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September 27, 2017 Vol. 36, No. 6 ONE DOLLAR

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Oak Park considers $200K to study new police station Capital Improvement Plan budget includes $27 million in projects

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The Oak Park Police Department, located in the basement of Village Hall, is outdated, overcrowded and unsuitable for a modern police force, according to Oak Park trustees.

Now the village is considering spending up to $200,000 on a study to determine if the village should build a new station or rehab the existing one.

The item has been included in the village’s so-called Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), a five-year plan for various capital projects that is now being considered by the Oak Park Board of Trustees.

The entire CIP includes dozens of potential projects that top $27 million over the next five years, but approval of the plan, which is expected to come sometime in early October, is simply that – a plan that lays out proposed projects the village aims to pursue.

The $200,000 for the feasibility study in 2018 could be less or could be more if the project is approved and put out to public bid. The proSee POLICE STATION on page 14

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SPECIAL ATTENTION: Malinda Meyer (right) found Sibshops helpful in easing the transition when her uncle, Kent (left), who has Down Syndrome, came to live with the family. Gracey (center) seems to be doing just fine.

A program for kids with special-needs sibs Sibshops offers social environment and support

By JYLLIAN ROACH Staff Reporter

Life in a society designed around the mentally and behaviorally able can be difficult to navigate for a person who has a mental or behavioral health diagnosis. It

often requires a lot of mental and emotional support from loved ones, and can often leave the parents of children with such a diagnosis with little to give others.

So what happens when a child with a mental or behavioral health diagnosis has a sibling?

Often those siblings report feeling as though there was less time for their needs and concerns and that they had fewer opportunities to develop their budding social lives or pursue interests and hobbies.

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Marching Huskies dance past competition For the second year in a row, the OPRF High School Marching Huskies took every award available in their division — including best winds, best percussion, best color guard and best drum majors — at the annual Geneseo Maple Leaf Classic marching band nd competition, held over the weekend in Geneseo, Illinois.

And for the first time since 2014, the Huskies were named the competition’s Grand Champions, an honor that goes to the top marching band out of the 17 competing bands.

“The Marching Huskies have been making a name for themselves these past few years,” said Anthony Svejda, OPRF’s director of bands in an email statement.

“They have won numerous [individual] awards, including best color guard and best drum major, for a while.

It has only been in recent years that they have been recognized for their music performance as well as their overall performance,” Svejda said.

“Their shows have become both judge and audience favorites,” he added. audie “It has ha been a very exciting year yea so far. Looking forward to see what we can do in the t remaining weeks of competitions.”

In their show, the Huskies channeled a range of dance expressions, including e flamenco, and performed fla pieces piece by composers like Maurice Ravel (“Bolero”) and Alfred Reed (“El Camino Reel”).

The band will perform the show, called “Los Bailes de Espana” (The Dances of Spain), during halftime at OPRF varsity home football games. The next game is Friday, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m.

Michael Romain

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VIVA ESPANA: The OPRF Marching, or Dancing, Huskies cleaned up with their performance of Spanish dances in Geneseo.

Steinhofer.

Fenwick semifinalists include: Matthew Augustyn, Thomas Bartecki, Paul Cederoth (of Oak Park), Jacob Mazur, Skye Ozga and Jack Vomacka.

Michael Romain

Housing Forward cuts ribbon

OPRF, Fenwick notch 19 National Merit semifinalists

that it has six.

Last year, roughly 1.6 “National Merit million juniors from 22,000 semifinalists have the high schools took the 2016 opportunity to continue in Preliminary SAT/National the competition for some 7,500 Merit Scholarship Qualifying scholarships worth more Test, which gains them entry than $32 million, which will to the 2018 National Merit be announced in the spring,” Scholarship program. according to a statement Only 1 percent, or roughly released by OPRF. 16,000, of those 1.6 million OPRF’s semifinalists are: students qualified as PAUL CEDEROTH Grace Ciacciarelli, Grace semifinalists by having test Fenwick High School Farnham, Natalie Guarino, scores that are among the Maeve Heflin, Lydia Heinig, highest in their respective Ethel Mendius, Alexandra Muehleisen, states. This year, OPRF High School Erica Ramos, Scott Smith, Sophia announced that 12 students are national Sordilla, Jacob Spangler and Christian semifinalists while Fenwick announced

This past Friday, Housing Forward — the Maywood-based nonprofit that provides resources to people going through housing-related crises — held an open house and ribbon-cutting to formally mark the opening of their new Oak Park office, located on the second floor of 6634 W. Roosevelt Road.

The nonprofit will provide emergency financial assistance and job placement assistance services, among others, at the office, which will also host the Entry Point Walk-In Center, providing “in-person comprehensive intake and referrals for those experiencing a housing crisis,” according to the statement released.

State Sen. Don Harmon (39th) and state reps. La Shawn K. Ford (8th) and Camille Lilly (78th) were on hand to celebrate the opening.

“In the 8th District, homelessness is such an issue,” said Harmon. “And being so close to Chicago, it’s important to have an organization like Housing Forward that is easy to locate to provide necessary services to so many at risk.”

Michael Romain

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Concordia-Chicago Fall Concert Friday, Sept. 29, 8 p.m., University Chapel,l, Concordia: ng local residents, Hear the University Band’s 70 musicians, including students, faculty and staff, perform the music off Holst, Saintssance” by Saens, selections from “The Lion King,”“Rejouissance” ach James Curnow and more. Interesting fact on each piece provided. Families welcome; free. Info: fo: CUChicago.edu/music, 708-209-3060. 7400 Augusta St., River Forest.

Henry Fogel Presents: The Avalon String Quartet Thursday, Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m., Nineteenth Century Charitable Association: Th Enjoy 60+ minutes of music by Franz Shubert and conversation with Fogel and the performers bet between selections.

Conversations continue after the co concert. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Cash bar. $3 $35; $30, Nineteenth Century members; $20, stu students. Tickets: nineteenthcen nineteenthcentury.org ntury.org or in person at Visit Oakk Park, 101 1010 Lake Street. Questions: 708-386-2729.

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Understanding the World of Islam

Site-Plan Community Meeting

Wednesday, Oct. 4, 7 to 9 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: Gain a deeper understanding and expand knowledge at a new lecture series in partnership with The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago. At the first event, Oak Parker and Professor of Iranian and Central Asian History, John E. Woods, explores Media Representations and Negative Stereotyping of Islam, Muslims and the Middle East. More: oppl.org. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

Wednesday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m., Oak Park Conservatory: The Park District of Oak Park welcomes residents’ ideas and comments at a meeting to review the Oak Park Conservatory master site plan. The original plan was developed in 2008. 615 Garfield St.

Jazzing with Lady T Friday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m., Eastgate Café: Experience vocalist Lady T and her band as they feature music from the hottest years of American vocal jazz. Food and full-bar available. More: eastgatecafe.net. 102 E. Harrison, Oak Park.

CALENDAR EVENTS ■ As you’ve likely noticed, our

Calendar has changed to Big Week. Fewer items, higher profile.

If you would like your event to be featured here, please send a photo and details by noon of the Wednesday before it needs to be published. We can’t publish everything, but we’ll do our best to feature the week’s highlights. Email calendar@wjinc.com.

“Wittenberg” Friday and Saturday, Sept. 29 and 30, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, October 1, 3 p.m., Madison Street Theatre: The Collective, the theater production company of Concordia U., presents a comedy, set in the a 16th century, revealing the stories behind Hamlet, Doctor Faustus and the Protestant Reformation. Continuing October 6, 7, 8. $15; $10 students/seniors, Tickets: WittenbergCUC.brownpapertickets.com or cash/check at the door. 1010 Madison St., Oak Park.

Author talk: “All Kinds of Love” Sunday, Oct. 1, 3:30 to 5 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: River Forest poet and writer Mary Diab shares stories from her first novel inspired by her upbringing in Stubenville, Ohio, and her Greek heritage. Info: oppl.org. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

“Love/Sick” Thursday and Friday, Sept. 28 and 29, 7:30 p.m., Little Theatre, OPRF High School: SSee nine hilarious short plays, all set on a Friday night in an alternate suburban reality, Fri which explore the pain and joy that come with bein being in love. Continues Oct. 6 and 7. $8; $6, students/seniors. students ts/s / enioor Tickets available at the door. 201 N. Scoville, Oak Pa PPark. rk.

In the Screening Room

“Not a Stranger” Saturday, Sept. 30, 2 to 4 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: Watch a showing and hear from screenwriter Dennis Foley about the film, set in Chicago, which tells of three young boys who befriend a troubled, former highschool teacher with a dark secret. More: oppl.org. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

WWI and America Wednesday, Oct. 4, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: The first in a six-week film series, view and discuss, “All Quiet on the Western Front” with movie buff Doug Deuchler. In this first major anti-war film from 1930, a young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the horror of World War I. Other films:

Oct 11, “Sergeant York” ■ Oct ■ Oct. 18, “Wings” ■ Oct. 25, “The Dawn Patrol” ■ Nov. 1, “Paths of Glory” ■ Nov. 8, “Joyeux Noel” Part of the Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of America’s Entry into WWII, and a larger program of offerings at the Oak Park Public Library. Info: oppl.org/ww1. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

“Backpack Full of Cash” Saturday, Sept. 30, 10 a.m., Lake Theater: Join Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education to screen a documentary on the growing privatization of public schools, corporate-driven education reform and the resulting impact on America’s most vulnerable children. Doors open 9:30, opening remarks at 9:50 a.m. $12 in advance; $15 at the door. Tickets: ilraiseyourhand.org/ backpack. 1022 Lake St., Oak Park.

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his charming historical musical, set in Chicago during the picturesque 1893 Columbian Exposition, provides plenty of romance, humor and escapism. The show is produced by Suburban West Actors’ Guild, SWAG, which has come a long way since they mounted their first production, Fiddler on the Roof, on stage at Beye School last November. We seldom review theatrical productions outside this community, but Love Affairs and Wedding Bells, which is enjoying its debut run at Chicago’s Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont on the North Side, has a cast containing a number of local performers and crew members. It is produced by SWAG Executive Director Lou Galecki (stage name Lou Gale), mother to TV actor Johnny Galecki (Roseanne and The Big Bang Theory).

Love Affairs and Wedding Bells — perhaps not the slickest title possible — is a lot of fun. Written by two Chicago authors, Tina Montgomery (book) and Mark Burrows (music and lyrics), the show was the winner of the 2015 Fullerton Playwrights Festival and has received other awards and honors. But until now there has never been a full production of the work. Perhaps potential theater troupes were put off by the thought of staging a world’s fair and by the period costumes and sets required to pull it off. SWAG handles these challenges quite creatively.

The multi-generational musical reminds me of those big nostalgic MGM musicals of the 1940s like Meet Me in St. Louis or In the Good Old Summertime. I’m not sure I was humming Burrows’ show tunes on the way home, and there wasn’t anything that really sounded like the ragtime era, but the music was all lively and fun. Best of all, you could understand the lyrics. The singers are very good.

The world’s fair is featured in the first of the two acts. The Columbian Exposition of 1893, which covered 690 acres on the South Side of Chicago, was one of the key social and cultural events of the late 19th century.

Over 27 million people attended the fair.

Kiosk-style set pieces are angled so that various black-line paintings suggest buildings or architectural details to denote a change of scenes. It’s very smartly handled.

Populated with a variety of “extras” strolling in period attire, it seems like one really is visiting the Midway Plaisance.

The plot focuses on two lovely sisters, Mazie and Lily Ungebelt, whose German immigrant father, the “sausage king” played

by Sam Buonomo, is a meat-packing millionaire like Armour or Swift or Oscar Meyer. Mazie (Ricci Prioletti), the youngest, is a rather empty-headed social climber who has fantasized that Albert Appleton III (Joseph Sergio) from an “old money” Boston family wants to marry her. But sparks actually are flying between Albert and Mazie’s older sister Lily (Anita Gabor) and though Lily fights the urge at first, it’s clear she and Albert are both smitten with one another. He does not care for pushy, manipulative Mazie at all.

Delusional Mazie believes her “beau” Albert is too reticent and stand-offish. She wants to turn up the heat romantically so she writes to his snobbish, high-society mother in Boston to invite her to visit the fair as their house guest. Mazie figures with Albert’s mother there, her son will accept the young lady as his fiancée.

Albert’s old buddy Franklin (David Fred Mosely), a debonair and well-to-do Boston heir, is visiting too. He finds himself drawn to Mazie. The actor is agile and funny, and the pair are adorable when they dance together.

The haughty Bostonian dowager, Mrs. Appleton, is well-played by Mimi Sagadin. She is perfect as an arrogant, uppity battle-axe.

She forbids her son to marry into the German Ungebelt family. “If he is smitten,” she sings, “the will can be rewritten.”

The Ungebelt sisters’ Aunt Lucinda functions when needed as a chaperone or confidante. Played by Christy McInterney, the character is warm-hearted and delightful.

This aunt lived with the family since the girls’ mother died when they were small children. She knows the dangers of gambling with love.

Love Affairs and Wedding Bells is sweet and enjoyable.

With two weekend left, it is playing Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m., through October 8. $30; $25, students and seniors. Tickets/info: 773-9758150, facebook.com/LoveAffairsWeddingBellsMusical.

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Lead marketer takes top post

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Downtown Oak Park, a nonprofit taxation district for downtown businesses, has selected Shanon Williams as its new executive director, according to DTOP Board President Cindy Summers.

Williams succeeds Max Austin-Williams, no relation, who departed from the position in August after his husband relocated for a job in Sydney, Australia.

The DTOP district is a so-called Special Service Area that imposes a tax on property owners that is used promote business development in the area.

DTOP includes properties along Lake Street from Harlem Avenue to Forest Avenue and along Marion Street from Ontario Street to North Boulevard.

Williams, an Oak Park resident since 1989, started as a part-time marketing associate at DTOP in 2007 and has since been promoted to marketing director, according to a DTOP press release.

DTOP notes in the announcement that Williams has taken on increased responsibilities over the last decade overseeing “tremendous growth” in DTOP-related events, such as Thursday Night Out and Oaktoberfest.

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a natural next-step for Shanon as the organization’s mission is to promote business growth and development in the Downtown Oak Park business district,” Summers said in the press release. “I think she will bring a lot of energy to the position.”

Summers tells Wednesday Journal that DTOP received more than 30 applications for the position.

“She’s been very enthusiastic and proOak Park and believes in the businesses in the area,” Summers said in a telephone interview.

When Summers opened her downtown shop, Sugar Fixé Patisserie, 119 N. Marion St., six years ago, she says half of the storefronts were empty. Williams’ and DTOP’s efforts “have made a significant difference in the vibrancy of the district,” she said.

