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August 11, 2021 Vol. 42, No. 2 ONE DOLLAR @oakpark @wednesdayjournal

JOURNAL of Oak Park and River Forest

New website shows vaccine rates at area senior facilities

Only 26% of staffers at Oak Park Oasis are vaccinated, according to the state data

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Equity Editor

State officials recently released a new website showing the percentage of residents and staffers who are vaccinated at Medicare and Medicaidcertified long-term care facilities in Illinois.

But the vaccination numbers of some Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities are missing and what data exists show that vaccination rates among staffers at Oak Park facilities vary widely — from a low of 26% of staffers at one facility to a high of 85% at another.

Officials with the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), which administers the online database and is one of several agencies responsible for regulating long-term care facilities in the state, let the public know about the COVID-19 database on Aug. 4.

As of Aug. 9, the most current data was available through July 25, IDPH officials said.

Oak Park has five long-term care facilities that are regulated by IDPH. These facilities are required to report vaccinations of residents and staff to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which is where the IDPH data comes from.

Among the five local facilities, data for Belmont Village Oak Park, 1035 Madison St., and Rush Oak Park Hospital, 520 S. Maple Ave., is missing from See VACCINATIONS on page 14

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LEGACY: The late Sabina Ott continues to live up to her title, “Art Mother.”

Sabina Ott still nurtures the next artist Collection of ‘Art Mother of Chicago’ goes to Columbia College Chicago

By MICHELLE DYBAL Arts Editor

A significant artist, especially recognized on the West Coast and in Chicago, Sabina Ott was tireless in nurturing the next artistic generation. She did it when she would see a young artist’s work, unfurling her roll of $20s and buying a piece instead of just saying she liked it. She did it by launching Terrain Exhibitions, which in 10 years’ time, has become an

international neighborhood art showcase.

She did it by not agreeing to show her art unless it included an up-and-coming artist. She did it by bringing her heart and soul to Columbia College Chicago, becoming the first full professor of art there.

And even posthumously, Ott will be able to nurture young artists at the school on Michigan Avenue in Chicago and beyond.

More than 100 of Ott’s works have been donated by her husband, John Paulette, and have been eagerly accepted into their

archives to be preserved and used in the Columbia College curriculum.

“She has had a profound and lasting impact upon the way we educate young artists and the way painting, both materially and conceptually, is enmeshed in our curriculum,” said Duncan MacKenzie, Columbia College’s Chair of Art and Art History and a colleague of Ott’s for more than a decade. “In seeking to locate this See OTT on page 19

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Let’s get real about equity

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ack in May, Gov. J.B. Pritzker was at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park to tout the passage of a health care bill designed to confront the racial and economic inequities in the state’s health system.

The governor said the pandemic “only heightened” the necessity of equitable health care in low-income communities of color like Austin, where many, if not most, of West Sub’s Commentary patients live.

The bill, the Chicago Tribune reported, “calls for the creation of an anti-racism commission to identify and propose statewide policies to eliminate systemic racism and creates a Medicaid Business Opportunity Commission, which is designed to support and grow businesses owned by minorities, women and persons with disabilities.”

The bill also creates a program that will train and certify people to become community health workers — people like a young Evelyn Young-Huff.

Young-Huff grew up in Maywood. She was a single mother when she went through nursing school — a “baby in one arm, book bag on my back with my uniform on catching the bus,” she told me when I interviewed her back in April.

Young-Huff was a certified nursing assistant before she became a registered nurse. She’s worked in West Suburban’s emergency room for many years.

In 2015, after years of teaching CNA courses at a local community college, Young-Huff, who is at the age where she should be thinking about retirement, decided to start her own certified CNA training school in order to help train the generation of health-care workers who will succeed her. It took her six years to finally open her small school inside of a park district building in nearby Broadview.

Young-Huff said she wanted to open her school in the area where she grew up because there’s a dearth of culturally sensitive training institutions for young people who want to pursue certification in medical jobs like nursing assistant that have relatively low barriers to entry and are pathways to career advancement.

The Proviso East graduate said that, as a Black woman who grew up in a low-income community of color, she has a sensitivity and understanding of minority students that’s often missing in CNA training programs run by large, predominantly white institutions, I reported in May. “Sometimes the students don’t get it, they don’t understand, and the instructors don’t understand where they come from,” Young-Huff said. “You have to understand your audience. I understand. I grew up in the area. I know what they’re facing.”

That understanding is particularly important in a field where Black women are concentrated heavily. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Black women make up about 1 in 3 nursing assistants in the United States.

And yet CNA training programs owned and operated by women of color like Young-Huff are few and far between.

Young-Huff ’s training school is just the second in Proviso Township that’s Black-owned.

I asked Young-Huff if she’s ever gotten any state funding for her lone endeavor. Nothing. Did she know about the law designed to help “support and grow” businesses like hers?

No. In fact, Young-Huff believes the state regulatory body she had to deal with in order to secure her school’s required

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certification was her biggest blockade to opening.

Too often, when people talk about racial equity, particularly white people, the emphasis is on Blacks as consumers, patients, students — a passive, captive audience just waiting to be helped. Even when the equity chatter extends to ways of helping Blacks as entrepreneurs, rarely is the discussion about raw, unfiltered capital or contracts or share of spend; rather, it’s about “technical assistance” and some “commission” established to talk some more.

Rarely does the dialogue around racial equity in white society extend to, well, actual equity — ownership.

Let’s be honest, the entities that have received the most substantial windfalls in government funding during the pandemic, even funding related to eradicating racial inequities, are virtually all owned and controlled by whites.

Who owns and controls the hospitals that so often mistreat Black patients? The banks that abuse Black borrowers? The health-care training institutions that are so often ignorant of the needs of Black students? The PR, marketing and ad agencies tasked with trying to persuade Black community members to get vaccinated?

Meanwhile, Black-owned enterprises like Young-Huff ’s, enterprises that state officials should be working overtime to identify and fund in order to achieve their purported objective of addressing equity, are ignored, if not outright sabotaged.

Before she opened her Broadview facility, Young-Huff said, the place caught fire, yet another obstacle in her path to realizing her dream.

“Right before the fire, someone from the Board of Higher Education came out,” she told me. “They don’t normally come out to sites, but they came out. Someone said this was a concession stand. Instead of knocking on the door and seeing what’s going on inside, they just reported it as a concession stand.”

At one point, she said, the IBHE wanted to shut her down because she didn’t have any students.

“They were like, ‘You know, you don’t have any students,’” she said. “Well, I couldn’t have any students, because the place was set on fire. It was just one fight after another and it seems like minority operators are the ones who are targeted.

“I know other people who have schools who didn’t go through any of what I had to go through. They open their doors and then open up another one and another one. I’ve been fighting for five years. That’s five years during which I could have increased my students and the program offerings, but I’ve been fighting with people down in Springfield.”

Take another example. Roland Martin, the pioneering Black journalist who hosts his own digital news platform (which I strongly suggest you subscribe to), recently spoke up about the paucity of dollars flowing to Black-owned media companies that are perhaps best positioned to make the case to Black communities about why the vaccine is beneficial.

“It’s a whole bunch of Black doctors that MSNBC, CNN, and the networks were not calling until after we put them on, because we amplified their voices,” Martin said on an Aug. 6 episode of his show, before letting the cat out of the bag.

“The folks controlling the money — they want us to do it for free and then they go give the millions to other people,” Martin said. “The strategy that was devised [for messaging the vaccine in Black communities] was ineffective from day one.”

Martin interviewed Terrance Woodbury, a Black public opinion researcher who was even more frank about the present pandemic reality.

“What is happening right now is a redistribution of

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SHE OWNS IT: Evelyn Young-Huff inside of her Vital Signs Healthcare Training Institute in Broadview. wealth. It is happening,” Woodbury said. “So the money conversation of how this vaccine gets distributed is important. Billions of dollars [are being spent] to distribute the biggest product in the world’s history.”

You may think it’s vulgar to talk about money in the context of COVID-19 and vaccine distribution — to which, I’ll echo Martin: “Game recognize game.”

Viacom. Comcast. Disney. News Corp. The NBA. The NFL. And many smaller white-owned marketing, advertising and media agencies. Collectively, they’re getting billions to run advertising campaigns heavy on Black athletes and entertainers trying to persuade Blacks to get vaccinated, but light on substance.

Meanwhile, Martin, who takes the intelligence of Black people seriously, regularly interviews Black experts and directly confronts cynicism in order to genuinely help confront psychological barriers to vaccination in Black communities and he’s expected to volunteer his efforts.

Let me reiterate. Billions of dollars of taxpayer money is spent on equity-related messaging, medical care, vaccination efforts and the like, but for all of this money spent ostensibly to help Black people, how much of it is spent on entities Black people own? How much of it is directed to enterprises we’ve created ourselves? And that we control?

Black people own polling firms, research firms, healthcare training companies, media firms, medical practices, etc. But listening to all of this equity talk, you’d think we were only patients, consumers and students.

“If you want to understand why Black people are not taking this vaccine, why they are hesitant, then you need to talk to the organizations that do the research in these communities,” Woodbury said.

“What they do, Terrance, let me go ahead and put it out there,” Martin said. “They go hire one Black consultant, throw them a little $60,000 or $80,000 contract. Then they go hire a white polling firm and give them $3 million to $5 million, or $10 million. …

“Then, they’ll send a request for proposal to 20 Black media organizations and the total amount of money is $300,000. So they want 10 to 20 of us to fight over $300,000, when [one] white company got [millions], but then y’all are wondering why we’re bringing up the money.”

I asked Young-Huff what she would say to Pritzker and other state officials about how they can help Black business owners in the health-care industry like herself.

“The state needs to recognize us,” she said.

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Sizzling Summer Dance on the Patio – Line Dancing Thursday, Aug. 12, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Cheney Mansion Step out for a hot night of dance with both instruction and open dancing on the patio. Individually boxed appetizers available; registration includes two drink tickets.

Non-alcoholic beverages available. 21+. $30, Oak Park residents; $39, non-residents. 220 N. Euclid Ave., Oak Park.

Midwest Pro-Future Discussion with Eco Resident Tony Foley Sunday, Aug. 15, 5 p.m., Zoom with Compound Yellow (CY) Hear Foley’s research presentation. Then discuss the effects of climate change in the Midwest and partake in a generative community discussion brainstorming local actions and life practices that can help cultivate a pro-future heart and community. This event is meant to explore, collaborate and openly share ideas, concerns, and perspectives to navigate the near future under climate change with awareness and gratitude. Also join Foley each Saturday in Aug. to care for the CY Learning Prairie Garden and in designing infrastructure to support community learning and participation with local ecology.

Zoom/more: compoundyellow.com/events

Bats & Other Pollinators Saturday, Aug. 14, 10 a.m. to Noon, Oak Park Conservatory Showroom The Year of the Butterfly is a regional effort to bring awareness to communities about supporting healthy habitats for butterflies and other pollinators. Join the Friends of the Oak Park Conservatory and partners and explore a variety of pollinators. All Ages. Free. Register (both children and caregivers): pdop.org. 615 Garfield St.

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Road2Ride Bike Day Saturday, Aug. 14, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Proksa Park West Suburban Special Recreation Association (WSSRA) and Dare2tri are partnering to give participants the opportunity to ride an adaptive bicycle. No previous cycling experience needed. Dare2tri and WSSRA staff will be on-site to provide coaching and feedback to ensure safety while riding. Register/more: dare2tri.org/on-theroad2ride/wssra. 3001 Wisconsin Ave., Berwyn.

BIG WEEK August 11-18

Story Garden Mondays through Aug. 15, River Forest Public Library Visit the front garden anytime for a self-guided story tour. New books are put out Monday mornings. All ages.

735 Lathrop Ave.

“The Tempest” Thursdays through Saturdays, 8 to 10 p.m., and Sundays, 7 to 9 p.m., through Aug. 21, Austin Gardens See Oak Park Festival Theatre’s Shakespeare classic while enjoying the summer weather. $35; $25, seniors; $15, students; free, ages 12 and under; $5 chair rental (or bring a chair or blanket). Tickets/more: oakparkfestival. com/tempest. 167 Forest Park Ave., Oak Park.

Wednesday Morning Movie Aug. 11, 9:30 a.m., Lake Theatre Take in an affordable and sensory-friendly family movie.

This week’s feature film is Pokemon: Detective Pikachu. $2 (No convenience fee if ordered online.). Walk ins welcome. Tickets/more: classiccinemas.com/wednesdaymorning-movie-series. 1022 Lake St., Oak Park.

Tee It Up for Healthy Kids Golf Classic Monday, Aug. 16, 11:30 a.m., Riverside Golf Club

Come out for 18 holes of championship golf with all proceeds helping to fund comprehensive health care for 3,400 underserved children at the Infant Welfare Society Children’s Clinic. 11:30 a.m. registration and lunch; 1 p.m. shotgun start; and 5:30 p.m. reception with heavy apps, open bar and prizes. $250, individuals; sponsorships available; $50, reception only. 2520 Desplaines Ave, Riverside. More/register: childrenscliniciws.org/golf

Thursday Night Out – New Aug. Menu Items

Outdoor Storytime

Through Sept. 9, 5 to 8 p.m., Downtown Oak Park (DTOP) More than 20 restaurants offer a variety of drinks, appetizers, entrees and desserts, available through ticket purchases and special menus. Diners may eat inside, take carry out or dine al fresco. Four dine-around tickets per $20 booklet.

Each dine-around ticket buys one Thursday Night Out (TNO) menu item. Buy two ticket booklets, receive a $5 DTOP gift certificate for participating shops on any TNO. Booklets available at the tent on Marion near Lake. More: thursdaynightout.com

Mondays and Thursdays through Aug. 19, 10 to 10:30 a.m., River Forest Public Library Come to the front garden for a socially-distanced story time for children, birth to age 5. No registration required.

Weather permitting. 735 Lathrop Ave.

Videokaffe: Northern Lights Friday, Aug. 13, 7:30 p.m., Compound Yellow Videokaffe, a collaborative network of 10 artists, is on a US road trip screening a series of Finnish video art, “Northern Lights.” Join their Oak Park stop and take in a series of short films and performances, which range from telling a story with a clear message to those that are more surreal with an intuitive approach. Register: compoundyellow.com/events. 244 Lake St., Oak Park.

“Everything Moves with Me” Saturday, Aug. 14, 2 to 5 p.m., Compound Yellow (CY) Regin Igloria, who has a Takeover Residency at CY, presents an Intro to Skateboarding workshop.

Drop in to experience Igloria’s work, and to learn more about skateboarding and DIY skateboard production. 244 Lake St., Oak Park.

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Wrong moment, wrong path on policing

dds and ends with some a bit odder than others: “The process seems backwards to me”: That’s what Trustee Arti Walker-Peddakotla said last week as Oak Park’s village board debated which, if either, consulting firm to hire to conduct some sort of exercise around public safety and policing in the village.

She’s right.

This entire process is offkilter and ill-timed. It is still being driven by what was a haphazard response by the previous village board under immense stress to address policing after the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020.

At that time, fairly out of the blue and with no actual public discussion or board deliberation, Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb pushed the idea of hiring a consulting firm to audit the police department.

A majority of the board went along, though I recall precious little clarity on just what an audit of the police department meant.

Since then, Abu-Taleb has given way to Village President Vicki Scaman. Three trustees chose not to seek re-election and were replaced by voters with a trio of far more progressive people. Cara Pavlicek, Oak Park’s village manager, will leave village hall next week for a post in Northbrook. And LaDon Reynolds, Oak Park’s police chief, has announced he is waiting U.S. Senate confirmation to be named U.S. Marshal for Northern Illinois.

This new board is left with two consultants who responded to an RFP put together to reflect the very vague goals of a former administration. Like most consultants in government work, both these firms are heavy with individuals retired from police work. One of the firms being considered is Hillard Heintze which was founded by a former Chicago police superintendent. CPD is not a leader in bringing equity to policing. Understatement there.

This is not the path to changing/reforming policing and public safety in Oak Park.

I get that Scaman sees this as a priority and wants to move forward. I’m confident she aspires to Oak Park having an outstanding and innovative public safety program which obviously has a vital police

department at its core. But the chances of getting there by taking this path seem remote.

Better to focus right now on getting a village manager hired who is immersed in equity, on hiring or promoting a police chief who embraces change in policing, who values citizen oversight of policing, who recognizes that Oak Park’s very good police department can be leading the nation in public safety.

Fifteen months after George Floyd’s murder, the urgency is not simply to act.

The urgency is to be thoughtful, inclusive, bold. Using a process left over from an old and different board, led by key staff who are about out the door won’t get us there.

Finally, thanks to WalkerPeddakotla for leading on this. And thanks for finally dropping the nonsensical “Defund the Police” language.

The things you learn: Last week we published a story about the Park District of Oak Park seeking a demolition permit for a twostory office building it owns adjacent to its Madison Street headquarters. The plan is to level the either ugly, or classic, midcentury building to make way for parking.

Our story brought a note from Jim Budrick, now retired but long Oak Park’s village engineer. He worked in the building a long time back when, he says, it housed the nation’s first “expressway surveillance system.” That’s the sort of data gathering systems that helped dispatch emergency services and provided the info for radio and TV traffic reporting.

“I will always remember the massive number of telephone lines coming into the building. All the communications were transmitted over the phone lines at the time. The computer was an old IBM that filled an entire room. It was an amazing achievement for the time. All traffic management used throughout the world started here in the early 1960s,” Budrick wrote.

Eventually the state of Illinois shifted — and presumably updated — the traffic control systems to a sleek little building it constructed at Harrison between Elmwood and Gunderson on land recovered from the Eisenhower Expressway embankment.

DAN HALEY

Fifteen months

after George Floyd’s murder, the urgency is not simply to act.

The urgency is to be thoughtful, inclusive, bold.

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“That’s why West Sub is a blessing to our community.”

