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September 25, 2019 Vol. 39, No. 8 ONE DOLLAR @oakpark @wednesdayjournal

JOURNAL of Oak Park and River Forest

Huskies’ struggles continue Page 45

Parents react to frosh curriculum change D200’s first forum about plan to eliminate freshman college prep courses By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

Close to 200 parents and community members packed the Tutoring Center at Oak Park and River Forest High School, 200 N. Scoville Ave., Sept. 19, to ask questions and express their opinions about the District 200 administration’s plans to end the practice of dividing freshmen into college placement and honors curriculum levels beginning with the 2021-22 school year. D200 officials first announced their plans in August, but the spirit of the measure (that something needs to be done about the racial inequities underlying OPRF’s advanced educational offerings) has been at least 30 years in the making, which many officials and community activists emphasized in response to those in attendance who said the move took them by surprise and that its rollout, so far, has been rather murky. Other people in attendance expressed concerns that the curriculum change might lead to diminished academic rigor for high-achieving students, although See FROSH CURRICULUM on page 10

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IN TUNE: Ellen Clough, Ron Baiman and Ben Stark are regular members of the Oak Park Farmers Market Band, which gathers every Saturday morning through October behind Pilgrim Congregational Church.

Drawn together by music

Educators, journalists, scientists tune up weekly as the Farmers Market Band By MICHELLE DYBAL

Contributing Reporter

hey gather around on Saturday mornings from asparagus season until the last pumpkins are picked. Each gets a turn to select and lead a piece as they go around a circle, which shrinks and expands from a dozen up to 30 musi-

cians, depending on the weekend. Some are seasoned veterans. Others, not so much. But it doesn’t matter. All are welcome. The Farmers’ Market Band, which began in 1982 as a promo for the nowdefunct Lake Street store Guitar Fun, comprises people from all walks of life. They get free doughnuts, which some like and others find heavy and greasy.

But, it’s the music that brings them together, according to Geoff Tillotson, longest running member of the band, who joined just one year after it began. He plays banjo and fiddle. “What’s special is the connections I’ve made over the years through the music and the friends I’ve made,” said See MARKET BAND on page 15

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R E P O R T

Marijuana town hall on Oct. 2 The OP-RF Workgroup for Positive Youth Development (+PYD) and the League of Women Voters OP-RF, sent the following letter: With January 2020 just around the corner, village boards and policymakers are beginning to consider the impact that legal recreational marijuana will have on our communities. The League of Women Voters OP-RF and OP-RF Workgroup for Positive Youth Development (+PYD) have organized a Marijuana town hall to facilitate discussions with policymakers and community members. The evening will feature a panel of speakers, including state Senator Kimberly Lightford, local law enforcement, Anita Pindiur from Way Back Inn, the

State’s Attorney Office, and a representative from Smart Approaches to Marijuana. Following their presentations, the League will moderate Q&A from those in attendance. We feel this is an important opportunity to begin dialogue on the legal aspect of this issue. We are encouraging community members from Oak Park and River Forest to bring their questions and concerns. The town hall will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 2, beginning 7 p.m. at Percy Julian Middle School in Oak Park. For more information, call Amanda at 708-383-8005 or email astephans@oakparktownship.org.

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Fall arrives

Cause and a beer

BeerShop is partnering with Hope For The Day, a Chicago-based nonprofit mental health outreach and education organization, is hosting “Pints ’n’ Hugs” this Saturday, Sept. 28, to celebrate National Drink Beer Day and raise suicide prevention awareness. “As a team, we’re really passionate about suicide awareness and in the last two years, I feel like it’s becoming increasingly more important,” said BeerShop event manager Dani Kovack. “We just want to bring something new to the table for fundraising and give people a chance to contribute, but also have fun.” The event starts at 1 and lasts until 4 p.m., with a $5 pint of draft Oktoberfest beer on special. Local DJ Dan Brice is scheduled to perform. Artwork from artist and former BeerShop employee Rebekah Kuczma will be featured. Brice performed at Oak Park’s Micro Brew Review in August. This Past June, Kuczma was one of 10 artists chosen by the Oak Park Area Arts Council to design a mini-mural. Hope For The Day will provide information on suicide prevention and awareness for the community at the event. BeerShop will donate 10 percent of the entire day’s draft sales to the organization.

Stacey Sheridan

Showing our gratitude, on the record

We’ve wondered for years why Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 board meetings were not videotaped. Several candidates running in the last school board election wondered this aloud, too. Now that video is finally coming out of D200 board meetings and other public meetings hosted by the district at a fairly regular clip, we want to devote some ink to giving honor where it’s due — something that’s a rarity in a town with as many critical thinkers as Oak Park. A particular shoutout goes to D200’s great communications team (Karin Sullivan and WJ alum Jackie McGoey), along with a school board and superintendent that haven’t broken stride during the transition. More eyes in board rooms are a good thing. Video is, to a good extent, a civic disinfectant. Not to mention, the footage makes our job easier, particularly as our staff reporters take on more responsibilities and duties while we adjust, in our own way, to the demands of the 21st century.

Michael Romain

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Isabella Suarez, 7, of North Berwyn, eats cotton candy, Saturday, at Oaktoberfest in downtown Oak Park.

Bob, look alive!

Oak Park native Bob Newhart lit up the internet this week with his hilarious Emmy appearance on Sunday. Presenting the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, actor Ben Stiller tells the audience, “You can’t look at the history of television without chronicling the brilliant comedians who have defined the medium — people like George Burns.” Stiller walked past a wax figure of the late American comedian, who died in 1996 at the age of 100. He then walked toward a wax figure of the “inimitable Lucille Ball, whose hijinks with Ricky as she constantly tried to get into showbiz made her the biggest star on TV,” before going to Newhart who stood still, wax figure-like, but who is very much alive and well, having just turned 90. “What would Bob think today if he could see how the rules have changed?” Stiller asked as the crowd laughed at the irony. Newhart, milking his characteristic deadpan humor, looked toward the giggling audience, mockbewildered. “Ben, Ben, Ben,” Newhart said to Stiller, who acted startled. “I’m still alive. … You put me with George and Lucy in this weird wax museum of

Bob Newhart, not dead comedians.” “No, no, no, no, it’s more like legends of comedy,” Stiller said. “Alive, dead, all different types of legends.” “This legend is going to kick you’re a—,” Newhart said. “That way you’ll know I’m alive.” “I thought you didn’t curse,” Stiller said. “You thought I was dead,” Newhart shot back. Bob Newhart is very much alive … and funny.

Michael Romain

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Restorative Justice Panel Discussion Thursday, Sept. 26, 7 p.m., Grace Lutheran Church: Join the Community of Congregations at their Fall Gathering and hear from church leaders, a judge, a peace circle facilitator and more. 7300 Division, River Forest.

“Headspace of a Headcase” Saturday, Sept. 28, 2 to 3 p.m., Small Meeting Room, Main Library: Hear 16-year-old, self-published author Ramya Herman read excerpts from her poetry book. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

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“Building Bridges Across the Racial Divide”

Community Meeting: OPRF Freshman Curriculum Restructuring

Monday, Sept. 30, 7 to 9 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library:

Wednesday, Oct. 2, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Brooks Middle School, and Thursday, Oct. 3, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Roosevelt Middle School:

Meet authors and former Oak Parkers, Larry Feldman, MD, and Sandy Feldman, MSW, as they discuss their book “packed with research, stories of fellow sojourners, practical steps and honesty about the struggles and wisdom born from the courageous practice of deep listening.” 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

In 2021, the high school will switch to a single curriculum for freshman English, science, history and world languages to increase access to honors level coursework. All students will have the opportunity to earn honors credit. Also Wednesday, Oct. 9, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Julian Middle School. Brooks: 325 S. Kenilworth Ave., Oak Park. Roosevelt: 7560 Oak Ave., River Forest.

Sept. 25 - Oct. 2

BIG WEEK Jazz Showcase

Saturday, Sept. 28, 4 to 7 p.m., Nineteenth Century Club: Enjoy live jazz while supporting the Scholarship Fund. Hear singer Spider Saloff and Jeremy Kahn on piano performing from the American Songbook, including Gershwin, Ellington and Cole Porter. $75, includes dinner. Tickets: nineteenthcentury.org, 708-386-2729. 178 Forest Ave., Oak Park.

Marijuana Townhall Meeting Wednesday, Oct. 2, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Julian Middle School: Join in a discussion about the recreational marijuana legislation going into effect Jan. 1. Voice your opinions and ask questions about what this new law means in our community. Brought by the League of Women Voters and +PYD (Positive Youth Development). 416 S. Ridgeland Ave., Oak Park.

Front Steps and Stor(i)es

“Chicago and the Making of American Modernism”

Through Monday, Sept. 30, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Narrow Gallery, Oak Park Arms:

Thursday, Sept. 26, 7 to 9 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library:

See art by painter Kathy Hirsh, who worked as a surgical illustrator for 25 years. “I’ve wandered around Oak Park with my easel and paints, setting up everywhere, finding storefronts on those select days when the doors are open and inviting, and front porches when the light is just right.” Questions: 708-386-4040. 408 S. Oak Park Ave.

50th Anniversary of the Beatles’ Abbey Road Sunday, Sept. 29, 2 to 4 p.m., Veterans Room., Main Library: Using audio and video content, Beatles historian Gary Wenstrup shares the stories behind the last album the Beatles recorded. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

Meet author Dr. Michelle Moore who will share stories from her latest book about “Cather, Hemingway, Faulkner and Fitzgerald in Conflict.” In partnership with the Ernest Hemingway Foundation. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

Fall Festival Sunday, Sept. 29, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Rehm Park and Oak Park Conservatory: Enjoy family-friendly activities, including hayrides, games, photos, contests and a pumpkin patch. Also shop the Fall Harvest Market at the Conservatory. Free. More: pdop. org. Rehm Park: 515 Garfield St. Conservatory: 615 Garfield St., Oak Park.

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ART BEAT

Best of Enemies: Racism vs. humanism By DOUG DEUCHLER Theater Critic

lays based on real people and events often ignite with special intensity in performance. Such is the case with Open Door Repertory Company’s current production of Mark St. Germain’s Best of Enemies. Set in Durham, North Carolina in 1971, the plot follows the true events when, 17 years after the landmark Brown vs. The Board of Education school desegregation case, the local school district has finally been court-ordered to integrate. Two powerful characters, C.P. Ellis (Brendan Murphy), the Exalted Cyclops of the North Carolina Branch of the Ku Klux Klan, and Ann Atwater (Felisha McNeal), an outspoken African-American activist who until then has been working for better housing conditions for her local black community, start off as sniping adversaries. Their relationship is racially contentious. Adapted by the playwright from a best-selling nonfiction book, the four-character drama is taut and tensely structured. Co-directors Sonita L. Surratt and Mary Pat Sieck deliver a gripping yet nuanced production. The actors deliver strong performances. Murphy never shies away from his character’s bullying, racist nature. We first see him in his red Klan robe. His seething hatred is frightening in its intensity, yet the actor is also able to make us feel how the gun-toting gas station operator is painfully isolated and in turmoil. He is as revered by the white community as he is detested by the black. His

journey is more harrowing than that of his “enemy.” McNeal is larger than life in her role as a single mom who committed long ago to be a courageous civil rights worker, speaking out against racial injustice. She is now dedicated to finally getting the federal law enforced. The two characters clash over issues of school integration. Though there is no love lost between these two, together they co-chair a conference that in time develops into a positive relationship. I find it fascinating that we have had a number of works lately in which racist whites grow and evolve to become virtual friends with African Americans. Think of the movie Green Book last year. This play is perhaps somewhat predictable and no doubt some audience members will consider it to be preaching to the converted, but in our current era in which bigotry and intolerance seem to be on the rise, it’s important to be reminded there is still lots to be done. Jordan Gleaves is fine as a shrewd, charismatic black academic and community organizer. Klansman Ellis’ long-suffering wife, who cares for their developmentally-disabled son, is played by Kit O’Kelly. Her character is touching and strong. The script has little interest in how the North Carolina community was able to achieve their goals in this volatile period nearly a half century ago. We don’t learn much of what was actually said in their conflict resolution meetings. Various locations are portrayed, the settings often indicated by projected titles. Josh Prisching’s scenic and light-

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GETTING TO KNOW YOU: Kit O’Kelly, (left) as Mary Ellis, and Felisha McNeal, as Ann Atwater, in ‘Best of Enemies’ at Open Door Theater. ing design is nicely done. Steven Saliny’s sound design is especially good, including crowd sounds, radio bulletins, and other bits of narration to hold the plot together. Best of Enemies is uplifting and well-executed. Though it may seem implausible that a cross-burning Klansman could experience his icy heart melting, in this portrayal, it is believable. This tight drama, depicting extreme opposites who work out their conflicts, is quite effective. “Best of Enemies” will be performed at Open Door Theater, 902 S. Ridgeland, Oak Park, through Oct. 27. Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 3 p.m. $27; $25, seniors; $15, students. Tickets: 708-386-5510, opendoortheater.net/theatre. The show is recommended for ages 14 and up.

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October 7 – 1:15 pm Women in Music and More President’s Luncheon and Reception Nineteenth Century Presidents will be honored. American Lyric Soprano Susan Nelson and Macedonia pianist, composer Natasha Stojanovska will present a combined program celebrating the works of women composers. October 14 – 1:15 pm Ten People from Illinois who Changed the World (… Besides Abraham Lincoln) Join historian Leslie Goddard, PhD, for this illustrated lecture commemorating the state’s 2018 bicentennial. You will meet ten heads of state, newsmakers, inventors, and business owners.

