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November 2, 2016 Vol. 35, No. 11 ONE DOLLAR

JOURNAL of Oak Park and River Forest

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Township might offer opiate overdose antidote

Trustee says providing Narcan for low cost or free would save lives

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

quickly enough to acts of racial insensitivity or been tough enough on those who perpetrate incidents. “We need more aggressive strategies!

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Naxolone, often referred to by its brand name Narcan, has been called a miracle drug and has become so important in preventing overdoses in the opioid/heroin epidemic that the state of Illinois recently required all police departments to begin carrying the drug.

The Oak Park Police Department announced earlier this year that it would begin equipping all of its officers with doses of the drug because, as emergency responders, they are often the first on the scene when an overdose is reported.

A quick injection of Narcan will quickly reverse the effects of an overdose, and advocates have argued that equipping officers with the drug can mean the difference between life and death.

Now Oak Park Township is considering expanding access to the drug by providing it for free to those at risk and those who have loved ones they

See DOMINICAN PROTEST on page 15

See TOWNSHIP on page 16

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MICRO-AGGRESSIONS: Ahriel Fuller, one of the speakers during the protest, directed some of her issues to the staff of Dominican University, urging them to spread solidarity. Racial incidents at the university sparked a protest on campus.

Dominican erupts after swastika incident The Oct. 10 incident prompted a student protest and a series of demands

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

A recent report of a swastika drawn on a car parked on the campus of Dominican University in River Forest set off a wave of outrage among some African American and Hispanic students

at the school. During an Oct. 27 protest on campus, attended by at least 100 people, student activists channeled that outrage into a series of demands made to administrators.

The students argued that Dominican President Donna Carroll and other top college officials have not responded

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Crain’s: Oak Park to see biggest rent increase Anybody looking for rental units in Oak Park can tell you that it’s getting harder to find a good deal. Now Crain’s Chicago Business has confirmed it through an analysis by the real estate website Zillow.

An independent analysis by Zillow, conducted specifically for Crain’s, shows that Oak Park’s rentals in the 60304 area code will experience the highest rental increase – at a projected 10 percent – in the entire Chicago area next year.

Rentals in Oak Park’s 60302 area code were the third highest projected increase for 2017 at 6 percent, according to Crain’s and River Forest came in at a four-way tie for fourth place at 5 percent.

The overall Chicago area forecasts an increase of 1 per-

cent, according to the article.

The business magazine reports that eight of the top 10 zip codes that will experience the highest increases are in the western suburbs.

Zillow’s top ten projected increases are: ■ 10 percent – Oak Park (60304) ■ 7 percent – La Grange

Park (60526) ■ 6 percent – Oak Park (60302) ■ 5 percent – River Forest (60305); Mt. Greenwood, Chicago (60655); O’Hare, Chicago (60656); Riverside (60546) ■ Clarendon Hills (60514); Elmhurst (60126); Wilmette (60091)

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Pool referendum debate to air

The Oak Park and River Forest High School fiveyear facilities plan will be the focus of debate on the Nov. 5 edition of the Doris Davenport Show with Doug Wyman, which airs on Sundays, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., on WPNA Radio, 1490 AM. When most voters go to the polls on Nov. 8, they’ll be asked to vote on whether to

fund a $44.5 million, five-year facilities plan at the high school using up to $25 million in referendum bonds.

The high school’s plan would include the demolition of the villageowned, 300-space garage, the construction of an estimated $21.4 million, 25-yard by 40-meter swimming pool, plus a roughly 240-space new

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parking garage on the site of the old one, and expanded performing arts and learning spaces.

Monica Sheehan, a member of the anti-referendum group OPRF Pragmatic Pool Solutions will debate Ellen Pimentel, a member of the pro-referendum group Vote Yes D200.

Halloween squirrel nom noms They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so we’re just going to leave it at that. We received this delightful image this week from Wednesday Journal reader W.T. Maxwell with the message: “Zombie squirrel attacks pumpkin head in Oak Park.” Thanks for the contribution, W.T. Happy Halloween, Oak Park!

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Piano forte

Australia’s Lost Capital Thursday, Nov. 3 at 6:30 p.m., Oak Park Public Library: Christopher Vernon gives a free lecture on Australia’s capitol building which was never built. The fledgling country launched an international design competition in 1911 and two lead architects in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Studio, Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahoney Griffin, were named the winners. But it was never built. Registration is required. For more, visit http://flwright.org/griffin.

Fiddler on the Roof SWAG Theater Company begins its 2016-17 season with Fiddler on the Roof at the Beye Elementary School Auditorium, Nov. 4-6, 11-13, and 18-20; Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. For tickets and more information, visit swagtheater.com or call 708-669-8696. Also visit facebook. com/swagtheater

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Sunday, Nov. 6 at 2:30 p.m., Nineteenth Century Club: Natasha Stojanovska, who recently earned her doctorate in piano performance at Northwestern University, will be featured in the third of four concerts in the Reigning Pianos series, highlighting the club’s newly restored Steinway Grand pianos.

The program will include both classical pieces and her own compositions.

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Front steps, stores and stories Sunday, Nov. 6 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Oak Park Public Library Gallery: A reception for Oak Park artist Kathy Hirsch’s new exhibit, “Front Steps and Stor(i)es,” will be held in the second floor art gallery of Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m., the Main Library.

Connolly’s Public House: Oak Park Festival Theatre’s play reading series, A Play and a Pint, takes place the first Wednesday of the month. This month’s reading is Deathtrap by Ira Levin. $10 cover includes a complimentary drink ticket. 1109

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Gurf Morlix?

Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 8 p.m., FitzGerald’s Nightclub: Aside from the obvious — that with a name like Gurf Morlix you have to be good — it turns out he is also a member of the Austin, Texas Hall of Fame and is considered “one of the most successful and influential names in Roots/Americana music.” Doors open at 7 at 6615 W. Roosevelt Rd. in Berwyn. Music starts at 8. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door, and may be purchased online at www.fitzgeraldsnightclub.com More about the artist at www.gurfmorlix.com.

Meanwhile, guitarist Bill Kirchen and Austin de Lone have started a concert tour to promote their new album, Transatlanticana, and will stop by FitzGerald’s on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 9 p.m. Tickets: $18. For more, call 708-788-2118 or visit http://www. fitzgeraldsnightclub.com/listview. Photos and info at: https://www.redhouse records.com/artists/bill-kirchen-austin-de-lone.

Paintings and poetry Wednesday, Nov. 9 at noon, Cheney Mansion: Local artist Annette Donlin shares the creative process behind her floral paintings, interwoven with poetry and discussing her garden and the dreams that inspire her. A social hour and refreshments begins at noon, with the program to follow at 1 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. 220 N. Euclid in Oak Park.

Saturday, Nov. 5 at 8 p.m., West Suburban Temple Har Zion: Christine Lavin and Don White, who present “The Funny Side of the Street: A Night of Brighter Laughter,” are on a mission to prove that comedy can be funny without being vulgar or pejorative. Tickets $25, seniors/students $20. Reservations required. Call 708-366-9000 or email office@ wsthz.org or visit wsthz.org.

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Calendar has changed to Big Week. Fewer items, higher profile. If you would like your event to be featured here, please send a photo and details by noon of the Wednesday before it needs to be published. We can’t publish everything, but we’ll do our best to feature the week’s highlights.

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Cleopatra Sunday, Nov. 6 at 2 p.m., River Forest Public Library: Cleopatra re-enactor Martina Mathisen will bring the Egyptian ruler to life. The Algonquin resident has been to River Forest Public Library in the past to re-enact the other historical women (she has eight in her repertoire), most recently Marie Antoinette in March.

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Wild Women of Song Saturday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m., Oak Park River Forest Museum: The Historical Society of Oak Park-River Forest and the School of Rock will host Wild Women of Song, a multimedia show featuring singing and storytelling by Pamela Rose and her band and spotlighting the lives of women songwriters of the jazz age. The

night begins at 7 p.m. with a reception serving coffee and dessert at the new Historical Society facility called the Oak Park River Forest Museum at Lombard and Lake. The concert begins at 8 p.m. at the School of Rock, one block west. Tickets are $35 each and $30 for members. Proceeds benefit the new museum and its operation in 2017. Visit www.oprfhistory.org to buy tickets. For more, call 708-848-6755 or email oprfhistorymatters@sbcglobal.net.

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ART BEAT

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Re-Membering, for dancers with disabilities, is just one of a variety of different kinds of choreography featured in Momenta’s Fall Concert.

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omenta, the performing troupe of the Academy of Movement & Music, will perform “Dances for Autumn” this weekend.

Our November evening concerts offer a richly varied program that includes an exotic ballet, Seven Beauties, by Valery Dolgallo, and a number of shorter works: La Vivandiere; historical modern works by Doris Humphrey, Carla Maxwell and Ernestine Stodelle; and contemporary dance premieres by Shannon Alvis, Sarah Cullen Fuller, Sage Miller and Annika Sheaff.

One of the most interesting works on the program, titled Re-Membering, is a 2016 work

by Alice Sheppard, an internationally known choreographer. Alice is herself disabled, and she has choreographed this physically integrated work for Ginger Lane, Kris Lenzo, Sarah Najera, Glauco Araujo and Gia Falzone, with a commissioned score by James Falzone, who collaborated with Alice in the creation of the work and who also appears playing the music accompanying the dance.

Re-Membering is based on the memories of Ginger Lane, a child of the Holocaust, who lost both of her parents in Auschwitz.

With her red hair and blue eyes, she was the youngest of seven siblings who lived in hiding and went from host families in Europe to foster families finally in Chicago.

She was ultimately adopted and raised by a physician and his wife on Chicago’s South Side. A beautifully trained dancer in classical ballet and in the Humphrey-Weidman technique at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, she went to Northwestern University,

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married and had a family. At age 44, she became quadriplegic following a skiing accident but found her way back to dance and performing. Now 76, she is still dancing and choreographing and has also worked for many years as the director of Arts and Culture Programming at Access Living in Chicago. She has been a disability activist for the past 32 years and has danced with Momenta since 2003.

Momenta premiered Re-Membering at Victory Gardens Theatre last May in Counter Balance, the concert we co-produce annually with Access Living. The work has also been included in the Dance St. Louis program, which takes place in May of 2017 — an honor to be chosen!

Momenta’s fall concerts will be performed on Saturdays, Nov. 5 and 12 at 8 p.m. and Sundays, Nov. 6 and 13 at 7 p.m. at Doris Humphrey Memorial Theatre, 605 Lake St., in Oak Park. Call 708-848-2329 for information. Adults $20, seniors $10 and students $5.

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Slate-making fun in Oak Park

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ure, less than a week until the national election from hell. And you just want to rest your head — in a gallon of water. Electoral calm, please.

But last Friday, calling for civility and professionalism, stepping out from his year-long profession of uncertainty over seeking a second term, Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb churned the waters of local politics bigly.

In a calm exposition, sitting at a window table of his Oak Park Avenue restaurant, AbuTaleb told the Journal that not only is he running for re-election but he expects to be heading a slate of candidates for the three trustee positions also open on the village board come April.

In making his case for re-election, Abu-Taleb leaned hard on the “harmony” and “consensus” he has helped create on the current village board. He touted the board’s “vision” and “focus” and its “conscious choice to speed up” decision-making in areas such as adding funding to pensions, building up the non-existent fund balance in village hall coffers and fixing village hall physically, organizationally, and maybe even in terms of attitudes.

So the mayor gives high marks to his board colleagues, including Glenn Brewer and Peter Barber, who have both announced plans to seek re-election.

“They’ve been great to work with … and they’ve encouraged me to run again,” he said of the two. But he is vague, very vague, on whether he wants to run again with them.

Maybe he does. Maybe he doesn’t.

What he said is “we have been approached by multiple people and we’re seriously considering running with other people.”

Who those people are, I don’t know.

Are they any of the three non-incumbents who have already announced their intentions to run? They would be Deno Andrews, Simone Boutet and Dan Moroney. Or is Abu-Taleb, and whoever exactly makes up his “we are consider-

ing” posse, more actively recruiting candidates. As close as he gets to giving away a plan is dissing the notion of more lawyers on the board and talking up adding skill sets, especially a tech guru.

