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October 25, 2017 Vol. 35, No. 10 ONE DOLLAR
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Friars’ thriller Sports, page 48
of Oak Park and River Forest
Neighbors: Austin Pantry posed a threat to the area Arrest of employee that caused store closure was only part of the problem, they say By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
The owners of an Oak Park convenience store are appealing a September decision by the village to shut down the establishment after a police sting busted one of its employees for selling heroin, but neighbors of the business say the problems at Austin Pantry went much deeper. Neighbors say the problems at the corner shop, 1 Chicago Ave., had been ongoing for years, but over the course of the last year, it became obvious that drug sales were taking place on a daily basis in and around the corner store. The co-owners of the business, Azzam “Sam” Mohammad and Maher “Mike” Haw, will make their case before a hearing board at Village Hall, 123 Madison St., at 3 p.m. on Oct. 26, to have the store reopened. While testimony at the hearing will be public, the agenda suggests deliberations by the board of three Oak Park trustees will take place in executive session. James Bowers, a civil rights attorney, owns See AUSTIN PANTRY on page 17
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UPGRADE UP NORTH: Improvements are planned for Oak Park’s northern boundary.
Agencies gear up for North Avenue planning Grants to fund transportation, economic development studies for corridor in 2018 By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
A portion of North Avenue, which divides Oak Park and the city of Chicago, is about to go under the microscope by planning and transportation organizations in an effort to revitalize the commercial corridor.
In 2015, the Illinois Department of Transportation awarded the Chicago Department of Transportation a $225,000 grant for various transportation improvements – the money got held up as a result of the state budget impasse but has since been disbursed with the goal of beginning the study in early 2018.
The most recent shot in the arm comes from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), which announced on Oct. 19 that it will be included in the organization’s Local Technical Assistance program, which will work to develop a See NORTH AVENUE on page 12
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College band celebrity marches into town The University of Southern California’s Trojan Marching Band enjoys celebrity status in its own right. Just consider their 2016 itinerary, featured in this year’s band press pack. Last February, the marching band became the “first American performers invited to fly across the Pacific and perform in Macao’s Chinese New Year Parade.” That same month, the band’s drumline appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where they faced off against Tonight Show band leader QuestLove. In March, college basketball fans may have noticed the Trojans in AT&T commercials during the NCAA’s March Madness tournament. And college football fans may have seen them performing on air during ESPN’s College Football Playoff coverage. And then there’s the Game of Thrones Live concert tour in Hollywood, where the band marched down Sunset
Rain date for the dearly departed
For the first time in a quarter century, the annual Historical Society cemetery walk was rained out, thanks to Sunday’s deluge. “I guess after 25 straight years without a washout, the law of averages caught up to us,” said Frank Lipo, executive director of the Historical Society of Oak Park & River Forest. Undaunted, they will try again this Sunday, Oct. 29 at 1 p.m. inside the gates of Forest Home Cemetery on Desplaines Avenue in Forest Park. The theme of this year’s “Tales of the Tombstones” is “Immigrants: They Get the Job Done,” focusing on six stories, brought to life by 11 actors: ■ A German man and a Russian woman who helped improve working conditions for many American workers
Boulevard and their part in the Emmynominated score for the second season of the show Fargo. The list goes on. And this year, in the middle of all of this celebrity-dom will be River Forest native and Oak Park and River Forest High School graduate Jacob Shaider, whom his mom, Anna Schaider, refers to as “our local band celebrity.” Schaider, who graduated from OPRF last year and went to Roosevelt Middle School in River Forest, is a quad drummer for the Trojans. He was in town last week with the band to play a big rally at Navy Pier. He and his bandmates practiced at Hanson Field on the West Side, around 15 minutes from OPRF, where Schaider’s former band coach Anthony Svejda, is probably sporting a smile as long as Rodeo Drive. For more on OPRF’s marching band, see Ken Trainor’s column, page 34.
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■ A German immigrant who showed his love of his adopted country by serving in World War I. What sacrifices did he face? ■ A Swedish immigrant who spearheaded the growth and development of the Park District of Oak Park ■ A resident of Chicago’s Austin neighborhood who overcame a great personal loss and devoted herself to improving the lives of immigrants in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood Five immigrant stories that encapsulate the dreams of generations of newcomers
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TROJANS TOUCH DOWN ON WEST SIDE: The Trojan Marching Band practices at Hanson Field, 5501 W. Fullerton, on Friday, Oct. 20. River Forest native Jacob Schaider, who graduated from Oak Park and River Forest High School, is a drummer in the band. across many parts of the globe and many cultures and nations, plus a Roma woman who will share some cultural traditions and speak about a proud group who have never fully assimilated or been welcomed with open arms.
Ken Trainor
Halloween hours
Halloween trickor-treat hours run from 3 to 7 p.m. on
Oct. 31 in Oak Park and River Forest, according to press releases from both villages. The village of Oak Park also notes that parents are encouraged to accompany young children and inspect all candy and treats before consumption. Here are a few more tips for Halloween safety from the village: ■ Use make-up instead of masks ■ Choose flame-retardant costumes ■ Wear light-colored clothing at night or add reflective tape to dark colored costumes ■ Give and accept only wrapped and packaged candy ■ Go out in daylight and carry a flashlight in case of delay ■ Stay within your neighborhood and visit only homes you know
Ken Trainor
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BIG WEEK Halloween Carnival and Food Drive Thursday, Oct. 26, 2 to 6 p.m., Pleasant Home: Kids ages 12 and under, dress for Trick or Treating and bring an item to donate to Sarah’s Inn: sarahsinn.org/en/get-involved/donations-wish-list/. There will be face painting, games, a photo booth, treats and more! Sponsored by Aubrey Jacknow and Jacknow Realty. Free, register: eventbrite.com/e/4th-annual-jacknow-halloween-carnival-andfood-drive-tickets-37766120483. 217 Home Ave., Oak Park.
Socktober Through Tuesday, Oct. 31, 9 p.m., All Branches, Oak Park Public Library: Warm souls and soles by contributing new socks, one of the most-requested items by people at shelters, to benefit Housing Forward. Donate to drop boxes during regular library hours; Main collection in Children’s Services. Questions: 708-452-3420, childrens@oppl.org. Main: 834 Lake St., Maze: 845 Gunderson Ave., Dole: 255 Augusta St.
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Friday, Oct. 27, 6:15 to 8:15 and 8:30 to 10 p.m., Ridgeland Common: Kids, at 6:15, don your costume and come for a Spooky Skate at the rink for a costume contest, chilling games on the ice, creepy crafts and treats. $7; free, with season pass; $3, skate rental. At 8:30, middle schoolers and teens alone take over the ice at #HauntTheRink. There will be music, games, a costume contest and more. $15. More: pdop.com. 415 Lake St. Oak Park.
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Stand Tall with Sarah’s Inn Saturday: Oct. 28, 7 to 11 p.m., Oak Park Country Club: Help end the cycle of domestic violence or improve the lives of those affected by it by supporting Sarah’s Inn with a night of live music, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, auctions and NBC5 host Lisa Parker. $135. Tickets: sarahsinn.org. 2001 N. Thatcher Ave., River Grove.
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Artists’ Showings “Inner Space Outer Space” Closing Reception Friday, Oct. 27, 5 to 9 p.m., Gallery Pink; Opening Reception for “Dogs, Dogs, Dogs” Sunday, Oct. 9, 2 to 4 p.m., Oak Park Arms: In “Inner Space Outer Space,” see explorations by Galen Garapolo, Jackie Lakely, Kelly Donahugh and Mary Jo Parker O’Hearn through Oct. 29. Info: 708-334-5707. 149 Harrison St., Oak Park. In “Dogs, Dogs, Dogs,” see a collection of 25 monoprints by Roberta Raymond, on view daily, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Nov. 30. 408 S. Oak Park Ave.
Sunday, Oct. 29, 1:30 to 3 p.m., Main Library: A “Youth Suicide Prevention and Education” talk is being offered in a series of free family talks put on by NAMI and cosponsored by OP Township’s Community Mental Health Board. Future sessions: ■ Nov. 5 The Teen Brain: It’s Developmental Relationship to Mental Illness ■ Nov. 19 What we Put Into our Mind/Body Impacts Saturday, Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m., Feelings of Wellbeing Unity Temple: Questions: 708-524-2582, Ext. Hear the 50-voice choir, featuring move101, info@namimetsub.org. ments from Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, Register: namimetsub.org/ Mollicone’s Beatitude Mass for the Homeless and more. $20; $15, family-programs/family-advocacy. 834 Lake seniors; $5; children under 13. Tickets available at the door or at the St., Oak Park. Unity Temple office, 1019 South Blvd., Oak Park. 875 Lake St.
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Saturday, Oct. 28, 1 to 4 p.m., McDonough Hall, St. Giles Church: Enjoy music, Irish dancing, story telling, face painting, crafts, raffle and silent auction while raising money for Aunt Mary’s Storybook Project, a parent-child reading program for incarcerated parents and their families. $10; $30, family. Columbian and Greenfield, Oak Park.
Día de los Muertos Sunday, Oct. 29, 4 to 5:30 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: View Mexican actress Susanna Mercado’s presentation of “Los Muertos no están Solos” (“The Dead are not Alone”), and see poems, songs, dance and more. Info: oppl.org. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.
WWI and America Women Heroes of World War I Saturday, Oct. 28, 2 to 4 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: Local author Kathryn Atwood will share stories from her book of the brave women of the first world war, including resisters, soldiers, spies, and medics. More: oppl.org/ ww1. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.
Great Soldiers of the First Division, 1917–1919 Monday, Oct. 30, 7 to 9 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: To put a human face on the soldiers of the American Expeditionary Forces, Dr. Paul Herbert, Executive Director of the First Division Museum at Cantigny, will share stories of some of the famous and interesting people who served during WWI. More: oppl.org/ww1. 834 Lake St.
Photography at the Intersection of Science and Art Monday, Oct. 30, 1:15 p.m., Nineteenth Century Charitable Association: Meet Emmy-nominated filmmaker and former Adler Planetarium astronomer Dr. Jose Francisco Salgado and see images from his films, such as Gustav Holst’s The Planets. Also hear how he has developed photographic techniques. $10, suggested donation. Info: 709386-2729, nineteenthcentury. org. 178 Forest Ave., Oak Park.
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ART BEAT
New thriller inspired by life in Oak Park By E.C. DISKIN
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veryone has secrets. Everyone goes through crises while even their closest friends remain in the dark. Everyone fears gossip and judgment. There is something about a marriage that creates necessary walls between friends. Sometimes a secret must remain trapped behind the walls of a home. Photo by Sandy Sameshima And so when a good friend suddenly announces an impend- E.C. Diskin signs her new thriller, Depth of Lies, at a ing divorce or enters rehab or launch party at Urban Pioneer Group in Forest Park. worse, dies in a manner sugthriller, used my background as an attorney gesting depression, friends are often baffled and heartbroken, realizing that in Chicago for inspiration. My second book, even people with a large support group, a full Broken Grace, was inspired by southwest social life, a seemingly wonderful marriage, Michigan and the idea that among those can feel all alone. This is what I thought beautiful pastoral settings, crimes could be committed, bodies could be burabout while writing my latest ied, and harmful gunfire could mystery, Depth of Lies. be mistaken for the sound of a In the story, Shea Walker, a hunting rifle. And for this book, woman who seemed to have it I looked around my own idyllic, all, dies in a tub, her body full historic, beautiful town and enof pills and alcohol. Her closest visioned a fictional version of friend and longtime neighbor, Oak Park, called Maple Park in Kat Burrows, can’t believe it the book. I envisioned friends could have been suicide. She’s who’d been together for years, determined to understand why entering the empty-nest phase it happened. and facing all the stresses that In a story that pinballs back come along with long-term and forth between Kat’s invesmarriage. I sought to create a tigation and Shea’s last months just-one-more-chapter, compelof life, the truth is finally reling mystery with relatable and complicated vealed. Though the story is full of thwarted desire, characters. I’ve always been a binge-reader shameful secrets and shocking betrayals, I and I know, especially among busy parents, was actually inspired by a fantastic group if you put something down, you may never of friends I’ve made since moving to Oak pick it back up, so I hope that with my latest, Park almost two decades ago. It’s an eclec- I’ve created a story that readers will devour tic group that has grown and changed over like a sleeve of Oreos or a bottle of wine, but time, but the bond has always been mother- without the guilt. Depth of Lies (Thomas & Mercer) hit hood. We’ve relished our Girls’ Nights Out and even the occasional, treasured weekend shelves on Sept. 26 and is available in papergetaway. We often play games, sometimes back, e-book and audio. Signed copies are there’s a little too much alcohol involved, available at The Book Table in Oak Park. and maybe we even break into a dance party. West Suburban Living Magazine reviewed But mostly, we laugh a lot and return to our the book in its October issue, calling it “a mind-bending drama inside a page-turning families refreshed. During one of those getaways, my imagina- thriller.” To learn more about my books, go to ecdistion took hold as it sometimes does. After all, I’m always thinking about stories. That day I kin.com and follow the latest on facebook. wondered: what if a friend were involved in a com/ECDiskin. E.C. Diskin will be at the Buzz Café for a crime during this trip? What if an otherwise smart woman, found herself in a terrible and book club event on Monday, Oct. 30, from 6:30 dangerous situation? What if she did some- to 9 p.m. for a discussion of her novel “Depth thing that could ruin lives? How far would of Lies.” $15 includes appetizers, desserts one friend really go for another? And that and soft drinks (BYOB if you’d like). Reservations required: 708-660-0894, thebuzz@ became one of the seeds of this story. My first book, The Green Line, a legal thebuzzcafe.com. 905 S. Lombard, Oak Park.
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Breymaier said he had t was a Facebook post late better conversations when last week from Rob Breya small group of strongmaier. He’s a school board opinioned Facebook posters member at the District 97 moved into FB Messenger Oak Park public elementary for side conversations. That schools and longtime head of back-and-forth was “done rethe Housing Center. spectfully though we didn’t all He said he would be at the agree. We had more nuanced Buzz Café for two hours last discussions. I even called one Friday morning and invited of those people up and said, people to stop by and talk with ‘I just don’t understand your him about any of the many view. Help me understand it.’” projects he is actively involved Breymaier’s experience in. Talking face to face, he would seem to mirror that of said, works better. Specifically, Jackie Moore, the president he said it works better than of the OPRF school board. In trying to communicate on last week’s column, I quoted social media. her as saying, “We saw heightThis after a 10-day comened and extreme talk on munity flameout on Facebook social media. My face-to-face over issues of race at OPRF. meetings haven’t been like I talked to Breymaier Tuesthat. Even emails to the board day morning and it turns out have been focused and not that work conflicts had shifted damning or disrespectful.” his morning coffee at Buzz to What advice would Breyan evening beer at Kinslagher maier give to those looking to and that only one person had foster more useful conversacome by to talk face to face. tions on social media? “Before But, he said, the effort will they post, people should ask continue with at least onceROB BREYMAIER themselves, do I want to be monthly opportunities for D97 board member considerate and persuasive or direct conversations. combative and provocative? “The last couple of weeks The whole point of social mewere pretty emotionally dia is to have a conversation. draining for me,” he said of Are we going to use it well?” the social media barrage over the high In difficult moments in a community, school. “On social media, discussions such as we have been facing, I don’t see almost immediately break down into extreme positions. People want to take sides much upside to social media, or for our newspaper comment boards, in fostering on social media. There is no nuance.” genuine conversation. Breymaier’s point Breymaier spends a fair amount of is right. People start at the extreme positime on social media espousing the work tions and engage in a battle from those he does on housing integration and eduplaces. There’s heat. And maybe that heat cational equity, efforts to boost housing salves some wounds. But it doesn’t move opportunities in Austin and Proviso. He us forward. We end up more polarized, said that if it weren’t for work, he’s not more defensive, less able to get at the real sure how much time he’d spend on social issues of race and racism. media. And he acknowledged that he has Actual conversation is what we need. “been guilty” of staking out hard posiHonest, painful conversation. And then tions when trying to make a point, too. we need to get back to the life’s work of Of the recent OPRF flare-up, he said, this community: “There is so much emotion. There is the Equity in an unequitable country. sense of having to make these points. Connection in a moment that foments During the last couple of weeks, it got redivides. ally ugly. People were not listening.”
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Oak Park Target opens on Lake Street
By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
Oak Parkers got its new small-format Target department store Tuesday night when the store officially opened during a ribboncutting event. The 22,000-square-foot store is located on the ground floor of The Emerson Apartments building at 1129 Lake St. The apartment complex includes two buildings – an 80-unit low-rise and a 190-unit high-rise. The high-rise is still under construction. Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb, who spoke at the ribbon cutting, said the Emerson Apartments – a partnership between Clark Street Real Estate and Lennar Multifamily Communities – has transformed Lake Street. “Oak Park has become a destination for new residents, new businesses and visitors looking for great food, entertainment and shopping opportunities,” he said. Abu-Taleb noted that once completed the development will bring in roughly 500 new residents to the village. “Once completed, these new developments are projected to generate about $4.5 million in new sales and property taxes,” he said. “This money will go toward funding our schools, our parks, our streets, our police, our firefighters and the many other public services Oak Park residents deserve and respect.” Ivan Bahena, the store’s team leader, said the community has welcomed Target with open arms. “I think it’s going to be a great opportunity not only for Target but for the community to have a store like us,” he said. The small-format store, which employs 79 workers, is like any other Target, just small-
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OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Oak Park got its new small-format Target department store Tuesday night when it officially opened during a ribbon-cutting event. The 22,000-square-foot store is located on the ground floor of The Emerson Apartments building at 1129 Lake St. er in scale, Bahena said. The store offers groceries, beauty supplies, personal care products, clothing and home goods, among other departments. It also has a Starbucks coffee shop and CVS pharmacy. “I think it blends in really well with the overall community,” Bahena said. He added that the Oak Park Target is one of three new small-format stores that opened in the Chicago area on Tuesday – Target also had ribbon cuttings for new small-format shops in Skokie, 4955 Dempster St., and Lakeview Ashland, 3300 N. Ashland Blvd. Makeda Hennings Hill, 19, a cashier at the
store, said she hopes to one day be a manager at the Target. Hennings Hill said she is currently attending Triton College, studying business management. “I don’t know what sleep is,” she said. Abu-Taleb said it is residents like Hennings Hill that the Target is helping. “See the opportunities this is creating for people,” he said. “As a village, we need to believe in people.” Shoppers got their first view of the Target on Tuesday. Rosa Ayllon said she lives a couple of blocks from the Target. “I think it’s wonderful for me – it’s convenient,” she said.