Williams is a former Oak Park business owner who ran a children’s outwear business that included retail and wholesale sales, according to DTOP. “I value this organization’s commitment to celebrate local businesses and the Oak Park community,” Williams said in the press release. “I have been honored to be a part of Downtown Oak Park’s development over the last decade, and I look forward to leading the organization into its next phase.”

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D200 debates installing more security cameras An audit calls for doubling the number of cameras on campus

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 officials are considering a $315,000 proposal that would double the number of security cameras on campus after the district’s former campus safety director, Randy Braverman, performed an audit at OPRF last school year and found that they were needed — a conclusion that was met by skepticism by some school board members.

District officials said that the audit was prompted by a case of “misconduct,” but they declined to go into detail about it, citing concerns about student privacy. They did explain that the incident happened somewhere on campus that was not under video surveillance.

During a regular meeting on Sept.

19, where the proposal was presented, district officials said Braverman’s audit recommended the installation of 110

additional cameras on campus at a total cost of $315,000, in order to increase safety.

According to a Sept. 19 memo drafted by Fred Preuss, OPRF’s director of buildings and grounds, and Jeff Bergman, the district’s construction supervisor, district officials recommended combining the purchase of the new cameras with the second phase of an already approved, 5-year, $230,000 project that calls for upgrading the school’s existing 110 cameras from analog to digital during routine summer construction work.

Preuss and Bergman argued that combining the projects would likely “secure better pricing.” They said that the work of upgrading the existing cameras and installing the new ones can be completed “in a time frame that allows for no disruption to student instructional time.”

But some school board members questioned whether the unplanned purchase of an extra 110 security cameras was really justified and aligned with the board’s vision of orienting the school culture away from

punitive and cold disciplinary measures toward trust-building and genuine bonds between students and staff.

District 209 board President Jackie Moore referenced “big brother” when talking about the possible pitfalls of installing more cameras and wondered if Rich Perna, the school’s interim security director, would make the same recommendation as Braverman, who retired in July. The district is currently looking at candidates to replace him.

Board member Craig Iseli said that he wanted a more robust explanation for the additional cameras that wasn’t provided in the proposal presented by district officials.

“I want to understand a little of the rationale as to why,” he said. “It sounds like you have it, but I’d like for it to be explained to us.”

School board members opted to table the proposal until district officials could gather more information that would be presented at a later date.

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CAMERA DEBATE: Students wait for the bus after school last Wednesday, outside of Oak Park and River Forest High School on Lake Street in Oak Park.

Proposed charter school rankles Oak Park residents

River Forest mom wants to open area charter by 2019

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

A movement led by a River Forest woman to start an elementary charter school somewhere in the western suburbs has drawn considerable backlash among Oak Park residents in opposition to the proposal.

As the director of charter growth and support for the Illinois Network of Charter Schools, Allison Jack gets paid to help start charters — a fact that many of her critics say makes her efforts less than genuine.

“It’s clear as a bell that her job is to grow charter schools — that’s her interest,” said Steve Krasinsky, an Oak Park resident who is one of the founding council members of a group called Oak Park Call to Action, a progressive activist organization that sprouted in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s election last November.

The group is battling on many fronts, Krasinsky said, with the fight against this most recent charter proposal being just one of them. The group is hosting a screening of Backpack Full of Cash, on Sept. 30, at the Lake Theatre. Narrated by Matt Damon, the film explores “the real cost of privatizing America’s public schools,” according to a summary on the film poster.

Jack, however, countered that she’s just getting paid for what she’d do for free.

She believes a charter could succeed in

eliminating the stubborn racial equity gap between black and white students that has persisted in Oak Park for generations.

“This came out of looking at different parents’ experiences that the needs of all kids aren’t being met,” she said in an interview on Monday.

Jack has two children in public schools but said she would send them to the charter school she’s working to establish through a group called the Western Educational Community Action Network (WeCan).

According to its website, WeCan is apparently designed to be the vehicle for driving up grassroots support for the idea of a charter school somewhere in Forest Park, River Forest, Maywood, Melrose Park, Broadview, Bellwood, Berwyn and Oak Park.

The school would “have a racially conscious/culturally proficient faculty and leadership team to provide our students with a robust and culturally relevant curriculum that includes restorative practice/restorative justice, socialemotional learning [and] project-based learning,” among other features listed on WeCan’s website. Jack said her goal is to open the school in the fall of 2019.

Erin Fountain, a WeCan member and Oak Park mother of four African American sons, ranging from adults to middle-school students, said she was attracted to Jack’s charter model based on her frustrations putting her children through Oak Park public schools.

“I’ve experienced it at all levels,” Fountain said, referencing what she described as the segregated nature of Oak Park’s public school system. “I’ve had frustrations with

the school system from the very beginning.”

My Tang, the mother of a 3-year-old who lives in Forest Park, said she would “absolutely consider sending my kid to this charter.” Tang said she’s attracted to the project-based learning concept that Jack has been proposing but stipulated she isn’t against public schools.

“I’m a product of traditional public schools,” Tang said. “I’m not against public schools whatever. It’s just that all kids learn differently.”

Jack said she’s currently in the phase of gauging community support for the school and has been holding informational meetings and “family meet-ups” in area suburbs over the last few months. So far, she said, no defined location has been identified for the charter.

She’s looking to get parents who currently send their kids to public school to basically commit to sending their children to the proposed charter, which would select students based on a lottery system. The perpupil funding that would have gone to the public school district would follow those students to the new charter.

Jack, however, would first have to get approval from local school districts in order to receive that per-pupil funding. If a school district votes against allowing part of its budget to go the charter, Jack could appeal the decision to the Illinois State Charter School Commission.

According to documents related to a decision made by the commission to deny the appeal of a proposed charter in nearby Maywood, the commission “may reverse

a local school board’s decision to deny a proposal to establish a new charter school when the commission finds that the proposal (i) complies with the Charter Schools Law and (ii) is in the best interests of the students the charter school is designed to serve.”

The law requires that charter proposals “demonstrate a high level of local pupil, parental, community, business, and school personnel support,” that it set levels of student achievement which are “rigorous” and “feasible,” and that it’s “designed to enroll and serve a substantial proportion of at-risk children.”

Both Jack and Fountain have conceded that the opposition to a charter from community members in Oak Park has been stronger than they expected.

“This may or may not happen,” said Jack.

“We’re looking for commitments from between 40 and 50 parents. It’s pretty hard to get parents to stand up and say, ‘I want to send my kid to a charter.’”

Karen Yarbrough, an Oak Park parent of three Oak Park Elementary School District 97 students and a board member of Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education, said instead of taking money from public schools, Jack should work on improving them.

“I’m not happy at all about the prospect of a charter school,” Yarbrough said. “The people I’m talking to feel the same way.

Charters have really devastated the Chicago Public School system. I wanted to get away from that. I get it. Oak Park schools aren’t perfect, but we need to work to make them better for all kids in our community.”

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Oak Park Plan Commission issues findings on Albion, Rush Commission rejects highrise proposal, approves emergency room

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The Oak Park Plan Commission, which deliberates on large-scale developments in the village, has released its “findings of fact” on two proposals, rejecting a controversial high-rise and approving construction of a new emergency department.

Earlier this month, the Plan Commission voted unanimously in favor of Rush Oak Park Hospital’s plan to build a new emergency department near the corner of Harlem and Madison. But the commission split on the proposal by Albion Residential to build an 18-story luxury apartment building at the corner of Lake Street and Forest Avenue, rejecting the plan in a 5-4 vote.

The commission’s findings of fact, which now heads to the Oak Park Board of Trustees for consideration, notes that the controversial Albion proposal “did not complement the character of the surrounding neighborhood due to the proposed structure’s height on the north side, including that the scale of the north wing of the building is incompat-

ible with Austin Gardens to the north.”

Much of the debate over the proposed building, which would take the place of a vacant two-story building that now occupies the parcel of land, has centered around the impact the structure would have on the ecosystem and aesthetics of the park.

Albion could have built an eight-story structure on the site “by right,” i.e. within the zoning code, but they requested a height allowance from the village zoning ordinance to go 10 stories taller. They also requested allowances from other parts of the zoning code such as the number of parking spaces required and how far the building is setback from the sidewalks.

Albion argued that the extra height is needed to make the project financially feasible, but the findings of fact noted “the applicant’s claim that the density of the project could not be reduced was not proven by the applicant with a pro forma, financial projections or data.”

The public and members of the commission expressed concern that the height of the building would adversely impact the area — particularly the adjacent park — with increased winds, shadows and noise.

The report also notes that “concerns were expressed about adding more density to an area where two multiple-unit residential developments have been approved but not completed in addition to those already established in the immediate vicinity by the

Rendering provided by Rush Oak Park

EMERGENCY APPROVAL: A rendering of the new ER proposed for Rush Oak Park Hospital.

Vantage, Oak Park Apartments and 100 Forest Place developments.

“Some concerns were also raised that the project does not include any affordable housing,” the report continued.

Others stated during the commission hearings that the development could negatively impact the 48 annual outdoor performances held in Austin Gardens by Festival Theatre.

The proposal now heads to the full board for consideration, but Albion has to receive a super-majority vote of 5-2 on that panel to gain approval.

If Albion fails to gain the requisite votes from the Board of Trustees, they must wait two years before resubmitting the proposal. To

resubmit before the end of the two-year waiting period, the company must offer a substantially different plan, but what constitutes a substantially different proposal is not detailed.

The Plan Commission also released its findings of fact for construction of a 55,000-square-foot emergency department

by Rush Oak Park Hospital, stipulating that the hospital conduct traffic studies of the area nine months and then again three years after the emergency department building is completed “to determine the long-term impacts of the traffic and parking,” among other traffic improvements in the area.

That proposal also now heads to the Oak Park Board of Trustees for consideration.

Enrichment Programs and Special Events Monday, October 2 – 1:15 Hamilton’s Women – Three Sisters Who Captivated Alexander Hamilton Leslie Goddard, Ph.D. presents the women who grounded, tantalized and intrigued Hamilton.

October 13-15 Harvest Moon Ball Weekend English Country Dancing Dance to music by the incomparable east coast band, Bare Necessities. For complete information, visit chicagolandecd.org

Monday, October 9 – 1:15 Folk & Baroque – Tim Macdonald and Jeremy Ward The Scottish fiddle duo combines traditional fiddling with historical scholarship to create a “cutting edge” musical experience.

Where Hitchcock meets hilarious! Friday: Reception 6:30 pm, Performance 7:30 pm.

Sunday: Reception 2:30 pm, Performance 3:30 pm. $30, Senior $25, 18 and under $15 at the door or oakparkfestival.com.

Monday, October 23 – 1:15 Tales of Mystery and Suspense!

Monday, October 2 – 7:00 pm English Country Dancing Dances are taught and called, no partner required.

Friday and Sunday, October 20 and 22 39 Steps – A Live Radio Play – Oak Park Festival Theatre

Mystery authors panel discussion surrounding their latest mystery novels and what it’s like to publish with She Writes Press, a hybrid press.

Michelle Cox, Jennifer Dwight, Amy S. Peele, J.L. Doucette, Judy Norton and Kate Jessica Raphael.

Monday, October 16 – 1:15 L’Affichomania: The Passion for French Posters Catherine Shotick, curator of collections and exhibits at the Driehaus Museum presents a colorful presentation about its dramatic impact on the city of Paris.

Monday, October 30 – 1:15 KV 265 – Photography at the Intersection of Science and Art Meet Emmy-nominated film maker, visual artist and former astronomer with the Adler Planetarium, Dr. Jose Francisco Salgado. Go behind the scenes and see his awe-inspiring images from his highly acclaimed films such as Gustav Holst’s The Planets.

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D97’s old maintenance building fetches $820K

PURCHASED: The former Oak Park School District 97 maintenance facility on Madison Street.

Agreement with TLC 541 Madison LLC includes annual scholarship

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

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The Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Board of Education has approved the

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sale of a former maintenance building the district owns at 541 Madison St. The deal also means some district students stand to receive scholarships.

D97 school board members unanimously approved an agreement with TLC 541 Madison LLC at a Sept. 12 regular board meeting.

TLC agreed to buy the building for $820,000 — around $20,000 more than the building was appraised for as of July — and to provide one D97 student with a $3,000 scholarship each year for four academic years.

Recipients of the scholarships will be selected through an application process that will be agreed upon by both D97 and TLC. After the school board approved the purchase earlier this month, a 60-day due diligence period went into effect. Both sides are expected to close the sale within 30 days after the due diligence period ends.

The former maintenance building has been vacant since D97 moved into its new administrative headquarters at 260 W. Madison last fall. Following the move, the district moved its warehouse operations into the Oak Park Public Works facility at 201 South Blvd.

In April, the school board approved an agreement with another company to sell the building for $805,000, but the company withdrew its offer, officials said. The building was then re-listed soon after the withdrawal, with at least two other developers making offers to purchase the building this summer.

One was Aetna Development, which develops small and mid-size shopping centers, including Dollar Tree and Walgreen stores. The other was Brand and Company, which redeveloped the long-vacant LaMajada restaurant building on Harrison Street in the Arts District.

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New restaurants headed for Lake St. and Oak Park Ave. Amerikas and Courageous Bakery and Café to open on high-traffic corner

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By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

It’s almost go time for Courageous Bakery and Café, according to owner Laura Pekarik.

The restaurant, located at the corner of Oak Park Avenue and Lake Street in the site of the old Red Hen Bread, is set to open on Thursday, Sept. 28, Pekarik said in a telephone interview. It will focus primarily on breakfast and lunch trade.

Pekarik said she’s in the final stages of completing inspections with the village and everything’s almost ready to go.

“I hope that we live up to everyone’s expectations. The pressure’s on. I’m feeling the heat,” she said with a laugh.

Pekarik described the launch set for Thursday as a soft opening, but added that she’s preparing extra pastries and menu items to be ready.

“I’m just excited to finally open,” she said.

Courageous Bakery and Café, 736 Lake St., will soon be joined by a new next-door-

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NEW EATS: Two new restaurants are poised to open at the corner of Lake Street and Oak Park Avenue. Courageous Bakery and Cafe (above), 736 Lake St., is set to open on Thursday, Sept. 28. neighbor, a Latin-food restaurant known as Amerikas, which will occupy the former Novo restaurant at 734 Lake St. The Oak Park village board approved a liquor license for Amerikas earlier this month, and chef Hermano Gonzales said the menu will include “Latin food with mixtures from all over the world.”

He told the board that he aims to have the restaurant opened by the end of the month.

“I really love the people in Oak Park – the diversity and the opportunity,” Gonzales said in early September.

“The concept is Amerikas because America is a melting pot of diversity,” he said.

CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

Oak Park developments bring $1M for affordable housing

Board of Trustees considers options for spending funds

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Large residential developments have been popping up in and around downtown Oak Park over the last couple of years, and although the village does not require units to be affordable, staff has quietly negotiated contributions toward an affordable housing fund.