And where does the good ol’ VMA (Village Manager Association) fit into this dance? Just about dead center on the dance floor, I’d say.

The mutual antagonism between core members of the VMA and Abu-Taleb is still sparking 44 months after Abu-Taleb mauled the VMA candidate for village president.

Right at this moment the VMA is in the latter stages of its multi-week candidate selection process. And if I’m counting right, five of the six individuals who have announced publicly have all said they’re appearing before the VMA for possible slating as either a trustee or for mayor/village president. Just who, if anybody, the VMA has privately recruited to go through its slating process is unknown. Secret slating is the VMA watchword, a notion becoming rapidly out-of-step with its transparency claims and the decisions by all the known candidates to announce their plans in advance of appearing before the Shush Squad at VMA HQ. For his part, Abu-Taleb had some free advice for the VMA. The group, he said, “is entitled to do whatever they want to do. But they should conduct themselves with civility and courtesy.” And, he says, while he would never appear for VMA slating, “If the VMA decides to support me, well, I’ll take anyone’s support.”

Insert image of hell freezing over here.

Next week maybe but no later than Thanksgiving, the VMA will presumably announce its slate. The three non-incumbents, along with Peter Barber, have all promised independent runs if they are not slated by the VMA. And then there is the coming Anan slate.

It is going to get interesting. It is going to be fun. And it will take your mind off either President-elect Clinton or Trump.

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Audiences to sneak preview Steve James’ OPRF doc The Nov. 4 screening of ‘America to Me’ will take place in Chicago

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Steve James’ documentary series exploring a year in Oak Park and River Forest High School as the institution grapples with age-old racial inequities seems well on its way to completion. On Nov. 4, audiences will get an exclusive sneak preview of sample footage of the film, titled America to Me. The screening will take place during this week’s Kartemquin Fall Festival, happening Nov. 2-4, at ArcLight Cinemas Chicago’s NEWCITY location in the city’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. This is just the latest sign that the film is in the homestretch.

Last month, Kartemquin, the production company with which James collaborated to make the film, announced that it would partner with Participant Media to develop, finance and produce the film.

“This project represents our commitment

to producing socially-relevant entertainment,” noted Participant Media CEO David Linde in a statement. “Expanding into the unscripted realm with this vibrant and compelling series with a filmmaker of Steve’s caliber and creative vision, is incredibly exciting for us.”

“I truly believe the story of Oak Park and River Forest High School can be, in many ways, the story of race and education for young people in America today,” noted James in a statement.

The Nov. 4 screening, Kartemquin said, will offer “exclusive previews of never-before-seen footage” from the documentary.

Attendees will also be able to give James their feedback.

Numerous OPRF student and staff members, such as film teacher John Condne, are helping to produce the series.

James, who has been nominated for an Academy Award, among other honors, directed the critically acclaimed 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams. Most recently, James completed the 2014 documentary about Roger Ebert, Life Itself.

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Suspensions at OPRF down dramatically School officials relying on less punitive forms of intervention

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

The number of Oak Park and River Forest High School students who received inschool or out-of-school suspensions dropped significantly during the second semester of the 2015-16 school year despite an increase in behavioral infractions, according to a recently released student disciplinary report. The report was discussed at an Oct. 27 District 200 school board meeting.

Students at OPRF received a total of 2,346 disciplinary infractions in the second semester of the 2015-16 school year, compared to 2,260 during the second semester of the 2014-15 school year.

District officials noted that the increase in infractions could be due to a number of factors, including increased enrollment.

But despite the jump in infractions, the report notes, out-of-school suspensions decreased by 17 percent, from 95 in the second semester of 2014-15 to 79 in the second semester of the 2015-16 school year.

And in-school suspensions decreased by 24 percent, from 496 in the second semester of 2014-15 to 377 in the latter half of last school year.

“One of the things we’re proud of is the fact that 98 percent of our student body didn’t receive an out-of-school suspension,” said Jonathan Silver, a student intervention director at OPRF, during the Oct. 27 regular meeting.

“Out of the remaining two percent, 1.7 percent received only one out-of-school suspension,” he said. “So a total of nine students received two or more out-of-school suspensions.”

Silver said that more than 93 percent of students avoided in-school suspensions, with 70 percent of those suspensions due to failure to serve tardy detentions.

OPRF Principal Nathaniel Rouse said that, after a recommendation by the school’s student intervention directors, he decided to stop the practice of giving students inschool suspensions for tardies.

Now, school officials rely on more productive detention time and more frequent parental contact as deterrents to tardiness. Rouse added that students are also allowed greater leeway before receiving infractions.

“Believe it or not, that’s helped,” Rouse

said of the change. “It creates a lot more conversations as opposed to particular consequences.”

Those measures, Rouse said, are consistent with changes to the district’s disciplinary policies that are less punitive than in the past. He anticipates the drop in suspensions, and other behavioral infractions, to accelerate due to Senate Bill 100, which took effect in September.

The legislation prohibits zero-tolerance policies and requires schools to utilize a variety of behavioral interventions before suspending or expelling students for at least three days.

Despite the progress, the recent disciplinary report also featured staple inequities. For instance, more than 56 percent of students who received out-ofschool suspensions were African American.

Nearly 30 percent of students receiving out-of-school suspensions were in special education. And nearly 60 percent of outof-school suspensions went to low-income students (the data doesn’t disaggregate these students by race or ethnicity).

“That’s very troubling to me,” said D200 board member Jackie Moore, referencing the income-based disparity.

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At Oak Park Elementary School District 97’s annual C.L.A.I.M. Your Voice legislative forum, held on Oct. 18 at Percy Julian Middle School, 416 S. Ridgeland Ave., district officials engaged state lawmakers on a range of education-related issues. But the bulk of the forum’s focus was on money and equity.

The forum is hosted each year by D97’s Committee for Legislative Action, Intervention, and Monitoring — a body of volunteers that monitors legislation that could potentially affect students and families in Oak Park.

This year’s forum featured state Reps. La Shawn K. Ford (8th) and Camille Lilly (78th) and state Sens. Don Harmon (38th) and Kimberly Lightford (4th).

During the event’s question-and-answer session, one attendee said she was troubled by the state appropriating more money than it has, a pattern that adds to its growing backlog of unpaid bills.

“What tough vote are you willing to do to increase revenue? Because the bottom line is that state doesn’t have the revenue to [cover expenses],” she said.

“Vote to raise taxes,” said Lilly. “It’s very difficult to vote to raise taxes. Senator Harmon and I did budget revenue rally. We came up with good ideas for revenue. […]

All of those ideas will have impact on some entity in our state. So whichever way I vote, someone is not going to like it. However, we’re going to need revenue to [make sure] families and individuals have quality lives.”

Harmon blamed the revenue/ appropriations imbalance on Gov. Bruce Rauner, who said he would veto any tax increases unless his Turnaround Agenda passes.

“Everyone knows we need to raise revenue, but we don’t have enough votes to override the veto,” Harmon said. “All of us voted for the temporary income tax [increase], and we will vote again, because we need to do it.”

Lightford agreed, saying that the temporary income tax increase, which expired in 2015, should have been permanent to begin with.

“When it went away, our $5 billion went away,” she said. “We were meeting obligations and then a $5 billion hole fell on top of us. Our debt now is even greater before we took first vote on a [tax increase].”

Ford said that he realized that there

was an imbalance, but given the financial damage caused by budget impasse, he felt he didn’t have any other choice, since vital programs needed to be funded.

In addition to tax revenue, the conversation was also dominated by issues of equity, with one parent of two elementary school children asking what the state and D97 could do to hire more African-American teachers.

Lily said that she wants to investigate whether the teacher certification test is an obstacle to increased black hires.

“When you’re dealing with the fact that the demographics of individuals who take the tests to become teachers, when you have majority of African-American [applicants], and actually the majority of Americans, not passing the test, you have a problem,” she said. “A task force needs to be put in place to determine why individuals who are educated in our school system aren’t passing the test.”

Ford and Harmon both noted a general lack of respect among society that teachers suffer, with the former saying that he believes that’s the reason why more black men don’t apply for the jobs. Ford also said that pay could be an additional prohibiting factor.

“If we want to get black men into education, we need to [have them] make more money,” Ford said. “Men say, ‘I can’t teach, because it doesn’t pay me enough.’”

Salome Pintado-Vertner, an eighth-grade student at Julian, asked what the legislators could do to help students become more educated about global and social issues.

Harmon said that internships, with his office and political offices in general, go a long way.

“We’ll take all comers, so come up when you’re ready,” Harmon said.

Lightford noted that events like the C.L.A.I.M. forum was an important way to get students engaged and thinking about important issues.

“Doing what you’re doing tonight is an example of engaging students and families in understanding what we do,” she said.

Michael Romain contributed to this report.

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Anan announces reelection bid

Mayor might run his own slate of candidates against Village Manager Association

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Oak Park has made a lot of headway in changing its reputation for being a difficult place to do business, but the work is not done, said Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb, who announced Friday that he will run for a second term in office.

“I believe we need to continue to work with a progressive mindset toward solutions,” Abu-Taleb said. “We need to continue to recognize that the world is changing fast and we Oak Parkers need to stay relevant.”

Speaking to Wednesday Journal at a window table in his Oak Park Avenue restaurant, Maya del Sol, Abu-Taleb touted his WILLIAM CAMARGO/Staff Photographer and the village’s success in bringing new residential and commercial real estate proj- ANAN RUNS AGAIN: Anan Abu-Taleb says his work’s not done as mayor of Oak Park. He ects to the village over the last year, includ- will run for a second term as village president in the April 17 election. ing recent progress on a proposed mixeduse development at the corner of Oak Park He would not disclose who he is consider- to run for reelection to give those in the vilAvenue and Madison Street. ing if he does form his own slate. lage and in the development community the He said the village also has had great sucAbu-Taleb said he wants to continue to “certainty” to move forward with business cess during his first term in office in getting move the village forward and “transcend plans. rid of red tape as it concerns licensing and negative attacks” and “preconceived noThe mayor praised his working relationpermitting of residential and commercial tions that Oak Park is going to be turned ship with the staff at Village Hall, the Vildevelopment projects and changupside down” by his leader- lage Board of Trustees and Village Manager ing the culture at Village Hall, ship.

Cara Pavlicek. making it more customer serHe has received some criticism “Our village manager is maybe the best vice oriented. over the last months as multiple we’ve ever had,” he said.

“We need to complete the jourlarge mixed-use developments He said the reorganization of departney we started,” he said. have been constructed in the ments at Village Hall over the last few years Abu-Taleb is the only person, downtown area. More than 1,000 has made it more business friendly and cusso far, to announce their intennew condos and rentals are be- tomer service oriented. tion to run for mayor/village ing built in an effort to bring in Abu-Taleb said the reorganization of Oak president. The title mayor is a new revenue and residents.

Park’s Building Department is one of the new one for the village; it was “We’re at the cusp of having a biggest improvements he’s seen during his changed last year – the title is great development on Madison time in office. He said the department had still officially village president Street,” he said, referencing the been slow to respond to the needs of busiand will be identified as such village’s efforts to build a mixednesses and residents trying to do simple on the April 17 ballot – at Abuuse residential and retail buildrenovations on their homes.

Taleb’s request. ing at the corner of Oak Park He said the word is out that Oak Park is The mayor has had a contenAvenue. an easier place to do business and it has attious relationship with Oak That plan, which would redetracted more development and revenue to Park’s Village Manager Assovelop a village-owned parking the village. ciation (VMA), which vets and lot, was opened to alternative Abu-Taleb also touted his work on negoslates candidates for public ofproposals last month and the viltiations with the Illinois Department of fice. The group, which has seen lage is currently reviewing proTransportation on its planned remaking of most of its picks ultimately posals submitted through that the Eisenhower Expressway and his efforts elected to public office for sevprocess. The process has been in bringing Oak Park’s various taxing boderal decades, did not endorse criticized, however, by some who ANAN ABUTALEB Abu-Taleb in his first run for say the village and its nonprofit ies together on issues like use of Downtown Oak Park Mayor mayor. economic development group, Tax Increment Finance District funds to pay Abu-Taleb said he will not the Oak Park Economic Develop- for environmental remediation of a villageseek the VMA’s endorsement, ment Corporation, have already owned parking lot being redeveloped near but would welcome the group’s support. negotiated the deal behind closed doors with Harlem and Lake.

