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IN THIS ISSUE See inside for full lists of graduates from Trinity and Fenwick high schools, page 7, and pages 10-11.

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W E D N E S D A Y

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JOURNAL of Oak Park and River Forest

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Shifting positions on tabled diversity statement

Oak Park mayor acknowledges systemic racism, calls for greater civility By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The newly reformulated Oak Park Board of Trustees got off to a rocky start in early May with a battle over the village’s diversity statement, a proclamation of the village’s values concerning diversity and inclusion in the village. The issue was stalled last week when the board tabled the measure, following the release of a proposed diversity statement from the citizen-led Community Relations Commission and a competing diversity statement tweaked by three members of the board – Deno Andrews, Dan Moroney and Simone Boutet. That tweaked version from the three trustees removed the words “intersectionality,” “power” and the phrase “breaking down systems of oppression.” Since then Boutet has changed her position, withdrawing support for trustees’ revisions and pledging to back the draft put forward by the CRC. And in a recent letter to the community, Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb wrote, “Systemic racism exists. We need to understand this and we need to acknowledge this.” However, he also strongly urged more civil debate and a more transparent process for updating the diversity statement. He compared the debate, which has devolved into claims of racism on the board, to the “us-versus-them” mentality now playing out on the national political stage. “Many of us recognize that our national government’s environment is fueled by fear and anxiety,” AbuTaleb wrote. “It lacks civility and human decency. It is not supportive of constructive discussion and building See DIVERSITY STATEMENT on page 18

One day, one village

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Families flocked to Scoville Park on June 2 for the 46th Annual Day in Our Village, which showcases all of the community organizations, arts groups, businesses and opportunities Oak Park has to offer. More photos on page 19.

Beating big odds

Life-threatening blood disease didn’t stop Samantha Phelan from graduating at the top of her class By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

Samantha Phelan wasn’t keeping up with the basketball team. Doctors told her she had asthma but inhalers didn’t help. She was very anemic, but iron supplements weren’t making a differ-

ence. By the time her family took the 15-year-old to the pediatrician, Phelan’s hemoglobin levels were so low that she was rushed to an emergency room for an immediate blood transfusion. Doctors determined Phelan didn’t have leukemia but weren’t sure what, exactly,

she was suffering from. A month later a specialist discovered the Oak Park and River Forest High School freshman had paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a rare disease that causes the body’s immune See PHELAN on page 16

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I N S I D E

R E P O R T

Former WJ columnist picked to lead Medill

abroad.” A former Wednesday Whitaker joined Medill Journal columnist has been in 1993, after a career spent named dean of the Medill as senior editor of Ebony School of Journalism at magazine, where he covered Northwestern University. two presidential campaigns Charles Whitaker, who had and the election of the first been serving as interim dean black members of the British of the school since July 2018, Parliament. The National Asis the first alum to lead the sociation of Black Journalschool and ninth dean in its ists, the Society of Profeshistory. His tenure will begin CHARLES WHITAKER sional Journalists, and the July 1. National Education Writers “At a time when journalism Association have all recogis under assault around the nized his work. world and the digital manipulation of It’s his two years writing opinion images and video makes it increasingly pieces for Wednesday Journal that difficult to determine the veracity of a caught our eye, however. Whitaker message, Medill must stand as a beacon penned a weekly column about the for truth and ethics in communicavillage, examining, among other topics, tion,” Whitaker said in a statement. the demographic makeup at the schools “It is not enough for Medill to be a in south Oak Park. training ground for prodigious young We miss featuring his thoughtful journalists and marketers. We must be prose and can’t think of anyone more the champions and standard bearers deserving of the honor. Congrats, for our industries — both journalism Charles. and marketing — and a strong voice for press freedom, domestically and Nona Tepper

River Forest adds boulder barriers

The village of River Forest will add approximately six boulder traffic barriers at the intersection of Hawthorne and Thatcher avenues, after two cars barreled through the backyards of homes of the T-intersection within days of each other in late March. “It’ll get the job done and it’ll look relatively nice with granite boulders there,” said John Anderson, director of the Public Works Department. The boulders will weigh about a halfton each and measure about 2.5 feet by 2.5 feet. Anderson said he’s met with the residents to discuss safety solutions to the intersection, and digging into the parkway is not an option since there are gas lines underneath. He said the village has already added “diamond reflectivity” to all signage at the intersection, a new double-arrow sign, and a flashing beacon under the Metra train viaduct. He said he also discussed replacing the lighting at the intersection, but neighbors preferred the “current aesthetic as it exists.” “You don’t know if any of these things would make a difference,” Anderson said. “We’re just trying everything to improve safety there.”

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Mystery Santa appears at Mohr

It might have been the cherry on top of a rough situation for the owners of the now-defunct H.J. Mohr & Sons Co., when their iconic Santa Claus statue (they kept it up year-round) was stolen last summer. The concrete company closed shop last year after decades in business in the village, and within a few months the 4-foottall plastic Santa, which stood atop the concrete hopper since 1957, was stolen in the dead of night.

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Yappy Hour Dogs mill while owners mingle during Cheney Mansion’s Yappy Hour get-together on May 29.

Karen Richards, a principal of Mohr & Sons, told Wednesday Journal that Santa has been returned – well, it’s a different Santa, she said, newer and bigger – on May 19. “It’s a nicer Santa than we had,” she said. The new Santa is in a different location – now next to the big Mohr sign, which is also visible from Harlem Avenue – probably because it’s not so easy to get to the top of the hopper, Richards said. “Whoever it is I’d like to thank them for bringing a Santa back here,” she said. Richards was tight-lipped about the 3.29-acre concrete factory going on the market for $7 million in April, but she did reveal that there has been some interested buyers checking the place out.

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Y offers free water safety class

The West Cook YMCA is offering water safety lessons for 300 second- and thirdgraders enrolled in public school in Forest Park, River Forest and Maywood, as a way to reduce the risk of drowning and increase confidence around water. Students who enroll in the free class will receive a free membership to the Y, and

their parents will receive free passes to the organization too. “Seventy percent of the globe is water, and 100 percent of kids are curious,” said Phillip Jimenez, president of the West Cook Y. “It’s not only just about safety. What if you get invited to a pool party and maybe a youth is then excluded from those activities? How does that isolate a child from other experiences and opportunities? How do we create recreational passion for aquatics?” Drowning is the second most common cause of death for children between the ages of 5 and 14, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And children from lower-income families are five times more likely to drown. Sixty percent of children who drown are within 10 feet of safety, and 60 percent of youth drownings occur in 10 feet of water. The organization received a grant from the USA Swimming Foundation, and allocated $60,000 of their own funding to bring the program to life. “It’s great to work, in an environment in today’s context, in which folks are more focused on breaking down barriers to create access,” Jimenez said. The five summer sessions start June 10 and run for 40 minutes every Monday through Thursday. Email swimlessons@ westcookymca.org to sign up.

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June 5 - 12

BIG WEEK In the Pink Reception Thursday, June 6, 7 to 9 p.m., Art Gallery, Main Library: Oak Park artist Janice Elkins is exhibiting her abstract expressionist works this month. Meet the artist at a reception this week and Thursday, June 27, at noon. Elkins also owns Gallery Pink in the Harrison Street Arts District. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

Final Sale of the 100th Season and Special Silent Auction

German Fest Friday, June 7, 4 to 11 p.m., and Saturday, June 8, noon to 11 p.m., Altenheim Picnic Grove: Enjoy live music and entertainment, authentic German food and beer, games for kids, and shop wares from local vendors. More: GermanfestForestPark.com. 7824 Madison St.

Summer Sings: Sacred Harp Tuesday, June 11, 7 p.m., First United Church of Oak Park: Come to sing or listen as Martha Swisher conducts Faure’s Requiem. Free will donation. Future performances - $12; $3, music rental; $35 for all three including music. Questions: 708-386-5215, musicatfirst@firstunitedoakpark. com. 848 Lake St., Oak Park.

Saturday, June 8, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Economy Shop: Get great bargains from 16 departmental rooms while supporting six local charities before the shop closes for the summer after a year-long 100th anniversary celebration. Also bid in a silent auction on special items previously exhibited at the Oak Park River Forest Museum exhibit, “Economy Shop at 100: Donations Through the Decades, Shopping Through The Century.” 103 S. Grove, Oak Park.

Halau i Ka Pono Saturday, June 8, 3 to 4:30 p.m., Unity Temple: See a hula song-and-dance performance that connects the spiritual experience of both Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture and celebration of Hawaiian history and culture. $25; $20, UTRF or Halau members; $10, children 12 and under. 875 Lake St., Oak Park.

Jung at Heart Saturday, June 8, 8 p.m., Open Door Theater: The Therapy Players return for their 20th performance at Open Door. Come for an evening of laughter provided by the in-house Doctors of Comedy. Tickets: www.opendoortheater.net, 708-386-5510. 902 S. Ridgeland Ave., Oak Park.

Feast for Good Thursday, June 6, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Madison Street in Forest Park: Support Housing Forward while enjoying a progressive dinner. Choose three different paths: Forward for Family (new this year), Feast Forward (traditional) and Forward for a Few (pub crawl). $65; $85+, family event. Tickets/ more: connect.clickandpledge.com/Organization/housingforward/campaign/feastforgood. Questions: tmarchand@housingforward.org, 708-338-1724, ext. 230.

Author Talks Saturday, June 8, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: Author Tuyeni Akanke will talk about Let Me Be Free, her new audiobook, a poetic memoir that documents her journey of healing from dealing with her mother’s struggle with drug addiction. Come be engaged, ask questions and “take some light, love and healing home with you.” 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

Sunday, June 9, 2 to 3:30 p.m., Small Meeting Room, Main Library: Stories from the Tenth-Floor Clinic: A Nurse Practitioner Remembers, written by Marianna Crane, is brought to life with the author’s stories. Crane became one of the first gerontological nurse practitioners in the early 1980s. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

Saturday, June 8, 6:30 p.m., Hemingway Birthplace Museum: Help celebrate the release of David W. Berner’s book, The Consequence of Stars: A Memoir of Home. These connected essays focus on a universal longing for home in all its meanings. RSVP: hemingwaybirthplace.com/programsevents. 339 N. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park.

Remembering Bobbie Raymond Wednesday, June 12, 10 a.m., Oak Park Arts Center: Join the community in honoring, remembering and celebrating Roberta “Bobbie” Raymond, someone who made important and varied contributions to Oak Park and beyond. Following the program, visit with Bobbie’s family, friends and neighbors and enjoy refreshments. 200 N. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park.

The OK BBQ Block Party Saturday, June 8, Noon to 8 p.m., Constitution Court: Enjoy local food, craft beer, live music and kid’s activities—bounce house, water games, crafts, face-painting and more. $10, suggested donations; free, under age 12. Brought by Opportunity Knocks, which serves area young people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. More: opportunityknocksnow.org/event/the-ok-bbq-blockparty. Madison St. and Thomas Ave., Forest Park.

Monday, June 10, 7 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: Meet Forest Park author John Rice and hear about his work of historical fiction, co-authored with Gail Tanzer, The Ghost of Cleopatra, which tells the story of AfricanAmerican/Native American sculptor, Edmonia Lewis, whose work, The Death of Cleopatra, “languished for over 70 years in obscurity.” 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

Dance the Dream Sunday, June 9, 5:30 p.m., Trinity High School: Légere Dance Centre presents its summer concert featuring the Trinity Irish Dancers, Ballroom professionals, and the Légere Dance Centre Elite Dancers. A tribute to the music of Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story is a special feature. $16; $18, at the door. Tickets/ more: stop in 7377 W. North Ave., River Forest, 708-771-9500. Trinity: 7574 Division St., River Forest.

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ART BEAT

Back to where it all began By CLAIRE LOMBARDO

Guest Author

received my first writing credit in Oak Park in 1993, in my family’s home on Iowa Street, where I wrote and published my own newspaper, called The Big Stuff. It chronicled a series of hard-hitting news items, such as my father’s affinity for Cheerios, fake interviews with the Clintons, and weeks-late announcements of Bulls game scores. Fast-forward about 28 years — after decades of Oak Park public schooling and endless trips to the Oak Park Public Library — and I’m thrilled to be returning to my hometown to celebrate the release of my debut novel, The Most Fun We Ever Had, forthcoming from Knopf/Doubleday on June 25. The Most Fun We Ever Had chronicles the nearly-half-century evolution of a singlefamily, madly-in-love married couple, David and Marilyn Sorenson, and their four complicated daughters. In the 1970s, David and Marilyn, students at UIC, meet in the Behavioral Sciences Building and fall quickly, deeply in love. By 2016, each daughter is in a state of existential unrest. Eldest child Wendy has endured a fair amount of harddship and drowns her sorrows ws in alcohol and the company y of much-younger men; herr Irish twin, Violet, finds herr picture-perfect suburban lifee in Evanston starting to erodee when a dark part of her past resurfaces; Liza, a psychology professor, is thinking about ending her dead-end relationship with a depressive video-game addict until she finds herself pregnant; and Grace, a recent college graduate, weaves a series of law school rejections into a harmful and ever-growing lie. The lives of the Sorensons are thrown into relief by the arrival of an orphaned teenage boy, Jonah, who’s fallen through the cracks of the child welfare system. Throughout the entire trajectory of this family’s unfolding, each daughter is haunted by a common worry — they’ll never find the lasting, apocalyptic love their parents have for each other. In many ways, this novel is a love story to the Midwest. Marilyn is raised in Oak Park and David in Albany Park; they marry, and after a stint in Iowa City while David is in medical school, they return to Oak Park, where they raise their children — children who fan off to different parts of the country but ultimately return to the Chicago area: Hyde Park and the North Shore and Greektown. Above all else, the book was inspired by my fascination with people, my innate and lifelong observational tendencies that

See Claire Lombardo at a live taping of WTTW’s “The Interview Show” with Oak Parker Mark Bazer on Friday, June 7, 6:30 p.m., The Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia, Chicago, 21+, $15. Tickets/more: theinterviewshowchicago.com/see-the-show-live. Pre-orders of “The Most Fun We Ever Had” available from The Book Table.

inspired me to publish a newspaper at the wizened age of 5. In The Most Fun We Ever Had, we follow the Sorensons through the most significant moments in life — births, m deaths, weddings — but also the most overlooked, unspoken rivalries, spells of selfdoubt, idle expressions of afd fection. I believe unbendingly f that everyone has an interestt ing life, and that even — ini deed, especially — the quietd est e stories are worth telling. This book took more than five fiv years to write and edit. It was over 900 pages long at its peak, whittled down to its current 544. I’ve gone through cu dozens of drafts and thousands doz of Post-It notes and at least 10 green ink pens, killed a fair amount of darlings and cut a heartbreaking number of jokes that only I thought were funny. But it exists, in material form, and I can’t help but think that my upbringing is in part responsible — my parents, who surrounded me with books and stories; my teachers at Holmes, Brooks and OPRF who fostered my love of words; and spaces like the public library and the Book Table that gave me outlets to explore the art and craft of fiction writing. I can’t wait for The Most Fun We Ever Had to make its way onto the library and bookstore shelves I scoured as a young writer. I currently live in Iowa City, where I recently graduated from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and now teach undergraduate fiction writing at the University of Iowa. I’m excited beyond words to be returning home to promote this book.

Victory is coming. Accept it with grace

here is going to be a revised Diversity Statement. It is going to acknowledge that systemic racism is a real and actual scourge in the village of Oak Park. Maybe it will include the phrase “systems of oppression.” Maybe not. But the victory — and it is a victory — is going to come soon. And it is going to come because activists in Oak Park have pushed hard over the course of years especially in our schools. In that hard push, sometimes feeling pretty lonely, activists have gradually brought a lot of white people to their side. Not everybody, but enough to make a movement and to gather the votes so that strong backers of equity began to be elected to school boards and administrations began to change. The village government, not to its credit, has been very slow to acknowledge that the manifestations of systemic racism are not limited to school test scores or unfair systems of discipline in the schools. Like any American institution, Oak Park’s village government was built with the interests of the majority in mind. That’s just real. And this government has to begin a process of conscious change now. The Diversity Statement will be a fine first step. It is pushing for policy changes, for intensive staff training, for measures of success, for spending some money for consultants, for an actual equity policy just like the schools have created that will be the real work. That work will come easier if board members avoid vilifying each other over a diversity statement where the victory — 5-2, maybe 7-0 — is imminent. For five weeks now, since the seating of a reconfigured village board, we have been dealing with the intensity and drama of updating a historic diversity statement to pointedly acknowledge racial equity. There’s been some confusion. There’s been some obstinance. There’s been some arrogance. There has also been some rocky but real communication on a topic that is just hard for some people to initially under-

stand. But headway is being made. Ten days ago, Trustee Simone Boutet withdrew her support for one revised version of the diversity statement that had been offered up in watered-down fashion by two other white trustees. Boutet, who sees herself as a social justice warrior, had, it seems to me, a genuine epiphany as equity activists described their lived experience in Oak Park to her. On Friday in a public letter, Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb decried what he perceives to be an uncivil and Trump-like debate among trustees but more notably to me acknowledged that systemic racism exists right here, right now (see Viewpoints, page 37). That leaves trustees Dan Moroney and Deno Andrews, the authors of the revised statement, gradually finding their way to the only right side of this issue. They’re battling White Guys Syndrome. If systemic racism is real in an institution I believe in and intuitively want to defend, then I’m being called a racist. Not nearly, fellas. You’re being called on to open your eyes, to listen with empathy to the truth that for many black and brown residents of this village the system is still tilted against them. Might be in subtle ways as well as more overt circumstances. But it is real. And you can help fix that without taking a damned thing away from the white folks in full denial who clog up your Facebook feed. Finally, everybody, pick your battles. Glenn Brewer is an inspired choice to chair the Community Relations Commission. Wise and deeply experienced in issues of race and open housing, this former trustee is a quiet, effective leader with the highest profile to lead what ought to once again be a powerful source for advocacy on matters of race and equity. Simple truth: The mayor nominates people to village commissions and as chairs of those commissions. That’s one of his jobs. And in Brewer he has made a strong choice.

DAN HALEY

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Middle school yearbooks pulled over hand gestures Officials delay distribution of books at Julian, Brooks due to ‘OK’ hand gestures in photos By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Julian and Brooks middle school officials recently decided to hold off on distributing middle-school yearbooks after they discovered photos of students making what appears to be the “OK” hand gesture that has been affiliated with the White Supremacy movement. The gesture is also identified with the “Circle Game,” a prank popular among school-age young people. Julian Principal Todd Fitzgerald emailed families and students on May 29 to announce the decision to delay handing out the books. He said school officials talked with the students who were making the gestures and the students told them they were “using it to say that everything was all right or as part of the ‘Circle Game’ that has been around for a number of years.” The situation involving the middle school yearbooks happened roughly a week after officials at Oak Park and River Forest High School opted to spend more than $50,000 to have the high school’s yearbooks reprinted when they discovered students in photos appearing to flash the OK hand gesture. In his email statement, Fitzgerald explained that “a version of the gesture was flashed by the suspect in the Christchurch mosque attacks in New Zealand” in March and by a Chicago Cubs fan who displayed the gesture behind a black sportscaster’s head while the sportscaster was broadcasting in May. The fan was banned from Wrigley Field for life. “Given the situation at OPRF High School, we decided to conduct a follow-up review of our yearbooks (initial reviews were conducted in late April) to determine if the

gesture was being displayed by our students in any of the photos,” Fitzgerald wrote. “Unfortunately, we found images in both of our publications in which the gesture could clearly be seen,” he added. “While the issue was discovered by Julian before the yearbooks were handed out, the same cannot be said at Brooks.” The Brooks yearbooks were “collected from students … shortly after they were disseminated,” Fitzgerald explained. “Building administration is sorry about the lack of organization and coordination that led to their premature distribution.” Officials at Brooks and Julian, he said, are working with District 97 officials to explore ways of addressing the matter, but “whatever solution we implement will delay the distribution of the yearbooks.” CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

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College Choices

Daniel Joseph Adams, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marquette University Michelle Enyonam Agbefe. . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Louis University William Fisher Agnew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Butler University Avyn Orion Alairys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Urbana-Champaign Abigail Rose Alonzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belmont University Arlene Amaya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Illinois at Chicago Indiana University at Bloomington Joseph Francis Amico . . . . . . . . . . . .Indiana Daniel Mauricio Anaya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Illinois State University Alexis Attard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Southern California John Babbo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Notre Dame Ethan Edward Baehrend. . . . . . . . . . . Entrepreneurship, Creative 3D Tech, Inc. Akya Dijonnae Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Western Michigan University Anthony Barnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . College of the Holy Cross Charles Setter Barnett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marquette University Maxwell Owen Barnett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Indiana University at Bloomington Ariel Barr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Illinois at Chicago Daniel John Barry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Miami Matthew Andrew Bartnik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michigan State University Kaitlyn Marie Beltrame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marquette University Ethan Bielowicz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) Simone Birriel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carthage College Christian D. Boswell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cornell University Chavon Laneice Bowers-Strong. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Owen Patrick Brennan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Iowa Benjamin Michael Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Notre Dame Blake Timothy Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Missouri William Timothy Thomas Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Benedictine University (IL) Emily Marie Burda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loyola University Chicago Isabella Sofia Burdi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Indiana University at Bloomington Mira Elizabeth Burens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Millikin University Jessica Rose Burke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undecided Katherine Mary Cahill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Wisconsin (Madison) Maya Victoria Cano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Florida Gulf Coast University Benjamin Andrew Cappelli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southern Methodist University Timothy Carey, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Dayton Joseph James Carollo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Junior Hockey Madeline Grace Caronchi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miami University (OH) Anjelina Carzoli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Middle Tennessee State University Tyler James Cassaro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marquette University Maria Liset Castellanos. . . . . . . . University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Elisa Monserrat Cervantes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loyola University Chicago Kelly Marie Chapman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Wisconsin (Madison) Payton Thomas Comstock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . United States Naval Academy Cara Anne Conniff . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Christian Alberto Cooke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loyola University Chicago Paulina Correa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pitzer College Anthony Miguel Cuevas-Georgi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loyola University Chicago Isaiah Curry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trinity College (CT) Natalia Dabrowska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loyola University Chicago Gabriel Ferdinando D'Alessio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Drake University Harper Ryan Daniels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Santa Clara University James Ruja Darrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marquette University Nolan Laurent Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michigan Technological University Sebastian De La Cruz. . . . . . . . . . University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Tatiana De La Cruz . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Maximilian Alexander Demeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DePaul University Kaitlyn Krystyne DeNardis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Park University Michael William Dillon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Notre Dame Mary Bridget Donahue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marquette University Ryan Edmund Dubanowich. . . . University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Laura Elise Durkin . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Michelle Therese Eckhoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . United States Naval Academy Patrick Joseph Ehrhardt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The University of Arizona Jade Eitner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Butler University Emilia Margaret Elgeness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Louis University Caroline Jeanne Fahey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hofstra University Lillian Eileen Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loyola University Chicago Kara Lin Fedrigon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Illinois at Chicago Alexander Stephen Figus . . . . . . University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Owen Desmond Filbin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marquette University

Nicholas Charles Finley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wheaton College Barry Lake Fischer . . . . . . . . . . . Loyola University Chicago Nathan James Fisher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Occidental College Anna Fitzgerald. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undecided Ryan Caulfield Flannery . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Dayton Fernando J. Flores . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michigan State University Flores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Dayton Mariana Flores. Flores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DePaul University Ramses Flores. Ethan Jacob Forde. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Indiana University at Bloomington Maximilian Charles Forst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Illinois Wesleyan University Kaily Anne Fox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Colorado at Boulder Emily Graves Franciszkowicz . . . . . . . . . . . . Hobart & William Smith Colleges Erin Frumkin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marquette University Joseph Patrick Gaffigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Georgetown University Spencer William Gallagher. . . . . University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Claire Grace Gatermann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lehigh University Jackson Orville Gearen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marquette University Anthony Joseph Georgen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southern Illinois University Thomas Valentin Georgiev . . . . . . Technical University of Munich (Germany) Alexander Matthew Georgopulos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Kentucky Delaney Elizabeth Gibbons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Notre Dame Lillian N. Gihl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marquette University Jack Michael Giuffre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Indiana University at Bloomington Zaria Brinnay Glover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Dayton Amaya Gonzalez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Louis University Isabel Anna Grimes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Michigan Colleen Elizabeth Grogan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tulane University James Peter Groom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Norbert College Kristina Marie Gurgone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Michigan Carlos Eduardo Gutierrez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DePauw University Alexa Joan Haeflinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Notre Dame Paige Elizabeth Haeflinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Notre Dame Bridget Kelly Hartman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lehigh University Ian Thomas Havenaar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Notre Dame Paige Lauren Henige. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Villanova University Nolan Hernandez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undecided Audrey Rose Hetzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Indiana University at Bloomington Maura Hopkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The University of Edinburgh Elyse Rose Hroma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creighton University Kyle Edward Huback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Dayton Jessica Leigh Hudson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Mary's College Matthew Raul Huerta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DePaul University Regan Mary Hultquist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Notre Dame Emmett Karl Husmann. . . Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Liam Steffen Hutchinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Notre Dame Emily Catherine Imes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Missouri Ryan Christopher Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The University of Arizona Erik Joseph Janc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purdue University Claudia Jardina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Indiana University at Bloomington Caroline Jenkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wesleyan University (CT) Cecilia Jenkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Hill School Zachary Taylor Jensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marquette University Brennen Juarez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marquette University Taylor Marie Kamienski. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miami University (OH) Brendan John Kane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DePauw University Mary Katherine Kapsch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Notre Dame Margaret Ann Kassay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The University of Iowa Laura Rose Kelly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fordham University John Michael Kenny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Dayton Joshua Paul Kirkham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bradley University Thomas Vincent Koch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baylor University Lucas Kolovitz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Purdue University (Fort Wayne) Nathan Scott Krippner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tulane University John Kronstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Notre Dame Caitlin Noelle Kruse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southeast Missouri State University Elizabeth V. Kryvokulsky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loyola University Chicago Mark Christopher Lasek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Wisconsin (Madison) Thomas Michael Lattner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marquette University William Ledvort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morton College Cassandra Lee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry University Taylor McGrath Leibig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northeastern University