Ayllon, who works in Villa Park, said she also is happy there is a Starbucks at the location. “They open at 7 in the morning, so I can have my coffee before going to work,” she said. Ayllon said she is disappointed with all the high-rises being built around downtown Oak Park, noting that she signed a petition opposing the luxury apartment building by Albion Residential at the corner of Lake and Forest. “I don’t like all the high-rises; I hate them,” she said. Reminded that she was standing in one of the high-rise developments, she laughed, stating: “What can you do? Some things are bad and some things are good.” In addition to the new Target, The Emerson Apartments will include an additional 4,000 square feet of retail space that will be occupied by The Groomery, a pet grooming business by Petsmart, and Firecakes donut shop. Rachel Craveiro, a leasing agent with LMC, Lennar Multifamily Communities’ property management company, said The Groomery is expected to open Oct. 28 and Firecakes sometime around Thanksgiving. She noted that the low-rise residential units above Target are approximately 30 percent occupied. Lennar has begun socalled “hard-hat tours” of the 20-story highrise building, which is not yet complete. The first move-in date for the high-rise apartments is Nov. 1, she said. Residents began moving in the low-rise building at the beginning of September, she said. “We can hold all apartments for up to three months at no additional cost to the resident,” she said in an email. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com
River Forest launches comprehensive plan effort
Village will reach out to residents for input By LACEY SIKORA Contributing Reporter
Back in June, the River Forest Village Board unanimously approved an $86,500 contract with Chicago-based consulting firm Houseal and Lavigne Associates LLC to develop a new comprehensive plan for the village. On Oct. 19, Houseal addressed a special joint meeting of the River Forest Development Review Board, Economic Development Commission, Historic Preservation Commission, Sustainability Commission, Traffic and Safety Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals. The meeting was the first of many workshops in the multi-step planning process, which will culminate in a final document used by the village to inform long-term com-
munity needs. The comprehensive plan will address and analyze land use and development; neighborhoods/housing and commercial areas; transportation and mobility; parks, recreation, open spaces and environmental features; public facilities and infrastructure; sustainability and community character; and other sub-areas of interest to the community. Village President Cathy Adduci says the initial phase of the plan should be completed sometime in mid-2018 and will replace the last comprehensive plan, which was produced in 2003. “A lot of things have changed since our last plan — not our footprint but our thinking about issues such as sustainability and traffic,” Adduci said. “We are definitely reaching out to the residents and the businesses here in River Forest. We want this to be put together by as many residents as we can touch.” Noting that John Houseal is a River Forest resident with a long-term understanding of the community, Adduci says that he also
worked on neighboring Oak Park’s comprehensive plan and has experience with urban planning throughout the U.S. In the past month, Houseal has prepared the board for the methodology that he will employ throughout the process. At the village board’s committee of the whole meeting on Oct. 16, Houseal gave board members a preview of the meetings he will conduct. The Oct. 19 workshop allowed advisory commission members to participate in the kind of meeting that will be used with residents and businesses alike in the upcoming months. “John Houseal asked us four or five key questions to determine what issues we are thinking of and what specific projects we’d like to see,” Adduci said. “It’s sort of a chance to get out the good, the bad and the ugly. My issues may not be your issues, so the whole point of the overall process is to draw out as many participants from the community as possible.”
To that end the village has made engaging with the planning process easy with a link on the home page of the village’s website, www. vrf.us to a comprehensive plan page as well as another, interactive link called map.social. “The map.social link allows someone to look at River Forest as a whole and the click on areas to point out things that they are concerned about or issues they think need addressing,” Adduci said. With upcoming onsite and virtual workshops, the board hopes that the plan will offer easy access to participation for everyone in the community. The next workshop will be for residents, and all interested in keeping up-to-date can check the village website and plan website (www.hlplanning.com/portals/riverforest) for important information and dates. For those without computer access, Adduci notes that residents can always call village hall at 708-366-8500 to get for more information and future meeting dates.
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NO LIMITS: Risé Sanders Weir’s ‘Gadget Girls’ debuted on WTTW on Oct. 22.
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Oak Parker’s film on girls in STEM makes TV premiere By MICHAEL ROMAIN
that are holding girls back from STEM careers. This film will inspire girls to stay the course, keep learning and practicing, and When Oak Park filmmaker Risé Sanders arm them with real-world knowledge about Weir started working on a documentary ex- how to succeed in what still is a man’s world.” Weir, who has been an adjunct faculty memploring some of the social obstacles keeping young women from going into science, tech- ber at Triton for five years, plans on launching nology, engineering and math (STEM) fields an outreach campaign in the coming months at a similar rate to men, it was 2012 — a dif- to have her film not just seen but digested by girls and boys in Oak Park and River Forest ferent world in terms of gender politics. Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby and Bill schools (her daughter attends Brooks). She’s also interested in showing the film O’Reilly, for instance, still on PBS stations in Michigan and roamed the earth as giants, unOhio. injured and unbowed. “The hope is to get it out there Weir’s film, called Gadget Girls: for middle school girls to see it,” STEM Futures, premiered on Weir said, since the film explores WTTW last Sunday in a country what might be called the confiwhere Donald Trump is presidence gap between girls and boys dent. So, naturally, Weir is sensstudying or pursuing science, ing some urgency to get the documath and technology fields. mentary seen, particularly while Weir said that while she didn’t issues of gender inequity and RISÉ SANDERS WEIR ever feel shut down as a film stuwomen’s rights are at the center Film maker dent at Columbia College, she did of the national conversation. experience some of the pressure “In one sense, in a sad way, that befalls women in male-domthings are much more out in the open right now,” Weir said in a phone inter- inated industries. “There were times when I’d be the only view on Monday. “I think in a bigger sense, as former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill woman or one of only two women in a would say, all politics is local. We have to class,” she recalled. “I remember a directing class I had. If the guys wanted a female start at the bottom to change things.” The year before she started working on character in their scene, I had to play the the film, Weir had read a New York Times character in every scene because there were article profiling the technology summer so few women in our class. I didn’t feel like camp at Triton, called “GADgET” (Girls Ad- the guys didn’t want me there or anything. venturing in Design, Engineering and Tech- It was pretty positive, but there are still obnology), which introduced middle school stacles even for women who may not be exgirls to the male-dominated fields of manu- periencing outright discrimination.” Weir said that, by screening her film far and facturing and engineering. The one-week camp is designed to equip wide, particularly to young girls who may be girls with tools — from drills to soldering outnumbered in STEM classrooms, she hopes guns — that they learn through direct usage, to send a singular message: You’re not alone. “I want young girls who start feeling trial and error. The point is to instill them with the confidence they need to excel com- the social pressures that may lead to them thinking they’re not smart or aren’t interfortably in STEM subjects in the classroom. Weir’s film documents the girls at a GAD- ested in hard sciences,” Weir said. “I want gET camp in 2012, following them as they them to know that they’re not the only perlearn the skills necessary to design their son who felt this way. It’s a universal experience. That way, they can recognize that this own gadget by week’s end. According to its website, the goal of the is a thing they need to deal with.” CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com film is to “shed light on the social pressures Staff Reporter
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Notice of Proposed Property Tax Increase for the Village of Oak Park I. A public hearing to approve a proposed property tax levy increase for the Village of Oak Park for 2017 tax year will be held on November 6, 2017 at 7:30 pm at 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois. Any person desiring to appear at the public hearing and present testimony to the taxing district may contact Ms. Vicki Scaman, Village Clerk, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, telephone number (708) 358-5670. II. The corporate and special purpose property taxes extended or abated for 2016 were $34,479,390. The proposed corporate and special purpose property taxes to be levied for 2017 are $41,013,366. This represents an 18.95% increase from the previous year. III. The property taxes extended for debt service and public building commission leases for 2016 were $4,510,100. The estimated property taxes to be levied for debt service and public building commission leases for 2017 are $4,019,361. This represents a 10.88% decrease from the previous year. IV. The total property taxes extended or abated for 2016 were $38,989,490. The estimated total property taxes to be levied for 2017 are $45,032,727. This represents a 15.50% increase from the previous year.
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Local group conducts a blitz against underage drinking By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter
This month, Oak Park and River Forest community members may have noticed more anti-drinking material than usual in schools and local stores that sell liquor. The “sticker shock” campaign will ramp up during Red Ribbon Week, a national campaign designed to raise awareness about drug and alcohol use that runs throughout the last week of October, when informational posters will go up inside of schools in Oak Park and River Forest. The campaign is the work of the Oak Park Workgroup for Positive Youth Development (PYD), a community organization managed by Oak Park Township and formed last fall to reduce underage drinking in Oak Park and River Forest. The group recently hired marketing professional Matt Baron, the founder of Inside Edge PR who is also a District 200 board member, to help steer a communications campaign that includes a logo designed to promote brand uniformity and focus groups convened to test the group’s messaging. During a communications meeting last month, Gavin Morgan, township manager, said that PYD’s fight to decrease alcohol use among minors consists of campaigns aimed at parents, youth and the larger community. According to results from the Illinois Youth Survey, in 2016, nearly 40 percent of 8th through 12th-graders in Oak Park and River Forest consumed alcohol with their parent’s permission in the past 30 days. Baron said that PYD is going to conduct a comprehensive campaign that includes focus group feedback, meetings with stakeholders, research of parent attitudes and multiple community outreach efforts designed to cut into the kind of parental permissiveness that helps to drive high
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GETTING FOCUSED: Oak Park Township officials and members of the Oak Park Workgroup for Positive Youth Development pose with the group’s new logo during a communication meeting last month in Oak Park. rates of underage drinking. “There’s going to be waves of this outreach that happens over the course of a year so these messages will build on each other,” he said during the meeting last month. Tandra Simpkins Rutledge, a co-chair of PYD’s communications campaign, said that the group is looking for people interested
in participating in focus groups and volunteering in other capacities. For more information or to sign-up to help out, contact Terria Diggins, Oak Park Township’s prevention program coordinator, at tdiggins@oakparktownship. org or call 708-383-8005, extension 118. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com
Downtown parking cost increases could raise $1.1M
Board considers options for garage and meter parking By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
Free parking on Sundays and the first hour of free parking in village-owned garages could soon be a thing of the past. The Oak Park Board of Trustees is considering its options in raising revenue from parking downtown. Oak Park Development Customer Services Director Tammie Grossman walked trustees through a variety of options for parking fee increases, all of which at a minimum would raise a combined $1.1 million.
A proposal to eliminate a half hour of free parking in village-owned garages would raise an annual $338,654; increasing the onehour meter rate to $1 dollar for all metered parking would raise $329,184; a two-hour paid time extension would generate $314,150; a credit card minimum charge would raise $75,000 annually; and an increase in parking permits – $5 quarterly for resident permit parking and $10 quarterly for nonresident permit parking – would raise $106,170. Although the board did not take action at the Monday night meeting, trustees had strong differences of opinion on the various potential increases. Trustee Deno Andrews said he strongly supported eliminating free parking on Sundays as well as the first hour of free parking in village-owned garages.
He said the garages were already charging under market rate for parking and that an extra $2 would for the first hour of parking would not deter motorists from using the garages. “I feel strongly about no free parking,” Andrews said. “We have parking on demand. We should be charging for every minute.” Grossman noted that the board might get pushback from downtown merchants who say shoppers already find it hard to park downtown. She noted that the first hour of free parking gets more cars off the metered parking on the streets. Andrews argued that the free parking amounts to a subsidy for which taxpayers are paying. Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb argued that making too many changes to down-
town parking at once could be a shock to residents and those visiting the village who have become accustomed to free parking on Sundays and getting the first hour free in garages. He suggested making incremental changes over a period of time, but he said he likely would not support eliminating free parking on Sundays. He encouraged trustees to take a closer look at the options while downtown developments come online. “We haven’t shown people there is value there yet,” he said. “When they see the value they will pay the fees.” Trustees will make a final decision later this year as they finalize a budget for 2018. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com
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OPRF teacher reinstated amid fallout over blackface photo After Anthony Clark’s suspension and return, diversity leaders urge action
By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter
Popular Oak Park and River Forest High School teacher Anthony Clark, who was suspended after he re-posted a Snapchat photo of a student in blackface to Facebook, may have been reinstated on Oct. 19, but the response to the racially charged incident that led to Clark’s paid leave continues. Perhaps most notably, the response comes in the form of a major community meeting on race planned for next month and the impact of a far-reaching letter recently sent out to area schools by Oak Park PTO members. The meeting on race is being planned by Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 officials and is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m., at the high school, 201 N. Scoville Ave. The meeting was initially scheduled to ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer take place on Oct. 24 — the same date on CROSSING AUSTIN BLVD.: Austin activist Iesha Oliver-Hollins, left , walks during a march which a discussion among teens about sexual misconduct was supposed to take place. on Saturday, Oct. 14, in Oak Park for high school teacher Anthony Clark, who was susThat discussion has also been rescheduled. pended after posting to Facebook the photo of a white student in blackface. Clark said he “After realizing that we were moving too was trying to mitigate the fallout. quickly to organize the event for next week, we decided to pause, take a breath, and re- ensure [youths are able to] voice their con- Facebook in an effort to diffuse the fallout, flect more on how to make this dialogue cerns, thoughts, questions and experiences adding that he did not know that the photo about systemic racism healthy and producabout race,” and review social studies and was of an OPRF student and that, after tive,” said D200 Supt. Joylynn Pruitt-Adams history curricula to make sure that they re- he discovered the photo was of a student in a statement. flect “the history of our diverse (whom he knew), took it down. “This is a topic that our comOn Oct. 10, Clark was placed on non-disstudent base,” among other recmunity desperately wants and ciplinary paid administrative leave pending ommendations. needs to address,” she said. DivCo members said that the the outcome of an investigation of the inci“Our goal is to initiate an ongoletter was sent out with support dent. ing conversation that is thoughtA statement released by District 200 Supt. from a range of local organizaful, illuminating, and solution tions, including Oak Park Parent Joylynn Pruitt-Adams that day indicated oriented.” Empowerment Network, Success that the teacher may have violated the disThe Diversity Council (Diof All Youth, Raising Race Con- trict’s social media policy, but district offivCo), a group of District 97 Oak scious Kids and Oak Park Pro- cials repeatedly emphasized that the teachPark Elementary Schools PTO er’s suspension was non-disciplinary. Clark gressive Women of Color. members designed to advance The recent measures taken by returned to the classroom on Oct. 20. equity in area schools, sent a letANTHONY CLARK The student, who was suspended on Oct. OPRF, DivCo and other groups ter on Oct. 17 to school boards, OPRF teacher 12, has since publicly apologized for the post are just some of the ways area superintendents and principals multiple times. residents, local organizations in Districts 90, 97 and 200, along In a statement read over OPRF’s PA syswith local Catholic schools demanding they and institutions have responded to an Oct. 8 incident, in which a 17-year-old senior at tem on Oct. 12, Black Leaders Union Presitake action on racial equity. OPRF posted to Snapchat a photo of him- dent Kennedy Holliday and Student Council Makesha Flournoy-Benson, DivCo’s coself wearing a black charcoal exfoliating President Sydney Rayburn acknowledged president, said that the group sent out the letter so that the Snapchat incident can turn mask with the caption, “Vote me for BLU that many students were “hurt and angry” into a moment for action and “not just talk, president. For those who don’t know BLU about the Snapchat post, and that some is Black Leaders Union.” The student also students had said that they wanted to post and measurable results. inserted an emoji depicting a neutral face a copy of the photo with the student’s ad“This is a perfect opportunity for our dress. school leaders to stand together and create beside the caption. “We understand these feelings,” the leadThe teenager took the post down within meaningful and monumental change for our a few hours after receiving backlash and ers stated. “But acting on them solves nothstudents and community,” she said. ing. Instead of lashing out at an individual, The letter asks education leaders to “work posted an apology, but a screenshot image of collectively to create a joint statement the photo, along with the words ‘hi racism!’ we ask that our community instead focus on that swiftly, clearly and unambiguously scrawled by someone else, was circulated the much bigger issue of institutional racism.” denounces racist behavior,” creates “age- numerous times. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com Clark has said that he posted the photo to appropriate safe spaces across schools to
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NORTH AVENUE Upgrade planned from page 1 plan for the corridor to improve economic vitality, sustainability and livability. Meanwhile, the village of Oak Park is set to release a study by public finance consultant Ehlers Inc. that explores potential economic development engines of establishing a tax increment finance (TIF) district, a business district or a special service area on North Avenue. CMAP’s involvement in the planning effort was made possible by The North Avenue District (T-NAD), a nonprofit community group that promotes revitalization of the business corridor from Harlem Avenue and Austin Boulevard. Judith Alexander, chairwoman of T-NAD and founder of the North Avenue Neighbors Association, said in a telephone interview that T-NAD submitted the application for a CMAP Local Technical Assistance grant. She said CMAP’s inclusion is good news because the Chicago Department of Transportation study, which runs from Harlem to Central Avenue, focuses on transportationrelated issues such as parking, traffic, walkability and accessibility. “It’s a good thing, because we also wanted a plan for land use and redevelopment, but the [Chicago] study doesn’t cover that,” she said. Alexander said she particularly hopes
CMAP planners address revitalization on the east end of the corridor near Austin Boulevard, which has more vacant and more poorly maintained buildings. “One of our questions is, ‘What’s it going to take to turn that around?’” she said. Since the corridor is split between two municipalities, both will play a role in the planning efforts. Alexander said that Chicago 29th Ward Alderman Chris Taliaferro and Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb both wrote letters of support in T-NAD’s application for the CMAP grant. Abu-Taleb said in his letter of support dated June 9, that Oak Park has set aside $50,000 to prepare a land-use and development plan for the Oak Park side of North Avenue. He noted that the village agrees with T-NAD that a land use development plan is needed for both sides of the corridor. “We … have had preliminary conversations with the Chicago Department of Transportation regarding a joint planning process,” Abu-Taleb wrote. “We believe that approximately $100,000 would be necessary for a project of this magnitude.” Alexander and her organizations have advocated for years for a comprehensive plan to revitalize North Avenue, which is described by a preliminary version of the Ehlers report as “declining for decades.” “There’s been a proliferation of vacancies and negative uses, including currency exchanges, payday/title loan operations and pawn shops,” the Ehlers report notes, add-
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LOOK BOTH WAYS: Crossing North Avenue is not exactly pedestrian-friendly. ing that the district “qualifies as a blighted/ conservation area based on aging/deteriorating/obsolete structures, parcel size/ shape unsuitable for redevelopment and equalized assessed valuation trends.” It notes that office and retail space on North Avenue “exceeds demand” and traffic volume has “increased steadily, making the district less and less walkable/pedestrian-friendly.” The increased traffic pushes vehicles into
adjacent neighborhoods, prompting the establishment of cul-de-sacs and diverters, according to the Ehlers report, “but these also make the district’s restaurants and stores less accessible to residents and parking more difficult for its business.” The last plan for the corridor was completed in 1996 and “did not include land use or design recommendations …” according to the Ehlers report.