“We’re fortunate to have the wind at our Rather than running on a slate of candi- a single developer, Jupiter Realty. backs,” he said. “It would be a shame to go dates endorsed by the VMA, Abu-Taleb said Abu-Table said the project, which would he is considering running his own slate of likely bend a section of Madison Street and back to the old days where we had the doors candidates this time around. That would en- narrow the commercial corridor to two locked, the windows shut and the lights turned off.” tail candidates for the three open seats for lanes, “will transform that entire corridor.”

CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com He said he decided to announce his plans village trustee, mayor and village clerk.

“I believe we need to continue to work with a progressive mindset toward solutions. We need to continue to recognize that the world is changing fast and we Oak Parkers need to stay relevant.”

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on the District 200 pool referendum.

This is not a facility plan. It’s a pool plan. Of the $44.5M budgeted, only a few million would be spent on performing arts and model classrooms. $37.3M would be spent on an oversized 40-meter pool and associated building costs, including a new garage. $12.6M would be spent to demolish the 13-year old garage, which has 25 more years of life in it, and to replace it with a smaller garage with less parking. This is a wasteful expenditure!

If passed, YOUR TAXES WILL INCREASE, and future tax hikes are a possibility.

The parking garage is a valuable community asset that should be preserved. It can be expanded with another level to accommodate future parking, classrooms or any space needs.

OPRF’s architects have an alternate plan for a solution that meets all of the school’s aquatic needs, increases community usage, preserves the garage, includes expenditures for performing arts and new model classrooms, and costs millions less!

Let’s solve the pool problem without going overboard.

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Trustee Brewer to run for third term

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER

will only be one new elected official on the board, taking the seat of Trustee Colette Lueck, who does not plan to run again — has Glenn Brewer announced he will run for a worked well together and “moved the needle third term on the Oak Park Board of Trust- forward on a lot of different fronts.” ees in the upcoming April 17 election.

In particular, reducing village-owned Brewer, who works as a community af- property. fairs specialist with the Federal Deposit In“When I initially ran, I came in with the surance Corporation, said in a telephone in- idea that I would like to see smart growth terview that serving three terms in the village,” Brewer said. “At on the village board is rare, but the same time, I wanted to get added, “There are things I’d like the village out of the real estate to see done before I walk away.” business.”

Improving parking throughHe noted that multiple villageout the village was on top of his owned parking lots — at Lake agenda, noting that the board beStreet and Harlem Avenue, South gan updating the village’s parkBoulevard and Harlem, and Oak ing ordinance over the last few Park Avenue and Madison Street years but more needs to be done.

— have been turned into new He said the next board must mixed-use developments.

GLENN BREWER “take a hard, honest look at Brewer said that while the vilOak Park trustee some of the restrictions we have lage should play a role in encouron parking, the prices we charge aging economic development, on parking and what we can do “over the course of the last several years I’ve to encourage folks to visit our business dis- emphasized that our role should be reduced tricts.” and to the extent that we can initiate private “Getting revenue from parking tickets is development in the village we should do that not something we relish,” he said. and step back and let the marketplace operBrewer said he believes the current ate.” board — if he, Trustee Peter Barber and Oak Park is well positioned to take adMayor Anan Abu-Taleb are re-elected, there vantage of the growing interest in transitStaff Reporter

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oriented development that encourages use of the kind of public transportation options — Metra and CTA trains — that are easily accessible in Oak Park, Brewer said.

“To the extent possible, we should take advantage of that, but that’s not to say every piece of land should be a high-rise,” he said.

“That wouldn’t be appropriate. But to some extent we are transitioning. We won’t look like downtown Chicago.”

Brewer said growth will add to the tax base and hopefully to the village’s diversity.

“One of the other things I’m very passionate about is the growth of affordable housing as well as market-rate housing,” he said, adding, “We do try to keep the village affordable for as many people as possible and for as many businesses as possible.”

Cooperating with other taxing entities in the village, such as Oak Park’s two school districts, would help keep tighter control on taxes, Brewer said.

He said he would seek the endorsement of the Village Manager Association, a nonprofit group that vets and slates candidates for public office. Brewer has received the group’s endorsement in both of his runs for office.

Brewer said he was not sure if he would run if he does not get slated by the organization.

CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

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TAKE BACK YOUR HEALTH There’s nothing sweet about sugary drinks. Overconsumption is directly linked to our children developing chronic diseases, like diabetes and heart disease, as well as health issues like tooth decay.

It’s only fair that a sugary beverage tax would help put money back into health-related programs for kids and their families. A better, healthier future for our community starts now.

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Pushback on creating new River Forest commission

Push made to elevate status of sustainability committee

By DEBORAH KADIN Contributing Reporter

With River Forest mulling a proposal to elevate the sustainability committee to a village commission, two trustees -- one forcefully -- have come out in opposition to the idea.

Since its formation two years ago, the sustainability committee, created in partnership with the River Forest Parks Foundation, has made environmental practices a visible part of the village’s fabric.

The committee has successfully spearheaded more than 20 initiatives and won praise for its dedication, expertise and ingenuity.

With a groundswell of residents endorsing its work, the committee and its allies went before trustees on Oct. 24 seeking to make the committee a permanent part of village government.

But trustees Mike Gibbs and Tom Dwyer said that evening that the committee and its role and responsibilities should remain right where they are. Gibbs said he is reluctant to add another commission for any reason.

“Nothing can screw up a group more than government involvement,” said Gibbs. “In the past, they would come to the podium and ask if they could do something and we could accept or reject it. I don’t want it to go from a happy, shined-upon organization versus to making me look at what government is making me do.”

Gibbs also chastised Village President Catherine Adduci for sharing his email with the committee on the question of forming a commission. That message also went to Village Administrator Eric Palm.

In that Sept. 7 message, obtained by Wednesday Journal through a Freedom of Information Act, Gibbs stated a similar objection to establishing another commission, saying “we do not need another agenda driven group making our lives and those of our citizens more difficult by adding opinions to village programs and processes,” according to the email.

Dwyer agreed with Gibbs, adding that creating another commission would strain the village’s resources.

“Staff is stretched thin already,” Dwyer said. “We already have too many things on our plate to deliberate on this.”

He added that a commission could make some sense if it could gather more outside funds.

“I’d like to hear more about that,” he said.

Adduci said that grants could cover the cost of any new initiatives. She added that with the committee and staff now attending the same meetings, members of a commission could go instead, freeing up staff time.

Trustee Tom Cargie, who was on the park board when the foundation was formed, said elevating the committee is a natural evolution in its mission.

“This [group] has become more village

than park related. It makes sense to associate with the board instead of the park district. If it is a commission, it will provide better opportunities for communication, collaboration and closer connections with us,” Cargie said.

Trustee Susan Conti said having a permanent sustainability commission would put River Forest on even footing with communities such as Deerfield, Evanston, Skokie, Glen Ellyn, Highland Park, Park Ridge and Winnetka, which already have sustainability commissions.

Of the other two trustees, Roma ColwellSteinke, the liaison to the committee, strongly favors the proposal; Carmela Corsini has suggested she still needs more information.

Katie Brennan, the committee’s chairwoman, pointed out to trustees that residents have come to rely on the village to provide programs and services that prioritize health and wellness.

“They look to the village for programs that will enhance their quality of life ... and will enable them to become responsible environmental stewards,” she said. “A commission

would allow us to continue to offer these essential programs and services, to better communicate with the village and residents and provide for the continued success of the committee’s programs.”

A draft ordinance will come back to trustees for further discussion at a later date. The issue will come up during the trustees’ goalsetting session in late November.

Brennan said the committee will work with Palm to craft a draft ordinance creating a commission and answer as many of the trustees’ questions as possible.

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La Notte Cafe open for business

NOTTE IN OAK PARK: La Notte Cafe has opened a new restaurant in Oak Park. The Italian food joint has been in business in Berwyn for the last decade.

Second location in Oak Park brings Berwyn eatery to town

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Those craving homemade Italian food no longer have to go all the way to Berwyn.

La Notte Cafe has opened its second location here in Oak Park and opened its doors a

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little over a week ago.

Owner Giovanni Matteo Mancini told Wednesday Journal in June that the new location at 118 N. Marion St. — formerly operated as Aripo’s Venezuelan Arepa House — would be practically the same restaurant as the Berwyn location.

Pat Liska, an investor in the new restaurant with his brother Dan Liska, said in a telephone interview that the desire for upscale dining in Oak Park has already brought substantial business to the restaurant in its first week.

“The food is made to order, so when you go in you get a fresh meal,” he said.

Liska noted that La Notte is known for cooking dishes from scratch even if they aren’t on the menu.

“If they have the ingredients, they’ll make it for you,” said Liska.

The “extensive menu” includes six to eight selections for veal, chicken and seafood, Liska said, noting that chef and owner Mancini, originally from Bari, Italy, uses recipes from his home city as well as Tuscany and Naples.

“That’s what you get is old-world Italian,” Liska said.

Mancini said earPAT LISKA lier this year that Co-investor the Berwyn location opened about 10 years ago and that the new location is just slightly smaller. The Marion Street La Notte seats about 60-65 people, compared to the original La Notte, which seats 85 and includes an outdoor deck.

Liska praised the Village of Oak Park for its quick work in approving various licenses needed to get the doors open.

“You go down there [to Village Hall] to submit applications for licenses and permits and it seems like a priority,” Liska said.

“It seems like, as opposed to in the past, you go down there now and it’s a priority at Village Hall to get these things done.”

He said licensing and the buildout of the space took four months.

“We had a lot of work to do but the village worked with us,” Liska said.

The deal was brokered by local real estate firm, David King & Associates.

“Marion Street is rocking,” King said in a telephone interview. “I’m excited to have brokered the lease to bring an upscale Italian restaurant, La Notte, to downtown Oak Park,” he said. “I know they will be well received.”

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“The food is made to order, so when you go in you get a fresh meal.”

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DOMINICAN PROTEST Students seething from page 1 every semester,” shouted senior Ahriel Fuller, 21.

Fuller, a well-known campus leader, wore a long, black leather coat, knee-high black boots, black clothes and a black beret — her Black Panther-esque attire an extension of her belief that living black in the Chicago suburbs had radicalized her into regular activism, which she didn’t necessarily welcome.

She said she and other black and Hispanic students on campus are forced to defend themselves against a consistent barrage of what they called “micro-aggressions,” a term coined by psychologists in the 1970s that has experienced a recent surge in WILLIAM CAMARGO/Staff Photographer popularity.

‘NO PLANS, NO PEACE!’: At least 100 Dominican students blocked the gates of the univerMicro-aggressions, according to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary, are sity’s main circle entrance during last Thursday’s protest. comments or actions that are “subtly and often unintentionally hostile or demeaning directly to his department by students or addressed, then individuals may feel like to a member of a minority or marginalized university officials. it’s okay to do individual acts of racism.” group.”

“There was an incident a couple of “I hear you and I experience this with Minority students at last Thursday’s years ago,” O’Shea said, “[but] we have you,” Trudi Goggin, the dean of students, protest complained of professors who would a zero tolerance approach for any of our told protestors. “If we knew how to catch make patronizing compliments on their officers acting inappropriately or biased. perpetrators, we’d hold them accountable.” articulation or recommend that students I’d welcome them to meet me personally to “We hear your demands and we’re trying,” with afros “straighten their hair;” campus openly discuss that or any other issues.” said literature professor Jane Hseu. “I hear property defaced with racist symbols and Sheila Radford-Hill, Dominican’s chief your frustration and pain. Some of us are writings, such as swastikas and the n-word; diversity officer, who was in attendance at trying, but not enough of us. The majority and frequent, unwarranted stops by River the protest, said in a phone interview last is silent.”

