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October 18, 2017 Vol. 35, No. 9 ONE DOLLAR

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Austin Pantry appeals closure Oak Park closed business in September after employee busted for selling heroin

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The owners of the Austin Food Pantry are appealing a decision by the Village of Oak Park to close their corner store in September as a result of an employee being arrested on 17 counts of heroin sales and possession at the establishment.

The Oak Park Board of Trustees established a hearing board at the Oct. 16 board meeting to consider the owners’ arguments and then make a legally binding determination. Trustees Dan Moroney, Deno Andrews and Jim Taglia will serve as the hearing body at the meeting set for 3 p.m. on Oct. 26.

The case centers around the arrest of Edgar Lucas, 55, on Aug. 30. Oak Park Police raided the convenience store at 1 Chicago Ave. and charged Lucas with 15 counts of heroin sales and two counts of heroin possession.

The arrest was made as part of an undercover sting that took place between July 11 and Aug. 29.

The store was closed temporarily after the bust, but Village Manager Cara Pavlicek later revoked the owner’s business license.

Azzam “Sam” Mohammad and Maher “Mike” Haw were identified as the co-owners of the business in the notice of appeal.

Attorney Scott J. Frankel, who is representing the owners, argues in the notice of appeal that the owners “have not been charged with a crime related to the drug sales, and the village introduced no evidence See AUSTIN PANTRY on page 15

ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

SPEAKING OUT: On Saturday, Oct. 14, around 50 demonstrators marched on Lake Street in Oak Park in support of OPRF teacher Anthony Clark, who was suspended after re-posting to Facebook a blackface photo that was taken by a student.

OPRF reels from fallout over racist post Protesters demand school reinstate suspended teacher Anthony Clark

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

An Oak Park and River Forest High School student’s hasty decision on Oct. 8 to post to Snapchat photo

of himself in blackface set off an explosive chain of events — including the suspensions of the student and popular teacher and activist Anthony Clark — that culminated in around 50 people marching in the pouring rain on

Saturday in Oak Park.

The racially offensive photo, posted by a 17-year-old OPRF senior, shows the teenager wearing what he would later describe as a black charcoal exfoliating See OPRF on page 8

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Auctioning the Wright stuff Treadway Toomey Auctions will offer a selection of items from the personal library of Wilbert & Marilyn Hasbrouck in a series of sales. Part I will be up for bid in the Oct. 25 Objects Online auction at John Toomey Gallery located on North Boulevard in Oak Park.

Wilbert “Bill” and Marilyn ran the legendary Prairie Avenue Bookshop in Chicago, known for its architectural focus for nearly 50 years. The first 78 lots of this collection, includes items from Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, Chicago Architecture, Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau, among others.

Preview exhibition for this auction is open to the public and will be held at the

What’s the Big Idea?

It’s that time of the year again for Oak Parkers and River Foresters to put on their thinking caps for the next Big Idea contest.

It’s the third year for the contest put on by the Oak Park Community Foundation’s Entrepreneur Leaders in Philanthropy group, which awards a $50,000 grant to a company that proposes the best business idea “that positively impacts Oak Park and/or River Forest, that transforms the community, and that could put Oak Park and/or River Forest on the map as a national leader in some way,” according to a news release on the contest.

Contestants can submit ideas through the end of November through the Oak Park Community Foundation website

John Toomey Gallery, 818 North Blvd. on Thursday, Oct. 19 and Friday, Oct. 20 and Monday, Oct. 23 and Tuesday, Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The auction will commence with the Hasbrouck collection, starting with lot 1001, at 10 a.m. on Oct. 25.

Part II of the Hasbrouck collection will be offered in the 20th Century Art & Design auction on Dec. 2 and will include rare books, letters and ephemera from Frank Lloyd Wright and other prominent architects.

For more information on all of the works to be included in the auction, please visit: http://www. treadwaygallery.com

ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

Closer look Attendees get a tour of the dining room at the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio in Oak Park on Saturday, Oct. 14, during Open House Chicago.

Keiichi Terashita, of Elk Grove Village, visits Grace Episcopal Church on Lake Street in Oak Park.

Ken Trainor

(oprfcf.org) or via email to bigidea@ oprfcf.org.

Past winners include The Rescue Foundation, which aims to connect prospective employers with ex-offenders, and The Surplus Project, which preserves surplus food from Rush Oak Park Hospital and five other area cafeterias and distributes it to six recipient organizations such as the Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry.

The winner will be chosen at the 3rd Annual Big Idea Competition and Reception on Wednesday, March 7 at Wire, 6815 Roosevelt Rd. in Berwyn.

Campaigning with the Kennedys

This Saturday, Chris Kennedy will be speaking at Dominican University from 1-2 p.m. Three of his sisters (Rory, Molly and Carrie), and their families, will be in the audience.

CHRIS KENNEDY During the morning, they’re planning to support their brother by campaigning in our communities for a couple of hours. The

campaign is organizing a canvass so the Kennedy relatives (mainly Chris’ sisters) can meet Forest Park/Oak Park/River Forest residents between 10 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Three of his adult children (Kate, 25; Chris Jr., 24; and Sarah, 22) may also be in Forest Park.

The Kennedys are expected to arrive at the Park District of Forest Park, 7501 Harrison, at 10 a.m. The campaign is inviting volunteers to join them in going door-to-door collecting signatures for Chris’ nominating petitions from 10 to 12:15. Some of the Kennedys may also visit businesses on Madison Street in Forest Park or in parts of Oak Park, including a possible visit to Oak Park Farmers Market.

In order to get on the ballot, the Kennedy campaign needs 10,000 signatures from registered Illinois voters. For more, email Rory Hoskins at roryhoskins@ gmail.com.

Ken Trainor

D97 hosts another Claim Your Voice forum

On Wednesday, Nov. 1, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Oak Park Elementary School District 97 will host its annual Claim Your Voice forum at Percy Julian Middle School Commons, 416 S. Ridgeland Ave. The event will be moderated by local radio host Doris Davenport and will feature a panel of local lawmakers, including state senators Don Harmon and Kimberly Lightford and state representatives La Shawn K. Ford and Camille Y. Lilly.

They’ll talk about the state’s budget and funding formula, including equity, inclusiveness and promoting a positive learning environment.

Michael Romain

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Knitted Knockers Workshop Monday, Oct. 23, 6:30 to 9 p.m., Oak Park Art League: In conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this workshop is for knitters to learn how to make soft, light-weight breast prosthetics that are comfortable for women who have undergone breast cancer surgeries. The evening will include learning the pattern and creating them for survivors. $5 material fee. Info: 708-386-9853. 720 Chicago Ave.

Youth Social Justice Conference Saturday, Oct. 21, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Main Library: In this youth-directed conference featuring a panel discussion, breakout sessions and an open mic, issues will be explored including restorative justice, creating empowering youth spaces through art, confronting racism through theater, and addressing microaggressions in the classroom using culturally relevant strategies like hip-hop and call-and-response and more. Register: oppl. org/social-justice. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

Job Fair Thursday, Oct. 19, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Nineteenth Century Charitable Association: Seeking employment? Come to a job fair with many companies seeking applicants for a wide range of positions. Sponsored by the OP Township and African American Christian Foundation. 178 Forest Ave.

Oct. 18-25

BIG WEEK Frank Lloyd Wright Races Sunday, Oct. 22, 8/8:30/9 a.m. start (depending on race), Oak Park & River Forest High School: The running season closes with a scenic route through Oak Park passing by eight Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, including the Home and Studio. Sign up for a 5K walk ($43), 5K or 10K run ($48) or the Youth Mile for ages seven to 14 ($33). Online deadline is noon on Oct. 20; in-person deadline at Ridgeland Common and Gymnastics Center is 1 p.m., Oct. 21. Register/more: pdop.org/events/flwraces/. 201 N. Scoville Ave., Oak Park.

Thursday, Oct. 19, 7 to 8 p.m., Suite 2000, Rush Oak Park Medical Office Building: Primary Care Physician Dr. Damien McKnight will talk about how lifestyle choices can affect health and what changes may be able to reverse disease processes. Free; register: roph.org/calendar, 708-660-4636. 610 S. Maple.

Saturday, Oct. 21, 3 to 6 p.m., Untitled Supper Club: Join in an afternoon of mystery and intrigue. Includes appetizers and a teambased interactive mystery with an Old Hollywood theme. $40; 100 percent of ticket price goes toward ending homelessness. Register: housingforward.org/ events, 708-338-1724 x 230. 111 W. Kinzie St., Chicago.

Tuesday, Oct. 24, 7:30 to 9 p.m., Oak Park River Forest Museum: In his multimedia presentation, historian Robert Mueller reviews America’s participation as he describes the battlefields of northern France and the events, people, and places that contributed to enemy defeat. Mueller concludes with the enormous changes the conflict brought to warfare and society around the world. 129 Lake St., Oak Park.

Friday, Oct. 20, 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 21, noon to 6 p.m., Oak Park Arts District: Art on Harrison includes special events in galleries, restaurants and businesses. Find yourself chair painting, getting a free massage or yoga class, gallery hopping or doing something new. More: madmimi.com/s/b700fa. On Harrison St. between Austin and Ridgeland avenues, Oak Park.

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In the Arts District

Family Festival of Stories and More

OPCC Vocal Technique Workshop

Friday, Oct. 20, 6 to 8 p.m., Fine Arts Building, Dominican University: Families with children ages five to 12, come for pre-Halloween entertainment. At 6:00 - face painting, costume parade and music. At 7:00, hear storyteller Donna Washington. $5 per family. Funded partly by the Oak Park Area Arts Council. Info: 708-465-6305. 7900 W. Division, River Forest.

Saturday, Oct. 21, 10 to 3:30 p.m., St. John Lutheran Church: The Oak Park Concert Chorale presents a workshop on how to use posture, breathing, and resonance to produce the best sound and prevent vocal strain. Also on Oct. 28.

Free; must register: oakparkconcertchorale.org.

Questions: 847-420-9200, info@oakparkconcertchorale.org. 305 Circle Ave., Forest Park.

CALENDAR EVENTS

Voter Security and Accessibility

“The 39 Steps”

Tuesday, Oct. 24, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Senior Room, Oak Park Township: Representatives from the Illinois State Board of Elections and the Cook County Clerk’s Office present information on how the Illinois State Board of Elections works, how interstate voter checking systems function, what the Election Integrity Commission is and how the new Illinois Automatic Voter Registration Law be implemented.

Sponsored by the League of Women Voters. 130 S. Oak Park Ave.

Friday, Oct. 20, 6:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 22, 2:30 p.m., Nineteenth Century Charitable Association: Come for a pre-show reception for an hour of cocktails, light buffet, 1940s tunes and to meet the cast. Then see a live radio play inspired by Hitchcock’s film. A co-benefit with Oak Park Festival Theatre. $30; $25, seniors; $15, students; free, ages 12 and under. Tickets: 708-4454440, oakparkfestival.com. 168 Forest Ave., Oak Park.

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ART BEAT

Timely theme for this year’s Tombstone Tales

By MICHELLE DYBAL

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Contributing reporter

mmigrants: They Get the Job Done.

Not just a political view expressed by some but this year’s theme for the Tale of the Tombstones, the annual cemetery walk put on by The Historical Society of Oak Park & River Forest, taking place this Sunday, Oct. 22.

With stories of an Italian seamstress-turned-fashion designer to a German man who served on the side of the U.S. during World War I, actors in period costumes bring the dead back to life as tour groups make their way through Forest Home Cemetery.

The Forest Park graveyard, more than ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer 140 years old, was non-sectarian long MORNING GLORY: Lee Conte fixes her hat at Forest before it became fashionable.

Home Cemetery on Desplaines Avenue in Forest “It is very diverse and has people Park while preparing for the crowds who will from all walks of life,” said Frank Lipo, executive director of the Oak Park Riv- visit her (character’s) gravesite this Sunday. er Forest Museum and the Historical Society. “It is also a naturally beautiful Historical Society Board Member Peggy place with all the trees in the fall.”

Tuck Sinko is a scriptwriter and tour guide The annual event is put on by 50 volun- for the walk. teers, one of whom has worked on the cem“It’s all true; we don’t make things up,” etery walk for 23 of the 26 years it has been Tuck Sinko said. “On the walk, people may held — Doug Deuchler, as researcher, script- start asking questions of the actor. Or you writer and actor. This year, he is playing Jo- may have your audience in tears. Then you nas Shimkus, a Lithuanian immigrant who know you’ve really connected with them.” came through Ellis Island in New York in Things are so real in fact, some descenthe early 1900s and worked in the Chicago dants come to see their family stories told. meat-packing industry.

“One year, I was playing a murderer and “In researching this, you realize women one woman stayed behind,” Deuchler reand minorities had so few choices,” Deuchler called. “I said, ‘You’re missing your tour.’ said. “They weren’t taking jobs from Ameri- But she said, ‘I’d like to hear it again. He cans. These were jobs no one would want. was my great-grandfather.’”

And you hear this today, 112 years later.”

Tuck Sinko believes this year’s cemetery Another volunteer on the walk is Lee Con- walk will help people think about immigrate, who has made her period outfit each year tion as it shaped our country throughout for the 10 years she appeared in the ceme- history. tery walk. This year she’s taking on the role “We’re not trying to tell how to think of Leila Moss Martin, a resident of Austin about things, but just show there are these who founded Gads Hill Social Settlement parallels between what’s happening today in 1898 in the Pilsen neighborhood to serve and what’s happened in the past,” she said.

Czech, German and other European immi- “We also have amazing history right here grants. It is still in operation today, serving in our own backyard. You don’t have to go Latino families and their children in Pilsen to Washington D.C. or New York. These are and has grown to also operate centers in the just regular folks for the most part, but they North Lawndale, Brighton Park and Chica- have compelling stories to tell.” go Lawn neighborhoods of Chicago.

Tale of the Tombstones takes place SunTypically 300 to 350 people attend the day, Oct. 22, is 90 minutes to two hours long walk, although as many as 600 have shown and is recommended for late-elementary up. Deuchler hopes the walk ignites interest school age and older. Participants remain on in history. their feet the entire time. $15; $10 Historical “I hope sparks are lit in their historical Society members. Tickets: oprfhistory.org, minds,” he said. “And for kids who may 708-848-6755, or at Forest Home Cemetery think history just comes from a book, it on the day of the walk, starting at 12:30 p.m. makes it more immediate for them. People First tour at 1 p.m., last tour departs at 2 at are genuinely fascinated. In writing the 863 Desplaines, Forest Park. Rain date is Sunday, Oct. 29. scripts, you make people come alive.”

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irst the news: In a wide-ranging interview Friday with OPRF Supt.

Joylynn Pruitt-Adams and Jackie Moore, president of the school board, the superintendent said that once an internal investigation is complete, “I’m sure Mr. [Anthony] Clark will return to his duties.”

That might quiet some of the sincere angst in the community that Clark, an OPRF special ed teacher, community activist and candidate for the U.S. Congress, was going to be forced out of his job at the high school.

Pruitt-Adams’ unforced promise that Clark would return to OPRF — she would not commit to the length of time that an investigation would take — was more direct talk than I expected when I asked for the interview. Knowing the privacy limits that apply both to the student who posted the black-face image on social media and the teacher who then shared that image, I was looking for a more general take on where a week of intense community and school upset on racial matters had left these two school leaders.

First, they are confident in the strength of their students and the school to respond to the racial turmoil loosed. Second, dubious of the role played by social media as extreme positions were staked out, as judgments were set, as anger over a history of racism in the community came clamoring down because of one moment in time.

“We live in a complex community of well-intentioned people,” said Moore.

“But we saw heightened and extreme talk on social media. My face-to-face meetings haven’t been like that. Even emails to the board have been focused and not damning or disrespectful.”

Pruitt-Adams acknowledged that the initial posting did take on a “life of its own. And speculation turned into truth for some people.”

That is why the school has moved quickly — after being slowed by the initial uproar starting on a school holiday — to put people face-to-face. A gathering

of BLU, the Black Leaders Union group at OPRF singled out in the senior’s posting, was planned for after school Monday. And a community meeting later this month to talk about the school’s response to sexual misconduct is being converted to a broad discussion of race at OPRF. Moore and Pruitt-Adams said they “trust the voice and the leadership” of students and want to provide forums for “restorative feelings.”

Talking to these two African American women leading our high school, it is clear they are looking for the opening to turn what has been a dismal week into a “turning point” in the school’s very conscious efforts to focus intently on racial equity. Never, in 40 years of covering this school, have I seen the determination to acknowledge and attack the institutional racism that has hobbled OPRF for decades. The groundwork to take on this challenge has been set by this administration and the school board.

The question now is whether the intensity, the blind heat of the past week makes genuine “courageous conversation” on race more possible or less possible in these villages.

“We talk about racial equity all the time,” said Pruitt-Adams, who was actually at a conference on racial equity as the week closed out. “This has caused us to have to take a moment and assess how it is having an impact right now. We don’t want shouting and two-way finger pointing. We want to step back, get all parties at the table and have rational conversations, to come together as a community.”

I asked last week in this column if this was a moment where social media excesses carried the day and would leave us split and divided or if our response could prove our values of acknowledging actual sins committed and our determination to rise up together.

Our school leadership in Pruitt-Adams and Moore have set a path for us to follow.

Will we?

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Oak Park approves $8.7M infrastructure plan New trustees vote in block against Capital Improvement Plan

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The Oak Park Board of Trustees approved a plan at the Oct. 16 board meeting to spend $8.7 million in 2018 on infrastructure improvements for streets, alleys, technology and other capital improvements in the village.

The Capital Improvement Plan is not yet a green light for spending the funds, but rather a guideline for village staff to begin planning for projects that will take place next year.

The plan was approved by a vote of 4-3, with trustees Simone Boutet, Deno Andrews and Dan Moroney voting against the plan.

All three trustees who voted against the proposal argued that the plan includes projects that needed greater scrutiny.

Trustees who supported approving the socalled CIP reminded new trustees that the document, which includes dozens of projects, is for planning purposes only and expenditures could later be stripped from the budget, which is expected to be approved in December.

Members of the board have spent weeks discussing the CIP in committee, and direct-

ed Village Manager Cara Pavlicek and staff to cut $1 million from the proposal earlier this month.

The projects removed from the CIP include improvements to the main Oak Park Fire Station, replacement of furniture in village hall, replacement of some street furniture and plans to spend $200,000 to install a new elevator in village hall, among others.

Trustee Bob Tucker told trustees reluctant to approve the plan that rejecting the proposal would be “penny wise and pound foolish” because it gives staff time to plan for road, alley and other vital improvements.

Village Manager Cara Pavlicek said establishing a spending plan now allows village planners to better coordinate infrastructure projects – street repaving for example – with local schools as well as getting request for proposals out sooner to bid. She noted that the village competes with other municipalities in Cook County for contractors and getting bids out sooner results in a better array of bidders.

“They save us a lot of money by doing that,” Tucker said.

Trustee Deno Andrews, who has participated in board meetings discussing the CIP

over the last several weeks, said he was not comfortable voting on the plan because it includes projects such as the plan to reduce the number of traffic lanes on Madison Street near Oak Park Avenue and bend a section of the road to make way for a proposed large multi-building development. That project is slated to cost roughly $13 million over the next two years, according to the CIP. “I don’t know if I endorse the bend or not or the road diet,” he said, adding that voting for the CIP could be seen as an endorsement by constituents.

Trustee Dan Moroney said the village is facing a $6 million increase in the property tax levy and that cutting a million from the CIP was a good start, but more cuts need to happen before he could approve the plan.

Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb reminded trustees that the CIP was just a road map for spending and not a commitment of funds.

Though much of the focus over the proposal was on projects slated for funding in 2018, the CIP is a five-year plan. The cost of most projects in the out years are simply estimates.

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Park, attended the march with his daughter, OPRF freshman Caroline Iocca.

“It’s outrageous what they’re doing,” Mark Iocca said of the school’s decision to suspend Clark. “I’m so sick of the kneejerk reactions.

That’s all this is and it causes from page 1 things like this march. Why don’t you face mask. address the real issue and leave the heroes “Vote me for BLU president,” read the alone?” caption above the picture of the student Jonny Hugh, an Oak Park eighthin blackface. Underneath that statement grader, said that he learned about Clark’s he wrote, “For those who don’t know BLU suspension from his mother. is Black Leaders Union,” and inserted an “I felt that it was completely wrong that emoji depicting a neutral face beside the they would suspend him for doing the right bottom caption. thing, even if he did break a rule,” Hugh School officials placed Clark on paid said. administrative leave for reposting the photo Aisha Coleman, an OPRF parent and to Facebook a few days before the school member of Suburban Unity Alliance, the suspended the student for sharing the photo nonprofit Clark founded last year to fight to Snapchat. racism in the suburbs, said that In a statement read over the the district needs to address school’s PA system last Thursday a range of structural issues morning, Black Leaders Union that aren’t often addressed, President Kennedy Holliday such as the lack of minority and Student Council President representation in high-level Sydney Rayburn acknowledged courses and in curricula. that many students were “hurt “I’ve had conversations with and angry” about the Snapchat my daughter, who is a senior, post, but disagreed with about how she is often the only students who said they wanted black, or one of two black kids, to post a copy of the photo with in her class,” Coleman said. the student’s address.