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Request for proposals issued for land where derelict building was demolished By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
The village of Oak Park is soliciting proposals from developers for a parcel of land that was previously home to a derelict building the village paid to have demolished in 2015. Oak Park took control of the property from 6641-43 North Ave. in July 2014, after the previous owner was foreclosed on and the building fell into disrepair. A year later, the village spent $133,000 to have the two-story building, which had been covered in abandoned scaffolding for years, demolished. Adam Salzman, a former trustee serving on the board at the time, told Wednesday Journal that the village took control of the property because it was dangerous and an eyesore. “It’s a determination by the village that the parcel is worth more as a vacant lot than it is with a building on it,” Salzman said in July 2014. That demolition was costlier because of the discovery and removal of asbestos and underground storage tanks on the site. The village issued a request for proposals from developers on Oct. 13 to redevelop the property. Tammie Grossman, Oak Park’s director
of Development Customer Services, said environmental remediation to the parcel has been completed. She noted that the property has been on the market for about a year. “Anybody that wants to do anything – we’ll entertain the conversation,” she said. The request for proposals (RFP) on the village’s website notes that the parcel is approximately 6,250 square feet and zoned for a commercial or mixed-use development. “The site is adjacent to a recently completed PNC Bank and a large commercial redevelopment site on the Chicago side of North Avenue. Adjacent to the west is a privately owned commercial property that could be assembled to create a larger redevelopment site,” the RFP states. The proposals will be reviewed by village staff and the Oak Park Economic Development Corporation (OPEDC), a quasi-governmental entity tasked with attracting and retaining business in Oak Park. The OPEDC executive board will make a recommendation to the Oak Park Board of Trustees on a preferred developer, following review of the proposals. Proposals are due by 3 p.m. on Nov. 3. The building is across the street from the former U.S. Bank and parking lot, which runs from 6600 to 6700 W. North Ave. Those parcels of land, located on the Chicago side of North Avenue, are being considered for redevelopment by Noah Properties, which wants to build an 80-unit, three-building apartment complex. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com
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River Forest schools OK Willard School addition By BOB SKOLNIK
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EXPANDING: Williard School is planning a $1.75 million addition. into different areas and some children needing additional instruction are being taught in a storage area underneath stairs. The school psychologist meets with students and parents in an open area at the top of the stairs on the second floor that doesn’t provide much privacy. STEM instruction currently takes place in the library, not an ideal
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A small addition is likely coming to Willard School next summer. The River Forest School District 90 Board of Education has given the go ahead to plans to build a small second story addition to the north end of the school. The addition is expected to cost about $1.75 million. Bid specifications are being prepared and the school board will likely select a general contractor in January. The addition is likely to be about 2,700 square feet in size and will not expand the footprint of the school. The work will add two full sized classrooms and four smaller learning or office spaces to the school. The new classrooms are expected to be a multipurpose room and a STEM room. The work will be similar in scope to the work done at Lincoln School in 2015 says Anthony Cozzi, District 90’s finance and facilities director. Currently some Willard services are being delivered in sub optimal conditions, Cozzi said. “There are different space issues at Willard School that are impacting some of our high-risk children,” Cozzi said. Special education students are now split
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situation for activities that require building and collaboration. “We’re not providing the correct environment for the delivery of instruction,” said Ralph Martire, school board president, at the Oct. 16 school board meeting during which the plan was discussed. The plan provides a second-floor addition
to the north end of the building, which is the only portion of the building without a second floor, and some modifications on the existing first floor. In a cost saving move the stone cornice around the second story addition will be brick instead of the stone that is around the rest of the building. At the Oct. 16 meeting board member Rich Moore suggested installing air conditioning in the addition but that may be left for the future. The heating vents will be installed in such a way that air conditioning can be added in the future. Martire said that with the district facing a projected budget deficit next year he was against including air conditioning in this project. “I’m reticent to do anything that’s not a must do,” Martire said. “I view this project as a must do. I think we’re substandard and we shouldn’t be substandard. I think air conditioning is an add on.” Willard school was built in 1927 and current second story was added in 1997. The second story addition to the north end of the school should solve any space issues at Willard in the foreseeable future Cozzi said. “The plan we are putting forth solves all the space issues that we see now,” Cozzi said.
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D97 warehouse relocation to cost more than expected Officials searching for ways to reduce the $700K-plus move
By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter
Oak Park Elementary School District 97 officials are looking for ways to reduce the roughly $736,000 they estimate it will take to move the district’s maintenance operations from 541 Madison St. to the village of Oak Park’s Public Works Center, 201 South Blvd., before the start of 2018. According to Dr. Alicia Evans, District 97’s assistant superintendent for finance and operations, the village will not allow the district to share electricity, phone, heating or internet service at the public works building. According to STR Architects and Bully & Andrews, a range of modifications estimating to cost $701,294 will need to happen to the building’s HVAC, plumbing, electrical and fire protection systems in order for it to accommodate the up to five school district employees at the 7,685-square-foot space. Evans said that the district will likely need to pay other costs associated with the move, including nearly $19,000 for a mover, $400 a month to store records and for fees related to retrieving files, $400 a month for internet usage, $4,000 for fencing and up to
$300 a month for six months on climate control for storing print shop paper. In 2014, the school district entered into an intergovernmental agreement with the village of Oak Park that allowed it to build a new administration building at 260 Madison St., using $6.3 million of TIF funds. In exchange, the village got the district’s old administration building at 970 Madison St., which it plans to redevelop. The agreement also entailed the district entering into a 40-year, rent-free lease to relocate its maintenance operations. At the time, district officials had anticipated that the arrangement would result in long-term savings for the district. Those anticipated savings were used in school district’s informational pieces to explain the need for a $13.3 million tax increase for general operations. That tax increase was passed by referendum in April, along with a $57.5 million bond issue for capital improvements in the school district. During an Oct. 10 regular meeting, District 97 board member Robert Spatz said that the district’s lease agreement with the village to use the public works buildings for maintenance may still lead to cost-savings, but not as much as the district had hoped for. The school board on Oct. 10 also autho-
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The former Oak Park School District 97 maintenance facility on Madison Street. rized district officials to work with the village to try reducing the costs related to the relocation. The board directed district officials to look for other options if relocating
the maintenance operations to the village’s public works building doesn’t prove to be the most cost-effective solution. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com
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Two men wounded in shooting on Austin Blvd. Two men – one from Chicago and one from Richton Park – were shot at about 1:10 p.m. on Oct. 18, near the corner of South Austin Boulevard and Garfield Street, according to Oak Park spokesman David Powers. One man was shot in the arm and the other in the shoulder, but neither of the injuries were life threatening, Power wrote in an email response to questions. The victims told police they were traveling in their vehicle southbound on Austin Boulevard, just south of Garfield Street, when a man jumped out of another vehicle and began shooting at them, according to Powers. By the time police arrived at the scene, the dispatch center was notified that the two victims, both 21 years old, had walked to the emergency room at West Suburban Medical Center, Powers wrote in the email. “Police later found broken glass and shell casings at the scene,” according to Powers. Powers said the victims gave few details about the incident and a vague description of the shooter.
Burglary ■ David Jackson, 23, and Dangelo Holland, 18, both of Chicago, were arrested in the 7800 block of Lake Street in River Forest, and charged with burglary and theft after they were found in possession of items stolen from a garage in the 300 block of Franklin in River Forest on Oct. 8. Officers discovered the garage open at 4:54 a.m. and further investigation found that a bike, tools, cell phones and a battery charger were removed from the garage. ■ A garage was burglarized in the 1000 block of Wisconsin Avenue sometime between 8 p.m. on Oct. 20 and 9 a.m. the next day. The burglar gained entrance through an unlocked side service door and stole a men’s red Raleigh Retro Glide bicycle and a boys green bicycle. The estimated loss is $380.
Robbery ■ A Chicago woman walking southbound in the 100 block of Forest Avenue was robbed at 10:43 a.m. on Oct. 16. A male estimated to
be about 18 years old grabbed the victim’s purse, which contained a wallet, state ID, Samsung cell phone, credit cards and cash. ■ A woman between the ages of 30 and 40 robbed an Oak Park woman in the 100 block of Madison Street at 6:08 p.m. on Oct. 20. The offender approached the victim, put her in a “bear hug” and said, “Just give it to me.” The victim handed over cash and two Illinois Lottery scratch-off tickets. The offender then fled on foot eastbound from Humphrey Avenue. The estimated loss is $120
Theft A 26-year-old Oak Forest woman was arrested at 11:25 a.m. on Oct. 16, after turning herself in on a signed complaint for theft.
Assault Patrick T. McBride, 36, of the 2100 block of North 75th Avenue in Elmwood Park, was arrested in the 700 block of North Marion Street at 8:24 a.m. on Oct. 19, and charged with aggravated assault of a River Forest resident.
Retail theft An Oak Park business in the 400 block of North Harlem was the target of retail theft at 11:55 a.m. on Oct. 21. Two men entered the store and one distracted the clerk and blocked their view of the accomplice who stole two pairs of Beats Power 3 headphones. The offenders were last seen headed westbound on Westgate. The estimated loss is $398. These items, obtained from the Oak Park and River Forest police departments, came from reports, Oct. 4-23, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.
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“For a period of a few months it was really obvious what was going on.”
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a storefront building half a block away from the Austin Pantry where he is working to open an antique store. Bowers says he’s been in the neighborhood for 30 years and worked to get drug dealers off the block. His building, located at 5940-5942 W. Chicago, also is home to Gone Again Travel & Tours, a travel agency and non-profit owned by Austin resident Crystal Dyer. Bowers said that over the course of about six months prior to the Aug. 30 police sting that resulted in the arrest of Edgar Lucas, who was charged with 17 felony counts of heroin sales and possession, people were always standing around outside Austin Pantry. “For a period of a few months it was really obvious what was going on,” he said. He said he and others have worked hard over the years to clean up the neighborhood and alert police to drug and gang activity, but the Austin Pantry impeded their efforts and put locals’ lives in danger. Harold Blake, owner of Avanti Elegant Boutique, 5949 W. Chicago Ave., said he’s been doing business on the block for 30 years and seen the business district go through “a lot of changes.” Blake said over the last few years Austin
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Crystal Dyer, owner of Gone Again Travel and Tours and lawyer James Bowers. Pantry began to attract what appeared to be a criminal element and “a lot of people stopped going in there.” “I haven’t been in there for a couple of years,” he said, adding, “I just didn’t like the atmosphere in there. Sometimes they’d be messing around with the women, you know, patting them on the butt and all that stuff, and I just stopped going in there to tell you the truth.” He noted that the owners of Austin Pantry had collected signatures in a petition to get the store reopened, but Blake said: “I don’t know how [the owner] got the signatures or who he got them from, but he did not from me.” Both Bowers and Dyer said they believe
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Lucas, who police identified as the manager of Austin Pantry, a point disputed by the owners of the establishment, “should be a death sentence” for the business. “What they did is threaten the lives, as well as the businesses, of everybody in their community by allowing that activity in there,” Bowers said. Things have been quiet since the village ordered Austin Pantry closed in September, according to one source who sees the corner on a regular basis and agreed to speak under the condition of anonymity over concerns for their safety. The source echoed comments of others, saying Austin Pantry was “a hangout” and it was obvious drug sales were taking place. “I was surprised that Oak Park didn’t make a bigger deal of it being a hangout,” the source said. “I would be shocked if Oak Park reverses its decision because to me it seemed like that was their main goal. They didn’t care who was arrested or anything – they wanted that store shut down because they were sick of it.” CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com
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companies, however, don’t deny that some of their raw materials are probably, at the very least, the result of children working Around this time of year, walk down the in hazardous situations, sometimes against aisles of any local grocery store, and you’ll their will, in Africa. It’s complicated. So see bags of relatively cheap chocolate candy what’s to be done? Well, you can buy your chocolate from from all the familiar companies, Mars, Hercompanies that seem to be uninvolved with shey’s and so on. We like to give trick-or-treaters some op- forced labor and that maybe source their cocoa from parts of the world tions, and we’ve found that every where there’s more oversight. year 100 kids or so prefer to go Of course, a lot of those chocwith individually packaged bags olates are considered “preof herbal tea (I tell kiddies it pairs mium” — from places like the well with candy, which it does, newly opened and excellent and we caution them to have their Burdick’s in Chicago — are mom or dad help them make it). not only very expensive but We also know, though, that they’re usually not available mini-Snickers and -Milky Ways in single-serving sizes approand Hershey’s kisses are immepriate for trick-or-treaters. I diately recognizable, comfortably called Burdick’s, and they do familiar, and pretty much what a have some single-serving choclot of kids think they want. Our olate pieces, for over $3 each, guess is that you probably feel putting them out of reach of the same way and so, like us, you most. probably have purchased those Local Dining Of course, there are lots of big, relatively inexpensive bags & Food Blogger candies that are not made of of little candy bars. chocolate — Smarties, Jelly There is also the belief among some — like http://www.slavefreechocolate.org Bellies, etc. — so those are the candies we’re — that a large percentage of these children giving away this Halloween. Halloween is probably my favorite holiare, not to put too fine a point on it, slaves. There are a lot of imponderables here, day, and I dig seeing little kids get dressed not the least of which is that in less devel- up and come by to collect some small treat. oped countries, families rely on all family I don’t want to think, though, that their fun, members to work, so young boys are just and ours, is built, even if only in part, on fulfilling cultural expectations — and help- the suffering of other kids somewhere else ing their families survive by grabbing a ma- in the world. So this year, there will be no chocolate candy, but there will be non-chocchete and going out to harvest cocoa. Big chocolate companies being big compa- olate candy. And there will be herbal tea — lots of nies, they are probably doing their best to be as good as they can afford to be and still turn herbal tea. Happy Halloween! as big a profit as possible. Even the bigger Dining & Food Blogger
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Is it trash … or treasure? Historical society helps you find out what your antiques are really worth By LACEY SIKORA
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he Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest is once again helping you determine if your belongings are trash or treasure. A roadshow-style fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 4 will give locals an opportunity to find out if grandma’s china was worth holding onto all of these years or
if that oil painting in the basement is worth a pretty penny. For Frank Lipo, executive director of the historical society, the event ties in with the historical society’s role in the community. “What’s It Worth?” will take place Nov. 4 at the Koehneke Community Center at Concordia University, 7400 Augusta St. in River Forest, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. “In a nutshell, the historical society’s
core mission is about collecting artifacts, photos, and other materials that can help us tell the story of Oak Park and River Forest,” Lipo said. “That is what our new facility, Oak Park and River Forest Museum, is all about. So when we see objects and other materials, we care whether they tell a story for our local residents or visitors. See ANTIQUES on page 22
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Is it valuable? from page 19 “But of course some objects have ‘market value’ and other objects might have ‘historic value.’ We need to know both types of value, even if we are focused on the ‘historic’ value first and foremost.” Merrill Essex of Essex Estate Services will be one of the expert appraisers on hand, alongside her husband Richard Meliska. The duo began their careers almost 20 years ago and have established a presence in estate sales and appraisals throughout the Chicago area. According to Essex, she and her husband handle a wide range of needs for their clients. “I’m a graduate gemologist. He’s an ISAaccredited appraiser,” Essex said. “For our estate sale clients, we move items off their premises, store and sell them in our warehouse in Skokie. We work with dealers and auction items on EBay and Amazon.” Essex will be presenting a talk at the event, as well as appraising items alongside Meliska. Her presentation will delve into the concept of value and how it applies during the appraisal process. “People typically think about retail value,” Essex said. “That’s the number they have in their heads, or it’s the number they insured an item for, even if they did that years ago.” She noted that getting a certified appraisal is different than taking an item into a shop to determine what it might sell for. “There are two main types of appraisals we do, based on different purposes,” she said. “An insurance replacement appraisal is as if you walked into a store and bought it. For something like an artwork on the wall or a wedding ring, you want it insured against loss, damage or theft. This is the primary market. “The other type of appraisal is a fair-market appraisal. It is used for resale, gifts or donations. This is considered the secondary market. The two values are not equivalent.” For clients, Essex finds that knowing the value of something can determine what the next step is. She considers part of her job educating clients so that the process is demystified.
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IT’S WORTH … Attendees confer with appraisers at the “What’s It Worth?” antique appraisal event held to benefit the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest at the Nineteenth Century Club in 2014. The next appraisal event will be on Nov. 4 at the Koehneke Community Center at Concordia University.
Book appraisals Thomas Joyce of Joyce & Company Rare Books in Chicago’s West Loop will be on hand to help value books, maps and manuscripts. In business for over 40 years, he was featured on many episodes of HGTV’s “The Appraisal Fair.” He often does appraisal events for local libraries and says that people love to attend not only to hear him speak but to see what others bring in to have evaluated. “In my experience, something really unusual often walks in,” Joyce said. Noting that he provides verbal estimates at these events, he says a few walk-ins at previous events have warranted a recommendation to go a step further and receive written appraisals. “At one event, a woman walked in with a first edition of Moby Dick,” Joyce said. “I encouraged her to get a written appraisal so that she could insure it. Another time, a lady showed up with a first edition of the Book of
Mormon. It was even more valuable than the Moby Dick.” Not all appraisal fairs are that exciting, but Joyce says that he aims to be helpful to everyone who brings an item in, whether they are looking for someone to share their enthusiasm about an older book in their collection or if they have volumes of Shakespeare or Nancy Drew that have been in their families. “Hopefully, they go away with more knowledge about the item,” Joyce said. Of initial consideration he says, are the book’s title and author, publisher, date, what condition it is in and what edition it is. Almost always, the first edition is the most valuable, because it is the rarest and usually had the most involvement from the author in terms of details like illustrations. Joyce said he is looking forward to seeing what book lovers bring in on Nov. 4, but says it is hard to predict what he will see. “In Oak Park, you might expect an interest in Hemingway, but I think people here will know what a treasure that is and won’t be interested in selling them,” Joyce said. “It’s actually uncommon for people at these events to say they want to sell their book. A lot of times, it’s worth less than they thought, and if it’s worth more, they often want to keep it for their kids.”
lectibles than memorabilia, then sports,” O’Neil said. “This also led into comic books and illustration art, which developed into fine arts, jewelry and luxury goods.” Having worked on the television show “Antiques Roadshow,” O’Neil says that local events differ a bit from what you see on TV. “On a smaller scale, people are more realistic about bringing in items that are easier to carry,” O’Neil said. “So much buying is now happening online that people are realistic about convenience and the cost of shipping items.” She says that due to the ease of finding information on the internet, people are also educating themselves before coming to appraisal events. “We’re seeing people understanding that objects, no matter what they are, go through phases of whether they are hot or not,” she said. “Contemporary, modern art and prints are more popular right now. People are looking for clean lines. Young couples aren’t interested in their grandmother’s elaborate china or silver anymore. Most people think about this before they bring items in, and they often can and should get some beginning sense of value from the internet.”
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The event is sponsored by Frame Warehouse, Forest Insurance Agency and Steve Scheuring for Baird and Warner. Proceeds will benefit the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest. Admission of $10 per person includes one free appraisal (two appraisals for historical society members); additional appraisals can be purchased for $10. Tickets can be purchased on-line at www. oprfhistory.org/events or at the door, but pre-registration is suggested given the time required for each appraisal.
Dallas-based Heritage Auctions will also have three appraisers at the event, including Managing Director Roberta Kramer, Rudy Aronoff and Margaret O’Neil. O’Neil says that Heritage is the third largest auction house in the world and was founded in the 1970s by two competing coin dealers. While roughly half of their business today is still in coins, she says that the business expanded greatly. “From coins, it grew dramatically to col-
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FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY on a sixty foot corner lot. Built in 1869, house features three BRs, 1-1/2 baths, hardwood floors and loaded with potential! Great working space in the oak cabinet kitchen. Plenty of yard space along with a nice sized back deck. ...... .................................................................................................$274,900
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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. .......... .................................................................................................$835,000
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CHARMING, SPACIOUS QUEEN ANNE BUNGALOW in pristine condition. Art glass windows, French doors, wood trim, hdwd flrs. Granite kitchen, breakfast nook. Fam rm and 1st floor bedroom. 3 BRs on 2nd flr. Finished bsmnt, enclosed porch, 2 car garage. ..............$619,900
38 PARK • OPEN SUNDAY 1-3
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
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 PRICE REDUCED 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.............. ....................................................................................................................$1,550,000 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
PRICE REDUCED BEAUTIFUL 3 LEVEL SINGLE FAMILY offers 3800+ sq/ft of living! Open concept on first flr. Second flr features four spacious BRs & a sunroom overlooking backyard. Third flr has great room w/separate guest BR and workout rm. Finished basement. ......$599,000
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PICTURE PERFECT 1st floor 1 bedroom --NO STAIRS! This bright and sunny unit has a generous size bedroom and living/dining room. Parking space, laundry and storage in the basement. Great location -- walk to Dominican University. Bus stop on the corner. .............................$95,000
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833 N HARLEM UNIT 2C • OPEN SUNDAY 10-12
BEAUTIFULLY UPDATED UNIT with sunny east and west exposure. Large rooms, oak floors, large updated kitchen with granite counter tops, SS appliances, stylish cabinets. Close parks, downtown OP/RF, Concordia University, public transportation. Parking included. ................................$98,000 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 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 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. .....................................$449,000
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PRICE REDUCED 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. A showcase home! ....$1,875,000
1004 COLUMBIAN • OAK PARK OPEN SUNDAY 1-3
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 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
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
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 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
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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. Three exposures. .......................................$239,000 PRICE REDUCED RIVER FOREST 2BR, 1-1/2 BA. ......................... $157,000 RIVER FOREST 2BR, 1BA. Move in condition......................................$145,000 RIVER FOREST 2BR, 1BA. Updated bathroom......................................$90,000 OAK PARK 2 Flat ......................................................................................$549,900 PRICE REDUCED OAK PARK 2 Flat..................................................$429,999 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. Three season sunroom.........................................$89,000 OAK PARK 1BR, 1BA. Nicely updated condo. .........................................$70,000
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Renovated 3 bed with first floor family room & finished basement. Great location.
