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Oak Park rat complaints up 122% in 2016 Neighbors worried about rats near Animal Care League building

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

people like Gati feel like royalty, which is why news of the 25-year CTA employee’s transfer to a station along the Pink Line has caused such royal protestations. Last Friday, Kubicz worked his final shift at the Oak Park station, which lasted from

The City of Chicago, along with major municipalities across the country, has been fighting a tidal wave of rats this year, most recently announcing that it is turning to the unconventional method of using dry ice to snuff out the diseasecarrying rodents.

But rats don’t observe borders and what has been a problem for Chicago — USA Today reported in April that rodent activity was up 70 percent in the first quarter of the year in the Windy City — has also been a growing concern in Oak Park.

Mike Charley, Oak Park’s interim health director, said calls about rat problems are up 122 percent this year. The village received 138 calls through August of 2015, compared to 307 during the same time this year, Charley said.

Charley said it’s uncertain whether the increase in calls correlates to an increase in rat activity, but residents living near the 1000 block of Garfield Street say they have seen an explosion in rat activity firsthand.

Some neighbors believe Animal Care League (ACL), a pet shelter at 1011 Garfield St., and the fragrant waste their adoption pets produce is part of the problem. The pet adoption agency recently was inspected by the village, which found four rat burrows around the property.

Frank Stachyra, a resident who lives a few houses south of ACL on Wenonah Avenue, said he be-

See NOT-SO-BLUE LINE on page 16

See RATS on page 17

WILLIAM CAMARGO/Staff Photographer

HAPPY TO SEE YOU: Al Kubicz and Janon Porter share memories with regular train riders of the Oak Park Blue Line on Sept. 30.

Kubicz is being reassigned, Porter is retiring.

Blue Line ‘mayor’ gets a VIP farewell Al Kubicz and Janon Porter will be missed at the Oak Park Ave. station

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Before Diane Gati crossed the turnstile at the Oak Park Ave. Blue Line Station last Friday, she looked at station attendant Al Kubicz, 44, with furrowed brows and pensive eyes.

“Why are you leaving?” Gati asked sternly, speaking for many of the CTA passengers who are regularly caught in the crosshairs of Kubicz’s disarming smile and his preoccupation with coming to patrons’ every beck and call.

Over the past three years, Kubicz has shown the rare capacity to make everyday

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Cubs win! (We hope to God!)

As the Cubs’ begin their playoff sojourn, you can watch the games at home or at any number of watering holes in the area, but if you want to see it on a really big screen, FitzGerald’s has more than one. The Cubs will be playing either the Mets or the Giants, whichever team wins the one-game wild card showdown (played on Wednesday). The Cubs’ first two games are Friday, Oct. 7 at 8 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m.

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Growing Community.

Ken Trainor

Wanted: Big Ideas

It’s that time of year again when Oak Park and River Forest residents are invited to share their “big idea” for making the two communities a better place to live.

The Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation’s Entrepreneur Leaders in Philanthropy is soliciting big thinkers to submit their ideas for the chance to win $50,000 in seed money to get their idea off the ground.

The call for entries is open through Nov. 15, and those interested have two opportunities to meet with Entrepreneur Leaders to discuss their vision: Oct. 4 at 5:30 p.m. at the Oak Park Public Library and Oct. 25 at 5:30 p.m. at the River Forest Public Library. Entrepreneur Leaders will give the finalists a chance to pitch their ideas at the Big Idea Pitch Party on Feb. 22, 2017 at Wire in Berwyn.

The contest attracted 39 proposals last year. Last year’s winner was Surplus Project, which is a collaboration between Oak Park-River Forest Food Pantry and Rush Oak Park Hospital to redirect surplus cafeteria food to those in need.

More information about the contest is available at www.oprfcf.org/entrepreneur-leaders.

Timothy Inklebarger

The re-Birth of a Nation?

The new and (hopefully) improved Birth of a Nation opens Thursday night at the Lake Theatre. A lot of people did a double-take when these previews started hitting the screens.

The first version, 100 years ago (1915), was notoriously racist.

This version, reportedly, is exactly the opposite, a depiction of the Nat Turner slave uprising. Should be interesting.

Ken Trainor

A victim’s advocate weighs in on Trump

Antoinette Lavin, 20, a gallery director and visual editor of the local arts publication Callosum Magazine (see page 13), is the author of two graphic novels that focus on her experiences at Oak Park and River Forest High School.

Lavin, who’s currently in college, described herself as a “huge advocate for healthy sexuality and equality.”

“I was in an abusive relationship and have had family members commit suicide,” she said during a recent interview. “I just wanted to make something out of those experiences. I want to help other victims who have gone through

what I’ve gone through.”

How do you resist the temptation to ask a victim’s advocate what she thinks of Donald Trump?

“I watched some of the debate, but I didn’t watch all of it because it was freaking me out,” said Lavin, who is currently working on her bachelor’s degree in studio art. “It freaks me out how there is a chance that this guy could be president when he’s such a racist and sexist. I’m worried that, if he’s the leader of this country, how that will affect what regular citizens and people in power can get away with saying.”

Michael Romain

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Monumental Heart Sunday, Oct. 9 from 2-4 p.m., Concordia University’s Ferguson Art Gallery: Monumental Heart exhibits mixed-media work of Chicago artist Dan Addington, who will give a talk during the reception in the gallery at 3 p.m. The exhibit runs from Oct. 3 to Nov. 13 and is free and open to the public. Addington’s paintings incorporate materials such as fabric, oil, wax, tar, gold leaf and various printed matter. The Ferguson Art Gallery is located in Kretzmann Hall at Concordia University Chicago, 7400 Augusta St., River Forest. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, visit CUChicago.edu/experience/ arts/visual-arts/ferguson-gallery or call 708-209-3013.

Oct. 5-12

BIG WEEK Building peace Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. in the Dominican University Priory Campus Auditorium: Dominican University’s Siena Center presents a lecture titled, “Reconciling Our Privileges in Order to Build Peace,” by Tina Taylor-Ritzler, associate professor of psychology at Dominican University, with respondent Anthony Suarez-Abraham, theology and pastoral ministry instructor. Part of the Siena Center’s annual Albertus Magnus Series, this year’s theme is “Threats to Our Survival and the Urgency of Peace.” The cost is $10 and tickets may be purchased at events.dom.edu. For additional information, call 708-714-9105. The Priory Campus is located at 7200 W. Division, River Forest.

Pianissimo Sunday, Oct. 9 at 2:30 p.m., Nineteenth Century Club, 178 Forest Ave.: The second in the Nineteenth Century Clubs series, Reigning Pianos, features Russian-born pianist Yana Reznik, known as the “pianist with a voice. She creates innovative programs that bring classical music to younger audiences. Doors open at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $20 (students free with school ID). Go to NineteenthCentury.org

or pay at the door.

Infant Welfare Thursday, Oct. 6 from 7 to 8:30 p.m., 655 Superior St., Oak Park: To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the Oak Park-River Forest Infant Welfare Society is hosting a series of open houses to share the mission and tour the Children’s Clinic. The first will take place at the home of Lynne Williams. Contact membership chairs Ann Anderson, alueking@comcast.net, or Debbie Wholey, wholdebo@gmail.com for more.

Traveling Mollys Buzz Café’s new Open Mic Night begins with the Traveling Mollys, Al Degenova and Nina Corwin, featuring poets Tara Betts and Sharon Dornberg-Lee. Open mic sign-up is 6:30; open mic begins at 7; featured readers at 8; and lights out by 9.

BYOB. Donations encouraged: $5 if you can, $3 if you can’t.

C d Comedy of Errors Saltbox Theater Collective’s new production of Comedy of Errors opens this weekend with 7:30 performances at Madison Street Theatre, 1010 Madison on Friday, Oct. 7 and running until Sunday, Oct. 23. Director Brian Fruits explains that his “all-female, diverse cast of 19 are all very funny, fascinating actresses.”

The c. 1590 comedy, one of Shakespeare’s earliest plays, is also one of his shortest. The Saltbox production clocks in at roughly 95 minutes. It promises to be a very lively, hilarious show full of non-stop, fast-moving foolishness.

A key plot point is that identical twins are accidentally separated as infants. (Trivia: the playwright himself was the father of twins.) Much of the humor comes from slapstick and mistaken identity. Such plot ingredients

came ca am from the ancient Roman playwright Plautus m aand remained a popular staple down through Hollywood’s screwball ccomedy era and the TV sitcom.

“Ou “Ourr flashy setting is much like Bollywood,” Bolly ywo said Fruits. “Much of the aact action is presented in the style of the masked m Italian commedia dell’arte thea theater ate of the Renaissance.”

Tickets for Saltbox’s Co Comedy of Errors cost $20 for general admission or $15 for seniors and students: www.sbtcomedy.brownpapertickets.com or at the door with cash or credit cards.

Doug Deuchler

WJ Theater Critic

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ART BEAT

Brown gets posthumous encore in Oak Park and positions she holds at her local church that she loses sight of the real meaning of serving the Lord.”

This latest production of Brown’s play n a 1991 Chicago Tribune article, drama critic H. Lee Murphy described 25-year- — one among many he wrote during his lifetime — is bigger and better, his family old Leon Brown as a “whirlwind of members and friends say. Brown’s mother, inexhaustible energy.”

“He’s written plays, produced and Mamie Gaines, owns the copyrights to the directed and starred on stage, and is a fine production and gave Davidson permission to produce it again. Brown’s singer and dancer,” Murphy sister and niece also have roles wrote. “Local schoolchildren in in the production.

Maywood, where he was born “Kim wanted to take it to a and still lives, know him for his different level and try to get inspirational seminars. He’s it out there for Leon,” Gaines even published his own book said during a phone interview, of poems. All of this comes in adding that this latest encore is addition, it should be said, to his only fitting for a man with such regular daytime job as director outsized and original talent. of parks and recreation for the “Leon wrote about what he village of Maywood, where he’s knew,” said Davidson, who the youngest administrator LEON BROWN attended what was then called within memory.”

Playwright Progressive Church of God in Murphy’s article highlighted Brown’s appearance in Black Ensemble Theatre’s production of Anna Lucasta, which was staged on the city’s North Side, and his one-man show, staged in Maywood, called “Leon Brown and Friends.”

Brown’s kinetic energy is still felt nearly 25 years after his death in 1992 from a lengthy illness — so much so that some of his good friends have gotten together to put on a Gospel stage-play he wrote called Trouble at the Gate in October at Oak Christ in Maywood (the church has since moved to Hillside and is called Progressive Park’s Madison Street Theatre.

“We produced this play about 23 years Life-Giving Word Cathedral).

Brown’s plays were often teaching ago at what was at the time called Jones Commercial High School downtown,” said moments, rich in African American culture.

Kim Davidson, who was Brown’s best friend. Brown’s 75-minute one-man show, “Leon Davidson is a registered nurse, but her Brown and Friends,” roughly outlined “the passion is theater. She said her production development of black art in America.”

“He moves from African folk tales and company, Kimmco Productions, produced Trouble at Jones more than 20 years ago and slave narrations in the opening scenes on to Negro spirituals and a recitation of poems will produce the latest version in Oak Park.

During a recent phone interview, by Langston Hughes before finishing with Davidson said Brown would often write snatches of prose from James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni,” Murphy noted in his 1991 roles tailored for her. review. “He performs bits of Alvin Ailey “Leon and I shared the same dream of becoming professional performing artists,” dances and three or four songs along the way.”

Leon Brown’s Gospel stage-play “Trouble Davidson wrote in a tribute to Brown after he died. “He wrote 99 [percent] of my at the Gate” will be performed at Madison material, with most of it written personally Street Theatre, 1010 Madison St. in Oak for me. Pieces such as The Visitor, Farewell Park, on Oct. 14 at 7 p.m., Oct. 15 at 7 p.m., and Oct. 16 at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $27; $30 at to Big D, and Sister Thelma at the Gate.”

Davidson has a leading role in Trouble, the door. For more information, call 844-587a play about a hardworking, churchgoing 6825, or visit troubleatthegate.com. woman “who gets so caught up in the titles CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

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A day of rem

Oak Park’s village board presented a united front during a special Saturday morning meeting as leaders outlined key goals for the group, some of them being identical to those of President Anan Abu-Taleb’s spring campaign points.

With the campaign months behind and Oak Park entering the early stages of its 2014 budgetplanning process, Abu-Taleb and his colleagues dove into topics the group plans to address within the next two years. This included tasks like enhancing customer service at village hall, boosting employee morale and citizen satisfaction, addressing economic development in each of its business districts, staying on top of the Eisenhower Expressway expansion discussions and improving intergovernmental cooperation.

Although these topics are far from new for this board, the elected officials vowed now is the time to tackle the tough topics if Oak Park wants to remain an attractive and feasible place to live.

Abu-Taleb opened the meeting by highlighting its purpose, which he explained was to “define the strategic direction” of the board in order to create a solid foundation moving forward.

“The goals we develop today will set the tone for the type of leadership we want to bring to Oak Park. We cannot forget that the voters chose

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Vantage TIF request stalled?

Request for $100K from Vantage high-rise developer disappears for 8 weeks

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

It’s been more than two months since the developer of Vantage Oak Park, the 21-story high-rise apartment building on Lake Street, requested $100,000 from the Downtown Tax Increment Finance District.

But the financial request said to help defray the cost of the buildout of Cooper’s Hawk Winery, the mixed-use development’s ground-level tenant, appears to be in limbo.

The request, which received the endorsement of the Oak Park Economic Development Corporation, a quasi-governmental nonprofit that works to bring business to the village, was originally sent to the village’s Contract Review Committee and then placed on the Board of Trustees’ consent agenda without discussion.

The village was directed to review the request and bring it back to the board for public review. But eight weeks later, the trustees have not brought up the issue.

Requests to Vantage developer Michael Glazier for comment were not returned.

And members of the board of trustees either do not know the status of the request or are not talking.

Trustee Peter Barber, who sits on the executive board of the OPEDC, which negoti-

ated the TIF deal in private meetings, said in a recent interview that he expects the TIF request will eventually appear before the board.

He noted that discussions are still ongoing behind the scenes about the future of the request but declined to elaborate.

Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb also expressed his ongoing support for the TIF request but said he also is uncertain when it will be presented to the board and the public for consideration.

Trustee Adam Salzman, like board members Glenn Brewer and Bob Tucker, said he was uncertain what happened to the TIF request.

“I’m not sure why we haven’t dealt with it yet,” Salzman said in a telephone interview, adding, “All I can tell you is the request is still outstanding, and … still will come before the village board for discussion.”

Village Manager Cara Pavlicek said in a telephone interview that the request is still being reviewed by village staff.

“It didn’t disappear,” she said.

Their lawyers are currently reviewing the request to make sure it meets legal requirements. Pavlicek said she expects the request will be brought before the board of trustees sometime before the end of the year.

CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

D97 approves $3M cleanup funded by TIF At a Sept. 27 meeting, the Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Board of Education unanimously voted to allow the village of Oak Park to use funds from the Downtown Tax Increment Finance District to cover the cost of cleaning up a contaminated development site. The Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 board approved the same agreement at a Sept. 22 meeting.

Earlier this year, according to a Sept. 22 Wednesday Journal report, “construction planning on Elevate Oak Park, an apartment and retail development on Lake Street near Harlem, was delayed after testing found leaking petroleum tanks beneath the site that required environmental cleanup costing up to $3 million.”

In addition to allowing the money to be spent on the cleanup, the agreement “would require the village to declare as surplus the $1.2 million that remains of the 2014 Downtown TIF funds after the $3 million cleanup costs are covered.

“Any 2014 TIF funds not included in that $1.2 million surplus would be distributed to the taxing bodies. In addition, the second amendment requires the three taxing bodies to open an escrow account out of which TIF surplus distributions would be made quarterly.”

In a statement released at the time of the vote, school district officials noted that the D97 board “spent a great deal of time studying and discussing this issue, especially given the critical juncture we are at in terms of our district’s financial future. In the end, we decided to support this amendment because it would mitigate the need for the village to raise taxes to cover the cost of work that, while unexpected, is necessary for the successful completion of the project.

“We understand the unique challenge this situation created for our fellow governing bodies, and appreciate their willingness to find a solution that will help us build a better tomorrow for our community.”

Michael Romain

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Schmelling named RF Township clerk

A River Forest resident well versed in volunteerism on various levels has been chosen the township’s new clerk.

Abby Schmelling on Sept. 20 was unanimously appointed to complete the term of Karen Taubman, who also resigned that evening.

Taubman’s resignation was expected since July, when an item referring to a “potential clerk vacancy” first appeared on a township trustees’ meeting agenda.

Schmelling will serve until next April, when Taubman’s four-year term was slated to expire. Schmelling said she intends to run for a full four-year term next April.

“We were fortunate to have four qualified candidates interview for the position “Township Supervisor Carla Sloan said. “Abby stood out in particular due to the depth of her past work experience and level of engagement in human services, with the townships and in our community.”

A longtime resident of River Forest, Schmelling has worked ABBY SCHMELLING extensively with River Forest Township clerk many agencies. For 20 years, she was the executive director of The Volunteer Center, which paired volunteers with agencies.

In addition, she was the executive director of the Senior Citizens’ Center of Oak Park and River Forest and has served was president of the board of directors of Sarah’s Inn, which assists victims of domestic violence.

Schmelling served on the District 90 and was president at the time of the Washington School closing in 1979.

After retiring from teaching English as a second language at Dominican University, Schmelling said she had been trying to figure out how get back into community service.

That led her to apply for the clerk’s position.

The township clerk, among other duties, has custody of all township records, books, and papers and records minutes of every township meeting.

Taubman will train Schmelling on her responsibilities, and she’ll also be assisted by from Sloan, who has served as township clerk in the past.

“I’ve not gotten the big picture. Once I see how I can be of service I will go forward,” Schmelling said. “This is so new; I’ve not had the opportunity to work with Karen yet. I’ve got a way to go. I’m ready for the challenge. Hopefully the learning curve won’t be too great.”

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Unity Temple to open offices, classrooms in old pool hall Congregation looking to unload more than a dozen historic pool tables

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The ministers, staff and Sunday school classes of Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation will be united once again in the coming months, following the purchase of a long-shuttered billiards hall in Oak Park.

The congregation recently purchased the building that long served as home to Oak Park Billiards, 1019 South Blvd., which was shuttered roughly 10 ■ For more photos and years ago and has remained vacant video ever since.

VISIT OAKPARK.COM The church purchased the 7,700-square-foot building with pool tables, statues, and other collectibles left in place from the day the billiards hall closed its doors. Unity Temple opened the billiards hall to the public on Saturday, Oct. 1, to try to move some of the historic 1920s Brunswick tables and ephemera.

Rev. Alan Taylor, senior minister at Unity Temple, said the sale went well and almost 805 South Blvd. and ministers are currenthalf of the remaining 32 historic pool tables ly operating out of the Community Bank were sold, along with much of the statuary building at 7777 Lake St. in River Forest and doodads.

Crimmins said the new space at the forTaylor said he purchased one of the tables mer Oak Park Billiards will himself and donated it to the include eight offices for staff, Chicago Institute for Nonviofive classrooms and a meeting lence. space with seating for about “We are totally open to folks 120 people. buying some of these for nonHaving their administrative profits; we’d love to see them and classroom space about a in our community,” he said. third of a mile from the temple Dan Crimmins, president itself is “not ideal,” Taylor of the board of the congregasaid, “But it’s the best we can tion’s trustees, said the build do given the limitations of our out of the space is expected location.” to begin in November with a Unity Temple has been in completion date set for March transition for more than a 2017. year now with the $23-million REV. ALAN TAYLOR The space will finally unite rehab of the historic building Senior minister at Unity Temple the congregation and its staff, designed by former Oak Parker which has been spread out and world-renowned architect around town in part because Frank Lloyd Wright. It is conof the growth of the congregasidered by many the first modtion as well as the multi-milern building ever built. lion dollar renovation of the Temple itself.

The renovation includes work inside and Taylor said that he’s spent 13 years work- out, with installation of shotcrete to the ing to help Unity Temple figure out its space- building’s exterior and extensive work to shortage problem. interior wood paneling, art glass and sky“We needed space back then, 13 years lights, among others. ago,” he said, noting that the congregation’s Heather Hutchison, Unity Temple ResSunday school program has tripled in that toration Foundation’s executive director, time to about 300 students. said in June that the restoration project is Taylor said the church has rented class- expected to be completed by the end of the rooms at 807 South Blvd. for about six years year. because of the overflow. Staff is located at CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

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RACKING IT UP: Caitlin McCauley attended the sale this Saturday, Oct. 1, at the former site of Oak Park Billiards, 1019 South Blvd. Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation purchased the storefront to be used for offices, classrooms and a meeting space for the church.

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Alice Rothchild is an obstetriciangynecologist and veteran activist in the antiwar, health care reform and women’s movements. In 1997, through her involvement in the Boston Workmen’s Circle, a progressive secular Jewish organization, Rothchild expanded her focus to understanding and writing about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and its relationship to U.S. foreign policy. She cofounded and cochairs American Jews for a Just Peace Boston and is on the coordinating committee of Jewish Voice for Peace Boston. Her book, Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience, was published in 2007. Her second book, On the Brink: Israel and Palestine on the Eve of the 2014 Gaza Invasion, was published in 2014. Rothchild’s documentary film, Voices Across the Divide, was released in 2013.

