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October 19, 2016 Vol. 35, No. 9 ONE DOLLAR
JOURNAL of Oak Park and River Forest
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Community of Caring
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Looking through a long lens Cubs’ photographer documents the team and ‘a beautiful game’ By KEN TRAINOR Staff Writer
Steve Green is right in the thick of the Cubs’ playoff run. But he’s not on the roster. Green, a longtime Oak Park resident, is the team photographer, has been for the last 34 years. He’s having fun, and he’s also exhausted. “It’s a lot of hours,” he said, “but it’s a lot of hours I like.” Currently, he’s in L.A. shooting the National League Championship Series. He was in San Francisco on Oct.
11 when the Cubs came back in the ninth with four runs to vanquish the Giants. In fact, when Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford made that terrible throw which bounced into the dugout, it bounced off Green’s noggin first. “That was not fun,” he said. “I’m looking through a long lens, so I didn’t even see it. It just banged me in the head. I got a little concussion. The trainers came out and bandaged me up, got the blood off me. I’ve got a big See STEVE GREEN on page 16
Mayor, trustees more than double annual pay Last pay increase for elected officials was in 1996 By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
Photo by Michael Zagaris
IN FOCUS: Steve Green has been the Cubs’ team photographer for 34 years. Here he takes a break from shooting Addison Russell to photograph a photographer photographing him.
Village trustees voted 4 to 2 Monday in favor of more than doubling their annual pay, arguing that the change brings them in line with similarly sized communities, such as Evanston.
The proposal by trustees Bob Tucker and Adam Salzman increases the mayor’s annual pay from $10,800 to $25,200 and trustees pay from $7,200 to $15,000. The ordinance would not change the village clerk’s salary of $76,625. The proposal faced criticism from trustees Peter Barber and Colette Lueck, the two no votes on the ordinance. Both Barber and trustee Glenn Brewer, who was not present at the meeting, face re-election in the upcoming village See PAY RAISE on page 15
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