That fund has grown to about $1 million dollars as a result of those negotiations with developers, and now the Oak Park Board of Trustees is looking for ways to use the funds to advance affordable housing in the village.

The board ultimately directed village staff to put together a request for proposals from affordable housing organizations for ways to use the money. The RFP seeks proposals for programs that would spend the full $1 million and for $500,000, giving trustees more options.

Trustees invited the heads of affordable housing and homeless advocacy organiza-

tions – the Oak Park Residence Corporation, Housing Forward and the Oak Park Regional Housing Center – in the village to help build a blueprint for using the windfall.

The village’s Development Customer Service Department noted in a report that the village currently spends about $544,000 a year to fund single-family and small-rental rehabilitation programs.

“Combined, the programs typically rehabilitate seven single-family and 10 small multi-family rental units per year,” according to the report, adding that using the full $1 million would enable the village to roughly double its affordable housing rehab programs for two years.

Lynda Schueler, executive director of Housing Forward, made a pitch to the village board that the funds could be used to help individuals who are on the verge of homelessness.

She told trustees that using the funds for short-term rental assistance would fill a need, because such individuals are not eligible for federal programs until they are literally homeless.

“This is a problem and can only be solved by local funding,” she said.

Schueler; David Pope, executive director of the Oak Park Residence Corporation; and Rob Breymaier, executive director of the Oak Park Regional Housing Center, discussed not only potential uses for the funds – such as creation of a rental assistance housing fund or investment in expanding the supply of affordable rental homes – but also the need for establishing an ongoing stream of funding for affordable housing efforts.

The three spoke as members of the Oak Park Homelessness Coalition, a group of more than two dozen organizations and government entities.

The coalition recommended in a memo that “the village investigate and identify strategies to ensure that the funds are continually replenished to address the ongoing needs of individuals and families experiencing or most at risk of homelessness.”

The RFP is expected to be issued later this year, giving trustees time to explore ongoing sources of funding for affordable housing.

CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

Our recent heat wave notwithstanding, it will soon be time for hayrides, painted faces, a pumpkin-painting station, a spooky story-time and sweet treats.

In other words, the annual McAdam Pumpkin Party is just around the corner, on Saturday, October 21st at our Nursery & Garden Center.

From Noon to 3 Scott p.m., the seasonal McAdam Jr. bash will offer those festive elements with a musical and Halloween-themed decorative backdrop. As in years past, the party is for the entire family and community—and it’s all free.

We will also offer significant discounts on perennials, shrubs, trees, select evergreens and roses, among other items. Our professionals will be on hand to give tips on how to winterize your garden and so you can learn what you can still plant. It is truly not too late for you to undertake those efforts.

Our Garden Center is a half-mile south of Roosevelt Road, on the southwest side of Forest Park, at 2001 Des Plaines Ave. We always enjoy seeing familiar faces and catching up with old friends, as well as making new ones, at the Pumpkin Party each year.

Whichever category you fit into, mark your calendar and we look forward to seeing you and your family on the 21st!

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‘Click-and-mortar’ app launches in Oak Park

Poaster provides marketing tool for local shops

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

With large retailers like Sears on life support and billionaire investors like Warren Buffett selling hundreds of millions in stock for big-box stores like Walmart, financial prognosticators have declared the death of retail.

But not so, says Oak Parker Chris Shaw, who just launched an app that he says will bring customers back to brick-and-mortar shops.

Calling it “click-and-mortar”, Shaw recently went live with Poaster, an app that allows business owners – not just retail, but restaurants and other services – to market their products online in a few minutes.

“It’s a marketing and sales app for independent small business – think mom-and-pop Main Street,” Shaw said in a recent interview.

Shoppers can check the app for daily deals, similar to specials found on Groupon and Amazon, but the offers are all local.

Those deals also are shared by local vendors on social media.

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Recently found on Oak Park’s Poaster app were deals for $3 beers at Oak Park Brewing Company; $5 pizzas from Scratch on Lake; and an $8 copy of Van Halen’s self-titled debut album on vinyl at Oak Park Records.

Shaw is taking on the big online sales websites – noting in his own marketing material that “local is here to stay” – with the bet that people still want to buy from area shops.

Shoppers looking to purchase a pair of shoes, for instance, can order them online through a website like Amazon and wait for them to arrive in the mail, or they can find them on Poaster and pick them up the day of purchase.

“What we’re saying is we can make it just as convenient locally,” Shaw said.

He says that Poaster works similarly to other apps like Instagram, but allows direct marketing and without taking a cut of the earnings.

“Like any photo sharing app, use poaster to take a picture, write something about it and share it – the difference, poaster lets you put a button on it,” Shaw says in a promotional video for Poaster. “That means every time you share a picture with an offer it’s an opportunity to sell directly, then and there.”

The Oak Park River Forest Chamber of Commerce is the test ground for Poaster,

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VIVA LA RETAIL: Chris Shaw, founder and CEO of Poaster, talks about the app and how it works at Live Cafe in Oak Park signing on with the app developer earlier this month.

Chamber Executive Director Cathy Yen writes in her blog on Wednesday Journal this month that the app helps consumers “book a service, reserve a table at a restaurant or even purchase items from local businesses right from your phone. With no extra fee.” “(Shaw) envisions Poaster supporting

thriving downtowns on ‘Main Streets” all over the United States and he has a growth strategy to get there,” she writes. “For now, however, he is laser-focused on making Poaster work here.”

Yen encourages users to provide feedback to the chamber on what’s working and not working with Poaster to help make the app better.

CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

Do you live in Oak Park, River Forest or Proviso Township and need to schedule a mammogram?

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Worth a thousand words

River Forest photographer brings back old-school printing method

By JYLLIAN ROACH Staff Reporter

In our instant-gratification, digital-obsessed world, it’s easy for anyone to call themselves a photographer. With cameras that adjust every setting for near-perfect pictures, and iPhones that can be used for newspaper photos, it’s easy to think photography is a hobby that requires little skill.

Until, that is, you meet David Tepper.

The River Forest photographer creates images with such depth they look almost three-dimensional. Tepper uses a process known as platinum printing, a style that has its beginnings in 1800s Germany.

Tepper didn’t start out as a photographer though. He had been well into an IT career specializing in Cisco networking when he realized that wasn’t what he wanted to do with his life.

He cast about for a new path and focused on his cameras. He’d always had some lying around, had always taken photos as a hobby, but now, he realized there potential to do so much more.

“I have always loved photography since I was a little kid. Images. Working in a darkroom. Seeing the image come up in a tray.

It’s always been awesome,” he said.

Platinum printing is a delicate process with many steps involved. Tepper said the first step in the development process is enlarging a negative to match the size of his canvas. He uses Japanese washi, a tissuethin but extremely durable paper often used in origami, clothing and even furniture.

The negative is pressed against the paper, Tepper said, and then he paints the platinum onto the paper. A single image takes a full day to complete. When the development process is complete, the platinum dries on top of the paper, rather than being completely absorbed as with other development processes. The result are images with deep shadows and vibrant highlights.

Each image is its own unique original, a bit of handmade photography.

“It’s a balance between science and art,” he said. “That’s what I loved about it.”

Tepper started off performing this process for other photographers. Between those jobs, he said he would study, shoot his own images, develop, throw them out, learn and repeat.

Eventually, Tepper would land a gig taking photographs for a documentary, which would change the trajectory of his work.

Tepper’s friend, filmmaker Salvatore Consalvi had spent four years following an Ogalala Lakota medicine man to create “Sydney Has No Horses – The Last Ghost Dancer.” He had asked Tepper to do the still photography for his film.

Tepper started doing portraits of Ogalala Lakota people. Soon, Tepper said he was doing portraiture for Native Americans

throughout the U.S. He has a simple motto that made the work possible: “Explore, not exploit.” Before shooting images, Tepper would cook for his subjects and spend time with them, following the traditions of the area. By the time he had accumulated hundreds of images, he decided the best way to honor the people who had allowed him to capture their images was to print them in platinum.

Though Tepper would disagree with this description of what he does. As a photographer, he said he creates, he does not take.

“I believe photography can be used to honor, and should be used to honor,” he said. “I don’t believe in taking pictures, I don’t believe in shooting or capturing, I make images.”

And this belief, this idea of honoring and making is clear simply by speaking with him about his work: years later, Tepper can flip to any of the portraits, give the name of the person and their backstory without a moment’s pause.

Since his time with the Ogalala Lakota people, Tepper has photographed a vast number of Native Americans, including a series featuring direct descendants of Susan la Flesche Picotte, the first Native American female doctor, and another of many of the code talkers, including Chester Nez, the

last original Navajo code talker who passed away in 2014.

Tepper has been honored as the only photographer among 15 artists to have their work featured at the opening day of Inherit Chicago, during the dumpling fest at Millennium Park.

Photos courtesy David Tepper

CAPTURING BEAUTY: Tepper (upper left) has traveled across the country creating portraits of Native Americans using the platinum printing technique.

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POLICE STATION

New, improved and elevated? from page 1 posal also includes a tentative $15 million to build the police station in 2019.

Village Manager Cara Pavlicek said in a telephone interview that this is the third year the board of trustees has been asked to approve a five-year capital improvement plan, which covers everything from street and alley repairs to deferred maintenance of police and fire stations.

She said the dollar amounts connected to items in the CIP aren’t exact numbers “because we haven’t designed those projects or taken bids.”

Pavlicek said that in years past, village boards and staff did not engage in creating such a “robust, formal document … approved in a public process.”

She said the five-year plan helps give residents an idea when alleys and streets will be repaired, for example.

“It’s nice to have a plan that says, ‘Alright, unless something changes this is when we anticipate doing this,’” she said.

Pavlicek said the current police station “is not serving the function it is intended to” noting that, among other problems, the shooting range is not functioning.

Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb, who has spoken publicly about building a new police department for years, said the current po-

OAKPARK.COM | RIVERFOREST.COM lice department is “lacking.” When considering capital projects, there are wants and there are needs, Abu-Taleb said.

“In my view, this doesn’t belong in the ‘want’ column; this belongs in the ‘need’ column,” he said.

Building a new station is important in attracting top law enforcement talent, he said, and sending a message that the village supports the police department in its mission of keeping the community safe.

“We need to show our police department and our police officers that they deserve to work in a facility where they can store their belongings, have a training facility, and when someone is taken into custody they are given the proper entry,” he said.

Trustee Dan Moroney, who recently toured the police station with Trustee Deno Andrews, called the facility “inadequate.”

Housing the police department in the basement of Village Hall fails to give police “the presence they deserve to fully serve the community,” Moroney said.

Moroney, who has promised to hold the line on unnecessary spending in the village, acknowledged that spending upwards of $15 million on a new police station could be a tough sell with the residents already straddled with an increasing tax burden.

“I think this is Oak Park, and it’s going to be controversial no matter what,” he said.

“Everyone’s going to have their own opinion, but I’ve heard repeatedly, and I tend to agree, that safety is number one. If we do not have a sense of safety in this communi-

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UNDERGROUND: The Oak Park Police Department is located in the basement of village hall, 123 Madison St. Elected officials and village staff say the facility is inadequate. ty, that every corner of this village is a safe place to live, if we start to lose that, things change dramatically.”

Moroney also says building a new station on Madison Street could be an economic driver for the commercial corridor.

Trustee Andrews said the existing police station is “well below our standards as Oak Parkers.”

He said that after the recent tour of the station, “I wouldn’t have anybody working down there.”

“I want to see the police in a more suitable location,” he said.

He said the officers work in cramped quarters and the station has no windows.

“They’re all doing a fantastic job in that environment, but it’s clear that the records

room is bursting at the seams,” he said.

“Also, the laboratory to process evidence – it looks like a 50-year-old kitchen. Everything is old and it’s embarrassing. It’s not a stateof-the-art evidence lab.”

He said the projected $200,000 is likely enough for a specialist to assess the needs of the department and the potential for building a new station.

“I don’t think a new building is going to make Oak Park safer, but having a more efficient workspace and a more suitable and efficient evidence room … it just creates efficiencies.

“If you were to go downstairs and look at the evidence room – it’s stacked floor to ceiling with evidence; there’s just very little room to operate. At some point it seems like a detriment to how evidence is handled.”

Trustee Bob Tucker echoed his colleagues’ thoughts on the inadequacy of the police department, noting that “it’s not an optimal station for modern policing.”

“We recognize that a brand new standalone police station is going to be a big-ticket item and have a financial impact,” he said, but Tucker added that “public safety has to be first and foremost in Oak Park.”

“We need to make sure police officers and firefighters have the tools they need to make citizens safe,” he said.

Neither Oak Park Police Chief Anthony Ambrose nor Trustee Jim Taglia could immediately be reached for comment. Trustees Simone Boutet and Andrea Button did not return a call requesting an interview.

CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

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Chamber membership is optional, and we need to prove and improve ourselves constantly if we are to be seen as a worthwhile investment to a small business.

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we recognize that we can do better - or do different. On the one hand, we offer a suite of services that currently appeals to many small businesses in our community. On the other hand, we are delighted to work with members new and old to redesign our programs and benefits to fit the ever-changing needs of small business, thus widening our appeal.

Look for more information about “Membership Month” in the days ahead. And please, recommend us! The more inclusive we are and the more businesses we count as members, the better we are able serve the needs of our diverse small business community.

Congratulations to Housing Forward on their new Oak Park location!

Among those gathered to celebrate: Simone Boutet, Village of Oak Park; State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford; State Sen. Don Harmon; Jennifer Hill, Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County; Clarmarie Keenan, Oak Park Township; State Rep. Camille Lilly; Cara Pavlicek, Village of Oak Park; Carla Sloan, River Forest Township; Bob Stelletello, Right at Home Oak Park / Chicago; and many friends, members of the Board of Directors, and staff of Housing Forward

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Oak Park names deputy police chief

23-year veteran cop also serves as adjunct criminal justice prof at Triton

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The Oak Park Police Department has named 23-year Oak Park police veteran LaDon Reynolds deputy police chief, according to a village press release.

Reynolds, who currently serves as commander, will be sworn in at 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 25 at Village Hall, 123 Madison St. “Reaching this level of command within the department where I have built my career is a life ambition realized,” Reynolds said in the press release. “Chief (Anthony) Ambrose has always demonstrated his trust in my abilities and potential. With this promotion, he has taken that support to an entirely different level. With his help, I will work to apply my years of experience working with the citizens of Oak Park and the men and women on the force to provide the level of leadership and professionalism they expect and deserve.”

As commander, Reynolds currently oversees OPPD’s Investigations Division, which

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Commander LaDon Reynolds was recently promoted to deputy chief. includes evidence technicians, school resource officers, juvenile officers, detectives and task force officers assigned to the FBI and DEA. He also now serves as the public information officer and as head of the response-to-resistance programs, which trains officers in less-than-lethal methods to diffuse potentially deadly situations.

