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April 10, 2019 Vol. 39, No. 35 ONE DOLLAR @oakpark @wednesdayjournal

JOURNAL of Oak Park and River Forest

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Court strikes down Keystone tax deal Village appeal still hanging in state Department of Revenue By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

After nearly a year of debate, a judge granted Keystone Montessori School tax exempt status on April 2, ruling that the village’s agreement to offer zoning relief in exchange for tax dollars was never valid. The “court ruling was a long-awaited and wonderful validation of Keystone’s real estate tax exemption status,” Vicki Shea, director of Keystone, said in a statement. “We are a school and, as any school, we contribute to the community’s well-being by re-enforcing the importance of education by providing a diversity of educational approaches for local residents.” In March 2018, Keystone took the village to court, alleging that 20-years ago River Forest officials said they would only approve the school’s zoning permit for an existing commercial building on North Avenue if Keystone agreed never to seek a property tax exemption. Because the state guarantees schools a property tax exemption, Keystone argued that the agreement with River Forest was not valid. The school asked the village for reimbursement of attorneys’ fees, $1.1 million in property taxes it said it has paid over two decades, and an end to the agreeSee KEYSTONE on page 14

Sliding into spring

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Chosyn O’Grady, of Oak Park, gets a helping hand while going down the slide at Longfellow Park on April 6 in Oak Park. For more photos, turn to page 3 and visit online at www.OakPark.com.

Fresh faces, plus continuity

Oak Park trustees a mix of experience and new ideas By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Oak Park has two new trustees and one incumbent who’s returning to the board, following the village’s most highly contested election in memory.

Susan Buchanan, Arti Walker-Peddakotla and Jim Taglia were the top three votegetters in the race amongst 11 candidates. Voter turnout dropped 10 percentage points to 23 percent from the last municipal election in 2017. Of the 39,705 registered voters in Oak Park, a total of 9,138 cast ballots. Oak Parkers also elected three members each to the Park Board of Commissioners and the Oak Park Library Board.

With all 37 precincts counted, Buchanan had captured 3,946 for 15.4 percent of the vote. Jim Taglia, won 3,135 at 12.27 percent, and Arti Walker-Peddakotla earned 3,039 votes for 11.89 percent. Viewed a different way, 43 percent of those who voted – each Oak Parker gets to pick up to three trustees on the ballot – cast at least one of their votes for BuSee ELECTION on page 13

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R E P O R T

Oak Park Works launches speaker series Oak Park Works, a collaborative coworking space at 18 Lake St., has established a new lunchtime speaker series that invites local leaders and business owners from throughout the community to discuss matters of interest. “This monthly event will provide a forum for the community to meet and hear local business owners, community leaders and influencers tell their stories and explain why Oak Park does — or in some cases, does not — work,” Shiren Mathai, a founder of Oak Park Works, said in a press release. The first speaker will be Rasheeda

Graham-Washington, owner of L!VE Café, 163 S. Oak Park Ave. “As entrepreneurs, business owners and citizens of the community, we need to learn and understand all sides of the issues to grow, come together, lift each other and, ultimately, make our community thrive,” Mathai said. The events will include a 30-minute lecture and 30-minute question-and-answer session. More information about Oak Park Works is available at www.oakparkworks. com.

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What to do with all those campaign signs

It didn’t take long for incoming Oak Park Trustee Susan Buchanan to get to work on behalf of residents. The trustee-elect, who was the biggest vote-getter in the April 2 municipal election, capturing 15.45 percent of the ballots cast, has put a call out to all other candidates in the area to bring her their campaign signs. Buchanan posted on social media the day after the election, telling candidates they can drop off their corrugated plastic signs with her to take to the recycling center. “My husband built a corral in the front yard [to hold the signs],” she said. Buchanan collected nearly half a ton of the signs — 800 pounds total, she said — and her husband drove them to the recycling center this week, she explained in an email.

As she began investigating what to do with her own signs — she purchased 400 for the election — Buchanan learned that a company in Chicago called Lakeshore Recycling will recycle them. But recycling comes at a cost. She said it costs $70 per ton to recycle the election signs. She was told by Lakeshore Recycling that the signs will be turned into “plastic pellets” and put back into circulation.

Timothy Inklebarger

OPRF to talk race, safety

The Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 Board of Education will host a special board meeting and town hall on race and school safety on Wednesday, April 10, 6:30 p.m., in the high school’s South Cafeteria. The meeting had been scheduled to take place earlier but was postponed.

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Park it

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Warming temperatures brought folks out to Longfellow Park in Oak Park on April 6 for a bit of outdoor activity. Above, a child climbs the monkey bars at the kids playground while Altarique Beasley, of Chicago (left), goes one on one with Charles Lindsey on the basketball court. For more photos, visit online at www. OakPark.com.

Anthony Clark launches Congressional bid

Well, it’s official. Anthony Clark, the outspoken Oak Park and River Forest High School teacher and founder of the nonprofit social justice organization Suburban Unity Alliance, is running for Congress again. Clark ran against Congressman Danny K. Davis for the 7th Congressional District seat in the Democratic primary for on March 20, 2018. Davis, the 22-year incumbent, defeated Clark 74 percent to 26 percent. But that was just a trial run. Clark vowed last year that he would run

again. Last year, Clark had the backing of Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats — two political organizations affiliated with Sen. Bernie Sanders. Clark, who is running as a Democratic Socialist, announced his candidacy on April 8 in a written statement and a video uploaded to his campaign website. In the video, Clark read a letter from his father. “Anthony Clark 2020, is a revolutionary 100% grassroots campaign speaking truth to power as we address the root causes that have led to the systemic issues we currently face,” Clark’s statement reads. “We can no longer afford to be content, comfortable, or silent as white supremacy & capitalism have led to a system were rising inequality continues to affect every aspect of life.”

Michael Romain

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April 10 - 17

BIG WEEK “On the Verge, or the Geography of Yearning”

Free Steel Band Performance Wednesday, April 17, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Auditorium, Percy Julian Middle School: See Northern Illinois University’s Steel Band, which demonstrates the “versatility and profundity of the steelpan, the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago.” Hosted by Hatch Steel Band. 416 S. Ridgeland,

Thursday, April 11, 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 14, 3 p.m., Martin Recital Hall, Dominican University: It’s 1888 when three courageous female world explorers band together to conquer the last and most mysterious of unexplored territories. This student production is “full of lyrical and hilarious dialogue and imagery both beautiful and surreal.” $18; $5, students. Tickets/more: events.dom.edu/verge-or-geography-yearning, 708-488-5000. 7900 Division St., River Forest.

Tasty Foods for a Longer Life The British Invasion Sunday, April 14, 4 p.m., Pilgrim Congregational Church: Hear The Sing to Live® Community Chorus, whose members’ lives have been affected by breast cancer, as they share music from the Kinks, Rolling Stones, BeeGees and more. Tickets: singtolive.org. $22; $17, student 6 to 18; free, survivors. 460 Lake St., Oak Park.

A Time to Remember, A Time to Forget: Fred Hampton, Nelson Mandela and the Work of Memory Tuesday, April 16, 6 p.m., Martin Recital Hall, Dominican University: This year’s Follett Lecture brings Nelson Mandela’s personal archivist, Verne Harris. Free. Reservations: dom.edu/follett-lecture, sois@dom. edu. 7900 Division St., River Forest.

Authors on Tap: Nickolas Butler with Mark Bazer Monday, April 15, 7 p.m., Beer Shop: In Butler’s Little Faith, a Wisconsin family grapples with the power and limitations of faith when one of their own falls under the influence of a radical church. Oak Parker Mark Bazer hosts WTTWs The Interview Show. 1026 North Blvd., Oak Park.

Henry Fogel Presents Pianist Adam Neiman Wednesday, April 17, 7:30 p.m., Nineteenth Century Club: Enjoy an evening of “great music and conversation” with Neiman performing The Schubert Sonata and Debussy’s Cycle along with other pieces by the two composers. Mingle with Neiman and Fogel afterwards. $30; $25, members; $10, students. Tickets: nineteenthcentury.org or at door. 178 Forest Ave., Oak Park.

Musical Improv in the Woods Saturday, April 13, 2 p.m., Trailside Museum: Take a creative hike, starting with a lesson, then find inspiration in nature. All portable instruments welcome. Free. Register: 708-366-6530. 738 Thatcher Ave., River Forest.

Tuesday, April 16, 5 to 6 p.m., Building A, Community Room 1100, West Suburban River Forest Medical Campus: Learn more about the Mediterranean Diet, which emphasizes plant-based foods, whole grains and limits certain meats. Free. Also, Tuesday, April 30, 11:30 a.m. to 12: 30 p.m. West Suburban Medical Center, Lower Level, Classrooms A-D. Register: 844-794-4301. 7411 W. Lake St., River Forest.

A Little Night Music Friday, April 12, 6 to 9 p.m., Roosevelt Middle School: The D90 Parent Instrumental Music Association (PIMA) presents family fun with silent auction, light buffet, raffle and a ten-act concert featuring students, alumni, teachers and parents. Funds support instrumental music programs. $15; $10, students; $35, family pass. Tickets: d90pima.weebly. com. 7560 Oak Ave., River Forest.

“Bell’s Palsy and Other American Side Effects” Wednesday, April 17, 7 p.m., Chodl Auditorium, Morton East High School: Recounting a family’s long fight for a SalvadoranAmerican Mami’s right to stay in this country, this one-woman’s humorous and personal story recounts her mother’s 25-year struggle moving through the immigration system and her insistence on celebrating the 4th of July. Discussion follows. Free. 2423 S. Austin Blvd., Cicero.

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A Wall Can Be Broken Down—Writing & Incarceration

Select Pix: They Shall Not Grow Old

Monday, April 15, 6 to 8 p.m., Compound Yellow: At Forms & Features with Tara Betts, join a discussion and creative writing workshop based on poems and forms by her students at Statesville Prison. Presented by the Poetry Foundation and held in conjunction with Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project: The Long Term. Free. RSVP: info@compoundyellow.com. More: poetryfoundation.org/ events. 244 Lake St., Oak Park.

Tuesday, April 16, 10 a.m., noon, and 7 p.m., Lake Theatre: Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) adds sound and color to century-old WWI footage to bring the realities of war to life. $8.50; $6, matinee/seniors/ children. Info: classiccinemas. com. 1022 Lake St., Oak Park.

Saturday, April 13, 9 a.m. to Noon, Maple Park: Bring baskets and don bonnets and bunny ears to participate in the OP Park District’s annual event. After the hunt, pose for family pics with the bunny and play themed games. Visit the library book bike and Animal Care League bunnies, available for adoption. Ages 3 to 10. Rain or shine. Free. Acquire timed tickets for kids: Ridgeland Commons (415 Lake St.), Gymnastics Center, (21 Lake St.) or Geppetto’s Toy Box (730 Lake St.). Maple Park: 1105 S. Maple Ave., Oak Park.

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ART BEAT

MACK IS BACK: Rehearsal for The ‘Threepenny Opera’ staged by The Collective of Concordia University Chicago stages. ALEXA ROGALS/ Staff Photographer

‘Threepenny Opera’ comes alive By DOUG DEUCHLER

Theater Critic

have always wanted to see The Threepenny Opera. When I was in junior high about 60 years ago, I won a jitterbug contest at someone’s birthday party and received the 45-rpm record of Bobby Darrin’s version of “Mack the Knife.” I loved the popular song, but the content of the lyrics was totally indecipherable. Who, for instance, were Macheath, Sukey Tawdry and Lucy Brown? The song was rooted in a play with music that premiered in Berlin in 1928. How would we know it? So I was thrilled to see the new production of Threepenny Opera produced by The Collective of Concordia University Chicago at Madison Street Theater. The play was written by Bertolt Brecht and adapted from a German translation by Brecht’s lover, Elisabeth Hauptman, based on John Gay’s 18th-century English operetta, The Beggar’s Opera. The unique music is by Kurt Weill, whose score transcends the nine decades. Brecht’s politics and messages, however, may have lost their luster. Despite the word “opera” in its title, this show is predominantly a theater piece. It’s a play punctuated with songs, but I think the 91-year-old show owes its longevity to its exuberant music. Director Jason Narvy takes a big chance with this material but captures the rowdy, circus atmosphere in the busy, low-life plot. There are many demanding roles, but his energetic student company is strong. Maurice Boyer, the musical director, notably mounts each number. Brecht, always an anti-realist, sought to shake audiences out of complacency. He placed the blame on capitalist society for the criminal underworld. This piece surely tests the performers. The work is challenging in that it’s a potentially problematic amalgam of opera, vaudeville and politics. But they rise to meet the challenges. Most have solid singing voices. The mood is never heart-warming, in contrast to most musicals. Even when a wedding takes place, the bride and groom are on opposite sides of the performance space. It’s difficult to get emotionally involved. There are many darkly engaging characters. Nearly everyone in the large ensemble

sports starkly exaggerated makeup. The costumes are wild and fun. The set, designed by featured student artist Rachael Nuckles, is outstanding. She has expanded the performance space out stage left. The setting, a hide-out for a gaggle of beggars, is hung with strings of lights, jam-packed with broken furniture and trunks, and decorated with graffiti and placards designed to awaken social responsibility. Macheath (aka Mac the Knife), played by Eamon Gonzales, is a shark-like scoundrel and serial murderer who is London’s most notorious and charming criminal. Tyler Vincent and Kelsey Schultz play a hardened couple, the Peachums. Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum is a criminal mastermind who controls an army of beggars. Celia Peachum is his bossy, floozy wife. These two run a fake beggar racket in the underbelly of the city. Katie Rub plays Polly, the couple’s only daughter, who marries Macheath. Her father is so displeased, he concocts a plot to betray his new son-in-law and see him hanged. Police Chief Tiger Brown, portrayed by Emil Clausing, seems to have ambiguous sexuality and is perpetually panic-stricken. Clausing also takes over at the piano at various points. It’s a true ensemble production, with each actor and musician bringing out the best in the others. The band is always in plain sight, mostly perched above the action. This versatile group of musicians plays everything from accordions to saxophones. They also interact with the characters. Gonzales at times plays a banjo, a guitar and a flute. The lighting by Joshua Christ adds much to the mood and atmosphere. What audiences found shocking and politically cutting-edge about capitalism, corruption and hypocrisy 90 years ago perhaps seems somewhat belabored today. But the show is fascinating and lively. We’re so lucky to have a solid production here in our community. Within five years of the opening of this show in Germany, Hitler came to power. Both Brecht, an ardent anti-Nazi, and Weill, a Jew, fled the country. See “The Threepenny Opera,” Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 14, 3 p.m., at Madison Street Theatre. Tickets: CUCThreepenny.brownpapertickets.com. $15; $10, students/seniors. 1010 Madison St., Oak Park.