“Why is that? She takes honors “We understand these and AP classes. If you’re taking feelings,” they stated. “But an AP English class, what are acting on them solves nothing. you learning? You’re learning Instead of lashing out at an about white people. You’re being individual, we ask that our taught by white people. You’re in community instead focus class with white people. on the much bigger issue of “But on the other hand, KENNEDY HOLLIDAY African-American history is an institutional racism.”

Late last week, a change.org AND SYDNEY RAYBURN elective. Why is that? When you petition was created, demanding BLU and OPRF student council reduce us to an elective, how that the D200 school board does that make our children feel? presidents reinstate Clark at OPRF. It’s a problem and we should “We are members of the not be OK with that. If the roles community who strongly oppose the racist were reversed, I’m pretty sure our white actions of District 200 in their unjust counterparts wouldn’t want that for our suspension of OPRF faculty member children.”

Anthony Clark,” the petition reads, adding The catalyst for the outcry among that, despite the steps Clark took to try community members expressed both in mitigating the situation, the district, public and online was what the 17-year-old “without investigating the matter fully,” described as a stupid “off-handed joke.” suspended the teacher.

Within a few hours of sharing the On Saturday, the marchers voiced blackface photo on Oct. 8, the teenager had various demands, including reinstating removed the offensive post, replacing it with Clark and demanding the school become an apology. But, by Oct. 9 a screenshot of the more aggressive addressing racism —both photo with the words, “hi racism!” scrawled structural and individual in nature. in neon green digital handwriting scrolling “We’re here for Anthony, but we’re also across the bottom had been shared many here for the educators who advocate for all times. of our children,” said one of the organizers In an interview with Wednesday Journal of the march, which included around 50 on Oct. 9, the student apologized for the people who walked from the Oak Park post, saying that he was exfoliating with Public Library east to the Farmers Market. a black charcoal face mask at a friend’s “Whether our children are LGBTQ, house when he posted the photo “as an offAsian, white, whatever, Anthony advocates handed joke.” He said that he’s marched in for our children. It’s not about this incident. anti-racism demonstrations with Clark and It’s about things that have been happening has volunteered with Clark’s campaign for for a very long time. We need to make the Congress. high school accountable. Students of color “I want to make sure that everyone knows do not have the same experiences as their how I feel, that I’m very regretful and counterparts and that’s a problem.” would love to learn from this experience,” Mark Iocca, a lawyer who works in the student said, adding that he doesn’t Springfield but whose family resides in Oak consider himself a victim. “People’s anger is

A timeline of a tumultuous week at OPRF

Protest, demands

“When people of color try to speak out about microaggressions, too often the response is no, that doesn’t exist here, and we get shut down.”

Sunday, Oct. 8 | A 17-year-old OPRF senior posts to Snapchat a photo of himself in blackface accompanied by a caption that claims he’s running for president of the Black Leaders Union. Hours later, he removes the post and puts up an apology, but not before it is screenshot and shared many times.

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Anthony Clark justified. I did not check my white privilege.

I did not think about what I posted. There’s no excuse. I did this and I take responsibility for my actions.”

Clark, who confirmed that he knows the student and said that he was trying to mitigate the situation, uploaded the photo to Facebook a day after the photo had been circulating among students and community members.

Clark said that at the time he didn’t know who the person in the photo was, but after learning the student’s identity and meeting with the student, he decided to remove the photo.

The teacher had been planning to host a meeting between the student and members of BLU at his home last Wednesday, in addition to a larger community meeting on race relations this week, but the teacher said he had to call off the meetings after he was suspended with pay.

Last Tuesday, District 200 Superintendent Joylynn Pruitt-Adams released a statement in which she said that the district is “deeply concerned not only about the harm done by the original post but also about the current level of disruption to the educational environment being created by subsequent social media posts related to the incident.”

While district officials would not comment on Clark’s suspension, the district’s policy contains language similar to Pruitt-Adams’ statement. The policy states that employee use of social media shall “not interfere with or disrupt the educational or working environment, or the delivery of education or educational support services.”

“Oak Park and River Forest pride themselves on being progressive and liberal,” Holliday and Rayburn said in their statement. “But when people of color try to speak out about micro-aggressions, too often the response is no, that doesn’t exist here, and we get shut down.”

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Monday, Oct. 9 | In an effort to diffuse the fallout from the photo, OPRF special ed teacher, local activist and Congressional candidate Anthony Clark posts the offensive photo to Facebook, along with a message promoting unity. He schedules a meeting between the student and BLU leaders for Wednesday and a community meeting the following week.

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Tuesday, Oct. 10 | Anthony Clark is placed on paid leave by D200 officials, who decline to discuss personnel matters. A statement the district released the same day indicates that Clark could have violated district social media policies. The planned meetings are cancelled.

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Thursday, Oct. 12 | The OPRF student who posted the Snapchat photo is suspended. A statement from the presidents of the Black Leaders Union and Student Council is read over the school’s PA system that morning.

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Friday, Oct. 13 | OPRF officials announce in a robocall to parents that they’ve received an “anonymous letter via regular mail threatening violence during tomorrow’s homecoming dance.”

The letter “did not mention race and we have no indication that this threat is connected to events surrounding” racially insensitive social media posts. Security is beefed up for the night’s football game and Saturday’s dance, which appears to go off without a hitch.

There are unconfirmed reports of a student suspended for creating a meme depicting Anthony Clark as Icarus from Greek myth, which was widely circulated,” according to an anonymous source at the high school.

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Saturday, Oct. 14 | Around 50 people march from the Oak Park Public Library to the Farmers Market in support of Clark.

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Monday, Oct. 16 | The Black Leaders Union hosts an open discussion for students affected by racially charged incidents at the high school.

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Crossing Austin Blvd.

Austin activist Iesha Oliver-Hollins, left, walks during a march on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, in Oak Park for high school teacher Anthony Clark, who was suspended after posting to Facebook the photo of a white student in blackface. Clark said he was trying to mitigate the fallout.

Marchers, left, hold hands and bow their heads for a prayer on Saturday, Oct. 14, during A Voice For All march at the Oak Park Public Library on Lake Street.

D97 to provide free internet service for students

The district ID’d around 220 families that could be eligible for the program

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Starting Nov. 1, Oak Park Elementary School District 97 students in grades three to eight who don’t have home internet service would be able to receive free wireless hotspot devices that they can use at home.

The program, called Internet for All, is the result of a partnership between D97, the Digital Wish program and Mobile Beacon.

Eligible families must have at least one

third- through eighth-grade student enrolled in a district school and participating in the iLearn initiative, which administers and governs the district’s student technology program, particularly an initiative that gradually pairs third- through fifth-graders with free iPads.

Eligible families must also be enrolled in the free/reduced lunch program and must not already have home internet access when they sign up.

The district budgeted up to $28,773 to provide the free internet service, which is part of a more comprehensive technology plan that the board approved back in June.

According to Michael Arensdorff, the district’s senior technology director, district officials have identified 220 families who are

eligible for the service.

According to Internet for All promotional material, the program is designed to help increase student access to online resources and to bridge the district’s digital divide.

“We have a high number of students who already have internet access, but there’s still a gap,” Arensdorff said.

He added that each one of the hotspots given to eligible families will be filtered through Sprint and will feature virtually unlimited data plans up to 22 gigabytes.

“That’s quite a bit of data,” Arensdorff said. “So, it won’t impede on their access.

They’ll have similar access that other kids experience.”

Arensdorff said that the internet access will be tied to devices, such as the free iPads,

that the students receive from the district. No other devices in the household will be able to connect to the free internet service, which will feature filtering settings that are similar to the internet filters inside of district facilities. The multiple filters, Arensdorff said, will help ensure that the devices are being used for instructional purposes.

Arensdorff said that the Internet for All program was vetted and approved by a technology advisory committee, which included parents, staff and community members.

“With all of the vision work we’ve been doing around equity, this program is another example of how we live that out and put the vision into practice,” Arensdorff said.

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Dominican University honors River Forest couple

Norm and Ruth Carroll devoted themselves to the university’s development

By LACEY SIKORA Contributing Reporter

Dominican University’s Brennan School of Business announced the naming of the Norman and Ruth Carroll Endowed Chair in Business and Economics, in honor of the late Norm Carroll, founding dean of the business school, and his wife Ruth, longtime River Forest residents.

The chair is made possible by an anonymous $1.5 million gift to the university’s current Powerful Promise campaign.

“I am delighted that the chair is named for both Norm and Ruth because they were a devoted couple,” said Dominican University President, Donna Carroll, no relation.

“They exuded good values in their family life and in their long tenure at Dominican.”

Mark Carroll, one of Norm and Ruth’s three children, said the gift marks two important milestones. “My dad passed away in 2012, so it’s been five years since his death.

It’s also the 20th anniversary of the name change of Rosary College to Dominican University, something he felt deeply about.”

Mark recalled his father’s lifetime of dedication to Dominican University, over a career that spanned close to 50 years.

“He just grew up with the university. He was hired as a young economics professor, a recently-minted PhD. He always knew he wanted to be a college professor. That was his dream, and he fulfilled it.”

For Molly Burke, former dean of the Brennan School of Business and current professor, the chair is a fitting legacy for the man who wore many hats at the university, from dean of the business school, to dean of Arts & Sciences, to Provost.

She noted that Norm Carroll was instrumental in establishing the business school at Dominican.

“He carved a business school out of the faculty and within 4-5 years, we had roughly 300 students,” Burke said. “He was a visionary. He could imagine things the rest of us couldn’t and then put together the architecture and scaffolding to build it.

“He was a really committed and dedicated leader here. Norm adored Dominican University and donated tons of hours, weeks and years in service to the school. I felt very privileged to follow him in the business school.”

Burke recalled that Norm was pivotal in working alongside Donna Carroll in turning Rosary College into Dominican Univer-

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Ruth amd Norm Carroll sity. “Norm could envision a future for Dominican that many of us could not see, and then he worked hard to achieve it. He was Donna’s co-conspirator, so to speak. He was into big dreams.”

For Donna Carroll, working alongside him for the first half of her presidency was instrumental in the success of Dominican.

“Norm and I were of different generations but of like minds. We both had a strong care for the institution and its mission. He was that stable anchor through enormous change. He was that institutional memory.”

Mark Carroll recalled that one of his father’s focal points at Dominican was establishing international programming at the business school and that his time in the

armed services as a young man informed a dedication to the educational benefits of international travel.

His father’s last act involved thinking about the future of the school he loved so much.

“He knew more about technology and its future impact on education than any of us,” Mark said. “Months before his death, he was still working on on-line education courses.”

Burke remembered him as a humane leader with a deep interest in his students and devotion to his family.

“This chair is a testimony to Norm and Ruth,” she said. “They were a frequent presence on campus. This really was a place where their family was a part of the woodwork.”

For Mark, the chair rightly includes his mother, who taught at Trinity High School for 19 years before teaching study skills courses at Dominican.

“My dad included her in everything,” he said. “Nothing makes us prouder than to see his and my mom’s names continued through more teaching and research.”

Donna Carroll agreed that the endowed chair is the best kind of legacy for the Carrolls.

“When you name something after someone, it gives you the opportunity to retell the story again and again.”

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Proposed apartments in Galewood spark debate

Some say 80-unit, 3-building luxury apartments wrong for the area

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Dozens of Galewood residents packed Ald. Chris Taliaferro’s (29th) ward office on Oct. 3 to express their opposition to the proposed redevelopment three lots at 6600-6700 W. North Avenue, with many complaining that they felt like they were being kept in the dark about the project.

Noah Properties, a developer based in Albany Park, is looking to build an 80-unit, three-building luxury apartment complex that would be made up of two-bedroom units, most of which would be leased for $1,800 a month — 10 percent of which would be affordable.

While original plans called for one parking spot per unit, the developer subsequently revised it to an average of one spot per 1.7 units, with the number of parking spaces each household gets determined by whether they own one or two cars.

The majority of the residents who attended the meeting argued that the development would be too dense and filled with renters, who some attendees argued are not as invested in the neighborhood as homeowners. They also feared that the development would increase traffic issues.

Taliaferro argued that Galewood businesses along North and Harlem Avenues have been struggling to stay afloat. He hopes that developments similar to the Noah Properties proposal will create enough foot traffic to help those businesses grow their customer bases. At the same time, the alderman insisted that the decision wasn’t final and residents’ wishes will be taken into account as the project progresses.

During the meeting, Taliaferro explained that the development would span across the former U.S. Bank branch building, the bank’s parking lot and the parking lot currently used by the Redeemer Church of Chicago — not, the alderman emphasized, the church itself. All three parcels are owned by a Galewood resident who was approached

by Noah Properties about the project.

Taliaferro insisted that, contrary to rumors that have spread over social media, the development isn’t eligible for the Housing Choice Voucher program (formerly Section 8), even though the developers agreed to build affordable housing on site.

Under the City of Chicago’s Affordable Requirements Ordinance, developments made up of at least 10 units should make 10 percent of the units affordable, either onsite or off-site, or pay a fee.

The amount of rent on the affordable units can’t be more than 60 percent of the Area Median Income. If all utilities are included, Noah Properties would have to lease the affordable two-bedroom units for no more than $1,067. If only heat is included, that cap drops to $1,002. If utilities aren’t included at all, the cap drops further to $934.

The developer is looking to build a threestory building, which would require a zoning change. Because the city traditionally defers to local aldermen when it comes to approving zoning changes, Taliaferro effectively has the power to either approve or deny it.

Because he wanted to make the process transparent, Taliaferro said, he had Noah Properties meet with his North Avenue Business Development Committee on Sept. 5. Taliaferro then held a public meeting on Sept. 20.

“Community input — that’s going to weight whether we pursue it,” Taliaferro said.

Taliaferro said another meeting will be held Oct. 18 at Rutherford Sayer Park field house, 871 W. Belden Ave., at 6 p.m.

Some of the residents raised concerns about Noah Properties. A July 13 CBS Chicago report stated that the company was sued by residents of one of its condominiums, alleging that it was designed with “dangerous and unsafe conditions.”

Taliaferro replied that he hadn’t had any issues with the properties the company built and managed in his ward. He said that, while he was aware that the lawsuit was filed, he didn’t know any details.

Resident Verlia Thomas said she was worried about the tenants the development would attract.

“We have so many strange people walking in the area already,” she said. “You’re talking about more buildings, more strange people walking around.”

Resident Duane Watts had a similar concern.

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Resident Ray Smith, said he was uncomfortable with the implications.

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The programming dervish of the public library

Debbie Preiser just turned 70, though you’d never know it MICHELLE DYBAL Contributing Reporter

If you’ve ever attended an Oak Park Public Library author talk or film showing, walked through the art gallery or attended a meeting of the Photo Club, taken part in any of the National Endowment-funded activities from Big Reads to Civil Rights programming, or simply set foot in the Main Library, you have benefitted from the gifted efforts of Debby Preiser, community relations coordinator and library employee for 23 years.

Preiser turned 70 on Oct. 17 but neither her energy nor her efforts are flagging. Exercising twice a week on average, she attributes her remarkable energy level to “good genes and 35 years of Jazzercise.” She has already started working on her grant proposal for next year’s National Endowment programming on immigration.

But right now, her focus has been on this year’s World War I offerings, commemorating the 100th anniversary of America entering the war, which include book discussions, a film series, author talks, performances, lectures, and a tie in with the new Oak Park

River Forest Museum. (See Art Beat, page 5.)

“When there was a new grant application to write, I thought, ‘I haven’t had much schooling on World War I’,” Preiser recalled.

“Talking to seniors at Brookdale [retirement facility], they hadn’t either. And with it being 100 years, I thought there would be a lot of activities we could do.”

Preiser began writing grant proposals in 2006, resulting in 13 grants from either the National Endowment for the Arts or the National Endowment for the Humanities to fund programs at the library. These include Big Reads, where nearby Oak Park and nearby communities read and participate in activities focusing on an author or title, such as last fall’s Into the Beautiful North. Other programs have incorporated subjects from jazz to Negro League baseball.

Oak Park Public Library Deputy Director Jim Madigan says these grants bring valuable programming to the community as was done in 2009 with Pride & Passion: The African American Baseball Experience.

“The display right in the Main Library meant everyone could see it,” he said. “And we had speakers and book discussions at Main and the branches. Having the Negro Baseball League story here enriched the library experience.”

Preiser did not start out organizing events. Her days at the library began in 1990,

when she was hired by then-director Barbara Ballinger to work 10 hours per week to do library communications as a freelancer — the first to fill that role. Preiser affectionately calls Ballinger her “fairy godmother” for giving her the opportunity.

One of her early tasks was crafting the message on an operating fund referendum, which passed in March 1992. By 1999, she was a full-time employee, just in time to prepare for the next referendum.

The village had outgrown the 1960s-era Main Library. To help explain the need for a new building and convince residents to vote for a $30 million referendum, Preiser wrote community updates, put out a questionnaire, and even held open houses for a historically significant home, located on library property, that needed to be sold and moved before a new structure could be built.

“The Hemingway [Interim] House that sat on the property couldn’t be torn down,” Preiser said. “Ernest Hemingway learned to read in it. So I sat through open houses while we waited for a buyer.”

The house eventually sold and was moved.

And the referendum passed in March 2000, providing the go ahead for construction to begin on the new library as well as muchneeded renovations at the Maze branch. Madigan, who has worked with Preiser for 22 years, said she played an important role in

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ACTIVATOR: Debby Preiser, the community relations coordinator for the Oak Park Public Library, oversees programming that has made the library a genuine community center. paving the way for passing the referendum.

“She becomes friends with everyone she meets, the program audiences and library users,” he said. “When we went to referendum, it was like she was talking to people on a friendship basis and there was an enormous

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It’s been years since trains have rumbled through River Forest along the elevated Canadian National rail line, which enters the village at Thatcher Avenue just south of Division Street and then arcs south between Forest and Park avenues until it exits at Madison Street.

But after some recent social media chatter suggesting that CN was going to restart train traffic on that line, River Forest officials moved on Oct. 10 to clarify the railroad’s position on use of those tracks and the potential for future traffic by posting a statement on the village’s website.

According to Village Administrator Eric Palm, the railroad’s position on the line hasn’t changed. The railroad doesn’t have plans to restart traffic there, but it has been and remains an active railroad line capable of handling traffic in the future.

“Canadian National has stated that they

have no plans to resume daily train operation through River Forest,” the village’s statement noted. “However, CN says it is possible that a train could operate on those tracks on any given day, and the track remains a viable option for Canadian National to route trains over should it become necessary.”

Palm said rumors of the railroad starting up traffic have been around since he was appointed village administrator seven years ago. The village sought to clarify the status of the line in light of the social media posts and an email Palm received recently from a local Realtor. Sellers and prospective homebuyers can be wary of how activity on that track might impact property values.

In short, Palm said, “It’s buyer beware.”

While the CN has avoided using that rail line, “tomorrow there could be a train running through your backyard.”

amount of trust in what she had to say.”

Soon after the new library opened in October 2003, another need arose when a 70-yearold man walked in looking for a camera club.

Preiser, an avid photographer, took on the challenge, recruited a former library trustee and member of the disbanded Oak Park Camera Club, put up fliers and held the first meeting not knowing what would happen.

“We had 50 people show up, of all ages and backgrounds, and we had reserved the small meeting room,” Preiser recalled. “We had to walk over to the Veterans Room and switch with the meeting that was going on there.”

The Photography Club continues to meet twice monthly in the Veterans Room, and Preiser attends every meeting, unless she is out of town.

Sharing art with the community is another of Preiser’s specialties. For exhibits in the large naturally-lit gallery space on the second floor, she screens submissions by local artists, then features one artist’s or group’s work each month, as well as hosting an opening reception. That’s 168 shows to date at the new library alone.

Preiser’s realm also covers adult programming, whether that be an author who talks about her latest book, a film director showing his documentary, scholars speaking on historical subjects, or panels discussing social justice issues, she is behind it. Preiser has put together so many author talks, she can only estimate “several hundred.” She has brought in such writers as Tim O’Brien and Michele Norris, as well as notable local authors Elizabeth Berg, Alex Kotlowitz, Jane Hamilton, Stephen Kinzer and William Hazelgrove.

“Debby has tremendous curiosity and is genuinely enthusiastic about artists, authors, films and other programming,” said Madigan. “Because she’s excited, that’s contagious. She will do whatever it takes to build up audiences and it comes through

her desire to build community.”

Her reach goes beyond the library. As a volunteer, she uses her photo skills to capture events for the Hemingway Foundation and the Historical Society of Oak Park & River Forest. She also leads book discussions once a month at Brookdale with the senior residents there.

Preiser grew up in Richmond Heights, Missouri. She was editor of the newspaper and co-editor of her yearbook in high school and went on to major in advertising at the University of Missouri Journalism School.

In 1969, she was hired by an on-campus recruiter to be a copywriter for Sears.

“My aunt and uncle gave me their 1957 black Volkswagen Bug and I drove it all the way to Chicago,” she said. “I would pick up other Sears copywriters every day along my route.”

During her years at Sears, she moved into marketing and public relations, eventually editing their “Tower News.” When she came upon a cabinet filled with 35mm cameras, she decided to take classes to learn photography.

Preiser left Sears and moved to Oak Park in 1983 when she and her husband started a family. Soon after, Preiser began freelance writing for Wednesday Journal, covering such things as the first computers at the middle schools.

“I applied at Wednesday Journal with a two-month old on my hip and exercise pants on,” she laughed. “It is one of the most fun jobs I’ve had. I was new to Oak Park and I really got to know the community, which I truly do love.”

