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August 31, 2016 Vol. 35, No. 2 ONE DOLLAR

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OPRF senior killed in Austin

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

An Oak Park and River Forest High School senior was shot on Monday night in Austin, Chicago police say.

Elijah Sims, 16, was standing on the corner of Quincy Street and Lotus Avenue with a 15-year-old friend between 10 and 10:30 p.m. when an unidentified person came ELIJAH SIMS up to the boys and started shooting, according to police.

The boys were rushed to Stroger Hospital, where Sims was pronounced dead Tuesday morning. On Wednesday, according to various news reports, he would have been 17 years old.

The younger victim reportedly is in stable condition. Chicago police said the victims weren’t affiliated with any gangs.

Sims had worked at Pete’s Fresh Market in Oak Park for three months, according to the store’s manager.

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Molly Hartman puts her backpack in her new locker as she begins her first day of first grade at Holmes Elementary in Oak Park on Monday, August 29. For more photos, see page 11.

High lead, copper levels in D90, D97 schools

By DEB KADIN & MICHAEL ROMAIN Over a dozen fixtures, such as water fountains, sinks and water bottle fillers, in River Forest District 90 and Oak Park District 97 schools were found to have lead and copper levels above the standard set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Both districts contracted with outside firms to con-

duct water quality tests in their schools during the summer.

In early August, the Westmont-based firm JMS Environmental Associates tested all 131 potable water sources in D90 schools, including spigots, sinks and water fountains in Roosevelt Middle School, and Lincoln and Willard elementary.

The first round of tests, which came

back on Aug. 15, found that 14 fixtures at Roosevelt, 13 at Lincoln and six at Willard had unacceptable levels of lead and copper. The district flushed out and aerated those before re-testing them.

The second-round results discovered 10 fixtures — six at Lincoln and two each at Willard and Roosevelt — with unac-

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Day the music died We are sad to report that the fun will soon end at a local music store that has been in business in Oak Park for decades.

Guitar Fun, after downsizing to a fraction of its space on the corner of Lake Street and Ridgeland Avenue, is having a closing sale, according to the makeshift sign placed near the front of the store, 133 N. Ridgeland Ave. The business taught generations of children and adults alike to play guitar and for years was the go-to place in Oak Park for sheet music, according to local finger pickers.

Guitar Fun made headlines in Wednesday Journal in September 2015, when their iconic sign ended up in a random online name generator questionnaire that gave fans the chance to find out “Which Wilco Band Member Are You?”

Two Oak Park educators air their viewpoints near and far

Over the last two months, the voices of Oak Park educators LeeAndra Khan, the principal of Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School, and Paul Noble, an Oak Park and River Forest High School English teacher, have carried way beyond the school walls.

Last month, Khan’s poignant essay about her experience “Being a Black Principal in Today’s Racial and Political Climate,” was published in Catalyst Chicago, an independent news site that reports on urban education.

The essay, published online July 27, is deeply personal. Khan tells readers about her son, “who attends one of Chicago’s best schools and isn’t an achievement gap statistic,” but who is still “one of many black boys who have been suspended from school as early as third grade.”

It’s also frank.

The sign ended up in the band’s Chicago studio, known as The Loft, because it was given as a gift by the band’s management.

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“Speaking up for your race is often viewed as exclusionary and you can even be accused of being a racist,” writes Khan, who was also on a radio station, WVON 1690, earlier this month talking about her experiences as a black principal.

Noble’s intimate essay, “A Wish for My Daughters,” was published on the New York Times’s website on Aug. 19.

Noble’s writing is visceral, inviting readers to sit on the shores of Lake Michigan that contour his seasonal home in Douglas, Michigan. Noble’s description of his 6-year-old twin daughters swimming on a “daunting” and “windy day” ranks with anything you’ll read from one of the paper’s regular columnists.

“You know intuitively that if the waves are coming at you with great force, they’re receding with the same violence,” Noble writes. “It’s no small thing to let my 6-year-old twin daughters File photo swim on a day like this. I’m sure the metaphor is as ancient as the first father to stand beside his kids on some prehistoric beach: Parenting is about letting your children stride, then swim, further and further, into deeper and more dangerous waters.”

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Back to school

Parents waiting on the first day of the 2016-17 school year at Holmes Elementary School on Aug. 29. More photos on page 11.

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Paul Noble, an OPRF English teacher whose essay was published by the New York Times this month. Left, Brooks Principal LeeAndra Khan, whose essay was published last month by Catalyst Chicago, was also on WVON radio earlier this month.

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Zumba with BFit Saturday, Sept. 3, 11 a.m.-noon, Oak Park Public Library Workout will be led by instructors from Bfit Fitness Center in Oak Park.

Zumba is a Latin-inspired cardio-dance workout that uses music and choreographed steps to form a fitness party atmosphere using African beats.

This program is part of the library’s More Than a Month series, a yearlong health, wellness, and black aesthetics-focused exploration of the African diaspora and its imprint on the contemporary black experience across cultures and continents. 834 Lake St. oppl.org/calendar.

Aug. 31- Sept. 7

BIG WEEK 'Sorrow Road’ with Julia Keller Thursday, Sept. 1, at 7 p.m., Oak Park Public Library Veterans Room: Pulitzer Prize-win Prize-winning author Julia Keller shares stories from her newest mystery, Sorrow RRoad. Seventy-five years ago, three young men from a small town in West Virginia were among the American forces participating in DD-Day, changing the fortunes of the war with one bold stroke. How is that mo moment aboard a Navy ship as it barrels toward the Normandy shore related to the death of an old man in an Appalachian nursing home? In 2005, Keller, a former Chicago Tribu Tribune writer, won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for a threepart narrative series that ostensibly was about the aftermath of a deadly tornado, but in truth was an explo exploration of how we reckon with the randomness of fate. Centuries & Sleuth Sleuths Book Store will have books for sale and signing.

Is science sick??

Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 6 p.m., m., niversity: Martin Recital Hall, Dominican University: Oak Park resident Robert Calin-Jageman, professor off psychology and director ominican University, will of the interdisciplinary neuroscience program at Dominican ce Sick? (And Can We Cure present the annual Lund-Gill Lecture titled, “Is Science It?)” Each year society invests billions in scientific research, earch, producing an awehere is a growing unease inspiring stream of breakthroughs and discoveries. There among scientists that in some cases science is not working well, producing findings that are much less reliable and accurate than an hoped. The lecture is on, River Forest. free and open to the public. 7900 W. Division,

‘Lion Lessons’

Superintendent search

Big Read, ‘Beautiful North’

Thursday, Sept. 1, at 7 p.m., Little Theatre, OPRF High School: Residents are invited provide feedback on the qualities and experience they’d like to see in a new Oak Park and River Forest High School superintendent whose tenure would begin with the 2017-2018 school year. An online survey will be available from Aug. 29 through Sept. 11, visit www.oprfhs.org and look under quick links. Search consultant BWP & Associates will facilitate a community input session in the Little Theatre of the high school at 201 N. Scoville Ave. More information on the search process is available on the OPRF website.

Wednesday, Sept. 7, from noon to 1:30 p.m.: Linda Bonner will discuss the NEA Big Read title, Into the Beautiful North, by Luis Alberto Urrea. The NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to broaden our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. This fall, five communities are working together — through the Oak Park Public Library, Berwyn Public Library, Forest Park Public Library, Maywood Public Library, River Forest Public Library and Dominican University Rebecca Crown Library — to explore immigration-related themes and issues.

Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 3 p.m., Magic Tree Bookstore Jon Agee, author and illustrator, brings his new book, Lion Lessons to the bookstore for a “Lion Lessons” class, led by Lively Running staff. Learn how to prowl, growl and rule the jungle, followed by a reading and book-signing by the author. 141 N. Oak Park Ave. Admission: Buy a book! RSVP 708-848-0770.

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ak Park’s bestknown, best-selling novelist, Elizabeth Berg, has taken the plunge into selfpublishing with her latest book, Make Someone Happy – Favorite Postings. By postings, she means Facebook. Friends convinced her to take that plunge some years back and she found it surprisingly satisfying.

As she writes in her introduction, “The way readers Submitted photo embraced these offerings reinforced something I learned Carolyn Ottmers and her sculpture, ‘Remembrance.’ well as a nurse. It’s always Sculpture Walk in Mills Park, and custom, it the little things that matter most, that offer turns out, makes for good conversation. the richest meaning, that, above all, make With a nod to the village’s 2015 arboretum us comfortable, even proud to be, in our own accreditation, this local artist’s creation, a skins: the cup we prefer for coffee in the 15-foot-wide tree trunk, invites the public morning, the dim outline of our dog asleep to engage within and around the structure, beside us at night, the plunking sound of the which has allowed Ottmers to experience he grasping first blueberry into the bucket, the her artwork as a participant, of a finger of our hand by a not just as its creator. baby. It made me understand, “T “The tree stump serves as a too, that to record ordinary life ben bench,” she noted, “providing validates ordinary life, and also an o opportunity to sit and reflect. validates us as a struggling speAs an artist, you often send cies that makes an awful lot of you your work out in the world and mistakes but is nonetheless full ne never see it again. Since I live of kindness and caring and hope. ne nearby, I’ve been able to visit n And charm, too, especially when th the bench on a regular basis. we think no one’s looking.”

M husband and I have really My d Readers of her posts urged en enjoyed coming to sit on the m her to publish them, but Random b bench to read or talk or eat eHouse, her regular publisher, dea picnic this summer. We ind, clined. So she and her best friend, e evitably meet others with a lfPhyllis Florin, decided to selfsimilar idea. he publish them. Florin designed the “There is something magied book, which is officially published cal about a ring, as so many park-goers have under the name Writing Matters, also the name of Berg’s quarterly series introducing commented to me. It draws you in, draws you together, opens you up. It is peaceful. It is a lesser-known authors to the reading public.

This book, she says, “has its poignant mo- locus for energy. It is a place to listen, play, ments, but they are always life affirming.” imagine, eat, climb, sing, explore. The circuIf you’re interested, she will read excerpts lar nature of the bench seems to invite confrom Make Someone Happy at 7 p.m. on versation. We are all faced inward toward Wednesday, Sept. 7 in the Oak Park Public each other and it is a relaxing experience. I have met so many people from all walks of Library’s Veterans Room.

And don’t worry about Random House. life just from sitting down on this bench.

“I imagined people enjoying the bench They just bought her latest novel, so they aren’t losing interest. Berg, meanwhile, is as a group, so I made it big enough to seat surprised by how much demand there is so 12 adults comfortably and still talk to each other without amplification. But in my far for Make Someone Happy.

“I think it’s because so many of us are anx- imagination, they were groups of people ious and really longing for something sim- who knew each other already. … It did not occur to me that a group might be formed ple, and cheerful,” she said, “to help us out.”

And, yes, the title refers to one of her fa- from strangers surreptitiously sitting in the ring together and starting a conversation. vorite songs.

“Who can resist Jimmy Durante?” she This is the magic I did not anticipate; I am never sure who I am going to meet.” asks.

The 12 sculptures of the 2016 Oak Park Sculpture Walk are at Mills Park for your Carolyn Ottmers’ “A Remembrance” pleasure through Labor Day (Sept. 5). Inforwas custom-built for this year’s Oak Park mation at oak-park.us/sculpturewalk.

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A mom’s immediate response to murder

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Late Tuesday morning in an immediate and heartfelt response to the Monday night shooting death of Elijah Sims, an OPRF senior, while in Austin, Rani Morrison, a longtime Oak Parker, sent me this letter.

Lightly edited, Ms. Morrison’s response to a fellow parent’s question, “What can we do?” follows today in place of my usual column.

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experiences I’ve had, and my children have had.

I don’t think many of my 8-year-old’s classmates at Lincoln dissolved into tears during reading like she did because their brother was shot. In fact, I had to tell her it probably wasn’t a good idea to talk to her friends about it, because I wasn’t sure that they would understand and I didn’t want to scare them.

To this day; I don’t know that many people know about the OPRF student that lost her father -- shot dead in the street this past spring. I can’t speak for her, but I know for me, when your experience is different from the majority, you’re not sure if you will find empathy or be judged.

I fear for our African-American boys every day. It brings me to tears, because I’ve been around long enough to know no matter how much money your parents make, no matter where you live, no matter how well-spoken you are, when they walk out of their door every day they are simply black boys.

And they bear all the risks -- and it is risky -- of being a black boy in this country and state.

They go with their friends to hang out? They may be profiled. They go to the city to visit their cousins? They may be shot. They go into a store? They get followed. They get in trouble at school?

They are labeled. They get pulled over by the police? They may end up dead.

They are constantly fighting for their lives, trying not to be a statistic -- and it’s not fair.

We live in Oak Park because we want diversity, experience and access for our children, and it works. But it is not protective in and of itself. At the end of the day, they have to walk out of these doors and into the world.

The difference is when my black children walk into the world, they often are facing something very different than their non-black peers.

So I don’t know what anyone can do specifically; hell, I am still trying to figure out what I can do myself because I feel so helpless and defeated. There’s so many who just simply don’t give a damn about the value of life -- theirs or anyone else’s -- but I do know that if you can remember that no matter where we live, what our income is, what we do, many of your friends/neighbors are fighting a war, whether you can see it or not.

And it’s not a war that is won when we “get” to Oak Park.

DAN HALEY

oday when discussing the murder of an Oak Park and River Forest High School student, Elijah Sims, a fellow parent asked, “What can we do?” As an African-American mother, woman, social worker and member of this community for over 15 years; this was my response.

Bear with me, because this may end up being stream of consciousness versus anything intelligible, but I’m frustrated, tired and scared.

I think what “we” can do is be advocates for better, no matter where it is -better schools, better laws, better equity, better access. There is no magic wall at Austin that protects us from the “ills” of Chicago or living in an urban environment. In the last six months we’ve had a student lose her father to gun violence on the West Side, a former security guard and now a student. We are not exempt.

I think another thing “we” can do as we continue to talk about race, equity and all things in between in our community and in the school is be hyper-cognizant of the fact that these kids -- my children, their friends, their classmates -- being a minority even in Oak Park, gives them an experience that they can’t explain, because they are kids. But I can.

In the last five years, I have lost several sorority sisters to gun violence in Chicago -- educated, middle-class, middle-aged black women who were doing nothing other than working or parked in front of their mother’s homes.

My stepson was shot in January and his brother killed in front of him. Leaving my aunt’s home, my children and I saw someone shot in front of us on Jackson Boulevard. Before I graduated from high school I’d lost five friends to gun violence, and that wasn’t even in Chicago.

As middle-class, educated, high-income as I am, my kids used to be terrified for me to go to work because I used to go into people’s homes all over the city. I don’t know that my non-black neighbors and friends in Oak Park can relate to the

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D200 won’t hire consultant to help with referendum prep Contract extension voted down over ethical concerns

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Oak Park and River Forest District 200 officials will have to educate residents about an upcoming bond referendum with fewer hands on deck after the school board voted 5-1 against a contract extension for Winnetka-based communications consultant Marcia Sutter. Board member Jennifer Cassell was absent.

The board made the decision at an Aug. 25 regular meeting, roughly a week after some residents expressed alarm at the language in Sutter’s employment contract, which appeared to violate the district’s ethics policy.

Sutter was going to be hired to help D200 Communications Director Karin Sullivan to help educate and engage community stakeholders on the ballot measure ahead of the Nov. 8 election. That’s when voters will decide whether or not to approve funding for the construction of an estimated $44.5 million, 40-meter pool and parking garage, in addition to numerous enhancements to the existing high school campus, through a referendum bond not to exceed $25 million.

The Vote Yes D200 Referendum Committee Sutter had been hired to help execute the district’s two previous rounds of community is a group of residents who support engagement meetings about pool plans held the district’s chosen pool plan and are in April and July. Records show she was campaigning to help the ballot measure pass paid at least $21,000 for her work, which in November.

