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June 21, 2017 Vol. 35, No. 44 ONE DOLLAR
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JOURNAL of Oak Park and River Forest
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Hemingway’s first love? Oak Parker’s discovery of new letters helps plug gaps in Ernie’s biography By KEN TRAINOR Staff Writer
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efore Agnes, Hadley, Pauline, Martha and Mary, there was Frances Coates. That is Rob Elder’s startling discovery, chronicled in last month’s Paris Review article, “To Have and Have Not.” [theparisreview. org/blog/tag/to-have-and-have-not/] This is the centennial of Ernest Hemingway’s graduation from Oak Park and River Forest High School, and though much is known about one of the world’s towering literary figures, few knew that in 1917 when he
graduated, Ernie was in love — or at least infatuation. “It changes a couple of fundamental assumptions about him,” said Elder, a 10-year resident of Oak Park, who co-authored the 2016 book Hidden Hemingway: Inside the Ernest Hemingway Archives of Oak Park with Mark Cirino and Aaron Vetch. “It is biography-changing in that most of his high school classmates said he was uninterested in women. He was more interested in fishing and hunting.” One of his buddies, in fact, said that if Ernie ever took a woman to a dance, he didn’t know who that person was. “So he was known to be either not interested or unlucky,” said Elder, noting that he fell backwards into “this Hemingway detective work” while doing research on the book. As he was See FRANCES COATES on page 13
Minimum wage debate lives and dies on social media Agenda item pulled from Oak Park board agenda after local outcry By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
Courtesy of Betsy Fermano
JUST FRIENDS?: Frances Coates in her 20s, during her career as an opera singer. Classmates at OPRF High School (she was a year older), they were close friends and stayed in touch for some years during and after World War I. She lived a long, interesting life and died at the age of 89.
Less than a week after it was announced on Facebook that the Oak Park Board of Trustees would discuss opting out of Cook County’s minimum wage ordinance, the item was pulled from consideration.
This follows a few days of discussion primarily on the Facebook profile pages of Oak Park trustees Deno Andrews and Dan Moroney. The county ordinance requires the minimum wage to increase from $8.25 to $10 an hour beginning in July and rise one dollar per year until it reaches $13 in 2020. Employers also would have to pay sick leave for minimumwage employees who would earn one hour of leave for every 40 worked. Andrews, who owns Felony Franks See MINIMUM WAGE on page 14
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Oak Park gallerist buys Forest Park property John D. Toomey, owner of Oak Park’s John Toomey Gallery, purchased a lot on the 7300 block of Roosevelt Road in Forest Park in April 2017 for $145,000, according to records filed the Cook County Recorder of Deeds. Toomey, reached by phone June 14, said the nearly 5,000 square foot space is currently being rehabbed. Toomey added he has no plans to relocate from Oak
Park to Forest Park. “It’s just gonna be a warehouse,” Toomey said. “Basically it’s for storage.” Toomey’s gallery, near North Boulevard and Oak Park Avenue, was founded in 1982 and focuses on 20th century works including from the Prairie School.
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ALL-DAY PARKING BE GONE: The Oak Park Board of Trustees approved a measure limiting parking in the Hemingway District.
Keep it moving, meter hogs Visitors to the Oak Park Hemingway District — yeah, the ones who park at metered spots and leave their cars there all day — you’re on notice. That’s because the Oak Park Board of Trustees has limited the time to three hours before parkers are required to move along. “The goal is to create turnover in the existing parking spaces that are metered between Ontario (on the north), Pleasant (on the south), Kenilworth (on the west) and Euclid (on the east). Approximately 245 metered parking spaces would be included in the 3-hour limit,” according to the village. The goal is to make parking more readily available for shoppers and visitors. The upgrade is expected to cost approximately $15,000.
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Unity restored
Vive la Paris Agreement!
The village of Oak Park unanimously passed a resolution strongly rebuking the decision by the Trump Administration to pull out of the so-called Paris Climate Agreement in early June. Agreed to by 197 countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2025, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change agreement represents 99 percent of humans on the planet, according to the resolution. The United States, under the Obama Administration, committed to a 26-28
(Above) Rob Bellmar, president of the board of trustees of the Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation, delivers remarks to an audience of some 250 guests.
percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Trump called the agreement “a massive redistribution of United States’ wealth to other countries,” according to a National Public Radio news story. “It’s to give their country an economic edge over the United States,” he said. “That’s not going to happen while I’m
president. I’m sorry.” Several states, such as California, and many municipalities have said they will still comply with emissions reductions laid out under the Paris Climate Agreement. The resolution approved Monday urges state and federal legislators to do the same.
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One Book, One Oak Park: “Being Mortal” ■ Film Talk
Sunday, June 25, 2 to 3:30 p.m., Main Library Veterans Room: This PBS Frontline production features “Being Mortal” author Atul Gawande, MD. As he investigates the practice of caring for the dying, it shows how doctors are often untrained and uncomfortable talking about chronic illness and death with their patients. Post-screening discussion facilitated by Be@Ease. More: oppl.org/one-book. 834 Lake St.
Sunday, June 25, 9:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Austin Gardens: Begin with a safety lesson and stretching, then ride through Oak Park visiting various parks. Finish back at Austin Gardens and tour the new Environmental Education Center. Free. Put on in partnership with The Active Transportation Alliance and Greenline Wheels. Registration: pdop.org, 708-725-2000, or drop-ins welcome. 167 Forest Ave.
■ Book Discussion
Thursday, June 29, 1 to 2 p.m., Maze Library: Attend the first community summer reading program book discussion. Surgeon Atul Gawande’s “Being Mortal” is a memoir addressing medical, quality-of-life, and end-of-life issues. For adults and teens. Book discussions continue through July. Info: oppl.org/one-book. 845 Gunderson.
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Sunday, June 25, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., various locations; pick up tickets, maps/ guides, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Oak Park Conservatory or Cheney Mansion: Take self-guided tours through nine private gardens and one neighborhood-created space on this 24th annual walk. $20, $15 in advance. Discounted tickets for Conservatory members. Info and tickets: gcoprf.org, or purchase at the Oak Park Conservatory and select area merchants. 708-725-2400. Conservatory: 615 Garfield, Cheney Mansion: 220 N. Euclid, Oak Park.
Saturday, June 24, 10 a.m., and Sunday, June 24, 1 p.m. Trailside Museum: Two free family programs: Saturday, at Summer Stroll, take to the trails on a guided nature walk. Sunday, in Bugland, learn what’s special about insects and use nets to catch some; dress for off-trail trekking. Info: 708366-6530, trailside.museum@cookcountyil. gov. 738 Thatcher Ave., River Forest.
June 21-28
“The Breakfast Club” Friday and Saturday, June 23 and 24, 7 p.m., Roosevelt Middle School: Catch the SWAG Community Theater production before it’s over. Tickets $18, $15 seniors and students. Call: 708-6698696. 7560 Oak Ave., River Forest.
BIG WEEK
Thursday, June 22, 3 to 4 p.m., Roosevelt Middle School Gym: The Smarty Pants Balloon Show is coming to town courtesy of the River Forest Public Library. See Smarty Pant’s amazing giant balloon designs in a STEM-oriented, interactive show. Free, no registration required, all ages. Questions: 708-366-5205. 7560 Oak Ave.
CALENDAR EVENTS ■ As you’ve likely noticed, our
Patriotic Pops Concert Saturday, June 24, 6:30 p.m., Concordia University’s Addison Hall lawn: The University Band of Concordia, featuring vocalist Keanon Kyles, celebrates community and country with music honoring service men and women. Free, bring blankets and lawn chairs. Boxed meals, etc., available starting at 5:30. Free parking in visitors’ lot. Rain location: Werner Auditorium. More: 708-209-3122 or pr@ cuchicago.edu. 7400 Augusta St., River Forest.
Calendar has changed to Big Week. Fewer items, higher profile. If you would like your event to be featured here, please send a photo and details by noon of the Wednesday before it needs to be published. We can’t publish everything, but we’ll do our best to feature the week’s highlights. Email calendar@wjinc.com.
Meditation and More
Mondays through Fridays, 6 to 7 a.m. and 6 to 6:45 p.m., Sundays, 9 to 9:45 a.m., The Zen Life & Meditation Center: Achieve more clarity and balance through free meditation sessions open to everyone. Freestyle weekday morning meditation is unstructured. Evenings and Sunday mornings consist of two 20-minute periods with a five-minute walking meditation. Sundays are followed by a one-hour talk. Workshops on mindfulness, focus, grace/compassion and more starting in late June and early July. Info: zlmc.org or 708-689-1220. 38 Lake St., Oak Park.
Uncorked at the Conservatory Friday, June 23, 6 to 8 p.m., Oak Park Conservatory: Enjoy wine, craft beer and appetizers provided by local vendors on fourth Fridays through September. Featuring live music, an artisan, and showcase tours of the plant collections. 21 and over. Tickets: $16 in advance at pdop.org or at the Conservatory, $18 at the door. Discount tickets available to members. Info: fopcon.org or 708-725-2400. 615 Garfield St
Build a Better Mousetrap
Thursday Night Out June 22, 5 to 9 p.m., Downtown Oak Park: Dine out and listen to free live world music every Thursday through August 31. Pick up a menu and purchase a booklet ($16 for four dine-around tickets) at the kiosk on Lake and Marion. Many area restaurants offer drinks, appetizers, entrees, and desserts. Dine in or carry out, rain or shine. Music this week: Character Fleadh, 5 to 7 p.m., The Saturday June Band, 7 to 9 p.m. downtownoakpark.net. Marion between North Blvd. and Lake St.
June Revel: Fern Extravaganza Saturday, June 24, 7 p.m., Pleasant Home: Revisit the Victorian Era and the fern craze as you support a National Historic Landmark at an evening including food, spirits, live music, a silent auction, and raffle. Cocktail attire. $100, $90 members. Inquire: 708-383-2654, info@pleasanthome.org. 217 Home Ave., Oak Park.
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‘Macbeth’
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ak Park Festival Theatre’s energetic new production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth is set in medieval Scotland, yet we can relate to the damaging effects of both excessive pride and ruthless political ambition. This is one of the Bard’s darker plays, yet its themes of greed and betrayal are vivid, mesmerizing and still relevant. The idea of gaining power consumes the fearless Macbeth, as well as his wife, causing him to commit unthinkable acts to gain the Scottish throne. The production, directed by Barbara Zahora, is stunningly well-crafted, a swiftmoving epic featuring lots of battling and bloodshed. The show also maintains the crucial supernatural elements of what has traditionally been called “The Scottish play.” The trio of witches, garbed in creepy goth-looking attire and body paint, heighten the nightmarish aspects of the production. The witches here are not three sisters; one of them is male. They are chillingly portrayed by Ellysse Dawson, Mark Lancaster, and Savanna Rae. The “weird ones” deliver a prophecy to Macbeth that someday he will become king. Key characters are well-played but the entire company is a tightly-functioning ensemble. A number of performers play multiple roles. Matthew Fahey wholly embodies the title role, though he does not show as much fire and passion as in some interpretations. During the intermission I was told by someone who knew him in high school that Fahey lived in the 1920s-era apartment building just west of Austin Gardens, facing into the park (now a condo building called The Sanctuary) so undoubtedly he was aware of Oak Park Festival Theatre’s productions way back then. But Fahey’s Macbeth is no weak-willed puppet pushed along by his driven wife, played by Melanie Keller. His hubris/pride is his dominant character trait. So it does not take much to push the power-hungry warrior into action. Fahey and Keller display genuine chemistry. Their first scene together reveals the
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scheming couple as sexually magnetic. Lady Macbeth, one of the most powerful female characters in English literature, taunts her husband into action. But her hardening cruelty leads her to derangement. Their terrible deed haunts the pair, leaving their hands forever stained. Keller’s mad scene with her guilt-ridden “Out, damned spot!” soliloquy is especially gripping. Fahey’s Macbeth seems to be in a dreamlike state as he delivers his lamentation about life being “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” Jack Hickey, Oak Park Festival Theatre’s artistic director plays Duncan, the beloved but deposed King of Scotland, and also a comic relief porter. Jhenai Mootz is both Lady Macduff and Hecate, goddess of magic and witchcraft. Christopher W. Jones is electrifying as Macduff. Bryan Wakefield is doomed Banquo, Macbeth’s longtime friend, and Matt Gall is Malcolm, murdered Duncan’s son. The assistant director is Tony Dobrowolski. Leigh Anne Barrett is the stage manager. The stone-like set, which depicts a variety of settings, was designed by Michael Lasswell. George Zahora created the sound, which features everything from scary birds, clashing swords, thunderstorms, hysterical laughter, and ominous, unsettling voices. Such sounds effectively punctuates the action. No individual is credited in the program with make-up design but some really exceptional work is on display. The violence, such a pivotal part of this play, has been designed by R&D Choreography, which features the work of Victor Bayona and Richard Gilbert. Jaq Siefert (who also plays Ross) is the Fight Captain. The results are thrilling. At just under three hours with one intermission, some slight pruning of Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy might have been advantageous. But this solid production with its gritty, finely executed fight scenes and superb acting is well worth an evening in the lovely confines of Austin Gardens. Macbeth is a nightmare vividly brought to life, illustrating the tragic consequences of allconsuming ambition in a self-centered leader. This production offers lots to think about.
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onday night at Oak Park’s village hall, everything on the agenda turned out more or less the way you’d have expected. But getting there was snarly on both sides of the dais. We’re going to have to do better than this if we want to avoid turning these meetings into a perpetual loop of a Republican congressman’s latest town hall. Three bright spots redeemed this exercise in local democracy. Glenn Brewer was standing near me, against the brick wall at the far back of the council chamber. There was a full house assembled over the combination of the minimum wage debate that wasn’t going to happen and the anticipated referral of the Albion high-rise proposal to the Plan Commission. And Brewer, until last month an eightyear member of the village board, was being nominated for a seat on the Plan Commission. Some conspiracists in the room, lathered up a bit by multiple social media posts during the day, saw a pure political play: Brewer, just defeated for re-election, gets a Plan Commission bone from Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb, who sees him as a certain vote for the Albion project. These people certainly don’t know Glenn Brewer — as in they don’t know his record, his exceedingly even approach to issues, and likely, based on the things they are saying out loud about him, they don’t know what he looks like or that he was standing right there. Commenters at the podium allowed as how Brewer wasn’t “a bad person,” not even “dishonorable.” But he was an election “loser” and the fix, clearly, was in. When one commenter was high-fiving at the back of the chamber after her Brewer takedown, he extended his hand and introduced himself. She looked a bit unsteady and suggested “it isn’t personal.” His simple reply: “It is personal.” It is a small town. It’s all personal. And we need to remember that before it costs us something special about Oak Park. Which brings us to the mayor.
Abu-Taleb had a successful night. He got the Albion proposal forwarded to the Plan Commission by a unanimous vote. (Honestly, people, it would be illegal and absurd to think that a developer with an $80 million project would not get a full hearing from a town’s planning commission. Pick your battles.) So why did he feel it necessary, then, to do a full takedown on the Park District of Oak Park during his comments? It has been clear for years that the park district annoys him. Some of the bad history he spat out Monday night was accurate, some wasn’t. And I agree with him that the park board reacted too strongly and too early when it issued an almost door-closing statement on Albion months back. But in the reporting I’ve done, the park district has a more pragmatic side that recognizes it will need to be at the table if Albion moves forward. Abu-Taleb made that possibility unnecessarily tougher with his screed Monday night. And it just isn’t right. This is not the way we should be talking to each other. The bright spots? In general, the wide range of public comments over the minimum wage were highly respectful of the tough call this is. Specifically, the statement made by Cathy Yen, executive director of the Chamber, was strong and inclusive. We need to pull together to support our workers and our small business owners/neighbors. If we don’t, our small businesses will wither. Trustee Simone Boutet made a point echoed on our editorial page today. The trustees need to figure out the balance on how to use Facebook to share information while not allowing it to become a replacement for actual public debate. And Trustee Dan Moroney was eloquent in asking the public, in part his supporters, to respect the people and the process at the board table. It is, he said, “a huge job” and everyone there “loves Oak Park.” Well said.
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Albion tower plan headed for Plan Commission review Project review hearings to begin on July 11 for controversial project By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
Oak Parkers got their first look at detailed plans for an 18-story apartment building at the corner of Lake and Forest in a 519-page plan development application by Albion Residential. While debated heavily since it was first proposed last year – the issue became a hot issue during this year’s municipal election – it is the first chance for the public and many trustees to see the specifics on the plan that many have criticized as too tall. The Oak Park Board of Trustees on Monday approved referring the project application to the citizen-led Plan Commission for review. The village also included a tentative timeline for reviewing the proposal, scheduling the Plan Commission review meetings to begin on Tuesday, July 11 and continue on July 13, 27 and Aug. 3, if necessary. The proposal is tentatively expected to return to the Oak Park Board of Trustees on Sept. 5 to consider the Plan Commission recommendations. Albion is asking the village to relax zoning rules for the building’s height – existing zoning allows for an 8-story building – density, setbacks, landscaping and parking. Opponents of the building argue that
the project, among other things, will cast a shadow on adjacent Austin Gardens damaging the aesthetics and ecosystem of the park and exacerbate the wind tunnel effect created by the construction of the 21-story Vantage residential building across the street. Trustees argued that although the project is controversial it deserves a fair hearing from the village. “Many of you know how I feel about this building,” said Trustee Deno Andrews, who said in the recent election that he opposed the height of the project, adding, “I want to hear from input from the experts.” He encouraged residents to attend the hearings and submit their comments for the public record. Trustee Simone Boutet, a former attorney for the village who has spoken against the project, also said it is appropriate for the village give Albion its day in court. “You have a good case or a bad case, but you’re still allowed to file in court,” she said. Trustee Andrea Button said that although some trustees have publicly stated their position on the project there still is “a lot of information” to be learned. Meanwhile, opponents of the project have released a 54-page “Independent Citizens’ Analysis” of the project, stating that the pattern of development for large scale highrise buildings “stands in direct contradiction to the directives of the Master Plan for Downtown Oak Park and the Envision Oak Park Comprehensive Plan.” They also have collected roughly 1,500 signatures for a petition opposing the project. Several opponents of the proposal turned
out for a somewhat raucous Monday night meeting to encourage the board of trustees to not advance the proposal to the Plan Commission and to voice their displeasure in the unexpected appointment to the commission of former Oak Park Trustee Glenn Brewer. Brewer takes the place of Mark Gartland, a one-time president of the board of the Park District of Oak Park. Gartland, who was reached by email, acknowledged that his Plan Commission appointment had not been renewed but did not go into detail as to why. “It has come to my attention that Village President Anan Abu-Taleb has nominated Glenn Brewer to replace me on the Commission,” File rendering Gartland wrote. “I have great respect for Mr. Brewer and his legacy TOWER REVIEW: The proposed Albion high-rise of public service in Oak Park. Since development will go before the Plan Commission. learning of my replacement, I have thoughtfully considered my options for public service in Oak Park and at this time?” he asked. am not interested in appointment to any vilNear the end of the meeting, Oak Park lage commissions at this time.” Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb scolded the Park Joshua Klayman, a vocal opponent of the District of Oak Park for issuing a statement project who co-authored the independent in February opposing the height of the report submitted to the board, argued that building, calling it a “premature, emotional Brewer lost his bid for reelection in part stance.” “Time and again the Park District is unbecause he was seen as a proponent of the willing to sit down and work together on the Albion project. Brewer’s appointment to the commission issues for the betterment of our communicould be “seen as an attempt to subvert the ty,” he said. “The Park District has a habit of shutting down and going it alone.” results of that election,” Klayman said. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com “Why is it necessary to make this switch
River Forest now one step closer to North Avenue TIF
After council vote, years-long process moves forward BY THOMAS VOGEL Staff Reporter
The River Forest Village Board of Trustees, at its June 12 meeting, unanimously approved an amendment to a pair of ordinances, adding about 15 residential properties to a Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) district along the village’s northern border that began in early 2015. The amendment sets the boundaries of the TIF district, which stretches from Thatcher Avenue along the North Avenue commercial corridor east to Harlem Avenue, and tees up the village’s outside consultant, Kane McKenna, to begin producing three state-mandated reports. Those reports should be ready in the next two to three months, Village Administrator Eric Palm said. The North Avenue TIF effort, which could be finalized by the end of 2017, comes about six months after trustees authorized
a TIF on the village’s southern boundary along Madison Street. TIFs are a common, although sometimes controversial, tool used by municipalities to spur economic development in specific parts of a community. “We don’t have that many opportunities for increasing the commercial tax base,” Palm said June 15. “… The hope is, through the TIF district, you can reinvest in those areas and create more value for all the taxpayers in town.” The approved TIF zone — which can be reduced but not expanded — includes commercial properties abutting North Avenue but also several residential lots to the south. Those lots, Palm said, offer the village added flexibility in working out possible future developments. With shallow lots along North Avenue, Palm said, it’s helpful to have options if, for instance, a developer needs added parking or the village wants to create a berm to separate commercial and residential space, as it did near the CVS at Thatcher and North Avenue. Palm was careful to note that the TIF agreement will not allow the village to use eminent domain to seize residential properties south of the TIF. That was a common
worry among residents during the Madison Street TIF process. “We’re trying to use our lessons we learned down there,” Palm said. “There was a concern that the village would go in and use eminent domain and start wiping out residential areas.” Properties within the TIF can still be acquired and used for developments but that would have to occur with the consent of both parties in a private sale, Palm said, adding that one of the keys to reducing the property tax burden for River Foresters is to strengthen the village’s commercial base along business strips like North Avenue, Madison Street and Lake Street. “How do you we relieve that burden? The only way you really relieve the burden on property taxes is by creating more value,” Palm said. “Where do you create the value? You create it in your commercial corridors.” TIFs freeze property assessments at current levels within their boundaries and then earmark any new property tax revenue accrued over the life of the TIF, usually 23 years, for projects within the district such
as new construction, streetscaping, or repairing infrastructure. The idea is to jumpstart economic development that would not occur otherwise. Meanwhile, the Promenade, a new residential development on the old Hines Lumber site on Madison Street, is moving forward. Sales for the 29 new units began in June. Although a 2010 Corridor Study suggested a possible commercial development for the site, the village board opted for a different option and approved a residential project in 2015. But, Palm said, the long-vacant property had some quirks. The lot, for instance, narrows as its approaches Madison Street, reducing its sidewalk-facing exposure, and is also located across Madison Street from a cemetery. “I don’t think [residential] was the village’s first choice,” Palm said, “but we talked to a lot of developers and talked to a lot of people and they said it’s just not a great site for retail.” Palm said it’s likely the TIF, without any major hiccups during the next steps, will be finalized by late 2017 or early 2018.
