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August 30, 2017 Vol. 36, No. 2 ONE DOLLAR

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JOURNAL of Oak Park and River Forest

Park districts, D200 ramp up community pool talks

Truck grub Corhel Vaidos, of Chicago, orders food from Chesa Rollins, of Chicago, on Saturday, Aug. 26, during the Rotary Food Truck Rally at Keystone Park in River Forest. More photos, page 3.

Taxing bodies have until Dec. 1 to hammer out an agreement on a shared facility By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Discussions among officials representing Oak Park and River Forest High School District 209, the Park District of Oak Park and the River Forest Park District about a proposed community recreation center — which would include a swimming pool — are getting more serious. Earlier this month, the D200 school board approved a memorandum of understanding that, according to the text of the document, is designed to “ensure consistent communication between D200, PDOP, RFPD, and key stakeholders regarding project scope, timing and funding.” The memo was signed by D200 Supt. Joylynn Pruitt-Adams, PDOP Executive Director Jan R. Arnold and RFPD Executive Director Michael Sletten. The memo stipulates that if the taxing bodies aren’t able to secure funds for the proposed recreation center from “local community organizations and potential partners” by Dec. 1, 2017, then the memo would be invalid and the center “would not be constructed as described in the memo.” So far, talks have focused on a proposed See COMMUNITY POOL on page 12

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OPRF seeks to overhaul gender equity policy D200 community agrees policy doesn’t protect transgender students By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Stacia Smith, a mother of four Oak Park elementary school students and an advocate for LGBTQ students at Oak Park and River Forest High School, read aloud a list of complaints and anxieties she’d compiled from numerous transgender students at OPRF during the public comment

portion of a District 200 school board meeting held last week. “Girls on one side, boys on the other,” Smith read. “Where do I fit in? Teachers make fun of my pronouns. These are the people who are supposed to protect us. Ask for my pronouns. Normalize this. There should be no boys or girls gym class.” Smith had read roughly a half-dozen comments before her allotted three minutes were up. She could’ve gone on, she said. With the collective anxiety of OPRF’s transgender students growing, the D200 school board and administration have been eager to expand and beef up the district’s existing sex equity policy.

The school board took the first steps toward a comprehensive overhaul of that policy during that Aug. 22 board meeting, where at least 50 students, parents and community members joined with Smith to vent their concerns and worries about current policies and procedures, as well as offer some policy recommendations of their own. District 200’s Policy 7:10 governs the provision of equal educational opportunities for students at OPRF. The policy states that “equal education and extracurricular opportunities shall be available for all students without regard to color, race, See GENDER EQUITY on page 15

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CONVERSATIONS

David Axelrod from Oak Park to the White House

September 6 n 7pm Dominican University Performing Arts Center Tickets: $25 oakpark.com/axelrod

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R E P O R T

Want to see David Axelrod? Better get a move on David Axelrod kicks off the first Wednesday Journal Conversations event on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at Dominican University. If you want a seat, it is time to take action as tickets are going fast. Axelrod and his family lived in Oak Park during his years at the Trib. He went on to become a highprofile political strategist and helped take Barack Obama to the White House. These days he is a senior commentator on CNN and founded the

Boykin joins Oak Park Mayor for race forum

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin will join Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb at the Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake St., on Wednesday, Aug. 30, at 6 p.m. for a town hall discussion on race relations. Attendees can RSVP for the event by contacting danielle.watson@cookcountyil.gov or by calling 312-603-4566.

Buona Beef, union make nice

Calling a profane, water-logged — and videotaped — encounter between Buona Beef owners and union protesters a

Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago. Charlie Meyerson, another Oak Parker and these days proprietor of the Chicago Public Square newsletter, will moderate the evening. The Book Table will be on site so you can buy a copy of Axelrod’s political memoir, Believer: My 40 Years in Politics and have it signed by Axelrod. Tickets are $25. You can get them at OakPark. com/Axelrod.

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misunderstanding, Berwyn-based Buona Beef and the Chicago Building and Construction Trades Council have settled their differences, according to a press release from Buona. As the Journal first reported, two of the owners of the Italian beef chain took on two union protesters outside the parking lot of the Berwyn location earlier this month. The union was protesting the alleged use of non-union workers on construction of new Buona locations in the suburbs. Two of the Buonavolanto brothers knocked over the union protest sign and sprayed water on the feet of the protestors. They also hurled profanities at the protestors. Now both sides call it a misunderstanding. Buona reiterated its commitment to using union workers on construction sites. For its part, the union urged its members “to recognize Buona as a labor-friendly business.”

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Truck-luck

During the Rotary Food Truck Rally in River Forest’s Keystone Park, Aug. 26, Officer Glen Czernik (left) gets a bike registered. Kids bounce in an inflatable play area (bottom left) and Eli Travis, 11, maneuvers his bike through an obstacle course.

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BIG WEEK

Last chance to view the Sculputre Walk Through Monday Sept. 4, Oak Park Arts District: Take a stroll to see the dozen sculptures installed along Harrison St. from Austin to Ridgeland Ave. during the 6th Annual display presented by The Oak Park Area Arts Council. Download a free app, Otocast, to hear from the artists and learn more about their works.

Cut the Cable Cord Wednesday, Sept. 6, 7 to 8 p.m., Computer Classroom, Main Library: Cable vs. streaming, what’s the difference and how does it work? Learn about different streaming options like Netflix, Hulu, Roku, and Apple TV. Bring a device or use library computers. Register: oppl.org.

Italian Conversation Hour Wednesday, Sept. 6, 7 to 8 pm, Small Meeting Room, Main Library: “Parliamo Oak Park.” Join in casual conversation with other Italian speakers. All levels are welcome, adults and teens. Questions: 708-452-3440. 834 Lake St.

Heartland Blood Drive Thursday, Aug. 31, noon to 4 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: Give the gift of life by giving blood at the Oak Park Public Library. Bring a photo ID and drink plenty of fluids. Ages 16 and up, minimum weight 110 lbs . Donors will receive a $10 Target gift card. Drop in or schedule a time at: heartlandbc.org, 1-800-786-4483. 834 Lake Street.

Thursday through Saturday, Aug. 31 to Sept. 2, 8 p.m., Austin Gardens: Oak Park Festival Theatre’s swashbuckling, comedy love story includes battles, mistaken identities and storm-tossed seas. $30, adults, $25 seniors; $15 students; free, age 12 and under and dogs. Info/tickets: oakparkfestival.com, 708-445-4440. 167 Forest Avenue, Oak Park.

Aug. 31, 5 to 9 p.m., Downtown Oak Park: Hear live music and dine outside. Pick up a menu and purchase a booklet ($16 for four dine-around tickets) at the kiosk on Lake and Marion. Twenty plus area establishments offer drinks, appetizers, entrees, and desserts. Dine in or carry out, rain or shine. More: downtownoakpark. net. Marion between North Blvd. and Lake St.

Free Tennis Evaluations Thursday, Aug. 31, 5 to 9 p.m., The Tennis and Fitness Center: Between 5 and 7 p.m., kids ages 3 to 18 can drop in to receive evaluations. Parent Meeting from 7 to 7:30 p.m. explains kids’ programming. Adult drop-in evaluations are from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Refreshments, class registrations, specials, and open courts for registrants as available. More: TENandFiT.com, 708-386-2175. 301 Lake St., Oak Park.

Health Insurance Assistance for Seniors By appointment, Second Floor, Oak Park Township Senior Services: The Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) offers free insurance counseling to help Medicare recipients with claims, supplemental insurance, drug plans, and applying for other state and federal benefits. Appointment required: 708-383-8060. 130 S. Oak Park Ave.

Frank Lloyd Wright Volunteer Training Apply now. Training runs Sept. 12 to 28, Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio: Interested in leading tours? Interpreter training involves online study, class lectures, and workshops that result in certification. Attend an orientation to qualify for enrollment. Training classes meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings and two Saturdays. Training for interpreters at Unity Temple takes place Nov. 9 to 21. Apply: flwright.org/volunteer. Questions: lguzman@ flwright.org or 312-994-4045. 951 Chicago Ave., Oak Park.

Tuesday, Sept. 5, 10 a.m., noon, and 7 p.m., Lake Theatre: A 2016 biopic of poet Emily Dickinson’s life that follows her from student through adulthood in 19th century New England. $6, matinee, seniors; $8.50 evening. More: classiccinemas.com, 708-848-9088. 1022 Lake St., Oak Park.

NAMI Family Support Group

Closing: “The Fair Maid of the West”

Final Thursday Night Out This Summer

1st Tuesday Film: “A Quiet Passion”

Beaders’ Night Out Tuesday, Sept. 5, 6:30 to 9 p.m., Bead in Hand: Drop in and join other jewelry-making enthusiasts for an evening of beading and conversation. Bring your project, repairs, or new ideas. No charge for an evening of inspiration, but the shop is open if you need any supplies. First Tuesday every month. Inquire: 708-848-1761. 145 Harrison St., Oak Park.

Tuesday, Sept. 5, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Third Floor Conference Room, Scoville Square: For families who have a loved one with a mental illness, the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) Family Support Group provides a network of others with shared experiences who understand, ideas for self care and caring for your family, as well as information about brain disorders, treatment and services. Led by trained family members. Free; meets twice monthly on the first and third Tuesdays. Info: 708-524-2582, info@namimetsub.org, namimetsub.org, 137 N. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park.

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ART BEAT

A birthday present for Gwendolyn

600-square-foot mosaic and painted mural wraps around the corner of Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School at the corner of Washington and Clinton, a tribute to the institution’s namesake on what would have been her 100th birthday. Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000), Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry in 1950, Poet Laureate of Illinois from 1969 to 2000, educator and Chicagoan, inspired this work of art with her poem, “The Wall,” which she read at a dedication of “The Wall of Respect, “August 27, 1967 — 50 years ago — a mural displaying prominent African Americans on an abandoned building in Bronzeville. Kristiana Murray, Brooks Middle School art teacher, analyzed both the poem and the mural with her eighth-grade art students on a school-wide Gwendolyn Brooks Day in May. “We discussed the importance of this piece of art in time and space, how the event inspired community murals across the country, and who would we want to honor in our school’s wall of respect,” she said. “My

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art students drew imagery, chose photos, and practiced color combinations.” Also involved in the project were Oak Park and River Forest High School Art Teacher and mosaic artist Tracy Van Duinen and Holmes Elementary School Art Teacher Kimberly Jones, who consulted throughout the early stages and also headed up the Mosaic Project for middle school students this summer at the Oak Park Education Foundation (OPEF) Base Camps, along with Murray, during which students created and installed mosaics on the wall. This was truly a community effort. Brooks middle-schoolers glazed tiles, and other students made oak leaves at an OPEF Martin Luther King Day workshop. The faces painted on the wall were created by three OPRF high school students, a Brooks building engineer, two Brooks art teachers (including Murray), and an Oak Park artist. OPEF staff, board members, high school students, neighbors, and local artists helped with grouting. The final touch: “A deck will be installed for students to stand on to read the poetry,” Murray said.

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Body of Oak Parker recovered in West Virginia river Reportedly drowned while swimming with friends

they begin their healing process,” said New River Gorge National River Superintendent Lizzie Watts in a Aug. 25 press release. Twenty-five people and four boats from the NPS, the Beaver Volunteer Fire DepartBy THOMAS VOGEL ment and the West Virginia Division of Staff Reporter Natural Resources started a search Aug 24. They resumed Aug. 25. and Search crews found the body found his body that night. of 28-year-old Oak Parker Ab“Strong undercurrents, deep dulrahman Binomran in New eddys, murky water, and a very River Gorge National River in rocky, boulder-strewn river botWest Virginia Aug. 25 around 6 tom, made for difficult search p.m., just about a day after he conditions,” according to a press went missing while swimming release. “After a long day of with friends in the Fayette Stasearching, a volunteer search and tion area of the national park. rescue diver found Binomran’s… At about 5 p.m. on Aug. 24, very close to the point where he according to an Aug. 25 National ABDULRAHMAN was last seen by witnesses.” Park Service press release, BINOMRAN This is the second drownBinomran and three friends ing in the park in the last two decided to swim through some weeks, Campbell said, before encouraging rapids. None of the four were wearing life vests, Julena Campbell, a NPS spokesperson all swimmers and park goers to wear life vests and “respect the water,” which can be said. The three friends made it out, Binomdeceptive. ran did not. “We can certainly understand someone “I’d like to express our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Binomwanting to get in the water, you know, cool ran. We hope that now that this part is over, off,” Campbell said. “It was a sunny summer they are able to feel a sense of closure as day. But things can change quickly.”

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Plan Commission members tell Albion design doesn’t fit

Commissioners say glass tower doesn’t fit contextually with surroundings By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The development team with Albion Residential got its first real feedback from the Oak Park Plan Commission on its proposed 18-story high-rise apartment building in downtown Oak Park Tuesday night – and it wasn’t good. The Plan Commission held its fifth meeting on the controversial tower proposal and was provided with additional information on parking, traffic, wind and other concerns associated with the project. Near the end of the meeting, however, some commissioners voiced their concerns about the look of the tower, particularly the parking garage area that would occupy the lower levels of the building. Plan Commission Chairman David Mann said he believes the design of the building too closely resembles another building by the same architecture firm, Hartshorne Plunkard Ltd., planned for 640 N. Wells St. in the River North neighborhood of Chicago. “I think you’re recycling your motif in Oak Park, and I don’t see how you’re connecting to the context that we have, and I’m not saying that you have to match details and copy things, but it seems like another developer box plopped down here without any respect to the context that we have,” Mann said. He asked Paul Alessandro and his firm, Hartshorne Plunkard Ltd., to consider a design that better compliments its surroundings – particularly those designed by famed Oak Park architect Frank Lloyd Wright. “It seems to me it’s not the progressive de-

sign in the spirit that Wright left us with,” he said. Commissioner Douglas Gilbert said he was troubled by the prominent corner being used for a storefront and a parking garage and emphasized the importance of the position of the building as a gateway to both the downtown area and Frank Lloyd Wright District to the north. “If they’re not looking down or looking way up, they’re seeing a parking garage,” he said. “I appreciate your effort to dress that up but when you look at this corner you’re looking at a void in the downtown.” He noted that the first few floors of other downtown buildings are “alive” with office windows, residential windows and marquees. “This will be the only spot I’m aware of that kind of is just this dead zone of nothing happening behind it,” Gilbert said. Mann said he appreciated that the developer looked at the massing of the building relative to its relationship with Austin Gardens, a public park to the north that many have argued will negatively impact that public space. But that has resulted in a building that goes right up to the corner of Lake Street and Forest Avenue. “I just wonder if there were other options that were considered that soften the corner here,” he said. Alessandro said the L-shape orientation of the building aims to minimize the shadow the building will cast on Austin Gardens. The “shifting box massing” was to “avoid having an 18-story vertical line at the corner,” he said. “The building is a series of in-and-out cuts,” Alessandro said, adding that the developer looked at putting the L-shape in the northwest corner, a T-shaped building and an I-shaped building. Orienting the L-shape to the northwest, however, would place the rooftop deck

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KNOCK-OFF?: Plan Commission Chairman David Mann said that Albion’s proposed building in Oak Park (left) resembles this building by the same architect planned for River North (right). planned for the development in shadow and lighten the wind pocket that would be created between the building and the nearby Vantage apartment building to the east. Commissioner Greg Marsey said that there is a “perception that the architectural heritage that is linked to this community is being sold off one piece at a time, and you’re seeing it happen primarily in downtown …” “I don’t have issues with buildings of this scale per se if they’re in the right location and they treat what is around them contextually correctly,” he said. Seeing multiple glass towers in the skyline of Oak Park changes the perception of

the community, he said. “I don’t know if there’s anything practically that can be done about this design at this point,” Marsey said. “I don’t know that it’s necessarily correct of us to ask you to change it radically at this point, which might be required, frankly, to make something like this contextually sensitive to what’s around it, but I want you to understand the context here. And at least from my perspective that’s something I’m really wrestling with here.” The Plan Commission will hold its next meeting to discuss Albion on Aug. 29 at Village Hall, 123 Madison St. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

Oak Park retail occupancy highest in ’burbs OPEDC analysis puts downtown retail occupancy at 97 percent By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Oak Park’s downtown retail scene is the hottest in the Chicago suburbs, according to the Oak Park Economic Development Corporation. The OPEDC, a nonprofit group paid by the village to attract and

retain business development in Oak Park, used July 2017 data from CoStar, a commercial real estate data company. The analysis includes the Downtown, Hemingway and Pleasant districts. According to an OPEDC press release, Oak Park beat out 11 suburban downtowns in the Chicago area, boasting a retail occupancy rate of 96.9 percent. That’s compared to 96.7 percent in LaGrange and 95.5 percent in Naperville, according to OPEDC. The average retail occupancy rate among the 12 communities surveyed was 94.5 percent, ac-

cording to OPEDC. OPEDC also reports that retail asking rates in downtown Oak Park averaged $28.13 per square foot. John Lynch, OPEDC executive director, attributed the retail boom to residential real estate construction downtown. “The old real estate adage holds true: retail follows rooftops,” Lynch said in the press release. “Nothing gets a prospective restaurant or retailer’s attention like a growing customer base, and that continues to be the story in Oak Park.” CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

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Oak Park revokes massage parlors’ biz license after sting Three massage parlors targeted in prostitution sting closed for good

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The Village of Oak Park has revoked the business licenses of two massage parlors that were temporarily closed earlier this month after police targeted them for suspected prostitution. The sting that netted three massage parlors operating in Oak Park on Aug. 8 resulted in the arrest of four women – two for prostitution and two for performing massages without a state of Illinois massage license. The two prostitution arrests were at King Spa, 6441 W. North Ave., and Angel Spa, 1102 Chicago Ave., and the two license-related arrests were at Angel Spa, 6340 Roosevelt Rd. Jing and Samuel Chen, owners of the Chicago Avenue Angel Spa, had applied for a business license with the village prior to the arrests, but the license had not yet been approved. After the prostitution arrest, the Chens, who conducted business under the name Heaven Massage Spa, withdrew their business license application. Village Manager Cara Pavlicek held administrative hearings for the three businesses following the arrests and revoked the business licenses for the other two massage parlors, rendering them permanently closed. The owner of King Spa, Tina King, who conducted business under the name Cici Massage Services, was identified in the administrative order from the village as the woman who was arrested for prostitution.