Bruce Kleinman, an Oak Park resident most school board members praised. and member of Pragmatic An initial copy of her contract Pool Solutions, expressed his extension, released on the disapproval during the Aug. 17 district’s website before board meeting. members were scheduled to “I believe this contract is ■ To read more approve it at an Aug. 17 special border-line illegal and certainly meeting, however, caused some LOG ON TO OAKPARK.COM unethical,” said Kleinman. residents and board members “That’s outrageous. You’re to raise concerns about possible using public tax monies to ethical violations.

According to state law, local taxing provide monies to a private advocacy group bodies cannot take a stance for or against to take a stand on the pool? That is absolutely referendum questions and can’t appear unacceptable.”

While D200 Interim Superintendent to side with any outside advocacy groups.

Joylynn Pruitt confirmed that the Vote Yes In addition, local governments are only supposed to provide factual information to Committee referenced in Sutter’s contract is voters and that information is supposed to a private citizens group, she also noted that Sutter’s contract only mentioned that she be made available to anyone who wants it.

An initial copy of Sutter’s contract would be providing factual information to extension, which was posted on the district’s that group and anyone who requests it.

Board member Sara Dixon Spivy, however, website, mentions those prohibitions that regulate the district’s referendum activity. questioned why, if the district plans on But it also notes that community education making the factual information available, will include preparing materials “for Vote the contract mentioned one specific group Yes team meeting (calendar, fact sheet, do’s at all.

“I don’t know why we’d put the name of and don’t’s),” which appears to go beyond any citizens group in there when our job is what’s prohibited by law and board policy.

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to provide materials to anybody who asks,” she said during the Aug. 17 meeting, before Pruitt recommended that the board table the measure until the next board meeting so that the contract’s language could be cleaned up.

But by the Aug. 25 meeting, after the contract language had been revised and any mention of the Vote Yes Committee scrubbed, most board members felt that, although the mistake seemed relatively minor, the political damage already had been done. “[The contract] does have the appearance of advocacy,” said board member Steve Gevinson. “It’d be hard not to read it that way in the original version.”

“Politically, for a referendum, it’s almost suicidal to approve her contract,” said Spivy, who, along with other board members, said she didn’t know how the reference to Vote Yes was included in the initial contract.

During phone interviews on Monday, several members of Vote Yes said they didn’t know about their committee’s inclusion in the initial contract language.

“I didn’t hear anything about that until like a week after the (Aug. 17) meeting,” said Vote Yes’ campaign manager, Lynn Kamenitsa.

“The high school, as I understand it, cannot do that and any information they provide has to be available to everyone.”

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‘One-party political system’ gears up for election

Independent mayor of Oak Park not ready to announce candidacy, slate

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

It’s been almost four years since Oak Park restaurateur Anan Abu-Taleb challenged the village’s leading political apparatus, the Village Manager Association, and won.

And the mayor – one of a handful of candidates who have beaten VMA-slated candidates since Oak Park adopted its village manager form of government in 1952 – says that although he’s not ready to announce a run for a second term in office, he hopes the village gets away from what he calls a “oneparty political system.”

In a recent interview with Wednesday Journal, Abu-Taleb said he understands the reasons for adoption of the village manager form of government – intended originally to stamp out political corruption and an ineffectual village government that more closely represented that of Chicago – but added the one-party system is bad for democracy.

In the April 2017 election, Oak Parkers will vote to elect five new officials at the village level – mayor/village president, village

clerk and three of six trustees. The VMA recently put out its election season call for prospective candidates to appear before the group’s selection committee to make their case for running for office.

Lynn Kamenitsa, a former political science professor at Northern Illinois University and current independent consultant to various nonprofit organizations, said the selection committee will likely hold between three and five meetings in October to interview interested candidates, depending on how many show up.

It is unclear how many candidates go through the vetting process, because the selection committee meetings are confidential and the VMA does not release the names of rejected candidates.

“Not everyone who comes before us wants their name out there publicly,” Kamenitsa said.

There are likely to be at least two open positions not filled by incumbents – Trustee Colette Lueck and Village Clerk Teresa Powell have said they do not intend to run again.

Those interested in serving on the selection committee must pay $20 to join the VMA and pledge their commitment to the VMA principles of “accountable and responsible government; ongoing and inclusive diversity; and balanced and sensitive economic growth.”

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“Right now we are simultaneously looking for people who are interested in becoming candidates and people becoming part of the committee that vets candidates,” Kamenitsa said.

Kamenitsa said that ideally the group would have at least 40 to 50 serve on the selection committee, noting that more than 40 people served prior to the last municipal election.

She described the selection committee as a demographically broad range of Oak Park residents.

“We are committed to continuing to look for new younger people to get involved,” Kamenitsa said, noting that she hopes new residents coming into the high-rise buildings in and around downtown will get involved in the process.

Bob Kane, who served as VMA president in 2007 and 2009 and has been involved with the organization since the late 1980s, also described the selection committee in the last election as “a nice spread” demographically.

“I thought it was a very diversified group,” he said. “From day one we’ve talked about getting more candidates and getting more people to participate in the selection committee.”

Former VMA President Ann Armstrong told Wednesday Journal that over the years fewer people have gotten involved in the VMA selection process because of a change in the 1990s staggering the terms of the trustees. The change meant an election of three trustees every two years, rather than the election of six trustees every four.

She said it is hard for people to find the time every two years to commit to the selection process, but quickly added the caveat that there seems to be a recent resurgence of young people serving on the committee.

“Two years ago, we had a very nice … room full of people who came to the meetings and had good ideas,” she said.

VMA-endorsed trustee Adam Salzman, who was first elected to the village board in 2011 at the age of 32, said in an interview that a group of younger residents in their 30s were involved in the selection committee when he was first slated by the VMA. But he has heard, anecdotally, that “in succeeding

years that has not been that much the case.”

“My sense from what I hear is it’s sort of somewhat reverted back to committed volunteers that have been involved over the course of several decades,” he said.

The VMA has not always been such an inclusive organization, Kane said. He said that for roughly the first three decades of the organization’s existence, the selection committee was not open to the public.

“It was by invitation only [until the 1980s],” he said.

Back then, the organization was “considered to be exclusive,” he said.

Though the VMA has largely dominated Oak Park’s political process since its inception, with the vast majority of its slated candidates beating their opponents or running unopposed, the group has experienced some upsets.

David Pope successfully ran as an independent for village president in 2005. That was the same year the New Leadership Party won all three trustee seats, handing the VMA one of its largest defeats in organization history. Sandra Sokol’s re-election to the position of village clerk was the only VMA victory in that election cycle.

However, four years later when he successfully ran for reelection as village president, Pope accepted the VMA’s endorsement.

It is uncertain whether the VMA will face a challenge in the upcoming election.

Abu-Taleb not only did not reveal whether he would run again, but he also did not say whether he was seeking his own slate of candidates to challenge those endorsed by the VMA. He described himself as “mayor for all the residents of Oak Park, including the VMA,” adding that those in the VMA are conscientious, thoughtful leaders.

While the VMA does not identify itself as a political party, Abu-Taleb said that it is for all intents and purposes and that the lack of diversity of thought undermines democracy.

“I think it is important that the village to not have a one-party system,” he said.

“It has been that way for a long time, and I think the outcome of that philosophy has reflected on the village in a negative way, at least economically.”

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Who’s the burger boss?

Fast-casual joint rebrands with new name after trademark flap

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

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MOOV OVER BURGER BOSS: A trademark dispute with a California restaurant chain forced Elmwood Park-based Burger Boss to rebrand. Everything about the restaurant is the same except for the name - Burger Moovment.

Another day, another trademark dispute and America’s burger war rages on.

Among the most recent clashes involved Elmwood Park’s Burger Boss, 7512 W. North Ave., a fast-casual food restaurant independently owned by brothers Nick and Anthony Gambino.

Brothers Gambino, who grew up in Elmwood Park, want their customers to know, however, that the beef – ahem – with a California chain of the same name – forcing them to rebrand – will not result in a change to their menu. It even says so on a large sign inside the recently renamed Burger Moovment.

“A trademark issue might have pushed us to change our name, but nothing can change US or our BURGERS! We are not just another burger joint, but a MOOVment,” the sign reads.

Reached by phone, Anthony Gambino – also co-owner of Cucina Paradiso and Twomaytoz Event Catering in Oak Park – declined to discuss the details of the name dispute, but noted the change was made official in July.

He said it took several weeks to get new them the exclusive right to use it, but the signs and menus and to overhaul their web- trademark system is run by the federal govsite and media presence. ernment under the U.S. Patent and TradeGambino said when they opened the res- mark Office, Sag said, noting that the USPtaurant five years ago, there were other TO’s website has a searchable database of Burger Boss restaurants in othregistered trademarks. er parts of the country but none Sag said it costs about $500 to in the Chicago area. get a company trademarked. “I Matthew Sag, Loyola Univeroften tell people they can go onsity law professor, said the Caliline and register it themselves,” fornia Burger Boss registered a he said. federal trademark on the name Burger Boss isn’t the first loin 2011, the same year the Elmcally owned business to make wood Park Burger Boss opened. headlines over a name change.

“If neither had registered, In 2011, the Forest Park restauthen each would have the rights rant Duckfat – known for its to that name in whatever geoFrench fries fried in duck fat, graphic market they’re in; tradechanged its name to Fatduck mark is a first-come, first-served because of a trademark dispute system,” Sag said. with a restaurant with the same And if the local Burger Boss name in Portland, Maine. had been in business first, even Now that the switch to Burger if it had been last to get a tradeANTHONY GAMBINO Moovment is finished, the Gammark, it still would have reCo-owner of Burger binos are working to get the word tained the right to use the name MOOVment out and have created the hashtag locally. “But it doesn’t look like #StillTheSame and have been [Gambino] was first,” he said. holding weekly contests and givHe said trademark disputes ing out prizes to those who post are “a tough lesson but not uncommon” because so much is involved in opening a it on social media.

“We’ve had some clientele who said, ‘It small business, owners often forget or simreally doesn’t matter what the name is – if ply don’t know to do it.

Business owners sometimes believe that the product is the same, we’re going to stay registering the name with the state gives loyal,’” Gambino said.

“We’ve had some clientele who said, ‘It really doesn’t matter what the name is – if the product is the same, we’re going to stay loyal.’”

OPRF looks for more students to join clubs, sports Hike last year in extracurriculars among blacks, decrease among Hispanics

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Although more students at Oak Park and River Forest High School participated in extracurricular activities last year than in any year since 2012-13 -- with much of that increase involving minority students -- administration officials still are searching for ways get even more students involved.

According to data on participation rates released earlier this month and presented at the Aug. 17 District 200 board meeting, 72.3 percent of OPRF students were involved in at least one extracurricular activity last school year.

That’s up from 71 percent in the two academic years since 2012 and a slightly more than the 72 percent participation rate in 2014-15.

Most dramatically, the participation rate among African-American students is up by almost 10 points since the 2013-14 school year, when it was 60 percent. Among Asian students, the participation rate went from around 77 percent in 2013-14 to 80 percent in

2015-16.

Administration officials notParticipation rates also ined that the drop in participacreased among non-Hispanic tion rates among Hispanic stuwhite and multiracial students — dents may be due to increased jumping a few points to around 79 enrollment levels. In 2012, percent for the former and roughHispanic students accounted ly five points to 75 percent for the for about 8 percent of the tolatter — in 2015-16. tal enrollment. In 2014-15, the Hispanics were the one demolatest data available from the graphic at the high school that Illinois State Board of Educaexperienced a drop-off in particition, Hispanic enrollment had pation rate, which decreased from increased to 11.1 percent.

67 percent in 2013-14 to around 63 Officials attributed the uppercent last school year. tick in participation among The participation rates for minority students to a targeted different demographic groups effort among coaches and club doesn’t account for the small numsponsors to recruit those stuber of students who are enrolled dents. Last year, staff members created several new clubs, such at the high school off-campus. as a Hip-Hop Club, designed to When adjusted for this small segREGINA TOPF appeal to black and multiracial ment of the student population, OPRF director of student cultures. those rates increased slightly. activities Regina Topf, the school’s There were also 15 “unofficial” director of student activities, student groups, including improsaid going into this school year visation/comedy club, piano enher focus will be on “reaching semble and cosmetology, whose into those 26 percent of our students who members weren’t accounted for in the data.

“Reaching into those 26 percent of our students who need to find a home here.”

need to find a home here,” before adding that her ultimate goal is to realize a 100-percent participation rate among students.

The construction of a new pool could help administrators get to that goal of full participation, said some board members. Board member Jackie Moore pointed out that she knows several students who didn’t participate in diving because it’s located off-campus, since the current pools can’t accommodate the activity.

Athletic Director John Steltzer said a new pool would offer a variety of programming and could introduce students “to something they haven’t seen before.”

Steltzer also said that one key to higher participation rates may have nothing to do with the actions of the adults in the room.

After citing significant increases in boys and girls track, he said the uptick may be largely the result of the team’s recent success.

“For track, success breeds interest,” Steltzer said, adding that a similar truth may apply to other sports and activities.

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Village sells Chicago and Austin property for $425K

Cellphone company signs two-year lease at longvacant corner store

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The village of Oak Park is one step closer to getting out of the landlord business with the sale of a mixed-use building at the corner of Chicago Avenue and Austin Boulevard.

The Oak Park Economic Development Corporation, a quasi-governmental organization tasked with attracting and retaining business development in the village, announced earlier this month that RICA Properties LLC had purchased the property at 2-10 Chicago Ave. for $425,000 from the village.

Additionally, the firm has signed a twoyear lease with Metro PCS, a prepaid cell phone provider, to occupy the storefront on the northwest corner of Chicago and Austin.

RICA co-owner Bhagyesh K. Patel, who owns several Chicago-area Subway sandwich restaurants, told Wednesday Journal

in January that he hoped to open a fast-food “We certainly share the hope that Mr. Parestaurant – possibly a Subway or Dunkin’ tel has to get a restaurant use on that corDonuts – at the corner location, which has ner,” Lynch said. “We certainly believe the sat vacant for years. short-term use is better than a vacancy.”

The remainder of the buildThe building also has two ing’s ground-level commercial apartments above the storefront space is at full capacity with and a 33-space rear parking lot. tenants including the Illinois Patel said in January that he State’s Attorney Office and Jaalso aims to install new windows maican Grill restaurant. and doors to the existing storeOPEDC said in a news release fronts at the Illinois State’s Atthat the short-term lease with torney Office and the Jamaican Metro PCS aims to “establish restaurant. He said RICA also the property’s rental history and would like to redo the façade of provide the necessary income to the 5,670-square-foot building. finance required improvements.”

Additionally, RICA is considJohn Lynch, OPEDC executive ering combining or subdividdirector, said in a telephone ining the storefronts, Patel said in terview that the deal was meant January.

JOHN LYNCH to establish a rental history to “The deal has been a long time OPEDC executive director help show the space is viable. coming, but we are excited about That will better enable RICA to the future of the Chicago Avenue secure financing needed to buildand Austin Boulevard property,” Lynch said in a press release. “I out the space for a restaurant.

Patel was able to secure financing to pur- believe RICA Properties will put in the hard chase the building but is hoping to get anoth- work needed to improve the function of this er loan for the interior improvements need- building.” ed to accommodate a restaurant, he said.

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Solar panels to be installed at Ridgeland Common

Project will provide energy cost savings, reduce carbon footprint

By MARTY FARMER Staff Reporter

The Park District of Oak Park and Realgy Energy Services are close to reaching a lease agreement for installation of a solar field on the south roof of the Ridgeland Common Recreation Complex.

As part of the lease agreement (five years with an option to renew up to 20 years) the park district will be required to buy energy services from Realgy. The energy created by the solar panels should help the park district save approximately $7,000 a year. Additionally, the park district will reduce its carbon footprint with the solar panels installation.