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Voters choose equity work

t was a good election in Oak Park and River Forest if you believe there is a gigantic gap between the preening progressive perceptions we stoke and the blunt reality that we’re not much of a diversity leader if you look back over decades as we’ve papered over racial inequity. We haven’t confronted our historic and systemic racism, which has deprived tens of thousands of our children of a fair shot. We’ve tiptoed around it. We’ve denied it. We’ve focused on our press clippings from the 1970s when we used to convene national “congresses” to tell other burgs how to be racially integrated. But last Tuesday, voters decisively chose the school board candidates most focused on serious and immediate equity work for the boards at OPRF High School, the District 90 River Forest elementary schools and in Oak Park’s District 97 schools. This was no accident. I’ll admit the five choices for four seats at D97 were all heavily tilted toward equity. But at the high school and in River Forest schools, there was some level of discernment required, and voters chose equity as the primary

marker. All three school districts are a good way down the equity preparation and planning path. Board members, administrators, faculty and staff have gone through challenging bias-recognition training. Equity plans have been drawn. At the high school, students are being urged to speak out about ways — macro and micro — that they experience inequity. OPRF has swapped out the post of principal for an equity director. That’s the critical set-up. Now comes the infinitely more difficult execution with the inevitability of failures and missteps, the possibility of push back from white and more affluent parents who worry over diminished resources as limited dollars are reallocated toward equity. That will be the work of the elected citizens who put themselves forward in these three districts. But here’s the rub: As profoundly important as the work of equity is, it’s just half the task of every elected school board member in Oak Park and in River Forest. Fiscal constraint, some perpetual leveling

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of tax bills for residential and commercial property owners is equally important if these villages are going to succeed. In the face of rising enrollment, pay raises, health care spikes, an inevitable shift of future pension obligations from the state to the communities, the days of 6 and 7 percent annual spending increases have to end. Village government’s taxing tax force last year strongly recommended annual municipal and school-funding increases limited to 3 percent. There are a lot of ways to get there. For school districts, it begins and ends with more reasonable faculty contracts, with determinedly shifting health care costs to teachers, maybe by adjustments to plans offered. Revenue can increase as TIFs end or new high-rises spin off fresh cash. Cash reserves can be spent down, though only for so long. OPRF just signed a new faculty contract after, by local standards, a contentious year of negotiations. This was a contract that bent the trajectory of future cost increases in ways that intentionally meshed with equity initiatives. D97 pioneered that effort locally a few years back. Get to the core of equity and, mainly, this is not a problem solved by throwing cash at it. Does not take more money to recognize that discipline systems catch

up black kids disproportionally. Does not take money to actively open AP courses to more black and brown students. Does not take more money — though it is seriously hard — to change the culture of a district to acknowledge ways that students and faculty in the minority face discrimination in ways we have not previously even grasped. These candidates ran, and these voters chose, candidates willing to take on this complex task. A big moment just ahead in our two villages.

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at Concordia University Chicago Music Concerts

The Collective Theater

Ferguson Art Gallery

Chamber Orchestra Concert April 28 | 7 p.m. | Chapel

The Threepenny Opera Book and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht, music by Kurt Weill

Graduating Senior Art Show April 15 - May 11

Jazz Band Concert April 29 | 7 p.m. | Chapel Spring Music Festival May 5 | 7 p.m. | Geiseman Gymnasium

Directed by Jason Narvy | April 5 - 14 Madison Street Theatre, 1010 Madison St., Oak Park Tickets: CUCThreepenny.brownpapertickets.com

Music Department Information: 708-209-3060 Event details are subject to change. Unless noted, all events take place at Concordia University Chicago, 7400 Augusta St., River Forest. Visit CUChicago.edu

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Lunch at a Sri Lankan table with Mary Anne Mohanraj By MELISSA ELSMO Food Blogger

“I don’t think of myself as a cook,” says Mary Anne Mohanraj, as she presents chili eggs, bright yellow ginger-garlic chicken, shredded beets cooked in coconut milk, carrot and green-bean curry spiked with whole mustard seeds, an eggplant and potato poriyal, and a Sri Lankan spiced coconut custard called vattalappam. Not a cook? All evidence in Mohanraj’s cheery kitchen suggested the contrary; needless to say, my curiosity was piqued. As we assembled our plates and savored our lunch of sophisticated flavors, I learned Mohanraj was just 2 years old when her family emigrated from Sri Lanka to the United States. After settling on the east coast, Mohanraj’s mother used to throw huge parties with her Sri Lankan friends in the area. Hundreds of people would attend the foodfocused events, designed to celebrate, cook and connect within their shared community. “Like a lot of immigrant families, we had a hard time finding Sri Lankan food in Connecticut in the 1970s, but my mom adapted her recipes to the ingredients she had available and the parties kept our food traditions alive.” While her mother was an adept cook, she never taught her daughter how to make the

dishes that graced her childhood table. Mohanraj was allowed to cut and saute onions, the foundation of Sri Lankan cuisine, but the lessons stopped there. After entering the University of Chicago as an undergraduate student, Mohanraj realized quickly she could not subsist on dorm food and phoned her mother in hopes of getting her hands on her favorite beef curry recipe. “I made that beef curry over and over again, slowly learning how to make it better and better,” she recalls. In fact the self-taught, if slightly distractible, cook once forgot about a pot of rice in her communal dormroom kitchen. One smokefilled dormitory evacuation later, Mohanraj learned to stay focused on her cooking projects. “They evacuated more than 600 people from that dorm,” Mohanraj says, chuckling. “Thank goodness they didn’t fine me; I never could have afforded to pay!” Today she holds a PhD in English and creative writing and spent several years writing fiction before her passion for cooking the Sri Lankan dishes of her childhood

became a full-time passion — and let me be clear, this hard-working woman has approximately four full-time passions in my estimation. One beef curry at a time, Mohanraj developed an interest in creating a simple Sri Lankan cookbook based on her mother’s recipes. She found a tiny publishing house interested in producing the book and A Taste of Serendib soon followed. More than 15 years ago, as she was developing her first cookbook, she sidled up to her mother in the kitchen and soon discovered she didn’t cook with recipes but relied on instinct more than measurements to bring her dishes to life. Instructions like “just watch, “add some,” and “it needs a little bit” forced Mohanraj to intercept a handful of spices for measuring before her mother tossed them in the pot. “My mom kept pointing out all the things I had gotten wrong in the first book after it came out,” she laughs. “I almost wanted to publish a corrected version with all of her thoughts in red ink.” As she was exposed to her mother’s cooking methods and went through the long

process of learning her recipes, Mohanraj’s culinary repertory evolved and her recipe arsenal morphed into a Sri Lankan food blog. As interest in her blog continued to grow, Mohanraj began researching Sri Lankan cuisine, developing recipes in a more detailed way and building an authentic Sri Lankan pantry, thanks to the influx of more readily available traditional spices and specialty foods in the U.S. As I savored my nutmeg flecked flan, it clicked: Mohanraj views herself as a researcher more than a cook. In fact, she refers to her new approach to cooking as a “rediscovery” of favorite Sri Lankan dishes. As she added detailed recipes utilizing specialized ingredients over the years, friends and readers began asking if she would consider creating a follow-up to A Taste of Serendib. As a result, she is independently publishing A Feast of Serendib, which features 106 Sri Lankan recipes and pen-and-ink drawings created by Sri Lankan artists. While the book is filled with recipes her mother would have made, Mohanraj’s research-driven approach to recipe development makes Feast a reliable introduction to Sri Lankan cooking for adventurous homecooks and a sound resource for Sri Lankan families hoping to reclaim their culinary traditions at home.

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force that decision on our family. Raising a child who is not your own could be a burden. Choosing the best parent substitute for a family member’s child could be downright soul crushing. If our kids turned out great, no regrets. But what if one of our kids developed problems? Wouldn’t our family constantly wonder if they made the right guardianship decision? That forced guardianship decision could have deeply impacted our children’s lives. It could also have affected the harmony in our extended family. Plus, would our kids always have wondered why their own parents, two attorneys, did not find the time and garner the courage to draft a will with a guardianship designation? Was our inaction not only irresponsible but also cowardly? Fortunately, for Mike and me the odds were on our side. Post heart attack, we now have an estate plan with guardianship designations. Our kids are adults and teenagers, so it made our guardianship decision a lot easier. Still, the decision needed to be made.

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So, what guardianship advice is there for parents with young kids or with a disabled adult child? Use your parenting skills to solve your guardianship problem. As a parent you solve the problem in front of you first. Put the tired baby to bed before you read books to the toddlers. The same is true for guardianship decisions. Think in the short term for your guardianship designation (three to five years). If after that time, no change, then great, let it ride. However, if your life or your guardian’s life have changed, change the guardianship designation. Through drafting a will, you be able to designate a guardian for your child. This way you can decide the best person to be a parent substitute for your child. You will avoid the possibility of forcing your family to make that decision for you. A guardianship designation is still not one of the easiest parenting decisions you will make but it is one of the most necessary. If I have persuaded you and made my case please contact me or another trustworthy attorney to draft your will/ estate plan.

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For OPRF alum, all roads lead to comedy

Thomas Lennon talks comedy, writing at Lake Theatre By MICHELLE DYBAL

Contributing Reporter

If you go See Thomas Lennon live at “From Harlem Avenue to Hollywood Boulevard” at the Lake Theatre, 1022 Lake St., Oak Park, on Sunday, April 14, 7:30 p.m. See clips from Lennon’s career, an interview by Wednesday Journal theater critic Doug Deuchler and participate in a Q&A. “Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles,” will be available for purchase and signing in the theatre lobby afterwards. The event benefits the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest/Oak Park River Forest Museum. Tickets are $25 adults; $20, historical society members; $5, students. Purchase them online at oprfmuseum.org/events/eveningthomas-lennon.

aking people laugh was not the original goal of screenwriter, actor, producer and author, Thomas Lennon, but happenstance and geography helped lay the path for the Oak Park and River Forest High School grad. When the Oak Parker was a freshman, he wanted to try out for pole vaulting, but instead went to an audition for “You Can’t Take it With You” with a friend. “I ended up as being cast as Mr. De Pinna, a role with one or two lines, but it was enough to get me into drama for the rest of my life,” he said. “I would go on to be in ev- edy Sketches of All Time, Lennon penned ery play and musical I could at OPRF and I four – “Monkey Torture,” “Porcupine Racelearned a lot.” track,” “Mind Match” and “$240 Worth of Besides learning from the drama and mu- Pudding.” His credits are vast and are alsic department teachers of the mid-1980s, a most entirely of the comedy genre. seed was planted to pursue the arts beyond Lennon said he comes from two big Irish high school. families “with lot of funny types in the “The main thing about growing up in Oak mix.” Now living in Los Angeles with his Park was that it was a place wife and son, he seems nostalthat really cared about the gic for Midwest humor. arts,” Lennon said. “Music, “I always thought that Chicatheater, writing – all of these goans were disproportionately felt like important jobs in Oak more funny than other AmeriPark. I grew up thinking that cans, maybe because of the long a career as an actor or writer winters,” he said. was an entirely reasonable Lennon harkened back to his thing to do.” Irish heritage and drew on his When Lennon graduated comedy writing skills in his from OPRF in 1988 and started newest endeavor – a fantasy, adat New York University (NYU), venture novel series for middlehis intention was to become grade readers. The first book, a serious stage actor. That all THOMAS LENNON “Ronan Boyle and the Bridge changed when he befriended of Riddles” was published in a group who had a comedy March. sketch group. He said he started writing “Since that day … most of my life has been in Ireland at Turin Castle and finds Irish in comedy,” Lennon said. “It wasn’t really people, like Chicagoans, to be “very, very what I was aiming for, but at some point, I real- funny,” fitting for a what is described as a ized my ‘serious’ acting makes people laugh.” hilarious tale of a 14-year-old recruit to an In perhaps a bit of foreshadowing, Len- Irish police force that “handles the misnon’s one local role outside OPRF was in a deeds of numerous magical creatures.” Shakespeare play. Ronan Boyle works to free his unjustly im“I played Puck in “A Midsummer Night’s prisoned parents, while dealing with social Dream” at the Village Players sometime awkwardness, small size and poor eyesight around 1987,” he said. “Lauren Cronin di- and battling fiery leprechauns and other rected it and for some reason she decided to sinister beings. put me in a gold Speedo for the show. There’s “Pretty much every aspect of Ronan Boyle embarrassing photos of this somewhere.” is based on me, his nervousness, his clausWhile in The New Group (later The State) trophobia, the food allergies. Even his love at NYU, he learned to write every day, which of Judi Dench,” Lennon said. “They say he said he mostly continues to do to this day. ‘write what you know,’ so really he is just a Lennon co-wrote the “Night at the Museum” 14-year-old version of me.” movies and co-created, co-wrote and stared The grown-up version of Thomas Lennon in the TV comedy series “Reno 911” and re- is on his own adventure, touring to promote cently played Felix Unger on CBS’s re-boot his book, and will be in his hometown of of “The Odd Couple.” Oak Park on Sunday. The event is reschedHe has also acted in 38 feature films. On uled after a not-so-funny torn meniscus IFC cable network’s list of 50 Greatest Com- knocked him off his feet last month.

“The main thing about growing up in Oak Park was that it was a place that really cared about the arts.”

HOMECOMING: Thomas Lennon, an OPRF graduate, successful actor on TV and in films and now a budding novelist and author of “Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles, will talk about his work and life at an April 14 event at the Lake Theatre in Oak Park.