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SHUT DOWN: King Spa, 6441 W. North Ave., and Angel Spa, 6340 Roosevelt and 1102 Chicago, had their business licenses revoked by the village of Oak Park after employees at the two locations were arrested in a prostitution sting. The administrative order notes that King admitted to both offering sex to the undercover officer and understanding that the exchange of money was for a “happy ending.” The two women arrested at Angel Spa on Roosevelt Road where charged only with massaging without a license, but the

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administrative order released by the village notes that the women both touched the genitalia of undercover law enforcement officials while conducting the massages. That administrative order also states that detectives found advertisements for the Roosevelt Road Angel Spa on both rubmaps.com and craigslist.com offering erotic massages. The rubmaps.com ad was discovered under the heading: “Asian massage – find your Happy Ending! Erotic massage parlor reviews,” according to the administrative order. Tony Zeng was identified as the owner of Angel Spa on Roosevelt Road, conducting business under the name Foot Massage Corporation. Pavlicek declined to comment on the decision to revoke the two licenses, but the village issued a press release on Aug. 24, noting that the administrative hearings determined that all three businesses were a public nuisance for the village. “Oak Park Police and the Cook County Sheriff ’s Departments conducted a joint investigation after receiving citizen complaints about possible illegal activity at the businesses,” the village press release states. “Suspicious activity observed at the locations led undercover officers to pose as potential clients, which allowed them to gather the evidence that led to four arrests and the ultimate decisions to close the businesses.” CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

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Lincoln breaks ground at Harlem and South

Village parking lot for decades will become mixeduse development By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Oak Park officials gathered near the corner of South Boulevard and South Maple Avenue on Thursday, Aug. 24, to mark the official groundbreaking of Oak Park’s newest residential development. The 11-story mixed-use apartment building by Lincoln Property Company will include 263 residential units, 10,000 square feet of retail space and a 400-space parking garage. The project is estimated to cost about $80 million. Oak Park trustees, village staff and Illinois Sen. Don Harmon, among others, attended the ceremonial event that marks the beginning of construction for the third major residential development built in Oak Park over the last couple of years. Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb lauded the development, comparing it to the nearby Emerson Apartments development just across the Green Line tracks, which, like the Lincoln “We vetted it with the public and talked a development, was built on village-owned lot with the local neighbors and overall we surface parking lots. were very, very happy with the process,” he “Isn’t it great to see what has become of said as cranes and construction equipment that vacant lot – to see the jobs, the new began moving dirt on the site behind him. neighbors and the vitality it’s bringing to “We think at the end of the day the outcome our community,” Abu-Taleb was fair for both us as the develsaid. oper as well as the community of He noted that Lincoln paid $1.1 Oak Park.” million for the two parking lots Several Oak Park trustees near Harlem and that the develwere on hand to witness the oper is building five affordable groundbreaking, several of units and contributing $700,000 whom were elected or appointed to the village’s affordable housto the village board earlier this ing fund. year. The building, once completed, “I’m just glad to see that lot beis estimated to bring the village ing used – it’s been years,” said $900,000 in annual property and Trustee Jim Taglia. “I rememsales tax revenue, Abu-Taleb ber when it was a vacant lot and said. there was an Arby’s and what“Projects of this scale can go DENO ANDREWS ever else was there.” a long way toward easing the OP trustee Trustee Deno Andrews said he tax burden on homeowners who also remembered the Arby’s and do the heavy lifting for our tax two other shops at the location base,” he said. that closed down decades ago. The project is expected to take “When those three left it was about two years to complete and a troubled corner for decades,” add 500 new residents to the village. he said. “I think that a transit-oriented deAlthough elected officials and Lincoln velopment on this corner is a no-brainer. I Property Company executives were all think it’s going to be a great addition to the smiles at the groundbreaking event, the neighborhood and it’s certainly going to add project appeared stalled earlier this year, some vibrancy to downtown. when the Oak Park Board of Trustees voted Andrews said he believes it is the right to begin fining the company $75,000 a month size, shape, height and concept for the area. if it did not begin construction by June 29. Trustee Dan Moroney noted that since it’s Despite the deadline conflict, Lincoln be- on the other side of the train tracks, the degan preliminary work on time and avoided velopment is not technically downtown. the fines. Joe Segobiano, director of de“The fact that a developer is willing to velopment for Lincoln, said at the ground- invest over $80 million in a location that’s breaking that it was a smooth process work- offset from the specific downtown area, it’s ing with the village. important to realize that component to this

“I think that a transit-oriented development on this corner is a no-brainer.”

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SHOVEL SQUAD: City officials, developers and crew members prepare to take a photo on Thursday, Aug. 24, during a groundbreaking ceremony at Harlem Avenue and South Boulevard in Oak Park. development,” he said. Village Manager Cara Pavlicek said that although the village has sold off several of its surface parking lots, it was always the village’s intention to redevelop the properties. “(The parking lots) were sort of placeholders until a development in the village could flip it to the private sector,” she said. She said parking garages at the Emerson and the Lincoln development will add parking spaces to the area and will be run through a public-private partnership between the owner and the village. “Probably the more interesting thing that nobody’s paying much attention to is that Emerson and Lincoln are going to be publicly operated private parking garages, and so creating some sense of not having the village be a monopoly in the parking system I think will also force the village to improve its quality,” she said. Pavlicek said the deal will “create something where you’ll see a private operator deliv-

er public parking, and we’ll learn from what they’re doing and it will be a good thing.” CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

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River Forest board considers limits on beekeeping By THOMAS VOGEL Staff Reporter

Dominican University’s first two bee hives arrived in spring 2015 and has since expanded to four hives, or roughly 200,000 honey bees. A few weeks ago, at the beginning of August, the university harvested about 60 pounds of honey and plans to expand its educational beekeeping opportunities. The university’s four hives, which are managed by student workers, in collaboration with faculty, are used in classes and research projects in a variety of disciplines, including environmental science, biology and chemistry but also political science, business and, soon, nutrition. “The hives are healthy. There are plenty of bees,” Tama Weisman, an associate professor of philosophy at Dominican, who helps maintain the hives, said Aug. 28. “We don’t have any diseases. They are strong, healthy colonies.” Aside from straightforward environmental and natural science applications, some students have worked on designing labels for honey jars. Other students in political science courses study hive dynamics, such as how a colony makes decisions. But Dominican’s beekeeping project may change, depending on what the River Forest Sustainability Commission recommends, if

anything, to the River Forest Village Board in the coming weeks. At its June 12 meeting, the board tasked the commission with researching regulation of non-domesticated animals, including bees. The Sustainability Commission discussed a possible draft ordinance, including limiting the number of hives and beekeeping permits, at its Aug. 8 meeting. They plan to meet again Sept. 12. A few residents at the Aug. 8 meeting argued against any ordinance, questioning what problem it would solve. Others, including Scott Kreher, an assistant professor of biology at Dominican, tried to recommend language in the ordinance. “We have a larger area than most houses,” Kreher said, referring to the university’s campus. “We have security, we also have a camera on the bee yard. We have certain things in place that would I think allow us to manage that larger number of hives and bees. Maybe treating everything the same is not the best approach.” The draft ordinance also reportedly includes an annual permitting process, inspections by a village employee and an optout for neighbors adjacent to proposed hives who have allergic reactions to bee stings. Weisman, and her colleague Ellen McManus, a Dominican English professor, said they are not against an ordinance but maintained it should be “reasonable” and treat beekeep-

ers less as a danger to be regulated and more as an educational and community benefit. “Many of us reading it get this feeling that it seems unnecessarily punitive or framing beekeepers doing something undesirable that was going to be tolerated,” McManus said at the Aug. 8 meeting. “Beekeeping is not just a hobby; it is a service to the community. It is a service in at least two ways. It provides pollination for the beautiful landscaping that people have. And it also educates. It makes people aware of the nature of an ecosystem.” McManus later acknowledged it was clear whoever drafted the ordinance had done extensive research and understood beekeeping terminology and procedures. Some regulations, McManus said, are helpful, like processes for eradicating diseases. That’s something the state of Illinois already does, Weisman added. Other aspects of the ordinance, like a limit on hives makes less sense, they said. At the Aug. 8 meeting, commission members did acknowledge Dominican would be in violation if the draft, which limits the number of hives to two, is adopted. Commission member Sue Crothers said. “I really just couldn’t figure out wrapping my head around making that fair. Other beekeepers may want to say, ‘How come they can have four and we can only have two?’” Crothers did suggest possibly “grandfa-

thering” Dominican’s setup into the ordinance, but McManus said Aug. 28 there could be issues later on. For instance, if a colony withers or dies, would that mean Dominican couldn’t reconstitute the hives and get back up to four? Or if there was an educational opportunity that necessitates expanding the number of hives, would that be possible? Hive comparisons, McManus said, are beneficial to students, who can study differences between colonies and results of, for instance, honey harvests. A hive of bees sometimes becomes too large and unsustainable, and can initiate a so-called “swarm,” where a slice of the hive population goes off in search of a new home. If a beekeeper forecasts a possible swarm, they can take steps to build another hive structure and accommodate the expanding population. The ordinance’s limit of two hives, however, would prevent that. Both Weisman and McManus acknowledged fears of allergic reactions are real but added geographic restrictions can only do some much. Honeybees, for instance, typically forage for food in a three-mile radius, which could mean bees from outside River Forest end up in the village. The pair added that honeybees — which are not wasps or yellowjackets — are not aggressive and usually only sting when provoked or feeling threatened.

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After 87-year-old Pat Michalski attended a West Side Women’s Breakfast in Austin where she met Momma Kemba, an African American actress/storyteller who portrays women in history, Michalski decided to throw a party. She invited a diverse group of dynamic women friends to her Oak Park home to see Momma Kemba perform her onewoman show about Sojourner Truth and hear poet friend Mary Daib of River Forest recite her original poems. Thirty ﬁve women squeezed into Michalski’s living room and kitchen to enjoy these engaging performances, along with a huge variety of food and wines. The Austin Weekly News and Wednesday Journal hosts the West Side Women’s breakfasts. The next event is TBD. PHOTOS COURTESY OF DEBBY PREISER

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River Forest approves water system study

Outside firm will help gauge readiness of village water infrastructure By THOMAS VOGEL Staff Reporter

The River Forest Village Board of Trustees at its Aug. 21 meeting approved a $32,100 contract with an outside engineering firm to assess the town’s water infrastructure and forecast future improvements. Strand Associates will conduct the study, which River Forest has never undertaken before now. It will, officials said, help the village and potential developers understand whether existing infrastructure can, for instance, adequately service new developments like a multi-story residential building. If all goes well, a final report based on the study should be done by November. “If you bring on development, which we want to see here in the future, we want to make sure our system and our infrastructure have the actual capacity to go ahead and serve those developments,” Village Administrator Eric Palm said Aug. 21. “The only way to do that is to go through this analysis.” There are currently several possible projects pending in the village, including a new redevelopment agreement for Lake Street and Lathrop Avenue. The Promenade, a 29unit residential development at 7820 Madison St., is in its final stages and began sales in June. The study will include storage and supply analysis as well as “system performance on average-day, max-day and max-day-plus fire demands,” according to Strand’s proposal. “We wanted to include it in the budget this year. There has been a little bit of a rampup of development in the village,” Director of Public Works John Anderson said of the study in an Aug. 23 phone call. “We are trying to be as proactive as possible.”

“If you bring on development, which we want to see here in the future, we want to make sure our system and our infrastructure have the actual capacity to go ahead and serve those developments.” ERIC PALM

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Village Administrator The village does do annual upkeep and replacement projects on its water mains, based on past break history and year of installation, so the age of a pipe varies depending on its location in the village. “There’s plenty of pipes that have been underground for decades,” Anderson said. “There’s some blocks that have been replaced much more recently.” This new study, however, will also incorporate water flow and pressure data. “We do a water main replacement project every year anyway,” Anderson said. “This would give us a better idea of what to do and where to replace.” Strand Associates, founded in 1946, has hundreds of employees and several offices across the country in Illinois, Texas and Kentucky. According to the proposal submitted to the village board, Strand has completed dozens of water analyses in Illinois and Wisconsin, including Glencoe, Niles and Wilmette. Anderson described the village’s current water infrastructure as “stable” but there are issues every so often. “Breaks happen, but those happen in every system from time to time. It is stable and we have good equipment and we have good storage capacity,” Anderson said. “Anything underground, water, sewer, if you’re not being proactive, it can go south on you and it takes a while to catch up.”

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would come from local community organizations and private donors. The rest, which could be up to $25 million, would be financed through a variety of means that haven’t been finalized yet; but regardless of the means, officials said, from page 1 PDOP will bear the debt burden. recreation center that would include three Arnold said that one mechanism for coverswimming pools, including zero-depth and ing the balance could take the form of D200 therapy pools; three courts for loaning PDOP the money from basketball, volleyball, badminthe high school district’s over $90 ton and other sports; a multimillion fund balance. The loan purpose gym; a walking track; would eventually be paid back, fitness center; art spaces; and Arnold said. childcare spaces, among other According to officials from the features. various taxing bodies involved Costs for the design and conin the talks, staff from OPRF struction of the facility range and the park districts have been between $36 million and $47 milmeeting bi-weekly while board lion, depending on where it’s representatives from the taxing located and what kind of amebodies have been communicatJOYLYNN PRUITTnities it features. Representaing on a monthly basis. ADAMS tives from the three taxing bodThe idea of a community recOPRF Superintendent ies said that they’re looking to reation center that would feabuild somewhere in Oak Park. ture an indoor pool has been on According to the memo, the the backburner for years, but recreation center would address the concept gained considerable a range of needs that were idensteam after OPRF’s referendum, tified by representatives of the which asked voters to approve up three taxing bodies, and other to $25 million to partially fund a community stakeholders. Those $44.4 million plan that included a needs include access to an indoor new swimming pool and parking pool for OPRF aquatic team pracgarage, failed by just 28 votes in tices, more childcare spaces for the Nov. 8, 2016 election. after-school programs and more The new pool and garage would community meeting spaces for have replaced the high school’s JAN ARNOLD local nonprofits and governing two 90-year-old swimming pools Park district executive director bodies. that are currently used for aquatRepresentatives from the taxics instruction and some aquating bodies involved in the talks also empha- ics competition. sized the need for a community space that Since the failed referendum, the D200 would provide mental health treatment ser- school board has approved an Imagine vices to residents in a way that would remove OPRF working group — a new 40-plus-memsome of the stigma associated with mental ber committee tasked with evaluating the health illness. high school’s previous pool-related outreach According to surveys administered by efforts and coming up with recommendaboth park districts over the years, residents tions related to the district’s facility needs. in Oak Park have expressed the most supOn Aug. 23, Pruitt-Adams said that the port for an indoor swimming pool, indoor working group’s efforts will run parallel to walking track and indoor fitness and gym- the process of exploring the feasibility of nasium, and arts facilities. In River Forest, a community recreation center, which she residents most desired “adult programs of said doesn’t preclude OPRF building its own any kind and family special events.” pool on campus for aquatics instruction and During an interview on Aug. 24, Arnold aquatics competition — such as diving — said that each taxing body will make a $5 that the proposed community pool does not million commitment to fund design and accommodate. construction costs. An additional $5 million CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

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A Christian school open to ‘all’ debuts in Oak Park Founders of The Field School say it’s the Chicago area’s most racially, economically diverse

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

While he was working in Chicago Public Schools for Teach For America, the nonprofit teacher recruitment organization, Jeremy Mann observed a reality that he’s been grappling with ever since. “I noticed that there were a lot of families looking for other options and many schools were very homogenous,” Mann said during a recent interview. “They were either mostly black or mostly white; mostly poor or mostly high-income.” Mann, who lives in Austin with his wife, Erin, and their two young children, said that he also grew increasingly agitated at a pattern among public school educators and administrators — they often don’t send their own children to the schools they’re responsible for running. Mann’s solution to these stubborn societal challenges is The Field School, which Mann — who serves as the institution’s head of school — describes as a classical Christian school with a simple educational philosophy and that’s to “feed the hearts and minds of children through rigorous, classical education rooted in a Christ-centered environment.” The Field School kicked off its inaugural academic year last Thursday inside of Oak Park’s Calvary Memorial Church, 931 Lake St., where Mann has worked as a pastor. The school’s roughly 50 students, ranging from pre-K through 1st grade, hail from all over the city and suburbs — from Hyde Park and Back of the Yards to Berwyn and Bellwood. Most of the students, however, come from Oak Park and Austin, Mann said, adding that, despite the school’s Christian bent, he accepts students of any and all religious backgrounds. “Chicago is one of the most geographically segregated cities in America,” he added. “We need to intentionally resist the systemic force that divides people. As Christians, we believe that the full expression of the kingdom of God depends on rich and diverse community.” Mann explained that Field “takes its cues” from the methods of Charlotte Mason, a 20th Century British educator who emphasized attending to “the whole child” as part of the educational process. “The Field School is deeply committed to healing and rebuilding relationships ruined by racism, anger, fear, bigotry, and poverty, especially in Chicago’s historically rich, occasionally troubled West Side neighborhoods like Austin, North Lawndale and Garfield Park,” Mann said. African Americans make up 40 percent of the student population, while whites and multiracial individuals comprise 28 percent and 17 percent of students, respectively. Hispanics/Latinos and Asian Americans each comprise 8 percent of Field students. More than 50 percent of the students come from lowincome households, with roughly a quarter earning over $120,000 a year. Most families receive at least some financial aid, if not a full scholarship, Mann said. “The vision for this school was to have very strong academics and to be very intentionally diverse,” said Mann, who said that when his two children get of school age, he’ll be enrolling them at The Field. Maggie Rangel, of Bellwood, said that she found about The Field School through a private Facebook group that she had consulted for recommendations about where to send her young child to school. “I couldn’t find good public schools to send my children to,” Rangel said. “I looked at a lot of public schools in the area where we live, but they weren’t good and moving to Oak Park wasn’t an option, because it isn’t affordable.”

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DOORS WIDE OPEN: Students show up for the first day of classes on Aug. 24 at The Field School, a new private school located at Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park. The school prizes diversity and inclusion, said its founder.