Forest police.

Friday that the Oct. 10 incident took place “Investigations of any complaint or any “I’ve been uncomfortable every year in an area with poor surveillance and that a allegation that a faculty member or student I’ve been at this institution,” said Khyeria perpetrator hasn’t been identified. violated any of our codes of conduct or antiFerguson, 21, who, with Fuller, was among That no one has yet to be discrimination clauses are fair, impartial, the leaders of the protest, which punished for drawing the thorough and confidential,” said Radfordfaculty and students believe symbol, students argued, Hill. “Unfortunately, those take a little bit may have been prompted by an is par for the course at the of time.” incident that happened earlier university. They said too many She said that the few university personnel ■ To read more this month. acts of micro-aggression go assigned to investigations are often juggling On Oct. 10, River Forest either ignored or unpunished, those cases with other responsibilities. In VISIT OAKPARK.COM police were notified about what a reality made possible by what addition, sometimes investigations may be appeared to be a discriminatory they consider Dominican’s halted altogether until students come back symbol drawn onto a car that was parked on lack of institutional safeguards against from breaks. campus. subtle and not so subtle racism.

Radford-Hill noted that “there have “Someone seemed to have written At the protest, the students made a series been instances in which professors who something with their finger using the of demands they hope will immediately committed micro-aggressions have been dust on the car,” said River Forest Deputy address the problem. They include sanctioned” and that sanctions “can Police Chief James O’Shea during a phone mandatory cultural sensitivity training for range from having to undergo some type interview on Monday. faculty members; more aggressive hiring of professional development up to, and O’Shea noted that the symbol in question of minority faculty and administrators; including, termination.” appeared to be a swastika drawn backward. an expansion of multicultural offerings She didn’t specify how frequent those River Forest police, he added, took photos in curricula across subjects, including aggressions, or sanctions, happen, but of the symbol and are still investigating art and literature; and tougher, swifter noted that administrators were taking steps the incident. He said his department is still consequences for people who commit acts to enhance cultural competency among waiting for more information on the case of micro-aggression. faculty and staff by “redefining what is from the university. The photos, O’Shea For their part, some key faculty members required to be a tenured professor, what is noted, won’t be released until the case is and administrators said they’re working required for promotion and what is required resolved. on responding to the students’ demands to demonstrate teaching effectiveness.”

O’Shea said the Oct. 10 incident isn’t and offered their support to the protestors, Those changes to how faculty members typical and police don’t often get reports but that they’re up against numerous are evaluated, Radford-Hill said, are part regarding discriminatory, racially charged challenges. of a more comprehensive overhaul to or racially biased writings or symbols.

“From the university’s perspective, we Dominican’s policies that has slowly been When asked to comment on some minority want to root out institutional racism and taking shape since Carroll implemented the students’ complaints about unwarranted individual racism,” said Radford-Hill, “but President’s Advisory Council on Diversity, stops by River Forest police, O’Shea said if you’re in a climate where racism or race is Equity and Inclusion last year. those complaints haven’t been brought not talked about effectively, or issues aren’t CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

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Shooting on Ike sends victim to hospital

Illinois State Police are investigating a shooting that took place at about 11:50 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 28, in the westbound lane I-290 near Harlem Avenue, according to a state police news release.

State police reported that at least one person was shot during the incident and has been taken to a hospital in the area.

No details were given about the gunshot victim’s condition.

The incident is still under investigation, police said. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Illinois State Police at 847-294-4400.

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Schwinn OR2 bicycle was stolen from the rear yard of a residence in the 1200 block of North Linden sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 24.

■ Items in a UPS package were stolen in the 800 block of Washington sometime between 2 and 4:15 p.m. on Oct. 27. The thief stole two bike tires and a helmet valued at $116.84 from the unattended package left outside the building.

■ A Galaxy 5 cell phone connected to an electrical outlet was stolen from the 1100 block of Madison, around 7:30 p.m. on Oct

26. The loss was an estimated $700.

■ A blue boys Trek mountain bicycle that was left unlocked and unattended was stolen from the south side of a house in the 800 block of South Clarence sometime between 4 p.m. on Oct. 8 and 4 p.m. on Oct. 22. The loss was an estimated $100.

■ An unattended black North Face backpack containing a school-issued Chromebook laptop was stolen from the 1000 block of South Lombard sometime between 6 and 7 p.m. on Oct. 28.

Theft of motor vehicle A black Hyundai Elantra was burglarized in the 200 block of North Grove sometime between 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 27 and 7:50 a.m. the next day. The burglar entered the vehicle through an unlocked door and stole the keys to a blue 2013 Ford Fiesta that they used to steal the car, which is valued at $8,825.

Criminal damage to property A residential garage in the 1100 block of South Harvey was the target of an attempted burglary sometime between 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 28 and 6 a.m. the next day. The burglar

broke a window to the garage used a pry tool to the secured side service in an attempt to gain entry. The loss was an estimated $100.

Recovered stolen vehicle ■ A blue 1997 Dodge Caravan reported stolen at 8 a.m. on Oct. 29 was recovered by the Oak Park Police Department the same day in the 500 block of Madison at 9:15 p.m.

■ A 2001 gray Nissan Maxima reported stolen on Oct. 20 was recovered by the Oak Park Police Department at 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 25 in the 1900 block of South 61st Court in Cicero.

Burglary to motor vehicle ■ A beige Saturn Aura was burglarized in the 6000 block of North Avenue sometime around 1 p.m. on Oct. 11.The offender entered the vehicle through an unlocked door and stole a Sprint Galaxy 6 cell phone, a passport and car keys. The loss was an estimated $760.

■ A black Ford F-150 was burglarized in the 100 block of North Marion sometime between 5 p.m. on Oct. 28 and 7 a.m. the next day. The offender used a pry tool to enter through a rear sliding window and stole

TOWNSHIP

Making Narcan accessible from page 1 believe are at risk for accidental overdoses.

Jim Taglia, a trustee at Oak Park Township, said the board has been discussing the proposal, because the wholesale cost of two kits would run about $30.

“The township is looking to fund the program ourselves or partner with an agency to do that for us,” he said.

Dan Bigg, director of the Chicago Recovery Alliance, who has advised the township board on distributing Naxolone, said the problem with opioid overdoses is not just with heroin users.

About three-quarters of opioid-related deaths in the U.S. are from taking pharmaceutical drugs, he said, noting that drug overdose is currently the number one cause of accidental death in the country.

Bigg says that patients who receive more than 50 milligrams of morphine-based narcotics also should be required to receive Naxolone.

“Pharmacists can do that today without a prescription,” he said.

The opioid epidemic is just as much a problem in Oak Park as other parts of the country. In April, 48-year-old Chicago man was found dead in a third-floor bathroom at Oak Park Public Library’s Main branch, and police in River Forest and Forest Park noted at the time that calls to police reporting heroin use in public bathrooms is common in the area.

The federal DEA noted in its National Heroin Threat Assessment Summary published in 2015 that heroin deaths in the U.S. have tripled since 2010.

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NARCAN SAVING LIVES: Oak Park Township is considering offering low-cost or free Narcan, an anti-overdose drug, to Oak Park residents.

Taglia said that although opioid abuse is a widespread problem, he believes there still is a stigma tied to purchasing drugs to prevent overdoses. He said making Narcan available at a low cost or free would get the drug into more people’s hands and save lives.

“We want to be ahead of the curve on this because it’s such an epidemic,” he said.

He noted that other police departments and municipalities in other parts of the country already are doing it.

seven Bostich roofing guns, two Bostich nail guns, a DeWalt circular saw, a Craftsman circular saw, two grinders, a Milwaukee drill set and a Milwaukee radio. The loss was an estimated $2,780.

■ A gray Toyota Corolla was burglarized in the 700 block of South Carpenter sometime between 11 p.m. on Oct. 28 and 8:30 a.m. the next day. The offender entered the vehicle through an unlocked door and stole a pair of red and white Nike Air Jordan 10 gym shoes valued at $300.

These items, obtained from the Oak Park and River Forest police departments, came from reports, Oct. 11-29, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.

— Compiled by Timothy Inklebarger

The Gloucester Massachusetts Police Department, for example, uses money seized in drug arrests to purchase the drug and provide it for free. The cities of Baltimore; New Haven, Connecticut; and Columbus, Ohio also are providing Narcan free of charge, Taglia said.

Taglia said the Oak Park and River Forest High School nurse’s office recently started carrying the anti-overdose drug as well.

The Oak Park Fire Department told Wednesday Journal earlier this year that fire department paramedics administered the drug an average of once a week in 2014 and 2015.

Making Narcan easily available to the public is “the next mechanism we can use to try to help this situation,” Taglia said.

“Families are impacted and patients are impacted and we want to help them get through this,” Taglia said. “Getting people into treatment would be the ultimate goal.”

Bigg suggested Oak Park consider making the drug available at fire stations, so those interested could come in and learn how to administer the drug, and at hospitals for patients who come in suffering from opioid addiction.

Saving lives isn’t the only goal, Bigg said, noting that many who suffer overdoses and survive can experience permanent impairment due to a lack of oxygen to the brain that occurs during overdose episodes.

He said the township already is discussing a potential program with the village of Oak Park and that mitigating the heroin epidemic are part of the mission of both entities.

“In the case of the township, it impacts at-risk youth, seniors and those with mental health conditions. For the village, the Health Department is trying to positively impact the overall health and well-being of residents,” Taglia said in an email. “These missions overlap, which I believe make the township and the village natural partners.”

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River Forest sets course to improve communication New website, newsletter, social media presence, mobile app coming in 2017

By DEBORAH KADIN Contributing Reporter

River Forest has set an agenda to greatly strengthen its outreach to residents by mid2017.

In extending its contract with communications consultant Jasculca Terman, trustees on Oct. 24 asked the firm to improve the village’s overall messaging, make the website more user-friendly, add social media to the mix and improve the monthly e-newsletter.

Staff will take on the tasks of redeveloping and expanding FAQs for the front desk and the website, reworking the mobile app and integrating the use of video into the website and e-newsletter.

The steps came out of a study of the effectiveness of village communications. Here’s the timetable that the firm and village staff will be following, starting next month: Before the holiday season, the village will launch a survey asking residents which social media platforms the village should use.

In January, Jasculca Terman will have ready policies and documents that will establish core messaging, along with village staff, which will guide all communications with village staff; evaluate better ways to communicate with residents, including creating a new resident packet; and develop a guide on how to more effectively handle communications on complex issues.

Staff also will assess how to improve internal communications to provide better

customer service. Social media channels will be launched by April 2017.

The most important month to watch will be next July when the village plans to launch a redesigned and more user-friendly website, a newly formatted monthly e-newsletter and an improved mobile app. Jasculca Terman will be responsible for all aspects of the first two projects; staff will be responsible for the third.

River Forest will continue to use mail, postcards and utility bills as ways to get messages out to residents.

Jasculca Terman’s initial study of the village’s communications cost just over $50,000. An amendment to the budget to pay for implementation may be approved in November. Another budget amendment will be needed to cover the cost of the website redesign. That will be presented to the board in the near future, said Jonathan Pape, the management intern for the village.

Enhancing village communications efforts was a strategic goal identified last year by trustees. Jasculca Terman was brought on board last May to develop the audit.

Recommendations in the audit were the result of work that Jasculca Terman did from June to September. During that time, a team from the firm evaluated the village’s communications strategy and interviewed more than 50 people, including elected officials from the village and other River Forest taxing bodies, business owners and communications staff from other Chicago-area communities.

Eleven residents took part in a focus group.

Presently, the village does not have a Facebook page or Twitter account or a presence on any other social media site. It did have a mobile app that was discontinued some time ago.

Enhancing

village communications efforts was a strategic goal identified last year by trustees.

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Sugar Beet kids make dinner

Catherine Nickles, an 11-year-old from The Children’s School, learned how to make flatbreads from Autre Monde Executive Chef Dan Pancake.