“Once the agreement is finalized, the installation should start before the end of September,” said Terry Black, a solar developer working as a consultant on the project. “It’s a large installation, so it takes a lot of coordination from the standpoint of getting materials to the site. The installation should be completed by the end of October.”

Once the system is fully installed, the park district will begin to purchase energy from Realgy on Oct. 1, 2016.

Black added that the solar field installation will occupy about a third of the roof, with anywhere from 280 to 340 solar panels placed on the roof. The panels will be visible to people who ride the Green Line train past Ridgeland Common.

“It’s going to be about 100,000 watts which produces about 125,000 to 130,000 kilowatt-hours of power,” Black said. “An average house uses about 15,000 kilowatt hours of power, so this installation is going to produce enough power to run at least 10 houses or more.

“We’re also thinking about developing a carbon counter on the roof. That way when the train goes by, riders can see the carbon offset as it grows similar to those counting national debt billboards people see.”

Since the park district and Realgy discussed the possibility of a solar field on a portion of the Ridgeland Common roof in early 2016, the process has moved quickly. In May, the park district engaged in a preliminary conditions review which helped determine the project feasible.

“The cost of the solar panels installation and the maintenance are covered by Realgy,” said Jan Arnold, executive director of the park district. “This benefits us by not only saving money on our delivery cost, which is $7,000 on annual basis minimally, but also reduces our carbon footprint.”

The use of solar panels, which will be installed via a clip system to prevent penetrating the Ridgeland Common roof structure, reinforces the park district’s commitment to implementing sustainable practices.

“The park district and Oak Park are definitely ahead of the curve environmentally,” Black said. “With Realgy as its supplier, Oak Park is leading by example.

“Other companies are looking at this project as a potential way to invest in infrastructure with a great rate of return.”

Solar panels were previously installed by the park district at the Austin Garden Environmental Education Center.

“We’re very pleased with how the solar panels at the Austin Gardens Environmental Education Center have been performing,” Arnold said.

“The solar panels are saving money. They are not only lighting up the facility with sun power but putting energy back onto the grid.”

“The park district is always looking to expand solar opportunities to increase sustainability as well as improve our overall environmental conditions.”

Holmes, sweet Holmes (Top) Parents say goodbye in Ms. Harris’ first-grade class on the first day of the 2016-17 school year at Holmes Elementary School on Aug. 29. (Middle) London Hinton backpacks to her first day of class.

(Bottom) Missael Mejia poses for a photo with his daughter, Stella, just before she begins her first day of kindergarten.

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Four considered for River Forest Township clerk

Decision expected to be made in September

By DEBORAH KADIN Contributing Reporter

Four residents have stepped forward to replace Karen Taubman as River Forest Township clerk, according to information obtained by Wednesday Journal in response to a Freedom of Information Act inquiry.

Cal Davis, Holly Economos, Dennis Healy and Abby Schmelling submitted applications to fill the vacancy by the Aug. 19 deadline.

Of the candidates, Davis, is on the Town-

ship Youth Committee. Economos has served as a substitute teacher in the District 90 schools. Schmelling served as the executive director of the West Cook Volunteer Center in Oak Park.

Township Supervisor Carla Sloan said she would complete interviews with the candidates during the last week of August.

If necessary, a second round of interviews will take place after Labor Day, Sloan said. It might not be necessary if one of the candidates rises to the top, she added.

In determining which person that might be, Sloan said by talking with the candidates about their past work or volunteer experience, she can assess whether they can do the job. Sloan would be a pretty good

judge of what the job requires, seeing as she served in the position for three years before her election as township supervisor in 2013.

“There is a lot of detail and there are a lot of deadlines that cannot missed,” Sloan said. “It will have to be someone on top of all of the requirements and deadlines for filing public notices, budgets and levies.

“They’ll need to be a good writer, good at taking minutes, listening to a meeting and translating what is said into functional minutes. They’ll have to prepare letters and formal documents.”

It also would help, she said, if they had experience or passion or interest in human services.

“That’s important,” Sloan said. “Every one of us on the team has experience, passion, interest in human services and helping people. That person needs to be a good personable person, a team player. We all get along with each other, and we’re looking for someone who can fit well into the chemistry of the organization.”

Township trustees began discussing the prospect of filling Taubman’s position in July. Sloan said that while Taubman will need to resign due to increased outside work responsibilities, she plans to stay on as clerk until a suitable replacement is found.

The choice will be made in September and will serve out the remainder of Taubman’s term, which ends in April.

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Oak Park couple blissed over Sox games and triathlons

Martin and Takyrica Kokoszka have been racing since they first met in 2010

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Martin Kokoszka, a former college basketball player, recalled one his toughest practices during his playing days at Eastern Connecticut State University.

“One time, three guys showed up late and we had to run 30 suicides in 30 minutes,” Kokoszka said. “And then, we had to practice for three hours.”

The 33-year-old Oak Park resident, who now teaches physical education, remembered that hellish practice because it was one of the few experiences that compared to competing in his first major race, the Bigfoot Olympic Triathlon six years ago in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. He said the roughly mile-long swim of the three-leg event, which includes a nearly 25-mile bike and a roughly 6-mile run, was the toughest part.

“I felt very similar to that practice and I hadn’t really trained for the swim,” Kokoszka said. “My goggles got [clouded] and I had to toss them. A dead fish hit my face while I was swimming.”

If getting across Lake Geneva was hard for Kokoszka, it must’ve been particularly exhausting for his wife, Takyrica, 34, who competed in the triathlon with him — about two months after teaching herself how to swim in earnest.

“I taught myself to swim on YouTube,” Takyrica said. “A co-worker of mine who swam in college came to the pool with me a few times and gave me some tips on which drills to do. I just did them myself. When I was a kid, I learned how to float, but I never learned any strokes. I could jump in and not drown but that was about it.”

A registered nurse, Takyrica grew up on the West Side of Chicago. She’s been doing the unexpected and running toward challenges her whole life. A mother at 16, she went on to DePaul University, where she graduated with a double major in computer science and math before obtaining her nurse’s license.

“It’s just her personality,” said Martin. “If something challenging comes her way, she’s going to persevere and get through it. I don’t know how you teach that.”

That Bigfoot Triathlon took place in 2010, the year Martin and Takyrica met while in Las Vegas. They’ve been training for, and competing together in, various races ever since — including two Chicago Marathons.

LEAD Plumbing the depths of a problem from page 1 ceptable lead and copper levels, said Anthony Cozzi, D90’s director of finance and facilities.

One of the fixtures at Lincoln is a hallway water bottle filler that was installed just days ago. Another is a water fountain in the Roosevelt band room that hasn’t been used in more than 23 years, Cozzi said.

All of the classroom sinks with elevated levels were used for cleaning and/or hand washing. According to an EPA spokesman, washing with elevated lead levels should be safe since the skin doesn’t absorb lead in water.

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FITNESS FIT: Martin, right, and Takryica Kokoszka, center, at the Aug. 28 Chicago Triathlon. The couple has been competing in the races since 2010, the year Takyrica first learned to swim.

“We met in Vegas doing something totally unrelated to the race, but it’s probably what kept him coming back here,” Takyrica said of her husband, a native of Connecticut.

“When we met in Vegas and I came out to Chicago, she was training for Big Foot and was like, ‘Do you mind working out with me?’” Martin recalled.

“I love being physically active, so when I came out here, we were working out together every day,” he said. “We also went to a White Sox game, since we both like going to sporting events.

It was Elvis night. Athletics really solidified a bond that’s hard to describe. It’s like hanging out with my best friend.”

The couple said having three children, including two

“Regardless, we consider the safety of the water from these … fixtures to be as essential as all of the other potable water sources throughout our school buildings,” noted D90 Supt. Ed Condon in an Aug. 23 letter sent out to parents, teachers and staff members announcing the test results.

Condon said the district will keep students, staff and visitors informed about their future plans for repairing the affected fixtures, which are currently out of service.

D97 contracted with First Environmental Laboratories Inc., based in Naperville, to test the water quality of all its schools. The first phase of tests found fixtures at Beye, Hatch, Irving, Longfellow and Whittier that raised enough concern to warrant additional testing.

That second round of testing was designed to determine “whether the results were tied to a potential issue with the fixture (e.g. sink, drinking fountain, etc.) or the actual

toddlers, has complicated their training regimen, but it hasn’t stopped what’s become something of a ritual.

Last Friday, the two were headed, again, to Elvis Night at a White Sox game. On Saturday, they dined on Italian food to take in the carbs needed to get through Sunday’s Chicago Triathlon — what would be Takyrica’s 13th since learning to swim six years ago.

“I’m still excited about the Olympics,” she said, as if thinking up another challenge she’d like to take on in the future. “I watched the woman’s triathlon from start to finish and it was amazing.”

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“Regardless, we consider the safety of the water from these … fixtures to be as essential as all of the other potable water sources throughout our school buildings.”

ED CONDON

D90 superintendent

water source,” according to an Aug. 26 letter sent out to families in the district.

Those next-phase tests found that six fixtures — one at Irving, two at Longfellow and three at Whittier — produced results above the EPA standard. In addition, tests showed that the elevated lead levels were due to the age of both the fixture and the

school buildings and not the water supply.

D97 administrators noted that some fixtures at Beye couldn’t be tested with the other ones since the water at the school was shut off due to construction. Since then, samples from those have been collected and test results should be available in the coming days.

D97 officials said all of the fixtures that tested for lead levels above the EPA standard should be replaced and those new fixtures were scheduled to undergo tests this week.

The results of those tests should come back

by Sept. 9. If those fixtures test below the EPA standard, they should be back in use by Sept. 12. If they test above the EPA standard, officials said, then they’ll conduct more tests and keep families and staff members updated.

D97 Supt. Carol Kelley, in that Aug. 26 letter, noted that the district intends to “check the levels at our buildings on a regular basis moving forward.”

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Armed robbery, assault on Austin Boulevard

A Cicero resident was beaten and robbed at gunpoint at 1:42 a.m. on Aug. 23 in the 900 block of South Austin Boulevard in Oak Park, according to police.

The victim was approached by two men who were traveling northbound in a gray newer model minivan. Two men exited the van, displayed black handguns and demanded money before reportedly pistol whipping the victim in the face and head. They then stole the victim’s black LG cellphone and passport.

The offenders fled eastbound on I-290.

They are both described as black men between the ages of 18 and 21, about 5-foot-6 and with thin builds. One of the offenders had a dark complexion; short, curly hair; and wore a red T-shirt and black jeans. The other wore a light-colored shirt and dark jeans. The loss was an estimated $305.

Attempted robbery A Chicago woman was the target of an at-

tempted robbery in the 300 block of North Harvey Avenue on Aug. 21, at 12:08 p.m.

The victim was approached by two black men in their 20s, both of whom stood between 5-foot 9-inches and 6-foot tall, with short hair and muscular builds. One wore blue jeans and the other wore a white Tshirt and black jeans.

One of the offenders reportedly struck the woman in the cheek with a closed fist, while the other attempted to steal the cellphone in her hand. The offenders ultimately fled northbound on Harvey without obtaining the cellphone.

Motor vehicle theft ■A

2005 brown Jeep Cherokee was stolen from the 100 block of Superior Street on Aug. 24, sometime between 1:20 and 2:30 p.m.

The victim was a Chicago resident. The loss was an estimated $6,000.

■ A 2016 Hyundai Elantra was stolen from the 400 block of North Euclid Avenue sometime

Pharmacy the target of armed robbery

Three men steal cell phone before abandoning robbery

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

A well-known independently owned pharmacy in Oak Park was the target of an armed robbery in the middle of the day on Aug. 22, but the three men who stormed the business appear to have cut and run after snatching only a cell phone.

Three men, one of them armed with a black semi-automatic handgun, entered Sear’s Pharmacy, 1003 Madison St., at 2:40 p.m. and ordered the employees to get on the floor.

Pharmacy technician Ed Collins said he heard the men enter and headed to the back of the business. He said three other employees complied and the robbers began emptying the pockets of one of the employees. They got a cell phone and then inexplicably left the business, fleeing in a getaway vehicle waiting outside.

“I do believe their intention was to get the drugs,” Collins said, adding, “They left garbage bags, so it made me assume they were going to fill them with more than just cash.”

Collins, a lifelong Oak Parker who’s worked at Sear’s Pharmacy for 20 years, said he believes the armed men did not expect so many employees to be in the establishment at the time, which made them decide to abandon the robbery.

“We didn’t feel they were going to hurt us,” Collins said. “They just told us to be cool and relax.”

“I think they were startled that one of us was in the back. I think that’s what made them take off.”

Collins said he called 911 and the Oak Park Police Department responded immediately.

“It all happened very quickly,” Collins said.

A police report notes the incident lasted approximately four minutes.

He said the employees were shaken by the incident, but added that everyone is “OK and we are grateful that no one got hurt and it ended as quickly as it did.”

Collins said the incident has prompted the business to update its security. “It was a wakeup call,” he said. “We don’t have video, but we’re getting it now.”

He said it is the first time the long-time pharmacy has been robbed.

The three robbers were described as black men. The one brandishing the handgun was between the ages of 20 and 30 years old, stood between 5-feet 9-inches and 6-feet tall and wore a black knit cap over his head with holes cut out for eyes, a black oversized T-shirt and black jeans. The second robber was between 40 and 50 years old, stood between 6-feet and 6-feet 5-inches tall, had balding hair and silver and black stubble on his chin and wore a beige zip-up hoodie, baggy jeans and blue latex gloves. The third man was described as having a heavy build and dark clothing.

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between 3 p.m. on Aug. 23 and 4:12 a.m. on Aug. 24. The vehicle was described as an Enterprise Rent-A-Car. The loss was an estimated $20,000.

Burglary to motor vehicle A 2015 silver Honda, owned by a River Forest resident, was burglarized in the 7100 block of North Avenue, sometime between 4 and 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 12. The offender entered the unlocked vehicle and stole a black Targus laptop bag containing a silver Dell laptop. The loss was an estimated $1,020.

Residential burglary Someone entered the basement of a residence in the 1200 block of North Hayes Avenue, Oak Park, through an unlocked door and stole a Playstation and an Apple iMac computer on Aug. 22, sometime between 11 a.m. 4:06 p.m. The loss was an estimated

$3,080.

Thieves hit Dream Town Dream Town shoe store, 4 W. Madison St., was the target of retail theft on Aug. 24 at 1:50 p.m. The first offender – a black male between the ages of 19 and 25, with a thin build, black dreadlocks with blonde tips, wearing a black T-shirt and white jeans – entered the business and stole a pair of Jordan Craig jeans, three pairs of Nike brand jogging-style hooded shirts, three pairs of Nike pants and a pair of Jordan Craig Legacy jeans.

Meanwhile, the second offender – a black woman with long, black hair tied in a ponytail, wearing glasses, black long-sleeve shirt, black pants and carrying a red purse – distracted the store manager.

The loss was an estimated $875.

— Compiled by Timothy Inklebarger

Chase Bank robbed on North Ave.

FBI links armed suspect to three other Chicago bank robberies

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

A man suspected of robbing three other banks since April held up the Chase Bank branch at 6612 W. North Ave. in Chicago on Aug. 19, according to the FBI. The Chicago FBI has released pictures of the suspect, who reportedly staged a “takeover robbery” at 5:01 p.m.

Garrett Croon, an FBI spokesman, said takeover robberies entail most people in the bank having an awareness that the bank is being robbed. In most bank robberies, only the teller is aware that a robbery is taking place until it’s over.

A description of the incident released by the FBI did not give any details on how the event unfolded. The suspect was armed with a handgun, according to the FBI. The report did state, however, that the suspect had robbed three other Chase banks in Chicago between April and July of this year.

