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JOURNAL of Oak Park and River Forest

September 19, 2018 Vol. 39, No. 8 ONE DOLLAR @oakpark @wednesdayjournal

River Forest green lights Lake and Lathrop

Summer’s sunset Attendees check out the food vendors during the annual Oaktoberfest in downtown Oak Park. More photos on page 7.

Trustees vote 4-1 to approve development By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

The River Forest Village Board voted 4-1 at a regular meeting on Sept. 17 to approve the Lake and Lathrop planned development, altering slightly the five-story mixed-use development. “I believe it’s the board’s responsibility and my responsibility to solve our problems in the community and to have a real crisp, clear vision of what our community should look like in the next 50 years. We take great pains in trying to create guiding principles,” Village President Cathy Adduci said, naming the village’s priorities as fire and safety, increasing property values and stabilizing River Forest’s property taxes. “We take these core values really seriously. When we sit around the table, when we talk about opportunities that come before us, it’s not like we just pop up and say, ‘Let’s make this decision on no knowledge’…There’s some work that we need to do with the developers, but I don’t believe it should stop this development,” she said. The majority of trustees approved Lake and Lathrop LLC’s planned development at Monday’s meeting, on the conditions that See LAKE AND LATHROP on page 16

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Four to run for Oak Park Board of Trustees Incumbent Trustee Andrea Button says she won’t seek re-election

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Four new candidates have surfaced in the upcoming election for the Oak Park Board of Trustees set for April 2, 2019, and all of them are connected to the new political organization, VOICE of Oak Park. The new candidates are Joshua Klayman, who is a founder and lead organizer for VOICE and professor emeritus of behav-

ioral science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Susan Buchanan, a faculty member at the University of Illinois School of Public Health, where she serves as a physician member of the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Group; Tim Thomas, who works for Ford Motor Company as global Ford production assistance coordinator; and Greg Marsey, a former Oak Park village trustee in the mid2000s, who serves on the local Plan Commis-

sion. The names of the four potential candidates were revealed at a VOICE of Oak Park meeting, held on Saturday, Sept. 15 at Dole Public Library. The candidates will be competing for the seats now held by Bob Tucker, Andrea Button and Jim Taglia. Button has announced that she will not See TRUSTEES on page 12

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FREE Screening Mammogram Early Detection Gives Us the Best Chance to Defeat Breast Cancer

Thanks to generous grant funding, Westlake Hospital is offering free screening mammograms to female residents of Proviso Township in these qualifying zip codes: 60104 Bellwood 60126 Elmhurst 60130 Forest Park 60141 Hines 60153 Maywood 60154 Westchester 60155 Broadview

60160 Melrose Park 60162 Hillside 60163 Berkley 60164 Northlake 60165 Stone Park 60305 River Forest 60513 Brookfield

60521 Hinsdale 60525 La Grange 60526 La Grange Park 60546 North Riverside 60558 Western Springs

Participants will be required to show proof of residence (Photo ID, Driver’s License or a utility bill reflecting the qualifying address). Participants must be at least 40 years old, or 35-40 years old with a strong family history of breast cancer, whose most recent screening mammogram was at least 365 days prior to the scheduled test. All FREE screening mammograms must be scheduled for and occur in the month of October, 2018. A physician’s order is required. Call (708) 783-5000 to schedule your screening mammogram today. Space is limited. Westlake Hospital 1225 West Lake Street, Melrose Park, IL 60160 westlakehosp.com © WH 2018 MDI082118

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U.S. News puts River Forest universities on top U.S. News & World Report recently recognized two River Forest universities in its annual “Best Colleges” list. The magazine ranked Dominican University as third in the category “Best Value Schools” for academic quality compared to the net cost to students. “I am delighted and proud to see Dominican University excel across U.S. News & World Report rankings this year, indicating the critical importance of inclusive excellence in higher education today — excellence that is accessible, affordable, outcomes-oriented, and

anchored by quality teaching,” President Donna Carroll said in a statement. Concordia University Chicago was likewise recognized as a best value school in the Midwest. “These recognitions point to our dedication to the overall college experience, graduating well-prepared, academicallyfulfilled students from a multitude of different backgrounds pursuing bachelor’s through doctoral degrees,” Rev. Daniel Gard, president of Concordia, said in a statement.

Nona Tepper

“The main underground hydraulic cylinder for the Dole Learning Center elevator has failed, leaving the elevator inoperable,” a village memo states. “This is considered an emergency repair to allow the elevator to be placed back in service.” The failure of the air conditioning closed the library for several days but was unrelated to the elevator failure.

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Dole library elevator to be repaired

The Oak Park Board of Trustees has approved spending up to $24,600 to repair the elevator at the Dole Learning Center, 255 Augusta St. The elevator at the facility failed in late August on the same day the building’s air-conditioning went out. The building is owned by the village of Oak Park and not the library system, leaving the expense to the village.

Trainor, Haismans to receive Ulyssean Award

The Senior Citizens Center of Oak Park-River Forest will honor Wednesday Journal columnist Ken Trainor and longtime volunteers Bob and Janet Haisman with their annual Ulyssean Award at the 15th annual dinner on Friday, Sept. 28. Trainor’s long career as a commu-

Getting a jump on fall

ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

Music and meals were the order of the day last weekend at Oaktoberfest. More photos on page 7. nity journalist includes 28 years with Wednesday Journal Inc. and approximately 1,600 columns penned in the Forest Park Review, Chicago Parent magazine, and Wednesday Journal, as well as newspapers in Ft. Collins, Colorado and Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. In selecting Trainor for the award, the Senior Center cited his ability to “observe, record, analyze and educate” in a wide range of areas. He has been named “best columnist” by the Illinois Press Association four times. For five years, Janet Haisman administered the local Holiday Food and Gift Basket program which collected donations and distributed them to hundreds of local families in need. Bob is on the board of the Food Pantry, headquartered at First United Church of Oak Park. A retired high school social studies

teacher, he served in the local chapter of the Illinois Education Association and as statewide president of the IEA for six years, representing 130,000 members. Currently, he has been very active with the Democratic Party of Oak Park. Both are leaders in First United’s “Faith in Action” organization, tackling issues such as gun violence, education, refugee settlement and efforts to reach across Austin Boulevard. The award is named after Ulysses, legendary hero of Homer’s “Odyssey,” whose spirit was captured by the poet Tennyson, when he wrote, “’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.” The dinner will be held at Brookdale Plaza, 1111 Ontario St., on Sept. 28. For reservations and more information, call 708-848-5251.

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Sept. 19 - 26

BIG WEEK Harvest Time for Scholarships Parks & Conversation Wednesday, Sept., 26, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Stevenson Park: Learn about offerings from the Oak Park Park District, the history and programming of different facilities and share concerns or ask questions. Coming up: Wednesday, Oct. 24, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Barrie Park. Stevenson: 49 Lake St.

Sunday, Sept. 23, 3 to 6 p.m., Nineteenth Century Club: See the Chicago Cellar Boys play Louis Armstrong-inspired jazz and the big band sounds of the 1920s and ‘30s. Concert and light supper raises money for the Charitable Association’s scholarships, which support 16 OPRF High School students in college. $55. Tickets: nineteenthcentury.org. 178 Forest Ave., Oak Park.

Authentic Bavarian Oktoberfest Sunday, Sept. 23, 4 to 7 p.m., Grace Lutheran Church: Feel like you’re spending an evening in Deutschland with a German sing-along, a children’s lantern parade, live oom-pah band, dinner of sausages, sauerkraut, red cabbage and more, along with beer and wine. Also, silent auction and booth with hand-carved wooden items. $15, advance; $20, at door. $8, advance children 5 to 11; $10, at door. Price includes food and limited beverages. Tickets: GraceRiverForest.org. Questions: 708-366-6900. 7300 Division St., River Forest.

Author Talk: Paul Teodo Free Folk Concert: Ryanhood Monday, Sept. 24, 7 to 9 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: The folk-rock group is on tour promoting their latest album, Yearbook, and will play their song, “Second City,” about the Chicago Fire. More: oppl.org/calendar. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

Tuesday, Sept. 25, 7 to 9 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: Hear the author talk about his novel, Pastaman, the story of Chicago in the ‘60s, racial strife, political corruption, and being assaulted by conflicting messages from his Catholic school and his drunken father, set in a South-Side Italian neighborhood. More: oppl.org/calendar. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

Domestic Violence Action Month Community Kick-off Tuesday, Sept. 25, 5:30 p.m., Community Bank: Join Sarah’s Inn - wear purple and hear from domestic-violence survivors, and community partners and leaders, to learn how to help raise awareness and be a part of the solution to end domestic violence. Another way to take action: tie a purple ribbon around trees or front doors. Pick up a packet of purple ribbons from Sarah’s Inn for the whole block (309 Harrison St., # 100, Oak Park). 1001 Lake St., Oak Park.

The Six Wives of Henry VIII Sunday, Sept. 23, 2 to 3:30 p.m., River Forest Public Library: Educational entertainer Martina Mathisen artfully interweaves tales of power, personality and politics of the six women linked with the British monarchy during Henry VIII’s reign. Brought in partnership with River Forest Township. 735 Lathrop Ave., River Forest.

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.

Art Exhibits Friday, Sept. 21, 6 to 9 p.m., Buzz Café: It’s the Third Friday Gallery Walk in the Arts District and Buzz is shining its Local Artist Spotlight on painter, Irene Morgan. Also hear live folk music by Jake Peterson. 905 S. Lombard Ave., Oak Park. Reception Friday, Sept. 21, 6 to 9 p.m., Compound Yellow: See “12 Openings Part 4: Address (Lost)/Schematics” the next installment of a “yearlong experiment in collaborative curation with unpredictable results.” Elana Marte Adler brings her sculptural art while Michael Borowski adds photography. More: compoundyellow.com. 244 Lake Street, Oak Park. Mondays and Wednesdays from 1 - 6 p.m., Dancing Krow Studio: See “Layers” with works by gallery owner Karen Schuman and painter/photographer Maria Gedroc through September. 43 Harrison, Oak Park.

Free True Unity Classical Music Series Saturday, Sept. 22, 6 p.m., Unity Lutheran Church: In this four-part series, international musicians play a Steinway grand piano and more. First, see Henning Vauth, from Germany, performing piano works by Schubert, Schumann, Pfitzner, Liszt, Petit and Debussy. Up next: Oct. 13 at 6 p.m., Esther Nyberg (United States), performs piano works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Muczynski. More: unityberwyn.org/project88, facebook.com/UnityProject88. 6720 W. 31st St., Berwyn.

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Join us! Wednesday Oct. 3, 2018 7—9 p.m.

Township Day

Sing! For the Children Sunday, Sept. 23, 3 to 5 p.m., School of Rock: Echo Theater Collective has partnered with the E-Team of Oak Park to provide sing-alongs, performances, a Drag Queen Storytime and more. All ages. $10, suggested donation; $30, family of 4. 219 Lake St., Oak Park.

Henry Fogel presents: Golosa Wednesday, Sept. 19, 7 to 10 p.m., Nineteenth Century Club: Hear Chicago’s only Russian folk choir founded at the University of Chicago to preserve the tradition of Russian folk singing. The choir translates and performs rare sacred and secular Russian works in an a cappella ensemble. Tickets: nineteenthcentury.org. 178 Forest Ave., Oak Park.

Concert Across America to End Gun Violence

Friday, Sept. 21, 4 to 7 p.m., Oak Park Township: Learn what Oak Park and River Forest Township can do for you as you enjoy food and music, tour the facility and meet staff and elected officials. Learn about Assessor, Senior, Youth and Mental Health Services and more. Bring non-perishable food to “Fill the Van” for the OPRF Food Pantry. Celebrating 115 years, free oak tree saplings given to the first 115 guests. More: oakparktownship. org/news/township-day-2018. 105 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park.

Various dates, Suite 2000, Rush Oak Park Hospital Medical Office Building: Rush offers free classes for the community run by experts in their fields. ■ Thursday, Sept. 20, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Tackling Migraine Headaches. ■ Tuesday, Sept. 25, 11 a.m. to noon, Understanding Seasonal Affective Disorder and Treatment ■ Wednesday, Oct. 3, 1 to 2 p.m., Tackling Childhood Obesity ■ Thursday, Oct. 4, 4 to 5 p.m., Pelvic Floor Health Register: 708-660-4636, roph.org/ community-programs. 610 S. Maple Ave.

Thursday, Sept. 20, 7 to 8 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: This is the first meeting of a three-part discussion-based series studying the rights and duties of citizenship, facilitated by local attorney Mark Burkland, who has 30 years of experience with local government law, constitutional issues and land use and development matters. Up next: ■ Oct. 18, The First Amendment in the Kitchen ■ Nov. 15, The Next Big Things More: oppl.org/calendar. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

OPRF High School South Cafeteria 201 N. Scoville Ave.

District 200 is getting ready to make the biggest changes to its campus in 50 years.

Healthy Living

Saturday, Sept. 22, 6 to 10 p.m., School of Rock: Help stamp out the cycle with a night of music featuring Chai Tulani & the Bomba, the Veltway Music Collective Musicians, Huey Gang, Cuzzin Vinny and the School of Rock Show Team. Food trucks by Carnivore; beer/wine donated by Hamburger Mary’s and Kinslahger. Proceeds benefit Institute for Nonviolence Chicago, which provides services and programs in Austin and greater Chicago to end gun violence. $25. Tickets/more: locations.schoolofrock.com/oakpark/events. 219 Lake St. in Oak Park

Civics 101: How Local Government Works

COMMUNITY CONVERSATION

LONG-TERM FACILITIES MASTER PLAN

• Draft Concept • Sequencing of Work • Cost Estimates

Imagine OPRF, the community-based team creating a long-term facilities master plan for the high school, anticipates making its recommendations to the Board this November.

ImagineOPRF.org

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Chinese Moon Festival Saturday, Sept. 22, 2 to 4 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: Moon Festival, or Mid-Autumn Festival, celebrates the harvest and is the second grandest celebration in China after Chinese New Year. Hear Chinese myths and music, taste mooncakes and tea and see calligraphers write your name in Chinese. Free. Presented by Mid-USA Falun Dafa Association. More: oppl.org/calendar. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

NOBUNTU Sunday, October 14 // 3:00 p.m.

This a cappella quintet has drawn international acclaim for its inventive performances that range from traditional Zimbabwean songs to Afro Jazz to Gospel. Tickets starting at $25 7900 WEST DIVISION STREET RIVER FOREST, IL 60305

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Come totoGrace’s Annual Come Grace’s Annual

Oktoberfest Oktoberfest

Chamber’s loss, West Side’s gain

ack in June, Cathy Yen went to Toronto for a convention of Rotarians. And it was there, representing the vital Oak Park and River Forest chapter of Rotary as its president, that Yen realized it was time to Sunday, October 1, 2017 leave, after five-plus years, her Traditional German supper with bratwurst, • rting at 4 p.m. • Grace Lutheran Church and School, 7300 Division St., River Forest post as the head of the local potato salad, sauerkraut, red cabbage and Chamber of Commerce. apple cake, plus wine and beer “There is stuff that needs to ar the stimulating fast-paced Grace German “oompah band.” be done in this world,” she said Live German Oom-Pah Band and sing-along oy delicious traditional German •food including fresh home-made “Grace” bratwurst, sauerkraut, red cab- afternoon, talking about Monday e, green beans, German potato salad and apple cake. Fresh-baked pretzels will also be available. social justice issues that were Laterne Parade, hosted bywarm Grace School • ts are grilled on-site byGrace our “grillmeisters.” ulating fast-paced German front and center among the Rochildren“oompah band.” tarians in Toronto and that she the colorful Children’s Lanterne Parade, hosted by Grace’s school children. s traditional German food •including fresh home-made “Grace” bratwurst, sauerkraut, cabknows arered played out in real life each day on Erzgebirge booth selling hand-carved nans, in the special Oktoberfest Silentand Auction featuring many valuable items. German potato salad apple cake. Fresh-baked warm pretzels will also be available. the West Side and South Side of Chicago. Christmas decorations and toys imported it the Erzgebirge booth, with genuine hand-carved Christmas decorations and toys imported direct from “The Chamber will be just fine without ed on-site by our “grillmeisters.” from Germany many. me,” she said. uls — Children’s Lanterne Parade, hosted by Grace’s school children. get your picture taken next to “The Little German,” a cut-out of a popular, but diminutive, GermanThat’s man an arguable point, though the small staff Yen has crafted at the Oak Park ssed in traditional Lederhosen; bring your cameras. Or have your face painted by our visiting artists! Tickets at the door $20 for adults, $10 for children 5-11 cial Oktoberfest Silent Auction featuring many valuable items. and River Forest Chamber of Commerce Advance tickets ($15 and $8) at GraceRiverForest.org is strong and vital. When Yen was hired birge booth, with genuine hand-carved Christmas decorations and toys imported direct from The ticket price includes all food, activities and limited beverages. five years ago, this was a chamber without a purpose, unless you count an annual golf German outing andman collecting enough dues to ur picture taken next to “The7300 Little German,” a cut-out of a popular, but diminutive, Division Street survive ditional Lederhosen; bring face painted by our tickets visiting artists! River Forest Or have 5 for ages 12 and up in advance or $20your at thecameras. door; For your more information or to purchase (tickets go another on sale month a worthy purpose. It had a long and timid decline. ges 5 to 11 in advance or $10 at the door. Children in September), call 708-366-6900 or email the church atbeen grace708-366-6900 Memberships . Admission includes all food, activities and limited church@graceriverforest.org. Questions? Contact Dan Krout orhad slid to 300. They’re GraceRiverForest.org Don Heimburger. at 500 now. More critically, this was an organization afraid of its shadow, never able to represent the interests of its small business members because it never engaged on issues of substance and was and up in advance or $20 at the door; For more information or to purchase tickets (tickets go for ona sale never willing to ask seat at the table as decisions criticalat to gracelocal businesses n advance or $10 at the door. Children in September), call 708-366-6900 or email the church wereContact being made. ncludes all food, activities and limited church@graceriverforest.org. Questions? Dan Krout or Soft-spoken but never unclear, Yen, Don Heimburger. with the backing of a board that loved the accolades she earned, quite quickly made the chamber an essential player whenever topics of concern to local entrepreneurs were raised. You couldn’t outwork her; Yen was at every meeting, building connections and making points. Once irrelevant, under Yen the chamber became the equal partner and often the coordinating glue between entities such as Downtown Oak Park, Visit Oak Park, the Oak Park Economic Development Corporation. She grasped the challenges of the small and all-volunteer business associations on Oak Park

Authentic German fun for the whole family!

Authentic German fun for the whole family! Sunday, September 23, 4–7 p.m.

Sunday, October 1, 2017 p.m. • Grace Lutheran Church and School, 7300 Division St., River Forest

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Avenue, in the Arts District, along North Avenue and Roosevelt and packaged the back-office services — tracking memberships and dues, making holiday decorations happen — that they could never pull off. “We forget about small business, really small business, being hard and lonely,” Yen says. “The chamber builds a community. You realize you’re not alone. I’m most proud of watching the relationships people have built. And of getting people involved in the political life of the villages.” The low point for Yen was in one of Oak Park’s most starkly fractured political moments, the reasonably well-botched debate over raising the minimum wage. I was at a packed village hall meeting driven by passionate backers of a higher minimum wage, who were filled with righteousness about living wages but little understanding or interest in the challenges small business owners felt they faced as the wage rose. I watched as Cathy Yen — who is about to take on a role as operations manager for a nonprofit called Beat the Streets, which works with young people to offer them sports, tutoring and mentoring — rise to speak bravely before this intense crowd of Oak Parkers who had been blinded (blame it on Trump) to the essential Oak Park value of independent small businesses and had somehow come to conflate the Oak Park Chamber with the rabidly conservative national chamber. “We knew we were going to lose this vote but knew we had to have a say,” said Yen, looking back Monday. “The business world has a lot of villains, but I don’t think they live in Oak Park and operate small stores.” Full disclosure: The Chamber of Commerce is a tenant of Wednesday Journal. When Cathy was looking for office space a few years back I actively wanted her positive energy in our space. It has been a good match. Yen is right that the chamber is going to be OK. But OK because of her, because of her vision, determination and smarts. These are better villages because of the resurrection Cathy Yen brought about.

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Autumn queues up

Photos by ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

Food vendors line up along the Metra station during the annual Oaktoberfest in downtown Oak Park. OP-RF Food Pantry board member Stephanie Schrodt, above left, pours beer and Sebastian Contreras, left, makes cotton candy for children. More photos online at oakpark.com. Sponsored Content

A place of their own • Giving your puppy a safe, clean crate provides comfort, security for years to come

ast week, we began looking at the benefits of establishing lifelong habits for your dog, offering some guidance on setting a pattern of care and behavior that can really benefit both you and your pooch for years to come. This week, we’ll finish our look at the puppy years before moving on to adolescent dogs next week.

between the couch and the radiator while you’re at work?