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OPRF employees disciplined after misconduct case By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter
An internal investigation by District 200 officials into sexual misconduct during an off-campus party held last year at the home of assistant wrestling coach Mike Powell while he was away, resulted in D200 Supt. Joylynn Pruitt-Adams disciplining Powell and OPRF Principal Nathaniel Rouse, according to a series of memos obtained by the Chicago Tribune. On Aug. 31, 2016, district administrators received a report of an allegation of offcampus sexual misconduct between students during an “unauthorized party involving alcohol” that took place on Aug. 27, 2016 at Powell’s home while the coach was out of town. According to multiple supporters of Powell who spoke on the record at the time, the coach had allowed some members of the wrestling team access to his home in order to watch his dogs while he was away. Multiple student athletes (the exact number still hasn’t been confirmed) were
banned from upcoming competition due to their having violated a school policy that prohibits the consumption of alcohol, according to an attorney who had been hired to represent one of the student-athletes. The district first notified students and families about the alleged incident in November, after having launched its own investigation into the matter in late October. In a statement released in late November after a Wednesday Journal inquiry into the case, the district said it had “immediately contacted the Oak Park Police Department” after learning about the alleged misconduct and that it also took “immediate measures to respond to the alleged victim’s needs within the school setting.” The district, however, “agreed to hold off conducting its own investigation so as not to impede the police investigation.” District officials said they hadn’t anticipated that the police investigation would take so long. During the school’s investigation, Powell was temporarily suspended. At the time, the wrestling coach stated the suspension was “not disciplinary in nature,” but rather a
“routine leave to permit the school to investigate the incident.” The district eventually reinstated Powell to his position in December. According to the Tribune report, PruittAdams wrote in a memo dated Dec. 7, 2016, that the school’s investigation, which was reportedly completed before winter break, showed that Powell engaged in “misconduct by allowing a current district student to spend an evening at [Powell’s] resident while [he] was out of town and informing the student that he could have other students over to [the] residence that same evening.” In the memo, the Tribune added, the superintendent described Powell’s conduct as “unprofessional” and that his actions exhibited “poor professional judgment.” In a Jan. 11 memo that Pruitt-Adams sent Rouse, the superintendent calls the principal’s handling of the allegations “inadequate and flawed.” “In particular, [Rouse] failed to recognize that the element of student-on-student sexual misconduct distinguished the August 2016 report from other types of student miscon-
duct reports and required [Rouse] to handle the report differently,” the memo reportedly reads. “You further failed to recognize that this element of sexual misconduct triggered the district’s obligation to conduct an internal Title IX investigation. As the district’s principal, you should have recognized the implications of the August 2016 report and responded accordingly.” In the memo, Pruitt-Adams said Rouse failed to “exert control and exercise leadership in responding to this incident” and that the “district’s initial reaction to the report [of sexual misconduct] was disjointed and lacked organization of information received and relayed,” the Chicago Tribune reported. As a result of the district’s findings, Pruitt-Adams recommended that Rouse participate in Title IX training by Jan. 9, 2017 and that he meet with her within a week after finishing the training, according to the Chicago Tribune’s reporting, which adds that the Oak Park police are still investigating the incident. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com
Despite resignations, new OPRF committee forges ahead Sheehan, pool vote opposition leader, resigns By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter
A new community engagement and outreach committee established last December by the District 200 school board is scheduled to meet for the first time in August, but it will do so without some prominent community members who helped oversee the process of selecting the new committee’s 40-plus members. Formally called the Imagine OPRF working group, the committee was created after voters last November narrowly rejected a $44.5 million, five-year facilities plan at Oak Park and River Forest High School that would be funded with up to $25 million in referendum bonds. The Nov. 8, 2016 ballot measure entailed the demolition of the village-owned, 300-space parking garage and the construction of a $21.4 million, 25-yard by 40-meter swimming pool to replace the high school’s two nearly 90-year-old pool, along with a brand new 240-space garage where the current one sits, among other facilities enhancements. Wednesday Journal has reported in the past that Imagine OPRF is responsible for doing a deep dive into the district’s previous pool-related community outreach efforts and creating a more comprehensive engagement process around the district’s facilities-related needs. The committee process, which district officials anticipate could take up to 18 months,
will eventually make a series of recommendations to the school board about how facilities at OPRF can be improved, and how those improvements can be leveraged to enhance long-standing challenges, such as the academic achievement gap, at the high school. Earlier this year, an 8-person launch team comprising OPRF faculty and community members who voted for and against the referendum vetted the more than 80 applications that were submitted for seats on the Imagine OPRF group. Ultimately, 43 people were selected to the wider group. On the launch team, faculty member and former architect Jason Fried, former faculty senate chair Jim Hunter and outreach coordinator Latonia Jackson represented OPRF faculty members. Lynn Kamenitsa and Matt Kosterman were both members of the Vote Yes steering committee that drummed up support for the referendum. Monica Sheehan and Mike Poirier were both members of the Pragmatic Pool Solutions committee that fought against the referendum. Mary Bird, a former OPRF parent, rounded out the launch team. Kosterman replaced former D200 board president John Phelan on the launch team early on because Phelan felt that the process was not focused closely enough on replacing the high school’s two swimming pools. “Frankly, those pools are going to fail and I didn’t think the district could wait that long,” Phelan said in a recent phone interview. Sheehan announced her resignation in a June 13 statement, which cited “a lack of trust in the process and transparency concerns” as primary reasons for her taking
leave. Sheehan said that nearly half of the launch team members were “known Vote Yes supporters and appointed-school employees, as was the case in all five previous pool committees.” In an email correspondence between Sheehan and D200 Supt. Joylynn Pruitt-Adams, which the former released to the media, PruittAdams said that teachers and staff members “need to be an integral part of the process” since they “bring a critical voice to the table in terms of academic space and need.” Pruitt-Adams added that staff members needed to be included on the team in order to secure “buy-in to whatever recommendations are made” and that, due to timing and miscommunication, staff members weren’t required to submit applications. In her resignation statement, Sheehan said that “there is no need for internal appointments” and that nearly “one-fourth of the now 43 members of the work group are employees of the school.” Sheehan also took issue with the board’s hiring of the St. Louis-based communications firm UNICOM ARC, which will provide professional services for Imagine OPRF. The district agreed to pay UNICOM a flat fee of $64,600 from June 10 until Oct. 10, 2018. District 200 officials have said that the firm was hired after a rigorous open bidding process that was even extended past its initial deadline date. In the past, Pruitt-Adams has explained that she believes it’s important for the working group to have an outside facilitator to help move the conversations along without
being tied down by local connections. During the May 25 meeting where the school board voted to hire the firm, the superintendent disclosed that UNICOM had been hired to facilitate a similar community engagement process at the St. Louis-area school district where she had served as top administrator before coming to Oak Park. Sheehan said that UNICOM’s community meetings “will essentially be sales pitches with tightly structured and scripted formats and will allow no public question and answer sessions. The board employed the same questionable approach called the Delphi Technique, a meeting manipulation strategy, in its community meetings last year.” In a statement released on June 15, Karin Sullivan, D200’s communications and community relations director, said that the district isn’t familiar with the Delphi Technique, “but we invite community members to review Unicom’s proposal, which is publicly available on our website.” Sullivan said that the proposal makes clear that the district and UNICOM “are planning to follow a community-driven process with no predetermined outcomes. Answering participants’ questions is a key part of the process; in fact, the proposal notes that if we can’t answer a question at the session, we’ll follow up with an answer within 48 hours.” The district, she said, is “deeply committed to following an open, transparent process for our taxpayers. We hope as many community members as possible will join us and offer their input.” CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com
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River Forest trustees split over EDC reappointment
Disagreement stems from earlier board meeting BY THOMAS VOGEL Staff Reporter
An effort by two village trustees to prevent the reappointment of a member of the River Forest Economic Development Commission failed at the village board’s June 12 meeting. Trustees Carmela Corsini and Mike Gibbs alleged Collete English Dixon used inappropriate language toward a sitting board member while sitting in the audience during a previous board meeting and argued that behavior should disqualify her from confirmation. The seven-member EDC, created in 2013, advises the village board on economic development opportunities, identifies underutilized properties and works to promote business in the village. English Dixon was reappointed to a four-year term. Corsini moved to amend a slate of reappointments to several village commissions, including the EDC, and requested EnglishDixon’s name be removed. The board eventually agreed and, after some discussion, approved the reappointment in a separate 4-2 vote, with Gibbs and Corsini dissenting.
“The idea that a sitting committee member would sit at our village board meeting and use vulgar language in reference to one of the sitting trustees while that trustee is speaking — no apology was generated, no explanation was generated,” Gibbs said. “She’s not deserving to be in this spot as far as I’m concerned.” “If you’re gonna sit in the audience and verbally, you know, talk about people at the board table in a manner that’s unbecoming and unprofessional,” Corsini added. “I just thought that was not right.” Other board members focused on English Dixon’s expertise. “I remember the meeting but I don’t remember her comment so I can’t speak to that,” Trustee Susan Conti said. “…I do know her to be highly qualified and committed to this village and to that committee. I think we’re very fortunate to have her on board.” “It would be the loss of our residents if we were to lose her” Trustee Thomas Cargie said, adding elected officials should expect criticism. “…We need people like her.” Cargie later said the EDC was growing into a “potent force.” “I have nothing but the highest regard for Collete,” Village President Cathy Adduci said. “She’s got enormous experience. She spends her time and energy in trying to help
“The way I see it, once the board makes their decision, I don’t expect the committees to pursue their opinions.” MIKE GIBBS
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us. I am completely 100 percent behind her.” English Dixon’s LinkedIn pages lists her as a managing principal at Libra Investments Group, LLC, a board member at Housing Partnership Equity Trust and the chair of real estate at the Walter E. Heller College School of Business at Roosevelt University. Gibbs, in a June 14 phone call, reiterated his view that subcommittees and commissions serve the board, offering recommendations the board either accepts or rejects. “The way I see it,” Gibbs said. “Once the board makes their decision, I don’t expect the committees to pursue their opinions.” Gibbs was not sure when the meeting was, but did acknowledge the board had just rejected the EDC’s recommendation for the Lake Street and Park Avenue development. Gibbs said Dixon’s allegedly inappropriate language — which he did not hear firsthand but was eventually told about by other audi-
ence members — was referring to Corsini. English Dixon emailed a statement to Wednesday Journal on June 16 denying the alleged behavior. “The last, and possibly only, meeting of the Village Trustees that I have attended was a special meeting called in May 2015, at which time I was part of a presentation by the Economic Development Commission (“EDC”) to the Trustees noting the EDC’s recommendation for the development of the sites at Lake and Park. There was some lively and somewhat contentious discourse during that meeting and I was not in agreement with the decision that the Trustees reached, but at no time was I disrespectful or “vulgar” in any of my language, directly or indirectly,” English Dixon wrote. The full statement will run as a letter to the editor in the June 21 Wednesday Journal.
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Wild Onion brewery poised to open in July
“Tied House” will offer specialty brews only available in Oak Park By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
It’s been more than a year since Wild Onion Brewery announced plans to open its second location in Oak Park. Now the business is a less than a month away from opening its doors for business. The Wild Onion Tied House folks have spent the last year working on rehabbing the historic “Playhouse Theater” at 1111 South Blvd., in Oak Park’s Pleasant District, and while not much was discovered in terms of historic artifacts, it was learned after the rehab began that significant work had to be done to make the building accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Mike Kainz, co-owner of Wild Onion, said he and the building owner did not realize that the foyer of the establishment was not at ground level, which is an ADA access requirement, so the ground floor — “layers and layers” of concrete and wood, Kainz said — had to be completely removed as part of the building rehab. That delayed the project, but now that the work is done, Kainz said. Wild Onion and its construction contractors are putting the final touches on the bar and dining room, which will seat 122 patrons. Seating
for another 33 will be available on the sidewalk outside the establishment, he said. According to a press release, the Wild Onion Tied House will serve many of the same beers offered at its location in Lake Barrington, but the Oak Park location will also brew small-scale specialty batches. “Some of those styles include the brewery’s original flagship brand, Paddy Pale Ale, along with Beggar’s Brown, Misfit IPA, and a long list of other seasonal styles and cask-conditioned ales,” the news release states. Some of the new styles only available in Oak Park will include a Dortmunder-style German lager, a nitro IPA, and variations on Wild Onion’s “Drago”, a Russian Imperial Stout. Kainz told Wednesday Journal that Wild Onion Tied House plans a “soft opening” on July 12. “We don’t want to get too busy too fast,” he said, noting that “the light is at the end of the tunnel here.” Kainz was quick to point out the rehab of the skylight in the building, which originally (the building originally opened in 1913) served as a retractable sky roof which
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TIE-ING ONE ON: Mike Kainz and Jennifer Kainz (above) say Wild Onion Tied House, 1111 South Blvd., will be open for business sometime in July. The brewery will offer specialty beers. helped cool the building. “It’s like you’re outside,” Kainz said. “It gives a wonderful open feel.” Kainz and the Wild Onion staff have collected photos and historic information about the building, which was converted to a movie production company in the 1920s under the name Atlas Educational Film Co. “We’ve done some digging at the Historical Society (of Oak Park-River Forest),” Kainz said, noting that there were a few
pictures and some information on plays performed at the theater. “I wish there was more photographic evidence,” he said, adding that once the business opens, he hopes more images and historic information will surface. “We’re going to put the feelers out there for any and all information we can get about the building.” CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com
OPRF teacher singed by state’s early retirement sunset
Paul Noble is the second local educator to be hurt by ERO’s expiration By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter
Another Oak Park educator is feeling the effects of a decision made last year by the Illinois General Assembly to allow the Early Retirement Option to automatically expire last July. The program provided educators in the state, who are members of the Illinois Teacher Retirement System, the opportunity to retire early while receiving their full pension if they were willing to pay an upfront penalty. Since 2005, ITRS members had been contributing a small percentage of their earnings to help fund the early retirement program. Now that the program is expired, that portion will go back into teachers’ monthly paychecks. The educators who had depended on the
program, though, have been left scrambling. Paul Noble, a veteran Oak Park and River Forest High School English teacher, is just the latest to feel the effects. “I planned to retire one year early, in 2020,” Noble said in an email statement. “I intended to pay the ERO penalty and receive my full pension for 35 years of service to District 200. Illinois’ decision not to renew the ERO program means that I now face a 30 percent reduction in my lifetime pension because I will be one year short of the 35 years required to be fully vested.” Several months ago, Noble requested that the D200 school board allow him to extend his employment at the high school, i.e. “delaying my currently contracted retirement by one year, until the end of school year 2020-21,” he said in a statement. “It is no one’s fault but my own that I did not foresee the termination of the ERO program,” Noble stated. “And there is certainly a cost savings to the district in hiring a new teacher to replace a veteran teacher for one year. But to say that I was disappointed would be an understatement.” Noble’s situation is similar to that of for-
mer Lincoln Elementary School Principal Cathy Hamilton, who applied to, and was approved by, District 97, for the early retirement option in 2013. When the ERO program expired two years later, Hamilton — who had been principal for 15 years — requested that the D97 school board push back her retirement for another three years so she could leave with a higher File 2016 pension. EXTENSION DENIED: OPRF English teacher Paul Noble during a As with D200 and demonstration in Oak Park last July. Noble, the D97 school board upheld Hamilthat the board voted down his request with ton’s early retirement request, which meant the Faculty Senate in attendance. Noble was it didn’t allow her to stay on as principal the Faculty Senate’s lead negotiator during any longer. Instead, the district found an ad- the last round of contract talks in 2014. The ministrative position for Hamilton. next round of negotiations is scheduled for D200 officials would not comment directly 2018. on Noble’s situation. They only confirmed CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com
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Children’s Clinic bids farewell to ‘compassionate’ physician Dr. Karen Walker has been with the Infant Welfare Society for over 30 years By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter
Dr. Karen Walker, 65, has been busy seeing some of her last appointments at the Oak Park-River Forest Infant Welfare Society Children’s Clinic, 320 Lake St. The clinic provides dental and medical treatment, along with behavioral services, to area children from low-income families. Faced with a growing population of clients and increasingly unstable federal and state funding scenarios, the IWS is switching to what its executive director, Peggy LaFleur, described as a more efficient model of care that relies on nurse practitioners and physician extenders rather than physicians. “This is a very difficult time for health care,” LeFleur said in a recent phone interview. “We’re getting less funding than we used to.” Nonprofits all over Illinois, she said, are being squeezed as many state and federal funding sources are either eliminated altogether or spread much thinner, with some who support the welfare society also attempting to prop up other organizations whose funds have completely disappeared. The precarious financial environment means being forced to part ways with someone who LeFleur described as the embodiment of the welfare society’s commitment to helping the underserved. “Dr. Walker has been our longest standing medical provider,” LeFleur said. “She’s compassionate, a very good clinician and deeply committed to her patients.” In an interview last week, Walker said she’ll start seeing patients at her own private practice from now on — quite a transition, considering she’s been practicing part-time at the Children’s Clinic for more than 30
years. “I had started a pediatric practice in Oak Park and just needed to supplement my income a little bit,” Walker said. “So I answered an ad in one of the medical journals about the Children’s Clinic.” As her private practice grew, she said, it became more difficult to service patients on public aid or who were paying out of pocket. Eventually, she started seeing many of those patients at the clinic. “The Children’s Clinic gave me a chance to service a lot of my patients because I’d say to them, ‘Yeah, you can keep seeing me, we just have to go to the clinic.’ I’ve always been into community medicine. The clinic gave me the opportunity to serve both worlds.” LeFleur said that roughly 25 percent of the clinic’s patients come from Oak Park. Around 1,000 come from Austin. Other community areas with heavy representation include Cicero, Berwyn and Melrose Park. Around half of the clinic’s patients are Hispanic while African Americans represent about 30 percent of the clinic’s clientele. Arbutus Winfrey said all three of her children and both of her godchildren have had Walker as their primary care physician. “I’m trying to see if her clinic takes my son’s medical coverage,” Winfrey said. “If so, we’ll be following her there. He’s had Dr. Walker since he was born. He’s 16 years old.” LeFleur attributed Walker’s magnetism to the fact that she puts her patients before herself. “We don’t make money in anything we do and we really have to be as efficient as possible,” LeFleur said, adding that Walker, in the same spirit, has passed up more lucrative opportunities elsewhere in order to deliver high-quality medical care to generations of children. “At the clinic, we sacrifice,” LeFleur said. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com
Village to spend $150K on Tasers
Oak Park cops to get Tasers, following assault of officer in 2016 By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
Oak Park police officers are set to get Tasers later this year with the Oak Park Board of Trustees approval Monday of a $149,772 budget appropriation over the course of the next five years. The question of equipping Oak Park cops with Tasers was renewed last September, when Oak Park Police Officer Sa-
mantha Deuchler was struck, bitten and choked by a man at the CTA Green Line stop at Harlem Avenue. None of her injuries were life threatening, but Police Chief Anthony Ambrose said last year he believed Tasers should be carried by Oak Park officers. The item approved by the board, which appeared on the consent agenda and did not receive comment or debate from board members, waived the competitive bidding process and approved the purchase for 50 Yellow Handle, Class III, X2 Tasers from AXON Enterprises Incorporated. The police department noted in their budget request: “The goal of the proposal is to improve officer safety and reduce lost work time due to injury.” CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com
COMPASSIONATE CARE: Dr. Karen Walker is leaving the Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society Children’s Clinic after over 30 years.
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Interesting in her own right from page 1 looking through papers from Hemingway’s high school days, Annette DeVoe, another classmate, was brought up as his standard by which other women were measured. “We knew they had at least dated,” Elder said, but there were only references in his notations. In those same notes, however, he also found mentions of Frances Coates. “So I thought, what if there’s more there?” he recalled. “I did some internet sleuthing with my assistant, Victoria Manning, and we tracked down the Coates family.” He reached Betsy Fermano, Frances’ granddaughter, who lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, outside of Boston. “I explained who I was and said, ‘This might sound weird, but did your grandmother date Ernest Hemingway?’ She said, ‘Oh, yes.’ Then she added, ‘We have some letters of his here.’ She didn’t think they were worth anything because her grandmother was no one famous.” The letters were written by Hemingway from the Milan hospital where he spent months recuperating from injuries sustained during his stint as an ambulance driver in World War I. This was before his romance with his nurse, Agnes von Kurowsky, blossomed. “He wants Frances to write so bad that he asks his sister [Marcelline], ‘Tell her your brother is at death’s door. And that will she please, no excuses, write to him. Tell her that I love her or any damn thing.’” And she did write though that letter didn’t survive, despite Ernie’s assurance in his reply: “Dear Frances, That was an awfully good letter and I shall keep it very carefully because I always have suffered under a great and burning curiosity to know what your handwriting looked like.” Unfortunately, Elder said, “What he doesn’t know is that Frances is already engaged.” His sister broke the news to him, apparently none too delicately. If he was heartbroken, however, he rebounded quickly with Agnes although, as we all know, that led to heartache as well. With the cooperation of the Coates family, the Historical Society of Oak Park-River Forest, and the Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park,
Elder was able to piece together some Courtesy of Robert Elder of the relationship between Ernie and CO-RESPONDENTS: Letters sent to Frances Frances during their Coates by a young Ernest Heminway. She high school years. kept his graduation photo in her dressing room for years. Coates was a year older than Hemingpretty much says it all: way and graduated in 1916. They worked on “Ernie’s Pictures: And 25 years later ooh! Tabula (then the literary magazine), where Am I glad I married John!” Frances was the music editor. She also sang Elder said someone should write more opera, while Ernie played cello in the pit and about Frances because “she led a fascinatduring one high school production ing life. She was an in-demand a friend teased him about being actress and opera singer. She unable to keep his eyes on his mulived in Hinsdale for a long time sic because they were fixed on her. and was one of the founders of Her yearbook entry gives a the Three Arts Club. She had this possible clue as to her true affecfull, rich, artistic life that I think tions, however, as she included people will come to appreciate.” a quote: “Archly, the maiden Elder believes that discovering smiled, and with eyes over-runErnie’s connection with Frances ning with laughter, said, in a Coates and the letters he sent her tremulous voice, ‘Why don’t you will have an impact on future speak for yourself, John?’” Hemingway biographies. ROBERT K. ELDER The man she eventually mar“It’s valuable from a scholarly Author ried was John Grace. point of view,” he said, “because Hemingway sent her two letters it changes a couple of fundaafter the war, which were stored in a trunk mental assumptions about him.” In his in Betsy Fermano’s attic. Fermano told Elder Paris Review article, Elder quotes Sandy that the two were close but just friends, at Spannier, general editor of the Hemingway least from her grandmother’s point of view. Letters Project (which Elder said is up to 17 Nonetheless, she took the time to write a volumes), as showing another side of the 10-page reflection on their friendship with young author. “It’s a completely different the famous author and kept photos of him voice from others we’ve heard in his letin an envelope as well as his graduation ters,” she told Elder. That and the recently released book, photo in a frame. But though she expressed fondness, a note she penned on the envelope Hemingway in Love, by A.E. Hotchner re-
veal a more sensitive, tender side of the notoriously macho writer. Elder, however, has “a more nuanced” view of Oak Park’s most famous native son. “He did care deeply,” he observed, “and fell in love with these women wholeheartedly, but he was always setting up the next marriage. He feels badly about that betrayal in A Moveable Feast. He talks about Hadley … and is more kind to her in hindsight, but he treated all of them badly. “I have always said that he was a fascinating scoundrel, a fascinating, super-talented scoundrel.” Elder, who is now director of Digital Product Development & Strategy at Crain Communications Inc., began his deep-dive into Hemingway a few years back when he was the editor-in-chief of Pioneer Press. He edited a special section on Hemingway’s years growing up in Oak Park and discovered so much material in the library archives and at the Historical Society and the Hemingway Foundation that he thought, “Why isn’t this a book? And I spent the next two years of my life on it.” He also read all of Ernie’s work, in order, and all of the biographies. “It’s been an education,” he said. “I know more about Hemingway than most people would care to.” But he’s a fan, though he acknowledges not all Oak Parkers are. “I think because he is such an omnipresent figure, people become jaded or turned off,” he said. “But it’s still important to understand why he had such an impact, even if you don’t prefer some of the writing. I think most of the people who complain about him have not read him. Someone who is omnipresent is easier to hate on. “I would say to them, go back to the work. Some of it is so modern and resonant. And people forget this. His writing style is now so parodied and copied that people forget when he was writing that way, especially in the ’20s, it was a fresh, avant-garde style. … People also might be turned off by the hyper-masculinity. … But when they understand that, at the root of that, is actually a very sensitive artist, and, depending on the biography you read, that hyper-masculinity may have been an overcompensation for being dressed as a little girl until the second grade. When you understand people as children, when you see how they were brought up, it helps you empathize and see them as human.”
‘The Promenade’ nears completion
Sales of River Forest residences began in early June BY THOMAS VOGEL Staff Reporter Submitted
Rendering of the new Promenade development.
Sales are underway for River Forest’s newest residential development, the latest step in a years-long process to transform an old in-
dustrial site on the village’s southern border. The 29-unit project on the old Hines Lumber Company site, 7820 Madison St., already has four buyers, April Moon, of @properties, said. There is still some landscaping and interior work to be done, with residents set to move in in August and September, according to Alex Zdanov, president of Interforum Holdings, the parent company of Chicago Condo Collection, the Promenade’s developer. “We’re very excited; it’s a nice project,” said Zdanov. “Our architect worked with the
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village and the community to create something that would somewhat replicate the exterior of Frank Lloyd Wright’s works. It’s a nice fit.” Moon said the buyers so far have been a mix of “empty nesters” and young families. The four units each sold for between $529,000 and $559,000, right on target with projections submitted to the village during the approval process. Before this development began, the site had been vacant for about seven years.
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Copper theft shuts down Open Door Theater
Thieves made away with an estimated $250 worth of copper wire from the building that serves as home to Open Door Theater, 902 S. Ridgeland Ave., at about 3:40 a.m. on June 15. But the theft forced the theater to shut down for three days, causing it to lose four events worth of revenue, according to the theater’s building manager, who spoke under the condition of anonymity. The theater learned of the theft from the fire department and were informed that the thieves cut the electricity to the building before stealing the wire. The police report notes that about 20 feet of copper wire was stolen from a metal conduit pole located at the rear of the building, but the building manager said it was closer to 80 feet. He said the building owner was able to make the repairs over the weekend, and theater has rescheduled the Church of Beethoven service for Sunday, June 25.