The suspect, identified only through surveillance camera video images, robbed

the Chase at 2228 S. Western Ave. on April 8 at 11 a.m. He allegedly robbed the Chase branch at 3101 W. Cermak Road on two occasions, June 9 at 2:33 p.m. and July 7 at 2:35 p.m. All of those incidents were described as takeover robberies, according to the FBI. According to the FBI, the suspect is a black man in his 40s, standing between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-8, with a medium build and weighing between 200 and 220 pounds.

In the most recent robbery, believed to have been committed without an accomplice, the suspect wore a white and brown checkered hat, a black buttondown shirt with a white design, tan pants and white shoes.

Two other men are believed to have helped the suspect in the other robberies, although Croon could not say exactly which robberies the other two men were involved in specifically.

His accomplices were described as a black man in his 40s or 50s, with a slender build, standing 6 feet tall and wearing a black golf cap and red shirt and a black man in his early 40s with a large build – approximately 220 to 240 pounds – standing between 5-foot-8 and 5-foot10 and wearing a plaid shirt, sunglasses, a black hat and black shorts.

Anyone with information about the incidents can contact the Chicago FBI at 312-4216700.

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AT HOME NOT in the Emergency Room Courtesy OPRF High School

Preventing a silent killer

Free EKG tests will be conducted at OPRF in October

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

One day in 2014, Grey Small was in the stands at Ridgeland Commons taping his stick while watching a JV hockey game when everything went black.

“I really don’t remember anything from that whole day and the next two days,” said Small, 18, in a recent interview. “From what they tell me, I just dropped and people rushed over to do CPR.” Roy Pfifer was at the rink with his middle son, one of Small’s teammates, when Small collapsed. Pfifer said a nurse from Lurie Children’s Hospital happened to be at the rink that day and started working on the teenager until EMTs arrived.

When Small eventually regained consciousness in an area hospital, he wasn’t the only one who was shocked into a newfound awareness. The teenager had suffered from a condition called sudden cardiac arrest, in which the heart suddenly stops beating.

According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, the condition is usually fatal if it isn’t treated within minutes.

“I was still pretty shocked by what happened and was just trying to come to grips with everything,” Small said, adding that he hadn’t been diagnosed with any heart condition before that health scare two years ago.

“It’s the last thing I would’ve expected.”

Small, who graduated from OPRF this year and is headed to the University of Minnesota with hopes of playing hockey there, said he wasn’t formally diagnosed with anything. Doctors did, however, implant in him a device similar to a pacemaker that monitors his heart rhythm and shocks it back to normal if the rhythm gets out of whack.

Pfifer said the fact that a healthy boy, an athlete no less, the same age as his son could suddenly have a heart attack was a realization that would eventually lead him

to collaborate with Dr. Joseph C. Marek, the founder and medical director of Young Hearts for Life (YH4L), an organization that has screened over 150,000 young people for heart conditions using electrocardiogram (EKG) tests over the last decade.

The test, Pfifer and Marek say, is the best screening tool available for spotting heart conditions that routine doctor’s visits, and stethoscopes, may likely overlook. According to Marek, who says he was among the first physicians in the country to utilize EKG tests to screen for heart conditions, around 350,000 Americans die from sudden cardiac arrest.

Around 6,000 of them are young adults.

Marek said 1.5 to 2 percent of EKG tests his organization conducts will show a finding suggesting the possibility of a cardiac issue.

“When [sudden death] happens to young kids, it’s devastating and a big loss to society,” Marek said.

After Pfifer tapped Marek to provide screenings to Oak Park hockey players last year, the former set his sights on the larger student body at Oak Park and River Forest High School.

Pfifer and Marrey Picciotti, who has been involved with [YH4L] for several years, approached the District 200 administration about allowing Marek to provide the screenings to students at OPRF for free. The cost of the screenings, which will be conducted at the high school on Oct. 27, is typically covered by Advocate Charitable Foundation.

As with Pfifer and Small, Picciotti has skin in the game when it comes spreading awareness of the condition. She was born with a slight heart malfunction and her niece was born with a congenital heart defect.

“I’ve been aware of my condition my whole life and it hasn’t posed any problems for me when it comes to being active,” Picciotti said. “My niece has had several surgeries since she was an infant and has to have annual exams. It hasn’t kept her from being active either, but [these conditions] have brought our whole family to a greater awareness of just how important it is to have all the facts when it comes to heart health.”

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Determining value: Local appraisers talk shop The field has changed since the economic downturn

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n a real estate-obsessed country, it’s not uncommon for everyone to feel like an armchair appraiser. Once you’ve purchased your own home and sunk your savings into owning a bit of the American dream, it can be a satisfying pastime to conjecture about how your home’s value is increasing or how much the neighbor’s house will fetch when it hits the market.

A crop of websites have emerged in recent years that also claim to put a number on local property val-

ues, albeit with a few more logarithms and propriety models than the average homeowner might have at his or her disposal. In actuality, personal knowledge about the real estate market and even sophisticated websites lose out to the old adage: In real estate, everything is local.

So we thought we would talk to a few local appraisers, who agree that when it comes to putting a value on a home, it takes a licensed professional with a strong knowledge of local real estate to accurately value a home.

See APPRAISERS on page 22

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VALUE-ABLE: Al Rossel (top) appraises a home in Oak Park on Aug. 26.

Mike Grimes (above) takes photos of a property he is appraising in Forest Park on Aug. 24.

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Knowledge of the local market from page 17

Experience matters Elissa Palermo of Re/Max in the Village is a certified appraiser who specializes in the local residential market. She noted that an appraisal is an important part of the purchase of a home.

“Typically, once there is an executed contract and buyers are going through a lender to obtain a mortgage, the lender orders an appraisal. Once the appraisal is ordered through the Appraisal Management Company (AMC), the appraiser reviews the contract and any p p y addendums and goes to inspect the property and take photos of the home.”” ny apBasic considerations in any rea, praisal are gross living area, ed which translates into heated space, above grade that iss measured from the exterior.

A room count is a jumping off point, as is the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, for searching for comparable properties on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). isPalermo noted that appraisers are not inspectors, but they cies or do take note of any deficiencies needed repairs that might affect propt , she h erty value. In order to appraise a property said, appraisers request surveys, measure, take photos and note the property location — for instance, whether it’s on a busy street or backs up to a commercial property. After viewing the property, appraisers turn to the MLS to pull comparable properties to help value the home.

Palermo pointed out there are guidelines for properties that can be considered “comparables.”

“For most lenders,” she said, “the house has to be within 300 square feet of the total square footage and must be within either a mile or a half mile, determined by whether the location is suburban or urban.”

Mike Grimes of Grimes Real Estate Services is a state certified appraiser who has lived in Oak Park since 1978 and opened his own office almost 20 years ago. He said that even with the proliferation of information on the Internet, he likes to gather as much information as possible himself.

“You want to make sure you have the plat of survey and legal description of the property,” he said. “When I go through a house, I’m oldfashioned. I still draw floor plans by hand. It takes a lot longer than just taking photos, but I want to know where the rooms are, what the dimensions are and what the layout is before I leave.”

Though this information is key, he believes it is a mistake to rely too much on comparing homes with similar square footage or the same numbers of bedrooms and bathrooms.

“No two homes are identical,” he said. “In

WILLIAM CAMARGO/Staff Photographer

EVALUATING: Mike Grimes (above and below) works on a building he is helping appraise in Forest Park. Al Rossel (center) takes snapshots for his Oak Park appraisal.

Oak Park, all of the homes are different. Unusual properties like those in Oak Park don’t fit neatly in a box.”

Grimes noted that lenders and AMCs have their own specific guidelines for comparables, but he finds a good understanding of the local market is equally important.

“Some AMCs might say they need comparable sales to have taken place in the last six months, but those might not be the best comps. If I find the best comparable is a year ago and a mile away, I’ll use it, but I have to put in a little narrative to explain why this is a good comparable.”

Changing standards Al Rossel, an appraiser with Oak Park’s Jack Carpenter Realtors said the appraisal

field has changed dramatically since he started out 45 years ago. “Back then,” he said, “real estate brokers had to do an appraisal on a house to sell it. Typically, every broker does that now and calls it a market analysis, but today’s standards call for a separate appraisal for a sale.”

John Lawrence, managing broker/owner of Weichert Realtors, Nickel Group and president-elect of the Oak Park Area Association of Realtors observed that since the real estate crash of 2008, industry reforms have changed the appraisal world.

“In the crash, fraudulent appraisals were one of the issues — homes appraised at values they never should have. When the market collapsed, banks were left holding properties they didn’t know the true value of. Banks are protecting themselves with the Home Valua-

tion Code of Conduct, which created a barrier between lenders and appraisers. Now, banks reach out to an AMC to hire an appraiser.”

While a positive reform in theory, Grimes is skeptical about the actual result. “AMCs are still not licensed and there are no standards of conduct. All they do is collect part of the fee and bid the work out to the cheapest appraiser.

That’s why you may get an appraiser from Elgin to appraise your house in Oak Park. It’s an area of concern for some.”

Rossel thinks a good appraiser can overcome lack of knowledge about an area.

“A good appraiser talks to people in the area,” he said. “If I were an appraiser from Orland Park coming to appraise an Oak Park house, I would interview local real estate agents to get the background of the area and review a lot of area sales. The problem is if the appraiser is inexperienced and has a short timeframe, then it can be difficult to get a good appraisal.”

Lawrence said there is some good and bad in the use of AMCs in transactions.

“The good is that banks cannot pressure an appraiser,” he noted. “The negative is that AMCs have large pools of appraisers, and you don’t often get someone who knows your specific market. It can be a challenge at certain times of the year, when you don’t have a lot of comparables or if you have a unique property — like many of the properties in Oak Park.”

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High-end, designer kitchen & vaulted family rm. ...................$1,630,000 PRIME LOCATION, glamorous architecture & spacious rooms. 4 bedroom, 3.1 bath beauty. A must see! ........................................$839,000 QUEEN ANNE Victorian w/open frt porch on lrg lot! 6BRs, 2.2BAs. Dble parlor. Frplc. Great location near train, schools, park. ................$685,000 ATTRACTIVE HOME. 4 BRs, 3 baths. Completely updated. 3 levels of living space. Large, private yd. ........................................................$625,000 FANTASTIC RANCH w/open floor plan. 3 BRs, 2.2BAs. WBFP. Large MBR ste. 1st flr lndry. C/A. Att garage. ..........................................$624,900 REDUCED! IMMACULATE & UPDATED 2-story brick home on deep lot. 3BRs, 2.1BAs. Remodeled kitchen. New MBA w/Jacuzzi. C/A. Lovely! .................................................................................................$594,000

FOREST PARK NEW REHAB 4BRs, 2 BAs. New roof, kitchen, BAs & furnace. Oak flrs.

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TASTEFULLY DECORATED 3BR, 2.1 BA home in prime loc’n. Beautiful new kitchen & BAs, & C/A, new windows, plumb & elec. ..........$399,000 SHARP 3BR, 2BA on wide lot! New roof, gutters, windows & soffits.

Refinished flrs & newly painted. .....................................................$324,900 WONDEFUL UPDATED home close to park & transportation. Make it yours! ...................................................................................................$295,000 READY, SET, MOVE right into this 5BR, 3BA home with C/A. An excellent bargain..................................................................................................$235,000

OTHER AREA HOMES CHICAGO. UNBEATABLE LOCATION! 2BR, 2BA boasts lots of amenities such as a deck, upgraded decorative windows, 2015 roof & more. ........................................................................................................................$339,000 DOWNERS GROVE. DARLING 2BR, 1BA home sitting on a 50 x 296 lot has potential. Close to train, school & shops...................................$344,900 ELMWOOD PARK. WELCOME HOME! Lovely and well-maintained 3BR, 2BA. .................................................................................$249,000 ELMWOOD PARK. WELLMAINTAINED 2-story - 3BR, 2BA with great yard. Close to park & schools. ................................................$229,000

INCOME RIVER FOREST. MUCH MORE THAN A 2FLAT. Side-byside living. 3BRs, 2.1 BAs in each unit. Hdwd flrs. C/A. 3½-car gar. .......................................................................................................................$799,000 FOREST PARK. GRAND VICTORIAN 2FLAT. Location, space & many updates. 2/3 BRs. C/A. Fenced yd. Plenty of parking. ...........$345,000

COMMERCIAL OAK PARK. JUST LISTED! MIXED USE BLDG. 1st flr: lrg commercial spc – approx. 3000SF. 2 apts on 2nd flr: 3BR, 1BA /1BR, 1BA. 2-car gar. 1st flr handicapped access. Call for more info. ............................$395,000

CONDOS/TOWNHOUSES OAK PARK NEW CONSTRUCTION! New standard of luxury! 1808-2200 SF units, 3 BRs, 2 indoor pkg spaces, spacious terraces, eco-efficient LEED certified.

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CONDOS/TOWNHOUSES RIVER FOREST ATTRACTIVE CONDO in desirable bldg 2BR, 2BA, den, in-unit laundry, 2 pkg spaces...............................................................................................$449,000 BEAUTIFUL 2BR, 2BA condo with a view. Elevator bldg. Lrg kitchen, updated BA’s, great closet spc & storage. Pkg. ............................$179,000

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COMMERCIAL RENTALS OAK PARK. OFFICE SPACES in lovely Art Deco bldg. 2 Elevators. Entry handicap equipped. Tenants pay electric. Public pkg. Call! Rent ranges from $2,616/mo to $898/mo WESTMONT. CLASSIC STORE FRONT/walk in office on busy street. 2 blocks from Metra train. In-suite restrooms and kitchen. Great exposure. ................................................................................................$1,525/mo

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Getting Down To Business

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Sunday Afternoon Stroll

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By CATHY YEN, Executive Director

his weekend I visited a few local specialty stores searching for unique birthday gifts for my son. Fortunately, we enjoy so many independent retail boutiques in our community.

Sure, I could find similar gifts online if I knew what I was looking for. But with no real ideas of what to buy, it is a pleasure to rely on local retailers who have curated some pretty neat selections of merchandise.

Knowing our local retail market’s seasonality, I wasn’t too surprised to find our commercial districts pretty slow on a Sunday afternoon in August. With a mixed sense of relief and dread, I easily found plenty of free parking steps from my destination.

I visited five separate small, independent-

ly-owned retailers. Sure enough, customers were sparse and I had the stores to myself.

Which was too bad, because the retailers had their game faces on. Business owners themselves waited on me in two of the five stores.

I discovered terrific, affordable gift items and delightful service. Everyone was so nice. I just wish there were more customers for them.

Yes, this is a busy time of year with back-toschool activities, festivals and people vacationing. Yes, Sunday is our “day of rest.” Still, I noticed people in the restaurants and cafes.

The three grocery stores and the Walgreen’s we visited were packed with people. Lines six-deep at every register.

become restaurants and grocery. More and more, the quirky independents that give us character and community rely on the nearby food businesses to drive traffic.

This consumer behavior in part explains current economic development activities.

The more we attract successful “known quantities” in the food sector, the more foot traffic we expect for nearby retail. And, yes, density and toursim: to thrive, we simply need more people strolling downtown on a Sunday afternoon.

There was a time not too long ago when taking a walk downtown was a celebrated leisure activity: fun, relaxing and social. Maybe you stopped to eat. Now, the reverse is true: we go out to eat and maybe stop in a store.

Our anchor tenants – the destination spots that attract the bulk of the customers - have

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District House Sales Hit 25%

fter only one week on the Multiple Listing Service, the District House condominiums have already achieved unit sales equal to 25%.

Oak Park’s newest luxury condominium building, located at the corner of Lake Street and Euclid Avenue, has proven to be one of the most anticipated buildings to hit the local market in years.

living with modern amenities in each of its three bedroom, two bath units. With amenities such as green roof terraces, floorto-ceiling windows, high-end cabinetry and appliances, and heated, private garage parking, District House offers unparalleled style and convenience, not to mention an unbeatable location in the heart of downtown Oak Park’s Hemingway District.