Bishop (ret.) Cindy Halmarson has served in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Global Mission Unit (ELCA-GM) as Area Director for the Europe, Middle East and North Africa (EuMENA) region since February 2015. In this capacity she develops and implements strategic engagements with companions in the region, including the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL). Bishop Halmarson serves on the staff team for the Peace Not Walls (PNW) campaign, implementing the ELCA’s 2005 Churchwide Strategy for Engagement in Israel and Palestine. She is an advisor to the Middle East Council of Churches and the Near East School of Theology located in Beirut, Lebanon. Halmarson came to ELCA-GM from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), where she served as Bishop of Saskatchewan Synod from 2002 to 2014.

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Rev. Donald Senior, C.P., is president emeritus and chancellor of Catholic Theological Union in Chicago (CTU), the largest Roman Catholic graduate school of ministry in the United States, where he is also a professor of New Testament. Born in Philadelphia, he is a member of the Passionist Congregation and was ordained a priest in 1967. Senior received his doctorate in New Testament studies from the University of Louvain in Belgium in 1972, with advanced studies at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati and Harvard University.

He served as president of CTU for 23 years. He is a frequent lecturer and speaker throughout the United States and abroad and is actively involved in the interreligious dialogue, particularly with the Jewish and Muslim communities. In 2014 he was awarded the Order of Lincoln Award, the State of Illinois’ highest honor for public service. In 2001, Pope John Paul II appointed him as a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and he was reappointed in 2006

by Pope Benedict XVI and by Pope Francis in 2013.

Interfaith Action Group on Peace and Justice in Israel and Palestine A community-based group in Oak Park and River Forest working towards peaceful and constructive ways to express our faith and humanist beliefs in confronting the forces of international conflict and social injustice in Israel and Palestine.

For more information, please email us at interfaithactiongroup@gmail.com.

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Prepping for move, D97 staff bid farewell to old HQ

School administration’s shift to 260 Madison St. should be done by Oct. 11

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Oak Park Elementary School District 97 administrators are scheduled to move into the district’s new central office facility at 260 Madison St. by Oct. 11, but as they packed up their belongings some staffers reflected on the old building they’d be leaving behind.

“There are several things I’ll miss about the building at 970 Madison Street, but I’ll miss the most the fact that this is the place where I started my career with the district more than 27 years ago,” said Dorothy Stewart, an administrative assistant in the special education department.

“I’ll miss the staff lounge, because it provided employees with a place where they could eat lunch together and bond over their interests and experiences,” said Sherrie Green, the district registrar.

Sheryl Marinier, the executive assistant to the superintendent, said she’ll miss seeing Brooks Middle School students walking back and forth to and from school. Brooks is about a block away from 970 Madison St.

The new building at 270 Madison St. will be a similar distance from Julian Middle School.

“I know we’ll be closer to Julian in our new building, but the location of my office will limit my exposure to the sights and sounds of children talking, laughing and playing as they start their day,” Marinier said.

Laurie Campbell, the assistant superintendent for human resources, said she anticipates the move into the new building will help with working relationships.

“I’m most excited about the additional opportunities that my department will have to collaborate with the members of the business office,” Campbell said. “There’s a great deal of crossover between our two departments that requires seamless collaboration and timely communication. The setup in the new building will enable us to work more closely together and better meet the needs of our families.”

Chris Jasculca, the district’s senior director of policy, planning and communication, said the old building has served its purpose the past 40 years.

“With that said, I’m excited about the prospects and possibilities that lie ahead with our new facility,” he said. “I believe having access to more functional work space will enable us to advance our vision and better serve our community. I also hope that local groups will take advantage of the rooms and resources we have available for their contin-

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MOVING DAY: Dorothy Steward, an employee at Oak Park’s District 97 office, gets ready to make the move into a new building. ued growth and support.

After the district moves into the two-story, 22,000-square-foot facility at 260 Madison St., the village of Oak Park will acquire the building at 970 Madison St.

In August, the school board hired a broker to sale its warehouse at 541 Madison St., a facility that the village has also expressed interest in acquiring.

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River Forest’s Varon keeps up fight against cancer

TV anchor to co-host awareness walk on Oct. 22

By DEBORAH KADIN Contributing Reporter

Surviving breast cancer is a bond, a sisterhood, but it’s something Roz Varon doesn’t want to belong to.

“But since [I] do, [I] make the best of it.

It doesn’t define me. It’s part of me,” the 58-year-old River Forest resident said.

Whether it is speaking before a survivor’s group during October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, or chatting with people come up to her and ask how she’s doing, Varon candidly and patiently works to erase the stigma of cancer.

“People don’t really know [about cancer] unless it affects them or someone in their immediate family,” Varon said. “It is my responsibility to do this. I have a high-profile job, and I have a platform that reaches many, many people, and I can help.”

Raised in the northwest Chicago suburbs, Varon is the Emmy Award-winning traffic/transportation anchor for ABC7 News This Morning. She was the first TV traffic anchor in the country to bring rush-hour traffic reporting to the morning news. Next spring, she’ll have been at ABC7 for 28 years.

For years, Varon had received annual mammograms and was keenly aware of their importance. Her sister is a breast cancer survivor who was diagnosed at age 31.

There was no other history of breast cancer in her family.

In 2006, one month away from her annual mammogram, Varon found a lump under her arm on the second day of a two-week dream vacation she, her husband and 9-yearold daughter, Sara Janz, had taken to Greece.

“I was scared. I knew it couldn’t be good,” she said.

She continued her trip after consulting with her physician. Her thought was “what could happen in two weeks?”

She came home, went to work and, with her sister, saw her doctor. Events moved very quickly. At the end of that week, tests showed she had Stage 4 metastatic breast; it had spread to her lymph nodes and liver.

“It’s something you can’t prepare for emotionally or mentally,” Varon said. “When it happens, you’re in such an emotional flux you’re not thinking straight.”

She told her small, close-knit family. Her daughter, Sara, was too young to understand at the time, Varon said.

Varon went into attack mode; it took away some of the fear because she now was preparing a plan, taking control of her destiny, taking control of her health, she said.

What also may have gotten Varon into fight mode was her fear over who would raise Sara.

“I got into fight mode because I’ll be damned if I was going to die and not be able to raise my daughter,” she said.

Varon did two rounds of chemotherapy and took three months’ short-term disability to deal with the nausea, headaches and fatigue associated with the treatment and regain her strength. A camera crew filmed a segment of her at home. Both Varon and her daughter whipped off wigs. Varon had lost her hair; Sara, of course, had not.

“I wanted viewers to know I was okay, I was fighting this and I was in good spirits.

And that I had every intention of coming back to work,” she said.

She didn’t do a third round of chemo.

Medical beat reporter Sylvia Perez and Perez’ producer Christine Tressel, pestered her to get a second opinion. They asked Varon what she would do if it Sara were in the same situation. Varon went to see Melody Cobleigh, an oncologist at Rush University Medical Center and an expert in HER2+ breast cancer, a particularly aggressive form of the disease that Varon had.

Cobleigh put her on Herceptin. After a couple of treatments, the tumors shrunk significantly; by January 2007, the tumors were gone.

Then in 2013 a mammogram detected tiny calcifications in the same breast. They were malignant. Varon was diagnosed with DCIS, a non-invasive cancer, at Stage 0. Once again, she went on the air to inform viewers she was fighting breast cancer and that she would be back on the air soon.

Varon had a lumpectomy and took a few days off work. After the surgical site healed, she started radiation, five days a week for seven weeks, all the while working.

Support of her family and friends kept her going.

“Not all breast cancer or cancer survivors have that kind of support. I am fortunate and blessed that I did and I do,” she said.

Work also was therapeutic. It took her mind off her illness. Varon retained her positive attitude and tried to maintain as low stress level as possible in an extreme high-stress-level job with unbelievable hours: up at 2 a.m., at the station by 3, on the air at 4:30 a.m.

Almost from the time of her initial diagnosis, Varon has talked publicly about her experience. People ask; she usually says yes.

Most in attendance at her talks are survivors or are relatives and friends of survivors.

“It’s nice to hear somebody else’s story to hear you’re not alone,” Varon said.

According to Varon, the scariest part of the process is the diagnosis. Once a plan is in place, they will start to feel better. She urges them to get a second, sometimes a third, opinion, and not to worry about hurting doctors’ feelings; they’re there to work for you, she said.

Bring someone along who can be a second set of ears at the doctor’s office. Tape the appointment, as something that important has to be recorded, she said. Listen to the tape and jot down questions to ask at the next appointment.

“It’s called taking charge, being own advocate for your health. You have to be a smart consumer when it comes to your health,”

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STILL FIGHTING: River Forest resident Roz Varon was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006 and has spent the past decade raising awareness and hosting an annual walk.

Varon said. “And ask for help. Women tend to be caregivers, and it’s difficult for to let somebody take care to them when they’re sick. People want to help, let them.”

In addition to her talks, every year since 2006 Varon and colleague Judy Hsu co-host Making Strides against Breast Cancer Chicago, an awareness walk sponsored by the American Cancer Society. The walk, of which ABC7 is the media sponsor, is Oct. 22.

Varon said she having a life threatening illness hasn’t changed who she is. But it changed her outlook and helped her rethink her priorities. She has started thinking about saving for retirement.

“I didn’t think I was going to live so long,” she said.

In October, 2006, she made the commitment to fulfill a longtime dream: to make bat mitzvah. She asked her daughter if the two of them could do the ceremony together.

“I didn’t want to steal her thunder. She said that’d be cool, that if I got nervous on the bimah, you’d be there to help me,” Varon said.

Berit Engen, a fellow congregant at Oak Park Temple, worked with Varon every week for two years. On Oct. 11, 2008, she and Sara did their b’nai mitzvahs.

“I cried through the whole ceremony,” Varon said. “To look out on the sanctuary and see family and friends and work friends – to see everybody there – supporting my decision to do this and being able to do that, it was very emotional. Rabbi [Gary] Gerson joked that I’d used up all the Kleenex, and asked if anyone had any.”

She also traveled, an activity Varon loves.

Among her journeys was her first trip to Israel.

“I truly believe having a life-threatening illness prompted me to do all these things.

Going to Israel was very special. Again, it was life-affirming. To leave a prayer at the Western Wall, that was intense,” she said.

Breast cancer by the numbers According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, not counting some forms of skin cancer, in the United States breast cancer is: ■ The common cancer in women, no matter the race or ethnicity.

■ The most common cause of death from cancer among Hispanic women.

■ The second most common cause of death from cancer among white, black and Asian/Pacific Islander women.

■ Found mostly in women over the age of 50; but 11 percent of all new cases are found in women younger than 45 years of age.

In 2013, the most recent year where numbers are available, ■ Approximately 230,815 women and 2,019 men in the United States were diagnosed with breast cancer.

■ Approximately 40,860 women and 464 men died from breast cancer.

Varon is in remission. She continues to get yearly mammograms, a sonogram every six months to monitor the liver and Herceptin treatments every four weeks. She will never be cured. Once it’s in the system, it’s there.

“It’s just not reared its ugly head,” Varon said. “Hopefully it won’t [but] it could at any time.”

And Varon will continue to be her own best advocate.

“I’m doing as much as I can, the rest is out of my control,” she said. “I don’t treat cancer as a life-threatening illness; it’s something I can control. We have to take care of ourselves and believe in our doctor.”

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OPRF grads forging local arts movement

Callosum Magazine is homegrown and proud of it

Harrison Street since August. The events, Foley said, have averaged more than 60 attendees each night.

Foley said the Harrison District as a whole has eagerly embraced the showcases

By MICHAEL ROMAIN and helped underwrite Callosum’s mission Staff Reporter by donating space and lending resources to When Oak Park and River Forest High their efforts. The group is looking to take School alumnus Tony Foley, 22, graduated their online magazine into print next year from Knox College in Galesburg this and are exploring numerus fundraising summer with his bachelor’s degree in options.

“Callosum is a shortening of the corpus creative writing, he could’ve headed for the callosum, which is a region in the brain coasts or downtown Chicago. Instead, Foley that connects the two hemispheres,” said decided to resettle in the place where he Foley, when describing the inspiration for grew up. his project, for which he serves “We want to defeat the idea as artistic director and textual that you have to leave, because all editor. of our parents probably still live “We have this right and left here, our family and our roots way of thinking that’s the are still here, our childhood is old way of understanding the here,” said Foley during a recent brain,” Foley said. “The corpus interview. callosum is the intermediary, the “So instead of having kids organ that enables conversation in the next generation come between the two hemispheres. back to face this myth that Oak I like the idea of taking these Park isn’t cool or it doesn’t have different ways of thinking and a cultural scene, we decided TONY FOLEY making them talk.” to help out,” he said. “This is Callosum Founder The cerebral imagery is where our roots are and we want a fitting metaphor for the to respect that and payback what project. During a roughly hourwas given to us.” long interview, Callosum’s After graduating college, Foley started Callosum Magazine, a creative co-creators swatted down one myth after arts publication that’s also a digital stage another concerning the world of young for the artistic community Foley and his artists — a reality they’re uniquely situated 20-something artists in arms — who include to represent.

“There’s the myth that the artist is lonely poets, comics, actors, musicians and painters — have forged in the Oak Park area and has to do it themselves and figure out their own voice on their own,” said Caleb over the last several months.

In addition to the magazine’s website, Awe, 22, Callosum’s performance director Foley’s volunteer staff of eight, all of them and textual editor. “What we’re trying to OPRF graduates, have organized monthly do is foster a community where an artist showcases in the Oak Park Arts District on shouldn’t be afraid to share what they have.

“This is where our roots are and we want to respect that and payback what was given to us.”

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MEETING OF MINDS: Tony Foley, far left, founded Callosum Magazine earlier this year with fellow OPRF grads like Caleb Awe and Antoinette Lavin.

It’s all about getting the work out there and facilitating the conversation.”

Awe and Foley said that they have a pretty open submission process. Artists and writers in a wide range of media can submit their work as long as they’re open to having it peer-reviewed and constructively critiqued. The model for Callosum, Foley said, is based on a literary magazine called Cellar Door he helped operate at Knox.

Callosum’s sense of openness and community also hearkens to Crest, the literary magazine at OPRF, where many of Callosum’s collaborator’s cut their teeth.

The idea there wasn’t to reject developing creatives, but to cultivate their evolution.

“As young artists, the myth is that you’re

not going to make it, nobody’s going to publish you, you’re not going to pay the bills as an artist,” Foley said. “I think that those types of myths detract people from actually trying, so we have a welcoming environment where anyone who submits, as long as they’re willing to listen to our feedback, we’ll publish them no questions asked.”

Callosum’s next showcase will take place on Oct. 21, 8 p.m., at Intuit Dance Studio, 237 Harrison St. Admission is $5. To view the magazine online visit callosummagazine.com. Email submissions to callosummagazine@gmail.com.

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CEO of West Suburban Hospital resigns for new job in Indiana Patrick Maloney says departure is bittersweet

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Patrick Maloney, CEO of West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park and Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park, has announced his resignation for a new job running three hospitals for Franciscan Health, a 14-hospital network in Indiana and parts of Illinois.

Maloney said in a telephone interview that his last day with West Suburban/Westlake is Oct. 24. He will take the helm as CEO of Franciscan hospitals in Hammond, Munster and Dyer, Indiana.

The chief operating officers of each hospital will serve as interim CEOs until a fulltime CEO is hired, Maloney said.

Prior to serving at West Suburban/ Along with Rush Oak Park Hospital, West Westlake, Maloney was CEO of Hernando Suburban also began providing free laundry Health, a health care system with hospitals, service for Housing Forward, which serves ambulatory surgery centers and homeless people in the western outpatient facilities, in Hernansuburbs. do County, Fla. He also noted West Suburban “I’m leaving happy about reand Westlake’s establishment of establishing West Suburban and a cereal drive for underserved Westlake back into the community children giving thousands of and making them more visible servings to kids who don’t have than we had been in prior years,” access to breakfast when they’re home from school over the sumMaloney said, calling the departure mer. from the position “bittersweet.”

Maloney said a community Maloney noted the hospitals’ hospital should be very involved involvement with the Oak ParkPATRICK MALONEY in the municipalities it serves.

River Forest Community FounOutgoing CEO of West Suburban “When we can play a leaderdation, donating funds for their Medical Center ship role, it’s a win-win for the group’s Big Idea Competition entire community as a whole,” and their work with the Oak Park nonprofit Seven Generations Ahead to he said. “It makes the community in which we work and live stronger.” reduce the organization’s carbon footprint.

He said that in addition to community outreach, West Suburban has improved its internal operations and consistently received grades of A from Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization that rates hospital performance.

During his tenure, the hospital has put more resources in emergency room waiting areas to get patients seen more quickly. Both hospitals also have implemented so-called gemba — or quality improvement — walks through every department every day to find efficiencies.

He says the effort has resulted in improved turnaround times with patients.

“I’m going to miss being part of the community,” Maloney said. “The medical staff and everybody are fantastic. This is a phenomenal opportunity with the Franciscans, and I’m looking forward to the future.”

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he Chamber hosted its second “Procurement Expo” last week, providing local businesses the opportunity to meet the people responsible for purchasing at various government entities.

We welcomed representatives from most of the taxing bodies in Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park, all eager to show their “business friendly” side.

Each of the government organizations had a table with information and people on hand to answer questions and talk about what and how they buy. Business people could go from table to table, visiting with the procurement and finance officers and networking directly with people who make buying decisions.

The chief administrators of the three municipal governments shared their approach to

purchasing and local collaboration. Oak Park Village Manager Cara Pavlicek, River Forest Village Manager Eric Palm and Forest Park Village Administrator Tim Gillian graciously donated their time to personally attend with their staffs.

Representatives from the school districts, the park districts, the libraries, the housing entities and the townships were on hand as well. Each has different needs and procedures for purchasing, some more formal than others.

In addition to finding out what types of goods and services the organizations purchase, businesses were able to learn about how to get on any approved vendors lists, how Request For Proposals (RFPs) are disseminated, how small purchases (like catering or office supplies) are made and whether there are specific policies pertaining to buying local.

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Understanding that sometimes it is difficult for small business owners to leave the store or office long enough to attend events, we created a print directory listing contact information of many of the local government procurement representatives. Where possible, organizations provided a brief description of what they typically purchase and links to online information. The free directories are available in the Chamber of Commerce office while they last.

Many thanks to West Suburban Hospital for hosting the event, our organizer Lee Owens of Name on Anything, our sponsors and our volunteers. You’ll find them listed in the directory.

Chamber members in attendance included business owners in information technology, consulting, promotional material, catering, advertising, printing, insurance, legal services and

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TGI Friday’s waiter stiffed

A large group of about 14 or 15 people consumed $267.38 of food and drink at TGI Fridays at 401 North Harlem and left without paying. The walked check was reported at 10:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 26.

Residential burglary An apartment in the 400 block of North Kenilworth Avenue was burglarized sometime between 8 p.m. on Aug. 15 and 7:13 p.m. on Sept. 29.The burglars took a black Nikon camera, a gold female rose-colored Michael Kors watch and miscellaneous makeup. The loss was an estimated $3,900.

Disorderly conduct A black male in his 30s, standing about 6-foot tall, with a medium build and wearing a brown sweatshirt with a hood, was found standing on the porch of a home in the 800 block of South Wesley turning the rear door handle in an attempt to gain entry.

The incident occurred at 10 a.m. on Sept.

27. When the resident of the home questioned the man’s presence, he responded, “Sorry, wrong house,” and fled on food southbound on Wesley and then eastbound through the alley north of Harrison Street.

Possession of a stolen firearm A juvenile from Chicago was arrested and charged with possession of a stolen firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon in the 100 block of North Mason in Chicago, at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 30.

The victim was described as an Oak Park resident. The offender was transported to the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center.

No additional information was given.

Criminal damage to vehicle A black 2013 Ford Escape was apparently targeted for its catalytic converter in the 600 block of South Oak Park Avenue, sometime between 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 16 and 5 p.m. on Oct. 1.

The thief damaged the undercarriage of the vehicle in an attempt to steal the car part. The loss was an estimated $150.

Burglary to motor vehicle arrest A Chicago juvenile was arrested in the first block of Superior Street at 4:35 a.m. on Oct. 2 and charged with burglary to a motor vehicle. Two Oak Park residents were

identified as the victims. The juvenile was taken to Cook County Detention Center.

Burglary to motor vehicle A Ford Edge was burglarized in the 100 block of South Humphrey Avenue sometime between 11 a.m. on Oct. 1 and 8:45 a.m. on Oct. 2. The offender gained entry by unknown means and stole a bullet-proof vest, a plastic gun case, a black duffel bag a black leather ammunition magazine holder and a pair of black tactical gloves. The ammo holder and gloves were later recovered. The loss was an estimated $150.

Theft of motor vehicle ■ A white 2015 Nissan Leaf was stolen from a garage in the 200 block of North Harvey, sometime during the overnight hours of Sept. 25-26. The offender entered the garage an unlocked side service door. The loss was an estimated $30,000.