Armed robbery A Chicago resident was a victim of armed robbery in the 100 block of South Maple at 3:14 a.m. on June 16. The victim was walking toward his vehicle when he was approached from behind by two men, one of whom
MINIMUM WAGE
Uproar over possible opt-out from page 1 not stop residents from turning out for the Monday board of trustees meeting, where advocates voiced their support for the decision not to discuss. Others opposed the decision, arguing that the wage hike will hurt their business. Mary Anne Mohanraj, who serves on the Oak Park Library Board, voiced support for the wage hike and told the board it would make a “huge difference to workers.” Small businesses “should be able to come before the board and make their case,” she added. Cathy Yen, executive director of the Oak Park Chamber of Commerce, said the issue is not one of employers against workers. Oak Park business owners will have to raise prices and “are terrified that you will not pay those prices,” Yen said. “Help us stay in business in a way that is fair and equitable to all of us,” she said. Andrews, who owns Felony Franks fastfood restaurant, made the original request that the item be placed on the agenda for discussion, noting on his Facebook page that the wage increase would force him to replace employees with automated kiosks. “I’ve already been getting calls from companies that install ordering kiosks that allow customers to place their own orders,” Andrews wrote on Facebook. “These al-
placed an unknown sharp object behind the victim’s neck and said, “Give money.” The robber then patted down the victim and took his wallet that contained $40 and credit cards. The robber and his accomplice then fled westbound through a parking lot.
Burglary from motor vehicle A Palos Heights resident caught two men breaking into his white Mercedes Sprinter in the 100 block of Chicago Avenue at 2:07 p.m. on June 13. The first suspect – described as a black man, about 30 years old, 6-foot-3, weighing about 300 pounds, unshaven, with a dark complexion and wearing a black T-shirt, gray shorts, white socks and dirty white gym shoes – had removed the 20-inch triangular window panel and had reached into the vehicle to remove the victim’s car keys. The victim approached the man and a struggle ensued. The burglar then threw the keys away and entered a blue Jeep Commander driven by a second man. They were last seen headed eastbound.
not given was the target of an attempted robbery in the 200 block of South Ridgeland Avenue at 5:09 p.m. on June 11, while walking on the sidewalk. Two males pulled up in a red, beat-up, 2-door vehicle and one jumped out, grabbed the victim by the wrist and said, “Gimme the phone.” He then attempted to grab the victim’s iPhone 6, but she pushed him away. He then reentered the vehicle, which fled southbound on Ridgeland. The robber was described as black; a teenager, 6-foot, skinny, with a faded haircut, wearing no shirt, dark jeans and a white T-shirt in his back pocket.
Battery
A Prospect Heights female whose age was
Two females, an Oak Parker and a Chicagoan, were assaulted in the 100 block of North Grove, at 8:02 p.m. on June 10, when a male approached them from behind as they were walking and grabbed each of their buttocks. He then fled westbound in the 100 block of the North Grove parking lot. He was described as a white male; approximately 17 or 18 years old; thin; 6-foot; with brown, curly hair parted to the side; and wearing a purple T-shirt depicting on the back crying female eyes and a tongue
ready exist in Europe where the labor costs are traditionally high. So the question is which is better — a higher minimum with fewer people working or a lower, marketbased wage that puts more people to work? I don’t think we can have it both ways.” After it was announced via social media that the board would discuss the issue, proponents of the county’s minimum wage ordinance flooded trustees with hundreds of emails voicing their outrage. Rev. C.J. Hawking, a pastor at Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church and executive director of Arise Chicago, which has advocated for the raise and sick pay, had planned a meeting last Friday at the church in an effort to persuade the board to stick with the wage hike. She reminded trustees that 86 percent of Oak Park voters approved a minimum-wage increase in a 2014 nonbinding ballot measure and 87 percent approved a ballot measure in 2016 on the issue of paid sick leave for minimum-wage employees. “If any politician got 87 percent of the vote, they would call it a landslide,” she told Wednesday Journal. “The voters have spoken.” Hawking also said many of the wage-hike proponents believe that trustees with businesses possibly affected by the ordinance, such as Andrews, should recuse themselves from voting because of the conflict of interest it posed. “Workers should not have to live at poverty wages in order to make a business thrive,” she added. “Employers can’t have a business plan based on exploitation of its workers.” The pressure on Facebook and elsewhere
was enough to make Andrews withdraw the motion to consider opting out. It was announced on Friday afternoon, again via Andrews’ Facebook page, among others, that the item was pulled from the agenda at Andrews’ request. Andrews said on Friday that he originally requested to have the item placed on the agenda to give business owners the opportunity to discuss the issue. “I don’t believe there would be a single vote [on the board] to opt out, but it doesn’t negate the inherent issues with the law and how it would affect local businesses,” he said. Andrews said he felt the public “misconstrued our wanting to discuss it as wanting to opt out and that wasn’t the case.” He said he discussed the issue with various business owners over the last few weeks, noting, “I didn’t meet a single business owner that was against higher wages for their employees.” Their concern, he noted, was about high sales taxes, increasing property taxes, and the so-called sugary drink tax that is being imposed by the county. “It’s an issue about overall taxation,” he noted. Moroney said he likely would have not voted to opt out of the county wage hike, but the topic nonetheless merited discussion. The Oak Park Chamber’s Cathy Yen, he said, sent a letter to board members earlier in June requesting that the issue be placed on the agenda because a survey showed 70 percent of Oak Park business owners who will be affected by the legislation opposed the wage increase.
Attempted robbery
sticking out and saggy, gray jeans.
Aggravated assault An Oak Park resident had a gun pulled on her in the 200 block of Chicago Avenue at 4:32 p.m. on June 11. The woman was driving her vehicle when she stopped at the corner of Chicago and Harvey and stated to the offender that he could cross the street. He removed a black handgun from his pants and pointed it at her and shouted an expletive at her. He then crossed the street and the victim drove away. These items, obtained from the Oak Park and River Forest police departments, came from reports, June 10-19, 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
Oak Park Trustee Bob Tucker said the item never should have been placed on the agenda in the first place. “Honestly, I think the outpouring of comments from Oak Parkers to the village board made them reconsider whether or not they should move forward with this,” Tucker said in a telephone interview. “I think the community spoke loud and clear on this, and it’s a big win for Oak Park and Oak Park values.” Tucker said hundreds of emails were sent to the board calling on elected officials to stick with the wage hike. “I was thrilled to see that reaction because I never wanted it on the agenda to begin with,” he said. Moroney, however, believes some businesses in Oak Park will have to lay off some workers or close their doors entirely once the wage hike takes effect. “I was fine if it was kept on [the agenda],” he said, although “I think it would have been a little bit of a circus [that] I wasn’t looking forward to.” Trustee Simone Boutet also had requested the item be placed on the agenda for discussion, she said in a telephone interview, but only to find out more about the county ordinance and what effect it would have on businesses in Oak Park. Boutet said she and others on the board were unaware of the issue until a story was published on the topic in Wednesday Journal. Although it was placed on the agenda for discussion, Boutet said, “I don’t think the intent was ever to opt out.” CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com
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Tibetan refugees to American entrepreneurs
Decades after coming to U.S., business owners to open shop in Oak Park By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
Sharing their culture and making a good living doing it is nothing new to Lhakar Dolma and her parents, Sonam Gyaltsen and Tsering Kyizom – the family has been selling goods from their native Tibet for the last decade and a half in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Dolma told Wednesday Journal they’re bringing their store, The Himalayan Boutique Company, which specializes in Tibetan, Indian and Buddhist culture, to the Hemingway District at 130 N. Oak Park Ave. sometime in early July. It’s been a long road for Dolma and her family, who came to the United States from Kathmandu, Nepal, as political refugees in Photo by Timothy Inklebarger the 1990s after escaping from their home- Himalayan Boutique Company will soon land of Tibet. open at 130 N. Oak Park Ave. Dolma said they immigrated as part of the U.S. government’s Tibetan Resettlement Project for political refugees. Soman community, so we thought it would be the Gyaltsen, her father, was the first person in best place to put our store.” Kathmandu to receive a visa from the U.S. The Himalayan Boutique Company will government through the program and came carry a wide variety of items, many of to the U.S. in 1992. which are handcrafted by Tibetans in exile, A 1991 New York Times article noted that according to Dolma. the resettlement program allowed 1,000 Ti“We can’t get them directly from Tibet betan refugees. Few had been because of the Chinese conallowed in the past “largely flict,” she said. because Washington has been Tibetan-inspired jewelry, reluctant to displease China prayer flags, incenses, tea, by giving Tibetans either clothing and massage oils are refugee or immigrant status” but a few of the items that due to the country’s occuwill be available, she said. pation of the country since And Oak Park is just the 1950, according to the article. beginning for these entrepreGyaltsen worked as a neurs. waiter and busboy in the be“My personal goal is to have ginning but began making at least two or three more in money on the side by selling Photo provided by Himalayan Boutique Company the Chicago area,” Dolma Tibetan and Indian goods at said. flea markets and craft sales in Santa Fe. The She said Oak Park was a good fit because family ultimately opened a storefront busi- the family also plans to sell their goods at ness, she said. arts and crafts shows in the city. “At that time in Santa Fe [seeing Tibetan “Oak Park is in close proximity to the city and Indian goods at a flea market] was a cul- where there are more opportunities to get ture shock for a lot of people,” Dolma said. the word out there and reach more customShe said the area was then flush with ers,” she said. “We want people in Oak Park tourists who wanted to learn more about and anybody to be welcomed into the store Buddhism. and get an understanding of what Buddhism “It was great for us because we were able is, what Tibet is, who Tibetans are and an to show people where we came from,” Dol- understanding of our culture and beliefs.” ma said. The new shop was formerly occupied by She said times have changed, though, Amour de La Terre shoe store, which closed earand tourism has waned in the state capital. lier this year. The landlord in the lease transacDolma said her family has been thinking of tion was represented by David J. King and Germoving the business for a while and chose aldine M. Healy, of David King & Associates. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com Oak Park because “it seemed like a diverse
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local gardens Oak Park River Forest Garden Walk is June 25 By LACEY SIKORA
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limate change worries aside, summer in the Midwest is fleeting. That does not translate into lack of time and effort expended on our outdoor spaces. To the contrary, many local homeowners take extra effort to turn their outdoor spaces into an oasis to be enjoyed as soon as the last frost is gone. For avid gardeners in Oak Park and River Forest, the Oak Park River Forest Garden Club offers even more incentive to roll up your sleeves and dig in the dirt. The Garden Club’s annual Garden Walk is the opportunity to allow friends, neighbors and garden aficionados to wander through your garden for inspiration and enjoyment of the great outdoors. This year, fresh off its centennial celebration in March, the Garden Club is holding its 24th Annual Garden Walk on Sunday, June 25, showcasing nine private gardens and one community garden in Oak Park and River Forest.
Community gardening This year, three of the gardens are within two blocks of each other on Le Moyne Parkway in Oak Park. A community garden in the 100 block exemplifies the spirit of the street. Faced with an overgrown, unloved parkway space, resident Jennifer Davis reached out to the village to inquire about options for gardening on the parkway. The Forestry Division did not have a plan for the median and encouraged residents to clean up and plant at will. With free mulch and tree pruning provided by the village, residents pitched in with sweat equity, time and plants to turn an eyesore into an oasis. Gardening efforts were led by Davis, Paul and Angela Kotkovich, while Phyllis Bowen and Mimi Panico painted flower pots. Flowers now bloom in the space spring through autumn, and bird baths and benches provide a quite spot for everyone to enjoy. See GARDEN WALK on page 19
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ON THE ROOF: Phyllis Bowen takes a break in her garden, which is on the roof of her garage. With their small backyard completely in the shade, the Bowens sought a unique solution to their gardening quandary.
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OTHER AREA HOMES ADDISON. REDUCED! ATYPICAL RANCH-STYLE HOME! 3 spacious BRs, 2.2 BAs. Open flr plan w/huge kitchen & family rm. Luxurious MBA. Lots of storage. x ...............................................................................$479,000 BERWYN. WAITING FOR ITS NEXT OWNER. Spacious 4BRs, 2BAs in a great location. Open kitchen & family rm. Lrg yd. Well-kept; add finishing touches. x ...............$222,000 BIG ROCK. MID-CENTURY MODERN home with 2.9 acres. 3BRs, 2.1BAs. Large rms, lots of closet space & lots of potential. x ..............................................................$350,000 ELMWOOD PARK. ONE OF EP’S FINEST homes – 4 bedrooms, 4½ baths - a real beauty! x ................$485,000 ELMWOOD PARK. GREAT HOME, terrific location what else can one ask for? 3 BR, 1.1 BA on great lot. This is the home for you! x.......................................................$350,000 ELMWOOD PARK. REDUCED! NEED ROOM? NO PROBLEM. Cape Cod has 4 BRs & home office could be 5th BR. 2BAs. Spacious kit & family rm. Lots more. x $298,000 EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY
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OAK PARK. MIXED USE BLDG. 1st flr: lrg commercial spc – approx. 3000SF. 2 apts on 2nd flr: 3BR, 1BA /1BR, 1BA. 2-car gar. 1st flr handicapped access. Call for more info. ......................................................................................$350,000
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JUST LISTED! STUNNING 1 bedroom, 1BA unit in the historic Van Bergen designed Linden Landmark. Updated throughout, a true masterpiece. x ........................$199,000 NEW CONSTRUCTION! New standard of luxury! 18082200 SF units, 3 BRs, 2 indoor pkg spaces, spacious terraces, eco-efficient LEED certified. Pricing starts at...........$669,900 BRIGHT OPEN FLOOR PLAN. Updated twnhse w/2BR, 2.1BA, eat-in kitchen, in-unit lndry, private deck, 2-car garage & many other great features. x.............................. $319,900 GREAT 2+BR, Family rm & 2 full BA sunny, spacious condo in elevator bldg near DTOP. New kitchen & updated BAs. Frplc. 2 garage spcs! .........................................$245,000 BEAUTIFUL 2BR plus den, 2BA unit in vintage building in heart of Oak Park. Very spacious living & dining rms. Updated kitchen. x ................................................................ $195,000 SUNNY AND SPACIOUS vintage condo with 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths, and laundry in-unit. x ...................... $179,000
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ELMWOOD PARK. OPEN FLOOR PLAN, 1st flr office spc in mixed use residential tower. Inside & outside pkg. 1 toilet, kitchen area, 1 private office & storage rm. Great building! ......................................................................... $18.36/sq ft OAK PARK. OFFICE SPACES in lovely Art Deco bldg. 2 Elevators. Entry handicap equipped. Tenants pay electric. Public pkg. Call! ...........................................................$24/sq ft OAK PARK. READY FOR NEXT TENANT! Clean 1st flr store front office space. High foot traffic & 2 public bus routes. Tenant pays electric. Bldg supplies heat ..................................................................................$18.31/sq ft
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GARDEN WALK Rooftop garden from page 17 Also in the 100 block of Le Moyne, Phyllis Bowen and her husband, Sam, thought outside of the box when it came to their garden. Their small backyard was shadowed by two garages on either side. When their garage needed to be replaced, Phyllis suggested that they build a garage with a garden on top. Working with Hutter Architects and Premier Construction, the couple soon realized it was quite a feat of engineering to create a garage roof that could handle the weight of the soil and provide proper drainage. Phyllis reports they now enjoy glorious berries, flowers and vegetable produce, as well as a downstairs patio. Four years ago, she and her young neighbor, Henry Davis, created a garden space in their gangway, which they call the Friendly Garden Railway. Complete with running trains, it begs visitors to stop and play a while. In the 200 block of Le Moyne, Kathy Houser says that working in her urban garden is a spiritual exercise and that she enjoys her garden in all kinds of conditions, whether she is deadheading flowers in the moonlight or transplanting specimens in the rain. As a graphic artist, she likes to work within structured parameters, so she included boxwoods and evergreens as foundational anchors in the garden. She fills in the spaces with a variety of blooming plants that create a habitat for furry and feathered creatures.
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Maple Avenue gardens In the 400 block of Maple Avenue in Oak Park, two distinct gardens are showcased on this year’s walk. Monika and Blaine Robinson faced a gardening challenge when they moved into their home almost 25 years ago. A narrow
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cement walkway led the way to a large black walnut tree, surrounded by a yard of dirt. They replaced the cement with a winding path and researched plants that would be tolerate the toxicity of the walnut tree while also enduring the intense shade. Today, their garden boasts climbing hydrangea on the side yard, and Japanese maple and redbud trees at the entrance. The garden has evolved along with their lives in the house, and as their children become young adults, the Robinsons continue to add new plantings and landscaping to their garden. Just down the street, Amy and Ken Hogrefe purchased a home with little in the way of a garden other than concrete and boxwoods. With the help of Amy’s father, over the past 20 years, they’ve added a variety of peonies to the garden. With herbaceous, tree and fern leaf peonies, they have found the secret to success is benign neglect. The couple’s garden is full of memories in the form of plants. A hosta was inherited from a friend in Michigan who lost her battle with cancer. A hydrangea was planted by Ken and Amy’s father while they listened to a Northwestern game the first fall the Hogrefes lived in Oak Park. The couple also says they are indebted to friend and garden designer Darcie Marvin who helps them keep the small garden in shape.
Oak Park River Forest Garden Club’s 24th Annual Garden Walk Sunday, June 25 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets can be purchased prior to June 24 at 5 p.m. online at www.gcoprf. org for $15. Tickets can be purchased the day of the walk for $20 at guide pick-up locations. Garden Walk Guide pick-up is from 9:30 to 2 p.m. at the Cheney Mansion, 220 N. Euclid Ave., Oak Park, or at the Oak Park Conservatory, 615 Garfield St., Oak Park. A Paypal receipt is needed to pick up the Garden Walk guide, which must be presented at each garden for admittance. The tour is self-guided, and children under the age of 12 are free.
Variety is the spice of life Other gardens on this year’s walk include Mark Finger’s urban garden in the 100 block of Harrison Street in Oak Park, which he has been greening for 30 years. Kaaren and Gary Frantzen are sharing the garden of their brick four square in River Forest, rumored to have been the rectory for Rosary College, and Martha and Jerric Ramos of River Forest share the garden of their artsand-crafts bungalow.
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GORGEOUS FRENCH NORMANDY with 5 bedrooms, 5 full & 5 half baths sits on a 75 foot corner lot. Gleaming hardwood floors and fireplace in LR, simply stunning eat-in kitchen with adjoining family room. Lower level rec room with gas fireplace. Beautifully landscaped grounds...........................................................................$1,049,000 COMPLETELY RENOVATED 4 bedroom home is move-in ready. First floor features a spacious open floor plan. Large, high end kitchen. Full finished bsmt consists of a family room, a wet bar and a bonus room with its own bath. Deep backyard with a large patio and fire pit............................................................................................$944,900 LIVES VERY LARGE! Each room has been thought out in this six bedroom, two and a half bath home. Kitchen boasts Rift Cut Oak and was completely redone in 2009. MBR has radiant heated floors. Patios and sitting areas off the Master. Everything has been done for you. ....................................................................................................$779,000 CHARMING, SPACIOUS QUEEN ANNE BUNGALOW in pristine condition. Art glass windows, French doors, wood trim, hardwood floors. Granite kitchen, breakfast nook. Family room and 1st floor bedroom. 3 bedrooms on 2nd floor. Finished basement, enclosed porch, 2 car garage...............................................$634,900 CLASSIC TUDOR offers the charm and elegance you’ve come to expect in River Forest. A beautiful brick and stone exterior and timeless interior with natural woodwork in this vintage home. Kitchen overlooks large backyard. Two fireplaces, dry basement. Two car garage. ..............................................................................$599,500 CONTEMPORARY PRAIRIE STYLE with huge potential. Great opportunity for investor, rehabber or homeowner. ........................................................................$549,000
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New Bills Aim to Keep Illinois LGBTQ-Friendly SB 1761 passed the Senate in April. Harmon notes that the use of the panic defense is rare, Contributing Reporter but the bill is important. “This bill is as much a statement of principal as it is a solution to handful of newly introduced bills in Illinois illustrate the competing interan immediate problem. This is a simple way ests at work in the state when it comes of saying that Illinois stands for principals of to LGTBQ protections. equality and social justice.” Senator Harmon co-sponsored SB 1785 passed the Senate in two bills aimed at expanding May and modernizes the Illinois LGBTQ rights in Illinois and says law allowing people to change the that this is a part of his job that gender marker on their birth cerhas perhaps gained importance in tificate. Harmon notes that this the era of a new president. bill has a direct effect on his conHarmon co-sponsored SB 1761, stituents and people throughout an initiative of Equality Illinois, Illinois. which curtailed the use of a panic “This was easy to sponsor. We defense in murder cases. The panic were following the lead of other defense is premised on the argustates here, and the birth certifiDON HARMON ment that a defendant accused of cate bill has a direct impact on a violent crime against another constituents and families that I person could justify their actions by blaming know. We had a transgender page in the Senate the victim’s sexual orientation or gender iden- this year who testified on behalf of the bill, tity for the violent reaction. Equality Illinois which was really something to see a young labels the panic defense “rooted in the stigma- person be able to do. I thought of the famitization of LGBTQ people.” lies I know raising transgender children, and
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it seems obvious that their vital paperwork should reflect who they are.” Marianna Merola, who along with Levander Smith, co-chairs the Democratic Party of Oak Park’s newly-formed LGBTQ Call to Action group, says the two bills should be an easy way to get bi-partisan support for LGBTQ issues. “These things really do make a difference. The Panic Defense is not something I’ve ever been impacted by, but it shows that we won’t accept bigotry in Illinois.” Along with introducing bills that offer protections, Harmon opposes those that would erode rights for the LGBTQ community, such as SB 64, which would permit discrimination against LGBTQ people under the guise of religious freedom, and HB 664 which would force transgender students to use separate locker rooms and bathrooms at school. “As a politician, I keep doing what I’ve been doing for years in Springfield. I can call out the fallacies of arguments and make sure that people making them are never in a position to do harm to the people we represent. This depends on having a progressive majority.”
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“These things really do make a difference. The Panic Defense is not something I’ve ever been impacted by, but it shows that we won’t accept bigotry in Illinois.”
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June 21, 2017
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OPALGA in the Community: Outreach for Social Good BY LACEY SIKORA
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or OPALGA board member Mike Rosanova, bringing together OPALGA and the Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD) was a natural decision. “I’ve been volunteering for the GFCD for a number of years, and I suggested that it would be a good place for people to get involved. GFCD supplies the Oak Park Food Pantry, and OPLAGA is tied into the Oak Park community and social organizations. Face-to-face community building is very important, as is giving back to the community.” The GFCD supplies local food pantries, and reaches at-risk populations such as refugees, new and expecting mothers, homeless populations MIKE ROSANOVA and Title 1 children who receive food assistance during the week from Chicago Public Schools. Each volunteer session ends with a member of the GFCD volunteer team telling volunteers how many people will benefit from the hours their group put in. Rosanova notes that volunteering for the GFCD is valuable for multiple reasons.
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OPALGA marching in the July 4 parade in Oak Park in 2016. “It’s a way to combine social good and fun. youth than their straight peers, Rosanova When you volunteer there, you have fun, and says this is another part of the appeal of the fun is a great motivator. One of the payoffs for partnership with the GCFD, which provides OPALGA is that it contributes to the feeling food assistance to homeless populations. that this is a good group and that you’re glad “Studies show the percentage of homeless to be a part of it. That’s youth who are LGBTQ is what Pride is all about. It’s way out of proportion to the what identity is all about.” number of LGBTQ kids in Rosanova notes that fosthe population. There are tering identity is key for the estimates that approximateLGBTQ community. “Doing ly 40 percent of homeless things like volunteering youth are LGBTQ.” contributes to quality of life While volunteering for and helps you form an identhe GCFD offers OPALGA tity, which is important for members an important LGBTQ people. A critical sense of community and — Mike Rosanova part of identity for LGBTQ team building for thempeople is finding other peoselves, Rosanova notes that ple like yourself and getting together in a the ability to help those in their community social group.” who are struggling is another important piece As the faculty advisor for the Gay Straight of the work. Alliance at Triton College, Rosanova notes “Everyone comes away amazed at the feelthat the issue of identity is a large part of ing of giving back to the community, which OPALGA’s work with students at both Triton is an important part of the psychology of and Oak Park River Forest High School’s Gay volunteering, but it’s also very important that Straight Alliance. the volunteers understand that what they are Noting that rates of suicide and homeless- doing has real results and real importance to ness are significantly higher among LGBTQ people.”
“There are estimates that approximately 40 percent of homeless youth are LGBTQ.”