You have a cage—or crate, if you prefer—for your dog, right? Of course, you do. Why would you ignore the advice of your vet, your dog’s trainer, your dog’s groomer, that guy down the block who’s always watering his grass and just about every website you visit or book you read when you’re looking for a little insight into raising a dog.

We’ve mentioned the comparison between raising a puppy and raising a child before, and it applies in this case as well. You wouldn’t let your toddler roam the house at night while you sleep. You certainly wouldn’t leave her alone from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. when you went to work, free to wander around the house opening cabinets, crawling through the utility room or rummaging through the garbage.

All of a sudden, that hole in the sofa doesn’t seem like a big deal. Neither should the 10 minutes your dog might spend crying the first few nights when you introduce him to his crate.

IN THE DOG HOUSE

It’s right there in the corner, next to the closet, covered in backpacks and gym shoes. And yes, There are a few things to keep in mind, that’s the price tag still on it and yes, you are though. Your puppy’s crate shouldn’t be used going to start putting your puppy in there soon. to punish her. It’s not a place for timeout. Like, really soon. It’s just that he’s so cute when Instead, it’s a place where they can feel safe he sleeps on my pillow. And really, he hates and secure. Dog owners who feel comfortable that crate. The one time you put him in there he with Jill letting their dogs, once they’ve been trained, whined all night—OK, all night be a reach. Maybe roam at night often mention the benefits of Showalter he whined for 10 or 15 minutes—long enough for leaving the crate out and open. Dogs retreat to you to have to restart that episode of “Arrested it when things get especially hectic—like your three-year-old’s Development” you were watching—before you dramatically birthday party—and view it as their own space, much like you rescued him and brought him into your bed. would a den or home office. While you may think you’re doing your puppy a favor and being the cool parent, refusing to crate your dog may not end Crating your dog well for you or your puppy. You say you don’t care if he chews If you want to teach your dog to feel comfortable in her cage, up some shoes or puts a hole in the sofa. In fact, you expect it. there are a few simple steps you can follow: You did get a puppy, after all. But do you care whether or not he swallows a set of keys while you’re sleeping or gets stuck 1. Make sure you select a cage that’s big enough for your

dog to lie down in but small enough so that he can’t avoid any accidents he may have had while in it. 2. As your puppy grows—and depending on the breed—you may need to upgrade the cage to a larger size. 3. Do not put plush, absorbent dog beds in the cage with the puppy. They’ll absorb your puppy’s accident and you may not know if she’s held it through the night. 4. A Kong—a hard-rubber, cylindrical toy—stuffed with peanut butter is a great cage training tool. It provides entertainment and distraction for a long period of time when the puppy first enters the cage. You’ll want to avoid plush toys when your puppy is still young as those can be torn apart and can become hazardous to your puppy. 5. Always make it a positive experience when your puppy enters his cage. He should feel like it’s a safe place where he can rest, not a place he’s sent when he’s being punished. When you begin teaching your dog to use a cage, it’s important to keep the time periods short. You may be at work for nine hours but your puppy won’t make it past three or four hours without going to the bathroom. If he ends up relieving himself in his crate, you’ll come home to an anxious puppy and a mess. More importantly, you’ll be defeating the purpose of crating your dog in the first place: providing a clean, safe environment that’s theirs exclusively. In the coming weeks, we’ll discuss helpful hints for the next stages of your dogs life. 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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ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

Emory Chien, 12, of River Forest, fills up the jugs with lemonade provided by Whole Foods Market. Funds raised (approximately $40K) will go to two West Side non-profits, Two Moms and A House in Austin. Attendees fill the street, listening to live music and enjoying fresh lemonade and food on Tuesday, Sept. 11, during the annual 9/11 LemonAid fundraiser on Bonnie Brae in River Forest. (Above left) Children await their stick of cotton candy.

OAK PARKERS FOR SENSIBLE DEVELOPMENT WE DO NOT SUPPORT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT 801 SOUTH OAK PARK AVENUE. We are looking for alternative solutions for building a sustainable future for Oak Park residents. We must not allow irresponsible VOP/business interests to alter OUR VILLAGE, This is not O.P. Diversity. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD! Please! We encourage all of you that oppose this proposed development to attend the Planning Commission Meeting and email these VOP Members:

PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SITE 801 SOUTH OAK PARK AVENUE

mayoranan@oak-park.us Village Mayor cfailor@oak-park.us VillagePlanner clerkscaman@oak-park.us Village Clerk

• We Are Not Against Affordable Housing. We Oppose This Development Because It Greatly Violates Zoning Codes. A Well Planned, Mixed Income Property Of 16 Units Would Be Welcomed. • Developers Have Asked To Increase Occupancy From Current Zoning Of 16 Unit Dwelling Occupancy To 37 Low-income Units (this building could hold up to 70 tenants) • Higher Taxes For Everyone But Developer & Millions In Lost Tax Revenue Please Come To The Planning Commission Meeting On September 20th At 7:00 PM At Village Hall And Have Your Voice Heard. Please Go To The Website Below And Look At Development Information.

THURSDAY

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7:00 PM O.P. VILLAGE HALL

https://www.oak-park.us/sites/default/files/planning-documents/2018-08-17-the-community-builders-planned-development-application-final.pdf

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Is Community Bank for sale?

Bank officials mum on Crain’s Chicago Business report By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest is up for sale, according to a story published Sept. 14 by Crain’s Chicago Business. The business publication reports that unnamed sources say the bank has hired Chicago-based Monroe Financial Partners to manage the sale. Monroe executive vice president Greg Dingens could not immediately be reached for comment. Calls to Community Bank President and CEO Walter Healy and Chairman Marty Noll were not returned by press time. Crain’s reports that the bank had $224 million in deposits as of June 30, 2017. It has $325 million in total assets, according to Crain’s. The bank’s second largest shareholder, Elk Grove Village-based First American Bank, with an 11 percent stake, attempted a hostile takeover of Community Bank in 2016, offering to pay shareholders $134.32 per share, but the offer failed to gain the requisite votes from other shareholders. First American Chairman and CEO Thomas Wells said in a telephone interview that he was only aware of the potential sale through news reports and that he had not heard directly from the bank. At the time of that takeover attempt First American accused the bank of mismanagement and self-dealing, offering a discounted

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FOR SALE?: Reports of Community Bank being on the market have yet to be confirmed. stock sale to members of the bank’s leadership and friends and leaving out other shareholders. Wells said in a recent telephone interview that First American “would embrace a vigorous sale of the bank.” “We want to get a good bidding process, so shareholders maximize the value they’ve earned over the years,” he said. “Original shareholders have been in some 20 years; it

would be nice to liquidate that investment and reinvest.” Wells said he would assume that if the bank is selling, then it would contact any entity in the past that has expressed interest in buying. “We want to make sure there’s an active group of bidders,” he said. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

Noll steps down as chairman of Economic Development Corporation By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER

on the board at the end of 2018, according to the press release. OPEDC is a quasi-governmental body The Oak Park Economic Development hired by the village of Oak Park to attract and retain business development Corporation (OPEDC) anin the village. Formerly known nounced its long-running chairas the Oak Park Development man, Marty Noll, is stepping Corporation, the group restrucdown from the position after 27 tured in 2014 and rebranded as years, according to an OPEDC the OPEDC, enacting new bylaws press release. that limit non-governmental Noll, who serves as chairman board members to two consecuof Community Bank of Oak tive terms. Park River Forest, is succeeded “My willingness to be involved by Tom Gallagher, who serves and get things accomplished was on the OPEDC board of direcMARTY NOLL just there. It was in the genes, I tors and is senior vice president OPEDC chairman guess,” Noll said in the press reand chief credit officer of Comlease. “If you care about what’s munity Bank. Noll stepped down from the chairman po- happening and want to contribute, you simsition on June 1 and will finish his service ply have to want to do it. All the knowledge Staff Reporter

in the world unused doesn’t get anything done.” Gallagher said in the press release that Noll is “approachable and always puts Oak Park first.” “He always makes time,” Gallagher said. “He’s accessible and ‘gets’ economic development.” OPEDC Executive Director John Lynch said Noll “understands the need to preserve the village’s rich history and culture; as a business leader, he knows the importance of keeping Oak Park welcoming to new residents and business investment. “He has been invaluable to me as both a mentor and a source of knowledge and insight into this community,” he said. Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb said of Noll, “I love him dearly.” CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

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Episode 4: ‘There’s nothing funny about race!’ So far, challenging stereotypes has been one-sided

According to Jones and Nisbett, Steele explains, this “picture causes a bias when we try to explain the actor’s behavior. We emphasize the things we can see. We emphasize things about the actor — characteristics, traits, and so on — that seem like plausible explanations for her behavior.” By MICHAEL ROMAIN We “deemphasize, as causes of her beStaff Reporter havior, the things we can’t see very well, namely, the circumWhile watching episode stances to which she is adaptfour of America to Me, I was ing.” alerted to something social What Steele describes as psychologist Claude M. Steele a stereotype threat emerges wrote in his book, Whistling from this nuanced interplay Vivaldi: And Other Clues to between actor and observer, How Stereotypes Affect Us “the fact that as members of a and What We Can Do. WATC H I N G society we have a pretty good Citing the work of two ‘ A M E R I C A T O M E ’ idea of what other members other social psychologists, E P I S O D E IV of our society think about lots Edward Jones and Richard Nisbett, Steele writes that “when it comes to of things, including the major groups and explaining people’s behavior — something identities in society. “This means,” Steele adds, “that whenevlike achievement problems, for example — there’s a big difference between the ‘ob- er we’re in a situation where a bad stereotype about one of our own identities could server’s perspective’ — the perspective of a person observing the behavior — and the be applied to us — such as those about being ‘actor’s perspective’ — the perspective of a old, poor, rich, or female — we know about it. We know ‘what people could think.’ We person doing the behavior.” As observers, Steele writes, “we’re look- know that anything we do that fits the steing at the actor, the person doing the behav- reotype could be taken as confirming it. And ior we are trying to explain. Thus the actor we know that, for that reason, we could be dominates our literal and mental visual judged and treated accordingly.” That insight from Steele, Jones and Nisfield, which makes the circumstances to which he is responding less visible to us.” bett illuminates a profound flaw, not so In the “picture in our minds” that forms much in the documentary series as in how as a result of our observations, “the actor people handle racialized problems like real sticks out like a sore thumb and the circum- disparities between blacks and whites. stances to which he is responding are obNo white person who doesn’t consider scured from view.” herself racist (to say nothing of the white

person who is a self-styled progressive or liberal) wants to be accused of racism, especially by a person of color. That’s a very real stereotype threat and white people go out of their way not to have to deal with it (to say nothing of dealing with it in front of a camera crew). Hence, the absence of whites as real actors in the great racialized drama unfolding throughout the series thus far, with a few exceptions, such as physics teacher Aaron Podolner’s awkward, if well intended, attempts to engage students in a discussion about his “racial memoir”. What we’ve seen throughout the first four episodes are white people as an atomized crowd of extras (as a collective background that comprises a cultural norm), as witnesses to the racist acts of other whites, as beneficent (think the Peace Corps) or as neutral arbiters (think UN forces in war-torn African countries). We’ve seen very few whites seriously grappling with their racial identities with the kind of intensity and regularity that we see from the documentary’s black and brown subjects. For instance, who are these parents who are essentially “white-flighting” their kids out of the college preparatory track, as OPRF teacher Paul Noble points out in an earlier episode? Where is the white student who yelled “Nigger!” at Jessica Stovall? Who are these white people from Hinsdale Central (and allegedly other schools) yelling racial epithets at OPRF football players during games? They are, so far, nowhere to be found. What we do see, however, is Ke’Shawn Kum-

sa getting suspended for an infraction. We see Tiara Oliphant’s and Kumsa’s academic apathy and Kendale McCoy’s classroom struggles. Also likely to be missing from the observer’s perspective is deep context explaining the behavior of these black and brown “actors.” Absent Bull Connor-like antagonists and illuminating social and historical forces, we are left with our own flaccid interpretations. Claude Steele observed through his reading and research that “black student underperformance was a national phenomenon [that] happened throughout the education system, in college classes, in medical schools, in law schools, in business schools, and often in K-through-12 schooling.” Steele found “standing at the ready” many explanations “from the observer’s perspective,” for example a lack “of motivation or cultural knowledge or skills to succeed at more difficult coursework” or “low self-esteem.” But could those explanations “fully explain the occurrence of underperformance in so many groups, at so many levels of schooling?” This is a hard question, but the answer doesn’t come through whites simply checking out of, or absolving themselves from having any personal stake, in the conversation. In his Wednesday Journal Conversation, Sept. 11, at Dominican University’s Lund Auditorium, Steve James noted that a few white students begin to appear in Episode 5. So we’ll see if that changes the dynamic. CONTACT: michael@austinweeklynews.com

Three D97 board members will not seek re-election

Bob Spatz, Rupa Datta and Jim O’Connor not running again By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Three incumbents on the Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Board of Education will not be r unning f or reelection. Bob Spatz, Rupa Datta and board Vice President Jim O’Connor all announced that they don’t intend to run again. District 97 board President Holly Spurlock, the fourth seat on the board that will be contested in next year’s election, said that she does intend to run for reelection. Spatz — the longest-serving member o f the D97 school board, and among longest-

serving elected officials in the Oak Park and to an ever-changing world are critically River Forest area, announced on Friday that important to achieve and sustain a highhe will not seek re-election next year. quality public education system that is Bob Spatz, who was elected key to a thriving and equitable to the D97 board in 2007, said society.” in a Sept. 14 statement that Spatz added that real district“now is a better time than most wide transformation “requires for the district to continue the all stakeholders (the school transition to a new generation board, administration, staff, of board leadership.” parents, students and the broader Spatz said he was announcing community) to be pulling in the now “to give people plenty of same direction.” time before the Dec. 17, 2018 The longtime board member filing deadline to consider said that he hopes “many BOB SPATZ running for school board or community members will D97 board member encouraging someone they consider running, and I look know to run.” forward to continuing to support In his statement, Spatz said that our schools and community in other ways throughout his quarter-century of after my term ends.” involvement in D97 schools, he has learned O’Connor, who was elected to the board that “no school district will ever be perfect, in 2011, announced his intention not to run but constant and consistent efforts to adapt again in a statement on Sept. 18.

“Over the last eight years, the decision that I am most proud of is hiring our current superintendent, [Dr. Carol] Kelley,” he said. “It has been an absolute pleasure to work with her. She built a strong vision to create a positive learning environment for all District 97 students that is equitable, inclusive and focused on the whole child.” In a Sept. 18 email statement, Datta said that “it has been a huge honor to serve the Oak Park community and collaborate with the committed and thoughtful families and staff of District 97. Although I will not be running for re-election, I will remain active as a community member helping our district achieve excellent schools where every student thrives.” Sept. 18 is the first day prospective candidates can circulate nominating petitions to make the ballot for the election on April 2, 2019, when there will be four open seats on the D97 board.

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Oak Park board: No way on Val’s Way

Honorary street rejected by Oak Park Board of Trustees By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The Oak Park Board of Trustees rejected a proposal to designate an honorary street sign for the late Val Camilletti, the beloved local record purveyor, who died in July. The honorary street would have run in front of Camilletti’s record store, Val’s halla Records, 239 Harrison St. Trustees unanimously voted no on the measure, except for Trustee Deno Andrews, who recused himself from the vote, stating that it was a conflict of interest because he is serving as executor of Camilletti’s estate. Andrews is the trustee who proposed the honorary street for Camilletti. Trustees said they opposed the measure because of the slippery slope of honorary streets becoming more common. Trustee Bob Tucker said he loved Camilletti and loved the store but added, “I don’t want to get into the habit of doing honorary streets.” Trustee Jim Taglia said he could get behind this particular honorary street desig-

nation, but it should be the only one. “I can’t say there’s a groundswell of support for a street naming program,” he said. Andrews said after the vote that he was disappointed but felt his colleagues’ reasons were valid. “I understand not wanting to set a precedent or start a street-naming program,” he said. “I respect their vote.” Meanwhile, friends and family of Camilletti gathered at FitzGerald’s nightclub in Berwyn on Sunday, Sept. 16, to celebrate Camilletti’s life. Oak Parker Andy Mead, a longtime friend of Camilletti, a former store employee, and a current Wednesday Journal employee, said about 300 people attended the event, which raised about $4,000 for Val’s favorite local causes: the Animal Care League of Oak Park, MusiCares and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Performers and specials guests included XRT DJ Terri Hemmert, The What 4, Expo 76, Ian Leith, Falling Stars, Beatle-leles, and Live To Sing, a 50-plus member choir, which surrounded the crowd to sing Val’s favorite choral piece. “It was an amazing gathering and celebration,” Mead said. “Val always welcomed kids, artists, musicians, pet owners, misfits, and we were all there Sunday — as was she — she was in the room.”

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REMEMBERED: Over 300 fans of Val Camilletti gathered at FitzGerald’s, Sunday afternoon, to send off the local musical icon in style. The event was hosted by Oak Parker and long-time customer Steve Parker. (Above) The Falling Stars perform.

‘Road diet’ traffic study approved

Consultant to review Washington and Jackson boulevards By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The village of Oak Park has for nearly a decade considered a plan to narrow Madison Street from five to three lanes, and at the Monday, Sept. 17 Village Board of Trustees meeting, officials approved further study of the so-called “road diet.” The proposal would reduce Madison Street from five to three lanes and add bike lanes in an effort to get motorists to slow down for cyclists and pedestrians, and hopefully patronize some of the businesses along the commercial corridor. Residents of the adjacent streets, Washington and Jackson boulevards, have argued that the traffic-calming effort will divert cars into the neighborhoods, causing accidents and traffic congestion in front of their homes. The board of trustees unanimously approved spending $65,340 to hire Christopher Burke Engineering Ltd., to study traffic along the side streets near Madison “and to develop any recommended improvements for traffic calming, safety and traffic flow.”

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PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY?: A study will determine whether a road diet is in Madison Street’s future. According to a village overview of the project, the village’s Engineering Division did not put the study out for public bidding because Burke Engineering has previously “conducted traffic studies along Madison Street; designed the proposed road diet project; and have the best knowledge of the corridor and potential impacts from the road

diet project and can best complete the work.” Oak Park resident Chris Donovan, who has opposed the road diet project, argued that the village already has wasted some $360,000 on infrastructure studies reviewing a plan that would have bent a section of Madison Street near the intersection with Oak Park Avenue. The proposal to bend the

road to make way for a grocery store was abandoned earlier this year when the developer was unable to secure the retailer for the project. Village Engineer Bill McKenna told trustees and the public that a study of Madison Street in 2016 showed that the road diet would divert about 2,000 cars onto nearby side streets — about 1,300 to Washington and about 600 to Jackson. Opponents of the study argued that it did not make sense to hire a firm to study extra traffic on the adjacent streets if trustees have not given final approval on the road diet project. But McKenna said hiring Burke to do the side-street study is “money well spent” because it will review how to better handle traffic irrespective of whether a road diet is implemented. Trustees Simone Boutet and Deno Andrews attempted to table the item, but the board voted to allow the measure to be discussed by the board. Trustee Dan Moroney said, “I hate spending money on something that might not materialize,” but noted that he wants an informed decision when the board does make a final decision on the road diet. Trustee Andrea Button said she approved of the study because “it’s the responsible thing to do” to have more data on busy roadways. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

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VOICE election from page 1 seek re-election next year. Tucker tells Wednesday Journal that he has not yet decided to seek a third term on the board, and Taglia said in a telephone interview that he is leaning toward running. Marsey said at the VOICE meeting that, while he is considering running, he likely won’t seek the position if good candidates surface to unseat the current incumbents. Button said in a telephone interview that after serving five years on the board, “I’m just ready.” “I feel very good about the time I’ve served in office, and I’m ready to pass the baton,” she said. She might take some more time to “figure out what I want to do” but added, “I think there is part of me that is meant to serve,” she said. The three candidates at the VOICE meeting would be first-time contenders for elective office in Oak Park. Buchanan has served as a health commissioner in Oak Park for about six months, she said in a telephone interview. “I feel like Oak Park is at a fork in the road right now where it could continue on its current trajectory of high-rise development and a few homes or apartments that are af-

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About 30 people turned out for a meeting of VOICE of Oak Park at Dole Library on Saturday, Sept. 15. Susan Buchanan, below, is running for the Oak Park Board of Trustees. fordable,” she said, or Oak Park instead could take the route of “affordable housing and equity.” “If we continue down [the former] path, we’re going to become another upscale suburb,” she said. Oak Park made “unbelievably bold moves” in the 1960s and 1970s to ensure diversity, she said.