Veronica Lane Lemar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Colorado at Boulder Haley Elizabeth Lopez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undecided Mitchell Milo Lopez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Wisconsin (Madison) Quetzali Paz Lopez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loyola Marymount University Camille D. Luckett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Louis University Kira Nicole Luna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michigan State University Beck Christopher Luthringshausen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miami University (OH) Aidan H. Lutz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .St. Norbert College Daniel Barrett Lynch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fordham University Ewan John MacFadyen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Purdue University Monserate Macias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marquette University Michael Joseph Mack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of San Diego Owen Thomas MacKinnon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boston College Liam Magrady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Loyola University Chicago Christopher A. Magyla, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DePaul University Keely Ann Mahoney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Indiana University at Bloomington Declan Laurence Maloney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Louisville Jacob Liam Marchetti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . United States Military Academy Colin Joseph Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phillips Academy Andover Alexandra Maron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marquette University Grace Esther Marotz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marquette University Harvey Martinez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DePaul University Luis Mauricio Martinez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Illinois at Chicago Rachel L. Martinez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Southern Indiana Soren Jeanae Martinez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marquette University Margaret Emily Mathews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Notre Dame Gionna Matthews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Columbia College Chicago Jordan Di'vontĂŠ May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .St. Norbert College Mia Marie McAfee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Western Kentucky University Jamie Bay McCarthy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Michigan Shane Kathleen McCarthy . . . . . .University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Elizabeth Grace McClendon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulane University Padraig McEnery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Denver Grace Catherine McGarel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Santa Clara University Rory Martin McGuire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marquette University Emily Susan McLeod. . . . . . . . . . .University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Alexandra Medina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Missouri Reilly William Metz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Kansas Rita Grace Miles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Louis University Thomas Mills, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The University of Iowa Lia Monique Monroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Loyola University Chicago Jonathan Andrew Monser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Triton College McKenzie Moorman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of South Carolina William Preston Morgison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of South Carolina Ciara Julian Mulcahy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenyon College Aoife Ann Mulvihill . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Paige Kathryn Munyon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marquette University Emilia Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Loyola University Chicago Mary Kate Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Providence College Nora Jane Murphy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Louis University Susan E. Nash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lorena Angelica Nava . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Illinois at Chicago Alexandria Jane Nelson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Louis University Alondria Aminah Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Louis University Brendan Murray Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holy Cross College Mariela Belinda Nevarez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Mary's College Zinia Nevarez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Emma Elizabeth Nikolai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Purdue University Anissa Mercedes Nourse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DePauw University Ambrose Nathaniel Novak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Western Illinois University Rian Christopher O'Connor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michigan State University Solomon Ikechukwu Oraegbu . . . . . . . . . . University of Wisconsin (Parkside) Gianni Mishel Ortiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Florida Gulf Coast University Thalia Victoria Ortiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Louis University Bridget Mary Owens. . . . . . . . . . .University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Gianna Marie Pacente. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miami University (OH) Samuel Joseph Patston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juniata College Amelia Araceli Pauly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DePaul University Ashlyn Marie Pinkowski . . . . . . . .University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thomas James Pollard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The University of Arizona Louis I. Quigley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Illinois at Chicago

Lauren Caitlin Ramirez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Louis University Grace Kathleen Reilly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Notre Dame Daniella Reyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Missouri Ellie Campbell Richter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Colorado at Boulder Jesus Eduardo Rodriguez . . . . . . .University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Samantha Maria Rodriguez . . . . .University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Sophia Noel Rodriguez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Georgia Isabella Mia Romanucci . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The University of Chicago Christina Dolores Rotolo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Mary's College William Michael Rotsaert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Illinois at Chicago Manuel Ruiz III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Triton College Isabelle Jeanne Ryan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Catherine University (St. Paul) Michelle Elizabeth Saganich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Notre Dame Phillip Joseph Sandor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Villanova University Adamaris Santoyo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The George Washington University Samuel Ly Saunders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Syracuse University Alexandra Sawasciuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . College of the Holy Cross Jacob Lawrence Schiele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miami University (OH) Bryce Gregory Seaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Northern Illinois University Ethan Patrick Seavey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York University Nicholas Anton Segovia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of San Diego Gianna Antonia Sena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Louis University Samantha Brualdi Shalgos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Villanova University Margaux Marie Shearer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lehigh University Edna Shehu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The University of Mississippi Marjorie Rose Silvis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Indiana University at Bloomington Merrick Thomas Silvis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Missouri Adelina Electra Simpson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York University Shaunia Singleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Loyola University Chicago Salvatore Siriano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Louis University Natalie Sarah Skiest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Wisconsin (Madison) Konrad Bernard Skowyra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Illinois Wesleyan University Emily Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marquette University Roisin Marie Smith . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Perri Ellise Stahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Villanova University Colleen O'Neill Stephany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marquette University Alyssa Anne Stramaglia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Triton College Charles Pelham Sullivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Centre College Daniel Caesar Onni Tabet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fordham University Jared Scott Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Knox College Ava Elyse Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Nebraska (Lincoln) James Eugene Towns. . . . . . . . . . .University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lillian Kathleen Turcich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Kentucky Michael Anthony Urrutia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Louis University Caroline Margaret Van Ermen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michigan State University Alexander Jacob Veach . . . . . . . . .University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Valeria Jean Venable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Northwestern Preparatory School Matthew Nolan Walsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Dayton Matthew Thomas Walsh. . . . . . . .University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Sydney Jean Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undecided Emily A. Wartner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Notre Dame Krystian Wenc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marquette University William Jared Wermes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marquette University William Joseph Wermes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marquette University Charles David Westerman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Indiana University at Bloomington Emilia Maria Wiecek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marquette University Julia Teresa Wilk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Darryl Williams, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Dayton Keon Iziah Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of San Francisco Gavin McDermott Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Wisconsin (Madison) Cassidy Edward David Winston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Depaul University Indya Raven Makenzie Woods. . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Illinois at Chicago Luke Philip Yungerman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Wisconsin (Madison) Sarai Ninette Zamora. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undecided Susan L. Zeh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Joseph Nicholas Zeitler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marquette University

Wednesday Journal, June 5, 2019

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Congratulations to Fenwick High School Class of 2019

Scholarships, Awards, Recognitions

Alverno College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Erin Frumkin American University . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anthony Barnett, Daniel Lynch Arizona State University . . . . . . . . . . . Harper Daniels, Jacob Schiele, Natalie Skiest, Darryl Williams, Augustana College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ethan Bielowicz, James Darrow Ball State University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Adams Cassandra Lee Barry University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cassandra Emilia Elgeness Bellarmine University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emilia Belmont University . . . Abigail Alonzo, Jesus Rodriguez, Colleen Grogan Benedictine University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James Darrow Boston University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria Castellanos, Adamaris Santoyo Bowling Green State University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gionna Matthews Bradley University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Adams, Joseph Amico, Ethan Bielowicz, Chavon Bowers-Strong, Natalia Dabrowska, Kaitlyn DeNardis, Mariana Flores, Jack Giuffre, Joshua Kirkham, Christina Rotolo, William Rotsaert, Emilia Wiecek Butler University Daniel Adams, William Agnew, Kaitlyn Beltrame, Jade Eitner, Erin Frumkin, Bridget Hartman, Paige Henige, Brendan Kane, Keely Mahoney, Alexandra Medina, Mary Kate Murphy Alexandria Nelson, Jesus Rodriguez, Emily Wartner, William Joseph Wermes, Charles Westerman Calvin College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesus Rodriguez Carroll University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Darrow, Nora Murphy Carthage College . . . .Kaitlyn Beltrame, Simone Birriel, Maximilian Forst, Elyse Hroma, Isabella Romanucci Case Western Reserve University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Bartnik, Maria Castellanos, Susan Zeh Catholic University of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anthony Barnett Cedar Crest College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Hudson Centre College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Sullivan Chapman University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kristina Gurgone College for Creative Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gionna Matthews College of Charleston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maura Hopkinson College of the Holy Cross. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Barnett, Daniel Barry, Alexandra Sawasciuk, Valeria Venable Colorado School of Mines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isabella Romanucci Colorado State University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Merrick Silvis Columbia College Chicago . . . . . . . Matthew Huerta, Gionna Matthews Concordia University Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gionna Matthews Cornell University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christian Boswell Creighton University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Adams, Ethan Bielowicz, Blake Brown, Timothy Carey, Maura Hopkinson, Elyse Hroma, Brendan Kane, Merrick Silvis, Emily Smith, Colleen Stephany, James Towns Denison University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Barry DePaul University. . . Chavon Bowers-Strong, Blake Brown, Emily Burda, Isabella Burdi, Maya Cano, Timothy Carey, Tyler Cassaro, Elisa Cervantes, Natalia Dabrowska, Sebastian De La Cruz, Lillian Falls, Matthew Huerta, Elizabeth Kryvokulsky, Quetzali Lopez, Monserate Macias, Harvey Martinez, Gionna Matthews, Lia Monroy, Susan Nash, Lorena Nava, Anissa Nourse, Amelia Pauly, Isabella Romanucci, Roisin Smith, Emilia Wiecek, Cassidy Winston DePauw University . . . Carlos Gutierrez, Brendan Kane, Mariela Nevarez, Anissa Nourse, Perri Stahl Dominican University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .William Rotsaert, Emilia Wiecek Drake University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ethan Bielowicz, Blake Brown Drexel University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natalie Skiest Elmhurst College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isabella Romanucci Elon University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claudia Jardina Fairfield University . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Barnett, Margaret Mathews, Alexandra Sawasciuk, Perri Stahl Florida Gulf Coast University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua Kirkham Fordham University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madeline Caronchi, Kristina Gurgone, Laura Kelly, Daniel Lynch, Elizabeth McClendon, Adamaris Santoyo, Daniel Tabet, Valeria Venable George Washington University. . Maria Castellanos, Adamaris Santoyo Georgetown University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michelle Saganich Gonzaga University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sophia Rodriguez Grand Valley State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lauren Ramirez Hofstra University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Caroline Fahey Holy Cross College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James Darrow Illinois College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chavon Bowers-Strong Illinois State University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Paige Munyon Illinois Wesleyan University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Natalia Dabrowska, Mary Bridget Donahue, Maximilian Forst, Elyse Hroma, Rory McGuire, Anissa Nourse Indiana University . Joseph Amico, Daniel Barry, Benjamin Brown, Ryan Dubanowich, Owen Filbin, Joseph Gaffigan, Jack Giuffre, Isabel Grimes, Alexa Haeflinger, Paige Haeflinger, Claudia Jardina, Taylor Kamienski, Mary Kate Kapsch, Thomas Lattner, Keely Mahoney, Colin Marks, Paige Munyon,

Susan Nash, Thomas Pollard, Jacob Schiele, Purdue University . . . . . . . . . . Maria Castellanos, Mary Bridget Donahue James Towns, Charles Westerman Purdue University (Fort Wayne). . . . . . . . . Blake Brown, Lucas Kolovitz Indiana University-Purdue University Regis University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veronica Lemar Indianapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emmett Husmann Ripon College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Samuel Patston Iowa State University . . . . . . . . . . . . Ian Havenaar, Rockford University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Samuel Patston Maura Hopkinson, Susan Nash, Merrick Silvis, Rollins College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellie Richter Natalie Skiest Roosevelt University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elisa Cervantes Iowa Wesleyan University . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elyse Hroma, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacob Marchetti Shaunia Singleton Saint Louis University. . . Daniel Adams, Ethan Bielowicz, Timothy Carey, Jacksonville University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alondria Nelson Kelly Chapman, Mary Bridget Donahue, Laura Durkin, Emilia Elgeness, John Carroll University. . . Timothy Carey, James Darrow, Ryan Flannery, Mariana Flores, Zaria Glover, Amaya Gonzalez, Bridget Hartman, Paige Maura Hopkinson, Brendan Kane, Matthew Nolan Walsh Henige, Claudia Jardina, Camille Luckett, Kira Luna, Margaret Mathews, Juniata College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Samuel Patston Rory McGuire, Nora Murphy, Alexandria Nelson, Alondria Nelson, Rian Kalamazoo College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Kryvokulsky O'Connor, Thalia Ortiz, Bridget Owens, Lauren Ramirez, Christina Rotolo, Adamaris Santoyo, Gianna Sena, Merrick Silvis, Salvatore Siriano, Emily Kenyon College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ciara Mulcahy Smith, Colleen Stephany, Joseph Zeitler Lewis University . . . . . . . . . . James Darrow, Thalia Ortiz, Christina Rotolo Loras College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Darrow Saint Mary's College . . Elyse Hroma, Jessica Hudson, Mary Kate Murphy, Mariela Nevarez, Christina Rotolo, Adamaris Santoyo, Emily Wartner Loyola Marymount University . . . . . . Kristina Gurgone, Quetzali Lopez, Daniel Lynch, Samuel Saunders, Nicholas Segovia Saint Mary’s College of California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Frumkin Loyola University Chicago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chavon Bowers-Strong, Saint Mary's University . . . James Groom, Elyse Hroma, Lauren Ramirez Emily Burda, Madeline Caronchi, Elisa Cervantes, Natalia Dabrowska, Mary Saint Norbert College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ethan Bielowicz, Samuel Patston Bridget Donahue, Laura Durkin, Lillian Falls, Barry Fischer, Erin Frumkin, Saint Xavier University. . . . . Chavon Bowers-Strong, Shaunia Singleton Margaret Kassay, Laura Kelly, Elizabeth Kryvokulsky, Alexandra Maron, Santa Clara University . . . . . . . . Harper Daniels, Ian Havenaar, Elizabeth Lia Monroy, Paige Munyon, Emilia Murphy, Nora Murphy, Lorena Nava, McClendon, Emily McLeod, Nicholas Segovia Mariela Nevarez, Isabella Romanucci, Gianna Sena, Shaunia Singleton, Southeast Missouri State University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Caitlin Kruse Colleen Stephany, Emilia Wiecek Southern Methodist University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Isabel Grimes Loyola University Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colleen Grogan St. Ambrose University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thomas Mills Loyola University New Orleans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Salvatore Siriano St. Norbert College . . . . . . . . . .Ryan Flannery, James Groom, Aidan Lutz, Marian University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gianna Sena Jordan May, Isabella Romanucci Marquette University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Adams, Syracuse University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samuel Saunders Alexis Attard, John Babbo, Kaitlyn Beltrame, Ethan Bielowicz, Chavon Texas Christian University. . . . . .Madeline Caronchi, Samantha Shalgos Bowers-Strong, Emily Burda, Madeline Caronchi, Tyler Cassaro, Maria The Ohio State University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nathan Krippner Castellanos, Kelly Chapman, James Darrow, Nolan Davis, Kaitlyn Tulane University . . . . . . Colleen Grogan, Isabel Grimes, Alexa Haeflinger, DeNardis, Michael Dillon, Mary Bridget Donahue, Laura Durkin, Emilia Nathan Krippner, Elizabeth McClendon, Michelle Saganich Elgeness, Lillian Falls, Owen Filbin, Ryan Flannery, Erin Frumkin, Jackson . .Emily McLeod, Susan Nash, Samantha Shalgos University of Alabama Gearen, Lillian Gihl, Jack Giuffre, Amaya Gonzalez, Alexa Haeflinger, Paige Haeflinger, Ian Havenaar, Elyse Hroma, Claudia Jardina, Zachary University of Alabama (Huntsville). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Leibig Jensen, Brennen Juarez, Taylor Kamienski, Brendan Kane, Margaret Kassay, University of Arizona Isabella Burdi, Benjamin Cappelli, Patrick Ehrhardt, Ryan Jackson, Taylor Kamienski, Thomas Pollard, Darryl Williams Elizabeth Kryvokulsky, Thomas Lattner, Kira Luna, Beck Luthringshausen, Daniel Lynch, Monserate Macias, Owen MacKinnon, Keely Mahoney, University of Central Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Nash Alexandra Maron, Grace Marotz, Soren Martinez, Elizabeth McClendon, University of Colorado (Boulder). . . . Isabel Grimes, Maura Hopkinson, Veronica Lemar, Adamaris Santoyo Rory McGuire, Paige Munyon, Mary Kate Murphy, Nora Murphy, Anissa Nourse, Bridget Owens, Amelia Pauly, Ashlyn Pinkowski, Thomas Pollard, University of Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bridget Hartman Lauren Ramirez, Grace Reilly, Samuel Saunders, Jacob Schiele, Gianna University of Dayton . . . . . Kaitlyn Beltrame, Blake Brown, Isabella Burdi, Sena, Salvatore Siriano, Emily Smith, Colleen Stephany, Caroline Van Ermen, Katherine Cahill, Timothy Carey, Madeline Caronchi, Cara Conniff, Kaitlyn Matthew Nolan Walsh, Matthew Thomas Walsh, Emily Wartner, Krystian DeNardis, Ryan Dubanowich, Lillian Falls, Owen Filbin, Ryan Flannery, Wenc, William Jared Wermes, William Joseph Wermes, Charles Westerman, Mariana Flores, Erin Frumkin, Claire Gatermann, Jack Giuffre, Zaria Glover, Emilia Wiecek, Darryl Williams, Luke Yungerman, Joseph Zeitler Amaya Gonzalez, Alexa Haeflinger, Paige Henige, Kyle Huback, Zachary Miami University (OH) . . . . . . Joseph Amico, Ethan Bielowicz, Madeline Jensen, Taylor Kamienski, Brendan Kane, Alexandra Maron, Grace Marotz, Caronchi, Tyler Cassaro, Kelly Chapman, Cara Conniff, Lillian Falls, Owen Padraig McEnery, Grace McGarel, Rory McGuire, Alexandra Medina, Filbin, Kaily Fox, Jack Giuffre, Amaya Gonzalez, Isabel Grimes, Kristina Thomas Mills, Paige Munyon, Mary Kate Murphy, Alexandria Nelson, Gurgone, Bridget Hartman, Paige Henige, Cecilia Jenkins, Taylor Kamienski, Anissa Nourse, Bridget Owens, Amelia Pauly, Ashlyn Pinkowski, Salvatore Brendan Kane, Thomas Lattner, Taylor Leibig, Beck Luthringshausen, Siriano, Colleen Stephany, Charles Sullivan, James Towns, Matthew Nolan Walsh, William Jared Wermes, William Joseph Wermes, Darryl Williams Daniel Lynch, Keely Mahoney, Colin Marks, Shane McCarthy, Padraig McEnery, Padraig McEnery, Grace McGarel, Aoife Mulvihill, Alexandria University of Denver . . . . . . . .Anna Fitzgerald, Maura Hopkinson, Jamie Nelson, Emma Nikolai, Ashlyn Pinkowski, Lauren Ramirez, Grace Reilly, McCarthy, Elizabeth McClendon, Padraig McEnery, Merrick Silvis Ellie Richter, Alexandra Sawasciuk, Jacob Schiele, Emily Smith, James University of Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sophia Rodriguez Towns, Caroline Van Ermen, Matthew Thomas Walsh, William Jared University of Illinois at Chicago . . . . . . Michelle Eckhoff, Luis Martinez, Wermes, William Joseph Wermes, Charles Westerman Lorena Nava, Jesus Rodriguez Michigan State University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Bartnik, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . . . . . . Matthew Bartnik, Chavon Bowers-Strong, Isabella Burdi, Paige Haeflinger, Zachary Jensen, Christian Boswell, Chavon Bowers-Strong, Maria Castellanos, Sebastian Taylor Kamienski, Elizabeth Kryvokulsky, Kira Luna, Michael Mack, Colin De La Cruz, Michael Dillon, Laura Durkin, Lillian Falls, Spencer Gallagher, Marks, Alexandra Maron, Emily McLeod, Emma Nikolai, Rian O'Connor, Mary Kate Kapsch, Mitchell Lopez, Paige Munyon, Emilia Murphy, Lorena Ashlyn Pinkowski, Jacob Schiele, Samantha Shalgos, Roisin Smith, James Nava, Mariela Nevarez, Zinia Nevarez, Jesus Rodriguez, Roisin Smith, Towns, Caroline Van Ermen, Darryl Williams William Joseph Wermes Michigan Technological University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nolan Davis University of Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlyn Beltrame, Ethan Bielowicz, Missouri University of Science and Technology. . . . Margaret Kassay Mary Bridget Donahue, Ryan Dubanowich, Caroline Fahey, Ian Havenaar, Murray State University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alondria Nelson Claudia Jardina, Margaret Kassay, Nathan Krippner, Thomas Lattner, Taylor Leibig, Mitchell Lopez, Jacob Marchetti, Emily McLeod, Susan Nash, North Park University. . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlyn DeNardis, Shaunia Singleton Sophia Rodriguez, Jacob Schiele, Samantha Shalgos, Roisin Smith, James Northern Illinois University . . . . . . . . . .Gionna Matthews, Gianna Sena Towns, Luke Yungerman Northern Michigan University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlyn DeNardis Norwich University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Barnett University of Kansas . . . .Isabella Burdi, Matthew Huerta, Emily McLeod, James Towns Ohio University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexandra Maron Pacific University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Caroline Fahey University of Kentucky. . . . . . . .Audrey Hetzer, Matthew Huerta, Ashlyn Pinkowski, Thomas Pollard Pepperdine University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristina Gurgone, Quetzali Lopez, Adamaris Santoyo, Nicholas Segovia University of Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christian Boswell Pitzer College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paulina Correa University of Minnesota . . . . .Ethan Bielowicz, Zachary Jensen, Nathan Krippner, Mitchell Lopez, Michael Mack, Colin Marks, Emma Nikolai Providence College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cara Conniff, Laura Durkin, University of Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jacob Schiele Ian Havenaar, Lillian Falls, Colin Marks, Margaret Mathews, Ciara Mulcahy, Perri Stahl, William Jared Wermes, William Joseph Wermes University of Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ethan Bielowicz, Blake Brown, Margaret Kassay, Nathan Krippner, Thomas Lattner, Daniella Reyes,

Merrick Silvis, Daniel Tabet, Darryl Williams University of Mount Union. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maximilian Forst University of North Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua Kirkham University of Notre Dame . . . . . . . . . . . . Ian Havenaar, Liam Hutchinson, Michelle Saganich University of Portland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Wartner University of Rochester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria Castellanos, Daniel Barry University of San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michelle Eckhoff, Michael Mack, Margaret Mathews, Nicholas Segovia, Darryl Williams University of South Carolina . . . . Kelly Chapman, McKenzie Moorman University of Southern Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Martinez University of St. Thomas . . Owen Filbin, Grace Marotz, Charles Sullivan University of Tampa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alondria Nelson University of Tennessee, Knoxville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ethan Bielowicz University of the Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria Castellanos University of Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Harper Daniels University of Wisconsin, Madison . . . . . .Avyn Alairys, Katherine Cahill, Michael Dillon Valparaiso University . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natalia Dabrowska, Paige Munyon Villanova University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michelle Saganich Virginia Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mitchell Lopez Western Kentucky University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mia McAfee Western Michigan University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Ramirez Worcester Polytechnic Institute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Leibig Xavier University . . . Blake Brown, Timothy Carey, Kyle Huback, Brendan Kane, Grace McGarel, Mary Kate Murphy, Nora Murphy, Alondria Nelson, Merrick Silvis, Indya Woods, Joseph Zeitler Air Force ROTC Commanders Scholarship .....................Valeria Venable Army ROTC Scholarship ......................................................Valeria Venable Chick Evans Scholarship for Caddies ....................................................... Ethan Bielowicz, Zinia Nevarez, Krystian Wenc, Julia Wilk Chubb Worldwide Foundation Scholarship ...................Ciara Mulcahy Falcon Foundation Scholarship .......................................Valeria Venable Hispanic Heritage Foundation Youth Award .................Paulina Correa Horatio Alger Scholarship ..............................................Matthew Bartnik Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship .................Maria Castellanos Kelli Joy O’Laughlin Memorial Foundation Scholarship ................. Margaret Kassay, Colleen Stephany National Merit Scholarship........................Michael Dillon, Nathan Fisher, Spencer Gallagher Notre Dame Club of Chicago Scholarship .............................................. Mary Kate Kapsch, Margaret Mathews, Michelle Saganich NROTC Scholarship ...................................Michelle Eckhoff, Michael Mack Optimist International World Oratorical Award ................Laura Kelly The Posse Foundation Scholarship .......................................Isaiah Curry To date, 776 Scholarships have been awarded to 201 members (72%) of the senior class from 159 different colleges/ agencies. Monetary value of over 46 million dollars. Congratulations on your efforts, your achievements and the example you have given to our underclassmen.

Academic Achievements 2018-2019 • ACT Composite 26.6 • 13 students recognized in the National Merit Program 4 Finalists 7 Commended 2 National Hispanic Recognition Finalists • 97 Illinois State Scholars (34% of class) • 177 Presidential Scholars (63% of class) • 4 Evans Scholars • 3 appointments to the United States Military Academy and the United States Naval Academy

ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS 2018-2019 • 30 Friars to Play Collegiate Athletics • 6 NCAA Athletic Grant Awards • 5 Regional, Sectional, Super Sectional Championships • 45 All-Conference Athletes • 5 All-State Athletes • 2 Academic All-State Nominees

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STYLIN’ STILES: Designer Eric Stiles holds up his sewing kit inside the Scoville building on Oak Park Avenue in Oak Park.

