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Proposed RF senior facility stirs controversy

Hearing continued after vocal objections from residents By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

Following resident outcry over the proposed height, landscaping, impact to property values and more, members of the River Forest Development Review Board extended a public hearing on an application to build a senior home at the intersection of Chicago and Harlem Avenues to Sept. 6, when they will then make their recommendation to the village board. “We have to sort of change some things but be reflective of the character we have. I think the applicant is doing that,” John Houseal, village planner for River Forest, said at a meeting on Aug. 30. “It provides a need within River Forest that isn’t met right now. Residents or family members who need memory care or assisted living can’t find that in the village.” Although village code technically outlaws such facilities from operating anywhere in River Forest, developer Senior Lifestyle and the Kaufman Jacobs investment firm aim to build a four-story, 125-unit senior living home at 800, 814, 818, 822 and 826 N. Harlem Ave. Named The Sheridan at River Forest, it will hold 92 assisted-living and 33 memory care service apartments, mostly one-bedroom See SENIOR FACILITY on page 12

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SPEAKING HER TRUTH: Mary Anne Mohanraj, a notable literary figure and Oak Parker, says she might run for mayor or the Oak Park Board of Trustees.

Author, library board member could run for mayor Mary Anne Mohanraj is well known in literary circles, aims for higher office

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The year was 1991 and Mary Anne Mohanraj was a young Sri Lankan American beginning to make a name for herself as a writer – but her writing, which she de-

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scribed in a recent essay as “smutty and explicit,” came at the protest of her conservative family. In her essay “Breathing Space,” published in August on the online anthology “Unruly Bodies,” Mohanraj describes her mother as “so furious that she alternated between

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screaming at me and not speaking.” “My father said, ‘You have to take it down. Take it all down, immediately. Take my name off it,’” Mohanraj wrote. “I responded, fighting back frustrated tears, ‘I can’t take it down – it’s not physiSee MOHANRAJ on page 13

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R E P O R T

How you can do more than watch ‘America to Me’

From that point, the public will have The 10-part documentary series “America to Me,” which debuted Aug. an opportunity to vote on the winning 26 on Starz, is more than a film. In an submission through Oct. 22. The winner attempt to engage people across the will be announced on Oct. 28. country in a dialogue about racial equity, Starz and Participant Media announced Sign a pledge last month the creation of a “Share Your Voice” spoken word contest in An alliance of local groups in Oak Park, conjunction with the series. including Suburban Unity Alliance and The companies are accepting spoken the Committee for Equity and Excellence word submissions from U.S. students in Education, recently announced the for an opportunity to win creation of a petition/pledge for a $25,000 scholarship. The “community allies truly looking ■ For an Episode 2 contest “challenges students to engage in action steps recap, turn to page 11 pushing for systemic change ages 14 to 19 to answer the question, ‘What does America in Oak Park school systems,” mean to me?’ in a 60-second according to a statement they original spoken word video,” released. according to a statement released by “Many allies are asking, what can they Starz. do, and here is one answer,” the statement “Entry submissions are being accepted reads. “Allies must use their privilege to through Oct. 7 via Instagram or Twitter empower the oppressed and finally push using #AmericatoMeContest and school systems which have procrastinated #STARZ hashtags or by uploading it to and refused to change to do so.” www.AmericaToMe.com.” Once people have signed the pledge, For more info on the contest, go to the which is available at change.org (search official Starz Facebook page and follow @ ‘ally in verb form’), they will be added STARZ on Twitter and Instagram. Join to a closed Facebook group called Allies the conversation with #AmericaToMe in Verb Form for Equity & Excellence in and #STARZ. You can also visit starz.com Oak Park Schools, designed to “galvanize A panel of judges will select the and organize around tangible efforts.” top five finalists whose videos will be Michael Romain posted to AmericatoMe.com on Oct. 14.

Dole Library reopens

The Dole Branch of the Oak Park Public Library was temporarily closed due to malfunctioning air conditioning at the building and a malfunctioning elevator. Library Executive Director David Seleb said in a telephone interview that the AC at Dole, 255 Augusta St., and the building elevator both failed on Monday, Aug. 27, but the two were unrelated. The AC was restored on Aug. 30 and the library reopened the next day, but the elevator is still out of order, Seleb said. Dole is the only one of the library’s three branches that is not owned by the library system. The building, which also is used by the Park District of Oak Park and the village, is owned and operated by the Village of Oak Park, Seleb said. It is unclear how long the elevator will be out, which Seleb said creates a barrier to access for patrons unable to take the stairs. “The village is working to get authorization for the resources to repair (the elevator),” he said.

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Val remembered at FitzGerald’s

Friends and family of the late Val Camilletti are gathering at FitzGerald’s nightclub, 6615 Roosevelt Rd., from 3 to 10 p.m. on Sept. 16 to celebrate the life of the beloved record-store owner. Camilletti, owner of Val’s halla Records, 239 Harrison St., died after a twoyear battle with breast cancer on July 24 “Myself and three or four of her close friends, after her passing, started talking about having a gathering to celebrate her life,” said longtime friend and former store employee Andy Mead. “The only place that could ever happen is FitzGerald’s – that was her favorite place other than New Orleans. “We couldn’t find a big enough train to get everyone to New Orleans, so we chose FitzGerald’s.” The show will feature: Terri Hemmert; the Beatle-leles; Ian Leith; Falling Stars; Sing to Live Choir; Expo 76; The What 4, featuring Scott Ligon, Casey McDonough, Phil Angotti and John Perrin. The event is hosted by Oak Park

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CRUSTY: Judges Elora Cianciolo, left, and Melissa Elsmo wait for the tallies on the winning pies last Saturday, during the second annual Oak Park Farmers Market Pie Bake Off. (Left) Patrons try samples of the first place strawberry rhubarb. For a recap, see page 10.

resident and longtime customer Steve Parker. Louisiana chow – Val’s favorite – will be provided by Tom Cimms. A suggested donation of $10 will be donated to Val’s favorite charities: Make a Wish Foundation; Animal Care League of Oak Park and MusiCares. Separately, an effort to create an honorary street for Camilletti is moving forward in Oak Park Village Hall. Oak Park Trustee Deno Andrews has submitted a motion to designate a portion of Harrison Street “Val Camilletti Way”. The proposal will be introduced at the village board meeting scheduled for Sept. 4. Lineup additions and updates can be found at FitzGerald’s homepage at fitzgeraldsnightclub.com/.

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Just to the west, a celebration of Bataan

On Sunday, Sept. 9, 2:30 p.m., at

Maywood Veterans Memorial Park, located at the corner of 1st Avenue and Oak Street in Maywood, the Maywood Bataan Day Organization will host its annual Maywood Bataan Day Service. The service will begin with a concert of military and other appropriate musical pieces presented by the US Navy Great Lakes Ceremonial Band under the direction of Chief Musician Brandon Banbee. At 3 p.m., there will be a color guard presentation to start off the service. The guest speaker will be the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago, Consul General Gina A. Jamoralin. For more info, visit: mbdo. org/.

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Mutt Strut

“As I Am: The Life and Times of DJ AM” Saturday, Sept. 8, 11 a.m., Room 200, Christopher Center, Concordia University Chicago: A glimpse inside the life of ‘America’s first million-dollar DJ,’ Adam Goldstein. See his rise, struggles with addiction and recovery. Panel discussion follows. Stay from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. to enjoy food, music and conversation. Brought by the Addiction Recovery Team of the Community Mental Health Board of Oak Park Township. Free. Register: Cmhb.networkofcare.org. 7400 Augusta St., River Forest.

Unskeptical: Finding the Real Story in a World of Half-Truths Sunday, Sept. 9, 4 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Branch: Author and activist Seth Andrews, known for the website and podcast, The Thinking Atheist, will speak. Q&A session and book signing follows. Free. Brought by End of the Line Humanists. More: elhumanists.org. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

Saturday, Sept. 8, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Maple Park: All two- and four-legged walkers can do their part for Animal Care League (ACL) homeless animals. After strutting around Oak Park, enjoy live music, food, doggie-treat truck, canine massages, give-aways, prizes for best costumes and top fundraisers and more. $40, adult; $30, ACL members; $20, ages 6 to 16; free, dogs and ages 5 and under. Virtual walkers also welcome. Register/more: animalcareleague.org/2018mutt-strut.html. 1105 S. Maple Ave., Oak Park.

Movie under the Stars: “Paddington 2” Friday, Sept. 7, Dusk, Barrie Park: The Southeast Oak Park Community Organization (SEOPCO) along with Irving School PTO present a film that’s fun for the whole family. All are welcome. 1011 S. Lombard Ave., Oak Park.

CALENDAR EVENTS ■ As you’ve likely noticed, our Calendar has changed to Big Week. Fewer items, higher profile. If you would like your event to be featured here, please send a photo and details by noon of the Wednesday before it needs to be published. We can’t publish everything, but we’ll do our best to feature the week’s highlights. Email calendar@wjinc.com.

Thursday, Sept. 6, 6 to 8 p.m., Home and Studio: Come to the inaugural evening of music, wine, beer and light refreshments as you casually explore the historic site and learn from docents. Guided outdoor walks of the surrounding neighborhood, including Forest Avenue and its Wright-designed private residences. $50; $40; FLW Trust members. Also Sept. 20. Tickets/more: flwright.org/afterhourshs. 951 Chicago Ave., Oak Park.

Tuesday, Sept. 11, or Thursday, Sept. 13, 6:30 p.m., First United Church: Make a difference in the education of a child from the Austin neighborhood through tutoring. Info: clustertutoring.org. Questions: 773-378-5530; info@clustertutoring.org. 848 Lake St., Oak Park.

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BIG WEEK

Herbs & Spices 101 Saturday, Sept. 8, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: Learn about “A Pathway to Health and Savings Through Herbalism and Bulk Shopping” as presented by a representative from Sugar Beet Food Co-op. Demo and D.I.Y. spice blend to take home while supplies last (allergy advisory - nuts will be used). Space is limited. Register: oppl.org/calendar. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

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Migrating Monarchs Celebration Sunday, Sept. 9, Noon to 3 p.m., Trailside Museum: See how monarchs are raised, tagged for tracking and watch butterflies being released. Also, learn about this globe-trotting butterfly and trace its migration through activities, crafts and displays. Free. Questions: 708-366-6530. 738 Thatcher Ave., River Forest.

“Thurgood” Saturday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 9, 3:30 p.m., Martin Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, Dominican University: See the life and career of lawyer Thurgood Marshall, first African American Supreme Court Justice and champion of such landmark cases as Brown v. Board of Education, brought to the stage for a benefit for Oak Park Festival Theatre (OPFT). Champagne and dessert reception follow; meet with the OPFT Company and performer Johnny Lee Davenport. $50. Tickets/more: oakparkfestival.com/Thurgood. 7900 W. Division St., River Forest.

Fall Perennial, Houseplant and Garden Tool Exchange Saturday, Sept. 8, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Oak Park Conservatory: Join other gardeners and share favorite perennial plants, houseplants and extra garden tools. Drop off materials from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.; pick up items from noon to 12:30 p.m. Brought by the Friends of the Oak Park Conservatory. Questions: 708-725-2460. 615 Garfield, Oak Park.

Dmitry Samarov – Paintings and Drawings Through Oct. 17, O’Connor Art Gallery, Lewis Hall, Dominican University: The exhibit, which is a survey of the artist’s past 20 years of work, opens Wednesday, Sept. 5, with Samarov discussing his art at 3:30 p.m., followed by a reception, 4 to 7 p.m. His works “focus on the world outside himself.” Gallery hours: Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Inquire: galleryinfo@dom.edu. 7900 Division St., River Forest.

Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Systems at Pleasant Home Thursday, Sept. 6, 7 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: Join engineer Mark Nussbaum as he discusses key systems that make a building work and how they integrate with a historical structure like Pleasant Home in the past, present and future. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

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ART BEAT

‘Counter Balance’ highlights dances of inclusion By MICHELLE DYBAL

Contributing Reporter

hey see each other, unafraid to look into the other’s eyes, connecting. They move fluidly, some on foot, some on wheels, gliding across the stage, lifted by the other’s spirit. They reach, arms outstretched, inviting those who dance a similar dance. Though others live 6,000 miles away, they too connect. This is “Community,” one of 12 dances that will be performed at Counter Balance on Sunday, a concert put on by Momenta Dance of Oak Park and Access Living of Chicago. The art form featured is called modern/contemporary integrated dance. Integrated dance is open to all who want to move to music and may include dancers with a disability, those who use wheelchairs or contend with other physical impairments, those with mental health conditions or cognitive disabilities, as well as able-bodied dancers. “People with and without disabilities alike are starting at the same place, recognizing that they each have strengths, they each have weaknesses, and creating something from that place,” said Anita Fillmore Ken-

ney, Momenta’s associate executive director. “Community” is choreographed by Ginger Lane, arts and culture project coordinator for Access Living, and artistic director of the Counter Balance concert. Lane is also a dancer who uses a wheelchair and wanted to create a piece to “embrace the wider world and the concept of a shared humanity.” In March, Lane traveled to Israel so the relatives of the people who sheltered her and her family in Germany during WWII could be honored with a Righteous Among the Nations designation. Through this, she connected with a dance company near Jerusalem, Vertigo – Power of Balance, which incorporates integrative dance. The result is a collaboration on stage between Momenta dancers, who perform live, and Vertigo’s troupe, whose prerecorded improvised dance will be projected in the background. One dancer performing in “Community,” Suzen Riley, is a 55-year resident of Oak Park who is performing onstage for the first time. She is completing her third year on the Disability Access Commission for the village of Oak Park and uses a wheelchair. She said she has always wanted to dance, but has only taken workshops — until now.

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IN IT TOGETHER: Jessica Martin, who has cerebral palsy, joins an able-bodied dance partner in “Relationship,” which is part of Momenta Dance of Oak Park and Access Living of Chicago’s inclusive dance performance “Community” on Sept. 9. “I feel a connectedness between me and the other dancers,” Riley said. “It’s about communication. I think of interconnectedness when I’m dancing.” The eighth annual Counter Balance show aims to reach all audiences, according to Fillmore Kenney, and is returning after a 2½ year break due to lack of funding. But this year, sourced through state funds, grants and private donors, with Momenta contributing a significant amount, the show will go on. Lane secured a venue, Center on Halsted, in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, which donated the space. Guest artists include Dancing Wheels from Cleveland, a pioneer in the U.S. in inte-

grated dance for 38 years. Also featured will be a performance of Butoh, or the “dance of utter darkness,” a slow, expressive style developed in Japan. Several MOMENTA works include ones choreographed by Fillmore Kenney and danced with Kris Lenzo, a longtime MOMENTA dancer who uses a wheelchair. They also appear in a short video documentary on the creation of an integrated dance piece. “Relationship” will be performed by Exploration with Jessica Martin, who has Cerebral Palsy and gets out of her wheelchair and dances equal with her able-bodied partner, according to Fillmore Kenney. Martin has been dancing with Momenta for 10 years. Fillmore Kenney hopes this concert may change perceptions for the audience. “A person with a disability can do just as well as an able-bodied dancer,” she said. “I also want them to recognize this as a legitimate art form. It’s not about just ‘including’ people. It’s about making art.” See “Counter Balance: The Power of Integrated Dance,” Sunday, Sept. 9, at 3 p.m. at the Hoover-Leppen Theatre, Center on Halsted. $20; $15, seniors/students/people with disabilities; $5, age 10 and under. Tickets/more: momentadances.org/counter-balance-viii. Questions: 708-848-2329. All are invited to Inclusive Dance Workshops, Saturday, Sept. 8. Dancing Wheels session at 11 a.m. and Wannapa P-Eubanks Butoh-inspired workshop at noon. $10, suggested donation at the door. ASL interpretation provided. Both performance venue and workshop are accessible. 3656 N. Halsted, Chicago.

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An Oak Park Tradition A

Honoring Bob Vondrasek

our decades back I was a kid reporter trying to do a story I had virtually no capacity to report out. A reader had reached out to tell me about an apartment building in Austin, just a half block from Austin and South Boulevard, that was owned by an Oak Parker. The building was leased, tenants were paying rent, but the owner wasn’t paying the gas bill. So in the middle of that hard winter, tenants, a good many kids among them, were suffering without heat. I was in over my head. Making calls. Getting nowhere. Trying to keep the publisher of the Oak Park News off my back as I violated his number one rule: Puppies and children on the front page. Somehow one of my calls led me to Bob Vondrasek. He was with the South Austin Coalition Community Council (SACCC). A white guy. And a lead community organizer for a group that was laser focused on keeping the heat on, in more ways than one. Keeping the gas company from switching off heat in the winter. Keeping landlords from skimming cash out of failing buildings by not paying the gas bill. Helping tenants pay their utility bills directly. Bob knew exactly the building I was talking about. He’d been there, he’d talked to tenants, he knew all about the landlord. And he was very happy to talk to a newspaper reporter from Oak Park who wanted to do the story. That the reporter was 21 and largely clueless only worked to Bob’s advantage. He got me into the building, introduced me to people genuinely suffering, absolutely being screwed over as they had paid their rent every month. Bob walked me through the city regulations, made clear the loopholes that prevented any timely enforcement, which protected landlords. The story got written. Got some attention but produced no lasting impact. Eventually the building was condemned and then demolished. Poor people got shunted into other shabby buildings. Eventually the whole block on Corcoran

Place/South Boulevard from Austin to Mason was redeveloped as a senior living facility and townhomes. I’m thinking about Bob Vondrasek because our Austin Weekly News last week reported on a celebration in his honor held as health issues led to his retirement from SACCC. It was quite a crowd. Rep. Danny Davis said, “Bob Vondrasek is the most well-trained, creative, dedicated and consistent organizer I’ve ever known. I can’t escape the fact that he’s worked in a predominantly black community for 40 years.” Others described him rightly as fearless, good-hearted, courageous, and endlessly persistent. Of course he didn’t work alone. Always there was Mrs. Drummond, Lillian I suppose someone calls her, though I’ve always heard her called Mrs. Drummond and I’ve always called her Mrs. Drummond. These two were a pair. Constant collaborators, they made SACCC a name to be feared if you were among the many taking advantage of vulnerable, poor people in Austin. Mainly Austin got rolled. So creating a local force that genuinely intimidated the powerful was remarkable. Bob Vondrasek educated me back in 1978 and it was a continuing process for which I am deeply grateful. “America to Me”: Michael Romain, editor of our Austin Weekly and education reporter for the Journal for several years now, is writing a weekly viewer’s guide to the America to Me documentary series about Oak Park and River Forest High School. Michael is a graduate of OPRF which adds to his insights. His companion piece to episode 2 was posted Sunday night at OakPark.com and runs today on page 11. This is must reading. Far more than a synopsis of another compelling episode, Michael provides a thought-stirring, historically rooted, personal essay which extends the impact of the TV program. He’ll be writing each week.