“We can’t just rest on our laurels; we need to keep paying attention,” she said. “How do we stay this really cool, progressive community that is welcoming to everybody?” Thomas, who is a union activist with the United Auto Workers union, said he first became interested in village government because of the shortage of parking. “Where’s the voice for an everyday work-

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OPRF talks facility costs By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

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Tim Thomas, above, is running for the Oak Park Board of Trustees. ing guy like me?” he the village and asked. learned “to beThomas said he come more open is a renter and has minded” from repeatedly heard the experience. rhetoric at public “I try to put meetings about the myself in other instability of rentpeople’s shoes,” ers. “I think that’s he said. the wrong approach S i m i l a r l y, and disrespectful,” Tucker said he ANDREA BUTTON JIM TAGLIA he said. “I want to is discussing the Village Trustee Village Trustee be that voice that’s decision with his pushing back.” family but has The two remaining incumbents not yet decided to run again. say they are still deciding wheth“Over the next two weeks er they plan to run for office. I’m going sit down with close It would be Taglia’s first run friends and advisors and defifor the village board of trustees. nitely my wife about whether He was appointed to the position I should run for a third term,” in 2017, when Trustee Adam SalTucker said in a telephone inzman vacated the seat. terview. Taglia served as a trustee on BOB TUCKER He said it is an “exciting the Oak Park Township Board of Village Trustee and challenging time for Oak Trustees from 2010 to 2016. Park.” He plans to announce “I’m still discussing it with my wife and my family to make sure I have the his intention to run or not in the first couple of weeks of October. time and energy,” he said. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com Taglia said he’s enjoyed his service with

The new political organization in Oak Park known as VOICE of Oak Park, for now, will be the only game in town in terms of slating candidates. And the leader of the organization, Joshua Klayman says the group is likely to file as a political party. The decision follows the disbanding earlier this year of the Village Manager Association, which served as the only political party in Oak Park for decades. Klayman said VOICE decided to become a

The Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 school board is grappling with how to fund a long-term facilities plan that could take up to 10 years and at least $145 million to complete, based on a preliminary draft of the plan that Imagine OPRF members unveiled during a special board meeting on Sept. 11. Members of Imagine OPRF — the volunteer group formed last year to create a long-term master facilities plan at the high school — said that the preliminary plan involves five sequences that could take between six and 10 years to complete. The sequences involve constructing new physical education space and building a new, two-story library and tutoring center over the South Cafeteria, among other capital projects. The price estimate for the first three phases of the five-phase plan was around $145 million. Imagine OPRF co-chairs Lynn Kamenitsa and Mike Piorier said that they didn’t have cost estimates for the remaining two phases because they were too far in the future. During the Sept. 11 meeting, D200 board members expressed concerns about the high price tag for the plan, which Kamenitsa and Piorier emphasized only addressed the most pressing capital needs at the school. “What if this turns out to be more than the board can afford,” said member Craig Iseli. “If we have to cut back, how do we do that?” Mark Jolicoeur, an architect with Perkins and Will, which helped draft the preliminary plan, said that there are ways to “move the costs” to a degree, but that the challenge is that certain components of the plan that need to happen,” such as relocating the library must happen “in order for other improvements to be made.” In an interview before the special meeting on Sept. 11, Poirier said the library expansion and relocation would free up space for new, well-lit classrooms and larger Special Education and TEAM programming space, which is currently undersized. Supt. Joylynn Pruitt-Adams said during the meeting that any cuts should be made

Is VOICE the new VMA?

political party because it will allow the organization to run candidates on a slate, which will allow all three candidates running for the Oak Park Board of Trustees to collect signatures together as one unit. Candidates in the municipal election, set for April 2, 2019, will have to collect roughly 650 signatures to get their name on the ballot. That equals roughly 5 percent of the ballots cast in the most recent municipal election. So what’s the difference between VOICE and the VMA?

Klayman says that, unlike the VMA, his organization will serve as advocates on various issues between elections. The VMA historically did not make public statements on issues but, rather, assembled around elections, vetted and slated candidates and then disbanded. Klayman said his organization will have a selection committee similar to the VMA, but the recommendation from that committee will be just that — a recommendation. The full membership will then vote on

“through the lens of what will be the impact on students.” Financial consultant Robert Grossi said that the board needs to determine how much of its fund balance it wants to use toward the project. Imagine OPRF recommended that the school board use at least a portion of the district’s $107 million fund balance to fund the beginning phases of the plan. “The plan should be developed so that whatever fund balance reserves the district wants to have, you want to make sure that that’s the number you have, at a minimum, after the first three phases are completed,” Grossi said. Grossi said that, since the district spends about $7 million a month, that $107 million fund balance represents about 15 months’ worth of fund balance. The board’s policy recommends that the district’s fund balance represents 25 percent to 75 percent of its annual revenues. He added that the school board should also take into consideration any statewide legislative action that might impact the fund balance reserves over the next five years, such as a property tax freeze or a change in the state’s pension law. Grossi also recommended that the board consider whether or not at least some of the $6 million the district spends each year on capital projects, such as routine summer construction work, could be aligned with projects in the long-term facilities plan. Outside of the fund balance, the district has the option of funding the long-term plan through debt certificates and referendum bonds, Grossi said. While many of the near dozen residents who spoke during the Sept. 11 meeting lauded the plan, particularly its comprehensiveness and the efforts of Imagine members, some criticized what they felt were the plan’s dire implications for taxpayers. Monica Sheehan said that the cost estimates Imagine presented “makes me and others think that” the district is “oblivious” to the tax burden of residents. A public meeting to discuss the preliminary plan is scheduled to take place on Oct. 3, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., at OPRF, 201 N. Scoville Ave., inside the south cafeteria. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

the individuals who have put themselves forward as potential candidates under the VOICE slate, and that vote will decide who makes it onto the slate, Klayman said. Klayman, who plans to run for trustee, said, “I will back whoever VOICE backs.” He told members at the weekend meeting that VOICE is focusing primarily on Oak Park village trustee candidates and not seats open on the two school boards, the park district or the township. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

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Robbers escape in stolen Ford Escape

An Oak Park man was robbed in the 200 block of South Humphrey at 10:10 p.m. on Sept. 14. The man was approached by three men, all about 20 years old, who requested to use his cellphone. One of the offenders placed an unknown object against the victim and demanded his property. The victim handed over his cellphone and keys, and the offenders stole his white 2008 Ford Escape. They were last seen headed northbound from the scene. The estimated loss is $4,000. The men were described as 5-8 to 5-10 with slim builds, one of whom wore a white hooded sweatshirt.

Burglary ■ A garage was burglarized in the 1200 block of Belleforte Avenue at 9:34 a.m. on Sept. 14. The offender forced open the side service door and removed a lawnmower and a battery charger. The offender fled on a bicycle with an attached trailer. The estimated loss is $429. ■ Zeferino G. Lara, 23, of the 1800 block of South Ridgeland, Berwyn, was arrested at 5:52 a.m. on Sept. 15 in the 900 block of South Cuyler for two Cook County warrants for burglary. ■ A residence was burglarized in the 1500 block of North Austin Boulevard, sometime between 12:30 and 3 p.m. on Sept. 16. The of-

fender gained entry to the victim’s room by use of a pry tool to defeat the door’s locking mechanism. The offender then stole a money order, a disposable lighter and miscellaneous papers. The estimated loss is $250. ■ A residence was burglarized in the 1000 block of Lyman, sometime between 8 a.m. and 4:43 p.m. on Sept. 16. The offender gained entry through unknown means and stole various items of jewelry, including an Omega watch; a pearl Pandora necklace; two silver and gold Pandora bracelets; a black Nikon light; a black Nikon D300 camera; 8-10 sets of pearl and diamond earrings; a gold and diamond engagement ring; an HP laptop; an iPad; a silver men’s Rolex; and various rounds of ammunition. The estimated loss is $92,000. ■ A vehicle was burglarized in the 200 block of Madison Street sometime between 12:15 and 2 p.m. on Sept. 13. The burglar gained entry through an unlocked door and stole a backpack containing a black iPhone 6 and keys. The estimated loss is $340. ■ A residence was burglarized in the 100 block of South Maple, sometime between 2 p.m. on Sept. 10 and 1 a.m. on Sept. 11. The offender entered through an unlocked rear door and stole a red drill, a silver minitoolkit, a cellphone charger docking station, eight packages of L&M menthol cigarettes, Red Skull Candy headphones and a white

cellphone. The estimated loss is $230. ■ A residence was burglarized in the 800 block of South Cuyler Avenue, sometime between 5 p.m. on Sept. 8 and 8 a.m. on Sept. 11. The offender entered through an unlocked back door and then stole a gray Macbook, a black Dell laptop, a black iPhone, and a Dewalt power drill. The estimated loss is $3,000. ■ An Elmwood Park woman was robbed in the 400 block of North Harlem at 8:12 p.m. on Sept. 11. A man about 5-8 to 6-feet tall with a thin build, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, removed the victim’s silver iPhone 10 from her hand as she was using it while standing at the bus stop. He was last seen running southbound on Harlem and then eastbound on North Boulevard, where he got into an older dark vehicle, which headed eastbound from the scene. The estimated loss is $800.

Theft ■ A black 2013 Buick Regal was stolen from the 600 block of North Lombard, sometime between 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 14 and 7:32 a.m. on Sept. 15. The offender gained entry by means of an unlocked door and then used a key fob to steal the vehicle. The estimated loss is $18,000. ■ A 2005 gold Honda CRV stolen out of

Oak Park on Sept. 12, was recovered in the 100 block of North Kenilworth at 12:09 a.m. on Sept. 17. ■ An 18-foot section of copper downspout was stolen from the northwest corner of a residence in the 400 block of North Oak Park Avenue, sometime between noon on Sept. 3 and 6 p.m. on Sept. 10. The estimated loss is $250. ■ A black 2014 Chrysler 300S was stolen from a parking lot in the 400 block of North Harlem, sometime between 8:30 and 9:47 p.m. on Sept. 13. The vehicle was stolen by unknown means. The estimated loss was not given. ■ A gold 2005 Honda CRV was stolen from the 200 block of North Grove Avenue, sometime between 10 a.m. and 4:02 p.m. on Sept. 12. The estimated loss is $2,500. These items, obtained from the Oak Park and River Forest police departments, came from reports, Sept. 10-16, 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

Woman jumps on Green Line tracks in Austin

Jumper not struck by train, sent to Mount Sinai Hospital By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

An unknown woman jumped on the tracks of the CTA Green Line from the platform of the Central Avenue stop in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago at about 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 17. Witnesses to the incident said she was attempting to take her own life, but the train was stopped before striking the woman. “She said she wanted to leave this world and that it was time for her to go,” Oak Park resident Terry Harris said. After falling onto the tracks, the woman stabbed herself with a kitchen knife several times in the chest and leg.

Commuter Larry Durr said he saw her stab herself multiple times and then threw the knife onto the tracks. Harris said she and another woman on the platform attempted to hold the woman back from jumping, but her shirt ripped and she fell onto the tracks. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt said in a telephone interview that he was notified of the call at 10:27 a.m. Emergency responders arrived on the scene within minutes and removed her from the tracks. The woman, whose name has not been released, was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital, Merritt said. He did not have any information on her condition. A CTA spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

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RESCUE: Emergency personnel attend to a woman who jumped onto the tracks at the Central Avenue Green Line stop on Sept. 17.

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LAKE AND LATHROP It’s a go

from page 1 the village board approve an environmental remediation plan prior to issuing a demolition permit; any change to the application—including building materials, height, rooftop decks—be approved by the trustees; the developer add at least 10 commercial parking spaces either to the development or lease them nearby, bringing the total number of commercial spaces to 30; the River Forest Traffic and Safety Commission review traffic patterns in the area and recommend how to make it safe; and that the developer work with the village to fund the movement of three existing businesses on the site elsewhere in River Forest. The village has been discussing using funds from the Madison Street Tax Increment Financing District to help move The Skincare Company, Allstate and In & Out Fitness elsewhere in the village. “Our expectations are high, we’ve been wanting this as a board for nine years,” Trustee Susan Conti said. “I think a place where residents can walk, shop, pick up a cup of coffee, maybe have lunch or breakfast or something, or go to a couple of stores. It should be a magnet for the community to enjoy, that’s the hope for this.” Lake and Lathrop LLC, comprising Sedgwick Development and Keystone Ventures, plans to build a five-story mixed use building at the southwest corner of Lake Street and Lathrop Avenue. The plan is to have parking and commercial space on the ground floor -- which they’re hoping a restaurant, retail shops and a bank branch would fill -topped by four floors that would include 30 mostly three- and four-bedroom condos. Six private rooftop decks accessible

by elevator and stairs will top the structure. Corey Robertson, director of development services at Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty, which is marketing the property, said he already has a list of more than 200 names of people interested in the property. He said the majority of those names are residents of Oak Park and River Forest. “The interest level for this product in River Forest is five, six, seven times what we saw over at District House” in Oak Park, Robertson said, adding that Lake and Lathrop LLC has not sold any units yet. But during the public comment portion of the meeting, several residents again voiced their concerns over the project’s height, design and impact on traffic, with many worrying over the precedent the village was setting by accepting so many site development allowances. “Once you approve something this size and character, there’s no reason someone else won’t do the same,” resident Cindy Kronquist said at the meeting. “For this many residents to keep voicing their opposition to the development, and for that proposal to be advanced this far has me concerned,” she added. Trustee Tom Cargie called Lake and Lathrop’s development process “troubled” since developers didn’t mention the rooftop decks until the last day, had no plan yet for environmental remediation of the site and questioned developers’ plan for garbage collection and building design.

KICKER: Rendering of a 30-unit condo building proposed for the corner of Lake and Lathrop in River Forest. Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty

“I’m troubled by the height, I’m troubled by the density, but I can’t say my opinion that it’s too tall and too dense is considerably more appropriate than the considered opinion of the Development Review Board,” he said. In late August, the majority of Development Review Board members voted in favor of Lake and Lathrop’s proposal. Trustee Patty Henek likewise said she was concerned about the building’s height and mass, and also felt that developers hadn’t been responsive to community concerns. “I get we can’t have 50 million opinions and move a project along, but I do think you have to take in enough different perspectives, and get to enough different aspects, to get the best plan for the most people,” Henek said. Henek voted against the project; Adduci, Cargie, Conti and Michael Gibbs voted for the project. Trustee Carmela Corsini was absent, and Respicio Vazquez recused himself. CONTACT: ntepper@wjinc.com

Stevenson Park grant request a go after village OK’s lease Park district seeks $400K in federal open space funds for upgrades By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

The Park District of Oak Park’s application for a federal grant to cover half of the costs of improvements at Stevenson Park can now move forward after the village board on Sept. 17 voted to approve a lease agreement for the land with the park district. Park district Executive Director Jan Arnold said at the park board’s Sept. 6 meeting that while the village transferred the titles to five out of seven parks to the park district back in 2006, it kept the ownership of Stevenson and Barrie parks because of water reservoirs located below them. Stevenson Park is located on Lake Street at Taylor Avenue. After the original 2006 lease was signed, the village contended that the Oak Park employee who signed it had no authority to do so. Since then, the park district and the vil-

lage have been negotiating a new lease. The issue, Arnold said, is that because the land is village-owned, a grant application can’t proceed without their support. And that, in turn, hinges on signing of the revised lease agreement. While the park district commissioners had some reservations about some of its provisions, they ultimately indicated that they would sign the agreement. The village board voted to approve the lease at its Sept. 17 meeting. The park board is expected to give the goahead on the grant application at its Sept. 20 meeting, to give the staff time to submit it before the Oct. 1 deadline. The 2011 Stevenson Park Master Plan calls for replacing a 1980s playground equipment. If the park district is able to get a $400,000 Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development (OSLAD) grant, they would be able to make a number of other improvements. Those improvements include making the west entrance to the park handicappedaccessible, building a full walking loop, installing a bioswale on the Lake Street side of the park in order to reduce flooding, installing picnic and chess tables and installing a practice wall for soccer and lacrosse. If the park district gets the grant, it would

need to provide $400,000 in matching funds which, Arnold said, has already been budgeted. The new lease agreement between the park district and the village makes two major changes. Under the current agreement, if the village needs to dig up the park to work on the reservoir, it must put everything back the way it found it – and cover the resulting expenses of its own budget. The revised agreement requires the park district to cover the costs not related to backfilling any excavation. The second provision allows the village to comment on any Stevenson Park improvements that might affect the reservoir. Park district officials also have an issue with the village’s proposal to use Stevenson Park as a permanent storage site for a program that allows residents to pick up mulch and compost materials for free. “They want to put it inside the park, and the park district is firmly against it, because we don’t believe its recreational purpose and we have limited land,” Arnold said. During the park board’s Sept. 6 meeting, Arnold asked the board whether they wanted the staff to prepare the grant application for Stevenson Park or if they would prefer to apply for grant money for Rehm Park, which

is owned by the park district, instead. Most commissioners wanted Arnold to stick with the Stevenson application, feeling that the park was long overdue for improvements. Commissioner Kassie Porreca remarked on growing concerns about racial equity in Oak Park, and the Stevenson improvements would allow the park district to address a clear inequity in parks serving different parts of the village. “This is a good example, because it’s a racial equity issue,” Porreca said. “We have certain areas that are underserved, and we want to address that using the grant.” While the commissioners had concerns about the provision on the village’s ability to comment on projects, they ultimately agreed that approving the new lease was ultimately in their best interests. “I learned a long time ago that best agreements are ones that both parties are unhappy with,” said board Vice President Sandy Lentz. “I think it’s important for us to get [the improvements] done and get application in. I would hate for us to lose an opportunity [to apply] for a substantial OSLAD grant.” The park district will be notified whether or not the grant application has been approved in May 2019.

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For Survivors of Domestic Violence

October is Domestic Violence Action Month... What Can You Do? Wear purple and attend Sarah’s Inn’s Community Kick-off event on Tuesday, September 25 at 5:30 p.m. at Community Bank, 1001 Lake Street, Oak Park. Attend Stand Tall with Sarah’s Inn on Saturday, October 20. Enjoy cocktails, tempting treats, musical entertainment and incredible auction prizes at the Oak Park Country Club. Sponsorships and tickets available at www.sarahsinn.org. Tie a purple ribbon around your tree or front door. Pick up a packet of purple ribbons from Sarah’s Inn for your whole block! Talk the Talk: Follow our 31 Days for Change Campaign on Facebook and Instagram @sarahsinnoakpark and tag us at #31forchange.

Help others: Visit us at sarahsinn.org to educate yourself, learn how to become a volunteer, or make a donation Participate in one of the many community events supporting Sarah’s Inn during September & October, including: September 22 – Oak Park Farmer’s Market Bake Sale - Bake for us, or visit us at our table! September 15- October 31 – Donate therapeutic books and toys to the Sarah’s Inn Children’s Program, to facilitate our counseling work with children and families healing from domestic violence, through our partnership with Geppetto’s Toy Box and The Book Table.

Thank you to the Community Mental Health Board of Oak Park Township, and Wednesday Journal for their partnership and support.

To learn more, visit www.sarahsinn.org. Contact joannas@sarahsinn.org with questions or to pick up purple ribbons.

Sarah’s Inn 24-hour crisis line (708) 386-4225 Office (708) 386-3305 The mission of Sarah’s Inn is to improve the lives of those affected by domestic violence and to break the cycle of violence for future generations. Sarah’s Inn’s services include 24-hour crisis line, advocacy, referrals, safety planning, counseling for adults, teens and children, legal advocacy, partner abuse intervention, community and professional training, and school-based violence prevention.

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Wallpaper is back, in a big way It’s not just for grandma’s house anymore By LACEY SIKORA

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allpaper in interior design is having a big moment. For anyone who shudders at the memory of 1970s papers in mod prints and shiny finishes or anyone who was traumatized removing that 1970s paper from the walls of their home, the good news is that the paper today bears little resemblance to what you painstakingly peeled off your walls 15 years ago. Oak Park designers Kim Daunis and Natalie Papier, who together run the home design business Home Ec., share a love for bringing bold color and design into local homes and say that wallpaper is one of their favorite ways to do this. Papier and Daunis say that wallpaper has come a long way from its somewhat questionable past. “It was very grandma before,” Daunis said. Today, the two agree that the quality of wallpaper is different. It is easier to apply and easier to remove if you change your mind down the road. Wallpaper can also be practical in Oak Park and River Forest’s older homes. Aging plaster walls that have grown bumpy over time can be cleanly disguised with the right paper. While the Home Ec. ladies recommend having a professional install the wallpaper if you’ve never done it before, both say it is a skill that can be learned and one that they have tackled in their own homes as well as those of clients. Removable wallpaper is great for the commitment-phobe and makes a good choice for renters or in a small space. Daunis took the cabinet doors off in her kitchen and used a peel-and-stick paper to add some pattern to the backs of her cabinets. See WALLPAPER on page B3

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NOT YOUR GRANDMA’S WALLPAPER: Kim Daunis (above) says wallpaper was “very grandma” in the past. Now the quality is different and it’s easier to apply – and remove. September 19, 2018 ■ Wednesday Journal/Forest Park Review

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BOLD COLORS: Kim Daunis (above, left) and Natalie Papier of Home Ec. interior design studio say that “one room can always use” wallpaper, especially entries (far left) and powder rooms (lower left).