When the new Main Library opened, a dedication plaque was placed at the entrance recognizing library trustees, the architect, the library director … and Debby Preiser.

“It privately gives me a great deal of pleasure,” she said. “I call that my lifetime achievement award.”

What a lifetime it’s been — so far.

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the Illinois Public Health Institute and the Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity decried the repeal measure as a “bad deal for county residents as taxpayers will continue to cover the rising costs of treating the chronic diseases caused by drinking too many sugary beverages while also seeing cuts to healthcare serBy MICHAEL ROMAIN vices for our most vulnerable communities.”

Staff Reporter But critics of the sweetened beverage tax The Cook County Board of Commission- described it as a regressive tax that would ers voted 15 to 1 on Oct. 11 to repeal the deep- disproportionately affect lower income resily unpopular sweetened beverage tax, which dents while hurting county businesses.

Deno Andrews, an Oak Park tacked on an additional penny per trustee and owner of Felony ounce onto certain soft drinks.

Franks fast-food restaurant in The rollback goes into effect on Oak Park, called the tax regresDec. 1. sive and said it was a good deciThe tax was designed to help fill sion to repeal it. a $1.8 billion hole in the county’s “It targeted poor populations, budget. The office of Cook County which I don’t think should be Board President Toni Preckwinkle responsible for funding the — who was the tie-breaking vote in city’s bills,” he said. “My fear favor of the tax back when it passed is that after the election it will the board in November 2016 — estijust pop right back up.” mated that the tax could generate DENO ANDREWS Andrews said he is contact$200 million a year in revenue. ing commissioners and asking Preckwinkle, and other supfor commitments that they not porters of the tax, also argued revisit the tax. “It wouldn’t be that the measure could be a boon the first time in Cook County to the health of county residents political history that someby discouraging the consumption thing disappeared and there of drinks that have are correlatwas an election and it came ed with obesity and other health back. It is a very poorly deproblems. signed tax,” he said.

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AUSTIN PANTRY Business Appeals from page 1 at the revocation hearing indicating that the store owners knew about the sales.”

Reached by phone, Frankel said he and the owners believe Pavlicek “made a mistake” in shutting down the store.

“We hope [the village] reverses the decision and allows the store to reopen,” he said.

Frankel argues in the appeal that 65 area residents have signed a petition to have the store reopened and that during the 18-year history of the store “the village had not ticketed Austin Pantry for any code violations whatsoever.”

Frankel also argues that the owners have assisted law enforcement officials over the years, noting an incident in 2011, when “they provided critical information to the Chicago Police Department that helped solve the murder of an off-duty Chicago police officer on Division Street in the Austin neighborhood.

“And a few years earlier, they helped Oak Park police identify and prosecute two masked men who had committed armed robberies at Austin Pantry and other nearby Oak Park businesses.”

The decision to close the store constitutes a “one-strikeand-you’re out policy” which defies the standard set out for revocation of a business license as defined in the village ordinance, Frankel said in the appeal.

He notes that the village provided no notice to the business about the heroin sales, and gave them no opportunity to abate the nuisance. Frankel states in the appeal that the nuisance ordinance says if the offending party is notified of the nuisance and does not correct the problem, then the matter “shall be referred to the village attorney for court action.”

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APPEALING THE CLOSURE: The owners of Austin Pantry are appealing the village’s decision to close the business in September after an employee there was arrested and charged with 17 counts of heroin possession and distribution.

The appeal notes that owner Mohammad, who works as a truck driver and often is not at the store, has indicated he will install new security cameras at Austin Pantry and allow police to monitor those cameras.

He also committed to spending more time at the store and to more thoroughly vet potential employees.

“Although the drug sale problem took place for just a few

months out of the 18-year history of the store, the store owner and the building owner believe that these new measures will ensure that drug sales never again take place at Austin Pantry,” the appeal states.

Publisher’s note: Scott J. Frankel is a family member of a Wednesday Journal employee.

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Divvy a costly program

Bicycle-sharing program costs village over a quarter million annually ]By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The Oak Park Board of Trustees could soon be taking a closer look at the Divvy bicycle-sharing program brought to town in 2016.

The program includes 13 stations with the loaner bikes, but trustees are beginning to question the high cost of the program.

The program currently costs the village $288,000, but that number will increase to $588,000 if the board were to double the number of stations in future years, according to Village Manager Cara Pavlicek.

“We need to have a serious discussion about the program,” Trustee Deno Andrews said at a recent board meeting. “We’ve done some calculations on it, and it costs the village about $20 every time somebody gets on a bicycle.”

The program, he said, is “really good for

Divvy; it’s not really good for us.” Andrews said for the amount of money Oak Park is spending, “We could buy every kid a bike every five years in the village.”

Andrews said in a phone interview that all the revenue from the program goes to the village, so the more people who use it, the more it pays for itself.

“I’ve been teaching at the high school for the last couple of weeks, and I drive past there, and there’s a thousand [private] bicycles in front of the high school Divvy station,” Andrews said. “If we’re trying to get annual memberships, it seems logical that we’d put a giant station in front of our big potential market five days a week, nine months a year. It just makes a lot of sense to me. I could be completely wrong.”

In an effort to increase membership in the program, the village is offering annual memberships at a cost of $59.99 — that’s a $40 discount — for Oak Park residents who can use the code OPFYI when signing up on www.divvybikes.com.

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River Forest doctor to run for Congress again Dr. Jeffrey Leef, a Republican, promotes free markets, universal basic income

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Dr. Jeffrey Leef, a River Forest radiologist who ran as the Republican challenger against U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis (7th) in 2018, recently announced that he’s running for Congress again.

In an interview on Sunday, Leef said that he’s wiser to how local electoral politics operate in Democrat-heavy Cook County, which should help him as he maneuvers his way onto the ballot.

But even though Leef won’t be an entirely new entity in his second bid for Congress, he’ll still have to confront the novelty of running as a moderate in a party that’s currently helmed by Republican President Donald Trump.

“My approach is going to be the same,” said Leef. “I go along through these things honestly and put my views out there, but I’m not as naive now of all the things that can happen.”

On Nov. 8, 2016, Leef garnered around 16 percent of the vote in a head-to-head matchup against Davis, who has been in Congress for 20 years. But the high political drama happened during the Republican Primary race.

Leef said he decided to run for the House seat because he was frustrated that so many races were going uncontested. Since he made his decision after the primary contest, he had to get nominated by his party’s committeemen in order to run in the general

against Davis.

Leef secured the required nomination and minimum petition signatures to appear on the ballot, but a former Republican Party committeeman objected to Leef ’s candidacy. The ousted committeeman had been removed from his position after the Chicago GOP changed its bylaws to declare ineligible any committeeman who voted in Democratic primary races in the last eight years — a move that party leaders said was made in order to tamp down on Democratic interference in local Republican primary races.

The Chicago Board of Elections upheld the objection to Leef ’s candidacy, which would have kicked him off the ballot; however, Leef filed, and eventually won, a federal lawsuit that allowed him to stay in the race.

“It was an eye-opener,” Leef said of the experience, “but thank God I came out of it. It gave me faith in the whole process. We live in a two-party system here and the average guy should be able to express his views, run and let the people speak. I ask for nothing more than that.”

Leef said that, despite his considerable opposition to some measures taken by Trump and Congressional Republicans, he still has faith in the basic decency of the American people and of the country’s institutions.

“I agree 100 percent that the Trump personality is like no other that has been in office and I’m not saying that in a positive way, but his personality, if nothing else, was no mystery to people in this country,” Leef said. “Sixty-million people voted for him

and I’m not going to believe we exist in a country where there are 60 million racists, misogynists, Muslim- and Latino-hating people.”

Leef decried what he said is the tendency of many on the Left to caricature all Republicans based on the actions, and language, of far-right politicians and extreme right personalities, such as Trump.

But Leef also voiced frustration with Congressional Republicans, who he said, “completely let me down.”

“For seven years, the Republicans lied, saying that they had something that had already been drawn up and ready to go,” said Lee, a radiologist who said that he’ll soon be assuming the role of director of interventional radiology at the University of Chicago’s new South Side trauma center.

“All they were doing was using the fact that there are fatal flaws in the ACA and yelling about it,” he said. “They didn’t have anything solid to replace it with. But because the Republicans were incompetent with the issue doesn’t mean that that the ACA is good. There are some fatal flaws with ACA that need to be changed.”

Leef said that the country’s healthcare system should be more privatized and subject to more competition and choice — an approach that he said should also be taken in other sectors, such as education.

The physician pivoted to his left, however, when laying out his most ambitious campaign platform.

“I’m in favor of a universal salary that

Jeffrey A. Leef every American would be entitled to,” he said. “It would be a certain base salary, let’s say $40,000 or $30,000. You’ll have that money and use it make your own choices — whether you decide to spend it on school or healthcare. There has to be cheap, baseline catastrophic personal insurance. You can’t leave people without the means to pay for it.

And the current plans are not affordable for the average person.”

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Dribbling for keeps

Oak Parker seeks to ‘make history’ in Guinness World Record attempt

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

It started on a lark, but now Oak Parker Nolan Adams, a medical student at Loyola University, is in it to win it.

The 25-year-old, will attempt to set the Guinness World Record for dribbling a basketball while running a mile. Yeah, you heard that right, dribbling a basketball while running a mile.

His first attempt – originally set for Oct. 12 – suffered a setback when the person who was set to keep the official time had to reschedule. He’s planning now to make the attempt sometime this week.

The record attempt will take place at the Concordia University stadium track in River Forest.

The current record doesn’t exactly exist, according to Adams, who said he learned while perusing the Guinness website that there are a number of “records” that have yet to be attempted.

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Eight minutes is the number to beat for Adams to achieve fame.

Over the summer, Nolan was watching videos on the “Dude Perfect” channel – it highlights “dudes” performing trick basketball shots, among other things – when he realized several of the trick shooters had made it into the Guinness Book.

“There were thousands of entries for basketball – thousands that have been set,” he explained.

But upon learning of the others that have never been set – well, his interest was piqued.

“I kind of got hooked [on the idea],” he said.

He said it has taken months to fill out the paperwork and get everything processed, but he’s almost ready for the big day.

Adams said he’s confident he can set the record and is aiming to run the mile in under six minutes.

“One of the specifications in the dribbling is if you make a mistake, you have to recover the ball and come back to where you lost control,” he explained.

His Achilles Heel? Any crack or irregularity on the track’s surface, he said. “If it lands on a crack, it could shoot off at a funny angle – that would set me back a little bit,” he said.

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BIG DREAMS: Nolan Adams hopes to break the world record for running a mile while dribbling a basketball.

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It’s gotten him some support, but also some strange looks from passersby.

“I try to go later in the morning when there are fewer people around,” he said, acknowledging that “it does get some sideeye.”

Adams said his friends have been “surprisingly unenthusiastic” about his efforts.

Asked what he would do if he sets the record and it is beaten by another running dribbler, Adams said, “I’ll be out there with an application [to Guinness] to take it back the next day.”

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WSCDC to pay $49,333 annually for village hall space

By BOB UPHUES Senior Editor

For the first time in its nearly two decades in existence, West Suburban Consolidated Dispatch Center, which serves as the 911 dispatcher for five communities, including Oak Park and River Forest, will pay rent for the space it occupies.

River Forest village trustees on Oct. 9 voted unanimously to approve the threeyear lease agreement, retroactive to Jan. 1, which allows for one-year extensions in subsequent years and allows the dispatch center to exit the agreement by giving 15 months’ notice.

The dispatch center’s board, which includes officials from member communities, approved the lease agreement previously.

Village Administrator Eric Palm told trustees that when River Forest and Oak Park created the dispatch center in 1999, the two villages informally agreed on an arrangement where River Forest would house the center while Oak Park would handle administrative functions, such as human resources, budgeting and payroll.

Over time, however, things have changed.

The dispatch center now serves five communities. In addition to Oak Park and River Forest, the center handles police calls for Forest Park, Elmwood Park and Park Ridge.

WSCDC also handles fire and emergency medical calls for all of those communities with the exception of Park Ridge. And, over time, administrative responsibilities have transferred from Oak Park to the dispatch center itself.

“We thought it made sense to memorialize that [WSCDC is] here using space that is

owned by the village,” Palm said.

River Forest will charge the dispatch center $64,910 annually in rent for its main office space and a space in the basement of River Forest Village Hall where radio equipment is stored; a share of the cost for the use and maintenance of a generator at village hall; a share of the cost for the phone system, email server and utilities; and a share of building maintenance costs.

However, that gross rent amount is defrayed by services the dispatch center provides to the village of River Forest, which it does not provide for any other member.

In addition to serving as the overnight police desk for River Forest, WSCDC dispatchers also monitor jail cells. WSCDC will be credited annually $15,577 for providing those services, which is deducted from the gross rent amount for a net annual rent of $49,333.

The net rent amount will increase annually at the rate of the consumer price index, which is the figure used to determine the annual tax levy for non-home rule communities like River Forest.

There has been some thought, as the center has taken in more members, that WSCDC would outgrow its River Forest location. While that’s still a possibility — and is why there’s a 15-month out clause in the lease agreement — Palm said that, while those discussion are ongoing, a move is not imminent.

“We’re continuing to keep an eye on that,” Palm said. “It’s not a high-level priority at this point; it’s more of a mid-level priority.

“It would be nice for the center to grow even larger and be on course with a DuPage DUCOMM or Northwest Central Dispatch and get into 15-20 communities. If they do that, they’d definitely need a larger space.

“I’m hoping it becomes something of an organic move in relation to an expansion effort.”

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With help of local pols, new senior citizen tax freeze law becomes reality

By LACEY SIKORA

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t’s not every day that there’s positive news about property taxes in Oak Park. In fact, it’s pretty much never, but thanks to the perseverance of a local couple, seniors across the state should see some good news in future tax bills.

In 2013, armed with a rising property tax bill and a fixed retirement income, Robert and Stacia Taylor of Oak Park made an appointment to visit Oak Park Township Assessor Ali ElSaffar.

Though wrangling relief from Springfield took almost four years, with the help of State Sen. Don Harmon, the Taylors are pleased that the bill for relief passed this summer.

“The senior freeze was premised on a rising housing market.”

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Back in 2013, the Taylors became concerned about their rising property taxes on their Oak Park townhome. As retirees, their annual income was below $55,000, making them eligible for the senior citizen freeze on their property taxes, but over a fouryear period, they had noticed that their savings from the freeze had fallen from $4,221 to $0, resulting in a 31-percent increase in their property taxes.

“We’d lived here for 47 years,” Stacia Taylor said. “Oak Park was a good halfway point for us, because Bob worked on the South Side, and I worked downtown. We had a very good perspective on taxes after living here so long.

We wanted to retire here, but if we couldn’t afford to stay here, it would have been a major life

EVERYBODY FREEZE: When Oak Parkers Stacia and Robert Taylor, center, realized that the collapse in home prices resulted in a similar decrease in savings from the state’s senior property tax freeze, they enlisted Oak Park Township Assessor Ali ElSaffar (far right) and state Sen. Don Harmon (left) to craft legislation to reverse that effect. change to figure out where to go.”

Noting that almost all referendums for schools have been successful, ElSaffar said, “Taxes have gone up so much in Oak Park that it puts stress on everybody, particularly those with fixed incomes.”

For Stacia Taylor, it was eye opening.

“We had the collapse in home prices, but our taxes were going up,” she said. “We were well into retirement and on a fixed income.”

As a retired CPA, Stacia Taylor says that she and her retired en-

gineer husband had kept records going back decades, so they put together a few spreadsheets to share with ElSaffar.

Problem with the formula ElSaffar says that the issue was readily apparent.

“The senior freeze was premised on a rising housing market,” he said. “As a society, we don’t want people forced out of their homes because of taxes, but as designed, no one ever thought about what happens to the tax freeze when the housing market goes down.”

He began hearing from other seniors in the same boat, who wondered if they had failed to properly apply for the freeze. He recalls telling seniors who contacted him, “Yes, you did apply. Yes, you qualify, but you are not benefitting anymore.”

ElSaffar suggested that the Taylors and their neighboring seniors from their townhome complex call on Harmon as a group, and he proposed a simple solution to Harmon.

“When dealing with Springfield, simple is better,” ElSaffar said.

“My idea was, why not guarantee a

floor or minimum for the freeze?”

The “freeze floor” proposal would allow the savings under the senior freeze to be as high as currently allowed under the freeze law, but it also would add a floor below which savings would not fall.

This would provide savings for all seniors who qualify for the freeze, regardless of whether their home’s value was rising or falling.

Harmon liked the idea and asked ElSaffar to research the issue a bit more. What he uncovered showed See TAX FREEZE on page 22

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Kitchen opens to family room. Must see! ...................... $619,000 CHARMING, UPDATED 2-story stucco w/lovely nat’l wdwk, hdwd flrs, blt-ins & 2 frplcs. 3BRs, 2.1BAs, updated kitchen. Fin’d LL, C/A & more! Fab location. ..........................................$575,000 FABULOUS COLONIAL waiting for your decorating ideas. 4 BRs, 3.1 BAs. Fin’d bsmt w/frplc. New windows, A/C, sprinkler system. ..............................................................................$535,000 ONE LEVEL living in the 3BR Mid-Century brick ranch. Hdwd flrs. C/A. Spacious living rm & separate dining rm. Full bsmt.

Great yd. 2-car garage......................................................$398,000 DELIGHTFUL 3BR, 1½BA, American 4-Square, winning mix of modern improvements & classic details. Stylish kitchen & BAs, rec rm, fenced landscaped yd..........................................$345,000

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STOP & TAKE A LOOK at this stunning 4 BR, 2.1 BA, new kitchen w/granite & SS applncs, DR, LR, family room, finished basement, deck & patio................................................................... $639,900

OPEN 121:30PM • 723 N. EAST AVE GREAT HOUSE! Charming & updated 4 BR, 2 ½ BA, 2-story on a lovely block! Hdwd flrs, family/sun rm. Frplc. C/A. Fenced yd.

2-car garage. ........................................................................................... $599,000

RIVER FOREST

FLAWLESS ATTENTION TO DETAIL. Spectacular 5 BR, 2.1 BA home w/coach house. Chef’s kitchen w/over-the-top amenities opens to family rm. Much more! ...............$1,000,000 SPACIOUS 4BR, 3BA Queen Anne in highly sought-after location. Lovely & spacious with a large yard. ...............$869,000 STUNNING VICTORIAN! 4BRs, 1.1BAs beautifully renovated & well-maintained. WBFP. Hdwd flrs. Cook’s kitchen & family rm. C/A. It’s the perfect home. ........................... $749,000 CHARM ABOUNDS in this 4BR, 2.1BA home w/nat’l wdwk & hdwd flrs. Lovely front porch, light-filled rms, & 3rd flr family rm. Perfect loc’n. .............................................................$589,900 IMMACULATE & UPDATED 2-story brick home on deep lot. 3BRs, 2.1BAs. Remodeled kitchen. New MBA w/Jacuzzi. C/A. Lovely!................................................................................$549,000 LOVELY 3 BEDROOM, 1.2 BATH brick Georgian offers spacious rms, maple flrs, 2 frplcs, C/A & 2-car att garage. Enjoy patio & great yd. Must see!........................................................$549,000

OTHER AREA HOMES

BERWYN. WAITING FOR ITS NEXT OWNER. Spacious 4BRs, 2BAs in a great location. Open kitchen & family rm. Lrg yd.

Well-kept; add finishing touches. ..................................$217,000 BIG ROCK. MIDCENTURY MODERN home with 2.9 acres. 3BRs, 2.1BAs. Large rms, lots of closet space & lots of potential. ..........................................................................$350,000 ELMWOOD PARK. SPACIOUS & UPDATED 3 BR home in Elmwood Park! Beautiful kitchen, updated baths & 1st floor family room. ...................................................................... $349,900

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EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

AMERICAN 4SQ with an open front porch on a large lot!

4 BRs, 2 BAs. Remodeled kitchen. Recreation rm. C/A. Great house! ........................................................................................................ $455,000

OAK PARK CONDOS/TOWNHOUSES OPEN 122PM • 1133 CHICAGO AVE. NEW CONSTRUCTION! MODEL OPEN! New standard of luxury! 1855-2000 SF units, 3 BRs, indoor parking, spacious terraces, eco-efficient LEED certified. Call for an appt. Pricing starts at .................................................................................................................$669,900

ELMWOOD PARK. GLEAMING WOOD FLOORS thru-out this beautiful center entrance Colonial. 3BRs, 1.1BAs. Updated kitchen & BAs. C/A ............................................ $339,500 EVERGREEN PARK. EXCEPTIONAL HOME on corner lot.

3BRs, 1.2 BAs. Spacious LR/DR combo. Newer boiler & electric. ............................................................................................$229,000 HILLSIDE. CONTEMPORARY open flr plan, hdwd flrs & hi-ceilings. 4 BRs, 3.1 BAs. Family rm w/WBFP. Awesome chef’s kitchen. Lots more! ...........................................................$369,000

INCOME

OAK PARK. BRICK 3FLAT close to school with a big living rm, formal dining rm. Well-maintained! Great income! .......................................................................................... $729,000

COMMERCIAL

OAK PARK. MIXED USE BLDG. 1st flr: lrg commercial spc – approx. 3000SF. 2 apts on 2nd flr: 3BR, 1BA /1BR, 1BA. 2-car gar. 1st flr handicapped access. Call for more info. ......$350,000

OAK PARK CONDOS/TOWNHOUSES NEW LISTING! LOCATED IN THE HEART OF OP, 1BR, 1BA condominium has location & style galore! New flrs, new applncs, new BA & freshly painted! Only ..................... $129,900 WONDERFUL 2+BR, family rm & 2 full BA sunny, spacious condo in elevator bldg near DTOP. New kitchen & updated BAs. Frplc. 2 garage spcs! .......................................................$245,000 PREMIER CORNER UNIT in the lovely Diana! 2BR, designer kitchen & bath, frplc, huge enclosed porch, C/A - just gorgeous! ............................................................................................ $199,900 SIT BACK & RELAX in this large 2BR, 2BA condo. New furnace/AC. Central OP location. Covered pkg. Well-managed bldg. .................................................................................. $165,000 IDEAL OP LIVING! Open 1BR, 1BA vintage condo with den.