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Luxury apartment tower set to open in 2019 Features 250 units and ground-level space for restaurants By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Elected officials and Oak Park decision-makers got their first look at the village’s next residential high-rise at the ”topping off ceremony” for the 12-story luxury apartment building being constructed at the corner of Harlem Avenue and South Boulevard. Jim Banovitz, senior vice president for the construction company AECOM Hunt, which is building the tower, told the crowd that the 250-unit building is expected to be completed in early 2019 and will be occupied shortly thereafter. And now it has a name -- Eleven 33 after the building’s address, 1133 South Blvd. The development is the work of Lincoln Property Company, which was chosen as preferred developer of the villageowned site in 2014. Joe Segobiano, director of development for Lincoln, said at the topping off ceremony -- where the final beam, signed by officials, is placed on the project -- that the company is working to find tenants for the 9,000- and 6,000-square-foot retail spaces on the ground level. “We’re hoping that we can get a restaurant or two on the east end here,” Segobiano said, adding that the smaller spot on the west end of the building was intended for a serviceoriented business. The property most recently served as two surface-level

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UPWARD: (From left) Oak Park Trustee Simone Boutet, Oak Park Village Manager Cara Pavlicek, Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb and Oak Park Trustee Deno Andrews at the topping off ceremony for Eleven 33, a new luxury apartment building at South Boulevard and Harlem Avenue. parking lots and was owned by the village of Oak Park, which issued a request for proposals from developers in 2014. The village has been gradually divesting itself of such properties and working to bring in mixed-use developments that include residential and commercial units.

Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb, who pushed to bring the development to the village, said that as recently as a few years ago the Oak Park owned over 350,000 square feet of land in the village. “All these properties were off the tax rolls -- vacant, ugly and unproductive,” he said. “Economically and visually they negatively impacted their own surroundings. The two lots this development was built on were among these vacant properties.” He noted that the developments are aimed at easing the tax burden on Oak Parkers. He said Lincoln paid the village $1.1 million for the land, included five affordable units in the building and contributed $700,000 to the village’s affordable housing fund. “Like Vantage (150 Forest Ave.) and The Emerson (1135 Westgate St.) developments, when this project is complete 500 more people will call Oak Park home,” Abu-Taleb said. Lincoln’s Jillian Larkin, who was named regional property manager for the project, told Wednesday Journal that the building would include 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom and penthouse units. Among the amenities are a fitness center, social room, garden terrace with fire pits and meeting rooms. The building offers views of downtown Chicago and is considered a transit-oriented development; it is located across the street from the Metra and CTA Green Line to downtown Chicago. The event was attended by local officials such as Village Manager Cara Pavlicek and Oak Park Village Trustees Deno Andrews and Simone Boutet. Andrews said it “makes sense to put something like this in this neighborhood” because of its proximity to the Green Line. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

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It’s important to gauge your dog’s reaction when you pet certain parts of their bodies. If they pull away because an area is particularly sensitive, keep an eye on it. If you feel a small mass and notice that it’s growing at a fast rate, you still should call your veterinarian, who may be able to help you over the phone. If not, a quick check-up can determine whether or not that growth is serious. In some cases, dogs don’t react to growths at all. A lump may be a fatty tumor, which can be common in older dogs and often ignored by dogs, owners and vets alike. But if the lump is growing and is obviously tender to the touch, bring your dog in for an examination. Warts are similar. Common in older dogs, warts can start out small but grow very quickly. They can be any anywhere, including ears, paws and on the top of their heads. In some cases, you’ll notice that your dogs are

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A good dog groomer or care provider gets to know your dog by checking out every part of their body. We rub them down and pet them all over to get a feel for them and to make sure that they’re comfortable with us. As a result, we become aware of any changes that might take place from week to week or month to month. Sometimes, those changes are in the form of lumps or sores that the owner may have missed. Owners should take a full-body approach to their dogs as well. After all, you need a baseline. What does your dog’s stomach normally look and feel like? Are their eyes clear? Can you pet them anywhere or do they react negatively to touch in a certain area?

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bothered by warts. They’ll scratch, lick and bite them and can sometimes cause a larger problem. Some dogs aren’t bothered by warts at all. If you notice a wart that looks abnormal, call your vet.

Different thresholds Like people, a dog’s threshold for pain and discomfort varies. Your co-worker who complains about the smallest headache but still shows up at the office differs from your other co-worker with a similar headache, only he calls in sick. And then there’s the third co-worker, who wouldn’t dare miss a day tackling spreadsheets if her head was the size of a beach ball and throbbing in pain. Dogs are similar. They grow a tolerance to certain discomforts over time. That learned behavior can mask larger issues. That’s why it’s an owner’s responsibility to check every inch of their pet, making sure that their bodies stay in similar condition from week to week. We’ll be examining—pun intended—some of the basics of dog health the next few weeks, with a focus on what dog owners can do to help keep their pets in shape. And the next time you give Fido those scratches behind the ears that he just loves, be sure to pay some attention to the rest of his body. You’ll be more aware of his overall well-being and mindful of some of the issues he may face in the future. Jill Showalter owns Yuppie Puppy and Doggie Day Play in Oak Park. She has personally tended to more than 100,000 dogs since 2007 and has shared stories and advice with numerous dog owners.

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Rauner signs Harmon opioid bill Legislation allows medical cannabis in place of opioids

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Illinois residents who are prescribed opioid-based medications can now take medical cannabis as an alternative, under a bill by state Sen. Don Harmon (D-Oak Park), signed into law by Gov. Bruce Rauner. Harmon says the Alternatives to Opioids Act aims to reduce the number of people using opioids who might be prone to addiction. “The opioid crisis is getting worse at an alarming rate,” Harmon said in a press release. “People dealing with severe pain and other medical conditions are looking for relief, and it is becoming increasingly clear that opioids may not be the safest treatment.” Harmon said opioid dependence can develop within days and the new law “gives people a chance to act quickly and pursue another treatment option if they choose.” The new law, which takes effect

Don Harmon immediately, also removes the wait some medical cannabis card holders have experienced in getting the drug after they are approved by the state. He told Wednesday Journal in June that it can take months for patients to receive their cards and

begin purchasing medical cannabis. He said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reports that an estimated 72,000 U.S. citizens died of opioid overdoses in 2017. “This law will give thousands of Illinoisans who struggle with the negative side effects of opioids, including harmful addiction, another choice to manage their pain,” Rauner said in a press release. “This is not about personal opinions about cannabis. It’s about giving people more control over their own health care and pain-relief options.” The Rauner press release notes that Illinois experienced a 13 percent increase in opioid overdoses from 2016 to 2017. Rauner noted that states with medical cannabis experienced a 14.4 percent reduction in the use of prescription opioids, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

Oak Park trustee’s yogurt biz closes Red Mango owner Taglia: ‘Something had to give’ By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

It’s been about four years since Oak Park Village Trustee Jim Taglia opened the Red Mango yogurt and smoothie shop at 1044 Lake St., and on Friday, Aug. 31, the business closed shop for the last time. Taglia, who served as a member of the Oak Park Township Board of Trustees when he opened the shop, said the business was successful, but he decided to close because it was too much to handle with his other responsibilities. Along with serving as a village trustee -- Taglia was appointed to the position in 2017, when Trustee Adam Salzman vacated the position -- Taglia is owner of the Lake Station, Indiana-based company Pro-Chem-Co Inc., which manufacturers chemicals used in the steel and metalworking industries. Over the last four years, Red Mango has generated approximately $250,000 in sales tax, about 20 percent of which went to the Village of Oak Park, Taglia said. Taglia said his work with Pro-Chem-Co requires him to travel frequently and drive to Indiana on an almost daily basis. He said closing the restaurant was “bittersweet” and that he would miss his “wonderful employees.” “It’s been a great four years,” he said. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

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The focus this year is on equity, outreach, says D97 supt. Her hope for ‘America to Me’? That more people start reading about race By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

During an interview last week, District 97 Supt. Carol Kelley outlined her administration’s priorities for the 2018-19 school year. Those goals, she said, are centered on equity. Kelley noted that, heading into this school year, she’s been more deliberate about communicating with and listening to community members in order to achieve what she said are the district’s three main aspirational goals. Those goals, the superintendent explained, include increasing the number of third grade students who are reading at or above grade level, increasing the number of middle-school students who are projected to be college ready, and ensuring that more students have a “sense of belonging” in the district. Currently, 72 percent of third-graders at D97 are reading at or above grade level. The goal, Kelley said, is to be at 75 percent by the spring. The district has implemented a variety of measures to achieve that boost, such as hiring three additional literacy intervention teachers at Holmes, Longfellow and Lincoln, in addition to purchasing an array of new curriculum materials and literacy kits. In order to increase the percentage of middle-school students who are projected

to be college ready in math and reading, the district has piloted new math textbooks for grades six through eight, Kelley said. In addition, both Brooks and Julian have been authorized as international baccalaureate schools with rigorous instructional units. There’s also been a 7 percent increase in the number of students of color taking advanced math in sixth grade. The goal, Kelley said, is to increase by 3 percent the number of middle-school students who are projected to be college ready in reading and math — from 55 to 58 percent in reading and from 47 to 50 percent in math. The district has hired a culture and climate middle-school coach, four more social workers, four more special education teachers and an additional psychologist at schools throughout the district in order to ensure that the learning environment for students is more positive. Kelley said the district’s goal is to increase the number of students who say they belong and are treated with respect by their peers while at school from 71 percent and 54 percent, respectively, to 82 percent and 65 percent by the spring. In addition, the district hopes to reduce the total number of disabled students who receive instruction in a separate space for more than 60 percent of the day by 2 percent — from 12 to 10 percent. “Our aspiration goals are really centered around the concept of equity,” Kelley said. “For me, when I say I want the learning en-

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PROMOTING EQUITY: District 97 Supt. Carol Kelley is among the 6 percent of public school administrators in the state who are minority and female. Her central office and building principals are also predominantly minority and/or female. vironment for our students to be equitable, I mean I want to dismantle any systemic barriers that are preventing students from having access or opportunities for learning at high intellectual levels. Equity, to me, is an antidote to — and I’m going to say it — institutional racism.” Kelley said she’ll continue to utilize an advisory panel composed of staff and community members, which was created several years ago to facilitate community meetings

and help draft the district’s vision plan. The superintendent said this year’s group will be smaller and will “help advise me, give feedback, probe, ask questions, push me … but it will be around equity.” Kelley also plans to host three town halls in October, March and May, in addition to the regular community conversations she’s already been hosting. The next community conversation, she said, is on Sept. 27 at Buzz Café. On Sept. 25, immediately before a regular board meeting, the district will host a learning session for board members facilitated by a representative from the National Equity Project, an Oakland, California-based organization that works to enhance equity in schools and communities. Kelley said she hopes the national dialogue on race and equity that’s been prompted by the documentary series, America to Me, will encourage people to start learning about the issues of race and education from a more detached, analytical perspective. The former engineer has hosted discussions on a range of books about race and equity authored by serious scholars in a range of fields, such as Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by the social psychologist Claude Steele. She regularly keeps multiple copies of the books to hand out to people. “I hope this film will help people start reading,” Kelley said. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

River Forest considers paying people to rehab condos

But only multi-family housing within the new North Avenue TIF district By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

In reaction to residents worried their apartments or condominiums will be demolished with the arrival of the new North Avenue tax-increment financing (TIF) district, River Forest trustees are considering paying these property owners to make updates to those units, as a way to extend the life and value of affordable housing in the area. “If you invest in your homes and you preserve your homes there will be many dividends in the future, and we believe that,” Village President Cathy Adduci said at a board meeting on Aug. 20. “I think this policy is to address those that live here, those that want to stay here. I heard many of them say all we want is to stay in our home. … We want

you to stay in your home too and we want to help you stay in your home. That’s really the impetus of this policy to just do that.” The North Avenue TIF has protections against eminent domain to single-family homes in the district, but the ordinance does not protect against eminent domain to multi-family housing. Under the proposed “Livable Housing Policy,” the village could foot the bill for landlords rehabbing, repairing or remodeling their properties. Village staff reviewed the 266 current owner-occupied multi-family homes in the North Avenue TIF and found that at least 50 percent would qualify for village funds under the proposed policy. In order to receive funding assistance, the property owner needs to at least meet the affordable price limits set by the Illinois Housing Department Authority (IHDA), although village staff recommended a 5 percent variance to these limits so as to be as inclusive as possible. The policy could potentially be open to renters, too. Single-family properties were not included in this policy.

It could be “a group of homeowners coming in saying, ‘Look we have this laundry list of issues, maybe we don’t have a homeowners association, we need some help here.’ And looking at that universally, as opposed to looking at it on a unit by unit basis,” Village Administrator Eric Palm said at the meeting. The village hasn’t nailed down the details of who, exactly, would be eligible to receive funds and what type of repair work the village would look into subsidizing. “I can only speak for myself at this point, I wouldn’t be real excited about giving someone tax dollars to fix their kitchen,” Trustee Michael Gibbs said at the Aug. 20 meeting. But under the proposed policy, the village would only give out funds if there was enough available in the North Avenue TIF. Village staff would review resident requests for funds, and the village board would have the final say in whether they’re approved or denied. At the meeting, resident Daniel Lauber spoke out against the policy, saying village

officials should focus instead on requiring developers to include a certain percentage of affordable housing units in all new construction. As a trade-off, the village could allow developers to build a greater number of units than current zoning allows, he said. “They’re making more profit, getting more units built with absolutely no taxpayer assistance, and the village and school district’s reaping more property tax because the property is more valuable,” Lauber said. He added: “Instead of focusing on this living housing policy, which doesn’t really accomplish very much and does not address the concerns people have expressed in previous meetings, you adopt a policy to preserve existing affordable housing to houses now living in the TIF district by avoiding the tearing down of existing housing on North Ave. without affordable housing first being built.” The policy was tabled at the Aug. 20 meeting and will be discussed at a future village board meeting. CONTACT: ntepper@wjinc.com

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Who doesn’t love eating pie in the rain?

torms couldn’t keep eager Oak Park bakers from delivering their best pies for judgement at the Oak Park Farmers Market on Sept. 2. The whole scene was a little bit Mayberry and skosh Stars Hollow in the best possible way. Tables, covered with green and white checkered cloths and dotted with wild flower filled mason jars, held a bevy of creative pies awaiting a taste. From a traditional lattice-topped cherry pie to an unconventional Mexican street corn-inspired tart, each offering was as unique as the baker who crafted it. Despite the fact the farmers market has been operating for 43 seasons, this was only the second annual pie bake-off held at the market. Both professional and amateur bakers were encouraged to enter and all pies prioritized the use of farmers market ingredients. Irrespective of filling choice, all entered pies were required to be handmade, from filling to crust. To encourage crust creativity, farmers market vendor Brian Severson Grain Farm offered to custom mill organic flour to the specifications of each contestant. Barry’s Berries, Nichols Family Farm and Orchard, Ellis Family Farm and Walt Skibbe Farm provided copious fruit and vegetable options to keep the bakers’ fillings intriguing. Oak Park Trustee Deno Andrews served as event emcee via Facebook Live as Wednesday Journal reporter Tim Inklebarger, restaurant architect Walter Pancewicz and youth judge Elora Cianciolo joined me to blind-taste and judge the 13 pies. Pies were judged on appearance, taste and creative use of farmers market ingredients. While some entries were given memorable names like

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Ameri-Pie to Me and Nothing Compears Pie, other bakers made unexpected ingredient choices like adding herbal thyme to a blackberry pie or studding a deep dish apple pie with bacon and brie. While judging a savory tomato-vegetable-ricotta pie next to a sweet peach-ginger pie could be daunting to some, Tim Inklebarger, the government, police and business reporter for Wednesday Journal, was equal to the task. A former resident of Texas, Inklebarger once judged a chili cook-off in Alaska and his selfproclaimed favorite food is “whatever you got.” When I asked the laid-back judge to describe the hallmarks of a winning pie, he responded flatly, “That it be good.” I suspect Inklebarger was simply waiting to be swept away by the quintessential nature of a

perfect pie. When I asked the same question of youth judge, Elora Cianciolo, the fifth-grader responded in detail. “I like to eat my pie separately,” said Cianciolo, “so the crust should be sweet, but not too sweet and the filling should be thick and flavorful, but they should still taste good together.” While the young judge hung onto a piece of blackberrypeach pie for quite some time, Inklebarger seemed quite fond of a classic cherry pie. Walter Pancewicz, of Aria Group architects, didn’t seem preoccupied with the structure of the pies generally, but did have a noticeable appreciation for refreshing pear pie with notes of rosemary in the crust. As for me? I am typically a savory girl through and through, and while I adored several of the savory entries, a surprisingly perfect strawberry-rhubarb pie earned top

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PIE-EYED: Attendees line up for free samples of pies last Saturday, during the second annual Oak Park Farmers Market Pie Bake Off. marks on my forms. The as the rains subsided, scores were tallied, a crowd gathered as market volunteers doled out tastings of all the entered pies, and winners were announced. The heated competition ended with a good-natured pie in the face for Deno Andrews. Congratulations to the 2018 Oak Park Farmers Market pie bake-off winners: 1st Place: Grandma’s Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie baked by Alexandra Rey-Talley 2nd Place: Nothing Compears Pie baked by Laura Waltje 3rd Place: Thyme-Scented Blackberry Pie baked by Jessica Childs

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WATCHING ‘AMERICA TO ME’ EPISODE 2: ‘STRANGER IN A ROOM’

By MICHAEL ROMAIN

How does it feel to be a problem

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Between me and the other world there is ever an unasked question: unasked by some through feelings of delicacy, by others through the difficulty of rightly framing it. All, nevertheless, flutter round it. ‘How does it feel to be a problem?’