WALLPAPER Florals are back from page B1 Themes from the past are still trending today, but the duo notes the looks are refreshed. “Florals are back but in a larger scale, and grass cloth is coming back but in bold colors like emerald green,” Daunis said. Papier says graphic, modern patterns are also back but are toned down from the disco-days of the 1970s. “Palm Beach chic is back as is the Mad Men, 1960s style,” Papier said. What to avoid? According to Papier, “Something that’s super-dated that has not come back is the border.” With those caveats in mind Home Ec. tends to use wallpaper in almost every project and Daunis and Papier liken it to art work for the wall.

a great space to try out wall paper. “It’s really fun, and there are fewer competing elements in the room,” she said. That said, they love applying wallpaper in larger rooms of the home as well. They recently transformed a dining room into a family lounge space and used a dark wallpaper on one wall to create a statement and add depth to

Art for the walls Papier says with a laugh that they are almost becoming known as the wallpaper ladies, but they find the old houses in the area are great canvases for wallpaper. “One room can always use it,” Daunis said. “It’s great in entries and powder rooms.” Papier says these smaller areas are

the room. For another client looking for a funky vibe in her dining room, the duo chose a Dwell Studio citrine colored paper with a peacock print. See WALLPAPER on page B5

September 19, 2018 ■ Wednesday Journal/Forest Park Review

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Sunday, September 23, 1-4pm 810 Fair Oaks, Oak Park....$549,500 BEAUTIFUL, WELL MAINTAINED stucco home in the heart of the FLW Historic District. Features include a spacious living room, plus an elegant dining room with faux ceiling beams, quarter sawn build-in china cabinet and hardwood floors. The kitchen is comfortable and modern. The 1st floor also has a half bath. On the 2nd floor are 3 spacious BRs and a tandem/study room. In the center is a comfortable bathroom with a large linen closet. PHOTOS PROVIDED

WALLPAPER Outside the box from page B3 “It is reminiscent of some of the original wallpaper upstairs in the house but in a more modern way,” Daunis said. While they are big fans of adding a modern twist to older homes with wallpaper, Daunis and Papier state that the paper needs to fit the character of the home as well as the personality of the inhabitants. “It needs to be cohesive with your style,” Papier aid. They both agree that wallpaper can be a great way to think outside the box in home décor. A recent nursery project featured a gold peony print paper, and they used a boom box print paper for a tween hang out space, saying the subject matter was retro

and the application was modern. Sometimes they find that clients seek them out because they need a nudge to embrace a bolder style. “We do find that happening more,” Papier said. “You need a little push out of your comfort zone to try something.” Client Liz Cardwell turned to them for that push in the right direction. “We wanted wallpaper in the entry to give it a sense of fun and whimsy and warmth,” Cardwell said. “There are so many good wallpapers out there, that it’s exciting to choose. I got the room most of the way there, but then I needed help picking a paper. The one we chose was out of print, and we ended up going with an Anthropologie paper that I like even more than my original choice. Natalie and Kim were my design gurus through the process.”

Favorite sources When it comes to sources for paper, the market has grown in leaps and bounds. “That’s the beauty of this,” Daunis said. “It can be affordable and DIY, or it can be very high end.” Favorite brands include Hygge and West, Rifle Paper, Aimee Wilder and Anthropologie. For harder-to-find prints from the UK, the pair turns to a Canadian retailer, www. finestwallpaper.com. Larger online retailers such as Wallpaper Direct and Wayfair offer a wide variety of designer prints. “They have a lot of brands from Schumacher to York,” Daunis said. “It can vary from $100 to $1,000 a roll.” Papier says that she chose an inexpensive graphic pattern from Wayfair when she papered her home’s stairwell. “People love it,” she said. “I spent about $50 on the tools to install it and $120 on the paper.”

Other features include a new 40-gallon water heater, a new 95% efficient furnace and an energy efficient AC. The whole house has been completely rewired including a new electrical box panel. Outside is a large deck and big backyard.

For Sale by Owner who is a Real Estate Broker Contact Victoria Rivera • 312-848-0520 rivera5556@sbcglobal.net

PRICE CHANGE

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510 KEYSTONE, RIVER FOREST $1,395,000 :: 7+ bed :: 7.5 bath

1 GALE AVE #4A, RIVER FOREST $850,000 :: 4 bed :: 5.5 bath

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P R O P E R T Y

Oak Park home sells for $732,500

T R A N S F E R S

The following property transfers were reported by the Cook County Recorder of Deeds from July 1 to June 31, 2018. Where addresses appear incomplete, for instance where a unit number appears missing, that information was not provided by the recorder of deeds.

OAK PARK ADDRESS

PRICE

SELLER

BUYER

171 N Lombard Ave 150 N Scoville Ave 416 N Grove Ave 926 N East Ave 727 Forest Ave 312 Linden Ave 1034 Woodbine Ave 327 N Euclid Ave 321 N Grove Ave 236 S East Ave 412 N Lombard Ave 1032 Columbian Ave 515 Clinton Ave 1041 N Elmwood Ave 843 Columbian Ave 303 N Cuyler Ave 1023 Chicago Ave 1029 S Oak Park Ave 420 Washington Blvd 627 N Ridgeland Ave 729 S Humphrey Ave

$1,149,000 $778,000 $750,000 $735,000 $732,500 $730,000 $690,000 $675,000 $660,000 $632,500 $620,000 $615,000 $592,000 $575,000 $575,000 $575,000 $549,000 $537,500 $535,000 $510,500 $499,500

Evans William J Smulkstys Linas Cahill James Guerra Dorian F Fanelli Keith Krefman Adam J Rosenthal Jasont L Heureux Daniel R Bitner Jason Kahn Barbara A Harris Peter Holliday British Puntillo Timothy C Gurski Darrick Sowinski Theodor Shields Joseph P Lewis David D Mcdowell John Rosen Samuel P Reisinger Robert M Rutan Daniel

1034 Hayes Ave 523 S Highland Ave 1210 Belleforte Ave 614 S East Ave 625 Carpenter Ave 329 N Humphrey Ave 1121 N Harvey Ave 115 Bishop Quarter Ln 332 S Harvey Ave 616 S Oak Park Ave 635 N Ridgeland Ave 308 S Kenilworth Ave 625 Clarence Ave 528 Wenonah Ave 810 S Maple Ave 1159 Gunderson Ave 715 S Taylor Ave 721 Ontario St C25 717 S Taylor Ave 514 S Harvey Ave 1120 N Oak Park Ave 1044 N Humphrey Ave 1173 S Oak Park Ave 1008 N Humphrey Ave 742 S Lombard Ave 1146 Home Ave

$505,000 $487,000 $482,000 $480,000 $469,000 $465,000 $450,000 $435,000 $430,000 $429,000 $427,500 $420,000 $420,000 $414,000 $402,500 $400,000 $395,000 $390,000 $386,000 $385,000 $385,000 $383,000 $372,500 $371,500 $369,000 $345,000

Mk Construction & Bldrs Inc Krefman Amy E Lobmier Janelle Barclay Metzgar Judd G Dawson Lori A Tr Warren Joshua L Carey Bernhardette K Tr Lippitt Alexander F Jr Mazeiro Daniel Mcdermott Thomas Burnham Scott R Bank Amer Anderson Ronald E Tr Knight Elizabeth Kennedy Tr Gault Wayne Trenary Michael Bank Amer Long Brian C Miller Henri A El-Shafie Osama Chicago Title Land Trust Company Tr 0008002355549 Kessler Kimlee Parvil Const Inc Reed Robert A Sheffert Christopher D Glunz Heidi Theresa Burns Kelly A Kirwan Anthony M Thomas Jennifer H Fannie Mae Prestige Prop Inv Grp Inc Joslyn David L Gantar Craig M Ott Michael W Chesta Michael A Kiely Robert S Mckinzie Therese A Tr Frank Alexander Schenzinger Virginia Heskett Caroline Eshenroder Huntley Johnston-Ahlen Julie A Pupino Scott Pfeiffer Sebastian Yeske Richard K Jean Allan D Bulicek David H Tr

Desire Tchedly Obriwn Jean E Espinoza David Ungrund Joseph Nache Stephen T Koschmann Kelli Burnham Scott R Little Leroy Borlabi Wendy Naa Borteley Iqp Prop Inc Carroll Mark R Vidikan Andrew R Kojak Christopher P Krishnasamy Karhik Rivers-Pierola Peter M Moran Thomas Jr Furlette-Koski Melissa Juel David R Ryan Terrence Hruszkewycz Stephan O Hehemann Barry Chitwood Michael Scott Gelman Stephen Benbrook Scott Grant Jacob D Kriakos Kyle A

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727 Forest Ave., Oak Park

ADDRESS

PRICE

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BUYER

808 Hayes Ave 613 Harvard St

$340,000 $352,000

Qualiato Joseph Johnston-Ahlen Julie

742 N Taylor Ave 507 S Elmwood Ave 637 S Lyman Ave 732 S Cuyler Ave 149 N Ridgeland Ave 3N 200 Home Ave 2B 114 S East Ave 1142 1029 Washington Blvd 10292B 1033 Ontario St 2EN 224 N Kenilworth Ave 2D 420 Home Ave 302S 438 S Maple Ave 3N 107 Washington Blvd 2 938 North Blvd 408 950 Washington Blvd MANY 1036 Washington Blvd 10381

$335,000 $325,000 $308,000 $250,000 $230,000 $219,000 $205,000 $195,000 $195,000 $191,000 $187,500 $185,000 $175,000 $175,000 $169,000 $162,500

1130 Ontario St C2 1041 Susan Collins Ln 202 40 Washington Blvd 403 500 Washington Blvd 404 746 S Wesley Ave 7463N 333 S East Ave 409 1039 N Harlem Ave 3SOUTHC 1103 Holley Ct 305 230 N Oak Park Ave 3K 850 Washington Blvd 8502 415 Wesley Ave 41523 511 N Humphrey Ave 1W 118 Home Ave

$155,000 $155,000 $147,000 $144,000 $141,000 $140,000 $134,000 $129,000 $127,000 $120,000 $91,000 $62,000 Unknown

Thompson Mary Ellen Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 0008002373242 Burke Thomas J Oconnor Mary Jean Langelan David R Holly Thomas G Tr Qualiato Joseph Mcneilly Daniel J Andriano Timothy A Bufalino Joan Sheibany Amir K Snyder Richard D Tr Kalal Brian A Bash Amy Thomas Hughes Sylvia Louise Decd Matticks Steven Marling Jennifer M Extr Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 0008002363948 Tayag Helen Z Filburn Patricia Culbane Martinez Miguel A Chin Jean Saunders Andrea Staunton Douglas Extr Vail Lillian E Cameron Roger Kietzman Darcy A Jones William T Iii Iberg Sally Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp Judicial Sales Corp

Begert Daniel Lewis Itecha Saunders Andrea Moroney Colleen Smith Holly Inman Margaret Ann Farruggia Melissa Zdziarski-West Paula G Lesemann Markus Voice Joshua Mousa-Ibrahim Fady Hartman Jedediah Elysdir Kirland Byrie Coward Raymond T Tr Theus Frederika Norgren Matthew Allen Pangilinan Marian Carmina T Halicki Adam Sendelbaugh Peter Petersen Brett H Lopez Maribel Lee Hong Valiauga Rasa Weaver Roth Luhrsen Ahne K Szukala Julia M Smith Kristen Appleton-Ivy Juanette Deutsche Bk Natl Trust Co

P R O P E R T Y

1506 Forest Ave., River Forest

ADDRESS

T R A N S F E R S

439 Marengo Ave, Forest Park

PRICE

SELLER

BUYER

RIVER FOREST 530 Jackson Ave 1333 Monroe Ave 1506 Forest Ave 910 Bonnie Brae Pl 311 Ashland Ave 1530 William St 711 Bonnie Brae Pl 1434 Franklin Ave 122 Ashland Ave 702 Park Ave 45 Franklin Ave 1206 Franklin Ave 317 Franklin Ave 7925 Washington Blvd 1131 Bonnie Brae Pl 1N 7907 North Ave 414 Clinton Pl 407 7200 Oak Ave 72102NW

$1,500,000 $1,075,000 $920,000 $750,000 $732,000 $675,000 $661,000 $635,000 $560,000 $540,000 $535,000 $530,000 $485,000 $475,000 $235,000 $200,000 $106,000 $95,000

7430 Franklin St 7425 Warren St 439 Marengo Ave 436 Marengo Ave 418 Ferdinand Ave 301 Marengo Ave 7541 Brown Ave 209 1031 Thomas Ave 1510 Marengo Ave 132 Des Plaines Ave 7744 Taylor St 1048 Des Plaines Ave 1037 Marengo Ave 211 Elgin Ave 4E 812 Thomas Ave 5 132 Dixon St 132 7231 Randolph St 2A 7449 Washington St 401 1101 Harlem Ave 102 1029 Des Plaines Ave D208 320 Circle Ave 210 300 Circle Ave 4D 7449 Washington St 401 850 Des Plaines Ave 202 1017 Jackson Blvd 3C

$730,000 $620,000 $425,000 $385,000 $380,000 $290,000 $262,000 $245,000 $237,000 $235,000 $222,500 $210,000 $187,500 $142,000 $132,500 $130,000 $125,000 $117,500 $115,000 $115,000 $108,000 $98,000 $94,000 $83,500 $33,000

Mcinerney Joseph Vlerick Peter R Korinek James Atg Trust Co Tr 00000L018-067 Silha Frederick Shankland Melissa J Furlow Charles H Rizzo Genevieve Tr Pickren Richard S Dunnell Scott P Young Norman E Tetzler Lorie Lee Olson Tr Brady James V Jr Biggins Donald F Rodseth Scott Kai Cai Dietsche Mary Lynn Mcguff Zepeda Luis A

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FOREST PARK Jurgureanu George Tr Powers Patrick J Formigoni Ugo Tr Oriodan Owen J Erkeritz-Gay Justin R Erkoca Interiors Llc Trehan Rajat Poynter Richard E Ccl River Forest Llc Ellis James J Jr Tr Capp Vera Reposh Gregory Sam Lang K Lindgren Derek Tector Ralph Mugol Mildred B Edwards Sandra K Murphy Pamela Quintanilla Stamps Torshaun Ferrer Hollie Vargas Eduardo Keefner Thomas B Olejnik Ryan Nalezinski Tomasz Benefico Vanessa

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P R IC E R E DU C E D! ELEGANT, GRACIOUS HOME with 4 BRs, 2-1/2 BAs offers a large formal LR w/gas fireplace, spacious DR, hardwood floors, beautiful molding, family room, eat-in kitchen, finished lower level and whole house generator. Outside includes back deck & 3 car garage. .......... ..................................................................................................$719,000

RIVER FOREST HOMES

SOLID BRICK GEORGIAN located on beautiful tree-lined street. This 3 BR, 2-1/2 BA home offers generous room sizes, breakfast room, sitting room, French doors, and enormous family room. Chef’s kitchen with granite counters and SS appliances. Fin bsmt with updated full bath........................................................... $659,000

WONDERFUL HOME offers a combination of original features and updated modern conveniences in this five bedroom, 2 full, 2 half bath home. Gracious foyer, gourmet kitchen, family room, beautiful deck, landscaped backyard with 3-car garage. Rec room in basement.........................................................................................$749,000

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BURMA BUILT BUHRKE HOUSE combines Tudor revival & chateau style architecture elements. Gorgeous décor and impeccable attention to detail in both house and landscaped grounds. .........................................................................$2,399,000 BEAUTIFUL RIVER FOREST ESTATE features a stone and brick exterior leading to a timeless Interior. Includes a two story marble foyer, spiral staircase, 5 fireplaces..................................................................................................................$1,895,000 REMARKABLE TUDOR with four levels of living space, 6 BRs, 7-1/2 BAs. Winding staircase to 2nd floor, French doors to DR, elaborate library, family room, game room. ............................................................................................................$1,695,000 SPECTACULAR HOME offers modern/elegant architectural design, tasteful decor and impeccable attention to detail throughout, featuring 4 BRs, and 5 full baths. .......................................................................................................................$1,595,000 PREPARE TO BE IMPRESSED with this STUNNING 5 BR brick home that was renovated from top to bottom. Offers endless amounts of quality upgrades. .............. ...................................................................................................................................$1,350,000 PRICE REDUCED CLASSIC, ELEGANT HOME with exceptional design & open floor plan. Special features include a dramatic double door entry, gracious foyer, limestone mantle, open great room...................................................................$1,250,000 SPECTACULAR HOME features generously sized bedrooms, loads of closet space, a chef’s kitchen. High end features throughout. Two car attached garage......... ...................................................................................................................................$1,200,000 PRICE REDUCED STUNNING RENOVATION by Birmingham Development. Thoughtfully designed and constructed with high quality craftsmanship & great attention to detail. ....................................................................................................$999,000 IMPECCABLY MAINTAINED COMTEMPORARY HOME includes 3 BRs, 3 full and 3 half BAs, unique bamboo floors, multi-faced gas fireplace, in-ground pool. ......................................................................................................................................$940,000 LOVELY TUTOR HOME offers beautiful woodwork and custom built-ins throughout. Original details blend seamlessly with the updated 3-story addition....... ......................................................................................................................................$935,000 LOVELY BRICK GEORGIAN with elegance, modern day conveniences, and space. Hardwood floors, 3 fireplaces, sunroom with heated floors, LL rec room. ........ ......................................................................................................................................$925,000 STUNNING & SOPHISTICATED ENGLISH TUDOR on highly desired RF block! This brick home offers quality and stunning details throughout. ........$729,000 GREAT LOCATION & EASY LIVING in this Tri-level home. Great flow for entertaining, complete with family room. Finished LL. Growth to make it your own. . ......................................................................................................................................$639,000 THIS IS YOUR PERFECT HOME! Brick, three generous sized bedroom Georgian on corner lot. Updated kitchen, 1st Fl fam rm, fin bsmt, laundry/storage room............................................................................................................................$599,000

RIVER FOREST 1140 JACKSON • OPEN SUNDAY 13

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

1423 LATHROP • OPEN SUNDAY 122

HANDSOME TUTOR with classic original details beautifully blend with tasteful updated baths and kitchen. This 4 bedroom, 4-1/2 BA home with a spacious LR includes wood burning FP, built-in corner cabinets in DR, a full outdoor kitchen and patio, and finished basement. ...................... $899,000

1206 LATHROP • OPEN SUNDAY 13

THIS HOME HAS IT ALL! Open floor plan, hardwood flooring and natural woodwork. High-end kitchen, first floor laundry area. Four large bedrooms. Large basement offers additional living space. 2-car attached garage. Tons of storage with lots of natural light throughout. ......... $795,000

OAK PARK 142 S SCOVILLE • OPEN SUNDAY 13

1017 N TAYLOR • OPEN SUNDAY 13

CENTER OF TOWN VICTORIAN with high ceilings, four spacious levels of living in beautiful Oak Park. This 5 BR, 3-12 BA home offers a formal entry, wood burning FP, sun room, family room, eat-in kitchen. Great flow, tons of natural light & storage throughout this beauty! .......... ......................................................................................................$675,000

MOVEIN READY, HANDSOME COLONIAL HOME. Hardwood floors, newer windows , central air. Stunning new kitchen, great size LR, Venetian finished walls in a separate dining room. Three large BRs and heated enclosed porch. Newer 3-car garage with storage. A must see! .. ......................................................................................................$419,000

BEAUTIFUL 3 LEVEL SINGLE FAMILY offers 3800+ sq/ft of living! Open concept on first floor. Second floor features 4 BRs & sunroom overlooking backyard. ......................................................................................................................................$595,000

THIS HOME HAS IT ALL! Bright, sunny northeast lot, freshly painted walls, refinished hardwood floors, oversized MBR. Beautiful gardening surrounds the home. ..........................................................................................................................$589,000 CLASSIC QUEEN ANNE HOME with 3 bedrooms, 3-1/2 baths includes sun room, family room, updated kitchen, great closet space, fin rec room, custom deck.. ......................................................................................................................................$545,000 ELEGANT BRICK HOME lives large! Great architectural details of yesteryear with today’s amenities. Fabulous and elegant brick home. .......................................$499,000 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...$469,000 READY TO MOVE IN charming 3 BR home features a welcoming front porch with swing and sitting area. Home offers oak woodwork, stained glass & hardwood floors. ..........................................................................................................................$460,000 SIDE ENTRANCE COLONIAL offers a generous LR with wood burning fireplace, formal DR, breakfast room, laundry in basement, mature fenced yard. .............. ......................................................................................................................................$460,000 CLASSIC OP BRICK BUNGALOW in wonderful location! Newly decorated, hardwood floors thru-out, all new windows. Nice sized yard with patio......$395,000