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better decisions about their food onday, Oct. 17, the Sugchoices and, I believe, thoroughly ar Beet Schoolhouse enjoy one of life’s most transforprogram, in partmative pleasures — cooking and nership with Autre eating with other people.”

Monde, presented the At River Forest Kitchen, Mufirst of what will likely be many noz and Miller run cooking class“family dinners.” Under the auses where kids learn essential pices of the Autre Monde team kitchen skills. But cooking is just — John and Christine Aranza, part of the program. In conjuncDan Pancake, Beth Partridge tion with the Park District of and Matthew Miller — children Oak Park, Schoolhouse kids have from Sugar Beet Schoolhouse been tending gardens at Cheney prepared and served dinner to Mansion, and this year they guests who packed the dining surpassed their goal of donating room and spilled out onto the Local Dining 1,000 pounds of fresh produce to back patio. It was excellent & Food Blogger the OP-RF Food Pantry. seeing young children having I emailed the Autre Monde a wonderful time cooking good team to ask how the goals of food and serving it to their famSchoolhouse matched those of ily and friends.

Autre Monde, and they respondI asked Cheryl Munoz, ed, “Autre Monde was built executive director and founder on the idea of being a truly of Sugar Beet Schoolhouse, 6727 W. Roosevelt Road neighborhood restaurant with what motivated her to start the a green focus. We have always program.

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Working the serving line at Autre Monde’s Family Dinner was Munoz, of course, as well as her husband Anthony and children Cedar and Cora.

“We know what kids like,” said Munoz, “but we also know that our job is to introduce young people to new flavors with lots of positive encouragement. We joke that we’ve done our job if our students don’t have to resort to eating baked beans off a Frisbee through college because they

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n the not so distant past, if you wanted to buy a house, the first thing you had to do was find a real estate agent. Sure there were open houses on Sundays, but if you wanted to really take your time inside a house, an agent would take you on tours.

Then along came the internet, and the real estate world began to change. Prospective buyers could now see interior and exterior photos of homes before they had to connect with a realtor. Photos helped, but buyers still had to take a tour if they wanted to figure out floor plans and layouts.

Today, new technology is helping prospective buyers delve deeper into home tours without leaving the comfort of their couches.

Virtual reality tours can provide a sense of being in a home, using technology that closely mimics the view a prospective buyer would have while walking through a home in person. While it might

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Renovated 2 bed, 2 bath bungalow features quality craftsmanship by an award winning renovation team. Rich hardwood floors, modern amenities, new large formal dining room, pristine kitchen, 3-season back porch, new main full bath, bonus room in the lower level, recreation room, new electric, plumbing, roof and much more!

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Beautiful 3 bed, 2 bath home with brand new kitchen featuring white shaker cabinets and quartz counters! This freshly painted home also features two newly remodeled baths, lovely hardwood floors, newer windows, light fixtures and so much more. Situated on an oversized Chicago lot with a 2 car garage.

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Gorgeous 4 bed, 2 bath Grand Victorian in Historic Depot District. Captivating wraparound porch, new kitchen, stainless steel appliances granite, impeccable hardwood floors alongside original trim, open floor plan, high ceilings, formal dining room, updated fireplace, 2.5 car garage with side drive and double lot with beautiful landscaping.

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Oak Park

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Outstanding 5 bedroom, 4 bath home will amaze you the moment you enter. The woodwork, art glass, vintage features, and gleaming oak floors are strikingly beautiful throughout.

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$85,000

Spacious 2 bed, 2 full bath condo with hardwood floors, huge living room dining room combo area, nicely appointed kitchen, great closet space, master bath and 1 parking space. Easy access to I-290, Green Line, and West Suburban hospital.

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Oak Park

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The Oak Park Oasis, 22, 4 level townhomes with a fresh new approach to townhome living. Sleek and modern with a downtown flair, featuring versatile 3 or 4 bedroom layouts, 3.5 baths, open kitchens with large center island, balcony off kitchen for grilling, 1st floor office/bedroom that features an en-suite full bath, beautiful master suite, 4th level has cozy loft space - plumbed for wet bar, large private roof deck and 2 car attached garage. Many great cabinet selections with quartz closets, marble bathrooms, oak flooring, and stainless steel appliances! Buy now and pick your finishes! Great center of town location! Delivery Spring 2016! Call for details.

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VIRTUAL REALITY

LET YOUR MOUSE DO THE WALKING: Prospective homebuyers can see a house before they visit it.

A walkless tour from page 19

John Lawrence, managing broker/owner of Oak Park’s Weichert Nickel Realty Group was impressed with the technology when he saw Weichert brokers from other states using it for their high-end properties.

While other firms might use Matterport to host a virtual reality tour for a small number of their most expensive listings, Lawrence took the leap to be the first in the area to purchase the equipment, with the intent of eventually using it for all of his office’s listings.

The equipment consists of a camera, currently sold by Matterport for $4,500, and a dedicated, larger capacity iPad. Matterport also charges monthly hosting fees that range from $49 to $149, depending on how many models the site hosts and the number of users on an account.

According to Lawrence, real estate firms have many options when it comes to using virtual reality and pricing, with many firms expecting agents to foot the bill for any of the listings they want to feature.

“On a retail basis,” he noted, “it would be priced by the square foot. Prices would rapidly add up, the more properties you featured.

That’s why we decided to invest in the equipment. We do it at a flat cost.”

Lawrence, who said his office has a dedicated staff person who handles all of the virtual reality tours, added that creating the tour takes

a trained professional about 60-90 minutes, depending on the size of the home. The camera is on a tripod, and along with the iPad, each room is captured through camera shots taken at 360 degrees. Once uploaded, the images are stitched together in the “cloud” to create a tour that recreates the view a homebuyer would get while walking through a house.

The end result is akin to actually walking through a house. Viewers can even see the house through a “dollhouse view,” i.e. all floors at once as if the front wall had been removed. Views can rotate so you can see everything in the house from every angle, from floor to ceiling and everything in between. You can virtually walk down stairs and through doors and get a sense of how rooms flow, one to another.

Lawrence said it’s quite userfriendly. “It’s super-easy to navigate.

You can do it with a mouse and click and drag where you want to go, or you can use the arrows. It works great on mobile devices.”

Why virtual reality?

Lawrence and his brokers at Weichert find that virtual reality is effective for buyers and sellers alike.

“It attracts buyers,” he said, “in that they have a great experience seeing something online and some want to go with a forward-thinking company that uses this technology.

They can decide to look at a house or rule out a house based on this.

“Sellers like it,” he added, “because it attracts eyes. If you’re selling your house, we can show your house to a lot more people in a lot less time. One of the great side effects for sellers is that this eliminates the pain of having to always keep your house looking great. If your house won’t work for someone based on floor plan or layout, they can tell that through the tour and won’t need to make an appointment to see your house.”

Lawrence, who pointed out that Weichert Nickel Group is the first firm in Oak Park and River Forest to invest in virtual reality technology and make it a regular part of the marketing plan for properties, said the tool is a good one for his brokers and their clients.

“My goal is to have this on almost every listing,” he said. “I don’t want the price of the home to factor into this. Right now, we use it on million-dollar homes as well as one- or two-bedroom condos. All sellers should have the best service

and the best experience possible.

My agents are really happy with this, and they realize I’m investing in them by investing in this.”

Tabitha Murphy, who, along with her husband Adam, works as an agent for Weichert in Oak Park, said the technology definitely appeals to a certain generation.

“I feel like this is something that is completely new that the younger generation of sellers is looking for,” she said.

Does it really sell homes?

Lawrence believes embracing new technology means being forward-thinking.

“There’s always something new in real estate,” he said, “and my job is to figure out what’s a fad and what’s going to stick. I believe in this technology.”

Since Weichert began implementing this technology in earnest in early 2016, the firm has been able to include virtual reality tours on approximately 50 percent of its current listings. From Lawrence’s perspective, it helps make the buying and selling of homes more efficient and more pleasant.

Already, he is seeing dividends.

“It’s still a relatively new tool.

We are seeing on our social media reports that people are spending more time looking at these listings with the tours. Even if people are not in the market themselves, it starts spreading as people share it with friends.

“If everyone was doing this,” he added, “you could really help narrow down your choices. For international and out-of-state buyers, this is incredibly helpful. We do see situations where people come in town on a Friday and need to be under contract by Sunday, and this kind of technology saves everybody time. For us, it’s really neat because when a buyer only has a few days to see a house, this is a really good way to get a sense of the home and see the floor plan.”

According to Murphy, the benefits are tangible for both buyers and sellers.

“We see a lot more online activity when we use 3-D tours on listings, and we tend to get a lot more serious buyers coming through the houses. People already have used the tours to see the layout and all the finishes. When they’re setting up a showing, this is someone who already likes the house.

“Efficiency is one of the main benefits for buyers and sellers.”

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OAK PARK. GORGEOUS OAK PARK HOME near award-winning schools. Chef’s kitchen, master ste, 4+1 BRs, 3.1BAs, finished bsmt. x ............................................................. $850,000

OAK PARK. CLOSE TO EVERYTHING LOCATION! 4BR, 2BA. New kitchen, family room. Large yard. Side drive. Practically maintenance free. x ............................................................. $517,700

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OAK PARK. SMART, FRESH & EXCITING! 3BR, 1.1BA home in perfect loc’n. Stylish décor. Updated kitchen. Deck. C/A. Lots more! x ............................................................. $459,000

RIVER FOREST. PRAIRIE SCHOOL home built in ‘06 w/classic architectural design & contempo amenities. Spacious with 4BRs & 4½BAs. Family rm. SPECIAL! x ...................................$1,225,000

OPEN HOUSES • SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2016 OAK PARK OPEN 12:30-2PM • 204 S. SCOVILLE

E.E. ROBERTS Prairie-style home on estate size lot. 5 bedrooms, 3.1 baths. Fabulous space on wide corner lot. Choice location! x ......................................................................................................................................$899,000

BERWYN. STUNNING OCTAGON BUNGALOW in great condition. 4+ Bedrooms, 3 full Baths. x ............................................................. $395,000 OAK PARK NEW LISTING! IMPRESSIVE COLONIAL! Wellmaintained & spacious. Designer kitchen. 4BRs, 3.1BAs. New roof. Beautifully lnscpd yd. x .......................................$845,000 FANTASTIC ESTATE HOME w/meticulous renovation & expansion. Huge 101 x 268 private yd. 1st flr FR, Cook’s kitchen, MBR ste, library, 6BR, 3.2BA, porches, decks. More! x......................................................................................$1,925,000 INCREDIBLE HOME for the future! Best of old & lots of new - C/A, newer BAs, huge kitchen. 4 BRs + lndry upstairs. Close to schools, trains & town! x............................................$1,100,000 RARE ENGLISH BRICK 4BR, 2.2BA with custom woods thru-out. MBA, den & hi-ceiling rec rm. C/A. Lndscpd yd. 2-car garage. x ......................................................................... $699,900 REDUCED! DELIGHTFULLY FRESH HOME w/4BRs, 3.1BAs. LR w/gas frplc, family rm w/blt-ins & inviting sun rm.