October 21 – 1:15 pm Chicago by the Book: 101 Publications That Shaped the City and Its Image Editor Susan F. Rossen will lead a panel discussion with contributing essayists about what it took to create a list of 101 publications from hundreds of worthy options. They will reveal some of the behind-the-scenes work that went into that monumental task. October 28 – 1:15 pm The Medical Benefits of Cannabis A practicing internal medicine doctor in Chicago, Dr. Dominic Gaziano will share his clinical experience and insights about using cannabis for better health. Clinical pharmacist Luba Andras, having much experience with the use of cannabis to treat medical conditions, will join the discussion.

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Tuesday, October 21 – 7 - 10 pm English Country Dance English Country Dance is a social dance with a long history and a vibrant modern presence. Dances are taught and called, and frequently accompanied by live music. No partner needed, no experience necessary. $10/adults, $5 students and seniors. October 27 – 3pm Free Readers Doll’s House Part 2 by Lucas Hnath freereaders.com

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Churches seek a match made in heaven

Grace Episcopal and First United churches welcome new lead pastors

wise and holy priest who is grounded, scholarly, prayerful, and inspiring to serve as our next rector.” “We were looking for a long-term, healthy, happy relationship for priest and people,” Riley said, “and we made a point of reminding ourselves frequently that we didn’t need By TOM HOLMES to do this fast. We needed to do it right.” Contributing Reporter Rev. John Edgerton was attracted to First “A clergy search process isn’t like an aca- United’s online profile and agreed to a “first demic or executive search; it’s more like date” by entering the interview process. “What attracted me so much to first Unitmatchmaking.” That’s how Audrey Riley ed,” he recalled, “was that not only were described the work of the committee, which she co-chaired, as they considered candi- they involved in acts of charity like the food pantry, Beyond Hunger, but they are also dates for rector of Grace Episcopal Church. Rev. John Rumple, who led worship for the engaged in real and effective organizing to first time at Grace on Sept. 8 and Rev. John change the structures of society.” “First United,” he added, “is a good place Edgerton who was doing the same thing at the same time a block east on Lake Street at First with good people seeking to do good in the United Church of Oak Park, talked about lead- world. They’ve had a tough go of it in reing faith communities in terms of a marriage. cent years. I think I can be someone who is In both cases their new churches were re- solid, cares for them and helps them figure bounding from relationships with pastors out who it is they want to be. I view leadership as being a profoundly conwhich had ended painfully, like versational process. I need to the dead of a spouse or divorce. understand what are their gifts, Caitlin Zinsser, chair of the perdreams and passions and to lead sonnel committee at First United from that place to where God is and a member of the pastor nomicalling this church to be.” nating committee, said, “First In addition, he sees Oak Park United has been a church in flux as a great place for him and his over the past decade, with an unwife, Heather Upshaw, to raise usually high level of pastoral turntheir 2-year-old Veronica. over, primarily due to illness.” One Rumple also sees Oak Park as pastor who died from ALS. a good community in which he “We were hopeful to find someand his husband, Christian, can one who was committed to servAUDREY RILEY make for themselves a home and ing with patience for a congregaSearch committee co-chair he can grow professionally as a tion frustrated with instability, priest. and someone who was interested The atmosphere in both in forming a longer-term relachurches felt a bit like a wedding, celebrattionship.” ing matches made in heaven. Mother Mary Slenski, Grace Episcopal’s “It was plain to all of us that we had found interim for the 26 months preceding Rev. the priest we could recommend wholeheartRumple’s arrival, said that when she aredly and we’re eager and hopeful for what rived, “There were many needs for forgivecomes next in the long history of Grace ness and reconciliation regarding people Church Oak Park,” Riley said. and events in their past and good ministry Cathy O’Kelly, senior warden of the vestry to be celebrated and nurtured.” at Grace, said, “Fr. John has exceeded our That’s what interim ministers like Slenexpectations. He has a strong intellect, is an ski and Rev. Deborah Kapp, who served as excellent preacher and is a warm and caring interim at First United, provide. They help pastor.” congregations resist jumping into a new reAfter hearing Edgerton’s first sermon lationship before they’re ready and take the and worshipping together for the first time, time to do some healing and acquire some many First United members voiced the emotional/spiritual equilibrium. opinion that they had found the right person The next step in the matchmaking process to lead them. is dating. Like singles who use eHarmony or “I was very touched by his sermon,” said Match.com to find a partner, Grace EpiscoSylvia Menninga. “I think we’ll be very happal put their profile online. They said they py with him.” are theologically progressive, highly edu“Our first day with Rev. Edgerton went cated, diverse and have a solid endowment. terrific. He has a big vision,” said Jim BabThey also acknowledged that they have cock. “suffered painful pastoral transitions and “He was well received by all the memconflicted relationships between and among bers,” said Gene Armstrong, “and I think clergy, vestry, and congregation.” we are in for a very long and successful reThey added that they’re looking for “a lationship.”

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OPRF students walk out to protest climate change

Middle-school students also plan rally as part of Global Climate Strike demonstrations By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Roughly 150 Oak Park and River Forest High School students peacefully walked out of classes on Sept. 20, joining millions of students around the world for what’s being billed a Global Climate Strike. The demonstration started at around 9:30 a.m. on Friday, with students exiting the school on Scoville Avenue, marching to the Ridgeland Avenue Green Line station and taking the train to Grant Park in Chicago, where a much larger demonstration was held at 11 a.m. The student demonstrators interviewed on Friday morning all expressed alarm about the planet’s future. Many students reinforced their concerns with lessons they’ve learned in school. For them, climate change is no longer a scientific abstraction. “I don’t want to die,” said Lucy Kallista, a 16-year-old junior at OPRF, when asked why she was participating in the march. “We talk about this all the time,” said her friend, junior Maeve Powers, 16. The two teenagers walked down Lake Street toward the Green Line with signs claiming “Denial is deadly, Climate crisis is real — Not a liberal conspiracy!” and “We will go to school if you keep the climate cool.” “If nothing gets done, then the world is a going to get a

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ON STRIKE: Brooks students walked out of class and held a rally on school grounds on Sept. 20 to protest the failure of world leaders to adequately address the climate crisis. little too hot for humans, and animals are already dying,” Kallista said. “The Great Barrier Reef is being wiped out because of climate change. Coral is getting bleached because of the warming of the oceans. I learned that in geoscience.” Junior Astrid Brunk, 16, walked down Lake Street with a sign that read: “This can’t wait until I finish school. Read: If you can’t act like adults we will.” “There’s evidence that the globe is warming,” Brunk said. “It’s warmed like three degrees, which is huge. If people

don’t do something right now, we won’t have time and our generation will be struggling to find resources for our children.” On Sept. 12, District 200 Superintendent Joylynn PruittAdams emailed a letter to families in anticipation of the planned walkout. “To allow students to have a voice on an issue that is important to them, we will not issue disciplinary consequences for students who participate, as long as they exit the building in an orderly and peaceful manner,” PruittAdams stated. The superintendent said that teachers would not mark as absent any students present when attendance was taken Friday morning. Any student who was absent for the day or during individual periods and whose absence wasn’t called in by a parent or guardian was given an unexcused absence. School safety personnel accompanied students to the Green Line Friday morning. District 200 officials said that there were 740 students absent on the day of the walkout, compared to 453 students who were absent the previous Friday. It’s not clear if the spike in absences was due to the walkout. Later in the day, several hundred Brooks middle schoolers converged on the field outside of their school for a rally led by members of the Eco Eagles ecology club at Brooks. Elizabeth Burnett walked all the way from nearby Maywood to join the students during the Global Climate Strike. “It’s a sad day when the kids are the only adults in the room,” she said. “They won’t be able to thrive on this planet and we’ve created it for them. They have the most to lose. People my age will be dead or at least too old to care by then.” CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

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River Forest bans sale of flavored e-cigarettes

As state legislators ponder action, Adduci says ‘village can’t wait’ By ROBERT J. LIFKA Contributing Reporter

The River Forest Village Board jumped to the head of the line Sept. 23, voting 6-0 to prohibit the sale of flavored electronic cigarette products. Village President Cathy Adduci acknowledged that the Illinois Legislature is considering taking similar action but added, “I don’t think we can wait.” “I believe all my colleagues here are strongly against it,” Adduci said, referring to marketing of flavored electronic cigarette products toward young people. She also noted that several other municipalities are considering taking such action rather than wait for state officials to act. A bill introduced in the Illinois House of Representatives would create the Flavored Tobacco Ban Act, prohibiting the sale of flavored e-cigarette and tobacco products. Politicians statewide, including Gov. J.B. Pritzker, support such a ban. Under the proposed state action, stores that violate the ban would risk losing their retailer’s license. Under the River Forest ordinance approved Sept. 23, stores that violate the ban would be fined $750 per violation. “It’s crazy,” said Trustee Bob O’Connell, who supports the ban. He noted that retail giant Walmart announced Sept. 20 its stores would stop carrying e-cigarettes altogether. Trustee Kathleen Brennan noted the ban will affect “probably two or three businesses” in the village. The ban will take effect in 30 days to allow businesses to clear inventory. “I want to thank you for being a leader,” Adduci told her colleagues following the vote, noting that River Forest “is among the first” to approve such a ban. The debate over the use of flavored vape products comes as 380 people nationwide have been hospitalized for respiratory issues and seven have died after using e-cigarette devices.

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U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a ban on the sale of flavored vape products nationwide, and First Lady Melania Trump has raised concerns about vaping’s potential to hook teenagers to nicotine. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot called for a ban on flavored e-cigarettes, calling them a “gateway” to nicotine addiction. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has criticized the marketing practices of Juul Labs – the country’s largest e-cigarette producer – and threatened to fine them and seize their products. Lake County State’s Attorney Michael Nerheim filed a lawsuit against Juul, alleging the company is creating a public health crisis by deceptively marketing their products to teenagers. Michigan became the first state in the nation to ban the sale of flavored vape products on Sept. 4.

Trustees impose cannabis tax At their Sept. 23 meeting, the village board took another step in its methodical process toward a decision on allow-

ing legalized sales of recreational cannabis in River Forest, voting 6-0 to approve a 3% tax on cannabis sales if they ultimately decide to approve such sales. The vote to approve the tax on cannabis sales was termed “more of an administrative action” by Adduci and should not be construed to be an indication of how the village board will eventually decide. She explained that the village board was facing an Oct. 1 deadline from the Illinois Department of Revenue to adopt such a tax, referring to the “runway” the department requires to implement such a tax. Failure to take such action now would delay collection of such a tax if the village board were to approve such sales, a decision not expected until at least November. “This does not say we are going to approve the sale of cannabis,” she added. “Tonight’s vote was an adjunct step. It’s a process we have to follow.” Adduci also said the zoning board of appeals meeting at which the matter will be discussed has been rescheduled to Thursday, Oct. 17. That meeting, originally scheduled for Oct. 10, will include a public hearing at which residents will have the opportunity to express their opinions. A recommendation from the zoning board is expected in November with village board discussion and action to follow. Issues to be discussed at the Oct. 17 zoning board meeting will include allowing cannabis dispensaries and craft growers operating as a special use in the C1, C2, C3 and ORIC Zoning Districts; prohibiting cannabis cultivation centers, processing organizations and transporting organizations operating in the C1, C2, C3 and ORIC Zoning Districts; allowing medical cannabis dispensaries as a special use in the C1, C2, C3, and ORIC Zoning Districts; allowing medical cannabis cultivation centers as a special use in the C1, C2, C3, and ORIC Zoning Districts; and prohibiting consumption of cannabis on the premises of any cannabis business establishment.

River Forest wants more info on park board’s Keystone Ave. request Village officials call for traffic study, site plan before discussing street closure By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

The village of River Forest won’t consider River Forest Park District’s request to vacate the portion of Keystone Avenue that bisects Keystone Park until it gets a better sense of how it would affect the surrounding area and what exactly the park district wants to do with the land. Last month, the park district’s board of commissioners formally asked the board to consider its request to vacate the land. In response, the village asked for a traffic and parking study and for a conceptual plan for how the park district planned to use the closed-off street. On Sept. 9, park commissioners decided to hold off on the traffic study, but they agreed

to brainstorm more specific ideas for what they want to do Park Commissioner Mark Brown first suggested the idea in June, arguing that the vacating the street would create more park land and improve safety. He suggested the new greenspace would be a good location for a dog park, something that residents have been requesting for years. Board President Ross Roloff said he felt that the village board asked “legitimate questions” regarding parking, utilities and what the park district would replace the street with, which will cost the park district money. “The clear message we got is the village is not in the position to have any sort of meaningful conversation about it until we come back with traffic study and some level of design,” he said. “Even if we’re being really optimistic, we’d look at $20,000 to $25,000 investment.” According to a memo to the park board for their Sept. 9 meeting, the park district expects the traffic study to cost $25,000 and a professionally prepared plan would cost

$10,000. Commissioner Lynn Libera said she understood the village’s position. “If you’re going to vote on something, you want a clue,” she said. Holding off on ordering the traffic study right away, commissioners agreed that each of them will come up with the list of what they’d want to replace Keystone Avenue and share them during the next meeting, which is scheduled for Oct. 7.

