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August 15, 2018 Vol. 39, No. 3 ONE DOLLAR
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Robinson’s Ribs faces neighbors’ ire over DJ nights Restaurant owner says police checkups constitute profiling By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
Tensions are running high lately around the 800 block of Madison Street, where Robinson’s No. 1 Ribs has been holding “happy hour” nights with DJs that neighbors say have brought noise, garbage and public drinking. The restaurant has received more than a dozen noise complaints to the Oak Park Police Department since the beginning of 2018, and police are now conducting regular “premise checks” on the business to make sure patrons aren’t disrupting the neighbors. Katy Groves, a resident who lives near Robinson’s, said in a telephone interview that she is reluctant to call police on the business, but has done so because Robinson’s has not been responsive to her complaints. Charlie Robinson, owner of the decades old restaurant, said his security staff monitors late noise and litter and suggested there are racial elements to the complaints. See ROBINSON’S on page 13
ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
ALL THE WORLD’S A SCREEN: Steve Edwards, (far left), of WBEZ, moderated a panel discussion after two episodes of “America to Me” were screened at the Lake Theater on Aug. 13. The panel included (left to right): D200 board President Jackie Moore, D200 Supt. Joylynn Pruitt-Adams, Steve James, students Grant Lee and Caroline Robling-Griest, and English teacher Paul Noble.
‘America to Me’ makes Oak Park debut
Steve James’ 10-part docuseries inspires and makes some uncomfortable By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter
There’s a scene in America to Me — the 10-part docu-series by renowned documentary filmmaker and longtime Oak Park resident Steve James — that made Jackie Moore, the president of the District 200 school board, “openly weep.” An African-American parent — whose charismatic and smart but vulnerable
black son is among the students James profiles in the film — is seen walking through the hallways of OPRF, reminiscing on her own days at the school. The reminiscence is, as she put it, hellish. She attended OPRF in the 1990s but never finished. During one scene, she’s looking at a room in the school that, at the time of filming, was dedicated to “motivational mentoring,” according to the placard outside the door. The woman laughs. She remembers the room differently. It was where she and other African-American students had a class that consisted of shooting pool and watching episodes of “Jerry Springer,” as if they were getting prepped for prison.
The woman also recalls her last day attending OPRF. She had just had surgery and wanted permission from her counselor to use the elevator instead of the stairs. “You will get nothing,” the woman recalled the counselor telling her. She used the elevator anyway. After a security guard asked her to show her pass, she pulled up her shirt to show him the stitches on her stomach left from the surgery. That was her pass, she recalled telling the guard, not long before she was escorted out of the building. The woman said she felt that the whole confrontation was “a setup,” designed to See AMERICA TO ME on page 14
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Turning garages into art galleries
The Garage Galleries art walk in Forest Park celebrates its fifth, and biggest, year, from 2 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 25 with 16 garages and more than 40 artists featured. “It’s been amazing to find out how many artists there are in Forest Park that no one even knew. I want to say there’s probably been at least 60 to 80 people in Forest Park who’ve come out of the woodwork,” said Lin Beribak, a member of the planning committee who will be showcasing her watercolor paintings in one of the garages. From painting to pottery to wearable art, the show will highlight the work of fine artists and artisans, including some 25 artists from Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park, such as local Kimberly Adami-Hasegawa, who runs the Galaxie Safari greeting card business. The planning committee said they expect about 500 people to attend the walk, with garages clustered from 122 Elgin to 1508 Marengo in Forest Park. Artists will be at the site of their garage gallery during the walk to discuss their work with attendees. “It really is a way parents can intro-
duce kids to art in a very casual, not an ‘It’s a gallery, you can’t touch this’ or ‘Oh, you have to be quiet,’ none of that kind of thing,” said Susan Cross, a member of the planning committee. “I think it’s very family friendly and I think it is a good way to get people, who would never walk into an art gallery, exposed to art.” The Kiwanis Club of Forest Park donated funds, used to print fliers. Other than that, all costs of funding the event have come out of pocket from organizers or were donated by businesses and residents. Attendees can pick up printed maps of the garage route the day of the event at Creativita, 7512 Madison St., or visit the website at tinyurl.com/GarageGalleries for online versions of the maps. “This is completely volunteer-driven; that is really just something we’re doing because we think it’s a good idea,” said Andrea DiFebo, a member of the planning committee.
Travel Channel to highlight Q-BBQ
Response overwhelms
The Travel Channel will be in Oak Park from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Aug. 15 to feature the village’s very own Q-BBQ, 124 Marion St., according to a press release from the restaurant. The popular barbecue restaurant will appear on the channel’s Food Paradise series. Q-BBQ is inviting patrons to join them during the filming “with your friends, family or coworkers while they film the fun atmosphere of Q-BBQ.” “You may even have a chance to be interviewed,” the press release notes.
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The Oak Park Public Library has cancelled a series of watch parties and discussions it had planned to host on Sundays, starting Aug. 26, when America to Me airs on Starz. In a statement, library officials said that the event was canceled “due to overwhelming response and limited resources.” They said the library will “host related events this fall.” Stay tuned. Get more info about library events at www.oppl.org/.
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ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Art … in a garage The Garage Galleries art walk celebrates its fifth, and biggest, year, from 2 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 25 with 16 garages and more than 40 artists featured. The event – the photos accompanying this piece are from last year’s walk – includes the work of 16 artists from Forest Park, Oak Park and River Forest and takes place in a cluster of garages on Forest Park’s east side. Attendees can pick up printed maps of the garage route the day of the event at Creativita, 7512 Madison St., or visit the website at tinyurl.com/GarageGalleries for online versions of the maps.
ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Oak Park artist Pamela Penny was among those selling her work during last year’s Garage Galleries event in Forest Park.
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BIG WEEK Creating Butterfly Habitats Throughout the Seasons Thursday, Aug. 16, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Oak Park Conservatory: Stephanie Walquist of West Cook Wild Ones will talk about creating habitat gardens for area butterflies. Learn about local butterfly species and behaviors and how to create year-round habitats in your garden. Register: pdop.org or at the door. Brought by Friends of the Oak Park Conservatory. $10; free, FOPCON members. 615 Garfield St., Oak Park.
For Your Health Food for Thought: Eat Right, Be Healthy Tuesday, Aug. 21, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Building A, Community Room 1100, River Forest Medical Campus, West Suburban Medical Center: In this introduction to making healthy food choices, Lucy C. Mullen, R.N. B.S., Diabetes Educator from West Cook YMCA Inc., will discuss the principles of healthy eating - what matters, what you should eat, and how much you should eat. Register: 844-794-4301. 420 William St.
Preventing Falls in your Home Wednesday, Aug. 22, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Small Meeting Room, Main Library: At least one-third of falls by the elderly involve environmental hazards in the home. Taking precautions can significantly increase safety. Join Dr. Marta Alvarado, director of Community Outreach at West Suburban Medical Center to learn how to make your home safe from injuries and falls. Brought by West Suburban Medical Center. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.
Walk with a Doc Saturday, Aug. 18, 9 a.m., Lindberg ndberg Park: Join Dr. Carlos Reynes as he hosts a program for those interested in taking steps forr a healthier lifestyle. While you walk at your own wn pace, you’ll have the opportunity to have questions answered by the physician. Every third Saturday through the fall, weather permitting. More: pdop.org. 1151 N. Marion St., Oak Park.
Pop Up Design Studio Fridays through Aug. 24, 9 a.m. to Noon, Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio: Whether on a tour or strolling through the neighborhood, drop in the Pop Up Design Studio outside to explore and create with a series of free design workshops for all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Free. Questions: 708725-3828. 931 Chicago Ave., Oak Park.
Intro to Kayaking Thursday, Aug. 16, 6 to 8 p.m., Trailside Museum: At Kayak the Pond, try kayaking on Trailside’s pond as the sun sets and a campfire crackles. All materials provided. Free. Register: 708-366-6530. Wednesday, Aug. 22, 4:30 to 6 p.m., Trailside Museum: In the introductory class for new kayakers, River Kayaking 101, instruction is provided prior to a short paddle along the Des Plaines River to Maywood Grove. Free. Register: 312-533-5751. 738 Thatcher Ave, River Forest.
Sacred W Wandering – Meditation in Nature Meditati Sa Saturday, Aug. 18, 8:30 to 110 a.m., Thatcher Woods Pavilion: Join guides and move slowly through the out-of-doors with an intention to connect with nature’s healing power. There will be silence and discussion. Rain or shine. Bring something to sit upon. Meets every third Saturday. Free. 8030 Chicago Ave., River Forest.
Movies in the Park: “The Last Jedi”
CALENDAR EVENTS ■ As you’ve likely noticed, our
Thursday, Aug. 16, Dusk, Scoville Park: Grab a blanket, pack a picnic and enjoy a movie under the stars. Free. Check weather updates: pdop.org/events/moviesinthepark. Oak Park Ave. and Lake St., Oak Park.
Calendar has changed to Big Week. Fewer items, higher profile. If you would like your event to be featured here, please send a photo and details by noon of the Wednesday before it needs to be published. We can’t publish everything, but we’ll do our best to feature the week’s highlights. Email calendar@wjinc.com.
More Than You Know... Black History Quiz Show Saturday, Aug. 18, 1 to 3 p.m., Dole Library: Test your knowledge of black history facts, events and historic sites at this fast-paced quiz show party. More: oppl.org/calendar.
Summer Drop-In Beading Projects Thursdays and Fridays through Aug. 17, 3 to 6 p.m., Bead in Hand: Choose from a bead-and-ring wrap bracelet or the caterpillar bracelet. $12, includes instruction and materials. Little ones can make beaded bubble wands for summertime fun, with adult supervision. $5. Approximately 30 minutes per project. 145 Harrison St., Oak Park.
Town Hall Meeting on School Gun Violence, Bullying & Mental Health Thursday, Aug. 16, 7 p.m., Little Theatre, Oak Park & River Forest High School: Join Congressman Danny Davis, 7th District of Illinois, to discuss these important topics. All are welcome. Hosted by OPRF. Questions: 773-533-7520. 201 N. Scoville Ave., Oak Park.
Union Pacific Railway History Monday, Aug. 20, 6 to 8 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: Join Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb as he welcomes Adrian Guerro, Director of Public Affairs for Union Pacific Railroad, to learn the history of the railway. The original company, the Union Pacific Railroad, was incorporated on July 1, 1862, under an act of Congress. The combined Union Pacific-Central Pacific line became known as the First Transcontinental Railroad. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.
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n Monday evening I was in the large audience at the Lake Theatre as OPRF High School organized a showing of the first two episodes of America to Me, the documentary series about the high school that debuts on cable television’s Starz channel Aug. 26. It was extraordinary in every aspect. It reveals and reports on complex matters of race and equity at our public high school through its storytelling. Powerful, moving stories about the lived lives of young people; interactions, from tone deaf to heart-rending, between students and teachers in classrooms; intimate glimpses into the lives at home of students; and bold truth-telling, evidenced in these first two of 10 episodes, by three black women who see clearly the baked-in systemic racism of this old institution, its lip service to equity, and its utter inability to drive change for all the talk of our allegedly progressive values. Those women are Jackie Moore, a school board member three years ago when filming took place and now the board’s president; Chala Holland, then an assistant principal for instruction, who left OPRF that year in great frustration and is now principal of Lake Forest High School; and Jessica Stovall, a Fulbright scholarship-winning English teacher. Steve James, noted documentary filmmaker (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters), longtime Oak Parker, and dad to students who came up through the high school, is the creator and director of America to Me. He gained extraordinary, virtually unlimited, access to the school for a full year of filming. While the school board approved it and some members championed it, Steven Isoye, the school’s then-superintendent vehemently opposed allowing film crews into the school. And he kept members of the top administration from being interviewed by James’ crew. It isn’t by accident that Isoye found a new job well before this film was completed. A point made in a post-viewing panel was that the filming was three years ago and that OPRF has made headway toward racial equity. That’s a fair point. More
interesting though was the conversation Friday in the office of Joylyn Pruitt-Adams, superintendent these past three years. She was joined by Moore, the board president; Nathaniel Rouse, the longtime principal who candidly acknowledged he opposed the project; and Karin Sullivan, the school’s communications director. Pruitt-Adams, who has brought intense focus to racial equity and helped craft a strategic plan that is steeped in this hard topic, is past ready for action. There have been, she said, too many “moments of denial” at OPRF. With this documentary as a further spur, now is the time “for the bandages to come off, to take action. It will be difficult.” On both Friday and at Monday’s viewing, Pruitt-Adams talked about how the film accurately captures “the lived experience of our students.” She talked about the “micro-aggressions” both students and some staff of color endure daily at OPRF. “I’ve experienced biases in the community and inside the school,” she said. Rouse said OPRF has struggled with racial equity for decades. “There are challenges in equity work,” he said, pointing to efforts to talk through white privilege, to understand and not doubt “the lived lives of black students,” to talk equity while understanding that it is not calling out individuals as racists. “Why can’t we have this conversation, just once, about race?” said Rouse. As we closed the conversation, I asked Sullivan, the PR person, what was the worst-case scenario as our villages watched this blunt documentary. I expected a typical PR person’s answer and didn’t get it. Instead she said, “The worstcase scenario is that nothing changes for our kids and our community. For many of my years here, I’ve been one of those white liberals who moved to Oak Park for the diversity without questioning much beyond that. In my seven years at the school I have learned so much about race, about being white. If I want the best for our students, then I have to be willing to look at my role in all of that. I hope our community can stay open as they watch this. If the documentary just comes and goes, we will have failed.”
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Park district shoots for solar grant Residents, businesses asked to pledge support for conservatory panels By IGOR STUDENKOV
tures to Oak Park Conservatory. Oak Park Conservatory is one of the park district’s more unique facilities. Located at 615 Garfield St., just steps from The Park District of Oak Park has an opportunity to get the Oak Park platform on the CTA’s Blue Line, it was origi$100,000 to make Oak Park Conservatory more environmen- nally built in 1929 to house a collection of plants. As the park district website notes, the conservatory altally friendly and energy-efficient – but it needs residents’ ready has some sustainability features. It recycles water, help. collecting storm water runoff from nearby secThe Green Mountain Energy Company’s Sun tions of Garfield Street and East Avenue, using Club has agreed to give the conservatory $100 it to water the plants. for every household and businesses pledge it reStanke explained that if the park district gets ceives to help make the park district’s properties the grant, the agreement with the Sun Club more environmentally friendly. would require it to use $55,000 of the funding for The park district hopes to get at least 1,000 pledgsolar panels, $35,000 to harvest and reuse rain es – enough to cover the costs of all the improvewater, $5,000 for composting and $5,000 for beements. The goal must be reached before the end keeping. of the year and, already, the park district made a Businesses are limited to one pledge per busidecent headway, securing more than half of the ness, while households can make up to four pledges it needs as of Aug. 8. DIANE STANKE pledges. In making the monetary pledge, busiGreen Mountain Energy Company is an Austin, Texas-based energy supplier, specializing Park district’s director of mar- nesses and homeowners can also pledge to inin renewable, more efficient energy generation. keting and customer service corporate sustainable practices, such as planting native plants on their properties, replacing As the company’s website notes, its Sun Club their buildings lightbulbs with LED lightbulbs, works with communities where it has presence agreeing to reuse bags and bottles and using – including the Chicago area – to help municipal governments and nonprofit organizations use and encour- their lawns as gardens. The park district must meet its goal by Dec. 31. It started age “renewable energy, energy efficiency, resource conserpublic outreach at the beginning of August. As of Aug. 8, the vation and environmental stewardship.” Diane Stanke, the park district’s director of marketing park district had received 690 pledges. If the park district gets all the funds, it aims to complete and customer service, told the Journal that the effort started with PlanItGreen, an Oak Park River Forest Community the improvements sometime in 2019. “This project ties in very well with park district sustainFoundation-led initiative that works to make Oak Park and ability efforts that we have completed over the last few years River Forest more environmentally sustainable. PlanItGreen approached the Sun Club to ask what kind for the betterment of the Oak Park community,” Stanke of projects they would be willing to support. The park dis- said. Residents and businesses can make the pledge online, at trict was brought on board, and it proposed using the funds to add solar panels and other environmentally friendly fea- www.pdop.org/about/environment/sustainability-pledge. Contributing Reporter
“This project ties in very well with park district sustainability efforts.”
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MATCHING GRANTS: Local pledges will be partially matched by Green Mountain Energy’s Sun Club.
