constitution provides two pathways for passing an amendment. It must either be approved by 60 percent of all those voting on the measure or by more than 50 percent of all ballots cast in the election.

According to projections, the amendment received about 2.1 million “yes” votes and 1.5 million votes against. That’s 58.4 percent of the votes cast on that issue but about 53 percent of all the ballots cast in

“From day one, the Vote Yes for Workers’ Rights campaign has been based on the simple idea that every Illinois worker deserves better Better pay, stronger benefits, and safer workplaces don’t just help workers thrive; they strengthen our state and keep us all safe,” Illinois AFL-CIO President Tim Drea said in a statement on election night.

The amendment will become ef fective once the Illinois State Board of Elections certifies results of the election. The board is scheduled to meet Dec. 5.

CONTAC T: michael@austinweeklynews.com

The ballot measure was carr ying an estimated 53% of total ballots as of Nov. 15, paving way for stronger collective bargaining leverage for workers

West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park.

e racial wealth gap and the roads less traveled

The Canadian professor and author Thomas Homer Dixon teaches that a major characteristic of complex systems is path dependence.

MICHAEL ROMAIN

“Once a complex system goes down a particular path, it can’t easily jump from one path to another or retrace its steps to try a different path,” Homer-Dixon writes.

The famous Robert Frost poem, “The Road Not Taken,” is a great example of this dynamic.

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference,” so ends the poem.

Frost’s real message, Homer-Dixon argues, is “much more disturbing and, in the end, poignant” than the conclusion many people often come to, that the poem is a demonstration of why it’s important to stand out from the crowd.

More importantly, Frost is “telling us that a choice that appears insignificant can ‘make all the difference,’ and that there may be no going back.”

A series of studies published this year have shown the degree to which racial progress in this country, particularly when evaluated in terms of economic equity, is remarkably path dependent.

America definitely took the road less traveled by after the Civil War, as W.E.B. Du Bois pointed out in 1901 in The Negro Landholder of Georgia

“Thus, the efforts to provide the freedman with land and tools ended, and by 1870 he was left to shift for himself amid new and dangerous social surroundings. No such curious and reckless experiment in emancipation has been made in modern times.”

That Du Bois quotation floats over the introduction section of Wealth of Two Nations: The U.S. Racial Wealth Gap, 18602020, published in June by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

The authors — Ellora Derenoncourt, Chi Hyun Kim, Moritz Kuhn and Moritz Schularick — have constructed what they

call the “first continuous series on white-to-Black per capita wealth ratios from 1860 to 2020, drawing on historical census data, early state tax records, and historical waves of the Survey of Consumer Finances, among other sources.”

Their data is novel because it shows how the racial wealth gap has evolved since Emancipation when most Blacks went from essentially being wealth (enslaved people were, after all, someone’s property) to being persons entitled under law to own wealth.

There was an initial “rapid convergence,” meaning the wealth gap between Blacks and whites shrunk, in the first 50 years after the Civil War, from the 1860s to the 1910s

“From a starting point of nearly 60 to 1, the white-to-Black per capita wealth ratio fell to 10 to 1 by 1920, and to 7 to 1 by the 1950s,” the authors show.

This may seem like progress and, to a significant degree, it is The authors show that “Black wealth growth outpaced that of white Americans’ between 1870 and 1930.”

But that pace is still sluggish and lags “far behind what would be expected had the two groups enjoyed equal conditions for wealth accumulation,” meaning equal opportunity under the law.

“The historical record is rife with instances of expropriation of Black wealth, exclusion of Black Americans from the political process, and legally sanctioned segregation and discrimination in land, labor, and capital markets,” the authors write. “All these factors likely contributed to sluggish convergence over this period.”

Seventy years later, the study shows, the wealth gap is at 7 to 1, essentially stuck at the level it had been in the 1950s.