Rangel said that she was also attracted to the fact that Field is a Christian school with “a multicultural atmosphere.” Most importantly, she said, her child’s tuition is covered. Jasmine Lopez, of Maywood, said that she used to think that private schools were only for affluent families before she found out about Field. “We’ve been a homeschooling family for the last three years and came to the realization that our kindergartener would thrive better in a classroom setting,” she said, adding that the faith-based learning and the school’s deliberate efforts to diversify were “exciting for us.” Mann said that, currently, the school is funded through

full tuition payments from high-income families and philanthropic donations. So far, he said, the school has raised $250,000 for operations — virtually all of it going to programming since most of the Field faculty and staff are working voluntarily. “We don’t plan on doing this forever, but right now I don’t take a salary,” he said. “We have two deans and they don’t take salaries. Our instructional aids volunteer. So, personnel costs are far less than they’d be if all of us were taking a salary.” Mann said that his ultimate goal is for the school to be located in Austin, where he’d originally intended to setup. He said that he scouted 25 different locations in the West Side neighborhood without securing a lease. “We would really like to be in Austin in the long term,” he said. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

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Robbed at gunpoint in the alley

Two Chicago residents were robbed at gunpoint in an alley in the 1100 block of South Humphrey Avenue around 10:18 a.m. on Aug. 23. The robber approached the two victims from behind, displayed a small, chrome-plated revolver, and demanded their money and wallets. One victim handed over a Samsung Galaxy cellphone, a black wallet with cash, a US Bank card, a Home Depot credit card, and miscellaneous papers valued at a combined $720. The other victim handed over $90. The robber then told them to walk to the backyard of a nearby home and then fled northbound through the alley that runs between Austin Boulevard and Humphrey. He was described as a man between the ages of 25 and 30, 6 feet tall, with a medium build, a dark complexion, stubble facial hair and long black dreadlocks, and wearing a light-blue T-shirt and blue jeans.

Armed robbery ■ A man was robbed at gunpoint by two men in a parking lot near Dollar Tree, 922 Madison St., at 9:58 p.m. on Aug. 21. The man was walking to his vehicle with a night deposit bag containing cash when he was approached by two men wearing masks and displaying handguns. The robbers pointed their guns at the victim and demanded the money, his car keys and cellphone. The victim raised his hands and dropped the money to the ground. The robbers grabbed the bag and fled northbound on Clinton on foot. The estimated loss is $3,511. Both robbers were described as between 18 and 20 years old, 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-9, 150 to 170 pounds. One was dark-skinned and wore a dark sweater and the other wore a red sweater. ■ An Oak Park man was robbed at gunpoint in the 600 block of Lake Street at 8:20 p.m. on Aug. 20. The man was walking westbound on Lake when the robber approached

and displayed a small, silver handgun and said, “I’m going to rob you.” He patted down the victim and took an iPhone S6 and a blue wallet containing his Illinois ID and a debit card. The estimated loss is $500. The robber was described as 5-foot-10, 20 to 25 years old, with a thin build, dreadlocks, facial hair and tattoos on both arms. He wore a black T-shirt and blue jeans. ■ Metro PCS, 2 Chicago Ave., was robbed at gunpoint at 11:54 a.m. on Aug. 17. A man in his late teens or early 20s entered the establishment, began asking questions and then pulled a silver handgun from his waist area and demanded money. The robber also demanded the business phone and the employee’s personal cellphone. He was described as 5-foot-6 and wearing a white T-shirt with an Air Jordan logo and faded blue jeans. He fled eastbound in the south alley of Chicago Avenue. The loss was an estimated $300 for the business and $299 for the employee. ■ An Oak Park man was robbed at gunpoint in the 600 block of Garfield at 10:21 p.m. on Aug. 17. The victim was walking when he was approached from the rear. The robber displayed a chrome revolver on his hip and demanded the victim’s backpack and phone. The offender then removed the victim’s backpack, which contained books, an iPhone and a wallet with miscellaneous ID and credit cards. The robber then fled southbound on Wesley from Garfield. The estimated loss is $300. The robber was described as between 6 feet and 6-foot-3, 230 to 260 pounds, possible facial hair and wearing a black hoodie and black pants. ■ An Oak Park man was robbed at gunpoint in the 100 block of South Cuyler at 12:42 a.m. on Aug. 18. The victim was approached from the rear by a man pointing a revolver at him and demanding everything he had. The victim dropped his book bag, Samsung cellphone, headphones and wal-

let. The robber grabbed the property and fled southbound on Cuyler, entered a purple Chevy Impala and drove off eastbound on Washington. The estimated loss was $150. The robber was described as 5-foot-10, 250 pounds and wearing a dark hoodie, a bandana around his face and blue jeans.

Theft ■ A man and a woman exchanged $180 in counterfeit money at the concession counter of Lake Theatre, 1022 Lake St., at 9:50 p.m. on Aug. 22. The man was described as being between 40 and 50 years old, 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10, with a slim build and black afro and wore a short-sleeved shirt and dark athletic pants with white stripes on the side. The woman was described as between 40 and 50 years old, with a medium build, and wearing a green military-style baseball cap and a green jacket. ■ A thief stole a book bag from a Brookfield resident during a medical emergency on the CTA Green Line in the 1100 block of South Boulevard at 4:43 p.m. on Aug. 19. The book bag contained a pink wallet, a silver wallet, two credit cards, an Illinois driver’s license, a social security card, a Cricket phone, a phone charger and cash. The estimated loss is $100.

Aggravated robbery An Oak Park resident and Naperville resident were robbed in the 1100 block of South Taylor Avenue at 2:42 a.m. on Aug. 17. One of the victims was standing outside his vehicle when he was approached by a man who demanded his property and searched his pockets. The robber then reportedly grabbed a phone and purse containing a wallet, ID and credit cards from the second victim who was seated in the car. A second offender then reached into the car and reportedly took

the victim’s purse containing medication, cash, and a messenger bag containing two Android tablets and car keys. The first robber was described as in his mid-20s, 5-foot10, with a medium build, short braids and wearing a red hooded sweatshirt. The second robber was described as in his mid-20s, 5-foot-8, and wearing a gray sweatshirt. The estimated loss is $1,240.

Burglary arrest Anthony Kodykowski, 26, of the 5000 block of South Kolin Avenue in Chicago, was arrested at 6:46 a.m. on Aug. 21 in the 700 block of South Austin and charged with burglary. No additional information was given on that charge. He also was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. He was transported to the station and held in lieu of bond.

Aggravated robbery arrest Anthony Brown, 25, of the 5400 block of West Washington in Chicago, was arrested in the 900 block of South Humphrey at 2:19 a.m. on Aug. 18 and charged with aggravated robbery that occurred at the same location. He was transported to the station, processed and held for bond hearings. These items, obtained from the Oak Park and River Forest police departments, came from reports, Aug. 17-23, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.

— Compiled by Timothy Inklebarger

Pilgrim Church vandalized with swastikas, racial slurs

Church staff believes incident took place during Oak Park Farmers Market By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Two interior spaces at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 460 Lake St., were vandalized with swastikas and the N-word in the basement level of the church over the weekend, Pilgrim officer manager Joycelin Fowler confirmed in a telephone interview. Fowler said the N-word was written on a yellow laminated sign to the men’s bathroom in the basement of the church with a

blue marker. The N-word and two swastikas also were written on a 2016-2017 staff photograph hanging in the hallway of the community nursery school, also located in the basement. The incident, which was categorized as disorderly conduct/hate crime by the Oak Park police, took place sometime between 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 18 and 7 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 19. The face of one of the staff members – a white male – also was marked out with the blue market, according to Fowler. Fowler said she does not believe the vandal was a student. “Unfortunately, we have no idea who it might have been,” she said, adding that the Oak Park Farmers Market is held on Saturdays and

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Oak Park mayor Anan Abu-Taleb holds up a “Hate Has No Home Here” sign during a prayer vigil at Pilgrim Church on Aug. 26. “people come in to use the bathroom.” “We think it might have been during the farmers market,” she said.

Oak Park police advised church staff to “keep an eye out” and “be aware of who is in the building.” She said the church is not monitored by surveillance cameras. “We are a church that is definitely about justice and we do not tolerate hate in any way,” Fowler said. She said the church staff and parishioners were shocked but “unfortunately not really surprised” considering everything that’s going on with hate crimes across the nation. “We’re just shocked it happened here,” she said. “You have to have an extra eye out,” she said. “It’s just a sad way to live your life being suspicious.” CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

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GENDER EQUITY Changes coming from page 1 nationality, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, and gender identity.” The policy also prohibits the district from entering into any agreements with entities or individuals that discriminate against students “on the basis of sex or any other protected status.” During the Aug. 22 board meeting, D200 Supt. Joylynn Pruitt-Adams said that there are at least two other policies that support Policy 7:10. She said that the district has also implemented a range of measures designed to support students whose gender identities differ from the sex they were assigned at birth. Some of those measures include the creation in the 2016-17 school year of a gender and wellness class for transgender students, the addition of five unisex bathrooms throughout the building, allowing students the freedom to use whatever bathrooms they identify with, and the designation of an official LGBTQ social worker. Two years ago, the district held a training for administrators in the area of transgender equity. In addition, the district has procedures for changing the files and records of students who identify as transgender. But Pruitt-Adams said that, despite those

measures, OPRF’s current sex equity policies and procedures aren’t robust or systemic enough to sufficiently meet the needs of its transgender students. “Policies and procedures are so vital to the lives of transgender students,” said Owen Daniel-McCarter, the executive director of the Illinois Safe Schools Alliance and OPRF alumnus who identifies as transgender. McCarter recommended that the board focus its revised sex equity policy on young people who do not have the support of family members once they decide to identify as transgender. McCarter, an attorney, said he facilitated the administrative training at OPRF two years ago, as well as a training with administrators at Oak Park Elementary School District 97 several months ago. McCarter was among at least three people with expertise in transgender-related issues who spoke during public comment. Valerie Tobin, a psychiatrist who treats transgender students, said that “gender minority young people are at enormous risk.” “They are more likely to be exposed to violence at school, home and in the community than all their peers,” she said, adding that transgender women of color, in particular, are “more likely to be murdered than any other group in the United States.” The experts also pointed out the high rates of suicide among transgender people. District 200 board members and administration officials said that they’ll look for guidance to area school districts, such as Chicago Public Schools and Evanston Township High

School District 202, that have already implemented new policies, procedures and guidelines that are designed to offer more robust support to transgender students. Jennifer Smith, an attorney with Franczek Radelet, OPRF’s legal counsel, said that the laws governing education equity for transgender students have rapidly evolved over the last five years, but the legal terrain is still largely unsettled. In an Aug. 7 memo to the D200 school board, Smith explained that “many of the high profile legal developments of the last two years have revolved around the threshold question of whether Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, which prohibits ‘sex’ discrimination, protects students based on gender identity and what that means for access to restrooms and locker rooms.” In May 2016, Smith noted, the Justice Department and the Department of Education “issued nationwide guidance confirming that the DOJ and ED interpreted a student’s ‘sex’ based on gender identity, or that person’s subjective or internal gender, as opposed to sex assigned at birth.” That guidance, however, was jointly rescinded by those agencies in February, after President Donald Trump came into office. Smith said that, currently, the Education Department investigates complaints about transgender harassment but doesn’t investigate complaints related to transgender access to restrooms and locker rooms. So, there’s no threat that school districts will lose federal funding if they don’t offer eq-

uitable access to facilities for transgender students. Some D200 board members said that the changing social and political climate is all the more reason to offer robust protections to transgender students. “I think this is an opportunity for us to be progressive in the rights of all our students in these intolerant times,” said D200 board member Jennifer Cassell. “We’re definitely starting from a good place but I think we have to do a little more work in understanding what kind of administrative procedures we have in place that create barriers for any of our students and that might make them feel unwelcome.” “As a board,” said D200 board President Jackie Moore, “this falls squarely into what we are charged to do in terms of policy and I would urge that we set a timeline for ourselves as to when we would like to have a firm [sex equity] policy that is more expansive.” The board and administrative officials indicated that they’ll collaborate with students and advocacy groups, such as Gender Inclusive Schools and the OPRF extracurricular club A Place for All (formerly the Gay-Straight Alliance), in devising the new policies, procedures and guidelines. Although the board has not yet laid out a defined timeline for making the changes, some members suggested that they come sooner rather than later. “I would urge us to take these actions swiftly,” said Cassell. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

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same Indiana farm where the he Oak Park Farmers cheese is made and the KlinMarket added sevedinst family makes their home. eral new vendors this We’re very glad this new cheese year, and on a recent producer has a place at the Oak weekend we stopped by Park Farmers Market, and we’re one of those newcomers, J2K interested in trying some of their Capraio cheese stand. Owner/ other cheeses, which include cheesemaker/monger Josiah fresh, aged and feta cheese. I (Joe) Klinedinst was out in asked Jody about these other front of his stand, talking cheeses, and she told us she is escheese. pecially “proud of our marinated Josiah and his wife, Jody, feta, which just placed in the top along with their children, 10 in its category at the United care for their goats and cows States Champion Cheese Compein Walkerton, Indiana. Their Local Dining tition, the largest competition in farm has been certified by & Food Blogger our country.” Animal Welfare Approved, J2K Capraio is building on an organization committed their success with some big to “The basic premise … expansion plans. that animals must be able to “Within the next couple of behave naturally and be in a months,” explained Jody, “we’ll state of physical and psychostart filling Indiana’s first logical well-being.” underground cheese cave, which Well that all sounds nice. will hold +20,000 pounds of How’s the cheese? 460 Lake St., Oak Park cheese. The cave will add to the I purchased a small chunk flavor profile of our cheeses. Our of blue goat cheese, and it 708-445-0408 cheese already has a natural rind was fantastic: relatively mild populated by the mold in our for a blue cheese, but clearly environment. It’s currently aged in large expressing distinctive blue cheese funk; coolers. The cave floor and walls add to the so creamy, it’s spreadable. When I select a taste and will be naturally, geothermally blue, I usually go for a piece that’s riddled regulated by the earth,” which affects temwith azure mold; the blue cheese at J2K looked like a star map, with billions and bil- perature and humidity within the cave. lions of little mold stars in the cheesy firmament. As Jody explained, “The blue cheese wheels are inoculated with penicillium roqueforti, a blue mold. During aging, wheels [of cheese] will be ‘needled’ or pierced with a rod to allow the introduction of oxygen for mold growth. If you look closely at the wheels, you’ll see the little holes!” Years ago, the nowshuttered Marion Street Cheese Market was briefly represented at the Oak Park Farmers Market. There were problems, which as I recall had to do, at least in part, with the fact that the MSCM sourced its cheese from all over the world, and as it was not produced locally, their cheese was deemed unsuitable for a farmers market designed to showcase local produce. Photo by David Hammond J2K Capraio goat cheese Josiah (Joe) Klinedinst in front of his the is a “farmstead cheese,” which means it’s stand, talking cheese. made with milk from goats who live on the

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hen it was built in 1916, the Curtis B. Camp house at 701 Columbian set the tone for a street that would soon be lined with gracious mansions. Fronting Augusta Street, the house is nestled in a sweeping lawn of mature landscaping. When it was built, the original owners spared no expense, hiring architect Charles E. White to design the house and landscape designer Jens Jensen to design the grounds. More than a century later, much of the original design and style remains. Born in 1876 in Massachusetts, Charles E. White Jr. practiced architecture for eight years in Burlington, Vermont before moving to Chicago in 1903 to work for Frank Lloyd Wrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studio alongside Walter Burley Griffin, Marion Mahony and Isabel Roberts. In 1905, White founded his own studio in Oak Park and in 1906 collaborated with Wright and architect Vernon Watson to design the River Forest Tennis Club. In the years leading up to World War I, White worked steadily and in 1909, had 15 different See PEDIGREE on page 19

CAMP COLUMBIAN: The Camp house, which fronts Augusta, was designed by Charles White, the landscaping by Jens Jensen.

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White to Jensen to Camp from page 17 projects listed in the Chicago Architectural Catalogue. During this time in Oak Park, White designed many sizeable homes including the Cheney Mansion in 1913, the Colonel W.C. Hunter House at 700 Columbian in 1909, and the James F. Skinner and J. Fletcher Skinner Homes on the 600 north block of Linden. During the World War, White served in the quartermaster corps. In 1922, he partnered with architect Bertram A. Weber, who had worked in the Chicago office of Howard Van Doren Shaw. The firm of White and Weber practiced in the Chicago area until White’s death in 1936. In Oak Park, the firm designed the United States Post Office on Lake Street in 1933, the Rectory of Grace Episcopal Church and the Oak Park and River Forest Day Nursery, as well as many private residences. White’s influence was broader than his architectural practice. He helped institute Oak Park’s first zoning laws and was the first chairman of Oak Park’s zoning board. For 10 years, he served on the staff of Ladies Home Journal, which published many of his designs. He also authored two architecture textbooks: Successful Houses and How to Build Them and The Bungalow Book. At the time the Camp home was designed, landscape designer Jens Jensen was becoming wellknown for his native landscape design skills. Born in Denmark in 1860, Jensen immigrated to the United States, landing in Chicago after stints in Florida and Iowa. He took a job as a laborer with the West Park Commission, and was promoted to foreman. After a planned garden of exotic blooms died, he went out into the prairie and found native plants to replace them in Union Park, establishing the American Garden and a lifelong love of the prairie style. He went on to work in the designs of Garfield Park, Humboldt Park and Douglas Park in Chicago and was also instrumental in preserving the Indiana Dunes ecosystem. In 1920, Jensen retired from the park system and devoted his career to planning private gardens, including work on the Ford family estates in Michigan and Maine. A 1925 real estate listing for the Camp House credits Jensen with the design of the grounds, which

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VIRTUAL TOUR: Living room, kitchen, breakfast room, and master bedroom of the Camp House on Columbian. included beautiful plantings, a fish pond, rockery and bird houses. 1925 and Today In 1925, the Camp family listed their home for sale for $65,000 and garnered a full page in the March 14 edition of the Oak Leaves. Titled “An Oak Park Home of the Better Class,” the advertisement lists the home’s many attributes, not least of which is that it was “surrounded by other equally attractive homes, in the exclusive Fair Oaks residential district.” The bones of the house and many original details remain pre-

served today. Laura Maychruk of Gullo & Associates, who is listing the house for $1,299,000, notes that she researched the house with the Historical Society before listing it for her clients, and came upon the 1925 article, with its detailed description of the house. “The architect also designed the Cheney Mansion, and I’ve had the opportunity to cook there several times. The two homes have the same, original silver sink. I’m in love with that sink,” she said. See PEDIGREE on page 22

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PEDIGREE from page 19 Noting that the original kitchen, butler’s pantry, refrigerator room and informal breakfast room have been changed over the last 100 years, Maychruk states that a new kitchen could be planned around the original sink and the description of the large white cabinets in the 1925 listing. “If you’re a purist like I am, you could go back to a traditional design that would fit in with the home. I really feel like there’s an opportunity to do that here.” She also notes that such a project could qualify the home for an historic tax freeze. Throughout the first floor, many original details remain that provide style clues for the house. Original English oak flooring graces many of the rooms, and the dining room still sports its original American Walnut paneling and Victor Perlman chandelier from 1916. The sunroom’s English tile is original, as are its brick walls and fireplace.