RF library receives anonymous donation, largest ever An anonymous local family has gifted the River Forest Public Library Foundation more than $150,000 over the next five years, the largest gift in the foundation’s history. “We are very grateful for this family’s donation. Their commitment to the library is so inspiring,” Sue Quinn, library director, said in a statement. The foundation plans to use the family’s initial gift of $30,000 to update the library’s Children’s Room by purchasing ADA-compliant shelving to make books and materials more accessible to all patrons, as a way to “honor the experiences of the family,” Quinn said in a statement. Although the footprint of the Children’s Room comprises just 15 percent of overall library space, materials from the room account for 40 percent of items circulated annually. Use of the children’s picture book collection jumped 30 percent in 2014 after new shelving was installed for that collection, putting books within reach of the
room’s youngest patrons, in an effort to encourage self-guided discovery. “The Children’s Room is small but mighty,” Amy Grossman, manager of Children’s Services, said in a statement. “New shelving and other improvements will make our collections shine and help our young patrons reach for the stars in a space that is more welcoming.” Officials also plan to replace the rest of the 1955-era shelving in the Children’s Room, repaint the space and install new carpet tiles. The complete update is estimated to cost $65,000, and the foundation has launched a campaign to raise an additional $35,000 from the community. Those interested in making a tax-deductible donation to the nonprofit should visit rfplfoundation.org. Launched in 2015, the foundation supports the library through advocacy and fundraising, by sponsoring special programs for patrons and staff.
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BOOK BOON: Those interested in helping the library update its Children’s Room can visit rfplfoundation.org.
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Oak Park Township completes flood rehab
Insurance to cover the bulk of $175-$200K cost By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
Employees of Oak Park Township are back in their offices this week at 105 S. Oak Park Ave., following an extensive rehab of the building, which flooded in early May. Township Manager Gavin Morgan said the cost of the asbestos abatement, recarpeting and replacing drywall is expected to run $175,000 to $200,000. Morgan gave a tour of the building and said the price tag for the rehab is not complete, though, so a final cost has not been determined. Morgan said in an email that the township’s insurance “will cover all but our $5,000 deductible.” “The damage from the sewer back-up is going to cost the Township $5,000,” he said in the email. Morgan said in late May that the removal of drywall and carpeting had already cost about $100,000. He said at the time that he believed the cost of the entire project would come in under the township’s insurance coverage limit of $250,000.
“We’re confident it will be less than that, but we still don’t know exactly what it’s going to be,” Morgan said in May. Morgan said the township staff is happy with the result of the rehab and that the township aimed to replace only what was needed. That means carpeting in some of the offices that were not hit by the flooding was not replaced. “As you can see in my office we didn’t re-carpet areas that weren’t damaged,” Morgan said. “That wouldn’t have been covered by insurance, and we didn’t see it as a responsible move to extend the new carpet into offices that didn’t get any damage.” The flood was caused by a clogged sewer line that was obstructed below township property, which put the responsibility on the township rather than the village. He said the flooding was disruptive to staff — the offices were temporarily relocated to an empty storefront on Oak Park Avenue and the Township Senior Services offices across the street. “The good news is we were able to keep serving clients,” he said, noting that doubling up in smaller spaces helped township staff to better learn the duties and responsibilities of their fellow employees. “This definitely turned out to be a team-
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BACK TO THE OFFICE: The May flood of the Oak Park Township offices displaced workers for months. The repairs were completed earlier this month. building exercise,” he said. The township will hold an open house for
the new offices on Township Day, Sept. 21.
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A 23-unit luxury apartment building could be headed to a vacant lot on the corner of Madison Street and Lyman Avenue, where a year ago the board rejected plans for a Taco Bell fast-food restaurant. The proposal by Chicago-based developer Ambrosia Homes Inc. calls for constructing a three-story building of mainly 2-bedroom units and a parking lot to the south with space for 23 vehicles, Ambrosia Homes president Tim Pomaville said in a telephone interview. The proposal has been presented to the Madison Street Coalition, an advisory board created by the village of Oak Park. It now heads to the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA), which will hear the plan and make a recommendation to the Oak Park Board of Trustees. The proposal could be built without approval of the ZBA or the board of trustees, but it is asking for a zoning variance because the proposal does not include groundlevel retail, which is required for new projects along the commercial corridor. Pomaville said the entrance to the building would face Lyman because he aims to have residents feel like they’re part of the neighborhood. “People are moving to Oak Park because of the community and because of the schools and they want to be somewhere where you have neighborhoods and you know your neighbors,” he said. He said the average size is about 1,000 square feet per unit, and the two-bedroom
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NEW RESIDENTIAL ON MADISON: Ambrosia Homes plans to build 23 luxury apartment units on an empty lot at the corner of Madison Street and Lyman Avenue. units will run about $2,000 to $2,200 a month. There will be an additional charge for parking, Pomaville said. Ambrosia aims to break ground on the project this fall and continue construction through the winter. The project includes no affordable units, and Ambrosia does not plan to request any tax subsidy from the village, he said. Ambrosia has largely built single-family homes in Oak Park — about 10 of them, Pomaville said. They’ve been working in the village since 2009. The Madison Street project is their first multifamily dwelling in the village. The building would stand about 36 feet tall, far below the 50-foot height requirement for Madison. “I think that so far it has been well received by the neighbors,” Pomaville said, noting the widespread opposition to a proposal last year by Taco Bell to build a freestanding restaurant on the site. “We’ve met with them and it’s been well received be-
cause they hated the Taco Bell.” While the property likely falls short of being a transit-oriented development, it is located within walking distance of both the Blue Line and Green Line el stops at Austin Boulevard, Pomaville noted. “For us to build with no parking over there is just not economically a good idea,” he said. The parking lot will be accessible through an alley just south of the building on Lyman. The project is likely to get a more welcoming reception from residents who rallied against the Taco Bell that was rejected by the Oak Park Board of Trustees las summer. Neighbors said noise, pollution and traffic from the restaurant would disrupt the neighborhood and attract more fast-food establishments to the area. They presented the village with a petition signed by 570 residents opposing the Taco Bell plan. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com
Thrive Counseling a finalist for suicide prevention grant
State Farm has named the Thrive Counseling Center in Oak Park a finalist in its Neighborhood Assist grant competition, which gifts 40 causes $25,000 each. Grant awardees will be chosen through a popular vote, and Thrive’s proposal to provide community members suicide prevention training has been chosen as one of 200 finalists. Thrive will compete with other causes in online voting, Aug. 15-24. “Suicide is a health crisis in our community,” John Meister, president and executive director of Thrive, said in a statement. “We’re asking for votes — 10 times a day, every day, for 10 days — to ensure our cause is a winner. The Neighborhood Assist grant
will further Thrive’s objective to offer everyone who lives or works in our community to get training that can help save a life.” Suicide deaths are on the rise nationally and locally, with an average of six per year in Oak Park and River Forest. Locally, more than half of those who die from suicide are ages 45 to 64. Thrive operates a 24/7 crisis line at 708-386-7500. If Thrive wins the grant, the counseling center plans to use the funds to train another 10 staff members to lead safeTALK suicide alertness and prevention workshops, allowing members to train hundreds of community members, such as clergy, teachers, parents, anyone over the age of 15, in
best practices on how to prevent self-harm. In June, Thrive trained some 90 River Forest first responders in safeTALK. Eventually, the counseling center plans to train village staff and community members across Oak Park and River Forest in suicide alertness and prevention. Winning the State Farm grant would accelerate Thrive’s effort. Any U.S. resident over 18 can vote for Thrive up to 10 times daily at NeighborhoodAssist.com/entry/2011156. Winners of the State Farm Neighborhood Assist grants will be announced Sept. 25.
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OPRF teacher contract still in negotiation Likely that 2018-19 school year will begin without agreement in place By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter
The first day of school at Oak Park and River Forest High School is less than a week away, but it’s unlikely that a teacher contract will be in place by then. Currently, members of OPRF’s Faculty Senate, the District 200 administration and the District 200 Board of Education are negotiating a new contract. The most recent teacher contract was in effect for four years and expired at the close of the last school year.
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During an Aug. 10 interview, D200 board President Jackie Moore said that the talks are progressing and school will start on time, despite there being no new contract in place. “All sides are working with the mindset of the best interest of our students,” Moore said, adding that members of the 8-person negotiating team have been trying to coordinate their schedules over the last several weeks. “Progress is being made,” Moore said. When pressed for a timeline, she said that the timeline “is getting things right for our students.” Representatives from the Faculty Senate could not be immediately reached for comment on Monday morning. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com
Board also hired communications specialist By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
Just two weeks after the Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 Board of Education unanimously voted to hire a new director of campus security, that person has resigned. At a special meeting on July 12, the board voted to hire John Robinson to replace former security head Randy Braverman, who resigned last year. Robinson would have made $91,000, which had been pro-rated from the start of the 2018-19 school year. On July 25, however, Robinson withdrew the offer “because of an unexpected personal situation that arose,” said Karin Sullivan, D200’s communications director. At that July 12 meeting, the school board also unanimously hired a communications specialist, a new position created this year within the communications department. Jaclyn McGoey was hired at $47,000, a salary that was also pro-rated from her July 30 start date. McGoey is the former director of social media strategy and communications at Wednesday Journal. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com
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hrive Counseling Center has been selected as a finalist in State Farm’s Neighborhood Assist grant competition, in which 40 causes each will receive $25,000 awarded by popular vote. Thrive’s proposal to provide suicide prevention training to hundreds of community members was chosen as a Top 200 finalist from over 2,000 grant applicants nationwide. Finalists will compete in online voting between August 15-24.
Thrive’s link to State Farm’s online voting site is: NeighborhoodAssist.com/entry/2011156 Suicide deaths are on the rise nationally and locally, with an average of six deaths each year in Oak Park and River Forest. An estimated four Illinois residents die by suicide every day. Suicide touches all age groups, but rates are highest among those 45- to 64-years-old. The Thrive grant offers an opportunity to train ordinary residents to recognize when someone may be at risk for suicide, and to link them to life-saving resources. “Suicide is a health crisis in our community,” said John Meister, Thrive President and Executive Director. “We’re asking for votes--10 times a day, every day, for 10 days--to ensure our cause is a winner. The Neighborhood Assist grant will further Thrive’s objective to offer everyone who lives or works in our
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professionals, first responders, or crisis intervention staff. safeTALK was developed by LivingWorks, and has been completed by more than 500,000 people internationally since 2006.
Thrive proposes to use grant funds to train 10 staff members to lead safeTALK suicide alertness workshops, and to fund community education. safeTALK is an evidence-based training that offers suicide prevention tools that anyone can use. safeTALK workshops will be offered to first responders, clergy, teachers, parents, and ordinary residents, age 15 and up. A network of expert trainers will enable Thrive to develop a safety net that will empower and protect residents for years to come. Thrive launched the training initiative in July, providing alertness and prevention training to first responders in River Forest. The State Farm grant will accelerate plans to offer community-wide training. Thrive operates a 24/7 crisis line at 708-383-7500. safeTALK training focuses on the TALK steps: Tell, Ask, Listen, KeepSafe. It provides tools to connect those who are at-risk for suicide with health care
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NOISE AND MEATS: Neighbors have called the police repeatedly about noise and other issues associated with Robinson’s No. 1 Ribs. Charlie Robinson says the calls have prompted Oak Park police to profile his business and customers
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from page 1 Groves said her biggest concern is over the noise preventing her baby from getting to sleep. Groves said that when patrons begin leaving the establishment around midnight, they are loud and leave garbage and play loud music from their vehicles. More recently, the business has attracted patrons with loud motorcycles, which rev their engines outside the business and disturb nearby residents. “I moved to Oak Park because I was pregnant,” she said, noting that she lived for years in the city of Chicago where more noise is expected. “I like quiet places where babies can sleep. I just don’t associate Oak Park with a vibrant night life and a biker scene.” Joshua Drucker, another neighbor who lives a short distance from Robinson’s, confirmed that the business has brought loud music and garbage to the area. Drucker said another neighbor of his – not Groves – has encouraged him to call the police, but he declined to do so because he is far enough away from Robinson’s that the noise has not been a problem for him and his family. “I didn’t feel comfortable because it’s not a problem for me,” he said but acknowledged that he has talked to Robinson’s about the broken liquor bottles that have appeared in front of his home since the restaurant started holding the DJ nights. He said the noise “didn’t bother me, but I could see how it would other neighbors.” Residents aren’t the only ones complaining about Robinson’s. On May 7, Robinson’s neighbor to the west, Madison Street Medical Sleep Clinic, called police and said they’ve had problems with “excessive noise” coming from the establishment. The noise has prompted the clinic to “adjust their business hours to not have
patients on Tuesday and Thursday nights because the noise from the music at Robinson’s which does not allow their patients to sleep,” according to the police report. The complaint notes that the clinic “has to clear (the) rear parking lot and front sidewalk of empty liquor bottles in the morning after these events.” The owners of the clinic have spoken to Robinson’s staff “although conditions have not improved.” Sleep Clinic staff declined to discuss the issue. Charlie Robinson tells Wednesday Journal that he and staff have worked to clean up the area after the DJ nights and have security to make sure patrons are quiet while leaving the establishment. Robinson, who relocated his restaurant from down the street to the new space in 2016, said he believes the complaints and increased police presence at the establishment are due to racism because the business attracts largely black patrons. “It’s a black thing,” he said. Robinsons said at least one neighbor has yelled racial epithets at his patrons, on at least one instance telling them to “Go back to Africa.” He said Oak Park police also have begun parking their vehicles outside of his establishment and issuing parking tickets for vehicles parked in the nearby neighborhood. He said Robinson’s staff cleans up the neighborhood after the business closes every evening and tells patrons to keep the noise down. Robinson said he has three security guards on the DJ nights to “keep the peace” and make sure patrons aren’t disrupting the neighbors. Robinson, who is in his third year of a five-year lease, said he is considering leaving the village because he believes police are profiling his patrons. “There are opportunities in Forest Park (and elsewhere) …” he said. “I’m just really tired of this harassment from the village.” CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com
An Oak Park man was struck on the right side of his head and robbed in the 300 block of South Ridgeland Avenue at 11:55 p.m. on Aug. 6. The victim was walking southbound when he was approached by two men in their late teens or early 20s. The offenders demanded money, and when the victim complied they struck him and then fled northbound on Ridgeland. The offenders were described as black men, both thin, one about 5-foot-8 and the other about 6-foot-1, and wearing a gray and white hooded sweatshirt and a black hooded sweatshirt, respectively.
Peaches gone missing Someone stole approximately 100 peaches from a peach tree in the backyard of a residence in the 600 block of Belleforte, sometime between 1 p.m. on Aug. 9 and 7:39 p.m. on Aug. 12. The estimated loss is $100.
Cars left running, unattended ■ A gray Chevy Impala was stolen from the parking lot of a business in the 500 block of Madison Street at 6:40 p.m. on Aug. 7. The victim left the car running an unattended, when a newer gray Volkswagen Jetta with tinted windows pulled up and parked next to the victim’s vehicle. A black male between the ages of 18 and 23, with a short, thin build and a short afro-style haircut and wearing a red-and-white striped T-shirt, exited the passenger seat of the Jetta, entered the victim’s vehicle and fled eastbound on Madison, followed by the other vehicle. The estimated loss is $6,000. ■ A black 2014 Nissan Maxima was the target of an attempted car theft in the 200 block of Madison Street at 3:56 a.m. on Aug. 5. The vehicle was left running an unattended. Three people in a gray or brown Nissan Altima unsuccessfully attempted to steal the vehicle and then fled eastbound on Madison from Lombard.
Stolen vehicle recovered A blue 1987 Toyota Camry that was taken from Oak Park on May 14, 2017, was recovered in the 100 block of East 12th Street, Chicago Heights, at 1 p.m. on May 17. The victim is an Oak Park resident.
Theft ■ Three Chicago juveniles were arrested in the 100 block of South Boulevard at 4:39 p.m. on Aug. 10 and charged with a theft from an Elmwood Park resident that occurred on the 300 block of South Boulevard. No time or date was given for the theft. Three women stole three sodas and four bags of chips from the Shell gas station, 1
Harrison St., at 1:55 a.m. on Aug. 3. The women entered the store and attempted to pay for three sodas and two bags of chips. When the debit card was rejected, though, the women grabbed two additional bags of chips and exited the store without paying. The estimated loss is $11.13. ■ Someone stole a flowering tree from the front yard of a residence in the 100 block of Washington Boulevard sometime between 7 a.m. on Aug. 8 and 7 a.m. on Aug. 11. The estimated loss is $250.
Burglary ■ A residence was burglarized in the 800 block of Lyman Avenue between 9 and 10 p.m. on Aug. 11. The offender possibly gained entry through an unlocked front door and stole a pair of Yeezy gym shoes, a Gucci headband and two Supreme headbands. The estimated loss is $1,150. ■ A silver 2015 Chevy Malibu was burglarized in the 900 block of North Austin Boulevard sometime between 5 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. on Aug. 5. The offender gained entry through an unlocked door and stole two packs of Newport 100 cigarettes, cash, a Sony Playstation 4 and two Nintendo Wii gaming systems. The estimated loss is $1,258. ■ Someone burglarized a silver 2004 BMW 325I in the 700 block of North Harvey Avenue sometime between 9 a.m. and 2:06 p.m. on Aug. 10. The offender broke the front driver’s side window, entered the vehicle and ransacked the interior. The estimated loss is $200. ■ A 2015 Mazda was burglarized in the 200 block of North Kenilworth Avenue, sometime between 10 p.m. on Aug. 8 and 7 a.m. on Aug. 9. The offender entered through an unlocked door and then ransacked the vehicle, stealing two iPhones, a Nintendo DS with a Zelda game, two cell phone cables, a debit card and two credit cards. The estimated loss is $380.