■ A green 1996 Honda Civic was stolen from the 900 block of North Austin Boulevard, sometime between 7 and 10 p.m. on Sept. 25. The estimated loss to the owner, a Chicago resident, was $500.

Child sex offender arrested in park

homeless, was arrested on Sept. 29 at 6:15 p.m. in the 200 block of Home Avenue for loitering in Mills Park. Vivirito was held in lieu of bond.

Vivirito was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a 12-year-old victim when he was 28.

Rose shrubs damaged A criminal damage to property report was filed after someone threw a Waste Management garbage bin over the fence of a home on the 300 block of North Euclid and damaged a resident’s rose shrubs.

The offense occurred overnight on Sept.

27-28. The loss was an estimated $100.

These items, obtained from the Oak Park and River Forest police departments, came from reports, Sept. 26-30, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.

— Compiled by Timothy Inklebarger

Mark Vivirito, 52, identified by police as

Residents discuss state of Oak Park’s race relations Community of Congregations’ fall meeting featured frank talk, solutions

By IGOR STUDENKOV & MICHAEL ROMAIN Contributing reporter and staff writer

Dozens of Oak Park residents gathered inside New Life Ministries Oak Park, 634 N. Austin Blvd., for the fall meeting of the Community of Congregations, an Oak Parkbased interfaith organization that supports numerous community and social justiceoriented initiatives.

The Sept. 29 meeting, which focused on improving equity and race relations in the village, featured a panel of speakers that included Anthony Clark, an Oak Park and River Forest High School teacher and founder of the Suburban Unity Alliance; Nichelle Stigger, a teacher and member of Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church; Kristin Carlson Bogen, president of the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation; Rob Breymaier, executive director of the Oak Park Regional Housing Center; and Robert Simmons, Oak Park Public Library’s manager of community resources.

Although much of the panel discussion

was dedicated to mulling solutions to the issue of racial inequity in Oak Park, some panelists also expressed dissatisfaction with the current state of race in the village.

“There is a heavy level of disenfranchisement in this community,” said Clark, who spent much of his youth in Oak Park.

“When I came back to OPRF, things seemed like they had gotten worse in terms of equity.”

Clark homed in on scholarships offered by the Park District of Oak Park as an example of an area where the problem of racial inequity can rear its head in seemingly innocent conditions. Clark said that, while district officials may think simply having the scholarships available will be enough to attract a diverse array of applicants, that’s not necessarily the case.

“They are going to look at the scholarship and say, ‘It’s not for me,’ and they won’t [apply],” Clark said.

He said the district should not only make sure the resources are available for people who need them, but help everyone feel like he or she is part of the community and is

comfortable enough to take advantage of the scholarships.

Clark also recalled walking around Oak Park one day and seeing a dog running loose. He said his instinct was to try to catch the dog and look for its owner, but he walked back on that decision after considering what people on the block might think of a black man running through their yards after a dog.

“If that’s how I felt, imagine how our children, how our youth feel in this community,” Clark said.

Responding to a question about what resolutions they’d put in place to help improve race relations and other issues if resources or money weren’t an object, Breymaier said he would hire people to go into the community and ask about their needs.

“I can go chase a dog anywhere in this town and no one would question it,” said Breymaier. “And there are places in this town where Anthony can’t do that. It’s a reality I’ll never understand unless someone tells me about it.”

Stigger said she would give teachers more

“If that’s how I felt, imagine how our children, how our youth feel in this community.”

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extensive hands-on training for teaching a diverse population of students. Bogen said every new teacher in Oak Park should undergo training to educate them on the village’s culture and history.

Lolita Flores, an audience member who attends St. John United Methodist Church, said she was impressed with the panelists’ ideas and discussion.

“There’s a lot of stuff I’d like to share with my congregation,” Flores said. “We have to work as one.”

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“I don’t want him to leave. He helps you when you need help and he’s not crabby. He’s always happy and cheerful.”

NOTSOBLUE LINE Friendly faces from page 1 1 to 9 p.m.

“He’s so cheerful and good with people,” said Gati, sounding like a proud, doting mother. “I don’t know how else to put it. I don’t want him to leave. He helps you when you need help and he’s not crabby. He’s always happy and cheerful.”

After Kubicz explained his shift change, Gati braced herself for another loss. Janon Porter, 49, the attendant who works the shift immediately before Kubicz, is also leaving.

Unlike her colleague, however, Porter is leaving for good. In less than two months, she’ll be retiring.

“I guess we treat everybody nice,” said Kubicz, betraying an obvious reticence to talk about himself, when asked to explain what makes him so popular. “We treat everybody like we want to be treated. We just have a warm relationship with people.”

For Gati, there’s nice and then there’s Al, who has hailed buses for the Forest Park resident when she shops and banks in Oak Park.

This year Porter, whose younger sister is state Sen. Kimberly Lightford (4th), handed out school supplies and backpacks from the legislator’s annual back-to-school giveaway to young commuters passing through her turnstiles. Porter even gave a young woman

DIANE GATI Commuter

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LAST STOP: Al Kubicz’s last day at the Oak Park Blue Line station was last Friday. His commuters say they will miss his friendly style. commuting to a job interview at Walmart $10 to cover her fare.

“I just figured that’s two less $5 boxes of Popeye’s I won’t be getting,” Porter said before belting out a laugh like a rallying cry, prompting everyone else in the terminal to start laughing, too.

After 26 years on the job, two of them at the Oak Park Ave. station, Porter said she’ll have more time to focus on her family and

numerous personal projects. Her passion for people, however, will remain.

“I love people, I have a caring heart,” said Porter. “I enjoy when I go on vacation and come back and they let me know that no one treated them how I do. They’ll say, ‘I didn’t get any good mornings or anything!’”

Porter and Kubicz both admitted that despite the training process that comes with the job, not all CTA attendants are similarly

jocular — a point that Gati substantiated.

“Some of them are so grumpy,” she said, before Kubicz, always accommodating, offered a charitable explanation.

“We always say they might not have had enough coffee,” he said, laughing.

“It’s a passion,” said Porter of her job, which she described as more as a calling. “It doesn’t come hard to us. It’s natural. Some people have to be taught something and they do put people through training, but it doesn’t always go over well.”

When it does, though, the rewards can be sweet, Kubicz said, before walking this reporter over to a farewell poster taped just outside his booth by one of his admiring patrons.

The poster was create by a commuter named Mary, one of Kubicz’s bigger fans. It came as a surprise, he said.

“As he moves to the Pink Line (54th and Cermak) after 3 years at this stop, we will miss him!” the poster reads. “Wish Al good luck. Mayor of the Blue Line.”

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OH, RATS: Frank Stachyra, an Animal Care League neighbor, says he believes the rat problem is due to the animal shelter’s disposal of pet waste.

RATS

ing; and added rat boxes (traps).

Stachyra said he believes the village should insist on a “feces management program” that would require pet waste to be placed in sealed containers. The scent from the dumpster where the pet waste is disposed is the from page 1 main problem, he said. Without that change, lieves the scent of the feces produced by the pets he said, “they’re just going to come back.”

— disposed of in the garbage dumpster behind Charley said in an email to Stachyra that the ACL building — are attracting the rats. the village has asked ACL and Anderson Pest Stachyra said he’s lived in the Solutions to “monitor the exterineighborhood for 40 years and only or waste containers for rat activrecently started seeing rats and ity (gnawing on bags, consumphearing about them from neighbors. tion of feces, etc.).”

He recently spoke with an ex“If rat activity is observed terminator from Anderson Pest with their external waste conSolutions who was inspecting a tainers, we will work in collabonearby residence for rats. Stachyration with the Animal Care ra was told that ACL had rats inLeague on a reasonable solution side its garage just south of the to prevent this activity, if posbuilding, but there were none insible,” Charley said in the email. side the pet adoption facility.

The village also is distributKIRA ROBSON Stachyra was told that dog feing fact sheets to residents in the Executive Director ces is a top source of food for rats. area about rat abatement.

Animal Care League Animal Care League Executive Charley said in an email to Director Kira Robson said in a teleWednesday Journal that the phone interview that she’s been at recommendations for property ACL for 3½ years and, like the neighbors, has owners includes: never seen a rat until recently.

■ Keep all garbage in closed containers Robson said ACL had done nothing differ■ Remove fallen fruit and spilled birdseed ent or new that would precipitate such an ■ Clean all litter and/or debris on your outbreak. property “We haven’t changed anything, but all of a ■ Close/seal any openings around buildings sudden it’s a huge problem,” she said.

■ Raise firewood off the ground Anderson, she said, which contracts with ■ Clean up dog excrement the village for pest removal, recently came out ■ Do not feed wildlife and patched four rat burrows around the prop■ Keep compost containing food sealed in erty with cement, primarily in and around the a compost bin garage to the south of the building.

■ Trim excess vegetation Robson said ACL also has put foam seal■ Seal any openings to external catch basins ant in areas around its back fence to prevent ■ Survey property for rodent burrows; if entry to the property and increased garbage burrows or rat activity are found, contact pickup from two to three times a week. the Health Department “We’re working with the village and our The city of Chicago recently announced a pest control service, so we’re not contribut- new strategy for combating rats — dropping ing to [the problem],” she said. dry ice in their burrows to create carbon diRobson added in an email that ACL has oxide that suffocates the rodents. added a larger recycling bin, so recyclables Charley said in an email that Anderson are not left outside the container; cleaned Pest is considering using the same method out the garage and sealed holes in the struc- and might test it in Oak Park. ture; weeded a play yard behind the buildCONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

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[About a theoretical DNC hacker] “Could be someone sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds.”

Wiki Commons photo [About former Miss Universe Alicia Machado] “Miss Piggy” “Overweight Man.” There are many, many more examples.

I’m guessing you may think you’re a little who is looking pretty corpulent himself too heavy, with a few too many pounds in these days. And just about everyone is the wrong places, wide in the middle. Many probably sensitive about their weight. So of us feel that way. when a potential leader of our From a political strategy country sees them — you, me, point of view, it’s probably not us — as objects of ridicule, the a smart move to offend overlikelihood is high that many weight people. The Centers for people will feel personally asDisease Control estimate that saulted. That’s politically bad 36.5% of Americans are obese, news for candidate Trump. and many more are technically The bad news for our country overweight; many more than is that we could end up with a that are aware they could afford man at the top who doesn’t like to lose a few and are proboverweight people and whose ably sensitive about the spare contempt is likely to spread pounds they’ve put on over the years. That’s a lot of people. But throughout the population, that’s not my point. making it OK again to call Being in the food world, I have someone a “fat ass” (and a lot Local Dining a lot of friends who probably worse) without being consid& Food Blogger feel they’re tipping the scales ered — or feeling like — a bad at more than just a few pounds. person.

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Where moderne meets modern A 1940s Oak Park home remains on the cutting edge

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hen 214 S. Euclid Ave. in Oak Park was the final house constructed on the block in 1940, it stood apart from a sea of Victorian- and Prairie-style homes.

One of the few homes in the Art Moderne style ever constructed in the village, the house began life on the cutting edge. When the current owners, architects Daniela Blanco and Daniel Mazeiro, purchased the home in 2002, the home needed updates, and update they did.

The 2004 addition more than doubled the square footage of the home. While original elements were respected during the remodeling, a contemporary design ethos was also incorporated. With a rear wall of glass, the new addition adds a modern element to the block unlike any seen before.

History of the Roy Davis House In 1885, William Rony purchased the lots now occupied by 210 and 214 S. Euclid. He sold both lots to a neighbor in 1895, who retained them until 1933. Roy Davis purchased one lot in 1939 and, in 1940, obtained a building permit to construct his home for $18,000 and a garage for $350.

Davis hired Oak Park architect Charles Kirsten to design the house. Kirsten arrived in the U.S. from Austria-Hungary in 1906, and worked for the Chicago firm Marshall and Fox, which designed the Drake Hotel.

The home is the only known Kirsten house in the Art moderne style.

An offshoot of the Art Deco movement, Art Moderne represented a direct contrast to Art Deco’s emphasis on rich colors, geometric shapes and bold decoration. In the wake of the stock market crash of 1929, Art moderne was a more budget-conscious, streamlined style characterized by hori-

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STREAMLINED: The Art Moderne-style Davis House on the 200 block of South Euclid reflects the limited ornamentation of the Depression era. zontal lines and the modern, aerodynamic principles being used in the design of ships, airplanes and cars.

In the Roy Davis House, Art Moderne elements are seen in the subdued color scheme, the chrome hardware, the use of glass block, the flat roof and the nautical elements such as porthole windows and circular light fixtures.

Davis, who was a partner in a commercial

art firm, lived in the house with his family until 1946. He sold it to John Romano, a doctor at Oak Park and Loretto hospitals, whose wife, Henrietta, was the daughter of the founder of Gonnella Baking Company.

In 1964, the Romano family sold the home to First Congregational Church, which used it to house ministers. There were two more owners before Blanco and Mazeiro purchased the home in 2002.

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Beautiful landscaping. ...................................................................................................................$719,000 ATTRACTIVE BRICK COLONIAL HOME recently painted and hardwood floors redone, offers the modern updates you want! Huge Liv Room with Fireplace, open and updated kitchen floor plan, 1st fl office, four BRs. Attached 2 car garage, LL Family Room, Laundry and Storage. ............................................................................................................................................................$709,000 BEAUTIFUL KENILWORTH PARKWAY! 3 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath Classic Colonial. Brick, slate roof, curb appeal galore and move in ready!!! Walk up attic, lower level playroom, screened porch overlooks exquisite landscaped backyard. Ideal location. All you need to do is move in! ............................................................................................................................................................$689,900 QUINTENSSENTIAL OAK PARK HOME! This 3BR, 1-1/2 BA home offers lots of space to grow. Enter thru the substantial light filled Living Room, proceed to the Dining Room with coved moldings. 1st floor family room located right off the kitchen. Generous sized bedrooms. ...........................................................................................................................................................$485,000 CLASSIC OAK PARK HOME ready to move right in. Spacious LR with brick fireplace, formal DR and hardwood floors throughout. Updated kitchen, 3 nicely sized BRs on the 2nd fl and enclosed porch off the back. Finished fam rm in bsmt, enclosed backyard. .....................$409,000 METICUOUSLY MAINTAINED BUNGALOW with an enclosed porch welcomes you to this home! Special features include hardwood floors, a spacious LR, beamed ceiling DR, two bedrooms, one full bath, bright kitchen and office overlooking fenced-in yard. Impeccable 2 car garage...............................................................................................................................................$274,000 BEAUTIFUL THREE BEDROOM BUNGALOW with large rooms, double living area and nice location. Oak floors, well maintained, freshly painted and easy to move into! Spacious pantry, enclosed back porch and/or mud room, inviting front porch, many additional storage areas. .................................................................................................................................................$236,500 GREAT CHARM in this lovely 2 bedroom, 2 bath home on a quiet street. Why own a condo when you can own a cute house with a backyard. Hardwood floors, Enclosed front porch, Side drive. Walk to everything: Transportation, shops and restaurants.......................................$219,000

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METICUOUSLY MAINTAINED BRICK GEORGIAN with 3 bedrooms, 1-1/2 bath, an open floor plan, expansive kitchen, and spacious family room. Living room has wood burning fireplace. Partially finished basement, entertainment deck, landscaped yard, two car garage. ....................................................................................$339,000

RIVER FOREST HOMES A ONE OF A KIND HOME! Impeccable restoration of original home with a fabulous addition surrounded by lush professional landscaping. Gorgeous decor & architectural detail throughout, yet warmly welcoming, house is perfect for intimate or grand scale entertaining. ........................................................................................................................................................$3,750,000 BURMA BUILT BUHRKE HOUSE combines Tudor revival & chateau style architecture elements. Gorgeous décor and impeccable attention to detail and care found in house and landscaped grounds, extends to fabulous in ground pool and patios. Perfect for entertaining. ........................................................................................................................................................$2,649,000 RESTORE THIS HOUSE with fabulous curb appeal or Build your dream home on this 100’ x 184’ lot. ........................................................................................................................................$1,400,000 HANDSOME AND BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED traditional brick home for those who appreciate tradition and elegance. Distinctive home offers 5BRs, 2 full/2 half baths.

Professionally landscaped fenced yard with in-ground pool and spa. Ample storage in basement. .........................................................................................................................................................$1,389,000 GEORGOUS FRENCH NORMANDY with 5 bedrooms, 5 full & 5 half baths sits on a 75 foot corner lot. Gleaming hardwood floors and fireplace in LR, simply stunning eat-in kitchen with adjoining family room. Lower level rec room with gas fireplace. Beautifully landscaped grounds. ........................................................................................................................................$1,139,000 BEAUTIFUL STYLISH UPDATED HOME with 4 BRs, 3.2 BAs on four floors of living space. Includes LR w/ frpl, new high end kitchen, Breakfast Rm, 1st FL office. LL has Fam Rm, Rec Room, Laundry, Wine Cellar and Full Bath. 2 car garage with extra storage and rooftop deck. .........................................................................................................................................................$1,049,000

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UNPRECEDENTED ESTATE in the Frank Lloyd Wright Historical district of Oak Park! This meticulously renovated 5 BR, 5 full / 2 half bath property offers exquisite details and refined finishes that boast timeless materials and over the top custom millwork. This is a showcase home!...........................................................................................................................................$2,525,000 BEAUTIFUL ESTATE HOME in Historic Oak Park with a perfect blend of modern and vintage details including hardwood floors, leaded glass windows and a grand staircase. Large rooms, tall ceilings and a lot of windows make this 5BR, 3-1/2 BA home spacious and bright. .......................................................................................................................................................... $949,500 CLASSIC BRICK COLONIAL has it all! Move right in to this 4BR, 2BA home. Tastefully decorated, updated gourmet kitchen that opens to family room, and hand turned French doors that open to DR. Addl fam room on lower level. Great house for entertaining! ..............$865,000

FOREST PARK HOMES JUST MOVE IN!! Meticulously maintained new construction built in 2006. Open floor plan features 10 foot ceilings, hardwood floors, and many custom details from crown molding to door handles. High end kitchen. 4 generously sized BRs. Open basement ready to finish. ....$489,000

ELMWOOD PARK HOMES

GEORGIAN STYLE HOME boasting three levels of living space. Solid brick home sits on double lot. Basement has eight foot ceilings and is finished with bedroom and family room.

Home has all new stainless steel appliances. 2.5 car detached garage with driveway and alley access. ..............................................................................................................................................$417,650

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TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS RARE OPPORTUNITY! Within walking distance to schools, parks and River Forest Metra stop. Unit comes with one parking space, storage and side by side washer dryer. Bring your personal touches and make this home your own! ..................................................................................................$125,000 METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED BRICK GEORGIAN. Features 3 bedrooms, 1 full bath, 1 powder room. Updated kitchen, 1st floor family room, generous sized living and dining room. Partially finished basement with laundry and storage room. Beautiful yard, 2 car garage. ............................................................................................................................................................$302,000

CONDOS/TOWNHOMES/2 FLATS

RIVER FOREST 2 Flat..............................................................................................................$499,000 RIVER FOREST 2BR, 2BA. Eastern facing balcony. ...........................................................$209,900 RIVER FOREST 1BR, 1BA. Entertainment area. ..................................................................$99,000 OAK PARK 3BR, 2-1/2 BA. Many extra amenities...............................................................$560,000 OAK PARK 3BR, 3-1/2 BA. Large corner unit. ......................................................................$489,000 NEW LISTING OAK PARK 2BR, 2BA. ..............................................................................$289,900 PRICE REDUCED OAK PARK 2BR, 1BA. .......................................................................$145,000 NEW LISTING OAK PARK 2BR, 1BA...................................................................................$97,000 OAK PARK 1BR, 1BA. Convenient location. ............................................................................$84,900 OAK PARK 1BR, 1BA. Updated kitchen and bath..................................................................$52,000 FOREST PARK 2BR, 2BA. Spacious corner unit..................................................................$289,000 FOREST PARK 2BR, 2BA. Large balcony. ............................................................................$178,000 FOREST PARK 2BR, 2A. West facing balcony. ...................................................................$150,000 FOREST PARK 1BR, 1BA. Updated bath. ...............................................................................$89,500 NEW LISTING FOREST PARK 1BR, 1BA. ........................................................................$89,000 ELMWOOD PARK 4BR, 2-1/2BA. Stunning unit. .............................................................$195,000 ELMWOOD PARK 2BR, 1-1/2 BA. Remodeled corner unit.............................................$169,900 PRICE REDUCED ELMWOOD PARK 1BR, 1BA. ..........................................................$82,000 ELMWOOD PARK 1BR, 1BA. Top floor corner unit. ...........................................................$74,900

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779,000

Beautiful 6 bed, 3 bath home that goes on and on and on! Expansive living room, separate dining room, den makes great office, breakfast room, and sun room are just some of the great spaces to be found here! Upstairs you have six full bedrooms!

Three full baths in the home! And a real basement!

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$689,000

Impeccable 5 bed, 3 bath brick bungalow has been enlarged and renovated. charming foyer, kitchen with white shaker cabinetry, stone countertops and all stainless appliances, custom staircase and trim, new 2nd floor addition, new roof, plumbing, electric and mechanicals, lovely deep lot and 2 car garage.