IMPRESSIVE STATELY COLONIAL with porte cohere circular paver driveway. A grand foyer has a 2-story winding staircase. Spectacular living room w/ wood burning fireplace. Adjoining sun porch. Grand Size Formal Dining Room. Library w/ wood burning fireplace. Cherry cabinet kitchen w/Wolf stove, Subzero refrigerator, Bosch dishwasher. Breakfast room overlooks landscaped yard & pool. 2nd flr features 5 spacious BRs w/master suite. 3 updated baths. Finished basement w/ rec room, game room, and laundry. 3 car garage & coach house. 12 ft pool with diving board. Home has tile roof & copper gutters underground sprinkler system. Paver driveway. Price Reduced & Immediate Possession. ................................................$2,099,900 Qualified Buyers Only. Call Gabe Caporale (708) 473-7334
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eredith Conn and Lisa Andreoli are known for going the extra mile for their clients. With that in mind, a colleague dubbed them the “Go to Girls” and the name stuck. Both moms of four, they simply do more! Using complimentary marketing styles and collaborative, yet tough negotiating skills, they craft fresh, out-of-the-box solutions. Above all, they strive to make the process easier for their clients. “Real estate transactions are intense but shouldn’t be painful. They should be fun!” Lisa has a BA in Design/Marketing. An accredited home stager, she helps sellers get top dollar by expertly showcasing their home. Meredith has an MA in Sport Management, is a Professor of Nutrition/ Environmental Sciences at Dominican, and serves on local Sustainability Commissions utilizing her Green Home Designation. With 20+ combined years selling real estate, they have deep roots in the community. Long time residents of Oak Park/River Forest who’ve lived and worked in Chicago –they are involved in the schools, churches, sports, Farmer’s Market and beyond. Their involvement enhances
traditional Real Estate experiences. “We think it’s important to be well-versed in architectural styles as well as local neighborhoods to help sellers and buyers find the right fit,” says Lisa. “We live here. We know the streets, restaurants and love to show our local pride,” adds Meredith. “Plus, the more relaxed the process, the better the outcome and the more friends we win!” Two recent clients, Kathy and Monte agree: “Meredith and Lisa are a great team. Meredith is spot on with the numbers, provided us with excellent comps and listed our home for the perfect asking price-- we sold in a week! Lisa is the voice of reason when the inevitable complications of real estate transactions come along. She worked 110% on our behalf. We are empty nesters, and both Meredith and Lisa supported us through the very stressful process of downsizing.” Lisa and Meredith are affiliated with Baird and Warner, consistently #1 in the local market. To connect with the Go2Girls team, call Lisa 708-557-9546 or Meredith 708-743-6973.
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ak Park native Tabitha Murphy grew up in a family of nine children, and got her first lessons in negotiation from her father. “With so many mouths to feed, I remember him always looking for a deal,” she says, “That is where it started for me.” Today, Tabitha attributes her success as a Realtor to her deep-seated desire to help people and achieve the greatest outcome for them, whether by negotiating the best price for a seller, or by finding the best value for a buyer.
buyers), and Bonnie Glass, the in-office Buyer’s Agent. Between them all, ATM clients can be confident that the details of their real estate transaction will be covered every step of the way.
Tabitha, along with her husband Adam, make up the ATM Team at Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. With complementary skill sets, the two partners are a highly efficient duo. “My expertise,” Tabitha asserts, “is in preparing a home for the market, staging the home, pricing the home, and negotiating offers to get the best terms and price for our clients.” Adam, on the other hand, has a construction background that makes him an incredible asset to their buyer clients. Additionally, the ATM Team has three administrative assistants: Crystal Rodriguez, the Listing and Closing Coordinator, Emily Lee, Client Care Coordinator (working with
One of the ways in which the ATM Team helps sellers get the most for their homes is by assisting them with small improvements—what Tabitha calls “flips”—that can yield big gains. Doing these small “flips,” along with proper staging, can help the home attract a larger buyer pool that can lead to higher offers. Tabitha explains, “by making strategic updates to the home we have seen our clients receive big returns on money invested in preparing their homes for sale.”
Our goal is to provide value to the home-buying and selling process every step of the way. - Tabitha Murphy
Pointing to a recent sale they handled in Forest Park, Tabitha recounts how she advised the client to add granite countertops and a new backsplash to their
kitchen, paint the cabinets and replace an old refrigerator. Along with painting a few rooms and cleaning the home, the sellers invested roughly $9,000 before putting the home on the market. The result, according to Tabitha, was selling the house for $18,000 more than what they would have gotten without the updates. Through the collaborative selling process, Tabitha makes it easy for sellers to identify areas in their home where improvements can be made that will achieve a faster sale and increased profit. Another important factor in selling a home is staging. In addition to her own expertise, Tabitha also works with a local interior designer, Robin Schwadron of R Titus Design, to make sure that her listings look their absolute best. Tabitha notes, “We have found that the homes we stage end up selling faster and for higher prices than the competing homes that haven’t been staged.” While the ATM Team is dedicated to helping their clients make the best investments possible to maximize their returns, Tabitha is also aware of the strong emotions involved in her business. “We understand the importance of HOME,” she
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ori Hannigan remembers the time she built her first chimney after being hired by Edward Cross & Son, Inc. in Oak Park. Mr. Cross put her in his garage on a rainy day, mixed mortar and laid out a pattern for a chimney. He started the structure, handed the trowel and bucket of mortar to Lori, said it was all hers and left. She wanted to insure she did the best work possible and therefore decided to start the structure over. When Mr. Cross returned two hours later, he was impressed to find a chimney about eight courses tall that was both exactly plumb, or aligned, and level. Edward Cross & Son, Inc. has been in business since 1937. After years of dedicated, quality work, Lori became the owner in 1987. She continues to strive for perfection in all her projects and does not expect her staff to complete any task she herself cannot do. Whether it is setting up a forty foot ladder or pulling up a heavy bucket of mortar to the roof of a house, Lori shows her employees she is not just the boss, but a determined laborer and tuckpointer. Consequently, she is proud to have made a name for herself in a male dominated industry. Lori specializes in chimney rebuilding and masonry repairs. With her attention to detail,
Lori and her team use their skills as artists to rebuild and repair old structures to their former glory. She has even worked on many Frank Lloyd Wright homes. The Lori Hannigan project with the biggest challenge, but that resulted in the biggest success, was rebuilding the large chimney on the Adams Home at 710 Augusta in Oak Park. It involved a large scaffolding system, cleaning all the bricks, and restoring the chimney to the exact same design in order to satisfy the Frank Lloyd Wright Historical Board. Lori helps clients understand the standards of the industry so they know what to expect from contractors in the future. She even teaches her customers about what caused the problems that are being fixed. These qualities truly make Edward Cross & Sons, Inc. a unique business.
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or 17 years, Molly Rudberg-Leshnock has been an entrepreneur focused on executive coaching and leadership training. Working one-on-one with her clients, Molly’s goal is to push them to become their best self, to add speed and power to their careers and to achieve their full leadership potential. “There is nothing more fulfilling professionally,” Molly says, “than partnering with someone to help them make their dreams come true in business and life.” Encouraging her clients to “stand for their greatness,” Molly shows them how to get out of their own way and move toward a place of empowerment and leadership. “As humans,” she says, “we have automatic ways of operating in our world. My role as a coach is to work with my clients, poking and prodding at their ‘default operating systems’ to help them discover new, more empowered ways of achieving what they desire professionally and personally.” Molly believes that the business world is out of sync with the realities of today’s working professional. As a result, she sees an epidemic of stress among professionals and executives. “I want to disrupt this increasing pattern of stress and anxiety,” she says,
“and integrate a more centered, peaceful approach to work and life through various tools and techniques.” Not long ago, a female executive approached Molly at a wellness event with tears in her eyes. She was physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted. They began working together the next day with a goal of alleviating work stress and helping her move forward with a successful pregnancy. “One year later,” Molly says, “the woman was the proud mother of healthy twin girls and on permanent leave from her legal practice, pursuing instead her passions in art. She stopped living her life on other people’s terms and relaxed into her own.” Driving Molly forward is what she sees as the endless potential of human beings. Her favorite part of her work is when someone has a transformational “a-ha” moment, when she sees in her clients an awakening that changes the course of their life and leadership forever. Molly Rudberg-Leshnock’s office is located at 224 South Marion in Oak Park. She can be reached at 312-286-3346 or mollyrudberg.com.
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hen she was in college, Sandy Marsico discovered her three great passions. As an art major, she loved design, and as a high-achieving math student, she taught herself to code. Then after getting a job selling jeans at the Gap, she discovered that she also loved sales. Combining these three loves—design, sales and technology— Sandy, at the age of 24, created Sandstorm, a digital marketing agency. Today, the Sandstorm team includes strategists, marketers, researchers, designers, copywriters, UX architects, technologists, and data analysts, all collaborating, brainstorming and sharing innovation ideas, trends, inspiration brands and whitespace opportunities. Together, they offers clients a perspective that shows them a different way of thinking. Sandstorm helps clients leverage technology to solve their business and marketing challenges. As Sandy puts it, “We get the opportunity to dream every day for our clients. It’s awesome!” Sandstorm’s brand strategy, design and web development decisions are driven by research insights and data. Taking nothing for granted, they go directly to their clients’ customers to learn their motivations, behaviors, brand perceptions, and what type of content or functionality they want when they go to a
particular website. Similarly, Sandstorm takes the same approach to itself, going straight to the employees on decisions related to the agency’s work environment. Recently the staff helped shape a new expansion of the office space. The results included a chef’s kitchen, a no-talking library, and an idea lab with dry erase walls and giant cork board. For Sandy, creating a great work environment goes beyond the physical space. Every Sandstormer gets an annual stipend to use for personal growth opportunities including going to conferences, taking classes, joining an association, or getting certified in a new technology. “My personal mission is to provide great jobs to great people.” Sandy says, “Creating jobs is incredibly rewarding. I love that Sandstorm provides a work environment where people can thrive and grow.” Sandstorm is planning for continued growth by adding positions and expanding its range of services and technologies. In particular, they are building expertise in data analytics to complement their extensive qualitative research. Sandstorm is located at 4619 N. Ravenswood in Chicago. Find out more about the company at sandstormdesign.com.
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Minimally Invasive Dentistry: When Less is More
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r. Anne Fabricius, owner of Oak Park Prosthodontics, and Dr. Haein Kil are passionate about providing their patients with conservative, minimally invasive dental treatments. Dr. Fabricius explains that the practice of minimally invasive dentistry begins with establishing the correct diagnoses. “Errors in diagnosis can lead to extensive dental work that may be premature or not even necessary. For example, it is common to see stains around the edges of old fillings. Often, these fillings do not need to be replaced immediately. Instead, they can be monitored for changes.”
portions of healthy tooth structure to remain intact. Despite the benefits, onlays are performed less frequently by dentists because they require more time to prepare.”
preserved.” Dr. Fabricius further comments, “I perform all of my dentistry with magnification of 4.5x, nearly twice as much as most dentists. Being able to see detail is critical when performing conservative dentistry.” Dr. Anne M. Fabricius is one of only six women in the Chicagoland area who is board-certified in prosthodontics, and the only in private practice. She is an expert in cosmetics, crowns, implants, bridges, dentures, and the management of complex dental problems. A graduate of the Harvard University School of Dental Medicine, Dr. Fabricius established Oak Park Prosthodontics in 2013. She offers general dentistry services, such as cleanings; as well as specialty services in the repair and replacement of teeth. In addition to her practice, she has taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Dentistry.
As a prosthodontist, I have an additional three years of training beyond dental school and can often provide patients with additional treatment options. - Dr. Fabricius Dr. Fabricius explains that she frequently meets patients that are considering aggressive cosmetic treatments, such as veneers, that can require a substantial amount of healthy tooth to be drilled away. “While veneers are sometimes the appropriate treatment, less invasive treatments, such as whitening and bonding should also be explored. These treatments are not only less expensive, but they often require no drilling. People are amazed at the results.”
When a tooth does require treatment, all treatment options should be explored. “As a prosthodontist, I have an additional three years of training beyond dental school and can often provide patients with additional treatment options.” Dr. Fabricius further explains, “For example, a tooth that ‘requires’ a crown may be eligible for an onlay. During preparation for a crown, the entire outer surface of a tooth is drilled away. Alternatively, the preparation of an onlay “When performing any dental treatment, it requires that only the unsound diseased is important that it be done with the utmost tooth structure be removed, allowing large precision and care so that tooth structure is
Dr. Haein Kil, a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, is enthusiastic about providing adults and children with long-lasting comfortable dental care. She is particularly talented with pediatric dentistry and enjoys working with children and their parents to establish a lifetime of healthy teeth.
Dr. Haein Kil is passionate about working with children and their parents to establish a lifetime of healthy teeth.
If you are considering any type of restorative, cosmetic, or implant dentistry, call Dr. Anne Fabricius. Her office, Oak Park Prosthodontics, is located at 185 N. Marion Street in Downtown Oak Park and is easily accessible by car or public transportation. Visit the website at OakParkImplants.com or call 708-386-0177.
DR. FABRICIUS IS ONE OF ONLY 37 BOARD-CERTIFIED SPECIALISTS IN CROWNS, IMPLANTS, AND DENTURES IN ILLINOIS education: northwestern university, Ba, Biological Sciences, Cum Laude Harvard school of dental medicine, Doctor Of Dental Medicine university of illinois at chicago Certificate In Prosthodontics
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There’s No Place Like Home
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n 2006, Dorothy Gillian began her real estate career, just as the housing market was about to suffer its worst downturn in a generation. Yet through the difficult years that followed between 2007 and 2010, Dorothy honed and strengthened her skills. Today, Dorothy heads up the Gillian Team which has become one of the top real estate teams in the area and the number one team in Forest Park In 2010, April Baker was looking for a house and was referred to Dorothy by a mutual friend. During her home search, April came to see Dorothy not only as a great Realtor, but also as a wonderful friend and advocate. When April decided
to change careers, she contacted Dorothy to “pick her brain.” It was during that meeting that an idea took shape. Dorothy’s business had taken off and she needed help. April was looking for a change. A partnership, they realized would be just what they each needed, while at the same time greatly expanding and enhancing the services they could provide to their clients. Last year, Dorothy’s daughter, Anna Gillian, joined the Gillian Team and took it to yet a new level of service. With her previous experience as an architect, Anna understands design, and is able to help clients fully visualize a home’s potential.
“We offer a perspective that stems from each of our varied backgrounds,” says Dorothy, “Our past experiences in the corporate world, rehabbing homes, downsizing, and buying our first homes allows us to understand our clients’ needs on a personal level.” Indeed, it is that personal approach that is the cornerstone of what Dorothy, April and Anna do. “The relationships we build with our clients,” April says, “is what motivates us to continue the excellent level of service we’re known for!” The Gillian Team also takes advantage of the latest technology in real estate marketing. For instance, they elevate the
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rawing from a varied wealth of experience, Erica Cuneen brings a unique approach to her work. Whether it is drawing upon past experiences: volunteering in the Peace Corps, teaching deaf children and bilingual (Spanish) students, playing roller derby, owning and running other successful businesses; or current endeavors: Mentoring and teaching investors, investing in real estate, and parenting college students, Erica always strives to go beyond expectations. It is that goal—to go beyond—that is the vision and force behind Erica’s real estate company, Beyond Properties. Working with the highest standards of professionalism, service and integrity, Erica thrives not only on helping families find their next home, but also on mentoring brokers in her office; growing them from good to great. Helping others succeed is one of Erica’s deepest values. Her ability to assemble a winning team and to craft unique solutions for her clients despite market conditions, has lead to the exponential growth of her business. Erica has become especially known as an expert resource for real estate investors, advising both experienced professionals and newcomers alike. She is the founder and facilitator for an Oak Park area real estate investment group that meets monthly. This group is open to the public and offers valuable educational and networking
opportunities. In the October 2017 issue of Chicago Magazine, Erica was named for the 7th year among the Chicago Five Star Real Estate Agents. Erica Cuneen This select group of professionals, accounting for less than 2% of the total number of Chicagoland 2011 • 2012 • 2013 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 real estate agents, was chosen for the outstanding quality of their service and their high levels of customer satisfaction. Erica is proud that Beyond Properties is a leader in environmental sustainability. The office is also recognized locally and statewide as a Certified Green Business with Oak Park’s Growing Green Program and the Illinois Green Business Association. Erica and Beyond Properties stand out as one of the very few independent, woman-owned, and locally-owned brokerages in the area. To find out how Erica Cuneen and her team can assist you in reaching your real estate needs and goals, please contact her at 708.220.2025 or Erica@ beyondpropertiesrealty.com
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n real estate finding the best outcome for your client often begins by seeing hidden potential. Cynthia Howe Gajewski is a Realtor whose experience in home renovation and restoration makes her a valuable resource to homeowners and buyers. Also an accomplished photographer, Cynthia is a woman with vision who loves to find the opportunities in homes that others may have missed. Cynthia traces her interest in real estate back to her childhood when she was fascinated by the grandeur of her grandparent’s Italianate Victorian farmhouse. “I admire the character and charm of older homes,” she says, “especially the variety of homes in our Oak Park and River Forest neighborhoods.” Cynthia particularly enjoys seeing older spaces reinvented to fit the needs of modern living. Matchmaking buyers with the right property is a challenge that Cynthia relishes. “It is so satisfying to see that chemistry happen,” she says, “I tell my buyers that buying a home is an emotional experience with practical considerations. A house can have everything on your wish list, but if you don’t get that ‘yes’ feeling, then the list doesn’t matter. You can’t make yourself fall in love.” Twenty years as a professional photographer gives Cynthia the added
edge in presenting and marketing seller’s homes in today’s market. She is always ready to help sellers prepare, stage, and showcase their Cynthia Howe Gajewski property to bring in the most buyers. “I absolutely love,” she says, “working with sellers who are motivated to get top dollar for their properties.” When sellers are willing to put in the extra bit of effort it can yield big returns. Cynthia will create for them a targeted room by room action plan that will show off the home’s fullest potential, with the goal of bringing in the highest offers. Cynthia stresses that her personal experience with home ownership and renovation are among the most important assets that she brings to her clients. “I’ve been down that renovation road a few times,” she says, “I know my market, and I know what improvements and upgrades really matter.” If you are looking to buy or sell your home, contact Cynthia Howe Gajewski at Beyond Properties Realty, 312-933-8440 or cynthia@ beyondpropertiesrealty.com for a free consultation.