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Elections show voters, school boards aligned on equity Voters elected candidates in D90, D97 and D200 with similar stances on racial equity

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

If last week’s school board elections were litmus tests on where residents in Oak Park and River Forest stand on a range of racial equity-related measures implemented in River Forest School District 90, Oak Park Elementary Schools District 97 and Oak Park and River Forest High Schools District 200, the results are in. The three incumbent D90 school board members responsible for implementing curriculum changes, committees, policies and procedures designed to address the district’s racial opportunity gap — such as racial bias training for staff and board members, and a racial equity policy — were reelected. Ralph Martire, the current D90 board president who ran for election to the D90 board in 2014 on the need for establishing a racial equity policy to govern River Forest schools, was elected to sit on the D200 school board — just in time to help them implement their own racial equity policy. Meanwhile, Gina Harris, the top vote-getter in the D200 race is an Oak Park teacher and national union leader who ran on a plat-

form of ramping up the district’s focus on restorative justice and implicit bias training, as well as on the need for a strong racial equity policy and procedures that integrated the interests and concerns of the high school’s teachers. Three highly involved parent-leaders within D97 were elected to the school board to help execute the racial equity policy that the board approved in March — a policy that those parents helped draft and that the current D97 board president, who was reelected to another term, voted for. In River Forest, voters reelected incumbents Barbara Hickey, Richard Moore and Calvin Davis to the D90 board and chose Kathleen M. Avalos to serve an open 2-year term on the board in a race that, of all three elections, featured the clearest philosophical divide on equity between some candidates. The three incumbents pointed to a range of curriculum and policy changes designed to “move all children in the right direction,” Moore said. Some residents in River Forest, however, expressed concern during the election that some of those changes were too swift and would potentially destabilize and dilute the

learning of D90’s high achievers. “My idea of equity is investing to bring the bottom up without putting limits on the top,” said Steve Lefko, Avalos’s only opponent for the 2-year board seat. “That statement has implicit bias,” Avalos said. “That’s not good language … we’ve moved away from describing kids as rabbits and turtles, because that’s offensive.” Davis said that some River Forest residents “only speak of the top 15 percent” of students in the district. “What about the other 85 percent? We speak of all the students and everyone.” Avalos defeated Lefko, taking 63 percent of the vote. Hickey, the top vote-getter, claimed nearly 25 percent of the vote while Moore and Davis garnered 22 percent and 16 percent of the vote, respectively. In Oak Park, challenger Jung Kim was the top vote-getter in a field of five candidates vying for four seats on the board. Kim garnered 25 percent of the vote, followed by challengers Cheree Moore and Gavin Kearney, who garnered roughly 23 percent and 21 percent of the vote, respectively. During interviews last month, Kim, Moore and Kearney — all of whom have experience

serving on PTOs in the district — said that the district could improve how it communicates and engages with families, particularly those who are marginalized by race, income status, ability and other factors. Incumbent Holly Spurlock said that she looks “forward to an opportunity to work hard on behalf of the students, staff, families and community to implement the recently approved equity policy and fulfill our commitment to meet the needs of all of our students.” The D200 board elected two new members. Gina Harris led a field of six candidates for three open seats on the board, with roughly 22 percent of the vote. Incumbent Sara Dixon-Spivy was just behind Harris, with 21.5 percent of the vote. Martire, currently the D90 board president, garnered just over 18 percent of the vote. Dixon-Spivy, who is entering her second term on the board, worked closely with Martire on D200’s Culture, Climate and Behavior Committee, and the Tri-District Committee on Equity, which entails Districts 90, 97 and 200 regularly meeting to discuss ways of collaborating to help improve equity across districts. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

Pipeline suspends services at Westlake Hospital

Lawmakers say company creating ‘false narrative’ to hasten closure By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Pipeline Health, the California-based company that recently purchased West Suburban Medical Center, Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago and Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park, announced on April 9 that it had temporarily suspended service at Westlake “due to concerns about its ability to continue maintaining a safe environment for patient care due primarily to declining staff rates.” The news comes two months after Pipeline filed an application to close Westlake with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, the state agency responsible for approving change ownership applications and hospital closures. The review board is scheduled to either grant, deny or defer Pipeline’s request to close Westlake at a meeting on April 30. Ari Scharg, the attorney representing the village of Melrose Park, filed an emergency motion on April 8 for a temporary restraining order to prevent Pipeline from closing Westlake on Tuesday, April 9. A court hearing on the injunction was scheduled to take

place on Tuesday at 2 p.m., after Wednesday Journal’s print deadline. Pipeline has been under fire from local elected officials, residents and community leaders after announcing in February its intention to close Westlake just two weeks after finalizing the purchase of the three hospitals for $70 million from Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare. Last month, Scharg filed a lawsuit on behalf of Melrose Park against Pipeline that claims the company committed fraud and conspiracy in order to hide their intention of closing Westlake from community members and the review board before the purchase was finalized. Pipeline has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that they made no commitment to keep Westlake open “for any period of time” and that “Westlake’s untenable financial condition was not fully evident at the time the application for change of ownership was prepared.” In March, state representatives Emanuel “Chris” Welch (D-7th) and Kathleen Willis (D-77th) introduced a bill that would give the governor the authority to overturn the review board’s decision if it chooses to grant Pipeline’s request to close Westlake. That bill was approved in committee last month and is headed to the floor of the Illinois House. In their April 9 statement, Pipeline officials said that they decided to “discontinue opera-

tions at Westlake” due to “declining inpatient stays and losses of nearly $2 million a month.” They explained that Westlake “is only 30 [percent] full” and that inpatient visits were down from 4,800 in 2017 to 4,100 in 2018. Pipeline officials said that “hospital staffing rates have continued to fall at a concerning rate, which has necessitated pulling staff from Pipeline-owned West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park and increased reliance on registry nurses affiliated with outside agencies to cover shifts at Westlake.” Scharg countered those claims in his emergency injunction. “Surprised by the community backlash, and no longer confident that the review board will grant its application, Pipeline has decided to shut down Westlake unilaterally and without Review Board approval,” Scharg stated in the court document. “To close Westlake now, Pipeline has put together a plan to make it seem to the Review Board and the community as though the hospital is short-staffed and cannot safely care for its patients,” Scharg wrote. “That narrative is false -- the reality is that Pipeline has fired numerous staff members and refused to hire any new employees to replace them.” Pipeline officials said that “in anticipation of potential service discontinuation,” they issued WARN Act notices to Westlake employees. The WARN Act requires companies with at least 100 employees to notify

workers of an impending closure at least 60 days ahead time. “The company’s temporary service suspension is in anticipation of operations disruptions due to these notice issuances coupled with the recently declining staffing rates,” according to Pipeline’s statement. Jim Edwards, Pipeline Health’s CEO, said in the statement that “our utmost priority is safety and quality of patient care,” adding that “with declining staffing rates and more attrition expected, a temporary suspension services is necessary to assure safe and sufficient operations. The action is being taken after considering all alternatives and with the best interest of our patients in mind.” In an email statement released Monday, Congressman Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, whose 4th District includes Westlake’s service area, said that the hospital’s closure “would harm people in my community who are currently being treated by doctors in that facility and who don’t have other options for their health care.” During a town hall in Maywood on April 8, Welch said that Pipeline’s “false narrative” that the hospital is in disarray was belied by the fact that “I know someone who was there last week who had a baby.” Welch added that Pipeline “is trying to close Westlake regardless of what the community and the state says. … This is going to mean life and death for a lot of people.” CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

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In a first, River Forest elects Latinx woman to village board Erika Bachner received approximately 26 percent of the vote By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

Voters took to the polls April 2 to elect Erika Bachner as River Forest trustee, in what many believe is the first women of color to serve on the village’s board. Bachner, who identifies as Latinx, assumes office May 13. “I think it is tough for anybody to make the decision to run for office, but I think it is especially tough for people of color if they haven’t seen that before,” she said. “I think that we are seeing people step up to the plate and understand the importance of us having that representation, and so I think that we will just see more and more of this. It felt like a little bit of a watershed moment.” Kathleen “Katie” Brennan received the most votes, securing approximately 29 percent of the spread. Robert O’Connell came in third, receiving about 21 percent of the vote and ousting longtime incumbent Michael Gibbs, who served two terms on the board. Bachner said she was celebrating at a supporter’s house in River Forest when the results came in, cheering with the approximately 35 people—including her mother and father—when she saw she won. Bachner received approximately 26 percent of the vote, coming in second for most votes realized. She said her experience growing up with immigrant parents on the edge of poverty will inform her decision-making while on the board.

Erika Bachner “My mom is from El Salvador, my father’s from Colombia, and when they came here my mom didn’t know English. She came here at a very young age, in her teens, and just knew that she wanted a better life for herself, and that being in El Salvador that wasn’t going to happen.” Growing up, Bachner said her mother had children at a young age, and that her father worked for more than 25 years on a factory floor, commuting often late at night from Chicago to their home in Glencoe. She said he would drive the back streets home and be stopped by police a couple times a week “because he was darker and he didn’t have as nice of a car.” “Having that history and understanding what happens to people is important, and that is first-hand knowledge, so it’s all these different things that make it important to be in a position of power, where decisions are being made,” Bachner said.

She said more than 70 people donated to her campaign online, with contributions averaging $50 each. “It really spoke to the community reaching out and saying, ‘We support you,’” she said. In addition to likely being the first woman of color to serve on the board, Bachner also said living in a townhome and having a moderate income brings a different perspective to the table. When Bachner first moved to River Forest, she said a plan proposed eminent domain of her townhome. When trustees approved the North Avenue tax increment financing (TIF) district, they added a clause that protected single-family homes from eminent domain but did not protect multi-family units. As the village plans development for the North Avenue tax increment financing (TIF) district, she said neighbors will trust her to have the best interest of the area, since she lives adjacent to the TIF. She said she will also look to bring creative ways to expand conversations around economic development to community members not currently engaged in village government. “I’m going to make the best decision for the community and not to say that other people won’t, but again, I live in that space and I know what it’s like and I think I can understand why things would impact us in a different way and can speak to that,” she said. Bachner is treasurer of PASO West Suburban Action Project, an immigrant advocacy group, and co-leads an area Indivisible group. This is her first time serving in elected office. She is not the first person of color to serve on the board, however. Trustee Respicio Vazquez is a person of color and currently serves on the board. CONTACT: ntepper@wjinc.com

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“I’ve said all along that I have a lot 1 incumbent, 2 new trustees to learn, so I look forward to learning the ins and outs about how Oak Park from page 1 chanan. Thirty-four percent of voters chose government works.”

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Taglia, and 33 percent Walker-Peddakotla. Buchanan said she’s eager to get to work on the board “as a team to get things done for Oak Park.” “I’m really excited about the results and I am also really excited about serving on the board,” she said. “I’ve said all along that I have a lot to learn, so I look forward to learning the ins and outs about how Oak Park government works.” Buchanan, a doctor and University of Illinois professor, said the election was grueling in part because of the packed race. “I think because there were so many candidates, we all put in an extra effort to stand out from the others,” she said. The number of candidate forums, questionnaires and other activity “showed how engaged Oak Park residents are.” Taglia celebrated election night at Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb’s restaurant Maya Del Sol. He said the election was hard-fought and that the other candidates were outstanding and “very formidable.” “I’m humbled at being chosen, and I’m at a loss for words,” he said. Taglia said he will continue to try to listen and be responsive to the residents of Oak Park. Though Taglia was an incumbent, it was the first election he’s won to the board of trustees. Two years ago, Taglia was running for a seat on the board when he was appointed to fill the vacated seat of former Trustee Adam Salzman, who left for a job that precluded him from serving as an elected official.

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“I feel very honored by this vote,” Taglia said. “I was very fortunate to be, I guess, supported by my current colleagues and my former colleagues, and I found it humbling to be so strongly supported.” Walker-Peddakotla celebrated at Margarita’s restaurant with Oak Park trustee hopefuls Tim Thomas and Joshua Klayman. She said the campaign did not have the money that other candidates had and “every ounce of support came from the community.” “I’m just really proud of every single community member that stepped up and have never been part of a campaign before; that was huge and it made a big difference in the end,” she said. The other candidates in the race were: Thomas Gary, who won 1,828 votes at 7.15 percent; Graham Y. Brisben with 919 at 3.6 percent; James Thompson with 944 at 3.69 percent; Bridgett Baron with 2,204 at 8.62 percent; Tim Thomas with 2,516 at 9.84 percent; Christian Harris with 2,477 at 9.69 percent; Joshua Klayman with 1,563 at 6.12 percent; and Cory J. Wesley with 2,986 at 11.68 percent. For the Oak Park Library Board, voters

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LOOKING AHEAD: Tim Thomas and Arti Walker-Peddakotla talk about the election at Margaritas Mexican Restaurant in Oak Park on April 2. re-elected Theodore Foss and chose two new members – Virginia Bloom-Scheirer and Colleen Burns. Voters also elected two new members to Park District of Oak Park Board

of Commissioners – Christopher Wollmuth and Jake Worley-Hood – and re-elected Kathleen Porreca. tim@oakpark.com

Political groups move ahead after election VOICE and Oak Park for Racial Equity not going anywhere, organizers say

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The election is over and Oak Park voters have spoken, but the goal of building a better village continues through the work of two groups that had established a presence during the campaign. VOICE (Voice, Openness, Inclusion, Community, Environment) Oak Park was established a little less than a year before the election and Oak Park for Racial Equity launched in December. The two groups share many of the same goals but operated differently in the election – representatives from both have said they plan to continue their efforts into the future. Oak Park for Racial Equity was founded by Oak Park Trustee-elect Arti Walker-Ped-

dakotla with the goal of electing women of color to various boards in and around Oak Park. The organization won most of its races on April 2, electing Jung Kim and Cheree Moore to the District 97 school board; Erika Bachner to the River Forest village board; and Virginia D. Bloom-Scheirer to the Oak Park library board. Walker-Peddakotla also won her race for Oak Park trustee. “I’m proud of the women who stepped up and increased the diversity of our boards, which is really important,” she said the night of the election. Walker-Peddakotla said in a more recent interview that the group is already beginning its work finding candidates for the 2021 election. “The work has to start now,” she said.