As befitting an estate of this size from the turn of an earlier century, a heated green house with running water is attached to the brick garage. The garage includes original chauffer’s quarters above. On the second floor, four original bedrooms and two original bathrooms have been reorganized to create a master suite with a separate sitting room and en suite bath, a library and two additional bedrooms which share a fully updated bathroom. The third floor, once home to maid’s quarters and a billiards room now features a full bath, bedroom and family room. The professionally landscaped grounds are surrounded by a wrought iron fence, and a spacious screened in porch on the west side of the house offers a private respite in the outdoors. Maychruk laughs at the outdated language used to appeal to home buyers in the 1920’s, noting that designating some buyers the “better class” is clearly not an acceptable practice today. Today, she thinks that any lover of historic homes would be happy to call 701 Columbian home. “It’s really a great house.”

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Congratulations to Dominican University for 20 years of impressive growth, while remaining committed to your Catholic Dominican heritage and tradition of excellent teaching in the liberal arts and sciences. Kevin Killips ’79, Chairman, Dominican University Board of Trustees, and Cynthia Gizzo-Killips ’82

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We are proud to have shared so many shining moments over the last twenty years with Donna Carroll and Dominican University. We look forward to many more great achievements and growth for this wonderful school.

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In July 1917, five Sinsinawa Dominican sisters traveled from the Mound in southwestern Wisconsin to found a Catholic college for girls. The thirty acres of property that the Sisters bought on the northwestern edge of River Forest was to become Rosary College and eventually Dominican University. This was during World War I when money was very tight. The Sisters knew that they did not have the funds to begin building on the land they had just purchased but there was an existing large house, barn and a small summer house on the property. To avoid paying taxes on the property, the Sisters decided to begin a high school, christened Rosary House, later named Rosary High School, in these existing buildings. In 1926 they headed three blocks down Division to Lathrop and established what is known today as Trinity school, which continutes to be the high school for young women. dominican.indd 1

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From Rosary College to Dominican University: Looking Back on Twenty Years

By Lacey Sikora

hen Rosary College became Dominican University in 1997, the shift reflected dramatic changes in the scope of the institution’s academic programs, alongside a renewed adherence to the values and traditions of the Sinsinawa Dominicans who founded the liberal arts college almost 100 years ago. Throughout its long history in River Forest, Dominican has changed to reflect the world around it. Named Rosary College in 1922, the River Forest school was founded as St. Clara College in Sinsinawa, Wisconsin before moving to the Chicago area. Rosary embraced a growing interest in the wider world when, in 1925, it became the first college in the country to offer study abroad programs. In 1949, the college responded to a need for advanced education by adding the first of several graduate programs. In 1970, Rosary became co-educational, and in 1994, the school hired its first lay president, Donna Carroll. Sister Michelle Germanson, president of Trinity High School, recalls that at the heart of all of this change, the Sinsinawa Dominican mission was a constant undercurrent. Photos courtesy Dominican University “The Dominican presence has been so much a part of the fabric of River Forest, since The stone gate at the main entrance to the university has been a popular student the early 1920s. We have such a combined hang-out for decades—when the university was Rosary College, and today. history of reflecting what it means to be Dominican. What our sisters sacrificed decade after decause the decision was made can family almost her entire life, particicade shows now in the misinternally and thoughtfully pating as a child in swimming classes at sion of the university. It is through a strategic process ap- the school and working as a high school carried on with its current proved by the board of trust- student in the kitchen serving the sisters. faculty, staff and students.” ees. After the name change was Baker recalls the name change came at a As Dominican’s first lay approved internally, Carroll pivotal time for the school. “What came president, Donna Carroll reached out to the community before was important, but we were in a was in a unique position to and alumni to explain the ratio- wildly changing education environment. lead changes at the school. nale. We looked at how we could position ourShe attributes the success As difficult as it was for some selves to be a leader in this environment.” of the name change to its alumni to embrace the name Baker, a current member of the board, roots in the context of a change of their beloved Rosary credits Carroll with significantly and strastrong strategic plan. She College, Carroll notes their re- tegically advancing the school. “She has an notes, “We took a deep dive sponse to the obvious growth of incredible gift for balancing the honoring SSISTER ISTTER MIC MICHELLE ICHEELLE into who we were and what the university and its programs of traditions and meeting the continued GERMA ANSO SON GERMANSON we wanted to accomplish in was overwhelmingly positive. needs of the students and community.” the future.” Trinity Trinit ityy High High gh School Sch chooll president pr “The moment I knew we’d Growing into Dominican University She also emphasizes, “We made the transition to Domini- has led to developing new majors and took the family name. The can University was at a reunion graduate degree programs along with change to Dominican was when an alumna admitted that, new opportunities for study, research, inan affirmation of the misat first, she was violently opposed terdisciplinary partnerships, and scholsion of the university, not an effort to change that mission. It strongly to the name change. But she went on to say arships and grant opportunities. “We’ve had 20 years of growth during affirmed our belief in the value of a Domin- she was now so proud of how her alma maican education and gave us the opportunity ter was thriving when so many other former which the learning environment has changed to reflect the professional envito keep Rosary College as the name of our women’s colleges had closed.” Patty O’Neill Baker, an alumna and execu- ronment,” says Baker. “We’re keeping undergraduate school, which is really the tive director at JP Morgan Chase, notes that that rich tradition while bringing in new heart of the university.” Carroll also says the change worked be- she has been a part of the Rosary/Domini- ideas. Dominican is a very vibrant place,

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and there’s an energy on campus that gets you fired up and wondering what we can do next.”

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Donna Carroll: Ushering in a New Era By Lacey Sikora

three top candidates to the board. It became quite apparent that this young, enthusiastic n 1994, Donna Carroll was hired as the New Yorker was the person we all coalesced first president of Dominican University around.” who was not a member of the Dominican Monti states that Carroll represented the order. At 39, she became one of the young“whole package” that the Dominican sisters est university presidents in and the board were looking for the nation and set a path and viin a leader. “She had tremendous sion for Dominican’s future. experience. She not only said the Carroll recalls that it was a right things, but she did the right time of great change for the unithings.” versity, which remained groundCarroll brought with her a ed in the school’s Dominican wide depth of experience in traditions. “I was enormously Catholic education. After receivblessed to have the unconditioning master’s and doctoral deal support of the Dominican sisgrees in higher education adminters from the moment I stepped istration and counseling at the on campus. The endorsement of DONNA CARROLL University of Cincinnati, Carroll the sisters was paramount to my Dominican University president served in numerous educational future success.” administrative positions at instiJanice Monti, recently retired professor of sociology, was the faculty repre- tutions including Fairleigh Dickinson Unisentative to the board of trustees at the time versity, Mount Vernon College and Fordham Carroll was hired. She recalls the decision University prior to accepting the position at as a turning point for the school. “It was a Dominican. Sister Diane Kennedy, at the time a memrather precarious time for Catholic higher education. A whole set of things came to- ber of the board of trustees, notes that the gether to signal it was time for a change. We board was very open to hiring a lay person, interviewed a few candidates with the as- and wanted to make sure the right candisumption that we were going to present the date fully grasped the importance of the Do-

Caritas et Veritas (Love and Truth)

We applaud the impact that Dominican University has had for so many decades on students, families, communities and employers! Everyone benefits from Love, Truth and Knowledge. Happy Anniversary!

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Three generations of presidential leaders: Sister Jean Murray (1981-94), Donna Carroll (1994-present), Sister Candida Lund (1964-81). minican tradition. “The questions with selecting a lay president were would she learn the history, appreciate the legacy and embrace the Sinsinawa Dominican mission? And the answer to those questions was very quickly shown to be yes,” Kennedy said. Shortly after her arrival, Carroll oversaw the name change of Rosary College to Dominican University. She went on to manage two successful capital campaigns, ending in 2002 and 2008, that raised more than $100 million and made possible the construction of a new residence hall, Centennial Hall (now known as Sister Jean Murray Hall), and Parmer Hall, a 124,000 square foot, stateof-the-art science and academic building. The university is currently in the middle of a third capital campaign. Throughout her tenure, Carroll has continued to be a force in organizing the university around a strategic plan that never loses

sight of the students and faculty who make Dominican great. She notes that the goal is always to offer a values-based education. “Values-based education not only offers a good education but also teaches students how to make a difference,” she says. Through it all, she relies on her wellknown mantra, the three C’s of leadership: absorb chaos, respond calmly and build confidence. She believes that her long tenure has been an asset to the university. “I thought I was going to be a sprinter, and I turned out to be a marathoner. I’ve had the privilege of watching Dominican grow over time. Building relationships and instilling a level of trust enables you to push through the sometimes difficult changes.” For students and faculty, the benefits are clear. According to Monti, “Her heart and soul are in the success of this place. She does so much for faculty, staff and students.”

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Brennan School of Business: Preparing the Business Leaders of the Future

By Lacey Sikora

or 40 years, Dominican University has offered business students an exceptional curriculum combining business fundamentals and real-world experience. Founded in 1977, the Brennan School of Business was named in 2006 to honor Edward A. Brennan, former chairman and CEO of Sears, Roebuck & Co., and his wife, Lois L. Brennan, a Dominican alumna. Since its inception, the program has been dedicated to innovative and rigorous instruction that remains values-based and relationship-centered. Today, Brennan is one of the leading small business programs in the Chicago metropolitan area, serving 500 students. The school offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in accounting, finance, economics, management, marketing and international business. In 2014, Brennan was accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB,) an endorsement that places the school in the top five percent of business programs worldwide. Dean Roberto Curci touts the AACSB accreditation as an obvious sign of Brennan’s growth and accomplishment. “To us, the ac-

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Brennan School of Business offers classroom and experiential opportunities to prepare students for a wide variety of careers following graduation.

creditation means that we are providing students with the best of two worlds—excellent teaching and practical experience. The AACSB re-accredits institutions on a five-year cycle, which makes us continually strive to improve ourselves. It makes us better.” Molly Burke, former Brennan dean and current professor, notes that in addition to providing a demanding curriculum, Brennan offers students three unique benefits.

“We’re global. We’re current and connected to contemporary careers, and we have an unwavering commitment to ethics that permeates everything we do.” Brennan’s student body includes representatives from countries around the world, offering a wide range of cultural backgrounds and experiences. For Burke, the school’s international ties and international students provide measurable positive

effects on the community. “We draw many international students through partnerships with foreign universities and these students benefit our U.S. students in many ways. Our domestic students get to experience other cultures and ways of looking at the world when someone on their study team or case presentation is from another country. We also take our students on overseas programs in the summer. All of this adds a dimension to the program that we wouldn’t have otherwise.” When Curci joined Brennan as dean in 2015, he sought to grow Dominican’s significant history in international studies. “We have a strong foundation of relationships with international programs, and we are currently working on expanding those relationships with countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America through student and faculty exchange programs and partnering

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Brennan’s C-Suite Speaker Series brings well-known business leaders to campus to share their experiences, including Anne Pramaggiore, CEO, ComEd; and David MacNeil, CEO, Weather Tech. with foreign universities on joint research collaborations.” More than half of Brennan students speak another language, and that skill, in addition to international experiences offered through the school, makes students more employable upon graduation, according to Curci. “Our students bring their understanding of the world and their knowledge of other cultures to the corporate world in a way that helps them better serve their communities.” Small class sizes and personal attention MOLLY BURKE from professors Professor and former dean rather than of Brennan School of Business graduate assistants differentiates Brennan within the competitive Chicago market. “We really have extraordinary teaching at Dominican. The professors are interested not just in getting students through the course but also in giving them the skills that will stay with them throughout their careers,” Burke says. In his two years at Dominican, Curci has implemented significant curriculum changes for both undergraduate and graduate business students, with an emphasis on

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GRADUATE PROGRAMS • Business (MBA and MS in Accounting) • Education • Library and Information Science hands-on, practical education. At the undergraduate level, the school has added several new majors and entrepreneurship classes, while a required internship prepares students for the job market. The MBA program has been revised and streamlined, allowing students to work through fundamental courses more quickly and focus on seven newly expanded concentrations, including data analytics and health care administration. The program, presented in a flexible online and evening format, can now be completed in as little as 18 months. At Brennan, Burke says another key component to the educational experience is that learning continues outside of the classroom with programs such as the C-Suite Series, which brings CEO’s of large and small companies to campus to share their life stories. “Our students have a sense of being mentored and guided. What happens outside of the classroom can be as life-changing as what happens inside the classroom.”

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College of Health Sciences Launched to Meet National Need

By Lacey Sikora

nswering a local and national need for more trained health professionals, in 2016 Dominican University launched a College of Health Sciences, including undergraduate degree programs in nutrition, and dietetics, postbaccalaureate medical studies and nursing, as well as master’s programs in physician assistant studies and nutrition. Dan Beach, who served as interim dean of the college and was integral to the university’s construction of Parmer Hall in 2007 as a home for its science programs, notes that the state-of-the-art building made possible the growth in the health and science curriculum at the university. “We were able to attract highly qualified faculty with a first-class science building for teaching and research. We now have a place where students can take advantage of stateof-the-art labs, excellent faculty and convenient community spaces, as well as accommodate a growing curriculum in the health sciences,” Beach said. The new college required a buildout of Parmer Hall, which now features simulation hospital rooms, 3-D anatomy tables and medical manikins that replicate the numerous functions of the human body—from breathing and bleeding to giving birth. Beach notes that the appeal of the College of Health Sciences is twofold. “We’re seeing more students interested in the STEM fields, and more of these students are drawn to Dominican because they see the excellent facilities that we offer. In addition, there is a general interest in the field of health care. There is a valuable service component to these jobs, they offer good salaries, and they can’t be outsourced overseas.” Through the college, Dominican addresses the critical shortage of health care professionals in the state and across the nation. The undergraduate nursing program, launched in 2014, has proved to be the most popular major for incoming freshmen. The student/faculty ratio is 9:1, and the program provides critical, clinical training—requiring 814 hours of clinical practice, which is 100 more hours than the state requires. Kristen Bayer, interim executive director of nursing, says the program has grown exponentially since its first graduating class of 12 students. “We have approximately 120 students enrolled this year. As a Hispanic-Serving Institution, we enjoy a very diverse student body, and we see great em-

“Nursing is a shift from strict liberal arts, but it fits with the Dominican mission of giving compassionate service. Our students are loving, kind and responsible.” KRISTEN BAYER

Interim executive director of nursing

Photos courtesy Dominican University

(Above) Nursing students gain practical skills with an emphasis on compassionate service. (Left) Students in the physician assistant program learn the proper procedure for suiting up before surgery. ployment opportunities for our students who are bilingual.” For Bayer, the nursing program ties in neatly with the traditional liberal arts mission of Dominican. “Nursing is a shift from strict liberal arts, but it fits with the Dominican mission of giving compassionate service. Our students are loving, kind and responsible. We train them to be good orators and facile writers as well as good clinicians.” Dr. Karen Mayer, vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer of Rush Oak Park Hospital, notes that she and President Carroll spoke about the anticipated nursing shortage prior to Dominican’s decision to establish its nursing program. “In 2010, the Institute of Medicine put forth a recommendation on how to address health care needs in the U.S., and nursing is a big part of that. At Rush, we are excited to partner with Dominican by providing clinical opportunities for Dominican nursing students. We’ve been pleased to hire several graduates,” Mayer said. Among the university’s most competitive academic offerings is the post-baccalaureate, pre-medical program. The program leads to a Bachelor of Medical Science degree and allows recent college graduates to meet the prerequisites for applying to medical, veterinary and pharmaceutical

schools. The BMS program serves a diverse student population—about half of the students are first-generation college students and more than 65 percent are women. The newly launched Master of Medical Science Degree in Physician Assistant Studies builds on the success of the nursing program and is positioned to meet the growing national needs of the health care industry. Led by founding director Richard (Sal) Salcido, MD, EdD, the program meets a need for healthcare professionals in the community and provides a solid employment path. Studies indicate that approximately 98 percent of program graduates have job offers prior to graduation, with an average salary of over $90,000 per year. Launching in the fall of 2017, the new Master of Science in Nutrition degree will combine advanced levels of classroom education with practical field experience, while preparing students for the registered dietitian exam. The program will emphasize interdisciplinary collaboration by requiring six elective graduate-level courses from the School of Social Work, the School of Information Studies, the Brennan School of Business and the School of Education. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the number of jobs for dieticians and nutritionists to grow by 16 percent between 2014 and 2024, and Dominican is well-positioned to train students to meet that need.