Criminal damage ■ The rear driver’s door window of a 2011 Kia Soul was shattered by unknown means as it drove southbound on Oak Park Avenue to westbound on Lake. The incident took place in the 800 block of Lake Street at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 9. ■ The window of a residence was shattered, possibly by a BB projectile, in the 800 block of North Harvey Avenue sometime between 11 p.m. on Aug. 7 and 3 p.m. on Aug. 8. ■ Someone etched a 10-inch scratch alongside the front driver’s side of an Oak Park resident’s black 2018 Subaru Legacy, sometime between 11 p.m. on Aug. 6 and 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 7 in the 1000 block of South Oak Park Avenue.
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Oak Park forum on Union Pacific issues
Mayor to host rail official at main library By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb is holding another pub-
lic forum at the Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake St., to discuss issues related to the Union Pacific rail line that runs through the village. Abu-Taleb will be joined on Aug. 20 at the library from 6 to 8 p.m. with Eileen Lynch from Sen. Don Harmon’s office and Adrian Guerro, Union Pacific’s director of public affairs. The rail line is shared with the CTA Green Line and Me-
tra. “Some of us have seen delivery trucks ‘stuck’ under the train line,” the press release states. “Mr. Guerro will address the embankments infrastructure and how the UP monitors the underpasses to ensure everyone’s safety.”
CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com
AMERICA TO ME Tough conversation from page 1 ensure that she exit a place where she was never wanted. James’ docu-series, which premieres on the Starz cable channel at 8 p.m. on Aug. 26, has plenty of moments that a typical institution might consider PR nightmares. But district leaders like Moore and even OPRF Principal Nathaniel Rouse, who opposed involvement in the film project when James first pitched the idea in 2014, consider the series to be cathartic. They’re also hoping that it will be catalytic — igniting, once and for all, real solutions to the opportunity and equity gaps that have existed at OPRF for generations. Rouse introduced the film before an audience of several hundred during a screening and discussion that OPRF hosted in collaboration with Kartemquin Films, the nonprofit production company that produced the film, on Monday evening at the Lake Theatre in Oak Park. During an interview on Aug. 10, Rouse said he experienced “a lot of emotions” while watching the film. “It’s always difficult to see yourself,” he said, noting that there are scenes in the docuseries “when we see our school and we’re proud” and scenes where “we’re not so proud.” During his remarks on Aug. 13, Rouse laid out his ambitions for the school in the wake of the film’s release. “It’s our goal that our current racial equity work become a beacon of light and a national model for this country,” he said, echoing administrators and board members who have touted the district’s progress on racial equity since James and his crew filmed during the 2015-16 school year. On Aug. 10, Moore said she was glad that the documentary is dismantling the notion that the opportunity gap between black and white students is a matter of individual ability. “It’s much more complex than that,” she said. D200 Supt. Joylynn Pruitt-Adams said during last week’s interview that when she saw the unedited documentary, “some of it took me back to my lived experiences. I was born in the ’50s, so I’ve been down that road.”
Monday’s panel discussion, which took place after audience members saw the first two hour-long episodes of the docuseries, featured James, Moore, Pruitt-Adams, OPRF English teacher Paul Noble, and students Grant Lee and Caroline Robling-Griest — both of whom were featured in the film. Lee, who was a freshman when the film was shot and is now a senior, said he’s seen progress at OPRF over the last three years. “It’s kind of crazy to look at the state we were in three years ago,” Lee said, “and all of the progress we’ve made.” The district has even created a landing page on its website that includes a guide for those who want to host watch parties and discussions related to the film, an FAQ about the making of the docu-series and a comprehensive list of some of the district’s racial equity work over the last three years. In addition, Kartemquin and Participant Media, the other film production company responsible for the documentary’s release, hopes to facilitate a national conversation about race and equity by screening the film, and hosting discussions, across the country. Those discussions may get intense, considering that the film cuts straight to the heart of white innocence — or at least the primal fear among many whites of being perceived as villains in the country’s racial saga. “I got this feeling that in the white community here, I’ve lived here for 33 years, that there was a fear — people knew that this was about race and equity and they
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LETS TALK: Director Steve James listens to people ask questions about the documentary on Monday, during a discussion after a 2-episode viewing of “America To Me” at Lake Theatre in Oak Park.
feared that, being a white family in the profile, they would be set up as an example of what’s wrong or an example of white privilege,” James said during Monday’s panel discussion. Robling-Griest reinforced the director’s observation. “I overheard a girl in the hall while I was being filmed at my locker and she was talking to a friend who said her mom didn’t want her to be involved because they were going to portray her as this example of white privilege,” she said. For many people, however — black and white alike — the docu-series marks an opportunity to confront those fears. “Focusing on things like white privilege is difficult when you have no racial consciousness,” Rouse said. “But why can’t
we have those conversations for once?” For Karin Sullivan, the district’s communications director, the film is that rarest of things — a call for personal responsibility directed at whites. “For many of my years here, I had been one of those white liberals who moved here for diversity without questioning much beyond that,” she said on Aug. 10. “[I’ve learned that] if I want the best for our students, then I have to be willing to look at my role in all of this.” To access OPRF’s America to Me landing page, visit: oprfhs.org/about/ America-to-Me-Documentary-Series.cfm. To join the national conversation, visit americatomerealtalk.com. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com
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Target space sold for $12 million Oak Park to get $95,000 in transfer taxes By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
The ground-floor retail space that houses the small-format Target department store at 1129 Lake St., which opened last October, has been sold to an unnamed buyer in Manhattan, according to a press release from SRS National Net Lease Group, which represented the buyer in the deal. Although the property was sold, Target will remain at the location for the foreseeable future. The purchase price of $11.875 million was lower than the original listing price of $13.2 million reported in February, when the property first went on the market. The sale of the 22,000-square-foot building, facilitated by Newport Beach, California-based SRS, nets the village of Oak Park $95,000 in real estate transfer taxes. The buyer paid about $540 a square foot for the property. Target is on the ground floor of The Emerson, a 271-unit luxury apartment building, which was developed by Clark Street Real Estate. Mid-America Real Estate Corporation marketed the building in February, stating that the department store “is subject to a long-term 15-year lease.” According to SRS, the small-format Target in Oak Park is one of eight in the Chicago area, “with two more slated to open this year, and four slated for 2019.” SRS Vice President Britt Raymond, Managing Principals Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther, and Senior Associate Kyle Fant represented the buyer. The Target includes a full-service CVS Pharmacy and a Starbucks coffee shop. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com
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n the spring of 2017, a local Girl Scout troop began an almost year-long project aimed at helping the homeless in their community. While the process garnered the troop a Bronze Award as part of the Girl Scout’s Take Action Project, the girls were motivated by more than the award. The rewards of their project extended far beyond their troop’s multi-month volunteer effort. Troop member Audrey Benzkofer says members were brainstorming about service projects and quickly focused on two alternatives: helping an animal shelter and helping people experiencing homelessness. “We figured that helping people was looking at a bigger problem in the world,” Benzkofer said. “It felt right.” Troop leader Beth Houle, whose daughter Vivienne Pope is a troop member, says the girls were motivated by their encounters with people in Oak Park. “Some of the troop members had seen homeless AUDREY BENZKOFER people in the library, on Troop member Lake Street and around town,” Beth Pope said. “We wanted to come up with different ways to help them.” Some of the scouts, like Benzkofer, had volunteered with their families with local organizations such as Housing Forward, but the girls still had many questions about homelessness in the community. Houle says they took a white-board approach and brainstormed about things they wanted to learn about homelessness and the best way to help people who are homeless. In the end, they came up with a list of 26 questions, ranging from “Can babies be homeless?” to “Why does it seem like we see more men than women who are homeless?”
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THINKING OF OTHERS: Girl Scouts meet with Beye School teacher, artist and community activist Tye Johnson, who inspired them to make “kindness cards” that were included in care packages made for the homeless.
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Granite counters over white cabinetry, stainless appliances and peninsula bar seating that open right to the Family Room. Hardwood flooring and 5’ x 4’ Pantry..........................................$429,000
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SERVICE: One project involved putting together care packages for the homeless and including “kindness cards” in them (left). The scouts also toured a food pantry and then helped stock it (above).
SCOUTS
Asking questions from page B1 area nonprofits that support people who are homeless, provide affordable housing or chronicle the fair housing movement. They visited Housing Forward, the overnight shelter at First United Church, the Oak Park Residence Corp. and the Oak Park Historical Society. “Every field trip, the girls asked questions and got more answers.” Pope said. “We learned that people experiencing homelessness can be on different paths and have different situations. One path might be someone who is on the street,
another situation is someone who is in a shelter, and a third path is someone transitioning out of homelessness who might be moving into an apartment but still needs resources.” Houle describes the continuum of homelessness as ranging from 1 to 10, with 1 being a person who is newly homeless and probably feeling desperate and alone with few supports; a 5 being someone who is using services such as overnight shelters, food assistance and job training; and 10 being a person who might be getting a job or transitioning into a home of their own. She says, “We wanted to be of assistance to all of these stages,” Houle said.
Service projects The troop embarked on a series of three service project to address three different stages on of homelessness. They cre-
ated care packages for people experiencing homelessness who were living on the streets. The care packages contained wool socks, hand warmers, lip balm, dental hygiene items and a Streetcard listing local service providers for people who are homeless. Inspired by one of their fifth-grade teachers at Beye School, who shared the idea of a kindness card with her students, the troop also included a kindness card in each package. “We were worried that they might not feel like they were a part of the world, that people didn’t see them,” Pope said. “We thought they might need a pick-me-up.” Benzkofer says this project was one of her favorites. “I feel like people who suddenly become homeless and don’t know what to do need help,” she said. “Getting items to make them more comfortable and learning about resources and feeling love from the community is the first step towards getting people to eventually get into homes.” For people in the second stage, who might be using services such as overnight shelters, the troop assembled breakfast for 80 people and delivered it to the First United overnight shelter. Again, the girls sought thought of small ways to deliver kindness with the food they delivered. “It was a couple of days after Easter, so we dyed eggs to try to make people happy,” Vivienne Pope said. Houle says that when the troop delivered the food to the shelter, it was eye-opening for the girls. “When they delivered the food, it was at dinner time, when people are entering the shelter,” Houle said. “The girls got a sense of who was there, who needed shelter.” For Vivienne Pope, it brought to light another aspect of homelessness: it affects everyone. See SCOUTS on page B5
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Beautiful 4 br, 3.5 ba brick home in fantastic loc! Many recent updates throughout home.
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SCOUTS from page B3 “There was a kid my age,” she said. “I didn’t really realize that kids my age could be homeless.” For the third stage, transitioning to homes, the troop assembled “House to Home” kits that are provided to recently homeless people who are moving into an apartment. The troop collected over 50 items needed to help someone set up a home. Houle notes that in the past, the troop had donated some of their profits from selling Girl Scout cookies to a House to Home kit, and this year, they used the profits to purchase soft bedding for an apartment. The girls also collected items such as kitchen supplies and bedroom necessities with donations from neighbors and friends. This May, the troop received their Bronze Award pins, commemorating their completion of the service project, but the rewards go far beyond the pin. “When you’re walking around and see homeless people, it can seem unsolvable,” said Stephan Benzkofer, Audrey’s father. “The emphasis of this project was that this is a person, who just happens to be homeless. Recognizing that they are just like us is a big step.” Audrey Benzkofer says learning about the different organizations who help the homeless and participating showed her there is hope for the future. “This is one of the big problems of the world, and if people can work together, they can help solve it,” she said.
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OAK PARK HOMES UNPRECEDENTED ESTATE in the Frank Lloyd Wright Historical district of OP! Meticulously renovated property offers exquisite details and refined finishes. A showcase home! ....................................................................................................$1,685,000 TRULY CLASSIC OP RED BRICK COLONIAL with 4-5 BRs, 4 full and 2 half baths. Third floor features rec room/BR. Garage with fabulous coach house above.... ...................................................................................................................................$1,295,000
INCREDIBLE VALUE for a 5 bedroom, 4 full bathroom home in Oak Park! MOVE-IN READY! Enjoy the well thought out design of this 5 BR, 4 BA home! Open floor plan, kitchen/fam room combo, finished bsmt. .............................$629,000 THIS HOME HAS IT ALL! Bright, sunny lot, freshly painted walls, refinished hardwood flrs, oversized MBR. Beautiful gardening surrounds the home. ...$589,000 CLASSIC QUEEN ANNE HOME with 3 bedrooms, 3-1/2 baths includes sun room, fam rm, updated kit, great closet space, fin rec rm, custom deck.......$555,000 SIDE ENTRANCE COLONIAL offers a generous LR with wood burning fireplace, formal DR, breakfast room, laundry in basement, mature fenced yard..........$480,000 A TRUE OP BEAUTY! Enjoy the deep park-like lot in Northwest Oak Park. Well maintained 1905 Farmhouse with 3 BR, 1-1/2 baths. In great condition!......$479,900 READY TO MOVE IN charming 3 BR feat welcoming front porch with swing and sitting area. Home offers oak woodwork, stained glass & hardwood floors.$448,000 BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED, maintained, decorated three BR, two BA with impeccable oak flrs, nat. light. Too many updates, improvements to list! ..... $367,000 PRICE REDUCED CLASSIC OAK PARK BRICK HOME on a beautiful block in great location. Large living, hardwood floors under carpet. Large MBR + 2 additional bedrooms.................................................................................................$347,000
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METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED NEW CONSTRUCTION. Open flr plan featu 10 ft ceilings, hdwd flrs, custom details, crown molding to dr hndls. .$464,000
TWO STORY BRICK & FRAME HOME w/open floor plan on first floor with slate entry & hardwood floors. Large LR, formal DR open to wood cabinet kitchen. 2nd floor has 4 BRs, 5th BR in basement. Basement is semi finished with laundry rm. Large fenced in yard, 2 car garage...... $429,000 VINTAGE BRICK DUTCH COLONIAL CHARM with all of the Modern Conveniences. Wood Burning Fireplace, Chef Quality Kitchen, Family Room. Fantastic Yard. ............................................................................................................................$649,500 GREAT LOCATION & EASY LIVING in this Tri-level home. Great flow for entertaining, complete with family room. Finished LL. Growth to make it your own. . ......................................................................................................................................$639,000 BEAUTIFUL 3 LEVEL SINGLE FAMILY offers 3800+ sq/ft of living! Open concept on first flr. Second flr feat 4 BRs & sunroom overlooking backyard. $595,000
LARGE BUNGALOW with beautiful slate entry, amazing art glass windows, hdwd floors & stunning period lighting ! ...........$539,900
PRICE REDUCED YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED in this recently renovated, move-in ready E.E. Roberts home. This stunning 4 BR prairie style house is located in OP’s estate section. .................................................................................$919,000 COMFORT & CONTENTMENT LIVING in gracious A.L. Gardner House. Many improvements include a total kitchen redo and finished 3rd floor family room............ ......................................................................................................................................$899,000 LARGE ENGLISH COUNTRY TUDOR HOME with 5 BRs, 3-1/2 BAs in the heart of OP’s Historic District. Impressive home blends both old and new, with natural woodwork..................................................................................................................$799,000 STATELY BRICK CENTER-ENTRANCE COLONIAL. WB fireplace, high ceilings, crown molding, architectural details, leaded glass windows, hardwood throughout.................................................................................................................$798,500 WONDERFUL HOME offers a combination of original features and updated modern conveniences in this five bedroom, 2 full, 2 half bath home. .............$749,000 WELL MAINTAINED LANDSCAPED PROPERTY features Great Architecture, Trim, and an Amazing Foyer on 1st floor. 2nd level includes Master Suite, 3 addl BRs, laundry. .......................................................................................$739,000
ELMWOOD PARK HOMES
PERFECT 5-BEDROOM HOME with open floor plan, hdwd floors, open kitchen, 1st floor family room. Lower level rec room with bar area. ..............$539,000 LARGE BRICK COLONIAL beautifully renovated from top to bottom! Some updates include wood floors, plumbing, electrical, appliances, siding, roof. $429,000 JUST MOVE IN! Serious pride of ownership is evident. Crown molding, a remodeled cook’s kitchen, separate breakfast rm with built- ins, den. A must see. $359,000
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RIVER FOREST 2BR, 2BA. Unique, Luxurious...............................................$270,000 NEW LISTING RIVER FOREST 2BR, 1BA.................................................$149,900 RIVER FOREST 2BR 1BA. Neat, tidy unit........................................................$119,500 OAK PARK 2BR, 2-1/2 BA. Sun drenched unit. ...............................................$519,000 OAK PARK 3BR, 3BA. Two separate balconies! ..............................................$415,000 OAK PARK 3BR, 2BA. Charm, warmth, character. .........................................$264,900 OAK PARK 1BR, 1BA. Two parking spaces. ......................................................$129,900 PRICE REDUCED OAK PARK 1BR, 1BA.....................................................$115,000 FOREST PARK 2 Flat..........................................................................................$399,000 PRICE REDUCED FOREST PARK 2BR, 2BA. ..........................................$182,500 FOREST PARK 1BR, 1BA. Vintage unit...........................................................$109,500
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P R O P E R T Y
Oak Park home sells for $875,000
T R A N S F E R S
The following property transfers were reported by the Cook County Recorder of Deeds from June 1 to June 30, 2018. Where addresses appear incomplete, for instance where a unit number appears missing, that information was not provided by the recorder of deeds.