“The adage in political circles is a woman has to be asked seven times (to run for office) before she says yes. It takes time to convince women, in general, regardless of whether they are women of color.” The group is planning a meeting to determine what went right and what went wrong in this election, she said. The VOICE candidates did not have a good election night, failing to elect any of its three endorsed candidates – Joshua Klayman, Tim Thomas and Christian Harris. Wendy Greenhouse, an active member of VOICE, said the group is trying to learn from lessons of the election “and focus on what we can do moving forward.” VOICE representatives said last year that the group will advocate on issues outside of the election. The recently dissolved but

historically potent Village Manager Association assembled around elections to vet and slate candidates, but the group would largely disband between elections. Greenhouse the organization is now focused on encouraging residents to join the conversation on issues of concern. They hope to attract younger members who are “much savvier about communication and social media” and can help get their message out to the public. Greenhouse said one focus will be as a watchdog for the village’s citizen commissions. Some have argued that recommendations from the commissions have been ignored by the village board, and the role of the commissions has been reduced in recent years. tim@oakpark.com

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Refund sought from page 1 ment. Its complaint was filed just weeks before Busey Bank moved to foreclose on the school’s more than $2 million mortgage. “I would hope that the village has the decency to reimburse the school for taxes that it shouldn’t have had to pay,” said John Mauck, an attorney for the Chicago-based Mauck & Baker law firm that represented Keystone. He added that Keystone has applied for a refund for taxes it paid over the last three years from the Cook County Assessor, the longest amount of time the assessor will refund. In December 2018, the Illinois Department of Revenue granted Keystone property tax exemption for the 2017 tax year, but the village appealed the decision. “So, again, we would hope that they would have the great decency to drop that appeal,” Mauck said. “Sometimes a good court decision can change hearts.” He estimated that the Department of Revenue will make a decision on the village’s appeal sometime in the next 30 days and that he expects the state to affirm the court ruling. “We expect that not having to pay real

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Keystone Montessori School estate taxes, the school can operate in the black and save River Forest residents many thousands of dollars every year because these students do not have to be educated at the public’s expense,” Mauck said. In a statement, the village said it disagrees with the court’s decision, and that it was “unlikely” a long past village board would have ever entered into an agreement with

Keystone “had it known that they would have retracted on their promise” to always pay taxes. The village pointed to the fact that 50 percent of River Forest land is inhabited by institutions that are tax exempt as proof that the village supports schools and nonprofits. “Keystone Montessori operates on a valuable piece of property in our commercial

corridor that would otherwise be taxable and provide property tax relief to our residents,” the village said in a statement. River Forest recently certified a new tax increment financing (TIF) district along the school’s location on North Avenue, in an effort to spur development. “It is unfortunate that Keystone Montessori has chosen to fight the village instead of working together in earnest to find a way to relocate to an appropriate location where Keystone Montessori can continue to educate,” the village said in a statement. Mauck said Keystone always said it would move if there was an appropriate, affordable building available. “It’s one thing to say, ‘Oh we want you to move.’ It’s another thing to say, ‘Here’s a spot that works and is not going to put students on the street,” Mauck said. “They want to stay in River Forest, and that’s part of the problem, because River Forest seems to want to get its hand on its property.” He said he believed the case set a precedent by clarifying to municipalities that zoning was not conditional to “waiving tax exemptions. You can’t do that to groups that are entitled to exemption, period. Whether it’s schools, hospitals, churches, or something like that.” CONTACT: ntepper@wjinc.com

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Garage break-in results in car theft

A residential garage was burglarized in the 200 block of Flournoy, sometime between 12:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on April 6. The burglar entered through a damaged sidedoor and stole a gray Acura MDX valued at $10,500.

Battery Brandon Payton, 43, of the 200 block of Englewood Avenue, Bellwood, was arrested in the 100 block of Madison Street at 4:05 p.m. on April 5 and charged with battery. No additional information was provided.

Burglary ■ A business in the 400 block of North Austin Boulevard was burglarized at 4:24

a.m. on April 6. The offender gained entry by breaking the front door glass. Once inside, they took an unknown amount of cash from the register. ■ A business was burglarized in the 1000 block of Madison Street, sometime between 11:30 p.m. on April 5 and 5:30 p.m. on April 6. The offender broke the door glass and entered the building. They then forced open an office door, entered and ransacked a desk, stealing cash, a case of bottled water and a pair of jeans. The estimated loss is $643.

Theft and recovery ■ In the 600 block of Madison Street, an unidentified person received packages from a UPS delivery driver containing four iPhones. The victim is identified as the Oak

Park Police Department. The incident took place at 11:29 a.m. on March 18. The total loss is $4,800. ■ A silver 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit, reported stolen on April 1, was recovered in the 100 block of South Austin Boulevard at 2:15 a.m. on April 2. No arrests were made. The vehicle was originally stolen from the 500 block of South Austin Boulevard, between 6:50 and 7:20 a.m. on April 1, after it had been left running and unlocked. The vehicle is valued at $4,000. ■ A silver 2003 Pontiac Grand Am, reported stolen, was recovered in the 3800 block of West Chicago Avenue at 2:18 p.m. on April 2. No information was given about where or when the vehicle was originally stolen. No arrests were made. ■ A Mount Prospect resident’s silver 2007

Infiniti was stolen from the 700 block of Ontario Street, sometime between midnight and 4 p.m. on April 1. The estimated loss is $7,500. The vehicle had been left running and unlocked with the key fob inside.

These items, obtained from the Oak Park and River Forest police departments, came from reports, April 1-8, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest. Compiled by Timothy Inklebarger

Police dashcam shows stop prior to deadly crash Oak Park police claim they did not chase motorist who killed two people

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The Oak Park Police Department has released dashcam video from officers’ vehicles the night of March 9, when Chicago resident Kendall R. Harrison allegedly evaded police and crashed into another car, causing the deaths of two Austin residents. Dashcam videos released to Wednesday Journal through a Freedom of Information Act request shows the initial police stop, around 10:30 p.m. on March 9, near the intersection of South Boulevard and South Humphrey Avenue. An Oak Park police officer pulls over Kendall Harrison in his white Volkswagen Toureg, then gets out of the squad car and approaches the driver’s side of Harrison’s vehicle before it takes off at a high rate of speed westbound on South Boulevard. A second dashcam video shows another officer driving northbound on Ridgeland Avenue and then eastbound on South Boulevard as Harrison’s Toureg speeds by. Just seconds later, Harrison’s car collides with the vehicle driven by Joy Tyus, an Austin resident. Tyus, 28, and her passenger, Pierre Shelton, 30, were both killed as a result of the crash. The video is important in the case because Shelton’s family has filed a lawsuit to determine whether Oak Park police chased Harrison the night of the incident. Harrison fled on foot after the crash but was apprehended by police shortly afterward. A police report released in late March stated Harrison was under the influence of

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CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Oak Park police released dashcam videos of police activity connected to the arrest of Kendall Harrison, who allegedly evaded police, crashed into a vehicle and killed two people. alcohol, marijuana and methamphetamines the night of the crash. Two pills of MDMA (commonly known as ecstasy) were also found in Harrison’s vehicle at the scene of the crash. He was charged with one count of reckless homicide and two counts of aggravated driving under the influence. Oak Park police said in a press release

immediately following the incident that officers did not chase Harrison the night of the crash. Police Chief LaDon Reynolds did not respond to requests for an interview following the release of the dashcam videos to Wednesday Journal. Tim Cavanagh, lead attorney with Cavanagh Law Group, who is representing Shelton’s family, said in March that the lawsuit

was exploratory in part to determine whether the police violated their own policy on car chases. Cavanagh said in a telephone interview on April 5 that his office is in receipt of the police videos from the night of the incident. “We are going through them and continuing our investigation,” he said. tim@oakpark.com

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GRAND STYLE: Architect Frederick Schock designed and built this home at 5804 W. Midway Park in 1886 as his own residence. It’s one of four houses the architect designed in the neighborhood, including the one next door (seen at left), built in 1892.

he 1970s was a decade of firsts in terms of opening up privately owned architectural treasures as local fundraisers. In 1965, the National Historic Preservation Act was passed with an eye toward encouraging the maintenance and restoration of the country’s architectural and cultural treasures. Shortly thereafter in Oak Park, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple was named the village’s first National Historic Landmark in 1971, and the organization that is today the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust got its start restoring Wright’s iconic Home and Studio. The Wright Plus Housewalk was founded a few years later. Just across Austin Boulevard another architect’s legacy was being celebrated. In the late 1970s the Austin Schock Neighborhood Association’s housewalk opened up architectural treasures on the West Side to history and architecture buffs. For most years of the walk’s approximately 20-year tenure, the tours spotlighted the work of architect Frederick Schock, who once worked extensively in Austin before it was annexed by the City of Chicago in 1899. The neighborhood encompassing the Schock houses was planned by Oak Park developer Henry W. Austin, who began selling lots in the then-suburb of Chicago in the late 1800s. Austin wanted to create a well-planned bucolic suburb whose mansions would rival those of Kenwood on the South Side of the city. Key to Austin’s vision was the engagement of local architect Frederick Schock, who built his own house and his mother’s

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house in the neighborhood. He also designed the village’s railroad station, library and social club. While the public buildings no longer remain, four Schockdesigned houses anchor the Austin Schock Historic Neighborhood to this day. The historic district, marked roughly by Austin Boulevard on the west, Central Avenue on the east, Chicago Avenue on the north and Jackson Boulevard on the south, rivals those of its tonier neighbors to the west. The four remaining Schock Houses are located at 5749 and 5804 W. Race Avenue and 5804 and 5810 W. Midway Park. In 1999, the city of Chicago designated the Queen Anne and shingle-style Schock houses in Austin as historic landmarks.

Architectural pride Jerry Ehrenberger, who works in Oak Park at the Oak Park Regional Housing Center, purchased a Schock home in 1992. When he first moved to the Austin area as a renter in the 1980s, he recalls taking long walks

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ALL IN THE FAMILY: In addition to the two homes he designed on Midway Park, Schock designed two homes on Race Avenue for relatives. Schock designed the home at 5749 W. Race Ave. (top) in 1888 for his mother, Marie. It’s located just across the street and a few steps north of the architect’s home. Schock designed the home at 5804 W Race Ave. (below) in 1887 for his aunt. around the neighborhood and marveling at the Schock houses. “For about 20 years, there was an annual housewalk put on by the Austin Schock Neighborhood Association,” Ehrenberger said. “It was partially formed by Bobbie Raymond of the Housing Center. She saw the potential of all these great houses in Austin.” Ehrenberger moved briefly to Humboldt Park, but then a friend told him that his fa-

When the city designated the homes landvorite house in Austin had a for sale sign in the front yard. According to Ehrenberger, he marks in 1999, Ehrenberger says his more modest house was included because of its jumped at the chance to buy it. “I saw the house, put in a bid, and sudden- connection to the architect’s mother. He notes that the house’s original plans were ly, I was a homeowner,” he said. The house needed a lot of work, but lucki- published in an 1888 article in Building Budget Magazine. ly, Ehrenberger says a real estate “It was called ‘A Cheap Subfriend was along for the ride. urban Residence.’ Schock was “He was more grounded and on the magazine’s board and looking at the doors, windows planned to start a series on inand structures,” Ehrenberger expensive houses,” Ehrenberger said. “Meanwhile, I was thinksaid. “This house was meant to ing, ‘I could put a Christmas tree be the first in a series.” here.’ The structure was in good For Ehrenberger, who grew shape, but it needed a lot of work up with very modest means in inside and out.” a small town in Nebraska, it has He set out to renovate one room a year, working to repair JERRY EHRENBERGER been a life’s pleasure to live and restore his historic home. plaster and strip innumerable Austin resident “I’m honored and grateful to layers of varnish from the woodbe living in a house like this,” he work. It took him about 12 years said. “I never imagined I’d be livto tackle it all. ing in a house this size and with Ehrenberger’s house was origiso much character and history.” nally designed by Schock for his For him, living in Austin is a part of that mother, Marie, and Ehrenberger says it is the most modest of the four remaining Schock dream. “There’s some amazing diversity happenhouses. “Three of the houses are huge,” he said. ing in the Austin Village area,” Ehrenberger “One was Schock’s house, where he brought said. “I’ve been here almost 27 years, and clients to see the kind of work he did. The I’ve seen some wonderful improvements in house next door is a three-story mansion homeownership. I think a lot of that has with a ballroom on the third floor, and the to do with our lower property taxes here, house diagonal to me has been re-sided in See SCHOCK on page 29 cedar shake shingles.”

“I’m honored and grateful to be living in a house like this.”

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EVOLUTION: Schock’s architectural style evolved as he grew older, as seen by comparing two homes he designed 20 years apart. The grand, imposing Victorian design of 5810 W. Midway Park in Austin (above), built in 1892, gives way by 1912 to a more restrained, domestic Italianate design at 647 Linden Ave. in Oak Park.

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Oak Park’s Schock connection Oak Park River Forest Historical Society Executive Director Frank Lipo says that the architect does have a legacy in Oak Park, but it is subtle. “The old Guitar Fun building [at 400 Lake St.] and the apartment building next door on Ridgeland were designed by Schock,” he said. He points out that in Austin, Schock’s work is classic Victorian, but Schock worked

in Oak Park closer to the end of his career, and his style had changed. “He was akin to E. E. Roberts in that he evolved and did a wide variety of styles,” Lipo said. “In 1912, when the Oak Park buildings were designed, you’re not designing community buildings that look Victorian. You’re doing so in a more Arts and Crafts or Prairie Style.” In Oak Park, Schock-designed residences include the stucco Prairie-Style home at 136 Wesley Ave. and the Italian Renaissance style home at 647 Linden Ave. Lipo says these styles point to the rich diversity of local architecture. “We tend to think of architecture around here as just being one era, but that’s just not true,” Lipo said. “When you look at architects like Schock or Charles White, who designed the Cheney Mansion and the post office, often if the architects are old enough, you see growth.”