Vicki May Offers Expertise and Guidance for RE Investors
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icki May loves property! For years, she would pass by apartment buildings, homes and storefronts and think about ways to upgrade for appearance and function. It seemed only natural then that she would go into the real estate investment business. After 12 years of managing her own residential rental properties, she joined Beyond Properties Realty in 2012 as a Property Manager. With currently five investment properties of her own, Vicki approaches property management with a deep understanding of the demands of managing repairs and maintenance, tenant choice, and value remodeling. Her own experience has helped her connect with her clients and understand their need for effective and efficient property management. “My own investments,” she maintains, “have taught me the art of setting rents, managing costs, and getting higher yields. I understand the challenges of dealing with a wide range of tenants. If I can help a property owner be more profitable and have a more stable building, that’s a good day’s work.” Vicki really feels that she has found a home as Property Manager at Beyond
Vicki May Properties Realty. “My goal is to continue building my property management clientele,” she says. “I don’t ever want to stop making properties better and filling them with great tenants.” Services offered include property management, leasing, and landlord consulting. Whether you have a large rental portfolio, one or two small buildings, or are just getting started as an investor; whether you need help managing a property, need help finding a great tenant, or just need to ask some questions about being a landlord -- contact Vicki at 708-714-0686 or vicki@ beyondpropertiesrealty.com.
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635 N. Ridgeland, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$455,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30-4 740 S. Oak Park Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$478,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:30-3:30 164 Barrypoint Rd, Riverside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$480,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1519 Franklin Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$520,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 327 N. Taylor Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$525,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 38 Park Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$599,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 123 Ashland Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$619,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1104 S. Cuyler Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$625,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 724 Gunderson Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$632,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:30-3:30 1004 Columbian Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$649,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1426 Jackson Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$835,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 313 S. Elmwood Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$945,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 210 S. Euclid Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,149,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1324 Franklin Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,275,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 511 Linden Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,750,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1431 Ashland Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caporale Realty, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,099,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
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1538 N. Park Ave. UNIT 1B, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $95,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
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833 N. Harlem Ave. UNIT 2C, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $98,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12 400 S. Elmwood Ave. UNIT 3N, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$110,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1040 Erie St. UNIT 306, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$169,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 1133 Chicago Ave. UNIT 2W, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$669,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1133 Chicago Ave. UNIT 3W, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$684,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 156 N. Oak Park Ave. UNIT 1A, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$699,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
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7836 Madison Ave. UNIT 21A, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$549,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sat. 11-1 7836 Madison Ave. UNIT 21A, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$549,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 101 N. Euclid Ave. UNIT 2, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$649,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2
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Oak Park police with an anti-opioi officers will soon be equipped can, confirmed d overdose drug known as Tony Ambrose. Oak Park Deputy NarParticipants Police Chief A state law wave at the that went crowd during dates that into effect WILLIAM CAMARGO/Staff the annual Memorial in January all Illinois Photographer mancarrying police departme Day Parade the drug in nts begin in River Forest an effort from heroin on May 30. and opioid-bas to prevent overdoses For more photos, Ambrose ed prescripti said in a on drugs. page 10. telephone OPPD is working interview that the ment to receive with the Oak Park Fire training and Narcan program. grant fundingDepartfor the Oak Park Deputy Fire in a telephone By TOM HOLMES Chief Peter to sunset, Pilafas said interview Contributing paramedi every day that fire Reporter cs have been for four weeks. Nausheen departme can for some trained to nt sounds very Syed Mohuddin administe ator, to develop on Yom much like r NarKippur or times a monthtime and used it an a (a.k.a. Mohi) Jew patience, and his wife a Christian average of to perfect in Ahmed Lent when she Nausheen one’s character. gratitude and four Pilafas applied 2014 and 2015. during describes keeping the Akhter will a Muslim When fasting, what Muslims on May 20 month of begin are striving for during is supposed will cover for the 5. The River Ramadan 100 percent behavior, to be on their Ramadan “What people on June Forest residents avoid anger, program, . of the costs grant, which may ing without and it etc. Many bad language, best for the OPPD food or drink, will fast, go- “is that the purposenot know,” she said, people give He said now was approved three example up bad habits,lies, of Ramadan from sunrise bring you days police and will attend closer spiritually fire departme later. is to spection smoking. It is for a training nt officials to your Creand self-reflec a time of introofficers on seminar to instruct how tion on how police Earlier this to administer the to betdrug. See RAMADA year, Oak Park Township N on page 12 SuperviSee NARCAN on page 13
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Can I Buy You a Beer? By CATHY YEN, Executive Director “Oak Park on Tap” illustrates how far we have come since being a dry Village in 1973. Less than fifty years ago, going out for a beer was something you did in Forest Park or Berwyn. Now there are thirty spots in Oak Park where you can sidle up to the bar and enjoy a cold one – without purchasing food, a restriction lifted only six years ago. Today, the Chamber is collaborating with the Pleasant Home Foundation and the Pleasant District on a beer tasting event on Friday, November 17. The “Pleasant Parlor Beer Tasting and Pub Crawl” features a ticketed beer tasting event in the historic Pleasant Home with a concurrent pub crawl through the Pleasant District.
Mathnasium 1101 Chicago Ave. Oak Park (708) 613-4007 mathnasium.com/ oakparkriverforest
Within three short blocks, beer lovers will enjoy pours from four separate vendors in the Home along with tastings from four participating hotspots on the Crawl (Wild Onion’s Tied House, Two Brothers Social Tap, Barclay’s American Grille and Poor Phil’s). You can purchase a ticket for either the Beer Parlor, the Pub Crawl or both. (Ticket sales at pleasanthome.org) We view this as an opportunity to promote more than just the Pleasant District (also the site of MicroBrew Review) as a happening beer scene – terrific brews can be had throughout Oak Park. Therefore, we are creating a guide map as well as a website to serve both resident and tourist beer lovers. And so “Oak Park On Tap” was born. We counted about thirty places that serve beer at the bar in Oak Park. That’s striking, given that Philanders (now Barclay’s) received the first restaurant liquor license in 1979. Restaurants were allowed
to serve alcohol without requiring a food purchase only since 2011. Kinslahger received the first license for a “tasting room” sans kitchen in 2014. The Beer Shop received its liquor license for its “craft brew lounge” format just two and a half years ago. Our growth in this industry is intentional and regulated, to be sure, but it is still pretty noteworthy growth. The Chamber’s “Oak Park On Tap” will showcase that growth and highlight beer businesses and beer-related events throughout Village year-round.
Congratulations to Mathnasium on their new location!
Among those gathered to celebrate owner Jana Frank and the Mathnasium team: Mary Ann Bender, Dr. Mary Ann Bender Podiatry; Jonathan Biag, Escape Factor; Maggie Kenny, MB Financial; Denise Warren, MB Financial; Aurora Pragides, Community Bank of OPRF; Loretta Daly, Village of Oak Park; Natalie Casas, Community Bank of OPRF; Arturo Saucillo, Adam Doe State Farm; Leah Dela Cruz, Community Bank of OPRF; Dexter Cura, Escape Factor; Pat Koko, Celebrating Seniors Coalition; and Bob Stelletello, Right At Home Oak Park Chicago.
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Community Foundation Your GivinG Can Have BiG impaCt Since 2002, the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation has distributed over $26,000,000 to local, regional and national nonprofit organizations. Here are ways for you to get involved and be part of this impact. Create a fund: donor-advised - you recommend charitable beneficiaries locally or anywhere in the USA annually - you select charities that will receive annual contributions from your fund scholarship - you select a purpose and the Foundation connects with the recipients designated
add to an existinG fund: such as the Fund for Now, the Fund for Forever,
the Fund for.......visit www.oprfcf.org for the many funds that welcome your gift. Donate to the Fund for Now
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The Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation has partially underwritten the Season of Giving in support of nonprofit organizations serving Oak Park and River Forest.
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Animal Care League No matter how long it takes, the Animal Care League keeps an adoptable animal until we find that right loving home. We take proactive approaches to animal care and adoption as well as preventative measures to help reduce the number of homeless animals in our communities. The Animal Care League provides medical treatment for over 1,000 animals each year ranging from routine vaccinations to emergency, life-saving surgery. Make a meaningful difference in the life of a homeless animal. Visit animalcareleague. org, where you can sign up to be a volunteer or donate. You can also donate your gently used items to the 2nd Chance shop, and attend one of many fun special events.
Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation We connect donors to impact. Your gift to the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation can benefit one or many organizations locally, regionally or nationally. We accept all sizes of gifts -- gifts of cash, appreciated stock, real estate and through bequests. We work with you to match your philanthropic interests with needs. We manage scholarships for students and provide enrichment grants for young people. We provide grants to local nonprofit organizations, present Impact Excellence seminars for them and manage many of their funds. We connect our community for collective impact. For more about what we do, please visit us at: www.oprfcf.org, on Facebook and Twitter: @oprfcf. 708-848-1560 1049 Lake Street, Suite 204 Oak Park, IL 60301 Donate online at: https://goo.gl/MeQaon
community. The same is true for charitable giving. When you donate to local nonprofits, your money goes to work in your own neighborhood. Your donations feed local families, offer safety and learning to local children, and enrich the beauty and art that surrounds us all. Over the coming weeks,
Concordia University Chicago Founded in 1864, Concordia University Chicago is a comprehensive liberal arts-based Christian university in the Lutheran tradition. Through its College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, College of Education, and College of Graduate and Innovative Programs, Concordia-Chicago offers more than 100 areas of study in small classes taught by professors who are passionate about teaching and student success. Concordia-Chicago equips men and women to serve and lead with integrity, creativity, competence and compassion in a diverse, interconnected and increasingly urbanized church and world. More than 5,000 full-time undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled at Concordia-Chicago, located in River Forest.
Oak Park Festival Theatre Since 1975 Oak Park Festival Theatre, the Midwest’s oldest professional outdoor classical theatre, has brought the magic of dramatic masterpieces to generations of our neighbors. Whether performing under the stars in beautiful Austin Gardens as we do each summer or at any of the many local venues where we partner with local philanthropic agencies (such as Housing Forward, Oak Park Housing Authority or Nineteenth Century Charitable Association), Festival Theatre breaths fresh air into timeless texts for Oak Park and beyond. With ticket prices kept friendly for every budget and free admission for all under 13, we rely on the generosity of our audiences to continue our dynamic community dialogue. Donations can be made on-line at oakparkfestival.com or mailed to us: Oak Park Festival Theatre, P.O. Box 4114, Oak Park, IL 60303.
Hephzibah
Hephzibah Children’s Association was founded in 1897. We serve more than 1,000 children and families each year through
partners share their passion for learning while conducting free, hands-on residencies with more than 4,200 students annually. OPEF also runs BASE Camp, exceptional summer and day-off enrichment. Learn more, volunteer or donate at opef.org. 260 Madison St., Oak Park, IL 60302 Contact: Deb Abrahamson, Exec. Dir., dabrahamson@opef.org. 708-524-3023
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Community Giving Guide
eason of Giving is a campaign organized by Wednesday Journal and the Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation to encourage local charitable giving during the holiday season. It has long been recognized that when we shop local, our money recirculates through the local
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over the listings in this Giving Guide. Find an organization that resonates with you. Check out their website. Consider making a donation or volunteering. Spread the word. Don’t just shop local—give Local.
innovative, community-based programs. Hephzibah provides a Group Home for children who have been taken from their families due to profound abuse or neglect. Our skilled staff recruits and trains foster parents, and offers ongoing support to help all family members navigate challenges. Our after-school Day Care operates on a sliding scale to serve working parents in Oak Park, with programs based at each elementary school. To make a real difference in the lives of children and families, please donate today at hephzibahhome.org.
Housing Forward The mission of Housing Forward is to transition people from housing crisis to housing stability. By emphasizing prevention, supportive services, employment readiness and supportive housing, we are able to offer a comprehensive, long-term solution that moves clients into housing quickly and keeps them there. This housing-first approach to homelessness is more efficient, more fiscally responsible and less traumatic to clients who are typically facing extraordinary hardship. It is also beneficial to the communities being served who do not have to bear the costs of homelessness in the form of expanded social services, health care and public safety costs. We offer an attractive return on your investment — measured in terms of human lives and futures. To donate, please visit housingforward. org/give, or contact Janet Gow, Director of Development & Communications, at 708.338.1724 ext. 262.
The Oak Park Education Foundation (OPEF) Strong schools are at the heart of a strong community. Established in 1989, OPEF is a privately funded, nonprofit organization that brings artists, architects, scientists, and technology experts into K-8th grade classrooms at every District 97 school. Our professional
Support literacy, learning, and community connection When you give locally, you can choose to share a gift that nurtures ideas and spreads knowledge in and around Oak Park. You can support the freedom to read, to learn, and to grow. Loyalty to your local public library helps a 113-year-old institution, dedicated to literacy and community connection, continue to be free and accessible to all. To learn more about how you can make a difference and keep Oak Park’s center of information, local history, and civic engagement strong, contact Executive Director David J. Seleb (d.seleb@oppl.org, 708.697.6911) or Deputy Director Jim Madigan (jmadigan@ oppl.org,708.697.6909).
Oak Park Regional Housing Center The Housing Center promotes and sustains the racial integration of Oak Park. We help over 3,500 households and 250 landlords annually. The Housing Center provides the foundation for equity and inclusion in Oak Park. Your gift helps keep Oak Park’s promise of diversity that we all cherish. To donate visit: oprhc.org/donate or make checks payable to OPRHC, 1041 South Boulevard, Oak Park, IL 60302
Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry $1 = 3 meals, is an equation only you can make possible. With your help, Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry has been reducing local hunger for nearly 40 years. Your support means we are able to meet the needs of nearly 16,000 families struggling with hunger each year. It means we can provide over 50 pounds of nutritious food plus access to vital programs and services to help people stretch limited food budgets in healthy ways. It means that even a little goes a long way: every $1 donated can feed a neighbor for an entire day. To make a donation, visit oprffoodpantry. org or send checks payable to OPRF Food Pantry to Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry, 848 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60301.
PACCT PACTT Learning Center is committed to empowering people challenged by autism with choice in regard to where they live, learn and work. PACTT’s mission is to assist individuals with autism in becoming as independent as possible with the ability
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This Community Giving Guide of local nonprofits will run weekly through December. If you would like information on how to list your organization, email Marc Stopeck at marc@oakpark.com. to integrate effectively into their homes and community. At the core of this mission is to see each individual as a unique gift and then provide the person-centered supports that foster learning and growth. PACTT programs include a therapeutic day school, residential services for children, transition program for older teens, vocational training/job placement and residential services for adults. To learn more about PACTT or make a donation, go to pactt.org or call 773-338-9102 ext. 2424
Pillars Pillars is the largest nonprofit provider of mental health and social services in the western and southwestern suburbs. The agency serves 10,000 people each year through direct client services, including Mental Health, Addictions, Domestic & Sexual Violence, Child & Family Services, and Community Housing. Untreated mental illness and addiction can lead to hospitalization, encounters with law enforcement, violence, and even early death. Pillars’ programs empower people to break out of those cycles and lead healthy, productive, independent lives—which ultimately saves the community money. Stand together as Pillars, with us. Donate online or pledge a monthly gift today at www.pillarscommunity.org/donate.
Ping! PING! (Providing Instruments for the Next Generation) is an all-volunteer organization that loans musical instruments to students in need in grades 4-12 in Oak Park-River Forest school districts 90, 97, and 200 so that they can participate in their school band or orchestra. PING! also provides music enrichment for its students through workshops, mentoring, summer music camp scholarships, private lessons, and field trips. PING! serves between 125 and 150 students each year who would not otherwise have the opportunity to participate in the music programs at school. PING! depends on the community for donated instruments and financial contributions to maintain our instrument inventory and program funding. For more information or to make a donation, go to pingoprf.org. If you have an instrument to donate, send us an email at pingoprf@ gmail.com.
Pleasant Home Pleasant Home Foundation, a non-profit organization, restores and preserves our National Historic Landmark house museum while offering a wide variety of educational opportunities, cultural programming and free community events. Financial support is crucial to sustain Pleasant Home as an important resource for tourism
and as a center for the community. 217 Home Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302 pleasanthome.org, hruehlemay@pleasanthome.org, 708-383-2654
Pro Bono Network Access to justice should not depend upon one’s income. During this time of need, there are not enough lawyers to help people with human rights needs. These include safety from an abuser, adequate housing, and the ability to get a job. Pro Bono Network, a locally-grown and new kind of organization, has brought over 200 attorneys to pro bono work by making legal representation practical. As a result over 1000 clients have received legal aid services which often encompass human rights. Learn more at pro-bono-network.org. Donating will make a difference!
The River Forest Library Foundation Since 1905, the River Forest Public Library (RFPL) has been transforming lives and nurturing a love of reading and learning in children, teens, and adults. Today, as a 21st century library, the RFPL not only provides the latest books and periodicals, but also digital content, remote online access, onsite computer technology, and interactive educational programs By giving to the RFPL Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, you can honor a parent, child, or other family member; a cherished teacher or mentor; a dear friend; or your own love of learning. Your gift will inspire others and help to ensure that the Library will always be here to grow and change with us. Mail donations to the RFPL Foundation at 735 Lathrop Ave, River Forest, IL 60305, or go to riverforestlibrary.org/donate.
Sarah’s Inn
Since 1981, Sarah’s Inn has worked to improve the lives of those impacted by domestic violence and to break the cycle of violence for future generations. Our Intervention Program provides bi-lingual services for families affected by domestic violence in order to safely navigate crisis, effectively process trauma and ensure self-sufficiency. Our Training and Education Program creates a network of skilled bystanders to appropriately intervene as first responders and community advocates. Our Together Strong Project was created to prevent relationship violence by teaching youth about the impact of their choices, giving them the tools to lead healthy lives, and empowering them to make a difference in their community. To donate, visit donatenow.networkforgood. org/sarahsinn, or make a tax-deductible donation through postal mail by sending a
check to: Sarah’s Inn, PO Box 1159, Oak Park, IL 60304
disabilities. Donate online at ucpseguin. the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundatio Coordinated by
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Each year The Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest receives support from loyal patrons and generous friends. Ticket sales provide less than half the funds needed for the Symphony’s performances. Your gift keeps this award-winning orchestra going strong, allowing us to keep our ticket prices low and provide free tickets to students through college to our concerts held at Dominican University. This year we celebrate our 85th Anniversary and your help is needed to ensure our future. We will reward donations of $100 (or more!) with a complementary ticket to our February 12 BEETHOVEN’s 9th concert or a free CD of our April Symphony Center concert. Make your end-of-year tax-deductible donation at symphonyoprf.com, or: P.O. Box 3564, Oak Park, IL 60303-3564.
Thrive Counseling Center Thrive Counseling Center (formerly Family Services of Oak Park) has provided community mental health services for 118 years. Located in the heart of Oak Park, our mission is to build healthy minds, families and communities by empowering people to attain mental and emotional well-being. Hope, resilience and recovery form the heart of our programs and services. Last year we provided critical services to approximately 2,000 friends, neighbors and family members including… • counseling for youth and adults • psychiatric care and medication management • 24/7 crisis intervention • in-home counseling for older adults • case management and supportive housing • psycho-social recovery day program • stress reduction courses
To learn more or donate, please visit thrivecc.org. or call 708-383-7500, ext. 316. Follow us on Facebook!