OAK PARK ADDRESS
PRICE
113 N Oak Park Ave 6950 Roosevelt Rd 317 N East Ave 701 Columbian Ave 210 S Euclid Ave 219 Forest Ave 423 Lenox St 728 N Elmwood Ave 221 Wesley Ave 435 N Taylor Ave 842 N Cuyler Ave 907 N East Ave 823 S Kenilworth Ave 309 N Grove Ave 536 Gunderson Ave 152 N Euclid Ave 1111 Rossell Ave 731 Columbian Ave 647 South Blvd 841 N Grove Ave 545 S Oak Park Ave 303 S Scoville Ave 243 Iowa St 819 Forest Ave 1155 Wisconsin Ave 1040 S Grove Ave 1040 S Grove Ave 1129 Columbian Ave 1219 N Taylor Ave 949 S Euclid Ave 455 Washington Blvd 633 Gunderson Ave 1159 S Humphrey Ave 326 N Grove Ave 533 S Kenilworth Ave 821 N Euclid Ave 128 S Austin Blvd
$1,190,000 Skiritai Oak Pk Ave Llc $1,000,000 Community Bk Oak Pk River Forest $1,000,000 Kenealy David $975,000 Powers John $950,000 Corrigan Patrick J $875,000 Wheeler John S Jr Tr $850,000 Arcturus Cap Mgmt Llc $850,000 Shirreff James D $760,000 Michael Vincent $750,000 Evolution Home Dev Llc $749,500 Philippi Peter H Tr $740,000 Atchison James W $715,000 Welch David C $705,000 Fore Peter F $695,000 Gearing Adam F $665,000 Ripp Catherine Tr $660,000 Northern Trust Co Tr $639,000 Bostedt Christoph $625,000 Townsend James E $600,000 Hurtado Daniel J $595,000 Kudlacz Stanley Jr $590,000 Cliff Kenneth F Tr $581,000 Burnham Alexander $571,500 Denkovski Alexander $570,000 Stewart Christopher M $570,000 Dodge N P Jr Tr $570,000 Walsh Christopher W $556,000 Bisbee Julie $555,000 Jmg Real Est Grp Inc $554,500 Kulczycki Michael T Tr $550,000 Dodd-Lieberman Mary C $549,000 Joseph Aaron Tr $540,000 Wightman Rebekah Sue $537,000 Brown Eva R Tr $537,000 Klein David $535,000 Burton Hugh A $520,000 Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 0008002354700 $530,000 Stocker John $500,000 Christiano Frank Tr $497,000 Oconnor Michael E Jr $480,000 Wiese Kenneth L $480,000 Erkoca Int Llc $479,000 Herman Debra J Tr $477,500 Prechel Jeffrey Alan $474,500 Sorensen Mary Anne Gdn $472,000 Feinstein Scott D $470,000 Chung Yu-Chia
735 Home Ave 528 S Ridgeland Ave 740 N Grove Ave 815 S Kenilworth Ave 1000 S Highland Ave 414 Wisconsin Ave P4 512 S Euclid Ave 1024 Belleforte Ave 1221 N Marion St 814 Gunderson Ave
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BUYER Gerpapa Llc Alcuin Montessori School Singley Eric Matthew Gierstorf Paul C Rai Karishma Ashby Patrick Fernandes Rohan Driscoll Jesse R Sindt Christopher Burton Blakely O Bannon Langert David Karmali Kunal Narendra Mossell Navachatr Johnston Andrew K Mallik Atul Kumar Rule Tim Robert Northern Trust Co Digeronimo Matthew Wlochowicz Wojciech Lillis James Kitchen Adrienne Nicole Watkins Dennis R Kott Richard Jeffrey Cappel Jacob Hamilton Howland Julia Eder Derek Dodge N P Jr Tr Edwards Jeremy Ryan Corwin Heather Danhauser Paul R Escobedo Michael Hart Robert E Kline Adam Donovan Kevin Schultz Kevin Falknor Danielle M Beltemacchi Amy M Davis Rebecca Pelaprat Jean-Michel Neuman Alexander Ruppar Todd M Codina Charles Allen Alicia J Fetzer Jason Nalls Tamra R Nava Roxanne Tr Schulz Nathan Porter
219 Forest Ave., Oak Park
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920 Forest Ave 1101 Wesley Ave 907 South Blvd 906 Columbian Ave 940 Gunderson Ave 641 S Lombard Ave 618 S Highland Ave 1016 N Taylor Ave 150 N Lombard Ave 807 Woodbine Ave 516 Carpenter Ave 842 N Ridgeland Ave 175 N Humphrey Ave 1147 Wesley Ave 1041 Home Ave 413 Wisconsin Ave 820 N Ridgeland Ave 1222 N Harvey Ave 647 N Kenilworth Ave 327 N Ridgeland Ave 939 Clinton Ave 225 N Kenilworth Ave THA
$469,000 $462,500 $460,000 $460,000 $449,000 $449,000 $447,000 $445,000 $440,000 $439,000 $435,000 $434,000 $434,000 $430,000 $427,500 $420,000 $420,000 $420,000 $420,000 $414,500 $410,000 $410,000
Jakofsky Robert M Mccann Kathleen D Pico Vanessa U S Bk Allsion Kevin M Mattiace Colin M Bonino Jennifer L Wallace James T Barclay William J Jr Papov Sergey V Duboyee Dana Finkbeiner Andrew D Rhoades Kyle Wong Hugo D Clark Thomas H Gregor Monty P Squires Stephen E Blaine Joshua L Shelgren Julie A Tr Bell Hope A Hommersand Palka Joel Olson Derek
732 N Lombard Ave 222 Le Moyne Pky 1039 Mapleton Ave 1230 N Elmwood Ave 806 N Humphrey Ave 140 Le Moyne Pky 920 N Lombard Ave 630 S Lyman Ave 1159 S Harvey Ave 1122 N Lombard Ave 1024 Pleasant St 5
$406,000 $400,000 $400,000 $395,000 $395,000 $395,000 $395,000 $392,500 $390,000 $372,500 $365,000
Mcnamara Pamela A Wild John Smith Kerry Tr Graziano Bruno Tr Kim Youkyung Zoellick Kurt F Henderlong Brianne Harris Brandon Kennedy Jason E Powers David M Kang Ezer
Roeder Anthony Okeefe Denis Ericksen Michael A Borowski-Beszta Leszek Martinez Cesar Butt Jeannette Irene Castellanos Niesen Jaime King Jennifer Matamoros Osman A Galvez Pope Lorence Kelly Bryan Holmes Justin Cuevas Alicia M Teriba Olufisayomi Adebowale Hennessy Sean R Martin Rylan A Mahlmeister Don Kirzane Daniel Potter David Malnick Nicolaus P Smith-Alanis Lauren R Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 0008002360841 Larsen Steven R Anderson Jacqueline Gossin Laura S King Christopher Riegsecker Justin Kyle Sorum Kirsten A Deysach Seth L Goldbeck Carrie B Silos Kris Gerard Kelley Sean Callicoat Jessica
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951 S Elmwood Ave 900 Mapleton Ave 1117 S Lyman Ave 638 S Taylor Ave 231 Clinton Ave 2311 545 S Lyman Ave 401 S Grove Ave 1AA 510 Fillmore St 1036 S Harvey Ave 216 S Maple Ave 32 1124 S Humphrey Ave 941 N Lombard Ave 926 S Lyman Ave 840 S Cuyler Ave 121 Le Moyne Pky 1038 S Lyman Ave 920 S Taylor Ave 616 S Oak Park Ave 831 N Taylor Ave
$352,500 $352,000 $347,000 $347,000 $345,000 $330,000 $325,000 $325,000 $311,000 $310,000 $305,000 $305,000 $305,000 $292,500 $290,000 $289,000 $282,000 $276,000 $275,000
Blair Nixa Millham Anna Giuffi Krista M Buhmann Marc Bridges Maureen A Ozturk Onur Krieg Andrea Sitowski Jeffrey T Williams Jhontia Lippitt Alexander F Quinn Katherine Cole Sean Nelson Richard Boos Brian Jtpv Corp Centeno Felicia Sherman Edward Presitige Prop Inv Grp Inc Cares Robert P
243 Forest Ave 555 Monroe Ave 747 Bonnie Brae Pl 238 Ashland Ave 1047 Keystone Ave 703 Forest Ave 219 Gale Ave 24 Lathrop Ave 7700 Madison St 550 Forest Ave 1023 Bonnie Brae Pl 830 Park Ave 918 N Harlem Ave 26 Lathrop Ave 911 Thatcher Ave 9 Gale Ave
$790,000 $790,000 $680,000 $605,000 $575,000 $575,000 $570,000 $559,000 $525,000 $520,000 $510,000 $500,000 $495,000 $459,000 $448,000 $415,000
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Simmons Thomas Two Guys Llc Guaman Gustavo Vasilis Llc Bowman Patricia Ann Merwin Laura Reynold Susan E Tr Castillo Virgilio Alejandro Feng Miao Nissen Benjamin E Grace Michael J Richter Gregory Stawski Stanley Weaver Jacqueline Hauff Philip J Gonzalez Nataly Rodriguez Gonzalez Elizabeth Spyr Catherine M Olivares Sheila Bacon Jason E Kearns Catherine G Marasigan Wendell R Obrien Patrick Trabaris Bradley J Decaspers Anthony Berwyn Holdings Llc Walshs Christopher Federal Natl Mtg Assn Belmont Rlty Corp
316 Lathrop Ave 129 Park Ave 415 Franklin Ave 4EN 911 Thatcher Ave 414 Clinton Pl 504 407 Franklin Ave 5BS 1544 Forest Ave 7214 Oak Ave 72143SE
$419,000 $265,000 $250,000 $250,000 $234,000 $197,000 $187,000 $65,000
Smith A Thomas Pochyly Donald F Tr Bowman Jeremy Mcdougall Tyler Alexander Tr Hanson Yvonne Bauer Julie Anne Bevan Peter Bergstrom Cheryl Hartmann John G Tr Gregor Prop Llc Baranowski Thomas L Tr Przborowski Carl Standish Joyce Hill Radziszewski Dariusz Smith Mark J Tr Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 0000000860958 Peleschak Ronald M Tr Fosco Deborah L Tr White Anne E Tr Stierwalt Karen Reyes Jose D Darre Kenneth R Khan Asadulla Lowry William E Jr
Mcbrearty Elizabeth Koch Spencer Sears Thomas Patrick Czupek Jennifer Radzisewski Dariusz Terry Joseph T Travitz Tyler Wong Joseph Villari Llc Mcgovern Bldrs Inc Backes Elizabeth Sweeney Przborowski Josh Mohammad Sharif Johnson Aaron M Stierwalt Karen Welch David C
622 S Taylor Ave 1112 S Lyman Ave 730 N Humphrey Ave 1522 N Austin Blvd 1121 N Taylor Ave 1403 N Harlem Ave 116 S East Ave 1162 1115 N Harlem Ave 1A 930 Ontario St 4F 1019 Washington Blvd 10192A 204 N Kenilworth Ave 2043 643 Ontario St 6432 918 S Humphrey Ave 400 S Maple Ave 3S 1130 Ontario St C1 1020 W Washington Blvd 2B 213 N Marion St 2D 201 S Maple Ave 108 837 Erie St 837G 420 S Kenilworth Ave 7 506 Madison St 5061S 220 S Oak Park Ave 2201 225 N Grove Ave 2252 222 Washington Blvd 102 225 N Grove Ave 225G 1111 N Harlem Ave 1B 900 Mapleton Ave 1005 S Cuyler Ave 725 S Maple Ave 105
Brehm Stephen Walsh Amy Friedman Ronald Klink Michael Oshea Rosemary Armstrong Jeffrey D Lee David L Xelaju Llc Carroll Nicholas J Morris Elizabeth Andree Walsh Daniel P Mccoy C James Landau Peter M Cowles Gerald T Wilmington Trust Jackson Kimberlie J G & F Dev Llc U S Bk Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 0000000005971 Peek Erica A E Staples Darrell Adm Garcia-Montero Guillermo Laird Frank L Schreiber Mark L Extr Midland Trust Co Fbo 1634314 Krumb George Beck Tracy Tr Landau Peter M Robinson Christopher A Schwerdtfeger Brian G Capasso Doreen M Harris Amy E Sanchez Gina C Sugrue Lucy Tr Dellota Thomas Perona Thomas P Xu Jing Weaver Amy Bednarke Alex L Collins Sean M Taubman Eric Northern Trust Co Monsivais Paula Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp Judicial Sales Corp Cook County Judge Judicial Sales Corp Cook County Clerk
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RIVER FOREST 841 Clinton Pl 847 Keystone Ave 818 Clinton Pl 7811 Greenfield St 746 William St
$1,100,000 $1,049,000 $950,000 $875,000 $805,000
Nieto Sally J Tr Roeger John R Jr Spitz Gary Gallo Jane M Rath Neale
Woods Michael Kuzmich Kerry C Tr Stock Wesley J Benjamin Corey R Garcua Fred
Burns Gilbert J Curtis Joseph D Sheibany Amir Jpmorgan Chase Bk Banal Marcelita D Campbell James L Anguiano Jaime White Cassandra
FOREST PARK 7401 Madison St
$850,000
1034 Dunlop Ave 909 Lathrop Ave 1026 Troost Ave 433 Ferdinand Ave 941 Lathrop Ave 904 Hannah Ave 1136 Ferdinand Ave 1015 Beloit Ave 1302 Elgin Ave 1002 Circle Ave 1116 Des Plaines Ave 1235 Elgin Ave 215 Marengo Ave 6D 227 Elgin Ave 6B 923 Thomas Ave 7450 Warren St 7251 Randolph St 1017 Harlem Ave 315 Des Plaines Ave 307 1022 Marengo Ave 7443 Washington St 501 7320 Dixon St 502 315 Des Plaines Ave 308 7210 Jackson Blvd 3F 7444 Washington St 6 1029 Des Plaines Ave D107 850 Des Plaines Ave 304 320 Circle Ave 403
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Asm Prop Llc Rozmus Thadeus Blaga Alexander Ansaldo Dominique Buckus Tamara R Arguelles Jonathan M Sweeney Jessica Portillo Stephanie Fox Jorie Deyro Ronald J Meir Wendy Tr Amin Jatin N Trust Armstrong Jonathon Simon Catherine B Troy Timothy Hedrick Robert M Gordon Jones Llc Kuyken Amy T Altered Walls Llc Desai Devang Bcl-Home Rehab Sub I Llc Tselykh Anton Y Tamas-Orlandea Delia Ulloa Angel C Pinyo-Nowlan Valaipom Avramovic Milan Pergams Alexander Moon Gwendella A Zhao Ximing
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Oak Park Gorgeous Home with sustainable design on double lot! Open floor plan, beamed ceilings, 1st floor family room, 2nd floor laundry, master suite with private deck, 3 closets, tub & shower, finished basement! Rare energy star rated home-geothermal heating/ cooling system. 5BR/3.5BA ....$775,000
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Rare new construction in Oak Park! Open concept living space with high-end finishes. Dream home with all the bells and whistles in a wonderful Oak Park neighborhood. 5BR/4BA.............................................$739,000
Craftsman Bungalow is simply stunning! New kitchen with quartz counters, & ss applcs! Central A/C, updated 2nd flr Master w/ en suite bath, new windows, doors. Upgrd lighting, plumb & elect serv. 1st flr renovated full BA, WBFP.4BR/2BA ..$450,000
Vintage home with updates, including “green” cert. Freshly Painted exterior! Vintage wdwk, art glass, built- ins, WBFP, and HW flrs, inlays, updated sustainable kit, new bamboo floors. Space for office, family room, rec rm and/or guest suite! New roof (‘16), HE HVAC (‘18) 5BR/2.5 BA ...$650,000
Fantastic Four Square! Large eat-in kitchen with new SS applncs, expanded master BR, updated electrical, sump pump. Newer sewer line, roof, furnace, A/C, and garage. Private patio, koi pond. Central location close to trans! 3BR/1.5BA...............$439,900
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Classic home, refinished hdwd floors, vintage light fixtures. LR with bright windows, spacious DR with built-in, eat-in kit. CAC. Bring your ideas to make this home your own! Close to school, park, library. Walk to green line! 4 BR/2.5 BA ................... $447,000
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Terrific townhouse in a private courtyard. 2 bedrooms with en suite baths, central vacuum, gas fireplace, 1st flr FR, attached 1.5 car garage, and private patio space. Many updates in recent years including NEW ROOF! 2BR/2.5 BA................$250,000
Bungalow, unique details, beautiful woodwork, art glass, built-in bookshelves gorgeous original light fixture in e DR. Screened-in back porch and Central AC too! Great location, nearby access to parks and transportation. 3BR/1BA.........$310,000
Lots of NEW. Rehabbed kit, newer SS appls, new backsplash, cntr tops, flr. Refinished hdwd flrs on first flr, new carpeting upstairs, new light fixtures, ceiling fans. Entire interior and porch freshly painted. Central air, large deck, pool. 2BR+Tan/1.5BA...........$150,000
Bungalow with hardwood floors. 2 BRS on main flr & 1 HUGE BR upstairs that can be a combo BR/office/playroom. Updated kitchen has walk-in pantry Central A/C is ready to keep you cool! Close to shopping, metra, & bus, 3BR/1.5BA ................$269,900
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Lovely 3BR/2 BA historic brick bungalow on an oversized lot! Highly desirable location in Hermosa Park just on the edge of Logan Square! 3BR/2 BA ............................$330,000
Big, beautiful bungalow in the Seminary District!- Large living and dining rooms with original crown molding. Newer, high efficiency furnace. Central air! Newer windows throughout the house. Large eatin kitchen with granite, glass tile backsplash and newer flooring. 4BR/3BA .......$174,900
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226 N. Oak Park Ave. UNIT 2O, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $138,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 6600 34th St, Berwyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $269,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 1029 S. Cuyler Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $299,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1139 S. Ridgeland Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $325,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1:30 1018 N. Humphrey Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $359,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 7656 N. Adams St, Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$410,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30-3:30 827 Lathrop Ave, Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $429,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
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838 N. Taylor Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyond Properties Realty Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $450,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 304 S. Taylor Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $450,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1100 N. Oak Park Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $499,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1217 N. Marion St, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $499,800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:30-2 1201 Rossell Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $519,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 601 S. Harvey Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $530,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1134 S. Euclid Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $539,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 612 Thomas Ave, Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $549,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1446 Clinton Pl, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $599,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30-4 1005 Linden Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $649,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1446 Bonnie Brae Pl, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $699,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 916 Hayes Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyond Properties Realty Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $739,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 837 N. Kenilworth, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $745,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2
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652 Erie St, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $775,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1126 Clinton Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyond Properties Realty Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $775,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 1339 Ashland Ave, River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $864,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 906 Jackson Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $935,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 236 Forest Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,059,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1207 Jackson Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,155,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30-3:30
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907 Lathrop Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,695,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thu. 5-7
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1124 Des Plaines Ave. UNIT A, Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyond Properties Realty Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $239,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30-4:30 409 S. East Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $349,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 15 Forest Ave. UNIT 19, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $554,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 15 Forest Ave. UNIT 19, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $554,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sat. 11-1
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By CATHY YEN Executive Director
fter reading about small business tax law changes this weekend, I have an even deeper respect for tax accountants than I had before. The complicated provisions of Section 199A of the new tax law are purported to be highly advantageous to small business. Odd, as I have heard not one local business owner reference this forthcoming “windfall.” Step back a minute. Who spends a beautiful summer weekend reading tax law and why?? I harbor a growing concern that progressive communities like ours increasingly label “business” as the bad guy. Social media especially is replete with references to people and policies that must be bad for
residents if they are good for business. This simplistic trope pits humanity against business, in a Dickensian battle of good versus evil. The narrative gains steam when policies and programs, especially on the national level but locally as well, are advertised as good for small business. Politicians like to cite “Main Street USA” and “mom-and-pop shops” in their sound bites. In reality, their definition of “small” is much larger than what we think of when we reference “small” in our community. We are smaller than small. Our community boasts micro independent solo-preneurships, usually built around an owner’s dream and need to make a living. There is little scale and less profit. In contrast, the federal government defines “small business” as any company with up to $7 million in revenue and 500 employees. That’s not us.