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Stiles bringing styles to Oak Park

Master tailor launches fashion and craft school in Scoville Square Building By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Oak Park is about to get its very own fashion and craft school with classes taught by a master tailor who has worked for some of the biggest names in the industry. Eric W. Stiles, founder and instructor at E.W.S. Fashion & Craft Academy, is relocating his school to from Evergreen Park to the Scoville Square Building, 137 N. Oak Park Ave., Suite #105, and will begin offering classes next week. Stiles said adult classes begin on June 11 and youth classes, ages 5 to 12, on June 22. The classes include sewing, tailoring pattern making, custom-coat making, customsuit making, among others. It’s a return to the village for Stiles, who opened a school at 324 Lake St. in 1998 but had to leave the premises shortly thereafter because of problems with air-conditioning at the location. Stiles said he’s been obsessed with sewing since he was a kid. At the age of about 11 or 12, he heard one of his neighbors was taking a tailoring class at a South Side high school in the evenings. He asked her if he could tag along, and the teacher of the class said OK, Stiles explained

in a recent interview. After a few weeks in the class, the instructor called Stiles up and put a chair right next to his. “He said, ‘Every day, this is where I want you to sit,’” Stiles said. “It blessed me so much.” Stiles continued with his education and got his first opportunity in 1975, working at Brittany Ltd. on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago. He went on to work as a master tailor for Brioni, Giorgio Armani and Ralph Lauren. He noted that suits off the rack at Brioni can start at $7,000. Handmade suits from that designer can cost as much as $150,000, Stiles said. Stiles said he still works as an “external tailor” – where he does custom tailor jobs on a contract basis – for some of the world’s top designers. E.W.S. Fashion & Craft Academy offers three-week semesters, and most classes have about 12 to 16 students. The school also will offer paint-and-sip parties for adults and children, but students shouldn’t expect to get a buzz on while working their paint brush; Stiles said drinks at his school are non-alcoholic. Stiles said he’s excited to return to Oak Park but had been contemplating relocating to Skokie as an alternative. “I saw the Scoville Square Building was open and I fell in love,” he said. More information about the school is available on Stiles’ website at ewsacademy. org. tim@oakpark.com

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Educator gets real about race

Teacher who navigated black and white worlds will speak on June 8 By BONNI McKEOWN Contributor

A mother’s addiction, a family’s compensating love, a burning desire to graduate from Howard University, and frustrations over racial ignorance among fellow teachers led Tuyeni Akanke to her current mission. The West Humbolt Park resident is speaking her truth and coaching professionals toward a broad-based literacy that includes emotional understanding and cultural competency. Born Lakendra Smith in 1987, Tuyeni (pronounced Tu-YAY-nee) came into the world just as her mother lost her own mother and grandmother, then descended into addiction. Tuyeni’s father’s family made a home in the neighborhood around Division and Pulaski, pumping faith and effort into Tuyeni’s education. She lived in two worlds — Lincoln Park at a privileged magnet school while dwelling on the West Side, nights and weekends. By age 12, Tuyeni was aiming for Howard University — a top-flight Historically Black College. Her teenage academic success belied the family and social traumas she’d

Chelusier’s ‘Cinnamon’ offers a bright take on a serious topic

absorbed. Her overweight body betrayed unexpressed emotions. In college, Tuyeni gained knowledge and confidence — and lost weight. She graduated, volunteered for Americorps in education, and earned double master’s degrees at Urban Teachers in Washington D.C. She learned to tell her own stories in spoken poetry — even the bitter ones that need to come out in order to heal. She taught in the D.C. area for seven years, then felt called at age 28 to return to her neighborhood and teach in Chicago. In the city’s upheaval over charters and school closings, she saw many black teachers being replaced by white instructors who lacked knowledge of black culture and brought their own emotional insecurities. Some of these teachers strongly objected when a young black principal tried to train them in cultural competency. The principal threw up her hands and left the job. Tuyeni spoke out. Determined to address the problems, she formed her own consulting business, TruthInspiresYou.com, to train teachers, social workers and journalists — professionals of any color who work with people — in how to free themselves from racial and emotional baggage. Some of her workshops are aimed at creative expression. Others go back to basics, such as learning grammar and parts of speech: “Some white teachers

“Black English is its own language: What we call ‘slang’ is really ‘AfricanAmerican vernacular.’ We had to develop the language for ourselves. During slavery, nobody sat us down in a schoolroom to teach us.” TUYENI AKANKE Author

don’t demand enough of black students. Everybody needs to learn standard English. That little black boy in your class needs you to correct his speech, just like the little white child on your own block.” At the same time, she points out that Black English is its own language: “What we call ‘slang’ is really ‘African-American vernacular.’ We had to develop the language for ourselves. During slavery, nobody sat us down in a schoolroom to teach us.” She challenges everyone to undertake journeys of self-knowledge. Emotional and cultural education, spread through society, she believes, can overcome racism: “The only reason discrimination lives,” she says, “is because ignorance lives.” Join Tuyeni Akanke next Saturday, June

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SHARING WISDOM: Tuyeni Akanke flashes a sorority sign. The educator and author will talk about cultural literacy at the Oak Park Public Library on June 8. 8, at 2:30 p.m. at her book talk for mature teens and adults at Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake St., featuring her poetic memoir, Let Me Be Free. CONTACT: michael@austinweeklynews.com

Local band benefits Sarah’s Inn

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

In September 2016, Millie fell victim to spousal abuse, calling the cops on her thenhusband after he smacked her in the face. Three years later, she is separated from her abuser — who is in prison — is engaged to a supportive man who understands her past, and subscribes to a new perspective on life, refusing to be treated poorly by anyone. “She seems like a whole different person now,” said son-in-law Justin Wheeler. “I know the same thing is happening to a lot of other people, so I’m glad she’s as open as she is, and that she’s willing to share her story and use it as a way to empower other women and people who are in the same situation.” Wheeler, of Forest Park, wrote a song, “Cinnamon,” celebrating Millie’s recovery from abuse. His band, Chelusier, released the song on June 1 and, for the time being, will donate all proceeds from it — and their

entire discography — to Sarah’s Inn, a domestic violence shelter in Oak Park. Chelusier is a four-person alternative rock band — “kind of like Jimmy Eat World,” Wheeler said — which has performed at Amy’s Winehouse in Forest Park, the Elmhurst Art Museum, Reggie’s Rock Club in Chicago, and elsewhere. Featuring fast-paced lyrics like, “Hushed tones precede crushed bones, you see / Let’s plant the seed for better society,” the song is named after Cinnamon, the advocate who helped Wheeler’s mother-in-law recover from the incident. The song offers listeners a bright, acoustic take on a serious topic. Wheeler, who counts Jason Mraz and Jack Johnson as influences, said the band aimed to keep the sound light to make sure the message remained accessible. Millie, he said, approved the song and lyrics before it was released. “She’s just been really open about her journey and what it’s done for her to experience a new sense of freedom, and that’s why the song is more upbeat because of her progress, and her whole attitude,” Wheeler said. “It’s about growth; it’s about really becoming who we are supposed to be and not being held back by anyone.”

Wheeler noted Millie was married to her abuser for 20 years. “When they were still together, sometimes if she wasn’t able to answer, she would get hundreds of phone calls, that kind of thing,” Wheeler said. “He would kind of prevent her from seeing family members. She couldn’t really visit with her parents that often, if at all, and he would have to be there. … He was a priest in the church, which gives another layer of, ‘You have to act a certain way as to not bring disgrace to the family,’ or whatever — maintain appearances because of this position.” Millie was able to use the justice system to get away from her husband, who eventually went to prison. Wheeler said writing the song helped him process the experience, but he waited until last year to show the song to his bandmates. Bassist Matt Morsovillo, of Forest Park, said he wasn’t surprised to hear “Cinnamon,” since Wheeler often presents the group with music written from his personal life. The two attended Dominican University together, which Morsovillo said was “really, really heavy into social justice,” so nothing is too weighty for the friends to discuss. “If it’s about our family, we’re going to

talk about it,” he said. Going forward, he said the band plans to write more songs about social justice issues, naming cancer, Pride month, and diabetes as examples. “To hear the story, to know how far and how bad it was, it made it really personal for me; it brought it home,” Morsovillo said. “Domestic violence is still a topic a lot of people really don’t talk about. I think it’s kind of ingrained, sadly, in our culture. We just wanted to write something with more of a punch,” he said. Drummer Omar Cornejo, of Oak Park, said he believes “Cinnamon” represents a turning point for the band which, until this point, mostly sang love songs, although they did record a song about immigration. “It kind of reminds me of when The Beatles began their careers, singing love songs, nice songs but, in a way, silly songs,” Cornejo said. “Then when they released ‘Revolution,’ I think they changed completely and became more socially involved.” Listeners can download the single at Bandcamp, Soundcloud and Spotify. Chelusier hopes to raise at least $200 for Sarah’s Inn. CONTACT: ntepper@wjinc.com

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Longtime Fenwick teacher, administrator retires

Lordan taught history and led development efforts By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

When he was young, Gerald Lordan dreamed of earning his juris doctor in law, a master’s in economics, and then going on to be a tariff lawyer for the Organization of American States, a policy group that focuses on the Western Hemisphere. But a summer job with the Providence Boys Club in southern Rhode Island changed the plan. Working as the canoe instructor, he realized many of the teens he mentored were functionally illiterate. “I would tell the kids to put on a life jacket and they had never put on a life jacket,” Lordan said. “‘How do I do that?’ [they asked]. I said, ‘Well, the directions are right there on the front; read the directions.’ And they couldn’t read them.” From that point on, his passion has been education. The ensuing 46 years are history for anyone with children in Oak Park or Forest Park. Lordan is retiring from his long tenure as an administrator and history teacher at Fenwick High School. His last day is June 6. “We thought we’d be here for two years and we’ve been here for 37,” he said. A native of Boston, Lordan landed in Oak Park thanks to his wife, Barbara, who was hired as an account executive at R.R. Donnelley printing company in Chicago. Lordan spent his first few years as a stay-at-home dad for their two children and worked part-time at Parenthesis, a nonprofit that provides family support (now called New Moms). Eventually, Lordan’s career as an educator began at St. Luke Parish School in River Forest, where he rose through the ranks to become assistant principal. He then served as principal of the now-shuttered St. Bernardine School in Forest Park. In 1991, he was hired as an art history teacher at Fenwick, where he had interviewed three times previously, his desire to teach spurred by his doctorate at Boston College, where he majored in education theory and minored in administration. For his doctorate, Lordan looked into the effect of gender mix on academic achievement. He wanted the opportunity to witness a single-sex learning environment and, at that time, Fenwick was an all-male school. He had also fallen in love with the teachings of Thomas Aquinas, a medieval Dominican philosopher, who believed “we have to be deeply invested in the well-being of our students and we are to take a holistic investment inside their well-being. It’s not just their intellectual well-being, but also their spiritual and personal well-being,” said Lordan, who preferred that perspective over the traditional American philosophy, based on the classical Greek approach of Plato, who believed, “what you teach is more important

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HISTORIC: An educator for 46 years, the last 28 at Fenwick High School, Jerry Lordan has taught history and made history at the institution. than who you teach,” Lordan explained. “Your goal is to imitate the great masters of your academic discipline and the child is only worthy if they master the information. So smart kids are [considered] worthier than less smart kids.” He accepted the art history position at Fenwick even though Lordan knew nothing about the subject. “I didn’t know Rembrandt was Dutch,” he joked. A year later, when Fenwick transitioned into a co-ed institution, Lordan said he was the only person on the faculty who had ever taught women, and so he moved to the freshman level to teach world history. Later he taught scripture and then American history, his favorite subject. “American education has two goals,” Lordan said, “to train literate workers and patriotic citizens. So the way we train patriotic citizens in America is we teach them American history,” he said. “I was really pleased to have that opportunity to contribute to one of the most important aspects of American education.” Over the years, Lordan said, the biggest change he’s seen in education is technology, with the internet offering students a wealth of easy-to-access information at all hours. Students can’t read cursive anymore, he said. They write research papers by speaking into

a dictaphone application on their phone, printing out what they’ve said and handing it in. “Why listen? Nothing important ever gets said at 3 o’clock in the morning when you’re doing your homework in bed and you can Google it. We don’t store information anymore in our brain. Why would we? I’ve got a file on my smart phone, and when we retrieve it, when we share that information, we just attach it as a file,” he said. “We can say, ‘Well it ain’t like the good ol’ days.’ Well it’s not. But if we are to continue to be the champion of democracy and capitalism and dignity and the rights of man, etc., if we’re going to be the leader for the free world and the free world’s going to sustain itself, we have to be smarter than the opposition. Working hard isn’t good enough anymore. We’ve got to work smarter.” He will miss watching students learn and feel proud of themselves when they understand a new subject. He will also miss drawing inspiration from his colleagues, like Fenwick’s principal, English department chair, and athletic director, all of whom he taught as students. But he’ll still be involved. Lordan will volunteer on the school’s advancement team, with plans to start an alumni faculty association and alumni fathers club.

“Working hard isn’t good enough anymore. We’ve got to work smarter.” JERRY LORDAN Fenwick Teacher

“We’d like to have two or three times a year, if your kids went there, you can come to a basketball game, Christmas party, something like that,” he said. He will also continue to represent Fenwick at community organizations, like the Rotary Club of Oak Park-River Forest, the Kiwanis Club of Forest Park, chamber of commerce events, and West Side Men. As a thanks for his continued service and many years at Fenwick, he said the school has named its annual incoming freshman family picnic after him. “I never dreamed I would live in a house as nice as the one I live in now. I never dreamed I would live in a community as nice as Oak Park. I never dreamed I would teach in a school as nice as Fenwick,” Lordan said. “How fortunate I’ve been in my life. That’s what I really learned.” CONTACT: ntepper@wjinc.com

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High-end townhouses coming to North Avenue

Oak Park Board green lights project, Trustee Taglia recuses himself By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

A 10-unit townhouse development is set to be built on a parking lot at 6033 North Ave., following approval by the Oak Park Board of Trustees. The board voted unanimously on June 3 to approve the project, with Trustee Jim Taglia recusing himself, disclosing to the board that he is the seller of the property. “I have no interest, financial or otherwise, in the buyer’s proposed project and plan to construct the townhouses,” Taglia said. The project by Noah Properties includes two residential townhouse buildings, each with five units and parking for two vehicles per unit. The buildings will be just under 39 feet tall; units are projected to be sold for between $550,000 and $600,000. The buildings are planned as 38-feet, 5-inches tall and include 2,400-square-foot units with 400-square-foot garages. Nicholas Ftikas, an attorney with Sam Banks Law Offices representing the developer, said the units would each have three floors. Judith Alexander, chair of the North Ave-

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NEW ON NORTH: The Oak Park Board of Trustees approved a 10-unit townhouse project at 6033 North Ave. Trustee Jim Taglia, the owner of the property, recused himself from the vote. nue District, said her organization supports the project. “We’re already on record supporting more residential projects on North Avenue, where the supply of retail and office space exceeds market demand,” she said. “Residential development can help build a customer base for existing businesses, add more foot traffic and vitality to the district and reduce vacant lands like this property.” She noted that a recent assessment by the Urban Land Institute identified the property as “an excellent location for a multi-

family development.” Trustee Arti Walker-Peddakotla said a “big problem” with developments coming online on North Avenue is that developers are not required to include affordable units in the buildings. “I want to get your opinion while you’re here: Is the [Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance] something that we need to revisit, so that we can include North Avenue such that any new developments that come to the board table have to have affordable housing set asides or meet the fee in lieu?” WalkerPeddakotla asked.

Alexander said she “respectfully” disagreed that the affordable housing ordinance should apply to North Avenue but did not elaborate. “Let’s leave it at that; you don’t have to explain,” said Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb. “It’s getting late. I just want to get it done.” Trustee Deno Andrews gave a strong endorsement of the project, telling the board that “it’s the nicest thing to happen on that corner in 50 or 60 years or longer.” tim@oakpark.com

Oak Park trustees reject teardowns on Pleasant Street

Plan to demolish two homes in historic district fails economic hardship test By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The Oak Park Board of Trustees rejected a request by a local real estate broker to tear down two buildings in the Ridgeland-Oak Park Historic District, denying the application for a certificate of economic hardship. In a 6-1 vote — Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb was the dissenter — the board agreed with the Oak Park Historic Preservation Commission, which rejected the proposal unanimously, to reject the request that would have demolished residences at 1014 and 1018 Pleasant Street to make room for an 8-unit condo building. Building owner Al Rossell argued that although the buildings are habitable, the value of the land as a redevelopment site — he noted in his application a letter of intent with a developer to purchase the land for $1.35 million under the condition that the teardowns are approved — is greater than the $1.1 million appraisal

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HISTORY PRESERVED: The Oak Park Board of Trustees rejected a proposal to tear down two residential buildings in the Ridgeland-Oak Park Historic District, which would have been replaced by an 8-unit condo building. value of the two structures should he try to sell them.

entitles him to a favorable opinion. He purchased the two properties in the early 1970s

Rossell told trustees at the board meeting

for about $70,000, adding in a letter to the His-

that the loss of $250,000 is substantial and

toric Preservation Commission that “failure

to provide permission to demolish the buildings will result in significant economic loss.” The commission said the differential in the sale price with or without buildings does not constitute an economic hardship because “this loss was a loss in profit, not a reduction in the fair market value of the properties.” Historic Preservation Commission member Noel Weidner said the commission was particularly concerned about the precedent that approval of such teardowns would establish in the historic district. “The conversations we had with the applicant during the hearing revolved around how much profit or loss of profit was at stake with the sale of the property, and I don’t think we believe that to be the purpose of the certificate of economic hardship,” Weidner said. Rossell argued that the board was not given full information about the hearing that rejected his request, telling the board that the meeting minutes provided did not accurately reflect his testimony. “I was expecting fair hearings from the commission, but I think they are designed as such that nothing gets torn down in this town,” he said. tim@oakpark.com

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PHELAN

University of San Francisco from page 3 system to attack its blood cells and affects about 1 in every million people. After three years of treatment, a bone marrow transplant and year spent in recovery, the OPRF graduate was cured of the illness and enrolled at the University of San Francisco (USF), where this year she graduated early as valedictorian of her class. “Before my arrival at USF I looked very different. I had an IV line inserted into my right arm and an orange plastic feeding tube traced a path from my nose to my stomach. I was bald and quite a few pounds lighter,” Phelan told her graduating class. “For a long time, I didn’t expect I would ever attend college. I was not sure how many years were left in my life or how many of those would be ones where I felt good. So when I arrived in USF in 2016 as a freshman, healthy and free from disease, I was elated.” In April 2012, Phelan had been diagnosed with PNH, after months spent visiting doctors around the country. After a specialist finally diagnosed her, Phelan settled into her comfortable childhood room in River Forest and googled the illness, reading the horror stories against the advice of her doctor. She learned PNH was life-threatening and started to cry. “My dad came in and told me, ‘We’re going to take care of this, we’re in this together, it’s going to take a lot, but we’ve got it in us,’” she said. Doctors were divided on how PNH should be treated. Some recommended a bone marrow transplant, but others recommended continuing on a new drug named Soliris that’s long-term effects hadn’t yet been determined. At the time, Soliris was the most expensive drug in the world, costing about $20,000 per dose. Her family’s insurance covered almost all of the cost, and Phelan decided to temporarily take the drug but continued to evaluate a transplant. Every two weeks, she visited Lurie Children’s Hospital, where she spent at least half a day receiving the infusion. She remembers examining the small bag containing the Soliris and feeling awed by its price. “Don’t drop it,” she thought. After the procedure, she would try to return to OPRF but often traffic, a wait at the hospital or simply the doctor’s visit would hold her up. Classmates asked why she missed so much school, but Phelan grew tired of explaining her complicated illness. She wore long sleeves to cover the bruises from treatment and told school mates she was tired, wasn’t feeling well or that how she spent her time was none of their business. “It just kind of consumed a lot of my time and energy, especially also just having the effects of you mentally knowing you have this life-threatening illness,” she said. “I felt like I had to deal with it all the time, think about it all the time, I didn’t want to have to

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RECOVERY: Phelan graduated early this year from the University of San Francisco. School officials asked her to apply to be valedictorian. explain it all the time.” Phelan told her close friends about her condition, but no one else. Her parents emailed her teachers about her diagnosis, and her father John Phelan — who at the time served as president of the OPRF District 200 Board of Education — would go in occasionally and speak to individual teachers. “Some teachers would be really understanding, and they were super helpful, and others were not helpful at all and I would really struggle in their classes,” Phelan said. When Phelan was initially diagnosed with PNH, doctors tested her five brothers and sisters to see if their bone marrow was a match for a donor. Finding a perfect match was important because, if the match wasn’t nearly identical, Phelan’s body could recognize the bone marrow as foreign and attack it, causing her to break out in a vicious rash or go into organ failure. Her brother John matched, and Phelan decided to go through with the bone marrow transplant once she graduated from OPRF. “If I was 18 I could make the decision for myself,” she said. “I didn’t want to have my parents sign off, I didn’t want them to feel any sort of guilt.” Phelan graduated and, a few days later, was admitted to Lurie Children’s Hospital, where she spent the next 10 days receiving chemotherapy and radiation. Once Phelan’s bone marrow had been destroyed, her brother John flew in from New York City, where he was living at the time, and checked into a hospital room. On June

10, 2015, doctors inserted a giant needle into his hip bone and sucked out a small bag of red marrow. Specialists them immediately delivered the bone marrow to the room downstairs where Phelan was staying and used an IV to inject it into her blood stream, where it coursed through her body, finding its way into her bones. Doctors nicknamed the day of the transplant “Day 0” and watched her recovery closely over the next 100 days. Phelan doesn’t remember those next few weeks in the hospital very well but knows that her parents rotated nights and daytime visits to her, so that she was never alone. Her sister parented her three younger siblings. “I recovered super fast compared to so many transplant patients,” she said. “It was a whole group effort.” After five weeks, she was transferred to the Ronald McDonald House so she could stay in a larger but still sterile room. Two weeks later, Phelan returned to her home in River Forest, where she would spend the next year rebuilding her immune system. In anticipation of her arrival, her family installed an air filter, sterile sheets and had their old home professionally cleaned. Phelan was also placed on a low-bacteria diet, which meant that she could only eat prepackaged or frozen food, or fruits with a thick peel. When she got well enough she would stand outside — away from people, who could make her sick — and simply breathe in the fresh air. “I wasn’t allowed to go to the church or grocery store or anything like that, so just

getting again out in the world and staying away from people,” she said. “People could give me a cold or something I can’t fight, especially there’s always a risk for people who didn’t vaccinate their kids. That’s a huge risk.” By August 2016, Phelan had recovered and enrolled at the University of San Francisco, a school she chose because it was near family and in a city with convenient pharmacies and a major hospital. Her freshman year she contracted at least four sinus infections, and worried constantly over the cleanliness of the open salad bar in her school’s cafeteria, but survived. Phelan petitioned the university to let her take extra credit hours and finished her communications studies degree a year early, earning a grade-point average of 4.0. The university awarded her the Father Flynn award, which recognized her perfect GPA. Officials invited her to apply to be valedictorian and, after presenting three references and the speech she intended to deliver, they chose her for the high honor. “I wonder where I might be without my mom and dad here to guide me. What would I do in times of distress without my friends to rely on? Who would I be without my professors to challenge me, and would I be alive without my brother’s bone marrow? I’ll never know. But what I do know is that I can be that pivotal person in someone else’s story. We all can,” Phelan told her graduating class. CONTACT: ntepper@wjinc.com

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D97 shows equity work By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Blended learning classrooms

In recent months, Oak Park Elementary School District 97 officials have had to deal with one racial brushfire after another — from the controversy surrounding the removal of Depression-era murals in the middle schools to widespread reports about student behavior at Brooks and Julian to the delayed distribution of middle school yearbooks. But during a roughly hour-long interview last month, D97 administrators took a break from the day-to-day crisis-handling to outline work they’ve done to confront the chronic, persistent problem of racially disproportionate academic outcomes and student experiences within the district. “Our systems — whether we’re talking about public education or healthcare — were created in this larger historical context of institutional racism,” said District 97 Superintendent Carol Kelley, during the May 8 interview. “As systems leaders, the bulk of our work is about looking at the systems still in place that is not serving all of our students.” Carrie Kamm, the district’s senior director of equity, said that much of the classroom-level work she’s been focused on has to do with trying to get teachers, staffers and administrators to think differently about the students they’re serving. Kamm said the challenge confronting the district’s instructional coaches at all 10 schools, the two IB coordinators who are each assigned to a middle school, and the middle school culture and climate coach who works with both middle schools is “how do we coach for equity? How do we coach for ensuring that every student is getting what they need in our classrooms every day?” Kamm said that the district has created a system of “job-embedded learning,” which means that teachers and staffers are given professional supports within the work environment, as opposed to having to go elsewhere for development. “My role has been to build the knowledge, skill-set and capacity of those coaches in those spaces with teams of teachers to be able to raise questions and be comfortable with leading in uncomfortable spaces,” she said. Kamm said that the district has deployed everything from books to role-playing exercises to get teachers comfortable with “interrupting conversations that might reinforce deficit thinking about our kids” and to develop skills that “disrupt inequities.” Kelley added that the district has also utilized data tools, such as a program designed to help teachers monitor how students are participating in class. In addition, Kamm said the district has conducted “empathy interviews” with parents, students, teachers and families designed to “better understand what we see as some barriers and challenges to [less disproportionate learning outcomes].”