OAK PARK HOMES

UNPRECEDENTED ESTATE in the Frank Lloyd Wright Historical district of OP! Meticulously renovated property offers exquisite details and refined finishes. A showcase home! ....................................................................................................$1,665,000 COMFORT & CONTENTMENT LIVING in gracious A.L. Gardner House. Many improvements include a total kitchen redo and finished 3rd floor family room............ ......................................................................................................................................$899,000 PRICE REDUCED YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED in this recently renovated, move-in ready E.E. Roberts home. This stunning 4 BR prairie style house is located in OP’s estate section. ................................................................................$899,000 STATELY BRICK CENTERENTRANCE COLONIAL. WB fireplace, high ceilings, crown molding, architectural details, leaded glass windows, hardwood throughout.................................................................................................................$760,000 GORGOUS TOTAL GUT REHAB of this unique bungalow. A lot of house in this 6 BR, 4-1/2 BA home with open floor plan, quality finishes, family room.....$675,000 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. .............................$599,900

LARGE BUNGALOW with beautiful slate entry, amazing art glass windows, hardwood floors & stunning period lighting throughout! This 5 bedroom, 4 bath home offers gas fireplace, built-in bookcases, cooks kitchen. LL has finished rec room laundry & plenty of storage! ....................................................................................$529,900 CLASSIC OAK PARK BRICK HOME on a beautiful block in great location. Large living, hardwood floors under carpet. Large MBR + 2 additional bedrooms ..... ......................................................................................................................................$343,000

FOREST PARK HOMES METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED NEW CONSTRUCTION. Open floor plan features 10 ft ceilings, hardwood floors, and many custom details from crown molding to door handles...................................................................................................$464,000 TWO STORY BRICK & FRAME HOME w/open floor plan on first floor with slate entry & hardwood floors. Basement is semi finished with laundry room. ............ ......................................................................................................................................$399,000

ELMWOOD PARK HOMES PERFECT 5 BEDROOM HOME with beautiful open floor plan, hardwood floors, open kitchen, 1st floor family room. 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. $419,000 JUST MOVE IN! Serious pride of ownership is evident. Crown molding, a remodeled cook’s kitchen, separate breakfast room with built- ins, den. A must see.............. ......................................................................................................................................$339,000 CHARMING ENGLISH TUDOR sits on oversized lot. 3 BR, 2-1/2 BA home offers eat-in Kitchen, family room, cedar closets, basement with rec room & wet bar. .......... ......................................................................................................................................$325,000

CONDOS/TOWNHOMES/2-FLATS NEW LISTING RIVER FOREST 3BR, 2BA.................................................$319,000 RIVER FOREST 2BR, 2BA. Penthouse Condo. .............................................$265,000 NEW LISTING OAK PARK 3BR, 3-1/2BA..................................................$578,000 OAK PARK 2BR, 2-1/2 BA. Sun drenched unit. ..............................................$489,000 OAK PARK 3BR, 3BA. Two separate balconies! ..............................................$415,000 OAK PARK 2BR, 2BA. Remarkable corner unit. ..............................................$315,000 OAK PARK 3BR, 2BA. “Chicago Apartment” ..................................................$257,000 NEW LISTING OAK PARK 2BR, 1BA..........................................................$160,000 OAK PARK 1BR, 1BA. Vintage condo ................................................................$115,000 NEW LISTING OAK PARK 1BR, 1BA. .........................................................$106,500 FOREST PARK 2BR, 2BA. Heated garage space. ..........................................$182,500 FOREST PARK 1BR, 1BA. Vintage unit...........................................................$109,500

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Distinction

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Sunday, September 23, 2018

CONDOS

ADDRESS

MULTIFAMILY

REALTY CO.

LISTING PRICE

TIME

5237 S. Mason Ave, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $204,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30-4 3110 N. 78th Ave, Elmwood Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $284,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 4642 W. Schubert Ave, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyond Properties Realty Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $309,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sat. 2-4 1139 S. Ridgeland Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $310,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1:30 709 Hayes Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $329,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 949 N. Taylor Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $365,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1:30 1040 N. Taylor Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $375,800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:30-1:30 827 Lathrop Ave, Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $399,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1017 N. Taylor Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$419,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 532 Clarence Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyond Properties Realty Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $435,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 642 S. Clarence Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $475,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1217 N. Marion St, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $499,800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 1213 Edmer Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $529,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 810 Fair Oaks, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For Sale By Owner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $549,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 517 S. Elmwood Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $549,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30-3:30 1207 N. Elmwood Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $579,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30-4 206 S. Grove Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $598,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 530 S. Elmwood Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyond Properties Realty Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $600,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30-3 401 Augusta St, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $619,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 947 Marion St, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $650,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3:30 1330 Lathrop Ave, River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $659,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 142 S. Scoville Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $675,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1426 Jackson Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $719,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1041 N. East Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $749,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 316 N. Harvey Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $749,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1126 Clinton Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyond Properties Realty Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $775,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 1206 Lathrop Ave, River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $795,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1423 Lathrop Ave, River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $899,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 314 S Kenilworth Ave, Elmhurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $925,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 1140 Jackson Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,300,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

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Tom Carraher redefines the essence of real estate service. It is extremely rare to find real estate professionals who set themselves apart with distinction in everything they do... ...unless you select the professional who has distinguished himself by making a total commitment to excellence—Tom Carraher. Call Tom Carraher at 708-822-0540 to achieve all of your real estate goals.

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245 S. East Ave. UNIT 1, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $259,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 721 Ontario St. UNIT 106, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 101 N. Euclid Ave. UNIT 12, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $642,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2:30

REALTY CO.

LISTING PRICE

TIME

10 Park Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $529,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:30-2:30 15 Forest Ave. UNIT 19, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $554,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 15 Forest Ave. UNIT 19, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $554,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sat. 11-1

ADDRESS

REALTY CO.

LISTING PRICE

Tom Carraher

TIME

323 S. Taylor Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $497,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1

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Need Help Buying or Selling? Call your neighborhood experts. 708.848.5550 www.WeichertNickelGroup.com 101 N. Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60301 OAK PARK

NEW PRICE!

713 S. East Ave 3BR, 2BA $513,900

1136 Gunderson Ave 3BR, 2.1BA $574,900

215 S. Ridgeland Ave 5BR, 3BA $625,900

901 Wenonah Ave 2BR, 2BA $375,000

OAK PARK

1123 Schneider Ave 3BR + 1BSMT, 2.1BA $449,000

333 N. Euclid Ave 9BR, 3.2BA $1,399,000

NEW PRICE!

546 N. Oak Park Ave 5BR, 2.2BA $810,000

1100 N. Oak Park Ave 4BR, 2.1BA $489,000

409 S. East Ave 2BR, 2.1BA $349,000

839 N. Lombard Ave 3BR, 1.1BA $359,000

OAK PARK

735 Belleforte Ave 3BR + 1BSMT, 2.1BA $519,000

517 S. Elmwood Ave 5BR, 2.2BA $549,900

3D COMPLETE GUT REHAB!

818 N. Ridgeland Ave 4BR, 3BA $519,000

1218 N. Euclid Ave 4BR, 2.1BA $529,900

OAK PARK

101 N. Euclid Ave 2BR, 2.1BA $439,000

1176 S. Taylor Ave 3BR, 2.1BA $544,900

847 S. Kenilworth Ave 4BR, 1.1BA $499,000

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731 Belleforte Ave 4BR + 1BSMT, 4.1BA $999,000

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304 S. Taylor Ave 5BR, 1.1BA $450,000

1022 S. Scoville Ave 3BR, 2BA $399,900

325 N. Grove Ave 5BR, 1.1BA $539,000

FOREST PARK 3D

NEW PRICE!

10 Park Ave 3BR, 2.2BA $529,000

NEW LISTING!

936 Marengo Ave 2 Flat + PKG $459,000

903 Lathrop Ave 2BR, 1BA $299,999

112 Belvidere Ave 4BR, 3BA $324,900

101 N. Oak Park Ave, Oak Park, IL 60301 • 708-848-5550 www.weichertnickelgroup.com

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1105 Thomas Ave 4BR, 3BA $365,000

1147 Forest Ave 4BR + 2BSMT, 4.1BA $1,400,000

500 William St 5BR, 5BA $831,000

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1020 Randolph St – 3BR, 2BA $340,000 6436 Roosevelt Rd – 2BR, 2BA $239,000 930 Ontario St – 2BR, 2BA $209,900 720 Erie St – 1BR, 1BA $185,000 821 Lake St – 2BR, 1BA $172,900 426 S. Lombard Ave – 2BR, 2BA $163,000 7432 Washington St – 2BR, 1.1BA $127,500 444 Washington Blvd – 1BR, 1BA $119,000

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314 S. Kenilworth Ave, Elmhurst Open House - Sunday From 2-4pm

Elegant. Sophisticated. Gorgeous!

tep in to this one-of-a-kind residence, Unit 106, in the historic Oak Park Club, located at 721 Ontario in Oak Park. Soaring ceiling heights, architectural details, and massive room sizes, grace this 2-story home.

UNIQUE ENGLISH TUDOR set in Elmhurst’s most sought after neighborhood amongst many other historic homes and new custom builds. Set on a premium 90 x 190 lot and walking distance to award winning schools, downtown Elmhurst & metra station. Offering over 3,100 sf, 5 Beds & 3 Baths – Asking Price - $925,000

Mike Muisenga, Broker (630) 815-5043 mmuisenga@gmail.com

Entertain family and friends this holiday season in the expansive living and dining rooms, and prepare your finest meals in the large galley kitchen with custom cabinetry. A charming bonus area off the dining room is perfect for a library or den. Also, on the first floor is a spacious bedroom with a wall of closets and a full bath. The upstairs master suite is divine! The large ensuite bath has dual vanities, a soaking tub, and a separate shower. An additional bedroom on the second floor makes a wonderful office or guest room. A hidden feature in this home is a massive storage area between the floors. If you love the outdoors, enjoy relaxing on the large covered deck or in the spacious and private terraced garden. The Oak Park Club is located in the heart of downtown, steps from Scoville Park, the Green Line, library, farmers market, and dozens of amazing boutiques and delectable restaurants. Unit 106 is currently listed at $539,000. Come to 721 Ontario, Unit 106, this Sunday for an open house from 2-4pm. For more information, contact Bethanny Alexander at Baird & Warner, bethanny.alexander@bairdwarner.com or (708) 697-5904.

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September 19, 2018 ■ Wednesday Journal/Forest Park Review

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Our team of brokers is committed to your success! Erica Cuneen Managing Broker

Oak Park

Winner of Historic Preservation Award, a stunning example of an Arts/Crafts Style Bungalow,amazing features, lovingly restored! Generous LR with wood burning fireplace and gorgeous wdwk leads to sepa dining room. Great outdoor space in the front AND the back! 4BR/2BA.......$525,000

Erica Cuneen • 708-220-2025

Ruby Blair

Broker Associate

Oak Park

Lovely 3BR/2 BA historic brick bungalow on an oversized lot! Highly desirable location in Hermosa Park just on the edge of Logan Square! 3BR/2 BA ............................$309,000

Erica Cuneen • 708-220-2025

Erica Cuneen •708-220-2025

Oak Park

Gorgeous with sustainable design on double lot! Open floor plan, beamed ceilings, 1st flr family rm, 2nd floor laundry, master suite with private deck, 3 closets, tub & shower, finished basement! Rare energy star rated home-geothermal heating/ cooling system. 5BR/3.5BA............$775,000

HDWD flrs, built-ins, art glass! Modern kit with ss applncs. Mstr Suite with two walk-in closets, window seat plus mstr BA, double vessel sinks, sep shower, soaking tub. 3rd flr with BR, wd flrs, built-ins, skylights. Fnshd bsmnt with half BA. Close to El, shops and restaurants. 4 BR/3.5 BA .................$600,000

Erica Cuneen •708-220-2025

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Broker Associate

Forest Park

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Glen Ellyn

Fresh, renovated condo is ready to go and in the heart of all FP downtown fun! Stylish condo features updated ceramic tile BA, eat-in white cab kitchen w/ large peninsula/ breakfast bar opens to the large LR, and private balcony! 1 BR/1BA .............$109,900

Everything you want in this beautifully updated condo with private entrance. Walk out your door to gorgeous courtyard, with flowers and entertainment space. Updated kitchen, granite countertops and ss applncs. In-unit washer/dryer and parking included! 2BR/1.5BA .........................................$135,000

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The Lobby Experience - ChangingAging Tour Lobby Experience 4:00-7:00pm In the lobby Dr. Bill Thomas and his friends have created an interactive experience for you to engage with the ideas presented in the afternoon performance, get plugged in with local culture changers’ and connect with others in your community. Dining options available on campus (within short walking distance) between performances.

Life’s Most Dangerous Game - ChangingAging Tour Life’s Most Dangerous Game 7:00-8:30pm | $20* Dr. Thomas’ signature “non-fiction” theatrical performance features original music, storytelling, poetry and groundbreaking insights on aging and care. Featuring musical guests Nate Silas Richardson and Namarah McCall.

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Identity politics obscures our real identity But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.

George Orwell

’m not sure just when I first became aware of the term “identity politics.” Like Brussels sprouts on trendy restaurant menus, it wasn’t there — then it was everywhere. For me, I think it was the book Hillbilly Elegy, published in 2016. The book caught the attention of the chattering classes as an explanation of how an idiot like Donald Trump could ever be elected President. It seems that poor rural white people had had enough of being left out of the good life, and somehow had united together as a tribe to protect themselves and express their anger. Before I knew it, like the arcade game Whack-A-Mole, these identity groups were popping up everywhere — men, women, black, white, young, old, American, immigrant ad nauseam. There were so many identities, I felt like a split-personality Sybil. Then I realized that this concept of identity is one manufactured by our political parties to get elected — and by mass media to make money. For a couple of years identity discussion washes over us, and pretty soon we believe it is a real meaningful thing, the key to understanding our new political reality. Not so fast. I’m sure I’m not alone on this. I’m a 70-year-old white male. In the 2016 presidential election, old people, whites, and males all voted more for Trump. I voted for Clinton. So my tribe should be the young, black, woman tribe. But to be perfectly honest, I don’t belong to any tribe. Most people don’t. I’m a male, but I didn’t know what DIY stood for until last year, and I’d be embarrassed to go to Hooters. I am white, but I wear it lightly. White people have a lot to apologize for: Slavery and Native American genocide for starters. I’m old, but I genuinely feel bad that we have devoured the available resources for future generations. And I don’t really like how old people look, to tell you the truth. See my photo for this column. If you want to belong to a tribe, organize a family reunion or watch the movie Braveheart. Otherwise, be an individual. Live your life. You only get 90 years — if you’re lucky. If you consider that lucky. Appreciate your own personal identity. Don’t let some hack politician or somebody trying to sell you a book tell you who you are. Figure it out on your own. Don’t be an ant. Step up.

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Take heart, go farther on with the high school classes in which he was deficient. Yet he still managed to graduate valedictorian of his class. Now tell me he wasn’t a genius. When my dad went off to college, three generations of hope went with him to the train station. There was his 99-year-old greatgrandmother who had once picked a record 350 pounds of cotton in one day. There was his grandfabout a month ago I was in a taxicab that went ther, waving a hand from which two fingers were missing, down Ridgeland Avenue. I caught a glimpse of the penalty for a slave for learning to write. And there this mural … this beautiful tribute to my father, were his parents. Seeing them all there that day served as yet unfinished. I saw the words “go farther.” as a reminder to my dad of the wrongs of slavery and I remembered that those words were from a poem strengthened his resolve and determination to achieve. titled, “The Seventh Fold,” by Donald Adams. It is about My father thought his academic honors would win a man who is trying to find a huge hill and the ground him admission to the best schools, such as Harvard, beneath him is swampy and treacherous. The distances Yale, Princeton. Instead, the top schools sent letters to beckon him, but he is hesitant because he wants to know his dean at DePauw with virtually the same theme. The what waits for him beyond that seventh fold. The poem ends letters went something like this: “Please discourage your with the climber saying to himself, take heart, go farther bright young Negro lad on. My father loved this poem because in many from pursuing a graduate ways it symbolized his degree. There is no future own personal struggle and for Negroes in chemistry. the uncertainty as to what Encourage him to go might lie ahead. south and teach at a Negro My dad was a man who college.” would never give up. In My father was not his unfailing determinadaunted by racism. In tion, a voice whispered fact, it raised its ugly head to him, “Take heart, go many times throughout farther on.” his life. My father was, among Consider his arrival at many things, a dreamer. He DePauw University as an dreamt about the outcome incoming freshman. He of atoms shifting positions had to walk the streets for or traveling the secret paththree days before he could ways of electrons, spinfind anyone who would ning about their orbits. He serve him food. Consider dreamt about world peace, also his travels to AppleSUBMITTED as well as the eradication ton, Wisconsin in 1950 to Faith Julian, daughter of Percy, at the Julian Middle School introduce to the paper of racism and the brothermural dedication. hood of man. industry there a product In his wildest imaginahe had discovered, only to tion, however, he never would have dreamt that Oak Park be thrown out of the inn. would erect a middle school that would bear his name. He Consider also that, while employed as an executive would have been so proud of this school. and traveling to Michigan and Wisconsin for a period of At one point, my dad thought of being a musician. He 10 years, he had to sleep in his car an average of a dozen played the piano and the saxophone. At another time he times per year because he could not find hotel accommotoyed with the idea of being an actor. He was extremely dradations. Consider also, my father’s initial greeting upon matic and a great orator and a great poet. I used to tell him moving here to Oak Park. My parents’ pioneering spirit he was a genius, but he always said that wasn’t true. and dedication to the belief that people had the right to live When he was in the seventh grade he decided he wanted wherever they choose helped them survive the bombing of to be a chemist. In his hometown of Montgomery, Alabama, our home, the attempted arson that threatened our lives. he climbed a fence and peered into the window of a high Frightening as it was, my parents were determined to school chemistry class at a white high school. A police ofstay. They were forced to maintain a guard for three years ficer yanked him off the fence, admonishing him never to because they couldn’t get police protection. go there again. After that day, dreams of test tubes danced Racism, however, did not paralyze him or keep him from in his head and dreams of being a chemist were born. dreams or believing in himself. My father was a staunch When my dad finished eighth grade, there was no pubbeliever in education and the pursuit of excellence, in lic high school that African Americans could attend. As developing every fiber of potential in one’s being and in a result of his educational deficiencies, when he entered doing one’s very best. DePauw University, he was classified as a sub-freshman, which meant he had to carry his college courses along See JULIAN on page 25 The following is an excerpt of remarks by Faith Julian at the Oak Park Education Foundation’s recent dedication ceremony for the BASE Camp mural in honor of her father, Dr. Percy Julian, at his namesake middle school. To read her entire speech, please visit the OPEF website.

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It only took 10 years

illage boards in both River Forest and Oak Park made bold moves Monday night. Bold, if you can consider bold, actions to move ahead on projects 10 years on the drawing board. In River Forest, the village board approved construction of a mixed-use project at Lake Street and Lathrop. Luxury condos, and mainly restaurant use on the ground floor, will rise five stories on a site that right now is a mish-mash of uninspiring storefronts. The plan for this site, seen by successive elected boards as key to creating something akin to a downtown in River Forest, has been known for more than a decade. Serious soil contamination from a dry cleaner on the block, the real estate depression that hit in 2008 and the inertia that oddly infected the preferred developer for far too long, all created a perpetual stall of this worthy project. Sure, some locals made the usual noise that the project was too tall, too dense, lacked enough parking, and that the design was somehow inadequate. Happily, the village board powered through that limited opposition and have finally set this project into immediate motion. Over in Oak Park, Monday, a unanimous village board took the seemingly modest step of approving a $65,000 contract with a consultant to study traffic patterns and volume along Washington and Jackson boulevards. How can this be notable? Only because it sets up, a decade later, some sort of final action to retool the four-lane portions of Madison Street into a street more approachable by pedestrians and bicyclists, especially our school-age kids, more conducive to new residential and commercial development, and more in keeping with what are, on either side of Madison, terrific residential neighborhoods. So-called “traffic-calming” measures are ripe for teasing. Hard to come up with a more jargony government term than “traffic-calming.” Doesn’t mean it isn’t a good idea. In recent years, as this page has often made plain, Oak Park’s village government has effectively turned its eye and its resources to Madison Street. To have attention paid to a commercial area that is not downtown Oak Park is a victory in and of itself. Changes in zoning, several modest to medium successes in development, and soon-to-be approved changes in traffic patterns all set this street up for a notable new mixed-use development of village-owned property at Madison Street and Oak Park Avenue. And important not to lose track that multiple decisions on Madison have a Dec. 31 deadline as the TIF is set to expire and money in that fund will need to be, at least, committed to specific projects by then. In both River Forest and Oak Park, our village boards, for the most part, work. Good to see headway on these long-discussed, long-delayed projects.