sentiment that our local businesses don’t deserve. Following this week’s announcements regarding the new so-called pro-small business tax law, I decided to learn more. Not surprisingly, the new tax law won’t meaningfully benefit most micro-small businesses here. It might help manufacturers or makers, which are rare here, but it is unlikely to impact service industry businesses. And of course, tax breaks only help if you have substantial profit something also quite rare here. Independent local “small” business is hard. Success depends more on our relentless support than policies coming out of government.
So I cringe with every headline that boasts another boon for “small” business. Each one is more fodder for the anti-business
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medical condition forced me recently to consider the end of my life. I don’t usually have sweet rolls or donuts. But after a clinic appointment one day I needed coffee and was near a Dunkin’ Donuts counter. I bought coffee and a Dunkin’ Donuts coffee cake muffin. The Dunkin’ Donuts coffee cake muffin emerges from its restraining paper cup overflowing that cup with a thick hard covering rich in cinnamon and sugar. I begin eating the muffin with that top cover. It breaks off in large chunks with few crumbs falling as I break off each chunk. That hard sugary top goes pretty quickly. Next comes the muffin in the restraining paper cup. Here the muffin is soft and crumbly, no solid chunks and a lot of crumbs. I work through this part of the muffin and arrive at the bottom of the paper cup. Only crumbs, small chunks stuck firmly to the sides and bottom of the paper remain. I finish the muffin with those crumbs at the bottom and the small chunks that I scraped off the paper cup. I wrap up the paper cup and realize that it was a filling muffin; that I am satisfied and want no more. The outline of the Dunkin’ Donuts coffee cake muffin has become my emoji for a death that expresses contentment and thanks for the life that came before it. I see the active life beginning in the early 20s. Then we “bite” off life in solid chunks. Like the top of the cake muffin, there are few “crumbs” of indecision. Life is “rich” and “overflowing” in excitement and done fast. Soon we come to our 30s and adulthood. Now, as with the restraining paper cup of the muffin, we are also restricted by responsibilities to our work, our marriage, our children, our relationships. Life doesn’t come to us in solid chunks but with decisions and plans easily falling apart. We move through middle age to our final senior years. Senior life can be difficult. Some aspects of it have to be worked at as with those chunks stuck to the bottom and the sides of the muffin paper cup. But we handle those difficulties and live through the final “crumbs” at the “bottom” and ending of our lives. At this point, it is my hope that I will be able to see my life as complete; that, like finishing the Dunkin’ Donuts muffin, I will be able, with satisfaction, to “wrap up” my life needing no more. Yes, it is my hope that I will be grateful that I had that quantum chance to have lived. Jim Dickert is a resident of Oak Park.
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o Supreme Court advanced equality more than the Warren Court (19531969). Earlier courts emphasized property rights. The Warren Court focused on individual rights. It advanced racial equality, striking school segregation laws and bans on interracial marriage. (Brown v. Board of Education and Loving v. Virginia). It breathed life into the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth amendments, excluding evidence obtained in unlawful searches, requiring “Miranda warnings,” affording indigent defendants free counsel, and expanding the concept of a search to include technological intrusions into private spaces. (Mapp v. Ohio, Miranda v. Arizona, Gideon v. Wainwright, and Katz v. United States). It protected free speech and a free press, requiring proof of actual malice before a public official could sue for defamation, and outlawing mandated public school prayer. (New York Times v. Sullivan and Engel v. Vitale). It kept the government out of our bedrooms when it struck laws banning access to contraception as intruding on the right to privacy. (Griswold v. Connecticut). And it enshrined the concept of equal
representation with its “one man, one vote” malapportionment decisions, striking state counter-majoritarian attempts to dilute the vote of large urban centers to protect powerful business interests. (Baker v. Carr and Reynolds v. Sims). Many of the civil rights we take for granted today are rooted in the Warren Court’s jurisprudence. That “judicial revolution” sparked a conservative legal counterrevolution. In just three short years (1969-1972) Nixon appointed four Supreme Court Justices to the bench, including Chief Justice Warren Burger. The Burger Court was not the conservative court we have today, and it did not overrule the Warren Court’s landmark decisions. But with few exceptions it began to pare back their reach. (A process accelerated and continued by the Rehnquist and Roberts courts). Discontent with the prevailing liberalism of the ’60s, business-minded conservatives founded The Heritage Foundation in 1973. Inspired by an anti-left, pro-business memorandum written by Justice Powell when he
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t is nearly time for a new school year to begin at Oak Park and River Forest High School. And it is destined to be a remarkable one. There is the coming debut of America to Me, a 10-hour documentary, filmed with extraordinary access over an entire school year and focusing on equity issues. Also coming up is the rollout of a year-long master facilities planning document. This ambitious effort, dubbed Imagine OPRF, is long overdue with past planning efforts limited in scope. This proposal will be sweeping, costly and have angst built-in, what with worries over taxes, that pesky $100 million cash reserve and a debate over pool size that is moving toward Freudian. Not to be overlooked — though a quartet of school officials seemed surprised last week that we hadn’t overlooked it during an interview — is the lack of a new contract with faculty. School officials assure us school will open as planned under the old contract. That at least two months after a settlement was likely expected there is no pact is not great news. We look at teacher contracts as vital indicators of whether these two parties have absorbed a clear message of tax saturation led by the cost of local public education. Further, and equally critical, contracts with teachers must reflect the school’s stated determination to innovate on equity. In the weeks ahead as eyes turn to the documentary and the facilities plan, we’ll still be watching for a faculty contract that matches this school district’s ambitions and its realities.
Robinson’s and race
There is a contretemps on Madison Street that needs immediate conversation and reconciliation. It involves Robinson’s Bar & Grill, the updated version of the iconic Robinson’s #1 Ribs, which has been at home on this street since the 1980s. Charlie Robinson moved his restaurant a block over last year after village government actively worked to purchase his previous location to clear space for a townhouse project. The new location, a former Leona’s, is bigger with amenities that have shifted it toward more full-service bar and event space. Two nights a week Robinson’s hosts a dance party that draws a large, and largely black, audience for step dancing. Calls to Oak Park police have increased, a combination of noise complaints, crowd control, and let’s be plain, over-sensitivity to large gatherings of African Americans out on the town. We’ve known Charlie Robinson for nearly 40 years. Hard to get a rise out of this gracious man. When he calls this out as having a racial element and talks about moving his business out of town, it is time to stop talking and listen. Skip the alarm talk of who is a racist and let’s have the conversation about racial bias that impacts all of our perceptions and sometimes our actions. This is an opportunity.
Another Madison St. win
The proposal to construct a three-story apartment building on vacant land at Madison Street and Lyman is a pure win for neighbors and for the village. Approval should sail through and initial construction could begin this year. What’s the appeal of this project from Ambrosia Homes? It isn’t Taco Bell. That’s a good start. The proposal for an all-hours, drive-thru-dominated fastfooder rightly raised the hackles of residential neighbors last year when it was proposed and rapidly disposed of by the village board. Now comes a proposal for 23 luxury rentals with a matching number of parking spots, no requests for financial subsidies from taxpayers and a single variance request — no first-floor retail — that already matches the village’s updated thinking on zoning on Madison. Good work by neighbors in opposing the ill-suited fast food fit last year. And good work by village government in setting Madison Street up for a series of small successes. By concentrating the village’s direct development role on parcels largely owned by the village and focused from East Avenue to Home, there is hope for a large-scale commercial and residential project. And in stepping back from a retail-only focus running from Harlem to Austin, new zoning allows for pockets of residential development, such as this Ambrosia project and the townhomes coming at Madison and Home.
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Jogging on Pleasant Street
leasant is as amiable a name as you’ll find on a street sign in this village — with the possible exception of Fair Oaks (certain streets editorialize), or Home itself for that matter. Pleasant Street is a straight grid shot from the cul-de-sac at Austin Boulevard all the way to Oak Park Avenue — and worth the walk — but then it jogs. A lot of people jog on the streets of Oak Park, but some streets jog for the runners. Jogs are not deadends, though it may look like one as you approach. Think in terms of Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous “voyage of discovery,” his series of right-angle turns funneling flustered visitors inside his homes’ well-disguised entries. Maybe Wright got the idea from walking Oak Park’s streets, which rarely go east to west in a straight line. Nowhere is this more apparent than along Oak Park Avenue, where connecting streets jog at Greenfield, Berkshire, Thomas, Iowa (ever-so-slightly), Erie, Pleasant, Randolph and even Washington (I didn’t check south of Jackson, which jogs dramatically at both Grove and Maple, though that’s another story altogether and a good one). I’m not sure why the village developed in such haphazard fashion, but it did (check with Frank Lipo at the Historical Society for the full story). There is no more crooked street in Oak Park, however, than Pleasant between Oak Park Avenue and Marion. Talk about your voyage of discovery. It jogs four times — totaling eight right-angle turns. But this voyage of discovery involves more than merely altering your orientation. Other discoveries await. The St. Edmund campus’ gothic-style grey stones, spires and gargoyles, for instance, are a refreshing visual vacation from the semi-urban landscape of single-family homes and multifamily apartment blocks. Bells toll the hours from 9 to 9, with special exuberance at noon and 6. When the bells begin at 9 a.m., I know the day’s meter is running. At Grove, the next street west, four battleship Victorians guard each corner, a reminder of the grandeur of many of our intersections in a bygone era. At Kenilworth, a right then left turn puts you on the 900 blocks (two of them, extending east and west of Clinton). The western half is notable because each side of the street is symmetrical. On the south side, identical dark brown buildings bookend a light brick, bifurcated, mirror-image structure, “modern” in the 1960s sense of that word. On the north side, meanwhile, the 1920s-era building, which consumes the entire block, is self-contained in its symmetry. Thanks to Pete Neuman, a building inspector by trade, who pointed it out to me. He said this was likely the only fully symmetrical block in the village. He should know. A black wrought-iron fence and large hydrangea bush in a massive cement planter
front the George Maher-designed Farson-Mills Mansion at the corner of Pleasant and Home — hence its more familiar name: Pleasant Home. Thee enormous open porch last Friday night was packed with chortling people, surprised perhaps that something so old (and silent, save for the live piano accompaniment) could possibly be as funny as Buster Keaton and the adventures of his hangdog face. Another right then left turn puts you on the one-sided 1000 block where residents overlook Mills Park, as pretty a front lawn as you could ask for. Views from third-floor walkups make the climb worthwhile. “Passive green space,” its technical designation, doesn’t do it justice. Mills Park, with its myriad butterfly plants, has been a boon to the local monarch population. This is the kind of park where you can see a woman walking her parrot. She does the walking. The parrot roosts on her finger. But it’s an apt metaphor. At least once a day we should let our inner parrot out of its cage. The 1000 block features two of the loveliest multifamily building courtyards. At 1002-1012, a burbling fountain, birch trees, cement benches, ivy on the walls and flower-filled pots create an unexpected sanctuary. Residents must regret having to go inside. I’ve heard the owner gives new tenants a free membership to Pleasant Home across the street. At the other end of the block and across the street, 1033-1045, a more expansive but equally verdant oasis awaits, albeit sans fountain. One of the Greystone buildings at 1034 and 1032 (we don’t know which) was the home, once upon a time, of Ernest Hemingway’s first flame, Frances Coates, a fellow student at OPRF High School. This little-known dalliance was uncovered recently, thanks to the sleuthing of Hemingway detective Rob Elder. Immediately west of these is Carnivore, the village’s only freestanding butcher shop with what may be the village’s only freestanding food truck, the Ministry of Sandwiches, parked in its driveway. In the Carnivore window a sign reads, “The Home of Odd Produce,” which refers to Dave Odd, who leads foraging tours, including one that begins at 10 a.m. outside Carnivore the last Sunday of the month (Aug. 26 is next). I met Dave by the peach tree (yes, there’s a peach tree) in front of Carnivore, as last month’s tour commenced. He said he planted it about four years ago, shortly after Carnivore opened. Dave also excavated the giant mushroom in the meat case inside (if you see it, you’ll understand why I use the term “excavated”). Next to Carnivore is Serenitea, a pretty good play on words for a business moniker. This serene tea shop, abutting a shop filled with burly — and funny — meat-cutters, has to be one of, well, the Odd-est juxtapositions in Oak Park.
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Poor Phil’s and Barclay’s are located in the Carleton Hotel, which includes the former Plaza Hotel as a banquet annex — where last Saturday night four Model A Fords, 1928-1930 vintage, were parked in front. The caravan replaced the more traditional limousine bus, but Emily and Daniel of Western Springs (according to cards left on the first vehicle’s windshield, are clearly not your average newly marrieds. The autos garnered plenty of attention, as was intended. Walking home from here on a latesummer evening is also quite pleasant, as the harsh cacophony of cicadas gives way to the soft ethereality of crickets. When a full moon hangs over Pleasant Home and the crickets’ string section is fully tuned, as the dense overhang of trees creates a lovers’ lane and porch lights warm the way, Pleasant Street, for all its twists and turns, looks like the kind of setting the movies are always trying, and failing, to recreate. All Oak Park streets have their stories and their charm, echoing the past, welcoming the present. Walking these sidewalks opens portals, all of which are worth a glance. Pleasant indeed.