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atching this second episode took me back to my own days at Oak Park and River Forest High School. I thought of my readings on AfricanAmerican literature in Michael Dorame’s English course, where I was first introduced to Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, and concepts like W.E.B. Du Bois’ “double-consciousness.” I recall a chalkboard where Mr. Dorame drew a triangle Screenshot to illustrate the three major ways that slaves subverted the condition of their involuntary servitude. HOW DOES IT FEEL?: Danielle Robinson, the mother of OPRF They openly rebelled against their masters (i.e., Freder- student Ke’Shawn Kumsa, shared her tragic story of attendick Douglass), they ran away, and/or they resisted through ing the high school in the second episode of ‘America to Me,’ subtle, day-to-day acts of sabotage, such as slowing work, playing sick or dumb, breaking tools and committing ar- which aired this past Sunday on Starz. son — the latter category a kind of war of attrition, but one waged by the property itself. cussing the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald by Chicago Fundamentally, these concepts describe sophisticated sur- Police Officer Jason Van Dyke. The officer shot the 17-yearvival techniques that blacks have developed and honed over old, who police suspected had been involved in a string of centuries to endure not just years of slavery, but more than robberies and who was armed with a knife, 16 times. four centuries of white supremacy — and the other side of Van Dyke encountered a mentally unstable teenager and that coin, the wholesale practice of deeming an entire popu- saw a threat that was to be mitigated by any means, includlation of people unworthy of basic humanity. ing force. If McDonald were white, would Van Dyke have felt In scene after scene of Steve James’ real-life miniature as threatened? There’s no need to answer this question; that epic, I was struck by the enduring, gravitational force that it must be posed and seriously grappled with ideas like Ellison’s concept of invisibility and is evidence of what scholars call a “racial emW.E.B. Du Bois’ idea of double-consciousness pathy gap.” have upon the material reality of the very real I am invisible, the African-American protaglives played out in this documentary. ■ To read more onist in Ellison’s 1952 novel explains, because Danielle Robinson, the mother of OPRF stupeople refuse to see me. Like the bodiless dent Ke’Shawn Kumsa, tells us how the systemVISIT OAKPARK.COM heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, atic dehumanization of African Americans plays it as though I have been surrounded by mirout in day-to-day real life — in this instance as a rors of hard, distorting glass. When they approach me they blunt, automatic denial of credibility. Interestingly enough, the second episode starts in Jessica see only my surroundings, themselves, or figments of their Stovall’s literature class, with white and black students dis- imagination — indeed, everything and anything except me.

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“They already had decided who you were, so whenever they saw me they were looking for a problem,” Robinson recalls of her own days attending OPRF more than two decades ago as a young, black woman from Chicago. “It is a peculiar sensation,” wrote Du Bois in his 1903 The Souls of Black Folk, “this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.” In this second episode, the viewer gets acquainted with the burden of balancing these different consciousnesses. For blacks, code-switching — going back and forth between this black/white binary — is a very real and rather mundane thing. Notice how Kendale McCoy, an African-American student who plays drums in the marching band and also wrestles (and whose effort to lose weight in order to land a starting position on OPRF’s top-ranked wrestling team is the second episode’s biggest narrative hook) describes his experience among his closest white friends in band. “I can’t talk about race, rap with my white friends as much because they don’t understand it,” he says. “Some of them don’t know who Malcolm X or Biggie Smalls is.” There is an inherent knowingness among these AfricanAmerican subjects, the sense that they’re the only ones in on the absurdist joke that is OPRF’s long, lapsed history of dealing with the problem of race — which too often translates into whites problematizing actual black bodies. “This got to be a joke,” Robinson says, looking on Room 422, called “Motivational Mentoring” on the placard. “That has got to be a joke. If you know this room, you know that it wasn’t the motivational center.” When she was in high school, Room 422 was where the “OC” kids were housed. In yet another instance of how the students, particularly students of color, are much more familiar than the adults with the absurdist outcomes of many of the high school’s best efforts to deal with its “problematic” population, Robinson explains that OC was short for “out of control,” not the institutional name administrators had in mind for the acronym. “They pumped candy in you all day and we used to shoot pool and watch Jerry Springer,” she recalls. “It was kind of like jail. It was almost prepping you.” CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

Resident input sought for parks in Oak Park

Board seeks to revise strategic plan, gather ideas for Lindberg Park By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

The residents of Oak Park soon will have an opportunity to share ideas for the future parks throughout Oak Park and Lindberg Park in particular. On Sept. 11, the Park District of Oak Park board will host a community meeting to find out what the residents want to include in its strategic plan. And on Sept 12, the park district will hold a meeting about Lindberg

Park, giving residents an opportunity to comment on the improvements made so far and suggest future improvements. Both meetings will be held at Cheney Mansion, 220 N. Euclid Ave., at 7 p.m. Park district officials encourage all interested residents to review plans on their website. A link to the Park District Strategic Plan 201618 can be found at www.pdop.org/about/ about-us while a link to the Lindberg Park plan can be found at www.pdop.org/about/ park-facility-improvements. The 2016-18 strategic plan was an outgrowth of the park district’s 2015-24 master plan, which set guidelines for policies, operations and capital improvements. The strategic plan focuses on goals and priorities for a shorter, three-year period. With the 2016-18

plan coming to an end, the park district is developing the new plan for 2019-21. The park district will try to forge a plan to improve parks and facilities while taking into account Oak Park’s current economic, demographic and environmental realities and projected trends. Every strategic plan includes a public outreach component, which is where the Sept. 11 meeting comes in. The Park District of Oak Park also creates plans for individual parks. The plans suggest potential improvements and other changes, though the way they are implemented depends on how much money the district has and what kind of grants and other outside funding it can secure. The original Lindberg Park master plan was developed in 2010, and the park was

renovated in 2015. The park district tries to review the parks and facilities master plans at least once every 10 years. Diane Stanke, park district’s director of marketing and customer service, said while her there are no funds set aside for Lindberg Park capital improvements at this time, they are interested to hear resident suggestions for smaller improvements that may not require as much money. And, if the residents do want to suggest the capital improvements, the park district will save those suggestions and take them into account when putting together future capital projects budgets. Stanke said that residents who aren’t able to make those meetings can submit comments by email to Diane.Stanke@podp.org.

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units, with an average assisted-living unit priced at $5,500 per month, and the average memory-care unit running $6,800 per month. Meals, housekeeping, laundry and more amenities will be available to residents. “It’s not your moms version of an old folks home, it’s truly a hospitality service we’re in,” said Bob Gawronsky, vice president of development at Senior Lifestyle. “We want it to be like living in a four-star hotel.” The site will take up approximately 1.5 acres, more than a football field, and sit on the northwest corner of Chicago and Harlem Avenues. The ground floor will consist of common spaces for programs, dining and parking. Developers plan to offer 74 indoor and outdoor parking spaces, lined with permeable pavement, for employees, residents and guests of the facility. Because the village offers no zoning for a senior care community, Houseal said it was “hard to extrapolate” River Forest’s parking requirements, but noted that developers exceeded the amount of spaces recommended by both the Institute of Traffic Engineers and American Planning Association. Michael Werthmann, a principal and founder of the KOLA traffic consulting firm, said he expected the facility to generate a less than 1 percent increase in traffic, since memory care patients are not permitted to drive, many residents are not expected to have cars and that some of the 34 employees of the facility will likely use public transportation. He noted that the singular access point of the senior community will replace the five driveways of the former TCF Bank and residential homes that currently occupy the space. “It will greatly improve the flow of traffic on Harlem because it will eliminate all these conflicts and greatly improve the pedestrian experience,” Werthmann said. The second floor will contain a mix of assisted-living and memory care support space, with a landscaped courtyard for memory care patients. The third and fourth floors will consist of assisted living apartments. The building will be topped by green

rooftop courtyards and a pitched roof that faces Harlem Avenue and rises to 68.5 feet, far above the village’s limit of 30 feet in current zoning for the site. “When they talk about the green roof that residents can go in, when they talk about the public realm that residents can look out, they are talking about my yard. They are talking about a garden my kids play in. We have asked them to lower that fourth level repeatedly,” said resident Daniel Roach, adding that the developer told him that the project is not “financially viable” at less than 125 units. Developers estimate it will generate about $500,000 in annual real estate taxes for the village once it’s built. The first three floors of the building will be covered in brick with the final story covered in light-toned wood panels. A landscape designer has met with neighbors about planting trees on their properties to provide screening from the facility. Police Chief James O’Shea said he’s talked with developers about installing emergency call buttons, lighting and security cameras on the property. He said developers seemed “very open to these discussions, even though the village ordinance does not require these things, they seemed to understand their necessity in River Forest.” Fire Chief Kurt Bohlmann also noted that developers have a contract with a private ambulance company to respond to calls from the facility, and that the senior home will likely only add two calls to River Forest first-responders’ list weekly. Resident Suzanne Morrison called for the private ambulance company to silence its sirens at night and submit the total number of ambulance calls expected. “Now all of a sudden I can expect to be woken up by private ambulances and village ambulances at night?” she asked. “It is going to hurt my property values and it is going to hurt my house,” she added. The public hearing has been extended to Sept. 6, after which the Development Review Board will submit its recommendation to the village board. That elected body will decide to approve or deny Senior Lifestyle and Kaufman Jacobs’ application. If approved, trustees would need to grant site development allowances regarding the use and height of the building, parking, setbacks, landscaping and lighting. CONTACT: ntepper@wjinc.com

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Author of 14 books from page 1 cally possible. The internet is forever.’ True enough. But it’s also true that I could have tried to take it down. I could at least have made the stories much harder to find. I didn’t want to. Mohanraj was my name too.” Mohanraj, now 47, is among Oak Park’s most notable residents, making a career writing on a number of topics, including erotica, cooking, Sri Lankan culture, gardening and science fiction, to name a few. She has authored 14 books and is associate coordinator of Asian and Asian American Studies at University of Illinois at Chicago. She is executive director of both the arts organization DesiLit, which promotes South Asian and diaspora literature, and the Speculative Literature Foundation, which promotes writers in speculative fiction. Mohanraj has written for years about her bisexuality and polyamory, she is a self-described Trekkie – a fan of the science-fiction show Star Trek -- and she is the mother of two. She received honorable mention in the Asian American Book Awards for her 2005 novel “Bodies in Motion,” which has been translated into six languages. “All of my writing is focused on how do we be honest and transparent and look bravely at the situation we’re in, so we can think about how to make it better,” she said. Although Mohanraj is relatively obscure in Oak Park, she’s made more of a local name for herself over the last year with her successful bid for Oak Park Library Board. She said at the time that she felt compelled to get involved in politics after the election of Donald Trump.

The library board is just the beginning for Mohanraj, who revealed she is interested in seeking higher office – possibly Oak Park village trustee or mayor. “I’ve been talking to some people about various positions I should consider. Village board is one of them, mayor is one of them, Cook County commissioner is one of them,” she said. “I’m still learning, I think. I need to learn more about what those positions really entail.” Mohanraj, who emigrated from Sri Lanka at the age of 2, grew up in a Polish-Catholic community in Connecticut. She began her writing career in erotica because the conflict in her life at that time centered around dating and sexuality, she said. “You tend to write about where the conflict is,” she said in a recent interview. “So I wrote a lot of stories initially about girls in college sleeping with boys they probably weren’t supposed to sleep with and working out their relationship issues. That kind of morphed to include more race and ethnicity materials as time went on.” She distanced herself from her Sri Lankan roots as a young woman, but in her thirties she began exploring her culture. In her forties, Mohanraj has focused more on science fiction, blogging and political writing. Her scifi work is largely a vehicle for writing about issues for which readers may have preconceptions, she said. In a recent story for the science fiction and fantasy magazine Lightspeed, Mohanraj wrote about the Syrian refugee crisis from the perspective of “refugees seeking solace and comfort from these aliens that are sort of like space whales.” “Science fiction lets you talk about things that give you a little distance,” she said. “If you’re in space and you’re with aliens, you can talk through an issue and show various sides of it, and your readers are not immediately going to come in with preconceptions because they have no opinions about space whales, whereas they might have opinions about Syrians.”

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Mary Anne Mohanraj “I think it helps. It’s always been a genre that lets us think more clearly.” Most recently, Mohanraj published the vegan Sri Lankan cookbook “Vegan Serendib.” It is her second cookbook. Her first cookbook “A Taste of Serendib” was for a girlfriend who was vegetarian and loves South Asian food, Mohanraj explained. “In part this was for her and in part it was because people kept asking me for vegan recipes,” Mohanraj said. “As it turns out, it’s super easy to make Sri Lankan food vegan, because much of it already is, and much of it is gluten-free.” What’s next for Mohanraj? Possibly a makerspace in Oak Park with woodworking and sewing machines and 3D printers, she said. That is, if she doesn’t seek higher office. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

Two in custody after Ike chase shuts down CTA Blue Line 11th District Chicago police report foot chase carries over to CTA tracks By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Chicago police have taken two people into custody following a chase on the morning of Aug. 29 that resulted in a car crash on the Eisenhower Expressway and carried over to the CTA Blue Line tracks that shut down the train line for about an hour. The 11th District Police Department reports that an armed robbery took place in Chicago at 10:15 a.m. somewhere in the vicinity of Homan and Albany avenues, according to an email from Chicago police spokesman Jose Jara. The report notes that the victim waved down Chicago police officers, telling them that the offenders who robbed him at gunpoint drove a silver vehicle with Florida plates. Chicago police spotted the vehicle and attempted to curb the car, but the driver re-

fused to stop. A chase ensued and the two offenders exited the vehicle somewhere along the Eisenhower Expressway. ABC 7 News reports that the vehicle crashed near the overpass at Oak Park Avenue. Chicago Police report that a foot chase took place and two offenders were taken into custody. No one was reported injured in the pursuit, according to police. One firearm was recovered and police are looking for a second, police said. A damaged Hyundai Sonata with Florida plates was later seen blocked by several police vehicles in a parking lot at the United States Postal Service building at 1116 Garfield St., in Oak Park. CTA spokesman Jon Kaplan said in a telephone interview that power was cut three times to the Blue Line between the Forest Park and Cicero stops between around 10 and 11:05 a.m. at the request of Chicago police. Police could be seen on the tracks of the Blue Line searching for the offenders. Oak Park spokesman David Powers said in an email Oak Park police were not involved in the incident. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

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KICKER: The damaged silver Hyundai Sonata is seen blocked in by several police vehicles last Wednesday, in the parking lot at the United States Postal Service building on Garfield Street near Harlem Avenue in Oak Park.

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Alcuin Montessori breaks ground on new campus

New Roosevelt Road school will house expanded early childcare program By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Oak Park’s oldest Montessori school recently broke ground on a second location in order to expand its infant, toddler and middle school programs. School officials and community leaders gathered on Aug. 24 on the 6900 block of Roosevelt Road in Oak Park to break ground on what will be a second campus. The school’s main campus is at 324 N. Oak Park Ave. In a statement released last month, Alcuin’s executive director, Gina Gleason, said that the new facility is the result of increased demand for quality early childhood offerings. She said the school also needs increased capacity for its growing middle school, which is currently housed at the Gale House, located south of Unity Temple on Kenilworth. “We constantly receive inquiries from families seeking high-quality care for their infants and toddlers,” Gleason stated. “Additionally, our middle school is currently bursting at the seams with families in search of a smaller, more personalized learning environment for their children.” During a phone interview last week, Gleason said that she anticipates construction on the second campus taking around seven months to complete. Construction, she added,

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BUILDING ANEW: Gina Gleason speaks to an audience during the groundbreaking ceremony for Alcuin’s new campus on Aug. 24. won’t affect the school’s current programs and there will be no tuition increase as a result of the new capital project. She credited the Oak Park Economic Development Corporation, as well as Community Bank of Oak Park

and River Forest, for helping Alcuin identify and secure the property. The school purchased the property from Community Bank for an undisclosed amount and took out loans from Illinois Federal Funding and West Suburban Bank to fund the cost of the build. In last month’s statement, Viktor Schrader, economic development director at OPECD, said that the organization is “proud to support Alcuin’s expansion plans and feel their new campus will help revitalize the Roosevelt corridor.” Ted Nourie, the owner of Eight-Cubed architecture — the firm that will design the new campus — said in the statement that he has been involved in developing the Alcuin addition since 2011. “I am extremely excited to see what this project can ultimately provide for the Alcuin community,” Nourie said. “We strived to integrate openness, abundant natural daylight, and nature in the building design, because we believe these elements are critical in the development and education of young Montessori students.” Gleason said last week that Alcuin has been in Oak Park since 1961. The new addition, she said, will allow the school “to remain in Oak Park” and to “continue serving students in this area.” “There’s a real need for quality infant and toddler care that isn’t currently available to this area,” she said. “We’ve known that for a long time and we’re really excited we’ll be able to bring that to families and to provide the Montessori experience for the youngest students.” CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

Burglar steals keys from house and vehicle from garage

A residence was burglarized in the 500 block of South Taylor, sometime between 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 23 and 5:48 a.m. on Aug. 24. The burglar gained entry through an unlocked second-story side window. A Playstation 4, a Macbook Air, a wallet with miscellaneous IDs and credit cards and a set of keys to the victim’s vehicle were taken. The victim’s garage was entered through an unlocked side service door and the intruder stole the victim’s vehicle. The estimated loss is $75,000.

Carjacking Oak Park police arrested a male juvenile from Chicago at 3:24 p.m. in the 1100 block of South Taylor on Aug. 29. Police report that they charged the juvenile with an attempted vehicular hijacking, aggravated battery and a burglary that took place in Oak Park on May 19.

Robbery Anthony Neudeck, 39, of the 800 block of East 4th Place in Los Angeles, California, was arrested at 1:31 a.m. in the 700 block of South Austin Boulevard on Aug. 28 and charged with attempted robbery. No additional information was provided.

Burglary ■ A home was burglarized in the 1100 block of Wesley Avenue, sometime between

12:30 and 5 a.m. on Aug. 30. Someone gained entrance to the residence and stole: an iPhone 7; a Microsoft Surface Pro; an HP laptop; cash; a wallet containing the victim’s driver’s license, Illinois Supreme Court attorney ID, Cook County attorney ID, and miscellaneous credit cards. The burglar also made off with two key fobs and a house key. The estimated loss is $2,065. A garage was burglarized on the same block, sometime between 4 p.m. on Aug. 29 and 7:15 a.m. on Aug. 30. The burglar entered through an unlocked side service door, entered the victim’s vehicle and stole a pair of black Maui Jim sunglasses. The estimated loss is $300. ■ A vehicle was burglarized in the 100 block of North Humphrey Avenue, sometime between 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 28 and noon on Aug. 29. The burglar broke the driver’s side window to gain entry to the vehicle and then stole an iPad mini and a pair of black Gucci sunglasses with polarized lenses. The estimated loss is $1,160. ■ A residence was burglarized in the 200 block of South Oak Park Avenue, sometime between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Aug. 28. The burglar gained entry to the front door by use of a pry tool. The burglar then ransacked the interior and stole jewelry and an iPad. The estimated loss is unknown. ■ A vehicle was burglarized in the 100 block of Bishop Quarter Lane, sometime between 2 p.m. on Aug. 28 and noon on Aug. 29. The burglar gained entry to the vehicle

through an unlocked door and stole a jewelry box with miscellaneous jewelry valued at an estimated $4,000. ■ Leon Dukes, 32, of the 100 block of Adams, was arrested in the 100 block of Jackson Boulevard at 2:48 a.m. on Aug. 26 and charged with residential burglary and theft in the 100 block of Jackson Boulevard. No additional information was given.

stolen in the 1100 block of Westgate, sometime between 10 and 11 p.m. on Aug. 23. The estimated loss is $900. ■ A group of teens stole a victim’s unattended fanny pack in the 100 block of Lake Street at 7:32 p.m. on Aug. 25. The fanny pack contained a credit card, U.S. passport, keys, cash and a health card. The estimated loss is $70.