In his new position, Reynolds oversees OPPD’s Patrol Division of beat officers.

He also is an adjunct professor of Criminal Justice Administration at Triton College, teaching courses in Law Enforcement Administration and Police Community Relations. Reynolds also is an instructor for both Western Illinois University’s campus

security training program and the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board Executive Institute, teaching modules on diversity, cultural awareness and community policing.

He holds a Master of Science degree in Education and a Bachelor of Science degree in Administration of Justice from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Reynolds is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, the Senior Management Institute for Police, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board Executive Institute and the Community Leadership Program at Dominican University’s Brennan School of Business.

Chief Ambrose said in the press release that Reynolds “has served with distinction since joining the force as a patrol officer.”

“I am pleased to have played a role in helping him achieve this new level in his career,” Ambrose said.

Village Manager Cara Pavlicek said in the press release that it was an easy decision choosing Reynolds for the post, due to his experience and knowledge. “He knows the community, the department and the challenges we face, and will be an important addition to the department’s leadership team,” she said.

CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

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Berwyn resident carjacked at gunpoint

A resident of Berwyn was the victim of aggravated vehicular hijacking in the 1000 block of Hayes Avenue at 4:38 a.m. on Sept. 22. The vehicle, a black 2000 Honda Civic, was recovered at 7:25 p.m. on the same day in the 1600 block of North Parkside Avenue in Chicago.

Oak Park police report that the carjacker displayed a black semi-automatic handgun and demanded the victim’s vehicle. The victim exited the car, which the carjacker entered and fled northbound on Hayes Avenue.

He was described as in his 20s, 5-foot-10, with a thin build, short black hair, and wearing a white T-shirt and black jeans.

Theft by deception A man and woman deceived a Chicago resident into believing they needed their help in transporting cash to Africa, convincing the victim to drive them to U.S. Bank, 11 Madison St., about 2 p.m. on Sept. 20. In an act of good faith, the victim gave the two an envelope of cash and an I.D. in return for a blue bandana containing what the victim believed to be cash but was only a newspaper.

The victim then drove the couple to the 5900 block of Madison Street. The man was described as approximately 50 years old, black, 6 feet tall, with a medium build, a light complexion, wearing a brown suit and tie and speaking with an African accent. The wom-

an was described as between the ages of 55 and 75, black, 5-foot-4, 125 pounds, missing the bottom front teeth of her dentures and wearing sunglasses and a long black skirt.

Hey, a car alarm actually worked ■ A Hainesville resident witnessed two females and a male standing near his white 2014 Volkswagen Routan after the car alarm went off at 8:29 p.m. in the 300 block of Taylor on Sept. 23. The victim ran down to the vehicle to find that the rear driver’s side quarter window had been forced down and the rear driver’s side door open. The three fled eastbound in the north alley of Washington. The estimated damage is $100.

■ Three juvenile Chicago residents were arrested for attempted burglary after being seen using a screwdriver to attempt to enter the window of a Darien resident’s 2005 Dodge Caravan parked in the 700 block of Van Buren Street in Oak Park at 10:40 a.m. on Sept. 22.

■ A white 2008 Audi Q7 that was left running was stolen from the 100 block of Madison Street at 10:19 p.m. on Sept. 23. The estimated loss is $20,000.

Battery arrest A 28-year-old resident of the 1000 block of South Humphrey was arrested at his resi-

dence at 8:20 p.m. on Sept. 22 for battery in an incident that took place in the 500 block of Jackson.

Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon An Oak Park juvenile was arrested in the 500 block of North Humphrey at 2:39 p.m. on Sept. 23 and charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon after he displayed a handgun during a disturbance at the location. He was transported to the station, processed and taken to the juvenile detention center.

Aggravated assault An Oak Park resident saw a man point what was believed to be a semi-automatic handgun out of the rear passenger side window of a newer model black sedan with tinted windows at 5:45 p.m. in the 700 block of Madison Street on Sept. 24. The man who waved the gun was described as 20 to 25 years old. The vehicle was last seen headed southbound on Wesley from Madison.

Aggravated arson A man between the ages of 35 and 40 used a cigarette lighter to ignite a newspaper

inside a CTA bus in the 800 block of South Oak Park Avenue at 10:11 p.m. on Sept. 16.

The fire caused an estimated $500 in damage to the seat. The man was described as 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10, 150 pounds, short with black hair and wearing a yellow shirt and blue jeans.

Criminal trespass to motor vehicle arrest A Berkeley man, 24, and a Maywood man, 25, were arrested at noon on Sept. 18 in the 100 block of Frank Lloyd Wright Lane and charged with criminal trespass to motor vehicle. They were transported and processed.

The former was released after posting bond and the latter was held in lieu of bond.

These items, obtained from the Oak Park and River Forest police departments, came from reports, Sept. 16-24, 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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SIBSHOPS

Supporting and socializing from page 1 Since River Forest Township began hosting a local chapter of Sibshops in 2015, those kids who are left with less time and attention have a place they can go to connect with other kids in similar situations.

Sibshops is a monthly event where siblings can engage in activities that encourage them to talk about the good and bad of having a brother or sister with a mental or behavioral health diagnosis.

River Forest mom Kim Meyer said her daughter, Malinda, was struggling after Meyer’s brother, Kent, came to live with them more than two years ago. Kent, who has Down Syndrome, needed extra time from Meyer, and Malinda wasn’t used to sharing her mom.

“It was a big adjustment to have Kent in our home for Malinda. She now had to share my attention with Kent. It really became like Kent and Malinda were siblings rather than uncle and niece,” Meyer said.

Now 11, Malinda found some relief in swapping stories with other kids who had a special needs person in their family and has a broader perspective about the challenges other people face, Meyer said.

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Kent and Malinda Meyer For 8-year-old Ella, Sibshops has become an important community of support, said mom Erica Eckart of Oak Park.

“She really loves it. She’ll miss a game of soccer or going swimming in order to go to Sibshops,” said Eckart. “It makes her feel like she’s part of a special club.”

More than anything, the program has taught Ella how to express her feelings.

She’s also learned how act as an advocate for her brother and how to respond when people react to him in inappropriate ways.

“She looks at her role as a sibling now as important instead of as a burden,” said Eckart. “It is a special position that she takes seriously.”

The Sibshops program began in the 1990s in Seattle, Washington by Don Meyer. The model is used by groups in all 50 states and in 10 countries worldwide. It includes specialized training for facilitators and places special emphasis on privacy for the families.

The River Forest Sibshop began when River Forest Township Supervisor Carla Sloan realized there was a need in the area for such a program.

“My oldest daughter has autism, and I wish a Sibshop program had been available locally for my younger children to enjoy,” Sloan said.

Beginning on Sept. 30, the Township of River Forest will hold Sibshop events on the first and third Saturdays of each month at 11:30 a.m. at Thrive Counseling Center, 120 S. Marion St. in Oak Park. Required preregistration can be completed by calling 708366-2029.

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Gone but not forgotten

Oak Park house maintains hold on those who lived there

By LACEY SIKORA

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n its 115 years of existence, the home at 202 S. Euclid Ave. in Oak Park has been housed just three families.

Each put its own stamp on the house, whether it was planning the architectural features to incorporate personal treasures, as the first owners James and Emilie

Perkins did, or whether it was bringing the house into the 21st century as the most recent owners, Shama Patel and Ro Kumar, did with their respectful renovations.

A job transfer has led the owners to pass the torch of loving homeownership to a fourth family, but they know that like the others who lived there before them, they will always be a part of the home’s history.

See EUCLID on page 21

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TRANSITIONAL: The house at 202 S. Euclid Ave. was designed by James L. Fyfe and includes both Victorian features, like a corner turret, and arts-and-crafts elements, such as leaded glass windows like the one on the stair landing (inset), rumored to be a Tiffany design.

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EUCLID

Sensitive update from page 19

Embracing a challenge When the Patel and Kumar first saw the house in 2004, they knew it needed to be updated.

“The kitchen was a narrow, galley kitchen,” Patel said. “It was a big, mansion-y house, but the kitchen didn’t fit.”

Along with an overgrown yard and some out-of-date bathrooms, they knew they had their work cut out for them, but they were charmed by the home’s original details.

“We loved the woodwork, and we loved the staircase,” Patel said. “We’d been looking for two years, and my husband and I just looked at each other and said, ‘Let’s just do it.’ It’s just so unique. We knew we wouldn’t find another house like this.”

The work of architect James L. Fyfe, who designed a handful of Oak Park houses as well as the Nineteenth Century Club, 202 S. Euclid Ave. is what Patel calls a transitional style house.

Built in 1902, it has Victorian features, such as a prominent turret, and an interior with arts-and-crafts influences. Along with the original woodwork, a gingko-patterned stained glass window on the stair landing, rumored to be a Tiffany design, is evidence of the home’s original style.

The first step that Patel and Kumar took was to turn the unfinished attic into a penthouse suite. They expanded the footprint of the room with dormers and created a media room with a mini-kitchen, including a dishwasher, ice maker and Sub-Zero refrigerator.

They also added a full bathroom and created a bedroom in the turret. Once finished, they lived in the space while renovating the rest of the home.

They turned to designer Jean Stoffer for help in expanding the kitchen and updating the bathrooms in a manner that was sensitive to the home’s history.

“All of our work in the house was designed to protect the integrity of the house,” Patel said of their guiding principle. “We rejected all architecture recommendations that called for creating more modern spaces. We wanted to work within the context of the house.”

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OLD AND NEW: Shama Patel and Ro Kumar maintained the home’s vintage features, such as the expansive wood trim, while building a new kitchen addition that matches the original architecture, from the exterior brick to the wood cabinets.

The kitchen addition was designed to match the original house, with the new brick exterior painstakingly matched to the original, and custom Marvin windows designed to mirror the original sunroom windows.

On the inside, custom Amish cabinetry in quarter-sawn oak matches the original butler’s pantry and other woodwork throughout the house. The center island has a custom copper counter that complements the custom copper hood over the range.

Perimeter cabinets are topped with slate counters. In keeping with the era of the home, there are no upper cabinets, and appliances, such as the dishwashers, refrigerators and freezers are concealed by cabinet fronts.

In addition to working with Stoffer to create the kitchen, the couple had Stoffer redesign the bathrooms in the house and add an

additional full bathroom for a total of four full bathrooms and one half bath.

While the tiles, fixtures and lighting all complement the 1902 home, features such as heated flooring, steam rooms, rain showers and whirlpool tubs make the bathrooms comfortable by more modern standards.

The family pets weren’t left out either. The basement includes a full size dog bath and grooming station for furry family members.

Due to a relocation, the Patel and Kumar have put the home up for sale with Lloyd Behrenbruch and Swati Saxena of Baird and Warner for $1,475,000, but Patel knows their time in the house will stay with them.

Creating connections Patel credits her husband Ro for working tirelessly on the renovations while she was beginning a new job. She also says he facili-

tated one of the more pleasurable aspects of homeownership: a connection to previous owners.

Early in their tenure as owners, the Patel and Kumar received a handwritten letter from the first owner’s granddaughter, detailing her many happy memories growing up in the house.

They began a correspondence with Sandra Merin, and became good friends with Merin and her husband, visiting each other in Oak Park and at the Merin home outside of Washington D.C. Later, Kumar was gardening in the yard, when a woman walked by and said she grew up in the house. He gave her a tour and, two years later, planned the ultimate evening bringing together residents from across the generations.

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“He hosted a ‘Women of 202’ dinner and cooked for us,” Patel said. “The sisters who grew up in the house before we owned it and Sandy came. We experienced the house together and swapped stories of the three generations.”

Sandy Merin recalls an ideal childhood growing up with her sister, Diane, in 202 S. Euclid Ave. with her father, James Perkins, and her grandparents, Emilie and Augustus Perkins.

She remembers a home rich in details and art, inspired by her grandmother’s upbringing in a gracious estate as the daughter of the mayor of Racine, Wisconsin.

“My grandparents went to Europe for three months for their wedding tour,” Merin said. “They brought back the tiles for the fireplace and marble pedestals, on which stood beautiful sculptures. They had oriental rugs that my sister and I learned the box step on.”

Merin has fond memories of her grandmother’s gardens, rife with flowers and vegetables. Holidays and birthdays were always cause for celebration. For birthdays, the

dining room pocket doors would be closed off and opened with great ceremony to reveal elaborate decorations within.

At Christmas time, her engineer father would create signs for the front of the house, and at Halloween, he delighted in teasing the trick-or-treaters on a scavenger hunt by sending them across the street to a house occupied by nuns from nearby St. Edmund’s.

As a child, Merin was shielded from the happenings in the garage of the house, but the vestiges of the days when the coach house was home to a gin still remain today.

She remembers a pool table, and a system for alerting inhabitants if the police were arriving during Prohibition days.

“There was the steel door at the stairs, flashing lights and a curtain,” Merin said.

Today, the still is long gone, but the steel door still remains. Life was sweet for the Perkins sisters. Their grandmother kept a box of Mrs. Snyder’s candy in her room and would read the girls the “funnies” in the bed inside the turret room.

Merin recalls doctors making house calls, a mangle for the laundry and her father waking them up with music from the hi-fi.

While times have changed, she is enriched by her friendship with the subsequent owners, and Patel says the feeling is quite mutual.

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The good side of travel

am ambivalent about travel.

I really don’t like flying. Getting through security is no picnic. Belt, shoes, cellphone, pedometer, boarding pass, driver’s license have to be coordinated like a circus juggler.

On the plane you have to sit in a tiny seat, in stress positions banned by the Geneva Convention, for hours with limited breaks for exercise, food and water and bathroom privileges.

Eventually, you arrive exhausted at your hotel in need of a shower, but the operation of that shower requires a degree in mechanical engineering.

But then you get to the good part — a new and different place, with the opportunity to have new and different experiences. If you want to change your band width, and see the world in a different, better way, then travel is one very good way to realize that aspiration.

So Marsha and I visited southwest South Dakota for five days this month. We saw a lot: Mt. Rushmore, the Badlands, Custer State Park, and Deadwood. These attractions were great, but as is almost always the case when you travel, the best is in the detail, the unexpected and the small.

I’m an early riser. So each morning I walked in the forest alone in the dark. Fortunately, the half moon and stars lit my way. It was as quiet as I can ever remember.

The only sounds were water and wind and an occasional bird or coyote call. So different from Oak Park and the el, the Eisenhower, planes, cars and the other man-made sounds of suburban life. The experience was a reminder of the greater role nature could, and perhaps should, play in my life.