District 97 officials have announced they’re now accepting student applications for two early childhood blended classrooms at Whittier Elementary School next year. “We are seeking 20 general education students (10 per classroom) who: ■ Will be between the ages of 3 and 4 years old by Sept. 1, 2019 ■ Demonstrate age-appropriate language and social skills ■ Are Oak Park residents ■ Are not enrolled in a preschool program There will also be five students in each classroom who will have Individualized Education Plans (IEP). These students will be selected for enrollment in the classrooms based on the recommendations of their IEP teams.” To fill out an application, visit the district’s website at: www.op97.org. For more information, contact Michele Suedbeck at 708-524-3030. Eboney Lofton, the district’s chief academic and accountability officer — a role she was promoted to this year, from senior director of special education — said the district has attempted to make sure classrooms are more inclusive for special education students. Lofton pointed to the district’s co-teaching model, which pairs general education and special education teachers, as an example how teachers “are learning side by side to create a community that is not just ‘them and us,’ but ‘we.’” Laurie Campbell, the district’s outgoing human resources director, said the district recently tapped the Alma Advisory Group, a consulting firm, to provide expertise on how the District 97 can hire more minority teachers and staff members. Based on a series of recommendations that Alma provided in a report presented to the school board last December, Campbell said that the district redesigned its human resources web page, so that it asks for the values of prospective candidates — not just the basic instructions on how to apply. Campbell said the district also started tracking applicants more closely in order to monitor the number of minority candidates who apply for open positions. In addition, Campbell said, Alma recommended that the district have at least two people of color on hiring teams and that officials implement a standardized set of hiring criteria used across the district. “We’re looking for someone who is focused on students, culturally responsive, committed to equity, strong instructionally, and who will learn and reflect—not someone who has arrived,” she said. “We want someone who is growing.” CONTACT: michael@austinweeklynews.com

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Chicago shooting may be connected to Oak Park gunfire

Oak Park police are investigating shots fired in the village possibly connected to a Chicago murder investigation, following a deadly shooting that took place about a block east of Oak Park, near Division Street and Austin Boulevard on the morning of May 28. The Chicago Tribune reported that Brittany Hill, 24, was shot and killed outside her home in the 1200 block of North Mason Avenue at about 8:50 a.m. She reportedly took cover behind a vehicle at the scene the shooting and shielded her 1-year-old daughter from the gunfire. Oak Park Police Commander Joe Moran said Oak Park police received a call of shots fired near Division Street and North Harvey Avenue at around 8:50 a.m. Oak Park police discovered several spent shell casings in Oak Park, he said. Shortly after arriving on the scene, Oak Park police were alerted that a Hill had been dropped off at West Suburban Medical Center. The driver fled the scene after leaving Hill at the facility, Moran said. Moran said Chicago police are handling the homicide investigation. He said Hill was

DIVERSITY STATEMENT Inching toward agreement from page 3 consensus to confront our country’s challenges.” He said it is “a basic responsibility of an elected official to question, debate and deliberate.” Abu-Taleb added that “disrespectful dialogue, shaming and name calling lead to a toxic environment” and that “our village deserves better.” In a Facebook post earlier Boutet wrote, “I take responsibility for and would like to apologize for my part in causing anyone pain.” Boutet added that proponents of the CRC version of the statement have “made it loud and clear to me that if we do not include the term ‘systems of oppression’ in the statement, they hear and experience that as the board saying we do not believe that racism exists nor do we care.” Boutet noted online and in a telephone interview that other trustees edited the CRC version of the statement before it was sent to her and added her own edits “to bring the work of racial equity into focus because I believed it would help move us forward to actually doing that work.” Trustee Arti Walker-Peddakotla said in a telephone interview that she was disappointed that the vote was tabled. “I think some of the board members need a little more time,” she said. “It’s disheartening when we have passionate volunteers who are not paid and

exiting a vehicle in front of her home when another vehicle pulled up and those inside began firing. Witnesses in the area of North Harvey Avenue and Division Street reported hearing several gunshots, Moran said. They also reported seeing a black vehicle and a gray vehicle flee the area. “No one was hit or hurt in Oak Park,” Moran said. He said Oak Park police are investigating the incident as the aggravated discharge of a firearm, and they believe there is a connection between the shots fired in Oak Park and the shooting in Chicago. Moran said officials at Whittier Elementary School and William Hatch Elementary School were notified shortly after the shotsfired incident was reported.

Theft ■ A Westchester woman was the victim of theft at 7:57 p.m. on May 29 in the 100 block of Chicago Avenue. Two teenagers approached the woman, and one of them grabbed her iPhone from her hand. They

the board doesn’t listen,” she said. “I understand that they are not elected, but they are appointed and they should have a say in what happens.” Fresh upset concerning the CRC has since arisen with the news that Abu-Taleb has chosen former Oak Park Village Trustee Glenn Brewer to serve as chairman of the CRC. The appointment was approved by the board at its June 3 meeting. Brewer served as liaison to the commission during his time as trustee. “The former CRC chair quit abruptly last week, and the CRC commissioners have emailed the board and the village president, since last week, asking for Kelly Benkert, a current CRC commissioner, to be named interim chair, with the hope that a woman of color could be named chair of the CRC moving forward,” Walker-Peddakotla wrote on social media. She added that none of the commissioners were notified of the appointment and added that the decision risks “losing good commissioners over decisions like this.” Walker-Peddakotla called on residents to attend the June 3 board meeting and call on the board to support appointing Benkert as interim chair. “I have nothing against former Trustee Brewer but disagree completely with the process by which this decision was made,” she wrote prior to the board meeting. “If Trustee Brewer is named Chair of the CRC, I can only hope that he works with the commissioners to move forward their work and engages the board to do the same.” tim@oakpark.com

both fled northbound on Austin Boulevard and then eastbound in the alley between Chicago and Iowa Street. The estimated loss is $1,000. ■ A maroon 1996 Honda Civic that was left unlocked with the keys inside was stolen from a parking lot in the 100 block of Chicago Avenue, sometime between 9 and 11 p.m. on May 27. The estimated loss is $2,000. ■ A white 2018 Mercedes Benz E400 that was stolen out of Chicago on May 24, was recovered by Oak Park police in the 100 block of Chicago Avenue at 2:04 a.m. on May 26.

Discharge of firearm Mary Williams, 23, of Oak Park, was arrested in the 400 block of North Austin Boulevard and charged with reckless discharge of a firearm and domestic battery. The incident took place at 8:31 a.m. on May 24.

Burglary A residence was burglarized in the 800 block of Wisconsin Avenue sometime between 3 and 7:50 a.m. on May 26.

Former trustee to head Community Relations Commission The Oak Park Board of Trustees, in a split vote of 4-3, approved the appointment of former Oak Park Village Trustee Glenn Brewer to serve as chair of the Community Relations Commission (CRC). The appointment, put forth by Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb, is notable because of the recent battle between the CRC and the village board over the village’s Diversity Statement. The vote split on gender lines, with trustees Susan Buchanan, Arti Walker-Peddakotla and Simone Boutet opposing the appointment and Mayor Abu-Taleb and trustees Jim Taglia, Dan Moroney and Deno Andrews voting to approve the appointment. Outgoing Chairman Tom Zapler did not attend the meeting but said in a telephone interview prior to the vote that he stepped down because he had reached the six-year term limit for chair positions. Members of the CRC argued that they were not notified of the plan to appoint Brewer and that they would like to appoint commission member Kelly Benkert as interim chair until a woman of color could be picked to lead the commission. Brewer, an African American, served on the Oak Park Board of Trustees from 2009 to 2016. He is a former board member of the Oak Park Regional Housing Center and was a fair-housing tester for more than a decade

The offender gained entry to the residence through an unlocked rear window and removed a laptop computer, cellphone, purse, men’s wallet, cash, credit cards and multiple keys and key fobs. The offender then used the keys to enter the garage and steal the victim’s silver 2018 BMW 330, which was later recovered by Chicago police in the 5500 block of South Wood Avenue in Chicago.

These items, obtained from the Oak Park and River Forest police departments, came from reports, May 24-31, 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

for the now-defunct Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, an organization that, among other things, organized sting operations in the Chicago area to identify housing discrimination perpetrated by realtors and property owners. Benkert, along with several others, testified at the public meeting, noting that Brewer was trustee liaison for the CRC during his time on the Oak Park Board of Trustees. She said she has “nothing against Glenn Brewer as a person” but added that he never attended a CRC meeting or returned phone calls or emails from board members. Benkert called it a “behind-the-scenes appointment.” Cory Wesley, a black man and candidate for trustee in the municipal election earlier this year, said that members of the CRC accuse anyone who disagrees with them as “racist” and called on the citizen-led commission to tone down the rhetoric. He noted that the commission, which is concerned with racial equity, “doesn’t count a single black male as a member.” “You’ve marginalized his tenure by attempting to delegitimize the appointment process,” Wesley said, “a tactic used frequently against qualified black people and against the civil rights movement as a whole. I will not be silent and watch you deploy that same tactic against another black man in this village in the name of equity.” Trustee Arti Walker-Peddakotla said the board was “railroading through an appointment” and “pissing off commissioners” who will be less likely to want to serve on the commission following the appointment.

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OPRF High School scholarship In 22017 2017, Bobbie established the Roberta L. Raymond Scholarship with the Oak Park P ark and River Forest High School Scholarship Foundation. When creating the scholarship, Bobbie made a specific point to make it renewable so that it would ssccholars follow ffo ollo ow a graduating OPRF senior for all four years of his or her college career. This was consistent with her desire to help economically disadThis scholarship Th s vantaged students to succeed. In Bobbie’s own words, “Providing financial va v anta support so our students can go on to college and reach their dreams is somesupp thing thi that I can do. It is very important to me to help a young person go on and an be successful.” On behalf of the Oak Park River Forest Scholarship Foundation Board, Bobbie Raymond will be truly missed. We are honored Fo to o continue her legacy through her scholarship.

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Raymond is survived by her husband Richard G. Larson, son Charles Raymond, and her grandson. A memorial and celebration of Bobbie Raymond’s life and impact on the community will take place on Wednesday, June 12, at 10 a.m. at the Oak Park Arts Center, 200 N. Oak Park Ave. Refreshments will be available after the program, and there will be time to visit with Bobbie’s family, friends, and neighbors.

Greg Clarkson, who will appear in the upcoming Godzilla movie- credits Bobbie Raymond with changing the trajectory of his life. “We were living in Lawndale, and Bobbie and my father worked together. She tried to get him to move our family to Oak Park. We moved on April 5. 1968.” Clarkson didn’t know at the time that moving to an entirely white neighborhood the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated was such a milestone. As the first white student at Holmes Elementary school, he says he and his family couldn’t have landed d in a better spot, and he maintains relationshipss with those neighbors fifty years later. In addition, he says that when he was in his twenties, Bobbie and her mother, who ran a travel agency, informed him about a job opening on a cruise ship. He got the job, and became a cruise ship d.j. “It changed another trajectory of my life and led me to o radio and acting, where I am today.” Clarkson son says that a famous quote applies to the Bobbie bbie Raymond he knew, “pioneers take the mostt arrows.” For Clarkson, who remains friends with Bobbie’s obbie’s son, he sums it up, “Nothing that I have achieved hieved happens without Bobbie Raymond.”

Gregg Clarkson

OPRF ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: Bobbie was a co-founder of the Alumni Association in 2002 and helped initiate the Summer Enrichment Grant Program. To date this program has granted more than $450,000 to over 500 OPRFHS students, helping them experience summer academic and cultural arts programs that may have been financially out of reach.

Watercolor & French Jan Dring knew Bobbie when they were in the same class. “Besides working with Housing Center etc. we were on several mini class reunions from OPRF class of 1955 at Steph and Jane Shoup’s place in Wisconsin. At one point the group came out to Steamboat Springs, CO to our place. We have a scholarship for language study abroad for Oak Park High School students and worked often with Bobbie and the Alumni Scholarships.” Jan Dring, also took watercolor and sketching classes with Bobbie at the Art League, which she organized. “Bill and I also for a couple of years were with Bobbie at the French conversation group that met at the Lutheran Church on Randolph and East Avenues. Unfortunately I don’t have any pictures relating to these gatherings. Bobbie called us about two or three weeks before her death seeking advice about cardiac facilities in Chicago and elsewhere. I had no idea that it was that serious at that time.”

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She walked the talk!

FAIR HOUSING PIONEERS: (Left to righ) McLouis Robinet, Harriette Robinet, Virginia Cassin, Bobbie Raymond, John Dwyer, and Sherlynn Reid at the opening of the Oak Park River Forest Museum exhibit Open House: Fair Housing at 50, on June 2018.

Doing the right thing can lead to hate mail In our exhibit Open House: The Legacy of Fair Housing, one of the most powerful artifacts on display is a simple letter. It holds its own against dramatic photos and banners from protest marches that paved the way for the village to adopt a fair housing ordinance in 1968. The 1971 letter, donated by Bobbie Raymond to The Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest, proves that although we may laud Bobbie’s contributions today, some hated her for her activism and for helping to open the door to racial integration in Oak Park. Standing up in the public arena as a leader at the forefront of a movement often comes with real danger. The letter was sent to Bobbie because she published two articles in Oak Leaves that documented the reality of African American residents in Oak Park in the early days of the twentieth century. Still enrolled as a graduate student in sociology at Roosevelt University and in her early 30s, she was not the Bobbie of local legend yet. She would soon complete the master’s degree that called for a Housing Center in Oak Park to counter racial discrimination and encourage racial integration instead of racial segregation in housing. She spoke proudly of her research decades later when donating the letter. She had scoured OPRF High School yearbooks for African American students, asked old-timers to share stories, and tracked down former black residents

like Faith Jefferson Jones who had graduated from OPRF in 1923. It is sound historical research and includes names, dates, interviews and photos. But the letter writer views those documented facts as a threat to her hometown and its self-image; with hateful words she argues that no black people lived in the community in 1900. And she calls for Oak Parkers to resist becoming a racially integrated community in the 1970s. “When you have helped establish the negroes in our recently lovely village, will you live among them, and hope they do not hold a knife to your throat…..We can only hope you get a knife to your throat from one of them before this is ended, and then you can write again about your experiences with our early settlers with black skin.” These shocking and disgusting words of hate did not keep Bobbie from pursuing her vision and rallying many others to see the value in a new Oak Park that blended some of its traditional strengths and assets with a new commitment to racial integration. Many other people might have been daunted by this sort of visceral hatred. But Bobbie fought with steadfast commitment and her pugnacious spirit. She was not deterred by hate speech and veiled threats. She persevered.

Frank Lipo

Executive Director Oak Park River Forest Museum

Roberta L. Raymond Scholarship As I enter my junior year at Howard University, I am proud to say I am recipient of the Roberta L. Raymond Scholarship. During my first and second years at Howard, Raymond’s support, emotionally and financially, continued to have a profound impact on my family and I. Having grown up on the West Side of Chicago, attending and graduat-

ing from Oak Park and River Forest High School was a blessing and opened opportunities I would not have otherwise known about. Typically, those who come from certain economic backgrounds do not always have the financial opportunity or support to attend college However, because of Raymond, I had less to worry about. Not only did Raymond

It was during our teen years when we first became aware of Bobbie Raymond’s relentless pursuit of fair housing laws. As young adults, we saw Bobbie in action, exercising her belief in fairness and equity. Bobbie’s trailblazing leadership, fierce advocacy and hands-on engagement in hard, tedious work made a big impression on us. As we grieve her passing, we thank Bobbie for teaching us timeless lessons about how to use our voice, convictions and resources as tools to serve our community. Truth be told, Bobbie Raymond has been a social

justice role model to us for over 40 years! This past October we had the opportunity to honor Bobbie in front of a sell-out crowd of friends and alumni of Oak Park and River Forest High School. Bobbie’s star power raised over $150,000 to support summer enrichment and college scholarships benefiting students of her alma mater! Bobbie will be dearly missed but her iconic impact will always strengthen our lives and the fabric of our OPRF community!

EVENING OF JAZZ EVENT OCTOBER 2019: Stephen & Mary Jo Schuler granting Bobbie Raymond OPRFHS Impact Award for Leadership & Philanthropic Mary Jo Schuler Service to Students.

Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation I met Miss Raymond when I was a young teenage girl assigned to the Oak Park Housing Center through the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) youth program. At that time I was a open book. She filled my pages by introducing me to art, theatre, gardening, world culture and social awareness. She encouraged and supported me even when my dreams were in areas that she wouldn’t endorse such as my desire to join the military. She was there for me during high school, college, as a young bride, new mother & young professional. For 40 years she has remained part of my life both as a mentor & my family.

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support my development as a student but as person as well. She checked in on me regularly, inquiring about my opinion on the latest news topic and challenged me to follow up my reasonings with evidence. She will be greatly missed but I know her impact is still far reaching.

Kayla York First recipient of the Roberta Raymond Scholarship

Bobbie Raymond pictured receiving the Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation Honors 2017 Outstanding Philanthropist Award Community Foundation President and CEO Tony Martinez remarks, “Bobbie was a tremendous force and advocate for children in our community. She was deeply devoted to Communityworks and served as an Advisory Board Member for over a decade. She also provided leadership for Success of All Youth from inception. Because of her love for children, Bobbie created the Roberta L. Raymond Scholarship, a four-year renewable scholarship for graduating Oak Park and River Forest High School students, particularly students of color. Bobbie will be deeply missed by so many of us, but her philanthropic legacy will continue on for generations to come.”

Bobbie’s legacy Bobbie Raymond was a pioneer and significant contributor to Oak Park’s attempt at racial integration. Her death is a major loss for all those interested in this unique experiment. The Housing Center, her invention, made Oak Park different from other “so-called” integrated communities where the black population is often confined to a restricted area. The Housing Center encourages its black clients to look at apartments in all parts of the village, especially in predominately white areas. The result helped to transform Oak Park into a geographically integrated place. Bobbie’s legacy is a delicate one in that the battle for racial equality is one that needs constant attention. Hopefully, Oak Parkers will acknowledge her legacy by continuing this battle. Jay Ruby, OPRF class of 1953, conducted an ethnographic study of Oak Park in 1999-2000, that included the Oak Park Regional Housing Center. The results of this research is available as “Oak Park Stories” online. He stayed with Bobbie Raymond during his study.

Jay Ruby

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OAK PARK AND RIVER FOREST HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING SCHOLARS 2019

Halley Bergen

Samantha Braun

Aaliyah Brown

Nathan Devaud

(Scholarship Cup), Duke Kunshan University

(Scholarship Cup), Worcester Polytechnic Institute

(Scholarship Cup), Cornell University

(National Merit Scholarship), Northeastern University

Eleanor Kallay

Eleanor KamenitsaHale

Rowen Glusman (Scholarship Cup), University of Chicago

Mary Kohout (Scholarship Cup), University of Southern California

Racquel Hernandez (Scholarship Cup), Washington University in St. Louis

(Scholarship Cup), Kenyon College

(Scholarship Cup), Stanford University

(Scholarship Cup), University of California, Santa Barbara

Simon Miller

Dina Paul

Erin Proctor

(Scholarship Cup), St. Olaf College

(Scholarship Cup), University of Notre Dame

(Scholarship Cup), University of Michigan

Sophia Schoenmeyer

Anna Schoeny

Ariel Sol Schwart

(Scholarship Cup), University of California, Los Angeles

Jack ThomasColwell (Scholarship Cup), Occidental College

Emma Wojack (Scholarship Cup), Georgia Institute of Technology

Hannah Thompson

Caroline RoblingGriest

NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS

Calvin Woolley (Scholarship Cup), Saint Louis University

Aaron Baker Ev Berger-Wolf Christopher Hugh James Kennedy Kevin Kodama Merrick Ohata Dana Small Jack Thomas-Colwell Luca Zefran

Elise Miedlar

(Scholarship Cup), Tufts University

(Scholarship Cup), University of Washington

Julia Sullivan (Scholarship Cup), Vanderbilt University

Emma Uebelhor

Lydia Turk

(Scholarship Cup), Case Western Reserve University

(Scholarship Cup), Kenyon College

NATIONAL MERIT COMMENDED Anders Lempian Emma Lofgren Eamon McAndrews Eliseh Miedlar Madeline Miller Simon Miller Paul Obrecht Michael Perla Erin Proctor Cassandra Prokopowicz David Quinlan

(Scholarship Cup), Lake Forest College

(Scholarship Cup), Northwestern University

Carly Tucci

Gordon Anderson Cecilia Doyle James Emmenegger Remy Gajewski Rowen Glusman Fiona Golden Alyssa Hirshman Declan Johnson Eleanor Kamenitsa-Hale Katherine Kochendorfer Sophia Kreider

Giselle Schiet

Dana Small

(National Merit Scholarship), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

(Scholarship Cup), Dartmouth College

Mary Lynch

(Scholarship Cup), University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Ellary ShillingtonBartley

(Scholarship Cup), University of Richmond

(Scholarship Cup), University of Dayton

Marta Rohner

(Scholarship Cup), Goshen College

Haley Gladden

Emma Klinger

(Scholarship Cup), University of Michigan

(Scholarship Cup), Duke University

Theodore Trefonides

(Scholarship Cup), United States Air Force Academy

James Kennedy

Emma Lofgren

(National Merit Scholarship, Scholarship Cup) Indiana University at Bloomington

(National Merit Scholarship), Tulane University

(National Merit Scholarship), University of Colorado at Boulder

(Scholarship Cup), University of California, Los Angeles

Gabriella Lambert

Sophia Kreider

Nathan Gallagher

Kyle Rasmussen Francis Rinaldi Marta Rohner Veronica Rooney Tess Rutstein Isabella Saracco Sophia Schoenmeyer Ana Shack Mattheus Shack Jacob Sichlau

(Scholarship Cup), University of Michigan

NATIONAL HISPANIC RECOGNITION PROGRAM SCHOLARS Racquel Hernandez

NOTE: The Scholarship Cup is awarded to those students who have the highest grade point average at the end of their seventh semester using the high school’s weighted grade point index. To be eligible, students must have attended OPRFHS at least five of the previous seven semesters.

2018-2019 ILLINOIS STATE SCHOLARS Based on a formula using ACT or SAT score and unweighted grade point average. Overall, approximately 10 percent of graduating seniors in Illinois qualify as State Scholars, compared to 25 percent at OPRF. Jonna Adelstein Matthew Aeschleman Caroline Anderson Gordon Anderson Leeland Anderson Emma Ashley Lauren Atchley Alice Atkins Aaron Baker Alexandros Balafas Jane Belcaster Christopher Bell Miller Benson Halley Bergen Ev Berger-Wolf Thomas Bingham Eduardo Bolivar Alexandra Bones Megan Bones Nathaniel Bonnell Simon Boyle Samantha Braun Chandler Brock Aaliyah Brown Mairead Brown

Eli Butman Connor Callahan Anika Carlson Miguel Chavez Paul Chicos Eunseo Choo Sorcha Chow Samuel Cipparrone Peter Clarkson Naomi Coke Claire Cooke Alyssa Coughlin Hannah Crosby Roan Daily Sarah Danganan Lucien Dejule Catherine Delcommenne Nathan Devaud Katherine Dickel Collette Donlin Cecilia Doyle Julia Dreher-Threlkeld Zoharia Drizin Cait Egan Julia Eisner

James Bronco Emmenegger Angelo Eugenides Olivia Ferraro Cassandra Ford Jacob Friedmann Nathan Gallagher Peter Galo John Gerut Adam Giardina Fiona Girardot Haley Gladden Bennett Gloor Rowen Glusman Fiona Golden Nicolas Gonzalez-Stuver Seamus Gorman Eli Gottlieb Joshua Grant Layla Hallab Henry Hamilton Gregory Hann Matthew Hartman Matthew Hawthorne Peter Henkes Racquel Hernandez

Henry Hess Alyssa Hirshman Andrew Hoffman Lillian Hoke Ashford Hollis Christopher Hugh Leah Iosevich Sophia Iqbal Mary Irvin Robert Irvine Maya Jamroz Spencer Jenig Declan Johnson Thomas Johnson Eleanor Kallay Eleanor Kamenitsa-Hale Elyse Kanagandram Aaron Kaufman-Levine Evan Kelly James Kennedy Olivia Kerr Sophie Kerr Jacob Kilburg Grant Kindler Michael Klein

Emma Klinger Katherine Kochendorfer Kevin Kodama Mary Kohout Anna Koritz Benjamin Kotte Avery Kozak Lauren Krause Sophia Kreider Andrea Krunic Gabriella Lambert Gabriel Landes Adam Landsman Lydia Lanning Matthew Layden Anders Lempia Ava Lessin Sophie Lever Sofia Lissuzzo Emma Lofgren Colin Lonergan Lillian Lowson Rebecca Lu Virginia Lundeen Grace Luptak

Mary Lynch Anna Macaulay Claire Mack Grace Malagoli Jose Gabriel Manes Claire Massmann Eamon McAndrews Joseph McCoy Anne McGillen Finnegan McKinney Lillian McNulty Prachi Mehendale Owen Metric Ella Meyering Elise Miedlar Madeline Miller Simon Miller Aaron Mishoulam Jacob Mitzenmacher Benjamin Moyer Henry Niermann Logan Nijensohn Natalia Nikolic Paul Obrecht Maire O’Donnell

Merrick Ohata Greta Olson Nathaniel Olson Megan O’Malley Liam O’Neill Nicholas Paris Gina Passaro Dina Paul Rachel Paulk Alejandro Pedraza Michael Perla James Perry George Phelan Benjamin Phifer Zion Phillpotts Celia Pikowski Emma Proctor Erin Proctor Cassandra Prokopowicz Adia Ptacek David Quinlan Kyle Rasmussen Charles Reichert-Powell Spencer Reisig Chloe Relf

Francis Rinaldi Katarina Robinson Caroline Robling-Griest Emma Rodriguez Kaitlyn Rodriguez Marta Rohner Veronica Rooney John Rotatori Tess Rutstein Maeve Ryan Molly Ryan Thomas Sage Isabella Saracco Janek Schaller Giselle Schiet Samuel Schneider Sophia Schoenmeyer Anna Schoeny Ariel Sol Schwartz Camille Scibek Emet Sensat Ana Franziska Shack Mattheus Shack William Shalla Margaret Shanahan

Kel Shanley Sidney Shapiro Charlotte Shea Ellary Shillington-Bar Jacob Sichlau Mariama Sidime Zachary Silverman Jacob Sklar William Skubish Dana Small Jenna Somberg Benjamin Spielman Phoebe Spratt Juliet Stills Ryan Stutz Sugg, Erin Julia Sullivan Phoenix Sullivan Jack Thomas-Colwell Hannah Thompson Spencer Thorpe Claire Tousignant Eamon Toye Theodore Trefonides Carly Tucci

Lydia Turk Emma Uebelhor Natalie Ungaretti Anna Van Dyke Carter Vande Moore Morgan Varnado Kaitlin Vogen Zoe Wachtel Max Walton David Wine Emma Wojack Henry Wolff Calvin Woolley Jonathan Yurkovic Elizabeth Zazycki Camryn Zdziarski-West Luca Zefran Anna Zeigler

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CUM LAUDE SOCIETY Membership in the Cum Laude Society, OPRFHS’s honor society, represents a high scholastic honor. Juniors who rank in the top 5% of their class scholastically and seniors who rank in the top 15% of their class scholastically and who possess consistently high academic achievement are eligible for Cum Laude induction. Graduating members are: Jonna Adelstein Caroline Anderson Emma Ashley Aaron Baker Jane Belcaster Christopher Bell Halley Bergen* Ev Berger-Wolf Thomas Bingham Alexandra Bones Megan Bones Simon Boyle Samantha Braun* Aaliyah Brown

Naomi Coke Claire Cooke Sarah Danganan Catherine Delcommenne Nathan Devaud Collette Donlin* Cecilia Doyle* Julia Dreher-Threlkeld* Cait Egan Olivia Ferraro Nathan Gallagher* Peter Galo Fiona Girardot

Haley Gladden* Bennett Gloor Rowen Glusman* Fiona Golden Eli Gottlieb Joshua Grant Peter Henkes Racquel Hernandez* Alyssa Hirshman Christopher Hugh Mary Irvin* Akiela Jamison Maya Jamroz Declan Johnson

Eleanor Kallay* Eleanor KamenitsaHale* Elyse Kanagandram James Kennedy* Olivia Kerr Sophie Kerr Jacob Kilburg Michael Klein Emma Klinger* Katherine Kochendorfer* Kevin Kodama Mary Kohout*

Anna Koritz Benjamin Kotte Avery Kozak Lauren Krause Sophia Kreider* Gabriella Lambert* Adam Landsman Matthew Layden Sophie Lever Emma Lofgren* Rebecca Lu Virginia Lundeen Grace Luptak Mary Lynch*

Joseph McCoy Anne McGillen Lillian McNulty Prachi Mehendale Ella Meyering Elise Miedlar* Simon Miller* Jacob Mitzenmacher Natalia Nikolic Paul Obrecht* Maire O’Donnell Merrick Ohata Greta Olson Megan O’Malley

Gina Passaro Dina Paul* Alejandro Pedraza Michael Perla Zion Phillpotts Celia Pikowski Emma Proctor* Erin Proctor* Cassandra Prokopowicz Francis Rinaldi Corina Robinson Caroline RoblingGriest* Marta Rohner*

Veronica Rooney Tess Rutstein Maeve Ryan Molly Ryan Isabella Saracco Janek Schaller Giselle Schiet* Sophia Schoenmeyer* Anna Schoeny Ariel Sol Schwartz* Camille Scibek Ana Franziska Shack Mattheus Shack* Charlotte Shea

Jacob Sichlau Jacob Sklar William Skubish Dana Small* Jenna Somberg Benjamin Spielman Juliet Stills Ryan Stutz* Julia Sullivan* Jack Thomas-Colwell* Hannah Thompson* Spencer Thorpe Claire Tousignant Eamon Toye

Theodore Trefonides* Carly Tucci* Lydia Turk* Emma Uebelhor* Natalie Ungaretti Carter Vande Moore Morgan Varnado Anna Van Dyke Zoe Wachtel Emma Wojack* Henry Wolff* Calvin Woolley* Elizabeth Zazycki Luca Zefran*

*Inducted as a junior.