Cory Robertson of Ranquist Development says the sales are indicative of the level of interest in high-end condominiums in Oak Park from a variety of different groups of home buyers.

District House recently celebrated the grand opening of its Oak Park sales center.

Located at 805 Lake Street in the Scoville Square building, the District House Sales Center is now open daily from 12 p.m. until 6 p.m. At the sales center, interested buyers can view floorplans and large renderings of both exterior and interior. They will also be able to view photographs of completed condominium units previously developed

by Ranquist Development.

People who have lived a significant part of their lives in Oak Park and are looking to downsize from their large single family homes still want to stay in the community.

District House offers them the opportunity to live a maintenance-free lifestyle with all the space and amenities they’ve come to expect in a home. City buyers are also interested in the urban suburban feel of Oak Park. Everyone appreciates the great schools, recreation amenities, the Farmer’s Market and the parks, and the fact that you can also walk to great restaurants, the Metra and the Green Line.

From the beginning of the process, District House has proven to be anything but a cookie cutter development.

Through the collaboration of two architecture firms, Seattle-based Miller Hull and Chicago-based Northworks, the striking building holds its own in a village renowned for architectural accolades.

The LEED certified building will offer open floor plan

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The units vary in size from 1,700 to 2,000 square feet and are priced from the upper $500,000s to the mid$800,000s. More information can be found at www. districthouseoakpark.com, or contact Frank Vihtelic of Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty at 312-451-7903 for a detailed presentation.

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2016 Celebrating the Southeast Oak Park Community!

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A Fresh Start to a New You: Park District Revs Up Fitness Classes this Fall

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he Park District of Oak Park is gearing up for a new fitness season and is ready to help you make your fitness goals a reality.

Fitness Program Supervisor Laura Greeley says the Park District is listening to community feedback in structuring their new fitness programs. “Our goal is to help create a healthier Oak Park. We’re focused

on providing affordable, convenient and innovative programming for adults.”

With an eye towards making Park District fitness programming more accessible to everyone, on September 1, the price of a monthly unlimited pass for adult classes will drop from $60 to $45.

Greeley says that with that $45 comes a

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The start of fall and a new school year signals a great time to make a personal reset towards fitness. During summer, with vacation plans and kids home from school, workouts can be put on the back burner.

Greeley notes that the scheduling of fitness programs is aimed to help adults find the time to fit classes into their schedules.

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Great pricing and quality classes are a big draw, and the ease of scheduling is another plus to Park District fitness. With MindBody software, accessible through the Park District website, users can make payments online, pick and choose classes that fit their schedule and see course descriptions and instructor bios online.

Greeley says, “It’s a one-stop shop. In addition, the monthly passes are allinclusive. There are no extra fees, so what you see is what you get in terms of pricing.”

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Festival Theatre is committed to stewardship

am writing on behalf of Oak Park Festival Theatre (OPFT) in response to a letter from Victor Guarino [Infringing on Austin Gardens’ trees, Viewpoints, Aug. 24].

At the outset I want to thank the Park District Board of Commissioners and the staff of the park district for their cooperation with Festival Theatre. We share Mr. Guarino’s concern for the long-term health of the park.

On Aug. 27, Oak Park Festival Theatre completed its 42nd season, the last 40 years in Austin Gardens.

We are proud to be a long-term fixture in Oak Park and were especially happy to work with the park district in the development of plans for the exciting new facility, which definitely enhances the park.

As to the specific issues raised by Mr. Guarino: ■ The stage may seem to be moving further north, but if so, it is an illusion. In agreement with the park district, the location of the stage is set so that our stage is always located within the perimeter of the electrical outlets. Our stage is built every year roughly 10-15 feet in front of the main electrical box. The exact footprint of the stage varies slightly from year to year, but always within this predestinated electrical perimeter that was agreed to by OPFT and the park district.

■ No trees have been removed at the request of or by the theater. We are not sure precisely which space Mr. Guarino is referring to. We have never requested that any of the trees be moved, pruned, or relocated. There was a tree next to the barn where the new building currently is located that was struck by lightning a couple of years ago. It fell on the barn, and was removed for the health of the park by the park district.

If any trees in the area around the stage were removed it would have been done by the park district because they were diseased or dead. To our knowledge, none of the trees located where the stage is built have been removed in recent memory.

Festival Theatre makes a concerted effort to work closely with the dedicated and diligent park district staff to preserve the beauty of Austin Gardens. We have worked hard to direct our audience traffic to minimize impact on the new landscaping that accompanied the installation of the new building.

Additionally, we have been promoting and educating our

PAUL

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read with some interest the article in the I am not a Know-Nothing. That is cerAug. 24 edition of the Wednesday Jourtain. How could I be? How can any one who nal, entitled “The Trump dilemma,” by abhors the oppression of negroes be in favor Mr. Ken Trainor. I suspect it was just an inof degrading classes of white people? Our nocent oversight on the part of the author progress in degeneracy appears to me to that his informal survey of “Republicans and be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by conservatives” living in Oak Park and River declaring that ‘all men are created equal.’

Forest did not include me; at least I never We now practically read it ‘all men are created equal, received a dispatch from him at the telegraph office. I except negroes.’ When the Know-Nothings get control, it believe, however, that my name and Republican reputawill read ‘all men are created equal, except negroes, and tion are still known to some, as two of the respondents foreigners, and catholics.’ When it comes to this, I should even mentioned me by name. prefer emigrating to Of course, having some country where never met the candidate they make no pretence in question — a Mr. of loving liberty — to Trump, I believe — and Russia, for instance, being just a little “bewhere despotism can hind the times” on the be taken pure, and current political situwithout the base alloy ation in these United of hypocracy. [Spell(thankfully!) States, I ings are historically would not have been accurate] able to answer most of the questions to much Should this be of no satisfaction. This does relevance to your modnot mean, however, that ern readers, please I might not hold opinaccept my apology for ions on some issues taking up your valuwhich could be of interable time. The study est to today’s voters. of history can be such One issue which was a boring and useless of great importance in exercise, I’ve been told my day, for example, (although I myself was that of foreign never found this to be immigration. I don’t true). In any event, I suppose it holds any suppose that Russia great importance today, isn’t still governed by but on the chance that a despot in these modit might, I should like ern and enlightened to share with you a porWILLIAM CAMARGO/Staff Photographer times. tion of a letter I wrote Abraham Lincoln impersonator Kevin Wood during the 4th Your obt. svt., on the subject. The of July parade in Oak Park.

A. Lincoln year was 1855, when (aka Kevin Wood, the Know-Nothings and www.mrlincoln.com) other nativist politiKevin Wood portrays Abraham Lincoln and has apcal parties were at the peak of their power and were peared as such in the River Forest Memorial Day and attempting to limit the influence of the newer — and Oak Park July 4th parades and in programs at local predominantly Roman Catholic — immigrants from Germany and Ireland. Joshua Speed, my best friend, schools, libraries, churches, etc. He is also author of the had written me asking if I, too, were going to join the blog “Loath to Close … Still!”

Know-Nothings, as some of my former Whig colleagues You can see his blog on John C. Fremont’s presidential had done. I responded as follows: bid here: http://www.mrlincoln.com/blog/?p=369.

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he school board at Oak Park and River Forest High School made the right choice last week when it set aside a possible contract with an outside communications consultant who would be tasked with making the district’s factual case for the coming pool tax referendum.

The trouble was the wording in an initial proposed contract with Marcia Sutter and her Minding Your Business communications firm, which unsubtly suggested she would be allied with the active pro-pool contingent of citizens.

That wording was changed before a final contract came before the board, but most board members felt, in the highly politicized environment this pool debate has risen or devolved into, that the waters had already been muddied. They were right.

State law is clear. Taxing bodies cannot use public monies to advocate for passage of a tax hike referendum. Those bodies can spend tax funds to present factual information related to a proposal. The proposed pool is this big. The timetable is this long. The mix of proposed funding is partially cash reserve and partially a future tax obligation. The number of monthly pizzas forgone by an average family living in a three-bedroom house would be two.

Sure the law is a little funky. Everyone knows that the process an elected board goes through to come to the difficult decision to turn to taxpayers has absolute political aspects. In this circumstance the politics have been divisive and super-sized.

The school board has decided, and this is also right, to turn to its internal resources to gather the documentation, to shape its presentation and to straightforwardly share with every member of the community. The school has a capable communications director in Karin Sullivan. The finance team can produce accurate numbers.

And now, we would like to say to opponents of this pool proposal, let this process unfold. Getting here has been a mess. But it is what it is.

Make your case against the referendum. Let supporters make the case for this pool and this referendum.

Let the school present down the middle details on the project.

Have a heart

Could there be a better place to be pro-active than in screening the cardiac health of teenagers? Hard to imagine.

A very small percentage of teens, under 2 percent, test positive for a cardiac issue when tested. But that tiny handful can leave huge holes when undiagnosed and untreated.

This year at OPRF, through the shared generosity of Young Hearts for Life, a nonprofit, and its benefactor, the Advocate Charitable Foundation, most students will receive a free EKG test. It is a simple, painless, accurate way to provide a baseline assessment of heart health.

Oak Park experienced the shock of a cardiac incident at Ridgeland Common in 2014 when a young man waiting to play hockey suffered sudden cardiac arrest. His life was saved that day by the presence in the crowd of a nurse from Lurie Children’s Hospital who leapt to action until EMTs arrived.

Our thanks to those leading this effort.

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Not your average ‘date film’

an a film about the Obamas’ first date possibly be a crowd-pleaser?

That’s what I wondered when I first heard about Southside with You, I figured it would likely be weighed down by the usual bio-pic baggage — too reverential toward its subjects; too sentimental; actors impersonating public figures, coming off phony and flat.

I’m not a fan of the genre, but I went to see the film last Thursday night, figuring it might stay for only one week.

Mark Mazrimas of Classic Cinemas, however, said it was number one at The Lake this past weekend, so the run is being extended. That’s good news because you have a chance to see what may be one of the sleeper hits of the year.

It has been one of those years in movieland. Films that couldn’t possibly be any good turn out to be very good indeed. Me Before You, for instance, a terriblesounding tearjerker about an unlikely romance between a wheelchair-bound quadriplegic and his young female caretaker. Impossible to do that without massive melodrama, right? It was way better than it had any right to be (or I’m getting soft in my old age — or both).

Southside with You is better still. It avoids every trap of its mixed genres (bio-pic romance), wildly exceeding expectations.

A very pleasant surprise.

You don’t have to care about the Obamas, or even like them, to enjoy the movie. But the fact that it’s about the First Couple — long before they became “the Obamas” — adds depth and import to this love story, giving us tantalizing glimpses of who they will become without being overly obvious about it.

The film doesn’t try to make the characters any better than we know they are — or any worse. We’re spared the exaggerations that afflict many bio-pics, which seem to believe the audience needs to be clobbered in order to understand things.

The film opens with Barack smoking, which is jarring, but it sends a clear message to the audience: This is not an exercise in beatification. Foibles included.

Parker Sawyers, who plays the future president, has the right body type. Tika Sumpter, who plays Michelle, bears little resemblance, but they’re talented actors, comfortable in their own skin.

The dialogue is honest and intelligent — and there’s plenty of it. Happily, there is little evidence of what I call “lazy filmmaking,” i.e. scenes where the love interests are shown in attractive locales with swelling music substituting for actual dialogue.

Hollywood romances typically can’t resist a grand “falling in love” moment, but there’s none of that here.

Since we all know the eventual outcome, there’s no need for one, which makes their gradual coming together more realistic and convincing.

The locations are authentic Chicago: Loop, lakefront, South Side. No attempt is made to over-emphasize inner-city squalor, nor is it romanticized.

Admittedly, the basic scenario is one of my favorites: An entire day spent together, during which two people slowly get to know and care about one another, with plenty of interesting dialogue that makes it clear why they find each other attractive.

And they are attractive characters, which is key for audience buy-in.

If you’re interested in similar set-ups, in addition to the talky Richard Linklater trilogy (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Before Midnight), the Oak Park Public Library has two lesser-known gems in its DVD collection: 10 Items or Less, with Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega, and At Middleton, with Vera Farmigia and Andy Garcia.

What would a film about Barack Obama be without a speech? Southside with You has a good one, with Obama boosting the spirits of a discouraged neighborhood organization, showing his gift for eloquence — without showing off. And that is this film’s strength: It doesn’t go too far in any direction, and there are so many ways it could have.

Michelle helps him face his anger toward his father.

He helps her look at her frustrations with the corporate law firm where they met. They both learn to be less judgmental. There is a lot more going on here than romantic curiosity.

The music by Stephen James Taylor adds the right amount of late ’80s ambiance (their first date took place in 1989). The song, “Start,”

by John Legend (one of the executive producers), which plays during the final credits, is better than most of the mediocre efforts that end up getting nominated each year for an Oscar.

Consider Southside with You highly recommended, coming from someone who went in doubting that the filmmakers could pull it off. Plenty of film critics seem to agree. Writer/director Richard Tanne in his directorial debut deserves praise. I hope he makes more films.

I don’t know how historically accurate this film is, and I don’t really care. Presumably, liberties were taken. Reportedly, the Obamas have talked about their first date numerous times and the filmmakers did their homework.

What I do know is all’s well that ends well, and this film ends with just the right touch.

In fact, I’d say this couple might just live happily ever after.

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Responding to police shootings and shootings of police As an Oak Park congregation we at Euclid Ave. UMC are responding to the police shootings of African Americans across America — and to the shootings of police officers. We hereby name racism a sin, mourn all the lives lost, and pledge action to make Oak Park a safe haven. We invite you to help us build a movement for intentionally inclusive diversity by contacting Nichelle Stigger at nichellestigger@gmail.com. Here is our pledge:

edge that these atrocities have always happened. It is time for us to rise up and face our own biases. It is time for us to take a stand and help to change the image of African Americans in both personal and public consciousness through support, education and love.

AS PEOPLE OF FAITH, we acknowledge that diversity is at the heart of a healthy society — but that diversity requires the ongoing struggle for justice and for peace.

We consider anything less than the full appreciation of each human being to be an insult to our maker and therefore a sin. We name racism as a sin and incompatible with Christian teaching.

WE MOURN with those who have lost African American brothers and sisters shot and killed by police. We also mourn the deaths of police officers shot by those who succumb to violence and vengeance.

WE REMIND ourselves and the wider world that ALL people are created in the image of God, whose extravagant love calls us to healing and reconciliation even now.

By the grace and love of God, we affirm that racism cannot be overcome with bullets, malice, vengeance or with violence in any form.

AND WE PLEDGE: 1) That we ourselves will be intentionally inclusive and engage beyond our comfort zones with other members of our congregation, as well as with individuals in the wider community.

2) That we will be available for future congregational or community forums, discussions and actions that will continue to build a movement for intentionally inclusive diversity.

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Diversity, justice and peace Fiftytwo years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed America at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In his revolutionary “I Have Dream” speech, Dr. King said, “One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we’ve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.”

While some improvements to this shameful condition have been made, the recent and continued police shootings of African Americans force us to admit that our society is still divided. Structural racism and white privilege have existed since before the rise of slavery in America. Today they still blind the dominant culture to the daily struggles faced by African Americans and by other people of color. White privilege and structural racism still deform the very character and judgment of American society.

Online social media and the speed with which videos can now travel has shed light on the recent and continued shootings of African Americans — but we acknowl-

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About Viewpoints Our mission is to lead educated conversation about the people, government, schools, businesses and culture of Oak Park and River Forest. As we share the consensus of Wednesday Journal’s editorial board on local matters, we hope our voice will help focus your thinking and, when need be, fire you to action.

In a healthy conversation about community concerns, your voice is also vital. We welcome your views, on any topic of community interest, as essays and as letters to the editor. Noted here are our stipulations for filing.