“In 2019, Black Americans had just 17 cents on average for every white dollar of wealth,” the authors write. “By comparison, the income gap is 50 cents to the dollar What’s more, the racial wealth gap has shown remarkable stability over the last several decades, with little indication of further convergence.”

This historic, systemic and ongoing theft animates Du Bois’ 1901 statement that “no

such curious and reckless experiment in emancipation has been made in modern times.”

The economist Thomas Picketty summarizes the “curious and reckless experiment” in his Brief History of Equality

“In the last months of the [Civil War], in January 1865, the Northerners promised the emancipated slaves that after the war was won, they would each receive ‘forty acres and a mule.’ The idea was to motivate them to join the fight, to compensate them for decades of unpaid labor, and to permit them to turn toward a future as free workers.

“Had it been adopted, this program would have represented an agrarian redistribution of great scope, at the expense, especially, of major slaveholders,” Picketty writes “But as soon as the fighting stopped, the promise was forgotten; no law providing for compensation was ever passed, and ‘forty acres and a mule’ became a symbol of Northerners’ deception and hypocrisy.”

Indeed, not only were Blacks not recognized as full citizens until a full century after the Civil War, the slaveholding South was, in effect, rewarded for its treason.

White southerners would come to dominate national politics for much of the 20th century, even influencing Roosevelt’s progressive New Deal — a legislative monument that, while beneficial to Blacks in many respects, largely excluded them from some of its most important provisions like access to affordable housing, a key source of wealth.

A study published in June by the Brookings Institution shows just how dynamic and persistent the racial wealth gap can be for individuals throughout their lives.

In Stuck on the Ladder: Intragenerational Wealth Mobility in the United States, authors Ariel Gelrud Shiro, Christopher Pulliam, John Sabelhaus and Ember Smith show that the racial wealth gap is a tremendous burden to individual Blacks.

“For those with median wealth in their early thirties, Black Americans fall to the 38th wealth percentile in their late fifties while white Americans rise to the 57th wealth percentile in their late fifties,” the

authors write.

“We find similar patterns by educational attainment and income level,” they add.

“In total, our results point to flexible wealth dynamics early in adulthood that subsequently solidify and reinforce existing race and class inequalities.”

Interestingly, the Wealth of Two Nations authors find that a major factor in the racial wealth gap, particularly since the 1980s, have been the “high wealth-to-income ratios and portfolio differences between Black and white Americans.”

Black households hold nearly two-thirds of their wealth in housing and not much in stock equity, the latter of which “has appreciated by five times as much” since 1950.

“These large price increases in equity markets have led to disproportionate capital gains for the wealthiest Americans, a group that is almost exclusively white,” the authors note

“Gains for wealthy white households have caused average white wealth to rise relative to average Black wealth, linking the evolution of the racial wealth gap to the overall rise in wealth inequality in the U.S.”

The idea of path dependence naturally invites counterfactual thinking.

What if John Wilkes Booth missed and Abraham Lincoln lived to serve out his second term, possibly extending Reconstruction by some years or at least making reparations for the for merly enslaved a higher priority than returning to the slaveholding South its antebellum glory, a process facilitated by Andrew Johnson (a for mer southern senator)?

What if Blacks after the Civil War were treated less like a caste and more like white settlers; perhaps, even, denied strict monetary reparations but at least given equal rights to property and equal protection under the law?

What if during the New Deal, Blacks weren’t excluded from the welfare provisions and government housing gifted to whites?

Any of these roads, if taken, may have led to the elimination of the racial wealth gap in our lifetimes (if not to the elimination of wealth inequality in general), or perhaps to a much cooler social and political climate than the currently combustible one we’re living in today

But like Frost’s traveler, we’ll never know. There is no going back into the past.

We can, however, do better going forward.

reflect the diversity ofour state,” he said. “And one ofthe things that I said as the leader ofour caucus and the speaker of the House last year when wewere going through that process, that any fair map would reflect the diversity ofour state. And if you look at the election results, the election results show that.”

He said the results in the House were an example of that.