C/A. Fin’d bsmt. Move right in. x ................................ $639,000 JUMBO 4+BR, 3BA bungalow. Granite counters/SS app in large island kitchen. x ...................................................$672,500 SUPERB BRICK 3BR, 3.1BA, North Oak Park home. Elegant LR, DR, 2-car garage w/awesome, finished bsmt. x ......$614,900 UNIQUE CLASSIC Prairie-style home. Updated kitchen, stately family rm w/floor-to-ceiling bookcases, skylights, WBFP. Nice Loc’n. x ....................................................................$599,000 4 BEDROOMS, 2.1 BATHS w/newer kitchen, LR, DR, family rm & den. Large backyard with deck. x .................... $589,000 ENJOY LIFE IN FLW Historic District. 5BRs, 1½BAs. Spacious LR w/FRPLC. Family rm. Great yard! x........................ $519,000 ORIGINAL OAK PARK HOME. Tremendous space in this 5BR, 1½BA Gunderson. Beamed ceiling, stained glass, pocket drs, WBFP & hdwd floors. x ........................................$499,000 COTTAGE CHARMER! SWEET 2BR, 2BA sits on a 50’x175’ lndscpd lot, offers lrg family rm, screened porch, high/dry bsmt, newer garage. x............................................................$409,900 ENJOY ONE LEVEL living in the 3BR mid-century brick ranch in NW Oak Park. Hdwd flrs. C/A. Spacious LR & separate DR. Full bsmt. Great yd. 2-car gar. x ..........................................$389,000 ARTS DISTRICT vintage charmer on a corner lot! Updated kitchen. 4 BRs, 1BA. x ...................................................$385,000 THREE BEDROOM, 1.2 BA Gunderson on one of OP’S fav blocks. 3-season porch, den & attic. Charming fixer-upper! ............................................................................................... $365,000

OPEN 2:30-4PM • 431 GREENFIELD

REDUCED! SUN-FILLED COLONIAL. 3BRs, 2 new full BAs + ½BA. Hdwd flrs. Wd cab kitchen w/pantry. C/A. Deck. Great house. x ......................................................................................................................................$479,000

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PERFECT 10! New kitchen, BAs, roof, furnace, 4 BRs, 2 baths waterproofed & finished basement. x ..........................................$379,500 VERY NICE 3 BR, 2BA. Huge living room, eat-in kitchen, finished basement. 2014: roof, boiler & hot water heater! x.........................................................................................$239,000 ATTENTION REHABBERS! 3BR, 1.1 BA farmhouse style home on large corner lot. Lots of potential. .................$220,000 RIVER FOREST THE ULTIMATE HOUSE. Stunning Tudor on massive lot 200x188. Rehab offers all the modern amenities. Make an appt today. x.........................................................................$2,999,000 PICTURE PERFECT 6BR, 3.2BA Tudor. This stunning home combines one-of-a-kind architectural details with today’s timeless modern amenities. Must see! x........................$1,460,000 PERFECT ATTENTION TO DETAIL. 5BR, 2.1BA home w/ coach house. Chef’s kitchen w/over-the-top amenities. Family rm. Much more! x .......................................................$1,165,000 VERY COOL RETRO RANCH w/open floor plan on a large lot. 3 BRs, 2.2BAs. WBFP. MBR suite. 1st floor laundry. C/A. Attached garage. x.........................................................$599,000 QUEEN ANNE Victorian w/open frt porch on lrg lot! 6BRs, 2.2BAs. Dble parlor. Frplc. Great location near train, schools, park. x...............................................................................$599,000 IMMACULATE & UPDATED 2-story brick home on deep lot. 3BRs, 2.1BAs. Remodeled kitchen. New MBA w/Jacuzzi. C/A. Lovely! x ..........................................................................$594,000 FOREST PARK UNBEATABLE LOCATION. 5BRs, 3BAs. Eat-in kitchen.

Terrific deck for outdoor entertaining. C/A. Great home. ............................................................................................... $399,000 REDUCED! SWEET 3+1BR, 2.1BA FARMHOUSE. Gleaming hdwd flrs, new C/A, new W/D, finished bsmt & huge fenced yd. Just move in. x.............................................$319,900 OTHER AREA HOMES BERWYN. AM 4-SQ, 3 BR, 1.1 BA near Proksa Park & train.

Huge deck & patio w/parking for 3 cars. x ............... $259,000 CHICAGO. BELMONT-CRAIGIN bungalow. 2BR, 2BA. Nice kitchen! Rec rm +3rd BR in bsmt! x........................... $172,500 EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

OAK PARK - CONDOS/TOWNHOUSES OPEN 12-2PM SHOWROOM AT 139 S. OAK PARK AVE. NEW CONSTRUCTION! New standard of luxury! 1808-2200 SF units, 3 BRs, 2 indoor pkg spaces, spacious terraces, eco-efficient LEED certified. Pricing starts at ...............................................................$654,900

OTHER AREAS OPEN 1-3PM • 2633 N. 78TH CT. ELMWOOD PARK. JUST LISTED! ROOM FOR EVERYBODY! Lovely, large brick bungalow. 4BR w/3 full BAs & updated kitchen.

Move right in. x .................................................................................................$285,000

DOWNERS GROVE. NEW CONSTRUCTION! 3,600SF customized for you. 4BRs, 4.1BAs. High-end kitchen, master ste, walk-in closets & 2nd flr lndry! Incredible 50X298x50x296 lot. .............................................................................................$1,249,000 ELMWOOD PARK. GREAT HOME, terrific location - what else can one ask for? 3 BR, 1.1 BA on great lot. This is the home for you! x .........................................................................$338,000 ELMWOOD PARK. BRIGHT & LIGHT, beautiful floors, C/A and 3BR, 2BA - great space! x ......................................$249,000 NORTHLAKE. GREAT HOME FOR ENTERTAINING. Lrg 4BR, 3.1BA w/awesome deck & beautiful yd. 2nd kitchen in bsmt. Lots of storage. x ................................................ $299,900 INCOME OAK PARK. BRICK 3-FLAT close to school wih a big living rm, formal dining rm. Excellent condition! Great income! ............................................................................................... $729,000 RIVER FOREST. NEW PRICE! RARE OPPORTUNITY for the “Sandwich” generation! Have your parents or adult children close so you can help, but they can live independent. x.........................................................................................$749,000 COMMERCIAL OAK PARK. MIXED USE BLDG. 1st flr: lrg commercial spc – approx. 3000SF. 2 apts on 2nd flr: 3BR, 1BA /1BR, 1BA. 2-car gar.

1st flr handicapped access. Call for more info.............. $395,000 VACANT LAND OAK PARK. LOCATED IN CENTRAL OP this vacant property is yours with immediate possession possible. Make an offer! .................................................................................... $399,000 OAK PARK CONDOS/TOWNHOUSES FAB UNIT, FAB LOCATION! Great architectural details & mod amenities. 2BR, 2BA. Private deck. 2 deeded garage spcs. x..............................................................................$480,000 BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE 3 BR unit! Spacious rms, lots of sun, fresh paint, hdwd flrs, 2 BAs, garage pkg, nice backyard, pets ok!! x ................................................................................$298,000 STRIKING UPDATED vintage condo w/3BRs, 2BAs. Stunning kitchen, SS applncs, in-unit lndry & parking. x........$295,000

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STEPS FROM METRA & Green Line. 2BR vintage condo w/ remodeled kitchen & BA, spacious rms, lndry in-unit, C/A, sun rm, office, huge yd & garage pkg. x............................$279,000 BRIGHT & BEAUTIFUL corner condo in heart of OP! 2 large BRs w/big closets, 2BAs, freshly painted, berber carpet, eat-in kitchen, pkg! Available NOW! ...........................................$169,900 WELL-LOCATED & UPDATED 2 BR, 2 BA condo in the heart of DTOP. Updated kitchen & BA. Elevator bldg! x......$156,900 IN THE HEART OF TOWN, 2BR, 1BA condo w/view of lovely lndscpd courtyd. Floor-to-ceiling windows. Open flr plan. Pkg. ...............................................................................................$155,000 NICELY UPDATED eat-in kitchen in this bight & spacious 2BR condo. Great location. Parking. x................................ $153,000 REDUCED! ATTRACTIVE 1BR UNIT in a beautiful bldg.

Galley kitchen, living rm & den – ideal 1st home. ...... $144,000 IDEAL LOCATION close to DTOP, library, Scoville Pk, & transportation. 2BR w/new flrs. Elevator bldg. Parking. ......$123,000 ONE BEDROOM, 1 bath condo in well-managed building.

Generous room sizes. Great storage. ............................. $108,000 QUIET 1BR CORNER UNIT with central air. Updated kitchen.

1 parking space. ...................................................................$89,000 WELL-LOCATED STUDIO features hdwd flrs, new SS fridge, new portable washer. Murphy’s bed. ..............................$69,900 RIVER FOREST CONDOMINIUMS/TOWNHOUSES VERY CLEAN, attractive & affordable brick townhouse. 2BR, 1.1BA, bonus LL rec rm. Parking. ..................................... $159,000

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OAK PARK. LARGE & SPACIOUS unit in the Decker Building. W/D in-unit. Parking included! x ............................................................. $279,900 FOREST PARK CONDOMINIUMS/TOWNHOUSES RARE 3 BEDROOM at the Grove with balcony & patio.

Granite & SS applnces. 2-car garage. x ..................... $349,000 CONDOS/TOWNHOUSES OTHER AREAS ELMWOOD PARK. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION! MBR w/BA & large living space, in-unit W/D, C/A, elevator bldg. - check it out! x ....................................$139,000 LOMBARD. TERRIFIC DOWNTOWN Lombard location gorgeous 3BR, 2BA condo. x ........................................$310,000 RENTALS HOMES FOREST PARK. SWEET 3+1BR, 2.1BA FARMHOUSE. Gleaming hdwd flrs, new C/A, new W/D, finished bsmt & huge fenced yd. .........................................................................$2,375/mo CONDOS OAK PARK. NEW RENTAL! GREAT LOCATION! 2 BRs, hdwd flrs, newer kitchen, in-unit laundry, 2 pkg spaces, storage. ....................................................................................$1,800/mo FOREST PARK. VINTAGE 2-FLAT. 2BRs, 1BA. Large kitchen, great front porch, huge fenced yd. 2 outdoor pkg spcs. FREE lndry. Storage. ..................................................................$1,300/mo COMMERCIAL RENTALS OAK PARK. OFFICE SPACES in lovely Art Deco bldg. 2 Elevators. Entry handicap equipped. Tenants pay electric. Public pkg. Call! Rent ranges from ...................$2,616/mo to $898/mo WESTMONT. CLASSIC STORE FRONT/walk in office on busy street. 2 blocks from Metra train. In-suite restrooms and kitchen. Great exposure. ................................................$1,525/mo

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CHARMING, SPACIOUS QUEEN ANNE BUNGALOW in pristine condition. Art glass windows, French doors, wood trim, hardwood floors. Granite kitchen, breakfast nook. Family room and 1st floor bedroom. 3 bedrooms on 2nd floor. Finished basement, enclosed porch, 2 car garage ..............................................................$649,900

ATTRACTIVE BRICK COLONIAL HOME recently painted and hardwood floors redone, offers the modern updates you want! Huge Liv Room with Fireplace, open and updated kitchen floor plan, 1st fl office, four BRs. Attached 2 car garage, LL Family Room, Laundry and Storage..................................................................................$709,000

PRI C E REDUC ED! HANDSOME AND BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED traditional brick home for those who appreciate tradition and elegance.

Distinctive home offers 5BRs, 2 full/2 half baths. Professionally landscaped fenced yard with in-ground pool and spa. Ample storage in basement...............................................................$1,389,000

BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED HOME features a detailed LR, DR and kitchen with east facing sun/breakfast room on 1st FL. 2nd FL features sun filled library w/fireplace, large master suite. Finished basement includes a family room with a fireplace and a game room. .............................................................................................. $885,000

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PR ICE R ED UCE D! METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED BRICK GEORGIAN. Features 3 bedrooms, 1 full bath, 1 powder room. Updated kitchen, 1st floor family room, generous sized living and dining room. Partially finished basement with laundry and storage room. Beautiful yard, 2 car garage .............................................................................$299,000

RIVER FOREST HOMES A ONE OF A KIND HOME! Impeccable restoration of original home with a fabulous addition surrounded by lush professional landscaping. Gorgeous decor & architectural detail throughout, yet warmly welcoming, house is perfect for intimate or grand scale entertaining. .........$3,750,000 BURMA BUILT BUHRKE HOUSE combines Tudor revival & chateau style architecture elements. Gorgeous décor and impeccable attention to detail and care found in house and landscaped grounds, extends to fabulous in ground pool and patios. Perfect for entertaining. ...........................................................................................................................................................$2,649,000 CLASSIC BRICK COLONIAL with all high-end finishes. First floor features hardwood floors, family room off kitchen. Finished basement has media room, 2 addl BRs, full bath, plenty of storage. Backyard offers private deck, large heated patio, built in pool. 3 car garage, heated driveway. ............................................................................................................................................................$1,795,000 RESTORE THIS HOUSE with fabulous curb appeal or Build your dream home on this 100’ x 184’ lot. ...........................................................................................................................................$1,400,000 GEORGOUS FRENCH NORMANDY with 5 bedrooms, 5 full & 5 half baths sits on a 75 foot corner lot. Gleaming hardwood floors and fireplace in LR, simply stunning eat-in kitchen with adjoining family room. Lower level rec room with gas fireplace. Beautifully landscaped grounds. ............................................................................................................................................................$1,139,000 BEAUTIFUL STYLISH UPDATED HOME with 4 BRs, 3.2 BAs on four floors of living space.