Elizabeth Eder - ID# 09292040

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Oak Park

$587,000

Beautiful 3 bed, 1.1. bath home with original wood work, pocket doors, many stained and leaded glass windows, a beamed ceiling and built-in hutch in the dining room, Chef’s kitchen, family room addition with vaulted ceilings and wood burning fireplace. Huge unfinished attic, unfinished dry basement offers additional living space.

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4 bed, 2.1 Prairie-Style home with open floor plan, updated kitchen and traditional dining room with builtins. All season sunroom, hardwood floors throughout, mud room leads to an expansive deck overlooking the fantastic backyard - perfect for grilling and entertaining. New tear-off roof in 2015 and MUCH MORE! Leigh Ann Hughes – ID# 09314059

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Updated 3 bed, 1.1 bath American 4-Square features remodeled 3 season enclosed front porch, wood burning fireplace, pristine wood floors, detailed trim, colorful leaded glass, Frank Lloyd Wright inspired light fixtures, mission style radiator covers, dining room with beamed ceiling, nursery and full unfinished walkout basement.

Bill Geldes - ID# 09314369

Oak Park

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$410,000

Beautiful 3 bed, 2.1 bath 4-Square home with oak floors, art-glass windows and modern updates. Prairie oak staircase, large living, formal beamed-ceiling dining room, eat in kitchen, large master bedroom, finished attic, newly finished recreation with new bath room and huge deck. Gas Forced-Air Heat and C/A. Newer 2-car garage.

Steve Scheuring ID# 09355038

$435,000

Well maintained 5 bed, 2.1 Queen Anne Bungalow renovated with modern amenities. This beauty offers great living areas and ample room to entertain indoors or out. Tons of new: Electrical, furnace, a/c condenser, hot water tank, siding, windows, front entrance stairs and so much more!

James Salazar - ID# 09354936

Oak Park

$349,000

Fabulous 4 bed, 2 bath home with vintage features of original woodwork, built-ins and stained glass surrounding the wood burning fireplace, beamed ceiling dining room with original built-in hutch, hardwood floors, spacious newly remodeled eat-in kitchen, recreation room perfectly situated on a double lot.

Kara Keller – ID# 09356326

$434,500

Sleek urban-retro 3 bed, 2 bath remodeled home on wide lot with attached garage. Large open floor plan, master bedroom with en suite has his/her closet, freshly painted, beautiful eat-in kitchen, GORGEOUS refinished hardwood floors on main level. HUGE basement, partially finished with fireplace. Outdoor grill and patio space.

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Oversized 3 bed, 2.1 bath Georgian featuring woodburning fireplace in living room, separate dining room, 1st floor den, updated kitchen and updated half bath. New bath on 2nd floor! Basement has updated flood control system, updated bath and spacious office and recreation room. Roof top deck and 2 ½ car attached garage.

Vivian Jones – ID# 09340166

Oak Park

$419,000

Fresh and clean and ready to move in! This 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath home has wood burning fireplace in living room and lower level family room, gleaming hardwood floors, nicely finished family room in basement, 3 season enclosed porch overlooks nice deck and generous yard and side drive to 1 car garage Peggy Letchos – ID# 09351713

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Patti McGuinness - ID#09355916

Oak Park

$199,000

Beautiful central Oak Park vintage 2 bed, 2 bath condo with so many modern updates. Newer windows, pristine wood floors, impeccable moldings and vintage details exist throughout. Formal entry foyer, large living room, formal dining, great kitchen, master bedroom with updated bath, 2nd bath is also updated. In-unit laundry!

Steve Scheuring - ID# 09341822

Oak Park

$179,900

Spacious 2 bed, 2 bath condo in Oak Park’s Frank Lloyd Wright Historic District! Southern exposure and private balcony, eat in kitchen, newer windows, balcony door and air conditioning units. Building has new roof and sun deck! Building also features an elevator, laundry, covered parking, visitor parking spaces. and bike storage Ann Keeney- ID# 09335540

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MODERNE EDGE Modern within from page 19 but doing so in a very specific manner.

Of their design choices, Blanco said, “You know how you sometimes have an addition that blends in so well to the original that you can’t tell what is old and what is new?

We did the opposite of that. There is a clear transition between old and new.”

The 2,400-square-foot, two-story addition features a kitchen that opens to a new family room. The master suite above spans the width of the house. Kelly Fondow, with Oak Park’s Weichert Realtors-Nickle Group, who is listing the house for $1,450,000, noted that almost the entire interior of the home is new.

“A lot of really horrible things had been done to take away the Art moderne style of the original home,” Fondow said, “and they brought them back, along with an insane upgrade of the mechanicals. Right down to the Brazilian hardwood decks outside, every detail is just over the top.”

On the first floor, the original house flows into a new kitchen and family room. The addition sports heated slate floors, a fireplace, and a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows that connect the indoors to the outdoors. In the kitchen, red custom cabinetry conceals Sub Zero refrigerators and freezers. Custom wood cabinetry on the north-facing wall features a transom to allow natural light into the room.

Blanco says the first-floor addition is one of her favorite rooms.

“I call the kitchen command central,” she

said. “It’s very comfortable. Because of the decks off the addition and the gardens, I can see everything we planted in the backyard growing. The fact that it’s all glass means I can see the yard from almost anywhere on the first floor. I enjoy it in the summer and the winter.”

In the backyard, a newly built garage includes a car lift for a third car. Decks surround the new garage as well as the rear of the home, and a wall of bamboo conceals the yard from the neighbors.

A first-floor bedroom has an en suite bathroom, making it useful as a guest room or separate office. On the second floor, one original bedroom has an en suite bathroom and access to a roof top deck, and another two bedrooms share a third full bathroom.

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BACKYARD TO THE FUTURE: The back end of the house is a stark contrast to the Depressionera front. Inside, it’s all very contemporary.

Fondow noted that each of the rooms was remodeled with care.

“Every room has its own dressing space,” she noted, “which means you don’t have to have a lot of dressers in the main bedrooms.

There is a lot of continuity between the bathrooms with the tiles and fixtures throughout the house.”

A glass bridge leads from the original second floor to the new master suite. The master bedroom has floor-to-ceiling windows looking over the backyard. A dressing room provides plenty of space for his-and-her clothes storage. The master bathroom has an infinity bath tub, a separate shower, double sinks and skylights.

“The house is just filled, filled, filled with natural light,” Fondow said.

The original basement of the home has the home’s third fireplace and a bar in the second family room, as well as another full bathroom. Five heating and cooling zones, as well as a back-up generator provide comfort through all seasons.

Fondow said no expense was spared in the remodel, but in spite of the high-end finishes, the home is nonetheless comfortable.

“I think it’s one of Oak Park’s true treasures,” she said. “I hope the next buyer will be someone who wants to be in Oak Park but doesn’t want a traditional home. It’s got great square footage and is so family-friendly.”

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1812 N. 79th Ave, Elmwood Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$419,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 835 N. Marion St, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $419,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 645 N. Grove Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $465,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 431 Greenfield, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $489,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30-4 1219 N. Euclid Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $499,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 847 S. Kenilworth Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $519,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30-3 700 Home Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $565,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 823 S. Harvey, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gullo & Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $574,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:30-1:30 1519 Ashland, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $594,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1431 Jackson Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $664,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1013 N. East Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $679,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:30-4 847 N. East Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$727,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1

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939 N. Oak Park Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $875,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 402 Lenox St, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $919,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 804 N. Forest Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $919,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:30-2:30

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1041 Jackson Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,460,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

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419 Edgewood Pl. UNIT 2, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 411 Ashland Ave. UNIT 5D, River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $235,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 433 S. Kenilworth Ave. UNIT 1S, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $235,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Showroom at 139 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, IL . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $649,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 Showroom at 139 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, IL . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $664,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1133 Chicago Ave. UNIT 4W, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $684,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2

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Religion Guide Methodist

Check First.

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

First Congregational Church of Maywood

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

Refreshments and fellowship follow the service.

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

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

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

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

3:30-4:00pm

Nationwide

WJYS-TV (M-F)

6:30-7:00am

Chicago, IL.

WCIU-TV (Sun.)

10:30-11:00am

Chicago, IL.

Word Network

10:30-11:00am

Nationwide

(M-F)

www.livingwd.org www.billwinston.org

West Suburban Temple Har Zion

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

Interfaith families are welcome.

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

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

Fair Oaks

Lutheran—ELCA

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

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

Grace Lutheran Church

7300 W. Division, River Forest David R. Lyle, Senior Pastor Phyllis N. Kersten Interim Associate Pastor Sunday Worship, 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

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

Childcare Available

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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

Roman Catholic

St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

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

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

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 11am Service: “Celebration of Life� thirdunitarianchurch.org (773) 626-9385 301 N. Mayfield near Austin and Lake

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, 8:30 am and 11:00 am Adult Bible Class, 10:00am Wheelchair Access to Sanctuary Leonard Payton, Pastor Roney Riley, Assistant Pastor 708-366-3226 | www.stjohnforestpark.org

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

Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor

Roman Catholic

St. Edmund Catholic Church

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

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

Weekday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

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

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

Unity

UNITY CHURCH OF OAK PARK 405 North Euclid Ave.

You have limitless potential.

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

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Canada Interfaith Dasara Hindu Ashura Islam Yom Kippur Jewish Sukkot Jewish St. Luke, Apostle & Evangelist Christian

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Passionate about art … and aging

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few months ago, I met and talked with the Artist Laureate of Illinois, Kay Smith. Kay spoke at the exhibition of her watercolor paintings as part of the XVII Biennial International Ernest Hemingway Conference. When I told her I am passionate about the topic of aging and our last third of life, she winked and quickly quipped, “Well, that’s one passion I can help you out with.”

She is accomplished, engaging, passionate and a bit sassy.

Kay Smith is 93 years old.

At the age of 19, Kay left her Vandalia family farm homestead and moved to the big city. She had some secretarial skills. To her, Chicago was like a candy store. She was sure her father expected her to return with her tail between her legs, but she was determined to make it on her own and she was drawn to classes at the Art Institute. She worked at the Armour stockyards as a stenographer and at Eli Lilly as an illustrator. She has lived Chicago history.

Kay is an artist/historian. In 1971, she started painting The American Legacy Collection, 250 watercolors, which document all phases of American history over 500 years.

“Lincoln worked in our courthouse in Vandalia. He was a son of Illinois,” she noted as we discussed her early years on the farm. “In those days, family history was very important.

Older people would sit around, playing cards or making quilts, and they’d just recite their family history. History was alive.”

Kay spoke of the picture of aging she had learned while growing up.

“First, you were not afraid of death,” she observed. “You saw it on the farm all the time — birth and death, life and death. So I never grew up being afraid of death or death for any of my family. And also, old people were respected, they were taken into homes and lived with the family. They babysat or did smaller chores, milking, cooking, I mean it was not a bad place to be. So that’s a pretty good picture of getting old.”

At age 65, Kay started teaching watercolor at the Old Town Triangle Art Center. “I could always find something positive in my students — a perfect line, a fine stroke — but I was always honest because you can’t lie in watercolor.”

She’d tell them, “You know what this lacks? It doesn’t have your heart there.”

Kay added, “I’d teach them how to see, in relationship to painting and drawing. They’d see deeper into things, they’d see more minute things, they’d see the things that make it cosmic, that make it organic, and we need to do that in aging, we need to have a new view of what getting older means.”

In 1997, at 74, Kay contracted Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a rare but serious autoimmune disorder in which the immune system attacks healthy nerve cells of the peripheral nervous system. This leads to weakness, numbness, and tingling, and can eventually cause paralysis.

MARC BLESOFF

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The River Forest red-light cash cow

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f you have recently received a red-light ticket, or three, from your friends in River Forest, you are not alone. Through late September, the village has issued more than 14,300 red-light tickets this year.

At $100 a pop, that’s more than $1.4 million in red-light citations. At its current pace, the village will issue almost $2 million in red-light tickets by the end of 2016.

That’s from just two cameras (Harlem and North & Harlem and Lake).

We all know River Forest is a place for high-achievers but the village’s red-light cameras are truly extraordinary. They are potentially 10 times more profitable than your garden variety suburban redlight camera, based on figures from a 2015 analysis by the Daily Herald newspaper. The average red-light camera in the average Chicago suburb — they looked at records for 123 such devices in 32 communities — generates less than $100,000.

Village Administrator Eric Palm has said publicly that River Forest splits the red light ticket revenue 60/40 with its vendor, SafeSpeed LLC. That means River Forest, through late September, has issued redlight tickets this year potentially worth more than $860,000 to the village. This figure appears to be considerably higher than Palm has let on during earlier public comments about the red-light program.

In July, Palm told a Pioneer Press reporter that River Forest officials budgeted for just over $620,000 of red-light ticket revenue in their FY 2017 budget.

Given the village’s torrid ticket-issuing pace — they’re sending out about 400 red light tickets per week, on average — that seems like extraordinarily conservative budget forecasting. Or perhaps it seems like a falsehood.

What gives, Mr. Palm?

The math is pretty straightforward: If current numbers hold steady through all of FY 2017, River Forest will issue almost $2 million in red-light citations. The village’s cut of that money would be about $1.15 million, or almost twice what Palm told Pioneer Press.

For those scoring at home, those projections work out to almost $1 million in tickets issued per camera.

That’s about 10,000 tickets per camera, an average of more than 25 red-light citations per day at both the Lake Street and North Avenue locations. If you were thinking about popping over to Whole Foods for some fair trade tapenade, maybe head to Pete’s and save yourself $100.

Have you received a red-light ticket in River Forest and are now thinking about contesting it? Don’t bother.

Village records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request show you’ve got about a

BRETT MCNEIL One View

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The red-light camera at Harlem and Lake.

Ticket happy?

River Forest red-light camera enforcement January to September 2016 Number of citations issued: 14,378 Number of citations contested: 1,237 Adjudication findings * Found guilty: 954 Dismissed: 134 Pleaded guilty: 106 * Close readers will note the total number of tickets included under Adjudication findings does not equal the total number of citations issued. It’s off by 43 tickets. River Forest officials did not provide underlying records in response to my FOIA request and instead forwarded numbers from their redlight camera vendor, SafeSpeed LLC. A SafeSpeed representative indicated in the company’s response that some motorists initially contest tickets but then pay before attending a hearing date. It’s unclear whether 43 motorists have done that so far this year.

River Forest officials responded to a request for clarification but did not provide detailed information. Also worth noting, I sought records from Jan. 1, 2016 through the date of my FOIA request on Sept. 22, 2016. The village response did not include a pull-date for the records. I received their reply, with SafeSpeed’s numbers, on Sept. 29.

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Millennials bet on Oak Park? You bet

During a time when it seems like every millennial with brains and creativity is escaping to big-city downtowns or to one of the coasts, it’s refreshing and inspiring to know that at least some are making a conscious effort to utilize their talents where they cultivated them.

The enormously gifted and brave 20-somethings who decided to set up shop in their native Oak Park and start a nonprofit arts community and online (soon-to-be-printed) literary magazine called Callosum right here in town tells us that staying local still has significance and meaning.

On a somewhat less highfalutin’ level, some of the anchors of Oak Park’s more mature arts community, particularly establishments within the Harrison Street Arts District, have embraced this new endeavor (Callosum is not quite a year old), which is even more encouraging. Creative young people could be the key to the district’s future flourishing, so keeping them here in Oak Park makes economic sense. Soon they’ll be asking you for money to help fund their venture. Consider it an investment in our future.

Conversation continues … then what?

A Sept. 29 panel discussion, hosted by the Community of Congregations, was just the latest forum in a communitywide discussion on race and equity that seems to be heating up. Early that morning, the District 200 high school board held a meeting to discuss its equity and accountability strategic plan. Throughout this year, there have been community meetings and forums and town halls on the matter.

The conversation continues and that’s encouraging.

But talking about change is one thing. The verdict is still out on whether more discussion translates into productive action. At last month’s Community of Congregations fall meeting, held at New Life Ministries in Oak Park, it was disheartening to learn that Anthony Clark — a burgeoning community leader who is a longtime Oak Park resident, a teacher at OPRF and founder of the Suburban Unity Alliance — believes that conditions in the village “have gotten worse in terms of equity.” This, despite years of discussions.

Hopefully, what seems like a period of fresh relevancy for racial issues in the village will be accompanied by boldness and a sense of urgency to actually do something significant about those issues. In the past, it seems like action on race and equity in Oak Park has been too often held captive by an undue commitment to gradualism and dominated by people with the least amount of skin in the game (i.e., white people).

A new crop of leaders in Oak Park, embodied by people — young, dynamic, gifted and black (i.e., very directly affected by racial inequality) — like Clark, Gwendolyn Brooks Principal LeeAndra Khan, mentor Stephen Jackson and others, exhibits much less patience and political tact than we may be used to. But given what gradualism has so far brought us, it’s time we at least give the fierce urgency of now a chance.

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What you can do for your country

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sk not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country,” John Kennedy memorably said in his 1961 Inaugural Address. My father, a lifelong, loyal Republican became a Kennedy fan because of that statement, which he quoted liberally (so to speak). The fact that Kennedy was Catholic didn’t hurt either.

Although rhetorically the line is much cleaner and carries more wallop, I would change it from an either/or proposition to both/and: “Before you ask what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” We should ask for both. I’m pretty sure my dad would agree.

As a country, however, we seem to have become “neither/nor.” Neither ask what your country untry can do for you, nor ask what you can do for your country. Such is the sorry state of citizenship among those who are deeply disenchanted and have disengaged from the political process.

Except during war, we hardly ever hear our country calling. Americans icans volunteer in great numbers, but our service is local. Nothing wrong g with that, of course, but it seems eems as if we seldom think in n national terms. For a while hile after 9/11 and Hurricanee Katrina we did, but nowaadays you rarely hear the words, “Your country needs eds you.”

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Well, right now your country y is calling.

A dangerous, deeply flawed man is running for president, an office ice he is frighteningly unfit to hold.

No impulse control, lying more than he tells the truth, living by a different standard when it comes to paying taxes, embarrassingly uninnformed, plans with no specifics, ethihically impaired, opposed to environmental mental progress, and a history of racist behavior. avior Not only would he damage this country, perhaps beyond repair, but his election would very likely represent the point of no return for this planet.

This is not political hyperbole or typical demonization of the other side’s candidate. This is not politics as usual. We’ve never had someone run for president who is so temperamentally unfit.

There is only one way to defeat Donald Trump, and that is to vote for Hillary Clinton. Throwing away your vote on Gary Johnson or Jill Stein, or not voting at all, won’t do any good. In fact, it very likely could help him win.

So I’m issuing a challenge to those who have distanced themselves from this election for any number of reasons. Maybe you think politics is beneath you or you think both candidates are inadequate or you’ve lost faith in our political institutions.

Maybe you think change can only come from the grassroots, that government is too corrupt, even

though that attitude is just as one-sided as depending on government to do everything for us. The either/or fallacy again.

It’s either grassroots or government, when the reality (as it always has been) is that we need grassroots activism and we need government in the hands of responsible, competent, sane people. We need both. And there is only one competent, sane candidate running for president, which you know if you watched the first presidential debate.

Or maybe you didn’t. Why watch? What good would it do? do Two reasons: First, you’d have a much clearer cleare understanding of Trump’s unprecedented Tru unfitness for office and the un danger he poses. Secd ond, you’d realize that o Clinton is, to probably C many viewers’ surprise, m one hell of a debater o — poised, composed, knowledgeable, specific, kno prepared, prep pare and not afraid after “Donald,” as she to go afte af him throughout. called h call was even, dare we She w say it, charismatic. If you had watched her performance, you’d feel per lot more confident a lo about having her as your abo president. pres other words, Trump is In o worse than most people far wor and Clinton is far thought, a better than most people give her credit for.

Your country needs you — to be a better citizen. Your country needs you to do the bare minimum: sit in front of a TV for an hour and a half this Sunday, Oct. 9, and again on Wednesday, Oct. 19 — or record it and actually watch it later, not just listen to soundbites the next day with someone filtering it for you. nex Disengaging from this election doesn’t absolve you of responsibility. In fact, it makes you complicit. Your country needs you — to tune in.

And then it needs you to talk to people about its importance and finally to vote for the only candidate who is clearly fit for this office. If voting for Hillary Clinton makes you uncomfortable, suck it up and take one for the team. Your country has never needed you more than now.

If you’re a lifelong, loyal Republican, your country needs you more than your party does. My lifelong, loyal Republican father would not have hesitated.

This doesn’t happen very often. Most of the time, as citizens, we get a free ride. My dad didn’t believe in free rides. He would say you don’t wait for your country to say it needs you. You ask what you can do for your country.

And what you can do for your country is help elect Hillary Clinton president because she’s the best candidate — by far.

Don’t believe me?

Watch the final two debates.

KEN

TRAINOR

V I E W P O I N T S

Politics is everything (or nothing) Part I, based on a sermon delivered in September at Calvary Memorial Church: hen it comes to politics, the followers of Jesus need to avoid two temptations, two equal and opposite errors, two extremes.

On the one hand, we need to avoid the temptation to think that politics is everything.