- The Rev. Marshall Hatch, Pastor, New Mount Pilgrim, and Member, West Suburban Governing Board

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River Forest board to seek lobbyist services Grant funding could be one positive outcome

By ROBERT J. LIFKA Contributing Reporter

River Forest is poised to join the ranks of municipalities that employ a lobbyist.

At the Aug. 9 village board meeting, officials authorized Lisa Scheiner, acting village administrator, to solicit proposals for lobbying and consulting services.

A timetable and anticipated expense were not discussed. After the meeting, Scheiner speculated that the expense could be around $60,000 annually.

As a member of the West Central Municipal Conference (WCMC) and the Illinois Municipal League (IML), River Forest benefits from lobbying services those two organizations provide. However, Scheiner noted that those lobbying efforts are performed on behalf of all WCMC and IML members and not specifically for River Forest. She also said those lobbying efforts are usually associated with a general issue and not specific to individual interests of member municipalities.

In addition to lobbying on legislative issues, Scheiner anticipates the firm or individual the village is seeking would assist with efforts to obtain grant funding.

“The ability to secure grants and funding at the state and federal levels is often difficult, and the landscape is extremely competitive,” she said in a memo to the board.

“Grant funds, for example, serve as an alternative source of funding for projects that alleviate the pressure on the village’s budget while providing important improvements within the community.

“The village is not seeking to hire a lobbyist for any particular project, rather, for assistance in building relationships with key legislative and regulatory officials and their staffs to advance the interests of the community and potentially secure funding for village projects. This agreement would augment the work that is already performed by village staff and officials and provide advocacy for issues specific to River Forest.”

In backing the effort, Village President Cathy Adduci said, “We’re missing opportunities.”

In response to a question from Trustee Respicio Vazquez, Scheiner said the lobbyist would be expected to advocate for the village at the state and federal levels.

Vazquez joined Trustees Erika Bachner, Lisa Gillis, Ken Johnson and Bob O’Connell in expressing support for the effort. Trustee Katie Brennan admitted to being “a little more tepid” about the move but deferred to the consensus of her fellow officials.

Chicago teenager found dead in Oak Park alley

Girl believed to have been reported missing

By STACEY SHERIDAN Staff Reporter

The Oak Park Police Department is investigating the death of a 15-year-old Chicago girl whose body was found on the morning of Aug. 7 in an alley behind the 200 block of North Taylor Avenue.

Officers discovered the body while responding to a call of a person down at 8:30 a.m. The girl was pronounced dead on the scene by Oak Park paramedics, who re-

sponded to the call with police, according to a news release from the village of Oak Park.

The body was transported to the Cook County Medical Examiner to determine the girl’s cause of death. As of Aug. 8, the medical examiner stated the cause of death was “pending.” According to the village’s press release, the 15-year-old was believed to have been reported missing.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Oak Park Police Department 708386-3800. Those who wish to report anonymously should call 708-434-1636. People can also submit information through the village of Oak Park’s website at oak-park.us/ village-services/police-department.

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Sewer issue backs up on trustees at board meeting Village accepts responsibility for line break

By ROBERT J. LIFKA Contributing Reporter

Residents of the 1400 block of Monroe Avenue found a receptive audience when they brought their concerns regarding a sewer issue on their block to the July 12 River Forest Village Board meeting.

At issue was a village ordinance requiring property owners to repair breaks in the sewer line from the property to the junction with the main sewer line, even if it is past the curb.

Sheila and Wallace Harris of 1438 Monroe and Agnes Goldstein of 1439 Monroe, who live across the street from each other, called attention to the sink hole in the street caused by breaks in the sewer line and questioned why repair of breaks in the sewer line under the street would be the responsibility of the property owners.

Not only did village officials agree with the residents, but they also authorized repair of the breaks at village expense. The $17,035 payment was approved at the Aug. 9 village board meeting. In addition, village officials directed village staff to research the ordinance in question with the intention of amending it to avoid similar issues in the future. Lisa Scheiner, acting village administrator, said at the Aug. 9 meeting that she plans to revisit the policy at the Sept. 13 village board meeting, noting there is a “fair amount of research” involved.

Following the Aug. 9 meeting, Village President Cathy Adduci said the village board has taken similar action previously.

“It’s not unusual and we’ve done it a couple of times,” she said. “Circumstances change. In this case it made sense. We

were putting residents in difficult circumstances.”

As an example, Adduci cited the village board changing an ordinance regarding the requirement for fire sprinklers in residences in 2013. She said after receiving “multiple resident complaints” the village board amended the ordinance requiring that fire sprinklers be installed throughout a residence if improvements were made to 50 percent or more of living space.

The Harrises and Goldstein were supported at the July 12 by neighbors.

Sheila Harris contended that Elmwood Park and Forest Park do not hold property owners responsible for sewer repairs past the curb and questioned why the River Forest policy was different.

Goldstein complained that she was told not only that the repairs were the responsibility of the property owner but also that the ordinance required the repairs to be completed in 72 hours. She said she encountered difficulty in obtaining estimates, with some contractors saying they were too busy and others saying it would take as long as three weeks to provide an estimate.

Wallace Harris said one of the contractors explained to him that the ground underneath the break had to be exposed to adequately diagnose the problem. The contractor noted that the break is in an area of sandy soil, which provides an additional challenge, Harris added.

Block residents also complained about flooding of their basements and the street itself during heavy rains but officials said those concerns would be addressed through the village storm water master plan that was approved earlier this year.

The main goal of the plan will be to identify areas of need related to the village’s sewer system and to establish future improvement projects that will help address those needs.

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‘I almost didn’t run,’ Davis says at re-election launch Congressman Danny K. Davis was flanked by suburban politicians, including mayors of Bellwood and Forest Park, at Aug. 8 campaign launch

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

During a campaign event outside of his district offices on Chicago’s West Side, longtime Congressman Danny K. Davis (7th) announced on Aug. 8 that he’s running for another term.

Several suburban political leaders, including Cook County Assessor and Oak Park resident Fritz Kaegi, Bellwood Mayor Andre Harvey and Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins, spoke in support of Davis at Sunday’s launch.

“I’m so happy to be here today to stand next to Danny, because Danny’s been standing next to me for well over 30 years,” said Harvey. “He’s been my mentor, he’s been a friend to the village of Bellwood … and we’re going to make sure everyone in Bellwood and the Proviso Township area support Danny.”

Hoskins said he’s known Davis for about 20 years and considers him “something of a mentor,” adding that since he took office in Forest Park, Davis “has been that much more of a mentor.”

During his remarks, Davis talked about the Second Chance Act — legislation the West Side congressman introduced in 2007 that has helped smoothen the path to reentry

for prisoners around the country.

Davis also touted the Community Renewal and New Markets Act, legislation that the congressman said was “the last bill that Bill Clinton signed when he was president” and that “has brought billions of dollars in reinvestment to our disadvantaged communities all over America.”

Davis, who took office in 1997, said his decision to run for reelection wasn’t necessarily a foregone conclusion.

“I almost decided that I wouldn’t run for office,” the congressman said. “Well, I got a book to write. I’ve got some other things to do.”

Davis, however, said the political climate is favorable to Black lawmakers, citing the role his colleague, South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn, played in Joe Biden’s presidential bid. Many political observers consider the South Carolina powerbroker’s endorsement of Biden as the decisive factor that helped him win the Democratic Primary election.

Davis said that leverage among Democratic congresspeople, particularly Black lawmakers, has extended to policymaking in the House.

“Let me tell you, this environment is so good,” Davis said, before talking about his role as chairman of the Worker and Family Support subcommittee on the influential House Ways and Means Committee.

As subcommittee chairman, Davis helped steer through $1.9 trillion in federal stimulus contained in this year’s American Rescue Plan Act, legislation that resulted in increased child tax credits for low-income working families.

As with the last two primary elections, Davis will face at least one much younger opponent attempting to stake a claim to the left of the incumbent.

Austin resident Kina Collins ran against Davis in the last Democratic Primary, but she’s coming in with much more momentum this time around, garnering major endorsements and even doubling Davis’ second quarter fundraising total.

On Sunday, Davis addressed what he said was a criticism he’d heard Collins lodge against him, involving his lack of presence in the community. The congressman’s response may have reflected just how tense the race can get in the months to come.

“My mama would say that the good Lord said, ‘A liar [won’t] tarry [in God’s] sight,” Davis said.

In June, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill moving Illinois’ primary election from March 2022 to June 2022, in order to make voting more accessible for residents.

CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

Enjoy this Sneak Peek into our 2021-22 Program Season, open to the public, beginning October 4. Watch for our full schedule on our website in September!

October 11- Literature

November 1 - Art

WOMEN AND THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE

ART CONSERVATION AT THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE MUSEUM

March 14, 2022 - Music

ALL GERSHWIN

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Free Comic Book Day hits Oak Park

One Stop Comics offering free books, special guests and good times

By STACEY SHERIDAN Staff Reporter

Free Comic Book Day is back on at One Stop Comics, 111 S. Ridgeland Ave., where the shop is offering a veritable feast for comic book fanatics, novices and everyone in between. Those who stop by One Stop Comics between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., Aug. 15, will have the opportunity to peruse numerous comic book titles, as well as choose from the shop’s vast selection of comic books made free to customers at the shop’s expense in honor of the occasion.

“We probably got over 1,000 Free Comic Book Day books,” said One Stop Comics owner Rick Manzella.

One Stop Comics not only has this year’s haul of free comics but last year’s too, as the pandemic prevented the shop from observing Free Comic Book Day, which traditionally takes place the first Saturday of May before COVID-19 changed life as everyone knew it.

An annual promotional effort across the comic book industry, Free Comic Book Day is being celebrated in August this year and One Stop Comics is making the wait well worth it, while still adhering to health and safety guidelines.

“Everyone that comes gets a free comic book, and then we have some stuff you can grab as much as you want to,” said Manzella.

Other freebies being offered by One Stop Comics include lanyards, stickers, promotional materials – something extra to make each and every customer’s Free Comic Book Day a little more special, a little more fes-

tive, according to Manzella.

“We got a lot of things besides comics; we’re going to make it fun for everybody,” he said.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to meet a few of the names behind the comics. Author Michael Moreci, who has penned quite a few comic books for the famed DC Comics, will be at One Stop Comics’ Free Comic Book Day celebration. Moreci also wrote a special Halloween-themed issue for the Stranger Things comic series, which is based on the wildly popular Netflix television series. Other special guests include former Disney animator and comic book illustrator Philo Barnhart and Charles D. Moisant, a comic book illustrator and author.

Manzella will also be on hand to share his own encyclopedic knowledge of comic books with customers. His love for comic books dates back several decades, as does his experience selling them. Manzella first started selling comic books out of his Radio Flyer wagon as a kid. His own collection exceeded 8,000 comic books by age nine.

Those who have never read a comic book before should not feel intimidated by Free Comic Book Day. While some series have hundreds of issues, the selection of free comics are typically one-off issues, making for a good place to start for neophytes, according to Manzella.

“The real thing is for people to come in and understand that comics is an excellent form of entertainment,” said Manzella.

He views Free Comic Book Day as an opportunity to share the world of comic books with people new to the medium, widening their entertainment horizons, while also rewarding loyal customers who have frequented his Oak Park shop for decades.

“Everybody says how you should take care of your comics,” Manzella said. “I always say the best thing you should do is you should share your comics.”

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OPRF student persuades mom to join in getting vaccinated Health dept. says headway still slow

Those were the “early adopters, the people who couldn’t wait to get it, and after that, we pretty much have a trickle in,” ChappleMcGruder said.

In a July memo, OPRF District 200 SuBy F. AMANDA TUGADE perintendent Greg Johnson shared with Staff Reporter families that 35% of Oak Park residents It’s not uncommon for parents and teens between 15 and 18 years old are fully vacto argue and disagree, but 16-year-old cinated. Chapple-McGruder has yet to proAdam Dubina said it was just “weird” that vide an updated count on the number of his mom didn’t want to get the COVID-19 eligible-youth who have received the COVID-19 vaccines. vaccine.

As of Aug. 5, about 58% of Oak Parkers Dubina did and tried to convince his – around 30,300 residents – have gotten at mom. Dubina said there were so many least one dose of the two-dose vaccine, and people getting the shot and “trying to get the world into a better situation,” and he roughly 29,500 residents are fully vaccinatwanted them to be part of that effort. But ed, the public health department reported. his mom was skeptical and thought other- Last month, there were 83 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Oak Park, a sharp increase wise. from the 11 cases reported in June. At this “I didn’t know,” said Dubina’s mom, Anna Richards. “I was more against it than rate, public health officials said Oak Park has a “substantial transmisfor it.” sion” of the novel coronaviWhen Richards learned rus. that Oak Park and River With Illinois schools fully Forest High School, her reopening as early as next son’s school, was hosting week, the push to encourage a vaccination clinic, she faculty, staff and students started doing her own reto get their shots continues. search. She began reading Across three school disabout the benefits of being tricts in Oak Park and River fully vaccinated and talking Forest, administrators are to more people about it. And urging families to consider as the days leading up to the vaccinations to help slow clinic drew near, Richards down the spread of the novdecided to sign her son – el coronavirus, especially and herself – up for an apas public health officials bepointment. come more concerned about “I see more and more peoAMANDA SIEGFRIED the delta variant. ple getting sick and all these Like the elementary and variations [of COVID-19],” D 97 Senior Director Of Communications high school districts, ConRichards, 50, said of what cordia University in River pushed her to make the fiForest has also taken the nal call. step to encourage staff and On Aug. 9, Richards and students to get vaccinated Dubina were among dozens upon returning to campus. of people who received the first dose of the two-dose Pfizer vaccine at Dominican University, which is also in Oak Park and River Forest High School. River Forest, has opted to require staff and While the mother-son duo now joins an students to be fully vaccinated against COincreasing percentage of the vaccinated VID-19 before making their way back.

The delta variant of COVID-19 is highly in Oak Park, the pair’s story isn’t unique.

Richards and Dubina’s experience is part contagious, according to the Centers for of a growing challenge to get households – Disease Control and Prevention. While especially eligible-youth – vaccinated, said breakthrough cases can occur among fully vaccinated people, the CDC maintains those Theresa Chapple-McGruder, director of the Oak Park Department of Public Health. cases make up only a small percentage and Only 23 people got the COVID-19 vaccine that the vaccines are effective. With the at OPRF – a record-high among the handful delta variant, unvaccinated people remain of mobile vaccination clinics held by the at a greater risk, as they are “much more department in the last five weeks, Chapple- likely to contract, and therefore transmit McGruder said. The clinic at OPRF was the virus,” the CDC reported.

Chapple-McGruder said she and her staff open to students and families in the high school district and invited those from Oak are constantly working to fight the misconPark Elementary School District 97 and ceptions of the COVID vaccine. She has heard people say children and teens can’t River Forest School District 90.

When the Pfzier vaccine became avail- catch the coronavirus or if they do get it, able to 12-to-15-year-olds in May, there was a it’s not as “severe.” Chapple-McGruder surge in the number of parents who sought said she has also met parents who are fully to get their children and teens vaccinated. vaccinated but are in no rush to get their

“We’re asking ourselves different questions now.

It’s not about [how are we] opening [the] schools. It’s [about] how are we going to do it safely?”

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A SHOT IN THE ARM: OPRF junior Adam Dubina receives his vaccine from Kitty Monty during a mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic in the gymnasium at OPRF. eligible-children the shot.

Health officials from the Mayo Clinic reported that youth who test positive for COVID could show no symptoms at all or experience mild symptoms. However, there have been cases where children are hospitalized and placed on a ventilator to help them breathe, the CDC also found.

“Death is rare [among children], but it doesn’t mean that the virus is something that you should not get vaccinated against,” Chapple-McGruder said. “In cases where death [does happen], it’s a really big deal to lose a child of any age. If we can prevent that from happening, even if it’s going to be low numbers, we should prevent that from happening.”

Chapple-McGruder said she has also heard some parents are relying on their children’s natural immunity to protect them from the coronavirus. To that, Chapple-McGruder’s response remains the same: “It’s still important to get vaccinated because we know that the vaccine plus natural immunity is really good, highly effective.”

In the last week or so, District 200, District 97 and District 90 have rolled out their safety plans. Though the three districts already sought to require staff and students to wear masks upon returning to school this fall, Gov. J.B. Pritzker doubled down on that measure and issued a mask mandate for schools and daycare centers statewide last week. Chapple-McGruder also put a mask mandate in place in Oak Park, which went into effect Aug. 6.

Practicing social distancing, asking

students to opt in for COVID-19 testing, routinely cleaning classrooms and other common areas, and encouraging proper hygiene such as frequent hand washing are just a few ways schools look to continue to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

For many school officials, including those in Oak Park and River Forest, these safety plans are ones they have had in place, updated and tailored to meet the new guidelines released by the CDC and adopted by local and state public health departments.

“We’re asking ourselves different questions now,” said Amanda Siegfried, senior director of communications at District 97.

“It’s not about [how are we] opening [the] schools. It’s [about] how are we going to do it safely?”

For Chapple-McGruder, she believes there’s still a long way to go before the pandemic is over.

“We’re tired. We’re 18 months in. Everyone wants the pandemic to go away, but we can’t just want it away,” Chapple-McGruder said. “We can’t just wish it away.”

“We have to do the work that it takes in order for the pandemic to go away,” she said. “That will be mitigations and layering mitigations. That means that we need to get vaccinated. That means that everyone who can [get vaccinated] needs to in order to protect those who can’t. We also need to be vaccinated because we don’t want more variance to keep cropping up. So it’s not just do it for you, it’s do it for your community.”

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Oak Park Health Department hiring two new staffers An environmental health supervisor and health education manager

By STACEY SHERIDAN Staff Reporter

The village of Oak Park is expanding its public health department by two full-time positions, both yet to be filled.

The village board unanimously approved the addition of a health education manager and an environmental health supervisor during its Aug. 2 meeting. The positions will fulfill and expand duties currently performed by the understaffed health department.

“It’ll definitely cover some of the extra things that I’ve been doing and allow me to really be the director of the health department,” Public Health Director Theresa Chapple-McGruder told Wednesday Journal.