Then there were the times we drove through the vast expanse of the prairie. In preparation for the trip, I had read Giants in the Earth, a saga of the first settlers to this harsh and imposing land. I appreciated as never before just how courageous and brave a husband and wife would have to be to leave civilization and bring their children to such a place in order to realize a dream of freedom, independence, and a better life.

On one of my morning treks, I came upon an open field and dimly perceived a few dark shapes moving slowly in the hour before dawn. As I approached, those shapes grew larger, and I noticed more and more of them. Slowly, it dawned on me that I was surrounded by buffalo on three sides. I had found the herd. Discretion being the better part of valor, I stood stock still, and watched as these magnificent beasts passed. One stooped and stared at me for a few seconds and moved on. He seemed to have concluded that this aging biped presented neither threat nor interest to him.

I have a bias against mammals as a result of living with a Yapshire Terrier for 20 years, but this unforgettable experience with these buffalo has caused me to reconsider my animus.

So as is almost always the case, my ambivalence about travel was resolved in favor of travel. If you do not wish to be the person you have become, then don’t stay.

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who seemed many years older. Strange times indeed.

I drove the 80 or so miles from Bainbridge in an old VW bug, rented for 10 bucks from a shipmate whenever he had the weekend duty and I didn’t. I smile whenever I recall Frank driving that stick shift using his good leg on the gas and his crutch on the clutch. Fun times despite the agony.

He was fiercely proud of being a paratrooper. The amputee ward at Walter Reed was full of butchered young men.

He introduced me to all of them. Before I left Maryland, he made sure he and his buddies got me very drunk at Walter Reed’s servicemen’s club. Sitting among those wounded who were drinking to my future success made me feel very humble indeed. I truly wondered how I would react if I should find myself in a life-or-death situation just as they had.

I never had to find out. I spent my tour of duty stationed at the Naval Base in Keflavik, Iceland and aboard the USS Ozark out of Charleston, South Carolina.

Frank and I stayed close for a few years after the war, but it just didn’t seem the same. At one point he decided to buy a Jeep and moved to Marquette, Michigan. He rolled the Jeep on an icy road, was tossed from the vehicle and became paralyzed from the waist down. He became more reclusive after the accident. I visited him once when he was being treated at Hines Veterans Hospital in Maywood.

It was an uneasy conversation. We couldn’t get past talking of nothing but old times together. Eventually we lost touch.

Now he’s gone. Somehow I always felt he and I would reconnect.

I read somewhere that Vietnam vets who succumb to combat wounds long after the war can have their names added to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington. I don’t know if his brothers and sisters will consider it, but I think Frank would like that.

So long, soldier.

JIM

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y cousin Frank died on June 30, 1999.

Although I had neither seen nor talked with him for over 15 years, I was deeply saddened by his passing. He was a good and patriotic man who ultimately fell victim to that very patriotism while serving in Vietnam.

Frank and I grew up together in the Pilsen area of Chicago. We were like bread and butter, milk and cookies.

Where Frank was, Jim was. Where Jim was, Frank was. In an era where aunts and uncles lived just a few blocks this way or that, we had a wonderfully secure childhood with as many misadventures as adventures. Baseball, double dates and parties seemed to go on for years and years.

Then came that dirty, wasteful war. Frank enlisted in the Army. For reasons I still cannot seem to grasp, he volunteered for the 101st Airborne. He really didn’t have to. He was a smart fellow and could have taken many other routes to serve his country during those strange and troubled times.

September 1965, which feels like a hundred years ago, his unit of the 101st was in a firefight somewhere in Nam. Frank was hit by friendly fire, if there is such a thing. He was badly wounded, losing his left leg and suffering shrapnel wounds in other parts of his body.

Through sheer guts and determination, he made a remarkable physical recovery. I don’t think he ever recovered from the mental and emotional damage.

In 1966, I was stationed at the U.S. Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, Maryland. I visited Frank while he was recuperating at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington D.C. On more than one occasion, we would rent a hotel room and get stinking drunk together. I was all of 21 and preparing to head out “to the fleet.” Although a year younger than me, he was this wounded, grizzled vet

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ou know Oak Park really needs a new police station. The current station, now 40 years old and stuck in the basement of village hall on Madison Street, is a bleak bunker. Depressing, windowless and altogether a dreary place for both the cops and the robbers.

Might take $15 million to build a new police station. At least that is the sort of number being batted about by an interesting alliance of village trustees and the mayor. Anan Abu-Taleb believes he can shave a couple million off the tab by building a new cop shop on the south 40, the grassy area just south of the village hall parking lot. One trustee, Dan Moroney, has his eye on the now lost dream of a Taco Bell site at Madison and Lyman.

Most immediately, there may be $200,000 set aside in the newest incarnation of a capital improvement budget for a consultant’s study to confirm that the current quarters are no one’s preferred version of what a modern community-focused police station ought to look like. And for the same $200K, we might just learn if a new facility will cost $12 million or $15 million.

Back in the 1970s, worries over the stability of the east side of the village were rampant. Moving village hall and the police station from Lake and Euclid to Madison and Lombard was a vital and progressive declaration of Oak Park’s determination to build and sustain racial integration east of Ridgeland.

It worked.

From the start, though, there were complaints and exasperation over the grimness of the police station. It hasn’t gotten better and it hasn’t been invested in. Perhaps having an architect figure out what a $2 million rehab of the existing facility buys taxpayers and officers would be a good step.

Parallel to this sudden enthusiasm for building a new police station, we have the park district, OPRF and the River Forest parks putting their heads together to collaborate on a brand-new community center – that would be an indoor pool, track and gym with some other nice amenities attached. The price tag being pitched on that project is $45 million.

This would all be good if Oak Park and Oak Parkers weren’t concurrently swamped by rising property taxes — and concurrently worried about allowing the economic investment in the village that developers are eager to bankroll.

There are only so many times a landlocked village can add costly, if appealing, new projects while arguing for the status quo on growth.

A narrow recommendation Oak Park’s Plan Commission has a history of taking on tough issues, studying them thoroughly and offering up principled recommendations to the Oak Park Village Board. The group did just that again this summer as it spent months considering the Albion proposal for an 18-story high-rise at Lake and Forest.

And by the narrowest margin possible — 5 to 4 — the commission came out against the project. Its “findings of fact” were approved by the full commission just last week and that document will now be forwarded to the village board where a final decision will be made. By virtue of the commission’s opposition, a supermajority vote will now be required if the village board is to approve the Albion project.

Those who disparaged the Plan Commission as some sort of rubber stamp for Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb did the commissioners a disservice. Reading the 19-page document makes clear how thoroughly this proposal was studied and how narrow its decision was.

As it should be, this decision now rests with the seven people elected by voters to make such complex choices.

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The tally of our lives

number of years ago, I invented the God Computer — in my head, of course. It dwells in the realm of “what if.”

I thought about this divine entity recently when some tourists in the Loop were taking my picture. Well, not my picture per se, but I was in the frame — in front of the fountain they were shooting. I was curious about how many photos over the years I have inadvertently appeared in, all over the world, standing in the background or walking past at the moment the shutter clicks. It would be a hoot to see them all. That’s a task for the God Computer, which answers instantly, accurately, irrefutably, the questions that are otherwise impossible to track down.

Come to think of it, how many photos have I been asked to take of other people over the years?

Can I see how they all turned out?

I know tech geeks whose favorite reply to any imagined technological advance is, “AI can already do that.” Will artificial intelligence ever be able to answer: How many leaves fell from trees and bushes within the boundaries of Oak Park and River Forest last fall and how much did they collectively weigh? I don’t want an educated AI guess.

I want the actual number.

Or: How many of the “close calls” in my life, any of which could have killed me, were averted by divine, or angelic, intervention?

How many times did I say “Wow!” and really mean it? How many times have I experienced genuine awe?

What was my lifetime batting average in all the baseball and softball games I ever played, organized and pick-up?

How many sunrises and sunsets have I seen?

Have I ever laid eyes on an extra-terrestrial?

How many human faces do I recognize, even if I don’t know their name?

How many dreams have I dreamed? Can I see the ones I don’t remember?

How many times have I cried since the age of 5, not counting while watching It’s a Wonderful Life?

How many miles have I walked in my life?

Not to mention all those “Whatever happened to …?” questions.

Years ago, a tour guide in Denali National Park told me a tourist asked, “How much does that mountain weigh?” to which he promptly replied, “With or without the trees, ma’am?” The God Computer could answer both.

I designed my God Computer to answer only things that have happened or can, theoretically, be known.

So I can’t ask G.C., “How would this country be different if John and Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King had not been assassinated?” something many of us have wondered about at one time or another. Or “If Felipe Alou had caught that foul ball in the 2003 NLCS, would the Cubs have gone to the World Series?” Or “Who are the 10 best former Major League Baseball players not in the Hall of Fame?”

I don’t expect my G.C. to know parallel realities

that would have unfolded if something happened or didn’t happen, or to express opinions. Maybe your G.C. can answer those questions.

You’ve probably noticed that most of my questions are quantitative.

What is the won-loss record of all the White Sox games I’ve attended?

Maybe that seems a bit frivolous for the God Computer, but a list of those games, along with the dates they were played and the scores, would connect me to the past. How many games did I see with my father? How many with my son? Quantifying can lead to qualifying.

And knowing the answer to some of these could change your life, motivating you to do better: How much money have I donated to charity?

How many books have I read?

What have I done to help make this a better world? What do I need to atone for?

These are the questions of a searching soul. A G.C. could aid that process.

What about “When will I die?” I don’t ask about the future. This is a God Computer, not God. Our lives are, to some extent, a tally — and within the tallies a story of living emerges.

In this “post-truth” era, a G.C. would be a tremendous comfort. Its answers could not be questioned. It could settle debates, dispel myths.

Was Barack Obama born in the U.S.? How many Vietnam vets were actually spit on when they returned home? Did Donald Trump and/or his campaign/administration cooperate with Russia to tip the 2016 election in his favor?

Our desire for certainty is futile but only if we become obsessed with it — when we start to convince ourselves that we have answers and are tempted to impose them on others. It’s critical that idle curiosity never turn into idol curiosity.

That’s one of the reasons my queries lean toward the personal.

What significant events took place in the past 150 years that led inexorably to my birth? Who were the people in the Trainor, McEvoy, Mooney and Simpson clans who decided to come to this country from Ireland and why — setting in motion a series of circumstances and coincidences that resulted in my very existence?

Our births were all trillion-to-one shots that could have been eclipsed at any point. What were the actual odds of our being born? Whatever number the God Computer put on that would heighten our appreciation for the miracle of existence, making us more aware of the sacred privilege of having a life.

What good is asking such questions when the God Computer doesn’t exist? Some good, I think.

At the very least they underscore all that goes into a long, full life.

What questions would you ask G.C.? Our craving for certainty is part of being human. We’ll never get definitive answers to these questions, but it’s still OK to ask. Coming to terms with uncertainty, after all, is at the core of reality-based living.

The God Computer is really just an invitation to wonder.

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ow do Americans feel about Muslims?

Over the past two decades, public opinion polling companies like the Pew Research Center have consistently reported Americans’ widespread ambivalence, if not outright antipathy, toward Islam and Muslims.

While anti-Muslim sentiment in the U.S. is not a new phenomenon, a considerable amount of data suggests that, in the past two years, there has been a precipitous rise in anti-Muslim activity, including intimidation, harassment, and hate crimes.

Where do these negative attitudes come from, and how are they sustained? As an Oak Park resident and University of Chicago professor of Middle Eastern history, I’ll begin to explore this question in the first lecture that is part of a larger series titled, “Understanding the World of Islam.” Please join me at the Oak Park Public Library (834 Lake St.) on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. in the Main Library Veterans Room.

In my presentation, I’ll explore some of the most common negative stereotypes and distortive representations that have appeared in a wide variety of media for several decades, if not centuries. These stereotypes depict Islam and Muslims as irrational, intolerant, violent, and a threat to Western civilization.

In the current political climate, if we fail to challenge intolerance of Islam, we risk further social marginalization of Muslims and an expansion of

discriminatory public policy rooted in fear and mistrust of fellow citizens, immigrants, and refugees.

In order to put forward a vigorous and persuasive argument against anti-Muslim sentiment, I believe it is of critical importance to understand the pattern of negative stereotypes that reinforces it.

We believe our public library is a natural place to have a community discussion about topics that can be difficult to discuss. It is our hope this series will help broaden people’s knowledge of Islam and deepen their understanding of the diversity of thought and experience in Muslim societies, past and present.

Throughout the series, our aim is to be educational.

My university colleagues and I brought the idea of exploring this topic in Oak Park to the library earlier this year. As a result, the 2017-18 series will include more events and expert speakers to be planned for the spring of 2018. Is there a specific topic you would like to see addressed? Let us know now by emailing the topic to communications@oppl.org.

We hope to see you at the library on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m., and again on Nov. 8 for the series’ second lecture exploring the Qur’an.

John Woods is an Oak Park resident, University of Chicago professor of Iranian and Central Asian History, and former director of the U. of C.’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, which is active in its goal of enhancing public knowledge of the Middle East.

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

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

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

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

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Should Illinois follow NYC or Wisconsin?

he Illinois state legislature is currently considering replacing its discarded “Economic Development for a Growing Economy” debacle. This was the infamous EDGE program, which not only enabled many of Illinois’ largest corporations to avoid paying state corporate income taxes, but also permitted them to absorb the state income taxes paid by their employees.

Since there was little state supervision and sparse documentation of the program, it has been acknowledged by state legislators that they cannot ascertain how many jobs, if any, were created by the program or how much revenue was lost by the state.

Since a number of our state legislators are admirers of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and wish to emulate his programs, I thought it might be useful to compare Gov. Walker’s approach to another program with an entirely different orientation.

New York City has just announced a $2B project that will build a 12-acre campus devoted to “the marriage of academia and business” in the hopes of generating a new class of tech-savvy biz kids. Phase One was officially completed on Sept. 13 with the first three buildings up and running for 300 students and three corporate giants — i.e., Citigroup, Two Sigma Investments, and

Ferrero, an Italian chocolate company. More corporations are expected to enroll in the program.

Wisconsin, on the other hand, has just passed a $3B incentive package of state corporate income tax breaks and income tax credits, plus $150M for sales tax exemption and exemptions from environmental regulation. Wisconsin is paying a high price to attract a Foxconn factory for the production of television flat screens and other electronic devices. Foxcomm says it will employ 3,000 to 13,000 workers.

It has been estimated that, at the end of fiscal year 2032-33, the cost of all these benefits will exceed potential increased tax revenues by $1B. The break-even point is supposed to come during the 2042-43 fiscal year. This assumes Foxcomm remains in the state after it has used up all its tax credits, amortized its plant and equipment, and not found a better tax deal elsewhere.

Michael Mazerov, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget Policy Priorities in Washington D.C., has surveyed entrepreneurs who establish start-up businesses (which are the primary source of job creation).