This, of course, is hard to do. We live in a highly politicized world. We live in a world where everything is thought of in terms of politics. From education to the environment, marriage and family, gender and sexuality, art and medicine, faith and freedom, we think about all these not-necessarily-political issues in political terms. We’re all victims, you might say, of the slow, steady process known as “politicization,” whereby we increasingly look for political solutions to solve all of life’s problems.

This process of politicization — or “politics-iseverything” — goes a long way to explain why there is so much ideological conflict all around us, why everything from choosing bathroom signs to biology textbooks can become a political battle. Turn on the evening news and you’ll see what I mean. Everything is talked about in terms of politics. Which means everything is framed as an ideological conflict, a game of will-to-power.

The sociologist James Davison Hunter is a keen observer of this trend, “Unless the topic is a human interest story buried at the end of the newscast or in the back pages of the newspaper or news magazine, news reporting on almost any issue is framed in terms of who is winning and who is losing in the contest for political advantage.”

For many Americans, politics is everything. Which is why so many, Christian and non-Christian alike, pay a sort of religious devotion to their political causes, and why they put biblical-like faith in political promises.

This is also why every four-year election cycle is such a big deal, why it takes on messianic and apocalyptic urgency — because our lives are politicized.

And Christians are complicit in this. This is where the perspective of outsiders is helpful. In their book unChristian, David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons report that a huge percentage of (especially) younger nonChristian Americans think Christians are too political. “Three-quarters of young outsiders and half of young churchgoers describe present-day Christians as ‘too involved in politics.’” (155) Politics-is-everything is a big issue for many Christians, but it’s not the issue for every Christian. In fact, an increasing number of younger Christians, who’ve been disillusioned by politics-is-everything, have swung to the opposite extreme. From the politics-iseverything of their parents to the politics-is-nothing of their peers.

Many Christians now live in what New York Times writer David Brooks calls “the new age of complacency.”

“These days most of us don’t want to get too involved in national politics because it seems so partisan and ugly,” he writes. “And as a result, most American citizens have become detached from public life and have come to look on everything that does not immediately touch them with an indifference that is laced with contempt. We have allowed our political views to be corroded with an easy pseudo-cynicism

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that holds that all politicians are crooks and all public endeavor is a sham.” (Bobos in Paradise – The New Upper Class and How They Got There, 271). In short, Brooks says, many Americans have “turned a healthy skepticism about government action into a corrosive negativism.” (Bobos, 271) And so, too, I might add, have many Christians, especially those who reject the overly zealous political approach of their parents. They have reacted to that by taking on a posture (in Brooks’ words) of indifference laced with contempt toward all things political. Why vote? What’s the point? They’re all crooks. The system’s rigged.

At first, you might think this is the right response to the idolatry of politics-is-everything.

But if you look closer you find that, just beneath the surface of the cynicism, there is a similar idolization of politics. It’s not that the younger generation has toppled the god of politics; it’s just that they’ve lost faith in the god of politics. While their parents still pray to Caesar, the young have lost all hope that he’s even listening.

And the result? Disillusionment with the god of politics. It’s not putting politics in its proper place. It’s rejecting politics altogether. But as someone has rightly said, “to avoid political action is the worst kind of politics. In most cases one can avoid it only by an attitude of self-complacency, by keeping silent, and by acting as an accomplice without assuming any risk.”

In other words, this attitude of politics-is-nothing isn’t extreme enough. It’s an easy substitute for the hard task of love.

When it comes to politics, then, followers of Jesus need to avoid two equal and opposite errors. On the one hand, the idea that politics-is-everything, the idolization of politics. But we also need to avoid, on the other hand, the idea that politics-is-nothing, which (although more subtle) is still an idolization of politics.

Both are errors, and both are extremes.

And yet neither view is extreme enough, at least not for followers of Jesus.

I suspect it was a lovely day in Birmingham, Alabama in mid-April of 1963. But I also suspect that this didn’t do much to lessen the unusually harsh conditions of the Birmingham City Jail, where the young leader of the Civil Rights Movement found himself under lock and key. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had recently been arrested for being a political agitator, a disturber of the peace. And all the political powersthat-be were arrayed against him.

But so, too, many of the influential white ministers.

Eight of them, in fact, penned a response to King, published a few days before his arrest, under the banner, “A Call to Unity.” Their advice to King: Don’t be an extremists. Be cool. Don’t overreact.

I’m sure King was at least tempted to heed their advice. Who wants to be thought an extremist? Besides, it’s far easier to disengage from politics altogether, to assume an attitude of politics-is-nothing. But I also suspect King felt a certain indignation at their advice, and was maybe even tempted to follow the lead of another young black leader, Malcolm X, and pursue an aggressive strategy where politics-is-everything.

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write as a bemused neighbor of Oak Park, where I spend considerable time.

As Oak Park adds apartment space in large buildings, I puzzle over several things about the village.

The number of newly-resident who will be living in the 1,000 or so new apartments in the village will be, most likely, in excess of 2,000. Where will those people buy groceries, for example? There appear to be no additional supermarkets going up. Nor, for that matter, does it appear that enlargements of the River Forest Jewel or Whole Foods or the Oak Park Trader Joe’s are in the offing.

I can’t imagine what the lines in those stores will be like. I can’t imagine that those new residents will shop at the tiny Jewel on Madison or much want to get on over to Pete’s down Lake Street.

I wonder, too, about quality of life as the density increases. Two of the new buildings have in common that they pretty aggressively clutter their environs. Vantage is built out to the sidewalks. Even worse, the now-under-construction Elevate walls

off both Lake Street and South Boulevard.

The idea of breathing space seems to have escaped planners, so the developers and architects went ahead and took full advantage and used the sidewalks as borders, no setbacks, no plazas, no sitting space, no nothing.

Planners. There’s the rub. I got to wondering a while back how Oak Park urban planning (urban, because Oak Park is becoming a city) gets done. I just checked the listing of village commissions and see that lots of bodies cross lines with each other in the “planning” process. But I don’t see any professional individual who bears responsibility for overall urban planning in the village.

I spoke recently with a couple of professional urban planners about the village’s planning. They laughed. Really. They laughed. One of them noted that the village has not had a professional urban planner on staff for years. She said that the village has “failed Urban Planning 101” with the proliferation of those new apartment buildings that overwhelm the landscape and are built to the lot lines. She wondered, as I did,

why there has been no apparent thought given to the effects of 1,000 new people living in a concentrated area, needing services that won’t be there.

I realize that Oak Park homeowners need new taxable properties so that (one can hope) they get relief on the taxes on their homes. But there does appear to be a level of greed here that has dictated the decision-making, however it got done. One does wonder if an urban planning decisionmaker on staff would help the village avoid such things. Probably, but only if all of the redundancies, all of the planning silos, all of the conflicting agendas that take years to resolve, were removed.

An overall vision is clearly lacking. And no wonder. It’s just impossible to get things done with 13-member committees (or, in this case, commissions), never mind that several of them do similar work and look over each other’s shoulders.

I agree: I’m a neighbor. I have no real say in the way Oak Park conducts its business.

But it might be worthwhile listening to observers who, despite having no stake in the game, do care about the place.

Ed McDevitt is a resident of River Forest.

justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream’? Was not Paul an extremist for the gospel of Jesus Christ — ‘I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus’? Was not Martin Luther an extremist — ‘Here I stand; I can do none other so help me God’? …

“So the question is not whether,” wrote King, “we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists will we be? Will we be extremists for hate or will we be extremists for love?” (297-98).

It’s a good question. It’s one we should all want to answer. Especially in today’s churned-up and divisive political climate.

Which will you be? An extremist for hate or an extremists for love?

Which will we be as a church? What kind of extremists will we be?

Will we be extremists for hate, or fear, or anger, or resentment?

Will we be like James and John, Jesus’ two disciples, who seek status and power so that we can Lord it over others?

Or will we look to the Son of Man, who came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many? And will we follow in his footsteps, the footsteps of our crucified king, and instead be extremists for love?

Todd Wilson is senior pastor of Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park. This is based on a series of lectures he is delivering at the church during the weeks leading up to the election.

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But as he sat there in the Birmingham jail and penned his famous letter, he came to the conclusion that being an extremist wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. In fact, he confesses to finding “a bit of satisfaction from being considered an extremist.”

Listen to his explanation from his famous Letter from a Birmingham Jail: “Was not Jesus an extremist for love — ‘Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you’?

Was not Amos an extremist for justice — ‘Let

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“I date my life now, before or after GuillainBarré,” she explained, as she spoke of her months at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, not knowing if she’d ever paint again.

Now, at the age of 93, she says, “It was not a bad experience. I learned so much about the kindness and resilience of people. I was fighting for my life.”

She stopped teaching on her 90th birthday because she wanted to stop “at the top of her game,” and she’d seen colleagues over the years continue their teaching careers after they should have stopped.

Kay Smith is not a gray-haired teenager; she is an example of aging with grace and grit.

one-in-10 chance of having the ticket overturned by adjudicator Perry Gulbrandsen. He will lecture you and he will crack wise, but Gulbrandsen is a hanging judge and you are bound to swing.

The village has paid Gulbrandsen $5,100 this year but he’s clearly worth it.

His guilty findings alone have yielded $95,400 in revenue for River Forest, and there’s still a quarter of the year to go.

Village Administrator Palm has repeatedly claimed the village issues citations in only about half of the cases sent for review by SafeSpeed. If true,

River Forest this year has dedicated manpower and other resources inside the police department to review almost 29,000 video clips of potential moving violations. It’s possible this kind of work is why some of the village’s cops signed up to be police, but I wonder if River Forest taxpayers wouldn’t rather see their officers out from behind a computer screen.

Whatever their budget forecasts for the money, River Forest’s red-light camera program is clearly a cash cow.

The village right now is on pace to reap more than $1.1 million in red-light fines this year. They should do at least that well next year.

One big, obvious question: How do they plan to spend all that money?

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Queen of Sheba of the Harrison Street Sistas

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ith over 100 well-wishers, Virginia C. Harris, of Oak Park, recently celebrated her 100th birthday with a get-together at Andersen Rec Center. Virginia has been a longtime resident of Oak Park, having lived in the community for over 70 years. She was married to William A. Harris for 49 years and is the mother of five children: Sandra, Gail, Susan, Mary, and Bill; grandmother to 12 and great-grandmother to 18. One grandson, Joshua, was killed in action in 2008 while serving the U.S. Army in Afghanistan.

Virginia was active in community activities during the time her children were growing up in Oak Park. While the girls were little, she supported their Brownie and Girl Scout activities and when her son became a Cub Scout, she began her long service to the Boy Scouts of America serving on various committees and commissions. She attended the Philmont Scout Camp in New Mexico several times and earned several degrees within the Boy Scout Organization. She earned a Doctorate of Cub Scout Training, the President’s Medal, and the Silver Beaver for her service. She continues to act as an advisor to many individuals who need help with ideas and activities for the Scouts.

Once her children were grown, she became involved in several other groups VIRGINIA HARRIS in Oak Park, including the Women’s Exchange both as a crafter and sales associate, and as a helper in the lunchroom program at Whittier Elementary School. She served as an election judge for many year in Oak Park and River Forest. Additionally, she belongs to a craft group which now meets regularly in her home. The group has made handcrafted items for various groups in local communities. She is able to create her own patterns for their use.

Virginia has been active in the activities at Judson Baptist Church in Oak Park. She served as a nursery attendant for over 60 years, was awarded a plaque for her service, and just last year the nursery was renamed the Virginia C. Harris Memorial Nursery. She continues to make original needlepoint ornaments for the children in the nursery each year and they have already been completed for this year. Each year the ornaments she makes are different from the previous year’s ornaments.

She is an avid reader and crafter and has taught each one of her children the wonderful art of crafting. She remains active in all of her children’s, grandchildren’s and great grandchildren’s lives and cooks dinner for her family each Sunday with as many as 15 family members present.

It is a rare occasion when one can serve her family, community and church for as many years as Virginia has. She is truly a one of a kind individual.

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Oak Park office is next door) sipping with constituents.

Perhaps he, too, draws on the wisdom of the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon associated with Abyssinia/ Ethiopia’s rich history, culture and tradition.

Kalkidan Tesfaye is the newest in a group of bold, brave female entrepreneurs of color on or near the arty Harrison Street Corridor that includes: Galleryna19 (Martha Wade & Reisha Williams), Takara Design (Takara Beathea-Gudell), Whatever Comes To Mind Gallery (Tia Jones-Etu), J&W Nails (Wendy) and Sister 2 Sister Hair Dimension (Chardon/Yolonda).

As I reimagine the Solomonic tradition, I call Tesfaye “Queen of Sheba of the Harrison Street Sistas.”

The emotionality of autumn and winter Thank you for the excellent autumn column this past week [As the year turns decidedly toward night, Ken Trainor, Viewpoints, Sept. 28], which promoted our local music scene while hitting some of the emotional notes of fall that many of us face.

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estled along the 800 block of South Oak Park Avenue is a cozy East African-themed café, “Addis.” As many of you know, it refers to the capital of Ethiopia. Owner and Oak Parker Kalkidan Tesfaye has been in this location since February. There’s a sofa by the window, small tables, ethnic artwork from the Horn of Africa and the luscious aromas of fresh coffee and scones. Her name in Amharic means “God’s promise, hope.” Some translate it as “covenant.”

“My vision was to open an Ethiopian café selling primarily three different kinds of Ethiopian coffee as well as homemade waffles, scones and much more. “Kalki,” as she’s known to patrons, is a charming mom with wavy hair and royal eyes who boasts “Ethiopian coffee is the best, though I do sell Jamaican Blue Mountain that’s as good, many say.” Eventually, she hopes to open up the menu to authentic Ethiopian food dishes. “I’m working with the village to make that happen sooner than later,” she promised. “Our culture adds to Oak Park culture.”

I stumbled upon her place a month or so ago when I was looking for a cool location to chat with former University of Illinois Chicago French teacher Stacy Fifer, who specializes in French/African/Caribbean culture.

At the sofa by the window, we sipped a dark-roasted blend as she discussed her idea of bringing African Francophone culture to Oak Park schools.

The next week, at the same picturesque spot, I met with Afro-Cuban writer Jan Pena Davis, whom Tesfaye thought was from Ethiopia.

“You look like folks from my country,” she said.

“You, too,” she added, referring to me, perhaps after hearing me greet her in the few words in Amharic I learned reporting on East Africans. My daughter, Lauren, knows a little Tigrinya, a Semitic language from Eritrea and northern Ethiopia. Her Oak Park roommate, Saba, hails from there.

Next month, a small writers group, including Jan Pena-Davis, George Bailey, Toni Nealie, and yours truly, will meet one Friday afternoon over medium-roast coffee and cherry scones to discuss our next books, all of which touch on urgent themes connecting people of color. Often I see State Rep. La Shawn Ford (whose

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Don’t despair

days, I really appreciate the special attributes of fall and winter, especially within the life cycle context.

As I’m aging, the dying of the light in winter, however, takes on a particularly somber note. So I celebrate the winter solstice all the more.

Things aren’t all that bad. A few weeks ago I put not one but two bank deposit envelopes full of checks into a local mailbox by mistake. And over the past couple of weeks the post office was able to return every single one of them, either straight to me or to the people who wrote me the checks. How about that?

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Ready to run for office?

s I write this, the Election Day voter registration option for Illinois voters has been blocked by a federal judge and the Illinois Attorney General has vowed to appeal the decision.

The best response to this situation is to be sure your registration is up to date and to remind all new voters and those who have moved recently to register as well.

The village of Oak Park has also just learned that the second week of early voting will have extended hours, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Oct. 31 through Nov. 4. Nov. 5 (Saturday) and Nov. 7 (Monday) will be 9-5, Sunday 9-3. Although the press has announced that early voting at the Cook County Clerk’s Office has begun, ballots were not yet available as of last weekend. More information is available at http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/elections/earlyvoting/Pages/default.aspx.

But the Nov. 8 presidential election is not the only election on the horizon in Oak Park. On April 4, 2017, villagers will be electing members of local governments here in the village.

Over the coming weeks you may be asked to sign a petition for a candidate running for local office in Oak Park. Petition circulation began on Sept. 20 for the April 2017 municipal elections, which will be held across the state of Illinois to elect members of local governmental boards. All local governments in Oak Park and River Forest will elect members to serve four-year terms.

In Oak Park, all boards except the township are elected on a “staggered” basis, with some members elected next year, and others elected two years later. The village of Oak Park will elect a village president, village clerk, and three of the six trustees. Oak Park Township will elect a township clerk, township supervisor, township assessor, and four township trustees. The library, park district, District 97 (elementary schools), and District 200 (OPRF High School) will elect members, along with the Triton College Board.

An adult citizen who is a resident of Oak Park can run for any of these positions. Information for candidates is now available at the Illinois State Board of Elections, along with a schedule, including the calendar and deadlines for candidates to file petitions.

More information about this process is at https://www.elections. il.gov/Publications.aspx. Select Election Guides in the column on the right and choose “2017 Candidates Guide” and “2017 Calendar at a Glance” for details about preparing and filing petitions and deadlines. These documents can be downloaded to your computer for reference.

Petitions may be submitted Dec. 12-19. The Village Clerk’s Office will accept petitions for village offices and for library and park district positions, Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. during that period. Check with other local governments for information about their filing details.

It’s helpful to consult with an attorney who is familiar with election law to be sure that petitions are prepared and filing according to state requirements. As village clerks, we cannot provide legal advice to candidates or notarize election documents, but we can direct candidates to candidate information. Elections at all levels are managed by the State Board of Elections and the Cook County Clerk’s Office.

For additional details about past elections and for election night results on Nov. 8, 2016, and April 4, 2017, check www.cookcountyclerk. com/elections.

So … if you are thinking of “throwing your hat in the ring” or if you know someone who would be terrific as a public official, now is the time to kick off the campaign!

Teresa Powell is the village clerk of Oak Park. She is not running for re-election.

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ecently, WTTW Channel 11 aired a story about the human tragedy of Syrian people. The story focused on one family’s plight in Aleppo. They struggled to survive by living in the rubble of their bombed out home in the war zone. Much of the documentary focused on the family’s little girl, about 5 years old, and her struggle to survive. The father disappeared in the fighting and the family became refugees.

Their story touched me deeply. As I watched the documentary, I cried with compassion for the little girl. I empathized with the child’s bewilderment, her struggle to comprehend the meaning of life, and her yearning for hope. In 1944, I too became a child refugee from the Russian front of WWII. I have become aware that children’s plight resulting from conflicts has changed during my lifetime. In my childhood, children became casualties of “collateral” damage in wars. Today, children often are the intended targets.

Two years ago, a week before Christmas, the world was shocked by news of a massacre in Pakistan — 148 people killed, 132 of the victims were children. The Taliban proudly claimed responsibility for the deed.

They said it was in revenge for the Pakistani army raids in the tribal areas of Pakistan. Attacking children is characteristic of the Taliban. In 2012, they shot Malala Yousafzai in the head for advocating education for girls.

The Pakistani army responded with a raid of their own and killed 77 radical militants. In protest, the Imam of the militants issued a statement saying that the raid was un-Islam-like. It seems that the Imam is inferring that killing 132 children is consistent with

teachings of Islam.

Pakistan is not the only place in the world that has a hostile environment for children. War, poverty and other disastrous conditions cause immeasurable suffering to all, especially children. In many cultures, children are treated as less than second-class citizens. They are often marginalized, diminished, discounted, exploited and abused. Often girls bear an additional measure of degradation and exploitation. During the past two years, Boko Haram in Nigeria abducted over 300 girls to be sold off into marriages, slavery and human trafficking.

Children’s victimization is worldwide. The United States and Canada are no exceptions. There have been numerous massacres of children in school shootings by deranged killers. The number of casualties, however, is small in comparison to other nations and cultures.

About two years ago, thousands of unaccompanied children from Central and South America overran the southern border of the United States. They were attempting to escape the poverty and peril of their living conditions. Most of them were turned back.

The United States has also proven itself to be not child-friendly. Someone forgot to read the inscription on the Statue of Liberty, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free. I lift my light beside the golden door.” Politicians missed a great opportunity to embark on a humanitarian mission.

Targeting children in their vendetta, the Taliban intended to inflict the greatest pain, which is grief for children. Perilous mistreatment of children stands contrary to all measures of humanness.

Fred Natkevi is an Oak Park resident.

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Why the presidential debates are important

Just a few words on why I consider the presidential debates of vital importance: It’s very much the equivalent of the old Roman forums and Greek quorums. Or very similar to the old New England town meetings. It’s a communal (national) coming together to examine what’s most important to all of us in our lives. We’re each waiting to hear what the candidate might say to enlighten or depress, explain or defer, elaborate upon or evade the questions we all have about our future as a nation and our goals as a people.

Any brilliant stroke attack or blundering gaffe in the extreme will go down not just for a couple of years but a couple of decades. Examples: Reagan’s “There you go again” and “I refuse to hold my opponent’s youth and inexperience against him during this debate.”

Many others. Presidential phrases, both in debates and speeches, end up defining, to a certain extent, who and what we are as a people. Kennedy’s inaugural address, for instance, “Ask not what your country can do for you ...” and many, many more.