2019 SCHOLARSHIP & AWARD RECIPIENTS

Many graduating seniors in the Class of 2019 have received merit-based scholarships from their colleges and universities and from corporate programs, foundations, and other organizations. These scholarships—combined with $230,000 given locally through the generosity of the OPRFHS Scholarship Foundation, the Community Foundation of Oak Park and River Forest, and individual community, civic, and alumni groups—have provided $11.9 million to the 2019 graduating class. Below is a list of scholarships reported to OPRFHS to date and verified. American University - Dean’s Scholarship Adam Giardina American University - Frederick Douglass Scholarship Nicholas Paris A.P.P.L.E. - S.E.E.D. Scholarship Emmanuel Flores Ryhen Miller, Melissa Sanders A.P.P.L.E. - Planting A Seed Award Morgan Varnado Augustana College Presidential Scholarship Joseph McCoy Berner Charitable and Scholarship Foundation - Berner Scholarship Grant Megan Sullivan, Patrick Sullivan Bethel College - Athletic Grant (Tennis) Kayla Hawkins Bethel College - Bethel College Grant Kayla Hawkins Binghamton University Dean’s Scholarship Emma Rodriguez Bradley University Legacy and Sibling Scholarship Benjamin Phifer Bradley University Presidential Excellence Scholarship Benjamin Phifer Carthage College - Endowed Scholarship Emily Kopka Carthage College - Founders Scholarship Emily Kopka Carthage College - Hillsboro Scholarship Nell Behr Case Western Reserve University University Scholarship Eunseo Choo, Carly Tucci Chemical Industry Council of Illinois Marie Curie Scholarship Award Sophia Schoenmeyer Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Luminarts Scholarship Award Aaron Kaufman-Levine Clark University - The Traina Scholarship Maire O’Donnell Clemson University Out-Of-State Academic Scholarship Virginia Lundeen Columbia College - Columbia Scholar Award David Gonzaga Deyro, Luke Mahanes Columbia College - Dean’s Scholarship David Gonzaga Deyro, Luke Mahanes Columbia College Faculty Recognition Award Luke Mahanes Connecticut College - Thames Scholarship Hannah Crosby Cornell College Dean’s Scholarship Marcello Robbins, Lincoln Warner Cornell College - Heartland Grant Lincoln Warner Cornell University Posse Foundation Merit Scholarship Aaliyah Brown Creighton University - Athletic Scholarship (Baseball) Luke Fitzgerald, Griffin Holderfield Creighton University University Award Griffin Holderfield Dean Ritter Foundation Scholarship Nathan Diamond Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Muriel Watkins Scholarship Award Rachel Rowe Denison University - Alumni Award Scholarship Riley Collins, Henry Hernandez Atkins DePaul University Athletic Scholarship (Cross Country/Track) Violet Harper DePaul University - Dean’s Scholarship Linus Engelhardt DePaul University - Presidential Scholarship Zoharia Drizin, Thomas Hunt, Sophia Iqbal, Anna Macaulay DePaul University St. Vincent De Paul Scholarship Michael Peterson Dillard University Athletic Scholarship (Track and Field) Rachel Rowe Dillard University - Merit Scholarship Rachel Rowe Drake University - Presidential Scholarship Abigail Bankes, Sophia Preys Emerson College - Aspire Scholarship Eva Fuller Emerson College - Trustees Scholarship Eva Fuller Florida Institute of Technology Panther Fund Academic Scholarship An Edwards Fordham University - Loyola Scholarship Sarah Danganan, Lillian Hoke Fordham University - Theatre Scholarship Claire Mack Fordham University Tuition Award Sarah Danganan, Lillian Hoke Garden Club of Oak Park/River Forest Scholarship Matthew Aeschleman, Prachi Mehendale Goshen College Celebrate Scholar Award Caroline Robling-Griest Goshen College Dean’s Academic Scholarship Caroline Robling-Griest Gottlieb Memorial Hospital Dr. Dilip and Dr. Krisha Patel Scholarship Carly Tucci Grinnell College - Founder’s Scholarship Lucien Dejule Hispanic Heritage Youth Award Silver Award for Education Racquel Hernandez Howard University 1920 Hu Leadership Scholarship Paige Thompson

Illinois Institute of Technology Henry T. Heald Scholarship Ana Shack Illinois State University Aim High Scholarship Lawrence Landfair Illinois State University Athletic Scholarship (Track and Field) Joseph Lowder Illinois State University Honors First-Year Scholarship Lawrence Landfair Illinois State University Legacy Scholarship Lawrence Landfair Illinois State University Redbird Academic Scholarship Lawrence Landfair Independent 476 Scholarship Society Scholarship Remy Gajewski Indiana University Athletic Scholarship (Wrestling) Eduardo Bolivar Indiana University Dean’s Scholarship Nathaniel Bonnell, Mairead Brown, Bennett Gloor, Joshua Grant, Paul Obrecht, Phoebe Spratt Indiana University HHSP Hudson and Holland Program Scholarship Aidan Molina, Phoebe Spratt Indiana University Hutton Honors College Scholarship Bennett Gloor Indiana University Hutton Honors College Scholarship Paul Obrecht Cecil and Inez Harlos Scholarship Indiana University School of Informatics, Computing, And Engineering Phoebe Spratt Direct Admit Scholarship Indiana University School of Informatics, Computing, And Engineering Phoebe Spratt Hudson and Holland Scholarship Indiana University (Jacobs School of Music) Academic Excellence Award Ariel Schwartz Indiana University (Jacobs School of Music) Premier Young Artist Award Ariel Schwartz Iowa State University - Quest Award Evelyn Kelley James Eitrheim Award for Excellence in Dramatic Arts Alyssa Coughlin, Maeve Doody, Gregory Hann, Dominick Sigismondi Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans Women’s Division Scholarship Carly Tucci Kalamazoo College John Theophilus Williamson Award Camryn Zdziarski-West Kalamazoo College Lux Esto Scholarship Elizabeth Silber, Camryn Zdziarski-West Kalamazoo College Mandelle Award Camryn Zdziarski-West Kenyon College Distinguished Academic Scholarship Lydia Turk Kiwanis Club of River Forest/Oak Park Scholarship Award Lillian Alter, Virginia Lundeen, Jacob Sklar Kiwanis Club of River Forest/Oak Park Honorable Mention Award Jonna Adelstein, Maire O’Donnell, Lydia Turk Lake Forest College Forester Honors Award Giselle Schiet Lake Forest College Presidential Scholarship Giselle Schiet Lawrence University - Lawrentian Award Emmanuel Flores, Margaret Shanahan Lawrence University Light! More Light! Scholarship Emmanuel Flores, Christopher Lee, Margaret Shanahan Lawrence University Main Hall Green Award Christopher Lee Leyden Credit Union Scholarship Kayla Hawkins Liberty University - Liberty Academic Scholarship Alexandra Bones, Megan Bones Liberty University Liberty Champion Award Alexandra Bones, Megan Bones Liberty University - Middle America Scholarship Alexandra Bones, Megan Bones Loras College - St. Clare Scholarship Edward Clissold Loyola University Chicago - Damen Scholarship Bailey Rodriguez Loyola University Chicago - Dean’s Scholarship Samantha Orozco Loyola University Chicago - Presidential Scholarship Andrea Krunic, Jacob Mitzenmacher, Mattheus Shack Luminarts - Fellows in Jazz Award (Second Place - Alto Saxophone) Aaron Kaufman-Levine

Marquette University - Athletic Scholarship (Lacrosse) Olivia Conmy Marquette University - Pere Marquette Scholarship Grace Hoffenkamp, Harrison Proctor, David Quinlan, Aliana Vietti Maryland Institute College of Art Academic Excellence Scholarship Greta Olson Maryland Institute College of Art Creative Vision Award Greta Olson Maryland Institute College of Art Ruth Jenkins Bristor ‘35 Scholarship Greta Olson Maryland Institute College of Art Trustee Scholarship Greta Olson Metropolitan Mathematics Club of Chicago Filliman Family Scholarship Katherine Kochendorfer Miami University Ohio - Redhawk Excellence Scholarship Samuel Guillot, Sidney Shapiro, Megan Sullivan Michigan State University Honors Excellence Scholarship Emma Proctor Michigan State University Non-Resident Scholarship Emma Proctor Michigan State University Red Cedar Scholarship Emma Proctor Middlebury College Posse Foundation Merit Scholarship Ev Berger-Wolf, Evan Kelly Montana State University Achievement Award Alexander Griffin Mount Mary University Achievement Award Kyley Sneed National Merit Scholarship Finalist Aaron Baker, Ev Berger-Wolf, Nathan Devaud, Christopher Hugh, James Kennedy, Kevin Kodama, Merrick Ohata, Anna Schoeny, Ariel Schwartz, Ellary Shillington-Bartley, Dana Small, Jack Thomas-Colwell, Luca Zefran National Merit Indiana University Scholarship Ariel Schwartz National Merit Leidos, Inc. Scholarship Ellary Shillington-Bartley National Merit Northeastern University Scholarship Nathan Devaud National Merit Omron Scholarship Nathan Gallagher National Merit Tulane University Scholarship Anna Schoeny New England Conservatory of Music Presidential Distinction Award Aaron Kaufman-Levine New York University Tisch School of the Arts Scholarship John O’Leary Northern Illinois University Huskie Excellence Scholarship Philip Leung Oakton Community College Wentcher Foundation Scholarship Jake Greifelt Oberlin College - John Frederick Oberlin Scholarship Remy Gajewski, Gina Passaro Occidental College President’s Scholarship Jack Thomas-Colwell Ohio State University Morrill Scholars Program Distinction Scholarship Grant Lee Ohio State University National Buckeye Scholarship Jonna Adelstein Ohio State University Provost Scholarship Jonna Adelstein OPRF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS Kathy McMahon Adams Scholarship Emma Lofgren Carlos Baldoceda Memorial Scholarship Luke Mahanes, Ariel Schwartz Bolin Cooper Scholarship Avery Andersen Catherine Devereux Brandstrader Scholarship Alice Atkins Bernard “Duke” Gawne Memorial Scholarship Dina Paul Ernest Hemingway Writer’s Scholarship Anna Koritz Muehrcke Scholarly Athlete Scholarship Claire Massmann Nineteenth Century Club Scholarship Chandler Brock, Alyssa Coughlin, Caroline Robling-Griest, Theodore Trefonides Oak Park Area Arts Council Fine Arts Scholarship Sophia Bolino, Adele Henning, Christopher Lee, Claire Mack, Ariel Schwartz Oak Park Area Arts Council Russell C. Lissuzzo Scholarship Vivienne Badynee Rotary Club Community Service Award Racquel Hernandez, Mary Lynch, Luke Mahanes , Maire O’Donnell, Caroline Robling-Griest Shepard Family Memorial Scholarship Amaya Gatling

Elizabeth Snow Memorial Scholarship Allison Winans William & Joyce Wartmann Scholarship Alice Atkins, Luke Mahanes, Maire O’Donnell, Greta Olson, Spencer Reisig Braley Family/Wood Memorial Scholarship Racquel Hernandez OPRFHS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS Applause Performing Arts Scholarship Cait Egan Anne P. Bekermeier Scholarship Sydney Donaldson Eric Brightfield Digital Media Scholarship Charlotte Shea Michael Campbell Memorial Scholarship Sophia Preys, Kaitlyn Rodriguez Carbery Family Scholarship Mar’keem Thompson Dr. Gerald L. Clay Scholarship Waiyaki Abdallah Richard Daniel Orchestra Scholarship Sophia Preys Josh Davis Memorial Scholarship Maya Jamroz Catherine Deam Memorial Scholarship James Kennedy Don Deia “Heart of The Plate” Scholarship Taylor Divello, Zoe Prouty Directors Scholarship Chandler Brock, Calvin Woolley Donohue History Scholarship Elizabeth Zazycki Douglas Memorial Scholarship Nathan Diamond Ferguson Memorial Scholarship Halley Bergen Robert Gauger Memorial Scholarship Arah Baker Gerald Greer History Scholarship Olivia Kerr Hotchkiss Memorial Scholarship Claire Love, Maire O’Donnell Emerson and Jane Houck Scholarship Theodore Trefonides Carl Krafft Arts Scholarship - Music Charles Reichert-Powell Carl Krafft Arts Scholarship - Speech Arts/Drama Gabriel Udofia Carl Krafft Arts Scholarship Visual Art Adele Henning, Logan Nijensohn, Greta Olson Patrick J. Luby Memorial Scholarship Angeles Contreras, Emily Kopka Charles Mead Scholarship Waiyaki Abdallah Miller, Cooke, Wood Theatre Scholarship Colin Lonergan Ann Monaco Memorial Scholarship Lillian Alter R.J. Mike Nielsen Scholarship Olivia Lynch Offermann Excellence in English Scholarship Morgan Varnado OPRF Retirees - Dooper Scholarship Jose Manes Gary F. Olson Scholarship Sukari Holloway Peter Quinn Swimming and Diving Scholarship Alejandro Pedraza, Emma Wojack Teri Race Educational Technology Scholarship Edward Clissold Willa Schaffer Memorial Scholarship Jeanese Shanks Seabury Foundation Scholarship Racquel Hernandez, Caroline Robling-Griest, Janek Schaller , Jack Thomas-Colwell Carol Shield Memorial Scholarship Eunseo Choo Smith/Gorman-Smith Model UN Scholarship Emma Lofgren Spoken World Club Scholarship Morgan Varnado Ishma Stewart Memorial Scholarship Jesus Govea TNH - Stephen A. Henry Scholarship Olivia Neppel Jack Tavolacci Memorial Scholarship Noah Thompson Trofimuk Memorial Scholarship Darse Sanchez Don and Mary Vogel Scholarship Maya Jamroz , Kevin Kodama Zussman-Amato Memorial Scholarship Chelsea Cobb OPRFHS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION AWARDS John R. Gerhardt Award for Physics James Kennedy Louise Hay Math Award Emma Lofgren, Sophia Schoenmeyer Virginia Moe Environmental Studies Abigail Bankes Dr. A. Schmidt Outstanding Award in English Alyssa Coughlin OPUS Scholarship for Fine and Performing Arts Education Lillian Alter Pepperdine University Athletic Scholarship (Baseball) Nathan Diamond PFLAG Deerfield Chapter John Paul Ohadi Scholarship Award Remy Gajewski Ping! - Donna D’oro Anderson Fund for Life Long Music Scholarship Justin Ross

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Tallmadge & Watson stunner in Oak Park for sale Restored home has been featured at Wright Plus By LACEY SIKORA

Contributing Reporter

efore Amazon was dropping off packages on every doorstep in the village, an early precursor in the world of delivery was doing quite well for himself in the near west Chicago suburbs. Gustavus Babson was one of several Babson brothers who operated a mail order business in Chicago. While he was no Jeff Bezos, who is said to own at least six homes in the U.S., Babson left his architectural mark on Oak Park. His starter home, the Gustavus Babson House I at 412 Iowa St. was designed

by architectural firm Tallmadge and Watson in 1906. Babson had not had great success yet when he had the newly formed architectural partnership design his first modest home. In order to reduce costs, the architects experimented with materials, using panels of pebbled roofing material that resembled plaster to craft the walls on the second floor, and employing relatively cheaper species of wood for the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interior trim. By 1912, Babson had enjoyed more financial success and turned to the now more-experienced architectural duo See BABSON on page 27

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PAST PERFECT: The Babson II House on Linden Avenue (above) has been restored to its gracious early 20th century glory, retaining the living roomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s barrel-vaulted ceilings (top), formal fireplace and replacing the interior wood trim.

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BABSON

Rescued from ruin from page 25 again to design a larger home that reflected his increased wealth. The residence at 415 Linden Ave., known now as the Gustavus Babson House II, is an expansive, Prairie Style home that originally spanned one third of a block. A gabled roof, porte cochere, and stunning art glass front Linden Avenue, and in the rear, a sweeping lawn provides a secluded setting. Completely restored, the house has been featured on Wright Plus and is hitting the market at $1.325 million. Though its architectural pedigree is much treasured today, it almost didn’t survive the turbulent 1960s.

Near ruin In a New Journal of Chicago article dated 1975, journalist Jean Guarino describes one family’s pivotal efforts to save the house. In the 1960s, River Forest resident Ray Poplett had his eye on the Prairie School beauty, but someone else purchased the home. It fell into foreclosure and was vacant for two or three years before he surprised his wife, Caroline, by purchasing the house in 1966. Guarino quotes Caroline as saying, “The house was in a terrible state of disrepair and the village was taking steps to have it torn down. … Most of the windows were broken and vandals had set several fires in the basement. Scavengers had also managed to remove everything that wasn’t nailed down, but miraculously, the elegant mirrors in the dressing room off the master bedroom were unbroken.” Along with replacing outdated wiring and plumbing, the Popletts had to deal with the aftermath of 22 burst radiators and removed two layers of asphalt tile from the kitchen’s original tiled floor. The couple and their two sons also refinished hardwood floors and created an up-to-date country kitchen for the home. While the Popletts saved the home from destruction, by the time Jennifer and Ken Goodsmith found the home in the 1990s, it was ready for another face-lift, but they could tell it was the perfect home for their growing family. “You could say it was love at first sight when we saw 415 Linden for the first time,” Jennifer Goodsmith said. “An enticing Tallmadge and Watson built on a bit of a hill with quarter sawn oak throughout, emanating character in every single room and an expansive yard, but first and foremost it felt like a place we could call home.” Real Estate agent Greer Haseman of @ properties who is listing the home for sale agrees that the home makes a great first impression. “It sits on this beautiful piece of property,” Haseman said. “It’s probably one of the most iconic homes in Oak Park.”

CHARMER: The large arched doorways and original art glass are still key elements of Tallmadge and Watson’s design of the Babson House II interior (above). At left, a screened-in porch off the living room brings the outdoors inside.

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Gracious style The arched doors and original art glass in the airlock entry provide a gracious entry to the home. The arched doorways repeat throughout the home and are echoed in the barrel-vaulted ceilings of the living and dining rooms. On the first floor, an original screened-in porch at the south end of the living room provides a great extension of the home into the yard. A library with original built-ins and a butler’s pantry add to the charm. The remodeled kitchen boasts a breakfast room in the original solarium to the home. With original tiles on the floor and a restored skylight in the ceiling, the oc-

tagonal breakfast room offers views of the back yard. A mezzanine level to the house includes a family room with a fireplace over the porte cochere and an office with leadedglass windows. On the second floor, the master bedroom has a coved ceiling and seating area. The attached dressing room still sports the original mirrors that charmed Caroline Poplett. A decorative transfer engraving was used to adorn the mirrors throughout the space. The spacious master bathroom sports the original pink and black tiles as well as two sinks, a soaking tub and a shower. Each of the three other bedrooms on this floor includes its own en suite bathrooms.

The third floor includes an additional two bedrooms, full bathroom and sitting room, making it an ideal guest or teen suite. Goodsmith says she and her husband loved raising their three sons in the home and hosting all kinds of gatherings including family get togethers, weddings, adult and kid parties, block parties, Christmas caroling parties and neighborhood Easter egg hunts. “We originally bought the house as we were looking for a place we could call home, but we also found a community that welcomed us with open arms,” she said of the past 29 years. “We loved restoring this home to its former glory and have thoroughly enjoyed living here.”

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1177 S. Taylor Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $262,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1:30 302 N. Oak Park Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group . . . . $270,950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 8225 Lake St, River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $359,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:30-2

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1129 S. East Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $425,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2:30 156 Oak Park Ave. UNIT 1H, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $430,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 742 Woodbine Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $435,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 614 Wesley Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group . . . . $438,800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 704 Monroe Ave, River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $439,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30-3:30 1101 N. Humphrey Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group . . . . $444,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 847 S. Kenilworth Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group . . . . $459,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 133 S. Lombard Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $460,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30-4 629 Wesley Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $464,800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 526 Ashland Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $464,800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1:30 612 Thomas Ave, Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group . . . . $465,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30-4 725 Carpenter Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $499,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 405 Herrick Rd, Riverside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyond Properties Realty Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $599,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sat. 11-1 141 S. Wesley Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $695,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1029 Linden Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $749,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 200 S. Ridgeland Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyond Properties Realty Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $790,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 735 Augusta St, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group . . . . $889,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 703 N. East Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,199,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30-3

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747 William St, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,475,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

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110 S. Marion St. UNIT 403, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . @properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $525,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 417 Lathrop Ave. UNIT 3E, River Forest . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $775,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2

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110 Bishop Quarter Ln, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $415,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 7832 Madison St. UNIT 23, River Forest . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $479,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 7832 Madison St. UNIT 23, River Forest . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $479,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sat. 12-2 7828 Madison St, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $529,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sat. 12-2 7828 Madison St, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $529,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 174 N. Marion St, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $635,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2:30

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708.771.8040 • 7375 W. North Ave., River Forest DonnaAvenue Barnhisel 7375 West North Dan Bogojevich Anne Brennan Illinois 60305 Karen Byrne 708.771.8040 Kevin Calkins Andy Gagliardo

MANAGING River Forest, BROKER/OWNERS

Tom Carraher Pat Cesario Joe Cibula

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Don Citrano Alisa Coghill Kay Costello JoLyn Crawford Maria Cullerton Julie Downey Kurt Fielder Yvonne Fiszer-Steele

Ramona Fox Laura Gancer Lisa Grimes Dan Halperin Sharon Halperin Greg Jaroszewski Vee Jaroszewski Noa Klima

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305 N LOMBARD • OAK PARK

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1128 N ELMWOOD • OAK PARK

1740 N 79TH CT • ELMWOOD PARK

N E W LIS TI NG!