You’ll find C/A, and in-unit W/D. .................................... $145,000 SPACIOUS VINTAGE CONDO in pristine condition. 2BRs, in-unit laundry, den/office, storage, pets OK. EZ permit pkg in front. .................................................................................. $134,500 YOU’LL LOVE the proximity to shops & transportation from this sharp 1BR vintage condo. Rehabbed kitchen & BA w/ whirlpool tub. W/D. Huge porch. ..................................... $95,000

RIVER FOREST CONDOS/TOWNHOUSES

OAK PARK. NEW LISTING! LOCATED IN THE HEART OF OP, 1BR, 1BA condominium has location & style galore! New flrs, new applncs, new BA & freshly painted!

Only ................................................ $129,900 OAK PARK. OFFICE SPACES in lovely Art Deco bldg. 2 Elevators. Entry handicap equipped. Tenants pay electric. Public pkg. Call! ...........................................................................$24/sq ft

EXTRAORDINARY 1BR CONDO in exceptional location. OAK PARK. READY FOR NEXT TENANT! Clean 1st flr Updated kitchen. Great closet space. Full BA w/double vanity. store front office space. High foot traffic & 2 public bus routes.

Balcony. Elevator bldg. ...................................................$134,500 Tenant pays electric. Bldg supplies heat................... $18.31/sq ft

FOREST PARK CONDOS/TOWNHOUSES RECENTLY RENOVATED. New kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 1½ baths plus 1 parking space. ..............................................$119,900 CLOSE TO EVERYTHING! 1 bedroom, 1 bath vintage condo.

WHY RENT? You can own. Great deal! ...............................$78,000

OTHER AREAS CONDOS/TOWNHOUSES CHICAGO. A RARE FIND! 2 BRs. Living/dining rm combo.

Eat-in kitchen. Large balcony. Storage. Pkg. ...................$132,500 ELMWOOD PARK. GORGEOUS & COMPLETELY updated 2 bedroom, 1 bath condo with parking. ....................$149,000 LAKE FOREST. LOW MAINTENANCE life of luxury in this spacious townhouse. 3BRs, 2.1BAs. Hdwd flrs. Patio. ....$459,000 WESTERN SPRINGS. RARE END UNIT RANCH TOWNHOUSE. Open flr plan. Gas frplc. Large eat-in kitchen w/SS & granite counters. 3BRs, 3BAs. LL rec rm.............$595,000

Call for a FREE Market Analysis today!

RENTALS HOMES

ELMWOOD PARK. DELIGHTFUL 5BR home. 3 BAs. Updated kitchen opens to family rm. MBR suite. Lndry rm.

Recreation rm. Storage. Wonderful yd. .....................$3,000/mo

RENTALS CONDOS/TOWNHOUSES FOREST PARK. CLOSE TO DTFP & transportation. 1BR, 1BA garden unit. Rent includes hear, water, cooking gas & refuse.

Available ................................................................. NOW. $925/mo

COMMERCIAL RENTALS

ELMWOOD PARK. OPEN FLOOR PLAN, 1ST flr office spc in mixed use residential tower. Inside & outside pkg. 1 toilet, kitchen area, 1 private office & storage rm. Great building! ...................................................................................... $18.36/sq ft

Visit our website at www.gloor.com to see pictures and virtual tours of all our listings.

We Need Your Home!

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Congratulations Congratulations to to the the 2017 2017 Business Business Spotlight Spotlight Award Award Winners!

Winners!

The 2nd Annual Business Spotlight Awards celebrate local businesses and organizations that add so much vibrancy to our community. This year, the program received 350+ nominations from the public recognizing 122 nominees across six categories. The Chamber of Commerce congratulates all distinguished nominees and 2017 winners!

2017 Winners Integrated Marketing

Customer Experience

Green/Sustainability

School of Rock Oak Park

Dr. Mary Ann Bender

Our Planet Automotive

Innovation & Collaboration

Community Character

Investment/Development

Solace Divorce Mediation

Cycle Bar OPRF

Oak Park River Forest Museum

2017 Nominees Academia Institute of Language Ace Municipal Partners Ahimsa Yoga Studio Amy's Wine House Baird & Warner Real Estate Beer Shop Brian Plain, CFP Brown Cow Buzz Café Café Descartes Careful Peach Carnivore Citrine Community Bank of Oak Park & River Forest Corosh Gallery Cucina Paradiso Cycle Bar Desire Path Marketing Divine Consign Dr. Mary Ann Bender / Advanced Physical Medicine Eastgate Café & Bistro Elan Hair Salon Elements Massage Elevate Hair Boutique Escape Factor Excel Window Tinting Family Dental Care of Oak Park Filoni Forest Automotive Fresh Thyme Market Gem A Jewelry Boutique

Gem Jewelry + Lifestyle Gepetto's Toy Box GLA Property Management Gone Again Travel Greater Chicago Church Hole In The Wall Custard Junction Diner Lake Theatre Lea French Street Food LIVE Café Lively Athletics MacArthur's Restaurant Manouche MOOD Design + Build Munch Na Siam OakParkApartments.com Oak Park Brewering Company Oak Park Friends School Oak Park Jewelers Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation Oak Park - River Forest Museum Our Planet Automotive Palmgren Accupuncture Pet Emporium River Forest Chocolates River Forest Community Center Salon JAS School of Rock Oak Park Scratch Kitchen On Lake Serelli's

Serenitea Sergio's Place Simplify Your Marketing Solace Divorce Mediation SPENGA Oak Park Studio 8 Sugar Beet Co-op Sugar Beet Schoolhouse Sugar Cup Trading Company Sugar Fixe Team Blonde TEDx Oak Park The Barre Code The Book Table The Dailey Method The Juniper Center The Learning League The Little Gem Café Trends Tulipia Twisted Cookie Two Story Farmhouse We Clean Green Wednesday Journal West Cook YMCA Winberies Winberies Restaurant Wire Wonder Works Children's Museum Yearbook Studios Yoga Trek / Nature Yoga Yuppy Puppy

The Chamber also wishes to recognize and thank The Nineteenth Century Club for hosting the awards ceremony and event.

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TAX FREEZE

A long and winding road

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him that the problem was more widespread than he realized. In 2014, 41-percent of seniors who qualified for the freeze in Cook County received no savings from it.

ElSaffar shared his research with colleagues in the Cook County Township Assessors Association and with the office of Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios. They agreed to support the Freeze Floor proposal.

In 2015 and 2016, Harmon sponsored a bill that would create a freeze floor, and even though the bill had overwhelming bipartisan support in the Senate, it failed to gain support in the House.

Earlier this year, Berrios tried a new approach and proposed a broader tax relief package, which included the freeze floor and increased the freeze income limit from $55,000 to $65,000.

The package also increased the value of other homeowner and senior exemptions.

Both the House and Senate passed this version of the bill, and Gov. Bruce Rauner

signed it into law on Aug. 25.

ElSaffar said that in Oak Park, the new senior freeze law will be implemented for 2017 taxes, which are paid in 2018. He says that the relief should show up in the second installment tax bill, due in August 2018.

“There are a lot of changes coming next year,” ElSaffar said. “The reassessment level will take effect, but in any case, this law will leave seniors better off.”

According to ElSaffar’s calculations, 68,000 low-to-moderate income seniors will benefit, and the minimum tax freeze benefit for years when property values decrease will be $2,000.

Stacia Taylor says the relief next summer will be like “Christmas in July,” and credits the Wall Street Journal with giving her the idea of contacting ElSaffar.

“We read an article on the best assessors in the country, and Ali’s name was on there,” she said. “We thought we should go see him. A lot of seniors are not comfortable coming to talk about issues like this, but Ali is very approachable.”

ElSaffar applauded the couple’s efforts to see this bill come to fruition.

“The whole story reminds me of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” he said. “It’s how government ought to work, but it doesn’t always.”

The Hemingway District presents...

Annual HALLOWEEN Parade Saturday, October 28 Line Up Begins at 9:45am • Oak Park Avenue & Pleasant Street Kids, come in costume! Trick or Treat on The Avenue Enjoy family craft tables and walk the Haunted Hallways 1st floor, of Scoville Square, 137 N. Oak Park Ave. Décor by: Stage Rite by Deb

Parade Begins at 10am

Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb will lead the parade escorted by the Oak Park Fire & Police Departments Find details at OakPark.com and ScovilleSquare.com Sponsored By

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Generations of Excellence since 1958

708.771.8040 • 7375 W. North Ave., River Forest Donna Barnhisel 7375 West North AvenueJoe Cibula Peter Birmingham Don Citrano Dan Bogojevich Julie Cliggett Illinois 60305 Anne Brennan Alisa Coghill Karen Byrne JoLyn Crawford 708.771.8040 Kevin Calkins Andy Gagliardo Maria Cullerton

MANAGING BROKER/OWNERS River Forest,

Tom Carraher Pat Cesario

Tom Poulos

1226 WILLIAM • RIVER FOREST OPEN SUNDAY 1-3

Karen Doty Julie Downey

Kurt Fielder Yvonne Fiszer-Steele Ramona Fox Chris Garvey Lisa Grimes Dan Halperin Sharon Halperin Aubrey Jacknow

1519 FRANKLIN• RIVER FOREST OPEN SUNDAY 1-3

Greg Jaroszewski Vee Jaroszewski Joanne Kelly Michael Kinnare Sherree Krisco Jack Lattner Susan Maienza Vince McFadden

Charlotte Messina David Miller Kathleen Minaghan Colleen Navigato Rosa Pitassi Sue Ponzio-Pappas Katie Possley Michael Roche

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

1001 S EAST AVE • OAK PARK OPEN SUNDAY 1-3

419 S RIDGELAND • OAK PARK OPEN SUNDAY 1-3

P R I C E R E D U C E D! PREPARE TO BE IMPRESSED with this STUNNING 5 bedroom brick home that was renovated from top to bottom in 2010. This home offers endless amounts of quality upgrades. Exceptional lower level like none you have ever seen. New 2 level brick and stucco heated garage. ....................................................................$1,595,000

THIS HOUSE HAS IT ALL! A red brick colonial situated on a great block with great bones, stunning backyard, attached garage, great basement. A few personal touches and this one is a winner. House is ready to be occupied! Enjoy the upcoming season in your new home. ......................................................................................$520,000

INVITING TWO STORY three BR on a corner lot designed in 1921 by renowned architect Lyman Allison. This classic home has retained all of its original charm including natural woodwork and stained glass windows. The tranquil back yard provides a perfect place to relax. ...................................................................................... $425,000

New Construction Luxury Condominiums in the Village of River Forest

620 WOODBINE • OAK PARK

2 Units SOLD!

VINTAGE BRICK TWO FLAT on large lot with third floor addition.

Front and rear deck on second floor; balcony on third. Third floor features wood floors and front rear staircases, wood-burning fireplace, master bedroom suite, and third bath. Parking for four cars. ............ .................................................................................................$429,999

1324 FRANKLIN • RIVER FOREST

The Avalon The corner of Bonnie Brae & Thomas

15 Luxury Units* All Three Bedroom Units

For Information please contact Andy Gagliardo • 708-771-8040

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PERFECT MARRIAGE OF OLD & NEW in this 1889 Historic District farmhouse. Well maintained home with 9 foot ceilings on all three levels. Five BRs include 3rd floor master suite, plus all 3 baths recently updated. Gorgeous woodwork throughout with original picture frame molding...........................................................$720,000

RIVER FOREST HOMES 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..............................................$2,449,000 SPECTACULARLY UPDATED American Federalist Home. Tremendously restored and improved by the designer/owner. Benefits include 5 BRs, 4 full + 2 half baths, Gourmet Kitchen, Library/Office and private Family Room with large-scale windows overlooking backyard. .......................................$1,895,000 LEGENDARY 1883 ITALIANATE VILLA on Keystone available for the first time in 37 years! A one of a kind house with 7BRs, 3BAs, new hardwood floors, custom stain glass windows, eat-in kitchen. Meticulously preserved original features. AND unparalleled 2014 Guest House! ...................................$1,779,000 SPECTACULAR RENOVATION of a 4 BR, 4-1/2 BA home with an open flow feeling and generous room sizes. Kitchen is a chef’s dream, and has cathedral ceilings. Finished basement includes a rec room, playroom and bonus room.

Sits on oversized lot, with a two car garage. ....................................... $1,169,000 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. ...................$949,000

ELEGANT, GRACIOUS HOME with 4 BRs, 2-1/2 BAs offers a large formal LR w/gas fireplace, spacious DR, hardwood floors, beautiful molding, family room, eat-in kitchen, finished lower level and whole house generator. Outside includes back deck & 3 car garage. ............................................................$835,00 RARE BRICK BURMA HOME with original coved moldings, leaded glass windows and wood floors accent well-built house. Enjoy sunroom view of park. 3-bdrm, 2-1/2 bath with large bonus room on 2nd fl, den on 1st fl.

Authentic tile roof on house and two-car brick garage.........................$689,000 CHARMING, SPACIOUS QUEEN ANNE BUNGALOW in pristine condition. Art glass windows, French doors, wood trim, hardwood floors. Granite kitchen, breakfast nook. Family room and 1st floor bedroom. 3 bedrooms on 2nd floor. Finished basement, enclosed porch, 2 car garage................ $619,900 BEAUTIFUL 3 LEVEL SINGLE FAMILY offers 3800+ sq/ft of living!

Open concept on first floor. Second floor features four spacious bedrooms & a sunroom overlooking backyard. Third floor has great room w/separate guest BR and workout room. Finished basement. ........................................... $600,000 LOVELY, WELL CARED FOR VICTORIAN offers three bedrooms, 1-1/2 baths and classic Victorian details throughout. All brand new - wood floors, carpeting, kitchen appliances, quartz counter tops, sink & fixtures, and washing machine. The large, deep back yard is fully fenced. ........................$479,000 CHARMING, SPACIOUS BUNGALOW in move in condition. Classic living room with wood burning fireplace, dining room and living room with hardwood floors. 2nd floor has four bedrooms and bath. Breakfast room over looks patio and back yard. Newer 2 car garage. ..................................$449,0000

OAK PARK HOMES 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! .................................$1,900,000

TRULY CLASSIC OP RED BRICK COLONIAL with four or five bedrooms, depending on your needs, and four full and two half baths. Third floor features rec room, or bedroom, and full bath. There is a heated 2 car, with addl 2 tandem space, garage with fabulous coach house above..................$1,750,000 LOVELY MEDITERRANEAN INFLUENCED HOME offers 4 BRs/2BAs, two story LR with WBFP, beamed ceiling, French doors and original 1920’s terra cotta tiled floor. New finished bsmt has 5th BR, family room, laundry room. The yard has patio and charming pergola. .....................................................$649,000 STUNNING VICTORIAN! Updated 3 bedroom, 3 bath home. Original details have been preserved, and well considered updates added to create an ideal blend of historical character and contemporary design. House sits on an extra large lot with professional landscaping. ..................................................$549,000 THREE CAR GARAGE PARKING a bonus in this three BR, two BA brick Georgian home. Many recent improvements to this well maintained, move-in condition home. Updated kitchen with top-of-the-line appliances. First FL fam rm with fireplace. Heating & Central air.................................................. $485,000

FOREST PARK HOMES METICUOLOUSLY MAINTAINED new construction with open floor plan features 10 foot ceilings, hardwood floors, and many custom details from crown molding to door handles. High end kitchen. Four generously sized bedrooms. Open basement ready to finish. Just move in!! ...................$474,000 WONDERFUL UPDATED HOME with all the amenities. This 3BR, 3BA home boasts a large foyer, hardwood floors, beautiful woodwork and high ceilings throughout. Eat-in kitchen, beautiful LR, DR and office complete the 1st FL. Upstairs includes 3 spacious BRs w/wood beam ceilings. ........$390,000 CHARMING THREE BEDROOM FARMHOUSE with updated kitchen, family room that overlooks fenced yard and in-ground pool with pool house.

Partially finished basement with finished rec room, updated full bath, laundry room. One car garage, 3 exterior spots....................................................$329,000

A REAL STUNNER! This 4BR, 4 full, 1 half BA home was completely gutted and rehabbed in 2010. First floor features a much sought after open floor plan and chef’s kitchen. Bedrooms feature full walk in closets. Fabulous basement has an addl BR, full high end bath and rec room. ............................................................$1,275,000

ELMWOOD PARK HOMES PRICE REDUCED NICE GEORGIAN ON GREAT BLOCK. 3 bedroom plus bonus room and two full baths. Great Master BR with walk in closet, sliding glass doors to private deck. Rear deck & landscaped yard w/exterior lighting (front & back). Side drive with wrought iron gate. ...............................$279,000

CONDOS/TOWNHOMES/2 FLATS RIVER FOREST 3BR, 3BA. Extraordinary! ............................................$549,500 RIVER FOREST 3BR, 2BA. Large intimate yard. ..................................$389,500 RIVER FOREST 2BR, 2BA. Luxurious & unique!..................................$285,000 RIVER FOREST 2BR, 2BA. Three exposures. .......................................$239,000 RIVER FOREST 3BR, 1-1/2 BA. Oak floors. ..........................................$169,500 RIVER FOREST 2BR, 1-1/2 BA. Hardwood floors. ..............................$159,000 RIVER FOREST 2BR, 1BA. Move in condition......................................$145,000 RIVER FOREST 1BR, 1BA. Bright and sunny unit! ................................$95,000 RIVER FOREST 2BR, 1BA. Updated bathroom......................................$90,000 OAK PARK 2 Flat ......................................................................................$549,900 OAK PARK 3BR, 2BA. Top floor unit. .....................................................$185,000 OAK PARK 2BR, 1-1/2 BA. Generous closet space. ...............................$137,500 OAK PARK 1BR, 1BA. Sunny east/west exposure..................................$98,000 OAK PARK 1BR, 1BA. Three season sunroom.........................................$89,000 OAK PARK 1BR, 1BA. Nicely updated condo ..........................................$70,000

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OPEN SUNDAY 1-3PM 514 N Marion St., Oak Park 4 BR, 3.5 BA • $749,000

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THIS IS THE ONE! Updated in 2013 after a '04 gut rehab. Lovely OP Victorian on huge lot just 3 blocks to Downtown OP, CTA Green Line & Metra. Open granite & SS kitchen. 1st flr laundry rm + 3 season screened-in porch! Master suite w/soaking tub & sep shower. 2 full BAs on the 2nd flr! 2.5 car garage.

701 Columbian Ave., Oak Park • 5 BR, 3.5 BA • $1,199,000 GRAND ESTATE Section home designed by Charles E. White, on 125 x 132 corner lot! Vintage detailing and open concept home, perfect for entertaining. Features: updated BAs, beautiful master suite, huge porch, hot tub, 2-car gar, attached green house. 2nd flr has a master suite plus a library and two additional BRs. 3rd flr is fully finished with a large BR, full BA and family room. Professionally landscaped grounds. Custom kitchen has stainless and Call Laura! built-in appls.

310 Gale, River Forest • $1,599,000

David Gullo, Managing Broker

708.567.1375

GulloAssociates@gmail.com

6 BR, 6.5 BA • 3 Car Heated Garage

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Built in '07! 6,000 sf home with everything. Set in the middle of a charming block, steps from METRA, CTA, parks, and RF schools! Big rooms throughout, Large kitchen, w/ attached family rm, 1st flr master suite, 2nd flr GIANT master suite w/ double closets and balcony! Full, finished basement and 3rd flr. Huge backyard!

Laura Maychruk 708.205.7044

701 Gunderson #2 Oak Park

LMaychruk@comcast.net

3 BR • $2300/mo Includes 2 parking spaces & in unit laundry Gorgeous, spacious unit completely rehabbed, top to bottom with updated kitchen, bath. Central Air. Attic storage is exclusively usable by the tenant for additional storage. Walk to top-rated schools, library, parks, CTA trains, shopping and more! Tenants responsible for utilities. Dogs OK, Available October 1.

W W W. G U L LO R E A L E S TAT E . C O M

Margaret Jones 708.804.0368 Mark Finger 708.990.8115

905 South Lombard Ste. 2 Oak Park, IL 60304

NEW PRICE REDUCTION

NEW PRICE REDUCTION

JUST LISTED

1142 FRANKLIN AVE, RIVER FOREST $1,445,000 :: 4 bed :: 4.5 bath

131 GALE AVE, RIVER FOREST $834,000 :: 4 bed :: 2.5 bath

1700 78TH CT, ELMWOOD PARK $379,000 :: 3 bed :: 1.5 bath

Custom modern 6000 sq. ft. home.

Dramatic design and unique detailing throughout.

Updated Victorian - renovated kitchen & master bath - huge park-like yard walk to train.