What they both said to each other on Sept. 26 and the two debates to come — under national focus and extreme pressure — will, in fact, become part of our social fabric for years to come. Trump’s “That makes me smart,” about not paying taxes, is just the latest.

Such remnants of social fabric, almost unbelievably, become elements capable of uniting us down the road, to the extent that they give us a common bond.

Let’s say you or I encounter a right-wing guy or gal 10 years on in Texas, Iowa, or Florida. We’ve nothing in common from a political perspective. But we start quoting American leaders of the past, and we realize we really are members of the same community, nation, social fabric.

So, in my opinion, “forums” like the presidential debates are of very important, even vital, value to our national democratic ideal.

Enjoy the next debates (Sunday, Oct. 9 and Wednesday, Oct. 19).

Lanny Lutz Oak Park

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he debate about what Oak Park and River Forest High School should do to address the 88-yearold swimming pools is well-known. What may be lesser known is how OPRF developed the long-term facilities plan (LTFP) slated to be paid partially with funds from a bond issue if the Nov. 8 referendum question passes.

During the course of the years-long pool debate, OPRF recognized that it must have a comprehensive LTFP to ensure that the school addressed the holistic needs of the campus. District 200 launched a community-wide facilities survey last November and then formed an LTFP committee of school administrators, board members, faculty, students, and community members to hold a series of meetings with architects to brainstorm solutions to OPRF’s challenges, such as its land-locked nature and vintage building. Committee members also assisted the architects in facilitating three community engagement sessions last winter. Additionally, students, faculty, and staff provided input during in-school sessions.

Committee members and communitymeeting participants looked at the facility’s current use, considered potential design plans, and reached some important conclusions: • Except for the pools and boys PE locker rooms, the building, including the field house, is structurally sound.

• The most pressing facilities need is to replace the two swimming pools.

• More performing arts space is needed according to student participation data and the daily experiences of students, faculty, and staff.

Concurrent with the work of the LTFP committee, school leaders solicited community input about the pools last April.

The largest concern raised by the 350 meeting participants was whether OPRF had vetted an LTFP. It was clear that it was time for the school to receive feedback from the community at large on design plans that, as explained above, had already been under consideration by the LTFP committee.

Following community input sessions in July 2016 about the LTFP options, the D200 Board of Education unanimously approved the five-year facilities plan that will provide OPRF students with improved learning spaces, a new pool, renovated locker rooms, and additional classrooms to accommodate growing enrollment in performing arts.

Here are the facts: OPRF has experienced a 20 percent enrollment increase in performing arts classes over the last six years. Nearly 1,100 individual students are enrolled in 37 sections of performing arts classes and activities. That is almost onethird of all OPRF students.

By moving the pools out of the field house, the plan recaptures the West Pool space to create classrooms for five curricular bands with 80 students, a 130-student marching band, and three orchestras. The plan also dedicates space to chorus and theater on the building’s east side. School leaders and performing arts stakeholders are working to use that space creatively and in a fiscally responsible manner.

The need for OPRF to provide adequate space for its students who learn and grow through the performing arts became clear during the LTFP committee’s work.

The next step is for Oak Park and River Forest residents to vote and determine whether this need will be met.

Jennifer Cassell is an Oak Park resident and a member of the District 200 Board of Education.

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LWV pool forum was informative

Last Wednesday night, I attended an excellent information session about the high school’s upcoming referendum question, sponsored by the League of Women Voters (LWV). District 200 board President Jeff Weissglass outlined the “what and why” of the final unanimous board decision on which facilities and pool plan to propose, and answered all questions factually and

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Eight things you should know about the pool referendum 1. OPRF’s existing pools need to be replaced, they are beyond their service life At issue is how much to spend on pools, parking garages, taxation and the core academic mission of the high school.

2. The referendum’s language hides the true project cost This is a $44.5M project. The project would be funded by the $25M bond issue (raising our taxes for 20 years), and $20M of our overtaxed dollars in the school’s cash reserve.

3. Calling this a facilities referendum is misleading $2.7M would be spent on the performing arts, one band room and one orchestra room, and $1.6M would be spent on six model classrooms (i), while $37.3M would be spent on a 40-meter pool (ii). By the financials, this is a pool plan.

4. New pools for OPRF do not require a new building and a wasteful new parking garage The school board’s plan would house a new pool in a newly constructed building.

Making room for this new building would waste $12.6M to purchase, demolish and rebuild the existing structurally sound parking garage (iii) with 25 years of service life remaining according to the school board’s engineers (iv). The smaller new garage would hold 20% fewer cars. The existing garage was built with capacity to accommodate another level of parking (v). It could be utilized for classrooms or other future needs of the school.

5. There is a greener, less costly plan that reuses the existing building and parking garage The school board’s architects developed an alternate plan to build new pools in the existing building and preserve the existing parking garage.

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This pragmatic pool plan will provide a new deep competition pool that brings diving back on campus, seating for 300, and a new water safety pool, all within the existing building. These new pools meet the school’s aquatic needs and increase community pool usage.

It also includes upgrades for the performing arts, learning spaces, and costs at least $15 million less (vi).

6. The $12.6M question Is it better to spend $12.6M on a new parking garage, or reuse that money saved through the pragmatic pool plan on the school’s core academic mission?

Once a top school, OPRF is 36th in US News and World Report’s recent Illinois high school rankings (vii). A school’s academic ranking, and not a new pool, increases property values in its community.

For example, District 87 recently completed a $15M science building at Glenbard West High School (viii). An investment in academics is an investment in one’s school and community.

7. More tax increases are coming District 97 operational referendum (April 2017) (ix). District 200 operational referendum (2021-2023) (x).

8. Voting No in NOvember does not mean no new pools, nor support for performing arts Vote No to send the school board the message that you want the cost-effective, pragmatic pool plan for our high school.

Restore aquatic perspective at OPRF and refocus on the core mission: academic success for all students.

Gina Sennello is a member of OPRF Pragmatic Pool Solutions.

References: i. Here’s the link that shows by line item what was cut from Plan B and what the new expenditure is in the revised Plan B (the final plan approved by the school board on Aug. 16). The performing arts expenditure had been $5.8M. It was cut and is now only $2.7M. The model classroom expenditure was uncut and remains $1.6M. Combined, these two items total $4.3M. https://intranet.oprfhs.org/board-ofeducation/board_meetings/Special_Meetings/Packets/2016-17/20160816%20SPEC%20 Packet/Plans%20and%20Facilities.pdf

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ii. In the Aug. 16 meeting minutes linked above, the chart shows that the expenditure for the 40-meter pool and associated building totals $37.3M. iii. In the Aug. 16 meeting minutes linked above, the garage costs include purchase, construction and contingency fees. The demolition cost of the garage is not included as a line item and was included in the pool construction cost. https://intranet.oprfhs.org/ board-ofeducation/board_ meetings/Special_Meetings/ Packets/2016-17/20160816% 20SPEC%20 Packet/Plans%20and% 20Facilities.pdf Yet, a cost to demolish the parking garage was listed in the 6/30/2015 contract with Henry Bros. to build an Olympic-sized, 50-meter pool. Although this figure was for that project, the demolition costs should be consistent. If anything, the cost may be higher as there is no contingency fee associated with the number, and demolition costs may have risen since June 2015. This demolition cost is listed at $642,000. The total garage cost, then,

would be $12.6M. https://intranet.oprfhs.org/board-ofeducation/board_meetings/Special_Meetings/Packets/2015-16/October%2014,%20 2015/20151014%20BOARD%20Henry%20 Bros%20Fifth%20Contract%20Addendum.pdf iv. http://www.oprfhs.org/facilities/Frequently-Asked-Questions.cfm, cited 27 Sep 2016. A May 2016 engineering report found that the garage needs an estimated $271,000 in repairs. If these are done and then annual inspections and maintenance are performed, the garage can be expected to last another 25 years. v. http://www.oprfhs.org/facilities/ Frequently-Asked-Questions.cfm, cited 27 Sep 2016. The existing parking garage was designed to accommodate one more level of parking. The additional level would be the same as it is now: half of the parking would be on a sloped ramp and the other half on a flat platform. vi. The only way to make a true cost comparison between original Plan A (the pragmatic pool plan) and revised Plan B (the school board’s plan on the ballot) is to focus on the pool component of the plans, since this is, in fact, a pool project, and 84% of the price tag of the school board’s pool plan will go to the building of a brand new building, in order to house an oversized pool. The school board made cuts to its plan without making similar cuts to the pragmatic pool plan.

Therefore, the remaining 16% of the costs of the board’s plan can’t be compared to original Plan A without similar cuts to its programs.

The school board’s pool plan on the ballot See EIGHT THINGS on page 43

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am not a swimmer. I am not a member of any of the performing arts programs. I will graduate from OPRF in 2018, so I will not benefit from the substantial facility improvements partially funded through the passing of this referendum.

I am, however, a student actively involved in sports and clubs at OPRF who cares deeply about our school and community. There has not been a major facilities upgrade at OPRF since the 1960s and it shows. The boys’ locker rooms do not meet minimum health and safety standards. The pools leak 3,000 gallons of treated and heated water each day. The growing performing arts programs do not have the space needed to adequately support in- and out-of-school practice.

Our landlocked school means that there are limited options for building without impacting other sports programs and significantly

limiting green space. The plan put forward by the District 200 Board of Education represents a longterm investment in a comprehensive plan that addresses these needs and benefits all students at OPRF. My friends and I have spent the last three weekends canvassing the community to provide information regarding the referendum. We have knocked on hundreds of doors. What have we learned?

We have learned that we cannot change the minds of the small group of voters who have already decided to vote no (and we don’t try to). More important, we have learned that many of the people we talk with either have no information or are misinformed about the referendum.

For example, some believe the plan is to

build an Olympic size swimming pool. Not true. The plan is for one 40-meter (not Olympic size) pool. Some believe that only 125 swimmers will benefit from these improvements. Not true. Next to the cafeteria, the pool is the most used space in the school, with approximately 1,600 students using the pool during gym, seven aquatics teams using the pool during the school year, and several outside groups using the pool after school hours. This is in addition to the hundreds of students participating in performing arts that will benefit from additional space, and all students who will benefit from the addition of 21st-century classroom space.

Some believe that their taxes will be raised by hundreds to thousands of dollars each year. Not true. See the tax calculator

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on the OPRF website to get an accurate estimate of your tax increase.

I believe it is critical for voters to go into the election having the correct facts. Having good information might still lead some to vote no, but our experience in talking with residents of our community is that correcting misinformation more often leads voters to yes, as seen by the dozens of “Vote Yes” signs residents have requested following our conversations.

I urge you to get the correct information (available on the OPRF website) and think about the future of our school and this community. My friends and I will not benefit from these significant and essential facilities upgrades, but our younger neighbors will.

Think forward and Vote Yes. Scott Smith of Oak Park is a member of the OPRF class of 2018.

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Who benefits from the OPRF facilities plan?

uality schools are a key reason people choose Oak Park and River Forest.

Residents — parents or not — know the quality of schools impacts quality of life. On Nov. 8, we have the opportunity to vote for a thoroughly researched and financially sound investment in the quality of Oak Park and River Forest High School and the educational experience of all OPRF students.

Residents of our villages want a school that educates the whole student and gives every student an opportunity to succeed with a unique combination of academics, arts, athletics, and activities. OPRF High School data confirm what national studies show: Students who participate in extracurricular activities measurably increase their GPAs. This effect happens across racial and economic categories. All students deserve options to pursue their strengths and interests.

The D200 school board’s decision to replace the 1928 pools as part of a comprehensive LongTerm Facilities Plan is the right choice for our high school. This project, the first major infrastructure upgrade in 45 years, will benefit every OPRF student today and tomorrow.

All students benefit from the technology-enhanced classroom pilot project. This innovative and flexible plan to share space more efficiently will facilitate 21st-century learning and accommodate increasing enrollment.

Almost one third of students — 1,080 — participate in OPRF’s performing arts programs, which have grown by 20% in just six years. They will all benefit from new band and orchestra classrooms (with practice, ensemble, and storage rooms) and expanded theater, choir, and digital music spaces.

This includes those enrolled in new therapeutic theater and choir courses for students with special needs.

Each year all freshmen and sophomores learn lifelong fitness skills in swimming and water safety classes. Centers for Disease Control research has identified equity issues in swimming and water safety skills. African American and Latino youth have higher drowning rates than other youth and are disproportionally likely to lack these life skills. To address this gap, PE faculty will be able to offer additional differentiated instruction in the new pool.

New facilities will provide better, safer, and more flexible practice and competition space.

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This will positively impact the 200 students who participate on OPRF’s seven no-cut aquatics teams, the Special Olympians who swim at OPRF with WSSRA, youth aquatics teams like TOPS, Little Huskies and park district learn-to-swim programs, and other athletic teams that crosstrain in the pool (e.g. track and cross-country).

With more lanes (width-wise) than any two-pool configuration, the new pool will offer more “lane hours” for community lap swimming.

All male students will benefit from new PE locker rooms to replace the antiquated ones, which do not meet health standards and cannot be retrofitted in place. New boys and girls pool lockers rooms will benefit all students. Additionally, girls will no longer have to walk through the field house in their bathing suits to reach the West Pool.

All current and future OPRF students will benefit from this facilities improvement. All community members benefit because an excellent high school with excellent facilities is a community asset that positively impacts our property values. We urge you to vote Yes for all of our students and our community.

Ben Campbell, Lisa Colpoys, Wayne Franklin, Lynn Kamenitsa, Matt Kosterman, Mary Anne Montgomery, Ellen Pimentel, Peter Ryan, Karen Steward-Nolan

A Tribute to Suzanne Adele Churchill • August 11, 1945-June 20, 2016

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oving wife to Dan and mother to Janet Churchill-Stinde, John ( Becca) Churchill and Bob (Amy) Churchill, Grandmother to Samantha (Matt) Pliett, William Stinde, Stephen (Jocelyn Mault) Churchill, Mathew Stinde, Noah Churchill ,Sarah Churchill , Jordan Lisowy and Brooke Garber and great grandmother to Jonathan and Sydney Pliett and Elijah and Violet Churchill, nephews Guy (Cynthia) Cameron and Sean (Jennifer) Cameron, and many great nieces and nephews, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully on June 20, 2016. Proceeded in death by her father Samuel Guy, Mother, Jean Guy, Sister Barbara Cameron, her great nephew Scotty Cameron and Brother-in Law Bruce Cameron.

Sue was born on August 11, 1945 to Samuel and Jean Guy of Oak Park, Illinois.

Sue attended church at Harvard Congregational Church in Oak Park, Ill, where she was confirmed, baptized and married. As a girl she was involved in acrobatics and spent many summer vacations in Saugatuck, MI. She graduated from Oak Park and River Forest High School in 1964 and married the love of her life Daniel Churchill on October

16, 1965. They had a strong, loving marriage and recently celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary.

Sue spent the first 26 years of her marriage as a dedicated and loving wife and stay at home mother. Always home for her children and husband when they needed her. She selflessly took care of her family and their home.

She enjoyed decorating and making her house a beautiful, comfortable and welcoming home for all who stepped through the front door.

Always a quiet person and enjoying caring for her family, her greatest joy was when her family would visit or gather together for special occasions or holiday meals.

Sue and Dan moved to Ely, MN in 1992 and bought a resort, Lodge of Whispering Pines, and begin the second phase of their lives. Sue loved her new life style and enjoyed making a warm and friendly environment that provided their guests with wonderful vacation experiences. Sue began making more friends that felt like family than she had ever dreamed possible.

Sue was an avid lover of nature and animals. She enjoyed walking and tending to her gardens every day. Every morning she

walked the grounds of the resort in Ely, MN and in the last couple of years at her home in Scandia, MN surveying her gardens and talking about the flowers and plants that were springing to life. Sue loved her dogs Rocky and Molly and gave them all the attention they ever needed; She enjoyed feeding all of her animal friends the especially the birds, ducks, squirrels, and the deer that frequented the resort and her beautiful home in Scandia, MN. Sue leaves a legacy of her unconditional love of her family, caring nature and unselfish acts that will live on forever in the hearts of her family and all who had the privilege to know her, she will be dearly missed, never forgotten and loved always. A private memorial service for family will be held to honor her life on October 22, 2016.

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Pool plan doesn’t fit ‘progressive’ Oak Park

Anita Miller, 93

I’m not sure if I should be surprised that some Oak Parkers are considering voting yes on the District 200 pool referendum, particularly given the “progressive” makeup of the community. Here are three reasons why I say this: 1. Environmental Responsibility - There’s no way that anyone can make a credible argument that tearing down a 13-year-old, steeland-concrete structure with 25+ years left on its life is anything but a grotesque waste. Just the carbon footprint alone of all of that heavy machinery used for demolition and reconstruction is enormous, let alone hauling and disposing of the waste.

2. Fiscal Responsibility - From what I understand, the “pragmatic pool solution” proposes two new more-than-adequate pools for the vast majority of students for at least $15 million less than this referendum. This is a

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prime example of what happens when a community gets flush with too much of the taxpayers’ money and gets fixated on “bright, shiny objects.”

3. Social Responsibility - And speaking of bright, shiny objects, what a contrast this initiative is compared to the crumbling communities all around. How “in your face” this will be to all of the people who come and go along Lake Street, on their way home to Maywood, Austin and beyond. Teach your children a real life lesson and explain to them why voting no is the reasonable and right thing to do — and the difference between authenticity and hypocrisy.

One more note: The “yes” initiative is passing out yard signs (at $5 a pop) like penny candy throughout the area. Money in politics applies to the local level also.

Bruce Phillips

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Miriam Morris, 89 Actor and Cubs fan

Miriam Morris, 89, died on Sept. 30, 2016. She and her family were longtime residents of Oak Park and parishioners of Ascension Church. Miriam was a lifelong Cubs fan. She was active in the Open Door Repertory Company and took acting classes from Ted Sarantos in Oak Park, where she was his oldest student.

Miriam Morris was preceded in death by her parents, James and Regina Morris; and her sister, Vivian Morris.

John Spillane, 52

Member of the Board of Realtors John Joseph Spillane, 52, of Oak Park, died on Oct. 2, 2016. He was a member of the Oak Park Board of Realtors.

John is survived by his wife, Karri (nee Compton); his children, Samantha Mary and Kaitlyn Marie Spillane; his siblings, Mary Stauffenberg, Joseph (Kelly), Kathleen (Wesley Helms), Susan (Jane

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Larkin), Daniel (Betsy), Michael (Gretchen), William (Heidi), Mary Anne, and David (Patrick Ryan); his in-laws, Glenn and Nancy Compton; his brothers-inlaw, Glenn (Mary JOHN SPILLANE Lou) and Gerry (Greta) Compton; and his many nieces, nephews, and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Richard, PhD, and Annette (nee Busse); and his brother, Patrick (Kathy).

Visitation will be held on Thursday, Oct. 6 from 3 to 9 p.m. at Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home, 203 S. Marion St. in Oak Park. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 7 at Ascension Church, 808 S. East Ave. Interment will be Private.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the John Spillane Family Fund are appreciated: https://www.gofundme.com/2shx9as.

Additional information is available at www.drechslerbrownwilliams.com.

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PART TIME SALES ASSOCIATE Part Time Sales Associate to work in the Gift Shop at West Suburban Medical Center. Must have previous retail experience. Email resume to: sjakobsen@sbcglobal.net Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) sought by Coyote Logistics, LLC in Chicago, IL to ensr qulty, stblty, & biz accrcy of cde/exp of IT apps. Apply @ www.jobpostingtoday.com # 20076.

Underwriter (Chicago, IL) review & complete underwriting & credit analysis of loan applications. Assist in loan monitoring, collections activities & loan restructures. Work to improve lending system efficiency & increase prgm scale. Assist w/ special projects. Reqs Bachelor’s in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Bus Admin w/ emphasis in said majors & 3 yrs lending or acctg exp, incl at least 2 yrs exp w/ micro lending. Resumes to Jill Aldridge, Accion Chicago, 1436 W. Randolph St. #300 Chicago, IL 60607.

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ROOMS FOR RENT

Oak Park

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

Laundry on site. $995/mo + security. Assigned parking space $50/ mo xtra.

708-870-0266 OAK PARK SMALL 1 BR Downtown Oak Park. Hardwood floors throughout. All utlities included. $800 per month.

Call 708-657-4226.

137 DesPlaines Forest Park Four Plus Bedrooms, 3 1/2 Baths $665,000 with Side Lot

Contact Susan at J P Props 312-560-9464

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

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

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SUBURBAN RENTALS FOREST PARK CONDO Spacious 3 bedroom 2 bath condo for rent. Hardwood flooring living room/dining room. Freshly painted.

1 assigned parking space. Heat included. $1450. Contact (630) 6972994 or (708) 526-3815.

OAK PARK 1 BR 1 Bedroom, LR, DR, hardwood floors, tile bath, heat included. $875 + 1 mo security. Call 708-717-3975.

OAK PARK Roosevelt Rd/Oak Park Ave Corridor 2 BR, 4RMS. Close to blue line.

Laundry on site. Parking, Heat & Water Included. $1150/month.

Call (708)383-9223 OAK PARK FOREST PARK Studio, 1, and 2 BDRM. Heated.