Village clears the way for synthetic turf When the River Forest Park District Board of Commissioners voted in July to install artificial turf for the Keystone Park baseball infields, it seemed like the controversial issue was put to rest. But, in August the River Forest Village Board informed the park district that the change was significant enough to require a minor amendment to Keystone Park’s existing development plan. The ruling sent both opponents and proponents of installing ar-

tificial turf to the Sept. 9 meeting of the village board to make their cases. While the park district vote was a close 3-2, the overwhelming majority of village trustees felt that they didn’t want to secondguess and override its decision, approving the turf by a 5-1 vote. Before the village trustees’ vote, park district board President Ross Roloff urged the village board to defer to the commissioners’ judgment. “The park district urges the village to support the work of the park district, respect and defer to the authority of the park district,” he said. Trustee Katie Brennan cast the only vote against approving the change in the park’s development plan, wondering whether the turf change was a minor matter. Village President Catherine Adduci argued that the request was a minor change in terms of what that part of Keystone Park was used for. If the park district wanted to, for example, build condominiums, she said, that would be a major amendment.

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Area nonprofit gets a space of its own

YEMBA offers programming for Oak Park middleschoolers

GROWTH SPURT: Edward Redd, far left, with junior mentors from YEMBA inside the organization’s new Oak Park office space at 230 Madison St. They used to meet at Brooks and Julian middle schools.

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Edward Redd founded YEMBA Inc. (Youth Educational Mentoring Basketball Association) in 2007, in order to engage with young people in Oak Park who may not have all the advantages and resources of their peers. The hook to draw them into his orbit was basketball. Since then, YEMBA has expanded to offer more structured support, including tutoring and mentoring services, to middle-schoolers at Brooks and Julian through workshops offered inside of the schools. Since its inception, the organization has served around 1,000 young people, and trained and hired some three dozen to serve as mentors, Redd explained in an interview last year. Those numbers may well grow at an even faster clip now that the organization has its own office space. On Sept. 18, Redd held an open house for YEMBA’s new offices, located at 230 Madison St. in Oak Park. “I can’t express the importance of a physical address for college interns,” Redd said. “That will allow us to bring on more people, and with more people we can serve more kids and create more leaders. That’s what we’re all about.” Redd said that the roughly 1,200-squarefoot office space, which features four office rooms and a common area, will allow YEMBA participants to have the flexibility that they didn’t have while in the middle

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schools. “Before this space, we were at the schools and had to work around their schedules,” Redd said. “I never know when I need to speak to a parent or have a meeting.” Jonathan Harris, a 17-year-old junior mentor with YEMBA, said the office will help more young people like himself. “Before YEMBA, I didn’t know a lot of community leaders,” Harris said. “It’s given me a chance to really network with people and helped me to be more professional

and organized. I’m happy to see YEMBA’s growth. We now have our thing.” Aaron Brown, 17, who also serves as a junior mentor at YEMBA, said he’s already fallen for the new office space. “I’m loving the new facility,” he said. “It’s a great opportunity to expand what we do and to have more junior mentors and provide more workspaces for the mentors to make YEMBA grow even more.” For Redd, an electrical engineer by profession, the space is just an expansion

of the mission that has anchored his organization since he founded it more than a decade ago. “It’s not just about what happens today,” he said. “These kids are our today and our tomorrow. So somebody has to sacrifice. Today, I’m making that sacrifice. Tomorrow it will be their turn. This is what we’re teaching at YEMBA — that tradition of handoff.” Shanel Romain contributed to this report. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

Light pole smashes into Oak Park Conservatory greenhouse

A semi-truck hit the light pole, causing it to fall into the conservatory’s desert room STACEY SHERIDAN Staff Reporter

Glass rained on succulents after a light pole fell into the desert room of the Oak Park Conservatory. After making too wide of a turn onto Garfield Street, a southbound semi-truck traveling down East Avenue hit the light pole, causing it to collide with the slanted ceiling of the green house at about 4:30 p.m. Monday afternoon, according to conservatory director Patti Staley. “We are still assessing damage,” said Staley. “At this point, we’re still handling clean up, but it’s extensive.” The conservatory is still counting just how many windows were broken.

“Compared to the whole conservatory, it’s reparable from what we see, but we haven’t done a full inspection yet,” she said. “We’re still in clean-up mode. A lot of glass!” The conservatory is closed Mondays, so no one was in the facility at the time of the crash. Staley is unsure if the driver was injured. An Oak Park police officer at the scene of the incident said that he could not disclose whether or not the driver was cited. The conservatory opened as usual Tuesday morning. The other show rooms and the outside gardens are open to the public, but the desert room will be closed off until it is secure. Fall is the conservatory’s busy season, but scheduled events will not be impacted during repairs. The Fall Harvest Market, which began last week, will remain open. The conservatory is also going ahead with its Uncorked event this Friday and Fall Fest on Sunday.

SHATTERED CEILING: A light pole fell into the Oak Park Conservatory’s desert room on Monday after a truck knocked it over while attempting to turn onto Garfield Street.

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WBEZ names Oak Parker as interim CEO Steve Edwards will fill role during candidate search STACEY SHERIDAN Staff Reporter

Steve Edwards, Oak Park resident and WBEZ chief content officer and vice president, is temporarily filling the radio station’s top office as current CEO and President Goli Sheikholeslami leaves to head up New York Public Radio.

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“It’s been exciting,” Edwards said of his new role. “Also, in many respects, it’s been as smooth a transition as one can hope for.” Edwards credits the strength and stability of WBEZ senior leadership and the Chicago Public Media Board of Directors for making the shift in responsibilities easier to navigate. Edwards has worked at WBEZ for over a decade, as a journalist and program host. In 2012, he left the station for the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics, where he spent five years before returning to WBEZ in 2017.

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from page 1 that sentiment seemed less popular than the general support that the measure received from audience members who spoke during last week’s community meeting — the first of four the district has scheduled this year. “Why did this come about now?” asked one parent. “You have lost my confidence based on the lack of transparency on how this is implemented.” Another parent chided district officials for convening a community discussion only “after you’ve decided to do this and already told us what the program will look like. That’s the part I really have a hard time about.” Supt. Joylynn Pruitt-Adams said that a potential redesign of the freshman curriculum was in the district’s strategic plan when she was hired in 2016, adding that multiple stakeholders, including teachers, students and community members, have provided their input on the changes. The superintendent also said she has regularly provided updates to board members. Pruitt-Adams said the decision to move forward with the curriculum change was hers to make — not the school board’s — as it falls within her authority as superintendent. She also countered the notion that the district is springing the curriculum change on parents. “We are bringing this out two years in advance,” she said. “We didn’t wait till the summer of 2022 to say, ‘Here it is.’” John Duffy, a longtime Oak Park education activist and head of the Committee for Equity and Excellence in Education (CEEE) said the dialogue and exploration around the district’s curriculum goes back 30 years, and the need to change it has been highlighted in multiple D200 reports on equity drafted in 2003, 2008 and 2011. Greg Johnson, assistant superintendent, said elimination of the freshman-level college preparatory curriculum only

“I’ve always been deeply committed to strengthening the civic conversation, and I fundamentally believe that the Chicago region needs robust news sources, that individuals need access to independent sources of information that can help them make important decisions and can help people connect across lines of difference,” Edwards said. “That’s the work we’re doing at WBEZ and I’m honored to have the opportunity to lead the organization during this transition period.” Edwards is juggling dual roles, continuing as chief content officer while serving as in-

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The gap between access to honors credits for white students and black students is 31.6% and 18.8% for Latinx students. applies to the English, history, science and world languages divisions — not math. He said the district is not planning on getting rid of any honors or AP courses. The purpose of the freshman curriculum change, district officials said, is to open up access to more advanced educational offerings for students at OPRF by grouping all freshmen into a single, high-level curriculum that will allow all of them the opportunity to earn honors credits if their academic performance meets certain standards, as opposed to receiving honors credits by earning an A or B in an honorslevel class. District officials said students will be able to get an “earned honors” credit by completing a variety of assessments and projects. The credit will only come at the end of the course. One parent, however, cautioned officials to avoid a potential pitfall related to the language. “When you talk about earned honors, it makes it seem like the kids who are currently taking honors classes haven’t earned the honors they’re getting,” said one parent. “They’re up to 11 p.m. or midnight, they’re doing hours and hours of homework and writing all these papers. So just a

caution.” The vast majority of incoming freshmen at OPRF perform at or above the college readiness mark on the PSAT standardized examination, but most black and Latinx students are placed into a college preparatory track as freshmen, which is far less rigorous than the honors track, district officials said. As they go into their high school years, officials added, the proficiency gap between them and their white counterparts only widens. “Eighty-four percent of students sitting in college prep classes can meet the honors requirement as set forth by the College Board,” said Laurie Fiorenza, the district’s director of student learning. “That’s the point. That’s a huge chunk of our students who are ready for an honors challenge, but they’re sitting in a class that’s college prep.” “Kids come to us across the board hitting these college-readiness benchmarks, or coming very close to hitting them, but over time we see that the gap widens and we must take that seriously as a school system,” Johnson said. “We talk about it, but we must take it seriously in our actions as well.”

Steve Edwards terim CEO. He is not entertaining ambitions of becoming the official CEO, saying, “My heart is in content, not the corner office.”

Some people at last week’s meeting wondered aloud whether the best solution is in the status quo. Why don’t more students who feel like they have the ability to perform well in honors courses simply enroll in honors courses? “Every eighthgrade student does not know who they are capable of being,” Fiorenza said. “They don’t.” One of the most poignant criticisms among those audience members who spoke was leveled at the fact that some of the changes D200 officials are looking to implement in 2021-22 are already in place, to varying degrees. For instance, students in some JOYLYNN classes already PRUITTADAMS get earned honors D200 superintendent credit, but even district officials conceded that the implementation has been somewhat bumpy and some parents in attendance said their students have had difficulty adjusting to the program. Johnson and Fiorenza said more kinks in the program need to be worked out and additional professional development will happen before the curriculum change is finalized in 2021-22. “Thank you for doing this,” said one parent of an OPRF sophomore and a recent graduate whose remarks were met with applause. “There’s intrinsic value to having classrooms that aren’t segregated and that look like our communities, so when there are discussions about history, politics and literature, the people involved in those conversations are not homogenous.” CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

“We are bringing this out two years in advance. We didn’t wait till the summer of 2022 to say, ‘Here it is.’”

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Public works projects aim to ease traffic, parking River Forest bid proposals for parking study and traffic lights By MARIA MAXHAM Staff Reporter

The village of River Forest is accepting bids for two upcoming projects, the 2019 Commuter Parking Study and the Lake Street and Thatcher Avenue Traffic Signal Project. According to River Forest Public Works Director John Anderson, the 2019 Commuter Parking Study is part of the Village Comprehensive Plan. An initiative that “seeks to understand the nature of current and future demand for on-street commuter parking throughout the village,” it will include best practices for managing on-street parking. Issues such as how correcting a parking problem on one street could impact parking on another street will be examined. The overall cost is still unknown, and the process could take 4-6 months to complete. Bids will be accepted until Oct. 2 at 2 p.m.

“Bid proposals for this project will be considered not only on the basis of cost, but also on past performance, experience and ability to perform the work.” The Lake Street and Thatcher Avenue Traffic Signal Project, included in this fiscal year’s budget in the amount of $133,000, will be completed before the end of the fiscal year on April 30, 2020, depending on material availability. Traffic signals at the intersection will include the addition of left-turn arrows for vehicles traveling north/south and east/west. Bids for the project will be accepted until Oct. 4 at 10 a.m. at which time they will be read. As stated in the public notice to bidders, “Bid proposals for this project will be considered not only on the basis of cost, but also on past performance, experience and ability to perform the work.”

Developer scraps North Avenue townhome plan

Noah Properties now eyes multifamily buildings at North and Humphrey STACEY SHERIDAN Staff Reporter

Noah Properties has apparently scrapped its plans to build high-end townhomes at the 6033 North Ave., a property currently owned by Oak Park village board Trustee Jim Taglia. According to a public notice published in Wednesday Journal last week, the developers will be back in front of the Oak Park Plan Commission on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. in the council chamber at the Oak Park Village Hall, 123 Madison St. The developers are hoping the commission will recommend its latest plan, which calls for constructing three 24-unit apartment complexes on that land. Asked about the change in plans on Sept. 23, Taglia declined to comment, say-

ing, “I don’t really want to get involved with it because, as a trustee and as the owner, it’s not appropriate for me to delve into the details.” Taglia said he plans to recuse himself when the village board, which has final say on the plan, considers the proposal. Earlier this summer, when Noah Properties brought its original proposal before the board, Taglia recused himself from the vote. Taglia referred questions to David King, the commercial real estate broker who has the listing on the property. Taglia plans to sell the property to Noah Properties if the development wins village approval. Neither King nor representatives from Noah Properties were available for comment. Although Taglia remained mum about the new plans, he did say that there was nothing unusual about the situation. “It’s proceeding along a course based upon the village’s requirements,” Taglia said. “I have to be careful about what I say, and I don’t want to influence the process in any way. I have to be very mindful of that and I take it very seriously.”

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No serious Police report spate of residential burglaries injuries in Oak Park rollover crash C R I M E

Oak Park police reported a string of residential burglaries and burglary attempts on Sept. 17 and 18, including three on the same block. According to police, someone entered a home in the 800 block of South Elmwood Avenue through an unlocked sliding door on Sept. 17 and took a backpack containing a passport, ID and cash. A women’s wallet with ID, credit cards, cash and a vehicle key fob were also taken. The estimated loss was $610. In addition, there were two attempted residential burglaries reported on that same block of Elmwood Avenue. One was reported to have taken place on Sept. 1718 in the 800 block of South Elmwood Avenue. According to police, someone placed a chair under a locked kitchen window and removed the exterior screen but did not gain entry. In another incident, the offender also unsuccessfully attempted to enter a residence through a secured window sometime during the period of Sept. 17 through Sept. 20. In an incident that may or may not be related, Oak Park police reported that on Sept. 18, unknown offenders entered a residence through a window at a home in the 600 block of Clarence Avenue. A black wallet, house keys and three key fobs were removed, as well as a Toyota Yaris.