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■ Someone stole an unattended iPhone 7 left on a bench at the CTA Blue Line stop, 1050 S. Austin Blvd., about 5:45 p.m. on Aug. 28. The estimated loss is $500. ■ Someone stole a 2009 GMC Sierra that was parked in the 600 block of Wenonah Ave., sometime between 2:58 and 3:58 p.m. on Aug. 29. The estimated loss is $7,000. ■ A Cicero woman was the victim of theft while leaving the Jewel-Osco grocery store, 7036 Roosevelt Rd., at 10:27 p.m. on Aug. 28. As she was leaving the store, the woman was approached by two males, who police say “removed” from her shopping cart a black Tommy Hilfiger purse, which contained $500, a Galaxy 7 cellphone and miscellaneous ID cards. The two men were last seen fleeing eastbound on Wenonah on foot. The two offenders were described as being between the ages of 16 and 20 and having a slim build. They both wore hoodies, according to police. ■ An unattended Samsung Galaxy S8 was

Emilio Zuniga, 24, of the 1300 block of South Ridgeland in Berwyn, was involved in an accident at Austin Boulevard and the Eisenhower Expressway at 3:28 a.m. on Aug. 28. He was subsequently arrested and charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a suspended license and a bond forfeiture warrant out of Lyons. These items, obtained from the Oak Park and River Forest police departments, came from reports, Aug. 23-30, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest. Compiled by Timothy Inklebarger

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Grace Church ministers through worship, music and education

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ed by Jesus, we live today; we live the life that is really life,” said Pastor Dave Lyle in his sermon on Sunday, August 26. at Grace Lutheran Church in River Forest. Preaching at Grace is centered on God’s word and the cross of Christ and what these things mean for our lives today. Word and sacrament are at the heart of the Grace community’s life together. The congregation gathers for worship on Sunday mornings at 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Grace’s liturgical worship is enlivened by vibrant congregational singing and a tradition of musical excellence. Children’s sermons ensure that there is a take-away message even for young worshipers. The 9:45 a.m. education hour on Sunday mornings offers classes for children age 3 and up, as well as Teen Talk and programs for adults. This fall’s adult offerings include a two-week series “Comparing the Bible and the Qur’an,” taught by Mark Swanson from the Lutheran School of Theology. Child care is available in the church nursery during the education hour as well as during worship services. The 48th season of Grace’s Bach Cantata Vespers begins on Sunday, September 30, with Bach’s “There Arose a Great

Strife,” BWV 19. The instrumental prelude to the service is also music of Bach, the Concerto for Flute, Violin, and Harpsichord in A minor, BWV 1044, and Bach’s “Coffee Cantata,” BWV 211, will be performed at an informal reception following the vespers service. Grace Lutheran School serves children from three-year-old preschool through 8th grade. The school also offers students a wealth of extracurricular opportunities in music and sports, as well as after-school enrichment classes. Before-school and after-school care is available for children age 4 and up. Grace Church celebrates its German heritage every fall by inviting the community to its annual Oktoberfest. This year’s festivities take place on Sunday, September 23, 4–7 p.m. Tickets (available online at GraceRiverForest.org) include all food and beverages, including local craft beer. There will be music, a sing-along, and fun for the whole family. All are welcome! Grace Church is at the southwest corner of Bonnie Brae and Division in River Forest. Call 708-366-6900 for more information.

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David R. Lyle, Senior Pastor  David W. Wegner, Assoc. Pastor   Lauren Dow Wegner, Assoc. Pastor   Bill Koehne, School Principal 7300 Division Street  River Forest, Illinois 60305   708-366-6900   www.GraceRiverForest.org

8:30 and 11 a.m.  EducaEon hour for children, teens and adults at 9:45 a.m.

Oktoberfest   September 23, 4–7 p.m.  Bach Cantata Vespers   September 30, 3:45 p.m.

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Open Doors. Open Minds. Open Hearts. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

t Good Shepherd we encounter Christ in each person, and therefore treat one another with trust, love, care, and respect. Recognizing that God speaks to each of us differently, we ask questions and probe for answers together. We value diversity and inclusivity, welcoming all into the church community regardless of race, sexual orientation, gender identity, or socio-economic status. Although it may seem accidental that people find a congregation where they sense a good fit, we believe it’s not just chance that brings us together. Rather, we are called together by God’s holy spirit, nudging us and guiding us. And, in the process, lives are transformed. Together and as individuals we grow in character, strength, compassion, faith, hope, peace, joy. God accepts us just as we are, and brings us along to be and do more than we ever imagined possible. Vibrant worship is at the core of our ministry,” says Pastor Kathy Nolte. “We love to mix it up with different styles of worship, participation and music from classical to jazz, blues, and gospel music. Recently our youth attended the ELCA Youth Gathering where 30,000 youth saturated downtown Houston for four days. The youth came back inspired and

so excited that a special Sunday service was created so they could share their experiences. We are family-friendly. Children are treasured: over 80 children participate in Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. Youth go beyond their programs and assist in the children’s programs. We are passionate about social ministry. Our faith inspires us to serve others. Good Shepherd is active in local, national and global ministries. One of our personal startups is Kidz Express which provides youth in the Austin neighborhood, afterschool programming, tutoring and more. Other local organizations we support include CROPWalk, Housing Forward, United Power for Action and Justice, and Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry. We practice sustainability. We belong to Faith in Place, an group of local congregations committed to green practices and strive to make all our events zero waste. We invite you to take a walk around our grounds to view the sustainable gardens. Want to know more? Visit www. goodshepherdlc.org. We hope you stop in at one of our Sunday worship services at 8:00 or 10:30 a.m. We look forward to meeting you!

St. Edmund Catholic Parish Love of God and Love of Neighbor

faith-filled and diverse St. Edmund community gathers weekly to be nourished by Christ in Word and Eucharist. So strengthened, we are sent forth into the world to love our neighbor. St. Edmund parishioners participate in many outreach ministries, such as: weekly staffing of Housing Forward homeless shelter (formerly P.A.D.S.), ongoing support of the OPRF Food Pantry with food drives, monetary contributions, diaper and adult undergarment collections, and fresh produce from our parish Peace Garden. Other ministries involve: Respect Life, clothing drives, domestic violence awareness and support, peace and justice outreach, ministry to the homebound and hospitalized, monthly vigil to end gun violence, and a Green Team to implement Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, to name only a few.

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We welcome the influx of new residents in our downtown area, and new people who may be looking for a vibrant Catholic Faith Community. We are walking distance from these new developments and look forward to welcoming our new neighbors. We are excited that the Chicago Architecture Foundation again has chosen St. Edmund Church as a site for this year’s Open House Chicago, on October 13 & 14. St. Edmund Church, designed by Henry J. Schlacks, with magnificent stained glass F. X. Zeittler windows from Munich, Germany and a stunning ceiling designed by John Mallis is worth visiting. We have one of the most beautiful interior spaces in Oak Park. All are welcome at St. Edmund Parish. Join us for liturgy. For more information log on to our website at stedmund.org!

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“Positive, energetic environment • like the openness and Good the diversity that is Why choose Shepherd?

included in the mission • the services environare“Positive, fun and fullenergetic of families who are enmentin •theopen and diverse • topgaged church • very community service • top-notch child & notchorganization child & youth programyouth programming with small church ming with attention to my child attentiveness to my child • excellent • very community-oriented music program • sermons are interest• services are fun and full of ing and thoughtful” families engaged —responseswho from are our new membersin when asked why they chose Good Shepherd worship”

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—Joinus usSunday Sundayatatone oneofofour ourworship worship —Join services held at 8 and 10:30 a.m. services held at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Nursery Nursery provided. Sunday and provided. Sunday school andschool adult educaadult education at 9:15 a.m. tion at 9:15 a.m. —Jazz Prayer: Church —Join us Lutheran for Sunday worship—Attend at 8 and a.m. Nursery is one10:30 of Notes and words, ELCA & Reconciling in Christ our provided. Sunday school and adult edPrayers, atbetween 9:15 a.m. (Summer withJazz space held on the 3rd to move the soul. A diverse congregation worship only at 9:30 a.m. fromFriday Memorial to Labor Day.) everyofDay that welcomes all people. Third of Friday the Sept-May, —Jazz Prayer (non-denominational) month 7:30 p.m. Month,at 7:30pm – 3rd Fridays at Recharge and 8:30pm, arrive 7:10 refreshments 611 Randolph, Oak Park 7:30p.m. Spirited, live jazz music & meditativeforreadings. (corner of East and Randolph) reflect withand spirited, jazzspirited, music and Recharge reflectlive with live Jazz Musicreadings, and meditative readings, meditative poems and prayers. goodshepherdlc.org | 708-848-4741 poems and prayers.

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Whoever are, you areCOMMUNITY on your life journey, WE you ARE A Wherever WELCOMING You are welcome here SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP: We won’t YOU ARE WELCOME HERE: We like to say RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: We have the

“Come as youbrought are” here at Unity Temple e are together by our shared Unitarianvalues: Universalist Congregation. connection, transformation,

justice and acceptance. We unite around a covenant; thatyou is, we onin how tomission: be with one We invite to agree join us our another rather than all subscribing to a particular • Welcoming All creed.

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For us this means that part of what we do is live out • ideals Nurturing Wonder the that each and every person is important • that Serving and we areCommunity all interconnected. This means that our congregation is a place where all people are accepted and where we learn is together. And it means What binds us together not a traditional that throughout our lifetime, each of us continues to religious belief but the affirmation of our search for what is true and right in life.

principles. We unite around a covenant; that RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: We have the largest is, we agree on how to be with one another. Unitarian Universalist religious education This means that partWe of mark whatour wechildren’s do is live program in the region. out the ideals that each and every person is lives by welcoming them at birth with dedication ceremonies.and We honor theirare Coming of Age in ninth important that we all interconnected. grade with a special rite of passage program, our This means that our congregations are places youth group for tenth through twelfth grade is youth where all people are accepted where driven, and as our seniors graduate and we mark this we keep on learning together. And it means transition with a bridging ceremony in a Sundaythat morning worship throughout our service. lifetime, each of us continues toOur search for whatexplore is truethe and right in life. young people rich history of Unitarian Universalism, world religions, our Hebrew

largest Unitarian Universalist religious and Christian Bible heritage, making a difference in education program in justice, the region. We mark the world through social and the ideas and feelings about life, love and death. We also offer our children’s lives by welcoming them atour first, fifth and eighth graders Our Whole We Liveshonor (OWL), birth with dedication ceremonies. a values-based sexuality education curriculum. Those their of Age in ninth gradeorientations, with a valuesComing include celebration of all sexual special rite of passage program, ourThe youth gender identity, and gender expression. families group for tenth through twelfth grade is youth driven, and as our seniors graduate we mark this transition with a bridging ceremony in a Sunday morning worship service. Our young people explore the rich history of Unitarian Universalism, world religions, our Hebrew and Christian Bible heritage, making a difference in the world through social justice, and the ideas and feelings about life, love and death. We also offer our first, fifth and eighth graders Our Whole Lives (OWL), a values-based sexuality education curriculum. A core value is that bisexuality, homosexuality and heterosexuality are all normal. The great diversity among the families in our congregation celebrates these values.

Our congregation is a place where all people are accepted and where we learn together.

ask you to changereflect who you are, but we will in our congregation the beauty of that challenge you to change how you live. At Unity diversity. Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation, SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP: We won’t ask you to who are, but we will challenge you wechange engage in you something called theme-based to change how you live. At Unity Temple Unitarian ministry. Each month has a theme such as Universalist Congregation, we engage in something Welcome (September), Courage (October), called theme-based ministry.

Abundance (November) or Hope (December). Each month has a theme such as Vision The Sunday morning worship services revolve (September), Sanctuary (October), Memory around these themes, and we’ll The alsoSunday be asking (November) or Mystery (December). people to consider how these values are part morning worship services revolve around these themes, we’ll also be asking people to consider of theirand lives. how these values are part of their lives. Each month, we compile a resource Each month, we compilebooks, a resource packetsongs, with packet with readings, movies, spiritual exercises and questions to wrestle with, YouTube clips, blogs and any number of elements that make this more than an exercise for other possibilities There are the mind, but one for on the this hearttheme. and spirit. Especially spiritual exercises and questions to wrestle these days, we empower and educate our people to make world a more place, especially with,the elements that just make thisfocusing more than an on issues of race. exercise for the mind, but one for the heart If this sounds like a place for you then please visit us and spirit. to If find out more. Come you are. welcome this sounds like aasplace forYou youarethen here. please visit us to find out more. Come as you are. You are welcome here.

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ounded in 1911, St. Bernardine is the only Catholic church in Forest Park. In the spirit of our patron, Saint Bernardine, who was so in touch with the needs of his time, we recognize our responsibility to nurture the growth of the parish, to unite as one community and to enthusiastically and respectfully gather in praise of our Lord Jesus Christ. St. Bernardine acted with sincerity, courage and humility. With these same qualities, and with the Lord as our Shepherd, we set out on our journey: • To sincerely welcome others into our community – old and young, those from our community and those from afar. As we have been fed we reach out to feed others; in doing so, joyfully share our love of the Lord. • To grow in our faith by sharing the Word of God through catechesis and education. • To share our time, treasures and talents for the good of all. We are enriched by our diverse histories and traditions.

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Gaudete! Rejoice! Gaudete! This is Latin for Rejoice! As Christians, we rejoice at the wonder that God loves the entire human race as his precious children even though we often act contrary to his plans for us. We understand there is nothing we can ever do to make up for the wrong we have done. But God’s love for us is so deep that he sent his son Jesus to live with us and pay the price for our wrongs. This is the reason we Rejoice! Gaudete! As our response to God’s love for us, St. John members are now free to share that love by serving others. We meet together to learn more about God’s plans for us, and to thank him for what he has done. We encourage each other in good times and in bad. St. John Lutheran Church continues to rejoice for over 150 years of blessings and service to the people of Forest Park and the surrounding community. St. John invites our neighbors to participate in various activities such as the community garden, choir, the children’s choir Choristers, and our quilting group Sew What! The congregation also provides space for organizations such as Housing Forward, Alcoholics Anonymous, Boy Scouts–including a

charter female troop, ESL, and other non-profit groups. In partnership with the West Cook YMCA, St. John provides space for children’s summer and afterschool programs. St. John also invites the community to various musical events in the Byzantine style sanctuary and to parties in their revamped community garden. Gaudete! This year St. John will be performing the Gaudete Festival. St. John cordially invites its neighbors to the inaugural performance of the Gaudete Festival. This spectacular Gaudete Festival will include many components that our friends have come to love and associate with our past performances of the Boar’s Head such as pageantry, dance, costumes, and glorious music. Gaudete occurs at 4:00 p.m. on December 16th, followed by a reception. For more information, call 708366-3226. St. John Lutheran Church is a member of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

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Designer home hits the market

Staying true to Victorian heritage while making things modern By LACEY SIKORA

Contributing Reporter

hey say that kitchens and baths sell homes, but all too often it’s these rooms that require the most work when a house hits the market in Oak Park. With the village’s historic housing stock, it’s the rare home that has not undergone multiple renovations during its lifespan. But, flipped properties aside, most homes aren’t put on the market in a completely remodeled state. It’s not unusual for homes to be marketed needing an update to a 1990s kitchen or a complete gut of a 1950s bathroom. Local kitchen and bath designer Denise Hauser recently listed her Victorian home at 218 S.

Elmwood Ave., and she used her own home as testing lab for her designs. The new owner will benefit from her classic updates and careful stewardship of the home. No kitchen or bath reno necessary. After working for years in high-end clothing design, Hauser decided to take her eye for detail to a different kind of design and in 2004 began a second career. She formed Sagewood Design LLC, and focused on historic renovations of investment properties in and around Oak Park. After working as an independent contractor on kitchen and bath designs, she decided to form her own business focused on kitchen and bath remodels in 2008, and Denise Hauser Design Co. was born. She says that when she switched careers to allow herself more time at home with her

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OLD HOME, NEW LOOK: Designer Denise Hauser used period-appropriate windows and doors in making over her Elmwood Avenue Victorian, maintaining the old-school look while bringing in lots of light. children, she also discovered her passion. “We started rehabbing houses, and I loved the interior design part of it,” Hauser said. “I decided to focus on kitchen and bath design. As an architecture buff, I think we’re

so blessed in Oak Park to have beautiful vintage details. It’s good to work with what we have and honor the details.” See DESIGNER HOME on page 23

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Beautiful 4 br, 3.5 ba brick home in fantastic loc! Many recent updates throughout home.

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Westchester | 3/3 | $318,000 2713 Burton Drive

Berwyn | 3/2 | $311,000 6953 Riverside Drive

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Westchester | 3/2 | $254,000 1937 Burns Avenue

Elmwood Park | 3/3 | $174,900 7427 W Fullerton Avenue

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Elmwood Park | 5/3 | $449,000 7343 W Fullerton Avenue

Berwyn | 4/3 | $368,000 3636 Grove Avenue

Oak Park | 3/2 | $329,900 430 Wesley Avenue 2S

Berwyn | 3/2 | $284,900 1806 Maple Avenue

Westchester | 3/2 | $275,000 1832 Portsmouth Avenue

Oak Park | 2/1 | $198,500 201 S Maple Avenue 101

Well-maintained 3-unit brick building w/2-car brick garage. Near Metra, bus, shopping.

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North Riverside | 3/3 | $339,900 2536 S 2nd Avenue

Berwyn | 5/2 | $324,900 2626 Cuyler Avenue

Westchester | 3/2 | $279,900 1556 Evers Avenue

Berwyn | 4/2 | $254,900 1309 E Avenue

Maywood | 3/2 | $184,900 2026 S 4th Avenue

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COLDWELLBANKERHOMES.COM | VIEW ALL OF OUR OPEN HOUSES OAK PARK OFFICE 708.524.1100 | 114 N OAK PARK AVE The property information herein is derived from various sources that may include, but not be limited to, county records and the Multiple Listing Service, and it may include approximations. Although the information is believed to be accurate, it is not warranted and you should not rely upon it without personal verification. Real estate agents affiliated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage are independent contractor agents and are not employees of the Company. ©2018 Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Owned by a subsidiary of NRT LLC. Coldwell Banker and the Coldwell Banker Logo are registered service marks owned by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC.

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DESIGNER HOME From dark to light from page 21 Over the years, Hauser has had many projects, including her own home, featured on the Parenthesis Kitchen Walk and in national publications. In her professional life, she lets the style of the home contribute to the style of the kitchen, whether it’s a mid-century modern design or farmhouse remodel. She followed the same dictate in her own home, which required a bit of work when she and her family moved in.