Includes LR w/ frpl, new high end kitchen, Breakfast Rm, 1st FL office. LL has Fam Rm, Rec Room, Laundry, Wine Cellar and Full Bath. 2 car garage with extra storage and rooftop deck. .$1,049,000 MAGNIFICENT 3-STORY HOME with a bright and open floor plan, grand sized rooms, gracious foyer with spectacular staircase, amazing millwork, inlaid floors and high ceilings. First floor family room overlooks fenced in yard. Three car garage with walk up storage/loft area. .$999,000 COMPLETELY RENOVATED 4 bedroom home is move-in ready. First floor features a spacious open floor plan. Large, high end kitchen. Full finished bsmt consists of a family room, a wet bar and a bonus room with its own bath. Deep backyard with a large patio and fire pit...$959,000

425 S OAK PARK UNIT A, OAK PARK OPEN SUNDAY 1-3

739 VAN BUREN UNIT 2, OAK PARK OPEN SUNDAY 10-12

MOVE RIGHT INTO THIS 4 STORY TOWNHOME! This 2 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath townhome is a sunny and quiet end unit. Granite kitchen, hardwood floors, master suite, 2nd floor laundry, fireplace in LR. 4th floor loft with kitchenette.

Large wrap around deck and attached garage. .....................................$364,000

STUNNING REMODELED CONDO with original charm. Kitchen with granite, SS appliances, cherry cabinets. Beautiful oak woodwork throughout including built-in shelving in DR. Hardwood floors, fireplace. Enclosed back porch may be used as den. In unit laundry. ...................................................................$188,000

STUNNING RENOVATION of 5 bedroom, 3 full and 1 half bathroom Georgian with attached two car garage. LR, DR, bedroom, office, fam rm and kit flow beautifully on the first floor. The basement boasts a fifth bedroom, full bath, finished recreation room and workout area.$874,000 VERY UNIQUE PRAIRIE HOME sits on a beautiful corner lot. The home suggestive of Tallmadge & Watson has a dramatic family room that opens to the kitchen. Expansive LR with fireplace. Basement has 2nd half bath, and storage. Nice size yard with private brick patio & XL 2 car garage. ..........................................................................................................................................$689,000 GREAT COLONIAL HOME on a great block! Move in condition with 3+ bedrooms, 2-1/2 baths. Eat in kitchen, den/office space, mudroom, sun/Florida room and screened in back porch.

Partially finished basement. Coach house with 2 car garage. You will love the available space! ..............................................................................................................................................................$684,000 WELL MAINTAINED center entrance brick & stone colonial with 4 BRs/4BAs. Spacious first floor family room. Travertine marble entry with winding staircase. Refinished hardwood floors.

Two fireplaces. 2nd floor office. Finished LL with plenty of storage and pantry areas.......$664,000 LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!!! Spacious first floor has updated kitchen with granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. The finished basement has 4th BR and a full bath.

Professionally landscaped yard with new brick paver patio. Nothing to do but move in...$599,000 LARGE VICTORIAN with 4 bedrooms, 2-1/2 baths has great original details including wide moldings, wood burning fireplace, beamed ceilings, large room sizes and high ceilings. Master bedroom with bath, good closet space. Large backyard with deck. .....................................$450,000 PRICE REDUCED BEAUTIFUL, MOVE-IN READY REHAB in River Forest. Large open kitchen with all brand new SS. New 3/4 inch Brazilian Koa wood floors throughout. Designer baths. Wood burning fireplace. Master suite. Full basement. Great backyard with covered patio.

Close to great schools! ......................................................................................................................$389,900

ROOM FOR EVERYONE and stunning finishes throughout. Newly finished kitchen features 2 dishwashers and a built in bar with beverage center. Top end bathrooms. Master Suite features a deck, walk-in closet and a redone bath. Beautiful decorating. Beautiful landscaping. ......$719,000 BEAUTIFUL KENILWORTH PARKWAY! 3 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath Classic Colonial. Brick, slate roof, curb appeal galore and move in ready!!! Walk up attic, lower level playroom, screened porch overlooks exquisite landscaped backyard. Ideal location. All you need to do is move in! ..$689,900 QUINTENSSENTIAL OAK PARK HOME! This 3BR, 1-1/2 BA home offers lots of space to grow. Enter thru the substantial light filled Living Room, proceed to the Dining Room with coved moldings. 1st floor family room located right off the kitchen. Generous sized bedrooms. ...............................................................................................................................................................$472,500 METICUOUSLY MAINTAINED BUNGALOW with an enclosed porch welcomes you to this home! Special features include hardwood floors, a spacious LR, beamed ceiling DR, two bedrooms, one full bath, bright kitchen and office overlooking fenced-in yard. Impeccable 2 car garage..................................................................................................................................................$264,000 VALUE MAY BE IN THE LAND. Major renovation needed to the house. Being sold “As Is”. ...............................................................................................................................................................$250,000 GREAT CHARM in this lovely 2 bedroom, 2 bath home on a quiet street. Why own a condo when you can own a cute house with a backyard. Hardwood floors, Enclosed front porch, Side drive. Walk to everything: Transportation, shops and restaurants..........................................$219,000

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UNPRECEDENTED ESTATE in the Frank Lloyd Wright Historical district of Oak Park! This meticulously renovated 5 BR, 5 full / 2 half bath property offers exquisite details and refined finishes that boast timeless materials and over the top custom millwork. This is a showcase home! ...........................................................................................................................................................$2,525,000 PRICE REDUCED BEAUTIFUL ESTATE HOME in Historic Oak Park with a perfect blend of modern and vintage details including hardwood floors, leaded glass windows and a grand staircase. Large rooms, tall ceilings and a lot of windows make this 5BR, 3-1/2 BA home spacious and bright. ..........................................................................................................................................$939,500 SO MUCH TO SEE, LOVE & ADMIRE in this renovated 4BR/3.5BA American Four Square.

You will love the renovated the 3rd floor w/a MSTR suite featuring a high end bath, plus an office.

Other features include a new back porch retreat, Fin LL Rec Room, 3 plus car garage. .....$765,000 STUNNING ENGLISH TUDOR in the perfect location. Two level Party Deck. Three Car Garage. Family room off eat-in kitchen with stainless steel appliances. Lower level recreation room with wet bar. Close to schools, Lindberg Park and transportation..........................................$729,900

FOREST PARK HOMES JUST MOVE IN!! Meticulously maintained new construction built in 2006. Open floor plan features 10 foot ceilings, hardwood floors, and many custom details from crown molding to door handles. High end kitchen. 4 generously sized BRs. Open basement ready to finish. ........$489,000 NOTHING TO DO BUT MOVE IN! Newly stained dark hardwood floors throughout, including the kitchen. Three large bedrooms. New deck and many upgrades. Don’t pass this one by.... larger inside than it looks. Sunny back yard ready for your perennial garden. Fenced yard. ...............................................................................................................................................................$299,900

ELMWOOD PARK HOMES GEORGIAN-STYLE HOME boasting three levels of living space. Solid brick home sits on double lot. Basement has eight foot ceilings and is finished with bedroom and family room. Home has all new stainless steel appliances. 2.5 car detached garage with driveway and alley access. ..............................................................................................................................................................$409,000 METICUOUSLY MAINTAINED BRICK GEORGIAN with 3 bedrooms, 1-1/2 bath, an open floor plan, expansive kitchen, and spacious family room. Living room has wood burning fireplace. Partially finished basement, entertainment deck, landscaped yard, two car garage ...............................................................................................................................................................$339,000

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Owen Dowling of Dowling Apartments, Inc., located at 400 Lathrop River Forest, Illinois announces his retirement as of October 31, 2016 from Real Estate activities.

He has been a Realtor since 1979 His friends at Dowling Properties LLC will continue to manage local Condominium Associations.

This is a licensed Community Association Management firm under separate ownership since 2005.

Owen will continue as a private real estate investor with his River Forest office building. As time permits he will be at church, the library, the health club and looking to volunteer with a local notfor-profit.

With his pending homeowner projects and his digital camera hobby, he plans to stay busy.

“I hope to see more and stay involved locally”

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et’s start off by saying we are not for or against increasing the minimum wage. That is a policy decision and the Chamber chooses to present information rather than advocating one way or another. This is meant to be informational.

Last week the Cook County Board of Commissioners increased the minimum wage in Cook County to $10.00 an hour beginning July 1 of next year. Thereafter, it rises one dollar on July 1 of 2018 and so on until it hits $13.00 in 2020. This schedule puts Cook County just a year behind Chicago, where the current $10.50 minimum wage will rise to $13.00 by 2019. Tipped employees will see their $4.95 hourly rate

increase by inflation, up to 2.5% annually.

The Illinois minimum wage outside Cook is $8.25 an hour. The federal rate is $7.25.

Many small businesses are going to have to raise their prices – especially the independent restaurants and retailers. There is no getting around that. Most small restaurants operate on a 3% - 5% margin, meaning that they only make three to five cents on every dollar. A million in sales only generates a profit between $30,000 and $50,000 for the owner. Even if you want the owner to be paid nothing, there is only 3-5% wiggle room before prices have to go up to pay for the wage increase.

total costs rise 6%-8%. By 2020 when the wage hits $13.00 an hour, costs will have risen 9% to 23%, depending on the type of restaurant. A nickel of profit cannot absorb more than 5% of additional costs.

Prices have to increase – or some other expense (rent, marketing, food costs, number of employees) must decrease.

This may not be the case for large, profitable, national companies or fast food.

But it is the case for our much-loved small independent mom-and-pop stores. So please, be supportive when they inevitably increase prices. It costs more to pay people more.

Why? Restaurant labor costs run 3040% of sales. If you assume that half of the employees are paid minimum wage, the increase from $8.25 to $10.00 means that total costs rise 3-4%. If all employees receive the same pay rate increase,

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… to Bliss Mindful Center on their opening and ribbon-cutting! Pictured, from left to right: Andrew Williams-Clark, Village of Oak Park; Jonathan Biag, Escape Factor Chicago; Cliff Osborn, Gloor Realty; Steve Cutaia, Village of Oak Park; Susie Sittner, Bliss Mindful Center; Susie Goldschmidt, MB Financial; Pat Koko, Celebrating Seniors Coalition; Dr. Mary Ann Bender, Mary Ann Bender Podiatry; Cathy Yen, Oak Park – River Forest Chamber of Commerce

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The Neighborhood Giving Project

Community Giving Guide

The Most Wonderful Guide of The Year!

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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

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 www. 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.

The Collaboration for Early Childhood The Collaboration for Early Childhood is your resource for early childhood information in Oak Park and River Forest. We provide the connections vital to every child’s opportunity for success in learning and in life. We work with more than 60 organizations so that parents and their children receive critical information and support services, children are screened for developmental delays, teachers in child care centers, preschools and family child care homes provide high quality programs and our most vulnerable children and their families experience a strong web of support.

For more information, or to make a donation, please visit us at www.collab4kids. org or follow us on Facebook.

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

the local economy reaping dividends for the entire 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 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.

Forest Park Historical Society

The Historical Society of Forest Park is dedicated to the preservation, collection and celebration of Forest Park History. We study the past so we can understand the present so we can shape the future. The Historical Society in Forest Park is an important part of the social infrastructure of our community.

We partner with many groups to enhance the quality of life in our village.

1000 Elgin, Forest Park IL 60130 To make a donation, volunteer or to get more information, go to www. forestparkhistory.weebly.com.