Robbery ■ Three offenders robbed an Elgin resident of a cash and a cellphone after approaching the victim and demanding the items in the 200 block of Washington Boulevard on Sept. 21 at about 2 p.m. The total loss was valued at $1,200. ■ A Chicago resident had a cellphone snatched out of her hand at about 2:45 p.m. on Sept. 22 in the first block of Madison Street in Oak Park. According to po-

lice, a black male in his early 20s, with a thin build, light skin and wearing black jeans, red/black/white Air Force One shoes, a black hoodie and a black baseball cap with a flat brim, approached the victim and grabbed the phone before fleeing in a black Dodge Charger. A second offender was described as a black male in his late teens with a thin build, about 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-9, wearing a short-sleeved shirt with a Jordan logo on the back, bright blue jogging pants with a white stripe, a black knit cap and tan Timberland boots.

Garage burglary Someone entered the garage of a residence in the 100 block of Washington Boulevard in Oak Park between 12:30 and 4 p.m. on Sept. 20 and removed a Fuji 12-speed bicycle valued at $150.

Recovered stolen vehicles ■ Police recovered a stolen silver 2017 Ford Focus on Sept. 16. The car was reportedly stolen from the 1100 block of Hayes Ave on Sept. 14. ■ Someone stole a vehicle on Sept. 17 from the 1100 block of North Lombard Ave. The estimated loss is $5,000. ■ On Sept. 18, a Toyota Prius reported stolen the day before was recovered in the 400 block of Greenfield Street. ■ A vehicle stolen out of Oak Park on Sept. 6 was recovered by the Cicero police department Sept. 20. ■ On September 21, Cicero police also recovered a vehicle stolen out of Oak Park on Sept. 19.

Packages stolen ■ A 30-year-old Chicago man was arrested at his homes by Oak Park police and

charged him with theft for taking packages from two porches in the 1100 block of Highland Ave on Sept. 16. ■ Unknown offenders removed a package containing an Apple Watch 4 from the entrance vestibule of a building in the 900 block of Pleasant Street sometime between Sept. 11 and Sept. 16.

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unknown offender stole blue 26inch Retrospec Mantra bicycle on Sept. 17 after cutting the security cable attaching it to a bike rack in the 300 block of South Boulevard. ■ A black Raleigh women’s bicycle was stolen from a bike rack in the 800 block of Lake Street after cutting the cable lock on September 18. ■ On Sept. 21, unknown offenders stole a gray/blue Cannondale bicycle frame and the back tire from a black and red Cannondale bicycle from a rack in the 200 block of North Scoville Avenue. The bikes had been secured to the rack with U-locks. ■ A black Mongoose mountain bike was stolen from a bike rack on Sept. 21 it the 1100 block of North Ave. after an unknown offender cut the cable lock. These items, obtained from the Oak Park Police Department, came from reports, Sept. 16-22, 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.

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No one was seriously injured during a rollover crash at the intersection of Ridgeland Avenue and South Boulevard in Oak Park on the morning of Sept. 20, but traffic was disrupted for more than an hour as police and firefighters cleared the scene and investigated the incident. The crash took place during the morning rush hour, about 7 a.m. According to David Powers, Oak Park’s communications director, investigators determined that a driver traveling south on Ridgeland Avenue failed to obey a red light, striking a westbound vehicle containing two people on South Boulevard. The impact of the crash rolled the struck vehicle onto its side. Asked for more detail on the incident on Sept. 23, police Commander Shatonya Johnson declined to release any information on the people or vehicles involved in the crash. Wednesday Journal has filed a Freedom of Information request to obtain the information. Firefighters had to remove the roof of the vehicle struck by the southbound car in order to extricate one of the victims. The other appeared to be able to exit the vehicle through a window and walk to a waiting ambulance. The two people in the victim vehicle and the driver of the vehicle that allegedly ran the red light were taken to Rush Oak Park Hospital, where they were treated and released, Powers said. The driver of the southbound vehicle received a citation for disobeying a traffic signal. The driver of the westbound vehicle was ticketed for operating an uninsured motor vehicle.

Smoke from kitchen fire saturates apartment building Three floors of a five-story apartment building at 12 Washington Blvd. sustained smoke damage

By STACEY SHERIDAN Staff Reporter

Three floors of an apartment building at 12 Washington Blvd. in Oak Park were engulfed with smoke after a small kitchen fire broke out in a fifth-floor apartment at approximately 4:40 p.m. on Sept. 18. When the Oak Park Fire Department received word of the fire, they were advised people were trapped on the top floor. “They couldn’t exit due to the amount of smoke,” said Oak Park Deputy Fire Chief Peter Pilafas. “When they opened up their door, the

hallway was full of smoke, so they closed it.” According to Pilafas, that was “absolutely the right thing to do,” as closing the door prevented smoke and fire from advancing into the interior of their apartment. Because the building has roughly 47 units, 15 to 20 of which were affected by the large amount of smoke generated by the fire, additional fire companies were called to the scene to assist. One crew located and extinguished the fire, while others started evacuating people through the rear exits of the apartment building.

“It was actually a fairly small fire, but it created a lot of smoke,” Pilafas said. The building suffered significant smoke damage, particularly on the fourth and fifth floors, leaving some apartments uninhabitable, according to Pilafas. Firefighters had to force open approximately 14 doors to make sure no one remained in the building while firefighters were fighting the blaze. “We didn’t have the keys and, based on the conditions, we just wanted to make sure that the individuals were getting out,” Pilafas said. “It is quite a bit of damage forcing doors.” Two individuals were treated on the scene

for smoke inhalation and possible asthma but did not require hospitalization. No one else was injured. The Red Cross aided the fire department in helping the displaced residents from floors three to five. Evacuees gathered across the street in the gymnasium of St. Catherine-St. Lucy School. Police officers and firefighters escorted residents individually inside the apartment building to retrieve medicine and other necessities. “No fire is great, but the overall operation went well,” Pilafas said. “Individuals were all moved to a safe area.”

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Oak Park Board clashes over public safety, racial profiling Trustees debate whether to transform police department or praise it By STACEY SHERIDAN Staff Reporter

Oak Park trustees Arti Walker-Peddakotla and Dan Moroney clashed over racial profiling within the Oak Park Police Department during a special meeting held Sept. 23 to discuss board goals and protocol. While discussing public safety within the context of village board goals, WalkerPeddakotla, elected last April, announced she didn’t see a necessity in making public safety a goal. “I know I’m going to get voted down on this, so I’m not expecting anything, but I don’t agree that this should be a board goal, because I just don’t think we have a public safety problem,” Walker-Peddakotla said. “I think we have a racial-profiling problem in our po-

MARKET BAND An institution from page 1 Tillotson, former middle-school language arts teacher, turned paraprofessional at Riverside-Brookfield High School. It all started when Mike Casey, a teacher of multiple instruments at Guitar Fun, formerly at Lake and Ridgeland, and Rich Harris, the owner, set up at the nearby farmers market. They put out a display with brochures and would play music while shoppers selected fresh fruits and vegetables. Casey died in 2014 but played music until the very end, according to Ben Stark, who joined the band in the mid-1990s. The band’s music is strictly acoustic and ranges from “old timey” music rooted in the early 19th century along to bluegrass, which Stark said is rooted in the Scotch-Irish music of Appalachia of the 1940s, to Americana, folk, country and commercial music. Stark, professor emeritus of biology from Illinois Institute of Technology, plays guitar and banjo. He also brings his science knowledge to Beye Elementary seven times each school year through Oak Park Education Foundation’s Science Alliance, something Stark has been doing for more than 25 years. He said when students spot him playing in the market band, he is an “extremely minor celebrity in a tiny, minor pond.” Eric Zorn, whose main instrument is fiddle, and Charlie Meyerson, a flute player, may be the closest thing to celebrities in the band. Zorn is a Chicago Tribune op-ed columnist and also plays guitar, banjo and man-

lice department that we need to focus on.” She went on to say she is all for abolishing systems within the Oak Park Police Department that promote racial profiling and encourage racial bias, and she called for a “radical transformation.” Trustee Simone Boutet argued that models to promote racially equitable policing were detailed within the recommendations given by the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, a group created by former President Barack Obama in 2014 in response to the shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. Walker-Peddakotla said the task force did not sufficiently address racial inequities in policing and that by making public safety a board goal, village officials would give community members the impression that they are unsafe — a perception that could foster a fear of diversity among residents. Walker-Peddakotla also called for the board to prioritize reforming the Police Oversight Commission. Moroney took issue with what he de-

scribed as Walker-Peddakotla’s unsubstantiated claim that racial profiling was a problem within the police department. “I just find it really important, if you’re going to make blanket statements, you need to have the data to back it up,” he said, adding that it’s “extraordinarily damning” to suggest racial profiling occurred within the police department. “Without the actual data to back that up, it’s a hell of an accusation to our police department,” he said. “I think it’s important to be very careful with our words, because I believe we have a heck of a police department,” Moroney said. “They deserve our praise rather than a blanket statement that damns the whole department.” The trustee also said he is not for the radical transformation of the police department that Walker-Peddakotla proposed; instead, Moroney suggested that incremental improvements be made. “I don’t believe our police department is a system of oppression,” Moroney said.

dolin. Meyerson is an award-winning broadcast journalist and internet news publisher. The group plays outside near the Pilgrim Congregational Church parking lot off Scoville Ave. from 8:30 a.m. until noon. The “music junkies” as Stark calls them, meet downstairs at Pilgrim and begin at 7 a.m. “If you have the nerve to sit in with us, you can,” said Tillotson, “That’s kept it going, that open policy. The delightful thing is watching people grow musically.” Frank Vozak, joined this year and plays the acoustic bass guitar. He said the group has been “generous with knowledge, time and support.” “I played bass guitar in my youth, then let it go,” said the retired licensed clinical social worker and president of the Oak Park Model Railroad Club. “I started playing again since retiring, and playing with this incredible group of musicians has greatly improved the quality of my playing.” Mary and Jim Grosso are 30-year veterans of the market band and also play in the Grosso Family Band with their sons. Mary primarily plays upright bass and Jim strums the guitar or a Dobro, a resonator guitar. Both retired, Mary was an occupational health nurse and Jim was an information systems consultant. Another musician is David Swain, who is multi-talented has played with the band since 2010. He plays fiddle and rhythm guitar, sings lead and harmony vocals and has added the bodhran, a Celtic drum and hand percussion instruments, such as jawbone, tambourine and spoons to the mix. While the senior analyst in ITs at the University of Chicago primarily focuses on fiddling, his first introduction to the band was on a different “instrument” at a performance at Buzz Café. “They started playing ‘Arkansas Trav-

eler’ and I couldn’t help but tap my toes,” he said. “The next thing I knew, I had a pair of spoons in my hands and was playing a rhythm to the beat of the tune.” Another market regular includes longtime guitarist Len Palombi, who has sat in the circle since the mid-1980s. He is a Pilates teacher, receiving his certification at age 60 and works at Village Pilates Studio in Forest Park. Don Sibley learned guitar from Palombi, who taught at Old Town School of Folk Music. Sibley, a retired school psychologist who now teaches future school psychologists as a faculty member of Loyola University Chicago, has been playing at the market since the mid-1980s. “It’s great therapy,” he said of coming to play on Saturday mornings. “It fits into selfcare. It recharges my batteries.” Guitarist Ron Lipton joined the group in the mid-1990s. “I have loved folk and bluegrass music since my teens,” the Fermilab physicist said. What keeps the musicians coming back each Saturday, according to Stark, is an addiction, “that warm feeling when the music is really good.” Stark said scholars and philosophers have opined on what draws people to music. “It is a kind of communication,” Star said. “You can communicate in a way you can’t on a page or device that is better, different, richer, fuller or more nuanced.” When the farmers market closes at the end of October, the musicians splinter off. Some play Americana music on Saturday mornings at Oak Park Arms. Another group plays old-timey music and bluegrass at Buzz Café. Some musicians are in groups that play various venues throughout the year, like Art Harrison’s Bluegrass All-Stars, of which

“While I don’t have quantitative data, I have qualitative data from kids who have said that they are tired of getting stopped for riding a bike,” Walker-Peddakotla said, referencing a series of public meetings held over the summer where many kids said they were angry about being stopped by police. “That cannot be ignored,” she said. “What our kids are saying cannot be ignored.” Moroney said he agreed with her in that regard, but that the need for a public safety goal is justified and necessary, citing “dozens” of carjackings per year. “Mothers with children in the back of the car with a gun to their head, that’s scary,” Moroney said. “I think for us to bury our heads in the sand and say that public safety is not an important issue — we’re fooling ourselves and I will not give the community that message.” “I do want to say when someone feels discriminated against or profiled against or not treated fairly, you can’t deny that,” said Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb. “There is something we can do for everyone to make them feel like they belong in Oak Park.”