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Information Redefined: Dominican’s School of Information Studies By Lacey Sikora

grow 37 percent, much faster than average. Stacy Kowalczyk, the director of the n October 2016, Dominican University re- MSIM program, says the graduate program named its Graduate School of Library and offers a unique perspective on the intersecInformation Science, rebranding it tion of information, people, techas the School of Informanology and policy. One of tion Studies. The name only 11 programs of its change reflects the kind in the U.S. and expanding capacthe only such proity of the program, gram in the Chiwhich was foundcago area, the ed in 1949 as the MSIM aims to u n ive r s i t y ’s prepare stufirst graduate dents to comschool, and prehend and continues to manage vast offer the only amounts of American complex data Library Assothat the inforciation (ALA)mation revoluaccredited Mastion has made ter of Library easily accessible. Science degree in She notes that the Chicago area. the program is The School of Inmeant to address the formation Studies now reality that technology is a encompasses the recently quickly changing arena that aflaunched Master of Science fects all aspects of our society. in Information Management “Often, information is created (MSIM) program as well as with a specific purpose, but peoan undergraduate program ple end up using it differently in informatics. over time. There are real impliExecutive Director Kate cations to these changes. How Marek emphasizes that the do we train people to anticipate change reflects a growth in that change? How do we guaranopportunity for all students tee security and privacy?” at Dominican. “We’re alAt Dominican, the focus goes ready well known nationally beyond technical applications for our library and informaand into human concerns. Kowtion science disciplines. alczyk sees this as a uniquely We’re not moving away from Dominican approach to technolthat, but we are broadening ogy. “Our students are invested our scope.” not just in the technology but in For undergraduates, Marek STACY KOWALCZYK the social justice implications says the informatics proDirector of MSIM program of the field.” gram, now in its second year, The MSIM curriculum comoffers exciting potential. bines the human side of data “There are huge opportunimanagement, including ethics ties to combine the program and information policy, with with other majors. You can specializations in cybersecudigitize your major with an rity, analytics, web design and informatics minor. It really makes your de- digital content management. Kowalczyk gree much more marketable. Not everyone says the impact on future employment for wants to be a computer science major, but graduates is wide-reaching. everyone recognizes the importance of tech“I’m really excited about the possibilinology in other fields, such as health.” ties of this program. There are a lot of esChicago is emerging as one of the coun- tablished careers for graduates in human/ try’s data analytics hubs. The Bureau of computer interaction and data architecture. Labor Statistics reports that information- There are also a lot of emerging careers in related jobs are projected to grow 15 to 21 data governance, data risk management percent, faster than the average of all jobs, and data compliance issues. Jobs in managover the next 10 years, while jobs focusing ing data and digital content will be coming on information security are expected to

“Our students are invested not just in technology but in the social justice implications of the field.”

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(Above) Yijun Gao teaches courses in information management and cybersecurity in the School of Information Studies. (Left) Cecilia Salvatore coordinates the archives and cultural heritage program in the school. onto the market as companies deal with the explosion of content.” The school introduced a doctoral program in 2010 to meet the needs of current professionals interested in pursuing research, teaching at the post-secondary level or working in the highest leadership positions in libraries, information centers and a variety of other organizations Citing the program’s convenient class times and locations, Marek says that the program attracts a diverse student body. “We have a local PhD market, but we also

get people from out of town. We call it a low-residency program because each course typically meets three weekends a semester. Classes operate in a cohort model in which a group of students starts at the same time and keeps the same pace.” Marek notes that local alumni of both programs play key roles in the community, working in public libraries in Oak Park and River Forest. “Our programs are really growing naturally through word of mouth. Things really start to grow when you hear the success stories of graduates.”

Stacy Kowalczyk directs the Master of Science in Information Management program.

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At the Forefront:

Dominican’s Study Abroad Program

By Lacey Sikora

ominican University was one of the first two colleges in the United States to offer study abroad programs. This proud tradition began in 1917, when Mother Samuel Coughlin sent two sisters to Switzerland to establish a center for study with the university in Fribourg. The advent of World War I postponed the arrival of the first class until 1925. The center of study was used by generations of Dominican students until 1979. Throughout the following decades, the university added study abroad outposts throughout Europe. In 1941, an important center for the study of the arts was established at the Villa Schifanoia in Florence, Italy. Classes began in 1948 and continued until 1985. Today, Dominican offers a four-week program in Florence, taught by Dominican professors, which includes classes in Italian art, culture and history, and offers students the opportunity to visit some of the greatest museums, art galleries and churches in the world. A semester-long program in Milan and a short-term study program in Rome, focusing on the art of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, give students enviable study experiences in Italy. Initiated by Sister Mary Brian Durkin in 1971 and continuing today, the Dominican-

in-London program focuses on British life and culture and includes independent projects based on students’ majors. In addition, a year-long, academically rigorous study program, offered in conjunction with the Friars of the English Province of the Order of Preachers, gives students the unique opportunity to study and live in Blackfriars Hall, one of 45 colleges of the University of Oxford. In 1994, Dominican introduced a semesterlong program, affiliated with the Institute of European Studies, in Salamanca, Spain. The program continues today, along with semester-long programs in Limerick, Ireland; Salzburg, Austria, and Stellenbosch, South Africa. A semester-long program in Paris focuses on France’s world-renowned fashion industry. A three-week program in Cordoba, Spain, explores interfaith culture and world literature. Dominican students also have the opportunity to do short-term service programs in Guatemala and Haiti. Graduate students in business have study abroad opportunities in Strasbourg, France, as well as in China and South America. Graduate students in social work complete field internships all over the world. A pioneer in the concept of study abroad, Dominican continues to believe in the importance of giving students a window to the world.

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ominican University has been a resource for cultural and intellectual experiences for the west suburban community since 1952, when it presented Our Town during the inaugural season of the Fine Arts Building. With the debut of the Performing Arts Center in 1999, the tradition was enhanced and, today, the university brings a full season of theatrical, musical and dance arts to the community. Leslie Rodriguez, managing director of the Performing Arts Center, says that the arts are ingrained in the mission of Dominican. “The third part of Dominican University’s mission statement calls for students to ‘participate in the creation of a more just and humane world.’ That is a part we really take to heart here, because the arts are such a good way to bridge gaps.” Rodriguez notes that well-known names such as Renee Fleming, who performed for the 2006 Annual Trustees Benefit Concert, and smaller acts such as the Mystical Arts of Tibet, a group of Buddhist monks who created a Mandala sand painting in the Rebecca Crown Library, are unifying experiences for the university, as well as for the wider community.

“There is so much that happens here from all areas of the arts. It’s all geared toward making the world more compassionate and just. We’re here to be an outward facing part of the university. We invite people in to participate in the rich life we’re living on campus.” Since 1981, the university’s annual Benefit Concert has presented world-renowned artists such as Jessye Norman, Denyce Graves, Audra McDonald and Ben Vereen. All proceeds go toward student scholarships, which allow Dominican to support access, excellence and diversity. The 2018 Benefit Concert will feature Megan Hilty from the television hit “Smash” and Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell. Big names are a great draw, but Rodriguez emphasizes that the Performing Arts Center is also home to amazing student achievements. Dominican offers a theater arts major, and Rodriguez praises the work of the students. “Our students are very talented in their own right. We have aspiring young actors and artists who are at the very beginning of their careers and just starting to spread their wings. It’s great when the community is involved in all of this--the big names and our students.”

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Expanded Opportunities: Purchase of the Priory Campus

By Lacey Sikora

n 2002, Dominican University expanded the boundaries of its campus with the purchase of the Priory, a seven-acre site at Division Street and Harlem Avenue. Formerly owned by the Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great, the site comprises 25,000 square feet of academic space, conference rooms, an auditorium, dining facility and parking spaces, surrounded by beautiful grounds that lend themselves to contemplative activities. The Priory Campus quickly became home to three key university programs: the St. Catherine of Siena Center, the School of Social Work and the Rose K. Goedert Center for Early Childhood Development. Amy McCormack, former vice president for business affairs and current president of Calumet College of St. Joseph, led the due diligence team that managed the Priory Campus purchase. “At the time of the purchase, we were looking at our ability to grow and create additional capacity while furthering our Dominican mission.” The St. Catherine of Siena Center was created in 2003 with the mission of addressing the intellectual and spiritual formation of adults, leading to an increased awareness of and responsibility for justice in the world. To further this aim, the Siena Center offers programming that provides a Catholic perspective on contemporary topics, with a particular focus on social concerns. Each year, the Center offers a series of speakers on faith and scholarship, as well as non-credit mini-courses, all of which are open to the public. McCormack says the Siena Center was intentionally launched at the Priory Campus. “It was a collaborative effort between the Dominican friars, who were housed on the campus until 2012, and the university. We didn’t want to lose the importance of the House of Study. Having that programming at the Priory was important to our identity as a Dominican institution.” In 2005, Dominican broke ground on the Rose K. Goedert Early Childhood Education Center. The center continued the work of the Richter-Brown Junior Citizens Center, which operated on the university’s main campus for many years. Made possible through a generous donation by John P. Goedert in honor of his late wife, Rose, an alumna of the university, the center currently provides services for more than 90 children each year. Many Oak Park and River Forest families have taken advantage of the center’s programs. The program was accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) in 2011. This prestigious accreditation, which is held by only 8 percent of preschools in the country, signifies that children at Goedert receive the highest levels of care and early learning experiences. The Goedert Center also meets ExcelerRate Illinois’ Gold Circle of Qual-

The Goedert Early Childhood Education Center (top and far left) has provided quality educational experiences for the children of local families for many decades. The Priory (left) was a home to the Dominican friars before the university’s purchase. Photos courtesy Dominican University

ity, the highest standard for early childhood education. Director Amanda Cardin explains that the center’s five classrooms serve children from age two until they reach kindergarten age, and she emphasizes that her highly qualified staff are one of the keys to the success of the center. “We have 13 full-time staff and more student aides. All of our head teachers either have or are working on their master’s degrees.” The Priory Campus has proven to be a wonderful home to the Goedert Center according to Cardin, including a playground and green space, which allows the children the opportunity to interact with nature on a

daily basis. The Priory Campus also houses the university’s School of Social Work, which was introduced in 2001. Accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), the Master of Social Work (MSW) program provides a globally-focused, family-centered approach to social work. Students master the fundamentals of social welfare, community analysis and human behavior and also pursue electives in specific areas of professional interest. Dominican’s MSW degree offers a unique international perspective. Students enjoy opportunities for internships in the Chi-

cago area, across the nation and around the world. International field placements have given students the opportunity to work for ten weeks in social service agencies and nonprofits in countries including Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Ireland, Mexico and South Africa. The MSW program is meeting a proven need in the community. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of jobs in social work is expected to grow by 12 percent over the next seven years, and in 2016, 100 percent of Dominican’s MSW graduates were employed within nine months of graduation.

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Oak Park can learn a lot from Columbus, Indiana p. 32

On our central truths, silence is inexcusable

s I drove to Springfield on Sunday morning for a rare mid-August Senate session, I listened to the radio coverage of the sickening violence in Charlottesville. Shocked like everyone, it also occurred to me that the Illinois Senate had a unique opportunity to speak out and speak out quickly. Silence would be inexcusable. If we could not band together in this moment to repudiate these horrible acts strongly and publicly, we had no business representing our constituents back home. I am grateful that my colleagues agreed. Senate Democrats and Republicans unanimously approved my resolution, SR 794, to condemn the violence, denounce the evil that white nationalist groups promote, and urge law enforcement to recognize them for what they are — domestic terrorists — and to pursue any criminal elements just as we would international terrorists. I am also heartened that Governor Rauner spoke out in this same vein. We must stand in total opposition to the hatred, bigotry and violence displayed by these rebranded heirs to the Ku Klux Klan and the Nazis. We fought and triumphed against these hateful ideologies in two bloody wars and the Civil Rights Movement. We are still fighting the many regrettable barriers to equality that have been left in that wake. For the horrible devastation they caused, these lessons should remain fresh in our minds. Yet now more than ever it feels like the whole country is a tinderbox. A new atmosphere has taken root, given power by leaders who have been silent or acquiesced or given tacit support. So now and as always, silence would have been the worst possible course of action. We cherish the First Amendment. We cherish the protections of free speech, but the First Amendment doesn’t protect the incitement to violence. We cherish the protection of the right to assemble, but the First Amendment doesn’t protect the right to assemble in a lynch mob, and we don’t need to wait for someone to throw a rope over a tree limb to recognize them for what they are. These hate groups stand in irreconcilable conflict with our nation’s founding principles of justice and liberty for all. At one point in our history, all of us — Catholics, Jews, Muslims, whites, blacks, Latinos, immigrants and native Americans — were likely subject to this type of hatred. We need to rally ’round and protect those who are subject more acutely to it today. If there is one lesson to carry forward, it is that if we do not all stand together and defend each other, that hatred will eventually come back around to each of us again. We here in Illinois can’t pretend to be better or worse than

STATE SEN. DON HARMON

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All the President’s Guys and Dolls

he movie about Trumpland will eventually be made, but will it be a comedy, tragedy or tragicomedy? It could also be an opera, since the settings in Trumpland — costumes, hairdos, lush sets and histrionics — certainly lend themselves to opera. We can’t depend forever on Saturday Night Live to carry the moral and comedic weight: Kate McKinnon can’t play everyone! I’ve been noodling about the cast for a tragicomedy, so I called upon friends for suggestions, and as usual, they were brilliant. I told them it could be any actor, living or dead, male or female, that they thought was an inspired choice. The suggestions range from perfect to perfectly absurd, all of which I love. First there’s my favorite, Anthony Scaramucci (oh, Mooch, we hardly knew ye). He should only be played by Al Pacino, so the hair and makeup people will have to do their magic. I’ll admit I did like the suggestion of John Travolta (and he can dance in case Mooch’s brief tenure becomes a musical pastiche), and I think Mark Wahlberg or Tom Cruise also have the chops to do crazy. Then, of course, there’s the boss, President Trump. Most people said Alec Baldwin had a lock on it, but not as his over-the-top SNL character. Baldwin is just a great actor and will be a perfect Trump, although several of us liked Jeff Bridges.

The late Yul Brynner would have a lock on Putin, but Beck Bennett, who plays Putin on SNL, will have to do. I’m torn between Alan Cumming of The Good Wife or Maya Rudolph for Melania Trump. I also like Trevor Noah and Drake as the two older sons. I picture scenes where Trump is with his family and every time he looks at the sons, he does a double take and then looks at Melania/Maya. If Hollywood doesn’t like the joke, I’ll go with Zac Efron and Justin Bieber as the sons. When it comes to other females, let’s face it, Kate McKinnon still can’t play every one of them. One of my besties suggested drafting the cast of Housewives of Beverly Hills. My niece liked Goldie Hawn for Kellyanne Conway, although I think Jennifer Lawrence has the acting chops to be perfect. I think I’ll shift Melissa McCarthy from Sean Spicer to Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Alas, poor Sean, we loved you well, though we loved Melissa more, especially when she was “on a roll.” If you are not a political junkie you may not be familiar with Stephen Miller, the very conservative and well-groomed version of Bannon. Thanks to the genius who suggested Pee Wee Herman to play Miller. Let’s talk about Trump’s beloved generals, or as he calls them “my generals.” I personally need to have

MARY KAY O’GRADY

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Young and transgender

ak Park and River Forest High School already, and specifically, protects the rights of transgender students. There it is: gender identity. The most recent addition to the lengthening list of promised equity in academic and extracurricular opportunities. But as the District 209 school board and administration made perfectly plain at its Aug. 22 meeting, declaring a promise of equity and delivering it each day, to each student in the vast hallways, the dozens of classrooms, the greater than 100 extracurriculars and sports, are not the same. A mother of four elementary students, who is an LGBTQ advocate, spoke to the OPRF school board and began listing the many points of anxiety that transgender students at the school have expressed to her. These are class-by-class, moment-to-moment points of tension happening in a building where we have every assumption that, for the very most part, goodwill is at work. “Girls on one side, boys on the other,” is a direction that rings in the ears of every student from every generation, and it was an anxious moment that Stasia Smith, that Oak Park mom, talked about to the board. Now we need to hear that directive differently. We need to rethink pronouns and bathrooms and locker rooms, health classes and small interactions and broad policies. None of this is made easier in a moment when President Trump unleashes active transgender discrimination and then forces it into policy in both the military and through the Department of Education. That’s not an American value at work. And certainly it is not an Oak Park and River Forest value. So now our high school begins the worthy process of self-examination. What is the lived experience of a transgender student at OPRF? How does the broad policy of welcome and tolerance work in each classroom? How does the still-somewhat-new-to-most concept of gender fluidity get taught and learned and accepted by students and teachers alike? As it should be, our high school is on the front line of this effort. We commend them.

Big effort to collaborate

Wednesday Journal has been touting intergovernmental collaboration for decades. It is the path to greater efficiency, lowered costs, essential innovation. It’s not easy and in the realm of bigger-ticket possibilities, we can point to more opportunities that have been lost than have been accomplished. So we are not going to prejudge the current effort of the two local park districts and OPRF High School to assess the possibility of a jointlyfunded community recreation center. The project as envisioned would include an indoor pool, track, fitness facilities, meeting rooms and a mental health component. Both the Park District of Oak Park and the River Forest Park District have been eyeing such a facility for a long while. River Forest’s park district has made a couple of seriously failed tries at referendum funding for a rec center with a gym, track and other assets. Oak Park’s park leaders point to a community survey that ranked such a facility as highly desired. OPRF, of course, is at the start of its latest and most comprehensive effort to evaluate its own pool needs and the overall need to update and improve its facilities overall. This is a big ticket item — peg it at $40 million plus. Three possible, but still undisclosed, Oak Park locations, are being considered. Complex funding options, including a large loan from OPRF’s still overstuffed cash reserves, are on the table. And notably to us, this off-campus pool would not replace the school’s need for an on-campus pool option. Wisely, the three elected boards involved here have put a short timeline on these discussions. The Memorandum of Understanding just penned by the boards says there must be a plan and firm recommendations in place before the end of 2017 or this effort will be mothballed. Let’s wait and see how it unfolds. The administrative leaders of each body promise Wednesday Journal full transparency and weekly updates on their meetings. We will forward that information to our readers.