Currently, the health department comprises five individuals. Once the two positions are filled, the village will be roughly three people short of having a fully staffed health department, according to Chapple-McGruder.

Oak Park had consciously reduced staffing in public health over several years owing to financial constraints and, pre-COVID, the belief that duties in public health could be consolidated.

The village of Oak Park is eligible to use America Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to pay the salaries of the two positions. If the positions are compensated through ARPA, the future village board would have to identify a different funding source come 2026, when the village must have all ARPA funds spent.

The recently hired public health director described the responsibilities of her department as protecting the health of the community, promoting good health practices and preventing diseases. The focus of the health department during the pandemic has been disease prevention, namely the

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COVID-19 virus. Having a health education manager and an environmental health supervisor will help the health department fulfill its other duties more wholly.

An entirely new position, the health education manager is intended to increase the health literacy of the community through education about infectious and chronic diseases, as well as such health concerns as youth vaping, mental health issues, and obesity. The health education manager will also play an important role in combatting timidity regarding vaccines.

“That health education THERESA CHAPPLEMCGRUDER unit would be in charge Public Health Director of dealing with vaccine hesitancy concerns and trying to increase our vaccination rates,” said Chapple-McGruder.

Those efforts will address more than just COVID-19 vaccinations. In preparation for flu season, the health education manager will work to better educate the community about the flu vaccine with the hopes that the flu vaccination rate rises. The health education manager will likewise assist schools in keeping students up to date with inoculations.

“I see this position as working closely with the schools to be able to help remind parents that now it’s time to get your

“I see this position as working closely with the schools to be able to help remind parents that now it’s time to get your kids’ vaccinations.”

kids’ vaccinations,” the public health director said.

Another responsibility of the health education manager is helping the village carry out the Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs (IPLAN), a community health needs assessment. Public health departments must conduct the IPLAN every five years to maintain certification under the state of Illinois.

The environmental health supervisor isn’t an entirely new position, despite it being referred as such during the Aug. 2 village board meeting. The village had an environmental supervisor up until 2015, when Chapple-McGruder’s predecessor Mike Charley was promoted to public health director. Charley had served as environmental supervisor until his appointment. That job was collapsed and merged with another due to budgetary constraints at the time, according to Village Manager Cara Pavlicek.

The environmental health supervisor oversees the village’s licensed environmental health practitioner and its animal control officer. The practitioner inspects restaurants, grocery stores, tattoo parlors and childcare centers to ensure the businesses abide by health guidelines. Oak Park has approximately 300 facilities that require inspection from the practitioner at a rate of one to three times a year.

Other aspects of environmental health include testing the community’s lead levels and water. The position of environmental health supervisor requires licensing in lead abatement, food protection and water safety.

“We also are hoping to start a wastewater testing program to test for COVID in wastewater,” said Chapple-McGruder.

The animal control aspect of environmental health ranges beyond contending with the village’s rat population. The issuance of pet licensing and capturing of coyotes also fall under the animal control umbrella, as does dealing with nuisance wildlife on public property. Animal control also handles rabies and animal bites.

Chapple McGruder called the work of the environmental health supervisor “intense.”

Oak Park issues mask mandate

Staff Reporter

Amid an increase in COVID-19 cases in Oak Park, the Oak Park Department of Public Health is requiring all individuals over the age of 2, to wear masks in indoor, public spaces, regardless of their vaccination status, according to a press release issued early this morning by the department.

The new directive takes effect immediately and comes from Theresa Chapple-McGruder, director of Oak Park’s public health department. Chapple-McGruder’s order comes just days after Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a statewide school mask mandate.

At an Aug. 4 press conference, Pritzker declared that all students, from preschool through high school, staff and visitors, are required to wear masks inside the buildings. Pritzker’s mandate impacts public and private schools statewide, as well as daycare centers.

In Oak Park, Chapple-McGruder’s mask mandate applies to businesses, multi-family residential buildings, health care settings, nursing homes, long-term facilities, shelters, congregate settings, government buildings and all forms of public transportation, including transportation stations and hubs, the release stated.

“The village has experienced a 750% increase in COVID-19 cases in July 2021 as compared to June 2021,” said Chapple-

McGruder in the announcement of the order. “Therefore, I have determined that additional mitigation measures are necessary under Phase 5 to protect the public health pursuant to my authority.”

Last month, Oak Park reported 83 confirmed cases of COVID-19, a drastic increase from the 11 cases reported in June. At this rate, local health officials say that Oak Park “has substantial transmissions of COVID-19,” the release explained.

“The rate per 100,000 cases currently is 71 in Oak Park, which officials say indicates the need to take actions such as masking in public indoor spaces to limit further spread,” the news release also stated.

In the release, Chapple-McGruder also recommended people wear masks outdoors if they are unable to practice social distancing and stay six feet away from people who are “not from the same household.”

Aside from masking, the public health department continues to encourage Oak Park residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to help slow the spread of the virus. Oak Park’s vaccination rate is 58%, a “slight increase” from last week’s report of 56%.

The health department’s mobile response van will be dispensing vaccinations at Oak Park and River Forest High School from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 9, and in downtown Oak Park from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, during the

Thursday Night Out dining event.

COVID-19 vaccines are free and available to individuals aged 12 and older.

For more information on the COVID-19 vaccine, visit the public health department’s site at www.oak-park.us/covid19vaccine. Those who have any questions about the upcoming vaccination events are encouraged to email the health department at covid19vaccine@oak-park.us.

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Mobile health van brings vax to Thursday Night Out As cases rise, Oak Park hits the streets with van

37 new COVID cases in OP this week

By STACEY SHERIDAN Staff Reporter

Oak Park’s public health department has launched an initiative to increase the visibility of the department while it continues to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative comes in the form of a village-owned van, dubbed the mobile health department, which will travel the village, administering COVID-19 vaccinations to all eligible residents as well as rapid testing.

On Aug. 12, the mobile health department will be among the attendees of Thursday Night Out in downtown Oak Park. From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., volunteers will talk with attendees, educating them on vaccines and hopefully dispelling any vaccine hesitancy.

“If they are interested in getting vaccinated, but just haven’t had the time, [volunteers] will be able to point them back to the mobile unit where they can get vaccinated right there on the spot,” Theresa ChappleMcGruder, Oak Park’s health director, told Wednesday Journal.

The mobile health department made its debut earlier this week in what ChappleMcGruder called a “soft launch.” Oak Park and River Forest High School served as its

inaugural stop Aug. 9. It was stationed at the school from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The van itself was parked outside while testing and inoculation took place inside the school due to rainy weather.

The van is equipped with a refrigerator to ensure proper storage of vaccine doses. The mobile health department offers the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson and Johnson.

The brainchild of Chapple-McGruder, the mobile health department has been in the works since she took over as Oak Park public health director three months ago.

She started working to develop the mobile

health department in her second week on the job.

Members of the community have also gotten on board. Over 35 volunteers attended a training Aug. 2 to carry out the health education component of the mobile health department. Once hired, the health education manager, a newly created position, will work closely with the mobile health department team, according to Chapple-McGruder.

“I came in with a vision and seeing it manifested all the way through, I’m really excited,” said Chapple-McGruder.

The necessity of increased efforts to test, vaccinate and educate the community regarding COVID-19 isn’t good news for Chapple-McGruder. Positive cases have been on the rise in Oak Park, as the Delta variant continues to spread throughout the country.

In numbers for the most recent week ending Aug. 4, Oak Park posted 37 new cases.

“That was major,” said Chapple-McGruder.

The village of Oak Park reported 20 new cases July 14, compared to two new cases reported the week prior. From then, the cases have continued to rise dramatically with 16 new cases reported July 21 and 25 new cases reported July 28.

The public health director noted that case surges coincide with public events.

Chapple-McGruder expects to see more high case numbers in the coming days due to Lollapalooza, the four-day music festival held in Chicago the last weekend of July.

“I would like anyone who went to Lollapalooza that weekend to get tested,” she said.

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Oak Park-born rapper finds his voice

Christian Robinson’s ‘On the Horizon’ emerges from the pandemic

By F. AMANDA TUGADE Staff Reporter

In the opening scene of Christian Robinson’s music video for his song “Poltergeist,” the Oak Park-born rapper sits alone on a stool against a white backdrop. Robinson, who goes by the stage name Rich Robbins, avoided looking into the camera. Instead, his eyes are cast downward, his hands fiddling with the rings on his fingers.

The scene cuts to another, featuring Robinson’s dad holding his cellphone steady, trying to take a picture of Robinson and his younger siblings. The video is built around a photoshoot, each frame layered with a familiar face flashing a big smile, bursting out in laughter or striking a pose.

Right before Robinson begins his verse, a myriad of voices drop in. One of them says, “Keep going,” while another drifts into a monologue: “I needed to hear that I’m not a burden — that I have the power to create legacy. That I belong in every space that I enter.”

For Robinson, “Poltergeist” was personal.

He called the song, the first track on his third studio album “On the Horizon,” his own version of a “red carpet” moment. The ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer three-minute song unravels his journey as Christian Robinson, aka Rich Robbins, released his third studio album, “On the Horizon,” in early June. a musician, a hard-fought dream that once caused a rift in his relationship with his parents.

“I really overthink things a lot and my role “When everything slowed down, it just prior to this project,” Robinson said. “A lot “It was rocky at first in my family because in the world and just being a man, but being gave me an opportunity to really perfect of my music was this outward look on evnobody is an artist, per se, in my family,” a man of color and with me being partially everything,” he said. “I knew where every erything, our critique on everything, and Robinson, 28, said on a Zoom call last Thursmarginalized, but then also sound came from. I’ve never put out an al- there wasn’t much inward critiquing going day. “When I initially gradubeing an oppressor, and un- bum before where I saw each song made on. I’m a lot less scared to do that now. I’m ated high school, I was like, packing that and what it from the ground up. On other projects, I finding my voice.”

‘Mom, I want to be a rapper.’ means to be an ally for peo- worked closely with producers, but there Robinson said years of practicing meditaYou know, there’s a lot of ple,” he said, his voice trail- might be like one or two songs I snuck in tion and yoga helped him reach this place in tension with that.” ing off but returning with there where I found the beat online.” his life. He started meditating a few years “Poltergeist” puts RobinWith On the Horizon, Robinson said he ago after a break-up and struggled to conclarity. “The world was very son’s reality into focus. He terrifying in that moment also started to share his unfinished songs front that grief and loss. Through meditahad to come to terms with with friends and family and sought feed- tion, he learned how to quiet his mind, foof writing the song.” a lot of things: his decision Throughout his album, back. He also leaned on other artists, espe- cus on the present, be mindful and let go of to study and pursue muOn the Horizon, Robinson cially women of color, often giving room to things he can’t control. sic as a career and his role contemplates the choices elevate the song’s true message.

“One thing I came to terms with is that in his community. An Oak On “Poltergeist,” Robinson tapped a few I might be an educator, I might be an older he’s made and lessons he’s Park and River Forest High CHRISTIAN ROBINSON learned. Like most people Spoken Word poets, including Asia Calc- brother and a partner, but I definitely do not School graduate who reduring the pandemic, he agno. People like Calcagno helped make have it all figured out,” he said. “Part of beturned to his alma mater to found more time to self-re- him feel comfortable in his own skin and ing a community leader is also understandteach Spoken Word classes, flect, as he was creating his reminded him of home. On “Boys to Men ing that we are all winging this. Let’s just he has been searching for (Interlude),” Robinson pulled in singer admit that.” project. belonging. And this song The 11-track album was his “quarantine Semiratruth.

“The older I get, the more I’m trying to was his chance to create that space for healHe initially wrote “Boys to Men” with a challenge myself to be more humble,” he ing, acceptance and perhaps even forgive- baby,” a culmination of months-long work leading up to its release in early June. Be- “fight the power” mentality but reworked added. “I think a lot of people just kind of ness.

“The initial lyrics [of ‘Poltergeist’] are cause of the pandemic limiting get-togeth- it to talk about how conversations around get wrapped up in their world. ‘Well, now ‘terrified, terrified out of my mind,’” Rob- ers, Robinson said he mostly collaborated Black liberation often exclude Black wom- I’m older, so I’m a pro and nobody can tell inson softly rapped, before explaining, “I with other musicians and producers online. en, who are usually at the forefront of the me anything. …’ And, I think that’s where was kind of going through a time where the They would send sound files back and forth, fight. And, he turned to Semiratruth to you get caught up.”

“On the Horizon” is out now and available world was very intimidating to me in that layering one over the other to arrange a bring that forward.

“I hadn’t ever really investigated myself song. sense. on streaming services, including Spotify.

“Part of being a community leader is also understanding that we are all winging this. Let’s just admit that.”

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the database.

Meanwhile, the vaccination rate among the three Oak Park facilities that did have information in the database was highest at West Suburban Medical Center, located at 2 Erie Court, where 100% of residents were vaccinated and 85% of staff were vaccinated, according to the IDPH database.

According to information contained in a state report on regulated long-term care facilities found on the IDPH website, West Suburban has 50 long-term care beds.

The staff vaccination rate at the 72-bed Berkeley Nursing and Rehab Center, 6909 W. North Ave., was 53% while the resident vaccination rate was 69%.

At the 204-bed Oak Park Oasis, 625 N. Harlem Ave., 94% of residents were vaccinated while only 26% of staffers were vaccinated.

The local disparity between resident vaccinations and staff vaccinations reflects a national pattern. According to data available through the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network Long Term Care Facility COVID-19 Module, 82% of residents in regulated long-term care facilities in the United States are vaccinated while 60% of staffers in those facilities are vaccinated.

A CMS spokesperson had not responded by Tuesday morning to questions about why some facilities’ vaccine data was missing from the site. Attempts on Monday to reach representatives with Belmont Village and Rush Oak Park were unsuccessful.

The new IDPH data website features an interactive map where users can view staff and resident vaccination per-

centages. They can also view weekly confirmed cases, total confirmed cases and weekly COVID-19 deaths on the site, among other features.

“To help keep long-term care residents as safe and healthy as possible, we want to make sure residents and their loved ones know the vaccination rates where they reside so they can make the best decision on where to live, and also advocate for increased vaccination rates,” said IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike.

“Some of our most vulnerable residents live in longterm care facilities and in order to better protect them, COVID-19 vaccination rates in many facilities, especially among staff, need to increase,” she added.

“The vaccine is the primary way to get to the other side of this pandemic. We need to continue to reduce spread of the virus by wearing a mask and getting as many residents and staff vaccinated as soon as possible.”

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Rachelle Zola, 72, went on a hunger strike to support the federal bill H.R. 40

Hunger strike for reparations ends, but not the journey 40 days on liquid diet raises awareness about H.R. 40

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Equity Editor

A woman who completed a hunger strike to help mobilize attention on reparations now has her sights set on the American South.

Rachelle Zola, 72, started her hunger strike on May 16 to raise awareness about and support for H.R. 40, a federal bill that’s been languishing in Congress for decades.

The bill, if it became law, would establish a commission to study reparations for Blacks.

Zola set up inside of Cosmopolitan United Church in Melrose Park for the duration of her fast, but she had spiritual and emotional support from many institutions in Oak Park and River Forest, including Dominican University.

In May, Amy Omi, the university minister for Liturgy and the Arts at Dominican, said Zola was “committed to the hunger strike for as long as her body can sustain it.”

Zola’s strike lasted 40 days.

“My liquid diet was water, about 40 to 50 ounces a day; a liter’s worth of Pedialyte; and bone broth,” Zola said. “I lost 23 pounds in 40 days, which was a lot less than I was expecting to lose.”

She could have gone longer but said she made a conscious decision to end at 40 days in recognition of H.R. 40.

“I have this slogan: ‘Our mission is the commission,’” Zola said. “I want the commission established because I want one history and it needs to be told in its totality.

That’s my main focus as a white person. I want to give a national platform to African Americans, so they can share their full story.

“As far as reparations go, whatever they tell us, I’ll support,” she said. “African Americans know what they need — I don’t.”

Juan Pablo Herrara, the pastor of Cosmopolitan United Church, said he hopes Zola’s efforts lead to more understanding of reparations.

“What I’m hearing from people is they don’t understand what reparations mean,” he said. “They think it’s free handouts; it’s not. It’s talking about taking a look at America’s sin. We haven’t asked for forgiveness.”

Zola said she has now set her sights on traveling to Georgia and Alabama this month in order to learn about the experiences of white Evangelicals.

“I know I’m supposed to go there for the same reason I was supposed to come here,” said Zola, a native of New York who moved to Chicago in 2019.

“I want to hear their stories because I want to know what it will take for them to embrace reparations for African Americans and what that will look like for them. I’ll probably be there for a couple of months.

I want to go to churches to listen because there are a lot of churches grappling with this. They enslaved people and spread white supremacy and they are coming to terms with that.”

To her critics, particularly those who may have questioned her hunger strike, Zola said the mission is larger than her.

“People would tell me I’m crazy, but the world is crazy, I’m not,” she said. “I’m not the first one to do it and I won’t be the last.”

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Concordia University Chicago in River Forest recently launched two new colleges in a reorganization it says will match students’ interests and propel their careers forward.

Over the last few months, the university broke up the College of Arts and Sciences and College of Graduate Studies and Innovative Programs to build a pair of new colleges to provide students and faculty a more succinct educational experience, said Erik Ankerberg, provost and chief academic advisor at Concordia.

The newly formed colleges – the College of Health, Science and Technology and the College of Theology, Arts and Humanities – would either replace or absorb the degree programs from the old colleges. Other programs may shift to the private university’s College of Business and College of Education.

The concept of creating the new colleges was part of Concordia’s larger restructuring plan, said Ankerberg. Reorganizing the 157-year-old university’s academic pro-

grams pushed Ankerberg and his colleagues to look closely at what Concordia could provide their students – and if what they were providing them was the “best.”

Officials wanted students to receive a “a meaningful and transformative education” and prepare them to join the job market after graduation, he said. The move to set up the College of Health, Science and Technology, especially, was meant to diversify and strengthen the university’s programs, ultimately making it more competitive against other institutions.