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St. Bernardine Church

7246 W. Harrison Street, Forest Park (708) 366-0839 - stbern.com Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion – April 14 Vigil Mass at 5:00 pm Saturday Sunday Masses at 8:00 and 10:30 am Holy Thursday – April 18 Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7:00 pm - Foot Washing and Eucharistic Procession - Adoration until Midnight Good Friday – April 19 Stations of the Cross at 3:00 pm Confessions from 5:00-6:00 pm Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion at 7:00 pm Holy Saturday – April 20 Blessing of Food at 12:00 Noon Easter Vigil Mass at 8:00 pm Easter Sunday – April 21 Masses at 8:00 and 10:30 am

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Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion – April 14 Vigil Mass at 5:00 pm Saturday Sunday Masses at 8:30 am and 10:30 am - Procession of the Palms Holy Thursday – April 18 Morning Prayer at 8:30 am Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7:00 pm followed by Adoration until Midnight Good Friday – April 19 Morning Prayer at 8:30 am Vigil at the Cross at 12:00 Noon Liturgy of The Lord’s Passion at 7:00 pm Holy Saturday – April 20 Morning Prayer at 8:30 am Blessing of Easter Baskets at 1:00 pm The Great Easter Vigil Mass at 7:00 pm Easter Sunday – April 21 Masses at 8:30 and 10:30 am

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Palm Sunday Distribution of Blessed Palms

Holy Thursday Commemoration of the Last Supper Washing of Feet and Night Watch until Midnight

Good Friday Veneration of the Cross and Reading the Passion of Christ

Holy Saturday Blessing of Easter Food and Initiation of Catechumens into the Church

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St. Edmund Parish

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Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion – April 14 Vigil Mass at 5:30 pm Saturday Sunday Masses: 9:00 and 11:00 am and 5:30 pm Holy Thursday – April 18 Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7:30 pm Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament 9:30 – 11:45 pm Night Prayer – 11:45 pm Good Friday – April 19 Morning Prayer – 9:00 am Service of the Lord’s Passion – 7:30 pm Holy Saturday – April 20 Morning Prayer 9:00 am Blessing of the First Easter Meal – 11:00 am Service of Light – 7:30 pm Easter Sunday – April 21 Masses at 8:30 and 10:30 am

Weekly Confession – Saturdays 8:30-9:00 am (except Holy Saturday, April 20) Additional Time: Tuesday, April 16, 6:00-7:00 pm Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion – April 14 Vigil Mass at 4:30 pm Saturday Sunday Masses at 7:45, 9:30, 11:15 am and 5:00 pm in Church; Family Mass in Gym at 10:00 am Holy Thursday – April 18 Morning Prayer at 8:30 am Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7:30 pm, followed by Adoration until Night Prayer at 11:45 pm Good Friday – April 19 Morning Prayer at 8:30 am Celebration of the Lord’s Passion at 3:00 pm Living Stations of the Cross at 7:30 pm Holy Saturday – April 20 Morning Prayer at 8:30 am Blessing of Easter Food at 11:00 am Easter Vigil Mass at 7:30 pm Easter Sunday – April 21 Sunrise (outdoors, weather permitting) at 6:00 am Masses at 7:45, 9:30 and 11:15 am in Church Family Mass in Gym at 10:00 am (No 5:00 pm Mass)

St. Luke Church

7600 Lake Street, River Forest (708) 771-8250 - stlukeparish.org Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion – April 14 Vigil Mass at 5:00 pm Saturday Sunday Masses at 7:30, 9:00 and 11:00 am Confessions after 6:30 and 8:00 am Masses Mon.-Wed. Holy Thursday – April 18 Morning Prayer at 8:00 am Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7:30 pm, followed by Adoration until Night Prayer at 11:45 pm Good Friday – April 19 Morning Prayer at 8:00 am Way of the Cross at 3:00 pm Liturgy of The Lord’s Passion at 7:30 pm Holy Saturday – April 20 Morning Prayer at 8:00 am Blessing of Easter Baskets at 12:00 Noon Easter Vigil Mass at 8:00 pm Easter Sunday – April 21 Masses at 7:30, 9:00 and 11:00 am

St. Vincent Ferrer Church 1530 Jackson Avenue, River Forest (708) 366 -7090 - svfparish.org

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion – April 14 Vigil Mass at 5:30 pm Saturday Sunday Masses at 7:30, 9:00, 11:00 am and 5:30 pm Confessions Saturdays at 4:30 pm and Monday-Friday at 11:30 am Holy Thursday – April 18 Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7:00 pm followed by Adoration until Midnight Good Friday – April 19 Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion at 3:00 pm Confessions - 4:15-5:45 pm Holy Saturday – April 20 Blessing of Easter Baskets at 2:00 pm Easter Vigil Mass at 8:00 pm Easter Sunday – April 21 Masses at 7:30, 9:00 and 11:00 am

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ominican University’s Benefit Concert and Gala on Saturday, March 9 raised more than $500,000 for scholarships. The more than 700 people who attended the concert were treated to an energetic performance by Under the Streetlamp. The university presented its annual Bravo Award to Grant Park Music Festival for its significant contributions to the arts in Chicago.

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hen I ran for the District 97 School Board in 1987, the campaign’s hottest issue was a debate over equity versus excellence. There was great concern that the lower quartile of students had considerably poorer test results than the upper quartile. There was much passion surrounding the notion that if D97 were just committed and innovative enough, this gap could be closed. I was a bit dubious, but my slate of candidates was convinced a solution was at hand in the crucial election. We won. We fired the superintendent. We disbanded the gifted program. We got rid of a rescheduling program that had reduced class size. I was told that educational research supported our initiatives. Four years later when I left the board, the gap remained. We had failed to solve the problem. I was hopeful that future boards would be more successful. I did become interested in the subject and have done some reading. I also have followed both D97 and District 200’s efforts over the past 30 or so years during which we have continued grappling with this issue. Oak Park’s effort to mind this gap occurs every five years or so when an impassioned community says: “Enough is enough. We are affluent, liberal and smart. Something has got to be done.” Alas, despite laudable well-intentioned efforts, the gap remains. Like Sisyphus we push our achievement gap rock in futility. At least he got his rock to the top of the hill before it rolled back down. Seldom have so many smart educators worked so long and so hard to achieve so little. The recent documentary, America to Me, appears to be the catalyst for the most recent attempt at educational rock pushing. New superintendent. New board. New strategies. Hope springs eternal. I suggest that one possible reason for this historic lack of success, aside from the great difficulty of the task itself, is that the community as a whole has never bought into the concept nor has ever believed there is any real chance of success. Very few people have articulated their disbelief lest they be called racist. The majority of villagers are uninformed, confused, or indifferent about the issue. I believe people might buy into reforms if the high school weren’t so ahistorical and opaque

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based on an open vetting and community voting e just had a local election. Based on process) — Tim Thomas, Christian Harris, and unofficial results for Oak Park vilJoshua Klayman — won. Only one candidate, lage trustee from the Cook County Arti Walker-Peddakotla, of the three candidates Board of Elections as of April 4, it endorsed by Reclaim Oak Park (a local branch appears that Susan Buchanan, Jim of the People’s Lobby of Chicago, with a smaller Taglia, and Arti Walker-Peddakotla will be our but very active and committed local membernew trustees. I congratulate our new trustees ship) — Thomas, on their victories and Harris, and Walkersincerely hope the proPeddakotla — won. The gressive idealism that two black men who has shaped Oak Park were endorsed by both will survive and adgroups lost. vance. My comments Conclusions: below address the eleca) In a local race tion process and not with low-information animus toward any of voters, the Wednesthe candidates. day Journal editorial Though I’d like to board, an opaque group think that most of us ARTI whose membership vote on the basis of SUSAN BUCHANAN JAMES TAGLIA WALKER-PEDDAKOTLA is not listed on the candidate policies and Journal’s website, personal qualificawhich presumably tions, it is undeniable, includes Wednesday and appropriate, for Journal staff members, voters committed to working for a for-profit diversity of represenlocal business whose tation, that race, genpublisher no longer der, ethnicity, sexual lives in Oak Park, and orientation, and other perhaps some others, “identity” factors imhad greater influence pact voter choices. over a local election In this race there BRIDGETT BARON GRAHAM BRISBEN THOMAS GARY than scores of local were four white men, activists who put their two white women, hearts and souls into four black men, working for their seand one woman of lected candidates. color. The Wednesb) In local elections, day Journal editobusiness-friendly rial board endorsed media (near) monopoTaglia, Buchanan, and lies can largely call Wesley. The Journal’s an election when the endorsed white man progressive vote is split and white woman among a multitude of candidates won. The CHRISTIAN HARRIS JOSHUA KLAYMAN CORY WESLEY candidates. only candidate of the c) The power and 11 running endorsed influence of for-profit by the WJ who did local media (when it not win was Wesley, a exists at all) is undemocratic. black man. The only candidate not True democracy should include endorsed by the Journal who won democratic accountability over all was the one woman of color. institutions that significantly impact Two progressive local activist social choices. groups made endorsements and Ron Baiman is a member of VOICE had volunteers working vigorously of Oak Park and secretary of West for months for their endorsed canCook Chicago Democratic Socialists didates. None of the candidates enof America. Google Baiman “A Prodorsed by VOICE of Oak Park (the TIM THOMAS JAMES THOMPSON posal for Democratic Constitutional larger and more locally based of Reform in Cuba” for more. the two groups, with endorsements

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e’re pretty sure that the winding tale of Keystone Montessori and its battle with River Forest village government over taxes, zoning and the American Way isn’t over. That despite a court ruling last week granting the North Avenue Montessori school tax-exempt status. Typically private schools are tax exempt. But 20 years ago in a strong-arm move, village government “urged” the school to sign a pact committing it to pay property taxes in exchange for a zoning variation allowing the school to continue renovating its new site in a commercial building on North Avenue. On the losing end of the legal argument at the moment, River Forest complains that the financially-strapped school has chosen “to fight the village instead of working together in earnest to find a way to relocate to an appropriate location.” It is not specified if that location is in River Forest where Keystone now has deep roots. It is clear that, with a new TIF on North Avenue, the village wants Keystone to scram. For its part, the school hints strongly that it wants a refund of the property taxes it has been paying over all those years. This was a screwy, botched deal from the start. That we are at this point isn’t a surprise. That it took so long to percolate into a crisis is a head-scratcher.

Youth services legacy Megan Traficano is Oak Park’s new township youth services director. She comes to the job with worthy credentials in social work and education. The Oak Park native also comes with a legacy to build on. Going back to the 1970s, this sometimes under-the-radar position has been filled by two extraordinary advocates for our young people — especially young people living on the fringes, not fully connected. Joe Savino was old school, hands on, knew everybody, had a good word for everybody. John Williams, just retired, had a bigger picture in a more complex era. He’s the person who created the Interventionist program that took a trio of social workers into the parks, who answered the phone when police or a school social worker called about a kid they worried over. Williams is also the person who brought concepts of restorative justice into the mainstream in these villages. Traficano knows this history and, in this week’s interview with our Tim Inklebarger, brings it up to date with her experience with young people and social media — rising anxiety and the still real lack of adult connection. We welcome her, her new ideas, and her appreciation of the complexities and possibilities.

OPRF and charitable giving Oak Park and River Forest High School is moving ahead with a wise plan to add a philanthropic arm to its ambitious and expensive remaking of the physical plant on Scoville Avenue. Last week it set its goal at $10 million in private donations and made a pact with the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation, which will serve as its fiscal agent in creating the donor fund. With a base of alums who have done well in the world after graduating from OPRF, there will certainly be donors large and small who are willing to invest in the school. Building out that database, crafting an ongoing pitch and creating a culture of giving will be useful now as District 200 looks for funds beyond property taxpayers to pay specifically for athletic and arts facilities. This can also be a helpful source of funding for many years to come.

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Praying to a God who may not exist

hat is your relationship to God? Believe or don’t believe. It doesn’t matter. I’m curious about how and why people believe. And what God they believe or don’t believe in. This seems an appropriate question as the Christian world prepares to observe their “Holy Week” and celebrate the resurrection of their fully human deity. What is my relationship to God? I approach the question as an agnostic — with occasional bouts of belief and an acute interest in the subject. That means applying elements of the scientific method to theology, starting with the only truly objective position on God: We don’t know. Since we can’t test whether God exists (based on measurable sensory observations), my application of the scientific method to theology only extends as far as hypothesizing, which I love — and not being afraid to admit what I don’t know. I respect believers — either those who believe in God or those who believe there is no God — but I think we’d all be better off admitting we don’t, and can’t, know for sure. Atheists are really battling false gods, and that’s a good thing because most gods are “false” — which is to say, incomplete, with grains of truth. But false gods don’t prove there is no God. Neither does not knowing prevent belief … or hypotheses. My latest involves the Big Bang. In religious terms, the Bang was caused by God. Aquinas called it the “First Cause,” one of his proofs of a supreme being’s existence. Something or someone had to cause the universe, and a creator God was his logical suspect. Scientists, however, limit themselves to the material universe, the “stuff ” released by the Big Bang. Since God is decidedly “immaterial,” the notion is suspect to say the least. But the longer scientists study the universe — at the macro and micro levels — the less solid it looks. The closer we get, the more matter resembles, well, spirit. Intriguing. Which got me hypothesizing one night, neurons ablaze in the wee hours, that the Big Bang wasn’t caused by God. Maybe the Big Bang is God. In a manner of speaking. The ultimate act of incarnation: God so loved, so longed, and therefore so loosed what Whitman called “pent-up, aching rivers” — on a cosmic scale. I’m speaking here neither as a scientist nor as a theologian, but as a poet. I see the world in metaphors, God being our meta-metaphor for a reality that exceeds the ability of our minds to grasp. Theologian Karl Rahner called it “The Incomprehensibility of God” in a standing-room-only talk at the University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Chapel way back in 1974. I thank God (so to speak) that I attended. Rahner, I learned later, preferred the term “Mystery” to “God.” My relationship to the Great Mystery, or the Great Silence (a nod to Native Americans) is quite active these days. Whenever I’m in a bout of belief, this how I pray:

The God of To Be, who became an active verb, giving birth to the universe And to us, who are the grasp of God’s reach, God’s arms and hands, We who are working so hard to resolve the paradox of becoming who we already are, Recognizing and realizing the divinity gestating within us, To the God of our Unconscious, the invisible 7/8ths of our psychic iceberg, Connected to all other icebergs by the collective stream of consciousness deep underneath, Which may prove to be our afterlife, To the God who is our intimate witness — anything other than other, The God who cannot be tamed, who defies definitions and eludes personification, The God who does not require our worship, only our wonder, The God who is irresistible because any God who can be resisted is not God, The God who may someday be found at the point where science and religion converge, The God of wild hypotheses, of matter and antimatter, dark energy, black holes, multiple universes, To the God of Love, a cosmic force, powerful beyond Gravity, beyond even the Grave, The God of Eros, for whom we are becoming the emissaries of Love, Which pulls us forward like a tractor beam, inviting us to solve its riddles and puzzles, To the God of the Universe, for whom we serve as receiver, channeler, and transmitter, conducting waves of higher consciousness through our mental and emotional capacities when our central nervous system is finely tuned and fully functional, To the God of Shadows who sends us out, as Rilke said, beyond our recall, to go to the limit of our longing, to flame up and make big shadows for God to move in, Whose love we will someday harness, as Chardin said, and, for the second time, discover fire, Not the flame that destroys but fiery energy that forges all our dualities into unities, our either/ors into both/ands, To this God I ask for enough time, and enough courage, to become who we were meant to be, Time enough to tap our potential and relieve the suffering we have caused, Atone for the sins we have committed, right the wrongs we have perpetrated, To be Love’s emissaries and harness its awesome power, The Love that created this universe — and perhaps many others, Time and courage enough to discover our destiny and catch a glimpse of our destination, And make some small contribution toward reaching that horizon, Which we hope is not the end, But our next beginning, Amen.

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To the God who may or may not exist The Incomprehensible God who strains the limits of language

Praying is no small undertaking. The pray-er must name the God being addressed, and that God is different for every person — even if we are all addressing the same God. And even if we are addressing no God at all.