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Our empowering talismans from the past

y apartment harbors numerous family totems: for instance, a Roos cedar chest, one of my parents’ wedding presents in 1949; my mom’s Eastman Kodak Brownie Reflex (nonsynchronized) camera from the early 1940s with viewfinder on top so the photographer had to look down to take a picture; and a “Vintage Remington Rand Model 5 Portable Typewriter” from the 1930s. You can find such items for sale online, but I’m not interested in selling mine. Two venerable book sets also echo my childhood: The 1949 Childcraft series (wonderful artwork in “Storytelling and Other Poems”), the 1959 Random House Landmark series (I was particularly captivated by “The Swamp Fox,” about Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion, and “The Adventures of Ulysses,” a retelling of the Odyssey), and my well-thumbed copy of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, which had a powerful impact as well. The books and sundry other nd glass doors keepsakes are displayed behind in my parents’ china cabinet, which formerly anchored the front hall of the on house at Elmwood and Jackson where I grew up. My 3-year-old twin grandsons are a little young for the books, and the other items are only of passing interest, but they enjoy playing with the typewriter, which I have sitting out on a side table next it I’ve to the couch. Loving the look of it, used it as part of my living room décor for years. Seemed appropriate for a writer. It belonged to my maternal grandfather, Pat Mooney, a self-made man and larger-than-life figure, an almost exact contemporary of Ernest Hemingway, with whom he had some parallels. My Papa died (of cancer) in the early ’60s, just two years after Papa Hemingway, who spent a lot of his adulthood hammering away on manual typewriters like this one. In 1940, about the time Ernie took up permanent residence in Cuba, my grandfather moved my mom and the rest of the family to Oak Park from Cicero, inaugurating our 77-year history in the village. The Remington 5 spent most of that history gathering dust until one afternoon last October, when I endured a particularly frustrating visit to the post office on Lake Street. I posted several bills in the mailbox on Kenilworth but noticed, as the envelopes slid down the chute just out of reach, that I hadn’t stamped one of them. Simple enough, I thought. One of the nice, service-minded postal workers inside probably wouldn’t mind taking five minutes to walk outside with me, open the mailbox, and locate the unstamped envelope (which should be resting on top of the pile). I could then buy a stamp and mail it properly. The postal service wins, I win. Silly me. After 40 minutes of trying to get

someone’s attention (I embraced the challenge), explaining the situation to a supervisor in back who looked at me like I was some alien life form, and being generally stonewalled (to induce my departure no doubt), I chalked another one up to bureaucratic braindeadness and returned home mumbling to myself. Needing some small accomplishment to compensate for this unsatisfying encounter, I grabbed the Remington and drove over to Pieritz Office Supplies at Ridgeland and South Boulevard. If you haven’t been there, you really should go. It’s one of those businesses you swear can’t possibly still exist in the 21st century (which is more a comment on the 21st century than on Pieritz). Whenever I go there, which isn’t nearly often enough, the place feels Brigadoon-ish. I harbor an irrational suspicion that this storefront springs into existence only when I darken their doorway, and as soon as I leave, it vanishes into the mists of some Scottish Highland time warp. pl Inside, the place looks like a manual typewrit museum, so I knew I was writer in the right place. Not quite believing it possible, I asked co-owner Deborah Pieritz if I could get an inked ribbon for my Remington 5 so my grandsons might see the letters of their names on paper le when whe they pressed the keys. “Sure,” “Sure she said, taking the typewriter, whose condition I apologized w for. The next day, I picked it up and found for it inked and dust-free (a minor miracle). She only charged me for the ribbon, restoring my faith in humanity and customer service. I rolled a piece of paper under the platen, and the boys were thrilled to see this ancient mechanism actually function — though they still prefer releasing the carriage return and pressing as many keys as possible at the same time so the spindles stick together and have to be pulled back by hand. Someday, maybe they’ll appreciate this talisman of the past, this charm, this amulet, this thing capable of working wonders, as the Oxford English Dictionary defines it, this magical figure capable of benefiting its possessor. Someday, they may possess such clan totems, or at least fondly recall them. And maybe they’ll also read the Childcraft and Landmark books too. Perhaps possession will benefit them as much as it still benefits me, reminding me of who I came from, how I got here, and how I came to be the person I am. There is power in these otherwise inanimate objects. They are part of my personal “canon of beauty,” a reminder of the richness of the life I have been given. If nothing else, the Remington might help them remember that, once upon a time, there was a writer in the family. And you never know, perhaps two writers … or even three.

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Respond to hate by making new connections

fter a period where many urged us to believe that America had entered a post-racial and otherwise unprejudiced era, the nation is awakening to the continuing immediacy of hatred in our midst. The increase in racist, anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim, homophobic, and misogynistic incidents across the nation over the past 18 months has been alarming. Despite our intentionality to promote a welcoming and inclusive community (or perhaps because of these efforts), Oak Park is among the communities experiencing these incidents. The incidents here might seem tame compared to physically violent ones in Charlottesville and elsewhere, but they are not trivial. Moreover, they are a reminder that no community is immune to hate. While we have an abundance of “Hate Has No Home Here” signs proudly standing across our landscape, we have also experienced multiple incidents in which hateful graffiti has marred our community and our neighbors’ communities across the Greater West Side. Like all hateful acts, these attempts intend to strike fear against specific targets and intimidate all of us in order to weaken our commitment to integration, inclusion, equity, and justice. So long

as we remain true to these values at the core of our community’s aspirations, and act intentionally to achieve them, we can overcome hatred inserted into our midst. Events of the past 18 months make it clearer than ever: The civil rights movement is not over. It is still in motion. But this requires more of us than simply disavowing the hate that is growing more overt. In a community where we frequently applaud ourselves for being on the right side of history in the past, we must also fight in the present to be sure we remain there. Dramatic progress occurred in the 1960s and 1970s, but there is still much more to do. The visible symbols of hate in our community are a reminder that we cannot become complacent. One way to fight complacency is to interact across races, religions, and identities. This time of year provides us with numerous opportunities to make new connections. As we take part in block parties, festivals, back-to-school events, and squeeze a little more outdoor fun into the last days of summer, we are presented with opportunities to meet new people. Let’s take advantage of this chance to make new connections and let our actions demonstrate what our community aspires to be. Rob Breymaier is executive director of the Oak Park Regional Housing Center.

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A tale of two towns

ak Park has a welldeserved ethos as a unique community. Whether we agree on our reasons, most of us share the feeling that (taxes aside) there’s no place in Chicagoland we’d rather live. A former neighbor, who recently relocated to a suburb just to the west, told me he hadn’t anticipated the difficulty of adjusting to a profoundly different environment, or appreciated the degree to which our built environment enhanced his time here. That prompted me to think about a simple, unpretentious Midwestern town with a sensational built environment: Columbus, Indiana. The similarities and contrasts between Columbus and Oak Park are intriguing. Despite being smaller, with about 44,000 residents, Columbus’ reputation for architecture rivals ours. Its Victorian homes are less splendid, but recent additions profoundly differentiate us. In the 1950s, responding to the post-war baby boom, Columbus had the acreage to add a public school. A local business leader was an art aficionado who had his residence and vacation homes built by significant architects. Fearing that the new school would follow a trend of “mediocrity” in recent buildings, he formed a foundation to pay the architectural fee for the school, contingent upon selection of an architect worthy of creating an eminent building. The result was a spectacular success. Since then, every public building in Columbus has followed the process. A post office, a fire station, more schools, and even bridges and public sculpture feature stunning designs by an amazing array of architects and artists of international renown. Local companies and individuals of means now routinely seek good design for their buildings and homes. As word spread. Columbus became an unlikely architectural high-flyer, generating world-

wide acclaim, local pride and enthusiasm, and a tourist destination. After a trek to Columbus, it is disappointing to return home to our sad state of development. A look at what’s transpired in recent years clearly demonstrates the issues. We can tout the glory of our historic structures because they were well thought out and well done. I cherish my 1883 Queen Anne but know that we cannot rely on beautiful old buildings to attract millennials, retain a growing crop of senior citizens, or broaden tourism. Yet a vibrant approach to development can accomplish all of this, and offer a new source of pride for our community. Let us take inspiration from Columbus to find our own way forward to develop a sustainable strategy for Oak Park that supports our community values. If we value racial and ethnic diversity we must offer housing that supports it. If we want a vibrant downtown area, we need to attract people for business and pleasure. If we care about ecological practices, we need to enshrine them in our building code. And if we want to live in a beautiful environment, we need to engage architects who are up to the task of creating it for us. The corner of Lake and Forest is a pivotal location that can demonstrate our values and instill pride in what we can accomplish. It presents an unusual opportunity for a striking and functional gateway to Downtown Oak Park that benefits residents, business and tourism alike. I hope we can find creative approaches to mine its potential. To relegate this high-profile corner to a mediocre apartment building is short-sighted at best. Let’s figure out how to do something stunning here that will beautify the area, foster long-term economic growth, and set us on a path for development that can lead us into the future. Carrie Hageman is a resident of Oak Park.

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scabs. We need meaningful investment and the reversal of structural racism that has built up over generations to have any hope of equality for all. Diversity has always and will always make America stronger and better. White nationalists and neo-Nazis remain very real threats to social and racial progress. They may market themselves and their ideas as the “alt-right” these days, but they seek to reignite the animosities of the past and foment hatred and ethnic eradication. There is no room in this world for racial and social intolerance and the violence it ultimately promotes. On these central truths, silence is inexcusable. Don Harmon, an Oak Park resident, represents the 39th State Senate district.

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from page 29 the rest of the country. We may not be the Old South, but we need to wrestle with our own dark history and its repercussions today. Illinois monuments may celebrate Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses Grant, but we have pernicious structural racism that manifests itself differently. We have violence erupting across black neighborhoods in the city of Chicago, neighborhoods that have suffered persistent neglect and from which the scars of racial injustices of the past have never healed because we keep picking at the

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Moving the needle forward on racial equity “Wow! What courage to put those thoughts in print.” That was my reaction after reading the column titled, “A post-supremacy nation” (Viewpoints, Aug. 23). Thank you, Ken Trainor, for offering an interesting perspective on the ongoing societal issues of race, equity, integration, and justice. I was initially challenged by the word “supremacy” but soon realized that a similar mindset could very well have manifested itself as far back in American history as the 13 colonies. After all, the Native Americans of the 1700s did not foresee The Trail of Tears or reservations in their future. The freedom sought by the colonial settlers came at a heavy price for other races. Not surprisingly, the laws and policies established by those settlers and their descendants over the next century increased their chances for possible accumulation of gen-

erational wealth, power, or ready access to education. In the 1800s, land originally owned by Mexico was transferred over to the U.S. by a series of “acquisitions” (land grabs, wars, and treaties). Now there is talk of a border wall being built between the two nations. History helps us to look at our current selves and laugh. Past and present Democrats and Republicans can share in the blame for the lack of progress relative to race, equity, integration, and justice. If we (the collective U.S. population) don’t figure out how to move the needle forward, our standing on the international stage will continue to diminish and any brand of U.S. supremacy will be a punchline in jokes.

Ken Woods Oak Park

Supportive words that needed to be heard Between 250 and 300 people, five faith leaders from Oak Park and Austin, state Senator Don Harmon, state Representative LaShawn Ford, Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb, and a Christian Iraqi woman, held in the sanctuary (I love those soaring stained glass windows) of Pilgrim Congregational Church last Saturday afternoon after it was defaced by racist graffiti, a number of radio/TV folks (reported during the day at various times). It was an uplifting event for a crowd

that needed to hear those supportive words. Some of those faith leaders will be in Washington D.C. on Monday for the 54th anniversary of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Are we in serious “moving backward” mode? Do people need to read Sinclair Lewis’ “It Can’t Happen Here”? The speech from the Iraqi woman was chilling. Peace,

Lorraine Owles

Oak Park

Thanks for showing leadership

An open letter from Dominican President Donna Carroll to River Forest Village President Catherine Adduci and the village board: Dear Cathy: The approval of the Welcoming Village Resolution on Aug. 21 was a stunning leadership moment for the River Forest Village Board — not only the outcome but also the inclusive process. I write to applaud your personal leadership and to thank sincerely all the trustees for their due diligence. As president of Dominican University, I am deeply grateful for the embracing message that this resolution sends to our students, and to all students in our community. Once you catch your breath, please know

that Dominican University would be excited to work with the village board to elevate and implement elements of the Welcoming Resolution. Given the increasingly divisive political and social climate in which we find ourselves, there is no more important work. A wise Dominican sister once said: “The search for self, for wisdom, for love, for truth, for justice, for God is strenuous and unending. We need good companions to persevere in it.” Congratulations, and again, thank you for your leadership.

Donna M. Carroll

President Dominican University

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Make NAFTA better for working people

n late July, several members of Greater Oak Park Democratic Socialists of America met with Ira Cohen, director of communications and issues for Rep. Danny K. Davis (7th District). We wanted to discuss the planned renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Ira shared an excellent op-ed by Rep. Davis, published in The Hill (May 25). Rep. Davis focused on re-establishing trust in the negotiation of trade deals, specifically mentioning the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system. ISDS is a tribunal of corporate lawyers where disputes between corporate interests and sovereign governments are adjudicated. These tribunals circumvent U.S. courts. Multinational corporations take advantage of the ISDS system to sue sovereign governments, like ours, over environmental, health and other public interest protections. This triad of lawyers can order U.S. taxpayers to pay corporations unlimited sums of money, including for the loss of what they call expected future profits. Under NAFTA, there is no appealing to U.S. courts. During the current round of negotiations, the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office floated the idea of allowing ISDS to be voluntary, but U.S. corporations are balking. This administration is going down the same rabbit hole used during the negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). A U.S. trade representative told reporters that the negotiating text for NAFTA is “classified” and they do not plan to release it. Yet hundreds of corporate lobbyists have been given special “cleared adviser” status that gives them privileged access to proposed texts and to the negotiators themselves. What became of making NAFTA better for working people? The U.S. will be celebrating Labor Day on Sept. 4. The renegotiation of NAFTA must include strong, binding and enforceable labor and environmental standards. These standards must be in place before the new pact is finalized. The International Labour Organization (ILO) has eight core conventions. These are legally binding international treaties. NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico have signed seven of the eight. The U.S. has only signed two of the core conventions: the abolition of forced labor and opposition to the worst forms of child labor. All eight ILO core conventions must be made part of any renegotiation of NAFTA. In addition, all imported foods, goods and services must meet domestic safety, consumer-right-to-know and environmental rules. Nations’ rights to democratically establish domestic farm policies that ensure farmers are paid fairly for their crops and livestock. The public must have ongoing access to safe, affordable food. We have to end rules that waive Buy American and Buy Local policies by eliminating NAFTA’s procurement chapter. We must remove terms that drive up the cost of life-saving medicines by giving pharmaceutical companies extended monopolies on drug patents. To favor people and planet, democratize rather than privatize trade agreements. Rep. Davis, in his op-ed, focused on re-building trust in the negotiation of trade deals. What I’ve outlined above is a set of standards to earn the trust and support of working people at home and abroad. Rep. Davis, take the lead on building a more democratic future for the renegotiation of NAFTA and future trade agreements. I urge you to issue a statement committing to voting No on NAFTA if ISDS is included in the agreement. Tom Broderick is a member of the Greater Oak Park Democratic Socialists of America and a resident of Oak Park.

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These parking signs are confusing

The village recently asked citizens to respond to a survey, asking how the new signage seems to work for those who live in the village. So when I parked on Pleasant Street the other day, I thought I would take a photo of one of the new signs and would then study it. I took a friend along, and after we studied it for a few minutes, a postal delivery person came along. Then came a young mom who lived in one of the apartments on the block. Here is our consensus: It’s not that the squares or colors or letters or symbols are confusing. It’s that there are FAR too many varieties. This sign, with an arrow pointing left and another arrow pointing right, is a perfect example. It is not placed at an alley or any sort of turning point. It is directly between a house and an apartment/condo building. What if a person parks smack between those arrows? Which side does (s)he consider to be binding? Of course, I am kidding, but, seriously, on which day of the week could you get a ticket if you parked (name the section)? And what happens when it snows? And if you don’t own a cellphone or happen to live out of the area, how can you figure out if it’s OK to park? I am not against progress, but this new signage doesn’t help as much as the village would like it to. Is there any way that the amount of regulations can be reduced? Both the mail carrier and the young mom said they have received many tickets in the general area of this sign, mostly because the regulations are so tight and the signs are so confusing. In fact, the mom is moving, and parking is one of the reasons. I would love to see other residents weigh in with good ideas!

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Pigeons don’t make people sick I was very saddened and disappointed reading Tom MacMillan’s letter, “Rats and pigeons should suffer the same fate” [Viewpoints, Aug. 23]. What an awful thought that pigeons should be exterminated! Our village has my permission to use my tax money to clean up pigeon poop. I can guarantee that our village will then be putting my tax money to a better use than my tax dollars that are going to the federal government during the Trump administration! I have read that pigeons are one of the few birds that really love being around human beings. However, after reading Mr. MacMillan’s article, I’m not sure pigeons should feel that way about us humans. I have never felt that a pigeon is “a health issue” and have never heard of anyone getting sick from pigeons.

Marsda Conner Oak Park

Why didn’t Oak Park use eminent domain? In the matter of the Harrison Street properties of the Kleronomos family [Tax break for Arts Dist. properties could make way for brew pub, News, Aug. 16], it is curious and frankly unsettling that the power of eminent domain by the village of Oak Park was not set in motion. Why was the family allowed to cast such a negative pall over the area for so many years, when Harrison Street could have been a much more vibrant and winning place? What a pity.

Dorothy Dumelle Oak Park

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A senior’s dilemma

n my mid-80s, I face a dilemma. Like all seniors of advanced years, I experience a waning of my physical capacities. It’s probable that I’ll have to alter my style of living. Likely, I’ll have to abandon my independence and self-sufficiency. It’s called downsizing, or a transition to assisted living. For me, relocating is daunting, not only because it is physically taxing but also because it reminds me of the emotional trauma I suffered as a refugee in World War II. Currently, I live in a house in Oak Park that has been my home since 1964. The four bedrooms on the upper floor have been emptied. Children moved out to make their lives in California, and, in 2002, I became widowed. I have made the ground floor my living space. I store my clothes in the upstairs closets and rotate them with the changing seasons. Dress-up clothes, no longer in fashion, have become dressy casuals. I’d rather wear them out than be buried in them. In downsizing there is the question of what to keep and what to throw away. Books, remnants of former hobbies, sentimental trinkets, and memorabilia gather dust in various out-of-the-way corners. I could throw them all out or walk away from them if I were to relocate. But they are evidence that I settled in and lived in my house. Merely staying there would have left the spaces empty. I cannot simply dump them. To do so would devalue the memories that the souvenirs represent. It would belittle my having lived, loved, hoped, toiled, and endured. Before I became a homeowner, I moved about to be within easy travel distance to

my jobs. But relocating was always daunting and unsettling. With each new place I felt a lack of permanence. Some of my belongings often remained packed, waiting for the next move. Now I have grown roots, both in my house and in the community. I have memories of a happy family life in my home, and I have a warm relationship with my current neighbors. And there is the rub. I have become an 80-year-old tree that cannot be transplanted. As I contemplate relocation, ghosts of my past emerge to haunt me. In 1944, at age 11, I became uprooted by World War II. To escape captivity by Russians, my mother and I became refugees from the eastern front. We left our farm in Lithuania, which had been my grandfather’s ancestral home, and traveled to war-ravaged Germany. The trauma of being displaced from my home and homeland is among the most vivid in my memories. It reminds me that another relocation could be equally traumatic. I have a memory of an aged Prussian couple who gave us overnight shelter in our refugee’s journey through East Germany. With the Russian front approaching, they had reconciled to await their fate at home rather than uproot and take flight. At that time, I could not understand their choice. For me, self-preservation was the priority, and only survival could hold a promise of a future and years of life. Now, in my old age, I can empathize with their decision. I, too, would like to spend my final days in my own home. Fred Natkevi is a longtime resident of Oak Park.