Ankerberg said Concordia knew its science programs needed improvement, and the new colleges were a step in the right direction. The College of Health, Science and Technology is expected to offer a fouryear nursing degree program and possibly a master’s degree program, Ankerberg said.

There are also plans to offer programs for occupational therapy and engineering science.

As for the College of Theology, Arts and Humanities, programs listed there will focus more on religion, philosophy and general education programs.

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Two armed robberies in Oak Park Oak Park saw two armed robberies in the final days of July. The first happened at the BP gas station, 100 Chicago Ave., at 5:26 a.m., July 30, when the offender allegedly walked into the station, pulled out a handgun and struck the gas station clerk in the head with it. The offender subsequently removed $3,000 in cash from the register and a coffee can of money from under the counter, then fled from the gas station in an older model sedan.

The second armed robbery occurred in the early hours of the following day, when an Oak Park man was approached by offenders at 100 N. Austin Blvd. while the victim was walking from the CTA Green Line station at 10:40 p.m., July 31. The first offender allegedly pressed what felt like a handgun to the small of the victim’s back while the second offender took the wallet, containing credit cards and cash, from the victim’s back pocket. Both offenders fled on foot in an unknown direction. The loss is estimated at $620.

Aggravated discharge of a firearm

Someone fired shots at an unknown white sedan traveling northbound in the 500 block of North Taylor Avenue from 100 Chicago Avenue at 1:15 a.m., Aug. 1. The offender then fled the scene.

Aggravated robbery A Chicago resident met the alleged offender on the pretense of buying a PlayStation 5 and iPhone 11, when the offender implied he was armed with a gun and demanded the resident’s money at 5:30 p.m., Aug. 2 in the 6400 block of Roosevelt Road. The victim handed over $900 in cash to the offender, who subsequently fled southbound then westbound in the alley south of Roosevelt Road.

offenders then drove off in the vehicle, traveling eastbound in the alley before turning onto Austin Boulevard. The victim’s purse, which was inside the vehicle, contained credit cards, cash and a Samsung Galaxy cell phone. The estimated loss is $300. Oak Park police recovered the vehicle in the 5000 block of West Monroe Street in Chicago a short time later.

Burglary A black BOB Gear Revolution jogging baby stroller was taken from a garage with an unlocked side service door in the 700 block of North Taylor between 9 a.m. and 11:27 a.m., July 31. The loss is valued at $350.

Aggravated vehicular hijacking

Recovered stolen auto

The victim was sitting in an alley in a parked 2013 Toyota Venza with the driver’s side door slightly ajar, when the first offender allegedly pulled the door open and pointed a small black semi-automatic pistol. The victim got out of the vehicle and two more offenders got in at 5:04 p.m., Aug. 2 in the first block of Madison Street. The

The gray 2018 Jeep Cherokee reported stolen July 29 from the 400 block of North Harlem Avenue was recovered by the Atlanta Police Department at 10:06 p.m., July 30 in the 2800 block of Piedmont Road in Atlanta, Georgia. Two suspects were arrested.

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The catalytic converter was cut from a 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander while the vehicle was parked near a residence in the 1200 block of North Kenilworth Avenue between 3:50 a.m. and 4 a.m., Aug. 4.

Criminal property damage Someone used a sharp object to damage a black 2010 Honda Accord while parked on the street in the 900 block of Highland Avenue between 10 p.m., Aug. 2 and 11 a.m., Aug. 3. The estimated damage is $1,000.

■ These items, obtained from the Oak Park Police Department, came from reports July 30 through Aug. 6 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.

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archive at Columbia I was, personally, concerned with helping to support Sabina’s legacy and establishing a center for learning.”

As her countless honors attest, Sabina was a singular voice who moved through many different artistic modalities, constantly rising to match the trajectory of art and culture,” MacKenzie, of Oak Park, added.

“Her enthusiasm for being on the edge and her later shift toward aggressive acts of generosity in the context of extending her practice as a platform … for other artists, is an amazing trajectory and one I think generations of international students will learn from.”

The school hosts researchers onsite and online who will be able to access the collection.

“The Sabina Ott artwork will serve to educate, inform and inspire generations of re-

searchers, both locally and from across the globe, to study her work,” said Heidi Davis Marshall, head of Columbia’s archives and special collections, and an Oak Park native.

“With the ability to interact with primary materials, students learn how to use them in support of their own research or as a creative springboard to new ideas to incorporate into their own work.”

Ott came to the Chicago area in 2005 when she was hired to head the Art and Design Department at Columbia College. She remained at the school until her death at age of 62 in the summer of 2018 after a four-year fight with cancer.

Paulette, an author and retired Fenwick teacher who is about to begin teaching at DePaul College Prep, said he has a very high opinion of Columbia College and said the people there were very good to his wife throughout her health problems. He believes she would have chosen Columbia for these works if she could.

“About a month before she died, Columbia appointed her Chair Emeritus, and at the graduation that May, it was one of happiest days of her life,” Paulette said as he recalled her smile that day.

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Paintings from the Sabina Ott collection at Columbia College Chicago.

Ott was no stranger to honors. She was named Chicagoan of the Year in Art in 2015 by the Chicago Tribune. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her art is in collections from Hawaii to New York, including at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and Whitney Museum of American Art, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. And she has exhibited from Australia to Oak Park.

The works now in the hands of Columbia College include paintings, drawings, a sketch book, prints and mixed media with encaustic. She was also a sculptor and installment artist. Ott self-described, according to Paulette, as an abstract expressionist. He said of the works going to Columbia that many are large, as big as 8 by 10 feet, and colorful. All the works were completed from the 1980s to the 2000s, with a significant number from the 1990s. They had been safely packaged and stored in the couple’s Oak Park basement for years, but Paulette had never seen them until recently.

During their 12-year marriage, Ott would not hang her own art on the walls of their house on Highland Avenue. “I hung two pieces,” Paulette said. But the walls in their Oak Park home were “really covered in art,” he said. “Most of those were very young artists.”

“People would come in and say, ‘What is the value of your collection?’ and I’d say, ‘I value it in the way Sabina nurtured those artists,” Paulette said. The Tribune named Ott Art Mother of Chicago. “She was a stunning artist, but she affected careers all over the place.”

This philosophy carried through with Terrain Exhibitions. While the front of their Oak Park home was the sole exhibition space when Ott launched the concept in 2011, as the concept grew, Paulette said Ott never exhibited her own work, leaving room for other creators. Some 100 artists used the home as their canvas over a seven-year period — wrapping it in nylon, lighting it in neon “Eye Witness,” subsequently sparking “great dialogue,” bathing it in light, blocking out the light.

Terrain Biennial, created by Ott in 2013, carries on. According to the website, “This act of radical decentralization takes art from privileged urban centers and brings it into everyday spaces where it is most needed and least expected: yards, front steps, windows, porches and roofs.” The next exhibition takes place Oct. 2 through Nov. 15, which is Sabina Ott Day, “to honor her life and legacy.”

From the group of works stored in the basement, Paulette chose to keep two for himself. He now lives in Skokie; the Oak Park home sold on June 1. But Ott’s legacy continues at the couple’s former house near Longfellow School. Paulette left a painting of Ott’s for the young couple who bought the home and happily have it on the living room mantle. They told Paulette they are always going to keep it there “as part of Sabina’s presence.” A tree planted in Ott’s honor, where Terrain Exhibitions began, also grows in the front yard, always stubbornly holding on to a few leaves into the winter, something that reminds Paulette of his wife.

A little something of her on display out front after all.

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f there’s one thing Chicago does well, it’s roller skating!

Every day on social media, there are those who recall the heyday of the best skating rinks around.

As a teen I went to the Norridge skating rink. As an adult, I went to Rainbow Skating Rink. So it was very wonderful to hear about the roller rink they opened off Pulaski and Madison. No, it’s not an independent building with an indoor rink but rather an outdoor apparatus placed on a previously empty lot. As I watched the news report, the police commander said it is also a safe space. They host movies there at night and the children are flocking. The citizens of Chicago should demand of every person who breathes air on Earth, that this spot remain a safe space. Our children deserve it!

I took delight in watching all the different levels of skating occurring within the rink. From amateur to pro, people took their spin around the rink.

I’m going to admit, my heart went out to all the young children for whom this was the first time they ever had the opportunity to rollerskate. What for some of us is a fond memory of the past has been missing from a lot of these children’s lives. They are now getting that opportunity and we need to make sure it continues!

While we’re enjoying the beauty that is roller-skating, let’s begin a campaign to make roller-skating an Olympic sport! Somewhere on the West Side of Chicago — or to be fair, within the city limits — there is a GOAT who will put on a pair of skates and do things nobody thinks is possible. I have seen skating routines where it looked like they were gliding on air. But unlike ice skating which requires specialty rinks, roller rinks are a lot easier to create. If you’ve got a smooth surface, even the streets can serve that purpose. I recall street skating was a phenomenon in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Men would glide down the street, carrying huge boom boxes while roller-skating. I can’t say why, but it ceased.

Ice skating has long dominated the sports world for the Olympics. And ice skating is, for the most part, a cold weather sport. So those who participate in it are a very limited group.

But roller skating … that is where Black folks show up and show off ! A campaign to get roller-skating certified as an Olympic sport can be a unifying opportunity. When was the last time you heard of our young people even thinking of attempting a sport that could take them to the Olympics? It is rare. Gymnastics is wonderful, but it is extremely costly. With roller-skating, people can perfect their skills literally at home.

Prior to writing this column, I did Google to see why rollerskating is not an Olympic sport. All the responses I saw seemed very trite. To sum it up, there’s been no concerted effort to push for it. So let Chicago be the first on the map to get it started.

Chicago already has a “Bike the Drive Day.” Why not add rollerskating too?

Let’s see how the politicians and those in charge refute the idea of allowing roller-skating as an Olympic event when there are hundreds of thousands of young people carrying signs demanding it?

Arlene Jones writes a weekly column for our sister publication, the Austin Weekly News.

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Lollapalooza or COVIDpalooza?

he first weekend of August is an exciting time in Chicago. The city is abuzz with visitors and locals alike, enjoying the musical talents that grace the Lollapalooza stages in Grant Park.

After a COVID year off, the feeling had returned this year — for some.

On my lunch break last Thursday, I watched as Lolla attendees flooded out of Union Station and set off for Grant Park. As the first event resembling life pre-pandemic, I could tell the crowd’s anticipation was especially piqued. I couldn’t help but feel some of the excitement too. More than that though, I worried about a downward spiral back into a pandemic life we thought was behind us.

When city officials announced earlier this year that some version of Lollapalooza would take place, there was hope that this summer might mean a genuine return to normal. It symbolized a big step forward, creating some tangible goal to inspire Chicagoans to roll up their sleeves and keep the faith. A carrot. A Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Megan Thee Stallion-sized carrot.

However, with vaccination rates plateauing and the emergence of the delta variant, allowing Lolla to go on was no longer the responsible thing to do. For one, inviting more than 100,000 attendees to the festival each day with limited mask-wearing and evidence of “breakthrough cases” developing even in vaccinated people, posed an obvious threat to people’s health.

More than that, this event is really going to complicate the pandemic dialogue the city had developed.

From pushing for Lolla one day to asking citizens to mask back up and take all proper precautions, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her team risked losing any and all credibility they may have built up.

This weekend also happened to be my annual family picnic. There are usually only two times a year when my whole extended family sees each other — Christmas Day and this picnic. It has been almost two full years since we were together — a reality, I’m sure, for many families.

For many in my family, swapping the once-weekly family Zoom for a real, inperson return to tradition was a perpetual light at the end of the COVID-tunnel.

There was talk of cancelling it once more out of concern for the changing pandemic landscape.

At the same time, entire fields of people were moshing together in Grant Park without a mask in sight.

Given that it was outside, and after deciding to further distance and limit those long-awaited hugs and kisses, my family decided to go ahead with the picnic.

Getting to be with family and those we care about was why we put in all the hard work of keeping one another safe for the past year and a half.

But Familypalooza was definitely not Lollapalooza, and while I, too, would love to go sing and dance and enjoy a live music festival, our leaders should have been more responsible with what they allowed to take place. They needed to do more to prioritize people’s well-being, both physically and emotionally.

Mary Hester is serving an internship this summer at Wednesday Journal.

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n the very tough years after the financial collapse of 2008, Oak Park’s village government cut deep into programs and personnel. It wasn’t an overreaction. Revenues had fallen sharply and village government never sat on large cash reserves.

Some 70 staff members were let go over a couple of years. Public works jobs were privatized. Other positions went unfilled.

The department hit hardest was public health. Once a robust effort that was something of a jewel that Oak Park liked to brag on, questions were raised about why Oak Park was one of the very rare Chicago suburbs that had its own health department. Most other suburbs contracted out their health department services to Cook County government. When you consider the reputation of the county’s health services, such choices were certainly monetary and not aimed at innovation.

Ultimately a skeletal staff was left in the department and its mission was diminished.

That worked until COVID. Over the past 15 months Oak Park has been fortunate to have its own health department — for the autonomy and quick decisionmaking and execution it allowed. But there’s also been criticism, especially since the release of vaccines, that Oak Park has sometimes seemed hamstrung, its residents limited in access as vaccinations were rationed early on.

Now, quietly and without much discussion, the health department is bulking up some. It’s new director, Theresa ChappleMcGruder, arrived in the spring to replace the departing Mike Charley. Now the village board has OK’d the addition of two posts.

One is a replacement, the other is a newly created position as health education manager. Chapple-McGruder believes there is still room to grow the department but time will tell.

In recent weeks as the delta variant and the ignorant unvaccinated have conspired to drive up new cases of COVID-19, local critics have sounded off about Oak Park’s surprisingly low vaccination rates. A frequently heard criticism was why the department wasn’t hitting the streets looking for persuadable people ready for a convenient jab. This week we report that a “mobile health van” has been created and will be turning out at local gatherings to offer shots.

You can find it this week at Thursday Night Out in downtown Oak Park. This is a welcome and pro-active step.

Count us among those grateful that Oak Park never gave up on having its own health department. We do not believe that COVID will be the last public health emergency to afflict us. And we also recognize that a progressive department can help an equity-focused village begin to address the major inequities in health care.

Building with no future There are financially failed buildings. Some combination of circumstances makes it chronically difficult to make the revenues and expenses come near to balancing. Maybe the spaces became obsolete. Too much debt was piled on.

One such building is 230 Madison St. A two-story office building from the 1950s, mimicking a California motel style with exterior stairwells, fake stone façade, and a beauty only visible to fans of what has become known as Midcentury Modern.

A year or two back the park district, with its headquarters right next door, bought the building. Now it is applying for a demolition permit as it clears the way for a parking lot.

We’d like to object but can’t quite get up the energy. Yes, a property off the tax rolls. Parking is not an exciting use. But this building had no future because it had no present purpose.

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cosm of the evolution of Homo Sapiens. ryce’s new favorite word is “literay,” How they, and we, survive is anyone’s as in “I literay stayed up all night on guess.

Christmas Eve” or “He was literay But there are more important things to eating junk food all night.” The latter attend to. Today is Train Day — Train Day was not, I think, a reference to Santa with the Trainors. First comes lunch at though it could have been, since milk and Two Toots, the railroad-themed restaurant cookies around the world doesn’t exactly in Glen Ellyn, sitting hard by the Metra qualify as healthy eating. tracks with close-up views of these passMy grandboys are wordsmiths. ing behemoths. From there, it’s a short “All work and no play is a crummy way walk to the Metra station, where the 11:56 to spend your day” is their current motto. to Oak Park is due shortly.

They claim they made it up. I have my When it rumbles in, the boys climb to doubts. Then again, it doesn’t show up on the upper deck, which is high enough to Google. make Tyler wary that the swaying train “It’s not a skyscraper. It’s a spacemight tip over. The three of us squeeze scraper,” Bryce says with his trademark into a double seat and watch the passing hyperbole. We have two hours before swim terrain. The smooth ride and lofty perspective feels lessons at the local pool, so they’re building towers like flight as we pass town after town, station after with magnetic geometric shapes (Magformers) with station — Lombard, Villa Park, Elmhurst, Berkeley, style and flair.

“If we actually build this when we’re older, we’re go- Melrose Park, Maywood, River Forest, and finally Oak ing to be rich,” says Bryce, who has shown a growing Park. interest lately in wealth.

We discuss what’s true As we pass turreted McManand what isn’t. Speaking of sions on the way to the pool, famous trains, Tyler menhe notes that they look like tions the Polar Express, which castles and theorizes, “Maybe Bryce finds preposterous. they want people to think “You think everything is they have as much money as true,” he says. “The Polar kings.” Maybe the fairy-tale Express isn’t real.” school of architecture should Tyler is aghast. “You mean hire Tyler and Bryce to design you don’t believe in Santa?” their homes. It would be an “Yeah, of course, but the improvement.

Polar Express is made up.

Twins at play have an Like Paw Patrol. They’re just advantage: bouncing ideas off people dressed up as animals.” one another. But they are also Extending the day’s railPHOTO BY KRISTEN TRAINOR at a significant disadvantage road theme, we visit a friend when cooperation turns into in Oak Park who has an MAGNETIC: Tyler (foreground) and Bryce conflict (bouncing buildings extensive Brio train set which with their latest Magformers creation. off each other) — see Bible, the boys set up in her living Tower of Babel story — which room, while we offer our confrequently leads to … Collapse! sulting services and then begin making plans to create “It’s like Jenga,” Bryce says. “We’re used to our a holiday train scene this December, using our friend’s buildings falling apart.” Except when the other one Christmas village with a base of cottony snow. causes it, accidentally on purpose. Mirth gives way to But on Train Day time rules and soon we’re putting sabotage outrage, which leads to apologies of varying away the Brio set so we can make the 2:56 Metra headsincerity or, too often, resorting to the nuclear option. ing back to Glen Ellyn.