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STRUMSTER: Mary Grosso sings along as she plays the bass, while Frank Vozak plays the guitar, last Saturday, during the weekly Oak Park Farmers Market on Lake Street in the Pilgrim Church parking lot. Swain, Tillotson and Stark are members. “It’s a mainstay of my life, that one day a week, getting together, socializing and learning new things,” said Tillotson. “I can’t think of anything I’d rather be doing than that.”

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Uptick in funding addiction, mental health services amid gambling and marijuana legalization By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

During a panel discussion in nearby Maywood last month, area lawmakers addressed the possible consequences of the state’s recent gambling expansion and legalization of recreational marijuana, with many pointing out the significant increase in funds for mental health and addiction treatment services. “We were all concerned that we have a gambling safe passage, if you will, that’s properly funded,” said state Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford (4th) during the panel discussion held Aug. 30 outside of Way Back Inn, an addiction recovery treatment facility that merged with Oak Park-based Grateful House, which also operates recovery treatment centers, in 2002. The talk was part of Way Back Inn’s Legislative Open House. “We wanted to make sure those who are gamblers can get the help that’s needed if it gets out of control,” said Lightford, whose district includes most of Proviso Township.

State Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch (7th) said lawmakers evaluated addiction rates in states that had already legalized recreational cannabis before Illinois took the step to do so. “That’s why future budgets will call for increased funding and mental health dollars,” Welch said. Lightford said 20 percent of all future tax revenues the state generates from the legalization of marijuana will go toward substance abuse and mental health services. And that’s not including the funding that the state allocated in its most recent budget. “It was more support that went into mental health and substance abuse in this budget than I’ve seen in a very long time,” Lightford said of the new state budget, which the Senate approved and Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed in June. The new budget allocates “$39 million for addiction treatment and prevention and $43 million for mental health services — which represents increases of 18% and 13%, respectively,” according to NPR. “The money will be made available to service providers through grant programs administered by the Illinois Department of Human Services.” IDHS Secretary Grace B. Hou was in attendance at the Legislative Open House in Maywood on Aug. 30. “We know that people who suffer from mental health issues are inclined to have gam-

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bling issues as well, so one of the things we’re doing at DHS is, for the first time, a thorough study of gambling disorders across the state,” she said. “Up until recently, we’ve put very little money behind gambling-disorder services and we need to dramatically change that, but we want to do that with the right kind of data and research to back us up.” Welch said the state allocates in the recent budget $2 million for clients in institutional settings like the Way Back Inn. The state has also expanded treatment options for residents dealing with gambling disorders, said Way Back Inn officials. “The state has recently given us the option of being able to serve gambling disorder clients in our extended residential care facility,” said Anita Pindiur, executive director of the Way Back Inn, which in addition to the Maywood facility, also has extended care facilities in Forest Park, Melrose Park and Oak Park. Dagmar Porcelli, board president of the Way Back Inn, said the organization has a 64 percent success rate “as our clients work through recovery with us, returning to safe environments, and they leave our facilities gainfully employed.” In June, Illinois became the 11th state in the country to legalize recreational marijuana. Starting Jan. 1, 2020, residents who are 21 and older will be allowed to possess up to 30 grams of cannabis flower, no more

than 500 milligrams of THC and five grams of cannabis concentrate. Under the new law, residents with prior convictions for possessing no more than 30 grams of marijuana before legalization may be pardoned and their records expunged. Also in June, state lawmakers passed a bill that, according to ProPublica Illinois, could “transform Illinois into the gambling capital of the Midwest. “Within two years, Illinois could have more than 7,000 video gambling establishments, 5,000 lottery-like sports betting kiosk locations, 16 casinos, five racinos and online sports gambling accessible on millions of mobile phones. The bill even allows video slot and poker machines at Chicago’s airports, O’Hare and Midway.” Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson (1st), who lost his older brother to addiction, said, “Our investment in our communities is the most important thing we can do to solve the social ills we are all aware of,” adding that addiction and mental illness are only symptoms of societal problems that go beyond slot machines and cannabis flower. “Mental health issues don’t just start when people become adults,” Johnson said. “Many times, they go back to the beginning of their lives.” Shanel Romain contributed to this report. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

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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 28 – Oak Park Farmer’s Market Bake Sale - Bake for us, or visit us at our table! Sign up to help at sarahsinn.org/events. Attend Stand Tall with Sarah’s Inn on Saturday, October 19. Enjoy cocktails, tempting treats, musical entertainment and incredible auction prizes at the Oak Park Country Club. Sponsorships and tickets available at www.sarahsinn.org/events.

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ervice Above Self” proclaims the new Rotary mosaic mural on the south wall of the West Cook YMCA. It’s more than just a motto, though, it’s an apt description of what millions of Rotarians do around the world every day. The Rotary Club of Oak Park – River Forest is a prime example. We volunteer, we raise money and we support a host of vital local programs. One such program is the Power Scholars Academy run by the West Cook YMCA in partnership with River Forest school District 90 and Forest Park’s District 91. This innovative summer school helped 84 at-risk students this year overcome summer learning loss, boost their self-confidence and get a jump on school. You can be a part of this effort by becoming a member of Rotary. To find out how you can make a difference, building peace, and helping children achieve their potential right here in your own community, contact Amanda Young at 312.307.2201.

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PAPIER

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and an art studio, currently known as the Barbie room used by Papier’s daughter, round out the second floor. The third floor was unfinished attic space when the Papiers bought their house. Armed with a vision to make the room an interior treehouse-like space, Papier turned to local architect Tom Basset Dilley and Prairie Construction Co. to transform the space into a rec room for the entire family. They added a dormer, and a kitchenette to the space and built in plenty of storage for toys and games. Now the family use the attic for kids’ play dates, football parties and book club gatherings. “We wanted it to be a multi-purpose space,” Papier said. “We used salvaged stuff wherever possible. We used the old sub-floor as an accent wall, and even the floors are reclaimed.” The family loves the space and Papier says they tend to gather there at all times. “In these old houses where everything is so chopped up, it’s nice to have an open space,” she said. Through showcasing her work on her own house, Papier heard from other young families who were looking for help with their old homes, and she and Daunis realized there was quite a market for their design services among like-minded locals. “There’s a lot of transition here,” Papier said. “People are moving from the city where they had a modern house or condo, and they’re not knowing what to do with this big, old house. We show them that you can be respectful of the old house but still make it you.” With a job change for her husband, Papier and her family are transferring to a new state. She says they are looking forward to the move but sad to say goodbye to the house and village they love. “I love this street of Victorians,” Papier said. “It’s so walkable to downtown Oak Park, and we can walk to the Metra. Across the street, we have Mills Park and Pleasant Home. The kids on the block are running through everyone’s backyards. It’s bittersweet. We’re excited for a new adventure, but also sad. It will be hard to leave our cute little yellow house with the white picket fence.”

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TEST TUBE: Inside Natalie Papier’s 1880s Victorian (top left), the dining room (top right) became her signature makeover, while a former playroom (above middle) became a lounge, complete with a trapeze. Cheerful, poppy-print wallpaper greets visitors in the foyer (above).

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Tom Carraher Pat Cesario Joe Cibula

Tom Poulos

Don Citrano Alisa Coghill Kay Costello JoLyn Crawford Maria Cullerton Julie Downey Kurt Fielder Yvonne Fiszer-Steele

Ramona Fox Laura Gancer Lisa Grimes Dan Halperin Sharon Halperin Greg Jaroszewski Vee Jaroszewski Noa Klima

Sherree Krisco Jack Lattner Charlotte Messina Vince McFadden Elizabeth Moroney Colleen Navigato Sue Ponzio-Pappas Rosa Pitassi

Jenny Ruland Laurel Saltzman Laurie Shapiro Tom Sullivan Debbie Watts George Wohlford Nancy Wohlford

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1030 FOREST • RIVER FOREST OPEN SUNDAY 1:303

1223 EDMER • OAK PARK

1013 S ELMWOOD • OAK PARK

1837 N 75TH CT • ELMWOOD PARK

N E W LIS TI NG!

N EW LI S T I N G!

N E W L ISTIN G!

BEAUTIFUL BRICK & STONE CLASSIC HOUSE with a unique front wrap-around porch sits on a private park-like lot. Features 4 BRs, 2 full/2 half baths, natural wood, art glass windows, open kitchen with breakfast room, family room, mudroom, finished basement. Nothing will disappoint! ..............................$1,150,000

CLASSIC LARGE BRICK BUNGALOW filled with abundance of natural light! This home is a treasure-filled with original glass doorknobs, pristine woodwork, vintage lighting and extraordinary stain glass windows. Entire basement is the footprint of the house; almost 800 sq ft waiting to be finished. ............. $399,000

STUNNING BUNGALOW with hardwood flooring and custom millwork in LR, DR and 1st FL BRs. Gorgeous kitchen renovation, den LL rec room w/terrific closet space, a full bath with double sink and ceramic tile floors. Central air, fenced in yard with patio, two car garage. ................................................................. $349,900

LARGE JUMBO GEORGIAN on a great block! Two bedroom, 1 full/2 half bath home. Nice size family room off of kitchen with gas fireplace. Updated kitchen with granite counters. Finished basement. Large lot with a side drive home has been well cared for. Same owner for over 40 years. ..................................$290,000

1422 WILLIAM • RIVER FOREST OPEN SUNDAY 13

BEAUTIFUL BURMA BUILT TUDOR sits on a lovely lot with side drive leading to attached 3 car garage and large yard. This 4 bedroom, 3-1/2 bath home offers a great flow throughout the 1st floor, large eatin kitchen, hardwood floors, leaded glass and classic cove ceilings. ..... ...................................................................................................$699,000 INVITING SPACIOUS HOME offers mid century/prairie style features with a large open floor plan. Unique feature with dual fireplaces in both kitchen/family room & living room/dining room. Professionally landscaped yard with a built-in in-ground hot tub and inviting fire pit. ...........................................$1,199,000

RIVER FOREST HOMES

BURMA BUILT BUHRKE HOUSE combines Tudor revival & chateau style architecture elements. Gorgeous décor and impeccable attention to detail both inside and out. ..............................................................$2,199,000 BEAUTIFUL, CLASSIC HOME offers everything for today’s modern living. Custom-built home has the highest quality finishes. No detail was missed.............................................................................................. $1,525,000 LOVELY BURMA BUILT BRICK HOME offers old world charm seamlessly blended with modern updates. Includes 6 BRs, 5-1/2 baths, hardwood floors, wb/gas fireplace. .......................................................$1,350,000 NEW CONSTRUCTION with 4900 sq ft of living space. Craftsmanship & quality are alive in the fresh, exciting interior & exterior of this newly built 4 BR, 4-1/2 BA house..........................................................................$1,150,000 UNIQUE QUALITY BURMA BUILT HOME with 5 BRs and 3 full & 2 half baths. House has many wonderful features including 2 separate office areas, hardwood floors. ............................................................................... $825,000 ELEGANT VICTORIAN, known as Elliot House in the OPRF Historical Directory, built in the 1890’s. Beautiful vintage detailing blends perfectly with recent updates........................................................................... $735,000 NEWLY UPDATED HOME on large lot in a great location of River Forest. Four spacious BRs, two and half baths. Completely painted, refinished floors, newer windows. .....................................................................$719,000

1423 LATHROP • RIVER FOREST OPEN SUNDAY 13

ADDITIONAL OPEN HOUSES SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2019 RIVER FOREST 1435 CLINTON PL • OPEN SUNDAY 13 26 FRANKLIN • OPEN SUNDAY 122

PRICE REDUCED MOVEIN READY offers 5 BRs and 4 full BAs. Fabulous stripped and refinished woodwork, hardwood floors. Much sought after 2nd fl laundry. Fin rec room in bsmt, wrap-around porch, custom deck, private backyard, 3 car garage with 2nd floor walk-up bonus room. .............................................................................$679,000

ELMWOOD PARK 2127 N 77TH CT • OPEN SUNDAY 13

ARCHITECTUALLY UNIQUE COLONIAL with extra large rooms flooded with natural light. Vaulted ceilings and skylights in the upstairs hallway, BAs and master BR. Fin basement. Professional landscaping, large outdoor deck, second flr balcony. Move right in and enjoy! ...$498,000 PRICE REDUCED MOVE IN READY home has everything! Wood burning fireplace, library, large kitchen, family room, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, brick paver patio, 2 car garage. ........................................................ $639,000 AFFORDABLE BRICK TRILEVEL is deceptively larger than it looks. This 3 BR, 2-1/2 BA home features an open 1st FL concept, updated kitchen, hardwood floors. ................................................................................$529,000 BUILD OR RENOVATE ON PRIME BLOCK! 64x193 lot offers a rare opportunity to build or renovate to suit your exact specifications. Sits on a lush, large lot with extra width. ....................................................... $489,900 VINTAGE CHARMER on tree-lined cobblestone street. Warm, inviting home with lots of potential! Cozy fireplace, separate dining room, bright kitchen, spacious family room. overlooking backyard. .................. $425,000

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!............................................................$1,450,000 LOVELY TRADITIONAL HOME offers wonderful space for family and entertaining. Original details blend seamlessly with the updated 3 story addition. .......................................................................................... $1,065,000 POSITIONED BEAUTIFULLY ON A CORNER LOT, the detail found throughout this home is something to see. The seamless addition adds space to this 4 BR, 2 full and 2 half BA home. ................................. $889,000