Please understand our verification process and circumstances that would lead us not to print a letter or essay. We will call to check that what we received with your signature is something you sent. If we can’t make that verification, we will not print what was sent. When, in addition to opinion, a letter or essay includes information presented as fact, we will check the reference. If we cannot confirm a detail, we may not print the letter or essay.

If you have questions, call Viewpoints editor Ken Trainor at 708-613-3310 or email him at ktrainor@wjinc.com.

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OPRF should sell Parking Spot Licenses

Why OPRF High School needs a parking garage at all escapes me — students don’t “need” to drive to school. However, there is a simple way to test the proposition. Forget about surveys; let the market decide.

How are new sports stadiums financed? In part by the sale of PSLs, Personal Seat Licenses. So let’s offer Parking Spot Licenses for say $25,000 apiece (in fairness, the PSLs would be transferable, unlike stadium PSLs). If 200 PSLs are sold, that would amount to $5,000,000 and a new garage gets built. Otherwise, no garage.

Bob Stigger

Oak Park

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Housing Center hosts first-ever online auction

This year, the Oak Park Regional Housing Center’s annual benefit includes the organization’s first online auction. The auction offers unique artwork, handmade pieces by local artisans, and cultural experiences. Bidding is already underway and will continue until midnight on Sept. 15.

Among the items up for bid are two works by 20th century German expressionist Otto Neumann. The lithograph “Paulo and Francesca” and the monotype “Brown and Black Abstract,” both signed by the artist, each come with a signed copy of David M. Sokol’s definitive book, Otto Neumann: His Life and Work.

Sumptuous hand-knit wraps are available for those who prefer their art to be wearable.

These beautiful pieces make a statement on cool days.

Foodies can bid on a one-of-a-kind dining experience by local chef Melissa Elsmo, a rising

star in the “underground dining” movement, with diners coming from all over the world to experience her cuisine. This dinner for eight is a great opportunity for a group of friends to combine their bidding power.

Anyone planning a party might be interested in bidding on a performance by the School of Rock’s Kids Show Team band. School of Rock musicians have performed at Housing Center events in the past, and attendees were blown away by the talent of these young people.

Other auction items include a tour and tasting at City Winery, a life and career coaching session, and more. Visit www.32auctions.com/ oprhc to read more about the available items and to bid. Many items include a “Buy Now” option, so don’t wait!

Rob Breymaier

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Shrubtown cartoon was misleading

I want to express my deep disappointment in last week’s misleading Shrubtown cartoon [Viewpoints, Aug. 24]. I understand that editorial cartoons are not news sources and I appreciate the desire to find humor in the week’s news, but this carton totally misrepresented the District 200 school board’s recent decision about the long-term facilities plan on November’s ballot.

Contrary to Mr. Stopeck’s depiction, the facilities plan adopted does include significant upgrades and expansions for the performing arts at Oak Park and River Forest High School. The plan includes new classroom, practice, and storage spaces for band and orchestra students. And the board issued a specific directive to the administration and architects that the final drawings should include expanded spaces for choir and theater students.

The cartoon depicting a band student being kicked by “the district” was just wrong.

Wednesday Journal readers deserve better.

Julie Griffin

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Remembering Dr. King in Chicago Michael Romain’s article on the legacy of the Chicago Freedom Movement [Oak Park: King’s Northern Dream? News, Aug. 17] caused me to reflect back to the summer of 1966, when I and some fellow students from Woodrow Wilson Jr. College (renamed Kennedy-King College) marched from Soldier Field to Chicago’s City Hall.

What impressed us most was that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came out to Wilson and marched with the striking city college

professors, who were in the course of negotiating a contract and fighting for union recognition.

Fortunately, I saved a number of issues of the student newspaper, the Wilson College Press, which covered Dr. King’s visit. The issue covering his visit can be found in the Leonard Wash Papers at the Chicago Public Library.

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South Oak Park could use phone-chargers too I don’t have any particular opinion about whether or not placing phone-charging units in our parks is a good or bad idea. But I do have an observation. Did anyone else notice that the four parks chosen are all in the northern part of Oak Park? All right, Mills Park is three blocks south of Lake Street, but that’s a quibble. People in south Oak Park use

cellphones, use their parks and pay taxes to fund the park district. Why are we excluded from this program? It’s hard sometimes not to think that if you live south of Madison, you don’t matter quite as much to the powersthat-be in village government.

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What do you want to be when you grow up?

I saw a little boy on his bike today; at first glance, I thought his bike helmet was an army helmet.

Such a mistake, but then that little boy may wear all kinds of helmets in his life: He may be a construction worker; he may be an NFL quarterback or tight end; he may be a professional slugger and wear one while at bat; perhaps he will be a miner and wear one with a light in the front; maybe he will grow up to be an astronaut; perhaps he will be a fireman or a riot control police officer.

FESTIVAL THEATRE from page 33 audiences in the park district’s “Carry in, Carry out” program, a recycling program vital to the continued health of all of our community parks.

Festival Theatre is also working with the community to assure that new construction on Lake Street does not create shadows over the park, which could seriously impact both trees and other vegetation in

In any case, his skull will be protected, but just in case, regrettably, that something hits him on his helmet, his brain will shake like a bowl full of jelly and he will be somewhat brain injured; perhaps he will end up with CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy).

I sure hope not.

He was a cute little guy and looks intelligent right now.

Joanne Selden

Oak Park

Austin Gardens.

We once again thank Mr. Guarino for his concerns and assure him and the community that we will continue to work closely with the park district to minimize any impact on Austin Gardens, a priceless treasure. We are privileged to work with the Park District of Oak Park to bring arts and cultural programming to the Oak Park community and look forward to continue working with them as stewards of the park.

Paul Engelhardt is president of the Oak Park Festival Theatre Board of Directors.

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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-

ator, to develop patience, gratitude and to perfect one’s character. When fasting, a Muslim is supposed to be on their best behavior, avoid anger, bad language, lies, etc. Many people give up bad habits, for example smoking. It is a time of introspection and self-reflection on how to bet-

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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

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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 Supervi-

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Religion Guide Methodist

Check First.

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

First Congregational Church of Maywood

400 N. Fifth Avenue (1 block north of Lake St.) Come join us for Sunday Morning Worship at 11 am Pastor Elliot Wimbush will be preaching the message.

Refreshments and fellowship follow the service.

708-344-6150 firstchurchofmaywood.org When you're looking for a place to worship the Lord, Check First.

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

William S. Winston Pastor (708) 697-5000 Sunday Service 7AM, 9AM & 11:15AM

LIVE Webcast - 11:15AM Service Believer’s Walk of Faith Broadcast Schedule (Times in Central Standard Time) Television

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DAYSTAR (M-F)

3:30-4:00pm

Nationwide

WJYS-TV (M-F)

6:30-7:00am

Chicago, IL.

WCIU-TV (Sun.)

10:30-11:00am

Chicago, IL.

Word Network

10:30-11:00am

Nationwide

(M-F)

www.livingwd.org www.billwinston.org

West Suburban Temple Har Zion

1040 N. Harlem Avenue River Forest Meet our new 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

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

Fair Oaks

Lutheran—ELCA

United Lutheran Church 1 5LGJHODQG *UHHQ¿ HOG Oak Park Holy Communion with nursery care and Children’s Chapel each Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

Dennis Bushkofsky, Pastor Handicapped Accessible www.unitedlutheranchurch.org 708/386-1576 Lutheran-Independent

Grace Lutheran Church

7300 W. Division, River Forest David R. Lyle, Senior Pastor Phyllis N. Kersten Interim Associate 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 Worship Service – 9:30 a.m.

Child care provided – 4 years or younger

386-4920 fairoakspres.org

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

Roman Catholic

Ascension Catholic Church

Lutheran-Missouri Synod

Christ Lutheran Church

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

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

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

St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

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

The Traditional Catholic Latin Mass

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

Third Unitarian Church 10am Forum, 11am Service Jennifer Nordstrom, minister

thirdunitarianchurch.org

Grace Lutheran School

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

Roman Catholic

808 S. East Ave. 708/848-2703 www.ascensionoakpark.com Worship: Saturday Mass 5:00 pm Sunday Masses 7:30, 9:00, 11 am, 5:00 pm Sacrament of Reconciliation 4 pm Saturday Taize Prayer 7:30 pm First Fridays Feb.– Dec. & Jan. 1 Holy Hour 6:00 pm Third Thursdays

Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor

Roman Catholic

St. Edmund Catholic Church

188 South Oak Park Av. Saturday Masses: 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.

Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.

Weekday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

Holy Day Masses: As Announced Reconciliation: Saturday 4:15 p.m.

Parish Office: 708-848-4417 School Phone: 708-386-5131

(773) 626-9385 301 N. Mayfield, Chicago, near Austin and Lake Unity

UNITY CHURCH OF OAK PARK 405 North Euclid Ave.

The Power of God protects you.

Sunday Services 9 am & 11 am Youth Education 11 am 708-848-0960 — unityoakpark.org

Upcoming Religious Holidays

Sept 1 Ecclesiastical year begins Orthodox Christian 6-15 Paryushana Parava Jain 8 Nativity of Virgin Mary Christian 10 Waqf al Arafa Hajj Day Islam 11-14 Eid al Adha * Islam 14 Elevation of the Life Giving Cross (Holy Cross) Christian

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SCHAUER’S HARDWARE

COOK/KITCHEN MANAGER Hephzibah Children’s Association has an opening for a cook/kitchen manager at our Oak Park location. Responsibilities include preparing menus, nutritional meals and snacks for the residents of the Group Home. Shopping, ordering food and supplies and tracking monthly inventory along with maintaining equipment. Keep kitchen equipment clean and sanitary and in good order. Knowledge of state and local regulations pertaining to food service and certification in food service sanitation and first aid and CPR. Ability to meet the physical requirements of the job. Great opportunity to work 25 hours per week. Interested candidates should contact Jim Woywod, Director of Group Homes at jwoywod@hephzibahhome.org. EOE.

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JOB POSTING JOB TITLE: PART TIME GRANTS SPECIALIST, FISCAL r Part-time c Exempt c r Non-exempt STATUS: c Full-time c AgeOptions is committed to improving the quality of life and maintaining the dignity of older adults and those who care about them – through leadership and support, community partnerships, comprehensive services, accurate information and powerful advocacy. AgeOptions is recognized nationally as a leader in developing and helping to deliver innovative community-based resources and options to older populations in transition and through our network of community agencies, serves approximately 200,000 people annually. AgeOptions receives federal, state, private, foundation, and individual charitable contributions. Our offices are conveniently located in downtown Oak Park near the Lake Street L Green line and Union Pacific west Metra train station. We offer a casual work environment with competitive salaries and strong benefit packages. To learn more about what we do, please visit our website at: www.ageoptions.org.

BASIC FUNCTION Under the supervision of the Grants Administrator, this three day a week position (21 hours), performs a wide range of financial duties related to the procurement process, provision of oversight and technical assistance to applicants and grantees and the monitoring of grants. This position works closely with other members of the Grants Management team as well as other staff members.

QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelor’s Degree; or Associate’s Degree with three (3) years of experience in accounting, bookkeeping or related field; or High School diploma with five (5) years of experience in accounting, bookkeeping or related field.

• Ability to write clearly and concisely, particularly in report format.

• Ability to communicate, both verbally and in writing, on sensitive and confidential matters.

• Ability to work cooperatively with grantees.

• Knowledge of computer software programs, including spreadsheets, database and word processing.

Please visit our website at www.ageoptions.org. Interested persons please forward resume with cover letter to HR@AgeOptions.org or Fax to 708-524-0870. AgeOptions is an Equal Opportunity Employer, MFDV, Please include salary history. No phone calls please.

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We also accept walk-ins.

Cantata Adult Life Services 8700 West 31st St. Brookfield, IL GREAT PART TIME OPPORTUNITY! CHILD CARE/RECREATION Hephzibah Children’s Association offers after school day care at all Oak Park public elementary schools. The School-Age Day Care Program is accepting applications for warm, nurturing, energetic individuals to provide care and supervision of 5-11-year old children in the after-school program. Monday through Friday, 2:30–6:00 PM, Wednesday–1:30–6:00 PM. Responsibilities include planning and supervising arts and crafts activities, group games, helping with homework, and indoor and outdoor play.At least 6 semester hours in education, recreation or related coursework. Experience working with children. Contact Leslie Taylor, Day Care Coordinator at ltaylor@ hephzibahhome.org

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Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 General Production Staff Position Description POSITION:

General Production Staff

DEPT/PROGRAM: Food Service QUALIFICATIONS/ A minimum of a High School Degree. Must complete EXPERIENCE: Food Handler Training within two (2) weeks of being hired. Must be able to comprehend detailed oral and or written instructions from supervisory staff. He/she must be able to work cooperatively with other staff members and be able to work independently on regularly assigned or special tasks.

If you or anyone you know is interested in applying please visit our website at: www.oprfhs.org. Go to About Us and Employment Opportunities to be directed to our online application system.

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• A minimum of a High School Degree.

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AgeOptions is committed to improving the quality of life and If you or anyone you know is interested in applying please visit our webmaintaining the dignity of older adults and those who care site at: www.oprfhs.org. Go to About Us and Employment Opportunities about them – through leadership and support, community partto be directed to our online application system. nerships, comprehensive services, accurate information and powerful advocacy. AgeOptions is recognized nationally as a  leader in developing and helping to deliver innovative community-based resources and options to older populations in transition and through our network of community agencies, serves approximately 200,000 people annually. AgeOptions receives federal, state, private, foundation, and individual charitable contributions. Our offices are conveniently located in down FACILITIES ASSISTANT town Oak Park near the Lake Street L Green line and Union Pacific west Metra train station. We offer a casual work envi- The facilities assistant is responsible for the general care, maintenance ronment with competitive salaries and strong benefit packages. and security primarily of the Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio museTo learn more about what we do, please visit our website at: um, administrative office building, and museum shop. Assistance may be  www.ageoptions.org. required at other Trust sites. The position coordinates and collaborates  BASIC FUNCTION

with the caretaker to accomplish assigned facilities duties. Carry out as

signed duties described in the housekeeping, maintenance and preserUnder the leadership of the Caregiver Coordinator, the Caregiver Commu-vation manuals. The facilities assistant is also designated as one of the nity Organizer will be the primary liaison to a number of Caring Together   primary respondents on the emergency plan. Regularly scheduled days Living Better (CTLB) partners and coordinate the community outreach include weekends.  and communications activities of CTLB. Caring Together, Living Better  QUALIFICATIONS: is an innovative, community-based partnership in Chicago’s south and  west suburbs focused on expanding and improving supportive services • Associate’s Degree or equivalent trade experience. Mechanical and for informal (unpaid) caregivers of older adults. AgeOptions originally de-   technical skills as demonstrated by a minimum of 2 years of prior work veloped a south suburban CTLB partnership and has expanded the part experience and/or certified training. Experience with housekeeping nership into the west suburbs. The Caregiver Community Organizing Spe preferred. Ability to learn and apply special procedures related to hiscialist will work with select CTLB partners to develop, expand and sustain  toric houses and museum environments. their caregiver support programs, develop caregiver outreach materials • Travel to off-site locations may be necessary.   and conduct outreach to caregivers, volunteers and referral sources.

QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor’s Degree and two years experience in communications, social services, community organizing, volunteer coordination or related area or five years of related experience. Experience working in Latino communities highly preferred. Verbal and written fluency in Spanish and English required. Ability to travel locally with valid driver’s license and proof of auto insurance required.

This position will be located in Oak Park, IL but will involve extensive travel among the towns of Berwyn, Cicero, Melrose Park and other western suburbs.

Please visit our website at www.ageoptions.org. Interested persons, please e-mail resume with cover letter to: HR@AgeOptions.org or Fax to: (708)524-0870. EOE. Please put PT Community Organizer in header. Older persons encouraged to apply. Please include salary history in cover letter. No phone calls please.