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STUNNING HOME on 85 x 171 corner/private lot in Historic Oak Park! Outstanding flow & versatile floor plan w/large great room features a gas fpl, beautiful woodwork, moldings & HW floors. Private office/den, stained glass pocket doors, multi-level deck/ park-like yard. ................................................................... $659,000

A GRAND HOME situated in Historic Oak Park! Enjoy the charm & character of HW floors, natural millwork, crown moldings, and many windows that fill the home w/tons of natural light. Five BRs, 2-1/2 bathrooms, screened-in porch, den, landscaped private backyard................................................................ $599,990

CENTER COLONIAL with spacious sun-drenched LR, center DR and kitchen with breakfast room over-looking fenced backyard. 3 large BRs on 2nd FL with full BA & walk-out deck. Sizable bsmt rec room with storage, work-room, laundry room, full BA. Really enjoyable home! ...............................................................$450,000

CHARMING TRILEVEL HOME located on a quiet street in sought after River Forest Manor. Three bedrooms, one and a half bath home offers heated and air conditioned sunroom, a beautiful large outdoor deck and fenced-in yard. LL and garage offer tons of storage. Professionally landscaped. .................... $329,900

RIVER FOREST HOMES STATELY BRICK/STONE ENGLISH STYLE HOME with 6 BRs and 7-1/2 BAs. Some features include limestone wood burning fireplace, dream kitchen, white oak floors, mud rm. ...............................................$2,290,000 BURMA BUILT BUHRKE HOUSE combines Tudor revival & chateau style architecture elements. Gorgeous décor and impeccable attention to detail in house and landscaped grnds. ..........................................$2,199,000 BEAUTIFUL, CLASSIC HOME offers everything for today’s modern living. Custom-built home has highest quality finishes. No detail missed. LL has 2,000 ft of living area. ..............................................................$1,595,000 SPECTACULAR HOME offers modern/elegant architectural design, tasteful decor and impeccable attention to detail throughout, with four bedrooms and five full baths. ........................................................$1,550,000 BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN VILLA combines wonderful upgrades and finishes in a comfortable family home. New kitchen and four full floors of elegant living; spacious and sunny. ............................................................$1,349,999 INVITING SPACIOUS HOME offers mid century/prairie style features with a large open floor plan. Unique feature with dual fireplaces in both kit/ fam rm & LR/DR.............................................................................. $1,250,000 HISTORIC PRAIRIE is believed to have been built around 1891 and remodeled by William Drummond in 1916. It has all of the classic features, and a pool in the backyard! ............................................................$1,199,000 SETTING A NEW STANDARD in approachable elegance, this 5 bedroom, 3-1/2 bath home will exceed your ex-pectations. One of a kind floor plan, and three fully finished levels. ........................................................$1,175,000 IMPECCABLY MAINTAINED COMTEMPORARY HOME Includes 3 BRs, 3 full/3 half BAs, bamboo flrs, multi-faced gas fireplace, priv office, updated kit, in-ground pool. ............................................................ $865,000 UNIQUE QUALITY BURMA BUILT HOME has many wonderful features including two separate office areas, hardwood floors, adjoining eating area-family room. .............................................................................. $845,000 HANDSOME TUDOR with classic original archway details beautifully blends w/ tasteful updated bathrooms and kitchen. OUTSTANDING BACKYARD. Finished basement! ....................................................... $799,000 MOVE IN READY home with everything you need and want. Wood burning fireplace, library, large kitchen, family room, 3 BRs, 2 full BAs, brick paver patio, 2 car garage................................................................... $699,000 BEAUTIFUL, BRIGHT, METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED home on generous lot. Hardwood floors, white molding, French doors, expansive yard. LL has fin RR and storage......................................................... $625,000

OPEN HOUSES SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2019 RIVER FOREST 747 WILLIAM • OPEN SUNDAY 13

STUNNING NEW CONSTRUCTION with 4 BR’s and 4 full & 1 half bath is ready for its first owners. Flr plan & room sizes are designed thoughtfully for high functionality. Open chef’s kitchen, walk-in pantry, mudroom off back door, exceptional millwork, open front porch. .........$1,475,000

704 MONROE • OPEN SUNDAY 1:303:30

VINTAGE CHARMER on tree lined cobblestone street. Warm, inviting with lots of potential! Living room is centered with cozy fireplace, separate dining room, bright kitchen and family room. 2nd floor has 3 BR and 1 full BA. Large deck overlooking backyard. ......................................$439,000

417 LATHROP UNIT 3E• OPEN SUNDAY 122

PRICE REDUCED RARE OPPORTUNITY to live in the Windsor of RF. Custom designed 3 BR, 2-1/2 BA with 3000 sq ft of open flr plan. Oak flooring, washer & dryer, private terrace, MBR has office nook. Kitchen features built-in desk, breakfast bar/island. Two car gar parking. ..$775,000

OAK PARK 627 BELLEFORTE • OPEN SUNDAY 13

CLASSIC QUEEN ANNE HOME with 3 bedrooms, 3-1/2 baths includes LR with gas FP and attached Sun room. 1st FL family room, updated kitchen with attached breakfast room. Great closet space. Finished rec room in basement. Custom deck. Great house for entertaining! ....$519,000 GREAT CURB APPEAL in this classic lannon stone house. Put your own touches on it and make it your own. Great bones, traditional layout. Everything you want. ........................................................................ $599,000 GREAT LOCATION & EASY LIVING in this Tri-level home. Great flow for entertaining, complete with family room. Finished LL. Growth to make it your own. ........................................................................................... $585,000

OAK PARK HOMES UNPRECEDENTED ESTATE in the Frank Lloyd Wright Historical district of OP! Meticulously renovated property offers exquisite details and refined finishes. A showcase home!........................................................... $1,545,000 PRICE REDUCED STATELY BRICK HOME 4 BRs, 3 full/2 half BAs features wood burning fireplace, built-in bookshelves, de-tailed carved molding, a library, sunroom, eat-in kit. ........................................... $965,000 HANDSOME PRAIRIE INFLUENCED HOME, evident in gorgeous original wood and beautiful art glass windows throughout. French doors, built- ins. Charming coach house..................................................... $899,000 POSITIONED ON A CORNER LOT the detail found throughout this home is something to see. The seamless addi-tion adds tremendous space to this 4 BR home............................................................................... $889,000

MOVE FAST! Lovely 4 BR, 2-1/2 BA Tudor home with original woodwork, windows with built –in screens, wood burning stone fireplace, built-in shelving. Meticulously maintained! ................................................. $669,000 ONE OF A KIND Hulbert built home with natural woodwork ON a 60 ft corner lot! This 5 BR, 3 full/2 half BA home features a spacious kitchen storage space in lower level.............................................................. $649,000 STUNNING RENOVATION with exquisite modern finishes. Solid brick home features new hardwood floors, recessed lighting, family room. Just Move in and Enjoy! ............................................................................$648,500 CENTER OF TOWN VICTORIAN with high ceilings, four spacious levels of living in Oak Park. This 5 BR, 3-12 BA home with great flow, tons of natural light & storage throughout! ................................................. $605,000 PRICE REDUCED WONDERFUL GUNDERSON HOME on a wide lot. 5 BR, 2-1/2 BA features a spacious foyer, mudroom and a 3 season porch on the 2nd FL. Finished bsmt..................................................................$567,888 UPDATED VICTORIAN home with an open front porch, renovated kitchen, art glass windows, wood floors, 3rd FL fam rm. Truly a move in ready and well-maintained home.....................................................$549,000 LOVELY BRICK HOME and its original details blend seamlessly w/2 story stucco addition. Offers beautiful woodwork throughout, wood burning fireplace, updated kitchen..................................................................$539,900

FRESHLY PAINTED BUNGALOW on cul-de-sac block, slate entry, art glass windows, hdwd flrs & period lighting! .................................. $499,000 CLASSIC NORTH OP HOME with impeccable curb appeal. Home includes wood burning fireplace, stained glass, family room, eat in kitchen, closet space, expansive deck ............................................................ $449,000 WELL MAINTAINED 1894 FARMHOUSE that is move in ready! 4 BRs, 2 full BAs. Features LR/DR combo, kitchen with Island, semi-finished bsmt, HW floors, cen air............................................................................... $449,000 COOL MIDCENTURY MODERN HOME waiting for your ideas and updates. Unique split level designed by John Cordwell in 1953 for original owner. Cork floors, vintage kitchen. ................................................ $399,000 ORIGINAL CHARM AND CHARACTER can be found in this stucco side center entrance Colonial. Oak and maple flooring, central air, built in bookcases, art glass windows. ..........................................................$379,900

FOREST PARK HOMES

PRICE REDUCED AWARD WINNING RENOVATION of this impressive 4 BR, 3 full BA luxury home! Large open floor plan, designer kitchen, mud room, built-ins, huge pantry .............................................................$579,000 RARE BRICK FOUR SQUARE HOME includes 4 BR, 2 full, 2 half BA, hardwood floors, remodeled kit w/attd fam rm, storage space in garage, deck with private fenced yard. ......................................................... $389,000

ELMWOOD PARK HOMES

RECENTLY UPDATED COLONIAL in EP’s RF Manor. 2-story addition, inclds fam rm and 2-rm master suite. Windows, natural light .....$485,000 NOT YOUR TYPICAL RAISED RANCH! Move in ready brick and stone. 3 BR, 2 BA, LL open floor plan w/rec rm, laundry, wet bar ............... $329,900

CONDOS/TOWNHOMES/2-FLATS

NEW LISTING RIVER FOREST 3BR, 2-1/2 BA. ......................... $649,500 RIVER FOREST 2BR, 2BA. Top floor, large patio.......................... $220,000 RIVER FOREST 1BR, 1BA. Newly updated. ...................................$114,500 NEW LISTING RIVER FOREST 1BR, 1BA....................................$114,000 NEW LISTING RIVER FOREST 2BR, 1BA. ................................... $90,000 RIVER FOREST 1BR, 1BA. First floor condo. ...................................$70,000 OAK PARK two flat ......................................................................... $384,900 OAK PARK 2BR, 2BA. Stunning top floor renovation. ...................$379,000 OAK PARK 1BR, 1BA. Big, bright top floor unit. ............................$119,500 FOREST PARK 2BR, 2BA. Corner unit w/balcony. ........................$274,000 NEW LISTING FOREST PARK 2BR, 1BA. ....................................$219,900 FOREST PARK 1BR, 1BA. Neat, tidy, recently painted....................$89,500

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Need a helping of

HALF ACRE LOT

NEW LISTING 629 THATCHER, RIVER FOREST $1,285,000 :: 6 BED :: 4 BATH

1122 FOREST, RIVER FOREST $1,299,000 :: 6 BED :: 5.5 BATH

Fabulous Arts & Crafts home. Beautifully finished - great location!

Gorgeous kitchen/family room beautiful 1/2 acre lot.

NEW PRICE

ACTIVE

NEW PRICE

132 S GROVE, OAK PARK $487,500 :: 3 BED :: 3 BATH

801 CLINTON, RIVER FOREST $830,000 :: 3 + 1 BED :: 2.5+ BATH

7310 HOLLY, RIVER FOREST $945,000 :: 6 BED :: 5.5+ BATH

Beautiful kitchen & baths. In the heart of Oak Park, walk to everything.

Beautiful brick colonial. Great location.

Great newer family home in awesome location. Walk to everything!

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KATHY & TONY IWERSEN 708.772.8040 708.772.8041 tonyiwersen@atproperties.com

No.1 Oak Park Office in 2018!

3BR/2.5BA & Dog Shower (We get you.) And your Baird & Warner Oak Park agent knows the home that’s just right.

Walkable to Lake

178 N Euclid Ave | Oak Park $710,000

816 N Humphrey | Oak Park $485,000

1130 Paulina St | Oak Park $640,000

Bethanny Alexander

Saretta Joyner

Kara & Jon Keller

742 Woodbine Ave | Oak Park $435,000

742 S Ridgeland Ave | Oak Park $450,000

841 Mapleton Ave | Oak Park $389,000

1127 Wesley Ave | Oak Park $469,000

7828 Madison St | River Forest $529,000

Ken Van Santen

James Salazar

Ann Keeney

1022 S Cuyler Ave | Oak Park $329,000

725 Carpenter Ave | Oak Park $499,900

738 Forest Ave | Oak Park $537,500

Mary Carlin

1037 Chicago Ave. Oak Park | 708.697.5900

1019 Chicago Ave | Oak Park $770,000

Swati Saxena

Linton Murphy

Leigh Ann Hughes

Vanessa Willey

Patricia McGowan

Source: BrokerMetrics® Detached and Attached only. 1/1/2018 - 12/ 31/2018

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OPEN HOUSE | Sunday 6/9 | 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3pm

1202 William St, River Forest

309 Linden Ave, Oak Park

$1,199,000 | 4 BR | 4 BA | 2 HB

$1,298,000 | 4 BR | 5 BA

Spectacular French Provincial is in the heart of beautiful central River Forest. Every bedroom with its own luxurious bath and so close to parks & schools.

This spectacular Federal-Style estate is the perfect mix of contemporary luxury design with the highest level of amenities and modern integrated systems underneath the careful restoration of exquisite details.

15 Thatcher Ave, River Forest

321 S Euclid Ave, Oak Park

$515,000 | 4 BR | 2.5 BA

$855,000 | 5 BR | 5 BA

Beautifully renovated River Forest ranch is a must see.

Spectacularly finished Queen Anne in the heart of downtown Oak Park!

Steve Scheuring Realtor and Local Expert, Oak Park & River Forest steve.scheuring@compass.com 708.369.8043

949 N Taylor Ave, Oak Park $369,000 | 4 BR | 2 BA Fantastic Craftsman Bungalow so much space and charm.

Steve Scheuring is a Real Estate agent affiliated with Compass. Compass is a licensed Real Estate broker with a principal office in New York, NY and abides by all applicable Equal Housing Opportunity laws. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only, is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, and changes without notice. All measurements and square footages are approximate. This is not intended to solicit property already listed. Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, accounting or other professional advice outside the realm of Real Estate brokerage.

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Three Village Summit: Envisioning 2029

Maria Jamroz and Judy Shelstad (Forest Agency Insurance)

(left to right) - Mike Lavery (Chamber Board President), Paul Zimmerman (Panel Facilitator), Rory Hoskins (Mayor of Forest Park),Cathy Adduci (River Forest Village President), Anan Abu-Taleb (Mayor of Oak Park)

Rory Hoskins (Mayor of Forest Park), David King (David King & Associates)

Chamber Board Vice President Dr. Mary Ann Bender shaking hands with Mayor Rory Hoskins.

or the sixth straight year the Oak Park-River Forest Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Economic Luncheon on May 21st at Dominican University’s Parmer Hall Atrium to a packed house. As part of its Professional Development Series, the Chamber gathered the area’s top government leaders to hold a panel discussion on the future of our local towns and villages. This year’s topic was “Three Village Summit: Envisioning 2029”. The panelists included River Forest Village President, Cathy Adduci, Rory Hoskins, the newly elected mayor of Forest Park, and Oak Park Mayor

Anan Abu-Taleb. The panel was moderated by Paul Zimmerman of real estate company Compass. Topics ranged from future developments in the villages, property taxes, small business issues, the growth of the local tech industry and the future of recreational cannabis in the villages. After the initial discussion, the panelists took questions from audience members. To find out more information on the Chamber’s Professional Development Series and any future events go to www.oprfchamber.org, or contact: info@oprfchamber.org

Thank you for stopping by the Chamber booth at Day In Our Village Did you have a great customer experience? Eat at an amazing restaurant?

Nominate your favorite businesses for the

2019 Business Spotlight Awards! oprfchamber.org/spotlight-awards deadline is July 31

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Sawa’s Old Warsaw Come Celebrate early from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Rebuilding lives damaged by Substance Use Disorder and gambling in a personalized healing environment.

New Adolescent Gaming Programs Oak Park Location

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Turducken is a boneless skinless chicken, stuffed into a boneless skinless duck, stuffed into a boneless turkey, with layers of our own cornbread stufﬁng in between each layer. Sawa’s Turducken is created on-site just for our special occasions.

• Best Salad Bar in Town • Mushroom Soup

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Sausage • Potato Dinner ~ Polish BBQ Pork Ribs Lunch Dumplings ~ Noodles ‘n Ham • Smoked 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. $9 per person

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2019

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The Power of Collaboration

Austin Coming Together (ACT) is hosting its 2019 Membership Awards to recognize some of our members and partners who are making notable contributions to our common agenda, Thrive 2025. Join us as we highlight these leaders, their agency's achievements, and report on the State of Our Collective Impact.

Friday, June 14, 2019 3:00PM - 6:00PM

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2019 Honorees Excellence in Early Childhood Development Natasha-Smith Walker, Project Exploration

Excellence in Neighborhood Safety & Youth Development

Sergeant Jermaine Harris, 15th District - CPD

Excellence in Housing & Neighborhood Development

Rev. Steve Epting, Helping Our People Excel

Excellence in Workforce Development Cara Chicago

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Member of the Year Kids First Chicago

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Support Catholic Schools: Your Choice for Education

Saluting our 2019 Graduates Congratulations to the students who will be graduating from the area Catholic elementary schools in Oak Park and River Forest. Their names are listed below along with the high schools they will be attending this fall. To the graduates: Your families and fellow parishioners are proud of you and wish you continued success.

Ascension School

Isabella Amunategui . . . . Oak Park-River Forest Antonio Avalos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Christ the King Allyson Baer. . . . . . . . . . . . . Oak Park-River Forest Mariana Bryan Johnson . Oak Park-River Forest Molly Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . Oak Park-River Forest Esina Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Ignatius Charles Callero . . . . . . . . . . Oak Park-River Forest Evan Campbell . . . . . . . . . . Oak Park-River Forest Matthew Carbone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Montini Antonio Coleman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Michael De Lisle. . . . . . . . . Oak Park-River Forest Angelo Diaz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nazareth Academy Linnea Drever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trinity Andrew Duff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Ignatius Erin East. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Marshall Eisman . . . . . . . . . . . Nazareth Academy Lucas Garcia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Catherine Goode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Natalia Harnisch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Steven Hinton, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Ignatius Hannah Howorth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Ignatius Rose Kalemba . . . . . . . . . . . Oak Park-River Forest Keegan Kerrins . . . . . . . . . . Oak Park-River Forest Charlotte Klawitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Gillian Larson. . . . . . . . . . . . Oak Park-River Forest Ella Lee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Ignatius

Class of 2019 St. Luke Parish School

Owen Lerner . . . . . . . . . . . . Oak Park-River Forest Isabella Lozada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trinity Fiona Lundt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trinity Maeve Lundt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trinity Annabel McKenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Violet Meyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Ignatius Kamren Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Madeline Nistl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Ignatius Josephine Nolan . . . . . . . . Oak Park-River Forest Hava Nordquist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Julia Nowicki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Jillian Parrilli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Montini Lauren Richter-Stewart . . Oak Park-River Forest Clothilde Sadowski . . . . . . . .Riverside Brookfield Adrian Salgado Horst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Dario Santoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Nathan Schultz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Michael Sennello. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Olivia Verduzco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trinity Finnegan Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick

Mia Adams . . . . . . . . . . . Immaculate Conception Nicholas Alaimo. . . . . . Immaculate Conception Analisa Barone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trinity Ethan Briggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Sophia Buen-Santos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Clarissa Caushaj . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Loyola Academy Olaf Cedrowski . . . . . . . Immaculate Conception Meenah Chaiprasert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick James Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Patrick Mikaela Colagrossi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Ignatius Taya Croswell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Colin Crotty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Daniel Dalic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Carter Dawson . . . . . Proviso Math and Science Academy William DeGroff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Francesco Filice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Alexa Fraghia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Lillian Fulton . . . . . . . . . . . . Oak Park/River Forest Paul Garcia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Damien Gibb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Katlyn Halfpenny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Madeline Halloran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trinity William Hoey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Ignatius Mary Horrigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Maximus Iantorno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Ignatius

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Ava Jankovich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Mohamed Kebe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Patrick Madeline Keith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trinity Jake Leonardi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick James Leonardi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Talia Lorenzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Madalyn Maldonado . Immaculate Conception Ian Martinello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Katelyn McHugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Emma Meehan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Annie O’Brien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Gabriel Ortiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Patrick Matthew Ortiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Maeve Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Isaac Pomales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Alyssa Pucillo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Molly Reardon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Alexander Ranallo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Gerald Roberson Jr. . . . . . . . Nazareth Academy Marco Rodriguez . . . . . Immaculate Conception Gabriel Santana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Frank Svete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Amelia Timpone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Maya Underwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Francisco Vilchis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick Jordan Wiktor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenwick

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Community Members Honor Sarah’s Inn

Sarah’s Inn Board of Directors Members Alison Welch, Shirley Moore and Dale Clarke with Executive Director Carol Gall, and Board President Sheryl Martin

ore than 150 community members attended the second annual Together We Inspire event at the Oak Park Country Club on Wednesday, May 29. Pulitzer Prizewinning poet Natasha Trethewey shared her story of the murder of her mother, a victim of domestic violence. Author

and journalist Michele Weldon joined Trethewey to discuss issues, myths and action steps around gender-based violence. In addition, Sarah’s Inn honored partners Aria Group Architects and Taller de Jose. Signed copies of Trethewey’s work are available at The Book Table.

Sarah’s Inn provides services to families impacted by domestic violence, including a 24-hour crisis line, legal advocacy, safety planning, education, training and school-based violence prevention. (708)386-4225 – crisis line • www.sarahsinn.org Gold Level Sponsors ByLine Bank/Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest Edward-Elmhurst Health

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Just pass the update

s a new village trustee with no prior experience in local governance, I was hoping for a slow transition into my new position. I wanted to spend the first few months watching and learning. But as it turned out, I became engaged from Day 1 in the controversy over the update to the 50-year-old village Diversity Statement. My opinion on this controversy became clear to me as soon as the first resident gave their public comment on the issue at my first village board meeting on May 6: I fully support the updated version written by the Community Relations Commission. I am saddened by the reaction of my fellow trustees and other residents of Oak Park who have expressed their reservations about the CRC’s recommended updates, and I would like to take this opportunity to address some of the concerns. First, opposition to adding the words “shelter” and “refuge” to the sentence, “The people of Oak Park choose this community, not just as a place to live, but as a way of life and as a place to seek [shelter, refuge, and] acceptance.” I can’t get my head wrapped around the opposition to this addition. Surely every heterosexual Oak Parker has a gay or transgendered friend or neighbor. Do you think some of them (us) live here only because of the good schools and proximity to Chicago? Many of them are here not just because they sought “acceptance.” It may have been more than that. Perhaps they sought “refuge” from hateful families, bullying, and threats of violence. Is it that difficult to understand why for those folks, Oak Park is a place of refuge as well as acceptance? Second, opposition to the phrase “break down systems of oppression” in the sentence, “By embracing equity, with an explicit but not exclusive focus on racial equity, we work to break down systems of oppression and achieve a society where race no longer determines one’s outcomes, and where everyone has what they need to thrive.” You may not understand or even believe that systems of oppression exist in our society. But people of color are telling us that in their lived experiences they face systematic oppression. Why don’t you believe them? Just do it. Believe them. Otherwise you just sound silly, and worse. Third, the board should vote unanimously to approve the statement. I do understand the heartwarming feelings generated every election cycle when the new board unanimously votes to accept the Diversity Statement. But we are at a unique point in the evolution of American society. Minority populations are demanding to be heard like never before, spurred on at times by the hateful bigotry on display by our nation’s leaders. And others are pushing back, just like they did against the efforts of Oak Park activists in the early ’70s, who passed plenty of initiatives with less than unanimous votes, and thank God for it. So I’m not concerned whether the entire village board votes to approve this statement or not. Let’s get our four votes and move on to the real work of the village board. Finally — and now I’m feeling cranky — why is my letter even needed? There are people in Oak Park, including many people of color, who have pleaded with the village board for over a year to formally address equity and are now asking us to pass the updated statement. Shouldn’t that be enough? For goodness sake let’s get on with it. Susan Buchanan is a trustee of the village of Oak Park.

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ONLY ‘US’: Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb in front of Oak Park Village Hall.

We can do better than ‘us vs. them’

ear Community, I’m writing you concerning a recent deliberation at the board table over a draft of a diversity statement that the Village Board of Trustees was tasked with updating. As we welcomed new trustees to the village board, we found ourselves in a place mirroring the negative climate of national politics: a place where the mindset is “us versus them.” Many of us recognize that our national government’s environment is fueled by fear and anxiety. It lacks civility and human decency. It is not supportive of constructive discussion and building consensus to confront our country’s challenges. In our village, it has been customary that each new board affirms our Diversity Statement, which has been reviewed recently by the Community Relations Commission (CRC). Like all other commissions, the CRC is not elected, and its role is to make recommendations to the village board about any underlying issues, at which point the commission steps aside and allows the board to exercise its judgment. Like all other issues that come to the board, the draft is subject to debate, comments and revision. And ultimately, it passes or fails. Every member of this board is committed to a diverse and inclusive Oak Park, but it is a basic responsibility of an elected official to question, debate and deliberate. There is a repeated inference by some that the village board should act as a rubber stamp and without any discussion accept the draft verbatim. In fact, they have resorted to personal attacks and inciting fear to promote a mindset of “us versus them.” This is not how effective government is run, and this is not how the village of Oak Park maintains its welcoming reputation.

Disrespectful dialogue, shaming and name-calling lead to a toxic environment. Our village deserves better. The board will soon pass a revised Diversity Statement, subject to additional community input and the board’s discretion. Systemic racism exists. We need to understand this, and we need to acknowledge this. But incorporating this and other changes into our Diversity Statement should be brought about through transparent, thoughtful engagement with our community and respectful deliberation by the board. Over the last 50 years, through the goodness, generosity, decency and foresight of its people and its leaders, Oak Park has maintained a national reputation of being a welcoming place for all of us. Rather than live in communities that predominantly reflect their own race and are surrounded by people who have similar views, residents of Oak Park, regardless of their skin color and regardless of their creed, choose to live here because diversity makes us stronger. Our lives are fuller because of our exposure to each other’s views, struggles, aspirations, successes and cultures. We choose to live side by side because we want our children to play together, be educated together, experience setbacks and celebrate successes together. While Oak Park is not perfect and we should always strive to do better, there are a thousand things right with Oak Park. We have a shared interest in standing up against views that divide us into groups and voices that threaten our character. We can do better for our community by embracing our differences, which in my view is what brings us together and is the essence of Oak Park’s Diversity Statement. Anan Abu-Taleb is mayor of the village of Oak Park.