Renovated 3 bed with first floor family room & finished basement.

Great location.

JUST LISTED

SOLD

SOLD

312 S KENILWORTH, OAK PARK $535,000 :: 6 bed :: 2 bath

417 N MARION ST, OAK PARK $369,900

7322 RANDOLPH #2, FOREST PARK $307,000 :: 3 bed :: 3.5 bath

Brick 2-flat located in central Oak Park Three bedrooms per unit. Great location walk to all transportation.

Stand alone office building with 4 parking spots. 1,800 sq. ft. Multi-use.

Walk to train, shop & restaurants.

Close to CTA & Metra, this solidly built modern townhouse is an elegant oasis tucked into an urban setting.

KATHY & TONY IWERSEN 708.772.8040 708.772.8041 tonyiwersen@atproperties.com

Gorgeous on Grove

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one, done, and done! 1230 N Grove Avenue in Oak Park has been reimagined into your dream house, filled with light & space - with a calm elegance that greets you with an ahhhhh the moment you walk through the door. This gorgeous house has a new 2-story addition & an extensive renovation inside and out! A traditional center entrance greets you with a beautiful staircase, living room & dining room and a wood-burning fireplace.

Whether you love to entertain, or just kick back with family and friends, the new white cabinet kitchen is ready!

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REALTY CO.

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1043 Clarence, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyond Properties Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$420,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12 1001 S. East Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$425,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 635 N. Ridgeland, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$455,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3:30 625 Clarence Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$479,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1116 S. Grove Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$488,800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 1526 Bonnie Brae Pl, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$515,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1519 Franklin Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$520,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1129 Columbian Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$599,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 545 S. Oak Park Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$625,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 934 Columbian, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$639,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 303 N. Grove Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$699,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 730 Fair Oaks Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$735,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1446 Bonnie Brae Pl, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$749,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30-2 514 N. Marion St, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gullo & Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$749,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1230 N. Grove Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyond Properties Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$789,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1435 Lathrop Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$875,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1226 William St, River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,595,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

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1122 Washington Blvd. UNIT 3A, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$165,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 338 S. East Ave. UNIT 1N, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyond Properties Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$189,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12 1133 Chicago Ave. UNIT 2W, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$669,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2

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1133 Chicago Ave. UNIT 3W, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$684,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2

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7836 Madison Ave. UNIT 21A, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$549,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 7836 Madison Ave. UNIT 21A, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$549,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sat. 11-1

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419 S. Ridgeland Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$429,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

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Black boys with peace signs

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y token black girl narrative is intended to address the many stories of race, gender, and community in my past as a lifelong resident of Oak Park. But as I tune into the polarized outrage from the community surrounding the “black face” incident, I can’t help but think we have been here before. My primary question is how will we respond going forward?

In the Dec. 6, 2006 issue of the Wednesday Journal, a Viewpoints letter titled, “What if we blamed the entire achievement gap on gangs?” was submitted by a community member. The letter was accompanied by a picture of black male OPRF students holding peace signs during a march for football stadium lights.

The title alone insinuated that the black boys, holding peace signs were not only failing students, but failing students who were also gang affiliated, when in fact they were football players with good grades. These black boys literally came in peace in that photo, yet the implicit bias of the author could not help but see their black bodies as a social weapon and a dangerous threat to his community.

Anger was my initial response, justified anger and not just the type of anger that can be attributed to the overreaction of a typical emotional adolescent. It created an internal sense of otherness. The author saw our black demographic as a menace to the community, as opposed to being members of the community. How many times does

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Women’s health rights today, tomorrow and forever

t the University of Illinois, if a student decided she wanted to go on birth control, she would be able to.

She of course would have to meet with a physician to decide if and what type of birth control was right for her, but she would — despite the Obamacare provision the Trump administration just revoked that required employers to provide insurance to cover a woman’s contraception use — be able to safely, informatively and inexpensively protect her reproductive health.

I realize that in the minds of those who support Trump’s decision, there might be some aspect of the situation I’m missing. But as I read this announcement, I began wondering if any of them realized just how similar their arguments sounded to those of the late George Wallace.

Born in 1919 in Clio, Alabama, George Wallace was the 45th governor of Alabama, best remembered as running for the Democratic nomination for president no less than three times, and even running as an independent in 1968. Quoting from John Lowndes’

book From the New Deal to the New Right: Race and the Southern Origins of Modern Conservatism, although Wallace never won the presidency, he did garner significant support from his constituents by running as an unforgiving segregationist and ardent supporter of state’s rights.

Now I’m not briefly recounting Wallace’s career and political leanings as any type of indictment toward the Trump administration or the Department of Human Health and Services (HHS). But I’d feel as if I were doing a disservice to my history professor’s lectures if I failed to notice the startling and ironic similarities between Wallace’s rhetoric for segregation, and the Trump administration’s for limiting women’s access to contraception.

Before 1964, Wallace was blatantly clear about his views regarding racial equality and integration. However, as his candidacy progressed, he realized the best way to build the maximum amount of support was by identifying people’s larger concerns and quietly linking their roots back to the push for racial integration. When

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Race in this moment

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ne week out from the gigantic contretemps over an OPRF senior’s profoundly stupid, deeply offensive and undeniably racist posting of a black-face image of himself on social media, we have many thoughts: ■ The nerve touched was a profound one. The depth of pain in the depth of racism in our high school and in our villages is almost unknowable. The racism is systemic, it is in our roots as a community. It is historic and it is coursing in our veins right this minute.

■ Acknowledging racism as individuals, specifically as white individuals, is required. No caveats. No exceptional circumstances. You can be somewhere on the spectrum of racism — from virulent to reforming — but you are on the spectrum of racism.

■ It is who we are as Americans. Doesn’t make us bad people.

Or maybe it does.

■ Black people are not immune from the affliction of racism.

■ The high school is genuinely poised to address the demons of racial inequity, more ready than it has ever been. And the high school, and with it our community, should be strongly criticized for avoiding this issue, denying this issue for decades. We’ve earned much of the pain we are now feeling.

■ What are we going to do with this pain? Allowing it to be played out mainly in the warped, percussive chambers of social media and newspaper comment boards does us no good.

We can rightly judge our failings as progressive villages. Judging one kid and that kid’s family in one single failed moment devalues all of us.

■ It is right to stand with Anthony Clark, the OPRF special ed teacher, community activist and candidate for Congress.

Good for Supt. Joylynn Pruitt-Adams for breaking protocol and making clear that Clark will, at some moment, be returned to his job at the high school.

■ We’d like to see Clark, a man we much admire, also break the protocol that suggests total silence while he is on paid administrative leave. Mr. Clark should acknowledge that he had a moral lapse when he posted the student’s black-face image on his exceptionally wide social network. It was wrong. And it absolutely violated school policy.

■ The excuses his many supporters are making in online petitions, that Clark did not know this was an OPRF student, are not logical. This is a moment for all of us to expect simple truth.

■ Our time should be spent in two places. Let’s look at the redemptive moments when Clark recognized that student, knew him as an active supporter of positive social causes, and convened his family for tough talk on the racism embedded in each and every one of us. We need many more moments of uncomfortable conversation.

■ And then in full concert, let us consider the impact of this racist action on each and every student of color in our high school. In 2017, to be a young, black person at OPRF and to be assaulted by a black-face image is horrifying. And this incident, while clearly a lightning rod, is not isolated.

■ OPRF’s leaders tell us they “trust the voice and the leadership” of their young black students and yet in a critical moment they have made it difficult for our reporter to hear those voices. Open the doors.

■ We are proud of our long reporting on race in Oak Park and River Forest. We are sometimes criticized for seeing every issue through a prism of race. But that is the reality. In America, in these hometowns everything is infused with race.

That said, Wednesday Journal can do far better. More voices, more listening, more self-criticism.

■ This is a moment. Will we be honest and lean in together to the pain ahead? Or will we shred this opportunity and revel in the easy postures of extreme positions?

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Putting Oak Park on the Hemingway map

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everal years ago, I walked past the Oak Park Arts Center, 200 N. Oak Park Ave., as two women walked out, one telling the other, “I found it online. Hemingway in Oak Park, who knew?”

A lot of people now know about Hemingway’s connection to Oak Park, thanks to the Ernest Hemingway Museum, tucked neatly away in the recesses of this former Christian Science temple for the past 27 years.

But not anymore. The museum closed last Sunday for good. Well, maybe not so good.

“It sucks,” said Conni Irwin, who, since 1994, has been here most days, welcoming visitors and running the gift shop.

“I’m in mourning.”

She isn’t the only one. It’s a sad time for the almost exclusively volunteer-run Ernest Hemingway Foundation, which has been struggling gamely for the past 34 years to bring awareness of Hemingway’s Oak Park period to a general public that seems more interested in the village’s other claim to fame — Frank Lloyd Wright.

But Hemingway was born and lived the first 20 years of his life here. Oak Park was a major formative influence in his development as the best-known, best-read American writer of the 20th century.

In spite of that, for a long time the only thing people seemed to know about Hemingway and Oak Park was a disparaging description, “the village of broad streets and narrow minds,” which Ernie never said.

“No one’s ever found any evidence of it,” says Scott Schwar, the foundation’s longtime volunteer executive director (1987-98 and 1998-2003), whose involvement goes back to 1984, just after the organization was founded

by Morris Buske, Chuck Bednar, Redd Griffin, Wallis Austin, Roy Hlavasek, and Jeanette Fields.

“He had a difficult relationship with his mother later in life,” he notes, “but not Oak Park.”

Schwar is here, like me, for a final walk-through of this polished and professional-looking museum, designed in 1989 by Dain Torgeson — who also designed the museum of another Oak Park notable, McDonald’s Ray Kroc, in Oak Brook. Who knew?

The foundation’s founders worked to build this collection over many years. Fortunately for us, Hemingway lived a well-documented life. The family took lots of photos (Grace Hall Hemingway kept scrapbooks of all her children), and Ernie himself was a packrat, even keeping logs of his gaming and fishing expeditions.

“It’s a great record of a creative life,” Schwar says.

The board members cultivated contacts with the family and the orbiting Hemingway world, which resulted in friendly relations and a willingness to donate material, such as the famous “Dear Ernie” letter from Agnes Von Kurowsky via the Sanfords in Michigan (older sister Marcelline’s family), Waring Jones’ collection of Key West items, and Frank Laurence’s movie posters from films based on Hemingway’s works.

It helped, Schwar says, that “we looked at him as an artist first and as a student of the world.”

But it was the arrangement that distinguished the museum from your run-of-the-mill memorabilia collection.

Torgeson, a commercial designer, settled on the concept of “doorways,” four physical doors (scavenged by Gini Cassin from the old village hall) representing the major influences of the budding author’s Oak Park life: Family, Education, The Outdoors, and World War I — each door accompanied by a large banner, featuring passages from

his writing.

Thanks to a $25,000 loan from the village (since repaid) and helpful landlords Chatka and Tony Ruggiero, the museum opened in 1990. In 2000, the museum added a fifth element, “Picturing Hemingway, A Writer in His Time,” a portion of the Smithsonian’s traveling exhibit, marking the writer’s 1999 centennial.

The museum brought in 7,000-10,000 people per year, which was instrumental in promoting awareness of Oak Park’s role in Hemingway’s life, according to Allan Baldwin, a former board chair who has been involved in the breakdown of the exhibits and their redistribution — some items to the Oak Park Public Library’s archive center, the Historical Society’s new museum, the Hemingway Birth Home just up the street, OPRF High School, the Field Museum, possibly the Kennedy Library’s Hemingway collection in Boston, or to storage.

The plan is to digitize the exhibit photos and text so the museum’s educational mission can continue and to build the Hemingway Center for Writing and Research on the Birth Home property, 339 N. Oak Park Ave., where much of this material will be available in video format.

According to current board chair John Berry, “The 2,100-square-foot center will house exhibits, some educational space, the bookstore and two offices.”

He says the board wanted to keep the museum open until the new $1.2 million facility was completed, but a former board member who offered to underwrite the $25K annual rent died suddenly in 2016. Instead, the funds they save on rent will jumpstart their capital campaign to finance the new building and also pay for upkeep of the Birthplace Home.

So as four doors close, another opens.

Over the years, the foundation has hosted scholarly gatherings, including an international conference on Hemingway just last year. But their main accomplishment is putting Oak Park on the Hemingway map. “The child is father to the man,” Schwar says. Understanding Oak Park’s role is essential to understanding the writer he became.

“We’re now a valuable player in the Hemingway world,” says Schwar.

But the world has changed and so have museums, says Baldwin. The proliferation of digital media has changed the public’s expectations. “People want something more interactive,” he notes. “The era of this kind of museum is passing.”

The foundation recently hired a new executive director, Baldwin adds, and though this chapter has ended, they’re focusing on the future. They would like to have the new center up and running by 2020, depending, of course, on fundraising.

“I put in too many hours here not to be sad,” Baldwin says, looking around, “but I’m a pragmatist.”

“It’s tough,” Schwar agrees, “but I also understand the need for change.”

The important thing, he says, is to make the case for why Hemingway is important.

“Not everyone knows that anymore.”

Most people know the myth, frequently exaggerated, better than the man. But the man was better than the myth. And the writer was better than both.

“He had a great appetite for life and was an adventurer,” says Schwar, who now leads tours to the Hemingway sites in Cuba and abroad, “but first and foremost, he was an artist.”

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The faux mayor and his fait accompli We must remember that Faux Mayor Abu-Taleb was elected in a landslide. Well, actually he had no opposition as he was the VMA’s preferred candidate. Of course, they will deny it. Albion being approved was a foregone conclusion. Abu-Taleb’s view is business growth at all costs, regardless of what shape, size or harm. He believes that sending a developer packing is not a good idea.

There is no corruption that I am aware of in these processes of approval by a commission or the board.

However, one has to wonder what did the Plan Commission do wrong? The faux mayor packed the commission with a losing VMA trustee candidate who already supported the deal, leaving eight commissioners that may have been unbiased. The vote was 5-4 not to build Albion. Somewhere, from their table to the board, the arm twisting began.

You cannot blame the trustees for looking at new material after the commission vote. But this was material the commission did not review. You have to wonder who spoke to the developer ... besides staff. In addition, the trustees many of us supported decided that their word no longer mattered. The fundamental idea of truth-telling no longer was in play.

From experience, the board was probably provided legal advice to make this all work. The village manager probably directed staff to do what the faux mayor needed to get his Albion. Then the behind-the-scenes effort started (opposition in-

Front Desk Carolyn Henning, Maria Murzyn

cluded) ... emails, phone calls, etc. began in the effort to get people to vote for or against Albion. The opposition fought with facts and heart, but they never had a chance. That 6-1 vote was decided on long before the trustees met.

Simone Boutet probably never received any of these solicitors asking her to vote for Albion because she is cast as the outsider. Trustee Boutet took the high road and kept a promise made to the people. Deno and Dan should have voted against Albion. In a 4-3 vote, Albion loses, promises kept.

Then turn around with a new company to develop the site, after legal issues are dealt with. But they were convinced it was Albion or no one would come here again. The faux mayor told them taxes will go down and you will be heroes. Business will boom and Wednesday Journal’s circulation will skyrocket. Don’t worry, you will get a second term ... they forget ... those people forget.

At some point, Deno and Dan will realize they have lost the trust of the electorate. Come the midcycle election, I hope to see some opposition that takes on the remaining trustees. Three spots are going to be up for grabs ... any takers? Do not worry as Abu-Taleb, at the election, will have two years left in his second term.

Hopefully he goes for a third. There will be opposition ... I promise.

Robert Milstein Oak Park

Chairman Emeritus Robert K. Downs

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a physical therapy provider, Byron posted “This is what I believe I was meant to do.”

How wonderful for a seed to bloom aware.

With respect and admiration,

Tom Broderick

One parent of Byron Broderick

primarily meaning middle- to upper-class white women.

According to GoodRX.com, quoted on NPR, a one month’s supply of birth control can cost anywhere from $4 to $55 or more, while an intrauterine device can run upwards of $1,000. This change in contraception care means there a significant number of women will lose coverage because of financial restrictions.

What’s more, this ruling isn’t endorsed by licensed physicians. Quoted in the Chicago Tribune, Dr. Howard Brown, president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, explicitly states that, “Affordable contraception for women saves lives. It improves maternal mortality, and prevents adolescent pregnancies.” Reading this statement, I seriously question any argument that tries to claim that the employer of a company is really the subject being discriminated against by revoking a woman’s access to contraception.

So without ever saying that this decision is a way to control and limit women’s access to reproductive health care, that is what this rollback states. No one is denying that every individual has a right to their personal religious beliefs, but when someone tries to use those beliefs to affect a woman’s ability to protect herself, it crosses the line from personal faith to gender and racial discrimination. The majority of women who will be affected are those lower on the socio-economic scale, which primarily means minority women who can’t afford to pay out of pocket for contraception. Inevitably this change will result in more women becoming pregnant who don’t want to be, an untenable position that can easily be prevented by ensuring all women have access to effective and affordable contraception.

If George Wallace were here today, he would likely applaud the Trump administration’s stylistic rhetoric. But because of Wallace’s own history of re-shaping language, we can see through the phony reasonings that are really just attempts to restrict a woman’s control over her own sexuality and to make it more difficult for a woman to cover her basic health needs.

So in an offshoot of the infamous language of George Wallace, I declare women’s health rights today, women’s health rights tomorrow, women’s health rights forever.

Meghan McCoy is a senior at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, majoring in English with a minor in History.

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hank you for your supportive efforts in contacting your senators and congressmen, which helped block the passage of Congress and the administration’s inadequate health bill.

Unfortunately our efforts may be needed again since President Trump is determined to present another health bill for vote. If it proves to again deny millions of people their health care, we will oppose it.

The Affordable Health Care program (Obamacare) is in trouble now because President Trump has decided to sabotage it. He seems focused on forcing the failure of the health service rather than a true concern for health care.

First, he caused CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) to go into default in nine states as of Oct. 1 and 22 more may be out of service by Dec. 31.

Children’s health insurance was not renewed as it was supposed to have been.

President Trump has also withheld funds designated for health care and has also withdrawn 90% of the advertising program necessary for recruiting young, healthy folks to enroll in the health-care system. These enrollees offset the increased cost of senior health care. To add to this meanspirited sabotage, the President is also proposing to remove all reproductive health care for women!

Just a week ago a madman slaughtered 58 people, 527 were injured, and I am sure many hundreds more were traumatized by the horrible event. I thought about the tragedy being compounded by the fact that some could not get their health care provided for them.

We should all be outraged that President Trump is trying to abolish our health care, but he has presented himself as a tough, impersonal, womanizing, white supremacist. We, therefore, should have expected uncaring actions.

You will probably think I am in the throes of dementia, but I believe (or want to believe) there may be a caring human being beneath the Trump shell exterior. I believe it’s possible he was mesmerized by Steve Bannon and the alt-right movement.

Now that they are no longer part of the President’s inner circle to influence him, perhaps that shell can be dispelled.

He is very changeable and unpredictable and maybe a more reasonable President Trump will be forthcoming. (A first step would be to stop sabotaging health care.)

Trump desires adulation and respect, but that must be earned. Some ways in which he can gain that stature are as follows: ■ If the President took the courageous step to oppose the gun lobby and enact responsible gun controls, he would certainly be applauded.

■ There would be overwhelming approval if he re-instated the “Dreamers” Act and welcomed immigrants with reasonable requirements for their visits or life plans.

■ People would quickly forget and forgive past unpleasantries if he held out an olive branch to our former and present allies, demonstrating our desire to cooperate and support environmental and peacekeeping proposals.

I know I am spouting unrealistic hopes, but if these did occur, President Trump could actually “Make America Great Again!”

Harriet Hausman is a longtime resident of River Forest.

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MBEKEANIWILEY Signs of our time from page 31 this black face have to justify its presence in this community? I thought to myself. I was a senior and Student Council president and felt like I and my peers constantly had to prove that we deserved to be in this community, that we were valuable assets worth investing in, that our dissatisfaction with the inequities within our school were warranted, and that our voices deserved to be heard despite being just “children.”

We wrote several responses to Wednesday Journal highlighting our vibrant and talented minority community and, in unity with the black students accused of gang affiliation, we took a student body picture with peace signs (see photo, page 37). It was student-led and we felt empowered. We were reclaiming our community and our community responded with powerful support.

That was over 10 years ago, a student-led response accompanied by student-led pressure and the power of our greater community. Dozens of responses chastised

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the author, and though we felt good in that moment to be united, to this day I do not know if any systemic change came of our letter campaign.

Oak Park and River Forest High School has a unique merry-go-round of racial crises that appear every few years with a line of eager community members rightfully shocked and angered every time the large elephant of racism appears on that merry-go-round. Yet despite how big an issue it is, our focus on the large elephant is often only heightened when it’s in clear view, when it is already facing us on the merry-go-round, even though we know that it’s always constantly approaching us.

So as I reflect on recent events, I know we have been here before. But this time around we must ensure that our response is sustainable, systemic, and continuously led by the communities impacted, not just when a racial crisis is in our face but before it even approaches.

Michelle Mbekeani, 27, is a lifetime resident of Oak Park. She is an attorney at the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law. She is the mother of an energetic and loving 2 year old boy. Michelle enjoys singing and volunteering thoughout the community, supporting Oak Park public schools, and the Oak Park Festival Theatre.