 • Ability to lift loads of 75 pounds. Frequently moves, loads, delivers,  or adjusts supplies and property weighing 35 to 75 pounds. On rare 

occasion, may move with assistance loads weighing over 100 pounds.

  • Frequently required to climb ladders, work on roof, and in tight spaces  (crawlspaces, etc.).  • Weekend and evening hours required.  

• Ability to conduct visual, auditory, olfactory inspections.

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Find rental space on the next page.

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Wednesday Journal, August 31, 2016

OAKPARK.COM | RIVERFOREST.COM

CLASSIFIED AIRLINE CAREERS START HERE. Become an Aviation Maintenance Tech. FAA-Approved Training.

Financial Aid if qualified. Job Placement Assistance.

Call AIM 1-866-315-0650

SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE Elmwood Park For Sale By Owner

Luxury, modern smart townhouse.

4 BR, 2.5 BA, oversized 2 car garage. No Assessments/ Association. Must See. $429,000.

Call (773)599-4818.

No Agents Please

HISTORIC MAYWOOD MANOR

902 S. 3RD AVENUE (behind Aldi) Tired of renting? Why not consider buying an affordable 2BR condo w/ 1000 sq ft of living space on this historic site at less than market rents?

Savings are built in from a unique 12 year tax freeze plus lower utility costs from energy saving systems and appliances. Onsite pkg, exterior lighting and enhanced security systems included. Be among the first to benefit from this unique project in which the buyer can have input into the individual unit(s).

Call 708-383-9223.

Elmwood Park

3BR, 2BA updated throughout.

Hardwoord floors. Lots of storage.

Pets OK. 2 car garage w/ bonus room/home office. $1850/mo + utlities + 1 mo. security.

708-870-0266.

SUBURBAN RENTALS

FOREST PARK CONDO

1013 S DesPlaines Newly renovated! 1BR, 1BA w/ walkout balcony in secure elevator bldg. Parking and laundry onsite.

Close to CTA Blue Line and I290. $825/mo. + Security & Credit ck.

Call 708-571-6729 FOREST PARK 3 BR Beautiful 3 BR apt in 2 flat. A/C in unit, W/D on site. Close to transportation, Blue line and Green line.

Heat & water incl. $1600/mo. Credit check req’d.

Call 973-309-6159.

FOREST PARK COACH HOUSE Forest Park $1,000/mo.

2 BR, 1 bath (updated) coach house, LR, Kit, Encl. Porch on quiet prop. Water & 1 pkg space incl. Max 2 people. Close to Blue line, rstrnts & shopping.

708.689.8750 FOREST PARK LARGE 2 BR Large 2BR 1BA Apt. First floor of 3 flat. Off street parking. Close to Els. Gas & water incl. $1200/mo. Security dep. required.

708-860-9962 FURNISHED 1 BD OAK PARK Start October. Carport; Tree-lined environment; beautiful courtyard view; piano; maid-cleaning once per month included; 15 minutes downtown by car; 25 by train. $1075 mth. One and a half mths security. References required.

Call 773.289.2294 to view.

OAK PARK– 519 N. HUMPHREY 3BR, 2nd floor of 2-flat. Hardwood floors. Big,fenced yard. Quiet culde-sac with good schools. $1390/mo. Section 8 okay.

Call 312-927-4725.

SUBURBAN RENTALS 3 BR HOUSE FOR RENT 2024 N 74TH AVE

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GLA PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, INC. LaVerne Collins Managing broker

Office located at: 320 S. Wisconsin Ave. Oak Park

708-763-9927 www.glapropertymanagement.com

Properties may be broker owned.

Call us for a complete list of rentals available.

Apartment listings updated daily at:

Find your new apartment this Saturday from 10 am – 4pm at 35 Chicago Avenue.

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SUBURBAN RENTALS Oak Park

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT

1 BR CONDO 1001 N HARLEM Completely remodeled 1 BR. Hardwood floors throughout.

Laundry on site. $1150/mo + security. Assigned parking space $50/ mo xtra.

708-870-0266

* RIVER FOREST 7777 Lake St. - 3 & 4 room suites * RIVER FOREST 7756 Madison St. - STORE 926 sq. ft.

OAK PARK FOREST PARK Studio, 1, and 2 BDRM. Heated.

Dining room. Parking available.

Walk to El. $625-$1250.

* OAK PARK 6142-44 Roosevelt Rd. - 4 & 5 room office suites * OAK PARK 115 N. Marion St. - 2 room office $573

www.oakrent.com

OP HISTORIC DIST 2 BR Oct. 1st availability. Oak Park Historic District across from Scoville Park/Lib. 2 bedrooms, new bathroom, 2 blocks to Green line L. $1375/mo. Call 708-834-0454.

CITY RENTALS AUSTIN VILLAGE 5939 W. Midway Parkway Remodeled 2 BR. Half block from Oak Park, Green Line & shops.

1st Floor. $875/month. Heat not included.

708-383-9223 or 773-676-6805.

ROOMS FOR RENT AUSTIN CLEAN ROOM With fridge, micro.

Nr Oak Park, Super Walmart, Food 4 Less, bus, & Metra. $116/wk and up.

773-637-5957 Large Sunny Room with fridge & microwave. Near Green line, bus, Oak Park, 24 hour desk, parking lot. $101.00 week & up. New Mgmt.

773-378-8888

CHURCH FOR RENT BEAUTIFUL CHURCH FOR RENT

in OAK PARK. Perfect for a congregation.

Other potential uses. Corner of Scoville & Adams. rentalinquiry542@gmail.com 708-848-5460 Lost & Found and To Be Given Away ads run free here. To place your ad, call 708-613-3342

* OAK PARK 6955 North Ave. - 3 & 6 room office suites $675 to $1200

Strand & Browne 708/488-0011

SMALL OFFICE, OAK PARK Therapy offices available August 1st.

Secure Building; Free Parking; Flexible Leasing; Nicely Furnished; Friendly Colleagues; Waiting Room; Conference Room Available; Free Wifi; Well Maintained; Ideal for new practice/2nd location.708.383.0729 SMALL OFFICE OAK PARK Oak Park small office for rent in an established professional building perfect for any type of professional business. The office is 418 sq. ft., two rooms,and the price includes all utilities, one parking spot. Rent is $600.00 per month. Contact TIM @ 312-286-7353 to view or more information. Available NOW.

SPACE FOR RENT OAK PARK SPACE Suitable for not-for-profit. Varied uses possible such as school, office spaces, community services center, clinic, etc. Please call 773-592-0152

PARKING SPACES/ GARAGE FOREST PARK GARAGE PARKING SPACE Garage space for rent. Elgin & Adams. 3 spaces avail. $90/month.

1 year lease. Call 973-309-6159.

CRAFTS & VENDORS

CRAFTERS NEEDED Christ Episcopal Church Fall Bazaar Sat Nov 12 • 9:00am-2:00pm 515 Franklin Av, River Forest $35 per table Light Lunch Provided Call Julie at 708-366-7730

Map It!

GARAGE/YARD SALES Oak Park

GARAGE SALE

631 BELLEFORTE MON 9/5 9AM TO 2PM

Toys, books, boys’ clothes, etc.

Oak Park

YARD SALE

1045 N ELMWOOD SAT 9/3 9AM TO 12 PM

Toys and household items plus much more!

Oak Park

HUGE YARD SALE 1036 N EUCLID SAT 9/3 9AM TO 3PM

Salesman Sample Sale with new items in original packaging.

Jewelry, Bath & Body, Holiday Decor, Accessories, Books, DVDs, CDs, Candles, Serving Pieces, Placemats, HATS w/ UPF 50+, Scarves, Fancy Aprons, Flags, Teacher Gifts, Baskets, Decorative Plates, awesome printer!, Percy Julian Graduation Gown, Napkins, Cute Socks!, Greeting Cards, Baby, etc. No early birds! If it rains, sale will be Sunday, 9/4 Thanks!

River Forest

MAXIMUM GARAGE SALE!

1523 WILLIAM STREET SAT 9/3 8:30AM-2PM

Electronics, laptops, kids clothing & winter gear, linens; books, toys, games, power drill, TV, bike helmets, DVD’s, furniture, lots more.

Once-in-ten-years downsizing: Everything goes!

River Forest

GARAGE SALE

933 CLINTON PLACE SAT 9/3 9AM TO 11AM

Household items, furniture, books, toys and much more!

Riverside

INTERNATIONAL MOVING SALE

750 ARLINGTON RD SAT 9/10 9AM TO 3PM

MOVING OVERSEAS,so we have a large selection of appliances and electronics for sale. In addition, other items for sale include: kitchenware, furniture, lawn tools/equipment, books, sports/outdoor gear, and other household items!

ITEMS FOR SALE FURNITURE FOR SALE

Antique Lenoir dining room table and chairs, buffet and bureau.

A real bargain at $250.00!

Call 708-366-3314.

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

G AR AGE

SALES

DONATIONS Oak Park

DONATION DRIVE ROOF REPAIR FUNDRAISER 1154 WISCONSIN AVE WEDS 8/31 6PM TO 7PM MON 9/5 10 AM TO 3PM

You are cordially invited to donate gently-used clothing and shoes to West Central SDA Church’s first annual DONATION DRIVE, to be held on: Monday, September 5th from 10 am–3 pm at the church’s parking lot entrance Early Drop-off Dates for the entire month of August will be on: Sundays–10 am to 3 pm Wednesdays–6 pm to 7 pm Your kind donations will help pay for the repair our Roof. Acceptable donations include clothing Men’s Women’s and Children’s clothing & shoes (no furniture).

Thanks for reading this ad and we hope to see you soon!

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708-785-2619 or 773-585-5000

CEMENT

CLEANING Pam’s A+ Cleaning Service

A cleaner day is just a phone call away. For a detailed cleaning please call 708-937-9110

CONSTRUCTION Construction

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ELECTRICAL

A&A ELECTRIC Let an American Veteran do your work

We fix any electrical problem & specialize in Condo work Fast Emergency Service Residential • Commercial • Industrial

Ceiling Free Home Evaluations Lic. • Bonded • Ins. Fans Installed Low Rates • Free Est.

Home Re-wiring New Plugs & Switches Added New circuit breaker boxes Code violations corrected.

Serv. upgrades,100-200 amp Garage & A/C lines installed Sr. Discounts • 30 Yrs. Exp

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*Services*

Reasonable Pricing & Free Estimates No Job Too Big or Too Small

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CEMENT

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ELECTRICAL

HAULING

BASEMENT CLEANING

Electricians serving the greater Oak Park area. Licensed, Bonded & Insuredâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Reasonable Pricing & Free Estimates. Kineticâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proud to say you have never experienced service like this! 15 years experience and dedication.

No job too big or small!

(708) 639-5271

FLOORS KLIS FLOORING INC.

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

Call: 773-671-4996 www.klisflooring.com

GARAGE/GARAGE DOOR Our 70th Year

Garage Doors &

Electric Door Openers

Sales & Service Free Estimates

(708) 652-9415

Appliances & Furniture Removal Pickup & Delivery. 708-848-9404

LANDSCAPING BRUCE LAWN SERVICE

Spring Clean-Up Aerating, Slit Seeding Bush Trimming, Lawn Maintenance Senior Discount brucelawns.com

708-243-0571

PAINTING & DECORATING

ALEX

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In re the marriage of Humberto Moreno, Petitioner, and Laura Lindsey, Respondent, Case No. 2016D-005005.

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.

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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 September 27, 2016, 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.

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LEGAL NOTICE Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615 STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the marriage of Tony Uriostegui, Petitioner, and Elvira Barrera, Respondent, Case No. 2016D-079329.

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 September 27, 2016, 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.

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PUBLIC NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615 STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the marriage of Toyin Olawunmi Osunkoya, Petitioner, and Emmanuel Osunkoya, Respondent, Case No. 2016D006643.

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 September 27, 2016, 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.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,â&#x20AC;? as amended, that a certification was filed by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. FILE NO. D16147660 on August 4, 2016.

Under the Assumed Business Name of BLUE LAPIS PRODUCTIONS with the business located at: 1429 W. VICTORIA ST #2, CHICAGO, IL 60660. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: DEBORAH DANIELLE LIBBY 1429 W. VICTORIA ST #2 CHICAGO, IL 60660.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,â&#x20AC;? as amended, that a certification was filed by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. FILE NO. D16147765 on August 11, 2016.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,â&#x20AC;? as amended, that a certification was filed by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. FILE NO. D 16147811 on August 17, 2016.

Under the Assumed Business Name of OGANICKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PLACE with the business located at: 9851 DRURY LN, WESTCHESTER, IL 60154.

The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: WILHELMINA LONGDON POKU 9851 DRURY LN WESTCHESTER, IL 60154.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,â&#x20AC;? as amended, that a certification was filed by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. FILE NO. D16147763 on August 11, 2016.

Under the Assumed Business Name of A HUSTLER IN HEELS PRODUCTION with the business located at: 3304 HAZEL LN, HAZEL CREST, IL 60429. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: NICOLE DILLARD 3304 HAZEL LN HAZEL CREST, IL 60429 Published in Wednesday Journal 8/24, 8/31, 9/7/2016

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,â&#x20AC;? as amended, that a certification was filed by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. FILE NO. D16147845 on August 18, 2016.

Under the Assumed Name of N THE MIX 4 U with the business located at: 2440 OAK PARK AVE, BERWYN, IL 60402. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: TYRINA NASH 2440 OAK PARK AVE BERWYN, IL 60402.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,â&#x20AC;? as amended, that a certification was filed by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. FILE NO. D16147824 on August 17, 2016. Under the Assumed Business Name of THE ENTREPRENUERS OUTLET with the business located at: 8129 S SANGAMON CHICAGO IL 60620.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,â&#x20AC;? as amended, that a certification was filed by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. FILE NO. D16147837 on August 17, 2016. Under the Assumed Name of SAFE SPACE YOGA with the business located at: 1155 WISCONSIN AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60304. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: MELISSA STEWART 1155 WISCONSIN AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60304.

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PUBLIC NOTICE PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME In the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, in the matter of the petition ofJennifer Catrice McGhee for change of name to Jennifer Catrice Young, Case #2016CONC000916.

Notice is given to you, the public, that on August 26, 2016 I have filed a Petition For Change of Name in this Court, asking the Court to change my present name of Jennifer Catrice McGhee to the name of Jennifer Catrice Young.

This case will be heard on October 26, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at 50 W. Washington, Chicago, Cook County, IL in courtroom #1707.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS OF CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003BC1 Plaintiff, -v.TYRINA MORAN A/K/A TYRINA L. MORAN, MIKE MORAN A/K/A MICHAEL E. MORAN, MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC, DONALD B. BOYD, JR., THE BOYD LAW FIRM, P.C., BRADLEY R. TROWBRIDGE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS Defendants 14 CH 18934 1184 SOUTH ELMWOOD 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 24, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 27, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1184 SOUTH ELMWOOD AVENUE, Oak Park, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-18-429-0150000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $185,224.76.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirma-

tion of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm–3pm fax number 312-372-4398 Please refer to file number 13-069685. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 2911717 Fax #: (312) 372-4398 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 13-069685 Attorney Code.

42168 Case Number: 14 CH 18934 TJSC#: 36-8104 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.

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UNION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; 244-246 S. MARION STREET CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; Defendants, 16 CH 3796 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, September 16, 2016 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 244 South Marion Street, #2B, Oak Park, IL 60302.

P.I.N. 16-07-309-048-1008 and 1607-309-048-1011.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g) (1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 15-038978 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122

Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 26, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1037 S. DES PLAINES AVENUE UNIT #404, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-13300-026-1124. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(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 14-15-15472. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-15472 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 15 CH 018478 TJSC#: 36-6927 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.