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Mike Rosanova (standing, left) and other OPALGA members sorting cabbage at the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
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LGBTQ Activism in the Age of Trump we need to mutually aid each other.” Bob Personnet of OPALGA is chairing a Contributing Reporter newly-created advocacy committee and sees the need for local action even when Oak Park and surrounding communities hen President Donald are not areas of concern. Trump was elected in “Oak Park and the surroundNovember, the reverberaing areas are safe, but beyond tions were felt even in solthat what do we do? Equality idly blue state Illinois. After eight Illinois has announcements for years of a having someone in the LGBTQ organizing and mobilizaWhite House who was committion around the nation. It’s really ted to protecting LGBTQ rights, about education right now. If you many in the LGBTQ community get complacent, it will cost you.” feared that not only would they The Democratic Party of Oak lose ground on issues yet to be Park (DPOP) has also changed resolved, but that the very proBOB PERSONETT its approach to LGBTQ concerns tections they had fought so hard in the wake of the election. to win might be in jeopardy. “ ak Park and Marianne Merola and Levander For State Senator Don Harmon, the effects of the election have the surrounding Smith are chairing a newlyformed LGBTQ Call to Action been pronounced. He remarks, areas are safe, committee as part of DPOP’s Call “Without a doubt, Donald Trump has given license to people to say but beyond that to Action for Human Rights. The LGBTQ Call to Action or do things they wouldn’t norwhat do we do? group was formed in direct mally say or do.” response to the election, and “We are lucky in Illinois that Smith and Merola note the we have a strong democratic group is happily accepting new majority, and we can stop antiLGBTQ bills from passing. We all need to be members who are interested in the cause. careful in the age of Trump to ensure that we Speaking of DPOP as a whole, Merola notes all stay united. When a group is under attack, that members have been very galvanized by
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OPALGA participating in A Day in Our Village in Oak Park on June 4.
PRIDE 2017 the Trump presidency. “It’s always been an active group, and now, it’s active on steroids.” Meetings became standing room only at the Oak Park Public Library as more people sought to become active in local politics. Smith and Merola agree that within Oak Park, they have not seen LGBTQ protections losing ground, but say that the national mood is more concerning. Says Merola, “People really do feel more emboldened to discriminate against LGBTQ issues and people. Trump hasn’t issued a Gay Pride month proclamation. He got rid of the bathroom bill in schools that protected transgender students. He’s pandering to his LEVANDER SMITH base.” Noting that some of these moves are symbolic and some have more teeth, Merola and Smith emphasize that the key is getting the community engage and join in them in their calls to politicians and their postcard campaigns. Smith notes that DPOP has a table at the Oak Park Farmers Market every Saturday and welcomes people to sign up for DPOP’s newsletter, the Progressive, on the website www.dpop.org. “We are looking for gay and straight people of all ages and all races who want to get involved. We want everyone if they are passionate, committed and interested in these issues.”
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“People really do feel more emboldened to discriminate against LGBTQ issues and people. Trump hasn’t issued a Gay Pride month proclamation. He got rid of the bathroom bill in schools that protected transgender students. He’s pandering to his base.” — Marianee Merola
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Chicago Pride Weekend consists of a two-day festival and our world-famous parade. The two-day festival takes place along Chicago’s famed Halsted strip on Saturday, June 17, 2017 and Sunday, June 18, 2017. The parade takes place over a four-mile route on Sunday, June 25, 2017.
Stage acts and event for the festival The parade kicks off at noon on Sunday, June 25, 2017, at Montrose Avenue and Broadway in Uptown and ends near the intersection of Diversey Parkway and Sheridan Road in Lincoln Park. Pride Month in June is the culmination of Chicago’s vibrant LGBT community. The energy in the city peaks on Pride Weekend, which falls on the last weekend of June each year in commemoration of the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. On Pride Frida and Saturday thousands will gather along Halsted for the two day festival. Stages of music, exhibitors, great food and drinks are available to enjoy. In the evening the revelers will pour into Boystown clubs and party into the wee hours of the night. On Sunday the roar of the crowd heralds the start of the Pride Parade, a dazzling cavalcade of diversity. The streets are lined 12 people deep as 750,000 people cheer the contingents on and enjoy the show, culture and experience! For the liveliest viewing spots head to the Boystown section of North Halsted Street, between Belmont Avenue and Grace Street. If you are seeking a less crowded area to view the parade, look for your viewing spots near the beginning of the route along Broadway between Montrose Avenue and Sheridan Road or further along Broadway between Belmont Avenue and Diversey Parkway.
How did Pride begin? The annual Pride Celebration commemorates the rebellion of LGBT patrons of the Stonewall Inn in New York City’s Greenwich Village in response to a routine police raid on June 27, 1969. The following year, a “GayIn” that took place on June 27, 1970 that was the early progenitor of the current Pride Celebration. Since 1972, the event has been held every year, Since its modest beginnings, Chicago Pride has grown to be one the largest and most well-known Pride events in the world. Pride has come to symbolize several things: the long history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer dignity, the freedom of all people to meaningfully and proudly express their sexual and gender identities, and the commitment of LGBT people to combating oppression.
Before anything else, we are all human. It’s time to embrace diversity. Let’s put aside labels in the name of love. Rethink your bias at lovehasnolabels.com
Do I need a ticket to get into Pride? There is no fee to attend the Pride Fest or watch the Parade. A voluntary donation is requested at the entry gates to Pride Fest. This donation goes back to community support programs.
Is there an age limit for entry into Chicago Pride? The Pride Fest and Parade are open to people of all ages.
Where can I stay near Pride events? Hundreds of thousands of people from outside Chicago come to the city for Pride each year. Find information on local lodging.
Where can I find parking? To ease the parking and traffic congestion around the Chicago Pride Parade route, we have teamed up with Parking Panda, the nationwide leader in online parking reservations. Locations within easy walking distance to the parade route are extremely limited and expected to sell out so we recommend that purchase your Chicago Pride Parade parking passes now! Apart from Pride, Chicago is also known for its world-class public transportation system, so please consider familiarizing yourself with the CTA (for transportation within the city) and with METRA and Pace (for transportation from the suburbs into the city). To find routes from anywhere in the Chicagoland area to Pride Fest and the Parade visit transitchicago.com.
Are pets allowed? Yes, pets are allowed, including, of course, service animals assisting people with accessibility needs. We do, however, strongly recommend leaving pets at home since both the Parade and Festival are noisy, crowded, and hot. Pets can sometimes be very startled by the crowds and sounds of Pride. In busy areas, it may be difficult to navigate with pets who will be walking on the ground given the high number of stomping feet moving through the crowd. — CHICAGOPRIDE.GOPRIDE.COM For more information, visit online at Chicagopride.gopride.com
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Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$499,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30-3 625 Clarence Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$510,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 7419 Warren St, Forest Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$529,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1427 Thatcher, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$569,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:30-3:30 947 Mapleton Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$575,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 751 Forest Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$579,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 735 Home, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$585,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 723 N. East Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$629,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-1:45 627 Belleforte, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$639,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1210 N. Grove, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$649,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1216 N. Kenilworth Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$675,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1200 Belleforte, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$685,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 847 N. East Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$689,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 173 N. Harvey, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$697,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30-4 729 N. Grove Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyond Properties Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$749,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 122 S. Scoville Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$792,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:30-2 1522 Monroe Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$825,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:30-1:30 1126 Clinton Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyond Properties Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$829,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30-4:30 532 N. Oak Park Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$889,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30-3 313 S. Elmwood, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$975,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-1:45 554 Lathrop Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,350,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
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613 Grove Ln, Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$331,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sat. 12-2 1024 Cedar, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$559,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12:30
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discussion heretofore meant for Council Chambers just played out entirely on social media. The business community requested public discussion at Village Hall to present the implications of Cook County’s minimum wage and paid sick leave ordinance, which goes into effect on July 1. While never officially acknowledged, our request was denied after Facebook lit up with posts from people committed to higher wages. Trustees were put on notice to expect disruption, picketing and demonstrations should they even entertain the conversation. We had little expectation of Oak Park opting out of the law, despite River Forest, Forest Park and Elmwood Park doing
just that. However, the business community was eager to use this as an opportunity to discuss the law’s local impact, with the hope of raising awareness in anticipation of potential price increases, layoffs, or other changes. Best case would have been discussion of Village support in the face of the high cost of doing business here relative to other communities. I’m still holding out for that best case, and I believe many of our trustees are willing to have that conversation. Instead, it was a tough week on Facebook. Small business owners were swept up in the “us against them” mentality. That overly simplistic thought process went something like this: “Minimum wage is too low. Business owners are at fault. They should pay workers more. Business owners are wealthy, in part because they underpay employees. This is bad. Government must force owners to share their money with those who worked to gener-
ate it.” The system IS broken. Minimum wage IS too low. This IS bad. Government should help right the system. It needs to be fixed at the state and national level. And maybe large corporations have lots of money. Maybe they are not-so-good. But local, independent business owners? These are good people. Most lack the resources to fix the system themselves. Wages will go up, but how will we pay for it? If we believe that the character of our community includes fun, quirky, independent, locally-owned businesses, we need to do something to ensure they are still around. That’s all we are saying.
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If we stay in our lanes, common ground stays empty
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ivergent lanes in traffic keep us moving safely. Separate lanes in politics help us clarify our distinctive views. However, with our growing polarization, the pattern of driving in our own lanes only has emerged. The phrase “stay in your lane,” can mean different things. It might refer cynically to how we talk politics only with people who think like us. Or those in a particular group with a grievance might use it when admonishing others to “stay in their own lanes” because the others could never possibly grasp what it is like to be in the aggrieved party’s shoes. But because of our common interests, our speech inevitably spills into each other’s lanes. We can’t argue about how to improve public schools or clean up contaminated properties without recommending what we, and others, must do differently. We can’t debate the threats to public safety without naming the practices or problems of others as relevant to the problem. Conflicts take place partly because of the deeper pull of our commonalities. We have to engage one another. Take one’s place of residence: We define a neighborhood proudly as “ours.” But the reality of being of one city confronts us when we look beyond our neighborhood’s fences. In our lanes, we talk about others but not with them. We do so framed by the assumptions, biases, and languages that cement our differences. This is how we create unchallenged, one-way thorough-
fares that give rise to our reassuring “bubbles.” In Oak Park’s liberal bubble, it’s easy to criticize conservative positions without actually having to debate conservatives directly. The reverse no doubt holds true in a place like Wheaton. In the white, working-class bubble in which I lived as a boy, it was common to hear racist comments about African Americans go unchallenged, as if the sentiments were etched into the pavement that only whites walked. There is a deceptive self-assuredness that comes with remaining in our bubbles and staying in our lanes. But that comfort comes at a price: If we never venture out of them, we close off any chance of agreeing with one another. Lanes arise inevitably with freedom, but denying our shared ground neglects, and allows the deterioration of, the floor beneath those liberties. Denying our oneness, we can shout about, or at, others from our walled-in spaces. We forget how to debate others civilly, clarify mutually what we disagree about, and take the next step of constructing consensus. The people in the other lanes might not “get” us the way we want them to. They don’t trust that we “get” them either. But we would better understand why if we acknowledged the beliefs, values, and democratic institutions that we hold in common. The first step to embracing those shared treasures is to stop denying that they are there. Rich Kordesh is a longtime resident of Oak Park who grew up in Berwyn.
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Rules of civility in elections should be enforced
n the fall of 1959, when I became a naturalized citizen of the United States, I rejoiced in the promise of freedom in our electoral process. I rejoiced as I remembered an election I witnessed in 1939. Stalin’s Russia had staged a referendum in Lithuania to ratify the occupation of our country. To cast their votes, my parents were taken to the polling place by armed Russian soldiers. My mother asked the official of the communist regime, “What if I don’t agree with the proposition?” She was told, “Vote no if you dare!” I was only 6 years old and did not have the capacity to understand what I observed, but I knew that for my parents, there was no freedom of choice. That memory haunted all my elections. Over the past five decades since I received my citizenship, the electoral campaigns have become increasingly negative, contentious, slanderous, and defamatory. I’m conflicted and incensed over having our election process tarnished. The ruthless disregard of ethics and civility by candidates of both political parties fuels my outrage. Their disparagement of each other is, in fact, a revelation about themselves, and gives me a rationale for deciding whether I can allow any of them to represent me. Political combatants are not the only culprits in sleazy electioneering. The news media must be acknowledged as a frequent contributor as well. Craftily timed releases of scandalous materials propagate the editorial views of their own syndicates and mega-corporations. Yes, the news industry is a special interest group with an agenda.
Three months before the recent election, a Frontline documentary revealed the power-hungry ambitions of the presidential candidates. The expose was aired on PBS and disclosed the personal characteristics and psychological movements of the opponents. What was revealed were two similarly-driven individuals vying for the same goals, namely power and personal exaltation. Ultimately, the vitriolic rhetoric increased the toxicity of the presidential campaigns and emboldened Putin, an external foe, to interject himself into our election. For me, Russian tampering with our election triggered a flashback to that cold November evening of 1939 in Lithuania. The vision of my parents rousted out at gunpoint flashed before me. I recalled the fright on my mother’s face upon hearing, “Vote no if you dare!” I wonder if anyone might have dared to vote no. I doubt if my mother did. I wonder if ever I would. Would you? Slander and defamation, infused into a difference of opinion, foster bitterness and hate. Irreconcilable differences wound our nation. We dare not allow ourselves to be divided and conquered. Destructive divisiveness must stop. Guidelines for revising campaign conduct could and should be gleaned from the ethical and moral wealth we possess. Rules are enforced in every game, every sport and every kind of competition. Rules of civility in political electioneering cannot be an exception. Fred Natkevi is a longtime resident of Oak Park.
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Give Imagine plan time
t is June 2017. That is eight months out from the remarkably divisive swimming pool referendum at Oak Park and River Forest High School. The vote on the pool plan put forth by the high school was ultimately settled by 28 votes out of some 33,000 cast. The pool referendum was defeated. And that is the definition of a fractured community. In the wake of that tumultuous election, the high school board and Joylynn Pruitt-Adams, its new superintendent, took a bold and healing step. Instead of turning right around and trying to muscle a new vote through quickly, OPRF chose a long, inclusive, consensus-building process. The goal is to find common ground on the pool while asking a large citizen-based committee to look also at a range of additional facility and instructional issues. So far, the school has made it through a painstaking “launch committee” process designed to focus the goals, hire a facilitator, pick the catchy title of Imagine OPRF, and choose the 40-plus members from a pool of more than 80 interested applicants. The full committee doesn’t even meet for the first time until August. And then there will be the process. Sub-committees, research, discussion, public hearings, estimates and projections, timelines. The whole fascinating and mind-numbing process of sorting out complex issues in the public way. After all that, if there is anything approaching a consensus, there will be a report and recommendations to the school board. Yes, God help us, the school board will reenter full pool mode. Hopefully with a consensus. If — and a big if — this all moves forward, there will need to be another referendum vote. The very, very earliest that could happen is November 2018. June 2017 to November 2018. That is 16 months from now. Why are we counting? Because Monica Sheehan, the highly effective leader of the anti-pool referendum last year, has just resigned from the Imagine OPRF committee amid a volley of charges of unfairness and the “fix is in,” etc., etc. She has effectively launched the next campaign. And we’re not buying it. Not for a minute. Sheehan sent us her letter of resignation last week. She included a series of email exchanges she had with Pruitt-Adams casting aspersions on the nascent process. She objected to the facilitator. She alleged an imbalance between people who had previously supported the referendum and those in opposition. She said the committee was stacked with OPRF staff and made the illogical assumption that every school employee had supported the referendum. She wanted every applicant for the committee to declare how they had voted in the last election. Then she quit and took to social media and the OakPark.com comment board to begin poisoning the waters. The last election is the last election. We’re not going to find a solution in that narrowly split result. The challenge is to make this new process work, to consider the imperfect solutions because that is all we have on a landlocked campus, to look forward and to attempt to mend the hard feelings and move past the distrust of that out-of-character campaign. Oak Park and River Forest don’t need and, we believe, won’t put up with 16 more months of division and name-calling.
Social media governance
Deno Andrews, one of Oak Park’s new village trustees, is expert at social media. Pre-election, we watched as a Facebook page he launched for northeast Oak Parkers took off in a flash. Last week Andrews and fellow trustee Dan Moroney used social media to float the idea of putting Cook County’s minimum wage and sick leave law onto the village board’s agenda for a vote. The alternative was to keep the item off the agenda and watch the changes become law automatically on July 1. A couple of days of intensity later, Andrews and Moroney changed course and took the item off the agenda. We are fans of social media, its power and speed. We’d offer cautions though about its roll in polling and trolling complex local issues.
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A home is not simply a building; it is the shelter around the intimacy of a life. Coming in from the outside world and its rasp of force and usage, you relax and allow yourself to be who you are. The inner walls of a home are threaded with the textures of one’s soul, a subtle weave of presences. If you could see your home through the lens of the soul, you would be surprised at the beauty concealed in the memory your home holds. When you enter some homes, you sense how the memories have seeped to the surface, infusing the aura of the place and deepening the tone of its presence. Where love has lived, a house still holds its warmth. Even the poorest home feels like a nest if love and tenderness dwell there. Conversely, the most ornate, the grandest homes, can have an empty center. The beauty of a home is ultimately determined by the nature of its atmosphere, by the texture and spirit of those who dwell there. A house is like a psyche in the patterns of spirit it absorbs and holds. The art of memory is its secret weaving, how it weaves together forgotten joy and endured sorrow.
in sunlight in slivers that creep along the walls in playful patterns, evoking one of the late, great Leonard Cohen’s best lines: “There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” For now though, they’re hoping the cracks have all been sealed so the rain doesn’t get in. The surprise in coming home isn’t the joy congregants feel so much as recognizing how important this particular space is to their congregating. “Oh, what a beautiful morning,” the choir sings, though not at first in unison. Select members solo each Hammersteinian phrase, “All the sounds of the earth are like music,” each voice imperfect in its unique fashion, before blending seamlessly together. “I’ve got a wonderful feeling everything’s going my way.” The arrangement testifies to both individual differences and the harmonizing of community. “Send the good news, send the word,” the men sing during the prelude. “We the people will be heard.” “Go out and tell a story to your daughters and your sons,” the full choir sings later, the anthem from Ragtime. “Let it echo far and wide. Make them hear you, make them hear you.” Worship here is serious, but not solemn. Senior Minister Alan Taylor welcomes attendees, long-timers and first-timers alike. “Bring all of who you are,” he says. “Whoever you are, wherever you are on your life journey, you are welcome here.” Rev. Emily Gage says it’s nice to see everyone’s face and teases, “I notice that everybody’s back in their regular seat.” She invites the kids to sit on the soft, new carpet in front of the main-floor pews (original to Unity Temple, the woodwork restored to long-ago freshness) and tells them about the Unitarian tradition of Flower Communion. When she asks for volunteers, the young hands (of which there are many) shoot up. They distribute sprigs of flowers to everyone in the congregation. “Even if you didn’t bring one this morning,” Gage says, “you’ll still leave with one. That’s how we roll here.” This space has been renewed by two years of hard labor. The warm earth-tones are more vibrant, the walls subtly but beautifully textured, and best of all, the air between them cooled geo-thermally. But there’s more going on than facility rehab, says Taylor during his sermon. “This building is not complete without our living, breathing congregation. That completes the design. Human connection powers our lives. … This building is to be used. I claim full responsibility for the first spill. We are forgiven for our marks. It shows our use.” The congregation has changed, he noted, in two years. People have died who did not get to experience this homecoming. New members have joined. “The journey to this day was longer than two years,” Taylor observed. It made him think about the great cathedral of Chartres in France. “Those workers began something they knew they would not see. We too are building — on foundations we did not lay — a cathedral to the human spirit.” “Where love has lived, a house still holds its warmth,” writes John O’Donohue. “The beauty of a home is ultimately determined by the nature of its atmosphere, by the texture and spirit of those who dwell there.” Unity Temple is home again.
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he message board outside proclaims this month’s theme, “Surprised by Joy,” but it’s doubtful anyone at this first Sunday service in Unity Temple in two years is surprised by the joy they feel coming home again after such a long hiatus. The congregation relocated to United Lutheran Church on the north end of town and took pride in packing the pews of that great barn of a church, beneath the towering presence of one of the largest back-wall crucifixes in the village. It was very different from the home they turned over to construction crews in June of 2015. The bare brick of United Lutheran’s walls speak to a more austere, traditional spiritual orientation, where worshipers see the backs of each other’s heads, facing forward, the only faces visible being speakers at the lecterns, or the choir as it struggled to overcome the smothering acoustics of the place. The Lutheran congregation was as welcoming as they could be and the Unitarians were grateful, but it wasn’t the same. Feisty, independent souls that they are, however, these free-thinkers insisted their home was wherever they set up worship. The congregation was more important than the place in which they congregated. Where United Lutheran is a traditional cruciform church, high-ceilinged, with a long aisle from sanctuary to the front door, Unity Temple is a cube blending the horizontal and the vertical, with two balconies rising above the main floor on three sides and a lower-level cloister where the choir clusters, waiting to ascend. The balconies set the congregants face to face, town meeting style, no one more than 42 feet in any direction from the pulpit, and the sense — and expectation — of creating community is both intensified and celebrated here. This is democratic worship, non-hierarchical, for the service of man (and woman) as well as the worship of God. Wright’s revolution of spiritual reorientation. The clear, high-set windows refuse to shut out the world as so many churches do, and the skylight lets
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Plan Commission vacancies should be posted It has come to our attention that Mayor Anan AbuTaleb planned to ask for consent to appoint former trustee Glenn Brewer to the Plan Commission at Monday night’s village board meeting. He will take the place of Mark Gartland, whose term was not renewed. This is unacceptable for many reasons. 1. No notice of a vacancy on the Plan Commission was given to the public. 2. There was no opportunity for other community members to apply for this vacancy, as the Plan Commission has not published any minutes since January (and has not met since then, either). 3. Mark Gartland was a former park district commissioner. Glenn Brewer was defeated in the election, partly due to part dissatisfaction with the “develop-
Distribution Coordinator Caleb Thusat Comptroller Edward Panschar Credit Manager Laurie Myers Front Desk Carolyn Henning, Maria Murzyn Chairman Emeritus Robert K. Downs
ment at any cost” attitude of the mayor. Glenn was seen as one of his “yes” votes. 4. The mayor/president has a right to appoint someone to the Plan and Zoning commissions. All other commissions have a process where people can apply and be interviewed by a citizen committee, then recommended to the trustees. Why are the Zoning and Plan commissions not part of that process? This exception gives way too much power to the mayor/president. This action is not acceptable when a hotly debated project like the Albion development is in the pipeline.
Laura Stamp
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Oak Park stinks (with sulphur) Our beloved town stinks — at least since October 2016. In the small hours of the night, a sulfur wind overcomes large swaths of Oak Park. The IEPA is looking into it, but results are not forthcoming. EPA cuts will most likely not speed things up. There is little communication from the village of Oak Park on this issue. I’m scared of how often my toddler has breathed
this chemical stench of unknown origin and unknown health consequence. If it persists and perhaps worsens, will property values be impacted? I love living in Oak Park, but as my home fills with a breeze akin to burning sewage, I find myself wondering if moving here was a mistake.
Jillian Zarlenga
Oak Park
About Viewpoints Our mission is to lead educated conversation about the people, government, schools, businesses and culture of Oak Park and River Forest. As we share the consensus of Wednesday Journal’s editorial board on local matters, we hope our voice will help focus your thinking and, when need be, fire you to action. In a healthy conversation about community concerns, your voice is also vital. We welcome your views, on any topic of community interest, as essays and as letters to the editor. Noted here are our stipulations for filing. Please understand our verification process and circumstances that would lead us not to print a letter or essay. We will call to check that what we received with your signature is something you sent. If we can’t make that verification, we will not print what was sent. When, in addition to opinion, a letter or essay includes information presented as fact, we will check the reference. If we cannot confirm a detail, we may not print the letter or essay. If you have questions, call Viewpoints editor Ken Trainor at 708-613-3310 or email him at ktrainor@wjinc.com.
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Wednesday Journal, June 21, 2017
Why you should care about state rating Why should I care? This a question some Illinois citizens may be asking themselves. If one does not own state bonds, why should he care if rating agencies have reduced Illinois’ bond rating to one step above junk? The answer is that the downgrade is costing Illinois’ taxpayers a lot of money. Until recently investors have regarded general obligation bonds as low-risk investments. Therefore, they have been willing to accept a low rate of return, particularly if they were in the upper-income brackets (many municipal bonds’ returns are free of state and possibly even federal tax obligations). This has enabled cities, towns and states to borrow inexpensively for day-to-day operations. This complacency was shattered by both Detroit’s and Puerto Rico’s defaults which forced investors to take
a “haircut.” For example, Detroit’s municipal bonds returned only 74 cents for every dollar invested or $7,400 for each $10,000 municipal bond. Investors are now demanding higher rates for bonds which are perceived to be risky. Therefore, Illinois must now pay 5% or more to borrow when top quality municipal bonds pay only 2%. One can only imagine the additional cost to Illinois taxpayers if millions, or tens of millions, of dollars’ worth of bonds are sold. If our political leaders cannot compromise, Illinois’ bonds may soon fall to junk status with a further increase in borrowing costs. The result will be even less money for essential state services.
Al Popowits
River Forest
Trustees, say yes to the $15 minimum wage
As a longtime resident of Oak Park (nearly 50 years now), I am concerned by the idea that Oak Park might not accept the $15-an-hour minimum wage requirement for our employees. Since our village has historically and consistently been a leader in securing equality for racial, gender, class and housing matters (despite heavy opposition), why would we allow hourly workers to suffer on this issue? As other suburbs are also considering this matter, I urge you to keep
our progressive record intact and set an example by mandating the $15-anhour wage minimum here. We must consider the needs of our less affluent wage earners as they do provide essential services for all of us. They deserve a living wage and the respect of our community. Please keep the Oak Park progressive agenda alive — you were elected to do so.