Victorian makeover Her family moved into the 1890s era home in 2006 and found plenty of projects for Hauser to turn her attention to. She said Victorians can be dark and stuffy and that she wanted to open up the space to bring in natural light. In addition, the house had been added onto by previous owners in the 1980s, but the work was too modern to mesh well with the rest of the house. She treated her own home as she might that of a favorite client and thought about ways to combine what the family needed with the home’s original style. “My love is restoring these homes and bringing back original details in a modern way,” Hauser said. As she tackled a makeover of the rear of the house that included the kitchen, dining room, family room and screened porch, she was careful to be true to the Victorian style while making things work for her family of four. One focus was bringing more light into the space and using more period-appropri-

LET THERE BE LIGHT: Hauser replaced a wall between the kitchen and dining room (above, left and right) with a wall of glass fronted cabinets that still look like a period built-in. Original pocket doors were repurposed for closet doors in the family room (middle, right). ate windows and doors. She replaced four plain doors in the family room with two sets of French doors with transoms. Custom windows over the sink in the kitchen are topped with leaded-glass transoms, which mimic the design of windows in the front of the home. Between the kitchen and dining room, Hauser replaced a wall that had divided the two rooms with a wall of cabinets. With glass fronts on both sides, the new wall allows light to flow between the two rooms. On the dining room side, the cabinets look like part of a period built-in. See DESIGNER HOME on page 25

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GREAT OUTDOORS: The front porch (bottom) and screened-in porch (top) are favorite parts of the home for the present owners.

DESIGNER HOME from page 23 She used the new woodwork to tie the back of the house to the original details in the front. The wainscoting she added in the dining room is an exact replica of the wainscoting in the entry foyer. In family room, wood trim was custom milled to match the trim in the front of the house. “We wanted to bring the style of the front to the back of the house,” Hauser said. She reused original pocket doors to be the doors for the two closets in the family room. On the wood-paneled refrigerator, she created a custom applique design that mirrors the pattern found on the original door knobs throughout the house. Hauser also turned her eye for detail to several other projects in the house, including new cedar shingles and exterior paint, a new children’s bathroom on the second floor,

a new powder room on the first floor and an updated second-floor laundry room. Even the outdoor room, the screened porch, got a makeover with new siding and French doors. “This is one of our favorite parts of the house,” Hauser said. “We live out here.” While she has worked on almost every part of the house, Hauser says another favorite aspect is an original detail that would be almost impossible to replicate today. “I love the six stained-glass windows on the front leading up the stairs,” Hauser said. “To me, they are like flowers.” As Hauser’s children have grown, she and her husband are looking forward to a different stage in their lives, but she says that love of the push and pull between modern and old will keep her in the area for personal and professional reasons. “This house has a lot of soul,” Hauser said. “It has character. To me, that’s what’s fun to restore. Most of my work is here, and that’s why I’m staying here. I love these old homes.”

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PRICE REDUCED LUXURIOUS 2BR, 2BA PENTHOUSE CONDO with west facing balcony, walking distance to Metra. Professional Architectural design of spaces will leave you breathless, and skilled interior decoration will leave you wanting more. No corner was left unturned.............. $265,000 LOVELY BRICK GEORGIAN with elegance, modern day conveniences, and space. Hdwd flrs, 3 fireplaces, sunroom with heated floors, LL rec room. ....$925,000 GRACIOUS FRENCH PROVINCIAL, 4 BR, 3-1/2 BA. Sun-drenched LR & DR, 1st FL Fam rm and breakfast rm. Beautiful home will not disappoint you! ...$864,000 ELEGANT, GRACIOUS HOME with 4 BRs, 2-1/2 BAs offers, hdwd flrs, beautiful molding, family rm, eat-in kit, finished LL and whole house generator.........$719,000 SOLID BRICK GEORGIAN located on beautiful tree-lined street. This 3 BR, 2-1/2 BA offers generous room sizes, sitting rm, French doors, family rm. ...$659,000 VINTAGE BRICK DUTCH COLONIAL CHARM all of the Modern Conveniences. Wd Burning Fireplace, Chef Quality Kit, Family Rm..................$649,500 GREAT LOCATION & EASY LIVING in this Tri-level home. Great flow for entertaining, with family room. Finished LL. Make it your own. .....................$639,000 YOUR PERFECT HOME! Brick, three generous sized bedroom Georgian on corner lot. Updated kitchen, 1st Fl fam rm, fin bsmt, laundry/storage rm.....$599,000 BEAUTIFUL 3 LEVEL SINGLE FAMILY offers 3800+ sq/ft of living! Open concept on first flr. Second flr feat 4 BRs & sunrm overlooking backyard. .....$595,000

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UNPRECEDENTED ESTATE in the FLW Historical district of OP! Meticulously renovated offers exquisite details and refined finishes. Showcase home! ..$1,665,000 YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED in this recently renovated, move-in ready E.E. Roberts. Stunning 4 BR prairie style is located in OP’s estate section.......$919,000 COMFORT & CONTENTMENT LIVING gracious A.L. Gardner House. Many improvements include total kitchen redo and finished 3rd floor fam rm.......$899,000 LARGE ENGLISH COUNTRY TUDOR HOME with 5 BRs, 3-1/2 BAs in OP’s Historic District. Blends both old and new, with natural woodwork. .............$799,000 MOVE-IN READY! Enjoy the well thought out design of this 5 BR, 4 BA home! Open floor plan, kitchen/fam room combo, finished bsmt. .............................$629,000 THIS HOME HAS IT ALL! Bright, sunny northeast lot, freshly painted walls, refinished hdwd flrs, oversized MBR. Gardening surrounds the home...........$589,000 A TRUE OP BEAUTY! Enjoy the deep park-like lot in Northwest Oak Park. Well maintained 1905 Farmhouse with 3 BR, 1-1/2 baths. In great condition!......$479,900 SO MUCH TO LOVE about this house in the Historic Harrison Street District built in 1913! Since then, house has doubled in size and sits on an eco friendly lot...$475,000

SETTING A NEW STANDARD in approachable elegance, this five bedroom, 3-1/2 bath home will exceed your expectations with wide plank hardwood floors, striking lighting and custom millwork throughout. One of a kind floor plan, and three fully finished levels. .............................................................................................. $1,300,000 READY TO MOVE IN charming 3 BR feat welcoming front porch with swing and sitting area. Home offers oak woodwork, stained glass & hardwood floors.$448,000 BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED, maintained and decorated three BR, two BA home, oak flrs, natural light. Too many updates and improvements to list! . $367,000 CLASSIC OAK PARK BRICK HOME on beautiful block in great location. Large living, hdwd flrs under carpet. Large MBR + 2 additional BRs.........................$347,000

FOREST PARK HOMES METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED NEW CONSTRUCTION built in ‘06. Open floor plan, 10’ ceilings, hdwd flrs, custom details, crown molding to door handles. High end kit, four generously sized BR, open bsmnt ready to finish................$464,000 TWO STORY BRICK & FRAME HOME w/open floor plan on first flr with slate entry & hdwd flrs. Large LR, formal DR open to wd cab kit. 2nd flr has 4 BRs, 5th BR in bsmnt. Bsmnt semi finished with laundry rm. Fenced in yard, 2 car garage. $429,000

ELMWOOD PARK HOMES PERFECT 5 BEDROOM HOME with beautiful open floor plan, hdwd flrs, open kitchen, 1st floor family rm. Lower level rec room with bar area.....................$499,000 LARGE BRICK COLONIAL beautifully renovated from top to bottom! Some updates include wood floors, plumbing, electrical, appliances, siding, roof. $429,000 JUST MOVE IN! Serious pride of ownership is evident. Crown molding, a remodeled cook’s kitchen, separate breakfast rm with built- ins, den. A must see. $359,000

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“T Bone Burnett is like a walking, talking, guitar-playing site of musical historical importance.” —The Telegraph

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Early Childhood Resources

9.15.18

T BONE Saturday, September 15, 2018 7:30 p.m.

On the Road with T Bone Burnett: Stories, Music & Movies

Early Childhood Center and Camp

West Suburban Temple Har Zion 1040 N. Harlem Ave. River Forest, IL 60305 708.366.9000 www.wsthz.org 2-5 years old 7:30 am–6:00 pm M-Th 7:30 am–3:30 pm on Fri.

Preschool and kindergarten programs for three, four, and five-year-olds Call for an appointment. 7300 Division St. River Forest 708-366-6900 graceriverforest.org

With his guitar, film clips and decades’ worth of stories, T Bone covers everything from collaborating with some of music’s biggest stars to his immensely influential work in film. Tickets starting at $35 7900 WEST DIVISION STREET RIVER FOREST, IL 60305

Early Childhood Education at

events.dom.edu FREE PARKING BOX OFFICE (708) 488-5000

Road Trip on the Horizon? Let us know we’ll hold your paper!

Email: circulation@oakpark.com

Helping parents be successful since 1980 708/848-2227 www.parenthesis-info. org Find us on Facebook.

Pilgrim Community Nursery School Celebrating 50 years. 460 W. Lake St. Oak Park IL, 60302 Phone: 708-848-5869 www.pilgrimschool.net Accepting students ages 2–5 years old.

First United Church Nursery School More than Just a School 848 W. Lake St. 708-848-4910 Find us on Facebook and at www.firstunited school.com Call for a tour and info about summer camp.

The Day Nursery

1139 Randolph Street Oak Park, IL 60302 708.383.8211 Call to Schedule a Tour! oakparkdn@att.net www.oprfdaynursery.org

• Open 7 am–6 pm • Serving children 2½–6 years old • NAEYC Accredited

Raise your profile in the community. Check the early childhood directory on oakpark.com for updated listings, maps, & current open house information. Call Mary Ellen Nelligan for details: 708-613-3342

Collaboration for Early Childhood Strong Start, Bright Future

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Sunday, September 9, 2018 REALTY CO.

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5237 S. Mason Ave, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $204,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 2333 S. East Ave, Berwyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$274,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30-4 842 Highland Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $275,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3:30 1900 N. Neva Ave, Chicago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $292,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1139 S. Ridgeland Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $325,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1:30 901 Wenonah Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $385,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sat. 11-1 1040 N. Taylor Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $385,800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30-4 1017 N. Taylor Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$419,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1123 Schneider Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $449,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 1128 N. Elmwood Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $460,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12 1100 N. Oak Park Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $499,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1201 Rossell Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $519,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1213 Edmer Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $539,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 936 N. Lombard Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $549,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 627 Belleforte Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $555,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 113 S. Elmwood Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $590,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 206 S. Grove Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $598,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 736 S Scoville Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HomeSmart Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $599,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-3 215 S. Ridgeland Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $625,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sat. 11-1 1005 Linden Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $649,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3:30 1138 N. Ridgeland Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $675,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1041 N. East Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $749,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 316 N. Harvey Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $749,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1206 Lathrop Ave, River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $795,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1024 Ontario St, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $798,800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1140 Jackson Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,300,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 227 Keystone Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,375,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 333 N. Euclid Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,399,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1147 Forest Ave, River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,400,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:15-4

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1302 N. 15th Ave. UNIT 3N, Melrose Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $199,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1:30 424 Park Ave. UNIT 604, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $265,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1177 S. Taylor Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $275,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1:30 1020 Randolph St. UNIT 3W, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $340,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30-3

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Open Sunday, September 9, 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3 pm 736 S. Scoville Ave., Oak Park GUT REHAB WITH NEW OPEN FLOOR PLAN. All new Electric, Plumbing, A/C, Roof, Windows, Floors, Kitchen & Baths, Light and Plumbing Fixtures, Deck, Patio, and more. 21 x 20 Living Room with abundant natural light. Open floor plan. Kitchen has Quartz Countertops & Island, new SS Appliances. 3 good size BRs plus tandem. Master BA has 2 Sinks & Walk-in Shower. Finished Basement with Large Rec Rm, Laundry Area & Storage. Walk to all Schools, Shopping, L, and more......$599,000

This home has it all!

Call Jim Blaha 708-366-8899

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156 N. Oak Park Ave. UNIT 3B, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $575,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2

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Wednesday, October 10th Pilgrim Congregational Church | 460 Lake St. Oak Park A day long, 3 part event, blending medical science, storytelling and live music The ChangingAging Tour shatters our culture’s damaging myths about aging. This is a beautiful day and evening that fills one with hope and excitement for the future. Disrupt Dementia - ChangingAging Tour Disrupt Dementia 2:30-4:00pm | $20* This immersive and transformational non-fiction theater experience weaves film, music and first-person stories with groundbreaking research turning convention on its head by focusing on what we can all learn from people living with dementia, rather than from experts. This performance is designed for people living with dementia and their allies.

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ct. 10, afternoon and evening. Please put it on your calendar now. Pilgrim Congregational Church, UCC, 460 Lake St. Next to Farmers Market. www.oakpark.com/changingaging If you do one thing for the rest of this year, go to Pilgrim Congregational Church on Wednesday afternoon and evening, Oct. 10, and take in Dr. Bill Thomas’ ChangingAging Tour. You do not want to miss this. No matter what age you are, but especially if you are in your last third of life, please make the effort to attend. Do whatever it takes. Trust me on this one. Invite your friends, neighbors, family. Go as a group. Or just treat yourself. Our community has not seen or participated in something like this before. Period. Fun. Uplifting. Heartfelt. Educational. Challenging. Entertaining. It could be downright life-changing. If you have any questions or just want to talk about this event, then call me. 312-816-5299. Oak Park was built for The ChangingAging Tour.

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Kendale McCoy in ‘America to Me.’

Class and acculturation also need to be examined

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On another note, I had a thoroughly engaging time last week with several graduate students over at Concordia University Chicago in River Forest. Brenda Ross is assistant professor of Human Services, and I had the honor to meet with one of her classes, which is designing and implementing a Meaningful Living program now being offered by Oak Park and River Forest Township Senior Services. As part of their practicum, these students will deliver a free 8-week Wellness Group especially for people age 60+. The stated purpose of this program is “to enhance quality of life and to promote meaningful living into older age.” The one-hour sessions will be held on Tuesdays, Sept. 11- Oct. 30. You can choose either the 3:30 p.m. session or the 6:30 p.m. session. The location is Room #263 at Concordia’s Christopher Center, 7400 Augusta St., River Forest. To sign up, or for transportation available through Oak Park and River Forest Townships Senior Services, please call 708-383-8060. Kudos to the townships’ Senior Services program for supporting this type of event. Recognizing that our consciousness affects our realities will be absolutely imperative in the new longevity phase our species is entering. Aging is more than just physical, so it is important for our local governments and service providers to pay attention to our minds, spirits and bodies. Marc Blesoff is a former Oak Park village trustee, co-founder of the Windmills softball organization, co-creator of Sunday Night Dinner, a retired criminal defense attorney, and a novice beekeeper. He currently facilitates Conscious Aging Workshops and Wise Aging Workshops in the Chicago area.

Disclaimer: The filtering lens influencing my perspective and critique of the TV documentary series, “America to Me,” is that I am a parent of two former OPRF High School students, a longtime Oak Park resident, and a (recently retired) social scientist/researcher.

My prior experience (and observation) as a parent of two former OPRF High School teens is that black kids’ experience at OPRF is mediated by several factors: prior academic preparation, parental involvement, and social class and acculturation. Specifically, black kids transferring from (under-performing) inner-city CPS elementary and/or CPS high schools have had a hard time catching up, academically, when they transfer into Oak Park schools. One of my good friends, whose daughter is now a senior at OPRF and an “A” honor roll student and already being recruited by top colleges all over the country, attended Providence-St. Mel School (nationally known for its superior academics on the West Side of Chicago) for her elementary education. Her parents are also very involved and are an integral part of the OPRF sports team she plays on. Now for the ugly part: Social class and acculturation are like neon signs. Teachers and students alike can tell the difference of these “within group” variations. How are teachers and fellow students (black and white) able to discern the social class and acculturation of any given student? It’s pretty obvious — the students’ speech, dress and other behaviors. So why do these traits matter? Because in American

JANICE RASHEED One View

he TV series, America to Me, explores the high school experiences of black/AfricanAmerican students attending Oak Park and River Forest High School. The “elephant in the living room”/Pandora’s Box, IMHO, is that this program is avoiding the discussion of how race and class profoundly influence the experiences of black/ African-American students. The program’s director, Steve James, may eventually disentangle how the race and social class of black students impact their experiences at this high school, but so far they discuss black students as if they were a monolith. If the series is going to make a real contribution to our understanding of the challenges that black students face in attending integrated suburban schools, then they will need to examine within group differences of black students (e.g. social class, acculturation and prior educational background, i.e. elementary school attendance at under-performing inner-city schools vs. private or suburban grade schools).

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Powers to the people

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RF’s solid senior project

o, we’ve got an empty branch bank. That used to be a pie shop. It swims in a parking lot far larger than was ever necessary. And it sits on Harlem Avenue, the most commercial street in River Forest. We’d call the northwest corner of Harlem and Chicago ripe for redevelopment. So would the developers who have proposed a 125-unit assisted living and memory-care senior project. It would encompass both the now vacant TCF Bank property plus three single-family homes stretching north on Harlem, which it currently has under contract. (TCF Bank has moved across Harlem into another, also abandoned, branch bank facility.) The project, under discussion for well over one year, made its way to River Forest’s Development Review Board last week where a small crowd of mainly immediate neighbors, not surprisingly found the project too big, too tall, with inadequate parking and worries over storm water run-off. Further, these armchair developers raise doubts as to the need for such additional senior housing in River Forest. The length of the discussion led the DRB to continue the meeting to this week when it will, hopefully, come its conclusion. We’re confident that conclusion will be a recommendation that the River Forest village board OK the project essentially as proposed. Yes, this is a big project on a big parcel. It is not overly high — it ranges north to south from three to four stories. It features both a green roof to absorb water and some underground captureand-release mechanism. The developers allow that the average age of their tenants is 86. That will reduce the in-and-out of auto traffic. Not to be overlooked is the estimated $500,000 in annual property taxes estimated to be generated. This is a private market deal with development experts who understand the market among aging local boomers. The risk is theirs not the neighbors. Finally, we’d ask for the alternatives. Bring back the International House of Pies? Construct brick-and-mortar retail? Lure Chase to open another branch? This is a solid proposal and a good addition to River Forest.

Education notes If senior housing is a boom industry in Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park, then private schools are not too far behind as a driver of odd-site development and added schooling options for families. We’d note the arrival of two new Montessori schools in Oak Park this fall. One is on North Avenue which needs all the destination businesses it can attract. Another is on Harrison Street west of East Avenue and has reclaimed a non-descript one-story commercial building that has been empty for a time. The return to Oak Park of the Children’s School — after a detour to Berwyn for several years — is giving new life to the old St. Edmund Catholic School on Oak Park Avenue at Pleasant. St. Edmund’s grade school sat empty for only one year. It is good to see new life there and a great location for this innovative school. Finally on Roosevelt Road, on a parcel of land that has been, politely stated, underutilized for a long while, Alcuin Montessori School has broken ground on new construction. Like North Avenue, Roosevelt Road needs to give locals a reason to head that direction. Alcuin, a pioneer in Montessori education in Oak Park and River Forest, is a bold addition to the street.