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Vote ‘No’ to stop autocratic restructuring Step 1: Village board president proposes to reduce village clerk’s compensation in order to pay for the village board president’s desired compensation increase (Board Minutes, 7/19/2015). Step 2: As per the village board president’s proposal, village board designates the board president as “mayor” without citizen hearings (Board Minutes, 9/8/2015). Step 3: Village board more than doubles the board’s, including the “mayor’s,” compensation without citizen hearings (Board Minutes, 10/17/2016). Step 4: Village board approves a referendum on studying a consolidation of taxing bodies that would transfer power from the voters to the board, including the “mayor,” by transforming currently elected bodies into advisory bodies that would likely be appointed (Board Meeting, 7/30/2018). The above describes a gradual restructuring of our village government that is slowly increasing the board’s, and particularly the village board president’s, power while decreasing the power of Oak Park residents and Oak Park entities, including the township, park district and library. The designation of the board president as “mayor,” though seemingly trivial, implies that the position has more power than it was designed to have. That this designation and other steps in the restructuring have occurred, while citizen input has been ignored, dismissed or manipulated, indicates a potential shift in power to even beyond that of “mayor” and to that of autocrat. I am struck by how reminiscent these incremental changes are to one of Oak Park’s past brushes with autocratic behavior. In the 1980s a school superintendent, aided by administrators, surreptitiously attempted to restructure Oak Park schools gradually, step by step, into an autocratic environment. In response, many parents, teachers and community groups spoke out, just as many have spoken out against today’s shifts in village government, including against the board’s most recent referendum on studying consolidation. In 1983, the Journal published an editorial that praised the aforementioned school officials’ attempted restructuring while ignoring residents’ insight and concern about the autocratic behavior underlying it. This time around, the Journal’s Aug. 1 editorial and opinion piece by Dan Haley, who also ran the paper in 1983, similarly praised the village’s referendum while dismissing and even mocking residents’ current concerns that the referendum is part of a surreptitious attempt to shift the balance of power from the residents to the village. It is disappointing to see the Journal repeat history by uncritically dismissing today’s thoughtful insight and concern, particularly given that a 1985 federal court decision confirmed the citizens’ concerns that its 1983 editorial had dismissed: the school superintendent and administration were found, in fact, to have taken autocratic and, in some cases, illegal actions. Hopefully, Oak Park residents, with or without the aid of their local paper, will be able to stop the current shift toward autocracy in its earliest steps before it gets to the point of federal court. Doing so starts with voting “No” on the referendum even if it is tempting to vote “Yes” given that the referendum’s phrasing works to manipulate voters by suggesting that consolidation is a matter of potentially reducing taxes rather than the matter of transferring power from the citizens to the board, and particularly the village board president, that it more likely is. Bonita Robinson is a longtime resident of Oak Park.
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Make no mistake, this is authoritarian creep There are ample reasons to demonstrate why a referendum is ill-advised; what I wish to draw our attention to is the political problem and the authoritarian creep of the Village Board of Trustees. Make no mistake, the taxing bodies efficiency task force was born on Feb. 20 in a resolution (18-816) that opens with the assertion that the “property tax burden [...] may be an economic barrier in the local commercial and residential property markets.” Throughout this founding document there is no mention of citizens, our opinions on public services, or even purported redundancies or the frustrations of the people; this is a task force engendered by the concerns of an unelected and unaccountable cadre, producing a recommendation without publishing a report, appointed by the village president. This is the authoritarian creep of AbuTaleb’s board. This is an affront to democracy, popular self-determination, and in its place, we are made spectators, reduced to an audience for technocratic elites in collusion with finance, rent extractors, gentrifiers. Make no mistake, while a referendum question looks
democratic and possibly popular, that is mere pretense; this referendum, which should never have made the ballot as presented, is not more democracy. Its aim is to provide a popular cover to consolidate more power in the executives who do the appointing, we will invariably hand more control to the village president and other elitist gentrifiers and rent extractors; make no mistake, the pretence of a referendum is to let our unaccountable representatives appoint yet another un-elected committee, diminishing constitutive power. Make no mistake, many of these trustees and this village president detest democracy and the will of the people. This authoritarian power grab, a ham-fisted attempt at annexation of democratically-run, serviceproviding institutions, should be seen for what it is: this is not an attempt at collaboration; it’s certainly not an attempt at returning democracy to the people of Oak Park; this is an authoritarian swindle. Abu-Taleb’s term expires April 2021.
Adam Paradis Oak Park
Why isn’t curfew enforced? Unless I’m mistaken, I believe there is a curfew in Oak Park: Anyone under 18 to be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian or school official between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. weekdays and between midnight and 6 a.m. on weekends. I must be incorrect, however, as on almost any night, I see out my front window kids well under 18 walking or biking unsupervised, well beyond those hours. I encounter them loitering around the 7-Eleven near South Boulevard frequently as well. Why isn’t the curfew being enforced and why aren’t the parents of these kids be-
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Conservatives and the Supreme Court from page 19 was a corporate lawyer, it sought to shape a more conservative view of business, government, and politics. It published a “Mandate for Leadership” in 1981, which Reagan used as a blueprint for his administration and has remained a leading source of conservative influence in Washington to this day. Powell and The Heritage Foundation believed the American free enterprise system was under a decadeslong attack from the left, and saw school campuses as “the single most dynamic source” of the attack. In 1982, as if on cue, Edwin Meese and Robert Bork, Reagan’s Attorney General and Solicitor General, helped found the conservative Federalist Society in the country’s elite law schools. Its aim: to advance conservative legal principles by identifying promising young law students, indoctrinating them, placing them in important government and corporate positions, and ultimately vetting and recommending the most reliable adherents for the bench. This is no secret. The Federalist Society has always
ing made to take some responsibility for their children’s whereabouts? Will it take a kid getting hurt, hit by a car, assaulted, before the parents wake up and act like parents rather than their buddies? When that eventually happens, God forbid, the blame will be on Oak Park for not enforcing the law and the parents for giving their children freedoms they are not quite ready to take on.
Rick Mordini Oak Park
been open about its goal. Progressives and liberals did not pay attention. The importance of this organization in reshaping the federal judiciary cannot be overstated. It was hit-andmiss in the early days, but by 2006 it had four members on the Supreme Court: Thomas, Scalia, Roberts, and Alito (and countless others in lower courts). A 2008 study found them to be four of the five most conservative justices since 1937. Kennedy was the lone Republican non-Federalist Society member, and he still ranked 10th. Gorsuch, a Federalist Society member, replaced Scalia. Brett Kavanaugh, a Federalist Society member, will soon replace Kennedy. With his ascension, the Federalist Society has captured a majority of the court and American jurisprudence is set to become the most conservative in history. The clear-eyed conservative ground game to retake and reshape the courts is impressive. The court drives conservatives to vote. Progressives, liberals, and many centrists, seem only vaguely aware of any decision not involving a hot-button social issue. They will soon be victims of their own apathy. I have long lamented that apathy, but done little about it. We need to have a conversation about the importance of the third branch of government. Brian Holt is a resident of Oak Park.
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Oak Parkers should unite against festival fees
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pinion regarding “Village sticks festivals with big fees” [News, Aug. 8]: Oak Parkers enjoy their festivals and maybe this is finally something that the majority of Oak Parker’s can come together on. The village paid $26K a month for Divvy, no complaints. Docking stations left behind when Divvy left, taking up parking spaces, no complaints. Festival-goers need to understand there are costs incurred putting on events and should not be passed off on taxpayers. Of course, it doesn’t seem what is being assessed for losing some parking spaces would add up to so much although since it’s parking being complained about, why aren’t taxpayers complaining about two new pay stations between Forest Avenue and Marion Street that recently were replaced when some village staff person got the idea that parkers could give away a space with 10 minutes left on it like in Chicago? That move closed the loophole. Absolute genius on the village staff member’s contribution. Parkers now need to remember their license plate, using a machine that is more complicated and causing a backup of parkers waiting to pay with a picture of their license plate on their cellphone. No complaints from the festival-goers. When it comes to a few thousand dollars and festival-goers being concerned whether they’re going to have another wine or beer at the event, then it’s time to start joining forces over the few thousand
dollars village staff would like to have. Not the cost of schools, or even a pool, will bring out as many as having festivities jeopardized. I don’t think festival-goers need to worry about festivals going away. The event organizers will work something out with the unnamed village staff and come to a fair street tax and that money will end up in some fund and used for something. Trustee Simone Boutet echoed Trustee Bob Tucker’s comments, saying the fees were never approved by the board. “The staff is authorized to charge for barricades and police overtime and whatever it takes to clean up and manage the events; we have never authorized for lost parking revenue,” she said. She argued that the Thursday Night Out event likely brings in additional revenue from those parking in village-owned parking garages and other metered spots in the downtown area. Boutet noted that the new parking fee is being charged not through the special events ordinance but under the construction section of the village ordinance. “I would say it’s a misinterpretation of the ordinance,” she said. “I don’t want to be digging into other inapplicable codes to make things worse for people.” The other week in Wednesday Journal, Trustee Simone Boutet seemed to be portrayed as a person who claims plots are taking place. She now sounds like a person worth paying attention to as a trustee. W.T. Maxwell is a longtime Oak Park resident.
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Charging festivals needs to be done fairly
The whole idea of protecting parking meter revenue “lost” from festival street closings strikes me as bogus. The stated justification for parking meters is to equitably apportion a scarce resource, not to generate revenue. Otherwise feeding parking meters on the mall would be encouraged, not banned. If a street is temporarily closed, there is nothing to apportion, so no need for parking meters. Village-disseminated materials (such as monthly newsletters) regarding on-street parking meters, overnight permits, parking restrictions, etc., offer many justifications such as apportioning resources, safety and maintaining the character of neighborhoods, but I have never seen revenue as an on-street meter justification. Parking garages, that’s a different story; if they are
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The missed opportunity of a misspoken word
watched the press conference with our president and President Putin as they closed their summit meeting in Helsinki. President Trump’s demeanor seemed strange. He was deferential to Putin, and conveyed impotence. I was stunned when he said, he “had no reason to conclude that Russia would have interfered with our election.” It could not be “fake news.” It was a live, worldwide TV broadcast. In the ensuing week, I watched many persons of stature, prominence, and esteem react to history’s most awkward moment for an American president. I empathize with the anguish of our nation’s statesmen, our congressional leaders, and other revered heroes and patriots in both criticism and defense of our president. Consensus of opinion is that our president had disgraced himself. He chose not to confront Putin about Russia’s offensive, aggressive mischief-making, and their obvious meddling in our election. World opinion is that Trump capitulated to Putin. He did not dare confront the world’s most outrageous aggressor, and publicly discounted the credibility of our intelligence agencies. Twenty-four hours after his return from the summit, President Trump claimed he misspoke in Helsinki. He said he meant to say the word “wouldn’t.” It’s a plausible explanation. To err is human. I don’t know anyone who has not misspoken occasionally. Most of us, however, quickly catch and correct our errors. But Mr. Trump did not react for more than 24 hours.
It’s the time lapse that unsettles me and evokes questions. His claim that he misspoke seemed a feeble attempt to minimize the impact of his misspoken word. Mr. Trump has frequently boasted that he’s a man of his word. He says what he means, and means what he says. But we are in a quandary about what he intends to say. Washington Post reported that “President Trump has made more than 3,200 false or misleading claims while in office.” He did not attempt to correct any of his claims as errors or misspeaks. The president has been in office for about 450 days. That means he has told a lie, or an untruth, an average of seven times a day. I’m certain Mr. President will dismiss that as ‘fake news.” Time magazine might feature his picture on its cover as “The person most lacking credibility.” I wonder what might have happened if our president had corrected himself immediately, while facing the world’s TV cameras. He could have pointed out that Putin and the Russian regime make an amicable relationship with America unfeasible. Likely, Putin would have been incensed or indignant, even outraged. But my fellow patriots and I would have welcomed our president home as a hero, as our champion. World leaders would have admired him, and nations threatened by Russian aggression would have been grateful. Sadly, President Trump missed an opportunity to make America great. Fred Natkevi is a longtime Oak Park resident and member of the Oak Park Writers Group.
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Tip of the hat to a job well done
intended to be operated as profit centers, no issue. If we are going to abandon the pretense that parking meters are an allocation mechanism and just admit that they are a revenue grab, then I ask that all parking-denial events be treated equally. Block parties, Ethnic Festival parades, 10K races, 4th of July fireworks and high school football games, prepare to pony up. In the meantime, the bills sent for events already held are ridiculous in view of the lack of notice to organizers that the rules were being changed. It’s all very lawyerly to point to plausible interpretations of ordinances, but the history of interpretation of existing ordinances says otherwise.
Bob Stigger
Oak Park
On Friday, Aug. 3, I contacted the Oak Park Forestry Division regarding a broken tree branch hanging from the parkway tree in front of my house. Information was exchanged. A visit was promised. I commented to a neighbor about my village contact, smugly implying this will surely be an exercise in futility. On Mon-
day, Aug. 6, the forestry crew arrives. Tree branch did not stand a chance. Saws, chipper — bing, bang, boom. Done. They were on their way. I was impressed. Whining opportunity lost. A tip of this taxpayer’s hat to a job well done from call to execution.
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Rev. Jordan McGrath, O.P., 86
Legendary Fenwick math instructor Father Jordan McGrath, O.P. died peacefully On Aug. 5, 2018 at Resurrection Life Center, five weeks shy of his 87th birthday. “It seems to have been a very quick and peaceful death for him. Just a week ago REV. JORDAN MCGRATH Wednesday he was with us [at St. Pius V] at community prayer and recreation,” reports Prior Provincial, the Very Rev. James Marchionda, O.P. Father McGrath taught math at Fenwick High School for more than a quartercentury. Present Math Department Chair and alumnus Roger Finnell ’59, one of his early Friars’ students, remembers him as a demanding teacher who knew the material exceptionally well, “and who expected students to follow and complete all work on time on a tight schedule of homework assignments. He expected students to be sure to organize all of their work neatly and carefully, even taking off points if equal signs were not aligned in their work. One of his best students, William Mayer ’74, now a PhD and college professor of PolySci at Northeastern University in Boston, thanked Fr. McGrath for the academic rigor he instilled and cited him as one of the most gifted, influential teachers by whom he was taught at Fenwick.”
Funeral Services for Fr. McGrath took place on Aug. 10 at St. Vincent Ferrer Church in River Forest, followed by burial at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines.
Rev. John Powers, 93 Former assistant pastor at Ascension Parish
Rev. John J. Powers, 93, died on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. Born on May 15, 1925 in Chicago, Fr. Powers attended St. Robert Bellarmine School and Quigley Preparatory Seminar. He graduated with a M.A. from REV. JOHN POWERS the University of St. Mary of the Lake/ Mundelein Seminary in 1951. Fr. Powers was ordained to the priesthood on May 3, 1951 by Samuel Cardinal Stritch, archbishop of Chicago and celebrated his first solemn Mass at St. Robert Bellarmine in Chicago on May 6 of the same year. After ordination to priesthood, Fr. Powers served the archdiocese as assistant pastor at the following: Ascension Parish in Harvey, Ascension Parish in Oak Park, St. Mary Parish in Riverside, and Holy Ghost Parish in South Holland. In 1978, he was appointed pastor of St. Jude the Apostle Parish in South Holland where he served until his retirement in 1995. Rev. George J. Kane, pastor emeritus of Church of the Holy Spirit in Schaumburg, remembers his classmate as “kind, compassionate, joyous and absolutely dependable. All through
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these years this is how he lived his life as a priest.” Visitation and services were held on Aug. 13 and 14 at St. Jude the Apostle Church. Bishop-elect Ronald Hicks was the main celebrant of the Mass and Deacon Timothy Springer was the homilist. Interment was at St. Joseph Cemetery.
Butch Novak, 61
Owner of Villager Foods in Oak Park Charles J. “Butch” Novak, 61, of River Forest died on Aug. 8, 2018. He was the proud owner of Villager Foods in Oak Park. Butch Novak was the father of Joseph (Stephanie) and Brittany Novak; beloved Papa of Steve and Michelina; brother of JoAnn Loftus, Linda Monckton and Mary Beth (Tim) Novak-Eckenroad; uncle of Tim Jr. (Katie), Kristine (Jason), Brent (Brittany), Patrick (Mary) and the late Matthew and Peter Monckton; great uncle of Kelsey, Brennen, Peyton, Brogan and Elliott; son of the late Joseph and Eleanor Novak and grandson of grandmother Novak and grandmother Rose. He is survived by his dearest friends, Sheila and Colleen, Danny and Kevin. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, Aug. 16 from 2 to 5 p.m., with prayers at 4 p.m. at Humes Funeral Home, 320 W. Lake St., Addison (2 miles east of Rt. 53, 2 miles west of Rt. 83). Memorials to “Out of the Darkness” (The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention), St. Baldricks Foundation or Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will be greatly appreciated. Info www.humesfh.com or 630-628-8808.