Things we like There’s a lot to like in these towns. Here are a few things we appreciate and offer thanks for: ■ Bob Spatz has decided three terms on the District 97 school board will be enough. He announced last week he won’t seek reelection in the spring. He’s been the numbers guy on this board and that is a critical role. He understood the arcane aspects of school finance in Illinois and he brought wisdom to this board. ■ Cathy Yen brought the local Chamber back from a death spiral when she arrived five years ago. Herself an entrepreneur, she really understood the challenges and opportunities of small business in our towns. Now she is off to a key role at a nonprofit, working with young people on the West and South sides of the city. She’s the best. ■ LemonAid marked its 17th year in River Forest on Sept. 11. Another successful year of community building and fundraising for local nonprofits. Remembering its solemn roots in the terrorist attacks on our country, this is something very special in our communities.

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Truth seeking and change agents

onna Carroll, president of Dominican University, welcomed the crowd to Lund Auditorium on Sept. 11, for a Wednesday Journal Conversation with Steve James, director of the new series America to Me, which she described as a “truth-seeking documentary.” James has been seeking truth for a long time, going back more than a quarter-century to Hoop Dreams, the documentary that established his reputation. But it was moderator Charlie Meyerson, occupying one of four chairs on stage, who served as official truth-seeker and inquisitor for this latest installment in our conversations series. The extra chairs were an indication either that two more guests were expected or that Meyerson was math-impaired. James jumped on the latter and rode that running gag through the next hour and a half, despite Meyerson’s straight-man protestations that he was being “Gaslighted.” Maybe James was just trying to get back at Meyerson for his opening question: “How does it feel to be the man who dented Oak Park’s sense of self-esteem?” a reference to his new truth-seeking series about OPRF High School, which is garnering plenty of attention, acclaim and criticism — especially in Oak Park. America to Me has been a catalyst, juicing a long-running dialogue about racial equity in this community, taking it to another level at the high school, on social media and in our own Viewpoints pages. “Deeply satisfying,” James quipped in return. And they were off. James, a longtime Oak Parker, said his three kids went through the Oak Park school system and graduated from OPRF in 2006, ’08, and ’10. One of them had issues with attention deficit disorder and, given the complications that created, James said he couldn’t help wondering, “What would it be like going through that if you were black?” That was the kernel of his notion to film a documentary about the local high school, but he doubted the school’s administration would allow the needed access for such a project. “I’ll never be able to make that,” he thought, so he didn’t pursue it. He said as much to me in an interview in 2014. When he read it in Wednesday Journal, John Condne, head of OPRF’s media department, called James and told him the administration works at the discretion of the school board. That’s who he needed to approach. Condne thought they might be open to the idea. He encouraged James to make a presentation. The board, headed at the time by River Forest resident John Phelan, was receptive, but after hearing James’ pitch, they asked, “How are you going to fit all that into a two-hour documentary?” James promised that if he could find the funding, he would turn it into a series. Which he did, and so Meyerson and James had to navigate a minefield of spoiler alerts since only three of the 10 episodes had been aired when they conducted their conversation. “Everyone lived through the making of ‘America to Me,’” James offered as his first spoiler. The title comes from Langston Hughes’ famous poem, “Let America Be America Again.” After filming footage in the Spoken Word Poetry Club at OPRF, James went through various thread poems, looking for a phrase that might work as a title and that led him to African-

American poetry. Hughes’ line, “America never was America to me” jumped out. “This country was built by people of color who don’t feel ownership,” James said, noting the series is only incidentally about Oak Park and OPRF High School. “It’s an intimate look through the eyes of kids at America,” he added, noting that “too many documentaries are focused on people of color in desperate circumstances.” He wanted to see what their experience was like in a more affluent, middle-class setting. And he happened to live in a town that has a record of trying, if not always succeeding to bridge the gap. If not here, where? Not everyone is comfortable seeing mixed results, but the series presents the unvarnished truth. As an older white male, James knew the experiences of kids of color were different from his. But he has a track record of telling such stories and his goal as a filmmaker is always threefold: to understand people’s lives, tell their stories with empathy, and in the process, “thwart easy judgments” by viewers. Yet, he pointed out, white privilege in this case proved useful. Because he’s an established filmmaker who knows the system, he had a much easier time attracting funding, which made the project possible. To overcome his deficits as an older white guy, he put together a team of diverse — and much younger — filmmakers who could relate to the kids they followed. Real institutional change looms over the series and also found its way into the conversation. “If things are going to change,” James said, “whites have to be more than ‘allies.’ They have to do more than live in a community like Oak Park and send their kids to a diverse school. You are a good person for doing so, but that won’t change the world. We have to do more.” Later, two of the series’ subjects, Grant Lee and Charles Donalson, joined the banter onstage. Meyerson asked, “Did you ever imagine being part of something like this?” Donalson immediately volleyed, “‘The Truman Show’ is my favorite movie.” Poised and sharp, Lee and Donalson got some of the evening’s biggest laughs and applause. When Meyerson asked, “What do you want people to take away from this series?” Lee, the shy, charmingly awkward biracial freshman in the series, replied succinctly and confidently as a current OPRF senior, “The problem of equity is not solved by diversity.” Donalson, the former junior Spoken Word Poetry phenom who as an OPRF grad is looking for “a wider platform” for his verbal creativity, said that after watching the series he saw things about himself back then that he is trying to change. It would be great if white viewers recognized that about themselves, he added. Asked what he is working on these days, Donalson replied, “Trying to change the world.” James noted that since the film has been released, he has enjoyed getting to know the kids he didn’t get to follow during the making of the film. “They’re a gas to hang out with,” he said. Meyerson took that moment to exact his revenge. “It’s an old term,” he informed the youngsters, “that means fun.” And indeed it was. To hear the entire interview go to ChicagoPublicSquare.com, https://www.chicagopublicsquare. com/2018/09/how-steve-james-overcame-doubthis-and. html

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No excuse for segregated squads

PRF High School coaching staff (drill & cheerleading), regarding your explanation for the different ethno-racial makeup of the cheer squads and drill teams in the TV series America to Me, a few questions: 1. Who decides what constitutes “a background in dance”? Does dance instruction in traditional African dance count? What about “hip hop”? Is this a legitimate “dance form”? And are you telling me that African-American girls don’t take ballet, modern or contemporary dance classes, etc.? As the young folks say, OPRF Athletic Department, are you serious with yourself right now?” 2. What is the explanation for the cheer squads being predominantly African American? As a former collegiate Big Ten cheerleader, I know that a background in gymnastics is key! So are you saying that the black girls are more adept at gymnastics than the white girls? Is this why the cheer squads are predominantly African American? This is my take on the (for the most part segregated) cheerleading & drill teams at OPRF. They have to know that the optics are terrible and to allow this type of segregation at our high school is inexcusable. As a longtime resident of Oak Park and a parent of two African-American children (both of whom are graduates of OPRF over 15 years ago), this same segregated drill team and cheerleader squad pattern was in existence way back when my children attended the high school. Wake up, OPRF administrators. These young women are ambassadors of our community! This is a longstanding perception problem (within the OPRF student body). The school needs to become intentional in diver-

sifying these high-profile organizations: aggressive recruitment efforts toward racial diversification of both cheer and drill teams; “re-imaging” both so that the black and white girls feel neither pressured nor stigmatized to join one organization over the other; hiring cheer and drill team coaches who are able and willing to accommodate and integrate “diverse” cheer and dance styles. And please spread the cheerleaders out across the entire football stadium and allow both the drill and the cheerleaders to perform at halftime. One final note: Back in the late 1960s, I was on the first racially integrated cheer squad at a West Side Catholic high school for boys; I attended an all-girls Catholic high school (we were their “sister” school). I remember the first time I walked onto the field; I heard this older white woman in the stands utter, “Well it’s about time!” I knew exactly what she meant as she saw this (very first) integrated cheerleading squad enter the stadium. During our time together, we cheerleaders grew as people, in that we got to know each other — moving beyond the racial stereotypes that society tried to brainwash us with about each other. We also learned to compromise on the different (“racial”) styles of cheerleading (that do exist), learning to appreciate and celebrate each other and these different styles. If we could achieve this balance and compromise as teenagers, with no adult coaching staff, then, OPRF, what’s your excuse? Janice Matthews Rasheed, PhD, LCSW, is a retired professor with Loyola University Chicago’s School of Social Work.

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How tall does Uncle Sam stand?

he southern border of the United States is under siege by a humanitarian crisis. The crisis began in Central America where thousands of helpless citizens who have become imperiled by criminal gangs and their government’s inactions fled their homelands. Seeking refuge, they brought the crisis to our border. But immigration policies of the United States exacerbate the problem and inflict harm that has risen to the level of an atrocity. Separating children from their parents traumatizes children and inflicts torture on their parents. Our courts intervened and ordered reunification of families by July 26 (CBS News). By mid-August 2,000 children were reunited with their families, but 500 still remained separated (PBS News Hour). These children are young and unable to adequately identify themselves. Their parents have been hastily deported to undisclosed destinations and are unable to reunite with their children. On Tuesday, July 31, FRONTLINE aired an expose that highlighted the trauma inflicted by the separation of families at our southern border. A girl of about 8 who had been reunited with her father after a six-month separation was sullen, sad and withdrawn. Her father reported that the once jubilant, expressive little girl had become reclusive, suspicious, distant, quick to anger, and explosive. Her father wept as he described his traumatized child. He hoped to bring her the promise of a better life. The image of that child’s face is etched in my mind. She reminded me of how I became an angry 8-year-old boy. In my childhood I was traumatized by Russian oppression as I feared being separated from my parents. In July of 1944, my father disappeared in the chaos of war. In Germany in February of 1945, I thought I had lost my mother in a bombing. Even now, in my old age, I awake from my sleep trembling, startled by nightmares. I empathize with that little girl and other children like her. I know that, like me, she will suffer symptoms of PTSD all her life. I know the horror, and I cannot stand mute. Millions of children suffering worldwide ought to be considered imperiled. A phrase that was used by many notable men, including Abraham Lincoln, rings in my ears: “No man ever stands as tall as when he stoops to help a child.” As our government brutalizes families and traumatizes children, I ask, “How tall does Uncle Sam stand now?” I ask myself what can I say or do. I can add my voice to the outcry of the victims. I can protest the injustice of the treatment they receive. I can expose the hypocrisy of our leaders in touting high ideals while they legislate and implement suffering. I can suggest that we as a nation reread the inscription on the Statue of Liberty and urge our legislators not to delay immigration reform. Although old age imposes limitations to my capacities, I still can try to attract the attention of my fellow citizens and inspire them to support humanitarian ideals of our nation. America’s greatness lies in her kindness, compassion, and benevolence.

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Kavanaugh has too much baggage

or the first time in my lengthy history, I saw a television advertisement concerning the confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice appointment. What an insult to that awesome position! This ad was sandwiched between a commercial that promised a change from obesity to svelteness and an ad for a constipation cure. This demeaning ad was also insulting to the viewers’ intelligence in assuming that presenting a young woman expressing niceties about Brett Kavanaugh, the current nominee for this position, would influence our judgment as to his qualifications. The Supreme Court appointment is for a lifetime tenure and demands our careful attention. This appointment requires confirmation by the Senate and our input to these legislators requires our having factual information. It would be appropriate to present a separate media feature that would inform viewers of Kavanaugh’s qualifications. This judicial appointment is especially important because Justice Anthony Kennedy’s resignation left open a critical vote position (the deciding vote) on close issues. Judge Brett Kavanaugh has a sizeable backlog of documents, recorded material, and noted decisions that has not been released for public viewing. But there is some information available that we may use as a guide to forecast his possible decisions if confirmed as justice. I have several concerns about Judge Kavanaugh. In a speech he delivered only a few years ago, he expressed his views in opposition to several presently established rulings on Roe v. Wade, The Affordable Health Care Act, and minority protections. He also voted No in his court decisions involving environ-

mental issues for clean air, water, and land-use preservation, favoring business usage. The most serious concern I have is Judge Kavanaugh’s statement that a sitting president should not be questioned or investigated even if wrongdoing is suspected. He believes there should be no restraints on the president while in office. In effect, this would make the president a dictator. What happened to his knowledge of our three branches of government, equal in power — the executive, judicial, and legislative? This check-and-balance system is basic to our democracy. Judge Kavanaugh’s “loyalty” to President Trump truly frightens me. To add to my concerns, Judge Kavanaugh was accused of lying to Congress several years ago, which was never resolved. I assume the Senate will settle this before deciding on any affirmation of a candidate to our Supreme Court. A Supreme Court justice is sworn to judge fairly and without partisan influence — with only the Constitution as a decision guide. Although our society is much divided, I do believe that Supreme Court judges must set-aside their personal ties and devote themselves to their sworn judgeship. Since this president is a Republican, he most likely would select a Republican judge. We all know very competent, reputable, highly-qualified Republican judges that we would welcome to the court. With all the questionable baggage that Kavanaugh is carrying, I believe he should be disqualified. We deserve a judicial candidate without these problems. If you agree with my assessment, please contact your senators or those from another state and inform them of your views.

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Why not consider a brand-new building?

Thanks for the memories of Joe

My question for the District 200 working group is, “What would it cost to raze the high school entirely and build from scratch?” This might sound absurd, but if I understand the 5-step proposal correctly, you’re talking about spending a quarter-billion dollars or more and ending up with a kludge — a mish-mash of 100-year-old, 50-year-old and new facilities, many of which surely have exhausted their useful life even with rehabbing. And don’t answer my question by saying it’s logistically impossible — logistics are just a question of money and inconvenience. I wouldn’t be shocked if the better and more cost-effective, long-term solution isn’t a complete demolition and an energy-efficient, footprint-efficient, modern, educationally-appropriate, brand-new structure. The impossibility in my view might be selling a very long-term solution to taxpayers who aren’t inclined to think beyond 5 or 10 years.

Saw your recent column about Joe Powers [Powers to the people, Ken Trainor, Viewpoints, Sept. 5]. We would like to thank you for reprinting your original column from 1998. We had no knowledge of its existence. Joe has been gone 17 years this November and our youngest just turned 18. It’s great to be able to show him what his “Gran Joe” was really like and how he truly cared about doing the right thing no matter the consequences. He shared with us how he was treated by his bosses at the IRS and how his territory included Cabrini Green. How he was robbed and had a gun put to his head when he was sent to recover taxes from people who had nothing. He was arrested many times while protesting against injustices that still plague our country. He was one of a kind. We still have all of his photos, with descriptions on the back of each photo, from the Democratic National Convention, in our safe. My daughter Meghan did a report at Downers Grove North High School on the convention and brought the photos. Needless to say, her teacher could not believe it and scanned every photo and caption into the school library. Joe is still making a difference every day through his grandchildren who have been very active and have become activists themselves, marching in San Diego, Chicago and Charlottesville. Thank you again from our whole family, including Joe’s children, Louise Hague of St. Charles; Margaret Brady of Downers Grove; Joe Powers III of Encinitas, California; and Patricia Powers of Chicago.

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Joe Powers’ son-in-law

Bob Stigger

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JULIAN from page 21 My father left a legacy of scientific achievement. He had over 150 patents. My dad was known as “the soybean chemist.” He achieved unprecedented acclaim for his low-cost synthesis of cortisone. He made it from soybeans, and later from a wild yam. Prior to his synthesis, cortisone was obtained from the bile of oxen and it cost hundreds of dollars a drop. With my dad’s synthesis, it became easily affordable at pennies a drop and became widely available to people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, lupus, allergies, multiple sclerosis and other inflammatory conditions. My dad synthesized a drug used initially to treat the eye disease glaucoma. Today, it is used to treat Alzheimer’s. He also synthesized, again from soybeans, the sex hormones progesterone and testosterone. Progesterone was used to prevent women from a miscarriage and later went into the first birth control pill that went on the market in the early 1960s. He developed a fire-fighting foam, which was used in World War II to put out gasoline and oil fires on ships and airplanes and saved countless lives. In his later years my dad developed liquid crystals, which are materials that, when liquified, diffract light and change colors similar to the effect one sees when a prism turns. In fact, you may have an LCD

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TRIBUTE: Faith Julian delivers a testimonial to her remarkable father during the mural dedication at Percy Julian Middle School. television at home. My dad has left a great legacy for the students at this school to uphold. My father was a humanitarian as well as a scientist. He believed the humanities are as important as the sciences because, through them, man learns to live harmoniously with his fellow men. My father was a great and enthusiastic gardener … and once planted 10,000 tulips by himself. On a walk through the woods,

he could name almost every tree by the shape and color of the leaves. Once when he brought into the house a beautiful bouquet, I remember he remarked, “Why can’t human beings of all colors live and thrive together just as flowers do?” My father would ask you to remember that through all one’s sorrows in life, there breathes a hope, a faith in the ultimate justice of things. Your school is a testimony to that

fact. In naming the school after Percy Julian, the grandson of slaves, the Oak Park Board of Education honored an American ideal — that a man is to be judged by his mind, his spirit and the content of his character, not the color of his skin. The students at this school are indeed America’s future. You have so much to look forward to and so much to give. Without a doubt, life will hold some disappointments, but I hope you will always remember that for every cloud, there is a ray of light. For every ounce of human evil there is a ton of human good. To the students here today, my father’s message would be that no matter what obstacles face you in life, dare to overcome them. Dare to dream. Dare to believe in yourself. Do your best at whatever you undertake. Make yourself proud. He would have said there are some things that are everlastingly right and some things everlastingly wrong, and there can be no compromise between the two. He would have reminded you that all of his life he fought injustice and inequality. He would have told you that, unless we can come to know each other better, there will never be racial peace in our borders. He would have been inspired by the hope which you represent. He would have wanted you to remember that there are other people over your mountain, and he would have challenged you to keep the flame burning. Faith Julian is a longtime resident of Oak Park.

CALLING ALL EUCHRE FANS! presents a Panel Discussion on the topic of

Suicide Prevention Monday, October 1, 5:30-8:00 pm Dominican University, Martin Hall Panelists:

Kristen Keleher, Thrive Counseling Center Dr. Mary Stimming, Wabash Center for Teaching & Learning in Theology & Religion and author of Before Their Time: Adult Children’s Experiences of Parental Suicide Tandra Rutledge, Multicultural Behavioral Health Advisory Commission; Riveredge Hospital

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Don’t segregate low-income tenants, integrate

s a longtime resident of Oak Park and supporter of progressive action, I was stunned to learn of the proposed development project being considered by the Oak Park Plan Commission, purportedly in the name of diversity. The project, proposed for 801 S. Oak Park Ave., should be rejected and alternatives considered. It doesn’t reflect Oak Park’s culture, values and tradition. A densely populated housing project (37 units on a property zoned for 16), exclusively designated to house the poor, is an archaic approach that isolates populations based on socioeconomic status. Such housing can segregate and stigmatize its residents, and is at odds with progressive thinking and village principles. Oak Park planners and residents have historically collaborated to foster a community of diverse integrated neighborhoods, where residents of all socioeconomic backgrounds live together in harmony, interact socially, learn and grow from each other’s commonalities and differences, and pass on the principles of humanity and citizenship to our children.