“We elected our first Vietnamese American to the House,” he said. “We elected our first Korean American to the House. We elected our first Arab American Muslim to the House. We elected our first Indian American Muslim to the House. We elected our first South Asian, Pacific Islander American to the House. Diversity is well represented in the Illinois House, and we look like Illinois, and we look like America. And we should be proud ofthat.”

Welch said one key factor in the election that worked in Democrats’ favor was the

U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in June overturning Roe v. Wade. That decision, in the case ofDobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, said the U.S. Constitution does not protect a woman’s right to have an abor tion, effectively giving states the authority to re gulate that procedure as they see fit.

“It certainly played a role in what happened on Nov. 8,” he said. “You know, I said it in a number ofspeeches here during the campaign that November was coming. And if you look at what happened here in Illinois and across the country, that decision really got women to the polls. It got 18- to 24-year-olds to the polls, and they voted in droves.”

When the Dobbs decision was handed down, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and Democratic leaders in the General Assembly quickly called for a special session to call for even more protection for abor tion access in Illinois. Likewise, a few weeks later after a mass shooting at a July 4 parade in Highland Park, they called for a special session to call for more restrictions on assault-style weapons in Illinois.

But in the ensuing weeks, both of those issues were put on hold as various “working groups” were for med with

lawmakers and stakeholders in an effort to reach a consensus on measures that could actually pass.

While Illinois has among the least restrictive abor tion laws on the books, Welch said there is still more the state can do, possibly including a state constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights.

“That’s certainly one ofthe questions that’s out there, and it’s a strong possibility,” he said. “But again, I don’t want to get ahead ofthe working group or the recommendations they for mally present. I’m certain that’s one ofthe things that’s on the table.”

Re garding assault weapons re gulation, Welch said that issue will have to wait until the 2023 session begins in January, when only a simple majority of votes is needed to pass new laws with an immediate effective date. That’s because the Illinois Constitution requires a threefifths majority for bills passed after June 1 to have an immediate effective date.

“Anything that we do on assault weapons, we would want it to be effective immediately,” he said. “And I just don’t think we would have 71 votes to get something done in this shortened veto session. But I do believe that we’re going to

be able to deliver for the people of Illinois an assault weapons ban next year, and we’re going to work real hard to make that happen.”

Lawmakers still have three working days left in the veto session, Nov. 29 – Dec. 1. Welch said the top priority for those days will be to pass “clarifications” to the SAFE-T Act, a sweeping criminal justice reform package passed in January 2021 that includes, among other things, eliminating cash bail effective Jan. 1, 2023.

In particular, he said, there has been disagreement among prosecutors and law enforcement officials about what should happen on Jan. 1 with people already being detained pretrial in lieu ofbail. The law doesn’t specifically say what happens to those individuals, which has led some to claim that it could lead to their widespread release from jail.

“They’re interpreting it in a way that says that they have to swing the jail doors open at midnight,” he said. “And even though that’s absolutely not true, we’re going to add some language making it explicitly clear how that transition should work.”

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2022 Shop Local Holiday Gi Guide

From savory baked goods to homemade scented

candles, here are some gift ideas from local and independently owned businesses in Proviso

Township

By COMMUNIT Y EDITOR Village Free Press

Do your Christmas shopping at local businesses this year Village Free Press compiled a list of holiday gift ideas from retailers in the Proviso Township area, many of which we’ve covered in the pages of our newspaper.

If you have some exciting gift ideas you’d like us to consider adding to the list, email them to info@vfpress.news Please remember to include the item price, a description of the item, the name of the retailer, and the store’s contact infor mation.

Fashion

Cook’s memory wire bracelet and ear rings stand out, along with were Black History-inspired beaded jewelry. For pricing and availability, call (708) 310-1735 or email pur plecathy18@yahoo.com.

enthusiast in your family to a Stratton. Some eye-catching features include the Derby Dress Hat and the Tear Drop Dress Hat ($293.10-$303.10). Note that the hats are all custom-made and may take a few months to ship.