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Bring back civics Can we be trusted with democracy? I’m starting to conclude that we can’t, that we don’t care enough, or know enough, to be trusted with our remarkable form of government. An Annenberg Report found that less than one-third of eighth-graders knew the purpose of the Declaration of Independence, and that only one-third of Americans could name all three branches of government. Sad. No, absolutely tragic. Bruce Thornton of the Hoover Institute wrote, “The American people are not informed or smart enough for democracy,” and “the masses are driven by their passions or private short-term interests.” Yep. It’s no wonder then that our federal government is in the chaotic, gridlocked state it’s in. I remember watching the news with my parents, way back in the bad old days when there were just three television stations. Walter Cronkite was our guy — authoritative and trusted, an objective source of news. We believed him. Today, amid a plethora of news and opinion in the media, Americans appear to avoid sources of news

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that disagree with their personal opinion. Taking news from our social media feeds only worsens this problem. “Civics” education used to be a standard part of American public education. In the ’60s it was absorbed into history curricula. I was an elementary school student when this happened. I was sad about it then; I’m sadder about it now. Civics teaches the rights and obligations of citizenship. It teaches us to listen to all sides of a question, to know what is going on in the world, and to rely on more than one news source. It teaches us how government works, how laws change, and the importance of our role in that process as voters — or in running for office ourselves. Civics teaches us how to debate both sides of a question, have respect and empathy for those who disagree with us, and ultimately how to negotiate compromise. The politics of division, low voter turnout, and D.C. gridlock are symptoms of our ignorance. Can we please begin talking about bringing Civics back into public school classrooms? Karen Muriello is a longtime Oak Park resident.

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Running for office takes a lot out of you. I I want to take the opportunity to thank absolutely could not have done it without all the River Forest community for its support of the help. One amazing supporter logged in the recent election for village trustee. I’m 42,582 steps in one day, delivering my door humbled by the votes and engagement of hangers. And then she went back out again residents who gave their time, energy, talents the next day! Another broke a hammer “preand financial support during this election. drilling” holes for yard signs in our frozen (My first since high school!) lawns. Another sprinkled her fairy dust and I’ve had the privilege of meeting so many made my campaign logo and hangtags effecpeople, including other candidates, during tive … and surprisingly attractive! I could go the campaign. Thank you to my friends and on and on. neighbors who hosted Meet & Greets. I’m KATIE BRENNAN I’m very grateful, and committed to continugrateful to other candidates who invited ing the forward progress in our community. I me to join in and also speak at events that were initially hosted just for them. Many people came, look forward to the challenges ahead and am honored to listened, and asked hard questions. Thank you for your serve as one of River Forest’s new village trustees. commitment to citizenship — you all made us better Katie Brennan candidates. River Forest village trustee-elect

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Dear friends and supporters, I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who has had their hearts and minds focused on how great River Forest School District 90 is, and will continue to become, in the future for our children. I am truly humbled and honored to have been re-elected to the District 90 Board of Education for a second term. You have communicated your concerns, and I will continue to work to improve the educational experience for all of our children. Among the many goals listed in our strategic plan, D90

will continue to ensure high levels of student achievement, increase student socialemotional learning opportunities, and be responsible stewards of our finances. I am passionate and excited to know that we will attain the goal of our mission “to inspire a love of learning and ensure educational excellence for every child.” Thank you again for your trust and support. Go District 90 and Go Kids!

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Head in the clouds or feet on the ground?

arlier this morning Michael Rosenthal saw a light on next door and decided to dial his neighbor’s phone number. “Hey, Walt, you want to check out Bernie Rolvaag’s new coffee shop?” “Oh, um, hi Michael. You mean right now?” It was 6:30 a.m. and Pastor Walter Mitty had just gotten out of bed, so it took a few seconds for his friend’s early morning proposal to sink in. “Yeah, Walt. It sounds like you need a couple shots of espresso to wake up, and I’m anxious to see what Bernie’s new expansion looks like.” “I could use a good cup of coffee,” Mitty admitted, yawning. “I’ll meet you outside your house in 10 minutes.” When the two friends arrived at the bookstore/coffee shop, they noticed that Bernie had added a line after History/Herstory on the sign outside his business — “Stimulating Books and Coffee.” “Cute,” said Michael as he opened the front door. “I like the smell of coffee a latte better than the smell of books,” Mitty said with a grin. Michael groaned. “Good morning, Pastor. Morning, Michael,” said Troy Williams, as he poured steamed milk into the cappuccino he was making for the customer in line ahead of them. Surprised, Mitty said, “But Troy, I thought you worked downtown.” The woman ahead of them took the cappuccino in a to-go cup, paid for it and hurried out the door. “She doesn’t want to miss the train,” the barista explained. After wiping off

the steam wand with a wet cloth, he said, “Yeah. I still do, but I put in a couple hours here three days a week before hopping on the train to go to work. Student loans. It’s all about paying back those student loans.” “So, do you think the loans are worth what you’re going through now?” asked Michael. “I think so,” Troy answered. “I read online that those with a college degree will, over a lifetime, average $300,000 more than those who don’t.” “I feel for you,” said Michael as he paid for his coffee. “When I graduated from college back in the dark ages, I had zero debt.” “These are different times, for sure,” Troy replied. “I don’t like it, but it’s the law of the jungle — adapt to a changing environment or die.” Still seeing no incoming customers and desperate for caffeine, Mitty asked, “How did your mother do in the election yesterday?” “She lost,” he answered with a sigh, “and she’s taking it pretty hard — can’t understand how people in this town who have known her for decades would vote for a political novice who’s lived here for just five years instead of her with all her experience.” “I’m sorry,” was all Pastor Mitty could muster. Michael waved for his neighbor to join him at the table in the corner where he had already started a conversation with Ehud

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If art exhibits could speak I was delighted to view the artwork produced by the Friday art class at the Oak Park Arms, “If Trees Could Speak,” a fitting theme for Oak Park which is deemed an arboretum due to the variety of trees in the village. The class, under the direction of well-known artist Nancy Fong, has created inspired landscapes on this theme.

Ahmadi, who was holding a halfempty cup of espresso. “As-salamu alaykum,” Ehud said as Mitty pulled his chair up to the table and took his first sip of coffee. He searched his memory for the proper response to the man he had come to know fairly well since Ehud moved to Poplar Park from Libya 15 years ago. It finally came to him and shaking hands he responded, “Wa ‘alaykumu s-salam.” Just then Bernie Rolvaag walked in the door, picked up a coffee and asked if he could join the three at their table. “I like what you’ve done here,” said Michael, “adding a coffee bar to the bookstore.” “Thanks,” Bernie replied. “I looked at it this way. Times are changing. As you all know, I love books. When I’m reading about John McCain’s legacy, I want to be holding a book in my hand. But these younger folks are turning to their phones for quick, short bites of information instead of spending money on a book.” The four men went silent. They were all born at a time when attendants pumped your gas at the Texaco station and people only bought guns to go hunting with. Bernie said, “I realized I wanted to hang on to the books I love but I also had to change with the times. I realized that iPads can’t brew you a good cup of coffee. Not yet anyway. So I figured I already had a nice ambience in the bookstore and adding coffee to the mix might attract some

The exhibit can be seen in the Narrow Gallery through May 10. Fong is also exhibiting paintings, one of which is a tender portrait of childhood friendship. This exhibit is truly an uplifting experience and made my day.

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More of the same? from page 41 about explaining just how we got where we are as we launch yet another initiative. In addition, it would be helpful if the newest effort would explain how this time is different and just how the board will measure progress this time, how long will it take, and how much it will cost. There must be mountains of data on student performance for the past 30 years. Please make it easily accessible. Similarly, there must be scores of summaries of the data — what worked, what didn’t work and what research was relied on. We might want to consider a kind of outside audit by thirdparty experts. It would be helpful if the data

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new customers.” “I’m afraid that’s what Harriet Williams was unable to do,” said Mitty. “The issue is deep,” said Ehud. “It’s a big deal for us Muslims who moved to this country from more traditional societies. We came here to escape violence and poverty, but we thought we could bring some of the traditions we love along with us.” “A question of keeping the baby while throwing out the bath water?” asked Michael. “Exactly. But Michael, you understand this. When you are a religious minority, you worry about your kids being so fascinated with what is new that they are no longer interested in the traditions we love.” At that point Bernie started laughing. “What’s so funny?” Ehud asked with some irritation. “I’m sorry,” Bernie replied, “but the discouraging irony in all of this is that right where we are now sitting, I have an inventory of 500 books all of which confirm the conviction that those who don’t know history are bound to repeat it.” On the way home, Michael asked, “Walt, did you vote for Harriet Williams yesterday?” “No I didn’t,” Mitty replied. “And now I wish I could change my ballot. If I could do it over, I’d cast half my votes for some of the young, idealistic candidates and half for those who have been around the block a few times. I’m thinking it would be a good thing to keep a tension between those who have their heads in the clouds and the ones who have their feet on the ground.”

were disaggregated by race, gender, income, elementary school performance, number of years in D97 and other relevant socioeconomic performance. For example, when does the gap first emerge? How far are students behind when they enter high school? Now I can appreciate that despite a lack of success by past boards, teachers, administrators, parents and students, there will be little zeal for performing an autopsy as to what went wrong so many times, but for the life of me I don’t see how we can go forward unless we look backward. Maybe this has been done. If so, it needs to be accessible to the community and reported on by the press. Such an approach would enable the community to make an independent review of past failures in order to better understand this very complicated problem. I believe the only chance to move the needle is to engage the whole village, not just a cadre of impassioned insiders.

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Conspiracy to destroy civilization: ‘Tidying up’ Thanks for the

ould it surprise you at all if Marie Kondo were revealed to be a supervillain? We all know who she is, right? The woman who wrote The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, the book of the moment, wherein she suggested we all look at every single item already present in our lives and ask ourselves, “Does it spark joy?” Like all the best evil plans, it seems like a good idea on the surface: Go through your house and shed any possession that does not make you happy, hoping that possession might bring joy to another and in so doing find its purpose on this Earth. It seems reasonable, even insightful. Go forth and de-clutter thy home, and live a free life unencumbered by old textbooks and back issues of National Geographic and worn-out gym shoes and broken Christmas ornaments! Who could argue with this delightful Japanese pixie who has come to free us from the tyranny of too much stuff ? Her gospel combines a minimalist aesthetic with the vaguely animist concept that objects have souls, and who could argue with the idea that if you have outgrown your teddy bear, you should give Buster one

final hug and send him off to make some other child happy. Marie has you right where she wants you. Her real plan is to destroy the social fabric of America. I invite you to imagine Marie describing her plan not as a cheerful Japanese woman, but as Boris and Natasha: “We make them go through overstuffed American houses filled with crap. Fight with spouses and childrens. Throw everything out window. Put so many thing on eBay that in one year all lazy greedy Americans busy trading their great-grandmother things for other Americans’ great-grandmother things. No more buying new things because convinced old things better. No more keeping old things because no joy. Capitalist system stop like clogged toilet. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.” It’s working, Marie. Even if you and your spouse can agree on what sparks joy and what does not — which you won’t — decluttering is still not completely unlike getting divorced: Half your stuff disappears. Some of it you don’t miss. Some of it you do. Some of it was not parted with voluntarily. I assure you, however happily married you are,

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you do not want to risk an honest assessment of the differences between what sparks joy in you and what sparks joy in your partner, and you should be especially interested in avoiding conversations about prized old sentimental possessions. All of this controversy will come before the Main Event, which is the first time one of you says something like “I thought we were trying to have less stuff ” upon the arrival of the first wave of “new” joyful items “needed” to plug the holes left by the old joyless items. Oh, did you think you were going to have all this space forever? The human brain does not work that way, my friends. You cannot think about what things you own that do not spark joy for a solid couple months without working out some things that surely would spark joy and also would just happen to fit perfectly into the space recently vacated by an item that was deemed garbage by a family vote split 3-1. The caster of the single vote in favor of the departed item will not welcome the new item graciously — or ever. As to why Marie is doing all this? If you’re paying attention, she reveals her plan in her signature catchphrase: Those sparks of joy are there to light the world on fire, and Marie Kondo will sit on a single cushion in an empty room, smugly watching the world burn.

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I want to thank Wednesday Journal for the excellent pre-election coverage for village board, District 97, and District 200 races, along with the excellent space provided for candidates for those races as well as the Park District Board of Commissioners. I was especially impressed by your very well thought out endorsement discussion in which you told us about the strengths of each candidate before you made your endorsement. Your process was educational and very much helped me make wise ballot decisions. It was impressive to me that even the candidates that you did not endorse could use your positive words in their campaign ads and literature. Wednesday Journal really did show how a quality news organization handles pre-election coverage with class and grace in a world that is too often marked by the absence of both.

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BB gun. She was involved in curling Lynn Trimmer Collins, 91, of at Oak Park Country Club and enBellaire, Michigan, died on April joyed playing bridge. She and Todd 7, 2019 at Meadow Brook Medical Care Facility. Born on Sept. 22, were active members of the Belle 1927 in Oak Park at West Suburban Letters Society in River Forest and Hospital, which was founded by her she also enjoyed knitting, canning grandfather, Dr. Thomas E. Roberts pickles and making applesauce and and designed by her great uncle, various jams. E.E. Roberts. She was the daughter Lynn Collins is survived by her of Dr. Ralph Waldo and Elizabeth sister Joan Trimmer Preece; her LYNN TRIMMER Roberts Trimmer. children, Kathleen (Mike) Babb, COLLINS In 1936, Lynn began summering Ernest Todd Collins II, and Nancy on Torch Lake in Alden, Michigan (Mark) Saldi; her grandchildren, where her parents built the Log House. She Ian (Angela) Hutchinson, Anne (Jason) never missed a summer at Torch Lake. Over Helbig, Erica (David) Schulze, Elisse (Branthe years, she enjoyed sailing E Scows and don) Lassiter, Elena Marie Saldi, Yasha (Jacob Snipes at Torch Lake Yacht Club, swimming, Thomas) Saldi, Matthew (Jennifer) Babb, Danand all the area had to offer. iel Babb, and Christopher (Camille) Babb; and She graduated with her bachelor’s degree eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded from Western College for Woman in Oxford, in death by her husband, her brother Ralph Ohio and married Todd Johnson Collins on Trimmer II, and grandson Ryan Babb. June 17, 1950, raising her family in River ForA celebration of life will be held this sumest. She and her husband successfully ran mer. Lynn Marketing Group Inc. for many years In lieu of flowers, Lynn has requested that before retiring in 1987. She was an active mem- donations be made to Three Lakes Association ber of the First United Church of Oak Park (3lakes.com). and was involved in volunteering and supportArrangements have been handled by the ing Infant Welfare and Hephzibah Home. Bellaire Chapel of Mortensen Funeral Homes. A Brownie and Girl Scout leader, she was an Please sign her online guestbook, www. expert marksman with her Daisy Red Rider mortensenfuneralhomes.com.