Dining room. Parking available.

Walk to El. $625-$1250.

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AUSTIN CLEAN ROOM With fridge, micro.

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

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

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GLA PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, INC. LaVerne Collins Managing broker

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

708-763-9927 www.glapropertymanagement.com

Properties may be broker owned.

Call us for a complete list of rentals available.

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OAK PARK 2BR 2 Bedrooms, LR, DR, hardwood floors, tile bath, heat included. $1,250 + 1 mo security.

Call 708-717-3975 OAK PARK 3BR Oak Park–3 Bedrooms, LR, DR, hardwood floors, tile bath, heat included. $1,450 + 1 mo security.

Call 708-717-3975 OAK PARK COACH HOUSE Oak Park 1bdrm Coach House: all wood floors, 15 windows, new kitchen & bath, in-unit laundry, heated garage + extra space, 10 min walk to CTA Green Line, dog/cat–negotiable. Available 10/1/16. $1,600/ mo + gas/electric; 1 mnth deposit.

PRIVATE-QUAINT-SAFE. Contact Ken at: cozetteken@yahoo.com; 630 660-5293

CHURCH FOR RENT BEAUTIFUL CHURCH FOR RENT

in OAK PARK. Perfect for a congregation.

Other potential uses. Corner of Scoville & Adams. rentalinquiry542@gmail.com 708-848-5460

SPACE FOR RENT OAK PARK SPACE Suitable for not-for-profit. Varied uses possible such as school, office spaces, community services center, clinic, etc. Please call 312-810-5948

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT * RIVER FOREST 7777 Lake St. - 3 & 4 room suites * RIVER FOREST 7756 Madison St. - STORE 926 sq. ft. * OAK PARK 6955 North Ave. - 3 & 6 room office suites $675 to $1200 * OAK PARK 6142-44 Roosevelt Rd. - 4 & 5 room office suites * OAK PARK 115 N. Marion St. - 2 room office $573

Strand & Browne 708/488-0011

COMMERCIAL SPACE OAK PARK STORE OR OFFICE 350 TO 400 sq ft for store or office.

131-133 N. Ridgeland. $1200/mo.

Call Nick 630-212-0509 or Al 773-600-6867

WANTED PARKING SPACE GARAGE PARKING SPACE WANTED

Near Madison & Marengo. Contact johnson312k@gmail.com

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

Or call us toll free at 1-888-328-8457 for an appointment. classifieds@OakPark.com classifieds@RiverForest.com

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GO TO OAKPARK.COM/ GARAGESALES TODAY!

or call mary ellen at 708.613.3342 to place an ad

GARAGE/YARD SALES Forest Park

12 FAMILY ALLEY SALE 900 BLK DUNLOP/ LATHROP ALLEY SAT 10/8 8:30AM TO 4PM

One Day only!

Check out the bargains! Furniture, tools, vintage finds, art, household appliances, bikes and toys! We’ve cleared our attics! C’mon over and find something special, and something you need! Get organized, get ready for the holidays and save a bundle! This is the garage sale you’ve been waiting for!

Forest Park

3 FAMILY GARAGE SALE 1132 ELGIN & 7209 ROOSEVELT SAT 10/8 ONLY 8:30AM TO 4PM Power staple guns, antiques, jewelry, misc. home items and much more!

Oak Park

MULTI-FAMILY YARD SALE 1205 NORTH ROSSELL SAT 10/8 10AM TO 3PM

Last Saturday RAINED!!! This Saturday Sunshine. We have household items, camping, dinning room chairs, holiday decorations and much much MORE! Rain Date: Sunday 10/9 10am to 3pm Oak Park

YARD SALE 738 S TAYLOR AVE SAT 10/8 9AM TO 2PM

Teacher resource books, Antique school desks, Organ bench, Household and more!

Oak Park

MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE 637 BELLEFORTE SAT 10/8, 9AM-1PM

Years of stuff including kitchen/ household, antiques, collectables, king sheets, collector dolls, wicker doll buggy, motorcycle saddle bags, office chair, stereo equipment, Bing and Grondhal xmas plates, copper molds, Kenmore vacuum, much more.

Oak Park

BLOCK SALE 1100 BLK S HUMPHREY SAT 10/8 9AM TO 2PM

Children’s and adult’s clothing, furniture, housewares, toys, and more.

Come find your bargains and treasures.

Oak Park

GARAGE SALE 1219 HAYES AVE. SAT 10/8 8:30AM - 1PM

Household Items, Books, Tapes , Christmas items and much more.

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ITEMS FOR SALE

CEMENT

TOOLS FOR SALE

Finishing Touch Cement & Masonry

Maintenance Repair Man Retiring.

Liquidating tools, carpentry, plumbing, electric supplies, machine shop tools and much misc.

By appointment only.

Call Greg @ 630-253-5248.

WANTED TO BUY

Residential and Commercial

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

Driveways | Garage Floors Sidewalks | Steps | Patios Specializing in Stamped Concrete Tuck Pointing and All Types Brickwork

FURNITURE

Rocco Martino 708-878-8547

LIKE NEW! From a smoke free home: Leather Couch–$200 obo; 2pc light oak wood entertainment center w/ glass doors–$300 obo; 2 glass end tables (match ent. cntr)– $70 obo for both plus matching cocktail table base for FREE. Call 708-340-4972.

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AUTOS FOR SALE 1996 BUICK ROADMASTER STATION WAGON 1996 Buick Roadmaster Station Wagon. Very Good Condition. $2500 OBO. Call 708-366-3103.

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PETS While you’re away, your pets are okay . . . at home

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ELECTRICAL FOUR SEASONS ELECTRIC *CEILING FANS* VARIETY of electrical work Re-wiring of old houses

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Electricians serving the greater Oak Park area. Licensed, Bonded & Insured–Reasonable Pricing & Free Estimates. Kinetic’s proud to say you have never experienced service like this! 15 years experience and dedication.

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PUBLIC NOTICES 218 Madison Street Oak Park, IL 60302 LEGAL NOTICE Invitation to Propose The Park District of Oak Park will accept proposals from qualified certified public accounting firms to propose for auditing services for the District. The RFP consists of auditing the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s financial statements for fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018. RFP documents will be available on or after October 5, 2016 on the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website, www.pdop.org.

Responses will be accepted by either mail or e-mail. If using e-mail, please send to mitchell. bowlin@pdop.org no later than October 19th, 2016 by 5:00 pm. If sent via mail, RFPs must be placed in a sealed envelope marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;Proposal for Auditing Servicesâ&#x20AC;? and must be delivered on or before 5:00 pm on Wednesday October 19th, 2016 to Mitch Bowlin, Finance Manager, Park District of Oak Park, John L. Hedges Administration Center, 218 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302. Proposals will be opened at 5:00 pm CST on Wednesday October 19th, 2016 at the John Hedges Administration Center, 218 Madison St, Oak Park, IL 60302. The Park District encourages qualified minority-owned and woman-owned business enterprises to compete for and participate in the Park Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s service requirements.

For further information, contact: Mitch Bowlin Finance Manager Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison Street Oak Park, IL 60302 708-725-2024 Published in Wednesday Journal 10/5/2016

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VILLAGE OF RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given to all interested persons that a public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village of Riverside will be held on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the business of the Planning and Zoning Commission may permit, in Room 4 of the Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois, to consider an application for a variation(s) from Sections 10-73.H.4 of the Village of Riverside Zoning Ordinance for property located at 175 Bloomingbank Road, Riverside, Illinois, in the R1-AA Single-Family Residence District, in order to un-enclose the existing enclosed front porch which encroaches into the street yard in order to create an open front porch.

VILLAGE OF RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given to all interested persons that a public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village of Riverside will be held on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the business of the Planning and Zoning Commission may permit, in Room 4 of the Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois, to consider an application from Petitioner, Sarah Kampbell, d/b/a Vault Escapes, for a Special Use Permit to expand the existing special use for an indoor recreation facility in order to add additional space and puzzle rooms (Vault Escapes) in the B-1 Commercial Subdistrict (B1-C) for the property located at 3230-3234 Harlem Ave.

STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF DUPAGE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICAL CIRCUIT IN RE THE ESTATE OF ELIZABETH M. FENCL Deceased Case Number 2015-000141 PETITION FOR LETTERS OF INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION That the Petition for Letters of Independent Adminstration in the Circuit Court of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit was filed on April 7, 2015 for the Estate of Elizabeth M. Fencl and that the undersigned, on oath states:

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLNOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, PROBATE DIVISION Estate of SANTA B. DIMARCO, Deceased No. 2016 P4662 That the Petition For Probate of Will and for Letters Testamentary In the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois was granted on July 27, 2016 for the Estate of Santa B. DiMarco, Deceased and that Joseph R. Ender was appointed as the Executor and letters of office have issued and states under the penalties of perjury that:

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 filed by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D16148295 on September 30, 2016.

Under the Assumed Business Name of BARBARA JEAN COUTURE with the business located at: 129 MARSHALL AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104. The true and full real name(s)and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: BARBARA DAVIS 129 MARSHALL AVE BELLLWOOD, IL 60104

1. Santa B. Dimarco, whose place of residence at the time of death was 1209 Austin Blvd, Cicero, Cook, Illinois died April 24 2016, at Cicero, Illinois leaving a will dated October 1, 2004.

2. The approximate value of the estate in this state is: Personal $400,000, Real: $100,000, Annual Income from Real Estate $0.

3. The names and post office addresses of the testator’s heirs and legatees are set forth on Exhibit A made a part of this petition.

4. The testator nominated as executor of the following, qualified and willing to act: Joseph R. Ender 4010 S. California Ave, Chicago, IL 60632.

5. The name and post office address of the personal fiduciary designated to act during independent administration for each heir or legatee who is a minor or disabled person are shown on Exhibit A, a part of this petition.

6. This ad also requests that any unknown heirs make themselves known to the attorney herein.

7. This ad will serve as a notice to creditors that they have 6 months from the date of filing of this petition to submit their claims.

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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 filed by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County FILE NO. D16148089 on September 14, 2016. Under the Assumed Business Name of M’DIOR HAIR & MAKEUP ARTISTRY with the business located at: 7001 W. NORTH AVENUE SUITE 203, OAK PARK, IL 60302. The true name(s) and residence address of the owner(s) is: CHNIKI MONIQUE THOMAS, 1134 HANNAH AVENUE FOREST PARK, IL 60130.

Application No.: PZ 16-017 Petitioner: S5 Construction on behalf of Mark & Maureen Wunderlich Property Commonly Known As: 175 Bloomingbank Road, Riverside, Illinois PIN: 15-35-414-037 The variation sought is: A Variation from Section 10-7-3.H.4 of the Riverside Zoning Ordinance, which allows existing encroaching porches, whether enclosed or unenclosed, to be restored, reconstructed or replaced in a front yard, corner side yard or street yard to their existing form, footprint and depth, and such other relief as is necessary, in order to restore the existing encroaching front porch to an unenclosed form in order to create an open front porch in the street yard.

The above application is available for inspection at the office of the Village Clerk, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois 60546. During the Public Hearing the Planning and Zoning Commission will hear testimony from and consider any evidence presented by persons interested to speak on this matter.

Persons wishing to appear at this hearing may do so in person or by attorney or other representative and may speak for or against the proposed variation. Communications in writing in relation thereto may be filed at such hearing or with the Planning & Zoning Commission in advance by submission to the Village’s Building Department at 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois prior to 4:00 p.m. the day of the public hearing.

The Public Hearing may be continued from time to time without further notice, except as otherwise required under the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Dated this 5th day of October, 2016.

Application No.: PZ16-016 Petitioner: Sarah Kampbell, d/b/a Vault Escapes Property Commonly Known As: 3230-3234 S. Harlem Ave. PIN: 15-36-209-017 Proposed Special Use: Petitioner obtained a special use to operate an indoor recreation facility (live action entertainment involving puzzle/escape rooms for small groups, families and corporate team building groups) in February 2016. Petitioner now seeks to expand the special use in order to add additional puzzle rooms on the 2nd floor of the property next door at 3230 S. Harlem.

The above application is available for inspection at the office of the Village Clerk, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois 60546. During the Public Hearing the Planning and Zoning Commission will hear testimony from and consider any evidence presented by persons interested to speak on these matters.

Persons wishing to appear at this hearing may do so in person or by attorney or other representative and may speak for or against the special use. Communications in writing in relation thereto may be filed at such hearing or with the Planning and Zoning Commission in advance by submission to the Village’s Building Department at 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois prior to 4:00 p.m. on the day of the public hearing.

The Public Hearing may be continued from time to time without further notice, except as otherwise required under the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Dated this 5th day of October, 2016 Paul Kucera, Chairperson Planning and Zoning Commission Published in Landmark 10/5/2016

1. The decedent, whose place of residence at the time of death was 5904 WESTERN AVE, WILLOWBROOK, IL 60527 died on 12/2/ 2014 at DOWNERS GROVE, leaving no Will.

2. The approximate value of the estate in this state is: Personal $500 Real $210,000 Annual Income From Real Estate $0 3. The names and addresses of decedent’s heirs are: Meribeth Fencl, Robert C Fencl, Jennifer M Richardson, Francis M. Fencl, Wendy Fencl 4. The decedent nominated the following to act in the office indicated above: WENDY FENCL 6107 WESTERN AVE, WILLOWBROOK IL 60052 5.Petitioner is a DAUGHTER of decedent and is legally qualified to act or nominate a resident of Illinois to act). Petitioner asks that letters administration be issued.

6.*If so indicated above, the Petitioner requests independent administration. The name and address of the personal fiduciary designated to act during independent administration for each heir, who is a minor or disabled person, are shown on Exhibit A attached and made part of this petition.

7. This ad also requests that any unknown heirs make themselves known to the attorney herein.

8. This ad will serve as a notice to creditors that they have 6 months from the date of filing of this petition to submit their claims Petitioner: WENDY FENCL 6107 WESTERN AVE WILLOWBROOK, IL 60052 MATT J LEUCK DuPage Attorney Number 48518 Attorney for: PETITIONER WENDY FENCL 84 E BURLINGTON RD RIVERSIDE IL 60546 708-447-3166 If a consul or consular agent is to be notified, name country:________________ Published in Landmark 10/5, 10/12, 10/19/2016

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Petitioner asks that the will be admitted to probate and that letters testamentary issue.

Atty Name: Matt Leuck Attorney for Petitioner 84 E. Burlington, 2W Riverside, IL 60546 708-447-3166 Atty No. 11017 Published in Landmark 10/5, 10/12, 10/19/2016

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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 filed by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. FILE NO. D16148061 on September 14,2016 Under the Assumed Business Name of LUXE HOME PHOTOS with the business located at: 36B MARENGO AVENUE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: CHARLES SCHUMACHER 36B MARENGO AVENUE FOREST PARK, IL 60130

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. FILE NO. D16148317 on October 3, 2016.

Under the Assumed Business Name of JONERSON FINANCIAL SERVICES with the business located at: P.O. BOX 34706, CHICAGO, IL 60634. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: TERESA B JONES, 2919 N MULLIGAN AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60634.

Published in Forest Park Review 9/28, 10/5, 10/12/2016

Published in Wednesday Journal 10/5, 10/12, 10/19/2016

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 filed by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. FILE NO. D16148135 on September 15, 2016. Under the Assumed Business Name of SEC ELECTRIC with the business located at: 330 N PARKSIDE, CHICAGO, IL 60644. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s) is: STEVE STAMPLEY 330 N PARKSIDE CHICAGO, IL 60644.

Published in Wednesday Journal 9/21, 9/28, 10/5/2016

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION STEARNS LENDING, LLC Plaintiff, vs.

MARITZA MARTINEZ DUARTE; AVENUE SQUARE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 15 CH 3949 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, November 9, 2016 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-07-117-010-1007.

Commonly known as 805 Erie Street, Unit 1, Oak Park, Illinois 60302.

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

For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.falillinois.com 24 hours prior to sale.

F15010079 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I704982

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.DENNIS HALFPENNY AS TRUSTEE OF THE DENNIS HALFPENNY TRUST DATED 1/28/00, SHARON HALFPENNY AS TRUSTEE OF THE SHARON HALFPENNY TRUST DATED 1/28/00, DENNIS HALFPENNY, SHARON HALFPENNY, GROVINGTON HOUSE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF THE SHARON HALFPENNY TRUST DATED 1/28/00, UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF THE DENNIS HALFPENNY TRUST DATED 1/28/ 00 Defendants 14 CH 04290 401 SOUTH GROVE AVENUE UNIT 1A 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 26, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 27, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 401 SOUTH GROVE AVENUE UNIT 1A, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-326-0241002. The real estate is improved with a 24 unit condominium; no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted.

The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall

be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition.

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

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys,

One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number 9734. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@pierceservices. com Attorney File No. 9734 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 14 CH 04290 TJSC#: 36-9812 I702861

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The Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informedthat all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND JOINT REVIEW BOARD MEETING TO CONSIDER THE DESIGNATION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA FOR THE PROPOSED RIVER FOREST MADISON STREET TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT AND THE APPROVAL OF A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND PROJECT IN RELATION THERETO Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on Monday, October 24, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. at the River Forest Village Hall, First Floor Community Room, 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, Illinois 60305 (the “Public Hearing”), in regard to the proposed designation of a redevelopment project area (the “Redevelopment Project Area”), and the proposed approval of a redevelopment plan and project (the “Redevelopment Plan and Project”) in relation thereto, as updated from the originally proposed redevelopment plan and project to limit the use of eminent domain on certain residential properties within the Redevelopment Project Area, for the proposed River Forest Madison Street Tax Increment Financing District (the “Madison Street TIF District”), pursuant to the provisions of the “Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act,” 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-1, et seq., as amended (the “TIF Act”).

The boundaries of the Redevelopment Project Area for the proposed Madison Street TIF District are more fully set forth on the legal description attached hereto as Exhibit “1” and made part hereof and the street location map attached hereto as Exhibit “2” and made part hereof.

The proposed Redevelopment Plan and Project provides for land acquisition and assembly, improvements to the public infrastructure within the proposed Redevelopment Project Area and for the Village of River Forest (the “Village”) to implement a set of actions to promote redevelopment within the proposed Redevelopment Project Area. The contemplated Village actions include, but are not limited to: acquisition of property and property interests, except that no eminent domain authority shall be used to take any single family home within the Redevelopment Project Area; site preparation and clearance; demolition; provision of public infrastructure and related public improvements and rehabilitation of structures; interest rate write-downs; job training; the encouragement of redevelopment agreements; assisting in the clean-up of any hazardous waste, hazardous substances or underground storage tanks as required by State or Federal law where these are a material impediment to redevelopment; addressing any flooding problems; and improving opportunities for further development and redevelopment within the Madison Street TIF District. The Village would realize the goals and objectives of the Redevelopment Plan and Project through public finance techniques including, but not limited to, tax increment allocation financing.

Copies of the Eligibility Report, as updated, the Housing Impact Study, as updated, and the Redevelopment Plan and Project, as updated, have been on file with the Village since August 8, 2016, and are currently on file and available for public inspection between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays, at the office of Eric Palm, Village Administrator for the Village of River Forest, at 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, Illinois 60305. Copies of the Eligibility Report, as updated, the Housing Impact Study, as updated, and the Redevelopment Plan and Project, as updated, are enclosed with the copies of this Notice that are being mailed to the affected taxing districts and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

Eric Palm, Village Administrator for the Village of River Forest may be contacted for further information, at the address above or by telephone at (708) 366-8500.

Pursuant to the TIF Act, the Joint Review Board for the proposed Madison Street TIF District (the “JRB”) is being convened to review the public record, planning documents, Eligibility Report, as updated, Housing Impact Study, as updated, and the proposed ordinances approving the Redevelopment Project Area and the Redevelopment Plan and Project, as updated, for the proposed Madison Street TIF District. Pursuant to the TIF Act, the JRB shall consist of one (1) public member and one (1) representative from each of the following taxing districts: Triton Community College District 504, River Forest Public Schools District 90, Oak Park and River Forest Consolidated High School District 200, the River Forest Park District, the County of Cook, River Forest Township, and the Village of River Forest.

Pursuant to the TIF Act, the meeting of the JRB will be held on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. at the River Forest Village Hall, First Floor Community Room, 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, Illinois. Those taxing districts with representatives on the JRB are hereby notified of said JRB meeting. The JRB’s recommendation relative to the Redevelopment Project Area and Redevelopment Plan and Project, as updated, for the proposed Madison Street TIF District shall be advisory and non-binding, and shall be adopted by a majority vote of those members of the JRB that are present and voting, and submitted to the Village within thirty (30) days after the first convening of the JRB. Failure of the JRB to submit its report on a timely basis shall not delay the Public Hearing, nor shall it delay any other step in the process of designating the Redevelopment Project Area or approving the Redevelopment Plan and Project, as updated, for the proposed Madison Street TIF District.

Prior to and at the October 24, 2016 Public Hearing, all interested persons, affected taxing districts and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may file with the Village Clerk written comments to and may be heard orally with respect to any issues regarding the proposed Redevelopment Project Area and Redevelopment Plan and Project, as updated, for the proposed Madison Street TIF District. Written comments are invited and can be sent in advance of the Public Hearing to the River Forest Village Clerk, 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, Illinois 60305. The Public Hearing may be adjourned by the Village Board without further notice other than a motion to be entered upon the minutes of the Public Hearing, fixing the time and place of the subsequent Public Hearing.