Order online at https://strattonhats com/

CYC Creations

Cathy Y. Cook, a Broadview resident who owns CYC Jewelry Creations, has made handcrafted beaded jewelry for nearly 15 years.

“I order beads online I go to bead shops. I go everywhere I can find beads,” she said. “Whether I’m in or out of town, wherever I go I want to see where the bead shop is. I like to make things that are unique and that nobody else will see.”

Mararey Designs

Berkeley artisan Maria Ramos’ stunning handcrafted jewelry, infinity scarves, hats and crochet neck war mers make perfect design complements Some of her most stunning pieces include a beaded necklace made of bright tropical Robles wood ($69) and the crochet hat and scarf sets ($28-$40).

Order online at marareydesigns.com.

Mystic Sisters Jewelry, based in Westchester, of fers handcrafted ear rings, necklaces, bracelets and other artisanal products This holiday, consider the ear rings reminiscent of Christmas staples like snowflakes and poinsettia plants. For prices and availability, call (630) 240-3862 or email mysticsistersjewelry@yahoo.com.

Suit Plus More Boutique

Black History Month is right around cor ner, so why not prepare before the holiday season ends? Suite Plus More Boutique, 4219 Butterfield Rd. (Suite in Hillside, of fers perhaps the most comprehensive selection of church attire clothing made of kente fabric in viso Township. There is something men and women – from the brilliant dashiki print button-up long-sleeve dress shirt ($89.99) to the African wrap dress with bell sleeves ($129.99).

Shop in-store or online at https:// suitplusmorefashion.com/.

Home & Beaut y

Stratton Hats

There’s a chance you’ve seen Stratton Hats handiwork without knowing it. The Bellwood-based company is the largest supplier of uniform hats — worn by everybody from National Park Service employees to sherif f’s of ficers and cor rectional guards — in the country.

But just because the hats are worn by law enforcement doesn’t mean they’re of f-guards to the public. Treat the hat

Say Cute Women’s Fashion & Apparel

For the fashionista in the family, 617 Roosevelt Rd. in Maywood, car ries a range of women’s dresses, rompers, jumpsuits, tops, bottoms and more. Snag the Fairy Tale Feather Dress ($54.99) to get a le g-up on your wardrobe prep for the upcoming spring and summer. And the Sasha Fierce Skirt Set ($27.99) is ready to accompany you on your next war m climate vacation.

Shop online or visit the store. More information at https://www. saycutebycheyennemarie.com/.

If you’re looking for non-toxic, USDA certified organic products like soap, lotion, deodorant, all-pur pose cleaner and candles consider Poofy Organics. Berkeley resident Angela Sevcik not only sells the New Jersey-based company’s products — she also swears by them.

“There’s over 500 products I actually started of f using their deodorant, which is USDA Organic,” she said. “I couldn’t find any other organic deodorant that works, but this one works. I’ve been using it since I was pregnant with my first child eight years ago and was blown away by the

Ang ela Sevcik for Poofy Org anics

2022 Shop Local Holiday Gi Guide

company.”

Try the company’s holiday gift sets, including the Holiday Cheer Home Set ($45), which features hand soap, all-purpose cleaner and lotion.

Order online at https://angelasevcik. poofyorganics.com/

beautiful design. I also make custom cylinders for our woodpeckers and other high-energ y birds.”

Consider purchasing Her nandez’s holiday wreaths ($22) for the bird-lover in the family. The wreaths include everything from pine cones to fruits to a range of nuts.

Order online at https://www. thebirdnerdcafe.com/ or call (773) 551-1539.

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delicatessens for the holiday. Leche flan is $6.50 for a small pan and $10.50 for a large. Visit their website at https://3nsoriental. com/ or call (708) 996-0081.

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Scented candles often make great, simple gifts for loved ones, but if you want to buy candles that burn cleanly with fewer toxins than conventional store-bought ones, consider the handmade natural soy and beeswax candles sold by Westchester based Luxe Lyte Vibe Candle Co

For more info on pricing and availability, email luxelytevibe@gmail.com.