Frances M. Sullivan Oak Park
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Trustees’ accusations are not true
t the June 12 meeting of the River Forest Board of Trustees, during the review of recommended appointments to the various commissions and committees that work for the village, there were accusations made by two village trustees, Trustee Carmella Corsini and Trustee Mike Gibbs, that I had used “vulgar language in reference to one of the sitting trustees [Trustee Corsini]” at a board meeting. These accusations, made in a public forum, made as part of the public record of the village and made in the presence of both the Pioneer Press and Wednesday Journal, and without my presence to rebut or refute them, are tantamount to character assassination and slander, in my opinion. The last, and possibly only, meeting of the village trustees that I have attended was a special meeting called in May 2015, at which time I was part of a presentation by the Economic Development Commission (EDC) to the trustees noting the EDC’s recommendation for the development of the sites at Lake and Park. There was some lively and somewhat contentious discourse during that meeting and I was not in agreement with the decision that the trustees reached, but at no time was I disrespectful or “vulgar” in any of my language, directly or indirectly. Since that meeting more than two years ago, Trustee Corsini and I, who live on the same block in River Forest, have had numerous interactions and conversations, none of which have indicated any discomfort with me or that I may have “wronged” her in any way. Trustee Gibbs, who admittedly didn’t hear the comment and was not a trustee when I attended the one and only board meeting that could be in question, confirmed this as hearsay and was unable to confirm what was
said or when this supposed comment was made. He further impugned my character in comments to Wednesday Journal by noting that “no apology was generated, no explanation given,” implying further inappropriate behavior on my part. I have only met Trustee Gibbs once, briefly. He does not know me or anything about me. I have conducted myself, throughout my 21-year residency in River Forest and as a member of the EDC, with integrity and professionalism. I vote, pay my taxes, have been a part of the EDC since its inception, and worked with a talented group of River Forest residents whose intent on behalf of the village and whose business experience and skills were questioned many times. Still and all, we continue to work tirelessly and believe that we have value to bring to the discussion about how to develop a stronger economic base for our community, even if there is not always agreement with what is proposed or approved. To have hearsay, such as this, raised in the public forum of a trustees meeting, impugning my character and accusing me unjustly, is unbecoming of an elected official of the village and takes on a very personal and inappropriate tenor. I truly appreciate the support shown by Village President Adduci and the four Trustees who spoke on my behalf and voted for my commission term renewal. I believe that I am due a public apology from trustees Gibbs and Corsini, who chose this manner to embarrass and slander me, but realizing this is not likely and for my peace of mind and in the best interests of the community, I will look to move on. Collete English Dixon is a River Forest resident and a member of the Economic Development Commission.
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Park District, we need the adult pool deck back Thank you, Kevin Durr, for going public with the Adult Deck issue at Rehm Pool [The pools are pushing out adult-only patrons, Viewpoints, June 7]. The frequent users of the Adult Deck were told the elimination of the adult-only policy was temporary during the time Ridgeland was being renovated. But as things go, the powers that be changed and so did the policy. Now it’s we don’t have one at Ridgeland so there can’t be one at Rehm. Making matters worse, there is no supervision or rule enforcement on the former Adult Deck. Let me tell you about events this past Monday, June 12. There was a group of teenage boys who were getting ready to leave. Several of them had been in the pool wearing designer underpants and basketball shorts. In case you don’t know, the goal is to have the underwear waist band
with the designer name showing. Two of them decided to remove the basketball shorts and put on their street shorts right there on the deck. The “F” word was also flying around. Since they were leaving, there was no point in finding one of the red-shirted supervisors to talk to them. Earlier, a teenage boy was bouncing a volleyball on the raised deck in front of two guards cleaning up. They didn’t stop him. Later during the 4 p.m. safety break, there was a group of teens on the raised deck loudly using the “F” word. Again, by the time I would have gotten a supervisor they would be back in the pool. We need the Adult Deck back. We need adult managers above the guard supervisors and a security person like we had in the past.
Fran Sapone Oak Park
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Mary Houck Olson, 78 Foster mom to 70
Mary Houck Olson, 78, of Oak Park, died peacefully surrounded by family on June 12, 2017 in Minneapolis after a brief battle with rare EHE cancer. In death, she joins her husband Jon Olson and parents Margaret and Irvin Houck. Ms. Olson approached her cancer diagnosis the way she approached all things in life: with gratitude to God for MARY HOUCK OLSON always providing for her. Her strong faith powered her identity as a wife, mother, “Nana,” sister, aunt and caring friend. It fueled her service to others in so many ways, as a Bible Study Fellowship lecturer/leader, WBS Bible study leader, volunteer to those with special needs through Joni and Friends, loyal Infant Welfare Society supporter, and foster mother to 70 babies over the decades. She is survived by her children, Derek (Kris) Olson and Deirdre Olson Gentolizo; her grandchildren, Kaija, Benjamin, Anna and Nataly; her brother Dr. Richard Houck and sister Peggy (Eric) Smith; many beloved Houck and Olson extended family members, those who call her “Mom/Grandma Mary;” and dear friends in Illinois, Minneapolis and on Washington and Detroit islands. Funeral services were held on June 17 at Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 Division St., River Forest. Visitation took place on June 16. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 Division St., River Forest 60305 or Joni and Friends Chicago, 915 Harger Rd. #105, Oak Brook 60523.
Daniel Forbes, 99
Joseph Massura, 95
Daniel R. Forbes, 99, third-generation resident of Oak Park and River Forest, died on June 5, 2017 at his River Forest home. Born in Oak Park on Oct. 10, 1917, Daniel was the husband of the late Adine C. (nee Clare); and the father of James D. Forbes and Jean (Bill Steed) Forbes. Services and interment were private. The family appreciates donations to your favorite charity. Additional information is available at www.drechslerbrownwilliams.com or at 708-383-3191.
Joseph A. Massura, 95, of Oak Park, died on June 17, 2017. Born on Dec. 24, 1921, he was a veteran who served with the U.S. Army 36th Division in WWII and a Purple Heart recipient. Joe Massura was the husband of the late Mary Ellen (nee Stafford); the father of James (Diane), Paul (Barbara), and the late William; the grandfather of Katherine (Nicholas) Schafer, Elizabeth, Jeffrey (Kristine), David (Erin), Lauren (Benjamin) Ema, Therese, Brian, Kevin, Benjamin and Nicholas; greatgrandfather of Teresa, Gabriella, Mary and Gianna; brother JOSEPH MASSURA of George (the late Frances) Massura; and the uncle of many. He was preceded in death by his eight siblings. Visitation was held on Tuesday, June 20, from 3 to 8 p.m. at Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home, 203 S. Marion St., Oak Park. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 21 at Oak
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Diana Garrity, 83 Oak Park resident
Diana Margaret Garrity (nee Ganschow), 83, of Oak Park, died on June 14, 2017. She was the wife of the late Michael F. Sr.; mother of Michael Jr. (Rose), Anne Catherine “Katie” (John) Tricoci, Mary Margaret “Peggy” (Jim Swatos), Matthew, Mark (Gloria), Jennifer (John) DeMoraes, and Thomas; grandmother of Emily, Melissa, Thomas, Bryanna, Tyler, Joseph, Jillian, Lillianna and Violet; great-grandmother of Allison, Victoria, Ava and Ashlyn; sisDIANA GARRITY ter of the late Walter Jr. (Barbara), the late Charles (the late Marylou) and the late James (the late Sharon); and the aunt and cousin to many. A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 24 at Ascension Catholic Church, 808 S. East Ave. in Oak Park followed by private interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery. Arrangements were handled by Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.KuratkoNosek.com.
WWII Purple Heart recipient
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Park’s Ascension Church, 801 S. East Ave., with interment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family appreciates donations to Catholic Charities of Chicago, www.catholiccharities.net.
David Kelleher, 56 A life filled with adventure
David P. Kelleher, 56, died peacefully, surrounded by his family, on May 28, 2017. A 1979 graduate of Oak Park and River Forest High School, his life was filled with adventure, travel and food. His unexpected death is a stark reminder to enjoy every minute of life. David was the son of Maureen (nee O’Leary) and the late David J. Kelleher; the brother of Kathleen (Dean) Rogers, Noreen (Alan) Cassidy and Eileen (Barry) Tinley; the uncle of Maureen, Claire (John), Dean, Megan, Mary Kate, Kevin, Nora and Brian; and the great-uncle of Lucy and Jamie. Visitation and funeral Mass took place on June 1 at Oak Park’s St. Giles Church. The family appreciates donations to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 150 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1550, Chicago 60601. Arrangements were entrusted to Chicagoland Cremation Options.
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PUBLIC NOTICE Village of Oak Park, Illinois
Annual Treasurers Report of Cash Receipts and Disbursements For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2016 Published in compliance with Chapter 65, Section 5/3.1-35-65 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes Note: Data reported is unaudited and subject to adjustment
Receipts: General Fund; Property Tax Levy 14,027,749; Police Pension Levy 4,740,623; Fire Pension Levy 3,782,371; Tif Surplus Distribution 434,450; Use Tax Revenue 1,260,034; Retailers’ Occupation Tax Rev 3,866,241; Traffic Signal Maintenance Rev 667; Real Estate Transfer Tax 3,897,630; Exempt Real Estate Transaction 16,110; Hotel Motel Tax 177,207; Liquor Tax 601,333; Natural Gas Use Tax 214,228; Electric Utility Tax 1,517,086; Natural Gas Tax 608,012; Telecommunication Tax Rev 1,192,306; VEHICLE TAX 1,647,391; Residential Rental License 1,480; Business Licenses 321,644; Liquor Licenses 131,069; Multi Family Dwelling License 149,385; Chauffeur License Revenue 2,500; Chauffeur Background Check 2,925; Building Permits 1,039,113; Zoning Variance Application 15,755; Street Permits 38,161; Animal Licenses 32,128; Beekeeping 725; Building Permits Penalties 7,890; Building Plan Reviews 155,509; Grant Revenue 3,113; Flue Shot Medicare Reimb. 18; Grant or Loan Application Fees 400; State Aid Route Maintenance 110,324; RCFL OT Reimbursement 8,284; Drug Enforcement Agency Reimb 22,004; State Income Tax Revenue 5,050,013; Personal Prop Replacement Tax 1,264,935; Ambulance Charges 1,125,494; 100% Sales Inspection Revenue 5,901; CTA Reimbursement 202,227; Fire CPR Classes Fees 15,053; Tree Removal Revenue 984; Sale of Liquid Gas 32,376; Charges for Repairs Parts 47,261; OPRFHS Event Reimbursement 5,428; School Resource Police Officer 145,046; Crossing Guard Reimbursement 175,000; Arrest Warrant Reimburse Reven 1,330; Police Evidence Revenue 2,284; Cable TV Franchise Fee 1,008,301; Cashier Difference -189; Copy Fees 2,186; Elevator Inspection Fees 7,442; Street Opening Fees 70,470; Vacant Bldg Registration Reven 2,000; Vacant Bldg Inspection Revenue 1,200; Miscellaneous Revenue 70,342; MFT Tax Refund 8,238; Scrap Revenue 1,540; Special Events Revenue 31,345; Special Events Application Fee 1,325; Police Reports 16,754; Subpoena Fees 994; False Alarm Revenue 100; Recovered Damages 50,489; Alarm Fees 55,164; Food Service Mgmt Course Fees 700; Pound Other Fees 7,652; Condo Inspection Fees 43,620; Environmental Services - VOP 7,095; Court Fines 60,630; Parking Fines 1,811,064; Non-Compliance Fines 17,260; Loan Interest 3,246; Interest Revenue 8,683; Gain/Loss on Sale of Property 2,263,080; Rental of Property 40,286; Trans Fr Motor Fuel Tax Fund 1,300,000; Transfer From Water Fund 1,050,000; Transfer From CIP Fund 500,004; Transfer From Other Funds 1,000,000; TOTAL 57,540,218 Credit Card Points; Credit Card Points Revenue 91,333; TOTAL 91,333 Foreign Fire Insurance Fund; Foreign Fire Insurance Allot 95,096; TOTAL 95,096 Community Development Loan; Miscellaneous Revenue 89,169; Loan Interest -4,638; Interest Revenue 240; TOTAL 84,771 State RICO Fund; Asset Seizures Forfeitures 2,922; Interest Revenue 2; TOTAL 2,924 Federal RICO Forfeiture Fund; Recovered Damages 20,874; Asset Seizures Forfeitures 271,838; Interest Revenue 6; Gain/Loss on Sale of Property 10,017; TOTAL 302,735 Farmers Market Com; Farmers Market Seasonal Fees 19,948; Sale Of Market Merchandise 3,467; Corn Roast Revenue 1,448; TOTAL 24,863 Enhanced E-911 Fund; E911 Surcharge 537,480; Interest Revenue 335; Transfer From General Fund 1,077,000; TOTAL 1,614,815 Motor Fuel Tax Fund; Motor Fuel Tax Allotment 1,320,847; Interest Revenue 1,788; TOTAL 1,322,635 Madison Street TIF Fund; Property Tax Levy 1,737,220; Miscellaneous Revenue 11,974; Interest Revenue 2,505; Gain/Loss on Sale of Property -7,420,000; Rental of Property 30,290; TOTAL -5,638,011
Harlem-Garfield TIF Fund; Property Tax Levy 174,251; Interest Revenue 535; TOTAL 174,786 Cook Cty Lead Haz Reduct DCS; Grant Revenue 21,350; TOTAL 21,350 Emergency Solutions Grant; Emergency Shelter Grants 112,696; Miscellaneous Revenue 1,333; TOTAL 114,029 SSA#1- Downtown Oak Park; Property Tax Levy 316,630; Tif Surplus Distribution 390,089; Interest Revenue 583; Transfer From Downtown TIF 700,000; TOTAL 1,407,302 Community Dev Block Grant; Grant Revenue 1,091,422; Intergovernmental Revenue 122,059; TOTAL 1,213,481 SSA#7 Elmwood & Rossell; Property Tax Levy 7,113; TOTAL 7,113 Downtown TIF Fund; Property Tax Levy 8,485,002; Interest Revenue 3,538; TOTAL 8,488,540 Dental Sealants 2015-16; Grant Revenue 213; TOTAL 213 Cook Cty West Nile Virus 2016; Grant Revenue 6,599; TOTAL 6,599 Cities Readiness 2015-16; Grant Revenue 22,530; TOTAL 22,530 Cities Readiness Init 2016-17; Grant Revenue 20,407; TOTAL 20,407 FM Healthy Incentive 2016; Grant Revenue 9,923; TOTAL 9,923 Shawnash Double Coupon 14-15; Grant Revenue 607; TOTAL 607 Tattoo Facility Inspec 14-15; Grant Revenue 3,150; TOTAL 3,150 PHIMC HIV 2014; Grant Revenue 8,210; TOTAL 8,210 HIV Prevention 2016; Grant Revenue 9,999; TOTAL 9,999 IDPH Tan Facil Inspect 2013-14; Grant Revenue 150; TOTAL 150 IDPH W Nile Mosq Vect 2014-15; Grant Revenue 45; TOTAL 45 W Nile Virus Prevent 2015-16; Grant Revenue 2,579; TOTAL 2,578 IDPH W Nile Prevent 16-17; Grant Revenue 4,804; TOTAL 4,804 Lead Poisoning 2016-17; Grant Revenue 1,612; TOTAL 1,612 Local Health Protect 2015-16; Grant Revenue 31,601; TOTAL 31,600 Local Health Protect 2016-17; Grant Revenue 31,600; TOTAL 31,600 Pub Hlth Emrg Prep 2015-16; Grant Revenue 26,490; TOTAL 26,490 Public Health Emerg 2016-17; Grant Revenue 22,891; TOTAL 22,891 Teen Preg Prevent 2014-15; Grant Revenue 102; TOTAL 102 Teen Preg Prevent 2015-16; Grant Revenue 20,081; TOTAL 20,081 Teen Preg Prevent 2016-17; Grant Revenue 6,029; TOTAL 6,029 IL Tobacco Free 2013-14; Grant Revenue 109; TOTAL 109 IL Tobacco Free 2015-16; Grant Revenue 4,755; TOTAL 4,755 IDPH Tobacco Free 2016-17; Grant Revenue 4,453; TOTAL 4,453 Medicaid Claim - B; Grant Revenue 9,966; TOTAL 9,966 PH Prep against Ebola 15-16; Grant Revenue 4,438; TOTAL 4,438 Edward Byrne Memorial 2012; Grant Revenue 8,151; TOTAL 8,151 Edward Byrne Memorial 2013; Grant Revenue 4,818; TOTAL 4,818 Tobacco Enforcement Program; Grant Revenue 270; TOTAL 270 Police Youth Basketball Camp; Grant Revenue 2,000; TOTAL 2,000 Sustainability Fund; Energy Efficiency Rebate 400,764; Transfer From Other Funds 220,600; TOTAL 621,364 Capital Bldg Improvements; Transfer From CIP Fund 500,004; Transfer From Other Funds 20,000; TOTAL 520,004
Equipment Replacement Fund; Miscellaneous Revenue 862; Interest Revenue 5; Transfer From CIP Fund 1,050,000; TOTAL 1,050,867
Fleet Replacement Fund; Gain/Loss on Sale of Property 18,329; Transfer From CIP Fund 1,000,008; Loan Proceeds 203,830; TOTAL 1,222,167 FAI 290 CAP Grant; Interest Revenue 0; TOTAL 0
Capital Improvement Fund; Homerule Sales Tax 2,401,271; PACE Shelter Ad Revenue 12,501; Local Option Gasoline Tax 830,483; Grant Revenue 211,332; Sidewalk Repair Program 5,489; Alley Improvements 20,033; Infrastructure Maintenance Fee 238,450; Miscellaneous Revenue 7,226; Recovered Damages 21,059; Interest Revenue 1,198; Transfer From General Fund 1,150,008; Transfer From Debt Service 10,376,829; TOTAL 15,275,879
Colt Westgate Redevelopment; Transfer From Downtown TIF 3,000,000; TOTAL 3,000,000 Debt Service Fund; Property Tax Levy 5,133,284; Tif Surplus Distribution 159,119; Interest Revenue 1,895; Intergovt Support Op Library 2,444,931; Transfer From General Fund 555,768; Transfer From Other Funds 280,004; Bond Proceeds 37,225,000; Premium on Bond Proceeds 228,540; TOTAL 46,028,541 Water Fund; Miscellaneous Revenue 97,844; Scrap Revenue 1,009; Recovered Damages 8,011; Utility Sales 17,477,717; Meter Charges 117,052; Penalty Charges 153,074; Interest Revenue 0; TOTAL 17,854,707
Environmental Services Fund; Refuse Collection Fees 3,365,656; Yard Waste Stickers 10,571; Refuse Stickers 55,543; TOTAL 3,431,770 Keep Oak Park Beautiful; Grant Revenue -1; Interest Revenue 1; TOTAL 0 Earth Fest; Miscellaneous Revenue 3,300; TOTAL 3,300
Parking Fund; Parking Permits 1,308,613; Landlord/ Corp. Parking Permits 913,323; Onstreet Parking Permits 1,144,776; OneTime Overnight Permit 160; Onstreet Paystation Revenue 299,752; Discounted Employee Cards 55,122; Meter Key Revenue 2,947; Garage Fees 1,416,267; Parking Meter Collections 1,003,983; Garage Validation Revenue 118,456; Cashier Difference 46; Credit Card Points Revenue -16; Miscellaneous Revenue 108,930; Special Events Revenue 5,178; Recovered Damages 619; Interest Revenue 209; Transfer From General Fund 60,000; TOTAL 6,438,365 Self Insured Retention Fund; Interest Revenue 1,764; Transfer From Water Fund 750,000; Transfer From Parking Fund 750,000; TOTAL 1,501,764 Health Insurance Fund; Emp Premium Payroll Deductions 1,258,661; Pensioneer Premium Payments 1,038,474; Outside Agencies Prem Payments 36,788; Employer Payroll Deductions 5,564,399; TOTAL 7,898,322
Police Pension Fund; Property Tax Levy 4,735,676; Pension Payroll Deductions 999,387; Interest Revenue 1,998,538; Net Change In FV of Invest 3,197,962; TOTAL 10,931,563 Fire Pension Fund; Property Tax Levy 3,779,495; Pension Payroll Deductions 563,721; Interest Revenue 1,032,820; Net Change In FV of Invest 2,569,537; TOTAL 7,945,573 General Fix Asset Account Grp; Gain/Loss on Sale of Property -4,838; TOTAL -4,838
Gen Long Term Debt Acc Group; Capital Lease -203,830; Loan Proceeds -37,225,000; TOTAL -37,428,830
Village of Oak Park, Illinois
Personal Services Expenditures For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2016 Note: Data reported is unaudited and subject to adjustment
Under $25,000.00 Abu-Taleb, Anan Barber, Peter Bowman, Christopher Brewer, Glenn Brown, Kenneth Coleman, Todd Considine, Thomas DeBerry, Charles Druszkowski, Ethan Duffy, James Failor, Graham Fenderson, Julius Frost, Eric Gilbert, Melissa Harris, Kenneth Haynes, Ruth Hercmanas, Robert Jamison, Jacquelyn Jefferson, Jeanette King, Darrell Kramer, John Lara, Charles Lueck, Colette Lyng, Scott E Mister, Bradley Moran, Fernando Ott, Andrea Pedersen, Lucas Pena, Rogelio Salzman, Adam Sanders-Vick, Roderick Schell, Angela Tideman, Megan Tucker, Robert Uriostegui, Elida Vanek Jr., Ivan Ward, John Wright-Simmons, Doris $25,000.00-$49,999.99 Agnew, Anthony Avinger, Mary Barajas, Linda Benson-Baker, Dorothy Boston, De Angela Cassidy, Kevin Crichlow, Mizpah Curry, Karlos Diaz, Nancy Durr, Jacqueline Farrell, Arthur Fellows, Paul Gholston, Dianna Goodlow, Valencia Henderson, Vernell Hill, Augustine Husbands, Nakia Isaacs, Kendria Jackson, Rasheda Jacobsen, Erik Jankowski, Frank Johnson, Trenia Kindred, Mary Lesner, Craig Matthew Macias, Jose Mangaser, Michael McDonald, Cathy Myers, Syrises Pearson III, Ivory Perry, Heather Pounds, Jason Prior, Jeffrey Robinson, Danielle Robinson, Janice Rodgers, Ann Safford, Charo
Ricchio, Anthony Rizzo, Philip Robinson, Shawnya Ross, John Rozhon, Henry Ryan, Stana Schoenneman, Mary Ann Schwab, Ronald Scott-Valdez, Julia Scully, Michael Soltwisch, Gregory Stokes, Howard Sturdivant, Paul Szymczak, Georgiana Tamas-Orlandea, Delia Thomas, Korry Vazquez, Abner Walsh, Timothy Weiss, Byron Yaccino, Corrine Yong, Susannah Zaidi, Asad
Schaeffer, Ruth Secco, Robert Shorty, Tarshanda Smith, Daniel Stachura, Marcella Stanislavski, Diane Stokes, Dorothea Tongue, Christopher von Ebers, Allison Zasiebida, Richard $50,000.00-$74,999.99 Babinski, Roman Bennett, Gia Berens-Haas, Kathleen Blackaller, Karen Blankenship, Bennett Bonin, Kathleen Breland, Derrick Brown, David Brown, Tina Bruce, Michael Bruesch, Brian Bryant, Vincent Buford, Timmie Bush, Donald Catala, Lillian Chervinko, Steven Christiansen, Thomas Coyne, Patrick Dennis, Joshua Derdemez, Rusmir DeViller, Linda Dominguez, Rita Donnelly, Daniel Donovan, Mark Dwyer, Mark Fambro, Lisha Farrera, Diana Fitch, Aaron Fulton, Thomas Gallegos, Elia Gutierrez, Alfredo Hargrove, Quinn Harris, Lee Hendricks, Cameron Hidalgo, Johnny Hunter, Michael Jenkins, Pamela Johnson, Helen Jones, Jennifer Juliano, Jill Kaarre, Douglas Kamykowski, Glenn Kennedy, Nanette Kenney, Grace Kornatowski, Suzanne Kreml, Joseph Lambert, Michael Lancaster, Annie Lein, Anthony Lewis, Keith Logan, Vanetta Mance, Andrea Mason, Brent McSheffrey, Neil Michaels, Marilyn Miller, Charles Oby, Keith O’Connor, Kyle Patterson, Johnny Paulenas, Andrius Pawlowski, Karen Pepe, Michael Pimsarn, Ruksakul Powell, Marcus Powers, Joseph Primer, Samuel