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The proposed development represents a step backward for our community. Rather than a truly mixed-income option, the developer plans to build an ill-conceived, institutional-type, $15M housing project, designed for a highly concentrated population of 100% low-income subsidized tenants. The project is reminiscent of the high-rise public housing projects built in the 1960s, which resulted in segregating populations of low-income minority residents away from more affluent neighborhoods. As we know, there are numerous new high-rise buildings in Oak Park designed exclusively for middle to upper-income residents. These buildings do not include set-asides for low-income housing, a standard practice throughout Chicago and many other progressive cities. Instead, the village allowed builders to “opt-out” of supporting our community’s goals to provide more affordable housing by simply paying a $1.5M fee. Of the 1,000 new high-rise units, five were set aside as low

income. If our village leaders had mandated a mere 4% set-aside, 80 low-income tenants would be included and integrated among our more economically affluent residents. Instead, those members of our community will be segregated into one overcrowded dwelling, all under the guise of diversity. As a reminder, this project would more than double the advisable and legal occupancy limit for the neighborhood. This is not progressive. This is not smart. This is not bettering our community. We can and should do better. Most importantly, the deal cut by our elected officials to sell out diversity and inclusion in certain neighborhoods (downtown Oak Park) undermines the village’s core values. The development will serve as testament that our village chose to appease perceived concerns of our more affluent residents by promising to contain, consolidate, isolate and conspicuously stigmatize our low-income neighbors. Our village should promote development

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Imagine OPRF plan advances equity

n an early episode of America to Me, the immensely talented English teacher, Jessica Stovall, leads her OPRF class through a brief role play: five students act out physical ailments, from headache to shark bite. Stovall, playing doctor, prescribes all five the exact same remedy. Her outraged class protests that aspirin might be fine for a headache, but won’t stop bleeding. And that, she replies, is the difference between equality and equity: Equality provides the same for everyone, while equity provides each individual what they need in order to be successful. Throughout the past year, the Imagine OPRF team looked through an equity lens at the entire facility. Does each space serve all students, we asked, and deliver to each child those things they need in order to succeed? We challenged each other to keep equity front and center while translating identified needs into actionable solutions. The master plan Imagine presented the District 200 school board, Sept. 11, advances equity through dozens of specific improvements. Here are a few: The Family and Consumer Science Department’s culinary arts program prepares students for real-world jobs in commercial

kitchens. OPRF and Triton’s dual-credit program gives our students a head start toward the degree that will help land one of those jobs. Yet our current commercial kitchen space is nearly non-functioning. Imagine’s master plan relocates this space, and creates a new hybrid commercial/ domestic kitchen classroom — the most costeffective, space-efficient option that will better prepare students for careers in culinary arts. The science classrooms, located in the original part of the building, were designed for instruction as it occurred a century ago. Many are not fully accessible for students with mobility impairments, and do not allow for student-centered learning, which the curriculum requires. Many labs are both insufficiently ventilated and chaotically organized. Imagine’s master plan calls for the complete renovation of the science labs, to bring them up to 21st-century standards, make them fully accessible, and provide that segment of students who may go on to college science study the best chance of success. Over 600 OPRF students had IEPs last school year. One of the most vulnerable segments of students receiving special education services, those with profound disabilities, are served through the TEAM program. TEAM facilities

TIM BRANDHORST & AUDREY WILLIAMSLEE One View

are not near an accessible bathroom. A TEAM student who uses a wheelchair may miss an entire class period to travel with an aide to and from an adequate bathroom facility. The master plan relocates the TEAM space to adjoining rooms, makes the new space ADA accessible, places an ADA accessible bathroom within the TEAM space itself, and installs two new elevators that can be easily accessed by those using wheelchairs. Sound production classes are among the fastest-growing in the school, and reach students at risk of dropping out of school to draw them back into the school community. The plan calls for expansion of sound production via flexible class space in order to meet program demand, without sacrificing future unplanned needs. Perhaps Imagine’s most transformative proposal is a new central student commons, a welcoming space for students which enhances OPRF’s security. An overwhelming number of students — particularly students of color — voiced their preference to stay, study, collaborate and socialize rather than to be pushed out of the school at the end of the day. These are just a few examples. There are many more improvements in Imagine’s master plan. To learn more, visit ImagineOPRF.org, and attend Imagine’s Community Conversation on Oct. 3. Audrey Williams-Lee and Tim Brandhorst are members of the Imagine OPRF work group.

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in ways that honor the principle of diversity, integration, inclusion and belonging, rather than foster segregation. Our low-income neighbors should be welcomed as full members of our community, not housed on the fringe — close, but not too close to our affluent downtown. Our leaders shouldn’t completely disregard zoning laws, and should consider the impacts of its residential and retail citizens when making any decision. The developer should propose a truly mixedincome, mixed-use development and limit occupancy to 16 units (not 37). Such a proposal would be celebrated by the neighborhood and would be done in a tradition that does not isolate or stigmatize our fellow citizens. Please attend the Plan Commission meeting at Village Hall, Sept. 20, 7 p.m. Let’s join together to put a stop to backward thinking and fight for progressive, truly mixed-income development that aligns with current zoning restrictions and our village’s guiding principles. Shawn Kestler is a member of Oak Parkers for Sensible Development.

Why regulate ice cream trucks, but not guns?

While representing the Gun Responsibility Advocates to inform voters about an advisory referendum promoting safe gun storage on the November ballot during the Southeast Oak Park Community Organization (SEOPCO) Barriefest, our table our table happened to be located across the street from an ice cream truck. I was struck by the irony of the fact that ice cream trucks no longer play music in order to prevent the possibility of children being injured dashing into the street for ice cream. But guns, which are far more dangerous to children than ice cream trucks, are essentially unregulated.

Sandra Shimon

Oak Park

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We can’t afford affordable housing here

I am writing with my and many neighbors’ concerns about the large building proposed for the corner of Oak Park and Van Buren by The Community Builders (TCB). They have held two community meetings to discuss the building and “take our temperature” about it. In neither of the meetings did TCB mention the zoning variance they are requesting for 21 additional apartments to be built there (37 instead of the 16 that zoning would allow). Because of their avoidance of the most critical variance, they have been duplicitous with the community. The building would sorely overcrowd the area, a conclusion we had come to before we saw TCB’s variance request on the Plan Commission’s Sept. 6 meeting agenda on its website. Overcrowding: We can expect 50-70 people to be put up on the corner if 37 apartments are allowed, which would double the number of people residing in two adjacent blocks (in houses and apartments) on both sides of Oak Park Avenue. This is untenable and unnecessary. As one neighbor posited at the meeting, “What good are 20 apartments, 25, 30, 35 or 37 apartments at that site?” No one offered an answer, though it seemed that all of the Oak Park committees were favorable toward TCB’s proposal. Since the building will be totally Section 8 or otherwise subsidized, the larger the number of units, the greater the monthly check from the government. At the Plan Commission meeting, concern was also for depressing property values in the community. Realtors we have asked say values will most likely drop 25-35%. One little house that has been occupied for 20 or more years by a neighbor will be hurt much more. When the owner asked about being compensated, he was derided. A commission member said real estate is speculative to start with and intimated that having been beside a gas station before, he shouldn’t have an issue. But yes he should and we all should. The size and type of the building proposed will be a disaster for the area. I have lived in Oak Park 42 years in my house (two blocks from the site). When I came, Oak Park had the Equity Assurance program for homeowners, which helped stabilize the community. It has been long gone because we bought into the community, not speculatively, but trusting that the village would always do what is best for its residents. We ask the commission and the board to do what is best for us, not overcrowd us and drive down our property values. Yes, support low wage earners, but adhere to practices that work and reject this. Disperse units throughout Oak Park and not concentrate them on an extremely small lot for the benefit of speculating investors and developers.

Thelmare Varnado Oak Park

O B I T U A R I E S

Barbara Wyman, 90

Longtime community and parish volunteer portant role was being a parent, Barbara L. Wyman (nee and she was a strong advocate Kuhn), 90, died on Sept. 11, 2018 for all children, including those in her Oak Park home, surneeding a loving home, many rounded by her family. Born of whom lived at times with the in Detroit on July 13, 1928, she Wyman family. Her greatest joy and her husband, Doug, moved was her husband, Doug, the love their family to Oak Park and to of her life and her devoted partAscension Parish 54 years ago. ner. Together, they created an A woman of deep faith and comextraordinary example of the mitment to social justice, she power of unconditional love. dedicated much of her life to difBARBARA WYMAN Barbara Wyman was the wife ferent ministries in the Church of Douglas J.; the mother of Daand outside of it, and helping to create a more just and peaceful world. She vid (Danita), Larry (the late Laura), Mark, was an early champion of the Christian Jim (Joy), Mary (Bruce Corson), Ann (Dale Family Movement and the PADS homeless Amtower), Joe (Katy), John, and Gerald (Krista) Wyman; the grandmother of Meprogram (now Housing Forward). Among her amazing friends and parish lissa, Alisha, Amanda, Chris, Dylan, Nick, community, she was known for her wel- Samantha, Daniel, Kathleen, Mila, Tesla, coming friendship, gentle strength, and Terry, Sophie and Paul; great-grandmother lovely smile. She would say her most im- of 14; sister of Leo (Marlene), George (Bet-

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ty) Kuhn and the late Bernard (Elide), the late John, and the late Kay Kuhn; and the aunt, great-aunt, godmother and friend of many. Her family is deeply grateful for all of the generous and loving friends and, especially, her skilled and dedicated caregivers who accompanied her through her 15-year journey with Alzheimer’s disease. Barbara’s funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, Sept. 22 at 9:45 a.m. at Oak Park’s Ascension Church, 801 S. East Ave., followed by private interment. In lieu of flowers, the family appreciates donations to the Alzheimer’s Association, www.alz. org or to Housing Forward, www.housingforward.org. Arrangements were handled by Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home, 708-3833191 and www.drechslerbrownwilliams. com.

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It Has Been a Great Run

By CATHY YEN Executive Director

t isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always easy here - you have to want it to work and you have to work at it. Small business is especially hard. I have been lucky to spend the last five years helping to build a Chamber of Commerce that supports the many unsung heroes who own and operate those businesses that add energy, vitality and character to our neighborhoods. I have loved every minute. I love the Oak Park and River Forest community. I am grateful that I could work and raise my children here. I appreciate all the blessings and privilege that comes with my address. The more I understand this wonderful thing we have here, the more I see past it to those who do not share our bounty.

That concerns me. The Chamber is in great shape. Now it is time for me to take a risk and see what impact I can have elsewhere if I am willing to try. Incredibly, I have been blessed with just that opportunity. Beat the Streets Chicago is a twentyyear old nonprofit focused on positive youth development in some of the most challenged areas of the city. Through a city-wide network of elementary and high school wrestling programs augmented with mentoring and tutoring, the organization builds community for the student-athletes while teaching the skills they need for success in an increasingly tough world. I am humbled to be their next Director of Operations starting in October. I am proud of what we accomplished here. Our Chamber celebrates the humanity of our small business neighbors while helping them become leaders, promote their businesses and stay abreast of current issues. The Chamber will continue to thrive

even as our businesses thrive, bringing quality goods and services to our residents and visitors. It has been a great run. I appreciate all the support I have received - from Village staff, elected officials, partner agencies, my own Board and especially my team in the Chamber office. Together, we provide that support structure that lets small business know we are glad they are here. Thank you to everyone - you have helped me appreciate this amazing community even while inspiring me to venture forward.

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The

Tour

The Changing Aging Tour is coming to Oak Park on October 10th. Some local favorites are hosting great dinner and show deals exclusively for ticket holders! Visit one of the restaurants below and show your Changing Aging ticket to receive a special treat.

Religion Guide Check First.

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

Rustico - FREE Dessert & Limoncello drink with the purchase of an entree

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

Brick’s Pizza - 20% off pizzas for the day & a free fountain drink with any sandwich or entree

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6:30-7:00am

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10:30-11:00am

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Word Network

10:30-11:00am

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West Suburban Temple Har Zion

IL Vicolo - FREE dessert with purchase of any entree

Oak Park Brewing 1 FREE pint of OPB beer with each dinner purchase Tickets for The Changing Aging tour are still available at www.oakpark.com/ changingaging - $5.00 off by using WJSUB

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

Methodist

ELCA, Lutheran

Good Shepherd

Worshiping at 820 Ontario, Oak Park IL (First Baptist Church) 9:00 a.m.—Education Hour 10:30 a.m.—Worship

All are welcome. goodshepherdlc.org 708-848-4741

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

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

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

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 Christian Education Hour 8:30am Wednesday Worship 7:00pm 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

Upcoming Religious Holidays

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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ANALYST Darwill Inc. seeks Business Intelligence Analyst. Mail resume to 11900 W Roosevelt Road, Hillside, IL.

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

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

SERVICE COORDINATOR FOR MILLS PARK TOWER Mills Park Tower is a 198-unit Public Housing residence located in downtown Oak Park that houses a population composed predominately of seniors. The Oak Park Residence Corporation seeks a Service Coordinator to establish, organize, manage, and maintain the newly created HUD Ross Grant Service Coordination Program. Reporting to the Manager of Mills Park Tower, position responsibilities will include: -Create and manage program to help link MPT residents to needed services offered by agencies and organizations throughout the community and beyond. -Establish strong alliances with community service providers and develop an array of on-site programs and services as well as a broad network of referral options. -Attract residents to utilize these services, conduct assessments of resident needs, develop service plans and provide case management services. -Maintain comprehensive records and file accurate and timely reports in compliance with all requirements of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Candidate Requirements -Minimum 2-3 years of experience in social service delivery for seniors and/or people with disabilities. -Bachelor’s degree, with a strong preference for candidates with a Bachelor of Social Work or a degree in Gerontology, Psychology, or Counseling. A full position description is available at: https://www.oakparkrc.com/work-oprc Interested candidates may direct a cover letter and resume to ken@ oakparkrc.com

SENIOR GUIDE SERVICES FOR SENIORS Light housekeeping, errands, paperwork organization, decluttering, meal prep & more. Contact me for full brochure. Honest, caring, patient, dependable, mature, local. $15/hr–2 hr min. Weekly/bi-weekly spots available. 708-628-7171 or ServForSeniors@gmail.com

HELP WANTED

SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE

902 S. 3RD AVENUE

JUMBO 2 UNIT 6 Bdrms, 2 Baths

SUBURBAN RENTALS OAK PARK SMALL 1 BR Downtown Oak Park. Hardwood floors throughout. All utlities included. $800 per month. Call 708-657-4226.

(2 blks W of 1st Ave & 1 blk N of Madison)

5832 W. Superior St. Chicago

CITY RENTALS

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

SELLER WILLING TO ASSIST with closing COST on reasonable offer. Spacious units w/ high ceilings, sep LRs & DRs, lg kitchens. Enclosed back porches. Spacious fin’d bsmt w/lg BR and storage. 2 laundry rms. SEPARATE UTILITIES. Newer roof, and many other updates. .....$296,900 Samuel Jones A. Vision Realty and Mgmt Co. (708) 236-5111 | (708) 732-1907 sam_j_mgmt@msn.com

WEST GARFIELD CLEAN 2 BR APT LR & DR. Heat & appliances included. $900 per month. Deposit & Background Check Required. 312-590-2951

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HELP WANTED

Substitute Teachers Needed for River Forest Public Schools District 90. Must have Valid Illinois Teaching License; Professional Educator License with Endorsements (PEL); or, Substitute Teaching License (SUB); or Educator License with Stipulations with a Para-professional Educator Endorsement (ELS). Required Certification: Current State of Illinois Professional Educator License or Substitute License Certificate must be registered in West Cook Region 06. Working Conditions: Available to work on an as-needed basis for Early Childhood through 8th grade classrooms, including core subjects, art, music, physical education and special education. Position not eligible for benefits.

Selection Process: If your qualifications meet the District requirements, a District administrator will contact you directly for an interview and to pick up a document packet from the District office.

NOW HIRING AT: 7575 S KOSTNER AVE. CHICAGO IL 60652

6 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms

2 Units

SELLER WILLING TO ASSIST with closing COST on all reasonable offers -JUMBO 2 unit,Spacious units features -high ceilings ,Separate living &Dining rooms,Large kitchens,And Enclosed back porches. Beautiful & spacious finished basement,Includes 1 large bedroom and plenty of storage space.2 separate laundry rooms.SEPARATE UTILITIES.Newer roof,and many other updates. Samuel Jones

A. Vision Realty and Mgmt Co. 4415 W. Harrison Hillside, IL 60162 Office:(708) 236-5111|Cell:(708) 7321907|Fax:(708) 236-5113 sam_j_mgmt@msn.com

A. Vision Realty and Mgmt Co.

List office: A. Vision Realty and Mgmt Co. (708) 236-5111

All measurements and figures are approximate. Source of information is deemed reliable, but not verified.

SUBURBAN RENTALS OAK PARK 2 BR GARDENT APT 2BR 1BA Garden Apt near Longfellow school. Freshly decorated with hdwd floors, tiled bath and beautiful backyard. includes heat, private parking, washer/dryer on premises. $1300 plus 1 mo. security. Background check required. Call 847-561-2699 OAK PARK 3BR 519 N HUMPRHEY 2nd floor of 2-flat. Hardwood floors throughout. Parking avail. Laundry next door. Month to Month. $1390 per month. Call 312-927-4725. Wednesday Classified 3 Great Papers, 6 Communities To place an ad, call: 708/613-3333

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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HELP WANTED FULL TIME ADMINISTRATION/SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR CLERK’S OFFICE/BUSINESS OFFICE

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Chicago Offered at $296,900

In this quiet residential neighborhood

Application Procedure: Interested candidates should complete the on-line application available at district90.org. Please do not send hard copies of supporting documentation, i.e.; cover letters, resumes, etc. to River Forest Public Schools.

Applications are available at the Clerk’s Office in Village Hall, 517 Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, IL. Completed applications should be returned to Vanessa Moritz, Human Resource Director, Village of Forest Park, 517 Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, IL, 60130. Inquiries should be directed to 708-615-6202. Applications accepted until position is filled. EOE.

MLS #: 10019447

5832 W Superior Street

NEW CONCEPT FOR MAYWOOD

Rate of Pay: $110/day for 1-20 days $120/day thereafter

The Village of Forest Park is seeking FT help in entry-level position. Duties include, but are not limited to, operating the Village switchboard, customer service at cashier window, documenting customer concerns and work orders, sorting and distributing mail, processing of all Village bank deposits, maintain and update Cable Access Information, assist with maintaining the Village website, office supply ordering and oversight, performing various administrative duties, performing general office functions, and entering data into the accounting program. Working computer knowledge, especially Springbrook Software, Microsoft Word, and Excel as well as cashier experience preferred. Bi-lingual skills are a plus. Salary $29,568.00.

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Wednesday Journal, Inc., is looking for an energetic self-starter for the parttime position of Distribution Coordinator. This person is responsible for data entry, coordinating drivers for pickup of both weekly and monthly publications, management of our warehouse space, fielding customer service calls and attending community events. This position requires: strong customer service and problem-solving skills, some college preferred, basic computer skills (Windows), a valid driver’s license, reliable and insured vehicle and the ability to lift 20-30 pound publication bundles. This position is 20-25 hours per week including Tuesday evenings. Paid vacation and holidays. Send resume to circulation@oakpark.com.

HOUSING WANTED HOUSING NEEDED TO RENT 58 yr old, Conservative Baptist , non smoker, Needs housing in or near Forest Park. Room/ apt pref with some storage and kitchen privileges can pay $550 willing to trade chores-shovel snow etc..In Neighborhood watch. Also seeking a roommate( so can do 2 bdrm if ur patient til I get one), I work for the village of Forest Park as a crossing guard contact me : 539-1276 / stuartkaren984@yahoo.com

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT OAK PARK OFFICE SPACE Private office (approx. 100 sf) for lease at 1100 Lake Street, Oak Park. Includes desk & chair; high speed Wi-Fi; coffee, tea and water service; nightly cleaning; corporatestyle 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 now. Call 708-267-8072. For pictures and more info, search “6686478994” on Craigslist.

GARAGE/YARD SALES Brookfield

MOVING SALE 3920 GROVE AVE SAT 9/22 9AM TO 2PM

Misc furniture, Household items, Tools, Garden tools and much more! Forest Park

GARAGE SALE 908 BELOIT AVE SAT 9/22 8AM-1PM

Lots of vintage kitsch, housewares, garden, construction materials, tools. Furniture. Some MCM pieces. Lots of eclectic goodies! River Forest

GARAGE SALE 1431 LATHROP SAT 9/22 9AM TO 2PM

EVERYTHING PRICED TO SELL!!! Furniture, quilts, sewing machine, fabric, sewing supplies, house wares, pizzelle iron, coffee pot, fans, picture frames, purses, suitcases, books, CDs, DVDs VHS. Riverside

GARAGE SALE 439 SHENSTONE RD

(3 blks N of Burlington tracks, 1 blk W of Harlem)

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

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SAT 9/22 9AM TO 3PM

Raindate 9/29 Stiffel lamps, furniture, crystal, glassware, books, microwave/convection oven, bread machine, coffee maker, tools, pictures, mirrors, food processor, draperies, wallpaper, custom Laura Ashley bedding set incl. comforter, shams, drapes & fabric, beautiful handmade sweaters from Vietnam circa 1960s.

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CLASSIFIED GARAGE/YARD SALES Riverside

GARAGE SALE 348 NUTTALL RD FRI 9/21 & SAT 9/22 9AM TO 4PM

Furniture, household/kitchen items; collectibles; vintage hats and ties; current & vintage clothes; linens; books; kids items; and lots of free stuff.

NEXT WEEK ESTATE SALE Oak Park

ESTATE/MOVING SALE 631 N. KENILWORTH SAT 9/29 9AM TO 4PM ONE DAY ONLY!

Everything Must Go! Furniture, tools, beautiful frames, books, toys, collectibles, records and much more!

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

CEMETERY LOT FOR SALE 2 WOODLAWN CEMTERY PLOTS Two (2) Woodlawn cemetery plots for sale (side-by-side). In Birchwood section. $5,300 for both, includes transfer fees. Contact Andy 847858-7726

AUTOS FOR SALE FORD FUSION 2010 Ford Fusion. 81k miles. Excellent condition. One owner, garage-kept in Forest Park. $5000 firm. Call 312-659-1505.