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Avenue, only to endure a second charge by police. At the Conrad Hilton, he remembers seeing tear-gas victims flushing their eyes in the fountain. In the aftermath, the experience mobilized him to start attending meetings. He handled security for attorney Bill Kunstler’s visit to Rosary College (now Dominican U.) in the late ’60s, sponsored by the Oak Park-River Forest Citizens Committee for Human Rights. Of course, oe Powers Sr. has a Red Squad file. all this activity was thoroughly infiltrated He also has an FBI file. You’d never by government and police informants, so suspect this mild-mannered Oak his file began to grow. Park resident of 33 years was some His next-door neighbor told him the FBI sort of threat to the nation — at had come by asking questions. A friend in least not to any nation that makes social Washington DC received a visit as well. At justice a high priority. work one day he was called in for a 2½-hour interroBut back in the 1960s, it didn’t take much to get gation. He received a letter from his district director the Red Squad to start a file on you. That was the stating that his activities were a source of embarrassinvestigative unit of the Chicago Police Department ment for the agency, but he wasn’t fired. — formed ostensibly to examine communist involve“As long as I did my job and kept politics out of my ment in the labor movement — but which investiwork, I was OK,” he said. “I became a better revenue gated any and everyone during those days of heavy officer.” paranoia. Eventually, a lawsuit by the ACLU and the AlliPowers admits he was “radicalized” during the Chiance to End Repression put an end to the Red Squad’s cago Convention riots in 1968. Which sounds strange activities, and Freedom of Information legislation coming from a career IRS agent. made it possible for Joe to obtain his fairly thick FBI But he’d already been involved in Father Dan Cantwell’s Catholic Labor Alliance and Dorothy Day’s file (mostly a chronology of events attended with a lot of stuff blacked out), but he didn’t know about his Red Catholic Worker Movement. He even spent a year on Squad file until he was researching a Catholic Worker farm in Missouri Paul Robeson at the Chicago Historiand learned about race relations cal Society for a booklet he wrote for through Chicago’s Friendship Robeson’s centennial. House. He worked at a soup kitchen For some reason, the old Red Squad on Madison Street several times a files are kept there, so he asked to week. see his. All you need is identification “I was interested in social and the staff will actually photocopy change,” he says in understated your file and send it to you. Oak Park fashion. was pretty active in the movement in When Joe got married and started those days, so he figures other locals a family (his four kids still live in Street marker, 2001 have files there as well. the area), he found it harder to conPowers retired from the IRS in 1985. There were tinue his activism, but his opposition to the Vietnam times, he admits, when he felt pretty isolated in his War prompted him to write a letter to President Lyndon Johnson. He also headed the peace committee pursuit of social justice, but in the end he figured, “I’m going to be frustrated anyway, so why not keep of the Chicago Conference of Laymen. at it?” A Eugene McCarthy supporter, he found himself Joe Powers Sr., radicalized IRS agent, is still at it. downtown on the first day of the Democratic ConvenNot bad for a government worker. tion in ’68. The theatrics seemed innocent enough — Joe Powers started a running club in Oak Park someone let loose a greased pig, for instance — all in in 1977. On Nov. 10, 2001, he died of a heart attack the interest of “playing with the establishment.” while running with friends. According to the Chicago The establishment, however, was far too uptight Tribune obituary, he tutored at Emerson Junior High to take a joke or even get the joke. By the next day (now Brooks Middle School), volunteered in a homeless the tension level had risen significantly. Police anshelter (probably PADS, now Housing Forward), visnounced that Lincoln Park was being closed for the ited inmates on Death Row, and co-authored a booklet night, so Powers left. Shortly after that, the police on the Haymarket Riot. His other causes included charged the crowd and started bashing heads. Veterans for Peace, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Powers came back on Wednesday as an act of the Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty, the solidarity. In response to some provocation by a small Southern Poverty Law Center, Human Rights Watch, group, the police charged again. Joe took photos, and Campaign for a Landmine Free World. But as the including one of a bleeding Rennie Davis. obituary noted, “When his family tallied the memberPowers felt powerless, of course — as well as furiships this week, the typewritten list went on for pages.” ous with the overreaction of the police who were Even the Red Squad, and the Internal Revenue Serworking hard to, as Mayor Daley malapropped, vice, must have been impressed. “preserve disorder.” Helicopters whirled overhead. His son, Joe Jr., told the Trib that his father, “never Plumes from smoke bombs and tear gas filled the air. let a day go by that he wouldn’t make the right moral The National Guard stood shoulder to shoulder — choice. … He was constantly trying to do the right 18-year-old kids in gas masks. thing.” By this time Joe had been radicalized, as had evJoe is worth remembering indeed — and in deed. eryone else in the crowd. They marched to Michigan Last week, many marked the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Democratic Convention protests. Which reminded me of Joe Powers, and a column I wrote about him back in 1998, when the convention was only 30 years past. Now it’s 50 years, but reviving the memories — and the memory of Joe — feels like a worthwhile enterprise as we celebrate Labor Day.

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Will Oak Park’s bet on early childhood ed pay off?

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These included APPLE [African American his past Sunday was the premiere of Parents for Purposeful Leadership in EducaAmerica to Me, a documentary film tion] at the high school and the Multiculseries about race and the achievetural Center at the elementary level, both of ment gap at Oak Park and River which continue today. Efforts were underForest High School. Since the initial way to encourage minority student participlans first became public, I have been lookpation in the enrichment and after-school ing forward to seeing it. I was among the offerings of the school. Otherwise, not much 700 area residents of all ages who attended had changed. the screening of the first episode at the Rather than waiting till children entered high school. school to address these issues, a group of In her welcome, Superintendent Joylynn visionary leaders decided to start at the Pruitt-Adams pointed out that every stubeginning, to “catch” children who need dent at the high school should feel welcome additional help from birth and in the critiand feel that the high school belongs to cal preschool years. The payback for this, them. As we saw in the first episode, this is according to an economist from the Univernot the case for some of our students. sity of Chicago who addressed community Today’s newcomers may not know that leaders at the public launch of this program, was $6 for Oak Park has been discussing race for more than 50 every dollar invested. years and adopted a statement welcoming all back in the Their work led to the Collaboration for Early Child1960s. One of the key areas of concern since that time hood Education, whose goal was to help every child have has been the state of the schools. In the early days, there the best opportunity to enter was even discussion of what school prepared. They devela “tipping point” (i.e. too oped a plan and presented many black students) might it to local governments. All mean to schools. For at six local governments came least the past 40 years there together to support this idea. has been concern about an The village and both school achievement gap between districts provided a five-year white and black students. commitment of $500,000 in As a young mother and 2013. Over the last five years, former teacher, I served on these three governments have the education committee of received quarterly reports the Racial Diversity Task on their efforts. Today the Force in 1983-84. We were first children participating in asked to evaluate progress Credit: Starz this project are entering the in Oak Park since adoption Image from ‘America to Me.’ early grades in Oak Park. It of the village’s original diwill be another decade before the full effects of this early versity statement in the prior decade. How to welcome intervention are known. black students and help them succeed was a key part of Meanwhile, the broader community has an opportunithe recommendations. ty to learn more about our local high school by watchThis week I was able to find at the library a follow-up ing America to Me. We can have a wider conversation report from 1992 regarding our original recommendations. Little progress had been made to hire staff and than ever before about education in Oak Park. I hope teachers to reflect the racial diversity of the student you will watch this important documentary series and population, although some new groups had formed. participate in discussions.

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Looking in the mirror is not to be feared I watched the first two episodes of America to Me and read several articles and comments claiming it would be divisive and enflame racial tensions. So what’d I miss?! So far I’ve seen a documentary that simply humanizes what the weight of scholarly research has long demonstrated with empirical data; that implicit bias is pervasive in even the most well-meaning schools and has real consequences. That should come as a surprise to no one anywhere. Full transparency: I am a 41-year-old, white, male, cisheteronormative lawyer who does not suffer from white guilt. I am not marginalized and do not regret the condition of my birth. My extremely hard-working, non-college-educated parents gave me everything. They believe the American Dream boils down to fairness — treat people fairly. And fairness has become my ethos.

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While I am not responsible for the sins of my forebears, I am responsible for charting a better path forward. We all have a responsibility to lead meaningful, ethical lives that add to the good of humanity. With that comes the recognition that everyone deserves dignity; that maximizing individual liberty and equality of opportunity expands our own agency and the quality of participatory democracy. This film does not throw stones. It simply audits what we’ve done, so we can identify where we are, to determine where we need to go. It audits the efforts of a community that wants to do better. It’s introspective; a conversation with ourselves. That is not something to be feared. It’s to be embraced. No one has ever improved without looking in the mirror.

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Real change requires a stomach for conflict

ow hard is it, in a liberal and diverse community, to have a candid conversation about race? It’s a hard question to ask, let alone answer. But that’s exactly what director Steve James explores in the 10-part documentary America to Me, which offers a unique peek inside the lived experiences of students at OPRF High School. I sat down with Steve to talk about why it was so important to cover the very personal stories of those who are not often covered. What’s the big deal about Oak Park, anyway? On the one hand, there is so much to brag about in the community, from the beautiful Frank Lloyd Wright homes to chemist Percy Julian and author Ernest Hemingway, who both called the community home. But at OPRF, according to the Illinois State Report Card, 78 percent of white students meet or exceed SAT standards while only 25 percent of Black students meet or exceed them. A student profiled in the series says, “There is nothing at OPRF that I can’t get from any other school.” Steve sent his children through the Oak Park school system with one child who had a very different experience because of academic need. He asked himself, “What would it be like if he were black?” While black families “claw their way into Oak Park,” as Steve put it, the series shows OPRF as a tale of two schools. The majority of students, 65 percent, are in the AP/Honors track. The rest of the students are in what they call the “college prep” track. Outward appearances suggest a liberal and diverse environment, but it’s very separate, providing different levels of service for black students. What was surprising to Steve is that “Change seems to be hard in a place like Oak Park, and serious motivation for change doesn’t really seem to be community-wide,” he said. There’s a palpable fear around equity which gets expressed in the undercurrent of statements like “that sounds like a great idea, after my kid graduates.” While America to Me highlights a few other roadblocks, like mindsets and readiness, Steve and I agree that fear is the foundation: the fear of disrupting the white power structure.

When embarking on major change, you must have the stomach for conflict. Shifting culture and changing mindsets will ruffle some feathers. Oak Park has been trying to address and “fix” their achievement gap for 30 years. This fix requires more than committees and forums. It needs leaders who aren’t afraid to challenge white power structures and dismantle systems of inequity. It’s worth noting that the current principal (Nate Rouse) and the former superintendent (Steven Isoye) chose not to be interviewed in the documentary and were only recorded at public events. In fact, most people in the school and community didn’t want the documentary to happen. “People who fear it thought the film would paint the school [and community] as a failure in dealing with issues around race and equity,” Steve said. “It is an extraordinary place, but in order to do justice to a place like this, you must hold a mirror up to the school and community.” Steve hopes viewers get hooked on the students. They’re the reason it’s worth investing 10+ hours to watch the story of a well-funded, public high school. Their stories are funny, powerful, real and familiar. While many viewers may come to the series expecting to see how good the students have it, they will actually see how race plays out in a place where maybe we should have solved these issues already. Though set in Oak Park, viewers will see themes that resonate everywhere, like racial identity, the black male experience, low expectations, discipline, classism and more. In watching the first five episodes, so many emotions came up for me as a former leader in that community. And as one still fighting to change the paradigm in education, I’m filled with both pride and heartbreak watching our students boldly share what it’s like to live the words of Langston Hughes, which inspired the series title: “Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain seeking a home where he himself is free. America never was America to me.” LeeAndra Khan is CEO of Civitas Education Partner and a former middle school and high school principal in Oak Park. She blogs at EducationPost.

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Be the light in someone’s storm

have started and restarted this article so many times in my mind since I was in my 20s. I’m now in my mid-30s and have lost my fight with becoming a mother. It’s the elephant in the room at a party, it’s the dread you feel when getting to know people, and it’s the pain you carry around with you every day of your life. I’m talking about fertility. We’re all guilty of it, we take time to ask about spouses, jobs, and there it is … children. When are you having them? What are you waiting for? As a woman struggles to find a response. Cue the “sorry,” sad look and the inevitable friendly advice: “Well you can adopt! There’s always in vitro! You can use a surrogate!” The bombardment of ideas that one must fix your issue in this conversation, offer you an option you haven’t thought of or even OK the idea for you! Then, of course, the ending to the awkward conversation: “You have so many options; you will be fine” or “You know I have a cousin who knows someone who knows someone who had the same issue as you!” The story always seems to have a happy ending. We have spent countless hours blaming ourselves, thinking about the possible outcomes. At some point, asking woman when they are going to have children has become painful. So as I take one hit after another in this conversation, I give up part of myself in the process to comfort the person I am speaking with. In my mind I close my eyes and take a breath. I silence the voice in my head telling me to lash out irrationally at the person in front of me. I thank them for their kind words and suggestions, smile and move the conversation along. I want to let you know many women do this. I can personally assure you that it is not due to our lack of knowledge regarding our situation. In fact, we have become mini-experts around baby making. There are calendars filled with ovulation dates, new foods in our fridges that help with fertility. We have googled, and even tried our nana’s sure-way-

to-get-pregnant old wives’ tale. We have done it all, and still nothing. We have taken pills, countless shots, given blood, and laid with our legs upside down for an hour, all in the attempt to create life. I recently had a procedure done in a last-ditch effort that turned into the final nail in the baby-making coffin. I went in for my follow-up appointment a week later and overheard a woman crying in the room receiving hormone therapy. It cut me to my core to hear her say, “I just don’t understand why it’s not working; I’m doing everything right.” Followed up by her third or fourth “Ow!” from the pain of every needle. The things a woman is willing to put her body through for the chance to have a baby are staggering. I am that girl who is a friend of a friend who knows somebody, and my outcome does not have a happy ending. I will never be a mother, I will never give birth. I am aware of my options; they are just not for me. I can help change the narrative though. Having children means something different to everyone. This article is to give advice to the new mom, boss, friend, neighbor. If you have the awkward conversation I have mentioned, instead of offering solutions, offer your friendship. Offer your understanding. Offer to listen to someone if they need it. We don’t need the stories or direction, we need your friendship to remind us that we are not alone. Not having children is a very private and very lonely feeling despite the many women who are reproductively challenged. If you read this and think, not me and not this person, then I applaud you because not everyone can push themselves the way you have. If you are tired of the fight and this article sounds like you right now, then know that you are not alone. We are all figuratively silently standing in that storm along with you. Be the light in someone’s storm, it will mean more than you know. Lisa Giacomino formerly worked in Oak Park. She lives in Harwood Heights.

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(social and academic) experience than a fellow student who has the added burden of having an inferior academic preparation, a result of attending under-performing Chicago innercity public schools. William J. Wilson, University of Chicago professor, talks about this social phenomenon in his groundbreaking book, The Declining Significance of Race. I hope this TV program will “peel the onion” as they discuss black students’ experiences at OPRF High School and explore critical “within group” differences of black students (specifically including social class and acculturation). Janice Matthews Rasheed, PhD, LCSW, is a retired Loyola University Chicago professor with a private clinical social worker practice in Oak Park.

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from page 33 society we make judgments and assert assumptions about people (and their abilities), based on their social class and acculturation. That is, folks assert stereotypes based on these two factors. Bottom line: A black student who is middle class (in appearance, speech, dress, behavior, etc.) is likely going to be treated differently by teachers and school administrators as well as receive a warmer welcome by fellow white students. Then you mix in a black student (like my friend’s daughter who received excellent prior academic preparation at PSM). She is going to have a dramatically different

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Seemingly endless Church scandal demands action

Oak Park and River Forest celebrate a large Catholic family. The six parishes and two Catholic high schools make up an important part of our communities. I am a St. Luke Bearcat (River Forest) and in my 10 years at St. Luke School and continued 10 years since as a parishioner, I have ever experienced a welcoming community based on respect, dignity, and love of God. The St. Luke community is a loving, supportive community. We celebrate our blessings and mourn our losses together. I have also had the pleasure of knowing many wonderful clergy members — one that especially comes to mind is Fr. Leroy Wickowski of St. Giles and St. Luke — who are truly servants of God and do so much good for our community. After being raised in such a community based in faith, I am truly heartbroken at the ongoing news of the child sex abuse and cover up in the Catholic community. Frankly and sadly, though, I am not surprised. The letter from Fr. Jim Hurlbert of Ascension Parish [Addressing this sin in our Church, Viewpoints, Aug. 22] was well written and comforting, but lacked the most important message: What are we as Catholics going to do about the seemingly never-ending child sex abuse scandal in our Church? And most importantly, what are the priests and other clergymen themselves going to do about it?

There was a letter to the editor in the New York Times last week by fellow Catholic Mr. Naka Nathaniel calling on all priests to step down in defiance to the Vatican. This seems extreme to me. However, the sentiment is in the right place. We absolutely cannot allow this to keep happening and need concrete, transparent changes in the Church or it cannot, and should not, continue on as an institution. Here is my call to action for the OPRF Catholic community: Call your priests, write letters to Cardinal Cupich of the Archdiocese of Chicago, and demand that they do something about this horrific trend in our Church — or donations will stop coming, your family will no longer attend Mass, and your children will be dis-enrolled from the Catholic schools. If you decide to take some of these more drastic actions, please explain to your family and community members that this is not in defiance of God or the higher beliefs of the Church but in response to the Church establishment — that child abuse and cover-up is not acceptable, nor will it be tolerated. And in place of the weekly Mass time, volunteer in the community and strive to live by the true virtues of the Church.

Marcella Heineke

St. Luke class of 2009

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America let us come together, We the People, born of perfect union; Blessings of Liberty make our weather, As written into our Constitution. Tranquility these days may not be seen, Yet, we declare we are all born equal, Nowhere is stated that we should be mean, General Welfare; Justice is our sequel. The Pursuit of Happiness is our Hope, Gone is the king who reigned in Tyranny: Against wholesome laws he dictated; Nope! Which led us to a new civility: A choice to be independent and free, Which still, my friends, is up to you and me..

Val Gee

Oak Park Writers Group

Breaking down the clerical hierarchy

Ken, yes, it’s patriarchy that must end [What’s left when things get broken? Ken Trainor, Viewpoints, Aug. 29]. In ending it, the Church will also have to break down the clerical hierarchy. Ordaining women might also lead to that, but I think decentralizing power from Rome to parishes and from clergy to laity won’t occur

without addressing it directly. Thankfully, Jesus wasn’t a Roman Catholic. Love can be tapped wherever hearts are open to it. I appreciate your pointed and thoughtful piece.

Rich Kordesh Chicago

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he President just confirmed zero raises for civilian federal employees in 2019. “Federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases,” he wrote. Budget season means setting priorities and making difficult choices for any organization. Last week, Village of Oak Park staff began sharing 2019 budget priorities with elected officials and the public. Over the next few months, the list of “wants” will be whittled down to “needs” plus “what else can we afford?” At the Chamber, we are planning for 2019 as well, through intense scrutiny on what services we provide, what we charge, what we spend and how we are organized. Happens every year.