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A new East Lake St.

ep, it took a while. But One Lake Brewing is now open and the early reviews of the beer, the food, the service and the setting are all good. Let’s talk about the setting, and we’re not discussing the lovely rooftop garden here — lovely though it is. We’re talking the location of this business on the southwest corner of Austin Boulevard and Lake Street. As longtime observers of the stale state of this business district, we see the opening of this destination brewpub as a capstone to what has been, over the past five years, a genuine transformation. Instead of a neutral zone on the Oak Park and Austin divide, east Lake Street is now a welcoming place of must-see, must-support businesses and institutions. The Park District of Oak Park played an oversized role for its relocation of the gymnastics center to a vacant Aldi’s site at Lake and Humphrey. Together with its full remaking of Ridgeland Common and upgrades to Stevenson Park, no doubt the park district has done some heavy lifting. For those disappointed by the closing of the entire Dominick’s chain, what an upgrade Pete’s Fresh Market has been. And now Pete’s will open a second Oak Park store on Madison Street. Don’t overlook the arrival of the Oak Park River Forest Museum (aka the Historical Society) in the former fire station at Lake and Lombard. Fabulous life in a handsome but invisible building. And go down the list: School of Rock. Oak Park Works. Oak Leaf Academy pre-school. Kudos to Shawn Stevens and Jason Alfonsi, the entrepreneurs who launched One Lake, to the village of Oak Park which has been working closely on the funding and the major rebuild and, finally, to Greg Sorg, a determined and longtime property owner and manager in Oak Park and Austin. Sorg’s Pioneer Property Advisors has owned this old and underused bank for two decades. He took the flier on a stunning reimagining of a blighted corner. Now join the fun, join your neighbors and enjoy a night out on the east side of Oak Park and West Side of Austin.

Thanks, Jerry He’s one of those people who keep turning up in interesting places doing worthwhile work. Doesn’t want to be the star of the show. But it doesn’t keep him from being a quietly charismatic leader. “He lends his eloquence and wisdom to the proceedings,” is how John Rice described him in a 2016 profile in the Forest Park Review. This is Jerry Lordan, an Oak Park guy with a real Forest Park affinity. He’s retiring this week from his main and paying gig, as a teacher and administrator at Fenwick High School. These days in Forest Park you’ll see Lordan’s steady hand in the work of the Historical Society and the Kiwanis. Both of these organizations have specialized in near-death experiences over time. Lordan brings a calm perspective and great ability to find resources at critical moments for groups like these. “If I have a talent,” Lordan told the Review, “I’m a pretty good listener and can keep my eye on long-term plans. I’m able to help people work together, remove obstacles and survive short-term setbacks.” We’re hoping that Fenwick’s loss only enables our friend Jerry to be more present in his vital volunteer efforts in Oak Park, Forest Park and beyond.

Swimming with the Y The West Cook YMCA keeps doing interesting and positive things in Forest Park, River Forest and neighboring villages. Again this summer it will operate the Power Scholars Academy in conjunction with the public schools in Forest Park and River Forest. New this summer will be free swimming lessons at the Y for youngsters from Forest Park, Maywood and River Forest. If you have a second or third grade child enrolled in a public school, you are eligible. Long seen as an Oak Park-centric institution, in recent years our Y has been living up to its wider West Cook promise. And for that we are thankful.

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Semi-retirement: a progress report

t’s been two years since semiretirement, two years that have been semi-good. I would love to be entirely retired but I also like being semi-active with the newspaper. The week begins working and ends not working. In between, I watch the grandsons and I live. It’s a hybrid, a non-work in progress. For those headed toward retirement — semi- or otherwise — and wonder what it’s like, here’s some of what I’ve learned: ■ Slow down … but don’t stop. There’s such a lot of living to do. ■ Keep it simple. ■ Read, write, think, walk, love. That can fill a day. ■ Get together with friends on a regular basis for stimulating conversation over good food and drink or long walks. ■ Cultivate friendships with stimulating people. ■ Don’t commit suicide by lifestyle. ■ Exercise the mind as well as the body. ■ Keep moving. ■ Keep growing. ■ Keep mind and heart as open as possible. ■ Oxygenate and hydrate — deep breaths/sighs and plenty of water. ■ Get enough sleep; naps are allowed. ■ Focus more on what you have than what you’re losing or what you’ve lost. ■ Consume and achieve less. ■ Appreciate and wonder more. ■ Keep the juices flowing. The well isn’t dry, just deeper. ■ As someone said recently, you’re as young as your spine. Stiffen up, but stay flexible. It’s an art that requires practice. ■ Pray for enough time to finish whatever it is you were meant to do. ■ Pray that if your time is cut short, someone else will do it instead. ■ Manage time but more gently. ■ Discipline comes less from outside now, more from inside. ■ Doing nothing is doing something — if it’s mindful. ■ Doing something is doing nothing — if it’s mindless. ■ Take your time, but don’t waste time. ■ Prepare to cry more. Beauty is the culprit, where sadness and joy converge. It hits you between the eyes. ■ Prepare for surprises from your psyche, which have apparently been waiting till now to emerge. Premonitions, for instance. As the body diminishes, we discover there’s more to us than we thought. ■ Understand that there is no emptiness between I and You, only presence. ■ Accept the inevitable. The stress you reduce by doing so may delay the inevitable. ■ Life could end tomorrow. Or you could live another 30 years. The obituaries I edit every week document plenty of each. Prepare for both. ■ Read Being Mortal by Atul Gawande. ■ Whether the inevitable arrives sooner or later, remember how lucky you were to have a life at all and to have lived this long.

KEN

■ Be grateful for good memories. Forgive yourself — and anyone else — for bad ones. ■ Savor where you are — right here, right now. ■ Concentrate — on stairs, crossing streets, uneven ground — it raises our odds, and raising our odds is all we can do. ■ Stay on the journey, but not necessarily on the path. ■ Shed your slaveries. ■ Leave the prison door ajar. ■ Remember nature’s fertile lesson: Decay enriches life, which springs from it. ■ Life isn’t ending. It goes on without us. That’s how it was designed.

TRAINOR

My bucket list is lengthy but not urgent. Climbing Mt. Everest is not on it. Skydiving is definitely not on it. Seeing Earth from space is still number one, but I don’t expect to check that off. I would like to visit the Parthenon though. In the meantime, my computer has been taking me on a world tour each day, thanks to Bing, whose photos are so much better than Google’s, a name whose origin I wonder about. My theory is it derives from “Go ogle.” Just a coincidence? Maybe, but it’s a good reminder: Keep ogling. There is so much of life left to ogle. I’m not so much scared of death as dying suddenly. I’m acutely aware that I don’t want to die right now, though some say suddenly is the way to go. Not for me. I want time to say goodbye. For a while I wanted to plan my funeral service in advance, but not anymore. I believe you get the kind of memorial you deserve, based on the impact you had on other people’s lives. That’s fair. Karmic. If people don’t rise to your occasion, there’s probably a reason. But I’m requesting two pieces of music — “O Love” by Elaine Hagenberg, which begins, “O Love, O Love, that will not let me go,” because that’s how true love feels, and “When I’m Gone” by Phil Ochs, which includes the lines: I won’t feel the flowing of the time when I’m gone All the pleasures of love will not be mine when I’m gone My pen won’t pour out a lyric line when I’m gone So I guess I’ll have to do it while I’m here. Another good reminder, though it will be too late for me at that point. If there is an afterlife, I hope it is a rapturous reunion of loving souls. So many of them I want to meet again, not to mention the many I hope to greet who follow me hereafter. We’ll know then if Love would not let us go. If nothing comes after, well, life is still worth living. And worth living well.

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Gun violence casualties and costs: A reckoning

he most recent mass shooting in Virginia Beach and the heavy toll in lives lost and people injured by gun violence in Chicago this past Memorial Day made me think again about the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. First, it occurred to me that the Second Amendment is the only part of the U.S. Constitution that directly results in people losing their lives. And we are not talking about a few people. Annually more than 39,000 are killed by gun shots and more than 107,000 injured (CDC 2017 data). Politifact (www.politifact.com) has calculated that since 1968, 1,516,863 gun-related deaths have occurred in the U.S., which is more than the 1,396,733 U.S. deaths in all military conflicts going back to the Revolutionary War. School shootings which rightfully get a lot of attention, account for a small portion of these deaths, 202 since 1970 with 454 people injured (New York Times, May 11, 2019). Nonetheless, we average more than one school shooting incident per week (94 in 2018 according to the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School) and perhaps as many as one mass shooting (more than three deaths, not including the shooter) per day, although statistics vary widely (Rand Corporation, www.rand. org, March 2, 2018). The majority of gun-related deaths are suicides, accounting for close to two-thirds of these fatalities (CDC). Though mass shootings account for just 1 percent, according to the Rand Corporation, there have been 1,600 incidents since the Sandy Hook School mass killing (Mother Jones, Nov. 8, 2018). In fact, the U.S. has a far higher firearm-related suicide (and homicide) rate than other developed nations

(Politifact) and most developing nations. The Second Amendment of the Constitution leads to people dying and in large numbers. Second, the costs associated with gun violence and gun-related deaths and injuries are enormous and much of these costs are paid for by U.S. taxpayers! Mother Jones (April 15, 2015) did a very thorough, indepth study and estimated these costs amount to $229 billion annually, an average of $700 per American per year. Wyoming had the highest estimated per person costs ($1,397) and Hawaii the lowest ($234). These estimates included medical care and transport, police, court and prison costs, and mental health treatment for traumatized people. Homicides were responsible for the majority of costs, but suicides are also costly. Think of the police and EMS response, the medical examiner and autopsies, and the mental trauma of family and friends as well as first responders. Just recently two survivors of the Parkland school shooting and one father of the Sandy Hook school shooting died by suicide and their mental trauma may have had much to do with that. Many of these costs are not paid for by any type of insurance and therefore are paid for by … all of us from our tax dollars. Many Oak Park residents clearly understand at least some of these issues, as a sizable majority (64%) voted in favor of repealing the Second Amendment in a nonbinding referendum in 2016. Even more voters favored universal background checks (93%) and local safe gun storage regulation (91.5%) in similar referenda in 2014 and 2018, respectively. The votes in favor of these Oak Park referenda give me comfort and at least some hope for change that will reduce the enormity of gun-related deaths and injuries in America.

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Oak Parkers should sign up for composting I wonder why more Oak Parkers have not signed up for the excellent composting program that is available through the village? I highly encourage all residents to do so. It is obvious we are not going to have leadership on how to deal with climate change from the current government, so we have to up our game now with regards to living in harmony with the earth. As I write, we have had the wettest May in recent memory and tornados are reported all over the Midwest. Does anyone doubt things will get worse before they get better? Just how bad do things have to get before everyone makes a real commitment to change? You can buy compostable products through Amazon, Ace Hardware, or at Sugar Beet, our local coop. Buying compostable garbage bags would cut down on the use of plastic ones. As much as I enjoyed the

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recent Memorial Day Parade, I was upset at the amount of plastic bunting and plasticwrapped candies that were being handed out. We are not taking the current crisis seriously enough. Other countries are banning single-use plastic and plastic straws, but as we know that won’t be happening in this country now, so we need to drastically cut down on plastic use with the responsibility falling on the individual. I invite other residents to share their own tips for fighting climate change, protecting animals and insects, and creating less of a carbon footprint. This seems to me to be the single most important issue of our time, yet I don’t see the changes needed being made in forward-thinking Oak Park.

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Fake news is holding us back

e humans are not born with hate in our heart, it is installed within us for the benefit of the installer. I think the main problem for exclusion is the media. The media is the only explanation. “Slavery” started in Europe which wanted to increase the amount of sugar being made, so they needed more labor. While the French Revolution was proceeding to make its mark in France they had also replaced religious government with a somewhat scientific but democratically-based government. In the religious government, they believed you could enslave people who did not believe in the Christian faith. In the democratic system, they created a concept which every single one of us uses today: race, based on the color of your skin. This led to racism as an opportunity to get free labor. Europe no longer saw the black “race” as an equal but as a slave, almost an animal. The reason I

bring this up is because the idea of “race” was spread by mouth, a type of media, along with newspapers and speeches. Unfortunately, the idea was widely spread. We need to change our media system; this biased system, liberated by democracy, is not suiting our dire needs as humans. That need is the truth. What we need is to get all information from all sides so that we in our mental state can assemble what we truly believe and not what we are taught to believe. There have been many incidents of fake news: During the presidential race of 2016, the Huffington Post and the New York Times saying that there would be a 98 percent chance of Hillary Clinton winning the presidential election. At the time Clinton had 232 electoral votes and Trump 306, so the chance of her winning was very slim. With a gap of 74, how was this math done to say that Hillary Clinton had a 98 per-

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cent chance of winning? Even in trusted news networks, there is fake news. Jayson Blair was famous within the New York Times for his insightful news. Blair was also found to be fabricating stories. After a thorough investigation, they found many problems with 36 of the 73 stories he had published. Media has led to so many bad things that we need to change it. I propose that we make new stations unbiased by implementing an ambiguous media. I want all people to look at all sides of the story. I want news to be factbased news in order to get more funding. I need fact-based news to be recognized for what it is, an incredible place to be informed on current events. I want people to look within themselves before judging. If we let our future generation be fooled with fake news that has fooled many in this generation then we will never progress. We need more fact-based media. I know this is ambitious. You never know where false news is. Hannah Faulkner is a student at OPRF High School.

I am impressed and amazed that our village can remove mature trees, tear up the ground beneath and beautifully repave same in less than two weeks. In the meantime, many of our side streets do not even get patched, our main streets don’t get attention (Oak Park Avenue), and the residents on North Marion continue to put up with noise that sounds like we’re living on highway rumble stripes. Has anyone else noticed the backup on Madison when it was down to one lane? Lookout side streets!

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Stressed about distressed streets

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OPRF missed a good teaching moment

As an area taxpayer, I’d like to respond to the article, “Tabula not OK, OPRF will reprint” [News, May 22]. Unbelievable! Those four District 200 board members could not come to a better solution than to spend $53,794 to reprint this book. They “agonized over how to deal with the complicated predicament”? Let’s identify the roughly 50 students and make them, and their parents accountable for their actions, not the taxpayers! Divide the 53K among these families if reprinting is seen as the only solution, whether they had malice in their hearts or it was a game. What a perfect teaching moment! What happened to consequences for bad behavior or judgment? Or we can have these clowns sit and tear each of those offensive pages out and that’s your Tabula for 2019. I would donate my time to supervise this. We all make mistakes but spending $53,794 to reprint a yearbook is outrageous. How about having the four board members divide the 53K up so it can come out of their pockets?

Sharon Andrews

River Forest

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Trump must be impeached

I was once against impeachment because I “know” the Senate will find Trump notguilty and Trump will be able to use that and Barr’s manipulation and spin of the release of the Mueller Report to say things the report did not (like no collusion) to blast out during the campaign: “Exoneration!” Realizing all that may be true, I believe if you read the actual Mueller report (even though its release was botched and mishandled) and try not to pay attention to the latest “analysis” on either side, the Mueller report says (Speaks, Argues, Yells!) that Trump obstructed justice (but we couldn’t charge him because of DOJ rules!). It also details how the Trump campaign reached out to so many Russians, took information from them, helped them target U.S. voters with their social media disinformation, benefited from their hacking of Democratic docs, coordinated release of Russian-hacked Democratic campaign emails, and then lied, lied, lied! The Mueller team was not able to prove “conspiracy” in a court of law — one of the most difficult of crimes to prove, particularly when there is an active obstruction of justice program going on. The Trump campaign’s and Trump’s flagrant actions demonstrate that they felt they were above the law and that cries out for action! If our democratic traditions mean any-

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MAGNA CARTA: King John gets acquainted with democratic activism. thing — going back to 1215 at Runnymede, England and the signing of the Magna Carta (the Great Charter of the Liberties) by notorious King John of England, which started with “The king is not above the law.” The United States Congress in 2019 must

hold Trump accountable for his actions through impeachment in the House and trial in the Senate!

Bob Haisman Oak Park

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A bogged-down statement makes a statement

s more time passes without the Oak Park Village board passing the updated Diversity Statement, the more petty and absurd those in opposition to it appear to be. I have to wonder what will be the next excuse for not passing it. To those who can’t get their minds around the meanings of certain words, the dictionary still exists, you know. Or you can ask someone with a modern vocabulary. What was the point of running a campaign proclaiming to support “equity,” then not supporting a statement that makes a case for equity? I have to wonder, has the news reached you about people arbitrarily calling the police when a black person does something as ordinary as mow the lawn, enter their own home? Do you listen to Oak Parkers outside of your own comfortable circle? Do you talk to them enough to know about their lived experiences? Is “diversity” more than a word to use

among select company? The stall on the statement is becoming almost farcical. And it’s especially disappointing for anyone who feels this village fails to live up to its reputation as a liberal community. Which happens often. Oak Park has many fine attributes for sure. It’s also a perplexing place. Let me make one observation. Oak Park is home to many houses of worship, where people go, usually once a week, to proclaim their faith and commitment to what most religions are based on: compassion. From what I understand, compassion is something people of faith practice, not promise, to do. So where is the compassion for those who experience oppression (past and present)? Racism? Prejudgment? Bias? Indifference? Sexism? Unwarranted suspicion? How can you acknowledge that these attitudes and corresponding actions exist, then fail to respect those who’ve experienced them? That perplexes me, too.

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We are all Oak Park residents for a diverse number of reasons. I doubt many consider the fact of whether the village has a diversity statement as their most compelling reason for living here. But it does matter that in the last half-century, Oak Park decided one was worth having. And for all the subsequent years, each new village board affirmed the statement. Yes, times have changed. Yet some attitudes that we thought had evolved haven’t. And that makes the diversity statement still worth having. The reality is that it’s a statement, not a policy. Someone made that point during a village board meeting. The statement merely verbalizes in a public document some principles that many believed Oak Park largely embraces. Does it? Doesn’t it? So many questions to ask ourselves. The answers reveal who we really are. Cassandra West is an Oak Park resident who runs a communications and digital marketing firm called New Media Access.

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We need better education on vaccination

My name is Luna Mazin, I am a freshman at Oak Park and River Forest High School. I am concerned about the comeback of preventable, life-threatening diseases because “from Jan. 1 to May 10, 2019, 839 individual measles cases have been confirmed in 23 states. This is the greatest number of cases reported since 1994 and since measles was declared eliminated in the 2000s” (IDPH newsletter May 16, 2019). I can’t speak on behalf of all my peers, but I would like not to die of a disease that was eradicated. You probably also don’t. There’s so much misinformation about vaccinations out there and people don’t have the knowledge to filter the good and the bad information. Therefore, I propose more support for education about vaccination, which is the most important step in fighting infectious diseases that killed millions over past centuries and left many more very ill and disabled. However, over time a small group of skeptics has questioned the safety and efficacy of vaccinations. There is widespread misinformation about the relation between measles vaccination and autism for example. This was started by a false study published in the UK in the 1990s. That

Mystery Good Samaritan

study was proven wrong by many other studies and its main researcher has lost his medical license in the UK. However, some people continue to believe that myth and spread that misinformation in social media and over the internet, causing fear from measles vaccine and eventually decrease the number of parents who give that vaccine to their children, leading to the new outbreak of measles. The solution to the problem is to increase education and spread the correct information about their safety. We need to encourage open dialogue and debate on the safety of the vaccination. We have to address the side effects and

any fears from getting the vaccine. The media has an important role to play and must be used in urgency as these diseases are spreading wildly to the vulnerable populations like young children and the elderly. After reading all of this, I want you to really reflect on your life. We need to be protected from these harmful diseases and we need to shine more light on this topic. The black death was a disease that wiped out half of Europe’s population 670 years ago. Do you want another destructive disease? We have the power to impact this and must take action.

I was a soaking-wet senior citizen Memorial Day afternoon. I’d just left George’s Restaurant with no umbrella or raincoat. By the time I walked down to the Green Line at Oak Park Avenue to go to Austin, I was already drenched. Leaving the Austin el stop to walk down the block to my building, the rain never let up. I was really drenched. Then I noticed a young guy with an umbrella approach. At first, I thought he’d ask me for spare change. Instead he asked me three things: Where was I coming from, where was I going, and was I lost. As we stood there, he motioned me under the umbrella. I thought he planned to walk me home. Instead, he handed me his umbrella and said, “Here, take this.” I asked, “What about you?” “It’s OK,” he replied. “I have a car.” He went off. I walked home. Never got his name — my mystery Good Samaritan. Thanks, I’ll never forget you, whoever you are.

Rob McGehee

Luna Mazin

Oak Park

Let the people vote

The same politicians who voted for the Fair Tax graduated tax initiative for the 2020 ballot last week are basically the same individuals who also voted for a 67% income tax increase in 2011 promising to keep the new rate of 5% until the mid-2020s when the tax rate would then go back to 3.25%. Fat chance. Since the 67% tax increase in 2011, the state of Illinois’ credit rating from Moody’s has gone from A+ to the country’s worst at Baa3. The residents of Illinois have the highest borrowing cost of any state in the nation for general obligation debt. Congratulations to all the politicians who voted for this thinking — it has been the cure-all to our state’s woes. Governor Pritzker’s motto for the tax increase initiative has been “Let the people vote.” Food for thought. If Senator Harmon wants to do some real heavy lifting when the next legislative session opens up, why doesn’t he propose we change the constitutionally protected pensions that are completely blowing state and local finances? As the Governor suggests, “Let the people vote.” The tax increase if passed, might bring in a few billion dollars a year in extra revenue. However, the state’s underfunded pension liability is over $130 billion. If you think the graduated tax rate, which will be close to or over 7% for

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SOMETHING TO BRAG ABOUT?: Gov. J.B. Pritzker stands among a bipartisan group of senators in his Capitol office June 2, after the Senate gave bipartisan approval to several of his key initiatives to close out the legislative session. the wealthiest in our state will stay at that rate, think again. Once the amendment is passed to a graduated rate, don’t be so sure that rate won’t increase again in the very near future. California has a state income tax of over 13%, which I’m sure makes Springfield drool. No, the tax increase that will be coming is not the golden ticket that will cure our state’s ills. We

need an amendment that will allow the people of Illinois to put a stop on the incredibly dysfunctional pension system that has pummeled our credit rating into this Baa3 mess. To quote the Governor, “Let the people vote.” We have until next May to put this on the ballot.

Jim Gotti

Oak Park

Mary looked like the picture of summer in her light-colored Tshirt and shorts at the Oak Park Arms’ Sit and Be Fit exercise class. The Arms offers these free classes three times a week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) at 9:30 a.m. They are good for keeping the body mobile and The Arms offers them for free. Thank you, Oak Park Arms!

Joanne Selden

Oak Park

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RELIGION GUIDE Presbyterian

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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)

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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

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Worship Service Sundays at 10:00 am 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

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Ascension Catholic Church

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708/386-1576

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

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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. 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

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. 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 Upcoming Religious Holidays

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6 Ascension of Jesus

8-10 Shavuot

9 Pentecost

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O B I T U A R I E S

40th annual Seniors’ Senior Prom

Allan Baldwin, 71 Former Hemingway Foundation chair

of the first statewide trauma registry, a computerized program that became a model for data collection systems for all international trauma centers. A dear friend to many, he continually expanded his circle of friends along with his worldwide adventures. An intrepid traveler with an outgoing personality, he didn’t believe that any destination was too distant or too dangerous. From Mt. Everest to Antarctica, with his loving wife, Jan, at his side, every place was a new adventure. An expert sailor and avid scuba diver, he loved the ocean, logging more than 500 dives in waters across the globe and was well known for his videos which he documented family and travels. A loyal regular at Poor Phil’s and Barclay’s, he spent hours with old friends, new friends and staff. In the spirit of giving back to his community, he was a longtime volunteer and board member of the Hemingway Foundation, serving at varying times as treasurer and chair. But the most important thing of all was family. He loved and took great pride in all his children and grandchildren and their many accomplishments. Allan Baldwin is survived by Jan, his wife and soulmate of 30 years; his children, Steve Lowe, Jennifer Baldwin, Jeremy (Alinda) Baldwin, Matthew (Kristen) Baldwin, and Katherine (Jeremy Ott-Holland) Baldwin;

his grandchildren, Kailey Baldwin, William Raskovich, Casey Baldwin, and Jack Raskovich; his siblings, Judith (David) Voigt; Patricia (David) Moschner and Sandra (Ralph) Searles; and his in-laws, Daniel Di Vito and the late William (Mary Jo) Di Vito. A celebration of Allan’s life will be held on June 14 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Carleton Hotel, 1110 Pleasant St. in Oak Park. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Allan’s name to the Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park online at hemingwaybirthplace.com/support. Arrangements by Capetta-Dicanio Funeral Directors.

rine, but not much.” He loved math, science and everything about airplanes. He was like a walking encyclopedia about history, physics, art, opera, and on and on. He loved all kinds of music but his favorites were the Beatles and the Eagles. Priding himself on being able to fix most anything, he was skilled in electronics, plumbing, carpentry, technology, photography, you name it. He gave of his time and talents to so many family and friends. But his greatest passion was cooking. He took such pleasure in the whole process — shopping for just the right ingredients (known to drive to Ann Arbor for the exact cut of meat he wanted), preparing sometimes for hours, and then serving with beautiful presentation. Cooking for those he cared about was his therapy. An introvert who struggled at times with feelings of not belonging though loved by many, he found it difficult sometimes to blend in comfortably. Those close to him gave him space to be himself, which worked well most of the time. In the last few years, Steve enjoyed researching family history. He discovered that the Doyles came from Ireland in the early 1800s to Canada, settling in Caledonia, Ontario. He and Carol made their first trip to Ireland in 2015 and he said, “I feel like I belong here.” They met in Oak Park after living there

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Allan Oliver Baldwin, 71, former chairman of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation, died unexpectedly on May 21 long before his life’s many adventures were over, in Oak Park, where he was a lifelong resident. The son of the late Albert and the late Virginia Baldwin, he graduated from ALLAN BALDWIN Oak Park and River Forest High School, class of 1966, then earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois Chicago and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Keller Graduate School of Management. Before retirement, he was vice president of Information Technology at Loyola University Chicago. Prior to that, he was chief information officer at the University of Illinois Medical Center, where he was instrumental in developing and implementing one of the first electronic medical records in the U.S. He was also key in the implementation

Steve Doyle, 71

Marine and passionate cook

40th annual Seniors’ Senior Prom

Steve Murray Doyle, 71, of Bowling Green, Ohio, formerly of Oak Park, died on April 8, 2019, too early, at the age of 71, after more than three years of coping with prostate cancer. Born to John and Patricia Doyle in Chicago on Jan. 16, 1948, the third of eight children, he grew up in Chicago as an adventurous, inquisitive, daredevil kind of child with minimal adult supervision, which led to many hard-to-believe (but actually true) stories. He joined the Marines at age 17, was honorably discharged 3 years later, and was fond of saying, “You can always tell a Ma-

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O B I T U A R I E S for many years. An odd couple of sorts, love and humor prevailed, even in the difficult times. They married in 1998 and celebrated their 20th anniversary in September. They moved from Oak Park to Bowling Green in 2013. It took some time to adjust but it got better and better. Steve is the father of Sean (Justine) Hurley, Brian (Kathleen) Doyle and Stephanie Doyle; grandfather of Liam Doyle and Jahnavi Hurley. Family blending brought him daughters Meredith (Andy Weiner) Kinsey, Blythe (Jim Arndoldt) Kinsey and Jennifer Kinsey along with grandchildren Clay and CeBe Weiner and Caden and Cale Clinger. Carol’s first husband, Terry Kinsey and his husband Jay Cohen are also important loves in the family story. Carol’s sister Margaret Montague was an ever-present, ever-caring support for both Carol and Steve, especially during his ending time. In addition to Carol, Steve is survived by his sisters, Ann Dillon and Gilmary Andrews, and brothers Christopher, Mark and Basil. Brothers David and Michael died previously. He wished to be cremated and have part of his ashes placed on the farmland in Caledonia, Ontario, and the remainder taken to Ireland, which will be lovingly done soon. Steve benefited from blood transfusions in the last months, so he requested that anyone able and willing please donate blood in his memory, or give of yourselves in a way that feels most important. Deep appreciation to Hospice of Northwest Ohio for their care and support of both Steve and Carol. Services have been held.