George Stewart, 80 CPA, member of St. Giles Family Mass community

George L. Stewart Jr., 80, of Oak Park, died on April 8, 2019. Born on Jan. 30, 1939 to George and Wilma Stewart, he was a CPA and past treasurer of the St. Giles Family Mass community. A U.S. Army veteran, he was a mentor and friend to many. He played piano and loved music. His family will remember him as quiet, generous, and funny and misses him deeply. George Stewart was the father of Julia Stewart (Milton), Patrick Stewart (Fouzia), and Michael Stewart (Molly); grandfather of Sullivan, Bailey, Victoria, Lauren and Malcolm; brother of Alice, Wilma, and Lois; and sister-inlaw of Sue Sullivan. He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Kathleen Sullivan-Stewart, who was the “main ingredient” of his life. Visitation will be held on Friday, April 12, from 3 to 8 p.m. at Drechsler, Brown and Williams Funeral Home in Oak Park. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at noon on Saturday, April 13, at St. Giles Church in Oak Park.

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RELIGION GUIDE Presbyterian

Check First.

First Congregational Church of Maywood

400 N. Fifth Avenue (1 block north of Lake St.) Come join us for Sunday Morning Worship at 11 am Pastor Elliot Wimbush will be preaching the message. Refreshments and fellowship follow the service. 708-344-6150 firstchurchofmaywood.org When you're looking for a place to worship the Lord, Check First.

You’re Invited to A Church for All Nations A Church Without Walls SERVICE LOCATION Forest Park Plaza 7600 W. Roosevelt Road Forest Park, IL 60130

William S. Winston Pastor

ELCA, Lutheran

Good Shepherd

Worshiping at 820 Ontario, Oak Park IL (First Baptist Church) 9:00 a.m.—Education Hour 10:30 a.m.—Worship

All are welcome. goodshepherdlc.org 708-848-4741

Lutheran—ELCA

United Lutheran Church

409 Greenfield Street (at Ridgeland Avenue) Oak Park Holy Communion with nursery care and children’s chapel each Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Service 7AM, 9AM & 11:15AM Believer’s Walk of Faith Broadcast Schedule (Times in Central Standard Time) Television DAYSTAR (M-F)

3:30-4:00pm

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6:30-7:00am

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WCIU-TV (Sun.)

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www.livingwd.org www.billwinston.org

West Suburban Temple Har Zion

1040 N. Harlem Avenue River Forest Meet our Rabbi, Adir Glick Pray, learn, and celebrate with our caring, progressive, egalitarian community. Interfaith families are welcome. Accredited Early Childhood Program Religious School for K thru 12 Daily Morning Minyan Weekly Shabbat Services Friday 6:30pm & Saturday 10:00am Affiliated with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 708.366.9000 www.wsthz.org

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

744 Fair Oaks Ave. Oak Park 386-4920 Sunday Schedule Christian Education for All Ages 9:00am Worship Service 10:00am

Child care available 9-11am

fairoakspres.org OAK PARK MEETING OF FRIENDS (Quakers) Meeting For Worship Sundays at 10:00 a.m. at Oak Park Art League 720 Chicago Ave., Oak Park Please call 708-445-8201 www.oakparkfriends.org

Roman Catholic

Ascension Catholic Church

www.unitedlutheranchurch.org

708/386-1576

(708) 697-5000 LIVE Webcast - 11:15AM Service

Fair Oaks

Lutheran-Independent

Grace Lutheran Church

7300 W. Division, River Forest David R. Lyle, Senior Pastor David W. Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Lauren Dow Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Sunday Worship, 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Sunday School/Adult Ed. 9:45 a.m. Childcare Available

Grace Lutheran School

Preschool - 8th Grade Bill Koehne, Principal 366-6900, graceriverforest.org Lutheran-Missouri Synod

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

305 Circle Ave, Forest Park Sunday Worship, 9:30am Christian Education Hour 8:30am Wednesday Worship 7:00pm Wheelchair Access to Sanctuary Leonard Payton, Pastor Roney Riley, Assistant Pastor 708-366-3226 www.stjohnforestpark.org Methodist

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

324 N. Oak Park Avenue 708-383-4983 www.firstUMCoakpark.org Sunday School for all Ages, 9am Sunday Worship, 10am Children’s Chapel during Worship Rev. Katherine Thomas Paisley, Pastor Professionally Staffed Nursery Fellowship Time after Worship

808 S. East Ave. 708/848-2703 www.ascensionoakpark.com Worship: Saturday Mass 5:00 pm Sunday Masses 7:30, 9:00, 11 am, 5:00 pm Sacrament of Reconciliation 4 pm Saturday Taize Prayer 7:30 pm First Fridays Feb.– Dec. & Jan. 1

Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor

Roman Catholic

St. Edmund Catholic Church

188 South Oak Park Ave. Saturday Mass: 5:30 p.m. Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m. Weekday Mass: 8:30 a.m. M–F Holy Day Masses: As Announced Reconciliation: Saturday 4:15 p.m. Parish Office: 708-848-4417 Religious Ed Phone: 708-848-7220

St. Giles Family Mass Community

We welcome all to attend Sunday Mass at 10 a.m. on the St. Giles Parish campus on the second floor of the school gym, the southernmost building in the school complex at 1034 North Linden Avenue. Established in 1970, we are a laybased community within St. Giles Roman Catholic Parish. Our Mass is family-friendly. We encourage liturgically active toddlers. Children from 3 to 13 and young adults play meaningful parts in each Sunday liturgy. Together with the parish, we offer Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a Montessori-based religious education program for children in grades K-8. For more information, go to http://www.stgilesparish.org/ family-mass-community or call Bob Wielgos at 708-288-2196.

Third Unitarian Church 10AM Sunday Forum 11AM Service Rev. Colleen Vahey thirdunitarianchurch.org (773) 626-9385 301 N. Mayfield, Chicago Committed to justice, not to a creed

Roman Catholic

St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

CELEBRATING OUR 107TH YEAR! Sat. Masses: 8:30am & 5:00pm SUNDAY MASSES: 8:00am & 10:30am 10:30 Mass-Daycare for all ages CCD Sun. 9am-10:15am Reconciliation: Sat. 9am & 4pm Weekday Masses: Monday–Thursday 6:30am Church Office: 708-366-0839 CCD: 708-366-3553 www.stbern.com Pastor: Fr. Stanislaw Kuca

Upcoming Religious Holidays

Apr 13-14 Ram Navami 14 Palm Sunday

16-17 Mahavir Jayanti 19-27 Pesach

20-21 Ridván (1st day) 21 Easter

Hinduism

Christianity) Jainism

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Christianity

21 Palm Sunday Orthodox Christian

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PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,â&#x20AC;? as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y19000961 on March 29, 2019. Under the Assumed Business Name of PHOTOANTICS PHOTOGRAPHY with the business located at: 2844 WALNUT ST, CHICAGO, IL 60612. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: LAURA ANNA MARIE KELLY 2844 W WALNUT ST CHICAGO, IL 60612. Published in Wednesday Journal 4/3, 4/10, 4/17/2019

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,â&#x20AC;? as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y19000910 on March 25, 2019 Under the Assumed Business Name of YANNI PANTS with the business located at:7444 WASHINGTON, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: KESHONA BROWN 7444 WASHINGTON FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Published in Forest Park Review 4/3, 4/10, 4/17/019

PUBLIC NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE Invitation to Bid PRINTING, XEROGRAPHIC AND CARBONLESS PAPER

The front of the envelope should be clearly marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;PRINTING, XEROGRAPHIC AND CARBONLESS PAPERâ&#x20AC;?. The bid specifications may be obtained from Anne Calvin, Print Shop Specialistâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; Administration Buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;260 West Madison Streetâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Oak Park, IL 60302, (708) 524-7630, commencing on April 17th, 2019. The Board of Education reserves the right to waive any informalities, qualifications or irregularities, and/ or reject any and all Requests for Proposal (RFP), when, in its opinion, such action will serve the best interest of the Board of Education of Oak Park Elementary School District 97.

The Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, April 25th, 2019 in Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Illinois for the purpose of considering and hearing a request for a map amendment to change the zoning of the property located at 9037-49 Monroe Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513 (PIN 15-34-223-001-0000). The properties proposed to be rezoned are as follows: Address

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The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/or written comments. The application materials may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall. Comments, if any, should be provided in writing prior to the date of the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Elyse Vukelich, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513, or in person during the public hearing. Please reference PZC Case 19-03 9037-49 Monroe. Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access may be granted through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall. By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman. Published in the RB LANDMARK 4/10/2019

LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION April 25th, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting The Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, April 25th, 2019 in Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Illinois for the purpose of considering and hearing a request for a map amendment to change the zoning of the property located at 3650 Grand Boulevard, Brookfield, IL 60513 (PIN 15-34-410-043-0000). The properties proposed to be rezoned are as follows: Address

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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter:

The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed bids at the Public Works Service Center, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24th, 2019 for the following

Cal. No. 07-19-Z: 509 N. Oak Park Avenue, The Language and Music School Property Index Number 16-06-325-019-0000

Cal. No. 05-19-Z: 27 Washington Blvd., Saint Catherine St. Lucy School Property Index Number 16-08-323-001-0000

The Applicant The Language and Music School seeks a variance from Section 10.4 (A) (Table 10.2: Off-Street Parking Requirements), which section requires one parking space per each proposed classrooms for an educational facility, to permit the use of The Language and Music School, an educational facility, featuring nine (9) class rooms, leaving a need for two (2) parking spaces at the premises commonly known as 509 N. Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois. All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Administrator at 708.358.5449. The Zoning Board of Appeals may continue the hearing to another date without further notice by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof. DATED AT OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, this 10th Day of April, 2019 Published in Wednesday Journal 4/10/2019

The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/or written comments. The application materials may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall. Comments, if any, should be provided in writing prior to the date of the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Elyse Vukelich, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513, or in person during the public hearing. Please reference PZC Case 19-04 3650 Grand. Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access may be granted through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall. By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman. Published in the RB LANDMARK 4/10/2019

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VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION April 25th, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

Sheryl Marinier Board Secretary

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,â&#x20AC;? as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y19000927 on March 25, 2019. Under the Assumed Business Name of THREE BEARS FITNESS with the business located at: 949 LAKE ST G1, OAK PARK, IL 60301. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: JON BRUEN 949 LAKE ST G1, OAK PARK, IL 60301

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Oak Park Elementary School District #97 will receive sealed bids for â&#x20AC;&#x153;PRINTING, XEROGRAPHIC AND CARBONLESS PAPERâ&#x20AC;? at the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Administration Officesâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;260 West Madison Streetâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Oak Park, Illinois 60302 until 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday April 24th, 2019. At that time the bids will be publically opened. Bids mailed or delivered shall be marked to the attention of: Ms. Anne Calvin Oak Park School District 97 260 Madison Street Oak Park, IL 60302

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LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION April 25th, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting The Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, April 25th, 2019 in Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Illinois for the purpose of considering and hearing a request for a map amendment to change the zoning of the property located at 3100 Grand Boulevard, Brookfield, IL 60513 (PIN 15-34-107-064-0000). The properties proposed to be rezoned are as follows: Address

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The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/or written comments. The application materials may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall. Comments, if any, should be provided in writing prior to the date of the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Elyse Vukelich, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513, or in person during the public hearing. Please reference PZC Case 19-02 3100 Grand. Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access may be granted through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall. By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman. Published in the RB LANDMARK 4/10/2019

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The Applicant Noah Properties, LLC seeks a special use permit from Section 8.3 (Table 8-1: Use Matrix) of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Oak Park, which section requires a special use permit for townhouses located in the NA North Avenue District, to construct ten (10) three-story townhomes at the premises commonly known as 6033 North Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois. All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Administrator at 708.358.5449. The Zoning Board of Appeals may continue the hearing to another date without further notice by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof. DATED AT OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, this 10th Day of April, 2019 Published in Wednesday Journal 4/10/2019

The Applicant Robert Dunn, on behalf of Saint Catherine St. Lucy School, seeks a variation from section 9.4 (Table 9-1: Permitted Encroachments Into Required Setbacks) of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance, which section details the accessory structures that are permitted to encroach into the required front yard setback, to permit construction of playground equipment featuring an approximately 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122;-6â&#x20AC;? setback along Humphrey Avenue within the required 15 foot front yard setback at the premises commonly known as 27 Washington Blvd., Oak Park, Illinois. Those property owners within 300 feet of the Subject Property and those interested parties wishing to cross-examine witnesses must complete and file an appearance with original signatures with the Village Clerk no later than 5:00 PM on the business day preceding the public hearing. All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Administrator at 708.358.5449. The Zoning Board of Appeals may continue the hearing to another date without further notice by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof. DATED AT OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, this 10th Day of April, 2019 Published in Wednesday Journal 4/10/2019

LEGAL NOTICE Attention SKOPOS FINANCIAL LLC, you are the last indicated owner or lienholder on file with Illinois Secretary Of State. Our records show, your 2017, Jeep, Patriot with the following VIN 1C4NJPBA0HD167237 was towed to our facility. The current amount due & owing is $1945.00. If payment is not received within 30 days, Nobs Towing Inc. will intent to enforce a mechanicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lien pursuant to Chapter 770 ILCS 50/3. Sale of the aforementioned vehicle will take place at 1510 Hannah, Forest Park, IL, 60130 on 5/27/2019. Published in Forest Park Review 4/10/2019

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,â&#x20AC;? as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y19000971 on April 1, 2019. Under the Assumed Business Name of SCOVILLE BLOCK NUMBER 1 with the business located at: 120 N. OAK PARK AVE. #432, OAK PARK, IL 60301. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: TRUST NUMBER 3702 26 ELMWOOD AVE LA GRANGE PARK, IL 60526. Published in Wednesday Journal 4/3, 4/10, 4/17/2019

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BID 19-123 VILLAGE OF OAK PARK VILLAGE WIDE REFUSE AND RECYCLE CONTAINER PICKUP SERVICES REQUEST FOR PRICES Bid forms may be obtained from the Public Works Customer Service Center by calling 708-3585700 or by stopping by the office located at 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Information is also available from the Streets Superintendent, Scott Brinkman, sbrinkman@oak-park. us or on the Villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website http://www.oak-park.us/yourgovernment/finance-department. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents and specifications only to those vendors deemed qualified. No proposal documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of proposal opening. For more information call the Public Works Service Center at 708.358.5700. THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Published in Wednesday Journal 4/10/2019