Joseph Williams, 67 Vietnam veteran
Dr. Joseph E.G. Williams, 67, of Charleston, Illinois, died on Aug. 7, 2018. Born in Providence, Rhode Island on August 28, 1950, he is survived by his wife, Dr. Mary Pat (Hegarty) Williams, a former Oak Park resident. He is also survived by his sons, Logan M.E. Williams and Tristan C.J. Williams; two brothers; a sister-in-law; and his in-laws, Edward and Mary Frances Hegarty. He was preceded in death by his mother, the JOSEPH WILLIAMS late Hazel May (Williams) Battey and his step-father, the late Raymond A. Battey; and his brother, the late William R. Garcia. Visitation and a prayer service were held on Aug. 13 at Adams Funeral Chapel, followed by a funeral Mass on Aug. 14 at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. Burial, with military rites, followed in Roselawn Cemetery. The family appreciates donations to any of the following: Boy Scout Troop 141, the Fox Ridge Foundation, or the Knights of Columbus Council 4024. They may be mailed to Adams Funeral Chapel, 2330 Shawnee Drive, Charleston, Illinois 61920. Dr. Williams’ complete obituary is available at www.adamsfuneralchapel.com.
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Religion Guide Methodist
Check First.
First United Methodist Church of Oak Park
First Congregational Church of Maywood
400 N. Fifth Avenue (1 block north of Lake St.) Come join us for Sunday Morning Worship at 11 am Pastor Elliot Wimbush will be preaching the message. Refreshments and fellowship follow the service. 708-344-6150 firstchurchofmaywood.org When you're looking for a place to worship the Lord, Check First.
You’re Invited to A Church for All Nations A Church Without Walls SERVICE LOCATION Forest Park Plaza 7600 W. Roosevelt Road Forest Park, IL 60130
William S. Winston Pastor (708) 697-5000 Sunday Service 7AM, 9AM & 11:15AM
LIVE Webcast - 11:15AM Service Believer’s Walk of Faith Broadcast Schedule (Times in Central Standard Time) Television DAYSTAR (M-F)
3:30-4:00pm
Nationwide
WJYS-TV (M-F)
6:30-7:00am
Chicago, IL.
WCIU-TV (Sun.)
10:30-11:00am
Chicago, IL.
Word Network
10:30-11:00am
Nationwide
(M-F)
www.livingwd.org www.billwinston.org
West Suburban Temple Har Zion
1040 N. Harlem Avenue River Forest Meet our Rabbi, Adir Glick Pray, learn, and celebrate with our caring, progressive, egalitarian community. Interfaith families are welcome. Accredited Early Childhood Program Religious School for K thru 12 Daily Morning Minyan Weekly Shabbat Services Friday 6:30pm & Saturday 10:00am Affiliated with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 708.366.9000 www.wsthz.org
Nursery Provided
324 N. Oak Park Avenue 708-383-4983 www.firstUMCoakpark.org Sunday School for all Ages, 9am Sunday Worship, 10am Children’s Chapel during Worship Rev. Katherine Thomas Paisley, Pastor Professionally Staffed Nursery Fellowship Time after Worship Presbyterian
Lutheran—ELCA
United Lutheran Church
409 Greenfield Street (at Ridgeland Avenue) Oak Park Holy Communion with nursery care and children’s chapel each Sunday at 9:30 a.m. www.unitedlutheranchurch.org
708/386-1576
Lutheran-Independent
Grace Lutheran Church
7300 W. Division, River Forest David R. Lyle, Senior Pastor David W. Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Lauren Dow Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Sunday Worship, 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Sunday School/Adult Ed. 9:45 a.m. Childcare Available
Fair Oaks
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
744 Fair Oaks Ave. Oak Park 386-4920
Summer Worship Service
(through September 2)
Sundays at 9:30 am fairoakspres.org
OAK PARK MEETING OF FRIENDS (Quakers) Meeting For Worship Sundays at 10:00 a.m. at Oak Park Art League 720 Chicago Ave., Oak Park Please call 708-445-8201 www.oakparkfriends.org
Roman Catholic
Ascension Catholic Church
Grace Lutheran School
Preschool - 8th Grade Bill Koehne, Principal 366-6900, graceriverforest.org Lutheran-Missouri Synod
Christ Lutheran Church
607 Harvard Street (at East Av.) Oak Park, Illinois Rev. Robert M. Niehus, Pastor Sunday Bible Class: 9:15 am Sunday School: 9:10 Sunday Worship Services: 8:00 and 10:30 am Church Office: 708/386-3306 www.christlutheranoakpark.org Lutheran-Missouri Synod
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church
305 Circle Ave, Forest Park Sunday Worship, 9:30am Adult Bible Class, 10:45am Wheelchair Access to Sanctuary Leonard Payton, Pastor Roney Riley, Assistant Pastor 708-366-3226 www.stjohnforestpark.org
808 S. East Ave. 708/848-2703 www.ascensionoakpark.com Worship: Saturday Mass 5:00 pm Sunday Masses 7:30, 9:00, 11 am, 5:00 pm Sacrament of Reconciliation 4 pm Saturday Taize Prayer 7:30 pm First Fridays Feb.– Dec. & Jan. 1
Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor
Roman Catholic
St. Edmund Catholic Church
188 South Oak Park Ave. Saturday Mass: 5:30 p.m. Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m. Weekday Mass: 8:30 a.m. M–F Holy Day Masses: As Announced Reconciliation: Saturday 4:15 p.m. Parish Office: 708-848-4417 Religious Ed Phone: 708-848-7220
Roman Catholic
St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park
CELEBRATING OUR 107TH YEAR! Sat. Masses: 8:30am & 5:00pm SUNDAY MASSES: 8:00am & 10:30am 10:30 Mass-Daycare for all ages CCD Sun. 9am-10:15am Reconciliation: Sat. 9am & 4pm Weekday Masses: Monday–Friday 6:30am Church Office: 708-366-0839 CCD: 708-366-3553 www.stbern.com Pastor: Fr. Stanislaw Kuca
St. Giles Family Mass Community
We welcome all to attend Sunday Mass at 10 a.m. on the St. Giles Parish campus on the second floor of the school gym, the southernmost building in the school complex at 1034 North Linden Avenue. Established in 1970, we are a laybased community within St. Giles Roman Catholic Parish. Our Mass is family-friendly. We encourage liturgically active toddlers. Children from 3 to 13 and young adults play meaningful parts in each Sunday liturgy. Together with the parish, we offer Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a Montessori-based religious education program for children in grades K-8. For more information, go to http://www.stgilesparish.org/ family-mass-community or call Bob Wielgos at 708-288-2196.
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Third Unitarian Church 10AM Sunday Forum 11AM Service Rev. Colleen Vahey thirdunitarianchurch.org (773) 626-9385 301 N. Mayfield, Chicago Committed to justice, not to a creed Upcoming Religious Holidays
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410 Washington Blvd Oak Park. 708-524-2408 Mass Times: Sat. 8:00am Sun. 7:30 & 10:00am Operated by Society of St. Pius X. Confessions 1 hr. before each mass
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ACCOUNTANT The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Accountant (part-time 20-25 hours/ week) in the Finance Department. This position will perform general professional level accounting duties involving the reporting of financial transactions, cash management and maintenance of financial records for Village operations, programs and services. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http://www.oak-park.us/ jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application no later than August 31, 2018.
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PART-TIME COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR Hephzibah Children’s Association is accepting applications for a part time Communications Coordinator to provide external communications to donors, media, working partners and the public. The coordinator will manage all print and digital publications, the Hephzibah website and all social media platforms as well as provide administrative support to the Director of Development
PART TIME CAR WASH ATTENDANT SPOTLESS CARWASH at 7343 Roosevelt Rd and 7802 Madison St in Forest Park needs an attendant. We are looking for someone who likes to be outside, and is friendly and likes people. The duties are to meet and greet customers, make change, sell tokens, automatic and self serve wash use instructions, keep lot and the perimeter clean, and empty the garbage. Pay is $10.00 per hour. The hours an attendant is on duty are 9–5 on week days and 9–4 on Saturday and Sunday. If you can fit any of these hours on a part time basis we can work with you. Please come to 7343 Roosevelt Rd. in Forest Park to pick up an application. 708-771-2945 Thank you
AUTO PARTS PART-TIME DRIVER & INVENTORY NAPA Auto Parts Stores looking for dependable and dedicated employees for part-time Driver and Inventory Worker openings. Most important is a friendly demeanor, good attitude, and ability to work with people. Availability right now. If interested, call Cesar or Jim at 708-447-4980. COMMUNITY RELATIONS INTERN The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Community Relations Intern in the Community Relations Department. This is a seasonal position will provide assistance to the Community Relations Department provides intake and referral services for residents to community resources, assists in investigations of landlord/ tenant complaints, etc. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oakpark.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application no later than September 3, 2018. CROSSING GUARD–Riverside $12.15 hr. Requires working in all weather conditions 4 hrs./day; hours are split as guard is needed morning & afternoon Applications are at Riverside Police Dept. 31 Riverside Rd. Riverside, IL 60546 (708) 447-2127-Sgt. Pontrelli fpontrelli@riverside.il.us
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Small local company located in Forest Park has an opening for a Data Entry/Customer Service Representative. We are looking for an energetic self-starter with an analytical mind, detail-oriented, advanced customer service skills and a positive professional attitude. This position requires: 2+ years customer service role or environment, strong interpersonal skills, ability to multi-task, flexible attitude, general AP/AR, payroll and payment processing knowledge, and various data entry skills. We offer full benefits, paid vacation and holidays. Please submit your cover letter and resume to datainputjob@yahoo.com PAID-ON-CALL FIREFIGHTER POSITION The Village of Riverside Fire Department is seeking Individuals for the position of Paid-on-call Firefighter; This is not a full-time position. Applicants must be: *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 Applications for employment are available on-line at: http://riverside.il.us/Jobs Applications must be returned to: Village of Riverside Village Hall 27 Riverside Rd. Riverside IL 60546 Applications must be returned by September 1, 2018 at 4pm The Village of Riverside is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Quality Assurance Tester sought by Coyote Logistics, LLC in Chicago, IL. Crt tst plns fr dvlpmnt of sftwr ftrs. Aply @ www.jobpostingtoday. com # 74262
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Requirements include: • Bachelor’s degree in communications or related field. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Demonstrated Proficiency with website management and social networking platforms • Excellent computer skills including all Microsoft office products and Adobe Creative Suite • Familiarity with Chicago metropolitan area news outlets and philanthropic community desired • Excellent organization, prioritization, and time management skills • Sensitivity and responsiveness to the cultural differences in the staff and client populations Send resume to cmjjoyce@hephzibahhome.org Equal Opportunity Employer PART TIME POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR 2018-19 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 super- vision 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: - 6 semester hours in education, recreation, social work or related college courses - previous experience working with children. Openings available for the 2018-19 school year starting. Contact Amy O’Rourke, Director of Day Care at aorourke@hephzibahhome.org Equal Opportunity Employer Principal Data Scientist–Machine Learning sought by Cars.com in Chicago, IL to dvlp prtotypes by mnplting & anlyzing cmplx, hghvlme, hgh-dmnslty data from varying sources. Apply @ www.jobpostingtoday.com (ref# 75094)
SAL’S POWER WASHING PART-TIME, FULL-TIME Seeking to fill 3-5 Fleet Washing positions. Positions Require: —Clean Appearance —Drug-Free —Valid Driver’s License —Clean Driving Record —Ability to Speak English $10.00 PER HOUR STARTING PAY CALL 708-351-5236 SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Responsible for Developing and Implementing real-time, clinical decision-support software for some of the most prestigious hospitals in the country. Requires Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of experience or Master’s degree plus 2 years of experience in software development. Review full job duties online and apply to: employment@vigilanzcorp.com
CHILDCARE PROVIDED BEFORE/AFTER SCHOOL CARE Experienced babysitter seeks before and/or afterschool care position. Evenings or weekends welcome too. Call 773-879-4504.
TUTORING ENGLISH TUTOR TO HELP WITH CONVERSATIONAL & WRITTEN ENGLISH Do you want to improve your English skills? Do you want people to understand you better? Do you want to be more successful at work? Or in your personal and social life? I can help with reading, writing, conversation, grammar, vocabulary, and losing an accent. I am a professional writer, editor, and teacher of English and ESL. I will tailor our sessions to address your needs. Lessons are in-person, by phone, or Skype. $25/hr. Cash or PayPal only. Call or text and let’s get started! 708-655-9590
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CHICAGO 2BR 2BR apt., 1st floor. Hardwood floors, stove, refrigerator. Walk-in foyer, formal LR & DR, pantry in kitchen, enclosed back porch. Permitted parking zone. Btwn Washington & Lake. Close to Green Line, Blue Line, Pace. $1050/mo. heat incl. No smoking. Call 773.626.4762 early am & until 9pm or 708.606.9207.
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WEST GARFIELD CLEAN 2 BR APT LR & DR. Heat & appliances included. $900 per month. Deposit & Background Check Required. 312-590-2951
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Come find your treasure. furniture, housewares, art work, kids stuff, just lots of stuff! When you live here for 38 years, time to share the goods!
ITEMS FOR SALE CARPENTER TOOLS Several professional carpenter tools for sale for a carpenter who does rough framing or trim carpentry. Negotiable on price compared to the market value. Call for a tool you require. Call Bill at 312 388-4454 DUNCAN PHYFE DINING ROOM SET Excellent Condition 2500.00. Can send photos. Set includes: - Table (Pedestal) with 3 leafs, 6 chairs (4 chairs and 2 arm chairs) -Buffet–62 inches wide, -Small Breakfront email: organica4-duncan@yahoo.com phone: 773-550-0396 or 708-370-0730
CEMETERY LOT CEMETERY PLOT WITH HEADSTONE One cemetery plot in Elmwood Cemetery with shared above ground headstone in Berry Gray color for sale $10,000. Contact Tom at 630 964 1217.
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VILLAGE OF OAK PARK, ILLINOIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Village of Oak Park Historic Preservation Commission on August 30, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 201 at the Oak Park Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois on an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness filed by David Lehman to demolish the commercially-used structure located at 224 South Marion Street, P.I.N. 16-07-309006-0000, which is located in the Ridgeland/Oak Park Historic District. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. The hearing may be adjourned by the Historic Preservation Commission to another date without further notice other than a motion to be entered upon the minutes of the hearing fixing the time and place of the date. The Historic Preservation Commission shall issue or deny the Certificate of Appropriateness within fifteen (15) days following completion of the public hearing. For further information, contact the Development Customer Services Department, Planning Division, Village of Oak Park, Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois during normal business hours.
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LEGAL NOTICE/PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AS TO THE BUDGET FOR THE ANNUAL FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2019 Public Notice is hereby given that on September 19, 2018 at 6:25 PM at Hauser Junior High School of Riverside Public School District No. 96, in Cook County, Illinois, 65 Woodside Road, Riverside, Illinois, a public hearing will be held as to the budget of said Board of said District for the annual fiscal year beginning July 01, 2018 and ending June 30, 2019. Said budget, as prepared in tentative form, as of August 16 will remain until said public hearing, available for public inspection at the office of the Secretary of the Board of Education in the District Administrative Center, 63 Woodside, Riverside, Illinois and will be submitted to those present at said public hearing for inspection and discussion. Board of Education Riverside School District No. 96 Cook County, Illinois By: Joel Marhoul, Board Secretary Published in RB Landmark 8/15/2018
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The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed proposals at the Office of the Village Engineer, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday August 30, 2018 and at that time will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following Village Project: 18-1, Water and Sewer Main Improvements. In general, the improvements consist of the installation of ductile iron water main, including valves, domestic services lines, fire hydrants, and precast valve vaults; installation of sewer main, sewer services, precast manholes and drainage structures; restoration of street pavements including bituminous pavements, curb and gutter, sidewalks, ADA ramps, and driveways; pavement markings, and restoration of landscaped parkway areas; and all appurtenant work thereto.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter:
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter:
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter:
Cal. No. 19-18-Z: 6545 North Avenue, Matt Mercado
Cal. No. 21-18-Z:446 Jackson Blvd, Kenneth Murray
Cal. No. 20-18-Z: 500 S. Lyman Avenue, Ambrosia Homes
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The Applicant Matt Mercado seeks a variation from Section 8.3 (Table 8-1: Use Matrix) of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance, which section requires that a single-family residential dwelling shall be located above the ground floor in buildings to permit the construction of a singlefamily residential dwelling unit at the rear on the ground floor, inside a single-story building at the premises commonly known as 6545 North Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois.
The Applicants Kenneth and Janet Murray seek a variation from Section 9.3 (N) (2) (c) of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance which require that a detached garage must be constructed so that access is from the public alley, to permit the construction of a garage that features access from an existing curb-cut from Jackson Blvd. at the premises commonly known as 446 Jackson Blvd., Oak Park, Illinois.
The Applicant Tim Pomaville, Ambrosia Homes filed an application pursuant to Section 8.3 (Table 8-1: Use Matrix) of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance, requesting the issuance of a special use permit authorizing construction of a multiple-family dwelling building in the MS Madison Street District located at the premises commonly known as 500 S. Lyman Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois.
Those property owners within 300 feet of the Subject Property and those persons with a special interest beyond that of the general public (“Interested Parties”) wishing to cross-examine witnesses must complete and file an appearance with original signatures with the Village Clerk no later than 5:00 PM on the business day preceding the public hearing.