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Build, baby, build

he Oak Park Village Board did the right thing approving the Albion building project. Here’s why. Spending by our governmental bodies in Oak Park regularly exceeds the rate of inflation. In fact, that has been the case forever and ever, amen.

Because spending outpaces inflation and will far into the future, the tax base needs to grow in order to keep up. But how? There are basically two ways: 1) keep increasing taxes on existing property owners, or 2) increase tax revenue from new sources, such as the Albion project.

To date, we have largely relied on the first option. But that has come at a literal and figurative price. Oak Park used to be a middle class city on a hill, including a wide variety of diverse residents, especially economically diverse.

Through tax and cost of living increases, Oak Park has now become an upper middle class city on a hill, and that is a much less compelling story. In fact, without growing our tax base from new sources, Oak Park will become a rich city that was formerly on a hill.

And that is not something I would like to see.

So as long as Oak Parkers are inclined to approve every tax increase presented to them (with the exception of the pool referendum which lost by roughly 15 votes), I will support nearly any large building project in downtown Oak Park that — as long as it is built without large government incentives — will bring significant new tax dollars to the village and at least offset some of the increasing rate of government spending.

There were some other objections to Albion. One was that we are bringing too much density to the village. Did you know that the population of Oak Park used to be significantly higher than it is now? The current population is 52,000. But from the 1930s to 1970, Oak Park’s population was closer to 65,000.

How is it that Oak Park was not clogged with traffic

jams during that 40-year period? Simply put, people behaved differently than they do now. Many owned one car or no car at all. They walked more and used public transportation more.

That compares with today when many residents, including many who are opposed to Albion, own two or more cars and think nothing of adding to the traffic downtown by motoring to pick up pizza at Lou Malnati’s.

Now imagine the typical resident at Albion. Dinner out? They will walk to a nearby restaurant (and already business owners are seeing an uptick in business from other new apartments downtown). Need a book to read? No Albion resident in their right mind will drive two blocks to the library. They’ll walk.

If the village gets better at adding smart bike lanes (we’ve got plenty of east/west bike lanes and need more north/south), imagine a town where more of us cutie petuties get out of our cars and onto a bike to visit downtown.

What other objections were there? Shade in Austin Garden. That one was taken care of by the new stepped-back building design. Even the shade experts agree. (Who knew there was such a specialty?)

Desire for more process with the new design by sending it back to the Plan Commission? In Oak Park we overdo process in my opinion. Longer process seldom equals better outcomes. The village board acted on a design that resolved the primary objections of the split vote in the Plan Commission.

And some people do not like the new building design. We are not a planned prairie-style community, and as much as I may want the architecture police to enforce my idea of good taste, I’m willing to delegate that responsibility to the village board.

So in the end, unless we all take a pledge to never vote for another tax referendum (fat chance that), I say, “build, baby, build” downtown.

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f the many reasons I appreciate history, the most meaningful is its unparalleled power to show us who we were before we became who we are.

Two films I caught over the weekend at the Lake Theatre reconfirmed that for me. Both are based on a particular period in the lives of historical figures. In Marshall, civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall, out of necessity, forges a melodramatic partnership with a reluctant Jewish lawyer, which changes them both in the end. In Victoria and Abdul, Britain’s longest-serving monarch reaches across history and social class divides to befriend and embrace a Muslim prison clerk from India. They’re transformed, too.

Both films show how fateful encounters cause us to alter long-held positions and views as our personal history pushes us in new directions. This thought lingered with me after leaving the theater, as local and current parallels came to mind. Context is everything, right? And you can always count on Oak Park to provide it.

So here in our village, online and offline in the last week, I’ve talked with people

from varied experiences and points of view who were reassessing village perceptions and the realities they witness on the ground, in large part I have no doubt, based on their own histories.

The most recent episode in village self-examination followed the black-face posting on social media and the various expressions of concern for the two central characters — an OPRF High School senior and a teacher who’s highly active in the community. Both were suspended, according to reports.

Letters, meetings, petitions and a march ensued along with a threat of violence that brought downtown-based broadcast media to Oak Park two days in a row over the weekend. Another little chapter in Oak Park history written. What will it say about Oak Park years from now? Next month?

Then another piece of Oak Park history popped out, fresh off my seeing Marshall.

Two neighbors and I were talking about what was roiling at the high school. Inevitably, we got to U.S. racial issues. I explained who Marshall was because one of the neighbors, born in China, wasn’t familiar

CASSANDRA WEST One View

with him. She’d also never heard of the Ku Klux Klan, which also came up. Suddenly, the other neighbor’s eyes flashed.

She had that afternoon visited the Oak Park River Forest History Museum and made a discovery, which was news to her — and she’d grown up in Oak Park.

The village, she told us, once was home to a chapter of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan (WKKK) in the 1920s. The museum has its official charter on display.

As proof, my neighbor produced a document she’d gotten at the museum, written by Sarah Doherty, an assistant professor of history at North Park University, who is associated with the Historical Society of OP&RF. In the document, Doherty comments on the “visceral reaction” to this revelation, “given the contemporary image that Oak Park projects as a community that is open and inclusive.”

Many people will be surprised to learn that the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan once claimed P.O. BOX 73, Oak Park, ILL., as an address.

That’s on record, etched in history now.

It is who we were and who we are.

History never dies. And neither should our awareness of it.

Cassandra West, a 27-year Oak Park resident, is a writer and editor.

ANNUAL TREASURER’S REPORT Village Of River Forest • Fiscal Year Ending April 30, 2017 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF CONDITION General Fund

Special Revenue

Debt Service

Capital Project

Enterprise Fund

Trust & Agency

Beginning Balance

9,361,810

608,881

172,810

7,120,060

8,640,898

Revenues/Trans In

16,178,886

361,881

260,627

2,235,267

5,134,601

5,943,044

(15,239,091)

(348,758)

(247,782)

(3,410,146)

(4,553,315)

(3,786,922)

10,301,605

622,004

185,655

5,945,181

9,222,184

36,958,214

Expenditures/Trans Out Ending Balance

REVENUES BY SOURCE

Property Taxes 6,547,365, Utility Tax 614,522, Communication Tax 309,679, Non Home Rule Sales Tax 824,652, Other Taxes 288,390, State Income Tax 1,056,031, State Sales Tax 1,727,402, Motor Fuel Tax Allotments 283,171, Personal Property Replacement Tax 163,588, Wireless Tax 158,960, Use Tax 276,462, Intergovernmental, Grants and Contributions 1,016,191, Licenses and Permits 1,762,852, Fines and Forfeits 1,167,732, Water Sales 3,099,326, Sewer Sales 2,013,015, Refuse 997,436, Parking Fees 142,599, Other Charges for Services 488,721, Investment Income 3,203,164, Miscellaneous 1,055,118, Transfers In 501,986, Employer Contributions 2,415,944, Total Revenue 30,114,306

VILLAGE VENDOR PAYMENTS

VENDORS PAID OVER $2,500: A5 Group Inc: 3500, ABRA CHI Forest Park: 9830.83, AC Pavement Striping Co: 44651.52, Accela Inc #774375: 12808, Acres Group: 23826, AdvantaClean of Northwest Chicagoland: 19509.75, Air One Equipment Inc: 11574.94, Amalgamated Bank of Chicago: 54625, American Recycling & Disposal LLC: 17347.67, AMS Electric Inc: 3240, Anderson Elevator Co: 2990.43, Andy Frain Services Inc: 76339.08, April Building Services Inc: 3500, Aqua Fiori Inc: 3976.45, Arthur Clesen Inc: 7881.4, Associated Tire and Battery Co Inc: 3472.36, AT&T: 2743.08, AT&T Wireless: 3496.36, Avalon Petroleum Company: 8989.82, Axa: 70,416.91, Axon Enterprise Inc: 4071.11, B&F Construction Code Services Inc: 83888.27, Baltic Networks USA: 3160.18, Baxter and Woodman: 38350.78, Beckmann, Ty: 6000, Benistar/Hartford-6795: 114622.73, Best Technology Systems Inc: 2800, BKD LLP: 37925, Blackboard Inc: 8000, Bolder Contractors: 420114.53, Bollinger, Lach & Associates Inc: 94449.06, Broadleaf Inc: 4100, Brothers Asphalt Paving Inc: 90853, Building & Fire Code Academy: 3986, Burke Engineering Ltd, Christopher B.: 148898.97, CALL ONE: 24683.89, CAMZ Communications Inc: 16595, Car Reflections: 2820, Card Services: 58157.99, Cargill Incorporated: 39225.51, CDS Office Technologies

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Inc: 50825, CDW Government Inc: 42644.07, Certified Fleet Services Inc: 24116.51, Charkow, Jeffrey: 4000, Chicago Title and Trust Co: 1160690.52, Chicagoland Paving Contractors: 480030.26, City of Chicago: 1591330.44, Clark Baird Smith LLP: 60148.5, ClientFirst Consulting Group LLC: 188853.85, Comcast Cable: 4440.8, ComEd: 8285.47, ComEd: 7352.2, Commercial Tire Service Inc: 3023.12, Communications Direct Inc: 3071.36, Community Bank: 53919.7, Concordia University: 3547.13, Constellation Energy Services Inc: 22992.67, Constellation Energy Services Inc: 4765.14, Constellation NewEnergy Inc: 26744.16, Conway, Linda: 4422.93, Cook County Collector: 3308.75, Cook County Sheriff’s Police Training Institute: 6267, Crescent Electric Supply Company: 38012, Currie Motors: 54689, Datasource Ink: 6429.7, Davis Concrete Construction Co: 61710.18, Davis Tree Care Inc: 77883.75, De Lage Landen Financial Svcs Inc: 6621.72, Denler Inc: 46620, Eden Brothers: 4995, Elevator Inspection Svc Co Inc: 3980, Elgin Recycling: 3000, Elmhurst Occupational Health: 5848, Engineering Resource Associates Inc: 12397.18, Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc: 3500, Envirosafe: 7018, Essential Equipment Solutions: 22936.87, Fer-Pal Construction USA LLC: 449998.55, FGM Architects Inc: 6200, Firehouse Software: 3625.92, Fleet Safety Supply: 11872.65, Forest Preserve Distr of Cook County: 12000, Fox, Lawrence P: 4000, Galls LLC: 5640.48, Garland/DBS Inc: 588955.35, Genesis Employee Benefits Inc: 275,789.21, Gewalt Hamilton Assoc Inc: 43471, Gingerich, Gereaux & Associates, M: 2900, GO Painters Inc: 17178.5, Graf Tree Care Inc: 9392.5, Greenwood Transfer LLC: 2728.29, Gulbrandsen Ret., Hon. Perry J: 7200, H&H Electric Co: 25789.41, Hall Signs Inc: 2981.52, Hayes Mechanical: 21335.74, HaystackID LLC: 3114, HD Supply Waterworks Ltd: 75219.53, Health Inspection Professionals Inc: 18750, Healy Asphalt Company LLC: 4543.08, Houseal Lavigne Associates: 5174.5, Hurco Technologies Inc: 26630, ICMA: 164,761.02, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency: 840064.36, Illinois EPA: 5000, Illinois Fire Chief’s Assoc: 2550, Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council: 12685, IMRF: 392,683.80, Inland Midwest Development Corp: 10000, Insituform Technologies USA LLC: 153181.9,

Temperance Hall, in 1885, occupied the northwest corner of Lake & Forest.

Thanks for the Temperance Hall reminder

Thank you for your wonderfully detailed history of the Albion site in the Oct. 4 Viewpoints section [Adding a story to Lake & Forest, Ken Trainor]. I’ve been out of town on vacation and so read the article a week later and am just now responding to it. Yours is a much better article than the one I had fantasized writing before my trip intervened. You did the community a great service by preserving and presenting the Temperance Hall story.

Intergovernmental Personnel Benefit Cooperative: 1451252.47, International Union of Operating Engineers: 13172.42, International Union of Operating Engineers: 2754, IRMA: 382866.56, IRS: 1,390,896.11, Isaac Ray Forensic Group LLC: 5037.5, J.G. Uniforms Inc: 3661.1, Jasculca Terman Strategic Communications: 80297.31, JULIE Inc: 3235.46, Kane, McKenna & Assoc Inc: 30751.5, KellerHeartt Co Inc: 2991.23, Kendall Hill Nursery Inc: 13728.75, King Luminaire (Ohio) Inc: 4122, Klein Thorpe and Jenkins Ltd: 167600.16, Koch, Scott: 3247.5, Lauterbach & Amen LLP: 3310, Leotek Electronics USA LLC: 17310.81, Leyden Lawn Sprinklers Inc: 4506.25, LINDCO Equipment Sales Inc: 40680.51, Lochner Inc, H.W.: 31861.4, Lyons & Pinner Electric Co: 77203.44, MABAS Division XI: 10000, Madison, Bakahia Reed: 31786.25, McCarty, Paul: 4000, Menards: 4233.94, Metro Professional Products: 3493.87, MGP Inc: 41788.72, Midwest Environmental Sales Co Inc: 39939, Midwest Operating Eng-Pension Trust Fund: 20709, MOE Funds: 161640, Mohr & Sons Co, H.J.: 2527, Municipal Systems Inc: 11800, NetMotion Wireless Inc: 7348.35, North East MultiRegional Training Inc: 4625, Northeastern Illinois Public: 8690, O’Herron Co. Inc, Ray: 29640.54, Oak Park Township: 9892.46, Parrinello, Frank: 8628.77, Patten Industries Inc: 8659.43, Pete’s Automotive Service Inc: 29302.68, Planet Depos: 3336.48, Printing Store Inc, The: 4250.25, Pro-Tech Security Sales: 5662.5, Radco Communications Inc: 13250.69, Ramos, Martha: 4000, Regal Business Machines Inc: 4050.58, RFTC 1 Corp: 97869.36, Riteway Brick Restoration: 3895, River Forest Public Library: 17504.54, Ruby, Timothy & Emily: 4000, Russo’s Power Equipment Inc: 25521.97, Rydin Decal: 3448.92, S&S Electric Service Inc: 2547.5, Seeco Consultants Inc: 11926, Sensus USA Inc: 3843.09, SherwinWilliams Co, The: 4057.15, SHI International Corp: 63053.88, Smith, David: 4400.41, Stalker Radar/Applied Concepts Inc: 13556, Standard Equipment Company: 197407.56, State Disbursement Unit: 32028, State Treasurer: 238,316.45, Stefl Inc, Tim: 3226.95, Steiner Electric Company: 55105.58, Sterling Codifiers Inc: 3690, Sterling Lumber Company LLC: 20497, Strom Refuse Removal Service, Roy: 1091478.31, Suburban General Construction: 158132.76, Suburban Laboratories Inc: 2988.5, Superior Road Striping Inc: 5887.39, TASC: 10552.96, Third Millennium: 19195.56, Thomas Dodge: 26747, Thrive Counseling Center: 3000, TKB Associates Inc: 9858.23, Traditional Concrete Inc: 2910, TransChicago Truck Group: 6302.46, TriTech Forensics Inc: 2721.55, True North Consultants Inc: 4060, U.S. Postal Service: 2500, Univar USA Inc: 3805.03, US Bank: 179650, USA Fire Protection Inc: 7598.95, VCG Uniform Ltd: 8307.8, Verizon Financial Services LLC: 3431.71, VI Systems Inc: 37828, Video and Sound Service Inc: 22010, Village of Forest Park: 33527.79, Village of Romeoville Fire Academy: 4290, W.S. Darley & Co: 244476.75, Walnut Creek Nursery Inc: 11212, Warehouse Direct: 7335.26, Warren Oil Co Inc, Al: 61854.93, Webitects:

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5928, Wednesday Journal: 9727, West Central Municipal Conference: 11853.63, West Cook County Solid Waste Agency: 3925, West Suburban Consolidated: 493033.63, Wigit’s Truck Center: 21761.95, Wojack, Kimberly: 3019.16, Yard Crew, The: 10065, VENDORS PAID UNDER $2,500: 246072.22, TOTAL: 16689944.79

POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS PENSION FUND VENDOR PAYMENTS

VENDORS PAID OVER $2,500: AndCo: 12500, Bogdahn Group, The: 12500, Cook Castle: 9514, First Midwest Bank: 3757, Illinois State Treasurer: 7381, INSPE: 54868, IPFA: 430, IPPFA: 2260, IRS: 339053 Lauterbach & Amen: 53170, London Company: 15267, McDonnell Investment Mgmt: 10798, RDK: 37611, Sage Advisory Svcs: 17545, Taiber Kosmala: 35000, Wells Fargo: 8460, VENDORS PAID UNDER $2,500: 1958, TOTAL: 622072

VILLAGE PAYROLL

Under 25,000: Daugherty, Finnegan, Flosi, Hoffman, Hugar, Kladis, Masella, McKenna, Monahan, Murphy, Pisciotto, Sickal; 25,000 - 49,999: Espana, Fine, Holguin, Pape, Sargent, Vaclav; 50,000 - 74,999: Bajak, Balaguer, Carlini, Cassidy, Cepak, Decosola, Fernandez, Foytik, Haney, Hills, Kaniecki, Ludvik, Ostrowski, Palm L, Pusavc, Sabia, Schwarz, Seablom, Wiley; 75,000 - 99,999: Bencik, Czernik, Eberling, Howe A, Krall, Laird, Landini, Radatz, Raddatz, Ransom, Scott, Skoczek, Szczesny, Thomasino; 100,000 - 124,999: Bochenek, Bowman, Boyd, Buckner, Carroll, Casey, Cromley, Dhooghe, Doran, Fields, Finfrock, Fischer, Fries, Greenwood, Grill, Howe E, Humphreys, Janopoulos, Loster, Murillo, Nolan, Pluto, Rose, Scheiner, Smith, Tagle, Viera, Zipperich; 125,000 and Over: Anderson, Bohlmann, Carter, Eggert, Labriola, Newberry, O’Shea, Palm E, Rock, Swierczynski, Weiss

POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS PENSION FUND PAYROLLS

Under 25,000: Bangert, Bauer, Bentel (Richard), Daudelin, Estate of P Casey, Fahy, Ludvik D, Marrocco, Neault P, Newberry, Strauch; 25,000 - 49,999: Anstrand, Barth, Gerard, Hlavaty, Lahey, Law, Neault A, Novak, O’Brien, O’Loughlin, Schejbal (James), Schejbal (John), Shustar; 50,000 - 74,999: Bentel (Ruth), Bernahl, Blasco, Blesy, Daugherty, Diebold, Finnegan, Ford, Galassi, Gray, Katsantones, Linden, Lombardi, Rausch, Riley, Schauer, Smith, Sullivan, Victor M, Victor R, Warnock, Weiglein; 75,000 - 99,999: Barstatis, Bentel L, Higgins, Jandrisits, Lidinsky, Ludvik T, Maher, Nortier, Powell, Rann, Rutz, Samuel, Schoff, Stamm, Telkamp, Vondracek, Witken, Zawacki; 100,000 - 124,999: Nummer

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Mary Marling, 80

Active supporter of Unity Temple, Ten Thousand Villages Mary Tower Marling, 80, of Oak Park, died on Oct. 12, 2017.

Born in Detroit, Michigan on April 17, 1937, she graduated from Grosse Pointe High School, then earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of MichiMARY MARLING gan and an M.A. in Russian Studies from New York University.

Deeply committed to her family, her community, and the Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation, she was also an avid sports fan, cheering loudest for the Detroit Tigers, U of M football, the Detroit Red Wings and later, the Chicago Cubs. Deeply superstitious about sports, she believed that ironing during games brought victory to her beloved Tigers. The colors maize and blue dominated her wardrobe. She believed in keeping traditions alive and faced strong resistance each Christmas by insisting on making English plum puddings, a tradition her daughters are almost certain to continue. A quilter and knitter who tackled many craft projects with an “I can make that” attitude, she was also an excellent bridge player who converted to online matches in recent years. She played classical piano and was a true music lover.

Mary would want you to know that she recently celebrated 38 years of sobriety and was a firm believer in the power of Alcoholics Anonymous. She supported many in joining “The Club” as she called it and would want to assure you that you are not alone.

She liked having a sense of purpose and rarely sat idle. Her final job was as bookkeeper for the local, non-profit Ten Thousand Villages fair trade shop, combining interests in orderly numbers and doing good.

An optimist, she smiled often and loved completely. Curious and playful, she lived on her own terms. Attempting to cut back on sweets, she decided to no longer eat round cookies and firmly stuck by that rule for years, despite the scarcity of square options. She was an extrovert and thrived when surrounded by people, but in her final moments, she was with the two people she cared for most deeply in this world, daughters Jennifer Marling and Carrie Bankes.

Mary is also survived by her grandchildren, Julia, Abby and Will Bankes, who knew her as “Bama” and brought her endless joy; her sonin-law, Steve Bankes, whom she adored; her brother, John Tower (Susan); her sister, Sue Conklin (Robert); her many nieces, nephews and cousins; and lots and lots of good friends — some of whom she’d known since early childhood. She is preceded in death by her parents, Lewis and Virginia Tower.

In lieu of flowers, she would likely suggest

shopping at Ten Thousand Villages for a gift for a friend; buying a ticket to a music event; or dropping some money in the offering basket at Unity Temple to be given to charity. She was also a supporter of Smile Train and Heifer International.

A celebration of her life will be held at Unity Temple on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 2 p.m., 875 Lake St., Oak Park. Round cookies will not be served.