Manny’s Flower Design

This holiday season, fill your home with fresh Christmas floral ar rangements from Manny’s Flower Design, 42 North Ave. in Northlake. You can also send flowers as gifts to friends and loved ones Of course, no holiday floral spread is complete without the classic poinsettia (from $58.95). Also consider Manny’ Gather ‘Round piece (from $62.95) finishing touch on

in-store or order .mannyflowers.com/.

Jesse Howard

Maywood resident Jesse Howard may be the most prominent artist in the Proviso Township area, with a growing national profile based on his unique drawings depicting the lives of the urban disenfranchised and dispossessed. Howard’s art has been displayed at a range of prominent cultural institutions, including the Elmhurst Art Museum and the University Club of Chicago. Give the art-lover in your family the gift of Howard’s art, a real cultural investment whose value will grow over time Ask about Howard’s new large-scale stone lithographs that are poised to go on sale soon. For more info, visit http://

Give the gift of homemade baked goods and/or a bespoke and intimate dining experience of fered by Mrs. Black’s Yellow Kitchen, the company Maywood resident Nicole Black named after her late pater nal grandmother. Try amazing baked goods like the old-fashioned pound cake ($45) and the strawber ry crunch cheesecake ($65) or consider gifting someone with a ticket to the Sunday Supper Club meal.

Order online at https:// nicholeblackhome5.godaddysites.com/ or call (708) 495-0699 for more info.

Something for Ever yone

Tammy Her nandez, a Westchester resident and owner of the Bird Nerd Cafe, has become well-known for her custom birdseed wreaths and designs for wild birds.

“Our seeds are made with high-energy fruit and nuts,” Her nandez said. “They’re made with all-natural ing redients and come with a custom hanging ribbon and

If you’re looking for a unique grocer in Proviso Township where you can buy authentic Filipino Christmas treats like leche flan and cassava cake, look no further than 3N’s Oriental at 1422 Roosevelt Rd. in Broadview. Gift these authentic

independently-owned local business Mannheim Rd. in Melrose Park is a shopping for bargain-priced gifts. buys retur ns from large retailers fer them at prices ranging from $1 to item. And you’ ll never know what you’ ll find — from AirPods, laptops and kitchen appliances to drones and high-end toys

For more info, visit http://mcdealz.com/ or call (708) 938-5457.

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EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on age, race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination.

The Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. Restrictions or prohibitions of pets do not apply to service animals.

To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll free at: 1-800-669-9777. GROWING

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE OF CIM TRUST 2021-NR1; Plaintiff, vs. TONNIE YOUNG; WILLIE HAYES; STATE OF ILLINOIS Defendants, 19 CH 9367

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 Wednesday, January 4, 2023 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. 15-09-112-030-0000, 15-09 112-029-0000, 15-09-112-028-0000.

Commonly known as 306 Bohland Avenue, Bellwood, IL 60104.

The mortgaged real estate is im proved with a single family resi dence. 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 Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 18-016158

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

ration, will at 10:30 AM on Decem ber 22, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the follow ing described real estate:

Commonly known as 412 BUCK THORN LANE, HILLSIDE, IL 60162

Property Index No. 15-08-326-0230000; 15-08-326-024-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the 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.

file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876

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. 14-20-00052 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2020 CH 00306 TJSC#: 42-4217

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector at tempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2020 CH 00306 I3207674

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3207835

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS TRUST EE ON BEHALF OF ACE SECURI TIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST AND FOR THE REGIS TERED HOLDERS OF ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-HE3, ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES Plaintiff, -v.JAIME POZOS, YOLANDA POZOS, CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY Defendants 2020 CH 00306 412 BUCKTHORN LANE HILLSIDE, IL 60162

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 31, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corpo-

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 FORECLO SURE LAW.

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court

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