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the above cause on October 19, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 15, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1201 COLUMBIAN AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-06-202-028. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property

will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(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 14-12-19684. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-12-19684 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 12 CH 027609 TJSC#: 36-9755 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.

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I700938 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION CITIZENS BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION F/K/A RBS CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.WILLIE H. VANZANT AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR, WILLIE H. VANZANT, MICHAEL VANZANT, DIANE VANZANT, SHEILA VANZANT, JEREMY COLLIER, KIFFANY VANZANT, JERNARIO VANZANT, TERRACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF HARRIET VANZANT, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 15 CH 018478 1037 S. DES PLAINES AVENUE UNIT #404 FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 18, 2016, an agent for The Judicial

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SYLVIA D. BERRY; TERRACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF SYLVIA D. BERRY, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 341 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, September 16, 2016 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-13-300-026-1131.

Commonly known as 1037 Des Plaines Avenue, Unit E503, Forest Park, IL 60130.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g) (1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455 W15-1686.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I700937 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC., SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP, INC., Plaintiff, -v.MELISSA J ABATE A/K/A MELISSA ABATE, THE 254 W. CHICAGO AVENUE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 12 CH 24561 254 CHICAGO AVENUE UNIT A Oak Park, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE

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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 7, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 11, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 254 CHICAGO AVENUE UNIT A, Oak Park, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-322-030-1001. The real estate is improved with a condominium. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted.

The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR

(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number 8661. 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.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@pierceservices. com Attorney File No. 8661 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 12 CH 24561 TJSC#: 36-8620 I699237

as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-13-301-013-0000.

Commonly known as 7641 York Street, Forest Park, IL 60130.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Frederic Deraiche at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. File Number SPSF.2424 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I701940

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR HSI ASSET SECURITIZATION CORPORATION TRUST 2005-NC1, MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005NC1; Plaintiff, vs.

BRODERICK MCKINNEY; HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION III; URBAN PARTNERSHIP BANK, TRIA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 15 CH 17415 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on June 27, 2016 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash,

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Fenwick girls volleyball starts fast Planek and Moorman power Friars to pair of wins Fenwick girls tennis

By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor

Fresh off the best season in program history and the loss of 10 seniors, the Fenwick High School girls volleyball team won a couple of matches to open the season.

The Friars, who finished 24-12 in 2015 en route to a supersectional appearance, defeated Willowbrook 25-18, 25-15 last week in their season opener.

Margaret Planek (12 kills), McKenzie Moorman (7 kills, 3 blocks), Liz Stehlik (5 kills, 3 blocks) and Katie McAllister (5 aces) powered Fenwick to victory.

The Friars added a 17-25, 25-15, 25-23 win at Addison Trail as Planek and Moorman had 11 and 9 kills, respectively.

“Beating Addison Trail was an excellent preseason match for us,” Fenwick coach Kathleen O’Laughlin said. “It was great to pull a match out like that at this point in the season. Our girls showed a lot of heart and fight. Moorman and Planek stepped up and took charge in the third game.

“We have nine new faces in the varsity lineup. We also bring back some key players (Planek, Moorman, Mary Marzo) who will now have to step into much bigger and more dynamic roles.”

Although rain hindered the Friars’ match play, the team managed to squeeze in a pair of 4-1 dual match wins against HomewoodFlossmoor and Cary-Grove.

No. 1 singles player Haley Fakouri and No. 1 doubles team Ceci Walsh/Bella Burdi both went 2-0. Versatile Anna Hendricks earned a pair of victories, a three-set win at No. 2 singles against Homewood-Flossmoor and a No. 3 doubles win with partner Gabrielle Cone against Cary-Grove.

Corinne Joss, Maria Krug, Brook LePore, Jacqueline Gau and Shannon Hayes also contributed for Fenwick.

“The team successfully overcame some first-match nerves,” coach Gerard Sullivan said. “They were able to win 3 of 4 three-set matches.”

Margaret Planek, (#12), is a top returning player for the Fenwick volleyball team.

She has played a big role in the Friars’ 2-0 start.

Trinity cross-country

OPRF boys soccer

The Blazers finished first at the Trial on the Trail, hosted by Elmwood Park High School. Hailey Hansen also placed first (in the individual standings) for the Blazers with a time of 12 minutes, 19 seconds.

Emma Creviston (3rd/12:42) and Alyssa Jimenez (6th/13:36) were the team’s other top finishers.

The Huskies are off to a 2-0-1 start under new coach Jason Fried, who replaced longtime coach Paul Wright.

OPRF earned a notable 1-0 win over Leyden in the Leyden Cup Invite. Ethan Haussmann scored the lone goal of the match. Kei Felton, junior goalkeeper for OPRF, also played well. The Huskies’ other

Westwork Painting wins Mustang title Westwork Painting won the 2016 Mustang Baseball League Championship in convincing fashion. The team finished first during the regular season with an 11-5 record.

After a surprising loss early in the playoffs, Westwork Painting bounced back with five straight wins by the following scores: 15-0, 13-12, 13-0, 10-5 and 14-13.

The Painters’ 14-13 win over La Parrillita Mexican Grill was an instant classic in the title game. Felix Mikos, Andre Richardson and Adan Pedraza led a balanced team effort as the Painters finished 17-6 overall.

(From left to right) Felix Mikos, Sean White, Joe McNamara, Coach Art Pedraza, Mike Nelligan, Coach Brendan Nelliga, Andre Richardson, Hugh Vanek, Adan Pedraza, Coach Mike Jelaca, Will Meeker, Jaden Cousin, Coach Vic Vanek, Sam Jelaca, Logan Loftus (not pictured), and Jack Loftus (not pictured).

Courtesy Art Pedraza

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victory was a 3-0 decision over Larkin.

Fenwick boys soccer The Friars are off to a 1-2 start this fall with all three matches at the Windy City tourney at Reavis High School. After losing a couple of close matches to Lincoln-Way West and U-High, Fenwick bounced back with a 2-1 win over TF United. Junior Mike Cerceo scored the game-winner.

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FENWICK Great start from page 48 “Jacob really had a great game,” Nudo said. “He showed me an awful lot.

“He didn’t go untouched. He was getting banged around a little bit in the first half but he fought through it.”

Phillips sold out to stop the run and was successful in doing so. Conner Lillig had 14 carries for 50 yards but the Friars netted only 39 yards on the ground in 26 attempts.

“They were loading the box against Jacob,” Nudo said. “He spread the ball around and the offensive line stepped up the protection, especially the right side of our line in right tackle Sean Heslin, right guard Joe Calcagno and our center, Danny Kannin.”

Keller tossed two touchdown passes to junior Mike O’Laughlin, including a 62-yarder in the third quarter that put the Friars ahead 27-26. The other scoring strikes went to Lillig and Jack Henige.

O’Laughlin finished with eight catches for 183 yards and also threw a 15-yard TD pass to Sherman Martin. Lillig made five receptions, while Martin, Henige and Alex Polston had three apiece.

“I didn’t think I had that good of a game,” Keller said. “I didn’t know my stats until after the game. I thought I threw a lot of incompletions.”

But Keller felt pretty confident going into the game. That didn’t change even after the Wildcats’ fast start.

“The sideline got a little quiet but the offense made some slight adjustments and we knew we’d come through,” Keller said.

“We changed our protection and the big boys stuck with it.

“I was trying to get everybody the ball, but basically I was just making the reads and the receivers did a great job of going up and beating the DBs and coming down with the ball.”

After getting toasted early, Fenwick’s defense rose to the occasion in the second half.

Lorenzano Blakeney and Ryan Chapman had momentum-changing interceptions and linebacker Brett Moorman had a teamleading nine solo tackles.

Employing a swarming style of defense, the Friars also racked up eight assisted tackles, including two each by Ellis Taylor and Dan Stein. Moorman, Chapman, Blakeney and Joe Rafferty had the others.

The win was a fitting start to what Fenwick hopes is a new tradition. It was the Friars’ first home game at Triton, which will be the school’s home field for the next 10 years.

But Nudo said the team will take the triumph in stride.

“We didn’t get all panicky after we lost to Phillips last year,” Nudo said. “We didn’t win the Super Bowl after (Friday) night, but now we know what we have to work on.”

Keller agreed.

“We’re all pretty excited but we know we have a lot of work to do come Monday,” Keller said. “We’re taking it one game at a time.”

But this one was special for a number of reasons. It was the first time Fenwick took the field since Lattner, a 1950 alum who won the Heisman while playing for Notre Dame, passed away February 13 at age 83.

The Lattner family has donated the trophy to the school, which intends to display it during home football games. Every player touched it before Friday’s game.

“That was really exciting being able to touch the trophy and being able to dedicate the game and the season to him and his family,” Keller said. “They are a big part of our program.”

So, too, was the late Don Heldmann, who also died recently. Heldmann was the defensive coordinator on all three of Fenwick’s state semifinalist teams and a Korean War veteran.

Nudo said the Friars will wear American flag stickers on their helmets in honor of Heldmann, who is a member of the Chicago Catholic League and East Suburban Catholic Conference halls of fame.

Fenwick’s helmets also are adorned with a shamrock and the letters JL in memory of Lattner.

“The Lattners are gracious enough to let us have the trophy,” Nudo said. “Two of his grandsons who played for me, Ryan Smith and Danny Lattner, wrote us letters explaining what Fenwick meant to their grandfather.

“We had Johnny kind of looking over us.”

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Huskies open season on winning note but look for improvement The highly regarded Hunt, who missed the second half of last season with an ankle injury, had one passing TD and one rushing ak Park and River Forest High TD in his return under center.

“I thought Jeremy was great,” Hoerster School football coach John Hoerster believes teams typically show their said. “He made some really good decisions greatest improvement from the first and some really good throws. It’s also nice having a kid like Jeremy where the game of the season to the second.

If his assertion holds true, the Huskies moment is not too big. He’s able to keep his (and their fans) have to like their chances composure and stay poised. When things heading into a Week 2 West Suburban happen unexpectedly, he’s able to make adjustments with his football Conference crossover game at knowledge.”

Addison Trail on Sept. 2.

Hunt scored the first Far from a finished product, touchdown of the season on a OPRF played well enough 2-yard run with 4:28 left in the (particularly in the first half) to first quarter. Nigel Sykes’ PAT defeat visiting Simeon 21-14 on put the score at 7-0. The play Friday. before his TD, Hunt tossed a “We played pretty well,” OPRF beautifully-timed pass on a fade senior quarterback Jeremy route to 6-foot-6 senior wide Hunt. “We definitely still have a receiver Jared Scott for 28 yards. lot of things to work on. Coming Houston capped an impressive out for the first game with a lot 15-play, 80-yard scoring drive of young guys, I felt like we did with a 5-yard run at 4:45 of the really well.”

DAVION TALBERT second quarter, extending the Like the past two seasons, Wide receiver lead to 14-0. Hunt rushed four when the Huskies edged times for 21 yards and completed perennial power Lincoln-Way 4 of 5 passes for 38 yards during East in the season opener, the series, highlighted by a Simeon offered plenty of sweet cutback run under heavy resistance. Regarded as one of the best teams in Chicago, the Wolverines’ pressure for 12 yards to convert a fourthand-1 at the Simeon 23-yard line. speed and athleticism spurred a second-half OPRF tacked on its third and final TD of rally by the visitors.

The Huskies’ level of play also dropped in the game on Hunt’s 34-yard pass to 6-foot-4, 210-pound wide receiver Eddie Gorens with the second half.

“This game showed us where we need to 26 seconds left until halftime.

Gorens, one of the Huskies’ most versatile be in the next couple weeks to get better,” OPRF offensive lineman Sharmore Clarke players, also plays defensive end. On one particularly athletic play, he leapt high in said.

Hunt and junior running back Michael the air to knock down a screen pass from Houston each scored a rushing touchdown Simeon quarterback Jayshon Jackson.

“It’s a lot of fun making a big impact on in the first half to give OPRF a 14-0 lead at the game,” Gorens said. “I think we are the break.

By MARTY FARMER

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Sports Editor

“We have a bunch of playmakers; we got to eat every day.”

Photos by Victor Guarino

OPRF quarterback Jeremy Hunt, (above), fires a pass to wide receiver Eddie Gorens.

(Below) Jared Scott tries to shake off a Simeon defender. coming along slowly on both offense and defense. I like the competition because we can show [teams like Simeon] how we play football in our conference.”

While Hunt, Houston and Gorens shared the scoring load, it’s apparent OPRF has a wealth of options offensively, including running backs Terrance Roundy and Ryan Molina along with wide receivers Davion Talbert, Scott and promising sophomore Craig Shelton.

“We have a bunch of playmakers; we got to eat every day,” Talbert said. “I’m a receiver.

If they need me to make a play, I can do it.”

After a special team gaffe by the Huskies, Simeon set up shop at the Huskies’ 43 in the closing seconds of the first half. But OPRF senior cornerback Brenden Flowers quickly stalled the Wolverines with an interception.

During a relatively uneventful third quarter, the Wolverines’ Jackson caught a 37-yard TD pass on the last play of the quarter to make the score 21-6.

With 4:39 left in the fourth quarter, Simeon struck again on Anthony Williams’ 5-yard run into the end zone. Arkalius Howard caught a pass for a successful two-point

conversion allowing Simeon to pull within 21-14.

The Wolverines got the ball back once more with 1:56 left in the fourth quarter; however, the OPRF defense held to preserve the victory.

“I’m happy with the way our kids played, but we need to get better at not only the Xs and Os but making sure we play four quarters,” Hoerster said. “I think we may have taken our foot off the gas mentally and allowed a good team to gain some momentum and come back.

“We needed to get some more first downs and also make a few more stops in the second half. I think after watching some film and going through this experience, that will change.”

Defensively, OPRF played well with interceptions from Wesley Cheatham, Flowers, and all-conference returnee Keyon Blankenbaker. Those three lead a strong secondary.

Rollian Sturkey (fumble recovery), Molina (sack), Christopher Banks-Mitchell, Khori Blair, Tariq Thurman and Austin Maxwell played key roles as well for OPRF under

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Fenwick’s upset of reigning Class 4A state champs provides magical start to season

By MATT LE CREN

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acob Keller and his Fenwick High School teammates got to touch Johnny Lattner’s Heisman Trophy before Friday night’s season opener against Phillips.

A little of the old magic must have rubbed off.

Keller completed 21 of 39 passes for 319 yards and four touchdowns as the hostt Friars rallied from a 20-point nt deficit d to stun the reigning Class 4A state s champion Wildcats 34-26 at Triton College in River Grove. ve.

It was only the second losss in the past 27 games for Phillips, lips, which last year became the firstt Chicago Public League school ol to o win a state title.

The result was Fenwick’s nwicck’s most high profile, if not the most important, victory of Gene Nudo’s fiveyear tenure as head coach. But he wasn’t surprised by the win, only by the method.

“I can’t say (the win) was the shocking part of it,” Nudo said. “We were feeling very good going into the game based on what we did during practice.

“But when you (trail big early), that can put you on your heels a little bit,” Nudo said. “But it didn’t affect the kids.

“We told them to keep your heads up and keep working until the game was over. The boys really did a great job.”

Phillips, which routed the Friars 40-16 in last year’s season opener, used its great speed and athleticism to grab a 20-0 lead.

Photo by Marie Lillig

Fenwick senior Jacob Keller, (#1) regarded as one of the best quarterbacks in the Chicago area, didn’t disappoint in the season opener.

He completed 21 of 39 passes for 319 yards and four touchdowns in the Friars’ 34-26 upset of Phillips.

“The biggest thing was there was no way in practice to replicate the speed Phillips had,” Nudo said. “It took us a while to get up to their speed because they have a lot of

great athletes over there.”

But the Friars have more than a few of their own and they made their mark in this game, none more so than Keller, who

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