Marion Brown, 85 Member of Grace Lutheran Church

Marion Louise Brown, nee Ladwig, of Oak Park, died on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017. Born in Neenah, Wisconsin on Oct. 6, 1932, she was raised in River Forest, attended Grace Lutheran School in River Forest and Oak MARION BROWN Park and River Forest High School. She graduated from Valparaiso University with a degree in geography. After college, she worked for Illinois Bell Telephone as a service representative and later business office supervisor.

She sang in her church choir and also in the Swedish Choral Club of Chicago.

She flourished at Grace Lutheran Church and School as a choir member, volunteer, and even school bus driver. The church was her true home throughout her life. She was a pure soul.

Marion was the wife of William Wallace Brown; the mother of William, David, Dale (Elizabeth) and Lisa (late Eric); and the grandmother of Emily (Jon), Ben, Amy, Erin, Liam, Grace and Shannon. She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Edmund William Ladwig and Ida Louise Ladwig, nee Nolde.

Memorial visitation will take place on Saturday, Oct. 21 from 10 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m., at Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 Division St., River Forest, followed by interment at Grace Church Memorial Garden.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to Grace Lutheran Church and School are appreciated.

John Lennon, 92 WWII veteran

John Joseph Lennon, 92, died on Oct. 8, 2017 at his River Forest home. Born on Jan. 12, 1925 in Chicago to Irish immigrant parents from County Mayo, he received his diploma from St. Rita High School, then joined the U.S. Navy and went to the University of Notre Dame for training in the V-12 program until April 1944, followed by Signalman School at Great Lakes Naval Air Station. From September 1944 to May 1946, John served on Liberty and APD ships in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters of war, completing his service on Okinawa and in occupied Japan.

Returning to Chicago, he graduated from Loyola University with a B.S. in accounting and economics. In May 1951, he married Rose Vietzen with whom he had corresponded during the war. They moved to River Forest where he lived the rest of his life. He worked as an accountant at various firms for 35 years, finishing his career at Stein Roe Farnham Mutual Funds. He was active in the American Legion, the St. Lazarus Society, several other service organizations and volunteered frequently at St. Luke Parish for over 50 years. He and Rose enjoyed travelling and spending time in Florida before her death in 2002. In 2006, he married Joyce Tasch Zurek.

John Lennon was the father of Rose Lennon Millet (Tom), John Lennon (Marcia), Julie Lennon Russo (Dave), and Michael Charles Lennon (Jen); grandfather of nine; and greatgrandfather of two.

Visitation was held on Oct. 15 at Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home with a funeral Mass on Oct. 16 at St. Luke Church, followed by interment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery.

Estelle Pargulski, 84 Singer, Ascension parishioner

Estelle M. Pargulski (nee Romanowski), 84, a longtime resident of Oak Park, died on Oct. 9, 2017 in Brighton, Michigan.

Born on June 18, 1933 in Chicago to Stanley and Mary Romanowski, she was an avid singer, a member ESTELLE PARGULSKI of the Grant Park Choir, and involved in many choral groups in the Chicago area. She was also a member and soloist at Ascension Church who, with the group, sang in Rome for Pope John Paul II. Estelle Pargulski was the mother of Jim, Dave (Brenda), Annette (Dan) Zyck, Tom (Meg) and Ken (Lisa Tuveson) Pargulski; grandmother of 12; and the sister of Alfreda (the late Otto) Karasek. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leo B.; and her sister, Jane (the late Felix) Gruzczynski.

Visitation was held on Oct. 16 at Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home, followed by a funeral Mass on Oct. 17 at Ascension Church, with interment at Resurrection Cemetery.

The family appreciates donations to a charity of your choice.

Katherine Giunta, 74 Lifelong educator

Katherine “Kathy” L. Giunta, 74, of River Forest and formerly of Elmwood Park, died on Sept. 19, 2017. Born on Oct. 16, 1942 in Peoria, she was formerly a part of the School Sisters of Notre Dame community and a lifelong educator who retired from St. Ignatius College Prep. She will be missed by all of her friends at

the Forest Park Senior Center and Oak Park’s Nineteenth Century Club.

Kathy Giunta was the daughter of the late Dr. Edward J. and Ruth Giunta (nee Schmitt); the sister of James, Thomas (Geralyn) and the late Barbara (David) Jones; and the aunt of Matthew, Ellen, Michael and Hannah.

Visitation and Mass were held on Sept. 29 at St. Luke Catholic Church, followed by private interment at Resurrection Cemetery in Peoria.

The family appreciates memorials to the School Sisters of Notre Dame, www.ssnd.org or St. Ignatius College Prep, www.ignatius.org.

Arrangements were by Zimmerman Harnett Funeral Home, 708-366-2200 and www.ZimmermanHarnett.com.

Nancy Masterson, 76 CROP Walk supporter

Nancy Lee Kahn Masterson, 76, of Berwyn and formerly of Oak Park, died on Oct. 2, 2017. Born on Dec. 12, 1940, she was a longtime member of First United Church of Oak Park, Oak Leyden Residential Services, and she proudly participated in Oak Park’s CROP Walk for hunger.

Nancy Masterson was the wife of the late James Hammers and John Masterson; the aunt of 12 nieces and nephews; and the sister of the late Russell, Max, Don, Virginia and Eileen.

A memorial visitation is planned for Sunday, Oct. 22 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at First United Church of Oak Park, 848 Lake St., with a memorial service at 2:30 p.m., followed by a reception.

Arrangements were handled by Zimmerman-Harnett Funeral Home in Forest Park.

Amy Martin, 81 Longtime Oak Parker

Amelia “Amy” Martin, 81, a longtime resident of Oak Park, died at home on Oct. 9, 2017. Born in Chicago on Dec. 8, 1935 to Ernest and Mary DeCianni, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mundelein College.

AMY MARTIN Amelia Martin was the mother of Elia, Lisa and Kevin Martin; sister of the late Ernest (Marlene) DeCianni; aunt of Robert (Kathy) DeCianni and Jeannine DeCianni; great-aunt of many nieces and nephews; and the friend of several furry, four-legged grandchildren.

Visitation and service were held on Oct. 13 and 14 at Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home, followed by interment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery.

The family appreciates memorials to St. Francis of Rome Catholic Church, 1500 S. 59th Ave. in Cicero, 60804.

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Religion Guide Methodist

Check First.

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

First Congregational Church of Maywood

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

Refreshments and fellowship follow the service.

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

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

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

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

3:30-4:00pm

Nationwide

WJYS-TV (M-F)

6:30-7:00am

Chicago, IL.

WCIU-TV (Sun.)

10:30-11:00am

Chicago, IL.

Word Network

10:30-11:00am

Nationwide

(M-F)

www.livingwd.org www.billwinston.org

West Suburban Temple Har Zion

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

Interfaith families are welcome.

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

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

Lutheran—ELCA

United Lutheran Church

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

708/386-1576

Lutheran-Independent

Grace Lutheran Church

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

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

Childcare Available

Fair Oaks

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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

Child care available 9-11am

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

Roman Catholic

Ascension Catholic Church

Grace Lutheran School

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

Christ Lutheran Church

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

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

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

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

Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor

Roman Catholic

St. Edmund Catholic Church

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

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

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

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

Roman Catholic

St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

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

See what all the buzz is about.

St. Giles Family Mass Community

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

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

Our Mass is family-friendly.

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

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

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

Traditional Catholic

The Traditional Catholic Latin Mass

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

Third Unitarian Church

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thirdunitarianchurch.org (773) 626-9385

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

UNITY CHURCH OF OAK PARK 405 North Euclid Ave.

We behold the Christ in you.

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

Upcoming Religious Holidays Oct. 18 St. Luke, Apostle & Evangelist

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AFTER SCHOOL DAY CARE Hephzibah Children’s Association after school day care, at the OP schools. Openings in our program for the 2017-18 school year. Provide care and supervision of 5-11-year old children. Days and hours are Mon-Fri 2:30–6:00 PM, and Wed 1:30–6:00 PM. Includes planning and supervising arts and crafts, activities, group games, helping with homework and indoor/outdoor play.

6 semester hrs in education, rec, or related college course. Experience working with children preferred.

Email: mjjoyce@hephzibahhome.org EOE

ELECTRICIAN’S HELPER PART-TIME Part-time Electrician’s Helper. Must have own transportation and some tools.

Call 708-738-3848.

PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Parking Enforcement Officer in the Police Department Field Services Division. This position will perform a variety of duties and responsibilities involved in the enforcement of Village parking regulations; and to provide general information and assistance to the public.

Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http:// www.oak-park.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application no later than October 23, 2017.

Model the outcomes of using different asset strategies to match client liabilities; Monitor performance of individual investment strategies to ensure portfolios meet client objectives & risk appetite; Provide essential mgmt & communication of the effectiveness of a strategy & making proposals to adjust the portfolio based on changes in market conditions; Use technical expertise to explain the outcomes of analysis with the relevant parties; Perform or evaluate research to inform financial forecasting, decision making, or valuation, & deliver presentations to investment consultants, clients & prospects; Support the expansion of the LDI product range through the implmtn & mgmt of complex mandates; & Stay abreast of relevant investment markets by attending investment conferences & bank briefings. Send resumes to LGIMA at mary.duffy@lgima.com.

C.N.A.s & CAREGIVERS Become part of our local family that takes care of people who are older and need us. We have been in Brookfield for over 100 years! If you have a passion for compassion, we would like to meet you and tell you what we have to offer you!

Call 708-485-6066 www.cantata.org EOE Non-Profit

INCOME TAX PREPARER Income tax preparer for small accounting firm during tax season (Feb 15 to Apr 15). Experience preferred.

Call 708-488-1800.

INTERN ARCHITECT Prashanth Mahakali PC d/b/a PMPC Architects seeks an Intern Architect.

Mail resume to 527 S Wells Street, # 402, Chicago, IL. MARKETING MANAGER Scorpion Transport Inc. seeks a Marketing Manager. Mail resume to 5614 Campbell Ave, Chicago, IL. Buying? Selling? Renting? Hiring?

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Adjudicator Services THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK IS SEEKING A CONTRACTUAL ADJUDICATOR (Administrative Law Judge) Hourly Rate: $76.52 It is anticipated there will be approximately 2 - 4 days of hearings per month and approximately 6.5 hours per day.

Working for the Village under an Agreement for Contractual Services, the Adjudicator: • Serves as a hearing officer for the Adjudication Department • Hears testimony and accepts evidence that is relevant to the existence of code violations.

• Administers oaths and affirmations to witnesses • Issues a determination of liability or non-liability for a Village of Oak Park code violation based on evidence presented at the hearing and the record.

• Imposes penalties and fines consistent with applicable Code provisions upon finding a defendant liable for a violation.

• Adheres to policies, procedures and legislation set forth in the Village Code.

• Regulates the course of the hearing in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated or adopted by the Adjudication Department.

• Issues subpoenas when appropriate.

• Obeys and enforces all policies, laws, rules, and regulations in a fair and impartial manner.

The Village provides the Adjudicator: • With copies of, or full access to, all pertinent Village and department policies, rules and regulations.

• Reasonable access to all pertinent documents and records for use in rendering decisions.

• Appropriate facilities to conduct hearings including security, and administrative support to facilitate the efficient conduct of such hearings.

• Training to serve as an administrative adjudicator for the Village.

Application and Selection Method Qualified applicants are invited to submit a cover letter, detailed resume, verification of law degree, a copy of license to practice law in the State of Illinois for not less than three years, proof of any prior formal training to serve as an administrative adjudicator, and the contact information of three professional, work-related references, not later than 5:00pm on November 10, 2017 to: Robert H. Anderson, Director of Adjudication, Village of Oak Park, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302;randerson@oak-park.us or by fax 708-358-5120. Applicants can visit the Village website athttp://www. oak-park.us/your-government/budget-purchasing/requests-proposals to obtain additional information. Selected applicants will participate in a structured interview. Applicants selected for appointment must pass a precontractual criminal background investigation (which may include fingerprinting) and reference checks.

The Village of Oak Park is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce

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Solutions Strategist sought by Legal & General Investment Management America (LGIMA) in Chicago, IL. We req a Bach’s deg in Economics, Finance, or closely related field, or foreign equiv w/ 5 yrs of exp in the field of investment mgmt w/ an emphasis on liability driven investment (LDI) strategies including dsgng pension risk mgmt solutions, constructing strategies & pension liability analysis, conducting risk assessment & implmtg strategies.

Of these 5 yrs, 4 yrs exp with LDI solutions, investment instrument selection (government bonds, swap spreads, swaptions), curve trades & curvature trades, structuring trade term-sheets, producing trade pro-forma on trade ideas, dsgng benchmarks by constructing liability analysis, setting up model portfolio & structuring portfolio rebalances to manage fund risks, utilizing tracking error analysis to dvlp trade sizing, dvlpg & structuring investment solutions by using LDI strategies, constructing strategies to hedge market risks, as well as working with large buy-in & buy-out projects. Of these 5 yrs, 2 yrs relevant exp in investment mgmt such as portfolio mgmt, performance & attribution exp or as a product specialist. Relevant exp in helping to dvlp adhoc reports & responding to ad-hoc queries, performing analysis including calculating, analyzing & reconciling portfolio analytics such as performance, investigating issues & implmtg controls to reduce risks, as well as client reporting. Duties: Dsgn & manage the take on & implmtn of strategies for pension fund clients; Work w/ the client team on helping clients to understand their investment strategy as well as provide adhoc analysis when reqd; Liaise w/ internal teams including other members of the solutions team, legal & others as appropriate team to maximize the investment exp for our client base; Ensure that strategies are efficient from an investment, acctg & regulatory standpoint; Support the mktg, construction & mgmt of assets & liability strategies that are designed to hedge risks & enhance returns for the assigned clients; Maintain a detailed understanding of market instruments applicable to the assigned client’s investment strategies as well as the pension fund market as a whole; Work on the dvlpmt of fund investment policies to ensure they are scalable & meet client’s investment objectives; Manage a portfolio of assets with a liability driven investment (LDI) objective by monitoring investments daily & making investment decisions within the overall investment strategy of the pension fund’s portfolio;

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BROOKFIELD 2 BR HOUSE 2BR house in excellent condition in Hollywood area of Brookfield. Great school systems. Walk to shopping & train. Avail. immed. No pets. Credit Report req’d. $1800.

Call 708-805-2064.

OAK PARK BEAUTIFUL 3BR APT Well lit apartment, with hardwood floors. 3 bedrooms with ad on for office and one bath. Located on the second floor, it is walking distance from Lincoln School, CTA blue line, and bus stop. 10 mi to downtown Chicago via 290. Fenced in yard and garage parking incl. Safe, quiet, family-friendly neighborhood.

Coin operated laundry in building.

Rent $1800/month including utilities except electricity. No pets. One month security deposit required.

Available Oct. 23rd .

Contact (708) 829-5089

FOREST PARK 3BR Vintage, large, sunny 3BR apartments available. Newly refinished hardwood floors. Air conditioned.

Dishwasher. Laundry in bldg.

Garage Parking available. 2 blks to Blue line, 3 blks to Madison St. downtown. $1500-1600. Call 312802-8291.

OAK PARK 2 & 3 BR Oak Park Two and Three Bedroom Apartments, LR, DR, tile bath, hardwood floors, heat included $1250 and $1400 + security deposit 708-717-3975.

OAK PARK FOREST PARK Studio, 1, and 2 BDRM. Heated.

Dining room. Parking available.

Walk to El. $625-$1250.

OAK PARK 2BED, BEAUTY 1161 S OAK PARK AVE This bright, airy apart is located in a well maintained four unit building in Oak Park. Located first floor walk up, it has: hardwood floors, ceiling fans brand new cabinets, dishwasher, microwave, c/a, new GFA— high efficiency, newer windows, gr8 closet space, huge storage space in basement, gr8 neighbors. Laundry on site. 2 space tandem parking $75. Rent $1330 month, deposit $1330. no more than 30% of income toward rent. Tony 773-718-1338

RIVER FOREST 1 BR Hardwood floors throughout.

Spacious walk-in closets. Storage.

Parking. Laundry in building. $800/mo.

Call 708-657-4226.

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ROOMS FOR RENT AUSTIN CLEAN ROOM With fridge, micro.

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

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ROOMS FOR RENT 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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1 & 2 Bedroom Apts. Available Senior Buildings, rent based on 30% of Monthly Income. A/C, Laundry room, Cable ready, Intercom entry system.

Applications are being accepted between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Monday thru Friday at Anathoth Gardens 34 N. Keeler Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60624 Please call 773-826-0214 For more information.

SPACE FOR RENT 4807 SQ FT In beautiful neighborhood in Oak Park. Varied uses possible for any kind of not-for-profit. Offices, community center, school, day care, etc.

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CLASSIFIED OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT OAK PARK Office Suites 2 to 4 rooms

RIVER FOREST 2 Offices 1000 to 1100 sq. ft.

Strand & Browne 708/488-0011

RUMMAGE SALES Brookfield

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN SCHOOL RUMMAGE SALE! 9035 GRANT AVE FRI. 10/20 9AM-5PM SAT. 10/21 9AM-12PM

$5.00 Bag Sale on Saturday Clothing, household items, furniture, toys, books, misc.

GARAGE/YARD SALES Brookfield

COOL GARAGE SALE! 4004 SUNNYSIDE AVE SAT 10/21 9AM - 2PM SUN 10/22 9AM - NOON

Alley entry–Meat/Deli Slicer– Professional Tiling Tools–Big Men’s Jackets–Men’s Dior Overcoat– Motorcycle Helmets–Bird Cages– Women’s Clothing–Much, Much More! No early sales.

Oak Park

GARAGE SALE N OAK PARK 1140 N OAK PARK AVE FRI 10/20 NOON - 4PM SAT 10/21 8AM - 1PM

Furniture, lamps, pictures, home decorations, kitchen items, tools, computers/printers, software, RFID’s, etc. Priced to sell.

1140 N. Oak Park Ave.

ITEMS FOR SALE ENTERTAINMENT UNIT Entertainment Unit for LP Records.

Black lacquer with Chinese gold leaf scene. $150. Call 708-488-8755.

FUTON $50. Call 708-488-8755.

WANTED TO BUY 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

LOST & FOUND FOUND FORD OWNERS MANUAL PACKET Found near Barrie Park on 10/2: Ford 2016 Owners Manual Packet.

Call Aida 708-524-0341.

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LAW OFFICE OF LINDA EPSTEIN Attorney for Petitioner 722 W. Diversey Parkway Ste. 101B Chicago, IL 60614 STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, ssCircuit Court of Cook County, County Department Domestic Relations Division In re the Marriage of Cheryl Simmons, Petitioner, and Davariol Taylor, Respondent.

No. 17 D 008178 The requisite affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, FAYYAZ MUHAMMAD MALIK, Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief: and that said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before November 1, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a Judgment for Dissolution of Marriage Entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY BROWN, Clerk.

Published in Wednesday Journal 10/4, 10/11, 10/18/2017.

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,â&#x20AC;? as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D17152267 on October 2, 2017.

Under the Assumed Business Name of LITTLE DAYCARE THAT COULD with the business located at: 3235 MADISON AVE, BROOKFIELD, IL 60513. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: AMIE SUMMERS 3235 MADISON AVE BROOKFIELD, IL 60513 Published in RB Landmark 10/11, 10/18, 10/25/2017

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

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

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

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before November 10, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

Published in Wednesday Journal 10/11, 10/18, 10/25/2017

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

In re the marriage of Jose Calle, Petitioner and Martina Calle, Respondent, Case No. 2017D-008695.

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

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before November 17, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

Published in Wednesday Journal 10/18, 10/25, 11/1/2017

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D17152163 on September 26, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of DONNA WATTS CASTING with the business located at: 159 MARION ST. #3385 OAK PARK, IL 60301. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: DONNA F. WATTS 323 S. AUSTIN BLVD. #2W OAK PARK, IL 60304 Published in Wednesday Journal 10/11, 10/18, 10/25/2017

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PUBLIC NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT OF BIDDING Request of bids for the roofing improvements at The Oak Park Conservatory.

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D17152274 on October 2, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of SECOND DRAFT PRESS with the business located at: 426 LAKE STREET F3, OAK PARK, IL 60302. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: LAURA JOHANNA WALTJE 426 LAKE STREET F3 OAK PARK, IL 60302.

Owner: Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison St, Oak Park, IL 60302

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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter: Cal. No. 22-17-Z: 200-216 Lake Street, Azim Hemani

Azim Hemani, Applicant, is seeking variations from the following section of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance, which section details the required dimensional standards for the NC Neighborhood Commercial Zoning District, to allow the proposed addition of a mixed-use building at 216 Lake Street to an existing commercial building at the premises commonly known as 200-212 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois: a. Section 5.3 (Table 5-1: Commercial District dimensional Standards) requires a maximum building height of 45; whereas the proposal features a building height of 47’-1”;

b. Section 5.3 (Table 5-1: Commercial District dimensional Standards) requires a street setback build-to zone of 0’ to 5’; whereas the proposal features an addition that aligns with the existing commercial building that features a 44’-6” street setback; c. Section 5.3 (Table 5-1: Commercial District dimensional Standards) requires a 15’ rear setback; whereas the proposal features an addition that aligns with the existing commercial building that features a three (3’) foot setback; and

d. Section 11.8 (B) (2) requires that lots with more than 90 feet of lot depth are required to provide a landscape rear setback buffer of seven feet in width; whereas the proposal features a three (3’) foot setback with no buffer yard planted in live groundcover, perennials, grass, or trees.