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A budget is a road map, not a detailed itinerary. It helps you stay focused, make high level choices and allocate resources, even if it does not tell you how to manage daily operations. And, yes, things will change. Rarely do things work out exactly in line with the budget. That does not obviate the value of exercise. A good budget, supported by a focused strategy, provides context for the goals you want to achieve. And, the budget acts as the catalyst for the even more important conversation about the goals themselves.

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Congratulations to Lake Street Family Physicians on their new location! 1010 Lake St., Suite 301, Oak Park * (708) 524-8600 * LakeStreetFamilyPhysicians.com Among the celebrants: Bob Stelletello, Right At Home Oak Park / Chicago / Hinsdale; LaToya Miller, Lake Street Family Physicians; Mary Ann Bender, Dr. Mary Ann Bender Podiatry; Lynn Palmgren, Palmgren Acupuncture; Candice Oberlies, LSFP; Dr. Margaret Lee, LSFP; Dr. Deborah Manus, LSFP; Dr. Marian Sassetti, LSFP; Lee Owens, Name On Anything; Dr. Eunice Chan, LSFP; Nancy Bell, LSFP; Faye Perkins, Community Bank of OPRF; Dr. Paul Kungl, LSFP; Kathy Marchwiany, CBOPRF; Sam Yousif, Body Gears; Dexter Cura, Escape Factor; Vicki Scaman, Village of Oak Park; Katie Albert, Body Gears; Karen Burnett, Body Gears; Autumn Neuharth, Body Gears; Angela Ariza, CBOPRF; Cathy Yen, OPRF Chamber; Pat Koko, Celebrating Seniors Coalition

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O B I T U A R I E S

Marv Abrahamson, 93 Longtime owner of Abrahamson’s Furs

Marvin Harold “Marv” Abrahamson, 93, of Oak Park died Tuesday morning from complications due to Parkinson’s Disease. Deeply rooted in Austin and Oak Park, both as a resident and owner of Abrahamson’s Fur Salons, Marv grew up in South Austin, at Adams and Central, attending Robert Emmett Elementary School and Austin High School, where he played guard on the varsity basketball team. He graduated MARV in 1943. His parents, LilABRAHAMSON lian and Joe, had three other children: Elmer, Sylvia and Melvin. Marv was the youngest. After a semester at Wright Jr. College, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving honorably in the Pacific, returning home in 1946 to join Joe and Elmer in the family business on Madison and Mayfield. In the 1950s, the salon moved to 122 N. Marion St. in Oak Park, where it remained into the 21st

century. He welcomed his son Bruce into the business in 1978. Marv was a proud member of Rotary, the Oak Park Tennis Club, and the unofficial “Mayor of Marion Street.” He was a Chicago Bulls season ticket holder for nearly half a century. A resident of Brookdale Oak Park at the time of his passing, he is succeeded by his companion of nearly 40 years, Mary Ann Jurgus; his sons, Bruce and Terry; his daughter-in-law Vicki Lafer Abrahamson; his son-in-law, David Branch; his grandsons, Joey, Sam and Jake; and granddaughters Charlotte and Jenny. Shiva was held on Sept. 1 at the home of Vicki and Terry Abrahamson, 840 W. Hutchinson St., Chicago. A memorial visitation was held on Sept. 2 at Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home, 203 S. Marion St., Oak Park. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Southern Poverty Law Center (splcenter. org) are appreciated.

Gerald Keeley Sr., 81 Worked for Westinghouse

Gerald David Keeley Sr., 81, of Brookfield, formerly of River Forest and Chicago, died on Aug. 30, 2018 at JourneyCare Hospice in Chicago. Mr. Keeley was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and graduated with honors from the Illinois Institute of Technology with a B.S.

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in business. He worked for Westinghouse Electric and Michael Lewis/Simon Products. He was the husband of Aila (nee Koile); the father of Gerald (Barbara Laper) Keeley Jr., Elizabeth (Dean) Zaverdas, Steven (Rebecca Holstein) Keeley, Patrick Kirby, Kelly Kirby and Shelly (Lyn) Bryant; the grandfather of 17; the great-grandfather of five; and the brother of Mary Jane (George) Novak, Jim (late Betty) Keeley, Paul Keeley, late Patricia (late Tod) Pierce and the late Pamela (Jerry) Nichols. Visitation will be on Saturday, Sept. 8 from 2 to 8 p.m., with a memorial service and military honors at 6:30 p.m., at Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home, 2447 Desplaines Ave., North Riverside. In lieu of flowers, memorials to JourneyCare Foundation 405 Lake Zurich Rd., Barrington, 60010 or St. Jude Children’s Hospital 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105 are appreciated.

Dexter Poole, 74 Advertising creative director

Walter Dexter Poole, 74, of River Forest, died on Aug. 1, 2018. Born in Oak Park, he lived in the Austin neighborhood until the age of 12. After his father died, the family moved to the Taylor Street neighborhood on Chicago’s near West Side. He attended St. Philip High School and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree from DePaul University. DEXTER POOLE Mr. Poole had a very successful career in advertising, working for such agencies as Tathum, Laird, and Kudner; DDB Needham; and J. Walter Thompson. As a creative director, he created and wrote the Hubba Bubba campaign, featuring an Old West motif whose hero was “The Gumfighter.” He also wrote ads for Wrigley Spearmint

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Gum, McDonald’s and Audi, among others. He also wrote over a dozen screenplays. Though none were ultimately produced, he received a lot of attention from two legendary Hollywood producers: Barbara De Fina and Jean Doumanian. Dexter Poole is survived by his children, Julie (Shaun) Krueger and Jon; his grandchildren, Nolan, Liam and Declan Krueger; and his siblings, James (Carol) and Geraldine (Charles) DiLise. He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Angelica (nee Shultz), and siblings Lorraine and Thomas. There will be a celebration of Dexter’s life at Cheney Mansion, 220 N. Euclid Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302 on Saturday, Sept. 8 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Please make any charitable donations to either the Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation (www.lustgarten.org) or Amnesty International.

Jim Riordan, 61 Former Oak Park resident

Jim Riordan, 61, of Evanston, formerly of Oak Park, died on Aug. 30, 2018. He was the son of the late James P. Riordan and Jeanne M. Riordan (nee Stewart); the brother of Michael (Beatrice) Riordan, Theresa JIM RIORDAN (Michael) Geimer, Jeannie (Lee) Zeitlin, William (Roxanne) Riordan, the late Mary Riordan and Maureen Riordan; the uncle of Megan Geimer, Emily Zeitlin, Matthew Geimer, Eric Zeitlin, Tomm Riordan, Kevin Riordan and Kelly Riordan; and a nephew and cousin of many. A funeral Mass was celebrated Sept. 1 at Ascension Church in Oak Park, followed by interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Hillside. Hitzeman Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements.

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Religion Guide Methodist

Check First.

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

First Congregational Church of Maywood

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

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

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

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

3:30-4:00pm

Nationwide

WJYS-TV (M-F)

6:30-7:00am

Chicago, IL.

WCIU-TV (Sun.)

10:30-11:00am

Chicago, IL.

Word Network

10:30-11:00am

Nationwide

(M-F)

www.livingwd.org www.billwinston.org

West Suburban Temple Har Zion

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

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

Fair Oaks

Lutheran—ELCA

United Lutheran Church

409 Greenfield Street (at Ridgeland Avenue) Oak Park Holy Communion with nursery care and children’s chapel each Sunday at 9:30 a.m. www.unitedlutheranchurch.org

708/386-1576

Lutheran-Independent

Grace Lutheran Church

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

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

744 Fair Oaks Ave. Oak Park 386-4920 Sunday Schedule Christian Education for All Ages 9:00am Worship Service 10:00am

Child care available 9-11am

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

Roman Catholic

Ascension Catholic Church

Grace Lutheran School

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

Christ Lutheran Church

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

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

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

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

Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor

Roman Catholic

St. Edmund Catholic Church

188 South Oak Park Ave. Saturday Mass: 5:30 p.m. Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m. Weekday Mass: 8:30 a.m. M–F Holy Day Masses: As Announced Reconciliation: Saturday 4:15 p.m. Parish Office: 708-848-4417 Religious Ed Phone: 708-848-7220

Roman Catholic

St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

CELEBRATING OUR 107TH YEAR! Sat. Masses: 8:30am & 5:00pm SUNDAY MASSES: 8:00am & 10:30am 10:30 Mass-Daycare for all ages CCD Sun. 9am-10:15am Reconciliation: Sat. 9am & 4pm Weekday Masses: Monday–Friday 6:30am Church Office: 708-366-0839 CCD: 708-366-3553 www.stbern.com Pastor: Fr. Stanislaw Kuca

St. Giles Family Mass Community

We welcome all to attend Sunday Mass at 10 a.m. on the St. Giles Parish campus on the second floor of the school gym, the southernmost building in the school complex at 1034 North Linden Avenue. Established in 1970, we are a laybased community within St. Giles Roman Catholic Parish. Our Mass is family-friendly. We encourage liturgically active toddlers. Children from 3 to 13 and young adults play meaningful parts in each Sunday liturgy. Together with the parish, we offer Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a Montessori-based religious education program for children in grades K-8. For more information, go to http://www.stgilesparish.org/ family-mass-community or call Bob Wielgos at 708-288-2196.

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 Sunday Forum 11AM Service Rev. Colleen Vahey thirdunitarianchurch.org (773) 626-9385 301 N. Mayfield, Chicago Committed to justice, not to a creed

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ELECTRICIAN’S HELPER PART-TIME Part-time Electrician’s Helper. Must have own transportation and some tools. Call for more info 708-738-3848.

PART TIME CAR WASH ATTENDANT SPOTLESS CARWASH at 7343 Roosevelt Rd and 7802 Madison St in Forest Park needs an attendant. We are looking for someone who likes to be outside, and is friendly and likes people. The duties are to meet and greet customers, make change, sell tokens, automatic and self serve wash use instructions, keep lot and the perimeter clean, and empty the garbage. Pay is $10.00 per hour. The hours an attendant is on duty are 9-5 on week days and 9-4 on Saturday and Sunday. If you can fit any of these hours on a part time basis we can work with you. Please come to 7343 Roosevelt Rd. in Forest Park to pick up an application. 708-771-2945 Thank you

PART-TIME CUSTOMER SERVICE The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Part-Time Permit Customer Services Technician in the Development Customer Services Department. This position serves the public by providing administrative and technical support in the processing, approval, and archiving of building permit and parking applications. The Permit Customer Service Technician will work to support the permitting processes in Development Customer Services and provide customer service to both internal and external customers. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application no later than September 10, 2018.

FULL-TIME CUSTOMER SERVICE The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Full-Time Permit Customer Services Technician in the Development Customer Services Department. This position serves the public by providing administrative and technical support in the processing, approval, and archiving of building permit and parking applications. The Permit Customer Service Technician will work to support the permitting processes in Development Customer Services and provide customer service to both internal and external customers. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application no later than September 10, 2018. PAID-ON-CALL FIREFIGHTER POSITION The Village of Riverside Fire Department is seeking Individuals for the position of Paid-on-call Firefighter; This is not a full-time position. Applicants must be: * In good physical condition * Reside within 1.5 miles of the boundaries of the Village of Riverside at time of appointment * Be 18 years of age at the time of application * Possess a high school diploma or GED. * Possess a valid driver’s license with a good driving record Applications for employment are available on-line at: http://riverside.il.us/Jobs Applications must be returned to: Village of Riverside Village Hall 27 Riverside Rd. Riverside IL 60546 Applications must be returned by September 14, 2018 at 4pm The Village of Riverside is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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RIVERSIDE PARKS & RECREATION ASST Riverside Parks and Recreation is looking for a highly motivated individual eager to participate in all aspects of the recreation business. The Recreation Assistant would have administrative responsibilities utilizing RecTrac! and be responsible for instructing classes, supporting with special events, running athletic leagues, as well as day to day assistance with school year and summer camp programs, and helping with the development of recreation offerings throughout the community. The ideal candidate has a background in customer service and community engagement. Desired qualities include hard worker, detail oriented, problem solver, flexible, team player, friendly, and creative. The Recreation Assistant possesses strong oral and written communication skills. Candidates must be driven to excel and perform tasks as requested in a timely manner. His/her schedule must be flexible to accommodate occasional nights and weekends. Candidates must have a valid driver’s license and exemplary driving record. Position averages 29 hours per week and pays $11–$14 per hour. Contact: Riverside Parks & Recreation, riversidepr@riverside.il.us 708.442.7025. Apply online, http://www.riverside.il.us/ Jobs.aspx?CID=98 The Village of Riverside is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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RIVERSIDE PARKS AND RECREATION BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL COUNSELOR Riverside Parks & Recreation seeks Before & After School Counselors to work with children 6-14 years of age from August 2018 to June 2019. This part-time position typically works M–F mornings (6:15 AM–8:05 AM) and afternoons (2:30– 6:15), approx.. 17-30 hours weekly throughout the year with increased hours during school breaks and days off. Pay $8.75 per hour and up. Requirements include: * Must pass CPR/First Aid Certification–provided by RPRD * At least one year prior camp and/ or leadership experience * Knowledge/experience in an assortment of sports and activities * Exhibits dependability, punctuality, patience, teamwork, self-control and enthusiasm * Possesses good leadership abilities and responsibility * Has the ability to work with minimal supervision with children ages 6-14 years of age * Excellent character, integrity and adaptability * Available for training prior to start of the school calendar year * Must be able to participate in a variety of physical activities requiring energetic enthusiasm *Love for working with children Contact: Riverside Parks & Recreation, riversidepr@riverside.il.us 708.442.7025 Apply online, http://www.riverside.il.us/ Jobs.aspx?CID=98 The Village of Riverside is an Equal Opportunity Employer SAL’S POWER WASHING PART-TIME, FULL-TIME Seeking to fill 3-5 Fleet Washing positions. Positions Require: —Clean Appearance —Drug-Free —Valid Driver’s License —Clean Driving Record —Ability to Speak English $10.00 PER HOUR STARTING PAY CALL 708-351-5236

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HELP WANTED SYSTEMS ANALYST The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Systems Analyst in the Information Technology Department. Applicant will need to be knowledgeable and capable to apply the principles and techniques of various programming languages, database, computer programming, on-line programming and programming documentation. Additional skillsets include systems analysis and design techniques, such as database normalization, business analysis, workflow procedure, modular programming, stored procedures, and interface with operating system. Our technology environment consists of MS-SQL & Tools, Superion OneSolution CAD/RMS, CityView Permit, Licensing & Inspections, ERSI ArcGIS, Laserfiche and web software (Java, HTML, Adobe ColdFusion and Drupal).http:// www.oak-park.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application (First review of applications will be on September 14, 2018).

SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE FSBO BRICK BUNGALOW 2BR, 1 BA with newer toilet & vanity. Kitchen improved w/ SS sink & appliances. New electric baseboard heating encl. 4 season room. Decor freshly painted. Slate patio, perennial garden, maple tree, 2 car garage. $218,500 obo. Sold As Is. Cash Buyer Only. 312-561-8377. No texts, leave voice msg.

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

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CHURCH FOR RENT OAK PARK CLASSIC CHURCH FOR RENT

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OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT OAK PARK OFFICE SPACE Private office (approx. 100 sf) for lease at 1100 Lake Street, Oak Park. Includes 24-hr access; desk & chair; high speed Wi-Fi; coffee, tea and water service; nightly cleaning; corporate-style conference room; reception area. Parking in attached garage (with covered access to building) is free for first 1.5 hours or purchase monthly pass from VOP. $375/month. Includes heat, AC, electric. Available Sept. 1. Call 708-267-8072. For pictures and more info, search “6686478994” on Craigslist.

GARAGE/YARD SALES Forest Park

PRE-MOVING SALE 1043 ELGIN AVE SAT 9/8 & SUN 9/9 9AM TO 5PM RAIN OR SHINE

If it’s not nailed down or not available “it’s for sale”... Furniture (all conditions and ages); Kitchen “stuff”, Clothes, Toys, Plans, Housewares, Books, Knickknacks and collectibles. Lots of treasures waiting to be loved--ALL PRICED TO SELL...So stop in, say hi and hopefully find that one (or two) “can’t live without” purchase. Forest Park

GARAGE SALE 1029 LATHROP SAT 9/8 & SUN 9/9 10AM TO 2PM

Furniture, treadmill & much more! Oak Park

BIG BLOCK SALE 700 BLK N ELMWOOD SAT 9/8 9AM TO 12:30PM

Many families selling many things: furniture, housewares, clothes, toys, strollers, yard tools, bikes, ladders, books, vintage items, records, dvds, and much, much more. Don’t miss this one! Oak Park

MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE 300 S. ELMWOOD SAT 9/8 9AM TO 3PM

Lots of items for everyone Kids desk, CDs, books, stuffed animals, hockey and lacrosse gear, household, toys, furniture, dog kennel, bike, rollerblades and more. Find more garage sales on next page.