$75,000.00-$99,999.99 Alvarez, Andres Biring, Fred Bongat, Ronald Brimmer, Jessica Brinkman, Scott Byington, Zachary Byrne, Mary Carver, Dawn Charley, Michael Cilek, Timothy Coleman, Anthony Conte, Philipp Crowley, Ken Cunzalo Jr, Leonard Daly, Loretta Duggan, John Dunn, William Fenske, Michael Fenwick, Michael Foley, Patrick Freelain, Rasul Gartner, Adam Gasiecki, Paul Ghanma, Daniel Glenn, Thomas Green, Deanna Haag, Jacob Hartl Jr., Otto Harvey, Anthony Hernandez, Eric Huska, Daniel Judah, Jadeer Kaniecki, Brian Kelly, Michael Kennedy, Hannah Kilikevicius, Tomas Koperniak, Michael Kutz, Byron Leiner, Daniel Locke, Eric Love, Traccye Lubuguin, Gil Madlener, William Meyer, Douglas Mooney-Simkus, Christine Murphy, Raphael Ng, Benz Paladines, Juan Partyka, Tyler Poshek, Jeffrey Powell, Teresa Powers, David
Primak, Robert Radtke, Toni Razzino, Anthony Rozmus, Karen Ruiz Jr., Manuel Rumoro, John Sabaliauskas, Victor Sanchez, Patrick Sarros, James Scott, Mark Seat, Keith Smith, Adam Snow, Murray Somerville, Maceo Sproule, Robert Stanford, Alvin Steffen, Timothy Trenn, Robert Troik, Dustin Valentine, James Verge II, Derrick Youkhana, John Yousuf, Moin $100,000.00 to $124,999.99 Anderson, Robert Ausmann, Steve Badger, Gregory Barrera, Miguel Barrientos, Victorio Bartelt, Scott Baudo, Paul Bertels, Joshua Bruno, Stanislao Burgess, Craig Cameron, David Carson, Delayne Castaneda, Joel Collins, Kevin Cook, Kristin Curtin, John Cutaia, Steven Deuchler, Samantha Donaire, Leonard Dreyer, Scott Dulski, Michael Episcopo, Angelo Eurkaitis, Christopher Failor, Craig Fitz-Henry, Michelle Foytik, Ronald Frye, Jonathan Grivetti, Roger Guy, Steven Guza, Timothy Hartley, Brett Hawkinson, James Henkelman, Michael Herzog, Jeffrey Hummons, John Jacobson, Dave Johnson, Michael Johnson, Shatonya Johnson, Todd Jones, Ray Kass, Anthony Keenan, Christopher Kerley, Paul Kohler, Matthew Larson, Jonathon Leitl, Nathaniel Ling, David Lingenfelter, Steven Marchese, Peter Marinier, Ryan Mazur, Thomas McCarthy, Kevin
McInerney, Daniel McKenna, John McKenna, William McVey, Charles Melton, Brace Melton, Cedric Miller, Ian Milosovic, Joe Monty, Robert Moran, Joseph Morris, Jonathan Muhr, Matthew Murphy, Michael Murphy, Robert Nash, Joseph Nepomuceno, Alvin Nikischer, John O’Connor, Michael O’Shea, Sean Overland, Edwin Pantaleo Jr, Joseph Prather-Rodgers, James Rallidis, Michael Ramsay, Erica Rehse, Robert Sanchez, Mateo Schejbal, Joseph Schicker, Michael Schrock, Matthew Silva, Donicio Smith, Theodore Sperandio, James Stewart, Schonella Tanksley, Rickie Toth, Robert Towler, William Tworek, Kenneth Unzicker, Timothy Velan, Jill Velez, Nicholas Weidner, John Williams-Clark, Andrew $125,000.00 and over Ambrose, Anthony Antos, Randall Ballard, William Bush, Kyle Cote II, Jerome Crimmins, Gerard Dransoff, Thomas Drazner, Steven Ebsen, Thomas Fadden, Kevin Gloodt, Jacob Greet, Michael Grossman, Tammie Henry, William Kobyleski, Ronald LaFleur, Garrett Lepczynski, Michael Limon, Frank Pavlicek, Cara Pedicini, Christopher Pilafas, Peter Reynolds, Ladon Rygh, William Shelley, Lisa Silva, Daniel Spagnoli, David Stephanides, Paul Terry, Joseph Waitzman, Joseph Wenzel, David Wielebnicki, John
Village of Oak Park, Illinois
Annual Financial Summary For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2016 Note: Data reported is unaudited and subject to adjustment
Beginning Balance January 1, 2016 Revenues Expenditures Other Financing & Misc. Prior Period Adjustments Ending Balance December 31, 2016
General Fund
Special Revenue
Capital Improvements
Debt Service
Enterprise
Fiduciary
7,137,410
16,684,920
1,686,622
566,691
79,574,446
127,147,269
51,947,393 (51,105,566) 2,440,908 99,728
15,091,779 (9,533,562) (4,178,821) -
3,749,908 (13,570,382) 9,249,262 (637,786)
7,739,229 (6,888,313) 7,915,357 -
27,399,675 (18,508,106) (4,942,944) 576,021
18,510,240 (13,749,920) -
10,519,873
18,064,316
477,624
9,332,964
84,099,092
131,907,589
Subscribed and sworn to the 21st day of June, 2017 Steven Drazner, CFO & Treasurer Village of Oak Park
Wednesday Journal, June 21, 2017
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PUBLIC NOTICE Village of Oak Park, Illinois
Payments ≥ $2,500 in the Aggregate For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2016 Note: Data reported is unaudited and subject to adjustment
EXPENDITURES AND EXPENSES 100 FOREST PLACE 7,048; 3M YAH3576 5,592; 4 IMPRINT 3,950; A & B LANDSCAPING & TREE SERVICE IN 485,608; A & B RELIABLE, INC. 5,100; A C PAVEMENT STRIPING COMPANY 301,197; AA RENTAL CENTER 3,200; ABC COMMERCIAL MAINT. SERVICES, INC 87,641; ABC Printing Company 18,043; ABSOLUTE HOME IMPROVEMENTS, INC. 5,000; ABT ELECTRONICS & APPLIANCES 6,758; ACCOUNTING PRINCIPALS 54,106; ACME TRUCK BRAKE & SUPPLY COMPANY 3,195; ACS POWER WASHING 9,268; ACTION TRANSMISSION & AUTOMOTIVE 6,099; ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE 2,548; ADMINISTRATIVE CONSULTING SPECIALIS 10,000; ADP, INC. 166,727; ADP, LLC 58,477; AFLAC 43,290; AGNEW, MARYNDA 3,150; AIMCO 44,177; AIR ONE EQUIPMENT INC. 23,302; AIRE-DEB CORP. 6,962; AIRGAS USA LLC 4,177; AIRWATCH, LLC 3,792; AJILON PROFESSIONAL STAFFING 44,965; ALARM DETECTION SYSTEMS INC. 51,183; ALEXIS FIRE EQUIPMENT CO. 204,330; ALL TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS 3,575; ALLCLEAR ID, INC. 20,000; ALLIANCE CONTRACTORS, INC. 411,712; ALLIANCE FOR INNOVATION 3,980; ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS IN SUB 10,000; ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS 5,375; ALLIED GARAGE DOOR INC. 30,018; ALLIED WATERPROOFING INC 170,400; ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY 8,359; ALPINE DEMOLITION SERVICES, LLC 76,456; ALTAMANU, INC. 33,655; AMERICAN BACKHOE SERVICE/EXCAVATING 18,000; AMERICAN EXPRESS 35,613; ANCHOR MECHANICAL INC 267,717; ANDERSON PEST SOLUTIONS 3,750; ANDERSON, LEON & GWENDOLYN 3,500; ANDREWS ENGINEERING, INC. 3,104; ANDREWS, MARY 4,680; ANDY FRAIN SERVICES 217,702; ANIMAL CARE LEAGUE 100,000; ANNE ROBERTS GARDENS COMPANY 5,618; ARAMARK 11,289; ARCHIVE REPORTING & CAPTIONING SERV 6,008; ARELLANO, PEDRO 3,500; ARROW LOCKSMITH 2,999; ARTISTIC ENGRAVING 3,981; ASPECT SOFTWARE INC 2,619; ASSOC. TIRE & BATTERY CO, INC. 25,474; AT & T 15,516; AT & T SERVICES, INC. 15,032; ATLAS BOBCAT, INC. 4,301; ATP ENTERPRISE GROUP, INC. 170,560; AUTO ZONE 3,940; AUTOMATED PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, INC. 7,888; AUTOMATIC CONTROL SERVICES 10,237; AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS LOCAL 701 8,074; AVALON PETROLEUM 7,645; AVALON PETROLEUM COMPANY 39,474; BAR CODE INTEGRATORS, INC. 37,442; BARONGER DEVELOPMENT 3,860; BARRY, CHRISTOPHER & JODI 3,500; BATTERIES PLUS BULBS #891 8,965; BAXTER & WOODMAN, INC. 13,642; BEHRENS, CURTIS 3,054; BELL FUELS, INC. 11,996; BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INC. 12,491; BERRY DUNN 69,515; BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS 6,504,827; BMC SOFTWARE, INC. 2,845; BOTANY BAY CHEMICAL COMPANY 17,686; BOWMAN, JOHN 3,500; BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 14,850; BRINKMAN, SCOTT 3,137; BROWN, STEPHANIE L. 19,040; BRUMUND, MARILYN 3,500; BRUNNER, SUSAN 35,812; BS&A SOFTWARE 139,310; BUGIELSKI, THOMAS L 3,500; BUNKERS, WILLIAM & LAUREL 3,500; BURKE, CHRISTOPHER B ENGINEERING LT 210,416; BURTON, ROY 5,059; BUSH, KYLE 2,904; C & J HOME IMPROVEMENTS 101,709; CALL ONE 54,601; CALVARY MEMORIAL CHURCH 5,758; CAMIROS, LTD 98,696; CANNON COCHRAN MGMT SERVICES INC. 26,688; CANON FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. 11,595; CAPITAL ONE PUBLIC FUNDING, LLC 99,262; CARBON DAY AUTOMOTIVE 32,243; CARL WALKER, INC. 14,400; CASE LOTS INC. 31,786; CATHOLIC CHARITIES 9,200; CCS INTERNATIONAL, INC 72,546; CDS OFFICE TECHNOLOGIES 3,190; CDW GOVERNMENT, INC. 9,415; CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY 9,000; CERNIGLIA CO 2,103,544; CFA SOFTWARE 2,995; CHICAGO COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 11,481; CHICAGO GLASS COMPANY OF ILLINOIS 3,250; CHICAGO PARTS & SOUND LLC 7,249; CHICAGOLAND PAVING 205,582; CHILDREN’S CLINIC 22,327; CHUNG, YU-CHIA & LEE, HSIN-LING 3,043; CIORBA GROUP 36,176; CITY ESCAPE GARDEN & DESIGN LLC 115,092; CITY OF CHICAGO 2,893,866; CITY OF CHICAGODEPT OF WATER MGMNT 2,925,214; CIVIC SMART 7,386; CLA-VAL 2,721; CLAASSEN, WHITE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 33,440; CLASSIC GRAPHICS INDUSTRIES 20,869; CLINK, MATTHEW 3,500; CLYDE PRINTING COMPANY 51,138;
COLEMAN,ANTHONY 5,467; COLLEGE OF DUPAGE 7,478; COMCAST CABLE 9,122; COMEAUX, JOHN 3,300; COMED (6111) 107,883; COMED (6112) 99,152; COMMERCIAL TIRE SERVICES INC. 6,790; COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES 8,105; CONNOR, PETER 3,520; CONSTELLATION ENERGY SERVICES 173,797; CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, I 30,039; COOK COUNTY COLLECTOR 51,302; COOK COUNTY RECORDER OF DEEDS 2,846; COOK COUNTY TREASURER 7,187,424; CORE BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES 6,593; COUGHLAN, JIM & NIX, SHEILA 3,500; CRASH CHAMPIONS 7,388; CRE PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT LLC 2,592; CREDENTIAL WHOLESALERS, INC. 3,050; CROWLEY-SHEPPARD ASPHALT CO 2,738,858; CRUSADER CAPITAL, LLC 4,200; CUMMINS N POWER, LLC 10,731; CURRIE MOTORS FRANKFORT, INC. 558,399; CUSTOMER FEEDBACK SYSTEMS, LP 3,000; D & J LANDSCAPING, INC. 12,826; DAHME MECHANICAL INDUSTRIES, INC. 16,531; DAN’S BIKE SHOP 8,640; DARLEY & CO, W. S. 2,922; DARLEY, JAMES 3,500; DASCHBACH, JOSEPH H. 3,000; DATASOURCE, INC./GLOBAL PARTNERS, L 9,164; DAVIS TREE CARE & LANDSCAPE INC. 111,111; DEANO & SCARRY LLC 56,259; DEAR PRODUCTIONS 3,563; DELL MARKETING LP (USA) 20,742; DELTA DENTAL-RISK 268,560; DEPALMA GROUP 10,403; DES PAINTING 29,027; DESMAN ASSOCIATES 28,970; DESPOTES, JOANNE 25,187; DIRKSEN, MIKE 3,750; DOLAN, KATE & ABBEDUTO, CHRISTINE 3,500; DOWNTOWN OAK PARK 673,594; DOYLE, JOSEPH P. 3,500; DRESSEL’S ACE HARDWARE 15,012; DRIZIN, ROBERT 3,250; DURA BILT FENCE II, INC. 11,915; DURDEN, DARREN 35,000; DVORAK LAW OFFICES, LLC 67,000; EBERT, ROBERT H. 6,290; EDWIN HANCOCK ENGINEERING COMPANY 364,293; EHLERS & ASSOCIATES, INC. 23,000; ELEVATOR INSPECTION SERVICES 23,860; ELMWOOD SUPPLY COMPANY, INC. 3,704; EMBOSSED SIGN SERVICE 6,233; EMERSON NETWORK POWER 12,623; ENABLEPOINT 2,999; ENGLER, CALLAWAY, BAASTEN & SRAGA, 6,101; ESIS, INC. 4,400; ESRI INC. 9,300; ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT SOLUTION, INC. 6,900; EXPRESS PLUMBING INC. 5,980; FADDEN, KEVIN 3,028; FENCE CONNECTION 3,675; FENWICK HIGH SCHOOL 3,000; FERGUSON WATERWORKS #2516 179,157; FICCA, DIRK & LYNDA 2,800; FIGG-HALPIN DESIGN 6,050; FIMLA CONSTRUCTION, INC. 4,250; FIRE FIGHTERS LOCAL 95 75,088; FIRE SERVICE, INC. 5,472; FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMP 262,892; FIRST AMERICAN TRUST, FSB 194,508; FIRSTMERIT BANK NA - MTG 14 128,734; FIS 15,432; FISH TRANSPORTATION GROUP 5,160; FLEET SAFETY SUPPLY 55,663; FLOOD TESTING LABORATORIES 3,118; FORWARD SPACE 610,768; FOUNTAIN TECH. LTD 18,538; FOUR SEASONS HOME SERVICES LLC 2,800; FRANCZEK, RADELET 17,117; FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TRUST 10,000; FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LODGE #8 66,491; FRED PRYOR SEMINARS/CAREERTRACK 10,882; FREEWAY FORD STERLING TRUCK SALES I 7,080; G.A. PAVING CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. 485,100; GALLAGHER MATERIALS, INC. 26,040; GALLS INCORPORATED 4,283; GARVEY, MARIA 13,612; GAS DEPOT 152,059; GASAWAY DISTRIBUTORS INC. 5,083; GEICO INSURANCE 13,050; GENESIS GROWERS 3,095; GIAMMONA, JOSEPH 11,682; GILCHRIST, JOHN R. & SONS PLUMBING 5,648; GILCHRIST-TRAYNOR PLUMBING 11,964; GLOODT, JACOB 3,264; GOLD COAST ARMORY 8,665; GOLDEN K CONSTRUCTION 4,090; GOOD LIFE MEDIA PRODUCTIONS 4,000; GOVHR USA, LLC 12,951; GOVTEMPSUSA LLC 101,420; GPS TRACKING GROUP 5,148; GRAF TREE CARE 15,898; GRAINGER 11,490; GRANICUS, INC. 19,320; GREAT LAKES SPECIALTY DIVING INC. 12,850; GREENPLAN MANAGEMENT 8,980; GRIBBIN, ERIC 3,500; H & H ELECTRIC CO. 748,884; HARRIS COMPUTER SYSTEMS 330,434; HARRIS, SHIRLEY 3,691; HARRISON STREET BIBLE CHURCH 2,933; HARVEY MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC 11,559; HAWK CHRYSLER, DODGE, JEEP 19,364; HAWKINSON,JAMES 4,956; HAYES MECHANICAL, INC. 90,759; HD SUPPLY WATERWORKS, LTD 67,033; HEARTLAND ALLIANCE 10,000; HEATHER RIDGE CONSTRUCTION, INC. 4,000; HELGESON, LANCE 3,500; HENRY, WILLIAM 3,117; HEPHZIBAH CHILDREN’S ASSOCIATION 15,060;
HERVAS, CONDON & BERSANI, P.C. 15,674; HINCKLEY SPRINGS 5,986; HINSDALE NURSERIES 8,178; HME, INC. 2,690; HOLIDAY CAMERA INC. 4,913; HOPE, ROBERT 3,500; HOUSING FORWARD 129,498; HR GREEN, INC. 813,430; HUB INTERNATIONAL MIDWEST LIMITED 20,750; IDES 26,922; IDOT - LAND ACQUISTION 3,360; IL COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION NET 5,000; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVIC 19,653; ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION A 15,719; ILLINOIS LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION 2,981; ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE 3,570; ILLINOIS STATE POLICE 20,682; ILLINOIS WORKERS COMPENSATION COMMI 6,640; INGRAM, GWENDOLYN 3,500; INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR, INC. 4,286; INTEGRITY ASSOCIATES CONSULTING 10,000; INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL 7,732; INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PANCAKES 4,763; INTERSTATE BILLING SERVICE, INC. 11,877; IRON CREEK FARM 4,259; IT SAVVY LLC 25,905; J.G. UNIFORMS 39,069; JAMISON, JACQUELINE 2,749; JENKS, CHRISTOPHER & AUTUMN 3,500; JENSEN HUGHES, INC. 40,069; JMA ARCHITECTS 18,875; JOHNSEY, KARIN & RONALD 3,500; JOHNSON, LISA-MARIE 4,150; JONAS, KATHRYN 11,959; JULIE, INC. 5,348; K & S SPRINKLERS INC. 3,189; KARA CO, INC. 3,167; KATOM RESTAURANT SUPPLY 3,265; KATZMANN CAVILLO, KELLY 4,584; KAUNELIS, BRIAN 3,500; KELLY, PATRICK 30,685; KIEFT BROTHERS INC. 5,934; KIMLEY-HORN & ASSOCIATES, INC. 11,200; KING LUMINAIRE COMPANY INC. 3,600; KING, DARRELL 3,160; KJ PLUMBING SERVICES, INC. 3,000; KLEIN, THORPE & JENKINS 100,961; KLOA,KENIG,LINDGREN,O’HARA,ABOONA, 10,451; KNIGHT, DANIEL & SARAH 3,370; KOCHEVAR, MICHAEL 3,065; KONE INC. 59,419; KRONOS 19,152; LAKE STREET INVESTORS 37,818; LAKOTA GROUP INC. 15,688; LAUTERBACH & AMEN, LLP 4,200; LAZ PARKING 17,586; LEE, JOHN W. III 3,500; LEONARD, ANNA CSR 2,889; LEXIPOL, LLC 6,698; LEXISNEXIS / RELX, INC 5,231; LINCOLN APARTMENT MANAGEMENT, LP 14,453; LINDCO EQUIPMENT SALES INC. 7,062; LOCAL UNION #9 IBEW 2,952; LOCAL UNION NO. 705 6,144; LOHAN ANDERSON LLC. 5,115; LOOP CONSTRUCTION 4,477; LOSTER, JEFF 3,275; LOVE, TRACCYE 2,924; LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER 5,872; LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER 32,350; LPS PAVEMENT COMPANY 20,000; LUPEI, ROGER PH. D 3,600; LURVEY LANDSCAPE SUPPLY 2,632; M & M RADIO LAB 10,305; MABAS DIV. XI 10,000; MAKELY, GORDON 3,500; MARINIER, RYAN 2,915; MARY LEE ENEBERG & HER ATTORNEYS 250,000; MASTERCARE BUILDING SERVICES 3,000; MCADAM 47,476; MCCLOUD SERVICES 8,153; MCDONALD’S 3,075; MCFADDEN, ROBERT & VANESSA 3,500; MCHALE-ROGERS, BERNADETTE 3,400; MCKENNA, JOHN 3,368; MCPHERSON, CHARLOTTE 3,500; MD SOLUTIONS, INC. 6,036; MEADE ELECTRIC COMPANY INC. 16,577; MENARDS-MELROSE PARK 5,560; MENSAH, MARIE 3,500; MERRILL, BRAD & ALINA 3,500; MES - ILLINOIS 9,880; MES - ILLINOIS DEPOSITORY ACCT 14,084; MESIROW INSURANCE SERVICES INC. 305,640; METRO MORTUARY TRANSPORT, INC. 6,235; METRO TANK & PUMP COMPANY 3,783; MGP, INC 75,959; MIDWAY BUILDING SERVICES 458,503; MIDWEST METER INC. 11,554; MILLARD, ANTHONY 3,857; MILLER, CANFIELD,PADDOCK & STONE, P 47,122; MILLER, KRISTIAN 3,500; MINUTEMAN PRESS 6,391; MITCHELL SEROTA & ASSOCIATES 14,200; MJA PLUMBING & SEWER CO. 26,668; MOHR, H.J. & SONS CO. 54,685; MONROE TRUCK EQUIPMENT 5,623; MONTY,ROBERT 3,680; MOSELEY, MARSHA & KERMAN, MARK 3,500; MOSS & BARNETT 5,141; MOTIVATE INTERNATIONAL 267,422; MR MAT 28,879; MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY SERVICES 26,193; MURPHY, RAPHAEL 5,561; MUTUAL OF OMAHA 112,538; MWH AMERICAS, INC. 60,278; MYS INC. 160,835; MYTHICS, INC. 92,263; N F DEMOLITION 15,451; NAMI - METRO SUBURBAN INC. 6,667; NAPLETON FLEET GROUP 178,185; NARDULLI,J . CONCRETE , INC. 2,123,924; NATIONAL AUTO FLEET GROUP 153,285; NATIONAL POWER RODDING CORP. 98,426; NCPERS - IL IMRF 3117 2,952; NETWORKFLEET, INC. 5,838; NEW MOMS, INC. 15,000; NEWBERG, STEVE 3,500; NEWMAN, CHRISTOPHER 4,000; NEYRA
INDUSTRIES INC. 5,197; NG PLUMBING 5,630; NICOR 2,528; NORTH WICHERT GARDENS 2,528; NYHAN, BAMBRICK,KINZIE & LOWRY, P.C 42,769; O’HARE TOWING SERVICE 8,786; O’HERRON,RAY CO. INC. 15,756; O’REILLY AUTO PARTS 7,264; OAK BROOK MECHANICAL SERVICES INC. 299,684; OAK PARK AREA ARTS COUNCIL 149,800; OAK PARK BANQUETS 2,843; OAK PARK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP. 533,160; OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT 49,081; OAK PARK HOUSING AUTHORITY 35,000; OAK PARK LIBRARY 138,124; OAK PARK PLACE APARTMENTS 3,120; OAK PARK REGIONAL HOUSING CTR 634,750; OAK PARK RESIDENCE CORPORATION 38,536; OAK PARK RIVER FOREST CHAMBER OF CO 100,950; OAK PARK RIVER FOREST FOOD PANTRY 12,500; OAK PARK TOWNSHIP YOUTH SVCS. 62,088; OAK-RANDOLPH LTD 5,323; ON TIME EMBROIDERY 31,304; OPRF FOOD PANTRY 12,500; OPRF MANAGEMENT, LLC 12,226; ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 23,776; ORBIS CONSTRUCTION CO, INC. 247,773; OSBURN ASSOCIATES, INC 10,716; P & L CONSTRUCTION 23,525; PACE SYSTEMS, INC. 3,577; PALIKUCA, BRANISLAV 3,130; PAN AMERICAN BANK 43,271; PARTS 3, LLC/GABRIEL SALES COMPANY 3,163; PARTSCRIPTION 24,226; PASSPORT PARKING, LLC 73,500; PAUL CONWAY SHIELDS 4,533; PCC COMMUNITY WELLNESS CENTER 15,104; PERSPECTIVES, LTD. 6,804; PETERSON ENVIRONMENTAL, LTD 22,700; PHELAN, JACK (DODGE) 2,967; PHOENIX CONSTRUCTION & ABATEMENT, I 5,750; PIEMONTE, AL FORD. 3,040; PILGRIM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 8,014; PINNER ELECTRIC COMPANY 3,323; PITNEY BOWES 2,876; PJD ELECTRICAL SALES, INC. 11,373; PLEASANT DISTRICT ASSOCIATION 4,034; PNC BANK - VISA 4,760,623; PNC LETTERS OF CREDIT 106,750; POLFUS, EDWARD 11,370; POPOVIC, MARINA 3,500; PORTER, JOYCE & PAUL 3,500; PORUCZINK, MARY ANN & FIEDLER, ELAI 3,500; POSTMASTER 36,215; POWER EQUIPMENT LEASING CO 52,970; PRAETORIAN DIGITAL 4,640; PRESERVATION DESIGN PARTNERSHIP, LL 4,000; PRIMAK, ROBERT 6,381; PRIMERA ENGINEERS, LTD. 3,937; PRINTING STORE INC. 7,455; PRO CHEM, INC. 3,006; PROGRIO LLC 58,944; PROJECT MANAGEMENT ADVISORS, INC. 42,295; PROMOS 911, INC. 4,187; PUGSLEY & LAHAIE LTD. 9,750; PUMPBIZ, INC. 3,260; PWS ENVIRONMENTAL, INC 9,520; QUIMEX 2,801; QUINONES-GARCIA, GLORIA AND 15,000; R & L MAINTENANCE 32,605; RAPID NOTIFY 3,000; RASENICK’S 3,355; RAUSCH INFRASTRUCTURE LLC 15,939; RAY’S AUTO BODY 34,842; READY REFRESH BY NESTLE 9,991; RECORDABLES INC. 3,650; REDMOND, DARLENE 30,704; RELIABLE FIRE EQUIPMENT CO. 4,062; RELIANCE PLUMBING SEWER & DRAIN 2,840; RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE 5,757; RESERVE ACCOUNT 58,795; REVCON TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC. 283,376; RHO, EUGENE 2,950; RICA PROPERTIES, LLC 7,172; RINKS, JESSICA 5,448; RIZZA, JOE. FORD 3,152; ROBBINS SCHWARTZ NICHOLAS LIFTON 201,673; ROBERT E LEE & SONS 3,760; ROBINSON’S NO. 1 RIBS 100,000; ROBINSON, GREGORY D, JR. 12,000; ROCKEY, CHRIS 3,500; ROMEOVILLE FIRE ACADEMY 3,255; ROSS BARNEY ARCHITECTS, INC. 15,000; RU2 SYSTEMS, INC 35,208; RUBINO ENGINEERING INC. 18,835; RUMORO,JOHN 6,034; RUSINAK, DANIEL 5,000; RUSSO’S POWER EQUIPMENT 76,966; SAFARILAND (FORENSICS SOURCE) 2,633; SALES ENTERPRISE 3,590; SAM SCHWARTZ ENGINEERING DPC 7,150; SANTANNA ENERGY SERVICES 4,741; SARAH’S INN 8,500; SASAKI ASSOCIATES, INC. 83,410; SCHEIN INC., HENRY 7,471; SCHIRMER, ROBIN L. 3,407; SCHROEDER & SCHROEDER, INC. 142,500; SCOUT ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY 4,040; SCREENVISION 4,500; SEAWAY BANK & TRUST COMPANY 6,133,899; SECRETARY OF STATE - NON-STANDARD P 2,914; SECRETARY OF STATE-DEPT OF POLICE 3,268; SECURE CONTENT SOLUTIONS 21,165; SECURITAS SECURITY SERVICES USA 467,676; SEIU LOCAL 73 38,445; SENECHALLE, STACY 3,500; SEOK, KYUN S. 6,250; SHI INTERNATIONAL CORP. 28,719; SHIRTWORKS 5,009; SIEMENS BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4,215; SIEVERT ELECTRIC 10,346; SIGN OUTLET STORE 6,327; SIKICH LLP 61,924; SIMPSON, M.E. CO., INC. 19,510; SKITKA, LINDA J. 3,500; SKOGLUND, MICHAEL 3,500; SMITH
ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS INC 10,145; SMITS, R. & SONS 2,997; SNAP ON INDUSTRIAL 2,921; SNI SOLUTIONS 8,326; SOLAR SERVICE 9,660; SOS TECHNOLOGIES 23,165; SOUTHERN COMPUTER WAREHOUSE 30,137; SP PLUS CORPORATION 101,029; SPEARMC MANAGEMENT CONSULTING INC. 5,340; SPOLETI, DAN & GERALDINE 3,500; STACK, JOHN 39,102; STALKER, KATHERINE & RYAN 3,500; STANARD AND ASSOCIATES, INC 11,206; STANDARD EQUIPMENT COMPANY 5,684; STATE FARM INSURANCE 7,475; STEPHANIDES, PAUL L. 2,594; STERLING CODIFIERS, INC. 8,057; STERLING TREE SOLUTIONS 215,727; STOVER, K V & SONS 3,372; STRAND ASSOCIATES, INC. 103,619; STREICHER’S 11,860; STRYKER SALES CORPORATION 4,201; SUBURBAN LABORATORIES 8,768; SUBURBAN TREE CONSORTIUM 176,442; SURMIN, RONALD 28,639; SWANSON, ROBERT & LAURIE 3,500; TAPCO 16,511; TAYLOE GLASS COMPANY 3,410; TELCOM INNOVATIONS GROUP, LLC 20,897; TELVENT DTN, LLC 2,661; TENHOR, THOMAS & KIMBERLY 3,500; TERMINAL SUPPLY CO 8,471; TERRA ENGINEERING LTD 203,423; TERRACON CONSULTANTS, INC. 702,413; TETRA TECH EM INC. 3,160; TEUTEBERG INC. 4,547; THE OLIVER CONDO ASSOCIATION 24,599; THIRD MILLENNIUM 22,230; THOMAS ENGINEERING GROUP 141,439; THOMAS, ALVESA 3,500; THOMSON REUTERS - WEST PAYMENT CENT 4,911; THRIVE COUNSELING CENTER 120,850; TISHMAN CONSTRUCTION 3,000; TOM COLLINS PLUMBING, INC. 3,600; TOSHIBA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, USA 21,275; TOSHIBA FINANCIAL SERVICES 31,191; TOTAL PARKING SOLUTIONS 36,773; TRADEMASTER, INC. 3,117; TRAFFIC CONTROL & PROTECTION 19,049; TRAFFIC CONTROL CORPORATION 11,273; TRANE 7,843; TREASURER, STATE OF ILLINOIS (IDOT 833,361; TREE TOWNS IMAGING & COLOR GRAPHICS 3,188; TRI-STAR SUPPLY 5,696; TRIGGI CONSTRUCTION 275,491; TRIMARK MARLINN 3,535; TRINE CONSTRUCTION 141,867; TRUCK PRO, INC. 5,212; TRUE NORTH CONSULTANTS 15,290; TWOMAYTOZ EVENT CATERING 3,663; UCP SEGUIN OF GREATER CHICAGO 19,000; UL LLC 3,835; UNITED RADIO COMMUNICATIONS 3,886; UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS 5,269; UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 3,904; UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 3,700; UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - COLLEGE O 3,780; UNLIMITED PLUMBING, INC. 3,750; US AUTO FORCE 11,371; US BANK 3,172; US BANK - CORPORATE REAL ESTATE 25,456; USA BLUE BOOK 3,394; USSC - US SPECIALTY COATING 3,190; V3 COMPANIES 81,910; VENCHURS VEHICLE SYSTEMS 10,900; VERGOTINE, LEAH & RODNEY 3,500; VILLAGE OF OAK PARK (WATER BILLING) 63,595; VILLAGE OF OAK PARK ECC 173,276; VILLAGE OF OAK PARK PETTY CASH 6,860; VILLAGE OF ROMEOVILLE FIRE ACADEMY 8,640; VISION SERVICE PLAN (IL) 32,297; VISIT OAK PARK 212,499; VISTA NATIONAL INSURANCE GROUP 35,750; VISUAL IMPACT MEDIA LLC. 3,135; WALGREENS HEALTH INITIATIVES 190,136; WALSH, R.E. & ASSOCIATES, INC. 35,750; WALT SKIBBE FARMS 6,961; WAREHOUSE DIRECT 31,481; WARREN OIL CO, INC. 27,270; WASHINGTON,CARRIE BELLE 37,686; WASTE MANAGEMENT - GIFT CARDS 17,600; WATER PRODUCTS COMPANY OF AURORA, I 11,885; WATERWAY ILLINOIS, INC. 4,172; WDF-3 WOOD OAK PARK OWNER, LLC 269,274; WEDNESDAY JOURNAL, INC 17,091; WEIGHTS & MEASURES, INC. 9,000; WEST CENTRAL MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE 19,110; WEST COOK COUNTY SOLID WASTE AGENCY 539,575; WEST COOK YMCA 17,608; WEST SIDE EXCHANGE 3,394; WEST SUBURBAN CONSOLIDATED DISPATCH 82,765; WEX BANK 3,538; WHELEN ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. 2,708; WHOLESALE DIRECT INC. 2,509; WIELGOS, ROBERT 2,759; WIGHT & COMPANY 7,560; WISS, JANNEY, ELSTNER ASSOCIATES, I 16,789; WOLKOTTE, DANYLL M. 30,000; WORLDPOINT ECC, INC. 7,815; XEROX BUSINESS SERVICE, LLC 10,274; ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION GPO 6,977; EXPENSE DISBURSEMENTS UNDER 2,500.00 708,916 TOTAL: 65,468,489
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Religion Guide Methodist
Check First.
First United Methodist Church of Oak Park
First Congregational Church of Maywood
And at the Altenheim, you’ll be able to protect it with rent that is reasonable. But the Altenheim is so much more… it is surrounded with beautiful grounds and wildlife, seniors who look out for one another and apartment selections and activities to suit your lifestyle. You’ll be as happy as a lark here; come visit us to find out why.
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
7824 West Madison Street Forest Park, IL 60130 708.366.2206 www.thealtenheim.com
William S. Winston Pastor (708) 697-5000
Presbyterian
Fair Oaks
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. www.unitedlutheranchurch.org
708/386-1576
Sunday Service 7AM, 9AM & 11:15AM
LIVE Webcast - 11:15AM Service Believer’s Walk of Faith Broadcast Schedule (Times in Central Standard Time) Television DAYSTAR (M-F)
3:30-4:00pm
Nationwide
WJYS-TV (M-F)
6:30-7:00am
Chicago, IL.
WCIU-TV (Sun.)
10:30-11:00am
Chicago, IL.
Word Network
10:30-11:00am
Nationwide
(M-F)
www.livingwd.org www.billwinston.org
West Suburban Temple Har Zion
let your voice be heard
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. Jenny Weber, Pastor Professionally Staffed Nursery Fellowship Time after Worship
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
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
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
744 Fair Oaks Ave. Oak Park 386-4920 Rev. Daniel deBeer, Interim Pastor
Sunday Schedule Worship Service 9:30am Child care provided
fairoakspres.org OAK PARK MEETING OF FRIENDS (Quakers) Meeting For Worship Sundays at 10:00 a.m. at Oak Park Art League 720 Chicago Ave., Oak Park Please call 708-445-8201 www.oakparkfriends.org
Roman Catholic
Ascension Catholic Church
Roman Catholic
St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park
CELEBRATING OUR 105TH 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–Friday 6:30am Church Office: 708-366-0839 CCD: 708-366-3553 www.stbern.com Pastor: Fr. Stanislaw Kuca Traditional Catholic
The Traditional Catholic Latin Mass
Our Lady Immaculate Church 410 Washington Blvd Oak Park. 708-524-2408 Mass Times: Sat. 8:00am Sun. 7:30 & 10:00am Operated by Society of St. Pius X. Confessions 1 hr. before each mass
Third Unitarian Church 11am Service: “Celebration of Life” thirdunitarianchurch.org (773) 626-9385 301 N. Mayfield near Austin and Lake
Grace Lutheran School
Preschool - 8th Grade Bill Koehne, Principal 366-6900, graceriverforest.org Lutheran-Missouri Synod
Christ Lutheran Church
607 Harvard Street (at East Av.) Oak Park, Illinois Rev. Robert M. Niehus, Pastor Sunday Bible Class: 9:15 am Sunday School: 9:10 Sunday Worship Services: 8:00 and 10:30 am Church Office: 708/386-3306 www.christlutheranoakpark.org Lutheran-Missouri Synod
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church
305 Circle Ave, Forest Park Sunday Worship, 9:30 am Adult Bible Class, 10:45 am Wheelchair Access to Sanctuary Leonard Payton, Pastor Roney Riley, Assistant Pastor 708-366-3226 | www.stjohnforestpark.org
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 Holy Hour 6:00 pm Third Thursdays
Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor
Roman Catholic
St. Edmund Catholic Church
188 South Oak Park Ave. Saturday Masses: 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m. Weekday Mass: 8:30 a.m. Holy Day Masses: As Announced Reconciliation: Saturday 4:15 p.m. Parish Office: 708-848-4417 School Phone: 708-386-5131
To place a listing in the Religion Guide, call Mary Ellen: 708/613-3342
Unity
UNITY CHURCH OF OAK PARK 405 North Euclid Ave.
Forgiveness brings personal freedom and true joy. Sunday Services 9 am & 11 am Youth Education 11 am 708-848-0960 — unityoakpark.org
Upcoming Religious Holidays
June 21 Solstice
First Nations Day Litha Yule
Canadian Native People
Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
22 Laylat al Kadr *
Islam
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CLUBHOUSE AFTERSCHOOL The Park District of Oak Park is seeking seasonal employees for the Clubhouse Afterschool Program. This seasonal position runs from August 2017-June 2018. Hours are M-F 2:30-6:15PM. Candidates will not be asked to work nights or weekends for this position. Employees will be responsible for assisting students with homework, supervising games and activities. To view full job description & to apply, go to www. pdop.org JOB ID 1264,1265,1266
REAL ESTATE CLOSING COORDINATOR We are a dynamic residential Real Estate office operating out of a River Forest location seeking a candidate to coordinate our closings. Responsibilities include: handling escrow accounts, completing brokers’ statements, issuing commission checks, plus other administrative duties.
Data Scientists sought by Uptake Technologies, Inc in Chicago, IL to build & test models, write functions and scripts to build datasets base. Requires travel up to 20% of time. Apply at www.jobpostingtoday.com, ref # 64365. DRIVER-Part Time ASAP Local company looking for part time parts driver/receiving clerk. Must be drug Free and have valid IL DL. Must be able to lift 75lbs. Hours 10am til 3 pm. $12/hr. Email resume: HR@sievertelectric.com NO PHONE CALLS PART TIME ADMIN ASST Local private early childhood center looking for a part time administrative assistant. Must have basic computer and organization skills, and be able to work independently. Please send current resume to blockscenters@gmail.com POLICE RECORDS SUPERVISOR The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Police Records Supervisor in the Police Department. This position will manage, supervise, plan and coordinate the activities and operations of the Police Records Division Support Services Bureau, within the Police Department including records maintenance and management services; and to coordinate assigned activities with other divisions, outside agencies and the general public. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http://www.oak-park.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application no later than June 26, 2017. Quality Assurance Engineers sought by Uptake Technologies, Inc. in Chicago, IL to design, document, develop and execute software test plans. Aply @ www.jobpostingtoday. com # 38793.
Familiarity with QuickBooks a big plus. Real Estate office experience ideal but not required. Position reports to our office manager as well as being an assistant to the broker/ owners of the company. Compensation commensurate with experience. Send resume to: iris@gagliardorealty.com Regional Sales Managers sought by Uptake Technologies, Inc. in Chicago, IL to lead sales & mrktng efforts & dvlp new biz. Periodic travel required for client meetings. Apply @ www.jobpostingtoday.com # 50757
SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BY OWNER 406 LATHROP RIVER FOREST
Frame Construction Mixed Use–Commercial Residential Land Sq. Footage–7,850 Building Sq. Footage–1967 Selling As Is. Great for New Development $700,000 For Additional Information Call.
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SUBURBAN RENTALS FOREST PARK 2 BR 2BR apt for rent. Utilities not included. Quiet building. no smoking, no pets. $850 + security deposit. References checked. Near public transportation. Call 708-366-0552. FOREST PARK 2BR 2BR & 1 BR apts in a smaller, quiet building. 2 BR $1050/mo. 1 BR $890/mo. Short walk to Green Line “L”. Updated with fresh paint. Very clean. No smoking. No pets. Credit check and 1 1/2 mos. security deposit required. Call 708-404-2865. FOREST PARK 1 BR CONDO MUST SEE! One bedroom/one bath condo downtown Forest Park near all public transportation, Restaurants and shops. Unit has wood floors throughout, granite kitchen countertops, updated bathroom, beautiful balcony and laundry facility in building. Parking Available. $1,080 monthly rent. 708-602-7175 OAK PARK FOREST PARK Studio, 1, and 2 BDRM. Heated. Dining room. Parking available. Walk to El. $625-$1250.
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CITY RENTALS 2 BR/1 BA 4940 W VAN BUREN 2 br/1 bath apartment for rent at 4940 West Van Buren. Rent $750 plus 1 month security. Utilities not included. Quiet Building. No pets allowed. On the street parking. Please call 773-261-7131.
CITY RENTALS Augusta & Kildare: PERFECT FOR SENIORS A gorgeous 1-bedroom apt. Large living room, and dining room, hardwood floors, in a beautifully landscaped & well maintained building, quiet, safe & secure rent 700.00 incl. heat, appliances, and laundry room, for more information call 773-838-8471. AUSTIN VILLAGE 5939 W. Midway Parkway Remodeled 1 BR. Half block from Oak Park, Green Line & shops. 3rd Floor. $800/month. Heat not included. 708-383-9223 or 773-676-6805.
ROOMS FOR RENT AUSTIN CLEAN ROOM With fridge, micro. Nr Oak Park, Super Walmart, Food 4 Less, bus, & Metra. $116/wk and up. 773-637-5957 Large Sunny Room with fridge & microwave. Near Green line, bus, Oak Park, 24 hour desk, parking lot. $101.00 week & up. New Mgmt. 773-378-8888
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YARD SALE GREAT PRICES 824 ELGIN SAT 6/24 10AM TO 3PM
Appliances, furniture, cookbooks, linens, dishes, purses, briefcases & much more! Everything priced to sell!
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NORTH RIVERSIDE GARDEN CLUB PLANT & GARAGE SALE 2542 5TH AVE FRI 6/23 & SAT 6/24 9AM TO 2PM
Large variety perennial, native & houseplant accessories. Also, sale on air conditioner, power fan, wooden toy chest, doll house, rocking horse, area rug, lamps, toaster oven, pots, pans. Many good items & clothing M to 1X. Amazing prices that you’ll love!! Oak Park
2 FAMILY GARAGE SALE 835 & 843 S GROVE SAT 6/24 8AM TO 4PM
835: Vintage misc. and quilts, furniture, household, women’s clothing and accessories, much more!! 843: Kids’ clothing, toys, baby accessories, strollers, books, bluray player, bread box, BOSE speakers, AEROgarden and more! Oak Park STUFF, WIDGETS & THINGS
MONSTER YARD SALE!!! 423 GREENFIELD ST SAT JUNE 24 8AM TO 1PM
A little bit of everything can be found at our sale. Antiques, furniture, books, holiday decorations, collectibles, sporting equipment and much more. A portion of the proceeds to benefit Hephzibah Children’s Home in Oak Park. Cash Only! No rain date. See You Saturday! River Forest
YARD SALE FOR CHARITY 838 PARK AVE SAT 6/24 9AM TO 2PM
Awesome yard sale to benefit the Immune Deficiency Foundation! Furniture, adult and kids’ clothing & shoes, toys, housewares, accessories, sewing machines, cameras, skateboards, bikes, and lots more!
ITEMS FOR SALE FREEZERS Ice cream freezer, horizontal, $450 obo. 8.8 cu ft Chest freezer, $195. Call 708-848-9404
WANTED TO BUY WANTED MILITARY ITEMS: Helmets, medals, patches, uniforms, weapons, flags, photos, paperwork, Also toy soldiers-lead plastic-other misc. toys. Call Uncle Gary 708-522-3400 Lost & Found and To Be Given Away ads run free in Wednesday Classified. To place your ad, call 708-613-3342
WANTED TO RENT GARAGE RENTAL Looking for a garage rental for my sports car in the winter and winter car in the summer. Call 312-961-2523.
TO BE GIVEN AWAY FREE CHICKENS
2 mixed breed chickens, 1 black, 1 red, approx. 1 month old. Hatched at daycare for educational purposes. Call 773-933-1894.
LOST & FOUND LOST iPHONE Lost Rose Gold iPhone 7 along Harlem between Division & Roosevelt, weekend of 6/10-11. Call 708-383-2890.
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NOVENAS PRAYER TO ST. JUDE May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved & preserved throughout the world now & forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us. St. Jude worker of miracles, pray for us. St. Jude helper of the hopeless, pray for us. Say this prayer 9 times a day for 9 days. By the 8th day your prayer will be answered. It has never been known to fail. Publication must be promised. Thank you Jesus. Thank You St. Jude. L.K. PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN (NEVER KNOWN TO FAIL) OH, MOST BEAUTIFUL flower of Mt. Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor of heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. Oh, Star of the Sea, help me and show me, herein you are my mother. Oh, Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth. I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor in my necessity (make request). There are none that can withstand your power. Oh, show me herein you are my mother. Oh, Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee (3 times). Holy Mary, I place this prayer in your hands (3 times). Say this prayer for three consecutive days and publish; your request will be granted. L.K.
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PUBLIC NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615 STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division. In re the marriage of Marissa Perez,Petitioner and Martin Martinez Jimenez Respondent, Case No. 2017D-079730.
LEGAL NOTICE Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615 STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division. In re the marriage of Carolina Jimenez,Petitioner and Genaro Jimenez Respondent, Case No. 2017D-005150. The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the above named Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending. Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before July 17, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.
The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the above named Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending.
DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.
Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before July 10, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.
The Park District of Oak Park hereby provides public notice that an audit of its funds for the period January 1 through December 31, 2016 has been made by Lauterbach and Amen, and that a report of such audit dated April 27th, 2016 has been filed with the County Clerk of Cook County, in accordance with 30 ILCS 15/0.01 et seq. The full report of the audit is available for public inspection at 218 Madison Street, Oak Park, during regular business hours, 8:30 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday, except for holidays.
DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk. Published in Wednesday Journal 6/7, 6/14, 6/21/2017
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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Availability of Audit Report of the Park District of Oak Park
Dated: June 16th, 2016 By: Commissioner David Wick Treasurer, Board of Commissioners Park District of Oak Park Published in Wednesday Journal 6/21/2017
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The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed proposals at the Office of the Village Engineer, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 11:00 a.m. on Thursday July 6, 2017 and at that time will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following Village Project: 17-2 RESURFACING OF VARIOUS STREETS. In general, the improvements consist of: removal and replacement of curb and gutter, sidewalks, driveways, drainage structure adjustments, pavement patching, cold-milling of bituminous concrete, installation of hot-mix asphalt binder and surface courses, parkway restoration, tree planting, light-pole installation and all appurtenant work thereto.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday evening, July 19, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter:
Plans and proposal forms may be obtained from the office of the Village Engineer starting on Thursday, June 22, 2017. A non-refundable deposit of $40 is required for each set of plans and specifications. 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. All prospective bidders must prove they are pre-qualified by the Illinois Department of Transportation before receiving bid documents. 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 Published in Wednesday Journal 6/21/2017
Cal. No. 11-17-Z: 742 Linden Avenue, David and Michele Revsine David and Michele Revsine, Owners and Applicants, request that a variation be granted from Section 4.10.3 (A) of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Oak Park, which sections regulate all items and structures permitted in the required side yards, to permit the construction of an off-street parking space in the required exterior side yard setback at the property commonly known as 742 Linden Avenue, Oak Park, IL. Those property owners within 500 feet of the Subject Property and those persons with a special interest beyond that of the general public (“Interested Parties”) wishing to cross-examine witnesses must complete and file an appearance with original signatures with the Village Clerk not later than 5:00 PM on the business day preceding the public hearing. All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Administrator of the Village of Oak Park at 708.358.5449. DATED AT OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, this 21st Day of June, 2017 Published in Wednesday Journal 6/21/2017
PUBLIC NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT OF PREVAILING WAGE STANDARDS VILLAGE OF FOREST PARK COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter: Cal. No. 09-17-Z: 6936-6950 Roosevelt Road, Alcuin Montessori School Alcuin Montessori School, Applicant, is seeking a special use permit from Section 3.9.8 (E) (Table 1: Permitted Building Types by District) of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Oak Park, which sections requires a special use permit for schools (a Civic Building and development type) located in the Roosevelt Road Form-Based Zoning Overlay District, to construct and operate a private Montessori school with an accessory nursery or day care center at the premises commonly known as 6936-6950 Roosevelt Road, Oak Park, Illinois. All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Administrator at 708.358.5449. DATED AT OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, this 21st Day of June, 2017 Published in Wednesday Journal 6/21/2017
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on June 12, 2017, the Council of the Village of Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, adopted Ordinance 0-17-17, entitled “AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE DECLARATION OF THE GENERAL PREVAILING RATE OF HOURLY WAGES FOR THE YEAR 2017 TO BE PAID TO LABORERS, MECHANICS AND OTHER WORKERS PERFORMING CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC WORKS WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF FOREST PARK,” determining prevailing wages pursuant to 820 ILCS 130/1 et seq., the Illinois “Prevailing Wage Act,” which determination is now effective. The Village of Forest Park determined the prevailing wages by adopting the Illinois Department of Labor’s wage rates for construction trades for the County of Cook effective June 5, 2017. A copy of the ordinance as adopted and the prevailing wage rates are available for review at the Village of Forest Park, 517 Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois 60130. Vanessa Moritz Village Clerk Village of Forest Park Cook County, Illinois Published in Forest Park Review 6/21/2017
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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday evening, July 5, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter: Cal. No. 04-17-Z: 500-508 S. Lyman Avenue, Taco Bell
Bell Great Lakes, LLC (managing member; Bell American Group, LLC,), Applicant, requests a special use permit for a drive-up facility pursuant to Section 3.9.6 (C) (2) which section requires a special use permit to allow a drive-through facility on Madison Street. The applicant seeks to develop the vacant property located at 500-508 S. Lyman Avenue with a new Taco Bell restaurant with a drive-through facility.