Here’s a partial transcript: As we prepare to leave, I notice Tyler sitting in a “Is mine cool?” (Tyler) child’s rocking chair by the fireplace. The chair is for “That looks as good as mine did already!” (Bryce) younger kids, but he still fits. He’s looking toward the “Here’s one more triangle piece.” (Tyler) living room windows and seems quite relaxed and con“Thank you. That’s what I needed.” (Bryce) tent. Actually, he looks pensive, something you don’t “If we put that on top, millions of people will come.” see much in a 7-year-old. He is positively radiant, in (Tyler) fact, against the living room wall — a perfect profile, “Ever hear of the Leaning Tower of Pisa?” (me) like something you might see in a painting, “Whis“I thought it was the Leaning Tower of Pizza.” tler’s Grandson.” I wish I had a camera, but I’ll have (Bryce) to settle for the imprint in my mind. It is beautiful, Collapse! memorable. And I’d love to know what he was think“You threw a building at me!” (Bryce) ing about.

It’s true. Tyler bounces it off Bryce’s chest and the Of course, it doesn’t last long. As soon as he bepieces scatter all over the kitchen floor, leading to comes aware we are looking at him, self-consciousness retaliation. spoils the moment, but it is the highlight of a day “Bryce is a Boopie, Poopie, Kadoopie,” Tyler defilled with fine moments, including sitting in Cold claims.

Stone Creamery on Marion Street, eating watermelon “Papa Ken, put in your newspaper that Tyler is the sorbet in waffle cones as we await our train’s arrival. worst person on Earth!”

Do you know that old saying, which I just made up?

And so it goes — friends to enemies to frenemies.

“All play and no sorbet is a crummy way to spend the They continuously violate each other’s airspace and day.” territoriality. Their interactions resemble a microYou can literay quote me on that.

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astor Walter Mitty drove up to Manitowoc last Sunday after church. He liked living in the big city. Most of the time. But lately he found himself daydreaming not only about taking a couple of days away from urban living but also about actually living in a small Wisconsin town like the one in which he grew up.

As usual his sister-in-law Susan and his two nephews greeted him like he was family, which, of course, he was. Spending that year with them while his brother was dying kind of sealed the relational deal.

Conscious of his fantasies, he asked Susan after dinner, “Do you like living in a small community like Manitowoc?”

Susan laughed. “If you live in Valders or Francis Creek, Manitowoc is a big city. I mean, 30,000 people, Walt! But I guess for someone like you living in the middle of nine million people, Manitowoc is a hick town.”

“Seriously, Susan,” said Mitty suddenly feeling a little defensive, “we have professional sports, museums, a world class orchestra, Lollapalooza, Navy Pier, an awesome skyline …”

“Of course,” Susan interrupted, “before he died, Herman and I really enjoyed visiting you, and the view of the skyline from Navy Pier is wonderful. Liked to visit but wouldn’t want to live there.

“See, Herman and I used to get up early in the morning and drive out to Milash Creek, hike to the Lake and watch the sun come up. You remember how the water sparkles like diamonds when the weather is clear.”

“Are you trying to say that all of that cement and steel and glass can’t compare with nature?”

Mitty’s sister-in-law gave that some thought and said, “I guess it’s like the Tower of Babel, Walt. The Chicago skyline kind of says, look what we humans can accomplish. Narcissistic in a way. But as you know, 10 minutes from where we are now we can be out in the country, hiking around Maribel Caves or canoeing in Collins Swamp. The beauty I see in those places points to a creative power greater than Louis Sullivan or Frank Lloyd Wright.”

“Wait a minute,” said Mitty laughing, “I’m supposed to be the one giving the sermons here!”

Monday morning he got up while Susan and the boys were still sleeping, picked up a large coffee and one of those egg, sausage and English muffin sandwiches from the new Dunkin Donuts on Calumet Avenue and drove along Lake Shore Drive — the Manitowoc/Two Rivers version of it — to Point Beach State Forest.

He would hike along the beach to the lighthouse and back later, but he liked to begin his visits to Point Beach by parking at the beach at an angle where he could watch the sun come up over the lake. Alone. Before the families in the campground finished breakfast and came to the beach.

And he would pray. Wouldn’t say much of anything.

Words seemed inadequate. He understood exactly what Susan was talking about the night before. When he looked at the monumental architecture in the Loop, he would always be impressed, but he never felt loved.

Then his mind segued to politics and thought for the thousandth time, “How could a sensitive, religious person like my sister-in-law vote for Trump?!”

No longer feeling very prayerful, he picked up the Tony Hillerman novel he’d been reading, and immediately was transported southwest to Navajo Country. He found himself underlining comments the author made about Navajo culture.

■ A Navajo, like a rancher anywhere, would need access to water, to grazing, to a road, and above all a soul-healing view of — in the words of the curing chants — “beauty all around you.”

■ “Really, Jim, Washington’s a nice place,” said Janet Pete, a city Navajo. “It’s cleaner than most cities, and something beautiful every place you look and there’s always …”

■ Jim Chee cut her off. “Beautiful what?

Buildings? Monuments? There’s too much smog, too much noise, too much traffic, too damn many people everywhere. You can’t see the stars at night. Too cloudy to see the sunset.”

■ The old Navajo would get up at dawn and roll his wheelchair to the door. Then he would sing the song to Dawn Boy and bless the morning with his pollen. Next he would take a look at his mountain.

■ “I grew up knowing it’s wrong to have more than you need,” Chee explained.

“It means you’re not taking care of your people. Win three races in a row, you better slow down a little. Let somebody else win.

■ That doesn’t get you admitted into law school,” Janet said, “Or pull you out of poverty.”

“Depends,” Chee replied, “on how you define poverty.”

Then Mitty got it. What Susan felt was a kind of an unspoken feeling of not being understood by what Jim Chee referred to as “tree huggers,” members of the Sierra Club who wrote letters to their representatives in Washington about preserving nature, would visit nature “as often as possible,” but would never live in a small town like Francis Creek or even Manitowoc.

Susan disliked Trump immensely. Would never want her boys to view him as a role model, but she still felt for this community of like-minded people — many of her neighbors in Manitowoc — who voted for Trump, even though the Sermon on the Mount in no way informed his values.

She liked Joe and Jill a lot but it seemed like they felt sorry for people like her; like he could not understand how she, a single parent trying to pay the bills with what she made working at the bakery, was happy and wouldn’t move away from Manitowoc to Chicago even if her income doubled.

Tom Holmes writes a regular column for our sister publication, the Forest Park Review.

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Free comics are back

On Saturday, Aug. 14, One Stop Comics will give away free comics for the 20th annual Free Comic Book Day. We hope comic fans will enjoy the free comics and return to being entertained with comics. COVID has cancelled the past two National Free Comic Book Day Events.

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The current Wednesday Journal features Michael Romain’s reading of the Kerner Commission Report and Daniel S. Luck’ book on Ronald Reagan, exploring the former’s conclusion on blatant racial divides, circa 1968, and the latter’s seeming nefariously-designed, racially-polarizing politics of his presidency. One could easily extrapolate these to our current racial and political divides.

In the same edition of WJ, Tom Lynch excoriates the Republican Party for perceived sins past and present.

Of course, the nightmare of Jan. 6 is invoked, along with “retrograde” policies on infrastructure, voting rights, climate change. He bemoans being silent about these matters, even right here in Oak Park (speak for yourself, sir. I have been quite vocal for many years now).

From Nixon to Reagan to Bush I and Bush II, and worst of all Trump, things have been falling apart. That “center” may not hold much longer. But I must add to that narrative. Let us not assume that the Democratic Party hasn’t been part of our past and present problems.

For instance, right now the Democrats have control of the White House

and both chambers of Congress. But where’s that Medicare for All, or $15 minimum wage? What happened to the $2,000 stimulus checks (marked down to $1400)? Biden campaigned on those issues. Caveat emptor, eh? As usual.

But of course. Biden has been in Washington for 50 years. He is a political pragmatist. Go along, get along. He presided over the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings in 1991. Remember that fiasco? The Democrats held a 57-43 senate majority. But in spite of Thomas being a jurist without portfolio as well as credible accusations of sexual misconduct, he gets confirmed to SCOTUS, where he votes extremeRight. Meanwhile recent Democratic nominees are not even given a hearing.

The donkeys do not fight. They accommodate, capitulate and compromise into losing outcomes. Bi-partisanship? Joe, you’re party has all the power. Use it! In the meantime, we can wait for Godot.

Our national government is a fish that stinks from the head own. The stench can be smelled from both sides of that of congressional aisle.

Landlords, tenants and the moratorium The primary reason for the eviction moratorium was a public health crisis. Fine. Then the public should bear the expense of this unfunded mandate. No other sector has been required to shoulder the burden alone. The government provides food stamps for food, and other public benefits to pay for necessities during the pandemic.

Landlords are left to fend for themselves.

Some will argue that there are rental assistance programs available. Some argue that landlords are not cooperating. I’m here to tell you that getting tenants to cooperate is also a problem. Even when both parties do work together, the red tape, bureaucratic foul-ups, and delays are a nightmare. Ultimately, these programs provide a fraction of the back rent that is owed. We landlords will never see that money.

The inconvenient truth is that half of us are small, mom-and-pop operations. By the time we pay our mortgages, utilities, insurance, taxes and maintenance costs, we’re lucky if we break even.

The inconvenient truth is that, just as there are bad landlords, there are bad tenants. It’s time to rewrite these laws to ensure that they narrowly target the bad landlords, but also prevent bad tenants from exploiting us.

And it’s time to end the moratorium.

Joseph Harrington Oak Park

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Open call for Township Clerk candidates The Oak Park Township Board is seeking candidates for appointment to the position of Township Clerk for the remainder of the current term of office, which concludes in May of 2025. Candidates must be registered voters and residents of Oak Park. The Township Clerk position is normally filled by election. The next election will be in the Spring of 2025.

The Township Clerk is the clerk for the Township Board and keeper of the Township’s records. Responsibilities include: ■ Serving as Clerk of all Town meetings ■ Taking and maintaining minutes of all meetings ■ Giving notice of meetings and publishing other required public notices ■ Filing and keeping all certificates or oaths and other papers required to be filed in the Clerk’s Office ■ Administering oaths and taking affidavits in all cases required by law ■ Issuing certificates required by law ■ Attesting to payments issued by the Township ■ Serving as a Deputy Registrar for the Cook County Clerk ■ Serving as the Township’s Freedom of Information Act Officer This is a part-time position (20 hours/week). The salary for this position is set by ordinance at $20,962 currently, with annual cost of living increases. The position participates in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), Illinois’ best-funded statewide public pension. The position is also eligible for the Township’s medical insurance plan, with the incumbent paying 100% of the premium.

$650K? For parking?

The appointment must be made by the Township Board before Friday, Sept. 17. Please submit a letter of interest sharing your qualifications for the position by Friday, Aug. 13, to Kim Henry, Operations Manager at khenry@ oakparktownship.org. If you have questions or want more information about the Township or the Clerk position, please contact Township Manager Gavin Morgan at gmorgan@oakparktownship.org or 708-383-8005.

The following, from the Illinois state statutes, provides details on the duties of the Township Clerk.

(60 ILCS 1/75 5) Sec. 75 5. Custodian of records. (a) The township clerk shall have the custody of all records, books, and papers of the township and shall duly file all certificates or oaths and other papers required by law to be filed in the clerk’s office. This Section is subject to the Local Records Act. (b) The clerk may administer oaths and take affidavits in all cases required by law to be administered or taken by township officers. The clerk may administer oaths for absent voters as required by the general election law.

(Source: P.A. 82 783; 88 62.)

(60 ILCS 1/75 10) Sec. 75 10. Township meeting records. The township clerk shall record in the book of records of the township the minutes of the proceedings of every township meeting held in the township and shall enter in the book every order or direction and all by laws, rules, and regulations made by the electors at any township meeting.

(Source: P.A. 82 783; 88 62.)

(60 ILCS 1/75 15) Sec. 75 15. Copies of vote entries. The township clerk shall deliver to the supervisor, before the annual meeting of the county board of the county, in each year, certified copies of all entries of votes for raising money made since the last annual meeting of the county board.

(Source: P.A. 82 783; 88 62.)

(60 ILCS 1/75 20) Sec. 75 20. Certification of taxes. The township clerk shall annually, at the time required by Section 18 15 of the Property Tax Code, certify to the county clerk the amount of taxes required to be raised for all township purposes.

(Source: P.A. 88 62; 88 670, eff. 12 2 94.)

(60 ILCS 1/75 25) Sec. 75 25. Failure to make return; petty offense. If a township clerk willfully omits to make a return required by this Article, he or she is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined, for each offense, not more than $10.

(Source: P.A. 82 783; 88 62.)

(60 ILCS 1/75 30) Sec. 75 30. Deputy registration officer. The township clerk, upon appointment as a deputy registration officer by the county clerk under the Election Code, shall have the powers and duties provided in the Election Code.

(Source: P.A. 88 62.)

Kim Henry

Oak Park Township

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I read the article in Wednesday Journal, “Park district to demolish building on Madison Street” [News, Aug. 4]. So just to get this straight from a financial point of view, the plan is to spend something like $650,000 to park 8-10 vehicles? Really?

If one were to invest that same $650,000 at just 3% — a pretty modest return — it could reap $19,500 per year. At 5%, that’s $32,500 per year. And the principal would remain intact.

One would think that for $19,500, or $32,500, we could park many more than 10 vehicles. I, in fact, would rent out the two parking spaces in my alley for $1,000 a year each, or $2,000 total. Maybe less.

But instead, 650,000 taxpayer dollars are to be spent.

And people wonder why government has money problems.

Charles Watkins, Oak Park

Eye on the Net Submitted by Kwame Salter: “Donald Trump is not the reason for our situation today — he’s the result.”

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ne cannot help being depressed as we see our Democracy crumbling, especially as a result of the damage caused during the Trump administration. During, and now, after those long four years, the philosophy of fear and hate, vulgar and disparaging language, disdain for constitutional rules and regulations, and the open display of bigotry and racism has run rampant in our society.

That said, a glimpse of light brightens the darkness when groups and individuals heroically speak up and defy the Trumpites.

One such group that exemplifies courage defending our rights and defying the spreading darkness is the American Civil Liberties Union. They have been the watchdog of our civil rights for over 100 years. Individuals like John Lewis and his followers represent determined heroes, some of whom even sacrificed their lives in their battle for voting rights. Another standout example of light-bearing courage was Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader

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Light vs. Darkness Ginsburg. She steadfastly fought for equal justice and our constitutional rights. With shining optimism, she said, “Justices continue to think and can change; I am ever-hopeful that if the court has a blind spot today, its eyes will be open tomorrow.”

The most recent example of heroism are the four officers who testified before Congress about how they tried to combat the insurrection in our Capitol on that dark Jan. 6 day. They put their lives on the line to save members of Con-gress who were in session at that time. These mad marauders, better-known as “domestic terrorists,” were determined to disrupt and stop the confirmation of the Biden presidential win. Members of Congress, and the Capitol staff and workers were protected because of the brave behavior of these men. It’s ironic and beyond belief

that some of the congressmen, whose very lives were saved that day, are now trying to rewrite history. They now claim there was no coup attempt on Jan. 6. Rather, they describe it as a day of respectful visitor protest.

Recently, the New York Times released hand-written notes, attributed to Trump, which urged Attorney General Barr, his replacement Jeffrey Rosen, and the Justice Department to simply announce that the election was corrupt. Then, said Trump, he’d take care of the rest!

Fortunately, they declined.

The folks who blindly follow Trump, even in his coup attempt, call themselves Republicans. They are not Republicans in the true, traditional sense. True Republicans would not believe Trump’s “big lie” — that he actually won the election. They may not be speaking out against Trump,

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but I think/hope they would not fall prey to Trump’s lies, nor be supportive of his lust for power and greed. However, it has been reported that Trump has a huge war chest at his disposal, in excess of $100 million. It is tempting to be a Trumpite when there is the possibility of gaining some of his war chest treasure if they are one is one of his favorites.

This Trump-induced evil of power and greed has indeed darkened present times and our future. Perhaps those who are true Republicans will finally denounce Trump and what he represents. Why not follow the lead of Republicans Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger and Democrats who want to seek out and shine a light on the truth, thereby honoring their political party and the nation?

Can we bring light to the darkness surrounding us and adopt Justice Ginsburg’s optimism, believing that right will overcome wrong and strengthen our democracy?

Harriet Hausman is a longtime resident of River Forest and a member of the ACLU.

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Mary Louise Stefanic, 89 Yoga instructor

Mary Louise Stefanic, 89, a longtime resident of Oak Park, died on July 31, 2021, in her beloved home, surrounded by the love of family and friends.

Mary Louise Cecilia McKeone was born on Sept. 27, 1931, in Muscatine, Iowa, to Mrs. Laura McKeone. She moved in her early years with her mother, brother Jim, and Aunt Rosie, to Chicago. She graduated from Notre Dame High School, and Rosary College (now Dominican University) in River Forest. She spent years working at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

In February 1958, she married Joseph Stefanic in Chicago.

Within a year they moved to Napa, California, and began raising their family.

After several years they returned to Illinois, moving into their house in Oak Park in December 1964.

She worked for years in volunteer and paid positions, including as communications director at Proviso East High School, and as a popular, longtime yoga teacher. She was active in the church and choir at Ascension Church in Oak Park.

Over the decades, their children grew into their own lives, and grandchildren followed. Birthdays, holidays, extended family, visitors from near and far, parties large and small, yoga classes and meditations, filled their home. Her last years had their difficulties, but she was deeply grateful to be able to stay in her home, getting her wish to only leave “feet first.”

Mary Louise is survived by her children Joe, Mike, Laura, Tom, Ellen, and Vicky, nine grandchildren, daughters-in-law and son-in-law, nieces and nephews and cousins, and multitudes of friends. She was preceded in death by her husband Joe, father Louis and mother Laura, aunts Rosie and Frances, brother Jim, and her beloved dog Shanti.

The family would like to thank all those who visited, friends from Ascension, and her caregivers, especially Grace.