Those property owners within 300 feet of the Subject Property and those interested parties wishing to cross-examine witnesses must complete and file an appearance with original signatures with the Village Clerk no later than 5:00 PM on the business day preceding the public hearing.

All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Administrator at 708.358.5449.

The Zoning Board of Appeals may continue the hearing to another date without further notice by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof.

DATED AT OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, this 18th Day of October, 2017 Published in Wednesday Journal 10/18/2017

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The Park District of Oak Park will accept sealed bids for the 2017 Oak Park Conservatory Roofing IMPROVEMENTS at 615 Garfield Street in Oak Park. The project consists of the replacement of flat roofing on the two separate building sections totaling 3000 square feet, new roofing will be laid over existing EPDM with a cover-board.

The Park District of Oak Park will receive individual sealed Bids until 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on Wednesday, November 1st, 2017, at 218 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois.

The bidding documents and requirements will be available on the Park District’s website as of 2:00 pm Wednesday, October 18th, 2017.

A non-mandatory pre-bid walk-thru is scheduled for Monday, October 23rd at 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) at 615 South Garfield St., Oak Park, IL 60304. Bid bonds will be required by bidding contractors. Copies of the bidding specifications are available via the Park District of Oak Park website at: http://www.pdop. org/bids-and-rfps/ For additional information, contact Chris Lindgren at chris.lindgren@pdop.org or (708) 725 2050. Only the bids prepared in compliance with the bidding documents will be considered. This project must adhere to the Prevailing Wage Act of 2015. The Park District of Oak Park encourages minority and women owned business firms to submit bids for this project.

Park District of Oak Park By: Sandy Lentz, Secretary Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison St. Oak Park, IL 60302 Published in Wednesday Journal 10/18/2017

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Education of the Oak Park and River Forest High School, Consolidated High School District 200, Cook County, Illinois, 201 North Scoville Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois, 60302, that the District will be applying for the following Application: Waiver or Modification of the Illinois School Code Section 27-24 (105 ILCS 5/27–24.3). We are re-applying for this waiver to allow 18 hours of practice driving in a simulator system in lieu of 2.8 hours of instruction in a dual controlled car. This request is based upon fulfilling the intent of the Driver Education Mandate in a safer, efficient and innovative way for our student drivers, as well as improving student performance.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a public hearing on said waiver application will be held within the Business Section of the Regular Meeting of the Board of Education beginning approximately at 7:30 p.m. (immediately following the closed session) on Thursday, November 16, 2017, in the Board Room, Room 213 at Oak Park and River Forest High School.

Published in Wednesday Journal 10/11/2017

ILLINOIS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING NETWORK AUCTION JIM CLINGAN COIN AUCTION Sat. 10/28/17 10AM 300 LOTS; Slabbed, key date, rare; 11 Gold coins, Silver $, 09SVDB; Bust; St. Joseph, IL jimclingan.com

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PUBLIC NOTICE PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME In the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, County Department, County Division. In the matter of the petition of WILLIE ANTHONY SAMPLER for change of name to W. ANTHONY SAMPLER, Case #20174005994.

Notice is given you, the public, that on October 4, 2017, I have filed a Petition For Change of Name in this Court, asking the Court to change my present name of WILLIE ANTHONY SAMPLER to the name of W. ANTHONY SAMPLER. This case will be heard in courtroom 112 on December 5, 2017 at 9:30 a.m..

Published in Wednesday Journal 10/11, 10/18, 10/25/2017

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D17152368 on October 10, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of TWO GIRLS AND A BUCKET with the business located at: 1190 S KENILWORTH, OAK PARK, IL 60304. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: CASHMERE WIGGINS 1190 S KENILWORTH OAK PARK, IL 60304 Published in Wednesday Journal 10/18, 10/25, 11/1/2017

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF STANWICH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST A Plaintiff, -v.JOHNNIE WATSON, LAQUILLA HARDMAN, JOHNNIE NELSON WATSON, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF ILLINOIS– DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Defendants 16 CH 014770 1218 N. AUSTIN BLVD. OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 21, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 15, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1218 N. AUSTIN BLVD., OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-127-0300000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close

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

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

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

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-21664.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-13-21664 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 014770 TJSC#: 37-8472 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney

is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 118 HOME AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-303-0080000.

The real estate is improved with a multi-family residence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-18861.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-18861 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 09 CH 050831 TJSC#: 37-7858 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NA AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE JP MORGAN MORTGAGE TRUST 2006-S2 MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES Plaintiff, vs.

MARY L. PROCYK; GEORGE S. PROCYK; CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO COLE TAYLOR BANK SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO CORUS BANK FKA RIVER FOREST STATE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED AUGUST 4, 1978 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NO. 2370; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE BENEFIT OF INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 15 CH 17814 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on May 19, 2017 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, November 9, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-01-305-003-0000.

Commonly known as 1127 Ashland, River Forest, IL 60305.

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Ms. Kimberly S. Reid at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3063374 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN HOME MORTAGE ASSETS TRUST 2006-5 MORTGAGE-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-5 Plaintiff, -v.ELLEN RAVITZ AKA ELLEN M. RAVITZ, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ELLEN RAVITZ, IF ANY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMAINTS Defendants 09 CH 050831 118 HOME AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 16, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 20, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL,

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST Plaintiff, -v.LINDA F. COLE Defendants 10 CH 36911 208 LE MOYNE PARKWAY OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 13, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 16, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 208 LE MOYNE PARKWAY, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-102-0290000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $474,475.34.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 4221719 Please refer to file number 2120-9146–FT. If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

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

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 2120-9146–FT Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 10 CH 36911 TJSC#: 37-8975 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 16-4404.

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

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 16-4404 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 17 CH 2438 TJSC#: 37-8250

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

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under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-08460.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-16-08460 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 010047 TJSC#: 37-7977 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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REBECCA MURRAY, DEREK MURRAY, THE 148-150 NORTH AUSTIN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, LVNV FUNDING LLC Defendants 16 CH 006281 11 RANDOLPH STREET UNIT #6A 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 November 28, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 15, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 11 RANDOLPH STREET UNIT #6A, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-317-0241016.

The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-05071.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-16-05071 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 006281 TJSC#: 37-9238 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.H E AT H E R JOHNSON, BENEFICIAL ILLINOIS I, INC. AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BENEFICIAL ILLINOIS INC., DELL FINANCIAL SERVICES L.L.C., UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 17 CH 2438 1161 S RIDGELAND AVE Oak Park, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 28, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 30, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1161 S RIDGELAND AVE, Oak Park, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-18-429-0200000 Vol. 145.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $326,963.83.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CIT BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.KIMBERLY HART A/K/A KIMBERLY CHRISTINE HART, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA– DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, JEFFERY ALAN ROBERTSON, GREGORY WAYNE ROBERTSON, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ALICE E. ROBERTSON, THOMAS P. QUINN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ALICE E. ROBERTSON (DECEASED) Defendants 16 CH 010047 1104 S. SCOVILLE AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 21, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 27, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1104 S. SCOVILLE AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-18-419-0020000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

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

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

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Plaintiff, -v.-

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JUAN C. ALBIZURES; JENNIFER C. ALBIZURES; ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 14 CH 15739 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-04-206-080-0000.

Commonly known as 1510 North 31st Avenue, Melrose Park, IL 60160.

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MARCELENE DICKENS, IF ANY, DIANE WILLIAMSON A/K/ A DIANE WINDHAM, A/K/A DIANE WILLIAMSON WINDHAM, A/K/A DIANNE WILLIAMSON, MICHAEL DICKENS A/K/A MICHAEL D DICKENS, NORTHERN ILLINOIS GAS COMPANY A/K/A NICOR, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS, DIANE WILLIAMSON A/K/A DIANNE WILLIAMSON, INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR Defendants 13 CH 22438 838 SOUTH 15TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 8, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 16, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 838 SOUTH 15TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-10-432-0260000.

The real estate is improved with a two unit condominium with two car detached garage.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 5pm.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 9871.

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 9871 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 13 CH 22438 TJSC#: 37-8779 I3063446

real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-15955.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-15955 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 15 CH 018561 TJSC#: 37-7510 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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JAMES M. BURKE JR., WHITEHOUSE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 17 CH 000781 211 ELGIN AVENUE UNIT #2L FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 8, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 13, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 211 ELGIN AVENUE UNIT #2L, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-12-427-0261011.

The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse.

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

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

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assess-

ments and the legal fees required

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-00476.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-00476 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 000781 TJSC#: 37-7400 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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MTGLQ INVESTORS, LP Plaintiff, -v.SALVADOR GUZMAN, RITA GUZMAN, CITIBANK, N.A. F/K/A CITIBANK, FSB AS MORTGAGEE UNDER DOCUMENT UNDER DOCUMENT 0521426004 Defendants 11 CH 026295 152 N. 22ND AVENUE MELROSE PARK, IL 60160 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 10, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 13, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 152 N. 22ND AVENUE, MELROSE PARK, IL 60160 Property Index No. 15-10-102-0410000, Property Index No. 15-10102-042-0000.

The real estate is improved with a multi-family residence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-08727.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-16-08727 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 11 CH 026295 TJSC#: 37-7569 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION FIRST GUARANTY MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.ARTURO VILLASENOR, MILDRED VILLASENOR A/K/A MILLIE VILLASENOR, GOTTLIEB MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Defendants 15 CH 018561 201 WHITEHALL AVENUE NORTHLAKE, IL 60164 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 9, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 13, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 201 WHITEHALL AV E N U E , NORTHLAKE, IL 60164 Property Index No. 12-32-313-0110000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.-

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After 40 years and 463 races, my best advice for others: keep running

Games versus lifestyle. And our road races have ’ve been running for 40 years, and during age groups, so runners actually look forward to that time I’ve completed 463 races (still getting older, entering new age groups where we counting) while earning numerous age are at the younger end of a new pack. You can group awards, so I’ve had a pretty satisfying keep running and racing for most of your life. career. I’ve also been writing this column Secondly, running does not cause arthritis. since 1999. And I’m still running (sort of), an Okay, so what about me? When I was a kid I active member of the Oak Park Runners and had knee surgery to remove a bone fragment, the Oak-William Runners (the OWies). and I remember the surgeon saying I might get But I recently turned 74, I have an arthritic arthritis in “later life.” He was right. So runners knee, and my running is a pathetic remnant with an old knee injury may eventually incur of what it once was. Frankly, it’s not that fun arthritis. But according to study results I’ve anymore, and I feel like something of a fraud seen, running likely holds off arthritis. And I’m writing a column on running. So, time to quit. still running, even with some knee pain. My knee But I’ve also learned a few things during all doc, a sports medicine rehab specialist, says, “So these years, so now is my opportunity to pass Running Columnist you’ve got arthritis – keep running.” It hurts, but on some dubious wisdom in case anyone is not so that I’m limping, and I’m running about 10 interested. slow miles a week. Arthritic joints work better Firstly, running is the best no-frills sport I when they’re used. know of, and being a regular runner is a healthy lifestyle.

Thirdly, injuries happen. But orthopedic surgery should For anyone who has attended class reunions after 15 years or be your last option. Often, time and rest are best; then try more, notice those former high school or college sports stars that are now overweight and out of shape. Their “games” are massage therapy, physical therapy and a sports medicine doc before considering surgery. As for meniscus repair, over, but we runners are still active, fit, and pretty healthy.

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OAKPARK.COM | RIVERFOREST.COM be very cautious. Before I got smart, I developed a slightly torn meniscus in the bad knee that was painful. I was told that surgery was the only solution. The internal video showed the surgeon carving a huge chunk of my medial meniscus – way too much – and my knee was never the same. I have since learned that many meniscus tears can improve over time -- without surgery. Rough edges can smooth over, and after weeks or a few months you’re okay.

Wish I knew that in 2003.

Fourth, there is no magic in marathons (some of my friends seriously disagree). But over the years I have seen many over-use injuries as runners start increasing to marathon miles. Sure, do a few marathons if you have to, but your fitness is just as good if you’re training for half marathons, with a lot less risk of injury. After putting in all that marathon preparation, it can be a hot race day, so months of training end in frustration. And marathons beat you up, requiring recovery afterwards. Yes, I’ve run a couple, and never felt all that much satisfaction (but I admit Marathon Week in Chicago can be pretty exciting).

Finally, races provide initiative to work harder and improve. It’s nice to finish ahead of others, but it’s also a matter of self-improvement. Also, accumulating those race t-shirts mark you as a true runner and athlete. So racing should be a regular part of running.

And I’ll still be around, but as more of a creaky veteran than a hard-eyed competitor. But if anything significant regarding running pops up in the future, maybe I’ll still offer a few more words of wisdom.

Keep running.

Fakouri has a shot at tennis state title Friars also qualify two doubles teams

BY MARTY FARMER Sports Editor

The Friars edged Wheaton Academy (27-25) to win the Timothy Christian Sectional of the Class 1A state tennis playoffs.

More importantly, Fenwick qualified five players for the state finals tournament at Buffalo Grove High School this weekend (Oct. 19-21). Singles player Haley Fakouri and the doubles teams of Anna Hendricks/ Maria Krug and Kelly Chapman/Shannon Hayes are the state qualifiers.

Fakouri, a viable contender to win the 1A singles state championship, steamrolled her sectional opponents by winning four matches with just two games dropped.

Hendricks/Krug went 3-1 and Chapman/Hayes 2-2 in sectional play. In the match between the two Fenwick teams, Hendricks/Krug won 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.

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Haley Fakouri dropped just two games en route to winning four matches at the Timothy Christian Sectional.

Juniors Sophia Kreider and Maya Jamroz finished third in doubles at the OPRF Sectional to qualify for the state tournament. The tandem won three of four matches, including an impressive 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 comeback win against York’s Melissa Cartis and Gianna Nikoleit. The Huskies didn’t lose a game in their other two victories. The Whitney Young doubles team of Mackenzie and Madison Beckham dealt the Kreider/ Jamroz their lone loss, 6-2, 6-3.

Whitney Young won the sectional with a score of 28, followed by St. Ignatius (18), OPRF (15) and York (14) in a field of nine teams.

St. Ignatius freshman Tyra Richardson finished first in singles and Whitney Young’s Camryn Salter and Darinka Stepan won the doubles competition.

Fenwick girls golf Stephanie Mroz carded a 76 during her second round to finish with a two-day total of 153 (+9), which placed her in a six-way tie for 23rd at the Class 2A state finals. Hosted by Hickory Point Golf Club in Decatur, Mroz shot a 77 in first round action.

Mroz, the Friars’ lone state qualifier, scored a 75 at the stacked Wheaton Academy Sectional.

In regional play, Mroz carded a 73 to earn medalist honors as Fenwick won the St. Ignatius Regional with a score of 358.

“Stephanie Mroz is a senior who is playing some of her best golf,” Fenwick coach Kitty Delany said during the postseason. “She has an average 18-hole score of 75 and an average 38 score over 9 holes.”

Fenwick girls volleyball Senior Margaret Planek has been named the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference White Division player of the year, and McKenzie Moorman an all-conference player.

Both will play college volleyball next year as Planek has committed to Penn and Moorman to South Carolina.

“Margaret is a very powerful hitter and versatile enough to be a threat anywhere along the net or backcourt,” O’Laughlin said. “McKenzie has the ability to elevate above the block. She also has the ability to power through a block, making her very difficult to stop on the left side.”

The Friars close out the regular season at the Lyons Township Tournament this weekend.

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(Clockwise) OPRF senior running back Terrance Roundy leans forward for yardage. Punter Henry Darrow makes contact on an attempt. Senior Jonathan Mitchell catches the ball during the Huskies’ 24-14 loss against Glenbard West.

Hoerster said. “A few things go the other way, and you the way our offensive line played tonight, it paid off.” never know. I thought our defense played some good, hard Although OPRF moved the ball well, a questionable football, and our offense found an identity tonight against a holding penalty foiled the drive and the Huskies punted. It really good defense. We did some good things.” took just four plays for the Hilltoppers to extend the lead Glenbard West won the coin toss but decided to defer as Ryan Diver took it to the house from 17 yards out. The to the second half, so OPRF received the ball to start the extra point made it 21-0 with 11:08 left in the first half. game. The Huskies went three-and-out and punted on their Towards the end of the first half, the tide began to shift first offensive series. gradually to OPRF. After the teams exchanged defensive stops, The Hilltoppers took immediate advantage with one of the Huskies went on a 15-play, 98-yard scoring drive that used their patented scoring drives, going 12 plays for 50 yards in up over five minutes on the clock. Kunkel threw a 19-yard nearly six minutes. Running back Dre Thomas touchdown pass to wide receiver Fred Brandstrad(23 carries, 125 yards, 2 TDs) capped off the er with :38 seconds left until halftime to make the drive with a 14-yard touchdown run. Logan score 21-7. Roundy ignited the drive with a 31-yard Ryan’s extra point gave the Hilltoppers a 7-0 run from the Huskies’ 2. lead with 5:08 to go in the opening quarter.

In the third quarter, the Hilltoppers went on What really frustrated the Huskies’ defense another lengthy drive that consumed almost six on that drive was Glenbard West converting a minutes. However, Thomas was stopped short pair of third-and-long plays and a fourth down on a fourth-down play and OPRF regained posplay for first downs. session on its own 29. Inspired by the Huskies’ On OPRF’s next possession, sophomore quardefensive stand, Roundy and Robinson ran well terback Toby Kunkel fumbled after a punishing during a 7-play TD drive that culminated with hit by the Hilltoppers. Glenbard West’s Dave another Kunkel TD pass, this one for 14 yards to Lanciloti recovered the ball at the OPRF 35-yard Trevon Brown. Kicker Henry Darrow added his line. A 5-play drive resulted in Thomas’ second JOHN HOERSTER second extra point to pull the Huskies closer at TD run, this time from nine yards. Ryan’s PAT OPRF coach 21-14 with :21 seconds left in the third. increased the Hilltoppers’ lead to 14-0 at the 2:53 In the fourth quarter, Glenbard West showed mark of the first quarter. why it’s one of the area’s best teams. The HillOPRF offered a new look on their next possestoppers went on a nine-play march from their sion when running back Keith Robinson lined own 26 to the OPRF 15. Ryan booted a 32-yard up at quarterback in the Wildcat formation. Hoerster added field goal to increase the Glenbard West advantage to 24-14 the wrinkle to the playbook specifically for the Glenbard with 8:34 left in the game.

West matchup.

After getting another defensive stop, the Hilltoppers took “We have two good running backs in Keith and Terrance over at their 30. With 6:56 remaining in the fourth quarter, (Roundy), and we needed to find more ways to get the ball Glenbard West put together a 19-play drive then ended in their hands,” Hoerster said. “They ran hard and very inside the OPRF 1 as time expired. well. They block for each other and are unselfish. And with Despite the loss, several Huskies turned on strong

“If they can learn from this [Glenbard West] game, the sky’s the limit.”

performances. Offensively, Kunkel (5-for-12, 52 yards, 2 TD passes) looked composed at quarterback, and Roundy (19 carries, 120 yards) and Robinson (9 carries, 47 yards) ran well thanks to a strong effort by the offensive line led by Phil Saleh.

On defense, Saleh, Aidan Shea, and Brown all recorded sacks, while Kevin Gilbert, Izaiah Ruffin, Cedric Cheatham, and John Mitchell all had multiple-tackle games.

“Phil Saleh played both ways tonight and was a beast,” Hoerster said. “John Mitchell is a bright kid, a leader and a competitor. He wants to win games and make plays. He’s tough as nails and just an excellent kid. And I thought Toby grew up a bit tonight. He made some good decisions.”

Rallying from 21 points downs to get back in the game is something the Huskies will build on as the regular season winds to a close this week.

“I’m proud of this group,” Hoerster said. “If they can learn from this [Glenbard West] game, the sky’s the limit.

There are plenty of positives we can build on for the future.”

OPRF faces Lyons Township on Friday, October 20. Game time is at 7:30 p.m. at Bennett Field in Western Springs.

The Lions are led by Cincinnati-bound quarterback Ben Bryant, wide receiver Brandon Fischer and defensive lineman Mickey Brown.

Hoerster is looking forward to the road challenge in the Huskies’ regular-season finale. With five wins already this season, OPRF is playoff-eligible and a probable pick to make the Class 8A playoffs. Nevertheless, the Huskies’ lone focus is on Lyons Township.

“You’re guaranteed only nine games in a season, so let’s have fun with this opportunity,” Hoerster said.

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Huskies can’t catch Glenbard West Early first-half deficit proves too much to overcome for OPRF

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OPRF junior running back Keith Robinson gains a few yards on Friday, Oct. 13, during a varsity football game against Glenbard West at Oak Park and River Forest High School.

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or Homecoming weekend, high schools typically schedule a football game against an opponent that they have a good shot of defeating. After all, there are many alumni who attend the game that want to see their alma mater win.

Someone forgot to tell Oak Park and River Forest of this customary move at Oak Park Stadium on Friday night. The Huskies’ opponent for Homecoming, you wonder? OPRF hosted longtime kingpin of the West Suburban Conference Silver Division – Glenbard West.

The Hilltoppers scored touchdowns on their first three possessions, placing the Huskies in a deep, early hole. While OPRF rallied to make matters interesting, Glenbard West prevailed 24-14 to claim its seventh win in a row. Glenbard West improves to 7-1 (5-0 in West Suburban Silver) while OPRF falls to 5-3 (2-3).

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