Edward Freedman, 62

and music lover. Edward was the father and best friend of Catherine “Cate” Freedman; the spouse of Sidney Cristol Freedman; the brother of Elizabeth “Betty” (her son, Bradley) Freedman; and the cousin of Robert “Robin” MD (Nydia) Freedman. He is also survived by his canine companion, Max Freedman; many cousins, friends and co-workers. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edward H. “Big Ed” and Catherine E. (nee O’Neill). A chapel service and visitation were held on June 2 at Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home with interment at Oakridge Cemetery. The family appreciates memorials to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Online condolences may be offered at www.KuratkoNosek.com.

Nanette Kennedy, 64 Retired village of Oak Park employee

Nanette Kennedy, 64, of Berwyn, formerly of Chicago, died on June 2, 2019 after a long and valiant battle with cancer. She was a valued employee of the village of Oak Park Law Department until her retirement in 2017. Born on May 8, 1955, she will be missed and her memory treasured greatly. Nanette was the mother of Branden (Emily) Hupp; grandmother of Sam, Patrick and Benjamin; sister of Marilyn (Stephen) Waltasti, Margaret Schoonover, Jean Kennedy, Joan (Michael) Stelter, Daniel (Mary) Kennedy and Santa (Matthew) Moran; aunt and great-aunt of many; and the daughter of the late Daniel and Santa Kennedy. Visitation will be held on Saturday, June 8 from 9 a.m. until time of service, 11 a.m., at Oak Park’s Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home, 203 S. Marion St., followed by interment at Concordia Cemetery.

School in 1951, Rosary College in 1955, and Northeastern University with a master’s degree in Education. Her teaching career started at Northlake District 83, overseas to Madrid and Zaragoza in Spain, and she retired from Forest Park District 91. She was an avid bridge player and world traveler, and she lived life with an intense desire for learning and adventure in all things big and small. Jeanne O’Conner was the daughter of the late Thomas Sr. and Pauline O’Connor (Herman); the sister of Father James E. O’Connor O.C.S.O. and the late Thomas F. O’Connor Jr. (Air Force lieutenant, WWII); and the godmother, “aunt,” cousin and friend to many. JEANNE O’CONNOR Visitation is on Wednesday, June 5 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at River Forest’s St. Luke Catholic Church, 528 Lathrop Ave., followed by Mass, with interment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery. The family appreciates memorials to Melleray Abbey (www.newmelleray.org) in Peosta, Iowa. Arrangements by Zimmerman-Harnett Funeral Home, with additional information at www.ZimmermanHarnett.com.

Ralph Reistroffer, 88 ‘Fix-it’ spirit

Ralph F. Reistroffer, 88, of Oak Park, has

died on June 2, 2019. Born in Chicago at the Growing Community. start of the Depression, he grew up near

in 1964, raising five kids. He rode the Lake Street el to work at People’s Gas for his 30-year-plus career. His sense of humor, “fixit” spirit, and abiding love for family will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Ralph was the husband of the late Katherine A.; the father of Katie (Bill) Baar, Doug (Karen), Liz (Gil Stein), Janet Niemiro and Sarah (Tony) Misiano; the grandfather of Alice RALPH REISTROFFER (Zak) Kloska, Dan (Lisa) FitzGerald, Emma Baar, Grace and Kasia Niemiro, and Sofia and Gianna Misiano; great-grandfather of Julia; the brother of June (the late Paul) Hamer and the late Leon (Margaret), Mel (the late Donal Ertel and the late Norm) Felbinger and Elaine (the late Ron) Baldacci; and the uncle of many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Thursday, June 6 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home, 203 S. Marion St., Oak Park where funeral services will be held on Friday, June 7 at 10:30 a.m., followed by interment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery.

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Garfield Park, attending Our Lady of the Angels grade school and high school at (old) St. Pat’s. Summers were spent on the farm in Spragueville, Iowa. Upon graduation from the University of Illinois, where he met Kay, he did his time in the Army in Texas and Germany. The 1st lieutenant returned home with his wife, a Volkswagen, a Schnauzer and a new baby. They settled in Oak Park

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Edward William Freedman, 62, of Chicago, formerly of River Forest and Oak Park, died on May 23, 2019. Born on Nov. 8, 1956, he worked as a chef at many Chicago-area restaurants and hotels throughout his career and was a legendary salesman, artist,

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Jeanne P. O’Connor, 85, of River Forest, has died. She graduated from Trinity High

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PARKING ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Parking Enforcement Supervisor in the Police Department Field Services Division. This position will supervise, plan and coordinate the activities and operations of all shifts of the Parking Enforcement Division; coordinate parking enforcement activities with other divisions of Parking Division under the direction of the Police Department. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website http:// www.oakpark.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application no later than June 21, 2019. PART TIME ACCOUNTANT The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Accountant (part-time 20-25 hours/week) in the Finance Department. This position will perform general professional level accounting duties involving the reporting of financial transactions, cash management and maintenance of financial records for Village operations, programs and services. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at http:// www.oak-park.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application. This position is posted until filled, first review of applications June 12, 2019. Senior Front-End Engineer sought by Envoy Global, Inc. in Chicago, IL to Dvlp, tst, debug, & implmt oper sys cpnt, sftw tools, & utltys. Aply @ www.jobpostingtoday.com #62150. Senior Software Engineers sought by Uptake Technologies, Inc. in Chicago, IL to creat intrctiv vsualztion tools and dshbrds. Reqs BS in CS, Soft Engg, or rltd pls 5 yrs progmng exp. Reqs 1 yr exp w obj-orntd progmng and dsgn. Exp progmng and prblm slvng. Exp usng agle methdlgs. 2 yrs exp w SQL and NOSQL dtbs techs. 2 yrs exp w strctr and usg of restfl wb svcs. Exp w srv-orntd (SOA) and evntdrvn (EDA) archtctrs. 1 yr exp with sprngâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opn srce tools. Mst hv auth to wrk perm in U.S. Applcnts mail resm and cvr lttr to Rahshonda Kirkwood, 600 W. Chicago Ave., Ste 620, Chicago, IL 60654.

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LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed proposals at the Office of the Village Engineer, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday June 20, 2019 and at that time will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following Village Project: 1916, Lake and Forest Granite Planter Installation. In general, the improvements consist of furnishing and installing a granite curbed planter on a existing concrete base using a mortar setting bed, furnishing and installing decorative bronze panels with raised lettering on the granite curbed planter, filling curbed planter with planting soil mix, and all appurtenant work thereto. The contractor is not required to perform 50 percent of the total contract cost with the contractorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own organization. Plans and proposal forms may be obtained from the office of the Village Engineer starting on Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 10:00 am. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue plans and specifications only to those contractors deemed qualified. No bid documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of bid opening.

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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 June 19th, 2019 for the following

Cal. No. 04-19-DRC: 1000 Lake Street, Albion at Oak Park LLC Property Index Number 16-07-120-031-0000 The Applicant Albion at Oak Park LLC is seeking variations from the following sections of the Sign Code of the Village of Oak Park, to permit the installation of two (2) signs, a projecting sign composed of two (2) parts and a wall sign both located on the south elevation of the building at the premises commonly known as 1000 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL. 1. Section 7-7-15 (B) (1) (a), which section requires that the maximum area of a projecting sign located within the Downtown Sign Overlay District shall not exceed 24 square feet; whereas the proposal features a 68.25 square foot projecting sign on the south elevation of the building; and 2. Section 7.7.15 (B) (4), which section requires that the top of a projecting sign shall not be higher than 20 feet above a thoroughfare; whereas the proposal features a projecting sign located approximately 33â&#x20AC;&#x2122;-4â&#x20AC;? above the thoroughfare; and 3. Section 7.7.15 (D) (5), which section requires that wall signs shall be located on the sign frieze or the sign band of the building immediately above the first floor window and below the second floor window sills in the case of a two-story building; whereas the proposal features one wall sign on the south elevation located above the second floor window sill. 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. DATED AT OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, this 5th Day of June, 2019 Published in Wednesday Journal 6/5/2019

The work to be performed pursuant to this Proposal is subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/0.01 et seq. THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Bill McKenna Village Engineer

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BID 19-131 VILLAGE OF OAK PARK VILLAGE WIDE STREET SWEEPING SERVICES REQUEST FOR PRICES Bid forms may be obtained from the Public Works Customer Service Center by calling 708-358-5700 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/your-government/ 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 6/5/2019

Notice is hereby given by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, that sealed bids will be accepted for: 2018 Green Alley Improvement Project (Phase 2) This project generally consists of the reconstruction of approximately 4,150 square yards of alley pavement with approximately 800 square yards of permeable pavement and 2,900 square yards of either asphalt or concrete alley pavement, which will be determined through Type Bidding. The bidding documents are available for download starting Friday, May 31, 2019 at: www.vrf.us/bids Bids must be submitted by Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at: Public Works Department, 2nd Floor Village of River Forest 400 Park Avenue River Forest, IL 60305 The bid proposals will be publicly opened and read at that time. Proposals will be considered not only on the basis of cost, but also on past performance, experience and ability to perform the work. No bid shall be withdrawn after the opening of the Proposals without the consent of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of River Forest for a period of thirty (30) days after the scheduled time of the bid opening. The Village of River Forest reserves the right in receiving these bids to waive technicalities and reject any or all bids.

LEGAL NOTICE 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 June 19th, 2019 for the following BID 19-130 VILLAGE OF OAK PARK BLUE STONE SIDEWALK SEALING PROJECT REQUEST FOR PRICES Bid forms may be obtained from the Public Works Customer Service Center by calling 708-358-5700 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/your-government/ 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 6/5/2019

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION REAL SOLID SOLUTIONS, LLC, A NEW JERSEY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AND ASIAN KNIGHT CAPITAL LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO GRANITE INVESTMENT GROUP, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE OF THE SECURITY NATIONAL MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 20061, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO NATIONSCREDIT FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST BY MERGER WITH NATIONSCREDIT HOME EQUITY SERVICES CORPORATION, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO FIRST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.ROGER A. SMITH, SHARON SMITH, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2016 CH 16822 430 S. TAYLOR AVENUE Oak Park, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 19, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on

June 18, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 430 S. TAYLOR AVENUE, Oak Park, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-322-015. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $318,426.61. 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(g1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: Aaron D. White, Jr., CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C., 30 S. WACKER DRIVE, STE. 2600, CHICAGO, IL 60606, (312) 444-9300 Please refer to file number 26890/ 62299ADW. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. Aaron D. White, Jr. CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C. 30 S. WACKER DRIVE, STE. 2600 CHICAGO, IL 60606 (312) 444-9300 Fax #: (312) 444-9027 E-Mail: AWhite@chuhak.com Attorney File No. 26890/62299ADW Attorney Code. 70693 Case Number: 2016 CH 16822 TJSC#: 39-3000 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. I3121242

2018 CH 04049 1115 NORTH OAK PARK 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 April 1, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 3, 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 1115 NORTH OAK PARK AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-06-112-0210000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. 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(g1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure

sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-01408. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-01408 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 04049 TJSC#: 39-2126 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. I3120029

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. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in

Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-08579. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-16-08579 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 009406 TJSC#: 39-2252 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. I3120332

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 20054, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-4 Plaintiff, -v.ROBERT BRADFORD ROWE JR., RUTH ANN ROWE, FV-I, INC. IN TRUST FOR MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC Defendants

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.DELANO O. WALKES AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR, OAK PARK PLACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, DELANO O. WALKES, GISELLE A. WALKES, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF GLENVILLE H. WALKES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CITY OF CHICAGO Defendants 16 CH 009406 430 HOME 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 March 19, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 8, 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 430 HOME AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-324-0331047. 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

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act., which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on age, race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination. The Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informedthat all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. Restrictions or prohibitions of pets do not apply to service animals. To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll free at: 1-800-669-9777. WEDNESDAY JOURNAL Forest Park Review, Landmark

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Huskies halted by Hampshire in 4A quarters OPRF baseball enjoys fun season with 24 wins, regional and sectional titles

By MELVIN TATE Contributing Reporter

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OPRF senior Griffin Holderfield is a co-ace of the pitching staff with teammate Nathan Diamond. Despite the disappointing loss, OPRF (2413) accomplished a lot this spring under the guidance of head coach Joe Parenti and the assistant coaches. Utility played Adam Landsman inspired the team’s deep postseason run when he belted a walk-off two-run homer against

Maine West in a regional final. “Landsman’s bomb in the bottom of the seventh inning was unbelievable,” said Diamond, who will play college baseball at Pepperdine. “I’ve never been so pumped up and proud of our team’s heart and fighting spirit. We were three outs away from be-

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The Oak Park and River Forest High School baseball team’s postseason run fell one game short of advancing to the IHSA Class 4A semifinals at Silver Cross Stadium in Joliet. Hampshire blanked the Huskies 4-0 in a supersectional game at Boomers Stadium in Schaumburg on Monday, June 3. Matthew Jachec notched the shutout victory for the Whip-Purs, allowing just five hits and striking out nine hitters while issuing no walks. OPRF senior Nate Diamond turned in a credible performance on the mound in a losing effort. He gave up four runs (one unearned) on eight hits with three walks and five strikeouts in six innings. Offensively, Dylan Whitney went 3-for-4 for OPRF. The Huskies’ best chance to score came in the top of the fifth inning. With one out, Tregg Lofgran doubled. Whitney followed with a single as Lofgran was held at third. But Jachec struck out Alan Brown, and after Whitney stole second to give OPRF a pair of runners in scoring position, Luke Fitzgerald flied out to end the inning.

ing done, but that lit a fire in us because we weren’t ready to hang it up.” Inspired by that dramatic win over the Warriors (who had knocked OPRF out of the playoffs the previous two seasons), the Huskies defeated Glenbrook South and New Trier to claim the Loyola Academy Sectional championship. In the championship game against Glenbrook South on June 1, Tommy Cronin came up clutch for OPRF. He hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning to give the Huskies the breathing room they needed en route to a 7-3 victory over the Titans. Creighton-bound Griffin Holderfield went the distance on the mound for OPRF. He gave up three runs on five hits, walked two and struck out ten. In the semifinals, the Huskies trounced New Trier 12-2 in five innings. Diamond earned the win for OPRF, giving up two runs on three hits with no walks and seven strikeouts. Offensively, six Huskies had two hits apiece as the team pounded out twelve overall against the Trevians. “We had a pretty good season overall,” Diamond said. “We won over 20 games and it was great winning both regionals and sectionals this year.”

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Huskie softball ousted by Whitney Young Sectional final loss in Class 4A playoffs caps off Huskies’ 25-win season

By MELVIN TATE Contributing Reporter

The OPRF High School softball team entered its Class 4A Niles West Sectional title game against Whitney Young looking to atone for last season’s loss against York at the same stage of the postseason on the same field. In that game, the Dukes’ standout freshman and Michigan commit Lauren Derkowski shut down OPRF in a 6-1 victory, ending the Huskies’ bid for three straight state titles. This spring, Whitney Young also featured a dominant freshman pitcher who abruptly ended the Huskies’ season in another sectional final. Shelby Jacobson allowed only one run on two hits and struck out eight as Whitney Young edged OPRF 2-1 on Saturday, May 31. “I think both teams played well, but [Whitney] Young played a little bit better and came out on top,” OPRF senior Taylor Divello said. “We had a good season and I enjoyed playing with everyone on the team.” In a scoreless game, Whitney Young took the lead on Brianna Nykaza’s RBI single in the top of the fifth inning. The Dolphins added a crucial insurance run in their half of the seventh when Nykaza hit a sacrifice fly to make the score 2-0. After a scoring opportunity was quelled in the sixth inning, OPRF threatened again in the bottom of the seventh. The Huskies’ Carli Tucci led off with a walk and moved to second on Karly Cantrell’s single. Lucy Goodwin’s sacrifice bunt moved both runners into scoring position. With the Dolphins’ infield playing back, Divello’s grounder to shortstop Isabella Garcia was good enough to bring in Tucci and advance Cantrell to third. But Nellie Kamenitsa-Hale grounded out to Garcia to end the game and 2019 season for the Huskies. Divello threw a complete game in her final appearance for OPRF. She allowed two runs (one unearned) and eight hits over seven innings. She also walked one and struck out three. “The Whitney Young game was a battle between two really good teams,” OPRF coach Mel Kolbusz said. “Both pitchers pitched their hearts out. A costly mistake in the seventh by us led to the eventual winning run, but we were within one hit of tying the game and possibly scoring a walkoff winner. I was very proud of the way my team never gave up and battled to the end.” Season stats leaders included: KamenitsaHale (.550 batting average, 46 runs scored), Maddi Grant (.558, 8 home runs, 57 RBIs), Fiona Girardot (.527, 5 HR, 32 RBIs), Cantrell (.413, 6 HR, 22 RBIs) and Tucci (.346, 5 HR, 29 RBIs). Divello (8-4, 3.10 ERA) and Cassie Metzger (7-2, 2.94 ERA) anchored the pitching staff.

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OPRF shortstop Fiona Girardot graduates this year as one of the most decorated players in program history. (Below) Senior pitcher Taylor Divello went 8-4 with a 3.10 ERA this season. “I think we had a very good season,” Kolbusz said. “We tied for second in conference, won a regional and finished with an overall record of 25-8. This was also one of the nicest, hardest-working teams I’ve ever had the pleasure to coach.”

Divello is part of an excellent class of seven seniors that’s departing, including Wisconsin signee Girardot, University of Illinois at Chicago signee Mary Jones (who missed the season due to a torn ACL), Kamenitsa-Hale, Tucci, Maeve Ryan and

Zoe Prouty. The seniors played a significant role in helping the Huskies win back-toback Class 4A state championships in 2016 & 2017. “This is one of my favorite teams I’ve ever played on,” Divello said. “I am really going to miss it because we had such a special group of girls.” Among the group, Girardot graduates OPRF as one of the best players in program history. Although her last campaign was curtailed by injury, Giradot is thankful for her time with the Huskies. “I’m honored to have been a part of the great tradition and successful OPRF softball program,” Girardot said. “I wish we could have gone farther, but this was a really fun season. It was so much fun to represent and play for the Oak Park and River Forest community. I have not only developed as a player but as a person. I’m sad that my four years have come to an end. I’m really going to miss all of my great teammates.” OPRF typically reloads rather than rebuilds each season. Under the guidance of Kolbusz, the Huskies will have a solid foundation of players back next season. Metzger appears poised to become the team’s top starting pitcher, while Grant, Jacky Neuman, Cantrell and Goodwin also return. Reinforcements from the lower levels are on the way as well. The junior varsity went 20-1 and the freshmen team finished 17-1 this year.

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Banner season from page 52 our rhythm in either match against Marist or New Trier,” he added. “Even though the games were close and we had opportunities to win both matches, we just seemed a little bit tense all day long. Instead of hitting a good relaxed swing for a kill, we hit it out. It was just a strange day where we could never get that relaxed, confident feeling.” Nevertheless, OPRF hung tough against Marist as the match included 18 tie scores and 10 lead changes over two taut games. Trailing 3-0 in the opening game, OPRF won 10 of the next 14 points to establish a 10-7 lead. A kill by Jared Schainis off an assist from Sean Califf provided the Huskies their last lead at 18-17. The RedHawks responded with an 8-4 spurt to take the opener 25-22. The second game offered additional drama as the teams battled to an 18-all tie. A few points later, Schainis spiked another kill to give the Huskies a 20-19 lead. However, similar to the first game, the RedHawks finished well with a 6-3 spurt to secure the match. Lucas Schattauer led OPRF with 13 kills and three digs, while Kyle Rasmussen finished with seven kills and seven digs. Califf (24 assists, 4 digs), Schainis (6 kills, 2 blocks) and Mike Perla (4 digs) also contributed. Marty Jepsen (8 kills, 5 digs), Jake McClain (7 kills) and Gene McNulty (18 assists) paced Marist. In the aforementioned loss to New Trier for third place, Schattauer and Rasmussen excelled at the net with 16 and nine kills, respectively, and both also had 10 digs. Quinton Kitzman added nine kills, while Califf turned in a terrific all-around performance with 28 assists, eight digs and five kills. “All we asked of each other was maximum effort and lots of energy [at state],” Califf said. “We did that as a team which led to some success, but we had a few moments of lost focus that really hurt us.” Schattauer added: “The team played great at state. The energy was amazing and we gave it our all, but things

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didn’t fall our way.” Perhaps, the regular season offered a glimpse of the Huskies’ fate at state. Three of the Huskies’ four losses during the regular season came against Marist, Glenbard West and New Trier, which finished first through third at the state finals. While the Huskies won the majority of their matches over the last three years, Califf embraced the process of simply becoming a better team. “Playing on the OPRF volleyball team taught me that getting better is a process,” he said. “It won’t always go right the first time, but you can learn to enjoy and thrive off the idea of just getting better.”

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The senior-led Huskies finished with a stellar 35-6 record this spring. The starting group of Perla, Kitzman, Schattauer, Califf, Rasmussen and Schainis will be remembered as one of the best teams in the history of the program. “To have six players with the kind of intensity and drive they have is something really special. You just don’t see it too often,” August said. “Their work ethic was amazing. It was a privilege to coach them. They share a very special bond and are all close friends. For the season, Rasmussen recorded team-best 286 kills, while Kitzman (211 kills), Schattauer (194 kills) and Schainis (174 kills) also dominated at the net. Califf posted impressive stats across the board with 797 assists, 184 digs, 101 kills and 62 blocks. Perla led the team in digs with 386. After finishing 12-23 in 2016, OPRF went 25-8 and advanced to the first of three state quarterfinals the following year. In 2018, the Huskies went 28-7, followed by this year’s 35-6 record. “These past four seasons have been the best time of my life,” Schattauer said. “I love playing with this group of guys. We are best friends that’s why we became the team we are. Our success came from all of us deciding to play club and becoming the best players we could be.” Looking ahead to next season, August welcomes back setter Jason Klein, and middle blockers Nick Altier, Paul Romano and Jaden Cone, who range between 6-foot-4 and 6-foot-6. “At this point now, we have a lot of work to do,” August said. “A lot of the younger guys just need more opportunities to play because our starters were so strong this year. Our future success will depend on hum much time and work the retuning players put into it. “It’s difficult to see a group having the kind of success our seniors have had the past three years, but we return players with potential. They just need to put in the work and develop a team bond.” Submitted photos

(Above) OPRF senior Kyle Rasmussen hits a serve at the IHSA state tournament. (Below) The Huskies’ Lucas Schattauer makes contact during a regular season match.

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Huskie volleyball nets fourth in state

Seniors power OPRF to 35 wins, third straight trip to state tourney By MARTY FARMER

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The OPRF volleyball team won 35 games and finished fourth in the state this year.

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here’s a fine line between being a state champion and one of the top high school boys volleyball teams in Illinois. Oak Park and River Forest is perhaps aware of that harsh reality better than any squad in the state. For the third straight season, the Huskies rolled into the IHSA state tournament determined to bring home a state championship. Unfortunately, like previous excursions to Hoffman Estates High School, the third time wasn’t the charm for OPRF, After an impressive 25-17, 25-13 win over Barrington in the quarterfinals on May 31, the Huskies quickly met their match the following day against Marist in the semifinals. The RedHawks, who went on to defeat Glenbard West for the state championship, edged the Huskies 25-22, 25-23. In the third-place match, New Trier earned a 29-31, 25-22, 25-21 victory against OPRF as well on June 1. “We played really well against Barrington in the quarterfinals,” OPRF coach Don August said. “We took the lead early and played with a lot of intensity. It was just a really strong match where we looked relaxed and confident. “On Saturday, we could never quite find See OPRF on page 53

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