Services to be announced.

John Molloy, 66 Former Oak Parker

John Wavel Molloy, 66, formerly of Oak Park, died on Aug. 7, 2021. Born on Sept.

1, 1954, he was husband of Maureen; the father of Mary Ellen (Nicholas Anichini), John (Nicole Soszynski) and Kevin Molloy; grandfather of Rowan Anichini and Fallon

Molloy; brother of Michael and Kevin Molloy, Catherine (Tom) Holly, and Timothy Malone; and the uncle and great-uncle of many.

A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 14, at Ascension Church, 801 S. East Ave., Oak Park. Followed by private interment.

In lieu of flowers, donations to St. Jude Children’s Hospital (stjude.org) are appreciated.

Arrangements were handled by Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home.

June Sieh, 86 Artist

June Elizabeth Sieh, 86, formerly of Hayward, Wisconsin and Oak Park, died on July 9, 2021 at Circle of Life in Bentonville, Arkansas. Born on Jan. 6, 1935 in Chicago, the daughter of Kathryn and Earl Cervin, she was an artist who enjoyed the outdoors and time with her family.

June was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Jimmie Sieh, her daughter Beth and her siblings Dee and Dick.

She is survived by daughter, Jennifer Kuhr, and her husband, Peter; her grandchildren, Justin (Shawna), Amanda (Isaac), and Hanna (Ruben); four great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Arrangements were handled by Epting Funeral Home of Bentonville, Arkansas (www. eptingfuneralhome.webs.com).

Carole Harman Aston, 83

State director for Illinois AARP Carole Harman Aston, 83, died at her home in Oak Park on July 29, 2021 after a brief illness.

Born on Jan. 1, 1938, in Sydney, Ohio, to Lawrence and Neva Yinger Harman, she earned her bachelor’s degree from Bowling Green University and a master’s degree in Gerontology from the University of Texas. She began her teaching career at Wright Patterson Air Force Base and continued in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

She worked with the YWCA in Richardson, Texas, in the mid-1960s, and continued as executive director of the Ridgeland Park YWCA until 1973. Thereafter she began a ca-

reer with AARP, and was with the organization for 25 years, ending her career there in the role of state director for Illinois.

Following her retirement, she served as a docent at the Art Institute of Chicago for 10 years, and as an interpreter for the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust, where her expertise was dedicated to tours of Unity Temple. She also volunteered with Executive Service Corps, a nonprofit consultancy with the mission of making nonprofits successful.

She served a nine-year term as member of the American Medical Technologists Board of Directors, and two terms on the board of Ten Thousand Villages, Oak Park. She was an active participant in several book and art discussion groups.

A lover of opera, literature and painting, she traveled extensively internationally throughout her life.

She was married to Carroll Aston; the marriage ended in divorce. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Richard Harman.

She is survived by her nieces, Teri Wesley, Tami Beadles, and Tonya Burnett Harman; her nephews, Chad Harman and Michael Harman; her cousin, Jean James; and numerous friends.

James Barker, 95 Illinois Bell manager

James William Barker, 95, died on Aug. 5, 2021. Born on June 14, 1926, in Oak Park Hospital to William Russell Barker and Mary Wilhelmina Heidelbach, he was baptized at St. John Lutheran Church in Forest Park and attended elementary school there as did his future wife, one grade behind him. She wasn’t on his radar then. He graduated from Proviso East High School in 1944 and promptly enlisted in the Navy, figuring he’d have a bunk to sleep in.

He served through World War II on the West Coast. Although he felt he didn’t deserve credit for serving in the war because he never fired a gun, he served honorably.

He returned from the Navy back to his home in Forest Park, a few blocks over from Ruth’s home, and found a job at Illinois Bell where his father worked as well. He started as a lineman and eventually worked his way up to management. He finally caught Ruth’s eye in the choir loft at St. John and they married on Feb. 3, 1951. They moved into a bungalow in Forest Park and started a family.

They moved to their home in River Forest in 1964, and remained there for 65 years. At first he was the young guy who blew the snow for the block and helped his older neighbors, and at the end became the elder statesman on the block, with a twinkle in his eye and a firecracker at the ready on July 4th.

He loved to play. In his younger years he took his kids ice skating, and later took up rollerblading. He was in the water playing with his children on every vacation. He golfed in a league while he was working, and as often as he could with his friends after that. He was a wiz at pinochle, and would play almost any game offered. He taught the ladies at Belmont Village Rumicube and did such a good job that they mostly beat him. His best hobby was counted cross-stitch sewing which he continued until he went into the hospital in July. He kept his sense of humor up to the very end.

When Ruth could no longer live at home, he moved with her onto the memory ward because he couldn’t fathom living apart. He tried to find joy after she was gone, and he did, but it wasn’t enough to sustain him without her.

They were just shy of 70 years of marriage when Ruth died on Christmas Day, 2020.

Jim Barker is survived by his sons, Lloyd (Mary Kay), James Jr. (Suzanne); his daughter, Jane (Melinda Haag); his granddaughters, Melissa Bobinski (Josh), Julie Lietz (Greg), and Anne Barker; and his great-granddaughters Kherington Bobinski and Lindsey Jo Bobinski. He leaves many nieces and nephews with very fond memories of their uncle, and hoards of neighbors and friends to whom he extended his kindness over the years.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 18, from 10 a.m. until time of service, 11 a.m., at Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 Division St., River Forest, followed by burial at Concordia Cemetery in Forest Park to follow.

In lieu of flowers, donations to Grace Lutheran Church (graceriverforest.org) are appreciated.

Arrangements were handled by Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home.

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The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: DINAH HUFF 4909 W THOMAS ST, CHICAGO, IL 60651, USA. Published in Wednesday Journal August 4, 11 and 18, 2021

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PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON 2021-2022 BUDGET

Notice of Public Hearing Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission August 26, 2021, at 7:00 PM NOTICE is hereby given that a public hearing continued from the July 22 meeting will be held by the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village of Brookfield on Thursday, August 26, 2021, at 7:00 PM in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois to consider a zoning text amendment to Sec. 62-219 Parking Credits and Reductions.

The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/or written comments. Please check the following webpage one week before the meeting for more information: https://brookfieldil.gov/ audio-files/ The variance application may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours. Written comments may be provided prior to 4:00 PM on the day of the meeting to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Kendra Kuehlem, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513 and at kkuehlem@brookfieldil.gov.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Education of Oak Park Elementary School District Number 97, Cook County, Illinois, that it will hold a public hearing on its proposed budget for the 2021 2022 school year on the 14th day of September, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. The hearing will be held at the District Office, 260 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, 60302.

Such proposed budget shall be on file conveniently available for public inspection from and after August 13, 2021, in the Business Office of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm.

The Board of Education intends to adopt the proposed 2021-2022 budget following the public hearing. /s/ Jung Kim President Board of Education Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Dated: August 11, 2021

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations in order to participate in any meeting may contact the Village of Brookfield at (708) 4857344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front (south) entrance of Village Hall.

Public hearings may be continued from time to time without further notice, except as otherwise required under the Illinois Open Meetings Act. By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman.

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District 90 is seeking qualified and experienced applicants for the following positions:

• English Language Learners Teacher (Full-time at Roosevelt Middle School and Part-time FTE 0.50 at Lincoln Elementary School) • School Social Worker (Part-time FTE 0.50 at Lincoln Elementary School & Part-time FTE 0.50 Willard Elementary School) • Physical Education Teacher ( Part-time FTE 0.60 at Lincoln Elementary School)

For detailed qualifications requirements and job duties, please visit our website at https://www.district90.org/about/ employment for our complete list of employment opportunities.

Interested candidates should complete the online application available at www.district90.org. Please do not send hard copies of supporting documentation, i.e. cover letters, resumes, licensure, etc. to River Forest Schools District 90; instead, upload these materials onto the online job application system for proper processing.

BUDGET AND REVENUE ANALYST

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Budget and Revenue Analyst in the Development Customer Service Department. This position will Serve the public with professional administrative and analytical duties in the areas of budget preparation, purchasing, payroll, data analysis and process improvement. Provides, prepares and maintains records, and financial and statistical reports and analysis which assist in the Village’s ability to improve business processes and gain efficiencies through better use of technology. Budget duties include assisting in the development, analysis and application of performance measures with regard to Village services and resources; preparing, modifying, tracking and monitoring Village expenses and transfers; and conducting budget-related research and analysis. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http:// www.oak-park.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application. First review of applications August 16, 2021.

TEACHER AND TEACHER AIDE

MINI ME BUNCH seeks teacher and teacher aide to enhance and expand daycare serving children ages 6 weeks to 5 years. Teacher must have at least Associates’ degree in Early Childhood Education. Minimum 1 year experience preferred in each position. Must love children and be outgoing, patient, flexible. Contact 773-521-9499

PAID-ON-CALL FIREFIGHTER Job Title: Paid-on-Call Firefighter Description: The Village of Riverside Fire Department is seeking applicants for the position of Paid-on-Call Firefighter.

Additional Status Information: This is not a full-time position.

Qualifications: - In good physical condition - Reside within 1.5 miles of the boundaries of the Village of Riverside at time of appointment - Be 18 years of age at the time of application - Possess a high school diploma or GED - Possess a valid driver’s license with a good driving record Miscellaneous Applications are reviewed in October 2021.

Application deadline is Friday, October 8th, 2021.

The Village of Riverside is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

VAN DRIVER

Part-time/1-3 hrs per day, M-F, 2:15 pm start time. No weekends or holidays. Safety, reliability, punctuality are the gold standard. Cell phone and clean driving record required. Dependability is a must.

Must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Drive an easy, local 3-mile route. You’ll make 2-4 stops, pick up less than 10 children and drop them all off at the same place at the same time. Pleasant conditions and appreciation! $18-25/hour depending on experience. Se habla español. To schedule an interview, email seedMontessori@gmail.com or leave a message at (708) 6135860 with contact information and best time to call.

GRANTS SUPERVISOR

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CARS WANTED

COMMUNITY YARD SALE NINETEENTH CENTURY CLUB 178 FOREST AVE SATURDAY 8/21 9AM TO 1PM MORE THAN 15 SELLERS! (RAIN DATE SATURDAY 8/28)

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, Items for Sale, and To Be Given Away ads run free in Wednesday Classified. To place your ad, call 708-613-334

CLASSICS WANTED CLASSICS Restored or Restored or Unrestored Unrestored Cars Motorcycles Cars & & Vintage Vintage Motorcycles Domestic / Import Import Cars: Cars:

Mercedes, Corvette, Mercedes,Porsche, Porsche, Corvette, Ferrari’s, Jaguars, Muscle Cars, Ferrari’s, Jaguars, Muscle Cars, Mustang && Mopars Mopars Mustang Top $$ Etc. $$$$Top $$allallmakes, makes, Etc.

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The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Grants Supervisor in the Development Customer Services Department. This position will perform a variety of responsible for developing. Administering and coordinating activities related to Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and other grant-funded programs for the Village. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/ jobs. Position opened until filled.

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HIRING BONUS! HEPHZIBAH DAY CARE PROGRAM SITE SUPERVISOR

Mercedes, Porsche, Corvette, Ferrari’s, Jaguars, Muscle Cars, Mustang & Mopars

Hephzibah Children’s Association offers after school day care on site at each of the Oak Park elementary schools.

The Day Care Program is accepting applications for a Site Supervisor for the 2021-2022 school year to provide supervision to childcare staff as well as care and supervision of 5-11-year-old children.

Regular days and hours are Monday through Friday from 2:30 6:00 PM, Wednesday 1:30 – 6:00 PM. Additional hours on school closing days, in coordination with the school district calendar. May work other hours during school holidays and for staff meetings.

Associate degree in child development or early childhood education, or the equivalent in child development or education desired.

Previous experience working with children required.

Program starts mid-August and runs through the school year.

Additional hours for staff meetings and on school closing days in coordination with the school district calendar.

Contact MJ Joyce at: mjjoyce@hephzibahhome.org Equal Opportunity Employer We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to apply

HIRING BONUS!

Part Time Positions Available for 2021-22 school year

AFTER-SCHOOL RECREATION / DAY CARE WORKER YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST ON SITE AT OAK PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS

The Day Care Program of Hephzibah Children’s Association is accepting applications for nurturing individuals to provide care and supervision of 5-11-year-old children in the After School Day Care program on site at Oak Park public schools. The days and hours are Mon – Fri from 2:30-6:00 PM and 2:00-6:00 PM on Wednesdays.

Plan and supervise arts and crafts, indoor & outdoor play, games, sports, homework help and more.

Requirements include: -previous experience working with children -6 semester hours in education, recreation, social work or related college courses desired Program starts mid-August and runs through the 2021-22 school year.

Contact MJ Joyce at mjjoyce@hephzibahhome.org Equal Opportunity Employer We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to apply

Restored or Unrestored Cars & Vintage Motorcycles Domestic / Import Cars:

$$ Top $$ all makes, Etc. Collector James

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Free wifi; flexible leasing, and offices nicely furnished right down to the Kleenex. Secure building & friendly colleagues, often giving referrals to other office mates. Shared Waiting room, Conference room & option to join Peer Supervision Group. Ideal for new practice or 2nd location.

RIVER FOREST–7777 Lake St. * 1116 sq. ft. * 1400 sq. ft. Dental Office RIVER FOREST–7756 Madison St. * 960 sq. ft.

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CITY RENTALS AUSTIN RENAISSANCE APARTMENTS

A HUD subsidized affordable Apartment property announces the opening of its waiting list for both One and Two Bedroom Apartments! Resident rent is approximately 30% of gross household income, some restrictions apply. Our property is located on Washington Blvd in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood.

Apartments offered with an occupancy of one to four persons. Properties feature modern kitchens, include appliances, and offer onsite maintenance. Austin Renaissance will accept requests for application packages by U.S. Mail postmarked no later than , September 15, 2021. Send or email a written request for an application package that includes your name, mailing address. Daytime telephone number, Email address, and the number of persons in your household to: Town Center Realty Group LLC, PO Box 64, Huntley IL 60142-0064 or Email requests to mrpaul.tcrg@gmail.com Application packages available by mail or email delivery only. No walk-ins accepted.

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

The Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equalopportunity basis.

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

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We install plugs for battery-operated vehicles We fix any electrical problem and do small jobs We install Surge Protectors • Home Re-wiring • New Plugs & Switches Added • New circuit breaker boxes • Code violations corrected Service upgrades,100-200 amp • Garage & A/C lines installed Fast Emergency Service | Residential • Commercial • Industrial Free Home Evaluations | Lic. • Bonded • Ins. • Low Rates • Free Est.

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New hardwood flooring installation & pergo. Sanding, re-finishing, staining. Low prices, insured.

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HANDYMAN Mike’s Home Repair Drywall H Painting H Tile Plumbing H Electric H Floors Windows H Doors H Siding Ask Us What We Don’t Do

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NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN UP

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Our clinicians presume competence in all of our clients, beginning with the mindset that everyone has the capacity and desire to think, learn, and communicate. Our goal is to nurture an individual’s intrinsic motivation, so they may take ownership of their communication skills.

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Our team offers therapy in a variety of settings, including: • Our Oak Park clinic • Home visits

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We welcome you or your loved ones to “come as you are”! Call us today at 708240-3874 for a complimentary phone consultation to discuss your questions or concerns.

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ri-Star Gymnastics, Inc. is a nonprofit and tax-exempt organization that provides recreational and competitive gymnastics training to children from 2 to 18+ years old. Located in Forest Park for over 30 years, Tri-Star serves a very diverse population of children from communities throughout Chicagoland and the Western suburbs. It is a place where “diversity rocks”, friendships are forged, and students are able to have fun as they grow in strength, resilience, focus, flexibility and body awareness.

Gymnastics provides basic physical training for children to move through various ability levels at their own speed.

It also gives them opportunities to advance into competitive gymnastics, cheer, dance, and/or other sports.

Tri-Star’s positive encouragement and growth mindset philosophy helps students gain confidence as they improve incrementally in classes that help them recognize their strengths

and special abilities while working to improve their weaknesses. Everyone is respected. Everyone can learn.

Everyone can grow.

The air-conditioned facility is conveniently located 2 blocks south of Roosevelt Road on Circle Avenue.

It is within walking distance of parks, martial arts, batting cages, and fitness programs as well as shopping centers and restaurants. While social distancing practices limit the number of spectators within our facility during the continued COVID situation, family members are able to observe classes through our SPOT TV camera system which enables them to view the classes from anywhere on their mobile devices and computers.

Fall 2021 classes begin on August 30th. Registration for Fall begins on August 7th,

For more information go to: www.tri-stargym.org or send an email tristarforestpark@gmail.com.

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In addition to an excellent elementary or generations, parents have chosen Ascension School for their children’s school education, Ascension provides: education because of our reputation • A wonderful preschool led by certified for excellence. Today, we stand as a teachers with full and half-day classes vibrant community, proud of our history and ready to serve the needs of each • An outstanding Extended Day Program child who joins us. before and after school from 7 am to 6 pm Ascension School offers a faith-based and comprehensive curriculum for • Two classes per grade with a 12:1 students ages 3 through grade 8. At student – teacher ratio each level children are prepared and nurtured to ensure their success as they • Athletic teams, starting in grade 3 continue through their education. Their with a ‘no cut’ policy to encourage days are enriched through exposure to teamwork and collaboration the fine arts, physical education, music, • An emphasis on service and social technology and Spanish language. justice Students can choose to participate in a variety of clubs, athletic teams and • Participation at all grade levels in the extracurricular activities to explore their Olweus Bullying Prevention Program individual interests. Our experienced We know that parents have many faculty and dedicated parents are wonderful options when choosing the committed to providing Ascension right school for their children. When you students with a unique community that choose Ascension School, be confident fosters our values of Love, Kindness and that you are providing your children Respect. with more than an academic experience, you are giving them a foundation for a lifetime of success.