Mailed and Published by order of the Corporate Authorities of the Village of River Forest, Cook County, Illinois Sharon Halperin, Village Clerk

Exhibit “2” Street Location Map for the River Forest Madison Street Tax Increment Financing District.

WEDNESDAY CLASSIFIED:

Village of River Forest Proposed Madison St. TIF No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49

PIN 15-11-404-030-0000 15-11-404-031-0000 15-11-404-032-0000 15-12-313-007-0000 15-12-313-026-0000 15-12-313-044-0000 15-12-313-045-0000 15-12-313-046-0000 15-12-313-047-0000 15-12-313-048-0000 15-12-313-049-0000 15-12-313-050-0000 15-12-313-051-0000 15-12-313-052-0000 15-12-313-053-0000 15-12-318-020-0000 15-12-318-021-0000 15-12-318-036-1001 15-12-318-036-1002 15-12-318-036-1003 15-12-318-036-1004 15-12-318-036-1005 15-12-318-036-1006 15-12-318-036-1007 15-12-318-036-1008 15-12-318-036-1009 15-12-318-036-1010 15-12-318-036-1011 15-12-318-036-1012 15-12-318-036-1013 15-12-318-036-1014 15-12-318-036-1015 15-12-318-036-1016 15-12-318-036-1017 15-12-318-036-1018 15-12-318-036-1019 15-12-318-036-1020 15-12-318-042-1001 15-12-318-042-1002 15-12-318-042-1003 15-12-318-042-1004 15-12-318-042-1005 15-12-318-042-1006 15-12-318-042-1007 15-12-318-042-1008 15-12-318-042-1009 15-12-318-042-1010 15-12-318-042-1011 15-12-318-042-1012

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PIN 15-12-318-042-1013 15-12-319-010-0000 15-12-319-011-0000 15-12-319-020-0000 15-12-319-021-0000 15-12-320-008-0000 15-12-320-009-0000 15-12-320-010-0000 15-12-320-018-0000 15-12-320-019-0000 15-12-320-020-0000 15-12-320-035-0000 15-12-320-036-0000 15-12-320-037-0000 15-12-320-038-0000 15-12-320-039-0000 15-12-321-008-0000 15-12-321-009-0000 15-12-321-010-0000 15-12-321-024-0000 15-12-321-025-0000 15-12-321-040-0000 15-12-321-041-0000 15-12-321-042-0000 15-12-321-043-0000 15-12-321-044-0000 15-12-321-045-0000 15-12-321-046-0000 15-12-321-047-0000 15-12-322-018-0000 15-12-322-019-0000 15-12-322-020-0000 15-12-322-028-0000 15-12-322-029-0000 15-12-322-030-0000 15-12-322-031-0000 15-12-322-032-0000 15-12-322-033-0000 15-12-322-034-0000 15-12-322-035-0000 15-12-322-039-0000 15-12-322-040-0000 15-12-322-041-0000 15-12-322-042-0000 15-12-322-043-0000 15-12-322-047-0000 15-12-322-048-0000 15-12-322-049-0000 15-12-500-014-0000

Exhibit “1” Common Boundaries, PINs, and Legal Description for the River Forest Madison Street Tax Increment Financing District Common Boundaries : the area generally bounded by the north side of Madison Street in the Village of River Forest, from Lathrop Avenue on the east to Thatcher Avenue on the west, including several properties north of Madison Street on the east side of Forest Avenue, and including the Canadian National Railway property from Madison Street north to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks’ intersection with Hawthorne Avenue.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION (MADISON STREET TIF): THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 11, THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 12, THE NORTH HALF OF SECTION 13 AND THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 14 IN TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE NORTH RIGHT-OFWAY LINE OF MADISON STREET AND THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THATCHER AVENUE; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID EAST RIGHT-OFWAY LINE TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 158 FEET OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 11; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 158 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF GALE AVENUE; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE TO A POINT ON THE WESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 9 IN BLOCK 7 IN GALE AND BLOCK’S SUBDIVISION; BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 12; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID WESTERLY EXTENSION AND NORTH LINE OF LOT 9 TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 145.00 FEET OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID WEST LINE TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 60 FEET OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID NORTH LINE TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 90 FEET OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID WEST LINE AND SOUTHERLY EXTENSION THEREOF TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 40 FEET OF LOT 8 IN SAID BLOCK 7 OF GALE AND BLOCK’S SUBDIVISION ; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID NORTH LINE TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 8 (SAID EAST LINE ALSO BEING THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF AN 18 FOOT PUBLIC ALLEY); THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID EAST LINE TO A POINT ON THE WESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH HALF OF LOT 5 IN SAID BLOCK 7; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID WESTERLY EXTENSION AND NORTH LINE TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 5 (SAID EAST LINE ALSO BEING THE WEST RIGHT-OFWAY LINE OF KEYSTONE AVENUE); THENCE EASTERLY ALONG A LINE TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH HALF OF LOT 5 IN BLOCK 8 OF SAID GALE AND BLOCK’S SUBDIVISION; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID NORTH LINE TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 5, SAID POINT ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 150 FEET OF LOT 21 IN SAMUEL WATT’S SR. SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 12, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED APRIL 2, 1910 AS DOCUMENT NO. 4533770; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID NORTH LINE TO A POINT ON THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF FOREST AVENUE; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE TO A POINT ON THE WESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 8 IN SAID SAMUEL WATT’S SR. SUBDIVISION; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID WESTERLY EXTENSION AND ALONG SAID NORTH LINE OF LOT 8 TO A POINT ON THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD (F.K.A. THE MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL AND SAULT STE. MARIE RAILROAD); THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 12; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID NORTH LINE TO A POINT ON THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF PARK AND MADISON TOWNHOMES RESUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 12, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 19, 2007 AS DOCUMENT NO. 0735303059; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID NORTH LINE TO A POINT ON THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF PARK AVENUE; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE TO A POINT ON THE WESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 8 IN BLOCK 8 OF E.S. CONWAY’S RESUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 12; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID WESTERLY EXTENSION AND NORTH LINE OF LOT 8 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 8 (SAID NORTHEAST CORNER ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF AN 18 FOOT PUBLIC ALLEY); THENCE EASTERLY ALONG A LINE TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 27 IN SAID BLOCK 8 OF E.S. CONWAY’S RESUBDIVISION (SAID NORTHWEST CORNER ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF AN 18 FOOT PUBLIC ALLEY); THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 27 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 27 (SAID NORTHEAST CORNER ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF FRANKLIN AVENUE); THENCE EASTERLY ALONG A LINE TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 8 IN BLOCK 7 OF SAID E.S. CONWAY’S RESUBDIVISION (SAID NORTHWEST CORNER ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF FRANKLIN AVENUE); THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 8 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 8 (SAID NORTHEAST CORNER ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF AN 18 FOOT PUBLIC ALLEY); THENCE EASTERLY ALONG A LINE TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 8 IN BLOCK 8 IN HENRY FIELD’S SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 12 (SAID NORTHWEST CORNER ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE EAST RIGHT-OFWAY LINE OF AN 18 FOOT PUBLIC ALLEY); THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 8 TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 30 FEET OF SAID LOT 8; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID NORTH LINE AND ALONG THE EASTERLY EXTENSION THEREOF TO A POINT ON THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF ASHLAND AVENUE; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 18 IN NUBE AND PETTON’S RESUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 12; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 18 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 18 (SAID NORTHEAST CORNER ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF AN 18 FOOT PUBLIC ALLEY); THENCE EASTERLY ALONG A LINE TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 23 IN SAID NUBE AND PETTON’S RESUBDIVISION (SAID NORTHWEST CORNER ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF AN 18 FOOT PUBLIC ALLEY); THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 23 AND ALONG THE EASTERLY EXTENSION THEREOF TO A POINT ON THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF LATHROP AVENUE; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE AND ALONG THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION THEREOF TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID MADISON STREET; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION OF SAID EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THATCHER AVENUE; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY EXTENSION TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

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Talent in town from page 52 taneously with changes on the Huskies’ roster. OPRF only has four seniors this season. The roster is littered with promising but inexperienced sophomores and juniors.

“I don’t see any reason why these kids don’t break out and become solid players,” Galluzzo said. “The thing that’s been holding us back is a lack of tournament play. Kids need to be playing in at least four or five tournaments per year. That’s how they truly grow as tennis players during the competitive atmosphere and pressure points of tournaments.”

Juniors Hannah Keidan and Grace Medina plus sophomores Andrea Krunic (No. 1 singles), Emma Proctor (2 singles) Sophia Kreider, Jane Belcaster and Emma Proctor have all figured prominently into the lineup this fall. Keidan and Krieder are the No. 2 doubles team and Belcaster and Medina play at third doubles.

Injuries to juniors Alyssa Mandel (out for season), Maggie Kosterman and Carleigh Schafer have hurt the team’s depth.

Amid the ups and downs of any season, the top doubles team of Julia Krause and

Maria Krunic has stabilized the front end of the lineup.

“We’re practicing hard and trying to improve as a team,” Krause said. “We’re in such a good conference that you’re going to win and lose some matches. The bottom line for us is working as hard as we can to make each other better with positivity, teamwork and bonding.”

Fenwick girls tennis Although it’s typically an adjustment when you lose an All-State player like Laura Gutierrez (now playing tennis at the University of Chicago), the Friars have adjusted well to life sans-Gutierrez this fall.

Fenwick is 8-2 overall and 4-1 in the GCAC Red. More importantly, several players have embraced a leadership role.

“You hate to lose a player like Laura who was on another level as a player,” Fenwick coach Gerard Sullivan said. “On the other hand, we have different leaders who are a bit more in synch with the team. Ceci Walsh, Corinne Joss and Meg Whalen are good leaders. They are a little edgier and can fire people up. This group has good chemistry.”

The Friars have talent as well.

No. 1 singles player Haley Fakouri is ranked in the top 40 among 16-year-olds in the Chicagoland area.

“Haley wants to be at first singles,” Sul-

livan said. “She has run into some really tough opponents, but she’s a very talented player who’s working hard and improving.”

No. 2 singles Anna Hendricks is a very athletic player who plays well under pressure.

OPRF golf ready for postseason

Latham-led girls squad and young boys team have talent to card low scores the final overall standings.

Under new head coach Joe Parenti, a former assistant for boys coach Doug Oak Park and River Forest senior golfer Brown, the Huskies are hoping for a topKatie Latham enjoyed a great, third-place three finish at the 2A Fenwick Regional Wednesday at Cog Hill to advance to the round at last year’s Class 2A regional.

Schaumburg Sectional Monday, She wasn’t as fortunate on Oct. 10. the same Cog Hill course at Latham, Sullivan, Mosher sectionals. and Gagliardo return from last “I had my best round of the year’s sectional-qualifying linewhole year (80 at regionals) up that finished 10th. and then the next week I just Latham’s 90 missed the secdidn’t play as well as I hoped tional’s individual state cutoff (90),” Latham said. “It’s golf. score by three strokes. In 2014, It’s frustrating, but somehow the Huskies’ sectional lineup it keeps me coming back.” with Latham and Mosher was Latham is back for her beaten out for third place and fourth varsity season, and KATIE LATHAM the last team state-qualifying she’s hoping to qualify for her OPRF golfer spot on a fifth-score tiebreaker first state meet after two close with Wheaton Warrenville calls.

On Sept. 28, Latham finished a personal- South.

“Definitely these past two years I’ve kept best eighth at the West Suburban Confermy eyes on (state), but hopefully this year ence Meet at Village Greens (84) on one of is the year,” Latham said. “I think over the the first cold and windy days of the fall.

Senior Megan Sullivan and sopho- years I’ve learned the nerves shouldn’t be more Haley Gladden shot 98s, followed the thing that’s keeping me or keeping the by seniors Paige Mosher (100), Renee team from being successful.”

Gagliardo (103) and Grace Gleason (104).

OPRF boys golf The Huskies were fifth (380), losing out Gavin Giles was the lone senior in the on a fifth-score tiebreaker with Downers Grove South by three strokes, and fifth in Huskies’ lineup for the West Suburban

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Conference Silver Division Meet Sept. 27 at Prairie Bluff.

“Just playing with some of those younger kids, it’s fun being the older guy, the guy to talk to and to ask if they have any questions,” Giles said.

The Huskies finished sixth (347) in the final overall standings.

Sophomore John Parker shot 84, four strokes from contending for top-14 allconference medalist honors, followed by freshman Aiden Wittenberg (85), junior Mike Milad and freshman Jack Derks (85s), sophomore Andrew Corsini (90) and Giles (96).

In duals, the Huskies were 2-7, beating Proviso West and Whitney Young and losing by a stroke to Leyden. Wittenberg and Derks were promoted to varsity after the Batavia Invite Sept.10.

The Huskies were scheduled to compete in the Class 3A Addison Trail Regional Tuesday with hopes of advancing to the Loyola Sectional Monday, Oct. 10.

Giles and Parker are the lone returnees from last year’s 10th-place sectional finisher. Giles and Ben Iverson are the lone seniors on the roster. “(I want to) just do what I can, hopefully help my guys out,” Giles said. “I think we have a decent chance of getting out (of regionals) and maybe competing at state.”

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OPRF junior Hannah Keidan plays second doubles with Sophia Kreider.

The doubles teams are versatile and deep.

Walsh, a senior, and a sophomore Bella Burdi are excellent ball strikers armed with heavy topspin on their groundstrokes.

“Ceci anchors our No. 1 doubles team and she’s playing as well as ever,” Sullivan said.

“She can place the ball on a dime anywhere on the court and Bella is so athletic.”

At second doubles, Joss and junior Maria Krug have won 13 of 14 matches.

The junior pair of Gabrielle Cone and Brooke LePore is perhaps the most intriguing tandem.

“Brooke is a lefty who has the hardest serve on the team and she’s a beast at the net,” Sullivan said. “Gabrielle is also a strong and physical player. I think they have a really good shot to win third doubles at the conference tournament.”

No. 4 doubles Shannon Hayes and Whalen won their flight at the Fremd Invitational.

“Our goal is to hang on to the second spot in conference and try to make things closer with (frontrunner Loyola Academy),” Sullivan said. “We have to see what the sectional look like but we’re excited.”

Fenwick landed in the Timothy Christian Sectional in Class A. The 10-team field also includes area teams Trinity and Nazareth.

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The comeback kid Hunt’s return powers OPRF to undefeated record, shot at conference title

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he ankle injury that ended Jeremy Hunt’s junior season dealt a blow to his college recruiting but may have made him a better quarterback.

While he stops short of calling the injury and resulting surgery a painful blessing in disguise, the Oak Park and River Forest High School football star admits the aftermath has been positive.

“I definitely have had a lot of mixed emotions about getting injured,” Hunt said. “It was a very bumpy road afterwards, but with recruiting it’s taught me a lot.

“It’s taught me to be more patient. Quarterbacks have to be patient.”

Hunt and the Huskies were undefeated when he went down in Week 6 last season. Instead of languishing on the sidelines, Hunt spent the remaining games up in the press box with the OPRF coaches, a rare opportunity for a player.

It was an eye-opening experience.

PHoto by Artis Carrol “I learned that our coaches are definitely a lot crazier Fully recovered from an ankle injury in 2015, OPRF senior quarterback Jeremy Hunt has led the Huskies to a 6-0 than I thought, but I really learned what they were thinking,” Hunt said. “I actually learned the offense, the inside record this season. He’s 12-0 as a varsity starter. and out of it, and what they want to see out on the field and than ever. The Huskies are undefeated with him under cen- ence for both of us,” Scott said. “We’ve kind of learned from how they want the quarterback to play.” each other through that. It was definitely an eye-opener.”

Being an extra set of “eyes in the sky” was beneficial to ter the past two seasons, including 6-0 this year.

Hunt has developed into one of the better dualWhile college coaches wait to see how Hunt performs this both Hunt and the coaches, who solicited Hunt’s threat quarterbacks in the Chicago area, with fall, Hoerster thinks it is only a matter of time before the feedback. some calling him the Huskies’ version of Cam offers start coming in.

It was OPRF head coach John Hoerster’s idea Newton. But he styles himself after another NFL “Jeremy is a Division I football player in my mind,” Hoerto have Hunt sit in the press box. The plan was star. ster said. “If you describe to me what a Division I quarternot without risk since Hunt was not with his “I do like throwing the ball,” Hunt said. “I love back is, he checks all the boxes. teammates and out of his element. scrambling, looking for plays downfield, kind of “He’s got a cannon for an arm, he’s got great feet, he’s mo“Putting him up there takes him away from like Aaron Rodgers. bile, he’s smart, he’s a leader, he’s got the size. But if he’s his guys and it’s an adult area, but he was able “I love Aaron Rodgers, but if I have to run, I patient, something will happen.” to learn a lot and soaked it all in,” Hoerster said. will run it. I’m not afraid to run the ball, but I’m Something always happens when Hunt is on the field. He “He learned so much from being up there and also not afraid to drop back and throw the ball.” says he is still learning and needs to be more consistent, but seeing how the coaches’ brains work.”

The Huskies’ read-option offense allows Hunt Hoerster is thrilled with how Hunt bounced back from the While Hunt was playing well before the injury, to make decisions based on what the defense injury. he was not the Huskies’ main weapon and only gives him. He is adept at running and passing, as “It was a really sad thing that happened but he totally just beginning to take a leadership role. Hoerster JOHN HOERSTER he demonstrated during Friday’s 34-17 win over made the best of it,” Hoerster said. “He’s a really bright kid. was concerned Hunt’s progress would be retardOPRF coach York.

“It’s nice as a coach to know that the guy you’ve got back ed while he rehabbed.

Hunt rushed six times for 24 yards, highlighted there knows what you’re doing. He was in my leadership class “The other thing was to make sure that he’s by a 9-yard TD run to cap off the Huskies’ scintil- last year and now he is my student assistant in that class. still a part of this because when you’re an athlete “Ultimately we want these kids to come back and coach lating run of 20 unanswered points in the third and you get hurt, you feel like you’re useless,” with us. I’d love for him to be back and coaching with me 10 quarter against the Dukes.

Hoerster said. “So I (invited him to) come up in The savvy senior also completed 24-of-32 passes years from now.” the booth, tell us what you see from a player’s While Hunt, who has a 3.0 GPA, aspires to a career in radio for 174 yards and two touchdowns. perspective.

Senior wide receiver Jared Scott, who has bat- or television broadcasting, he isn’t thinking 10 years down “He was able to give us some feedback, too, and the road, or even much about college yet. He and his teamhe was able to hear what was going on. He still stayed posi- tled his own injury woes, has seen great growth in Hunt.

“I definitely think he’s learned a lot,” Scott said. “He’s just mates have some unfinished business as they strive to attain tive.” the high goals Hoerster has set for the program.

In addition to getting a better understanding of the of- been a student of the game, learning each day.

“Not only does he have the physical tools, he has the men“The expectations are high,” Hunt said. “Everyone knows fense, Hunt got a different perspective from being in the press box. He was able to see plays develop and what defens- tal side as well and I think that’s what sets him apart from a that the Huskies are going to be good. It’s what is going to lot of these other guys.” happen later on in the season. es were doing.

Hunt has a kindred spirit in Scott, a two-sport star who “That’s been the question for us every single year.(Hoer“On the field I wouldn’t be able to see anything and in the coaches box I’d be able to really see what the coaches are missed the second half of the basketball season last winter ster) really has changed this program around, but I think looking for, hear what they say and see what they see out after undergoing knee surgery. Both want to play in college it’s time for us to really take what he’s saying and push it but haven’t had any major offers. to where it should have been the last couple years, past the there,’ Hunt said. “It helped out a lot.”

“Definitely with us getting hurt, it was a humbling experi- second round of the playoffs.”

The 6-foot-3, 225-pound Hunt returned to action better

“Jeremy is a Division I football player in my mind.”

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OPRF, Fenwick tennis prep for sectionals In new format, Huskies are in Class AA and Friars land in Class A

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Sophomore Andrea Krunic is a versatile player with good groundstrokes. She’s currently at No. 1 in singles for OPRF.

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or the first time in approximately 30 years, the Oak Park and River Forest High School girls tennis team won’t be hosting a sectional.

Instead, the Huskies are headed east to St. Ignatius where they will mix it up with the host Wolfpack and other solid Chicago teams like Whitney Young, Kenwood and Lincoln Park. Other area schools like Morton, Proviso East and Riverside-Brookfield will compete in the nine-team field.

“I don’t know what the thinking was (sectional assignments), but I think it’s because we are near a lot of teams aggregated in the city,” OPRF coach Fred Galluzzo said. “The only sectional in the west suburbs is Lyons Township which includes most of the teams in our conference.

“The reality is our sectional will be difficult with a brutal singles draw and tough doubles (draw). I think we have a good chance of qualifying our doubles teams and an outside shot at qualifying singles for the state tournament.”

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