MOVEIN READY NEW CONSTRUCTION with wide open floor plan. Gourmet kitchen, beautiful front and back porches, finished basement, newly built 2.5 garage. ......................................................................$749,500 STUNNING RENOVATION with exquisite modern finishes. Brick home features new hardwood floors, recessed lighting, family room. Move in and Enjoy! .................................................................................................. $639,000 GORGEOUS GUNDERSON with 5 BRs, 3-1/2 BAs features LR/DR combo with hardwood floors, gourmet kitchen, fam room, mud room and 2nd floor laundry room. ............................................................................$589,900 A GRAND HOME in Historic OP! Enjoy the charm & character of HW floors, natural millwork, crown moldings, screened-in porch, den, private backyard. .............................................................................................$574,900 WONDERFUL GUNDERSON HOME on a wide lot. 5 BR, 2-1/2 BA home features a spacious foyer, mudroom and a 3 season porch on the 2nd FL. Finished bsmt......................................................................................$549,800 CLASSIC OAK PARK HOME on a large corner lot in the Harrison Arts district. This four bedroom, three bath home boasts four levels of living space. ...................................................................................................$549,000 CENTER OF TOWN VICTORIAN with high ceilings and four spacious levels of living! A 5 BR, 3-12 BA home with great flow, tons of natural light & storage throughout!........................................................................$539,000 ONE OF A KIND Hulbert built home with natural woodwork ON a 60 ft corner lot! Five BRs, three full / two half baths with storage space in lower level......................................................................................................$524,900

HANDSOME TUDOR with classic original archway details beautifully blends w/ tasteful updated bathrooms and kitchen. Spacious formal living room with wood burning fireplace. Lovely dining room with built in corner cabinets. OUTSTANDING BACKYARD. Finished basement! ...................................... $759,000 LOVELY BRICK HOME and its original details blend seamlessly w/2 story stucco addition. Offers beautiful woodwork, wood burning fireplace, updated kitchen. ................................................................................ $498,500 TRADITIONAL HOME with many recent upgrades. Large fam rm/4th BR on main level with full BA. Beautiful original stained glass window. 3 BRs on 2nd fl with full BA. ....................................................................... $489,000 WELL MAINTAINED 1894 FARMHOUSE that is move in ready! 4 BRs, 2 full BAs. Features kitchen with Island, semi-finished bsmt, HW floors, cen air. ....................................................................................................... $439,000 METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED QUEEN ANNE on a corner lot. Three generous sized BRs. Hardwood floors throughout. Upgraded eat in kitchen. Mud room. Too much to list! ............................................................ $429,000 CLASSIC NORTH OP HOME with impeccable curb appeal. Wood burning fireplace, stained glass, family room, eat-in kitchen, ample closet space, expansive deck....................................................................................$399,900 GREAT NORTH OP LOCATION with this 4 bedroom 2 bath home! Large LR with gas fireplace. Kitchen and family room off dining room. Basement ready to be finished. .......................................................................... $399,000

ELMWOOD PARK HOMES

RECENTLY UPDATED COLONIAL located in EP’s RF Manor. Huge 2-story addition includes family room, 2-room master suite. Lots of windows and natural light ..................................................................... .$449,900

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Wednesday Journal, September 25, 2019

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Fall Festival of Homes Open Houses

This Sunday, September 29th

Open Sunday 1-3 629 Fair Oaks Ave, Oak Park

Open Sunday 2-3:30 1016 Clinton Ave, Oak Park

Open Sunday 11:30-1:30 714 N Lombard Ave. Oak Park

3 BR, 2.1 BA • $619,000 Charles White architect Prairie Style Home

4 BR, 2 BA • $399,800 Absolutely lovely farmhouse on fabulous block!

4 BR, 3 BA • $569,000 Rehabbed home with a full new 2nd story!

Margaret McSheehy 708-288-9957 • Historic Homes Realty

Kyra Pych 708-648-0451 • Remax in the Village

Open Sunday 1-3 1210 Woodbine Ave, Oak Park

Open Sunday 11-12:30 1216 N. Humphrey Ave, Oak Park

Open Sunday 1-2:30 716 Columbian Ave, Oak Park

4 BR, 2.1 BA • $625,000 Fantastic Home with a Beautiful Large Backyard!

4 BR, 2 BA • $399,900 Impressive renovation of gorgeous brick bungalow!

3 BR, 1.1 BA • $539,900 John Van Bergen designed Prairie Style Home

Karla Katz Oberholtzer 708-721-0324 • @properties

Zak Knebel 773-290-9293 • @properties

Open Sunday 12:30-2 178 N. Euclid Ave, Oak Park

Open Sunday 2:30-4 156 N. Oak Park Ave, 1H, Oak Park

Open Sunday 1-3 710 N Elmwood Ave, Oak Park

5 BR, 2.1 BA • $650,000 Historic E.E. Roberts Gem in Downtown Oak Park!

3 BR, 3 BA • $419,000 Stunning Duplex Condo with 1st Floor Master Suite!

4 BR, 2 BA • $560,000 American 4-square located in FLW Historic District

Bethanny Alexander 708-697-5904 • Baird & Warner

Arrick Pelton 708-288-9992 • Baird & Warner

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Fall Festival of Homes Open Houses This Sunday, September 29th

Open Sunday 11:30-1:45 731 Hayes Ave, Oak Park

Open Sunday 2-4 302 N Oak Park Ave, #3, Oak Park

4+ BR, 2 BA • $494,000 Flexible floor plan, recent upgrades = move in today!

3 BR, 2 BA • $259,900 Vintage charm, sharp contemporary floor plan

Jan Kerr 708-829-7752 • @properties

Janet Rouse 312-636-5565 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Koenig Rubloff Realty Group

Call for appointment 1023 Wenonah Ave, Oak Park

Call for appointment 1447 Keystone, River Forest

Open Sunday 1-3 906 Columbian, Oak Park

5 BR, 4 BA • $799,000 Landmark Victorian – Great location

3 BR, 2.1 BA • $670,000 Charming English Brick and Stone

4 BR, 2.1 BA • $839,000 Beautiful total restoration from top to bottom!

Kathy & Tony Iwersen 708-772-8040 or 708-772-8041 @properties

Open Sunday 11:30-1:30 115 S Ridgeland Ave, Oak Park

Open Sunday 1-3 518 S Elmwood Ave, Oak Park

4 BR, 3.1 BA • $549,000 Historical beauty, updated and in perfect location

5 BR, 2.1 BA • $599,000 Classic move-in-ready Gunderson

Jane McClelland 312-504-1146 • Remax in the Village

Steve Nasralla 708-466-5164 • Compass

Open Sunday 1-3 539 S. Oak Park Ave, Oak Park

Open Sunday 12-2 329 S. Harvey Ave, Oak Park

Open Sunday 1-3 611 S. Harvey Ave, Oak Park

4 BR, 2 BA • $499,900 Lovingly restored Arts & Crafts Bungalow!

4 BR, 2 BA • $495,000

4 BR, 3 BA • $469,000 Renovated Arts District gem great for entertaining!

Erica Cuneen 708-220-2025 • Beyond Properties

Open Sunday 12-2 804 Grove Ave, Oak Park 3 BR, 2 BA • $399,500 Great value – move in soon!

Call for appointment 1122 Forest Ave, River Forest 6 BR, 4.1 BA • $1,249,000 Handsomely Updated! Kathy & Tony Iwersen 708-772-8040 or 708-772-8041 @properties

Spacious, beautiful, lovingly restored on deep lot!

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Erica Cuneen 708-220-2025 • Beyond Properties

Wednesday Journal, September 25, 2019

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Fall Festival of Homes Open Houses This Sunday, September 29th

Open Sunday 12-2 1142 Franklin Ave, River Forest

Open Sunday 1-3 314 S Taylor Ave, Oak Park

4 BR, 4.1 BA • $1,497,000 Spectacular curb appeal with contemporary interior!

5 BR, 3.1 BA • $775,000 On cul-de-sac, property tax assessment freeze

Donna Serpico 708-565-5262 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Koenig Rubloff Realty Group

Tabitha Murphy 708-674-7081 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Koenig Rubloff Realty Group

Open Sunday 11-12:30 947 N. Oak Park Ave, Oak Park

Open Sunday 1-3 415 Linden Ave, Oak Park

Open Sunday 1-3 1158 S. Maple Ave, Oak Park

3 BR, 3.1 BA • $515,000 New Listing! Park-like setting.

New Price! 6 BR, 5.1 BA • $1,295,000 3-story Tallmadge & Watson Prairie delight!

2 BR, 1 BA • $265,000 Opportunity abounds in this sweet bungalow.

Greer Haseman 708-606-8896 • @properties

Open Sunday 2-3:30 703 N East Ave Oak Park

Open Sunday 1-3 700 Ashland, River Forest

5 BR, 4.1 BA • $1,199,000 Meticulously maintained & updated

4 BR, 3 BA • $599,000 Large price reduction! Great location!

Patricia McGowan 708-445-9090 • Baird & Warner

Mary Griffith 708-764-9057 • West End Real Estate

Open Sunday 12-2 1430 Forest Ave, River Forest

Open Sunday 1-3 1032 Superior St Oak Park

Open Sunday 1-3 142 S Scoville, Oak Park

4 BR, 3.2 BA • $1,225,000 Gorgeous, updated home with heated 3-car garage

3 BR, 2 BA • $469,000 Special home in GREAT location!

5 BR, 4 BA • $539,000 Large home with 11’ ceilings, Central Locale

Bob Swindal 708-205-5115 • @properties

Lois Bonaccorsi 708-415-4802 • Baird & Warner

Laurie Shapiro 708-203-3614 • Gagliardo Realty Associates

Open Sunday 1-3 1108 S Scoville Ave, Oak Park 3 BR, 2.1 BA • $409,000 Brick Foursquare home on tree-lined street Susan Abbott 708-305-4039 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Koenig Rubloff Realty Group

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Sunday, September 29, 2019

OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY

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400 N Maple, Oak Park PRISTINE, BRIGHT FENCED CORNER LOT in FLW Historic District. 3 BR/2BA, 2 car garage w/loft storage. ............. ..................................$429,000

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625 Gunderson Ave., Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Compass Real Estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $390,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-4 1016 Clinton Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $399,800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3:30 1108 S. Scoville Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . $409,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 743 S. Cuyler Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$419,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:30-1:30 400 N. Maple Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $429,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sat. 12-2 1101 N. Humphrey Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . $444,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1207 Rossell Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $450,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 1032 Superior St, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $469,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 2127 N. 77th Court, Elmwood Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $498,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 922 N. East Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . $539,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sat. 12-2 922 N. East Ave., Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . $539,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2 115 S. Ridgeland Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $545,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:30-1:30 932 N. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . $549,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30-2:30 714 N. Lombard Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $569,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:30-1:30 1110 N. Grove Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . . $614,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sat. 12-2 186 N. Marion St, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $615,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3:30 178 N. Euclid Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $650,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30-2 26 Franklin Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $679,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2 1435 Clinton Pl, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $699,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 427 N. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . $750,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2 1423 Lathrop Ave, River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $759,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 650 S. Harvey Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $799,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30-3:30 1227 Jackson Ave, River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . $970,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2:30 1030 Forest Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,150,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30-3 1422 William St, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,199,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1142 N. Franklin Ave, River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group. . . . . . . . . $1,497,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2

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200 Home Ave., Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . . $214,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2 1010 N. Harlem Ave. UNIT 201, River Forest. . . . . . . . Jack Carpenter Realtors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $247,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 237 S. Maple Ave., Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . .$257,320 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2 302 N. Oak Park Ave. UNIT 3, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . $259,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-4 212 Marengo Ave. UNIT 2N, Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $399,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 156 N. Oak Park Ave. UNIT 1H, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$419,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30-4 110 S. Marion St. UNIT 402, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2 110 S. Marion St. UNIT 403, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $525,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2 7575 Lake St. UNIT 3C, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $527,500

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1146 Schneider Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $299,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2 235 S. Marion St. UNIT K, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $449,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30-2 39 Forest Ave. UNIT 5, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $479,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 7832 Madison St. UNIT 23, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $479,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 39 Forest Ave. UNIT 5, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $479,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sat. 12-2 7832 Madison St. UNIT 23, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $479,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sat. 12-2 7828 Madison St, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $509,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sat. 12-2 7828 Madison St, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $509,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1

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829 Lathrop Ave, Forest Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $425,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 731 Hayes Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . $494,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:30-1:45

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Editor and Publisher Dan Haley Senior Editor Bob Uphues Associate Publisher Dawn Ferencak Staff Reporters Michael Romain, Stacey Sheridan Viewpoints Editor Ken Trainor Sports/Staff reporter James Kay Columnists Marc Blesoff, Jack Crowe, Doug Deuchler, John Hubbuch, May Kay Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Grady, Kwame Salter, John Stanger, Stan West, Linda Francis Staff Photographer Alex Rogals Editorial Design Manager Claire Innes Editorial Designers Tom Deja Business Manager Joyce Minich IT Manager/Web Developer Mike Risher Advertising Design Manager Andrew Mead Advertising Designers Debbie Becker, Mark Moroney Advertising Director Dawn Ferencak Advertising Sales Marc Stopeck Inside Sales Representative Mary Ellen Nelligan Client Engagement Natalie Johnson Circulation Manager Jill Wagner Distribution Coordinator Wakeelah Cocroft-Aldridge Front Desk Carolyn Henning, Maria Murzyn Chairman Emeritus Robert K. Downs

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About Viewpoints Our mission is to lead educated conversation about the people, government, schools, businesses and culture of Oak Park and River Forest. As we share the consensus of Wednesday Journalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s editorial board on local matters, we hope our voice will help focus your thinking and, when need be, fire you to action. In a healthy conversation about community concerns, your voice is also vital. We welcome your views, on any topic of community interest, as essays and as letters to the editor. Noted here are our stipulations for filing. Please understand our verification process and circumstances that would lead us not to print a letter or essay. We will call to check that what we received with your signature is something you sent. If we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make that verification, we will not print what was sent. When, in addition to opinion, a letter or essay includes information presented as fact, we will check the reference. If we cannot confirm a detail, we may not print the letter or essay. If you have questions, email Viewpoints editor Ken Trainor at ktrainor@wjinc.com.