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istrict 90 has long recognized that socialemotional wellness represents a prerequisite for learning and academic success. Yet more than a requirement for academic achievement, social-emotional wellness is essential for forming and maintaining supportive relationships. Those reasons underlie District 90’s approach to providing the components for social-emotional wellness in our curriculum and student support efforts. District 90 also feels a responsibility to help families, faculty, and staff strengthen their social-emotional muscles as they handle the day-to-day realities of living during a pandemic.

Living through the COVID-19 pandemic certainly proved the importance of the District’s socialemotional support system. That support system is undergirded by established programs, partnerships, and resources deployed across the District. The research-based Second Step curriculum provides a foundation for acquiring social-emotional skills for our elementary students. At the same time, middle school students build on those skills by participating in the Roosevelt Advisory Program.

The Advisory program fosters relationships between peers and between students and the adults in

faculty, Board of Education members, community organization members, and others – established the essential priorities that must be addressed to ensure the school community continues to thrive in the new school year.

Living through the COVID-19 pandemic certainly proved the importance of the District’s socialemotional support system.

While the District has consistently appreciated the significance of social-emotional wellness, the events from the last school year affirmed its importance for the entire D90 community. Many District families and faculty were distressed by the uncertainty of the school environment, juggling personal and classroom responsibilities, and supporting students.

Recognizing these factors incented the District to provide faculty members and staff with additional resources to help address their pandemic-related and social-emotional issues.

the school. These school-based efforts are further supported by partnerships with the District’s PTOs, collaboration with local organizations, and alignment with the Board of Education and administrative committees, such as the Equity Committee and the Inclusiveness Advisory Board. The formation of the Social Emotional Advisory Panel – a 35-member panel of community members, parents/guardians,

DISTRICT 90 MISSION

Inspire and empower all learners to achieve their personal best.

DISTRICT 90 VISION

The D90 learning community will make a difference for all learners as they strive to achieve their personal best by:

As we begin a new school year, one of the key lessons from last year is that our students, families, faculty, and staff are even more resilient and reflective than initially believed. The District 90 community will continue to leverage its social-emotional wellness efforts to support the empathy and academic success of its students and families.

DISTRICT 90 CORE VALUES Academic Success, Personal WellBeing, Continuous Improvement, Shared Responsibility, and Equitable Opportunities & Resources

• Equipping all learners with the critical skills and competencies to ensure their future success • Creating caring, empathetic learners who are equipped with the social and emotional skills to value and respect individual and cultural differences • Giving voice, choice, rigor, ownership, and selfsufficiency to each learner • Facilitating joyful, growth-evoking learning experiences that ignite curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking • Fostering trust, respect, stewardship, and pride within our learning community, with a focus on global citizenship

Inspire . . . Empower . . . Achieve

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“Thetoelectricity wasrecreate not sons, sons, the more wanted preserve and the the his-more he wanted to preserve and recreate the hishisbit dreams.

“The support beams had been sinking, so the floor was a In addition, the home’s original clapboard siding was covbut says that the more he learned theoriginal historic character Gundertirelessly to make his Oak Park home the home of “My rehab goal is to keep asabout much ing in Chicago since 2014.

Like a lot of city dwellers, he says up to code, and there was no insulation.” to code, and there wasof nothe insulation.” charm house. ive has been liv- The charm of the house.

Melbourne, Australia, native has been liv- up of with a roller coaster,” Eade said.

“The electricity not toric ered atoric layer of asphalt siding, which was itselfwas covered sons, the more he wanted to preserve and recreate the hisdreams. while making the home work for modern living,” Eade said. he’s beenhis motivated by recent events original to move clapboard out of the siding city. bit In addition, the home’s was covIn addition, the home’s original clapboard siding was cov- character rehab goal to keep much original dwellers, “My rehab goal is to keep as much original character ingheinsays Chicago since 2014. Like a lot of city dwellers, he says up code,siding. and“My there was no insulation.” intovinyl Removing theislayers willasallow him to re- toric charm of the house.

The Melbourne, Australia, native has been “Before I researched, I planned to do a really modern rede“With the pandemic and my late thirties setting inwas atlivthe ered with a layer of asphalt siding, which itself covered ered with a layer of asphalt siding, which was itself covered while making the home work forsiding modern living,” ve out ofhe’s thebeen city. motivated by recent events to move out of the city. whilesaid. making the home work for modern living,” Eade said.

In addition, the home’s original clapboard was cov- Eade store the original exterior look of the house but also made “My but rehab goal ismy to approach. keep as much ing in Chicago since Like a lot of city he says him sign, I changed I wantoriginal to save acharacter lot of the same time, in buying home became a priority,” Eade said. vinyla2014. siding.

Removing thedwellers, layers will to re-siding. vinyl Removing the layers will allow to re-modern “Before I researched, Iwhich planned toitself dohim a covered really redesetting in at thethe pandemic “Before I researched, I planned to do a really modern rede“With and my late thirties setting in atallow the in ered with a layer of asphalt siding, was the need for insulation more pressing. while making the home work for modern living,” Eade said. he’sHe been motivated by recent events to move out of the city . character.” spent a few weekends looking at homes in Oak Park store the original exterior look ofEade the house storemade the original exterior look of the house but also to made but I changed my approach.

I want lot ofbut theI changed my approach. I want to save a lot of the y,” Eade said.time, buying same a home became a priority,” said. but also in vinyl Removing thethe layers will allow him tosave reOnce siding. he sign, determined that house needed all new sys-a sign, “Before I researched, I planned to do a really modern rede“Withhethe pandemic and my 800 lateblock thirties setting in at the the One big goal he had was to create a larger, more open when found a home in the ofpressing.

Gunderson Ave. the need for insulation more need for insulation more pressing. character.” mes in Oak HePark spent a few weekends looking at homes in Oak Park store original lookhe ofsays, the house but also made tems,the support andexterior insulation, “The level of gut kind character.” sign, but Iwhich changed approach. I want to save a lot of athe same time, buying a he home became a that priority,” Eade said. kitchen, he my is accomplishing by encompassing for“This was probably the worst home inthe thehouse worst shape ofall new Once determined needed sysOnce he determined that the house needed all new sysOne big more goal he had toascreate a larger, more open underson Ave. One big goal he had was to create a larger, more open when he found a home in the 800 block of Gunderson Ave. the for insulation pressing. of need escalated.

The budget is twice as was much I planned.” character.”

He Ispent few weekends looking at homes in Oak Park mer porch into the footprint of the kitchen and relocating a any saw,”atems, he said. support and insulation, he says, “The level of gut kind tems, support and insulation, he says, “The level of gut kind kitchen, which he accomplishing bywas encompassing a for-which he is accomplishing by encompassing a fore worst shape “Thisofwas probably the worst home in the worst shape of Once determined that the needed all new sys- kitchen, If hehewas going to do all ofishouse this work, Eade deterOne bigroom goalunder he had to staircase. create a larger, more parlor open when he said, found a home in The the 800 block Gunderson powder thewas front The original That he loved the community-minded heIgot ofsaid. escalated. budget isof twice asfeeling muchAve. as planned.” of escalated.mer The porch budgetinto is twice as muchofasthe I planned.” the footprint kitchen and relocating a into the footprint of the kitchen and relocating a mer porch any I saw,” he tems, support and insulation, he says, “The level of gut kind mined to do it the right way.

He hired local architect Kim kitchen, which he is accomplishing by encompassing a for“This the worst home in the worst shape of wasIf deterwill become the dining room attached to the kitchen, and in Oak was Parkprobably and says hegoing was impressed by the quaint, cookIf he was to do all of this work, Eade he was powder going toroom do all of this work, Eade wasThe deterthe front staircase. original parlor ed feelingThat he got powder room under the front staircase. The original parlor said, he loved the community-minded feeling he got ofSmith escalated.

The Architecture budget isunder twice asto much I planned.” of Smith LLC helpas with the planning, mer porch into the footprint of the kitchen and relocating a any I saw,”neighborhood he said. to do of ie-cutter the right Gunderson Historic District. mined it the way.

He hired local architect Kim mined to do it the right way.

He hired local architect Kim will the dining room attached the kitchen, and the quaint, cookwill become the dining room attached to the kitchen, and in Oak Park and says he was impressed by the quaint, cookIf he was going to do all of this work, Eade wasto worked with thebecome Historic Preservation Commission todetermake the front staircase.

The original parlor That said,on hethe loved thein community-minded feeling he got He closed house August 2020, and while it was apSee GUNDERSON on page B10 Smith of Smith Architecture to help with the planning, Smith of Smith Architecture LLC to help with the planning, powder room under Historicie-cutter District.neighborhood of the Gunderson LLC Historic District. mined to do it the right way.

He hired local architect Kim will become the dining room attached to the kitchen, and in Oak Park worked and sayswith he was impressed by the quaint, cookHistoric to make with the Historic Preservation Commission to B10 make while it ap- on the house inthe Hewas closed August 2020,Preservation and while itCommission was ap- worked See GUNDERSON on page See GUNDERSON on page B10 ie-cutter neighborhood of the Gunderson Historic District. Smith of Smith Architecture LLC to help with the planning, ■ August 11, 2021 Wednesday Journal/Forest Park Review B5 He closed on the house in August 2020, and while it was ap- worked with the Historic Preservation Commission to make See GUNDERSON on page B10

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GUNDERSON Dream rehab from page B5 the front living room will remain a welcoming space for guests.

He’s adding a mudroom area by the basement stairs and side entry and says the move helps him preserve windows and views at the back of the house, something he said he’s used to from growing up in Australia where the goal is to bring views of the backyard into the home whenever possible.

Eade is taking pains to preserve historic

details throughout the first floor. Gunderson houses often had five stained-glass windows, so he is working with glass artist Alena Cichy to create new stained-glass windows that complement the two original windows that remain. The dining room will have beamed ceilings, and he is repurposing an original pocket door.

He is also making the rounds at salvage markets looking for period appropriate doors and other items to bring back some history into the home. He found an antique fireplace mantle which will have place of pride in the living room. While he notes that when they were built, the Gunderson houses did not have fireplaces, he really wanted a fireplace.

“The stockings hanging by the fireplace is really kind of the American dream,” Eade said.

On the second floor, much of the footprint will remain the same, but he is reconfiguring the space to create a primary suite and get the laundry facilities up from the basement. Eade uncovered the original bathroom’s Greek-key patterned tile under layers of linoleum. The tile was too damaged to be saved, but he found a supplier who can replicate the historic pattern and colors.

The third floor had been partially fin-

ished as the former owner’s suite. It is being altered to provide both a guest suite and a home office for Eade. He’ll add solar panels to provide energy efficiency as well.

This is Eade’s first big renovation project, and he’s more informed now about construction than he ever thought he’d be.

“I’m learning a lot about every aspect we’ve touched from the steel beam and electricity to the plumbing, HVAC, siding, roofing and fire suppression,” he said.

Eade and his architect have a plan to open up the front porch, preserving the original wide columns and keeping as many details as possible. The front façade’s original diamond-paned windows will be restored, and some vinyl windows elsewhere on the house will be replaced with new windows that replicate the originals.

He’s hopeful that the house will be ready to move into later this fall and that the finished project will be an asset to the neighborhood for another 100 years. An Instagram account for the house, @gundersongut allows historic renovation lovers to follow his progress.

“I won’t win everyone over completely, but I hope to preserve the character and make it welcome and livable again,” Eade said.

ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer

OVERHAUL: Matthew Eade (bottom left) said his renovation budget has doubled as more and more issues presented themselves, from obsolete electric service to lack of insulation and layers of exterior siding over the original clapboards (top left).

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P R O P E R T Y

T R A N S F E R S

Oak Park home sells for $1.475 million

The following property transfers were reported by the Cook County Recorder of Deeds from April 2021. Where addresses appear incomplete, for instance where a unit number appears missing, that information was not provided by the recorder of deeds.

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300 Linden Ave 1046 Belleforte Ave 428 Washington Blvd 605 Iowa St 426 N Harvey Ave 501 N Harlem Ave 1113 Holley Ct 420 Home Ave 414 S Scoville Ave 1111 Holley Ct 420 Home Ave 420 Home Ave 109 S Elmwood Ave 419 S East Ave 1329 N Harlem Ave 228 N Oak Park Ave 1154 S Elmwood Ave 346 N Austin Blvd 1025 Randolph St 228 N Oak Park Ave 950 Washington Blvd 858 Washington Blvd 108 S East Ave 858 Washington Blvd 222 N Grove Ave 938 North Blvd 412 N Marion St 333 S East Ave 856 Washington Blvd 222 N Grove Ave 821 S Humphrey Ave 1138 S Lombard Ave 329 N Oak Park Ave 1018 S Ridgeland Ave 716 S Maple Ave 169 N Grove Ave 1111 S Lombard Ave 147 N Ridgeland Ave 175 Linden Ave 169 N Grove Ave 921 Ontario St 333 Wesley Ave 933 Clinton Ave 208 Le Moyne Pky 908 Clinton Ave 610 S Cuyler Ave 6605 North Ave 1002 N Humphrey Ave 512 S Cuyler Ave 339 Home Ave

$1,215,000 $1,220,000 $1,282,500 $1,475,000 $100,000 $110,000 $113,500 $117,500 $118,000 $119,000 $120,000 $123,000 $134,000 $135,000 $143,000 $150,000 $155,000 $158,500 $160,000 $160,000 $171,000 $177,500 $180,000 $181,500 $185,000 $185,000 $187,000 $187,000 $190,000 $198,000 $200,000 $240,000 $241,500 $250,000 $250,000 $255,000 $256,000 $260,000 $268,000 $269,000 $273,000 $273,500 $280,000 $282,500 $290,000 $299,000 $3,316,500 $300,000 $305,000 $305,000

Springer Douglas W Altierrabuilders Llc - 1046 Belleforte Op Mgmt Llc Harrison Fiona A Waladzek Dana A Malczyk Jamie L Chang Peng-Chien Semp Melissa Young Mia Anderson Stefan G Kakembo Justine Naringrekar Rohit Rigoni Daniel R Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr Maciellan Jodie Krems Edgar L Pennington Nancy C Tr Liss Edward Lee Jong Ho Bohnhoff Aaron Stolp Haley Campbell Cheryl R Tr Hussain Mahboob Fiscella Joan B Alemayehu Abbinam Carter Courtney D Jkm Prop Inv And Mgmt Llc Series Cheefus Myra D Yesensky Justin M Cocannon Vera Xavier Midland Trust Co Loudenback Alec Richard Tr Morgan Kevin Edlund Elaine Flood Maura K Frangos Charles L Borman Deborah Lee Munsters Martina C Larkin Andrew F Bottger David A Kelley Ryan James Wilmington Sav Fund Soc Fsb Tr Wilmington Sav Fund Soc Fsb Tr Tazelaar Ruth Lynn Miksek Brad C Tr Jade Sky Real Estate Llc Team Homes Llc Van Doren Madge Laitala Tr Bryant Lauren A Guy

Chorvat Jeoffrey Patel Ketan M Elmwood Rlty Grp Llc Craig Bradley A Moore Sheree Vemuri Dinesh Rogman Emily Basilio Francisco Constantin Alexandra M Ostry Kathleen Anne Loomos Tr Weyburn Susan Mosley Denise Radulovic Andrea Kaur Harleen Golden Margaret M Bazaldua Nicolas M Looking Good Investments Llc Donald Steven D Huettner David Davis Joseph H Karkos Joseph Gonzalez-Hernandez Fabricio A Harper Stephen K Oconnor Erin M Barnes Irma J Raborn Christopher M Dowling Leora Stapleton Ashlie N Evans Kayleigh E Knight Susan Jan Sheehanmanor Llc Flannick George Hoffman Aaron Honeybadgers Holdings Llc Denkovski Tito Escalona Julio A Morrison Brian Vantassell Karen Rhianna Hanley Gary M Mazelis Eric Wolszon Geoffrey M Rodrigues Nathon C Padgett Marcus Workshop-25 Llc 1St Midwest Fin Inc Kelly Ryan Caelum Et Terra Llc - Series D Malesic Joseph M Munoz Anthony P Osuji Lillian

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605 Iowa St., Oak Park

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613 S Highland Ave 905 N Humphrey Ave 910 N Humphrey Ave 1103 S Humphrey Ave 1120 W Thomas St 908 Clinton Ave 1012 S Highland Ave 728 Hayes Ave 20 Iowa St 1181 S Highland Ave 1157 S Taylor Ave 514 Wesley Ave 156 N Oak Park Ave 1142 Home Ave 1117 Miller Ave 1014 Hayes Ave 942 Hayes Ave 734 S Cuyler Ave 647 N Harvey Ave 732 S Humphrey Ave 951 S Elmwood Ave 1180 S Scoville Ave 709 N East Ave 944 N Ridgeland Ave 1032 N Humphrey Ave 539 S Humphrey Ave 616 N Taylor Ave 324 Wiscosnin Ave 117 S Humphrey Ave 831 Home Ave 804 S Highland Ave 619 Wenonah Ave 306 S Austin Blvd 511 S Harvey Ave 851 N East Ave 1015 N Lombard Ave 836 Wenonah Ave 923 Linden Ave 111 N Taylor Ave 816 N Humphrey Ave 1038 S Highland Ave 516 Carpenter Ave

$307,000 $310,000 $310,000 $318,000 $320,000 $320,000 $320,000 $324,000 $325,000 $329,000 $350,000 $354,000 $360,000 $360,000 $370,000 $372,000 $375,000 $379,000 $379,500 $380,000 $392,000 $392,000 $400,000 $402,000 $405,000 $410,000 $424,500 $425,000 $425,000 $427,000 $430,000 $437,000 $440,000 $445,000 $450,000 $450,000 $450,000 $455,000 $459,000 $465,000 $465,000 $473,500