PETS While youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re away, your pets are okay . . . at home

CERTIFIED WIND SURFER Full Size, with cover and sail $130.00 WATER SKIS $15.00 708-488-8755 ITEMS FOR SALE Slightly used Daewoo compact frig with freezer, veggie drawer; 20X21X33â&#x20AC;&#x201D;$80 2 very sturdy all wood sheath back captain chairs, generous seating area;$150 GE microwave, 10X12X14, $25 Call 708-415-8298 PIANO MUSIC Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann piano concertos, ensemble piano music and piano trios. 708-488-8755

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OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT 97 LINCOLN & LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ADDITIONS & RENOVATIONS 1111 GROVE AVE. 715 HIGHLAND AVE. OAK PARK, IL 60304 OAK PARK, IL 60304 & 2019 LIFE SAFETY WORK 1111 GROVE AVE. 715 HIGHLAND AVE. OAK PARK, IL 60304 OAK PARK, IL 60304

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will be received by the Board of Education, Oak Park Elementary School District 97 (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boardâ&#x20AC;?) for the following project:

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Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m. prevailing time on Tuesday September 25, 2018 at the Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Administrative offices, 260 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302, and will be publicly opened and read at 2:15 p.m. prevailing time on that date. Bids shall be submitted in an opaque sealed envelope clearly marked: Oak Park Elementary School District 97 260 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302 Attention: Bulley & Andrews Project: LINCOLN & LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ADDITIONS & RENOVATIONS & 2019 LIFE SAFETY WORK - BID PACKAGE 1 Scope of work for Bid Package 1 generally includes, but is not limited to: General Trades, Concrete, Structural Steel/Metal Deck, Elevators, Excavation and Site Utilities. All bids must be submitted in accordance with the bidding instructions contained in the Bidding Documents for the project. Bid security in the form of a bid bond in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the base bid amount shall be submitted with the bid. Should a bid bond be submitted, the bond shall be payable to the Board of Education, Oak Park Elementary School District 97, 260 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302. All

documents and information required by the bidding instructions contained in the Bidding Documents for the project shall be submitted with the bid. Incomplete, late or non-conforming bids may not be accepted. No bids shall be withdrawn, canceled or modified after the time for opening of bids without the Boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consent for a period of ninety (90) days after the scheduled time of bid opening. The Bidding Documents for the project (which include the bidding instructions for the project and other related documents) will be available Monday September 10th, 2018 and may be purchased from Springer Blueprint Services â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1640 S. Western Ave. Chicago, IL 60643 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 773-2386340. The Bidding Documents are available for viewing/ download online without cost or purchase at the Bulley & Andrews, LLC FTP Site, https://ftp.bulley.com, username: LincolnLongfellow, password: bulley1891. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids or parts thereof, or waive any irregularities or informalities, and to make an award that in the Boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sole opinion is in the best interest of the District. The site will be available for visits by appointment to be coordinated with Bulley & Andrews, LLC. Interested parties may inspect the existing conditions. Schedule an appointment with Jason Hayhurst of Bulley & Andrews in advance if you wish to visit the sites. All bidders must comply with applicable Illinois Law requiring the payment of prevailing wages by all Contractors working on public works. If during the time period of work, the prevailing wage rates change, the contractor shall be responsible for additional costs without any change to the contract amount. All bidders must comply with the Illinois Statutory requirements regarding labor, including Equal Employment Opportunity Laws. For additional information on the project, contact Jason Hayhurst of Bulley & Andrews, LLC at jhayhurst@bulley. com or 773-645-2110. Dated: 09/07/2018 Jason Hayhurst Bulley & Andrews, LLC

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LEGAL NOTICE RESOLUTION NO. R-54-18

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A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY OF AN ADDITIONAL LIBRARY TAX FOR BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Village of Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, as follows: Section 1. The Board of Library Trustees of the Village of Forest Park, by Resolution dated August 20, 2018, has requested the corporate authorities of the Village of Forest Park to levy an additional 0.02% tax for the maintenance, repairs and alterations of library buildings and equipment, pursuant to 75 ILCS 5/3-4, in order to include the sum of $72,222.00 in the Village’s 2018 tax levy ordinance as the 0.02% Library Building and Maintenance levy. Section 2. The corporate authorities of the Village of Forest Park hereby determine and propose to levy such additional 0.02% tax for the year 2018, subject to the provisions of 75 ILCS 5/3-4. Section 3. The Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish a copy of this Resolution in the Forest Park Review, a newspaper with a general circulation within the Village of Forest Park, said publication to occur within fifteen (15) days of the adoption of this Resolution. Section 4. Pursuant to 75 ILCS 5/3-4, notice is hereby given that if a petition requesting a referendum signed by 981 or more electors of the Village of Forest Park is filed with the corporate authorities of the Village of Forest Park on or before October 19, 2018, which is thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this Resolution, then the question whether this Resolution shall become effective shall be submitted to the electors of the Village of Forest Park at a general or special election to be held in accordance with the election laws of the State of Illinois in force at the time of such election. The Village Clerk is hereby directed to provide a petition form to any individual requesting one. Section 5. In the event no petition is filed with the corporate authorities within thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this Resolution, then this Resolution shall be effective and the additional library tax shall be levied accordingly, and included in the Village’s levy ordinance for library purposes. ADOPTED by the Council of the Village of Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois this 10th day of September, 2018. AYES: Calderone, Mannix, Byrnes, Novak, Entler NAYS: None ABSENT: None APPROVED: /s/ Anthony T. Calderone Anthony T. Calderone, Mayor

Received 08-17-2018 FILED 08-17-2018 Oneida County Register in Probate 2018PR000070 STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT ONEIDA COUNTY PROBATE BRANCH IN THE MATTER OF: THE ARTHUR R. ABBOTT Case No. 2018-PR-70 REVOCABLE TRUST ORDER AND NOTICE FOR HEARING ON PETITION TO REMOVE CO-TRUSTEE, ORDER SALE OF MINOCQUA PROPERTY, APPROVE TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNTS, AND REIMBURSE THE EXPENSES OF THE REMAINING TRUSTEE Allison Moran, as Co-Trustee of the Arthur R. Abbott Revocable Trust, by her counsel, Boardman & Clark, LLP, by Kathryn A. Harrell, has requested a hearing on her Petition to Remove Co-Trustee, Order Sale of Minocqua Property, Approve Trustee’s Accounts, and Reimburse the Expenses of the Remaining Trustee. THE COURT ORDERS THAT: The Petition will be heard at the Oneida County Courthouse, 1 South Oneida Avenue, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, before the Honorable Michael Bloom, Circuit Court Judge, Branch II, on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. Notice shall be given by mailing at least 20 days before the hearing a copy of this Order to every person entitled to notice. Electronically signed by Michael H. Bloom Circuit Court Judge 08/17/2018 F:\DOCS\WD\39516\1\A3195985. DOCX Published in RB Landmark 9/19, 9/26, 10/3/2018

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D18155388 on September 7, 2018. Under the Assumed Business Name of AMY K’S CONFECTIONS with the business located at: 9111 29TH STREET, BROOKFIELD, IL 60513. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: AMY R KACZMAREK, 9111 29TH STREET BROOKFIELD, IL 60513 Published in RB Landmark 9/12, 9/19, 9/26/2018

ATTESTED: /s/ Vanessa Moritz Vanessa Moritz, Village Clerk Published in Forest Park Review 9/19/2018

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE 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. 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).

REAL ESTATE FOR isSALE If this property 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 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

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AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 18 CH 3316 208 WASHINGTON BLVD 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 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

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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

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

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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: 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

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 14-17-15366. 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. 14-17-15366 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2017 CH 16630 TJSC#: 38-5994 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. I3097898

order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-12-14848. 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. 14-12-14848 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 12 CH 019546 TJSC#: 38-7184 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. I3098191

highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8 LE MOYNE PKWY, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-106-0300000. 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 14-17-10569. 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. 14-17-10569 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 15175 TJSC#: 38-7477 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. I3099115

residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g) (1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F17110139 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3099058

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Plaintiff, -v.SHAUNTEL POTTS, 1205-07 N. HARLEM AVENUE CONDOMINIUM Defendants 2017 CH 16630 1205 N HARLEM AVENUE 6 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 17, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 23, 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 1205 N HARLEM AVENUE 6, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-06-120-0451006. The real estate is improved with a residence.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.JESSIE BRUMFIELD Defendants 12 CH 019546 1526 N. AUSTIN BLVD. 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 September 11, 2012, 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 1526 N. AUSTIN BLVD., OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-106-020; 16-05-106-021. 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

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CIT BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.MARY MARGARET T. CALFA, MARY MARGARET T. CALFA, AS TRUSTEE OF THE MARY MARGARET T. (KRAMER) CALFA DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 5/ 17/05. Defendants 17 CH 15175 8 LE MOYNE PKWY 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 April 18, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 19, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs. FRANCESCO MANCINI; JENNIFER MANCINI AKA JENNIFER MCLEAN; LIONS GATE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 17 CH 15605 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, October 29, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-07-315-029-1005. Commonly known as 336 South Maple Avenue, Unit 2B, Oak Park, Illinois 60302. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium

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THRILLER Rivals clash from page 36 scored four straight points to take the lead for good en route to a 25-22 score. The final set featured several lead changes. With the crowd on its feet for much of the set, the Friars led 7-3 early but OPRF countered with a 9-1 spurt to build a 12-8 advantage. Sparked by Moorman, Kate Beltrame (14 digs) and Beau Vanderlaan (7 blocks), Fenwick responded with a 5-1 run to tie the score at 13-all. The Huskies regained the lead at 18-16 courtesy of a 5-3 run fueled by Zora Barnett, Hayden Benson and Zahria Woodard. The Huskies’ Natalie Chizzo served for the match at 24-23, however her offering sailed long. With new life, the Friars reeled off the final three points of the match to secure their clutch win. “I’m so proud of the team. I’m kind of at a loss for words,” said Moorman, a South Carolina recruit. “We have a lot of young players so this was a big test for our team. I’m proud of the way we came out, kept our composure and stayed calm throughout the match. “(Pre-match) we had a talk about our mental game,” she added. “That’s the biggest thing for us this year because we are so young. After every point, we say ‘next point’ whether we mess up or not because it’s all about the next point mentality for us.” According to O’Laughlin, having an accomplished veteran like Moorman leading the Friars is a huge bonus. “It’s really hard to stop McKenzie,” she

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(Above) Kate Beltrame had 14 digs against OPRF. (Right) The Huskies’ Natalie Chizzo is one of the top players in the area. said. “She’s got that next gear that she can go into which elevates the play of everybody around her. It’s nice to have her on the floor.” Vanderlaan and Beltrame also played vital roles for Fenwick. “Beau does a nice job,” O’Laughlin said. “She’s a big force in the middle because the middles have to pay attention to her. The second they don’t, she’s going to be killing balls. And Kate just did an awesome job. She’s a powerful, undersized left-side hitter that goes in there and can really work the blockers.” The Friars consolidated their good fortune against OPRF with a 4-1 record at the St. Viator Tournament over the weekend. Fenwick defeated Carmel, Glenbrook South, East Aurora and Elk Grove before losing to Bolingbrook in the championship match. Moorman had 15 kills each against Carmel and Glenbrook South, while Vanderlaan tallied 13 blocks, collectively, against Glenbrook South and Carmel. The Friars are 10-2 with upcoming matches against DePaul Prep, Jones, Montini, St. Ignatius and Whitney Young. “The tournament was a great experience for us as it helped us solidify a few things in our lineup,” O’Laughlin said. “We played well. Defensively, we made some improvements and stayed steady in serve receive. We had key players step up and provide big plays in big moments throughout the day.” Against Fenwick, Collins felt the Huskies’ serve-receive setup was the difference in the match

“We definitely saw where our weaknesses are,” she said. “I don’t think we servereceived well enough. At times when we needed to be more disciplined and hold the serve, we weren’t able to execute.” Even so, the Huskies had positive contributions from several players notably Barnett and Benson. “We run an offensive system where we try to get the middles the ball as much as possible, especially off of serve-receive,” Collins said. “I thought Zora and our setter Hayden did a great job connecting and made an impact.” Playing this kind of match surely will pay dividends down the road for both the Huskies and Friars. “It was a true test for us and we passed it,” O’Laughlin said. “We gained some confidence coming out of this match that we needed. It’s good to see that we can be so poised in a playoff-type environment.” Moorman added: “I think we learned we can stay calm, which hadn’t been the case the previous couple of days. We’ve been a little bit frazzled, but this match was good for us because we kept our composure.” Facing Fenwick helped OPRF prepare for the highly regarded Mother McAuley Invitational. “We tell our kids that we want to play the best,” Collins said. “Win or lose, we want to compete against the best teams that are out there so that we’ll be ready for the playoffs. It will be tough (Mother McAuley Tournament) but we hope to grow from it.” Marty Farmer contributed to this story.

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Fenwick shuts down Leo

ence,” Nudo said. “We know it we have a big test this week. De La Salle is very impressive on film. Our men continue to fight as any Friar would.”

Huskies hammer Morton

Friars notch first win; OPRF evens its record By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor

After a difficult three weeks, the Fenwick High School football team turned in a fairly balanced effort on both sides of the ball to beat Leo 18-7 on Saturday, Sept. 15. “We are happy with the win as our young men continue to strive for improvement,” Fenwick coach Gene Nudo said. “Offensively, we need to become more consistent in catching, throwing and blocking. Defensively, we continue to improve weekly. In the kicking game, we continue to win the battle each week.” The Friars, who earned their first win in four games, controlled the line of scrimmage with a solid running game and dominant defensive effort. Running back Mitch Lopez rushed for 110 yards on 29 carries and also caught a 58-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Danny Cronin. The Friars scored their other touchdown on a 20-yard double-pass, caught by Marcus Wright. Brian Moore finished with two catches for 33 yards and Fenwick caught four passes for 111 yards overall. Aided by some bad snaps on the part of Leo, Fenwick also recorded a pair of safeties to account for its other scoring. Cronin, who completed just 1 of 7 passes for 58 yards plus an interception, left the game late in the first half with a knee injury. Reserve quarterback Rian O’Connor went 2-for-

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Fenwick wide receiver Brian Moore makes a great catch against Leo. 10 passing for 33 yards. On defense, Max Forst led the Friars with 5.5 tackles and an interception. Danny Farnan (5.5 tackles), Solomon Singleton (2 pass deflections), Tom Dvorak (2.5 tackles, fumble recovery) and Bryce Legan (2 tackles, sack) also contributed for Fenwick, which limited Leo’s running game to under 50 yards. Fenwick (1-3) visits De La Salle in a conference division game on Friday, Sept. 21. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. “Our preseason goals still lie ahead, to win our confer-

OPRF routed visiting Mustangs 49-6 in a conference crossover on Friday, Sept. 14. On the Huskies’ opening drive, sophomore quarterback Jaden McGill completed a 32-yard pass to Trevon Brown on a third down-and-16. The play sparked OPRF as Keith Robinson followed with a 24-yard run to the Morton 4-yard line. McGill took the ball in for a touchdown on the ensuing play. Henry Darrow’s extra point made the score 7-0 Huskies at the 7:46 mark of the first quarter. McGill added a second touchdown run later in the quarter, this one from seven yards, increasing the OPRF lead to 14-0. A 54-yard end-around run by Brown set up the score. In the second quarter, McGill connected with Brown on a 10-yard touchdown pass and then with Craig Shelton on an 11-yard touchdown toss. The Huskies (2-2, 0-1 West Suburban Silver) extended their advantage to 28-0 at the 4:47 mark of the second quarter. Reserve quarterback Toby Kunkel threw an 8-yard TD pass to Nazareth Bryant. Darrow’s fifth PAT gave the Huskies a 35-0 lead. Triun Green’s recovery of Morton quarterback Allen Miramontes’ fumble early in the third quarter set up a 17-yard TD run by Robinson. The extra point made it 42-0 Huskies at 10:17 of third quarter. Sean Barney’s 1-yard TD run in the fourth quarter accounted for the Huskies’ final score. McGill completed 10 of 13 passes for 111 yards and two touchdowns, plus two rushing touchdowns. Michael Tomaso recovered a fumble and Korean Shanks had an interception for OPRF. Melvin Tate contributed to this roundup

Friars dominate RB Invite

Fenwick senior Joe Wermes finished fifth (16:55.9) at the Riverside-Brookfield Invite on Sept. 14

Cross country girls team finishes first; boys second at Sundown Meadows By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor

Riverside-Brookfield might have been the high school invitational host on Friday, Sept. 14, but Fenwick dominated the action with a first-place showing by the girls team and second-place finish by the boys squad. “The invite went smoothly,” RBHS girls coach Larry Forberg said. “The weather was hot. We had a few athletes who were light-headed afterward, but thankfully our athletic trainer, Mr. Hidalgo, was there to help the athletes. He did an outstanding job. “A handful of coaches mentioned they love running our course because it is an old fashion cross country course and not track on grass,” Forberg noted. “We have hills, paths through forests, grass and crushed limestone surfaces. We finish on a hill. It’s a rough but rewarding course.” The Fenwick girls won in convincing fashion with a score of 34, well ahead of runnerup Lemont (56), host RBHS (91), Glenbard North (96) and Joliet Central (145) in the 11-

team field. The Friars placed five of the top 11 runners and produced eight medalists in the three-mile trail at Sundown Meadows in Countryside. Junior Marie O’Brien led the way with a time of 20 minutes, 06.8 seconds to earn fourth place. Senior Laura Durkin (20:08.8/5th), sophomore Maria Quinn (20:29.9/9th), senior Arlene Amaya (20:32/10th) and sophomore Katie Cahill (20:33.4/11th) also contributed impressive times for Fenwick. Freshman Mikaela Burns and sophomore Delaney Seligmann posted times of 21:20.9 and 21.45.1, respectively, good for 16th and 25th. Senior Mary Bridget Donahue came in 29th at 21:56.4. Powered by seven all-conference runners in 2017, Fenwick finished second in its conference and regional. The Friars appear on track for similar success this fall. Displaying program depth, the Fenwick junior varsity girls team scored 48 points, besting 13 other teams to win an RB Invite title as well. JV medalists included Alexa Haeflinger (5th), Mia Scharpf (8th), Ashley

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Bisaillon (10th), Emelia Elgeness (12th), Abbie Rogowski (13th), Camille Nourie (14th), Molly McCann (17th), Maggie O’Malley (18th), Amaya Gonzalez (24th) and Alex Pavalon (25th). “I am glad with the first-place trophies we earned at each level,” Fenwick girls coach Kevin Roche said. “The girls competed well as a team by keeping their pack tight (under 30 second split for varsity). I am proud of how they work together. We are also seeing some runners on the JV side finding new limits. It is fun to watch them come along.” While Trinity didn’t score as a team, individual entrants Alexis Cohn and Kate Foley scored very well for the Blazers. Cohn came in third with a time of 19:56.4, while Foley earned 12th with a time of 20:37.8. On the boys side, Fenwick seniors Joe

Wermes recorded a time of 16:55.9 to finish fifth and senior Owen Filbin finished in 17:01.3 for ninth. The Friars came in second with a score of 59, trailing only Morton (19) which fielded the top three finishers. In addition to Wermes and Filbin, senior Jared Wermes (17:32/13th), senior Eric Janc (17:32.8/15th), junior Chris Brady (17:39/17th) and senior Tyler Cassaro (18:34/35th) scored well for Fenwick. Led by junior Alfonso Acevedo (17:43.2/18th), OPRF notched seventh place with 198 points in the team standings. Junior Declan Collins (19:01.9/44th), senior Simon Petrick (19:05.1/48th) and junior Oliver Green (19:10.4/50th) finished among the top 50.

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Friars edge OPRF in volleyball Rivals produce instant classic By MELVIN TATE

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either the high school sport nor the gender matters whenever Oak Park and River Forest and Fenwick collide in athletics. What’s assured is a competitive, interesting contest between crosstown rivals. The host Huskies and Friars engaged in yet another battle on Sept. 13, this time on the volleyball court. In front of a loud, boisterous crowd befitting the occasion, Fenwick took this round via a 25-21, 22-25, 26-24 victory. “It was fun,” said Fenwick coach Kathleen O’Laughlin. “OPRF has a great team and they played great tonight. KELLY COLLINS Any time these OPRF coach two teams play, it’s kind of like a good old-fashioned street fight. You could see that by the playoff-type atmosphere we had. I was proud of how our girls rose to the occasion and took care of important points during the match.” OPRF coach Kelly Collins echoed

“It was supercompetitive and a lot of fun for both sides.”

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Fenwick senior McKenzie Moorman had 16 kills and 10 digs against OPRF. O’Laughlin’s assessment of the match in terms of both quality and atmosphere. “It was super-competitive and a lot of fun for both sides.” Collins said. “It probably could have gone either way. When you get the whole community out to one gym, it’s an exciting place to play.” Indeed, the student sections from both

schools provided energy from the start of the match. Led by starting quarterback Jaden McGill, several OPRF football players donned their home jerseys in support of the Huskies. On the other side, the Fenwick fan base traveled well. In the first set, the teams played evenly

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