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but Jack Nicholson would be wonderful, and I also like Louis CK and Lewis Black. Hillary deserves someone who will do a great job with both her strengths and weaknesses: so Meryl Streep. People liked Sam Elliot for Rex Tillerson, but I just have to go with Will Ferrell for Tillerson, and Sam Elliot for Bill Mueller, the chief investigator (as of now). Before this is over, there will be lots of investigators, reporters, Russians and mistresses who become household names. Alan Dershowitz will weasel his way in somehow: maybe Woody Allen will play him, if in fact Dershowitz isn’t defending Allen in another unseemly lawsuit. Jeff Sessions brought out some silky silliness: Kate McKinnon, Dana Carvey, Betty White (mine). You will note that I have not cast two major players, Ivanka or Jared Kushner. They are just too hard to pin down. Anyway, by the time the movie is made, they’ll probably be in a witness protection program.

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Raise your profile in the community. from page 29 Christopher Walken, Jack Nicholson and Bill Murray in this movie, so I suggest they talk amongst themselves and divvy up the roles. Or one of them could play all three roles and just change makeup. I think Ivana Trump, the first wife, should have a role, and I’m liking Helen Mirren. I visualize a morning scene. Trump throws a fit while getting dressed and Ivana, cotton candy hair and blue fur coat, is called in as the only one who knows how to do Trump’s hair the way he likes it. Melania smokes a cigarette and curses them both in another language. Alternately, Ivana and Melania could have a conversation about “himself ” in yet another language. And then there’s Bannon. I said living or dead, so I would choose Marlon Brando,

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Robert J. Hamper, 61, of River Forest, died on Aug. 24, 2017. Born on May 20, 1956, he was the president of Robert J. Hamper & Associates, which specializes in strategic planning and has consulted for over 18 years with Fortune 500 mid-sized corporations. Previously, he worked at AT&T and Bell Laboratories in various aspects of marketing and strategic planning and was a full-time and adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Business at Dominican University and Loyola University of Chicago. Bob Hamper was the companion of Mary Kipta (nee Duke); the brother of Diane (John) Janowiak; the uncle of ROBERT HAMPER Stephanie (Stephen) Conti and Katie (Scott) Hogan; and the son of the late Barbara Hamper (nee Schreiber). Private inurnment will take place at Assumption Cemetery. The family appreciates memorials to the Field Museum, www.fieldmuseum.org/support/make-gift or to Brookfield Zoo, www.czs.org/Brookfield-ZOO/Donate/Memorials-and-Tributes. Arrangement were handled by Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home in Oak Park.

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Syed Mohuddin (a.k.a. Mohi) Ahmed and his wife Nausheen Akhter will begin keeping the month of Ramadan on June 5. The River Forest residents will fast, going without food or drink, from sunrise

to sunset, every day for four weeks. Nausheen sounds very much like a Jew on Yom Kippur or a Christian during Lent when she describes what Muslims are striving for during Ramadan. “What people may not know,” she said, “is that the purpose of Ramadan is to bring you closer spiritually to your Cre-

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Oak Park police officers will soon be equipped with an anti-opioid overdose drug known as Narcan, confirmed Oak Park Deputy Police Chief Tony Ambrose. A state law that went into effect in January mandates that all Illinois police departments begin carrying the drug in an effort to prevent overdoses from heroin and opioid-based prescription drugs. Ambrose said in a telephone interview that the OPPD is working with the Oak Park Fire Department to receive training and grant funding for the Narcan program. Oak Park Deputy Fire Chief Peter Pilafas said in a telephone interview that fire department paramedics have been trained to administer Narcan for some time and used it an average of four times a month in 2014 and 2015. Pilafas applied on May 20 for the grant, which will cover 100 percent of the costs for the OPPD program, and it was approved three days later. He said now police and fire department officials will attend a training seminar to instruct police officers on how to administer the drug. Earlier this year, Oak Park Township SuperviSee NARCAN on page 13

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First Congregational Church of Maywood

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

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

William S. Winston Pastor (708) 697-5000

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

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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

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West Suburban Temple Har Zion

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

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Grace Lutheran Church

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

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

744 Fair Oaks Ave. Oak Park 386-4920 Rev. Daniel deBeer, Interim Pastor

Sunday Schedule Worship Service 9:30am Child care provided

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

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Ascension Catholic Church

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

Christ Lutheran Church

607 Harvard Street (at East Av.) Oak Park, Illinois Rev. Robert M. Niehus, Pastor Sunday Bible Class: 9:15 am Sunday School: 9:10 Sunday Worship Services: 8:00 and 10:30 am Church Office: 708/386-3306 www.christlutheranoakpark.org Lutheran-Missouri Synod

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

305 Circle Ave, Forest Park Sunday Worship, 9:30 am Adult Bible Class, 10:45 am Wheelchair Access to Sanctuary Leonard Payton, Pastor Roney Riley, Assistant Pastor 708-366-3226 | www.stjohnforestpark.org

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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 School Phone: 708-386-5131

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St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

CELEBRATING OUR 105TH YEAR! Sat. Masses: 8:30am & 5:00pm SUNDAY MASSES: 8:00am & 10:30am 10:30 Mass-Daycare for all ages CCD Sun. 9am-10:15am Reconciliation: Sat. 9am & 4pm Weekday Masses: Monday–Friday 6:30am Church Office: 708-366-0839 CCD: 708-366-3553 www.stbern.com Pastor: Fr. Stanislaw Kuca

St. Giles Family Mass Community

We welcome all to attend Sunday Mass at 10 a.m. in McDonough Hall on the St. Giles Parish campus at 1101 N. Columbian, moving to the school gym September 17. Established in 1970, we are a lay-based 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. Traditional Catholic

The Traditional Catholic Latin Mass

Our Lady Immaculate Church 410 Washington Blvd Oak Park. 708-524-2408 Mass Times: Sat. 8:00am Sun. 7:30 & 10:00am Operated by Society of St. Pius X. Confessions 1 hr. before each mass

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AFTER-SCHOOL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST

CAREGIVERS NEEDED LOCALLY We need your caring heart to provide comfort to elders in their own homes in our communities. We need you to help enable those who want to live in their own homes, with a bit of help from us. Assist with mobility, prepare food, arrange social activities, emotional support, friendship, shopping and running errands, household light cleaning, assist in personal hygiene--tasks you would do for your own family. Our Clients become part of our Family. Compassionate & reliable people please apply. Contact info@ cantata.org or 708-387-8351.

The Day Care Program of Hephzibah Children’s Association is accepting applications for warm, caring, nurturing individuals to provide care and supervision of 5-11-year-old children in the After School Day Care program on site at Oak Park public schools. Plan and supervise arts and crafts, indoor & outdoor play, games, sports, homework help and more. Mon–Fri from 2:30-6:00 PM and 1:30-6:00 PM on Wednesdays. Requirements include: minimum of 6 semester hours in education, recreation, social work or related college courses previous experience working with children. Contact Amy O’Rourke, Director of Day Care at aorourke@hephzibahhome.org Equal Opportunity Employer AUTO PARTS COUNTER & DRIVER NAPA Auto Parts Stores looking for dependable and dedicated employees for full-time or part-time Counter and Delivery openings. NAPA experience would be a plus for the counter position; however, we will train. Most important is a friendly demeanor, good attitude, and ability to work with people. Bilingual also a plus. Availability right now for the right candidates willing to exhibit NAPA Know How. If interested, call George or Jim at 708-447-4980. RN & LPNs SUB ACUTE REHAB Seeking professionals who would like to work locally in your own community and provide professional care to our elder Clients. We have some key full-time positions open as well as Registry/PRN for those who want flexibility. We are looking for nurses who are leaders, communicators, and who can develop clinical teams. Pay is good with great benefits, including Tuition Reimbursement and loan repayment opportunity. Apply today and bring a friend for a referral bonus. www.cantata.org

ELECTRICIAN’S HELPER PART-TIME Part-time Electrician’s Helper. Some experience required. Must have own transportation and some tools. Call 708-738-3848. HEAD START EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER The Head Start Program at Hephzibah Children’s Association in Oak Park, IL is accepting applications for an Early Childhood Teacher to provide curriculum and care of 3-5 year old children. The days and hours are Monday through Friday from 7:45-3:45 during the 20172018 school year. We are seeking warm, caring, nurturing, creative, organized individuals who meet the following requirements: -Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education or degree with coursework relating to early childhood education & experience teaching preschool age children -Previous experience working with children required -Must be proficient in typing, data entry and using basic smart phone applications -Effective communication skills -Bilingual desired Contact Melissa Smith, Director of Head Start by email at: msmith@ hephzibahhome.org. Equal Opportunity Employer

Community news reporter/editor

Wednesday Journal, a proudly independent community news publisher, needs a reporter/editor for our print and digital efforts covering Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park, just outside Chicago. Bring your energy, experience and innovation to a newsroom which has been connecting with these communities since 1980 and is now in print weekly, breaking news daily and capitalizing on social media. Take pictures? Shoot simple video? Enthused about the possibilities of social? Want to have actual impact in a newsroom? All earn extra points. We’re paying $30,000 with health, dental, vision, modest 401(k) contribution. We are ready to hire. So don’t delay. Send resume, clips and a cover letter that makes the case for community journalism to Dan Haley, our editor and publisher.

SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE

SUBURBAN RENTALS

NEW CONCEPT FOR MAYWOOD

APT FOR RENT-RIVERSIDE 2 BDRM, 1 BATH VERY CLEAN, QUIET IDEAL FOR SINGLE PERSON NO PETS NO SMOKING AVAILABLE NOW! CREDIT AND BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED

In this quiet residential neighborhood

902 S. 3RD AVENUE (2 blks W of 1st Ave & 1 blk N of Madison)

Reserve your own affordable 2 or 3 BR condo unit of 1000+ sq ft of living space being built on this historic site. You’ll benefit from a unique 12 year tax freeze and lower monthly living expenses from energy saving systems/appliances, and you can help design your own individual unit. Plans also include building 5 new townhomes onsite. For details Call 708-383-9223.

SUBURBAN RENTALS BROOKFIELD 2 BR HOUSE 2BR house in excellent condition in Hollywood area of Brookfield. Avail. immed. No pets. Credit Report req’d. $1800. Call 708-805-2064. OAK PARK FOREST PARK Studio, 1, and 2 BDRM. Heated. Dining room. Parking available. Walk to El. $625-$1250.

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RIVER FOREST 1 BR Hardwood floors throughout. Spacious walk-in closets. Storage. Parking. Laundry in building. $800/ mo. Call 708-657-4226.

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CALL: 773-383-7332 561-401-3050 RIVERSIDE UPDATED 1 BR Updated Riverside 1BR. Newly painted, sanded floors, ceiling fans. 1.5 blks from Metra. Laundry & Storage onsite. Heat incl. Pkg avail for rent. $1095. Credit check & security dep. req’d. Call 773-7322183 9am to 5pm. RIVERSIDE SPACIOUS 2 BR Spacious & Sunny 2nd flr apartment. Newly painted, sanded floors, ceiling fans. 1.5 blks from Metra. Laundry & Storage onsite. Heat incl. Pkg avail for rent. $995. Credit check & security dep. req’d. Call 773-732-2183 9am to 5pm.

CITY RENTALS 4110 W. Washington - Chicago

Large 2 bdrm, Garden Apt in small bldg. Safe and secure, great if you don’t like to climb stairs! Beautifully rehabbed w/ new carpet, newer kitchen and bath, even has central AC! Huge Closets! Ten pays heat. $995.00 + Sec Dep. Section 8 voucher welcome.

Call Crystal @ 773-842-2784 or Paul at 708-774-7395 Town Center Realty Group LLC

REAL ESTATE WANTED HAS YOUR HOME BECOME A BURDEN?

Repairs, Taxes?? At a need to sell, we buy houses to fix up for rental or resale, especially houses that need major work on them! “So, if your house has become a problem we might become the solution!” We Pay Cash, No Commissions

VICTORIAN GENERAL CONTRACTORS 708-484-8676

ROOMS FOR RENT AUSTIN CLEAN ROOM With fridge, micro. Nr Oak Park, Super Walmart, Food 4 Less, bus, & Metra. $116/wk and up. 773-637-5957 Large Sunny Room with fridge & microwave. Near Green line, bus, Oak Park, 24 hour desk, parking lot. $101.00 week & up. New Mgmt. 773-378-8888

ROOMS WANTED APT OR ROOM IN EXCHANGE FOR WORK

Single male on fixed income seeks apt or room in exchange for quality cleaning, maintenance, lawn care, painting, etc. darrylmitchell2016@ yahoo.com (773)484-8235

SPACE FOR RENT 4807 SQ FT

In beautiful neighborhood in Oak Park. Varied uses possible for any kind of not-for-profit. Offices, community center, school, day care, etc. Private Cell: 708-846-9776

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT Office Space Office Space for Rent for Rent OAK PARK

6955 NORTH AVE. 3 ROOM OFFICE SUITE $650.00 3 ROOM OFFICE SUITE FURNISHED $825.00 6957 NORTH AVE. - 4 ROOM SUITE (1054 SQ FT) $1400.00 - 2 ROOM SUITE $825.00

Strand & Browne 708/488-0011

CHURCH FOR RENT MAYWOOD COUNTRY CHURCH

Lovely, old fashioned country church in Maywood, on corner of Fifth and Erie is looking for a roommate or tenant. We are willing to work out a flexible arrangement if you are an appropriate tenant. Various size spaces. Call 708 344-6150, leave a message.

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GARAGE/ YARD SALE Forest Park

3 FAMILY GARAGE SALE 1404 CIRCLE FRI 9/1 & SAT 9/2 8AM TO 3PM

Don’t Miss It!! Forest Park

GARAGE SALE 908 BELOIT AVE SAT 9/2 8AM-1PM

Lots of vintage kitsch, housewares, garden, construction materials. Some MCM pieces. Lots of eclectic goodies! Oak Park

HUGE YARD SALE 1036 N EUCLID AVE (NEAR DIVISION ST.) SAT 9/2 9AM TO 3PM

Featuring new & gently used items. Salesman Samples from the gift industry in original packaging- up to 75% off retail. Clothing, holiday decorations, jewelry, books, candles, bath & body, bedding, girl’s ski jacket + pants sz 14, shoes, games, DVDs, CDs, barbie clothing, toys, accessories, kitchen, teacher’s gifts, serving pieces, etc.. If it rains, the sale will be held on Sun. Sept. 3rd from 9:00-3:00. Something for everyone!

ITEMS FOR SALE WINDSURFING BOARD, SAIL & WATERSKIS

Windsurfing board together with sail plus waterskis. $200 obo. Call 708-488-8755.

WANTED TO BUY WANTED MILITARY ITEMS:

Helmets, medals, patches, uniforms, weapons, flags, photos, paperwork, Also toy soldiers-lead plastic-other misc. toys. Call Uncle Gary 708-522-3400

LOST & FOUND FOUND MALE PARAKEET

Apartment listings updated daily at:

Found about 6pm on 8/27 near Elgin & Dixon in Forest Park. Male Yellow-Green with multiple colors. Call 312-810-6606.

AUTOS FOR SALE 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500

Find your new apartment this Saturday from 10 am – 4pm at 35 Chicago Avenue. Or call us toll free at 1-888-328-8457 for an appointment.

Very good condition, 150k miles, 4WD, 5.3 engine 8Cyl, automatic. $2100. Call 224-252-0952.

2017 VW PASSAT

2017 VW Passat. Very low mileage, like new. $35,000. Call John at

708-524-9720.

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VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD WEST SUBURBAN MASS TRANSIT DISTRICT GRANT PROJECT RECEIPT OF BIDS The Village of Brookfield will receive sealed proposals for the West Suburban Mass Transit District Grant Project until 10:00 A.M. Central Daylight Savings Time, 18th day, September, 2017, at the Office of the Village Manager. Bids will be opened and read in the Edward Barcal Hall in the Municipal Building, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois, on the 18th day of, September, 2017, at 10:00 A.M., Central Daylight Savings Time. The Project consists of the following work: Site work including partial removals and repairs of existing concrete sidewalk, asphalt paving and concrete curbs; new concrete curbs, concrete and brick paver sidewalks; brick paver crosswalks and ADA ramps; metal railings; unit retaining walls; site furnishings; wayfinding signage; and landscape restoration. CONTRACT DOCUMENTS Specifications and bid forms may be obtained from the Village website at www.brookfieldil.gov or from Accurate Repro, Inc., 2368 Corporate Lane, Naperville, IL 60563, 630-428-4433, www.hitchcockplanroom.com. A non-refundable fee equal to Accurate Repro, Inc.’s charge for printing the documents will be charged for each requested bid package. The Bid Package may also be examined at the Office of the Village Manager, at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513. No bidding documents will be issued after 4:30 P.M. on Monday, September, 11th, 2017. Bid proposals must be submitted on the forms provided. Submission of a bid shall be conclusive assurance and warranty that the bidder has examined the plans, the site of the work and the local conditions affecting the contract and understands all of the requirements for performance of the work. The bidder will be responsible for all errors in its proposal resulting from failure or neglect to conduct an in-depth examination. The Village of Brookfield will, in no case be responsible for any costs, expenses, losses or changes in anticipated profits resulting from such failure or neglect of the bidder. The bidder shall not take advantage of any error or omission in the plans or proposal. Sealed envelopes or packages containing bids shall be addressed to the Village Manager and plainly marked “WEST SUBURBAN MASS TRANSIT DISTRICT GRANT PROJECT” on the outside of the envelope. QUESTIONS, CHANGES, CLARIFICATION Any questions that arise must be made in writing and shall be directed by electronic mail to the Keith R. Sbiral, Village Manager, Village of Brookfield at ksbiral@brookfieldil. gov. The written questions, along with the Village’s response, shall be circulated to all known potential bidders without identifying the party submitting the questions.