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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 CAROLYN DAVIS, Petitioner and DRAKE DAVIS Respondent, Case No. 2018D-005914. 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 26, 2018, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition. DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk. Published in Wednesday Journal 8/22, 8/29, 9/5/2018

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 registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D18155257 on August 22, 2018. Under the Assumed Business Name of CLICK PROPERTIES with the business located at: 1410 N. HARLEM AVE. UNIT F, RIVER FOREST, IL 60305. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: CHRISTIE GEE, 1410 N. HARLEM AVE. UNIT F RIVER FOREST, IL 60305. Published in Wednesday Journal 8/29, 9/5, 9/12/2018

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Education, Oak Park Elementary School District 97, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, hereinafter known as Owner, is seeking bids for Boiler Replacement at Horace Mann Elementary located in Oak Park, Illinois. Lump Sum Bids will be publicly opened and read at the District Office of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, 260 W. Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, at 10:00 a.m., on Tuesday, September 18, 2018. Bids received after designated time and date of bid opening will not be considered. Bid security, in the form of a bid bond or certified check, in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the base bid shall be submitted with the bid. Performance and Labor and Material Payment Bonds and Certificate of Insurance, as required by the Owner, will be required from the successful bidder. The Board of Education, Oak Park Elementary School District 97 reserves the right to reject any and all bids or parts thereof, to waive any irregularities or informalities in bidding procedures and to award the contract in a manner best serving the interest of the Owner All bidders must comply with applicable Illinois Law requiring the payment of prevailing rate of wage to all laborers, workmen and mechanics working on public funded projects. If during the time period of work, these rate changes, the contractor shall be responsible for additional costs without any change to the contract amount. The proposed contract is subject to the requirements of the Equal Employment Practices Commission and the Illinois Human Rights Act (HRA) Illinois Revised Statues, Ch. 68, Par. 1-101, et. seg.â&#x20AC;?(Including the requirement that every party to a public contract shall have adopted written sexual harassment policies, P.A. 87-1257). Bidding Documents are on file September 4, 2018 and may be obtained from Best Imaging Solutions, 55 E. Monroe St. Lower Level, Con F, Chicago, IL 60603, and (312) 357-9050, Fax (312) 357-0235, service@emailbest.com. Payment and delivery arrangement should be made through Best Imaging Solutions. All prospective bidders are requested to attend a pre-bid conference at 3:30 p.m., on Tuesday, September 11, 2018, located at Horace Mann Elementary School 921 N. Kenilworth Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302 in order to familiarize themselves with the project, which will be attended by both the Owner and the Architect/Engineer. Site inspection will follow the meeting. It is the responsibility of the contractor to attend and sign in at the pre-bid conference and site inspections. This will be the only time that contractors will be allowed access to the project site. The Architect will transmit to prospective bidders of record any addenda the Architect considers necessary in response to questions arising at the pre-bid conference. Board of Education Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Published in Wednesday Journal 9/5/2018

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF OAK PARK PLAN COMMISSION DOCKET NUMBER: PC 18-08 (Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment) HEARING DATE: September 20, 2018 TIME: 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the Agenda permits. LOCATION OF HEARING: Room 101 (Community Room), Oak Park Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, 60302 APPLICANT(S): Village of Oak Park, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302 REQUEST: The Applicant has requested consideration of the addition to the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance of design standards and review considerations for singlefamily detached residential dwelling units, with an amendment to Article 4 (“Residential Districts”), Section 4.4 (“General Standards of Applicability”), Subsection A (“Design Standards”) of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance, by adding, “Detached singlefamily and…” to the text, and an amendment to Article 7 (“Design Standards”), Section 7.1 (Purpose), by adding “…Commercial and Residential….” in the text, and Section 7.2 (“Applicability”), Subsection A, by adding “5. New Construction and substantial enlargements and /or alterations of detached single-family dwellings,” and Section 7.3 (“Design Review”) Subsection C., by adding a reference to the new Sections 7.5 and 7.6 of this Article 7, and the addition of a new Section “7.5 Building Design Standards –Single-Family Residential Dwellings” with mandatory design standards for single-family detached residential dwelling units and with discretionary review considerations, and changing the numbering of current Section 7.5 to 7.6 (“Energy Efficient Construction”), of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance. Copies of the application and each of the applicable documents are on file and are available for inspection at the Village Hall, Development Customer Services Department, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The Plan Commission may continue the hearing to another date without further notice by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof. Persons with disabilities planning to attend and needing special accommodations should contact the ADA Coordinator at (708) 358-5430 or e-mail building@oak-park.us at least 48 hours before the scheduled hearing. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE INVITED TO BE HEARD. David Mann, Chairperson OAK PARK PLAN COMMISSION, Sitting as a Zoning Commission Oak Park, Illinois 60302 Published in Wednesday Journal 9/5/2018

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LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed proposals at the Office of the Village Engineer, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday September 20, 2018 and at that time will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following Village Project: 18-9, WATERMAIN VALVE REPLACEMENTS. In general, the improvements consist of the removal and replacement of watermain valves ranging in size from 6 inches to 8 inches, including removal, replacement, and additions of valve boxes and valve vaults, watermain fittings, pavement or parkway restoration and traffic control; and all appurtenant work thereto. Plans and proposal forms may be obtained from the office of the Village Engineer starting on Thursday September 6, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. Proposal forms may be obtained from the office of the Village Engineer. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents only to those contractors deemed qualified. No proposal documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of bid opening. The work to be performed pursuant to this Proposal is subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/0.01 et seq. THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Bill McKenna Village Engineer Published in Wednesday Journal 9/5/2018

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC Plaintiff, -v.CONDE BASEY, 714 N. AUSTIN CONDO ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ANNIE BASEY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, CARY ROSENTHAL, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ANNIE BASEY (DECEASED), DENEENA NORTON Defendants 17 CH 13559 714 NORTH AUSTIN BL., GNE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 25, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 3, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 714 NORTH AUSTIN BL., GNE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-105-0221003.

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The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 14-17-14679. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-14679 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 13559 TJSC#: 38-4662 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. I3095965

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION STERLING NATIONAL BANK AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO ASTORIA BANK Plaintiff, -v.CARL M. WAHLSTROM A/K/A CARL M. WAHLSTROM JR., SUSAN I. WAHLSTROM, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, TARGET NATIONAL BANK, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. Defendants 17 CH 009087 522 NORTH HUMPHREY AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 2, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 4, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 522 NORTH HUMPHREY AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-326-0080000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a

mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-07164. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-07164 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 009087 TJSC#: 38-5687 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. I3095944

CITIZENS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION F/K/A RBS CITIZENS, N AT I O N A L ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHARTER ONE BANK, F.S.B SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO HINSDALE FEDERAL BANK FOR SAVINGS Plaintiff, -v.CARL T. GROESBECK, LEIGHTON HOLDINGS, LTD., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 009347 331 N. TAYLOR AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 15, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 26, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 331 N. TAYLOR AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-109-0110000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 14-16-08522. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com

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Attorney File No. 14-16-08522 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 009347 TJSC#: 38-6801 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. I3097034

POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 265517. 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. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 265517 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 18 CH 01063 TJSC#: 38-4498 I3096406

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 14-17-07208. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-07208 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 008084 TJSC#: 38-7011 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. I3097463

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 3, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 15, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 208 WASHINGTON BLVD, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-314-0370000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 14-18-02650. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.

15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-02650 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 18 CH 3316 TJSC#: 38-5717 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. I3096560

of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003 Please refer to file number 110340. 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. POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw.com Attorney File No. 110340 Attorney Code. 43932 Case Number: 18 CH 02849 TJSC#: 38-4611 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. I3089357

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $172,052.57. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 18-5728. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 18-5728 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 18 CH 2398 TJSC#: 38-5212 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. I3091566

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.JOSE OSORIO, CLARENCE COURT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 18 CH 01063 628 HARRISON STREET, UNIT 1 OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 23, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 10, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 628 HARRISON STREET, UNIT 1, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-18-226-0351002. The real estate is improved with a brown brick, three story condominium with no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.TAISHA L. FOSTER, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 17 CH 008084 611 N HUMPHREY AVE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 18, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 2, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 611 N HUMPHREY AVE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-319-0290000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.PATTY JENNINGS, VILLAGE OF OAK PARK, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 18 CH 3316 208 WASHINGTON BLVD OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST 2006-3 Plaintiff, -v.JILLIAN A. KREIMAN, BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Defendants 18 CH 02849 1209 N. HARLEM AVENUE, APARTMENT #3 Oak Park, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 29, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 16, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1209 N. HARLEM AVENUE, APARTMENT #3, Oak Park, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-06-120-0441005. The real estate is improved with a condominium. The judgment amount was $67,412.01. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (FANNIE MAE), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.SAMUEL L. HARRIS A/K/A SAMUEL HARRIS, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC, JH PORTFOLIO DEBT EQUITIES, LLC, STATE OF ILLINOIS Defendants 18 CH 2398 1807 HARRISON ST Maywood, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 5, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 5, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1807 HARRISON ST, Maywood, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-15-125-0290000.

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Pieces in place from page 48 of success. It will be fun.” Coming off a 12-24 campaign in 2017, with the requisite growing pains along the way, Collins believes the Huskies are ready to finally make good on some of their considerable promise. “After spending the past two years creating and building a competitive culture of OPRF volleyball, the Huskies are primed for success in 2018,” Collins said. “Having two seasons of falling short of goals and experiencing a lot of defeat, you can sense the eagerness for success from this group. When we met as a team in the beginning of the season, the kids agreed that they wanted to win more.” Winning more, specifically, means a higher finish in the West Suburban Conference Silver Division, top-5 finishes in tournaments, a regional championship, and hopefully, a deep run in the state playoffs. These are attainable but challenging goals considering the Huskies went 1-5 in conference play, finished no higher than 7th in tournaments and lost to Jones College Prep in a regional final last season. The approach to surpassing last year’s results seems reasonable. “We focus a lot on what we can control,” Collins said. “The two very specific things are how we prepare ourselves and how we go out and execute on game day. Therefore, our main goal [is] to be competitive as possible in everything we do every day so that we’re ready come late October and November.” Much of the Huskies’ positive outlook is directly correlated with their talent level. Although the team lost outside hitters Mireya Garcia (now playing volleyball at DePaul) and Ale Sleuwen to graduation, most of the team’s nucleus remains intact. OPRF is led by a pair of Division I recruits in 6-foot-2 outside hitter Natalie Chizzo and 6-2 middle hitter Zahria Woodard. Both juniors, Chizzo is being recruited by Clemson, DePaul, Loyola Chicago, and Cal Poly, and Woodard has drawn interest from South Carolina and Coastal Carolina. Senior middle hitter Zora Barnett and junior libero Ella Dunavan are other top players for OPRF. Sophomore Chloe Gill, a 6-2 outside hitter, should make an immediate impact at the varsity level. “Chloe will be a key blocker and attacker for us this year,” Collins said. “She is versatile enough to swing and block on either side of the pin.” Sophomore libero Ella Olson, senior setter Hayden Benson, senior libero Megan Sullivan, sophomore setter Alex Weisman, junior right side/middle hitter Athena Shelley-Diggs, senior libero Julia Sullivan, junior outside hitter Maddie Macek, and senior outside hitter Chloe Cantu round out the roster. Charles Simatic is an assistant

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OPRF junior Natalie Chizzo had 5 kills, 6 digs and a block in the Huskies’ 25-11, 25-14 win over Morton. coach for Collins. Eight returning players gained valuable experience last season. “We are looking to continue to grow on our fast-paced offense that we implemented at the end of last year,” Collins said. “We will have a very strong and fast offense dominated by the ‘big three’ of Nat, Zora, and Zahria. If our ball control and setting can stay consistent and we minimize unforced errors, there is no reason why we shouldn’t be competitive with every team we face.” The Huskies won’t need to look any further than their own conference for stiff competition. “It’s no secret that we are in one of the toughest conferences and have one of the hardest tournament schedules, but that’s how we want it,” Collins said. “There are no ‘easy games’ when you’re playing in the West Suburban Silver. Glenbard West and Downers Grove North are top 20 teams in

the state, and York and Hinsdale Central will also be very solid this year. “Compete, compete, compete is what we preach to our kids. We want to play against the best to see how we match up.” OPRF visits Hinsdale Central in a conference match on Tuesday, Sept. 11. The Huskies return home to take on Fenwick on Thursday, Sept. 13 in nonconference action. Both matches start at 5:30 p.m.

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OPRF, Fenwick football teams consistently produce next-level talent

ntering this high school football season, Oak Park and River Forest has amassed 656 wins (11th all-time in Illinois high school football history). Fenwick claims 541 wins, which nets a tie for 50th in the all-time victory column. Numbers don’t lie. The Huskies and Friars have longstanding winning traditions in Oak Park. The primary reason for their success: great players. Of course, everyone knows about Fenwick legend Johnny Lattner. The Friars’ best player ever went on to win the Heisman Trophy in 1953 while starring at Notre Dame. His jersey number #34 deservedly hangs in the rafters of Fenwick’s Fieldhouse Gym. Moreover, his Heisman Trophy accompanies the current Fenwick football team to all games. As the players take the field before each game, each Friar pauses to rub the trophy for good luck. Talk about a wonderful new tradition! OPRF has retired only two numbers. Obviously, Iman Shumpert’s #32 is retired for his basketball achievements.

The other number? #14 worn by football’s Eric Kumerow. Kumerow was a dominating force at linebacker and also an accomplished basketball and baseball player for the Huskies during the mid-1980s. He was named All-State and All-American, and then went on to have college and pro careers at Ohio State and with the Miami Dolphins, respectively. Players like Lattner and Kumerow serve as exemplary reminders as to why Fenwick and OPRF have sustained football success. And today, there are several recent Fenwick and OPRF graduates that could potentially play in the NFL either this fall or in future years. Fox example, alums like Fenwick’s Ryan Smith (Packers tight end) and Robert Spillane (Titans linebacker) and OPRF’s Simmie Cobbs (Redskins wide receiver) are all hoping to survive NFL roster cuts this weekend. Additionally, there are other recent alums playing in college currently with dreams of a shot at NFL glory. Former Huskies currently playing college football include wide receiver Jared Scott, fullback Jahmari Moore and defensive back Keyon Blankenbaker (all at Wyoming).

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OAKPARK.COM | RIVERFOREST.COM Other Huskies playing college football include wide receiver Lloyd Yates (Northwestern), defensive lineman Allen Stallings (Indiana), quarterback Jeremy Hunt, wide receiver Eddie Gorens and offensive lineman Jacob Hale (all at Central Missouri). Fenwick grads playing in college include wide receiver Michael O’Laughlin (West Virginia), offensive tackle Austin Glazier and defensive lineman Ellis Taylor (Fordham), quarterback Jacob Keller (Northern Iowa), wide receiver Sherman Martin (Toledo) and offensive lineman Adrian Nourse (Aquinas). Even the current OPRF and Fenwick teams boast a few potential college players. The Huskies feature defensive end Izaiah Ruffin, who has made an oral commitment to Cincinnati. Wide receiver Trevon Brown, nose tackle Ashford Hollis, linebacker Cedric Cheatham, and defensive back Machi Young are drawing plenty of interest from college recruiters. As for the Friars, junior quarterback Danny Cronin had a nice summer which included recruiting interest from several Division I college programs. A solid season by the strong-armed 6-3 signal-caller will surely attract more recruiters. On defense, the Friars’ Max Forst, Konrad Skowrya and Solomon Singleton all have a chance to play collegiately next fall. As long as both schools showcase local talent while also winning games, expect the college recruiting pipeline to flow freely in Oak Park.

Friars’ teamwork augers success Focus on winning GCAC White, then a good run in Class 4A playoffs By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor

With fellow leader Margaret Planek having moved on to the University of Pennsylvania, McKenzie Moorman returns as the unquestioned leader of the Fenwick High School volleyball team. Last year, Planek was the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference White Division Player of the Year, while Moorman earned All-GCAC honors as the Friars finished 20-15. Moorman amassed 359 kills and 172 digs at outside hitter in 2017. A four-year varsity starter at Fenwick, she has committed to play college volleyball at South Carolina. However before she joins the Gamecocks, Moorman hopes to close out her high school career in style at Fenwick. “McKenzie brings us leadership and experience,” Fenwick coach Kathleen O’Laughlin said. “She is a dominant left side attack. She is a threat from both the front and back court.” Some of the team’s other top contributors include seniors Zaria Glover (right side hitter), Kate Beltram (left side outside hitter/defensive specialist), along with juniors Alesia Mollo (libero) and Ally Riggs (setter). “Zaria is blocking at a high level and has the ability to terminate the ball at many different points along the net,” O’Laughlin said. “Kate provides us with stability in the backcourt and she’s also a very effective left side option for us. Alesia is a solid passer and has excellent defensive skills. Ally has really improved from last season and she’s doing a great job of running our offense.” Sophomore outside hitter Beau Vanderlaan, sophomore middle blocker Lauren Hall and promising freshman Elise

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Fenwick senior McKenzie Moorman had 359 kills and 172 digs in 2017. She’s committed to South Carolina. Henegan augment the lineup with young talent. “Beau is doing a nice job handling the responsibilities of a pin hitter for us,” O’Laughlin said. “She contacts the ball high on the tape and has the ability to work around a block. Elise is doing a great job closing the block for us and has a powerful arm swing. They are both exciting, young players who will make an impact on varsity this season.” Fenwick opened the season with straight-set wins over Northside Prep (25-23, 25-5) and Lane Tech (25-20, 25-20). “The goal for this group is to work hard and improve every day in practice,” O’Laughlin said. “This group is focused and very much a team. They seem to support each other and understand their roles, whether they are on the

court or the bench. “I’d like to see great defense and transition from this group. I think we have the talent to perform at a high level defensively and put up a solid block consistently.” In addition to its conference matches, Fenwick will face several tough nonconference opponents, including York, St. Ignatius, Montini and OPRF. “These matches will be a good test for us as we are competing at the Class 4A level this postseason,” O’Laughlin said. “I think a fun conference matchup for us will be Trinity. In the past few years, both teams have played some great volleyball against each other. I think this year will be no different.”

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Trinity volleyball loaded with talent

CALLING ALL KIDS AGES 7–14

Blazers’ Jacobs, Gohmann and Alvarez comprise formidable trio in lineup By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor

Whether it’s been Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce on the Boston Celtics or LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh with the Miami Heat, Big 3’s have translated very well in the NBA. On the local girls high school volleyball level, Trinity has its Big 3-version which could lead to winning the Girls Catholic Athletics Conference title and perhaps even more. Six-foot junior outside hitter Emma Jacobs (school-record 367 kills, 207 digs in 2017), 6-0 senior middle hitter Haley Gohmann (150 kills, 34 blocks) and 5-7 senior outside hitter Joseline Alvarez (208 kills, 178 digs in 2017) are the Blazers’ headliners this fall. For good measure, Trinity has bolstered its depth with the additions of three notable freshmen: setters Bridget

Whiteside and Grace Beacom and libero Eileen Weger. Setter Megan Kazmierowicz, setter Leslie Alvarez, right side Sarah Mendelson, outside hitter Micayla Scudiero, middle hitter Ali Webber, right side Kelly Saleh, right side hitter Lauren Saleh, and libero Sarah Murphy comprise the remainder of the roster. The Blazers, who finished 23-15 and 4-1 in the GCAC White in 2017, have a shot at advancing downstate this season. That trip would be particularly rewarding after two straight sectional losses the past two seasons. Montini defeated Trinity 25-21, 23-25, 25-19 in a Class 3A sectional semifinal last season. Trinity hosts upcoming matches against Regina (9/11) and DePaul Prep (9/12). Both matches start at 6 p.m. at the Sister Michelle Germanson Athletic Facility.

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Wednesday Journal, September 5, 2018

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MELVIN TATE, 46

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SPORTS Huskies’ goal: culture change

Friars’ teamwork augers success 46

OPRF girls volleyball eager to improve after two tough seasons

By MARTY FARMER

Sports Editor

t takes time to build a winning culture for any struggling team. Since Kelly Collins took over for Don August as the OPRF High School girls volleyball coach a few years ago, that’s been her top priority. “Our theme this year is ‘Own It,’” Collins said. “We have eight returning players, a majority of them who have been playing for us the past 2-3 years. They have taken full ownership of being part of this culture change we have created within our program. Now it’s time to give them KELLY COLLINS keys and let them OPRF coach run with it. “At the beginning of the season in our meeting, each player was literally given a key to this team along with a keychain where they had to write something that was going to be a daily reminder to them of their full ownership of this team. If all 13 of them bring that ownership, competitive edge, and hunger for success every day as a team, that’s when we will start seeing a lot

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