REAL ESTATE FORÂ SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 ABFC ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005WMC1 Plaintiff, -v.DARYL SATCHER, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., OAK PARK TERRACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 2018 CH 08851 914 NORTH AUSTIN BOULEVARD UNIT #C-8 OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 7, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 9, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 914 NORTH AUSTIN BOULEVARD UNIT #C-8, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-320-0401025. The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse. 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

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mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-07459. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-07459 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 08851 TJSC#: 39-1009 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. I3116286

2018 CH 14590 116 N AUSTIN BLVD 1S OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 11, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 23, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 116 N AUSTIN BLVD 1S, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-317-0251001; 16-08-317-025-1024. The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse. 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. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-12446. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-12446 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 14590 TJSC#: 39-1658 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. I3115890

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. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-12-14848. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-12-14848 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 12 CH 019546 TJSC#: 39-1996 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. I3117347

AS OF JUNE 1, 2004, AMONG CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST INC., NATIONAL CITY MORTGAGE CO. AND U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.VICKY DE LA CRUZ A/K/A VICKY M DE LA CRUZ A/K/A VICTORIA M DE LA CRUZ A/K/A VICTORIA DE LA CRUZ, JULIO A DE LA CRUZ A/ K/A JULIO DE LA CRUZ, CITIBANK, FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF VICKY DE LA CRUZ, IF ANY, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JULIO DE LA CRUZ, IF ANY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 09 CH 10692 1129 NORTH HARVEY AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 24, 2010, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 13, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1129 NORTH HARVEY AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-108-0160000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $350,226.43. 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. 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: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610,

Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003 Please refer to file number 112847. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw.com Attorney File No. 112847 Attorney Code. 43932 Case Number: 09 CH 10692 TJSC#: 39-2001 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. I3117539

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE OF CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2015RP2 Plaintiff, -v.KELLY NEAL, SAMUEL LEWIS JR., 116-22 NORTH AUSTIN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. Defendants

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs. SIDNEY L. ALLGOOD AKA SIDNEY A. ALLGOOD; UTOPIA L. CAMPBELL; STATE OF ILLINOIS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 11837 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 Monday, May 20, 2019 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. 16-18-412-038-0000. Commonly known as 1011 South Elmwood Avenue, Oak Park, IL 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 Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 16-016809 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3117749 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.JESSIE BRUMFIELD Defendants 12 CH 019546 1526 N. AUSTIN BLVD. OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 11, 2012, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 6, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1526 N. AUSTIN BLVD., OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-106-020; 16-05-106-021. 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

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Johnston’s influence will foster the Huskies’ growth as well. In her 11th year coaching, she has also coached basketball and volleyball at various levels. She guided the OPRF freshman ‘B” basketball team to a 22-0 record in 2018. “I have a passion for coaching and I couldn’t be more proud to be the OPRF girls soccer coach.” she said. “I hit the jackpot with not only the amazing and talented players in the program but with my coaching staff. I have a great balance of coaches on all levels that bring a different perspective to the game. We are very excited for the rest of the season as well as how bright the future looks for the OPRF girls soccer program.” CHRISTIE JOHNSTON In terms of the OPRF coach conference race, defending champion Lyons Township and Hinsdale Central are pegged as the top contenders to win the championship; however, York, Downers Grove North and OPRF could be in the mix. While winning is important, Johnson is more concerned with development. “Our main goal this season is to learn, grow and develop every day,” she said. “This is a transition year and there have been a lot of changes and higher expectations. If the players continue to believe in each other, the coaches and our new system, the wins will come.” OPRF takes on host Benet, Thursday, April 11 at 4 p.m. Along with key conference games against Lyons Township and Glenbard West, another highlight of the month will be the Huskies’ taking part in the highly regarded Naperville North Tournament. “We have a tough, competitive schedule,” Johnston said. “We’re looking forward to the Naperville North Tournament because great soccer is always played at that event.”

“We are a young team with a lot of talent.”

Courtesy Christie Johnston

Under second-year head coach Christie Johnston, the OPRF girls soccer team is off to a solid start this season. The Huskies have a nice mix of veterans and newcomers.

Changes afoot for OPRF soccer

New-look Huskies led by Wojack, Wollmuth and talented underclassmen

By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor

Just five games into the regular season, the Oak Park and River Forest High School girls soccer team is on pace to surpass last year’s modest win total. Coming off a 3-14 campaign in 2018, the Huskies are 2-2-1 with a 1-0 record in the West Suburban Conference Silver Division this spring. OPRF has already notched shutout wins over Niles West 1-0 and Proviso West 6-0 and a 2-2 tie against Nazareth. The losses have come against Wheaton-Warrenville South and St. Ignatius. Along with their improved start, the Huskies’ outlook becomes even brighter due to contributions from several underclassmen. Other than the loss of center defender Ellie Burnham (2018 graduate), OPRF returns an intriguing mix of a few veterans and a bevy of newcomers.

“We are a young team with a lot of talent,” second-year OPRF coach Kristie Johnston said. “The girls have bought into the new system and never give up. They work together both on and off the field to be the most successful team possible.” Freshman forward Katherine Hoffman has scored five of the Huskies’ nine goals this season, highlighted by her four-goal performance in the aforementioned shutout against Proviso West. “Katherine has phenomenal technical and tactical skills, with great speed,” Johnston said. “We are excited about what she will contribute for the next three years.” Sophomore forward Mari Wolter and sophomore midfielder Sophie Donnellan scored a goal each against Niles West and Nazareth, respectively. Sophomore defender Audrey Stutz, freshman goalkeeper Lilah Gery and junior midfielder/defender Sammy Gotti are other promising players in the

lineup. “Sophie has excellent passing ability, vision and solid control of the ball,” Johnston said. “Audrey has great tactical awareness and ball control. Lilah is a natural goalkeeper who has kept us in many games with her saves. She has great anticipation and her athleticism is phenomenal. Sammy is a very versatile player with excellent skills. Her work ethic is outstanding.” While growing pains are inevitable with such a young team, returning veterans like senior Emma Wojack and junior Annie Wollmuth bring much-needed experience to the group. The co-captains provide leadership and anchor the defense. “Emma has great physicality and field awareness,” Johnston said. “Annie has great technical skill, which helps control the game from the back. Her excellent passing and distribution leads to goals being scored on our offensive end.”

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Back in black from page 56 set piece. On a free kick, Nourse passed the ball to Kapusta, who took a couple of steps and fired from about 20 yards out to beat Ford. With just under 12 minutes left in the game, the Bulldogs (5-3-2) had a golden chance to even the score, but a shot was saved by Fenwick freshman goalkeeper Audrey Hinrichs. Then with just over five minutes remaining, the Friars put the game away on a goal by sophomore forward Juliana Giuffre, with Nourse notching her second assist of the game. Junior Mary Heneghan and Hinrichs combined for four saves in recording the shutout. With 15 players back from last season’s team which finished 14-4-4 and lost to eventual Class 2A champion St. Francis in a sectional final, Fenwick appears poised to have a highly successful 2019 campaign. According to Watson and Nourse, the elements needed in order to make such a season a reality are in place. “We’re focused on improving every day and staying healthy,” Watson said. “We’re off to a good start, but we just try to focus on getting better each day. We’re not going to look ahead or behind. We’ve got good energy and hunger. I like the way they’re approaching the games. I’m very happy with our kids because they’re not only working hard, but they’re smart. They’re doing everything right on and off the field.” “We’ve had two tough losses (a pair of 1-0 decisions) that easily could’ve been wins,” Nourse added. “Those were hard for us, but we’re just getting started. We’re just taking each game at a time.” Another reason for optimism regarding Fenwick is depth. Nourse is the Friars’ top returning scorer having tallied 16 goals and 11 assists in 2018 while meriting all-Girls Catholic Athletic Conference and all-sectional honors. Senior co-captain and defender Regan Hultquist was also named to the all-GCAC team. Senior co-captain and defender Margaux Shearer, along with juniors Sheila Hogan and Lily Reardon (3 goals, 4 assists in just seven games in 2018), lend additional veteran leadership. “The discipline of our team is very intense,” Shearer said. “I think our team’s strengths are communicating and making decisions as one unit. The coaches have installed a love for the game within us. They make us want to win, but more importantly wear the (Fenwick) shield while doing so. “We had a lot of individual potential last season,” she added. “I think one of our faults was not executing this gift enough, and therefore failing to reach our potential. This year we are presented with the same circumstance, although with a stronger mindset installed by (Coach) Watson, I think we are going to achieve much more.” There are also several promising players on the roster. In addition to aforementioned sophomores Giuffre and Kapusta, other po-

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(Above) Fenwick freshman Emily Ortiz kicks the ball during the Friars’ 2-0 win over Riverside-Brookfield. (Right) Fenwick senior defender Regan Hultquist is an all-conference player. tential contributors include junior defender Jacqueline McMahon, sophomore defender Courtney Youngerman, sophomore forward Grace McCann, freshman midfielder Kate Henige and freshman midfielder/defender Emily Ortiz. “Our strength is depth,” Watson said. “We have 28 players on the roster. What we will work on is maintaining our health, improving our fitness level, coming together as a team and improving each day. Chemistry and communication are vital to our success.” Fenwick will need all hands on deck to deal with its challenging schedule. After finishing fifth in the Windy City Challenge earlier this season, the Friars began defense of their PepsiCo Invitational championship over the weekend. Considered to be the premier in-season tournament in Illinois, many of the state’s top players and teams will take part. “It was great to win it last year, and if we’re lucky enough to get in that position again, great,” said Watson, in his ninth season as the Friars’ coach. “We enjoy playing (in the PepsiCo); it’s a great tournament. (Tournament Director) Joe Trost does a great job putting on not only a good soccer tournament but also an experience for our kids. They do a lot in the community and there’s a lot of charity work.” In addition to the PepsiCo Invitational, the Friars will face serious challengers in the GCAC Red. Loyola, Mother McAuley and St. Ignatius are all perennially strong teams that will vie for the title along with Fenwick.

The Friars also have their annual game against crosstown rival OPRF on May 4. “The start of our season comes insanely quick, especially with tournaments like The Windy City and PepsiCo,” Shearer said. “Despite the rushed feeling, I think this type of schedule pushes us to come to-

gether as a team. The charge of the season truly never stops until our last game. “The rivalry between Fenwick and OPRF is one I live for,” she added. “I am proud to say that I have a set playlist strictly titled ‘beat OP’ that we play on the way over to OPRF stadium.”

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Wagner wins 600th in water polo Fenwick coach guides team to second place at Mike Murphy tourney By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor

Fenwick High School girls water polo coach Jack Wagner reached 600 wins at the Mike Murphy Tournament on Saturday, April 6. The host Friars defeated Lyons Township 10-4 in Wagnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s milestone victory. Over the last 23 seasons, Wagner has guided the Friars to 10 state titles, highlighted by a three-peat (2004-2006). His record is 9-1 in IHSA state championship games. In 1999, the Friars also won the ISA state title under Wagner. In Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final, Stevenson edged Fenwick 7-6 to claim the championship. Fenwick opened the tourney with an 11-8 win against Naperville North, which later outlasted New Trier 14-13 in three overtimes in a riveting third-place game. Fenwick (9-3) hosts Loyola Academy at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 15. The Friars then travel to Western Springs to take on Lyons Township, Wednesday, April 17 (6 p.m. start).

OPRF girls water polo Mary Vanek led the Huskies with 17 goals in three wins at their own invitational over the weekend. OPRF defeated Whitney Young 15-5, Waubonsie Valley 10-3, and Sandburg 13-8 to claim the championship. Along with Vanek, Nell Behr (10 goals) and Bennett Gloor (7 goals) paced the Huskies offensively. Natalia Nikolic, Jenna Somberg, Bevi Lundeen and Evelyn Kel-

ley also contributed offensively. Goalies Sydney Mosher and Kejsi Ago finished with 18 and 10 saves, respectively. The Huskies, who have won five games in a row, will take part in the Mundelein Invitational on Saturday, April 13.

OPRF softball After seeing their unbeaten streak snapped at six games in a 9-5 loss in eight innings against visiting Riverside-Brookfield, the Huskies (8-1) bounced back by sweeping Glenbard North in a doubleheader on Saturday, April 6. Winning pitcher Taylor Divello threw 3 1/3 innings, followed by Julia Youman working 1 2/3 innings in relief. Each pitcher struck out three and allowed two hits apiece in a 12-0 win over the Panthers. Jacky Neuman, Maeve Ryan, Maddi Grant and Carli Tucci all had two hits and two RBIs each. Nellie Kamenitsa-Hale also played well with two hits, two runs scored and a double. In Game 2, Sydney Ross and Grant each belted a threerun homer to pace the offense to a 14-4 victory. Ali Burns (3-for-4, 3 RBIs), Cate Barkdoll (2-for-3) and Neuman (2-for-4, 2 RBIs) also contributed, as senior pitcher Zoe Pouty improved to 2-0 on the season. Against RBHS, Kamenitsa-Hale went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and Cassie Metzger had two hits and three RBIs. Tucci (2-for-3, 2 RBIs) and Grant (3-for-4, double) also hit well for OPRF.

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Fenwick girls water polo coach Jack Wagner earned his 600th win at the Mike Murphy Tournament on April 6.

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Talent kicks in for Fenwick girls soccer Tri-captains Nourse, Hultquist and Shearer lead Friars this season

By MELVIN TATE

Contributing Reporter

lthough the weather on April 4 was cloudy and cool, Fenwick and Riverside-Brookfield engaged in a high-spirited high school girls soccer game at the Dominican Priory in River Forest. In the latest installment of the area rivalry, the Friars emerged with a 2-0 win over the Bulldogs. The victory was particularly impressive given that Fenwick (4-3) hadn’t played since March 23 due to spring break. “It was a pretty well-played game,” Fenwick coach Rob Watson said. “These are two good local teams and a lot of the girls play club together. I thought in the first half we had a little bit of trouble communicating, but we sorted a couple of things out at halftime and settled down. We put on a good performance in the second half. Getting a 2-0 win against that team is really good.” “I’m excited to get this win,” added senior co-captain/midfielder Anissa Nourse, a DePauw recruit. “In the first half, we really weren’t into it mentally as a team, but we came together in the second half. We talked about the mistakes we made and came out hungrier.” Both teams displayed tremendous speed defensively in a scoreless first half. Fenwick had the best scoring opportunity in the closing minutes, but RBHS goalkeeper Moira Ford stopped a point-blank shot. The Friars broke the ice about eight minutes into the second half when sophomore midfielder Emi Kapusta scored a goal off a See FRIARS on page 54

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Fenwick junior Lily Reardon emerged as a contributor last season with three goals and four assists.

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