Those property owners within 300 feet of the Subject Property and those persons with a special interest beyond that of the general public (“Interested Parties”) wishing to cross-examine witnesses must complete and file an appearance with original signatures with the Village Clerk no later than 5:00 PM on the business day preceding the public hearing.
All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Village’s Zoning Administrator at 708.358.5449. The Zoning Board of Appeals may continue the hearing to another date without further notice by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof.
All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Administrator at 708.358.5449. The Zoning Board of Appeals may continue the hearing to another date without further notice by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof.
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Plans and proposal forms may be obtained from the office of the Village Engineer starting on Thursday August 16th, at noon. A non-refundable deposit of $50 is required for each set of plans and specifications. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue plans and specifications only to those contractors deemed qualified. No bid documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of bid opening. All prospective bidders must prove they are pre-qualified by the Illinois Department of Transportation before receiving bid documents. The work to be performed pursuant to this Proposal is subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/0.01 et seq. THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Bill McKenna Village Engineer
Those property owners within 300 feet of the Subject Property and those persons with a special interest beyond that of the general public (“Interested Parties”) wishing to cross-examine witnesses must complete and file an appearance with original signatures with the Village Clerk no later than 5:00 PM on the business day preceding the public hearing. All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Administrator at 708.358.5449. The Zoning Board of Appeals may continue the hearing to another date without further notice by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof.
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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D18155074 on July 26, 2018. Under the Assumed Business Name of PL CAPITAL with the business located at: 1035 S ELMWOOD AVE, OAK PARK, IL 60304. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: PAUL LANDERMAN 1035 S ELMWOOD AVE OAK PARK, IL 60304
PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D18155109 on August 1, 2018. Under the Assumed Business Name of JIM BERNARD DESIGN with the business located at: 430 LENOX ST., OAK PARK, IL 60302. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: JAMES PAUL BERNARD 430 LENOX STREET, OAK PARK, IL 60302
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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D18155126 on August 2, 2018. Under the Assumed Business Name of ALTGELD APPRAISAL with the business located at: 844 S. KENILWORTH AVE., OAK PARK, IL 60304. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: THOMAS RODGERS 844 S. KENILWORTH AVEL, OAK PARK, IL 60304. Published in Wednesday Journal 8/8, 8/15, 8/22/2018
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLNOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, PROBATE DIVISION Estate of MARIE C. CICHON, Deceased No. 2018 P813 That the Order Admitting Will to Probate and Appointing Representative in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois was granted on February 28, 2018 for the Estate of Marie C. Cichon, Deceased and that DONALD BENISCHEK was appointed as the Independent Executor and letters of office have issued and states under the penalties of perjury that:
Public notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held by the Development Review Board of the Village of River Forest, County of Cook, State of Illinois, on Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the River Forest Village Hall, 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, Illinois on the following matter: Application #18-05: Application for Planned Development to Construct a Senior Care Community at 800814, 818, 822 and 826 North Harlem Avenue.
1. Marie C. Cichon died December 26, 2017, leaving a will dated July 7, 2009. 2. The approximate value of the estate in this state is: Personal $1,000, Real: $200,000, Annual Income from Real Estate $0. 3. The names and post office addresses of the testator’s heirs and legatees are set forth on Exhibit A made a part of this petition. 4. The testator nominated as executor of the following, qualified and willing to act: Donald Benischek, 25555 Sunnyside, Westchester, IL 60154. 5. The name and post office address of the personal fiduciary designated to act during independent administration for each heir or legatee who is a minor or disabled person are shown on Exhibit A, a part of this petition. 6. This ad also requests that any unknown heirs make themselves known to the attorney herein. 7. This ad will serve as a notice to creditors that they have 6 months from the date of filing of this petition to submit their claims. Petitioner asks that the will be admitted to probate and that letters testamentary issue.
The Legal Description of the property is as follows: THE SOUTH « OF LOT 9, AND ALL OF LOTS 10, 11 AND 12, AND THE VACATED ALLEY WEST OF AND ADJOINING SAID LOTS, IN BLOCK 16 IN SUBDIVISION OF BLOCKS 1, 8 THROUGH 11 AND 14 THROUGH 16, IN BOGUE’S ADDITION TO OAK PARK, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE EAST « OF THE SOUTHEAST ¬ AND THE EAST 1/3 OF THE WEST « OF THE SOUTHEAST ¬ OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Applicant: Kaufman Jacobs LLC, 300 West Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60603 All interested persons will be given the opportunity to be heard at the public hearing, the purpose of which is to take evidence on the Application for the Development Review Board and Village Board to consider. A copy of the application and meeting agenda will be available to the public at the Village Hall, 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, or at www.vrf.us.
Atty Name: Matt Leuck Attorney for Petitioner 84 E. Burlington, 2W Riverside, IL 60546 708-447-3166 Atty No. 11017
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PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT REQUEST FOR THE RELEASE OF FUNDS
On August 23, 2018 the Village of Oak Park (Village) will request the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to release federal funds under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (PL 93-383), as amended, for various activities pursuant to the Program Year (PY) 2018 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, including: public services, public facilities and improvements, housing rehabilitation, code enforcement, ADA sidewalk/curb ramp reconstruction & alley improvements. These activities will take place within the Village of Oak Park, Illinois at a total cost of $1,686,004. PY 2018 activities undertaken by the Emergency Solutions Grant Program will total $137,063. An Environmental Review Record covering these programs has been made by the Village, which documents the environmental review of the activities. This Environmental Review Record (ERR) is on file at the below address and is available for public examination and copying upon request from August 16 to August 22, 2018, 5 p.m. The ERR is also available on the HUD En-
vironmental Review Online System (HEROS) at: https://www.onecpd. info/environmental-review/environmental-review-records The Village of Oak Park will undertake the activities described above with Block Grant funds from HUD, under PL 93-383. The Village of Oak Park and Cara Pavlicek, in her official capacity as Village Manager, and Tammie Grossman, in her official capacity as Development Customer Services Director, consent to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to environmental reviews, decisionmaking, and action, and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. The legal effect of the certification is that upon its approval, the Village may use the Block Grant funds, and HUD will have satisfied its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. HUD will accept an objection of its approval of the release of funds and acceptance of the certification only if it is on one of the following bases: (a) that the certification was not in fact executed by one or both of the responsible entity’s Certify-
ing Officers; (b) that the responsible entity has failed to make one of the two findings pursuant to Sec. 58.40 or to make the written determination required by Secs. 58.35, 58.47 or 58.53 for the project or activity, as applicable; or (c) that the recipient or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or undertaken activities not authorized by Sec. 58.75 before release of funds and approval of the environmental certification by HUD. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedure (24 CFR Part 58) and may be addressed to HUD at 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604. Objections to the release of funds based on other than those stated above will not be considered by HUD. No objection received after 5 p.m., September 6, 2018 will be considered by HUD. Cara Pavlicek, Village Manager, and Tammie Grossman, Development Customer Services Director (Certifying Officers) 123 Madison Street Oak Park, IL 60302
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. Plaintiff, -v.BRENDA BRADD-AMER A/K/A BRENDA J. BRADD AMER, A/K/A BRENDA JOYCE BRADDMCGRATH, MOHAMED MAHOUD AMER A/K/A MOHAMED MAHOUD AMER, A/K/A MOHAMED AMER, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 08210 1427 NORTH HARLEM AVENUE UNIT C OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 8, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 27, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1427 NORTH HARLEM AVENUE UNIT C, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-06-107-1110000. The real estate is improved with a yellow brick, two story townhouse with no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 254198. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE
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You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 254198 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 16 CH 08210 TJSC#: 38-6066 I3094574
JONES, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., THE LAW OFFICES OF BEVERLY A. PEKALA, P.C., CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. F/K/A CAPITAL ONE BANK Defendants 16 CH 8669 4928 SAINT PAUL COURT Hillside, IL 60162 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 9, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 28, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 4928 SAINT PAUL COURT, Hillside, IL 60162 Property Index No. 15-07-401-0300000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $196,909.62. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales
Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 2911717 For information call between the hours of 1pm–3pm. Please refer to file number 16-079942. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 16-079942 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 16 CH 8669 TJSC#: 38-6038 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I3094391
Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455 W17-0927. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3094192
If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 4221719 Please refer to file number 2120-14596. If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 2120-14596 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 18 CH 01687 TJSC#: 38-3954 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney
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If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-03643. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-03643 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 004396 TJSC#: 38-4935 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I3093002
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WINTRUST MORTGAGE A DIVISION OF BARRINGTON BANK AND TRUST Plaintiff, vs. SARAH GULLETTE-JOHNSON; AARON N. JOHNSON; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 10102 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, September 25, 2018, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-18-313-020-0000. Commonly known as 1015 S. Kenilworth Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60304. The mortgaged real estate is a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier’s or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Mr. James M. Crowley at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Plunkett Cooney, P.C., 221 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601. 312-670-6900. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3095847 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR SG MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2006-FRE2, ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FRE2 Plaintiff, -v.BRENDA JONES A/K/A BRENDA GIVENS A/K/A BRENDA L. JONES, LEE T. JONES A/K/A LEE TORICE
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION ROUNDPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING CORPORATION; Plaintiff, vs. JOHNNY J. WHITING AKA JOHNNY WHITING; 7314 RANDOLPH CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; RANDOLPH WEST NO. 2 CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; CITY OF CHICAGO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 18 CH 4383 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, September 6, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-12-426-023-1024. Commonly known as 7314 Randolph Street, Unit 4H, Forest Park, IL 60130. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g) (1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street,
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.RICHARD THOMAS, JR., CATHERINE J. THOMAS Defendants 18 CH 01687 221 S. 17TH AVE. MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 4, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 13, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 221 S. 17TH AVE., MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-10-400-0090000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $117,392.50. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.GUILLERMO C H AV E Z , RAYMUNDO REYES, SMITHROTHCHILD FINANCIAL COMPANY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 17 CH 004396 22 S. 15TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 8, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 10, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 22 S. 15TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-10-224-0190000; 15-10-224-020-0000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.
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OAKPARK.COM | RIVERFOREST.COM Jette Georgopoulos has a similar passion for the sport. “I just got done playing 19 days in a row,” Georgopoulos said. “The players are so nice; they make my day. We are like a big family. We love to have new players and we have extra paddles for people.” While the sport has shown immediate growth in Oak Park, Welch, McMillin and other supporters envision an even brighter future with some additions. “We need an affordable indoor facility to play in the winter months,” McMillin said. “We’re hoping the community will support a Park District of Oak Park Community Center where we can have a permanent indoor home to host classes, leagues and tournaments. All the surrounding communities have facilities (both indoor and outdoor) dedicated for pickleball. We need to do the same here.” DAVID WELCH The call for Player expansion also includes the creation of dedicated courts for pickleball, more players and increased promotion. “We are four times bigger now than we were at the end of last year. And it’s just going to increase,” Welch said. “We’re talking with the Tennis and Fitness Centre about fall and winter programming. We’re also hoping for some dedicated pickleball courts in town. “There has been exponential growth and we’ll continue to promote the sport,” Welch said. “Pickleball has taken off like a rocket ship and it’s not slowing down.” According to the USA Pickleball Association (USAPA), the number of places to play the sports has more than doubled since 2010 with over 4,000 locations. International clubs have formed in countries like Canada and India. On Saturday, Aug. 25, the Rotary Club of Oak Park-River Forest and the River Forest Park District are hosting the 5th Annual Food Truck Rally in Keystone Park at the Depot from 3:30 to 9 p.m. In addition to 10 food trucks, a tented beer and wine garden plus games and inflatables for kids, two pickleball courts will be set up for play on Keystone Avenue between Keystone Park and The Depot between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. Paddles and balls will be provided for attendees of the Food Truck Rally. Additionally, a pickleball tournament will be hosted by the Park District of River Forest at Keystone Park on Sunday, Sept. 16 (noon-6 p.m.). There will be five divisions on 10 courts and the entry fee is $20. For more information about pickleball, visit www.usapa.org, the park district websites of Oak Park and River Forest or contact David Welch at dwelch2460@aol.com.
“Pickleball has taken off like a rocket ship and it’s not slowing down.”
PICKLEBALL Hybrid sport from page 32 world, and there isn’t another place that’s even a close second. “Pickleball is even bigger,” he added. “It’s a great calorie burn but also forgiving on the body, appealing to all ages, and a great social activity.” Invented in 1965 on Bainbridge Island near Seattle, Washington, pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis and table tennis. The rules are straightforward. Games are played to 11 with the winning point occurring on serve. The serve and return of serve have to bounce once each, and then every shot can be one bounce or a volley like tennis. Both singles and doubles matches are played (doubles is more common) on a 20- by 44-foot badminton-sized court with a slightly modified tennis net, often lined within a tennis court. As for the curious naming of the sport, accounts vary. According to one of the sport’s three founders Joel Pritchard, his wife started calling the game pickleball because the combination of different sports reminded her of the pickle boat in a crew where oarsmen were chosen from the leftovers of other boats. The term “pickle boat” is a reference to the last boat to return with its catch. However, fellow founder Barney McCallum asserted that the game was named after the Pritchard family’s dog, Pickles,
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Greg Spear, of Oak Park, tosses the ball up to serve it during a pickleball match at the Taylor Park tennis courts in Oak Park. (Right) Bob Lempera, of Oak Park, serves the ball. who had a tendency to chase the ball and run off with it. While there are platform tennis courts at Keystone Park in River Forest, pickleball is available at assorted locations like Taylor Park, Euclid Square and Maple Park in Oak Park as well Washington Commons Park in River Forest. In 2016, part of Maple Park’s Phase II renovations by the Park District of Oak Park included the striping of two tennis courts for pickleball. “The park district has been approached by a group of pickleball players,” said Jan Arnold, park district executive director. “We are excited to see this sport take off in Oak Park.” The Tennis and Fitness Centre in Oak Park also welcomes pickleball players for indoor play during the winter season. With the exception of games at this indoor venue, pickleball is essentially free around town for players. A local group, coupled with some players from Chicago and the extended west suburbs, play daily in the area. Some Oak Parkers also travel to suburbs like Naperville and Glen Ellyn for additional games, leagues and tournaments. “I’ve played a lot of racquetball and always loved racket sports,” Greg Spear said. “When a friend told me about pickleball in Oak Park, I checked it out and really
enjoyed it. It’s a good outdoor activity that gets you moving around and you meet some people. I enjoy playing indoors as well.” Pickup games are played Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Euclid Square and Tuesday and Thursday at Taylor Park. All sessions are 9-11 a.m. Opportunities to play pickleball in the evening are Wednesday (7-10 p.m.) at Taylor Park and Sunday (5-7 p.m.) at Euclid Square. The group typically varies from 10 to 30 players per session. Karen McMillin, an Oak Park resident, started the outdoor pickleball program locally last year. “I am a pickleball addict,” McMillin said. “It’s a great way to get in shape and exercise. I have made so many new friends. We welcome all to our open play sessions and will help people get started.”
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SHARKS ATTACK HARDWOOD Back row (left to right): Jake Birmingham, Ethan Forde, DJ Steward, Jack Doss, Dan Francis, Billy Bruce, Phil Saleh; Front row (left to right): Jack Gavin, Tommy Reardon, Zach Jordan, Charlie Westerman, Justin Hall, Ben Pierce, Luke Menna; Not pictured: Caleb Corro, Sam Kure Led by veteran coaches Matt Kelly and Rhys Miles, Sharks Basketball Academy provides players of various ages with the essential skills to achieve success in life and athletics by reinforcing work ethic, team work, responsibility and accountability in a fun, safe and competitive atmosphere. The Sharks’ varsity team, composed of primarily recent graduates/current players from OPRF and Fenwick and a handful of other area high schools, won their second straight National Championship and finished 32-4 for the spring/ summer season. For information about fall camps, travel leagues, personal training and the alumni league, visit info@sharksbasketballacademy.com or call (847) 773-1894. Courtesy Matt Kelly
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Oak Park is tickled by pickleball Fast-growing sport offers players a fun, satisfying workout
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ak Park and River Forest have always been known as tennis towns. Collectively, the neighboring communities boast excellent tennis facilities with hard, clay and indoor court surfaces at the ready for players. The OPRF High School boys (11) and girls (6) tennis programs have won 17 IHSA state championships
overall. The River Forest Tennis Club hosted the National Clay Court Championships from 1935-1966. Noteworthy professional players like Rod Laver, Arthur Ashe, Billie Jean King and Jennifer Capriati have played at the RFTC. While the tradition of tennis is unrivaled in town, pickleball and platform tennis recently have become quite popular. These burgeoning sports create a three-dimensional appeal for racket and paddle sports enthusiasts. “Oak Park and River Forest have done a tremendous job
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A local group of pickleball players get together frequently to play one of America’s fastest growing sports. making all three sports available,” said David Welch, an avid pickleball player and promoter. “I’ve played all three sports. Chicago is the No. 1 platform tennis place in the See PICKLEBALL on page 30
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