Schiff Daniel Bam Bargain Prop Llc Kertcher Zack Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr Maciejewski Felice M Tr 1St Midwest Fin Inc Neal Michael P Petroliunas Viktoras Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 439 Donahue Michael J Krauter David Boschert Michael T Norgaard Jodi B Tr Us Bk Trust Na Tr Callen Hollis Thompson Michael Tr Maher James Kasons Prop Inc Anschel Wendy Whitmore Dream Home Rebldrs Llc Blair Nixa Cypress Rlty Llc 709 E Llc Everson Ellen Norton Christian R Mowbray Mgmt Services Llc Jobling Janice M Tr Kruse James Dalkilic Ali Marks Jordan B Bradley Robert C Tr Dagnon John M Frazier Dennis Olson Steven D Tr Aratyn Henrik Heeman Elisabeth A Sethi Michael A Coates Thomas D Gordon Peter Robinson John J Tr Kellman Anne Kelly Bryan

Williams Jack Slesser Mallory Newman Steven A Morgan Brian De Velasco Arturo Aceves Gutierrez Jbv Acquisitions Llc Ray Sandra Wesley Patricia E Kahling Benjamin Miller-Ember Zachary Clayton Macquarrie Kyle L Brookman Robert K Jr Jones Marcile F Martinez Raymundo Stearns Kristen Fillyaw William Johnson Michael Douglas Crossett Claire Provost-Rizor Randi Clavel Ivette A Winfield Ahlea Loretto Paul C Van Ermen John Richardson Barret Mcgrath David L Harness Alex Robinson Jeffrey P Roedel Andrew T Bernico Michael Chavez Jessie Savoie Eric T Pedroza Jenelle M Messina Thera Sekki Sarah Kottal Sandeej Boyles Corinne E Eccher Catherine Smeaton Christopher K Lipa Allen M Nadkarni Anirudh Williams Marcus Tr Ellis Christopher Keith

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OAK PARK

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ADDRESS

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BUYER

1217 N Marion St 116 Augusta St 805 N Taylor Ave 623 S Highland Ave 525 S Cuyler Ave 1007 S East Ave 6400 Roosevelt Rd 901 Belleforte Ave 1018 S Cuyler Ave 312 S Harvey Ave 1216 N Taylor Ave 1227 Hayes Ave 1218 N Euclid Ave 506 N Grove Ave 118 S Taylor Ave 219 S Kenilworth Ave 301 S Euclid Ave 1231 N Marion St 905 N Taylor Ave 706 S Taylor Ave 1115 Gunderson Ave 419 Randolph St 815 N Lombard Ave 802 Forest Ave 1116 Fair Oaks Ave 726 S Oak Park Ave 1215 N Grove Ave 1205 N Harlem Ave 925 Columbian Ave 500 S Scoville Ave 154 N Euclid Ave 729 S Lombard Ave 708 Wenonah Ave 1022 N Grove Ave 1137 Columbian Ave 1217 N Grove Ave 1105 Holley Ct 1010 Woodbine Ave 1147 Clinton Ave 721 Ontario St 636 Fair Oaks Ave 710 Fair Oaks Ave 1109 Holley Ct 621 Wisconsin Ave 1024 S Highland Ave 1038 Woodbine Ave 925 N East Ave 317 N Harvey Ave 317 N Harvey Ave 529 N Oak Park Ave 334 S Kenilworth Ave 215 S Scoville Ave 725 S Maple Ave 600 N Ridgeland Ave 1339 N Harlem Ave 1025 N Euclid Ave 526 Augusta St 420 S Kenilworth Ave 415 S Maple Ave 527 Woodbine Ave 1008 Washington Blvd

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Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr Lowes Kurt B Borgdorff Nicholas J Hubbard Mary 525 S Cuyler Llc Gajewski Joseph Black Water Meadows Llc Devlin Maria A Tr Abr Homes Llc Casselle Omowale K Barratt Francesco Lester Valerie Anillo Juan C Morris Roy David Tr Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 3972 Arnaez Hector Tr Sarantos Dean G Wicklow Dev Grp Llc Burlington Mgmt Co Llc Kurtz David J Zelio David M Collins James Edward Burlington Mgmt Co Llc Smith Hella Strautmanis Damona Ryan Matthew R Tong Cindy K Brezeanu Iulian Claudiu Lewis Gerald G Ii Marquez Carol A Barney John J All In 800 Llc Brigham Michael David Angell James Tr Dani Pragna Lucchesi Michael Jardine Susan V Holguin Jessica B Jmg Real Estate Grp Inc Dasilva Bryon Lagoni Hans P Tr Thomas Mekattukunnel Tr Vasic Ivan Harrison Michael Bachman Michael Ford Brian M Kowalski Robert P Costello Gregory Cartus Fin Corp Scheueman Jeffry C Ruszkowski Nicholas Crawford Brian R Tr Algazzar Samia Phelps Nancy L Melendez Cristal E Marshall Lisa Neumann Lisa J Mishev Pavel Kastrati Besnik 527 Wppdbine Llc Hao Mengzhu

Depinto Daniel Macmillan Todd S Lopez Enrique Tr Gerard Alexandra Dorado Efrain Chiu David Roosevelt 6412 Llc Johnston Zachary J Fay Michael Veneziale Carla Williams Ian C Guzdar Claire Regan Matthew John Olympio Elizabeth Andree Pautsch Julie Gibbons Buffington Lynch Eric Christopher Smith Jason P Himidian Haig Klancnik Daniel Rooney Christopher Ray Reeh Jenna Credo Melanie Burke Kelly Harrison Kristen K Burns Amanda Marie Willis Sylvester Louis So Holdings Llc Series V Markowitz Evan 515 Madison Llc Hamaker Charles Hunsucker Raymond L Ii Mora Eric Mccarthy Kevin Clark Goldberg Joseph Aaron Sundermeyer Jacob Qsiri Inc Myers Matthew Allen Newsom Donald Jr Keffer William H Nogue Leslie K Gay Vincent Peraino Joseph Shubin Amber D Hovde Matthew Ferri Daniel Tievsky Alexander Cartus Fin Corp Meyer Bradley Whipple Bethany Dawn Sohoni Aneesh Gelman Lukas Williams Jerry W Sr Casselle Omowale Williamson Shawn E Bartzen Nicholas P Huntington Stacey E Johnson Evette Graves Tracy D Mapa Kanishka Tbk Prop Llc

620 Keystone Ave 940 Bonnie Brae Pl 615 Thatcher Ave 221 Keystone Ave 1216 William St 1301 Park Ave 1105 Park Ave 7757 North Ave 7221 W Division St 1531 Bonnie Brae Pl 425 Central Ave 413 Edgewood Pl 1548 Ashland Ave 1540 Park Ave 424 Park Ave 424 Park Ave 411 Ashland Ave 407 Franklin Ave 435 Williams St 1020 N Harlem Ave 530 Ashland Ave 7 Gale Ave 504 S Park Ave 435 Williams St 335 Forest Ave 1018 Forest Ave 40 Ashland Ave 702 Park Ave 704 Forest Ave 608 Lathrop Ave 811 Franklin Ave 1123 Thatcher Ave 523 Jackson Ave 1347 Keystone Ave 1416 Jackson Ave 1522 Forest Ave 7200 Oak Ave 223 Thatcher Ave 815 Park Ave 1443 Monroe Ave 632 Keystone Ave 801 Clinton Pl 7610 Division St 1415 Franklin Ave

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Kirk Scott H Tr Cleary John J Tr Ricchetti Bryan Rigas John Steinberg Justin Phillip Tr Gadsby Jon R Cox John M Jr Rogers Kathleen Guest John Rold Nathan Rauch Arthur A Tr 1 Schelstraete Rita Tideman Brian C Keberlein Douglas Tagler Mary E Tr Nisbet Andrew Marc Sugg Chrlotte M Gatziolis Thomas W Tr Haagenson John R Tr Gilmore Margaret Bedell Brendan M Mcnair Charles Benjamin Dabrowski Steve Herman Margaret E Tr Dillner Charlotte Giustino Amy Rose Moore Jennifer Brown Grant Townsend Jenni Renee Tr Tyrrell Timothy J Gosselin Bettina Slobig Robert J Reilly John L Novelle Robert A Tr Sr Mackintosh Beverly S Juozaitis Algirdas J Rupcich Robert J Deiter William J Heintz Matthew J Carlson Peter Ziegler Michael E Schaer Marie Rascia Ronald P Tr Lutz Brett M

Kirk Carter Newson Rojnica Marko Lutz Brett M Morgan John P Iii Weber Gerald A Riff Andrew Joseph Heintz Matthew Cassidy Noreen K Tupas Raymart G Cleal Bryan Malartsik Patrick Knapik Daniel Hand Katelyn L Martinez Michelle Dahlberg Janet Trust Meyer Jennifer J Savaiano Chris Chicago Title Land Trust 4473 Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr Skowronski Nancy Rekucki Dariusz Borst Robert H Trust Savlin Eric Latz Michele Wooldridge David Moore Richard Drake Thomas D Gonzalez Daniel A Reder Paula Kay Cho Joann Smith Kerry Moore Emory Jr Swinton Brandon Drechsler Walter Tr Saban Eugene Boveri Megan Behlke Marcey Schupp August H Iv Brueck Ryan A Hammoudeh Matthew Nicoletti Christopher Roeser John Iv Saylor Erin Baker Mark P

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Fuller Melissa T Smith Yolanda Matthews Linda Graycon Inc Martin Zelma First Secure Bk And Trust Co Castro Ricardo Selakovichi Drina Bohdan Maryna Robinson Luster Tr Roman Rosa L Perez Mary P Park Terr Condo Assn Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr Mcgee Eric

1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc

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1037 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1021 Des Plaines Ave 1021 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 315 Marengo Ave

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Hill Samuel L Raphael George Hutchison Judith A UCP Seguin Of Greater Chicago Barragan Rosalinda Camacho Minerva Taylor Cleophus Hare Bianca M Whitaker Rp Jr Parker Beata G Jamali Arash Van Doren Madge Laitala Tr Fieldman Chuck Mcpherson Raymond Miceli Louie Woods Brenda Lou Slipek Martin J Guetcheva Anka P Latall Allen Chuchro Roman Harrington Kimberly Thurmond Jerome Sr Rajan Thomas Guyton Denise Mickens Ruth A Dearbone Jimmie Jr Desilva Paul L Kozikowski Iwona Ladd Delmer Almen Peter Tr Terrace Condo Assn Occhino Victorio F Longstreet Cap Fundg Llc Bond Elmira Jones Lee D Moore Brenda L West Subn Bk Tr 13080 Fultz Jenny Vazquez Tatiana Jamison Lawrence Boscutti Darrio L Kramer Paul Maslorealty Llc Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr Taylor Patricia Smith Reilly Ethel M Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr Williams Ava E Erdman Foro Rodriguez Wolf Christina Wolfanger Lisa A Tucker Eric D Pugh Patricia A Smith Chanecia M Rodrguez Porfirio Williams Charles A Wege Albert L Tr Iii Horton Gloria J Womack Joseph Jr Torres Linda L Westbrook Marilyn L Horrocks Daryl Edmond Gertrude Marie Rifis Jordan B Kincaid Melanie E

1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc Creighton Mary Ellen

1029 Des Plaines Ave 1021 Des Plaines Ave 1021 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1021 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1059 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1021 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1021 Des Plaines Ave 1021 Des Plaines Ave 7449 Washington St 205 Circle Ave 902 Elgin Ave 315 Des Plaines Ave 251 Marengo Ave 7251 Randolph St 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1005 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1013 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Des Plaines Ave 1021 Des Plaines Ave 1021 Des Plaines Ave 1021 Des Plaines Ave 1021 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave 1029 Des Plaines Ave

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Pell Alexandra Westbrook Orastine Behlke Marcey Jefferson Bettye J Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 7303 Hendricksen Henry W Jr Weitendorf Daniel E Trust Beckhorn Brittney L Falls Beverly A Desai Sharankishor C Zeeman Hendrik Gerchkovich Vanesa Paola Martin Reginald Sidor Artur M Anderson James J Tr Latall Marjorie Rayford Nicholas Albany Bk & Trust Co Na Tr 116410 Ledajaks Anna Martinez Eduardo Manuel Hammer Paul Thomas Anderson Edward J Galaxy Sites Llc Doyle Roberta J Mauriello Angela Brumley Marquita N Murphy Kimberly L Barrett Dennis W Vazquez Maribel Santos Angelic I The Northern Trust Co Gdn Williams Janet Araiza Gabriel Yancy Theodore Jr Brooks Keeshawna Thompson Gla L Klaer Michael D Regal Family Ltd Ps Saeed Ahsan Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr Powell Edward W Garcia Enrique Sanchez Pinter Patricia A Mujatovic Nikola Cheng Ronald A North Shore Holdings Ltd Ward Portia Fornell Roger Lindsey Daisy Tevelde Daniel L Ferguson Moira Keefe Shipp Wanda L Tr Layton Rodger K Jefferies Susan A Tr Arama Valentina Casselman Thomas J Falkman Mary W Harris Michelle L Calderon Grecia Dixon Jane A Creighton Mary Ellen Mathies Ethel Pergams Alexander Williams-Dew Susan E

1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc Laitala Matthew Zw Asset Mgmt Llc Series 1 Protile Const Inc Barnes Lewis Shramek Lori Eden Daniel 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc

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Olson Donald A Tr Fasehun Simisola Adolfo-Bourne Elsie Schirmer Scott Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 3780 Virani Fatima Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr Mcdaniel Dorothy M Clayton Marcia Howard Albert Tyler Alberta Mallory Rayshaun Diomande Mamadou Ogunsemi Adeola Mcdonnell Judith A Djuric Steven Scott Rita Green Richard Layton Lynda F Ivy Andrea Brown Jerome Dixon Mary A Rupp Barbara J Tr Goyal Subhash C Mairs Matthew Schwarz Scott O Shiroma Lynn A Scibek James Sheehan John Scott William Smith Mary Magee Beverly Kell Jacob J White Kenneth J Nair Jaysree Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr Taylor Eric E Gunn Shenetha Stanbro Alton L Mcghee Janet Gdn Stoner Lori Fernandez Florentino Mcclure Aaron Varlon Davis Shirley A Okunowo Kehinde O Saliga Joseph J Tr First Arm Inv Grp Inc Parker-Hill Georgia A Ranallo Danielle J Barnes Carol Parker Gina Louise Silva Diogenes Kita Brian Murungi Martin M Bounds Lyndon E Hahn Lawrence Searles Keeley P Mani Aleyamma Dobruse Daniel J Golus John David Virani Abdulrehman Knowlton Dessire Barksdale Syreeta Tr West Subn Bk Tr 13080 Spencer Timmie

Lee Lynne 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc Dp Equity Holding Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1015 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc 1005 Dp Equity Holdings Llc

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Open Sunday 11-2

JUST SOLD! 149 Elgin Ave, Forest Park 3 BR, 1 BA. Awesome Arts and Crafts bungalow on an oversized lot near the center of Forest Park with spacious rooms and wonderful flow. 2 car garage plus a parking pad. .............................. $417,000

UNDER CONTRACT in 3 days!

115 S. Harvey Ave, Oak Park 5 BR, 2.2 BA. This home features updated spaces & interesting details throughout its 4 levels of living space. Fantastic location just blocks to schools, parks, grocery & public transportation. ........................... $699,000

Stephanie Eiger | 708-557-0779 Stephanie.Eiger@cbexchange.com

Shea Kiessling | 708-710-5952 shea@cbexchange.com

UNDER CONTRACT...

ONE WEEKEND ON THE MARKET! 1123 N. Ridgeland Ave. 3 BR, 2 BA. Vintage mid-century brick ranch with beautiful yard and great room sizes. Contact me to help with your real estate needs.

JUST SOLD! 127 Francisco, Oak Park Sold while listed in the Private Listing Network. Let us put our innovative marketing to work for you! 5-Star Agent Award 2021.

Sara Faust | 708-772-7910 sara.faust@cbexchange.com

Lisa Andreoli and Meredith Conn 708-557-9546 or 708-743-6973 teamgo2girls@gmail.com

UNDER CONTRACT! 224 S. Lombard Ave., Oak Park 3BR, 2 BA. Bungalow with updated kitchen, amazing yard, and 3 car garage. Charm galore including stain glass and original built ins. Center of town location!$459,000 Sandi Graves | 708-752-6540 sgraves@cbexchange.com

FOR SALE UNDER $300,000!

807 N. Lombard Ave., Oak Park Rehabbers/Investors wanted...turn this 3 BR, 2 BA home into something spectacular! 2 car garage + 2 sp. carport, 1st flr BR, central air, newer windows and roof.

Michelle Miller | 708-334-5833 michelle.miller@cbexchange.com

GRACIOUS & SPACIOUS! 1201 N. Harvey Ave. 4 BR, 2.1 BA. Classic charm with modern updates. Big rooms throughout. Updated kitchen, perfect for gathering. Private first floor office. Master with ensuite.

A must see! ............................... $525,000 Sara Faust | 708-772-7910 sara.faust@cbexchange.com

COMING SOON! 2112 Clarence Ave., Berwyn 2 BR + den, 2 BA. On the private network. Stunning oversized custom built bungalow in sought after Berwyn!

Central air, driveway and so much more!

Patty Melgar Hooks | 708-261-2796 patty.melgarhooks@cbexchange.com

Over 25 years experience. A multimillion dollar producer.

NEW FANTASTIC PRICE! 937 Keystone Ave., River Forest 5 BR, 4.5 BA. Frank Lloyd Wright inspired Beauty! ................................... $1,475,000 Lisa Grimes I 708-205-9518 lisa.grimes@cbrealty.com

Sue Canepa 312-203-0848 suecanepahomes@gmail.com

JUST SOLD! 161 N. Lombard Ave., Oak Park Prepped, priced properly and SOLD in less than a week. I can help you sell quickly too!

Sue Canepa 312-203-0848 suecanepahomes@gmail.com

SOLD FOR FULL PRICE IN ONE WEEK! 817 Belleforte Ave., Oak Park 4 BR, 1.2 BA. Move-in ready, spacious home on a large beautifully landscaped extra deep lot!

Patty Melgar Hooks | 708-261-2796 patty.melgarhooks@cbexchange.com

Bonnie Routen 708-544-8440 Andrea.bonnie@cbexchange.com

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