UCP Seguin of Greater Chicago UCP Seguin believes that all people, regardless of ability, deserve to achieve their potential, advance their independence and act as full members of the community. So we stop at nothing to provide life skills training, assistive technology, meaningful employment and a place to call home for people with disabilities, as well as specialized foster care for children. Our goal: life without limits for people with disabilities. Make a difference in the lives of people with
financial need should never stand in the way of anyone who wants to achieve vitality and improve their well-being. YMCA scholarships cover everything from memberships and class fees to after-school programs and summer day camps for children. Community support makes it possible for us to provide more than $120,000 in scholarships to local residents for Y programs and memberships each year. Your holiday donation will help even more neighbors receive the gift of healthy living. To donate, visit WestCookYMCA.org/donate or send your check to West Cook YMCA, 255 S. Marion St., Oak Park, IL 60302,
708-383-5200
Wonder Works Children’s Museum Creative and imaginative play are vital to a healthy child and Wonder Works Children’s Museum provides countless opportunities for both, giving children a safe space to explore. Wonder Works is committed to providing an environment where early learning flourishes through thoughtfully designed “experience zones” and educational programming. Rachel Rettberg CEO Wonder Works Children’s Museum 6445 W North Ave, Oak Park IL 60302 773.636.7971 rrettberg@wonder-works.org wonder-works.org www.facebook.com/wonderworkschildrensmusem
Youth Outreach Services (YOS) Aa non-profit organization that helps at-risk youth in the Chicago area reach their potential. For almost 60 years, we’ve focused on caring for teens that face challenges at home, in school and in the community. YOS believes all youth are capable of excellence. Our job is to provide the support they need to meet challenges head on, discover their strengths and make healthy choices. We provide comprehensive services from our four service areas depending on each client’s needs: Counseling, Prevention, Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice with programs in schools, client’s homes and our offices. To make a donation, volunteer, or get more information, go to yos.org or call 773-7777112x7270
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hey marched this weekend in my hometown, a Chicago suburb we chose 18 years ago because it seemed the safest and most welcoming place for a black dad and a white mom to raise two biracial children. On its face, the march was about the fate of a black teacher, activist and political candidate who was punished by our high school for publishing a student’s blackface Snapchat on a public Facebook page, decrying it as racist and elevating the issue to a whole new audience. But on a much deeper level, this is about a fundamental disconnect between two visions of what it really means to embrace diversity and equity in a community that once stood as a national model of integration but now seems riven by the same ugly, painful racial divisions laid bare by the 2016 election. This tension has been simmering for years, so it’s no surprise the blackface photo boiled over into a full-blown racial incident, inspiring hundreds of online debates and headlines in the Chicago Tribune, The Root and on TV news. More than 5,000 people signed an online petition demanding the reinstatement of the suspended teacher, rebuking the administration for the “unfair and inconsistent” punishment of “a valued role model, who served as a mentor and support system for many students of color at OPRF” and protesting “a racist status quo that under-penalizes white members of the school community, and over-penalizes black members.” This is how it started: A 17-year-old senior at OPRF High School posts a selfie to Snapchat, his face smeared with a black charcoal face mask with the caption “Vote me for BLU president” — a reference to the high school’s Black Leaders Union. His followers quickly denounced his post as stupid and racist, and he pulled it down with an apology — but not before the photo
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irst, let’s get something straight: The current bar for being a “good, non-racist white person” is set way too low. Here’s what it looks like today: ■ Go to an anti-racism training? You’re a good non-racist white person. ■ Acknowledge that you have white privilege and say it to other people? You’re a good, nonracist white person. ■ Go to a #BlackLivesMatter protest or put up a poster? Good, non-racist white person. ■ Have more than two black friends? You got it, you’re a good, non-racist white person. ■ Buy your children a book or doll that isn’t white? Success! You’re a good, non-racist white person. Sure, all those things are good. But those actions alone don’t make you non-racist or a good anti-racist ally. Being a true ally requires action, accountability and choosing to give up your white privilege and be treated like people of color (POC) are currently. That’s where good intentions often stall out. Many good white people are willing to say things, but they are not willing to give up anything. Most white families aren’t willing to send their children to schools where black kids go. Most good white folks aren’t willing to give up their leadership roles in organizations whose sole purpose is to help POC. Most good white folks aren’t willing to admit their own racism or take responsibility when they engage in racist actions — even when they do explicitly racist things. Instead, good, non-racist white people go to a training, probably cry and talk about how their racist actions impacted them personally and even how they will take the lesson to develop into more racially sensitive allies. This is a story of a young white male who did something racist. Bucking the tide, he and his white family fully accepted the consequences of that action, which include serious harm to the young man’s reputation.
Young Man X was an average, non-racist white kid, living in a utopian suburban community for other non-racist white people (Oak Park) when he did something racist. He put on blackface, went on the internet, and targeted black student leaders at his high school. Now we can all agree that what Young Man X did was wrong. When a young white man does something wrong, the usual way this is handled is the young man offers an apology, and there are no further consequences. In other words, no real accountability and no push to change behavior. In my entire life, I’ve never actually seen a good, non-racist white person do something racist and truly accept responsibility for it — until this young man at Oak Park and River Forest High School. And his family. After posing in a racist blackface picture, this young man did a number of things almost unheard of: He didn’t deny it. He called it racist. He and his family reached out to a black teacher, active in anti-racist work, to figure out how to handle a situation where the white kid is not the focus. When his school handed out consequences — suspension, loss of prom and other school event privileges, including the walk across the stage at graduation — he and his family accepted them. Their response? “OK, I deserve that and I accept this punishment.” I know, crazy, right? This is what being a non-racist white person really looks like. I was literally stunned silent when I heard the response from the boy and his parents. Upon finding the picture of their son in blackface, his parents immediately wanted to figure out the best way to make reparations. Unfortunately, the school, an American institution, created to uphold white supremacy, was
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very neighborhood needs a champion. And North Avenue, from Austin to Harlem, the Oak Park side and the Chicago side both, has its champion in The North Avenue District (T-NAD). This is a small but determined community group, neighbors from both Oak Park and Galewood, business people, who want to see a street that has been long ignored and abused get some long overdue attention. And finally as 2018 approaches, serendipity and hard work are melding into multiple government bodies beginning to assess the many challenges this high-traffic but largely invisible thoroughfare faces. Oak Park is about to report out a consultant’s study of what development options — a TIF, a special service area — could be implemented to help fund economic development and repurposing of land on North Avenue. A state grant, long-delayed by the budget fiascos of Springfield, has finally come through and will fund a study of how to improve transportation on this state route. This study has been pending since 2015. Then last week, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) announced funding of a T-NAD-sought backing of a plan focused on land uses along North Avenue. The Local Technical Assistance grant focuses on parking, traffic, walkability and accessibility. We’re not consultants but we’d say North Avenue has: ■ Too much obsolete retail that will never again be effectively used. That includes both ancient storefronts and already deteriorating strip malls. ■ Too many small 1950s-era office buildings that will never again be filled with lawyers and doctors. ■ Too many community-discouraging uses such as pawn shops, payday loan stores, and massage parlors posing as prostitution. ■ Too little historic collaboration between the city of Chicago on the north side and Oak Park on the south side of this street. And too little intimacy between residents on the two sides of the four-lane highway. ■ And a mild-to-severe case of NIMBYism among residents in both Oak Park and Galewood who moved adjacent to a major commercial artery but won’t accept the traffic that spills onto side streets. There’s good news if these studies prove it out, the governments find ways to work together, and neighbors agree that the worst outcome is the status quo. This two-mile stretch will never again be wall-to-wall commercial property. There aren’t major car dealers coming back, the HQ of a giant savings and loan is history, and the iconic outpost of the iconic Sears brand is toast. It is time to embrace change. The proposal to build an 80-unit luxury apartment complex on the old St. Paul Federal site is terrific. This street, these neighborhoods need more residents to support the businesses that remain. Residential — townhomes, apartments and condos — is the essential future of North Avenue. The massive Sears site at Harlem and North is a highly desirable corner, not ever again for a big box retailer but for some combination of retail and residential. Judith Alexander, the engine behind T-NAD, is also rightly focused on making sure the hard work ahead stretches all the way to Austin Boulevard. The east end of North Avenue needs particular attention and investment.
Making a plan
The narrow vote last week in Oak Park to approve the rolling five-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) was a bit of political drama. The three newly elected trustees voted nay, everyone else was in support. Wasn’t long ago that Oak Park was so far behind on understanding and funding infrastructure that it didn’t even have a CIP. Didn’t have any dedicated source of funding for aging infrastructure. So maintaining the planning process is important to us. Like the trustees in the minority of last week’s vote, we have serious questions about some of the projects in the queue. Enough with the bluestone sidewalks on Lake Street. We also need a commitment from a developer before there is any need to Bend Madison Street. But there is time for those debates. No need to derail the CIP in that process.
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An audience of one in the late afternoon
y first visit to Courageous Bakery last Thursday was cut short by the fact that they close at 5 p.m. I was taking notes for a column about courageous conversations and the difficulty conducting them on social media. Seemed appropriate to write courageously about courageous conversations in a courageous bakery. But I didn’t hold the eviction against them. Courageously continuing my walk, I heard a familiar sound and turned right at Ontario, continuing past Cheney Mansion and down to the chain link deadend at Linden, where I found what I was looking for, though I didn’t realize it at first. On an Indian-summerish, mid-autumn lateafternoon with the setting sun intensifying the orange brick of this venerable institution, under blue skies airbrushed by high, thin clouds, I came upon the OPRF Huskies Marching Band, or Marching Huskies, or whatever moniker they proudly go by. And proud they should be as the director and the conductor (who looked to be a student) stood on their high platform and put the players through their paces. Section by section, they worked while idle instruments — large brass bellows, for instance — rested on the turf, their players schmoozing quietly nearby, awaiting further instructions. The grass in this still-natural portion of the grounds was green from last week’s liberal drenching, the turf drained enough to support the hoofers dancing above — for this is not so much a “marching” band, but, at the moment anyway, a tango band, as the full contingent strikes up “Libertango,” a composition by Oscar Piazzola, the Bach of Tango — members in shorts and T-shirts gliding rather than pounding, instruments playing the players instead of the other way around. Or so it seemed and sounded. These are high school kids, right? I needed to remind myself — 14 to 18 years old? The sounds did not jibe with one’s expectations of adolescent proficiency: the familiar unripe discordances erupting here and there, understandable and easily forgiven. But none of that was happening, as far as I could tell. Purple and white flags twirled in the confident hands of the color guard. One inspired youth ran about with flags splayed to the sides like wings, as if about to take flight, which he did, in a manner of speaking, breaking free of the group and enjoying a momentary liftoff. Parents pulled up in SUVs to drop off tiny, shoulder-padded football players, who scurried to a separate portion of the field for practice, taking no evident notice, though surely these tikes must have heard their immediate elders — former children so recently — playing tunes with panache and soaring with emotion as their feet kept the beat. Talk about multitasking. The selections followed a Spanish meme, castanets and marimba in full flourish as girls in color-
ful flamenco outfits began to dance, in modified fashion, of course, since the soft soil could never amplify the kind of gunshot stomping this dance tradition is known for. I don’t mean to hyperbolize all this, but when “Bolero” began and the afternoon deepened, and the ghosts of thousands of young hopefuls who gamboled and drilled, tackled and sprinted, played and paraded, practiced and performed on this same sacred ground for decades made their echoes felt (OK, maybe I do mean to hyperbolize), I couldn’t help feeling somehow that this was a culmination, not just of their “season” but of all that is worthwhile about high school. Here they were, gathered and in communion, with one another and their music, talented and fun-loving simultaneously, practicing for God knows what. Their last home game? Some national competition at Disney World? Who cares really? It’s not about the competitions and the halftime shows. Oh, they provide the motivation and incentive, surely, but what matters is not the audiences and judges and even the high bar this director clearly sets. It’s about one moment of transcendence, when it’s all working and they’re loving it. This was the pure thing itself. Maybe this is why we send them to high school, to sit through all those classes, to develop their gifts, all so they might experience moments where they let go of self-doubt and self-questioning and just flat-out play. These are the moments of bliss we all yearn for, and here they were experiencing one before even turning 18. The tonic of their tonality. What a gas! And all for the benefit of an audience of one (as far as I could tell). This was the real show (so I had to tell you). And when it was over, the director opened his arms wide as if to encompass them with appreciation or approval or whatever it is he conveys to motivate them. Or maybe it’s just so much fun they naturally rise to meet his standard. Who knows? Like any institution, this high school has its ups and downs. Most of our institutions, you might have noticed, are having a lot of downs these days. All the more reason to celebrate the upswings. Eric Linden, back in the recesses of Wednesday Journal’s deep past, used to say that whenever he heard the OPRF Gospel Choir sing, he would wave his arms in resignation and say, “Just give them all the money they’re asking for. It’s worth it.” That’s how I feel when I attend the winter musical. And that’s how I feel now about the marching, dancing Huskies. It doesn’t mean we can postpone courageous conversations on tough topics like race forever. This doesn’t make up for whatever shortcomings need to be addressed. That’s also part of high school (and every other institution, too, for that matter). But it did make me postpone my column plans for at least a week. There’s only one thing to say about what I witnessed last Thursday afternoon: Thanks, I needed that.
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Head over heart, magical thinking abides
always thought it was hard to win a Nobel Prize until University of Chicago professor Richard Thaler won this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics a couple of weeks ago. He won for his research on how people make economic decisions. His research showed that we humans can be irrational and often make decisions that are against our self-interest. Duh. I already knew that. In fact, everybody has known that for a long time. David Hume noted during the Enlightenment: “Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of passions.” Every novel Charles Dickens ever wrote has flawed, irrational characters acting against their best interest. Almost every human enterprise is influenced significantly by emotional or irrational behavior. Take politics. Donald Trump was elected President because lots of voters hated Hillary Clinton, were tired of being mocked by hoity-toity liberals, or were just hopeful that a buffoonish reality TV personality just might change things. These voters knew Trump was an idiot but voted for him anyway. Heart over head.
Take sports. Some Bears fans really believe each year that this is the year the Monsters of the Midway will win the Super Bowl even though the team is terrible and deep down they know the team is terrible. People play the lottery every week hoping to win the jackpot even though the odds are about the same as a unicorn winning the Kentucky Derby. The whole foolishness over standing or kneeling during the singing of a patriotic song and worshiping a tri-colored rectangle is about as irrational as it gets. We stay in relationships with terribly flawed significant others despite ample evidence that they are very unlikely to ever change. The same can be said for jobs we hate but can’t leave. The car engine light comes on, and we delude ourselves that the car will heal itself. The roof leaks, but we hope the rain stops. We believe the blood in the urine will go away. We hope the IRS won’t notice. We supersize our Big Mac meal — with a Diet Coke. We sign up for the 10-minute workout. Magical thinking abides. Shakespeare’s Puck deserves the final word: “What fools these mortals be.”
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xecutive orders must be signed and numbered by the President of the United States. President Barack Obama signed 277 during his eight years as President — the fewest in decades. Donald J. Trump signed 32 during his first 100 days in office. This projects to be 275 over one term, half the time Obama was in office. As a candidate, DJT castigated President Obama for subverting democracy by what he called “executive over-reach.” Why the flip-flop? DJT blames a dysfunctional Congress. Plus he wants to keep his “base” happy. DJT has presented his budget to Congress. A budget is referred to as a blueprint for the future. Where does DJT’s blueprint take us? States, counties, cities and towns will need to do more with less. Many of the cuts will affect DJT’s “base.” Deep reductions in agricultural subsidies, elimination of billions of dollars for housing, transportation, environmental cleanup, job training programs as well as health subsidies for the poor and middle class. According to the National Association of Counties, 75% of counties in the
U.S. have not recovered from the Great Recession. Budgets are frequently called a moral document. Anger is a strong feeling of hostility. Envy is resentment aroused by desire for possessions and/or qualities of others. Gluttony involves consuming immoderate amounts of food or drink. Avarice is the desire for great wealth. Lust is overwhelming craving. Pride is arrogant conduct. Sloth is habitual laziness. These are the seven deadly sins. DJT’s budget is fueled to create a world based on the seven deadly sins. It is an attempt to collapse social democracy. We must reshape the conversation to promote civil society. The budget as proposed by DJT leads to a dystopian world. It’s a world aimed at stunting human potential and development. It is a blueprint for divisiveness on a global scale. Instead of this dystopic future, we need creative dynamism. We need to shape an integrative future revolving around peoples’ democratic participation. Many of us have little experience with participatory democracy. It will be a learning curve. Some unions do this. The United
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Electoral Workers have a long history with participatory democracy. National Nurses United as well. Anthony Clark’s A Brand New Congress, while newly formed, seems to practice participatory democracy. Reclaim Chicago is steeped in the practice of participatory democracy. Democratic Socialists of America has its fingers on the pulse of participatory democracy, warts and all. DSA has grown greatly in recent months, forming various working groups based on issues like health care, labor and socialist feminism. After submitting this letter to Wednesday
Journal, the budget was passed in the Senate by the slimmest of margins. It had previously passed in the House. The House and Senate versions differ so will need to be reconciled. The Senate’s plan includes a provision that will allow the Republicans to pass a vetoproof tax bill that increases spending by the Pentagon and strangles social services. The Pentagon is the only Cabinet department that has refused to have a verified audit conducted in the history of the United States. Tom Broderick, an Oak Park resident, is a member of Democratic Socialists of America.
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Setting an example from page 33 unprepared to handle white people who want to take responsibility, accept punishment and do restorative justice. But this family decided that they weren’t going to hide behind their white privilege, no matter how many other white people came out in droves to protect this “innocent” boy who “made a mistake” and could have his entire life “ruined”! While being outwardly outraged by the racism of the action, many non-racist white folks were trying to minimize real consequences to the boy. Non-racist white folk can be very dramatic and completely unaware of the reality that white privilege is shielding them from real consequences. To many non-racist white folks, being called a racist is the worst thing in the whole world! And, yes, while being called out as racist may hurt their feelings and is embarrassing, it is not the worst thing in the world. Furthermore, being called “racist” is not “just like” racial oppression. At all. But with all the love in my heart, I must say to good, non-racist white folks, “You (the white person who believes they are not racist) are racist. It’s virtually impossible not to be racist in America. Whether you want it or not, you have privilege that makes your racist actions not affect your life in any way except your feelings.” So being truly non-racist is hard, hard work that requires action, acknowledge-
ment and some (this is the kicker) suffering for doing racist things. The irony is the kid who took the racist blackface picture is showing the world — and especially good, non-racist white folk — a powerful example of what it means to truly be anti-racist by fully accepting responsibility for his actions. I hope that other non-racist white folks follow this brave young man’s example. And to those who call liberals “snowflakes,” this is an example of how strong we are. This kid is not a snowflake; rather, he is hail. In the midst of the storm, he stays strong and doesn’t fall apart. He even wrote a whole apology letter reflecting on the incident and how his actions have impacted the community: My worst fear is leaving this as the white kid who got away. Every day we are faced with more and more news stories and court cases where, instead of talking about the crime committed, excuses are immediately made for the defendant. I want to make it abundantly clear that I take responsibility for my actions. I do not want to run away from the issue; instead I would like to attempt to make amends by being an example. I would like to use this opportunity to help focus the community, not on myself, but on the people I impacted, and on how to heal, and move forward to bring issues in our education system and local community to the foreground. And that, non-racist white folks, is how you handle it after you have done something racist. ShaRhonda Knott Dawson, a Broadview resident, has a child who attends school in Oak Park. This essay recently appeared in her blog at educationpost.org.