This is an important demographic because Mazerov found that 90% remain in the state where their businesses were founded. The purpose of the survey was to ascertain

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factors that draw these entrepreneurs to a particular location.

The conclusions?

1) The most important factors in choosing a site were, first and foremost, a pool of knowledgeable and talented employees, and secondly, proximity to customers and suppliers.

2) Other desirable characteristics were the availability of high-quality K-12 schools, well-funded universities, an abundance of parks and recreation facilities, and a plethora of cultural institutions, things that attract and hold talented employees to an area.

3) Surprisingly, low taxes were way down the list. The reason is entrepreneurs cannot be lured with corporate tax cuts is that most start-ups begin as small businesses — S corporations. S corporations do not pay state corporate income taxes because their profits pass directly to their owners who pay a personal state income tax.

New York City is looking to the future by building an infrastructure that will attract those budding entrepreneurs who will build the modern corporations of the future. By bribing corporations to exploit their people and their resources, Wisconsin is looking only to the past and present.

In my opinion New York City is building its future on rock, Wisconsin on sand.

Al Popowits is a resident of River Forest.

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Be careful what you wish for This is in response to Roberta Arnold’s letter [Pigeons really are a health issue, Viewpoints, Sept. 13].

Pigeons are also called Rock Doves; these birds in the wild live in a setting of cliffs where there are flat rock shelves. Here the Rock Doves lay their eggs. This nesting habit is the reason pigeons can live in our cities with our skyscraper cliff ’s flat surfaces making a habitat like the setting where doves naturally nest. These wonderful birds ae able to live in our cities where few other wild bird species have been able to survive. Pigeons are a gift.

Humans wage war against pigeons for reasons such as Ms. Arnold’s view “that pigeons spread disease.” I am sorry for all of Arnold’s friends who are suffering from histoplasmosis and cryptococcosis. Luckily, I have never known of a case. Infection from these illnesses can occur through pigeon exposure, but let’s not be hysterical about it. It is very rare. Clearing away pigeon waste does work to mitigate exposure to this risk.

Killing pigeons by the usual way — poisoning them — has the side effect of also killing the natural predator of pigeons, the urban dwelling Peregrine Falcon. A pigeon painfully dying of poison is an easy catch for a falcon, which then ingests the poison and dies.

When a predator is removed, the population of their prey then grows.

Susan Bjornson Oak Park

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National Suicide Prevention Month

Coping with suicide is one of the most difficult situations we as a community will face. It raises a lot of strong feelings that can paralyze us. While none of us can prevent suicide 100% of the time, there are things we can do that can prevent suicide much of the time.

Most attempts are preceded by warning signs. Knowing what these are, knowing your unique situation, and having your own crisis plan can help you be prepared.

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People are fired up and taking action Neo-liberalism is the consolidation of trans-national corporate power to maximize wealth in the grip of the few and powerful. The practice pre-dates the era of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, though it is frequently linked to those two. They wanted to divorce government from the concept of common good, from the public sphere. They painted the public sphere and the common good as threatening, not unlike how the donald wants to divorce the ruling class from the ruled.

Neo-liberalism creates situations where people and trans-national corporations throttle the seemingly disenfranchised majority. This creates a combustible situation. The donald administration has provided fuel for combustion: The Muslim ban, followed by the diminished Muslim ban and the border wall that somehow Mexico will pay for.

The donald pledged to keep American manufacturing jobs from relocating to another country.

In the case of Carrier Manufacturing, based in Indiana, the donald, with former Indiana Governor Mike Pence at his side, boasted that there was a “100% chance” that the donald would save the jobs at the heating and air conditioning plant. Although Carrier was provided $7 million in incentives, they cut over 600 jobs in Indiana and moved the work to Mexico where the pay scale is $3.90 per day.

What else?

Pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord. The donald claims that climate change is a hoax and has nixed any mention of climate change within his administration.

In the U.S. alone, wildfires are blazing in our western states. Catastrophic hurricanes have done great damage in the Carribean and

along our southern coasts. Puerto Rico, an unincorporated U.S. territory has been devastated. What kind of relief will the administration provide?

Globally, droughts are causing famine and migration. The effects of carbon-dioxide emissions take years to register. The donald, his progeny and his fellow kleptocrats probably feel they will suffer little more than property loss as the planet heats up. Billions of people and much animal life will suffer as the planet heats.

The donald pledged to increase production of coal and petrochemicals in America. These jobs will destroy our planet and therefore our way of life. Give up this fantasy. Move to renewable alternatives. Our survival depends on this.

Is there light amid gloom?

Resistance on many fronts: activ-

Trump feeds on clashes

ists organizing (many for the first time) to save our planet; science activists pushing for fact-based, peer-reviewed science; single-payer universal health care; quality public education; income equality; the rights of workers to organize; racial justice, including reparations; gender equality and gender justice; public transportation, including light rail systems and electric buses; a financial transaction tax; restorative justice for people and the planet; getting money out of politics; demilitarization; humanizing and democratizing international trade deals; innovative public ownership programs that promote environmental safety and real living wages.

Global collective action, not hope, is what’s called for and people all over the planet are fired up.

Question: Why would IdiotIn-Charge (IIC) be so focused on a football player’s kneeldown during the national anthem? He recently ranted in Alabama on this.

Answer: He has a lust for confrontation. Confrontation stimulates him, gives him sustenance.

Continuing in this line of analysis, his tweets, usually two or three middle-ofthe-night or early-morning bursts, are, in effect, selfstimulation.

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‘Resist’ rocks!

Powell. Oak Park actress and n basketball, the expression journalist Alice Clark Brown, goes “We left it all on the who has attended all of the floor,” meaning we gave all festivals, said, “As an enlightwe had. That describes the ened witness I applaud the way dozen producers who prethe festival highlights local sented at the Sept. 16 Oak Park filmmakers and bridges the International Film Festival at gap across Austin Boulevard,” Oak Park Public Library’s free, which she defined as “a metanon-juried, open-to-the-public phor between us and them.” event. All 12 gave all they had Her husband, a former in form, content, but most newspaper editor who reimportantly working together quested anonymity, agreed. He in a seamless collective for the said this was the best of all 13 festival’s greater good. festivals because of how well The festival’s theme was everyone worked together and “Resist.” The subject allowed how each director honestly for intense cinematic investigaallowed the subjects to “speak in their tion of the ways individuals, collectives, own voices instead of speaking for them, and institutions foment change and cross which is the difference between appreciaborders. From spoken word to scientific intervention, we considered through film tion and appropriation.” He enjoyed “Why the reasoning and actions that critique We March,” directed by Laurie Little, and disrupt systems of hierarchy and Theresa (Tessa Lenore) Campagna and oppression. Through visual inquiry, Jess Mattison about Oak Park and other we sought to provoke debate, confront women who protested the inauguration, convention and promote actions of social and “Little Wound’s Warriors,” directed justice and civic engagement.

by Seth McClellan about Sioux suicides.

Prof. Bayo Ojikutu of DePaul UniverNancy Mikelsons, a retired activistsity introduced educator who his student, has visited Cuba Destini Riley, a more than 100 film freshman, times, rolling whose “I Desin a wheelchair, tini” cartoon she said she was first appeared “thrilled” with a on the New York trio of Cuba-relatTimes “op-doc,” ed documentaries used tens of directed by this thousands of anireporter: “Revisitmation frames ing Afro Cuba,” to illustrate how “Chi-town Blues the then-13-yearMusicians Jam old girl felt about With Guantanamo how her brother Counterparts” was unjustly and “Iguales” convicted of kill(Equity), which Provided ing a cop in the featured a stunBen La Mar jamming with Cuban changui beginning of the ning photograph players in Guantanamo.

Black Lives Matof her best ter Movement. friend, Dr. Hebert “My film was Ramiro Perez. used at his trial to overturn his convicSpecial thanks go to New Orleans Ashe tion, yet he still remains in prison,” she Cultural Arts Center where music video said. “My dad cried when he viewed it.

“Iguales” (Equity) was filmed and the My imprisoned brother wondered why Hothouse Chicago-Guantanamo Blues I turned him into a giraffe instead of a Exchange, which arranged travel. Aclion.” cording to founder Marguerite Horberg, DePaul film professors Shayna Connelly “HotHouse organized the Chicago-Guanand Wendy Roderweiss assisted Riley in tanamo Blues Exchange in part to further setting up her film, which ran just before its work in facilitating cultural connectheir experimental “Gardening at Night,” tions in the African diaspora and in part which describes the period between knowto re-contextualize Guantanamo, which ing death is near and death’s arrival. This has been most notoriously known to U.S. art film “presents a new narrative for citizens as a detention center and military female filmmakers who resist Hollywood’s base.” systemic discrimination against women On Oct. 13, HotHouse will open the directors,” she added. photo exhibit at Uri Eichel Gallery, 2105 S. Two of Oak Park’s recently-retired Halsted, tied to the Chicago-Guantanamo elected officials were there — former Exchange titled, “Cuba Si! Bloqueo No! village clerks Sandra Sokol and Theresa Looking at the Revolution.”

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The building at Forest and Lake where the proposed Albion development would be built (rendering below).

Put the Community Center at Lake & Forest

In the context of the Oak Park Village Board’s upcoming October vote on Albion’s proposed 18-story building at Lake and Forest and the study by District 200, the park district and village to build a Community Center at an estimated cost of $45 million, I offer the following idea for serious consideration: That the village purchase this property and — without the necessity of demolition and by using the existing foundation, renovating the dated exterior façade and adaptive reuse of the interior to include a pool — redesign the existing two-story structure as a Community Center at a potentially significant reduction of the estimated $45 million required to build a new structure.

I have run this proposal past Lou Garapolo, a highly respected local architect and former chairman of the Plan Commission who agrees it’s “a great idea.”

There are numerous advantages to the reuse of the existing structure: its central location to both villages, proximity to the high school, adequate parking, and it does not negatively impact Austin Gardens or the Historic District.

I strongly urge the village board to reject the Albion plan. Then, let all the stakeholders set aside past differences and work together to create a multi-purpose Community Center — for much less than a new building would cost overburdened taxpayers.

Victor J. Guarino Oak Park

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This bird in hand is worth a lot

bsent a more acceptable proposal waiting in the wings, the Oak Park Village Board should approve the Albion development on Lake Street.

We have lived in Oak Park for 27 years. We have continuously owned homes, sent our three children through the public schools, and paid substantial real estate taxes. We have no interest in this project or in any Oak Park business.

The proposed Albion development, while not perfect, is projected to add $1 million a year in revenues to a perennially cash-strapped village. This is equivalent to real estate taxes paid by approximately 100 homes (assuming $10,000 per year, per home), almost enough to build a new high school pool. It will replace an unsightly vacant building, currently occupying a prime downtown corner generating little tax revenue, with a relatively attractive new building that will bring hundreds of mostly young, mostly childless, people into the business and restaurant district, where they will patronize local businesses, pay sales taxes, and place little burden on the schools.

The objections to the Albion project are not persuasive. It will bring more congestion, but if it’s more pedestrians, that’s good. And while there may be more

cars on busy Lake Street, the overall impact on the area should be a net positive. The hundreds of people who move into the building are presumably doing so because, owing to its walking proximity to mass transit, shopping, and entertainment, they will have less need to own or drive cars.

Indeed, from a “green” standpoint, the corner at issue is so ideally suited for residences that it seems irresponsible not to use it for that. The antidote for urban sprawl afflicting the Chicago area is for people to live within walking distance of public transit and other necessities, which is what Albion offers.

If the Albion project is rejected, and the market goes bust, it could be a long time until something else comes along to fill that corner, and who knows what it might be. We all remember 2006-2014 when nothing was happening real estate-wise. The Albion project is a bird-in-the-hand.

Other objections to the project seem like makeweights: The proposed building isn’t architecturally impressive and looks like another building in River North, it will shade Austin Gardens, injuring trees in the southern end of the park, it will

shade the environmental center’s solar panels, contribute to increased urbanization, and potentially create a wind tunnel effect because of the Vantage building to the east. None of these offset the advantages of the project.

While Albion’s design is not, perhaps, inspired, it is relatively interesting, and certainly better looking than other new buildings in Oak Park, which not only look like every other new building, but look like each other. If it is similar to a building in River North, who cares?

Austin Gardens is a nice urban oasis.

But few people use it. On a recent, sunny weekend afternoon, I counted four parkgoers. The possible increased shade from Albion affects only the southern edge of the park, and occurs mainly between late fall and early spring, when the sun is low, the trees are not leafed out, and no one is using the park because of the cold, snowy, cloudy weather.

If we want trees at the south end of the park (and might fewer trees be a plus?), it can be inexpensively planted with shade-suitable varieties which mature during the substantial amount of time it will take for existing trees to be impaired.

CHARLES WATKINS One View

Consider also, Mills Park has a 20-story building to its south, and the vegetation there does not seem to suffer.

The objection about the solar panels atop the new environmental center seems silly. They are not going to stop working, they will just produce a little less electricity, which can be replaced with solar panels elsewhere in the village. Solar panels are inexpensive, and electricity is fungible. The wind tunnel problem also would appear to be a mainly theoretical issue affecting a short stretch of walkway on the relatively infrequent occasions when strong winds blow north or south.

Increased “urbanization” and parking issues needs to be balanced against the benefits, principally financial, of the project, which should not be underestimated.

In my experience in Oak Park, homeowners’ biggest complaint is high real estate taxes. Vibrant, active, educated people move out of Oak Park seeking lower taxes. Projects like Albion help make Oak Park more affordable.

The Albion project perhaps can still be “tweaked” but if it is a choice between it and nothing, as appears to be the case, the board should approve it.

Charles R. Watkins works for Guin, Stokes & Evans LLC in Chicago.

PARKVIEW CHURCH FALL 2017 SUNDAY MESSAGES Worship at 10:30 a.m., 641 S. Oak Park at Jackson

“MERE PROTESTANTS”

To celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther’s historic Wittenberg Door on October 31, 1517, that kicked off the Protestant Reformation, Parkview looks at the FIVE (5) SOLA’S (or, the “Only’s”) of the PROTESTANT REFORMATION. September 17: BY GRACE ALONE: Can we earn our way to Heaven or is it a gift?

24: THRU FAITH ALONE: Can we drub up enough ‘points’ to gain God’s ear?

October 1: IN CHRIST ALONE: Are there any other ways to Heaven?

We celebrate World Communion Sunday with Christians the world-round!

8: WITH SCRIPTURE ALONE: Is there any other road-map to Heaven?

15: FOR THE GLORY OF GOD ALONE: When it’s all said & done…

22: LUTHER’S JOURNEY and Ours! Highlights of Martin Luther’s discovery!