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Congratulations Stella on 25 Years!

Nail Tech extraordinaire at James Anthony Salon since 1994.

We are incredibly proud of Stella and the love and passion she brings to her work. Known for using homegrown vegetables and organic oils to create her natural scrubs and lotions, Stella is always at the forefront of what is new in the nail world and loves to share her expertise with her guests. The ultimate provider of customer service, Stella is truly a day maker!

From all of us at James Anthony Salon, Thank You Stella! Schedule your own Stella experience. Call 708-383-3100

Sponsored by Compassion & Choices, Final Options Illinois, and the ACLU-Illinois

Find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/IllinoisEndOfLifeOptionsCoalition

For more informations, call 815-366-7942

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Wednesday Journal, September 25, 2019

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RELIGION GUIDE

Roman Catholic

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 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 Sunday Service 7AM, 9AM & 11:15AM Believer’s Walk of Faith Broadcast Schedule (Times in Central Standard Time) Television DAYSTAR (M-F)

3:30-4:00pm

Nationwide

WJYS-TV (M-F)

6:30-7:00am

Chicago, IL.

WCIU-TV (Sun.)

10:30-11:00am

Chicago, IL.

Word Network

10:30-11:00am

Nationwide

(M-F)

www.livingwd.org www.billwinston.org

West Suburban Temple Har Zion

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

188 South Oak Park Ave. Saturday Mass: 5:30 p.m. Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m., 5:00 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

Good Shepherd Worshiping at 820 Ontario, Oak Park IL (First Baptist Church) 9:00a-Worship 10:30a-Education Hour

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.

on the corner of Thomas St. & Fair Oaks Ave.

worship on Sundays @ 10am nursery care available fairoakspres.org 744 Fair Oaks Ave. • 708-386-4920

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

www.unitedlutheranchurch.org

708/386-1576

(708) 697-5000 LIVE Webcast - 11:15AM Service

St. Edmund Catholic Church

ELCA, Lutheran

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

Grace Lutheran School

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

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

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

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.

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

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–Thursday 6:30am Church Office: 708-366-0839 CCD: 708-366-3553 www.stbern.com Pastor: Fr. Stanislaw Kuca

Upcoming Religious Holidays

Sep 27 Meskel

Ethiopian Orthodox Christian 29 Michael and All Angels Christian 30–Oct 1 Rosh Hashanah Jewish Oct 4 St Francis Day Catholic Christian Blessing of the Animals Christian 8 Dasara Hindu 9 Yom Kippur Jewish

To place a listing in the Religion Guide, call Mary Ellen: 708/613-3342

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This week in girl’s tennis 46

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SPORTS

Huskies’ struggles continue against Hinsdale OPRF falls to 1-3 as offense can’t find footing By MELVIN TATE Contributing Reporter

The OPRF football team fell to Hinsdale Central, 22-15, Friday night at Oak Park Stadium in West Suburban Silver Conference play. Braden Contreras’ 80-yard touchdown reception from Michael Brescia (5-for-11, 112 yards, 2 TDs) on the game’s first offensive play got Hinsdale Central off and running, although Matt O’Neill missed the subsequent PAT. The Red Devils (4-0, 1-0 in West Suburban Silver) added a safety when a bad snap on an OPRF punt sailed over punter Lucas Stowe’s head and went into the end zone. Stowe recovered but was subsequently tackled there, giving Hinsdale Central an 8-0 lead less than three minutes into the contest, continuing a troublesome season-long problem for the Huskies: falling into a quick hole. “They’re up 8-0, and they didn’t have to work hard for it,” OPRF head coach John Hoerster said. “We’ve got to stop doing that, spotting teams points and then chasing has been a pattern.” The Red Devils raised their advantage to 15-0 at the 9:26 mark of the second quarter on Nicholas Franko’s 1-yard TD run. But OPRF responded with a 7-play TD drive capped by Jaden McGill’s 7-yard TD run to cut the deficit to 15-7 with six minutes left in the first half. The Huskies (1-3, 1-1 in West Suburban Silver) missed on an opportunity to close the gap before halftime as Phillip Borhani blocked Aidan Chranko’s 40-yard field goal try.

“We had several opportunities,” said Hoerster. “Against good teams, you’re not going to get a lot of those, so when they happen you have to take advantage. But we made silly mistakes and shot ourselves in the foot. We’ve got to get better with the discipline.” On the second play of the third quarter, Hinsdale Central DB Mikey Franko picked off McGill at his 46-yard line. Brescia’s 31-yard run set up his second TD pass to Contreras (3 receptions, 106 yards), this one from 10 yards out as the Red Devils increased their lead to 22-7. Later in the third, OPRF took advantage of a short Red Devils punt. Gifted with excellent field position at the Hinsdale Central 32, the Huskies cashed in with a 30-yard touchdown pass from McGill to Jaylen Davis. A two-point conversion failed, keeping the score 22-13. However, the Huskies gained more momentum and another score on the Red Devils’ next possession as a bad snap on a punt sailed over O’Neill’s head and through the end zone for a safety. OPRF trailed 22-15 after three quarters. The Huskies embarked on a 13-play drive early in the fourth, but the drive stalled, and a 31-yard field goal try by Chranko was blocked by Andrew Novatney. OPRF would have two more possessions, but punted with the first and turned the ball over on downs with the second, allowing Hinsdale Central to run out the clock. McGill completed just 5 passes in 17 attempts for 54 yards, along with a touchdown and an interception. Penalties were also a problem as the Huskies were flagged 10 times, costing them 75 yards. However, there were also some positive signs. Running back Nazareth Bryant had his best game of the season, rushing for 153

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OPRF quarterback Jaden McGill (no. 6) scrambles away from the Hinsdale defense. yards on 28 carries. “Naz had a great game. He played really well and turned a corner,” said Hoerster. “He came close to breaking a few long runs, and I was proud of how he turned it on at the end.” The OPRF defense turned in an overall strong effort, allowing Hinsdale Central just 155 yards of offense after giving up Brescia’s long touchdown pass early on. Jake Birmingham and Malik Donaly (sack) recorded 5 tackles apiece, while Naahlyee Bryant and Daemyen Middlebrooks each had 3.5 tackles. “We were looking to find some personality on defense, and tonight I think we saw it,” Hoerster said. “Jake and Malik had some big momentum-changing plays, and if you take that first play out of the equation, I

thought our defense played great.” Hoerster feels that although the record doesn’t show it, progress has been made with the Huskies. He also believes that focusing on self-improvement — not necessarily the opponent — will determine the outcome of the season. “We’ve got to get the guys to believe that if we make a few tweaks here and there, we can be pretty darn good,” he said. “We can’t afford to do anything but work at getting better, and from this point going forward, it’s not about who we’re playing; we’ve got to focus on ourselves and doing what we need to do.” OPRF travels to Berwyn on Friday, Sept. 27 for a West Suburban Conference crossover against Morton. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

OPRF Field Hockey yields to Wisconsin powerhouse Huskies can’t stop junior Olympian, three-time state champs By JAMES KAY Sports Editor

When your team has won the state championship the last three years, you can afford a certain level of superiority — even after a close 1-0 win against an out-of-state foe. “We sort of viewed this as an opportu-

nity to say something about Wisconsin field hockey, and we also looked at it as practice for our match against Arrowhead on Tuesday,” said Brookfield head coach Katie Schlosser. “We enjoyed playing a game that was sort of just for fun for us. They’re a good team, and we had a chance to try out some new lineups without worrying about losing a conference game.” OPRF’s field hockey team (7-1), which didn’t have a practice mentality going into this game, has dominated this season. Before facing the Blue Knights on Sept. 20, the Huskies outscored their opponents 20-4

in seven games and hadn’t lost a non-invitational game this season. That offensive power didn’t get a chance to display itself against a Brookfield defense that mercilessly rotated around the striking circle which stunted the Huskies’ scoring efforts. “In the past, we have been able to carry the ball using our speed, but they were a really fast team,” said OPRF senior Meredith Revsine. “They broke us down and didn’t let us make moves on them which made us think harder about our first touches before we received the ball.” Despite their offensive struggles, OPRF

contained Brookfield star Ella Wareham throughout most of the game. Wareham was a member of Team USA’s junior Olympic field hockey team this past summer, and displayed her multifaceted skillset on both ends of the field. “We have faced people with her speed in the past, and going into this I thought it was important for us to force her to a side and make a quick decision with the ball,” said OPRF senior Cate Szpila. “She made a lot of quick adjustments and seemed to have See FIELD HOCKEY on page 46

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a plan with the ball every time she received it.” Both teams prevented the other from capitalizing on any scoring opportunities in the first half, as there were very few shots on goal. The game remained scoreless in the second half until the 23-minute mark when Wareham took a pass from the penalty corner, wound back and fired a shot into the left corner of the goal from 20 yards out. OPRF tried clawing back into the game, and had a few opportunities to score in the second half that they couldn’t quite finish. “Honestly, they just put a lot of pressure on us, and we had a lot of nice opportunities in the first half,” said head coach Kristin Wirtz. “After that goal in the second half, we were on our heels, and I think we needed to play possession hockey and we weren’t making that happen today.” OPRF will try to bounce back when it hosts an invitational on Sept. 27 (10:30 a.m.) and Sept. 28 (3 p.m.) at Lake Street Field.

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POSSESION HOCKEY: Tao Tao Stolz battles with Brookfield defender in OPRF’s 1-0 loss last Saturday at Lake Street Field.

WHAT COACH SAID...

This week in girls tennis In order to create balanced coverage in high school sports around the area, we’re running a recurring section called, “What coach said.” Every week, we’ll cover a different sport and talk to each coach at the varsity level. This week, we’re highlighting girls tennis. The season is young, but every competition and invitational is preparation for the ultimate goal: being the top dog in conference. Here’s what Trinity, Fenwick, and OPRF high schools’ varsity coaches had to say this week:

OPRF had a packed week with matches against Lyons Township, Fenwick, and Proviso West. They were all on the road, and had the Deerfield Invitational meet where they placed 7th out of eight teams. Here is what head coach Fred Galluzzo had to say after the hectic week: On facing the toughest teams in the state over the last two weeks: “Anybody who is anybody in girls tennis goes to the Deerfield and New Trier tournaments, and we had the opportunity to get some experience against one of the best teams in New Trier and got to play their blue team, which is their best team. So we are going up against the best of the best in a year where we are a little bit down from last year.” On no. 1 singles player’s health post-LT match “[Besma Raja] got some therapy before the match, but she was forced to retire because of her knee. She’s been getting physical therapy on it FRED GALLUZZO for a while now, and she is starting OPRF to get better. She was on the court,

started to feel uncomfortable, so we decided to take her off to stop her from furthering the damage.” Fenwick also had a congested schedule when they went up against OPRF twice, and McAuley once. They swept the Huskies in doubles which they hadn’t done before. Head coach Gerard Sullivan had this to say. On momentum created after a successful week: “We were around .500 going into the week, and after McAuley had a hard time finding a court, we ended up playing on clay. That slows everything down so our girls really had to be patient, but GERARD SULLIVAN also we played eight matches on FENWICK four courts so they had to show patience in waiting for their matches, and fighting right through having to create all the offense. We knew McAuley had improved this year so for us to win all but one of our matches was really big for us and gave us momentum going against Oak Park.” On the team’s ceiling and needed adjustments: “I just keep reminding them that they’re better than they think they are sometimes. They need to take charge of their matches like they did this past week. This is a sport where you have to keep taking chances. If you don’t, you’re going to let your opponent win. Anytime we’re trailing, I just keep telling them to take chances.” Trinity’s slate of matches included a trip to Montini on

Sept. 17 and a home match against St. Laurence on Sept. 18. They won both conference bouts, which had second-year head coach Mary Rose Smith loving what she saw from her team. On teammates feeding off each other’s energy: “Our no. 1 singles player played the best that I have seen her play. When your best player does well, that usually flows through the rest of the team and we saw that with our singles and doubles teams. MARY ROSE SMITH Grace Bennett, our no. 2, hasn’t TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL won a lot of her matches but she has taken every match to a tiebreaker and she just picked up tennis this season. The doubles teams have really learned to communicate and play together. Everyone has stepped up.” On bouncing back after a rough start: “When you look back to the beginning of the season, we played much bigger schools. Larger schools have a much bigger pool of players and they usually beat us because of that. However, now we are in conference and are facing similar talent pools. You’ve really seen the growth of this team through their work and you can tell they really want to be here. I canceled practice last Friday because they had a half day and they were like, ‘Awwww, OK.’ I am privileged to be coaching this group of girls.”