The cut-off for receipt of additional questions shall be 12:00 Noon, Central Standard Time on September 13th, 2017, in order to facilitate preparation of any addenda. No inquiry received after that time will be given consideration. Replies and/or addenda will be mailed and faxed to all known potential contractors by 4:00 P.M., Central Standard Time on September 14th, 2017. Receipt of any addenda must be acknowledged in writing as part of the Bidder’s Proposal. Bidders shall be responsible for ensuring that they have received any and all addenda. The Village of Brookfield shall not assume responsibility for the receipt by the Bidder of any addenda. BID SECURITY Each proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty in the form of a bid bond, executed by a corporate surety company, a bank cashier’s check or a certified check payable to the “Village of Brookfield” for not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the proposal. The proposal guaranty checks of all, except the two responsive, responsible proposers which the Village determines in its sole discretion to be the proposers with whom the Village desires to commence negotiations for a contract, will be returned after the proposals have been checked and tabulated. The proposal guaranty checks of the two responsive, responsible proposers will be returned after the contract and the contract bond of the successful proposer have been properly executed and approved. Bid bonds will not be returned. RIGHT TO REJECT BIDS The Village of Brookfield reserves the right to waive technicalities and to reject any and all proposals for any reason deemed in the best interest of the Village of Brookfield. AWARD OF CONTRACT Unless all bids are rejected, the contract award will be made to the lowest responsive responsible bidder that the Village of Brookfield in its sole discretion determines to be in the best interest of the Village. In determining who the lowest responsive, responsible bidder is, the Village of Brookfield will consider all factors that it, in its discretion, deems relevant in determining who the lowest responsive responsible bidder is. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS Work performed under this contract shall be in accordance with Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (Illinois Compiled Statutes, Ch. 820, Act 130, Sections 1-12), Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works Act (Illinois Compiled Statutes, Ch. 30, Act 570, Sections 1-7), Drug Free Workplace Act (Illinois Compiled Statutes, Ch. 30, Act 580, Sections 1-11). Village of Brookfield, Illinois Keith R. Sbiral, Village Manager

Published in Riverside Brookfield Landmark 8/30/2017

PUBLIC NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICE

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: D17151829 on August 25, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of SELF EVOLVE with the business located at: 317 WISCONSIN AVE 2C, OAK PARK, IL 60302. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: JENNIFER BRICE 317 WISCONSIN AVE 2C OAK PARK, IL 60302

Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615 LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed proposals at the Office of the Village Engineer, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 11:00 a.m. on Thursday September 14, 2017 and at that time will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following Village Project: 17-26, LAKE STREET SIDEWALK REPAIRS. In general, the improvements consist of removing and replacing concrete sidewalks, patching and repairing concrete sidewalks, removing and resetting brick sidewalks, removing tree grates and filling with permeable pavement, removing and replacing combination curb and gutter, and all appurtenant work thereto at various locations along Lake Street between Harlem Avenue and Forest Avenue in the Village of Oak Park. Proposal forms may be obtained from the office of the Village Engineer. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents only to those contractors deemed qualified. No proposal documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of bid opening. 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

LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed proposals at the Office of the Village Engineer, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday September 14, 2017 and at that time will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following Village Project: 17-9, WATERMAIN VALVE REPLACEMENTS. In general, the improvements consist of the removal and replacement of watermain valves ranging in size from 6 inches to 12 inches, including removal and replacement of valve boxes and valve vaults, watermain fittings, pavement or parkway restoration and traffic control; and all appurtenant work thereto. Proposal forms may be obtained from the office of the Village Engineer. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents only to those contractors deemed qualified. No proposal documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of bid opening. The work to be performed pursuant to this Proposal is subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/0.01 et seq. THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Bill McKenna Village Engineer Published in Wednesday Journal 8/30/2017

STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division. In re the marriage of Juan Tapia, Petitioner and Maria Elena Catalan Respondent, Case No. 2017D-006063. The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the above named Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending.

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: D17151663 on August 9, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of SCHRADER PAINTING with the business located at: 3640 SCOTT ST, FRANKLIN PARK, IL 60131. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: TOD SCHRADER 3640 SCOTT ST FRANKLIN PARK, IL 60131

For further information or a copy of the Request for Proposal contact: Parking and Mobility Services Department Village of Oak Park, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, 60302 Tel: 708/358-7275, Ext 5757 E-mail: parking@oak-park.us

Published in Wednesdsay Journal 8/23, 8/30, 9/6/2017

Published in Wednesday Journal 8/30/2017

The Village of Oak Park is soliciting Request for Proposals Solicitation # 17-116: For Snow-Ice Removal for Public Parking Lots, Sidewalks and Snow Plowing

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Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before October 4, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

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STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division. In re the marriage of Arturo Alvarado,Petitioner and Letitia Maldonado Respondent, Case No. 2017D-007181. The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the above named Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending. Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before October 4, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition. DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk. Published in Wednesday Journal 8/30, 9/6, 9/13/2017

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2016 CH 12187 514 SOUTH KENILWORTH AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 12, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 26, 2017, 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 514 SOUTH KENILWORTH AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-18-106-0050000. The real estate is improved with a single family home with a detached two car garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and

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COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC., ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-R8 Plaintiff, -v.BERNADETTE DURAND, SAMUEL DURAND, JEAN DURAND, MATHEW DURAND, JEAN MARC DURAND, UNKNOWN TENANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, BERNADETTE DURAND, AS GUARDIAN FOR THE BENEFIT OF EDSON DURAND, A MINOR, BERNADETTE DURAND, AS GUARDIAN FOR THE BENEFIT OF REYNIA DURAND, A MINOR, FLURETTE RIVERT A/K/A FLEURETTE RIVERT, AS GUARDIAN FOR THE BENEFIT OF CRISIE DURAND, A MINOR Defendants 11 CH 023648 1116 N. HUMPHREY AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 1, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 6, 2017, 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 1116 N. HUMPHREY AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302Property Index No. 16-05113-013-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.Upon payment in full of the

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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 14-15-18994. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I3058551 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P.

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Defendants 17 CH 002798 1024 S. RIDGELAND AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 25, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 2, 2017, 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 1024 S. RIDGELAND AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-17-308-0110000. 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/

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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 14-17-01730. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I726264 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CIT BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.JOSEPH L. SCOTT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Defendants 17 CH 003425 1005 S. CUYLER AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 29, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 13, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set

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Commonly known as 1005 S. CUYLER AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-17-308-0230000. 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE

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Fenwick girls tennis aces early matches Friars fared well in both Jacobs and Niles North & Niles West Invites BY MARTY FARMER Sports Editor

The Friars are off to a promising start this season with a pair of solid showings at tournaments and a convincing dual-match win. Fenwick opened the season by placing fifth (tie) at the Jacobs Invitational, which featured a 32-team field. The Friars notched victories against Ridgewood (5-0), Niles North (4-1), Hersey (5-0) and Rockford Boylan (3-2). Host Jacobs defeated Fenwick 4-1. Playing short-handed with their No. 1 singles and doubles players taking the SAT exam, the Friars still fared well at the Niles North & Niles West Invite. Bella Burdi went 2-2 in singles to finish sixth, while Kelly Chapman and Shannon Hayes won three of four matches to place third in No. 1 doubles. Morgan Hosty and Brooke Lepore, along with Bridie Owens and Maggie Mathews, shared the duties at second doubles en route to a third-place medal. In other singles action, No. 2 singles Colleen Stephany earned a notable win against a Niles West player in a 2½hour marathon match to garner eighth place. In their lone dual match, Fenwick cruised past Chicago U-High 6-1.

OPRF boys soccer The Huskies split a pair of matches at the Leyden Invite. On Saturday, Larkin defeated OPRF 4-1. “Larkin played a great game and really shut us down in the attacking third,” OPRF coach Jason Fried said. “All week, senior Bobby Iwashima played great in the centermid role. He did a great job playing simple soccer, creating attacking chances in every game.” Andrew Barkidjija scored three goals to power OPRF past Leyden 4-0 in the other tourney match. OPRF kicked off the season with a 2-1 victory against area rival Riverside-Brookfield. Brody Bliss and Collin McKitrick (first varsity goal) each scored a goal.

OPRF girls volleyball Mireya Garcia had 11 kills, eight digs and two aces in a 2518, 21-25, 26-24 win over visiting Jones Prep. Sylvia Battersby (4 aces, 10 digs, 6 assists) and Hayden Benson (26 assists, 3 digs) also led the Huskies in their season opener.

Fenwick football The Fenwick High School football team should win plenty of games and contend in the Chicago Catholic League Green Division this season.

COMEBACK Dramatic win from page 44 catches, 69 yards). Roundy added a 2-point conversion to tie the game at 22-all with 3:41 left in the third quarter. Simeon would not fold, however, as the Wolverines responded with an 8-play, 85-yard march to regain the lead. Quarterback Alante Brown threw his third TD pass of the night on a beautifully thrown deep ball to Marques Ray for 44 yards on the first play of the fourth quarter. Simeon missed the extra point attempt which would prove costly. Trailing yet again, the resilient Huskies produced another long possession that lasted over seven minutes. Roundy maintained his workhorse ways, carrying the ball nine times for 41 yards, including his longest run (21 yards) of the game. A May touchdown from one yard out was wiped out due to a holding penalty, and OPRF turned the ball over on downs with 4:42 remaining in the fourth quarter. After another excellent defensive stand and a short punt by Simeon, the Huskies were back in business at the Simeon 36 with 2:57 left in regulation. The Huskies took advantage of their great field position as May tossed a 25-yard TD pass to Brown, who made a spectacular diving grab in the right corner of the end zone. OPRF made the PAT and took the lead for good at 29-28. “Trevon is going to be a special player,” Hoerster said. “He’s at a different level and a phenomenal young man.”

May finds a way Although May struggled in the first half (1-for-5 passing), he contributed heavily to the Huskies’ rally. The senior signal caller finished 4 of 10 passing for 90 yards.

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OPRF contained Simeon, particularly in the second half, of a 29-28 win against the Wolverines. “Brian had a first half that he’s not going to want to remember,” Hoerster said. “The great thing about Brian is that he’s a competitor. He challenged himself in the second half and he made every single play he needed to make.” The Wolverines made a last-ditch effort to get the win. Brown (16-for-27, 201 yards) completed four passes, moving the ball to the OPRF 22 with one second left in the game. On the final play, the 6-foot-6 Ruffin sacked Brown to seal the victory for OPRF. For all their offensive exploits, the new-look Huskies also excelled defensively in the second half. With 10 new starters, OPRF held Simeon star wideout Jayshon Jackson (Cincinnati recruit) to four receptions for 23 yards. Simeon only rushed for 54 yards. Kudos to defensive coordinator Tim Fischer for putting together a solid game plan with essentially an entirely new unit against one of the better public league teams in

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Fenwick junior Kelly Chapman gets ready to hit a volley in a tourney match. While many challenges remain on the schedule, the Friars didn’t even break a sweat (literally) during Week 1 due to a forfeit win against Bowen. Fenwick (1-0) faces visiting Moline on Friday, Sept. 1 at Triton College. The game starts at 7:30 p.m. The Friars hope to remain undefeated after Friday’s game, particularly with an early showdown looming against Montini on Friday, Sept. 8 in Lombard. Offensively, the Friars are led by all-state wide receiver Michael O’Laughlin and offensive lineman Austin Glazier (committed to Fordham). Quarterbacks George Lagios and Danny Cronin along with running back Jason Ivery look to fill the void left by Jacob Keller and Conner Lillig, who are playing college football at Northern Iowa and Illinois, respectively.

Chicago. “We played well, especially in the second half,” Fischer said. “We made a couple of changes at halftime in terms of our scheme. The kids came through and executed well. Simeon made a couple of big plays, but man do they have some players.” Other positives for OPRF included no turnovers and only two penalties. Conversely, Simeon committed 10 penalties for 91 yards. In the first half, Simeon dominated the action right from the start. Antwan Anthony returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown just 21 seconds into the game. Ali Alotbi kicked the extra point to give the Wolverines a 7-0 lead. After a three-and-out series by OPRF, Simeon struck again with an 8-play, 42-yard TD drive and 2-point conversion to go up 15-0 with 5:31 left in the first quarter. Simeon quarterback Alante Brown (16 for 27, 201 yards, 3 TD passes) had the big play of the drive, a 38-yard completion to Leon Payne on a 3rd-and-20 from the OPRF 40-yard line. Three plays later, the Wolverines scored on a 3-yard TD pass from Brown to Jayshon Jackson. Jackson drew a celebration penalty after the score but immediately atoned for it by making a terrific over-the-shoulder catch in the end zone for a successful 2-point conversion. Meanwhile, the OPRF offense struggled to move the ball on its first three drives. Both of the Huskies’ first-quarter possessions were three-and-outs. OPRF did not record a first down until about 10:30 left in the first half. However, the defense stopped the Wolverines on back-toback possessions, and a nifty 20-yard punt return by John Mitchell set up OPRF at the Simeon 30 with 6:05 left until halftime. It took just five plays for OPRF to get its first touchdown of the season as Roundy ran into the end zone from two yards out. OPRF missed the extra point, however, and the Huskies trailed 15-6 with 3:54 left in the second quarter.

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Wirtz takes over OPRF field hockey First-year head coach/OPRF grad excited about team’s potential

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t’s never easy replacing a great player like Christen Conley. An OPRF senior last year, Conley was named the 2016 Illinois Player of the Year and a first-team all-state selection in field hockey. She also scored a team-best 19 goals and nine assists as a senior team captain. Nevertheless, Conley has moved on to Northwestern as a student-athlete for the Wildcats. The Huskies are adjusting as well. “At first, I think our players felt like, ‘Oh my God, how do we replace Conley?’ But they are starting to step up,” OPRF coach Kristen Wirtz said. “This group has a ton of potential. We have a small group of seniors capable of leading the team and a good group of juniors.” Speaking of changes, Wirtz takes over as a first-year head coach, replacing Jane Graham who is coaching the Junior Varsity B team this fall. Courtney Sakellaris and Kelly Druley-Herron are Wirtz’s varsity assistants. All of the coaches in the program are OPRF alums except one. Last season, OPRF advanced to the quarterfinals of the state playoffs. North Shore Country Day ended the Huskies’ bid for a state title with a 3-2 overtime win. Although they’re off to a 1-2 start this year, Wirtz isn’t too concerned. Taking on perennial state powerhouses like Lake Forest and New Trier, which both defeated OPRF this season, is a learning experience. Lake Forest edged New Trier 2-1 in the state final last season. “It’s not the start we wanted but we faced two of our toughest opponents,” Wirtz said about OPRF’s record. “I view it kind of as a positive and a negative. The positive is it’s good to see how we match up with great teams like Lake Forest and New Trier and how we can improve. The negative is that it’s tough to face teams like that when we haven’t really found our groove yet. “We’ll see both of those teams again. I’m really looking forward to see how much we can progress as a team.” While the Huskies will miss the likes of Conley, Haley Hamilton and Mia Ryan (all graduated in 2017), plenty of talent remains on the roster. Erica Ramos is the goalie with Marie O’Donnell, Samantha Braun and Olivia Ferraro anchoring the defensive backfield.

Catherine DeForrest (3), right, battles for the ball against an opponent on Saturday, Aug. 26, during a field hockey match against New Trier at Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park. (Far left) Lydia Turk (6) passes the ball. (Left) Sheridan Grant (13) hits the ball.

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Midfielders include Lucinda Orenic, Lydia Turk, Katie Bonaccorsi and Maeve Ryan. Hope Nowak leads the forward line. “Hope’s skill and speed over the ball is very good,” Wirtz said. “She has grown a ton over the past year and really controls the attack for us.” Catherine DeForrest and Sheridan Grant bring additional scoring punch to the Huskies’ front line. “Cat DeForrest can run for days and moves really well,” Wirtz said. “Sheridan just knows where to be on the field and she’s always in

good scoring positions. Sheridan also plays a calm, relaxed game especially around the circle where it can get quite frantic.” Reinforcements are on the way, too. Dealing with an assortment of injuries, Grace Cho, Clare Roarty and Kristin Gill are either back or set to return soon, according to Wirtz. Grace Dorian, who is dealing with a broken toe, is the only player expected miss substantial time. “It looks like it could be about four weeks,” Wirtz said. “You never really know until she sees the doctor, but we’re hoping she comes

back this season.” OPRF will open September by competing in a St. Louis-based tournament. The Huskies return home for their annual invite on Sept. 15-16. “Both tournaments will be fun and a good experience for our players,” Wirtz said. “We will see Lake Forest and New Trier again, plus some good out-of-state teams with different styles of play. “OPRF has always been recognized as one of the top teams in the state,” Wirtz said. “We’re hoping to finish in the Top 4 this season.”

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Roundy, defense ignite spirited second-half comeback at Gately Stadium BY MELVIN TATE

Contributing Reporter

ush hour traffic coupled with a late start to the game conspired as plausible factors explaining the Oak Park and River Forest High School football team’s slow start against Simeon on Friday at Gately Stadium. Luckily, football is a game of two halves. Trailing the host Wolverines by 16 points at halftime, OPRF rallied in the second half to pull off an inspired 29-28 nonconference win. “We had a long bus ride here,” OPRF coach John Hoerster said. “It took us about a half of football to wake up and find our groove.” The Huskies got their groove back with better defensive play, a healthy dose of running back Terrance Roundy, and clutch plays from wide receivers Craig Shelton, Trevon Brown and defensive lineman Izaiah Ruffin. Trailing 22-6, OPRF went on an 11-play, 73-yard scoring drive that took 5:03 off the clock to begin the second half. Roundy carried the ball six times for 49 yards,

Photo by Artis Carrol

OPRF junior wide receiver Craig Shelton, with ball, had two catches for 69 yards and a touchdown in a 29-28 comeback win against Simeon on Friday, Aug. 25 at Gately Stadium. highlighted by a 16-yard touchdown run on a 4th-and-1 from the Simeon 16-yard line. John Mitchell tacked on a successful 2-point conversion to pull the Huskies’ closer on the scoreboard at 22-14. Roundy finished with 138 yards and two

touchdowns on 26 carries. “Terrance is a big-time high school player,” Hoerster said. “He’s a captain and a hard worker. He did exactly what we needed him to do.” The impressive drive energized OPRF

on both sides of the ball. After limiting the Wolverines to a quick three-and-out series offensively, OPRF quarterback Brian May tossed a 55-yard TD pass to Shelton (2 See COMEBACK on page 42

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