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Mary Cotter, 67

Longtime St. Kate’s parishioner Mary R. Cotter, 67, a lifelong resident of Oak Park, died on Sept. 9, 2017 at Rush Oak Park Hospital. Suffering from an auto-immune disorder, she had been hospitalized for 13 weeks, fought courageously and never gave up. A 1965 graduate of St. Catherine of Siena grade school and a 1969 graduate of Oak Park and River Forest High School, she remained an active parishioner at St. Catherine’s for her entire life, where the church was her beloved “second home.”

She worked at Concordia College, then University, for 46 years until retiring two years ago. A sweet, gentle soul who was loved by literally everyone who ever met her, she was a lover of nature and all animals — from her beloved pet cats to the wild rabbits that resided in her backyard.

Mary Cotter is survived by her identical twin sister, Elizabeth; her brother, Daniel; her niece, Julie; her nephew, Michael; her many cousins; friends from Concordia University; and her “faith family” friends from St. Catherine’s. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her brothers, Michael and Edward.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy Catholic Church on Sept. 16, preceded by visitation.

Clotilda Cantwell, 98

OPRF May Queen, flight attendant Clotilda Allen Cantwell, 98, died on Sept.

11, 2017. Born on Aug. 24, 1919, she was raised in River Forest together with her parents, Charles A. Allen and Clotilda M. Allen, and her brothers, Charles (Edith), Robert (Evelyn surviving), James (Helen), and Walker (Hedvig) who preceded her in death.

She graduated from Oak Park and River Forest High School where she was an hon-

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ors student, May Queen, and a member of Junior Service League. At Lake Forest College, she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. After college, she joined United Airlines as a flight attendant.

She married Frank Cantwell, a Chicago attorney, with whom she had three children, Frank, Peter (Barbara) and Clotilda Cantwell-Taylor (Chuck). She also worked with her brothers at Allen Tiling Company for many years and later with her son, Peter.

When she retired, she relocated to Colorado Springs to be with her daughter Chloe and grandchildren, Jenny and Drew (Katy) Rees. She is also survived by her greatgrand-daughter, Avery. She was an aunt and friend to many.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 27 from 4 until 8 p.m. at Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home, 203 S. Marion St. in Oak Park, followed by a funeral service on Thursday, Sept. 28 at 10 a.m. at the funeral home, followed by interment at Ridgewood Cemetery in Des Plaines.

Donald Rinnan, 88 Longtime scout leader in OP-RF area

Donald A. Rinnan, 88, of Oak Park, died on Sept.

24, 2017. Born in Oak Park on Aug. 18, 1929, he was a lifelong member of Grace Lutheran Church and a longtime scout leader in the Oak Park and DONALD RINNAN River Forest area.

Donald Rinnan was the son of the late Andrew and Anna Rinnan; brother of the late Robert (Barbara) Rinnan; uncle of Paul (Sandra) Bergersen and Laura Bergersen; and the great-uncle of Robert and Michael Bergersen.

A visitation and service were held on Sept.

22 at Grace Lutheran Church, followed by private interment. The family appreciates

memorials to the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 66, c/o Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 Division St., River Forest, 60305.

Arrangements were handled by Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home.

Harry Patten, 87 Fenwick grad, VP of Inland Plumbing

Harry O. Patten, 87, died peacefully at home on Aug. 15, 2017 in Duluth, Georgia.

Born in Chicago on Jan. 16, 1930 to Harry and Catherine Patten, he became a longtime resident of Oak Park and graduated from Fenwick High School. Upon his 1949 graduation, he began working with now defunct Inland Plumbing in Chicago where, through untiring work, he rose to the level of vice president. He later became a co-owner with his son, James Patten, of Thatcher Oaks Awnings in Elmhurst and, upon his retirement, joined the company’s sales department.

A member of the St. Giles Family Mass Community, he later became a member of Unity Church of Oak Park. He was a hospice volunteer, a camper, an avid reader of mystery novels, and he loved to dance and listen to music of all kinds.

Harry Patten is survived by Lillian Morgan-Lewis, his second wife of 14 years; her two children, stepdaughter Kelly LewisArthur PhD and her husband Odel Arthur and stepson, Morgan S. Lewis. He is also survived by his children from his first marriage to the late Patricia Casey: Jayne Patten, Harry Patten and Patty Bell, William Patten and the late Diane, Robert and Julie Patten, and James and Joanne Patten; 13 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

A private memorial celebration of his life will be held at Pleasant Home, 217 Home Ave. in Oak Park on Oct. 8 at 9:30 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, please send gift donations on behalf of Harry O. Patten to Hospice Atlanta Center, 1244 Park Vista Dr. NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30319.

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Jeffrey Ritsert, 25 A too-short life of kindness and laughter

Jeffrey Ritsert, 25, of Oak Park, took his own life in the early hours of Aug. 24, 2017. The depression he fought from childhood became more than he could bear. Born on May 9, 1992 in Oak Park, he attended Grace Lutheran School in River Forest, demonstrating during his years there an amazing aptitude for doorto-door sales during the annual Cub Scout popcorn drives. He graduated in 2010 JEFFREY RITSERT from Oak Park and River Forest High School where he excelled in musical theater and ignoring homework. During high school, he sang with the Madrigal Choir of Grace Episcopal Church, loving the music and the friends he made there.

Jeff attended Knox College in Galesburg. A true comfort-seeker, he placed cheap flip-flops under bushes all over campus so he could go barefoot as much as possible, snagging a pair only when he was required to go indoors for class or meals.

In 2014, Jeff and good friends from Knox College moved to a shared home in Redmond, Washington, where they produced a monthly-or-so podcast on gaming (volcanobakemeat.wordpress.com) and were selected to present at the 2017 Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle. He worked as a waiter at a British pub and took classes at Bellevue College.

Across the years, in both Oak Park and Redmond, his family, friends, and co-workers were regularly traumatized by his cheerful, never-ending, and atrociously unsuccessful quest to perfect an English accent.

How can a few words sum up a life? Jeff was full of laughter and kindness. He was smart and funny and game for any adventure. Those of us who knew and loved him are left with emptiness and pain. At the same time, we are grateful for the wonderful memories we have of him and thankful that he is no longer suffering. Rest in peace, Jeffrey. The kindness that flowed from your gentle heart truly changed the lives of those who knew you.

Jeffrey Ritsert is survived by his parents, Larry Ritsert and Elaine Pierce; and his sister, Trinity Pierce. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Oct. 7 at 2 p.m. at First United Church of Oak Park, 848 Lake St. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation to your favorite charity or to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (development@afsp.org or 1-888-333AFSP, rated 90/100 by Charity Navigator).

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Religion Guide Methodist

Check First.

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

First Congregational Church of Maywood

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

Refreshments and fellowship follow the service.

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

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

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

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West Suburban Temple Har Zion

1040 N. Harlem Avenue River Forest Meet our Rabbi, Adir Glick Pray, learn, and celebrate with our caring, progressive, egalitarian community.

Interfaith families are welcome.

Accredited Early Childhood Program Religious School for K thru 12 Daily Morning Minyan Weekly Shabbat Services Friday 6:30pm & Saturday 10:00am Affiliated with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 708.366.9000 www.wsthz.org

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

Lutheran—ELCA

United Lutheran Church

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

708/386-1576

Lutheran-Independent

Grace Lutheran Church

7300 W. Division, River Forest David R. Lyle, Senior Pastor David W. Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Lauren Dow Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Sunday Worship, 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School/Adult Ed. 9:45 a.m.

Childcare Available

Fair Oaks

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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

Child care available 9-11am

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

Roman Catholic

Ascension Catholic Church

Grace Lutheran School

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

Christ Lutheran Church

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

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

305 Circle Ave, Forest Park Sunday Worship 8:30am & 11:00am Adult Bible Class & Sunday School 10:00am Wheelchair Access to Sanctuary Leonard Payton, Pastor Roney Riley, Assistant Pastor 708-366-3226 www.stjohnforestpark.org

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

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

Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor

Roman Catholic

St. Edmund Catholic Church

188 South Oak Park Ave. Saturday Mass: 5:30 p.m.

Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m.

Weekday Mass: 8:30 a.m. M–F Holy Day Masses: As Announced Reconciliation: Saturday 4:15 p.m.

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

Roman Catholic

St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

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

St. Giles Family Mass Community

We welcome all to attend Sunday Mass at 10 a.m. on the St. Giles Parish campus on the second floor of the school gym, the southernmost building in the school complex at 1034 North Linden Avenue.

Established in 1970, we are a laybased community within St. Giles Roman Catholic Parish.

Our Mass is family-friendly.

We encourage liturgically active toddlers. Children from 3 to 13 and young adults play meaningful parts in each Sunday liturgy.

Together with the parish, we offer Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a Montessori-based religious education program for children in grades K-8.

For more information, go to http://www.stgilesparish.org/ family-mass-community or call Bob Wielgos at 708-288-2196.

Traditional Catholic

The Traditional Catholic Latin Mass

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

Third Unitarian Church 10AM Sunday Forum Summer Schedule at

thirdunitarianchurch.org (773) 626-9385

301 N. Mayfield, Chicago, near Austin and Lake Unity

UNITY CHURCH OF OAK PARK 405 North Euclid Ave.

The Presence of God watches over you.

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

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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 Village Hall of Oak Park at 123 Madison Street, (Lombard and Madison), Oak Park, Illinois in Room 101 at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, September 29, 2017, for the purpose of considering the following To hear comments from the Public on the Public Housing Agency Plan.

The draft of the PHA 5-Year and Annual Plan for 2018 along with the public’s comments will be considered by the Authority before adoption of the Annual Plan to be submitted by Tuesday, October 17, 2017 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 Published in Wednesday Journal 9/27/2017

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

In re the marriage of Joel Awe, Petitioner and Mosunmola Awe, Respondent, Case No. 2017D-007070.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the above named Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before October 23, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

Published in Wednesday Journal 9/20, 9/27, 10/4/2017

PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT REQUEST FOR THE RELEASE OF FUNDS

PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT REQUEST FOR THE RELEASE OF FUNDS

On October 5, 2017, on behalf of the Oak Park Housing Authority (OPHA), the Village of Oak Park (Village) as the Responsible Entity will request the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to release funds for public housing Capital Fund Program costs in Oak Park, Illinois at a total cost of $166,881.

On October 5, 2017, on behalf of New Moms, Inc., a local nonprofit agency serving as the developer, the Village of Oak Park (Village), as the Responsible Entity, will request the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to release funds for acquisition, demolition, construction and associated costs for a new facility at 206-12 Chicago Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois at a total cost of $6,725,000.

An Environmental Review covering this proposed project has been made by the Village that documents the project; this document is on file at the below address and is available for public examination and copying upon request. On behalf of OPHA, the Village and Cara Pavlicek, in her official capacity as Village Manager, consent to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to environmental review, decision-making, and action, and that these responsibilities have been satisfied.

The legal effect of the certification is that upon its approval, OPHA may use the Federal public housing funds, and HUD will have satisfied its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. HUD will accept an objection of its approval of the release of funds and acceptance of the certification only if it is on one of the following bases: (a) that the certification was not in fact executed by the responsible entity’s Certifying Officer; (b) that the responsible entity has failed to make one of the two findings pursuant to Sec. 58.40 or to make the written determination required by Secs. 58.35, 58.47 or 58.53 for the project or activity, as applicable; or (c) that the developer or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or undertaken activities not authorized by Sec. 58.75 before release of funds and approval of the environmental certification by HUD. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedure (24 CFR Part 58) and may be addressed to HUD at 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604. Objections to the release of funds based on other than those stated above will not be considered by HUD. No objection received after October 19, 2017 will be considered by HUD. Cara Pavlicek Village Manager 123 Madison Street Oak Park, IL 60302 Published in Wednesday Journal 9/27/2017

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An Environmental Review covering this proposed project has been made by the Village, which documents the project, and a Phase I Environmental Assessment was made by Reynolds Drilling Corporation. Both of these documents are on file at the below address and are available for public examination and copying upon request.

New Moms will undertake the project with $5,900,000 from the Illinois Housing Development Authority and $825,000 from IFF. On behalf of New Moms, the Village and Cara Pavlicek, in her official capacity as Village Manager, consent to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to environmental review, decision-making, and action, and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. The legal effect of the certification is that upon its approval, New Moms may use the State and local funds, and HUD will have satisfied its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. HUD will accept an objection of its approval of the release of funds and acceptance of the certification only if it is on one of the following bases: (a) that the certification was not in fact executed by the responsible entity’s Certifying Officer; (b) that the responsible entity has failed to make one of the two findings pursuant to Sec. 58.40 or to make the written determination required by Secs. 58.35, 58.47 or 58.53 for the project or activity, as applicable; or (c) that the developer or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or undertaken activities not authorized by Sec. 58.75 before release of funds and approval of the environmental certification by HUD. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedure (24 CFR Part 58) and may be addressed to HUD at 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604. Objections to the release of funds based on other than those stated above will not be considered by HUD. No objection received after October 19, 2017 will be considered by HUD. Cara Pavlicek Village Manager 123 Madison Street Oak Park, IL 60302 Published in Wednesday Journal 9/27/2017

PUBLIC NOTICES 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: D17152042 on September 14, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of JAROSIK INTERIORS with the business located at: 1 SAINT ARMAND LANE, WHEELING, IL 60090. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: CATHY ANN JAROSIK 1 SAINT ARMAND LANE WHEELING, IL 60090.

Published in Wednesday Journal 9/20, 9/27, 10/4/2017

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: D17152127 on September 21, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of NEWSOME INVESTMENT ENTERPRISES with the business located at: 230 W SUPERIOR STREET #700-116, CHICAGO, IL 60654. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: KELLY L NEWSOME 222 S OAK PARK AVE APT 5 OAK PARK, IL 60302.

Published in Wednesday Journal 9/27, 10/4, 10/11/2017

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.DEAN LIVAS, ALEGNA COURTS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS INC., GMACM HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2006-HE1, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS Defendants 17 CH 92 1209 NORTH HARLEM AVENUE, UNIT 5 Oak Park, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 21, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 24, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1209 NORTH HARLEM AVENUE, UNIT 5, Oak Park, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-06-120-0441009.

The real estate is improved with a condominium.

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The judgment amount was $74,173.22.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 2911717 For information call between the hours of 1pm–3pm. Please refer to file number 16-081853.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 16-081853 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 17 CH 92 TJSC#: 37-6779

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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AKA ELENA M. STOILJKOVIC, IVAN STOILJKOVIC, PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC, WILLIAM BUTCHER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF MARGARETTE STOILJKOVIC, DECEASED Defendants 16 CH 04550 1180 S. Scoville Ave. Oak Park, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 6, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 3, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1180 S. Scoville Ave., Oak Park, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-18-427-0160000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $354,975.58.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK NA; Plaintiff, vs.

CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED THE 12TH DAY OF AUGUST 2011 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 8002357731; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; SMITH ROTHCHILD FINANCIAL COMPANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; CHARNETTA JOHNSON AS ADMINISTRATOR TO THE ESTATE OF BETTY O. WILSON; Defendants, 17 CH 3100 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 25, 2017 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. 16-05-325-020-0000.

Commonly known as 517 North Humphrey Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 17-003509 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3061547 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Plaintiff, -v.UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF MARGARETTE STOILJKOVIC, DECEASED, UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND LIENHOLDERS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF MARGARETTE STOILJKOVIC, DECEASED, UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND LIENHOLDERS AGAINST THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF MARGARETTE STOILJKOVIC, DECEASED, ELENA STOILJKOVIC

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venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 4221719 Please refer to file number 2120-12149.

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 2120-12149 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 16 CH 04550 TJSC#: 37-8438 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2919 N. HARLEM AVENUE UNIT #509, CHICAGO, IL 60707 Property Index No. 13-30-118-0381056.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-03134.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales

Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-01360.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-16-01360 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 001932 TJSC#: 37-6915 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 15-001320 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3060981

For information call Ms. Nicole Fox at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Potestivo & Associates, P.C., 251 Diversion Street, Rochester, Michigan 48307.

(248) 853-4400 ext 1200. 101518 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3060943

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.SZYMON KLIMCZUK, ANNA EWA JAROSZ, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, HARLEM POINTE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, 2919 N. HARLEM CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 17 CH 003551 2919 N. HARLEM AVENUE UNIT #509 CHICAGO, IL 60707 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 22, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 23, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. F/K/A HARRIS N.A. Plaintiff, -v.SUE RATANAVANICH, CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE U/T/A DATED 5/9/98 A/K/A TRUST NO. 121777 Defendants 16 CH 001932 560 DORIS DRIVE MELROSE PARK, IL 60160 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 21, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 23, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 560 DORIS DRIVE, MELROSE PARK, IL 60160 Property Index No. 15-02-110-0010000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA; Plaintiff, vs.

STEVEN L. AGUILAR; MEAGAN M. HUDSON; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; Defendants, 15 CH 1454 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 Thursday, October 19, 2017 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. 12-28-409-021-0000.

Commonly known as 2507 Westbrook Drive, Franklin Park, IL 60131.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION OCWEN LOAN SERVICING LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

DEMETRIO GONZALEZ; 37023706 WILCOX CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; CHICAGO TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY; Defendants, 16 CH 12794 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 Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-16-109-102-1008.

Commonly known as 3702 Wilcox Ave Apt#204, Bellwood, IL 60104.

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.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC.; Plaintiff, vs.

REGINALD WALKER; RHONDA WALKER; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; THE CITY OF CHICAGO; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 14 CH 13870 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, October 16, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 1012 South 12th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153.

P.I.N. 15-15-204-015.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Mr. Eric Malnar at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., 233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 566-0040.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3060934

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OPRF sophomore Sam Pecenka (far right) scored a goal in the Huskies’ 10-0 win over LTHS.

RIVALS

Segal, Elizabeth Silber, Peyton Olszowka, and Samm Neilson are just a few to watch.”

The Friars’ 200 medley quartet of West, Perri Stahl, Grace Rogowski and Ciara Mulcahy recorded a time of 1:48.27, ahead from page 48 of OPRF’s 1:51.55.

Ungaretti also became only the third Rogowski, a top swimmer for Fenwick, OPRF girl to win an individual title placed first in the 500-yard freestyle, when she captured the 50-yard freestyle. touching the wall at 5:23.32. The Friars’ Blankemeier and Gill won individual Tatum Burek won medals during a virthe 100-yard buttertuoso performance fly (1:01.18). that was the program’s Fenwick is off best since 1989, when to a fast start this the Huskies won their fall.

In addition to second of back-to-back their victory over team state titles.

OPRF, the Friars OPRF visited Fenwick on Tuesday, Sept. have beaten Mother 19 in the teams’ annual McAuley, Benet, and nonconference dual Jones Prep in duals. meet. The Friars enPhoto by Matt Kosterman Fenwick also swept joyed a clean sweep of Fenwick senior Grace Rogowski and visiting Regina, the Huskies, winning Marist and Resurthe varsity meet 115.50- OPRF freshman Adeline Kosterman rection in a quad on 70.50 and the junior share a moment during the annual Aug. 29. varsity 118-65. renewal of the crosstown rivalry.

Regarded as one “We definitely rose to of the best sprint the occasion to race,” Fenwick swimmer swimmers in the state, Ungaretti perBrooke West said. “The dual meet against formed well for OPRF with first-place OPRF is always one of our favorite meets. showings in the 50-yard (23.92) and 100The most amazing part of the meet yard freestyle races (52.13) against the was to watch how our team united and Friars. worked together. I’m so excited about our team — it’s the largest it has ever been, with 80 athletes and six extraordinary coaches.”

West led the Friars with a couple of individual wins plus strong work in the relays. She won the 200yard freestyle with a time of 1 minute, 55.03 seconds and the 100-yard backstroke in 56.76 seconds.

She also swam a leg for the victorious Friars in the 200-yard Photo by Don Bartecki medley (1:48.27) and the 400-yard freestyle The Friars’ Brooke West swims the 200-yard freestyle.

(3:38.76).

The Friars’ victory in the 200 medley “It’s already been an amazing season,” was significant, considering OPRF had Ungaretti said. “As a team, I think our Samm Neilson, Ungaretti and Gill in the main goal is to enjoy the experience. I race. Peyton Olszowka swam the other think all of us are focused on being posileg (replacing the graduated Blanketive and happy and working really hard meier) for the reigning state champs in at practice. I know at the end-of-season that event. meets everything will come together and “We graduated a number of talented enable us to shine.” seniors last season. It’s hard not to feel Gill picked up a pair of wins as well at the loss of a standout swimmer like Fenwick. She won the 200-yard individual Hanna (Blankemeier),” said Gill, “but I medley at 2:14.40 and the 100-yard breastbelieve in the talent of our team. We plan stroke at 1:07.18. to represent OPRF well at state again this In earlier results this season, Sandburg year. edged the Huskies 96-90 in the latter’s “From freshman to senior year, our season opener. OPRF beat York 122-64 in a talent is represented across OPRF. It’s conference dual and took second place at always good to see times drop and best times midseason. Avery Kozak, Sara the Riverside-Brookfield Invitational.

Friendly competition

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Huskies dominate Lions on ice OPRF hockey scores 10 goals in promising effort against LTHS

BY PATRICK SKRINE Contributing Reporter

Oak Park and River Forest and Lyons Township squared off Sunday at the Paul Hruby Ice Arena in Oak Park. While the high school hockey clubs have a burgeoning rivalry, their latest encounter lacked any suspense as the Huskies routed the visiting Lions 10-0.

Undisciplined hockey served as the narrative for both teams. Despite the Huskies’ scoring barrage, OPRF and LTHS both committed penalties way beyond the amount of goals. Although the play was scratchy at times, the intensity was palpable and perhaps a contributing factor for the excessive miscues on the ice.

LTHS coach Sean Nicholson alluded to how much referees have cracked down on penalties.

“Every year they tighten everything up so it’s hard to let the kids play,” Nicholson said. “I think both teams came out excited and had to finish letting out all the cobwebs.

We were very undisciplined; obviously it cost us.”

While both teams spent equal time in the penalty box, OPRF generated offense throughout the game.

The Huskies established a heavy forechecking game early in the first period, which prevented the Lions from smoothly getting the puck out of their own zone.

OPRF center Max Goldstein scored first midway through the first period, after roofing one in the slot directly off a pass on the rush. With 42 seconds left in the opening period, Liam Burns caught a stretch pass and shot the puck past the LTHS goalie to make the score 2-0 heading into the first intermission.

The Huskies’ speed and physicality continued to wear down the Lions in the second period. OPRF added three goals to establish a 5-0 lead.

Early in the frame, OPRF capitalized on a

5-on-3 power play. Burns dished a cross-pass to Goldstein who elicited plenty of cheers in the home crowd with a dazzling one-timer.

Midway through the second, forward Hank Burkett buried a big rebound making it 4-0.

Burns tallied a shorthanded goal with 7:20 left to extend the lead to 5-0 at the end of two periods.

The Huskies tacked on five goals in the third period to cap off their lopsided victory.

Sam Pecenka, PJ Gonzalez, Burkett, Owen Metric and Goldstein scored a goal each.

LTHS simply couldn’t stop OPRF on the rush all game. The Huskies’ pace allowed them to dictate tempo offensively and sustain pressure in the LTHS zone.

OPRF, which scored almost all of its goals around the net, outshot the Lions 38-13.

Despite the tough outing, Nicholson is optimistic about the Lions’ future.

“We have a lot of young guys, especially on defense, but we have a lot of depth up front,” Nicholson said. “Once the younger guys adjust to the varsity pace, we’ll be alright.

“We all have bad games like this one, but we’re going to be just fine this year. OPRF looked really good and did a great job of capitalizing on our weaknesses.”

OPRF coach Dave Dyson praised his team’s performance.

“We moved the puck really well and our offensive possessions were great,” Dyson said. “Defensively, we emphasize containment. I don’t think LT had a single rebound chance all game. When we turn on the jets on all four lines, we’re tough to beat.”

Although OPRF defeated LTHS handily, Dyson knows the Huskies must avoid complacency.

“We played Loyola Gold last weekend and they gave us a big wake up call,” Dyson said.

“This definitely was a good win, but we have to work every week and not get ahead of ourselves. We know what the best looks like having played Loyola, so we have to keep improving every game.”

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OPRF blanks Fenwick in boys soccer

Barkidjija, Bliss each score a goal; Nelson notches shutout for surging Huskies

BY SCOTTY GRUSZKA

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he Oak Park and River Forest and Fenwick High School boys soccer teams renewed their rivalry during Saturday’s annual crosstown clash. The matchup always produces highly competitive soccer and attracts a huge turnout of fans for both teams.

Additionally, proceeds from the game are given to a charitable cause. This year’s recipient, Housing Forward, is a west suburban-based social service agency.

On the field, Fenwick looked settled on the ball during various portions of the match but the host Huskies earned a hard-fought 2-0 victory.

“Our players gave a strong 80-minute performance,” OPRF coach Jason Fried said.

“We need to adapt more in the midst of the game and get better at creating opportunities in the final third.”

The Huskies controlled the early action, courtesy of a barrage from senior Sam Menzies and the rest of the players on the OPRF attack. However, the Friars’ Mike Cerceo, Alex Sanchez and the Friars’ defense held their own, a common theme throughout the match.

OPRF’s best scoring opportunity occurred when junior forward Brody Bliss broke through and sent a low, driving cross through the box but couldn’t connect with a teammate.

Fenwick played well in the final portion of the half. At the 30th minute, the Friars had a great link up down the field orchestrated by Mariano Mollo, Tommy Reardon and Owen Mackinnon. Fenwick held possession in the Huskies’ third of the field for a bit, threatening on a few occasions and ultimately winning a free kick from 25 yards out.

The Friars didn’t convert that chance, however, and OPRF went on a counter attack that culminated with senior midfielder Andrew Barkidjija’s goal. He scored off a header that hit the post and fell to his feet for a bottom corner of the net score and 1-0 Huskies’ lead.

While the Huskies held the lion’s share of possession in the first half, the Fenwick defense displayed heart and skill at impeding several attacks and setting up short runs.

Although both teams took multiple water breaks due to excessive heat, players looked exhausted at the beginning of the second half.

In the 45th minute, Bliss broke down the left side of the field with some silky moves and kicked the ball past the outstretched hands of Fenwick goalie Kevin Johnson, ex-

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OPRF senior Andrew Barkidjija controls the ball under pressure from Fenwick mid fielder Stefan Sawasciuk. (Below) The Huskies’ Jai Hsieh-Bailey tries to shield a Fenwick player from getting to the ball. tending the OPRF advantage to 2-0.

The remainder of the second half consisted of OPRF knocking the ball around the midfield. Towards the end of the match, the field opened up and Fenwick made some final attempts on goal. Mollo fired away from outside the box for the Friars’ lone shot on goal with 10 minutes to go, but OPRF’s

6-foot-4 senior goalkeeper Kel Felton held on to secure the Huskies’ 2-0 victory and neighborhood bragging rights for 2017.

Fenwick coach Rob Watson wasn’t discouraged after the loss, citing how well the Friars defended despite missing three players. He also lauded senior Mike Cerceo for volunteering to move from striker to sweeper to lead the Fenwick defense.

“We put this game in the middle of our season right before moving to the tougher CCL opponents to better prepare us for what’s ahead,” Watson said.

The Friars (8-6, 4-0 Chicago Catholic League) had won four of five matches heading into their annual showdown with OPRF. OPRF (11-2, 3-0 West Suburban Silver) is even hotter than Fenwick. The Huskies have won four in a row and nine of 10 matches, highlighted by conference victories against Lyons Township and Downers Grove North last week.

“The team has been building on consistent play all season,” Fried said. “In the beginning of the season, we had a few games were we played at a high level and then would fall off for other games. As we have hit the middle part of the season we are coming closer and closer to putting together a full 80-minute game.

“I am really pleased how the team has come together and really has strived for creating high percentage opportunities around the net. They have done a good job possessing the ball with a purpose.”

Fenwick hosts St. Joseph at the Priory on Friday, Sept. 29 at 4:30 p.m. OPRF heads to Chicago to take on St. Ignatius Saturday, Sept. 30 at noon.

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Fenwick sinks OPRF in the pool West-led Friars sweep relays; Huskies’ Ungaretti & Gill win two races each

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(Left to right) Fenwick swimmer Grace Rogowski, OPRF swimmer Natalie Ungaretti and Fenwick swimmer Ciara Mulcahy start off the 50-yard freestyle. The Friars defeated the Huskies 115.50-70.50 in their annual dual meet.

BY MARTY FARMER

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ince 2008, the Fenwick High School girls swimming team has been one of the most successful programs in the state. During their halcyon run, the Friars have posted seven Top 10 finishes, highlighted by runnerup results at the 2012 and 2011 state finals.

With an impressive array of standout swimmers like Kelly Ryan, Maureen Barron, Haley Wickham, Mimi Schneider, Paulina Kaminski and Eric Scudder (all graduated), it’s apparent why Fenwick has been a perennial state contender.

While crosstown rival OPRF can’t claim the same cachet as the Friars in recent years, the Huskies had a historic season in 2016, enjoying their most successful state meet in

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nearly three decades, finishing fourth in the team standings and winning a pair of state championship events last year.

OPRF’s 200-yard medley relay of Hanna Blankemeier, Alex Gill, Samm Neilson and Natalie Ungaretti became just the third relay team in program history to win a championship.

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