James Kay

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Fenwick drops another to reigning state champs

This run runs deep

’m not certain what There are many, many ways to help out. It quite year I first took the literally takes thousands of souls to make race Green Line train day run smoothly. But I have loved working Aid downtown to just Station #14 with the Oak Park Runners Club — watch the Chicago this equates to mile 18 on Taylor Street. Now for Marathon. I’m guessing the runner, mile 18 of a marathon is often a tough it was the late-2000s, threshold. Not even yet at mile 20, the runner is way before I ever imagalready needing to dig deep to stay on track with ined running the thing their race plan. We water people get to witness myself. At that time, the race leaders, the elites, the near-elites, the I knew just a couple strong and the struggling. We get to cheer and of people who were encourage, lift up and make laugh. It feels like a little thing, what we offer. But I can attest, the running it, and whom I runners soooo appreciate it. It’s some of the best might see from the sideof humanity on display, stranger-to-stranger. lines (Ha! So naïve). Running Columnist We start early, but the labor is fun — we don’t As I joined the million stand around much. There are 40,000 thirsty or so spectators, I didn’t people coming our way. We stay busy — pour, know the best vantage point for viewing, and I pour, pour. We perfect our handoffs, and try out wasn’t concerned with seeing the race leaders. I creative new words of encouragement. We are just wanted to witness it, and to get a sense of this human cowbells. massive human experience. So I found a spot on So if this sounds like something you would State Street looking north, and I was treated to the enjoy, here are the deets (specific to Aid Station sight of an endless, colorful, undulating river of 14 with OPRC): Race day is Oct. 13. We need 277 humans, bobbing and descending into downtown. total volunteers. You must be age 16 or older. Only when I shifted my focus to those immediately OPRC hosts a post-race party for all volunteers! in range could I make out faces, expressions and To register, go here: www.chicagomarathon.com/ the charity dedications on their singlets. aidstationvolunteers, select Station #14, and I bring up spectating rather than running select “signup.” Registration deadline is Oct. 4 because watching that day absolutely floored me. I @ 11:59 p.m. mean, it brought up a well of emotion that I never expected. Certainly, this was in part because it made me think of my dad, who ran this race in 1977 when the event was in its infancy, and I wasn’t there to cheer him on. I was in school, though I feel no less wistful for missing it, but equally because I knew in the moment that I was witnessing an extraordinary expression of will, guts, passion and pain. Now I want to share that feeling with you, reader, Courtesy Drew Mullen and here’s my suggestion: Volunteer. The 2019 Boston Marathon.

Fenwick head coach Gene Nudo sees growth despite blowout

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The Friars lost their Chicago Catholic League/East Suburban Catholic Conference White Division opener on Sept. 20 at Joliet Catholic Academy (JCA), 49-14, the second week in a row they lost to reigning state champions. The Friars’ first offensive drive of the game ended with Joliet’s Jabril Williams intercepting a Kaden Cobb pass and returning it 93 yards for a touchdown. Fenwick’s head coach, Gene Nudo, questioned the call on the field. “It really snowballed fast last night,” said Nudo in a phone call with Wednesday Journal the day after the game. “We drove the ball down to [Joliet’s] 20-yard line, and their cornerback intercepted the ball while he was on his knees. Outside of that, Joliet Catholic did what Joliet Catholic does. They pounded us with the football, and they are a very physical team.” Running backs Jordan Anderson (16 carries, 141 yards, 3 TDs) and Kenyetta Williams (12 carries, 91 yards) paced the Hilltoppers’ ground game, which amassed 319 yards. Quarterbacks Anthony Napolitano and Aidan Voss combined to toss three touchdown passes for JCA (2-2, 1-0 in the CCL/ ESCC White). “We had to pick our poison in putting together our strategy for the game,” said Nudo. “Knowing that Joliet Catholic likes to block nine guys and run the ball at you, we game-planned this week to stop them in the run game. They hit a couple of open passes and that opened up the game for them.” For Fenwick, Cobb completed 16 passes in 25 attempts for 187 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions. Danny Kent rushed for 82 yards on 14 carries, and Max Reese snagged seven receptions for 77 yards and a touchdown for the Friars (2-2, 0-1). “We did have some positive things going on, and we saw some growth from our younger guys in the spotlight,” said Nudo. “The seniors on this team do a terrific job of communicating with our youth and help them compete on the practice field. So we are going to have another opportunity again this week to continue to grow as a team.” Fenwick opens a three-game home stand Friday, Sept. 27 against Marist. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Triton College in River Grove.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Village of Oak Park Historic Preservation Commission on October 10, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at the Oak Park Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois on the Historic Landmark nomination for 408 North Kenilworth Ave, Oak Park, Illinois (P.I.N.: 16-07-104006-0000), which is located in the Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture Historic District. The public hearing is being held in accordance with the requirements of the Oak Park Historic Preservation Ordinance. The Historic Preservation Commission will take public testimony during the hearing and make and forward their recommendations to the Village Board of Trustees following the conclusion of the public hearing.

For further information on this matter contact the Department of Development Customer Services, Planning Division, Village of Oak Park, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois during normal business hours in person, by telephone at (708) 358-5420 or by email at historicpreservation@ oak-park.us.

Bid forms may be obtained from the Public Works Customer Service Center by calling 708-3585700 or by stopping by the office located at 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents and specifications only to those vendors deemed qualified. No proposal documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of proposal opening. For more information call the Public Works Service Center at 708.358.5700.

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LEGAL NOTICE FOREST PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Bid Package #01 – Library Furniture

Sealed bids will be received by the Board of Library Trustees of the Village of Forest Park from Furniture Contractors for FF&E at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd, Forest Park, IL 60130. Sealed bids will be received on or before, but not after 10:00 AM on Wednesday October 9, 2019 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd, Forest Park. IL 60130. Bids received after that time will not be considered. All Bids shall be addressed and delivered to the circulation desk inside the building on or before the time set forth above. Sealed envelopes or packages containing the Bid Forms shall be transmitted to the attention of the “Library Director” and shall be marked or endorsed with the title of Sealed Bid for Bid Package #01-Library Furniture and the Bidder’s full legal name. The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in the Teen Service Room at 10:00 AM on Wednesday October 9, 2019. Bids shall be submitted in the form and manner contained in the Bidding Requirements. Contractors may obtain copies of the Bidding Documents from Williams Architects, 500 Park Blvd. Suite 800, Itasca, IL. 60143 cakotera@ williams-architects.com or by calling 630-221-1212.

Each bid must be accompanied by a bid bond or a cashier’s check in the amount of 10% of the total bid, made payable to Forest Park Public Library, as a guarantee that the suc-

cessful bidder will promptly execute a satisfactory contract, will furnish a satisfactory performance bond and payment bond and proceed with the work. Upon failure to do so, the bidder shall forfeit the amount deposited as liquidated damages and no mistakes, errors, exclusions, or omissions on the part of the bidder shall excuse the bidder or entitle the bidder to a return of the aforementioned amount.

No bid will be considered unless the bidder shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the Board of Trustees that the bidder has the necessary facilities, abilities, experience, equipment, financial and physical resources available to fulfill the conditions of the Contract and execute the work, should the Contract be awarded such bidder. Bidders will examine the plans and specifications and the location in which said work is to be done and judge for themselves all the circumstances and surrounding known and reasonably foreseen conditions affecting the cost and nature of the work, and all bids will be presumed to be based on such examination, familiarity, and judgment. The successful bidder shall be required to provide a Performance Bond and a Material and Labor Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the Contract Amount, as well as liability and property insurance as required by the Bidding Require-

ments before commencing work. The successful bidder shall enter into a formal contract based on the conditions and requirements in the Bidding Requirements and the Bidding Requirements will be incorporated into the Contract. Not less than the prevailing wage shall be paid for labor on the work to be done as required by law. The successful bidder will be required to comply with the provisions of all State of Illinois and federal laws concerning public works projects as well as the State of Illinois Human Rights Act and the regulations of the Illinois Human Rights Commission. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to waive any technicalities and irregularities in the bidding and to hold the bid proposals for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of opening set forth above. Questions about the bid documents should be submitted, in writing, to Carrie Kotera, Williams Architects at cakotera@williamsarchitects.com By order of the Board of Trustees of the Forest Park Public Library, Cook County, Illinois. Dated at Forest Park, Illinois this 25th day of September 2019. Pilar Shaker, Library Director

LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed proposals at the Village of Oak Park, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 5:00 p.m. on Friday October 18, 2019 for the following: Crisis Intervention & Police Social Work Services Proposal #19-119 Proposal forms may be obtained from the Oak Park Police Department by calling 708-386-3800, stopping by the office located at 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or by emailing kmurphy@oak-park.us. Additionally, the forms are available at www.oak-park.us/bid. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents and specifications only to those vendors deemed qualified. No proposal documents will be issued after 5:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of proposal opening. For more information call the Oak Park Police Department at 708-386-3800. THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Published in Wednesday Journal 9/25/2019

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Township High School District Number 208, Cook County, Illinois, will hold a public hearing regarding the District’s proposed eLearning Program on the 8th day of October 2019, at 7:00 o’clock P.M. The hearing will be held in Room 201 in the Riverside Brookﬁeld High School Building, 160 Ridgewood Road, Riverside, Illinois. The purpose of said hearing will be to receive public comment on the proposed eLearning Program which, if approved, will permit students’ instruction to be received electronically while students are not physically present in lieu of the District’s scheduled emergency days. This program is allowed under Public Act 101-0012. If approved, the eLearning Program will be implemented for a three-year term. By order of the President of the Board of Education of Township High School District Number 208, Cook County, Illinois. Mary Ann Nardi Secretary, Board of Education, Township High School District Number 208, Cook County, Illinois Published in RB Landmark 9/25/2019

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING You are hereby notiﬁed that a Public Hearing has been called by the Housing Authority of the Village of Oak Park, Oak Park, Illinois to be held at the Oak Park Village Hall located at 123 Madison Street, (Lombard and Madison), Oak Park, Illinois in Room 101 at 2:00 PM on Friday, September 30, 2019, for the purpose of considering the following item of business:

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: Y19002170 on September 18, 2019 Under the Assumed Business Name of PRACTICESPECIALTY with the business located at:148 N. HUMPHREY AVE., C2, OAK PARK, IL 60302. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: TRACY LITSEY 148 N. HUMPHREY AVE., C2, OAK PARK, IL 60302.

To hear comments from the Public on the Public Housing Agency Annual Plan. The draft of the of the Annual Plan for 2020 along with the public’s comments will be considered by the Authority before adoption of the Annual Plan to be submitted by October 18, 2019 to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The draft plan is available for inspection at the following locations during normal hours of operation: Oak Park Housing Authority 21 South Boulevard Mills Park Tower 1025 Pleasant Place Written comments will also be accepted prior to the hearing for inclusion in the public record. Address all comments or inquiries to: Oak Park Housing Authority Executive Director 21 South Boulevard Oak Park, IL 60302

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certiﬁcation was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y19002194 on September 18, 2019 Under the Assumed Business Name of ALAN FOX CONSULTING with the business located at: 747 S HARVEY AVE, OAK PARK, IL 60304. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: ALAN FOX, 747 S HARVEY AVE, OAK PARK, IL 60304. Published in Wednesday Journal 9/25, 10/2, 10/9/2019

PUBLIC NOTICE AVISO: PACIENTES DE MAMOGRAFÍA DEL HOSPITAL WESTLAKE Como ya no estamos brindando atención a nuestros pacientes, si necesita solicitar estudios previos, envíe las solicitudes por fax al 708-763-2020 o comuníquese con 708-763-4728 para obtener ayuda. Gracias NOTICE: WESTLAKE HOSPITAL MAMMOGRAPHY PATIENTS As we are no longer providing care to our patients, should you need to request prior studies, please fax requests to 708-763-2020 or contact 708-763-4728 for assistance. Thank you Published in Wednesday Journal Forest Park Review RB Landmark 9/11, 9/18, 9/25/2019

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF SCHEDULE OF REGULAR MEETING DATES VILLAGE OF FOREST PARK RECREATION BOARD PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that beginning on OCTOBER 10, 2019, the regular meeting of the Recreation Board of the Village of Forest Park will be the second Thursday of each month. Posted on September 23, 2019 To the Forest Park Review September 23, 2019 Vanessa Moritz Village Clerk Village of Forest Park Cook County, Illinois Published in Forest Park Review 9/25/2019

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: Y19002162 on September 13, 2019. Under the Assumed Business Name of WORD NERD EDITORIAL SERVICES with the business located at: 1173 S. OAK PARK AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60304. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: DIANE PIRON-GELMAN 1173 S. OAK PARK AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60304. Published in Wednesday Journal 9/18, 9/25, 10/2/2019

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION NEW RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LLC; Plaintiff, vs. SAR DANKER; CORNERSTONE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; CITY OF OAK PARK; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 18 CH 8348 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 Wednesday, October 16, 2019 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. 16-18-226-036-1012. Commonly known as 846 WESLEY AVE., APT 2, OAK PARK, IL 60304. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g) (4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Mr. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. 18-01980 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3131033 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION CITIZENS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION F/K/A RBS CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHARTER ONE BANK, F.S.B SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO HINSDALE FEDERAL BANK FOR SAVINGS Plaintiff, -v.CARL T. GROESBECK, LEIGHTON HOLDINGS, LTD., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD

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CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 009347 331 N. TAYLOR AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 19, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 17, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 331 N. TAYLOR AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-109-0110000 The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the pe-

riod allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com

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Attorney File No. 14-16-08522 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 009347 TJSC#: 39-5161 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. Case # 16 CH 009347 I3131739

Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765

ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-12527 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 14368 TJSC#: 39-5802 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. Case # 2018 CH 14368 I3132109

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.TERESA C. TRIPLETT, 1040 ONTARIO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2018 CH 14368 1040 W. ONTARIO STREET #2H 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 March 22, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 17, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1040 W. ONTARIO STREET #2H, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-113-0101012 The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The

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