In addition, the applicant seeks an allowance from the following sections of the MS Madison Street District pursuant to the special use permit: 1. Section 3.9.6 (D) Table D-1: MS District Dimensional Standards, which section requires a 0’-15’ Build-to Line along Lyman Avenue (a north/south cross street) for non-residential buildings along street setbacks; whereas the proposal features a Taco Bell restaurant facility that is sited outside of the required Build-to Line.
2. Section 3.9.6 (F) (4), which section requires that ancillary parking to a principal use of the lot shall be located to the rear of the principal structure and shall not be located along (abutting) Madison Street; whereas the proposal features parking located along (abutting) Madison Street.
Those property owners within 500 foot notice area and those persons with a special interest beyond that of the general public (“Interested Parties”) wishing to cross-examine witnesses must complete and file an appearance with original signatures with the Village Clerk not later than 5:00 PM on the business day preceding the public hearing. All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the office of the Village Clerk at 708.358.5670.
DATED AT OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, this 21st Day of June, 2017. Published in Wednesday Journal 6/21/2017
PUBLIC NOTICE PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME In the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, County Department, County Division. In the matter of the petition of Jeremy Silvester Brown, Jr. for change of name to Jeremiah Wahid Muhammad, Case No. 20174003291. Notice is given you, the public, that on June 15, 2017, I have filed a Petition For Change of Name in this Court, asking the Court to change my present name of Jeremy Silvester Brown, Jr., to the name of Jeremiah Wahid Muhammad. This case will be heard in courtroom 111 on August 11, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. Published in Forest Park Review 6/21, 6/28, 7/5/2017
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NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE PROPOSED APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AND OF HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING THEREIN Notice is hereby given that copies of the Proposed Appropriation for the Village of North Riverside for the Fiscal Year commencing May 1, 2017 to April 30, 2018 are available for public inspection during normal business hours at the Village Commons, 2401 South DesPlaines Avenue, North Riverside, Illinois or on the Village’s website at: www. northriverside-il.org. Notice is hereby given that a Public Appropriation Hearing shall be held by the Mayor and the Board of Trustees for the Village of North Riverside: Date: Monday, July 10, 2017 Time: 6:30 PM Place: Village Commons 2401 South DesPlaines Avenue North Riverside, Illinois All interested persons may attend the meeting and shall have the right to present oral and written comments and suggestions regarding the proposed appropriation. After the public hearing and before final action is taken on the proposed annual appropriation ordinance, the Mayor and Board of Trustees may revise, alter, increase, or decrease any line item contained in the proposed annual appropriation ordinance. Final action on the proposed annual appropriation ordinance will occur on July 10, 2017, at the regularly scheduled Village Board Meeting immediately following the public hearing. KATHY RANIERI VILLAGE CLERK NORTH RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS Published in RB Landmark 6/21/2017
PUBLIC NOTICE PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME In the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, County Department, County Division. In the matter of the petition of PAULINE DOROTHY TURLOW for change of name to PAULINE TERLIKOWSKI, Case No. 2017CONC00049. Notice is given you, the public, that on June 6, 2017, I have filed a Petition For Change of Name in this Court, asking the Court to change my present name of PAULINE DOROTHY TURLOW to the name of PAULINE TERLIKOWSKI. This case will be heard in courtroom 1702 on August 3, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. Published in Wednesday Journal 6/14, 6/21, 6/28/2017
PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D17151105 on June 6, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of V-MAC TECHNOLOGIES with the business located at: 3718 N. NORDICA, CHICAGO, IL 60634. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: JAIME A. CONSTANZA 3718 N. NORDICA CHICAGO, IL 60634. Published in Wednesday Journal 6/14, 6/21, 6/28/2017
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In accordance with the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, the Park District of Forest Park (APark District@) has made a determination of the prevailing rates of wages to be paid laborers, mechanics and other workers employed in public works projects for the Park District. The Park District has determined that the prevailing rates of wages are the wage rates for Cook County, as determined by the Illinois Department of Labor.
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A copy of the determination is available for public inspection in the Park District=s business office located at 7501 Harrison Street, Forest Park, IL. Copies are also available upon request by calling the Park District at 708-366-7500. ________________________ /s/ Chris Richards, Secretary Board of Park Commissioners Park District of Forest Park Dated: June 16, 2017 Published in Forest Park Review 6/21/2017
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday 06 July 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Village Hall, 517 Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois, the Plan Commission will conduct a Public Hearing convened to hear testimony for site plan approval for a townhouse development on the property legally described as follows: LOTS 1 AND 2 IN HOLLEY’S SUBDIVISION OF BLOCKS 31 AND 32 IN RAILROAD ADDITION TO HARLEM, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 19, 1892 AS DOCUMENT 409003, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PIN 15-12-429-012-0000 Commonly Known As: 233 DesPlaines, Forest Park, IL. 60305 Signed: Paul Barbahen Plan Commission Chairperson Published in the Forest Park Review 6/21/2017
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF ORDINANCE NO: 2017-06-01, PREVAILING WAGE RATES TAKE NOTICE that the Park District of Oak Park pursuant to “An Act regulating wages of laborers, mechanics and other workers employed in any public works by the State, county, city or any public body or any political subdivision or by anyone under contract for public works,” approved on June 15, 2017, that the general prevailing rate of wages in this locality for laborers, mechanics, and other workers engaged in the construction of public works coming under the jurisdiction of the park district is the same as determined by the Department of Labor of the State of Illinois for Cook County as of June 2017. A copy of the full Ordinance and the Department of Labor determination is available for inspection by any interested party in the main office of the Park District of Oak Park, and to any employer; association of employers and any person of employee or association of employees who have filed, or file their names and addresses, requesting copies of the same. Published in Wednesday Journal 6/21/2017
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DOCKET NUMBER: PC 17-01 HEARING DATE: July 11, 2017 TIME: 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the Agenda permits. LOCATION OF HEARING: Room 201 (Council Chambers), Oak Park Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, 60302 APPLICANT(S): Albion Residential LLC, 188 W. Randolph Street, Suite 202, Chicago, Illinois 60601 OWNERS OF RECORD: OP Partners LLC, 4956 N. O’Connor Road, Irving, Texas 75062 SUBJECT PROPERTY ADDRESSES: 1000 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PARCEL 1: THAT PART OF BLOCK 1 IN AUSTIN’S ADDITION TO OAK PARK IN THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COMMENCING AT THE JUNCTION OF THE NORTH LINE OF LAKE STREET WITH THE WEST LINE OF FOREST AVENUE AND RUNNING THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF LAKE STREET 140.21 FEET RECORDED (140.29 MEASURED); THENCE NORTH ON A LINE EXTENDED ALONG THE WEST FACE OF A BRICK BUILDING 114.72 FEET RECORDED (113.63 MEASURED); TO A POINT BEING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID BRICK BUILDING AND LOCATED 139.01 FEET RECORDED (138.70 FEET MEASURED) WEST OF THE WEST LINE OF FOREST AVENUE; THENCE EAST ALONG THE NORTH FACE OF SAID BRICK BUILDING AND THE LINE EXTENDED EAST 139.01 FEET (138.70 FEET MEASURED) TO THE WEST LINE OF FOREST AVENUE; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF FOREST AVENUE 114.88 FEET RECORDED (111.00 FEET MEASURED) MORE OR LESS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 2: THAT PART OF BLOCK 1 IN AUSTIN’S ADDITION TO OAK PARK IN THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE JUNCTION OF THE NORTH LINE OF LAKE STREET WITH THE WEST LINE OF FOREST AVENUE, RUNNING THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF LAKE STREET TO A POINT WHICH IS 170 FEET EAST OF THE WEST LINE OF SAID BLOCK 1 TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; RUNNING THENCE NORTH ALONG A LINE PARALLEL WITH AND DISTANCE 170 FEET FROM THE WEST LINE OF SAID BLOCK 1, A DISTANCE OF 200 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF A 20 FOOT ALLEY; THENCE EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID ALLEY TO THE WEST LINE OF FOREST AVENUE; THENCE SOUTH ON THE WEST LINE OF FOREST AVENUE, A DISTANCE OF 85.16 FEET RECORDED (89.00 FEET MEASURED) TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE WEST LINE OF FOREST AVENUE WITH THE NORTH FACE OF A BRICK BUILDING EXTENDED EAST; THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH FACE OF
SAID BUILDING, A DISTANCE OF 139.01 FEET RECORDED (138.70 FEET MEASURED) FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID BUILDING; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST FACE OF SAID BUILDING TO THE NORTH LINE OF LAKE STREET, A DISTANCE OF 114.72 FEET RECORDED (113.63 FEET MEASURED); THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF LAKE STREET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. EXCEPT THAT PART LYING WEST OF A LINE 96.44 FEET EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF LAKE STREET AND LINE 170 FEET EAST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF BLOCK 1 IN AUSTIN’S ADDITION TO OAK PARK AS MEASURED ALONG SAID NORTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF LAKE STREET AND 95.91 FEET EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF PUBLIC ALLEY AND LINE 170 FEET EAST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF BLOCK 1 IN AUSTIN’S ADDITION TO OAK PARK AS MEASURED ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE OF PUBLIC ALLEY. REQUEST: The Applicant seeks approval of an 18 story mixed use planned development consisting of approximately 9,500 square feet of first floor commercial space, 265 dwelling units, 235 enclosed vehicular parking spaces, and 265 enclosed bicycle parking spaces. The applicant is requesting an allowance to increase the building height from 80 feet as required in Section 3.9.4 E(1) of the Zoning Ordinance to a height of approximately 199 feet, an allowance to increase density from the allowed 40 dwelling units as regulated in Section 3.8.3 A(1)b of the Zoning Ordinance to 265 dwelling units, and an allowance for setbacks and landscaping along the north property line from a required 10 foot setback to zero feet required in Section 3.8.3 B(2) and along the east property line from a required 5 foot setback to zero feet 3.8.3 B(1). The applicant is requesting no landscaping within the required setback areas 6.4.2 A. The applicant is also seeking a subdivision of land as depicted on the Final Plat of Subdivision titled “Albion at Oak Park” submitted with the planned development application; Property Identification Numbers: 16-07-120-030 and 16-07-120-031. Copies of the application and each of the applicable documents are on file and are available for inspection at the Village Hall, Development Customer Services Department, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Persons with disabilities planning to attend and needing special accommodations should contact the Village Clerk’s Office at 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, or call (708) 358-5670. ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE INVITED TO BE HEARD. David Mann, Chairperson OAK PARK PLAN COMMISSION, Sitting as a Zoning Commission Oak Park, Illinois 60302
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CLASSIFIED REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, AS TRUSTEE FOR NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2003-1, NOVASTAR HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-1 Plaintiff, -v.WILLIE J. ROBINS II, LETHA D. ROBINS, FILLMORE TOWNHOME ASSOCIATION Defendants 14 CH 03264 2101 S. 4TH AVENUE UNIT AB Maywood, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 18, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 19, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2101 S. 4TH AVENUE UNIT AB, Maywood, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-14-329-0280000 & 15-14-329-027-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $150,310.53. 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 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 assess-
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by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003 Please refer to file number C1387425. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. 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. I721140 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Plaintiff, -v.ALEJANDRA L. IBANEZ AKA ALEJANDRA IBANEZ, SERGIO HERNANDEZ, JR. AKA SERGIO HERNANDEZ, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY-INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, STATE OF ILLINOIS-DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, VILLAGE OF EVERGREEN PARK, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES LLC, EQUABLE ASCENT FINANCIAL, LLC, MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC, CAVALRY PORTFOLIO SERVICES LLC, THE EILEEN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 15 CH 02864 1003 S. OAK PARK AVE. #4 OAK
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NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 17, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 18, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1003 S. OAK PARK AVE. #4, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-18-315-0601004. The real estate is improved with a residential condominium. The judgment amount was $232,206.09. 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 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
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interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: J. Gregory Scott, HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 4221717 Please refer to file number 2120-9898. If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. 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. I720489
GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on August 18, 2016 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, July 10, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-07-206-004-0000. Commonly known as 308 N. Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Ms. Kimberly S. Reid at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I722766
inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 16-3398. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 16-3398 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 16 CH 5027 TJSC#: 37-3960 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. I721303
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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-21664. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. 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. I721777
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NA, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NA AS TRUSTEE FOR WAMU MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-HY6 TRUST Plaintiff, vs. PAUL WICKLOW, MELISSA A. WICKLOW, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE BENEFIT OF INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 15 CH 9733 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS OF LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2004-5, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-5, Plaintiff, -v.DANIEL L. ALLISON, JR., TERESA ALLISON, LVNV FUNDING LLC AS ASSIGNEE OF ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Defendants 16 CH 5027 1245 S. 11TH AVE. Maywood, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 20, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 24, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1245 S. 11TH AVE., Maywood, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-15-217-0070000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $114,882.05. 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 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
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF STANWICH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST A Plaintiff, -v.JOHNNIE WATSON, LAQUILLA HARDMAN, JOHNNIE NELSON WATSON, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF ILLINOIS– DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Defendants 16 CH 014770 1218 N. AUSTIN BLVD. OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 21, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 24, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1218 N. AUSTIN BLVD., OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-127-0300000. The real estate is improved with a residence.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION PNC BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO MIDAMERICA BANK, FSB Plaintiff, -v.IWONA JARZYNA, PAWEL KOPEC, PIOTR CHMIELEWSKI, CITIBANK, N.A., RBS CITIZENS, N.A. S/B/M TO CHARTER ONE BANK, N.A., UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 13 CH 22653 917 NORTH LOMBARD AV A/K/A 917 NORTH LOMBARD 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 May 1, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 2, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 917 NORTH LOMBARD AV A/K/A 917 NORTH LOMBARD AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-123-0290000. The real estate is improved with a two story single family home; two car detached garage. 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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com.
McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 8692. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. I723315 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff, vs. OLIVEA SHANNON; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; OAK VIEW TERRACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants, 16 CH 14664 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-05-307-035-1004. Commonly known as 7 Division Street, 2A, Oak Park, IL 60302. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g) (1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 17-011467 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I723556
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Future bright from page 44 five years. However, just getting to the playoffs may be a challenge. The Huskies lost a lot of talent from 2016, including stalwarts Jeremy Hunt, Jared Scott, and Keyon Blankenbaker. The Huskies have a lot of work to do. - Can Fenwick and OPRF boys basketball repeat their conference championships? Plenty of starters return for both teams. The Huskies will miss Scott and Cam Gross, and the Friars Keller and Jamal Nixon (Fenwick’s winningest player), but some special talent remains with the likes of DJ Steward, A.J. Nixon, Isaiah Fuller, and Charlie Hoehne. Add good coaches in Rick Malnati and Matt Maloney, and it’s reasonable to see both teams in the preseason Top 10. - Other storylines: Can OPRF wrestling reclaim the state team title after seeing its 3-year reign end? Can Fenwick phenom Jacob Kaminski repeat his dominant freshman season? Can the Fenwick and OPRF girls basketball teams bounce back from tough seasons? Can Fenwick water polo reclaim state titles? How many state titles will OPRF swimmer Natalie Ungaretti ultimately win, and can
Marie Lillig the Huskies build off their fourth-place finish at state? Will OPRF baseball return to form after an unusually down season? And can OPRF softball get the three-peat? Whatever happens on the scoreboard, this much is guaranteed. It will be fun to watch out local teams.
Marvelous Marie Finally, I’d like to offer my congratulations to all the winners at the Night of Champions event, which took place on June 20 at Dominican University. Whether you’re a Huskie or Friar, thanks for providing plenty of great memories this season. I’d like to take a moment to talk about one particular winner and what she and her family have meant to me. Marie Lillig, mother of aforementioned Fenwick three-sport athlete Conner
Lillig, is this year’s Wednesday Journal “Volunteer of the Year.” She did yeoman’s work as one of the Fenwick football team moms. Whether it was taking photos, organizing events for Friar fans, or even providing soup and gloves during the November playoff run, she did it all. She truly symbolizes what Fenwick and OPRF are all about - going above and beyond to get the job done. I can’t think of a more deserving winner. I first met Marie, her husband Nick (Fenwick alum that was on the 1981 football state semifinalist), and Conner during the playoffs. I could tell the passion and dedication they had for Fenwick football. The more we got to know each other, the stronger our bond became. Marie and the Lilligs have become not only good friends, but it feels like we’re family. Marie will be there for me if I ever got into trouble. And I will be there for her, Nick, Conner and Nicky if any of them needed help and support. They have improved my life immeasurably. I am a more confident man and a better person today because of our friendship. I am looking forward to hanging out with the Lilligs this fall at a few Illinois tailgates as Conner starts his career. Marie, it is a true blessing that you came into my life - you’ll always be a dear friend! Enjoy the summer folks. See you in August when football season starts! #FRIARUP #ITSAGREATDAY.
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Windmills build foundation with familiar faces Windmills alumnae Reckles and Bartodziej return to coach 12U team By PATRICK SKRINE
Danni Bartodziej -- two former Windmill players -- are forever indebted to the program, and have paid their dues by coaching he Oak Park Windmills softball pro- the 12U team. Longtime coach Roger Reckles started gram has played a monumental role in the Oak Park and River Forest com- coaching when his daughter Fran was 7-years-old. Since then, he remains a dedimunity. High school sports teams thrive cated coach and has been on the Windmills when driven by a core group of players who board since 2007. However, Roger was parhave unwavering chemistry. That has been ticularly excited for this summer solely bethe case for the OPRF softball team, winning cause of his plans to pass the torch to Fran back-to-back state championships with a and Danni. “These two women are uniquenucleus of players that played toly qualified for this coaching asgether at a young age. They startsignment,” Reckles said. “They ed young, they bonded together, are current college players so and they grew both individually they are continuously learnand collectively. ing about the game from their Windmills has been the source current coaches. But they are of this consistent development. also great communicators with A myriad of past and present the young girls and I trust that Huskies credit the Windmills exmodel to continue in our organiperience for jumpstarting their zation.” softball careers. Fran Reckles, a 2014 OPRF For the 2017 12U Windmills graduate and current softball squad, it’s been a year of adjustplayer at Swarthmore College ment -- both for the players and in Pennsylvania, is thrilled to be for the coaches. DANNI BARTODZIEJ with the Windmills this summer. Every team needs a foundation. Windmills coach “It’s special coming back as A place to start. Despite only one a collegiate student-athlete bereturning player and several new cause I feel like I’m passing on faces with minimal travel ball exthe values of the Windmills orperience, the 12U girls have laid a foundation that is rock solid with life lessons ganization to the next group of players,” said Reckles. “This group of girls is so eager to both on and off the field. Learn the fundamentals. Be a good team- learn and I’m happy to be an inspiration to mate. Work hard. This new group of girls them since I’ve been in their shoes. Danni has worked tirelessly this season to do these and I are the first collegiate coaches to come things, in hopes of becoming that future back as former players. It’s an honor and I OPRF team that wins another state cham- hope more people follow this path.” Danni Bartodziej, a current player at pionship for the decorated orange and blue. In addition to the new but hardworking Northwood University in Michigan and for12U lineup, the coaching staff has fresh mer Nazareth High School standout, offers faces as well this summer. Fran Reckles and similar insight about coming back to help
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Front Row (L-R) Martha Brennan, Yolanda Antonio, Emily Terrazas, Amiya Manrriques, Jayla Perez. Back Row (L-R) Alexis Patterson, Gianna Whitehead, Emily Alvarez, Elsa Diaz, Maggie Brangle, Catherine Flagg. the youth. “I grew up with coaches that really impacted my life so my ultimate motivation is to be that mentor for these girls,” said Bartodziej. “It feels amazing to be living out my dream playing collegiate softball, but it’s almost better being a coach for the team that made me who I am today.” Both Reckles and Bartodziej see the recently formed roster as a blessing in disguise. Although the chemistry isn’t there yet, Danni believes having the same group of girls together beginning at age 12 is the foundation that’s invaluable in the long run. “All of my years of travel ball were with Windmills and same with Fran,” Bartodziej said. “Our mission is to teach them the importance of playing for each other and always being a good teammate. That is what builds chemistry.” The idea of softball being “more than just a game” is illustrated impeccably in the Windmills organization. Reckles alluded to her team’s notable work ethic. “Softball has helped me in life more than on the field,” Reckles said. “It’s taught me about belonging, perseverance, and sportsmanship. Danni and I have the opportunity
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to teach these lessons to them at a young age. It’s a privilege to coach girls that all work hard despite having different abilities.” Windmills has been a trustworthy feeder team for girls who want to play not only at local high schools, but also at the next level. Fran Reckles and Danni Bartodziej were loyal to the Windmills and thus were rewarded with the opportunity to play college ball and receive an education. The 12U Oak Park Windmills (9-13) are a young team. It’s been a year of trial and error and constant learning. Nonetheless, each girl is bought in and contributing in a variety of ways. These contributions were evident recently, as the team placed second in the Glenview Thunderbolt Classic. With their persistence, combined with the guidance of two experienced softball minds in Reckles and Bartodziej, the sky is truly the limit in the coming years for this group. Reckles and Bartodziej hope more collegiate players will give back to their childhood teams. Building the foundation is what leads to a dynasty. The 12U Windmills have the potential to be the next crop of players dancing on the mound in East Peoria.
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’d like to begin this latest edition of “Tate’s Take” by congratulating the Oak Park and River Forest High School softball team on winning back-to-back Class 4A state championships. The Huskies boasted a 74-3 record the last two seasons, were ranked third in the USA Today national poll, featured the Gatorade Illinois Player of the Year in ace in Chardonnay Harris and a powerful lineup including Harris, Maeve Nelson, Mariah Scott, Sydney Babbington, and Fiona Girardot that outscored playoff opponents 61-5. Other than I guess wanting a piece of the Golden State Warriors, what’s left to accomplish for the incomparable Huskies?
Though Harris will take her talents to Auburn in the fall, AllState players Nelson and Girardot headline a good list of returning players focused on chasing down a three-peat. This past sports year was one of the more remarkable ones in recent memory. Here’s a look ahead to some of the most intriguing 20172018 storylines. Although we’re all going to enjoy the summer, it’s never too early to look ahead at what’s to come starting August. This coming year will have some ways to go in terms of matching the excitement of this past year, but there’s still some questions to ponder.
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What’s ahead in sports - Can Fenwick football bounce back from
the Travesty at Triton? Obviously Gene Nudo’s team had a highly successful year going 12-1 (yes, I don’t care that the IHSA has the record at 11-2, we all know that isn’t true), and there are plenty of returnees for 2017, including Austin Glazier and Mike O’Laughlin. But, there are two giant voids at quarterback and running back. Jacob Keller and Conner Lillig were very good at those spots, but they’re off to Northern Iowa and Illinois respectively. Nudo needs to find replacements for them; if he can, the Friars will be just fine. - Can OPRF football extend its playoff appearance streak to six seasons (extending the school record)? John Hoerster has done a wonderful job reviving a oncedormant program, but it’s time to go to the next level, and that means avoiding losses in the first or second round like the last See FORECAST on page 42
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(Top) Fenwick basketball coach Rick Malnati and DJ Steward talk strategy. (Middle) Fenwick wrestler Jacob Kaminski had a breakout season. (Above) OPRF pitcher Chardonnay Harris went 19-0 with a 0.29 ERA.