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My problem with the pledge
, too, have a history of protesting the Pledge of Allegiance. I don’t know if schools do this anymore, but in my public school in the early 1990s, right before the morning announcements on the intercom system, someone — frequently a student — would lead the school in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. At some point in high school, I became that student, reciting the pledge aloud before reading the morning announcements to our entire building. I took my job seriously, making sure to speak slowly and articulately, pronouncing each word of the pledge with the utmost care. The result was that I thought about what those words meant more than I ever had before. “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands …” I had no problem reciting the pledge for my school as a part of my duties. But on days when I was not assigned to the morning announcements, I took to remaining seated during the pledge. Eventually, my homeroom teacher noticed. She told me that I had to stand. If my memory serves me correctly, I asked her why she cared. She was a French citizen, not a U.S. citizen. She said it was about respect. I told her I could not stand because I had not decided whether I believed in those words. It was a lot to ask to make a pledge so personal, and I did not want to recite it like
a robot — pledging allegiance to a country that was unlikely willing to pledge any allegiance to me. A little black girl. She sent me to detention. My principal was more understanding than this teacher and never made be serve that detention. I continued to recite the pledge when I was leading the school, but never again while in my classroom. My homeroom teacher never mentioned the issue again. That was over 22 years ago. I have never thought of the pledge in the same way. I feel even less confident now that this country would steadfastly defend me or my humanity. I have immense respect for this American experiment in democracy. But it is not infallible. We are not infallible. I am grateful to live in a country in which I have the freedom to express my displeasure or disappointment with the government’s policies and deeds while still being proud to call it home. But I never lose sight of the fact that this country only begrudgingly respects the God-given or Constitutional rights of people who look like me. I pray that someday I can say the Pledge of Allegiance and mean it. I pray that someday this country is as proud to call me a daughter as I am to call it my home. Khara Coleman is an attorney living in Oak Park and practicing in downtown Chicago.
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Instead of punishing, teach Question: If a teacher posts a photo of a lynched black man on social media as an illustration of the history of racism (Teacher, you mean that really happened?!), does that “interfere with or disrupt the educational or working environment, or the delivery of educational support services”? Shouldn’t he get a commendation for trying to illustrate (the roots of) today’s persistent problems? Question: When you were 17 years old and did
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Seeing it from both sides from page 33 was widely circulated by students. Teacher Anthony Clark posted it on Suburban Unity Alliance, his organization’s public Facebook page, and this only fueled the outrage. When the story blew up, the student said he deeply regretted his decision to post the photo as an “off-handed joke.” The family defended Clark and offered up their progressive Oak Park bona fides: the teen marches for racial justice, defends LBGQT rights, even has a copy of Ta-Nehisi Coates on his bookshelf. The teen offered: “People’s anger is justified. I did not check my white privilege. I did not think about what I posted. There’s no excuse.” The high school suspended the senior for an undisclosed
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Offensive? Yes, but still free speech
The First Amendment is, in my opinion, the “sacred” cornerstone of our Republic. The problem with the First Amendment, however, is that it can be so uncomfortably inconvenient. It’s easy when we all agree with what everyone else has to say. But it becomes a stickler when we don’t. Take the recent case of the 17-year-old high school student posting on his own private Snapchat account an image depicting himself in “blackface.” Offensive? You bet! Nonetheless, in my opinion, clearly protected speech under the First. What part of “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech …” does the D200 administration not understand? Under the 14th Amendment, the Bill of Rights (except for the 7th) were incorporated to include the states. And, as a surrogate of the state, OPRF High School is subject to the constraints of the First amendment. As such, the punishment by suspension of the student in question for posting an offensive post on his own private account — but clearly within his First Amendment rights — is an egregious violation of his First Amendment rights. Yes, this should be a teaching moment on many levels.
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something stupid, were you, in the words of the British proverb “taken out and shot”? (Heavens, what would the U.S. population be if that were always done?). Give me a break. We all did something stupid. When a kid does something monumentally stupid, don’t we teach him?
I am a retired former employee of OPRF High School. The motto of the school is “Those Things That Are Best”. Lately, activities at the school make you very unproud. The kneeling on the football field by the team, the kneeling by two school board members — what an example to our young folks you are! Recently I read in the Sun Times about a bomb scare. What is next? I was proud to be a retired person, but many ask me to explain what is going on at OPRF, and I don’t know what to say. Remember what your motto is and start acting according to what your motto says before you say, “Those Things That Are Worse.”
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number of days. The high school also suspended Clark for violating a social media policy that prohibits teachers from posting student photos without approval or in a way that “disrupts the educational or working environment.” Clark has said he didn’t know who the student was when he posted it, and pulled it after he talked to the student and his family. (The student has supported Clark, not just as a teacher, but also as a prominent local activist running for the U.S. House against 10-term Congressman Danny Davis, D-7th.) But this is no longer about Clark or a stupid teenager. It is certainly not about “Suburban Unity.” In Oak Park, this is about picking sides, a litmus test for racial “wokeness.” Here are the fault lines: If you disagree with the teacher’s action and express concern about the death threats received by the offending teenager, then you must be a racist (and probably white). If you see this
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incident as emblematic of an egregious pattern of progressive white privilege trumping the rights and voices of black students and teachers, then you are a race-baiting troublemaker (and certainly not a suburban unifier). And if you see it both ways, as I do, then you must be confused and cowardly. So it feels safest to stay silent and wait for this to blow over. But this is not going to blow over. And silence does feel cowardly. The teen deserves to be punished and shamed for his offensive photo. He also deserves to learn from his recklessness without being physically harmed or forever branded as a racist. The teacher needs to understand that his responsibility to protect students outweighs his impulse to spotlight racial injustice and fuel outrage. He also deserves reconsideration by our school district, which acted rashly in using an unevenly enforced policy
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to silence an educator prone to provoking his employer with inconvenient truths. I’m a lot more clear-eyed about the shortcomings of my integrated utopia — and my own racial biases — than I was as the mom of two curly-haired, coffee-colored preschoolers. I’ve learned a lot about how hard it is to be a student of color in a suburb that is so quick to pride itself on its diversity but so slow to dismantle the educational structures that have disadvantaged our black and brown families for decades. It’s been easy to feel hopeless these last couple of weeks, but we can do this. We can tackle our racial divisions without taking down our neighbors. Tracy Dell’Angela Barber is executive director of the Oak Park Education Foundation, an independent nonprofit that provides enrichment to District 97 students. She spent most of her career as a newspaper reporter at the Chicago Tribune. This originally appeared as a blog post.
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wenty-three firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition, all legally purchased by someone who passed background checks — that is what was used in the massacre in Las Vegas. At least 11 of the guns were semiautomatic, all fitted with legally available so-called “bump fire stocks,” turning them into fully automatic weapons. And there were numerous large-capacity magazines, also legally available. No one in his or her right mind would think that purchasing this arsenal should be constitutionally protected, yet it is — by the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The perpetrator did not violate any laws or regulations amassing this weaponry and transporting it to the hotel from which he fired. In 2008, a 5-4 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the handgun bans that were in place in Washington DC, stating that “the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense
within the home.” Yet the Supreme Court indicated that “like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited” and that “it is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose.” In 2010, the Supreme Court in essence invalidated similar gun regulations in Chicago and, yes, our own Oak Park (since 1983). This 5-4 majority decision again stated that certain firearms restrictions are assumed permissible. Thus, local, state, and federal governments can put in place regulations on gun and ammunition sales and gun ownership. The question is whether such regulations could have prevented the Las Vegas massacre and whether they would reduce gun-related violence and suicides in general. I would argue they would, and I firmly believe that every life saved or injury prevented justifies putting such firearm regulations in place. However, reductions in gun regulation have outnumbered increases in the past several years. Oak Parkers have overwhelmingly voted in support of non-binding ref-
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erenda related to gun regulation measures in the last three years. So have River Foresters and the rest of Cook County. So the next question is what can we, the people of Oak Park, do? Our local government and state and federal representatives are all in favor of stricter gun regulation measures, so putting pressure on them will not change things beyond showing our support for their positions. Two weeks ago, in this Journal [Do not stand idly by, Viewpoints, Oct. 11, http://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/10-10-2017/Do-not-stand-idly-by], John Barrett suggested things that you can do: Get involved in groups and organizations that pursue stricter gun regulations at the local, state, and national level; and support legislation such as a requirement that gun dealers in Illinois be licensed by the state to enable restrictions on dealers that supply most of the firearms used in gun violence in Chicagoland. Let’s get to work! Maarten Bosland, an Oak Park resident, is a member of Gun Responsibility Advocates, which encourages gun owners to accept the increased responsibilities that go along with gun rights.
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Raymond Zotti, 100 Enjoyed pigeon racing, dedicated union man
Ray Zotti, 100, a native of the South Side of Chicago and resident of Oak Park since 1966, died on Oct. 18, 2017, a feat made possible by the patient ministrations of his wife, Mary Irene, his love of the sport of pigeon racRAYMOND ZOTTI ing, daily completion of the crossword puzzle and the Jumble, and, in his last years, the devoted attention of his caregiver Nenita Johnson. He produced beautiful drawings and briefly considered a career in art but, deciding there was no money in it and color blind besides, he followed his father, Christian, into railroading, working first for the New York Central System, where he became chief clerk in the master mechanic’s office, and later the Association of American Railroads. A union man to the core, he served for many years as financial secretary of his local of the Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks. Ray’s lifelong passion, taken up in his teens, was racing homing pigeons, which he kept in a loft in his garage. Taciturn in other matters, he could talk for hours about pigeons, which he considered a metaphor for the human condition. Many in his family owe their knowledge of avian digestive and reproductive habits entirely to him. He and his birds were featured in the Suburban Trib and the Wall Street Journal and on ABC7 News with Frank Mathie. In weekly races, his pigeons came in “first in city” twice; this was among his proudest achievements. A rehabber long before the term was common, Ray and his wife renovated two homes, the first in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood and the second in Oak Park where the couple raised six children. A talented musician, he periodically entertained the family with im-
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promptu piano recitals that invariably concluded with a bravura rendition of “Under the Double Eagle.” He was noted for his stubborn perfectionism, which many of his children inherited, and his bold, attractive handwriting, which most did not. Ray kept his wits till the end, notwithstanding some off days. Told he deserved a beer after struggling up the front steps with the aid of his sons and grandson following Mary Irene’s funeral in 2015 (she was 93), he said, “Make it two.” Ray Zotti is survived by his brother, Tom; his children, Ed, Bob, John, Eileen, Peg and Bill; 18 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held at Drechsler, Brown and Williams, 203 S. Marion in Oak Park from 3 p.m. until 8 on Thursday, Oct. 26 with a funeral Mass at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 27 at St. Edmund Church, followed by interment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family appreciates donations to the PCD Foundation, www.pcdfoundation.org.
J.R. Kuszak, 66 Oak Park resident
Dr. J.R. Kuszak, 66, of Oak Park, died on Oct. 9, 2017. Born on May 26, 1951, he was the husband of Krystyna (nee Kazieczko); the father of Adam (Kristin) and Beth (Tom) Mannix; grandfather of Keira, J.R. KUSZAK Peter, J.J. and Jimmy; son of Ray and Sarah; brother of Geralyn, Marian and Barbara; and the uncle of Joshua, Meredith and Annamarie. Visitation was held on Oct. 13 at Zimmerman-Harnett Funeral Home. A funeral Mass was celebrated on Oct. 14 at St. Giles Catholic Church, followed by private interment.
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Enjoyed cooking and playing with his dogs Steven Robert Taylor, 45, of Forest Park, died unexpectedly on Sept. 30, 2017. Born on Jan. 25, 1972, he was known as “Taylor” by his family and friends. He enjoyed spending time with his friends, gaming, playing with his dogs, and cooking. Steven Taylor was the partner of Steve Siran; “father” of his furbabies, Scarlett and Spencer; brother of Kathy Steers, Glenn Williamson and Beth Lawless; brother-in-law of Linda Scalise; uncle of David Scalise, Brittney (Eric) Clark and Lauren Scalise; and friend of Alex Hills, Cindy Luce, Kimberly Hartman and Katsi Guerra. A memorial visitation was held at Woodlawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park on Oct. 7.
Richard Brennan, 87 Hospital CEO, Army veteran
Richard J. Brennan, 87, of River Forest, died on Oct. 14, 2017 in Berwyn. Born on Sept. 2, 1930 in Chicago to Edmund and Agnes Brennan, he was a U.S. Army Veteran who served during the Korean era and was the CEO RICHARD BRENNAN and president of Grant Hospital in Chicago before retiring in 1991. Richard was the husband of Honor (nee Petrie); the father of Richard, Sean, Timothy (Terence Gilles), Christopher (Sabrina Tellez), Patrick (Nora Walsh), Daniel (Nancy), and Catherine (Robert) Millette; the grandfather of 16; great-grandfather of 2; uncle of many nieces and nephews; and friend to many. Visitation was held on Oct. 19 at Drechsler,
Brown & Williams Funeral Home with a funeral Mass on Oct. 20 at St. Luke Church, followed by interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. The family appreciates memorials to the Alzheimer’s Research Foundation (alzfdn.org) or to the Seasons Hospice Foundation (seasonsfoundation.org).
Tad Ryan, 83
Former Oak Park resident Tad L. Ryan, 83, a former resident of Oak Park, died on Oct. 16, 2017. Born on Oct. 31, 1933, Tad was the husband of Diane Ryan (nee Strache); father of Michael (Jill) Ryan, Peter (Alyssa) Ryan and Jill (Robb Bolin) Ryan; stepfather of Julie (Jeremy) Coyne, Tricia (Robert) Mulvey and John (Eiby) Konkol Jr.; and the grandfather of 12. Funeral service and interment are private with arrangements by Adams-Winterfield & Sullivan Funeral Home, www.adamswinterfieldsullivan.com.
Helen Kuenster, 99 Dietician at local hospitals
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O B I T U A R I E S From PREVIOUS page dren, John J. (Mary Fran Hardin) and Mary Jo (Charles Bassett) Kuenster. She is survived by seven children, Virginia (Charles) Yarbrough, Lenore (Gerald) Siemer, Gregory J. (Songliu Rao) Kuenster, Maureen (Jean-Pierre Charmant) Kuenster, Mark J. Kuenster, Margory (Reed Hobbs) Kuenster, and Angele (Donald Gardner) Kuenster; her grandchildren, Kathryn (Jason Krozel) Kuenster, Ann Kuenster, Margaret (Michael) Karnick, John (Wendy Barg) Kuenster, Scott (Shelli Matthias) Siemer, Ami (Kendall) Garrison, Lora Siemer, Elliot, Tom and Steve Bassett, Audrey and David Charmant, Julia and Marie Yarbrough, Michael (Siri Bell) Kuenster, Chris (Ashleigh Phillippe) and Jacob (Amy Shrader) Hobbs, and Helen and Kelsey Kuenster; her greatgrandchildren, Ella, JJ, Cameron, Ava, Caiden, Charles, Julius, Brody, Abby, Jake, Shane, Mallory, Jackson, and Lulu. She was predeceased by her parents John T. and Margie Mooney McManmon; her siblings, Marguerite, Mary Lenore C.S.J., Catherine (the late James) Anderson, John T. (Lorriane Allmaras) McManmon Jr.; and her great-granddaughter, Ellen; she is survived by her sister, Eleanor McManmon Daly; and many nephews, nieces and friends. Visitation is on Friday, Oct. 27 from 4 until 8 p.m. at Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home, 203 S. Marion St. in Oak Park, followed by an 11 a.m. funeral Mass on Saturday, Oct. 28 at Oak Park’s St. Edmund Church, 188 S. Oak Park Ave. with interment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials to St. Edmund Church are appreciated.
Alwin Giegler, 100 Alwin R. Giegler, 100, of Oak Park, died peacefully on Oct. 18, 2017 at Oak Trace in Downers Grove. Born in River Forest on Nov. 3, 1916 to Otto and Martha Giegler, he was a lifelong member of Forest Park Baptist AL GIEGLER Church. Al Giegler is survived by his children, David (Sue), Fred (Julie), Helen (Will) Jugenitz, and Lois (William) Thompson; his 11 grandchildren; and 15 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, the late Elizabeth R.; two children, the late Carolyn (Robert) Cunningham and Edward Giegler; and his siblings the late Ernest, Helen Hutchins, Eric, and Harry Giegler. He was the uncle and great-uncle of many. A memorial service will be held on Saturday Oct. 28, at 2 p.m. at Forest Park Baptist Church, 133 Harlem Ave. Forest Park, IL 60130. In lieu of flowers, donations to the church are appreciated. Arrangements were handled by Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home.
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
“Here is where you belong!” Engage Christian Church Engaging God, His Family, and His Mission 1000 S. Elgin Ave. Forest Park, IL (In First United Church) To stay connected visit our website and join us on social media www.engagecc.org Facebook: @EngageCC Twitter: @engagecchurch Instagram: @engccchurch
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
Fair Oaks
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
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
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
St. Giles Family Mass Community
We welcome all to attend Sunday Mass at 10 a.m. on the St. Giles Parish campus on the second floor of the school gym, the southernmost building in the school complex at 1034 North Linden Avenue. Established in 1970, we are a laybased community within St. Giles Roman Catholic Parish. Our Mass is family-friendly. We encourage liturgically active toddlers. Children from 3 to 13 and young adults play meaningful parts in each Sunday liturgy. Together with the parish, we offer Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a Montessori-based religious education program for children in grades K-8. For more information, go to http://www.stgilesparish.org/ family-mass-community or call Bob Wielgos at 708-288-2196.
Traditional Catholic
The Traditional Catholic Latin Mass
Our Lady Immaculate Church 410 Washington Blvd Oak Park. 708-524-2408 Mass Times: Sat. 8:00am Sun. 7:30 & 10:00am Operated by Society of St. Pius X. Confessions 1 hr. before each mass
Third Unitarian Church 10AM Sunday Forum Summer Schedule at
thirdunitarianchurch.org (773) 626-9385
301 N. Mayfield, Chicago, near Austin and Lake Unity
To place a listing in the Religion Guide, call Mary Ellen: 708/613-3342
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. 28 Milvian Bridge Day 29 Reformation Day
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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
OFFICE ASST Forest Park sharpening company seeks Full Time Office Assistant to support Office Manager in variety of day to day tasks. Must have good communications skills, knowledge of computer and QuickBooks software. Bilingual a plus. Duties incl: Answer phones; Customer Svc; Daily Invoicing; A/P & A/R; Handle mail; Order Supplies. Send resume to berniessaw@aol.com
Manager, Customer & Market Research sought by Hill-Rom Company, Inc. in Chicago, IL. Resp. for managing all aspects of mkt research projects incl. translation of business questions into applicable methodologies, implmtn of study dsgn, supplier mgmt, & interpretation of data. BS (or educ. equiv.) in Bus. Admin., Mktg or rltd field & 2 yrs. exp in job offd. Must have exp w/ Medical device mkt research exp; Qualitative & quantitative mkt research exp incl moderation, questionnaire dsgn, sample selection, analysis, & report writing, etc. 10% US & Int’t travel for Customer meetings & to attend Conferences. Resume to: Hill-Rom Company Inc., Attn: Kevin Coen, 1069 State Rte 46 East, Batesville, IN 47006, or email kevin.coen1@hill-Rom.com; Refer to: Job #17124259
ELECTRICIAN’S HELPER PART-TIME Part-time Electrician’s Helper. Must have own transportation and some tools. Call 708-738-3848.
BERWYN 32ND & OAK PARK AVE 5 ROOMS 2BR APT Heat & Water. All Appliances. Parking. Laundry Facility. Freshly painted. Close to train, bus, & hospital. No pets. $975/month. 1 year lease. 1 month security. Broker 708-435-1244
PT DRIVER FOREST PARK Looking for part time part’s driver/ receiving clerk. Must be drug free & have vaild IL DL. Must be able to lift 75lbs. 9:00 am til 3pm. $12/HR. Do not come to office or call. Email resume: HR@sievertelectric.com
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.
Sr. Digital Interactive Graphic Designer sought by APRIMO US LLC, Chicago, IL for designing marketing elements for web & print; Rqrs BS in Graphic Design, Web Design, Interactive Media, or rltd. & 1 yr exp Software QA Analyst, Web Designer, or Graphic Designer. Must have UI/UX exp for marketing automation platform; coding HTML, CSS, JavaScript; designing marketing elements for web and print; Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, & PowerPoint. Must be fluent in Spanish, written & verbal, w/exp in translating marketing materials from English to Spanish. Resume to Aprimo US LLC. Attn: Rhonda Krogh, HR, 230 W. Monroe, Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606 or rhonda. krogh@aprimo.com.
FOREST PARK LARGE 2BR Forest Park 5 Large Rooms, 2BR, stove & refrigerator. Pay own heat & utilities. Close to transportation. Security deposit, 1 yr lease. No Pets. 1 car garage. Avail. now. $1000. Call 708.297.4215.
GENERAL OFFICE CLERK PART TIME Broadview, IL 60155 USA We are seeking a quick learning part-time office clerk with flexible hours to join our team. Qualified candidates should be comfortable doing all of the following: -using a computer (Microsoft, Outlook, etc.) -copying & scanning -filing -emailing -answering and making phone calls Candidates should send their resume to: jobs@nationalforwarding.com for consideration.
PART TIME CAR WASH ATTENDANT SPOTLESS CARWASH at 7343 Roosevelt Rd and 7802 Madison St in Forest Park needs an attendant. We are looking for someone who likes to be outside, and is friendly and likes people. The duties are to meet and greet customers, make change, sell tokens, automatic and self serve wash use instructions, keep lot and the perimeter clean, and empty the garbage. Pay is $10.00 per hour. The hours an attendant is on duty are 9-5 on week days and 9-4 on Saturday and Sunday. If you can fit any of these hours on a part time basis we can work with you. Please come to 7343 Roosevelt Rd. in Forest Park to pick up an application. 708-771-2945 Thank you
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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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
RIVERSIDE 2BR 1BA APT Apt For Rent-2 Bd/1 bath Riverside-Quiet bldg. Great for single or senior. Recently renovated, hardwood floors, and new tile kitchen. Off street parking for 1 car. Heat included. Laundry on site Credit, background check and Security deposit required. 773-383-7332
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
AUSTIN CLEAN ROOM With fridge, micro. Nr Oak Park, Super Walmart, Food 4 Less, bus, & Metra. $116/wk and up. 773-637-5957
RIVER FOREST 2BR & 1BR Hardwood floors throughout. Spacious walk-in closets. Storage. Parking. Laundry in building. Heat incl. Call 708-657-4226. RIVERSIDE Vicinity 29th St & Harlem Deluxe 5 rm, 2BR apt. incl. appliances, heat, parking, laundry, etc. Hardwood floors. $975. No Pets. 1 month security dep. 1 year lease. Credit check, etc. Close to shop, transport & train. Nice area. Broker 708-435-1244
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CHURCH FOR RENT OAK PARK CLASSIC CHURCH FOR RENT
Includes Sanctuary, Fellowship Hall, Kitchen, Midweek Service/ Bible Study, Office Options. 708-848-5460
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. Private Cell: 708-846-9776
OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT OAK PARK Office Suites 2 to 4 rooms
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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
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2017 VW PASSAT 2017 VW Passat. Very low mileage, like new. $32,000. Call John at 708-524-9720.
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PUBLIC NOTICES 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: D17152450 on Oictober 18, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of MARENGO PUBLISHING with the business located at: 1332 MARENGO AVE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: DAVID HUDSON 1332 MARENGO AVE FOREST PARK, IL 60130
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
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Public Notices: Your right to know PUBLIC NOTICES 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
LEGAL NOTICE 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, DAVARIOL TAYLOR, 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 December 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 10/25, 11/1, 11/8/2017.
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LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed proposals at the Office of the Village Engineer, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, November 8, 2017, for the following: #17-10 Sewer Cleaning and Inspection. In general, the contract will require the following work: light cleaning sewer segments to be inspected, inspecting sewer segments by means of closed-circuit television (CCTV), and providing reports of CCTV inspections at locations shown, and all appurtenant work thereto. All CCTV inspections shall be performed in accordance with NASSCO’s pipeline assessment certification program (PACP) standards. Proposal forms may be obtained from the office of the Village Engineer starting on Thursday, October 19, 2017 beginning at 10:00 a.m. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents and specifications only to those contractors deemed qualified. Proposal forms will not be issued after 4:00 p.m. on November 7, 2017. The work to be performed pursuant to this Proposal is subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/0.01 et seq. THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Bill McKenna Village Engineer Published in Wednesday Journal 10/25/2017
LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held by the Village of Oak Park Historic Preservation Commission on Thursday, November 9, 2017 at 7:30PM at Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter: • Historic Landmark Nomination for 414 Augusta Street The public hearing is being held in accordance with the regulations of the Oak Park Historic Preservation Ordinance. The Historic Preservation Commission will take public testimony and forward their recommendations to the Village Board of Trustees following the conclusion of the public hearing. For further information on this matter contact the Department of Development Customer Services, Planning Division, Village of Oak Park, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois during normal business hours or historicpreservation@oak-park.us. DATED AT OAK PARK, ILLINOIS ON October 25, 2017 Published in Wednesday Journal 10/25/2017
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PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: 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
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 STREEET F3 OAK PARK, IL 60302. 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
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: 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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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, 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. I3062272
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. I3064317
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 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 lev-
ied 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
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
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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. I3061949
sentation 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 14-16-08460. 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. I3062798
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. I3064800
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.GILBERT CLAUDIO, GINA L. CLAUDIO, CITIZENS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Defendants 15 CH 000773 1426 PARK AVENUE RIVER FOREST, IL 60305 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 31, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 4, 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 1426 PARK AVENUE, RIVER FOREST, IL 60305 Property Index No. 15-01-103-041. 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 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 14-14-23968. 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. 14-14-23968 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 15 CH 000773 TJSC#: 37-8315 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. I3064440
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 repre-
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Plaintiff, -v.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.
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Huskies lose to Lyons Township After 5-4 regular season, young Huskies excited about making 8A playoffs By MELVIN TATE Contributing Reporter
Heading into their regular-season finale at Bennett Field in Western Springs, the Oak Park and River Forest and Lyons Township High School football teams already knew that they were going to the IHSA Class 8A playoffs. LTHS gained a boost of confidence with an impressive 31-14 win against the Huskies.
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Playoff-ready from page 48 “Conference champs, there’s nothing better than that,” Cronin said. “It was a great win. Offensive line played great; defense played great. And we picked each other up throughout the game. Our defense picked us up when we were down, and we picked up the defense when they were down. “All the tools are there for us to make a (postseason) run. We have good running backs, receivers, linemen, and a good defense.” De La Salle struck first when Rob Simental threw a 67-yard touchdown pass to Frank Ramundo about halfway through the first quarter. Fenwick countered with a Cronin 22-yard touchdown toss to O’Laughlin, but the Meteors regained the lead on a 24-yard TD pass from Simental to Tom Coates. De La Salle led 14-7 after the first quarter. Fenwick defender Solomon Singleton recovered a De La Salle fumble early in the second quarter at the Meteors’ 44-yard line. Cronin connected with O’Laughlin for gains of 22 and then 32 yards, setting up senior running back Jason Ivery’s 6-yard TD run. Brian Dowd’s PAT tied up the game at 14. The Meteors responded with an 8-play, 61-yard drive that culminated in Simental’s third TD pass, a 28-yarder to Jameel Stephens. Otis Mayberry’s extra point gave De La Salle a 21-14 lead with 3:15 left before halftime. However, the Meteors missed a chance to pad the lead near the end of the first half as Mayberry’s 43-yard field goal attempt sailed wide left. Fenwick went three-and-out to start the second half, but immediately got the ball back when the De La Salle punt returner fumbled and Joe Rafferty recovered at the Meteors’ 33. Three plays later, Lucas Kolovitz tossed a 13-yard TD pass to O’Laughlin on an end-around play to tie the game again at 21. After stopping the Meteors on downs late in the third quarter, the Friars embarked on a 9-play, 83-yard drive to take their first lead of the game. The last play of the drive started the fourth quarter and is a good
LTHS quarterback Ben Bryant completed 13 passes for 220 yards and two touchdowns, while adding two more touchdowns on the ground. Although there is obvious talent on the OPRF roster, the Huskies (5-4, 2-4) are primarily a young team still prone to inconsistency. “We believed that if we came in and played mistake-free football, we would be in it at the end. We didn’t do that,” OPRF coach John
Michael O’Laughlin
candidate ate for Play of the Year. Kolovitzz caught a short pass from Cronin, shook off one Meteor teor defender, broke ke the tackle of another ther one, stiffarmed yet another, then dragged d still another defender the lastt five yards into the end zone to give Fenwick a 28-21 lead. “That was the best touchdown I’ve seen all year,” O’Laughlin said. “The will to not go down and break off six tackles is just an amazing play by an amazing zing player. The whole team did d a great job getting downfield wnfield after the catch h to ensure the touchdown. ouchdown. Even Cronin ronin was blocking downg field.” Kolovitz’s sensaitz’s tional effort sparked the Friars’ defense as it got an immediatee stop and got the offense the ball back. But then Cronin tossed an interception rception to Dakota Billskov to gift De La Salle excellent field position at the Fenwick enwick 45. Threee plays later Simental tossed his fourth touchdown pass - a 20-yard strike to Coates. es. The PAT tied up the game at 28 with 8:28 28 left in regulation. The Friars went on a clutch 14-play, 76-yard drive that used up almost seven minutes and ended with Dowd’s decisive 21-yard field goal with 1:33 left in the fourth quarter. Four De La Salle defensive penalties helped the Friars’ decisive drive. The Meteors made one last charge deep into Fenwick territory, aided by a 46-yard pass from Simental to Stephens. However, the Fenwick defense stiffened when it mattered most. On a fourth down at the Fenwick 13, the Meteors decided to go for the win instead of kicking a game-tying field goal. The gutsy decision didn’t pay off as Ramundo’s catch on the left side of the
Hoerster said. “We made mistakes in all three phases - offense, defense, and special teams. We also did some things well, but not enough against a good team like Lyons Township.” After the Lions (7-2, 4-2) went three-andout offensively to start the game, the Huskies embarked on a 16-play drive that took up almost eight minutes and featured patient runs by running backs Terrance Roundy and Keith Robinson. But on 4th-and-2 from the LTHS 14, OPRF quarterback Toby end zone was ruled out of bounds. “It’s amazing to win the conference a again,” again Rafferty said. We’ve got a good group of guys.” gr The Friars took over on downs and a ran out the clock. “There were a bunch of guys tthat came up big today,” Nudo said. “Lucas Kolovitz, Danny Cronin and “L Michael O’Laughlin all came up big. M Jason Ivery ran like a champ today. J “Defensively, we have guys that will w hit you. We’re not as polished as we w should be sometimes, but we’re physical. People know that they’re ph playing somebody when they play us.” pla Against De La Salle, Cronin comA pleted 8 of 15 passes for 163 yards, ple two tw touchdowns and an interception. Ivery (19 carries, 88 yards, TD) and Iv O’Laughlin (5 catches, 101 yards, 2 O TDs) led offensively as well. On deT fense, Jalen Bates had six tackles, Jafe cob Kaminski 5.5 and Max Forst five. The Friars recovered two fumbles and deflected four passes. defle With Wit the regular season concluded, the Friars now turn their attention to the Fr playoffs. playof To a man, they share the belief of enjoying another extended postseason enj stay similar to last season’s run to the Class Clas 7A state semifinals. “We’re more united as a team now, “ which is exactly what you want going wh into in the playoffs,” Ivery said. “We’re going in on a winning streak. Everygo one’s on counting us out, but we’re the only on ones counting ourselves in.” O’Laughlin added: “Our primary O goal was winning the conference. Now we can focus on the playoffs. We’ve got a great coaching staff. We’ve been there before and we know what it takes. We prepare well, and absolutely we can make a deep run.” Fenwick faces host Wheaton North in an opening-round matchup of the Class 7A playoffs. “There are some top-heavy teams in 7A this year,” Nudo said. “We’re happy to be there. To make a run, you’ve gotta get in, and we’re in. Now let’s see what we can do. “We’ve got nothing to do next week, so we may as well go practice some football.”
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OPRF’s Ashford Hollis (70) and Kevin Gilbert (46) bring down a runner on Friday, Oct. 20 during a varsity football game against LT at Lyons Township High School South Campus in Western Springs. Kunkel was stuffed for no gain. The Lions countered with a 14-play, 86yard drive that culminated on a 15-yard touchdown pass from Bryant to Nate Rusk. Rusk added the PAT to put LTHS on top 7-0 at the 10:30 mark of the second quarter. Midway through the second quarter, Robinson scored on a 79-yard scamper into the end zone. However, Henry Darrow missed the extra point, and the Huskies trailed 7-6 with 6:26 left in the first half. “It’s been a pretty good season,” Robinson said. “There are a lot of plays I wish I could have back, but I know for future references what to do. I enjoy being with my teammates and developing a bond.” On the Lions’ next possession, Bryant scored on a 1-yard keeper that increased the LTHS lead to 14-6 with 1:59 to go before halftime. OPRF moved the ball into LTHS territory during a two-minute drill, but Hareson Willis picked off Kunkel’s deep ball intended for Trevon Brown at the Lions’ 4 to end the half. Trailing LTHS 17-6, Brown turned a short Kunkel pass into a 65-yard TD after dancing past a couple of LTHS defenders. Robinson added a 2-point conversion out of the Wildcat formation to bring the Huskies within 17-14 in the third quarter. The Lions responded with two unanswered touchdowns to secure a 31-14 victory. Robinson finished with 128 yards rushing and a touchdown for OPRF. Roundy added 90 yards on 18 carries. Brown had four catches for 92 yards and a touchdown. Kunkel finished 10-for-23 on passing attempts with148 yards, a touchdown, and four interceptions. OPRF opens the playoffs on the road against undefeated Marist. “Hopefully we can lick our wounds, watch film, have a good week of practice and get better,” Hoerster said. “We’ve got some things to work on. Hopefully the guys step up and we keep going for more than another week.”
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OPRF cruises to RB Regional title Bliss, Zobel and Maguire power Huskies past Hinsdale Central
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(Left) OPRF’s Bobby Iwashima (#3) has stabilized the middle of the field for the Huskies. (Above) Brody Bliss (#5) scored twice in a 4-0 win over Hinsdale Central to win the Riverside-Brookfield Regional. (Below) James Maguire has been a prolific player for the Huskies all season. By SCOTTY GRUSZKA Contributing Reporter
The Oak Park and River Forest High School boys soccer team blanked Hinsdale Central 4-0 on Saturday, Oct. 21 to capture the RiversideBrookfield Regional championship. The Huskies dominated the game and found the back of the net four times thanks to Zach Zobel, James Maguire, and two goals from Brody Bliss. “Today was a great game all around,” OPRF coach Jason Fried said. “We’re talking about putting together 80 minutes of soccer and staying focused and today they came pretty darn close to that. A big part of our possession came from us playing extremely focused.” OPRF took down Hubbard 5-0 in the regional semifinals and found themselves up against a familiar conference foe in Hinsdale Central. Right from kick off the Huskies moved the ball around and held on to possession. Senior midfield captain Andrew Barkidjija and fellow senior midfielder Bobby Iwashima held down the middle of the field and orchestrated several runs. Several times in the first ten minutes Barkidjija and Iwashima found Brody Bliss streaking down the left side of the field, exploiting a weak Hinsdale Central defense. OPRF’s best chance early on in the game came from a Bliss cross that found Sam Menzies in the middle of the box who put it just over the bar. Following a stint of Hinsdale Central possessions which resulted in a free kick, senior captain goalkeeper Kel Felton punched it away which lead to an OPRF counter-attack. Barkidjija sent a through ball down the left side to Menzies, who crossed it in to connect with the head of Bliss, who punched it in to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead.
The Huskies weren’t threatened by any serious Red Devils’ push, parrying away any sort of attack thrown at them. The trio of Barkidjija, Menzies and Bliss continued to cause fits for the Hinsdale Central defense all the way through to the end of the first half. The second half began with a goal only five minutes into the half, courtesy of a corner from Barkidjija, who found James Maguire to head it in to extend the lead to 2-0. The Red Devils found their attack in the following minutes and a free kick sent Felton scrambling onto a loose ball in the box, squashing any hopes of a Hinsdale Central comeback.
In the 55th minute, Iwashima sent a through ball to Menzies to create a break away, who then cut it back to Bliss for his second goal of the match and a commanding 3-0 lead. The Huskies continued to hold possession and Hinsdale Central became less organized as the match waned, which led to a smooth final twenty minutes of the match. Jai Hsieh-Bailey sent a low cross in with three minutes to go and found senior forward Zach Zobel who tapped it in to cap off the Huskies’ regional championship via a convincing 4-0 win. “We came out here with a goal,” Barkidjija said. “We wanted to put [Hinsdale Central] away in the first ten to fifteen minutes of every half and we were able to do just that.” Moving forward, the Huskies will have a hard-fought game against Lyons Township on Tuesday, Oct. 24 in a Hinsdale Central Sectional semifinal. The winner of OPRF vs. LTHS will face the winner of St. Ignatius vs. Morton, with both matchups promising a stellar sectional of four teams. Regardless of which teams the Huskies take on, Fried remains unfazed as OPRF is brimming with confidence. “We’ll look to see who we’re playing,” said Fried, “but our guys are fast, strong, and smart players. If we continue to get better and put together 80 minutes of solid soccer then it doesn’t matter who we’re playing.”
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OPRF boys soccer ccer wins regional 47
OPRF football loses to Lyons Township 46
Friars defeat De La Salle in thriller
“Everyone’s counting us out, but we’re the only ones counting ourselves in.”
Fenwick earns share of Chicago Catholic League Green title with Montini By MELVIN TATE
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ne of the goals that the Fenwick High School football team set this season was to defend its 2016 Chicago Catholic League Green Division championship. Mission accomplished. The Friars realized their goal via an impressive 31-28 win over De La Salle Saturday afternoon at St. Rita in Chicago. The victory improved the Friars’ record to 6-3 (3-1 in the CCL Green) and clinched a share of the conference title with Montini. More importantly, it marks the first time this season that Fenwick has won back-to-back games on the field as the season started with a forfeit win over Bowen, followed by an on-field victory over Moline. With the state playoffs starting this week, it seems like the Friars are starting to play better ball - a
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very timely coincidence. “It feels good to be in the playoffs,” Fenwick coach Gene Nudo said. “We knew we were already in and so we didn’t need to win. But at the same time, this was for a share of the conference championship. It’s nice to get our piece.” The players are also proud of what they accomplished in the regular season. “We did a great job,” said senior wide receiver Michael O’Laughlin, who had two touchdown catches against De La Salle. “We started off a little shaky, but we got it together. We’ve got a young group and it was good to see the guys mature throughout the year. Now we’re playing good football.” Sophomore quarterback Danny Cronin, a talented player who has endured his share of growing pains as a first-year varsity starter, is elated about the team’s regular-season finish. See CHAMPS on page 46 File photo
Fenwick running back Jason Ivery rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries in a 31-28 win over De La Salle on Saturday, Oct. 21 at St. Rita in Chicago.
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