Frank Lloyd Wright Trust Our community’s quality of life is enhanced by the mission of the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust. Through its stewardship of the Home and Studio, the Trust continues to preserve an Oak Park treasure as a source of community pride and inspiration. Our education programs introduce thousands of students to Wright’s design legacy and the impact of our built environment.

To learn more or donate, go to flwright.org 931 Chicago Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302

surrounds us all. Over the coming weeks, we hope that you will take a moment to look 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.

Hephzibah

Hephzibah Children’s Association was founded in 1897. We serve more than 1,000 children and families each year through 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 www.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 www.housingforward. org/give, or contact Janet Gow, Director of Development & Communications, at 708.338.1724 ext. 262.

Many parents are eager to teach their children about the importance and the rewards of helping others. The Neighborhood Giving Project is a 501c3 non-profit organization providing community service opportunities for busy families in the Oak Park-River Forest area. Our mission is to inspire our children to be better citizens of the world by providing hands-on, hands-together community service opportunities; to enrich their learning with civic responsibility, social justice, and charitable action.

Partnering with local organizations, NGP develops service projects that are developmentally appropriate for children, and also genuinely fun. Topics include hunger and homelessness, education and literacy, family health, animal care, and more.

To learn more about getting involved or to make a donation, go to www. neighborhoodgivingproject.org

Oak-Leyden Developmental Services In 2014, Oak-Leyden Developmental Services helped nearly 600 children and adults with developmental disabilities reach their highest potential. Our multi-disciplinary Early Intervention Program provides therapies to help prepare young children for their years ahead, as well as education that supports the entire family. Our enriching, adult day programs offer community activities, life skills coaching, and vocational training. In our 12 group homes, adults receive residential care, social and recreational opportunities, and access to healthcare providers.

Please volunteer, donate items on our wish list, make a contribution, or become an Oak-Leyden Enrichment Partner at www. oak-leyden.org or call 708-524-1050 x102.

Thank you!

Oak Park Art League Founded in 1921, the Oak Park Art League (OPAL) is one of Oak Park’s first cultural institutions and fulfills its mission through its offering of high quality art education to people of all ages and skill levels, programs and guest lectures, artist demonstrations and critiques, plus monthly exhibitions in OPAL’s historic Carriage House art gallery. On Giving Tuesday, leave your legacy of support by sponsoring a Century Club limited edition brick in OPAL’s garden courtyard. Purchase a personalized brick for yourself, a business, or honor a loved one and help pave the path to OPAL’s centennial anniversary in 2021.

720 Chicago Avenue 708-386-9853 oakparkartleague@gmail.com www.oakparkartleague.org

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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 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

Oak Park Public Library 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 www. 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 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 www.pactt.org or call 773338-9102 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 allvolunteer 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 www.pingoprf.org. If you have an instrument to donate, send us an email at pingoprf@gmail.com.

Pleasant Home Pleasant Home Foundation, a nonprofit 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.

Pleasant Home 217 Home Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302 pleasanthome.org hruehlemay@pleasanthome.org ** 708-383-2654

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 www.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.

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,

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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 disabilities. Donate online at ucpseguin. org send gifts to UCP Seguin, 332 Harrison Street, Oak Park IL 60304

West Cook YMCA It’s our passion at the West Cook YMCA that 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. (708383-5200)

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 www.wonder-works.org www.facebook.com/ wonderworkschildrensmusem

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.

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How is up to you.

“This is a great time for the entire community to invest in the Community Foundation.”--John & Linda Tibensky, donors Connect with

Kristin Carlson Vogen or Rhea Yap

Donate to the Fund for Now https://v.gd/7cO3Kb

708-848-1560 kcvogen@oprfcf.org | ryap@oprfcf.org 1049 Lake Street, Suite 204, Oak Park or visit us at: www oprfcf.org facebook.com/OPRFCF

Donate to the Fund for Forever https://v.gd/BR71VE

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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The changes life brings Life is change, how it differs from the rocks. ... My life is to survive, and be alive.

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ver the past few months, two or three times, I’ve seen an older guy around town who looks really familiar, but I just can’t quite place him or remember how I know him, if I even do know him. He is friendly-looking, with a pleasant face and something inside tells me I liked this person, or maybe I would like him if we haven’t actually met yet. It’s kind of an odd feeling.

Last weekend, near Marion Street in downtown Oak Park, I saw the guy again, across the street, walking in a small group of people. I stared at him on the sidewalk, and our eyes met. There was a moment of pseudorecognition, and then he yelled out across the street at me, “I know you but I can’t remember how.” I yelled back, “Yeah, same here. I know you but I can’t remember how.” We both continued walking.

I’m getting used to drawing a blank on something. That’s happening more and more, and my contemporaries and I chuckle knowingly and nod in agreement as we share this common experience. It seems we converse in half-finished sentences punctuated by squinting eyes, snapping fingers and exasperated exclamations of “You know, what’s his name?” or “That movie about the guy in the car.”

Sometimes I get a creeping discomfort about the possibility that I have stepped onto a memory-lapse moving sidewalk that has no exit except for dementia and having someone else change my diapers. In our worrisome culture, this is the default setting.

“Caution. The moving sidewalk is ending. Caution, the moving sidewalk is ending.” And on and on and on …

So what else is new? Changes in my life and my abilities as I age have always been part of life. I am only recently owning up to them, or willing to think about them — let alone talk or write about them. Fearing or denying what is known to be absolutely inevitable just doesn’t make a lot of sense. But that doesn’t stop most of us.

The moving sidewalk to hell is a self-fulfilling prophecy. We can reframe our views on forgetting things and our views on aging to be accepting and kind, even embracing. What is it we do remember? What makes life special? What is unforgettable?

Life is intense and heartfelt, especially as we age. And as we slow down just a bit and start to actually feel the journey, not just getting from point A to point B, we can smile and appreciate and be alive.

William F. May suggests we consider aging a mystery rather than a problem. He says the question we need to ask is “How are we going to behave toward it?” rather than “What are we going to do about it?” May contends that the elderly need the virtue of humility to overcome the sting of humiliation that often seems to accompany aging.

Marc Blesoff is a former Oak Park village trustee, co-founder of the Windmills softball organization, co-creator of Sunday Night Dinner, a retired criminal defense attorney, and a novice beekeeper. He currently facilitates Conscious Aging Workshops and Wise Aging Workshops in the Chicagoland area.

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s a psychotherapist and coach, I can say with certainty that many people are more stressed now. The constant chaos around who said what outrageous thing and who is telling the truth is like a thick veil of ugliness weighing heavily on all of us.

Maintaining mental health is a bigger project now than it usually is.

Here are 7 ways to cope: 1. Skip or limit the news. I’ve become a little addicted to the chaos. OK … more than a little. I open the internet and seek out what’s happening and who said what outrageous thing today. I crave the intensity I feel about people and issues. It’s like watching a train wreck we can’t quite look away from, but we can. Is there really anything more we need to know about either candidate right now?

2. Increase awareness of our own behavior. I was watching a live report from CNN on Facebook news yesterday, and people were commenting on the candidates

and their perspectives. The comments were so raw and hateful (on both sides). It would be hard to imagine these people saying the same things in front of their kids or friends. On social media, we become boldly anonymous in the most public places and as disembodied voices create more negativity than we may really even feel. It’s a feeding frenzy of ugliness. We need to find our way back to civility and mutual respect. That’s better for us and our children.

3. Counteract the ugliness. The brain operates better with regular practice of kindness, gratitude, seeing beauty and finding humor. Take time to point out the positive, share it and also take in the good.

Reach out to others who need this even more than they realize. Humor helps mental health, did you see Saturday Night Live’s parody of the debate? Very funny: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/ video/donald-trump-vs-hillary-clinton-third-debatecold-open/3333588 4. Change and limit our participation in political discussion. How many times do we need to hear the same tired talking points? I’ve made up my mind on the candidate, but today I listened, sincerely listened, to my trainer who has an opinion directly opposite of mine.

Rather than choking each other, we both listened. It was good. We also limited the conversation to five minutes.

5. Realize your power and vote. There is a real potential of feeling so worn out and like we’ve already voted because we’ve been over and over the issues and personalities. News flash: you didn’t vote yet but you should. Taking action balances the passive stance that we’ve had to take while being bombarded at every turn with someone’s political message. In taking action, you reclaim yourself.

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he plan for a new ER at Rush Oak Park Hospital has been a long time coming. Visitors to the existing emergency room will attest that the service is first rate, will express amazement at how every nook and cranny has been converted to useable space, and will be delighted to know that it will soon be fully replaced by a more modern, spacious and private facility.

The need for a new ER has been plain for years. And the steadily increasing patient load made a new facility both possible and necessary. Built in 1969 with a forecast of 15,000 annual patient visits, the same slightly updated and ingeniously expanded ER saw 37,000 visits in the past year.

But deciding to spend $30 million for an ER did not come lightly, even for a major medical provider such as Rush.

The decision was made easier by this hospital’s gradual but determined turnaround in the years since Rush became involved in its management, even as sponsorship remained for a long time with a Catholic religious order. Capable and steady management, in the person of Bruce Elegant, has helmed this hospital for many years. His leadership and a strategy to ever more fully integrate Rush Oak Park with the butterfly-shaped mothership just down the Ike has paid off.

More recently, the ability of Rush to take on sole ownership of the hospital has cleared the way for this notable investment.

A long and rocky relationship between the hospital and neighbors will be further repaired as this new facility replaces an existing and no-longer-used building on the campus. That it will front the main artery of Madison and not increase intense use in the residential neighborhood to the south and east is a significant plus.

About that viaduct

Like any decent American, we like it when money from the feds rains down on our little part of this great nation. We don’t even complain when it might seem frivolous — a want not a need. Heck, if the feds want to subsidize some fancy new lighting on an Oak Park street, we’re up for it even if the old lights seemed fine.

So we don’t get too upset when an infrastructure grant application gets denied by the fed. We get that there are too many requests and too little money. Typically we assume that another burg’s project is more worthy.

But has the president, or some higher up in the federal government, driven down Harlem lately?! Have they been bottlenecked at the Green Line viaduct, which is ancient, outmoded and badly dented?! This viaduct carries the heavy weight of the CTA, Metra and freight lines. It transverses the borders of three towns we love – Forest Park, Oak Park and River Forest. And it needs to be rebuilt.

These aren’t fancy paving bricks or superfluous fountains we want funding for. These are improvements that will speed traffic, increase productivity and lower blood pressures.

And all we want is a measly $20 million.

Historic moment

The Historical Society of Oak Park-River Forest is finally making its move to a new — and very old — facility it can call its own. The vital and engaging treasure will have its soft opening later this week at Lake Street and Lombard.

The society will take up residence in the one-time Cicero Township firehouse, though most of us think of it, if we ever did, as a water pumping station. This facility has been remade, reimagined and brought back to its roots.

Congratulations to the volunteer and professional leadership of the society, the donors and the workers who made this day possible.

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A country that no longer exists vs. a country that doesn’t yet exist

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o here we are at last, on the brink.

Six days until we find out if we’re going backward or forward, i.e. voting either for a country that no longer exists or, as Civil Rights historian Vincent Harding put it, a country that does not yet exist. This is a time of great anxiety, great fear, great polarization, great resentment, great inequality.

And great opportunity.

Greatness has been thrust upon us.

A recent episode of On Being featured two pundits, E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and David Brooks of the New York Times. Dionne is progressive, Brooks conservative. They regularly appear together on public television and National Public Radio. Both are voices of reason in an unreasonable time. They do not traffic in shallow, conventional wisdom like so many talking heads in the media.

As Krista Tippett, the show’s host, put it, “Each of you has become one of our most searching American thinkers, who very often brings religious questions, voices of religious wisdom into your reflection on political realities.”

Here are a few excerpts that I hope provide needed perspective as we spend the next six days on the edge of our seats.

David Brooks: We are now in a culture that’s over-politicized and under-moralized. … We need to become more communitarian in a society that has become too individual. We need to become more moralistic in a society that’s too utilitarian.

And we need to be more emotional in a society that is too cognitive. Religion speaks those three languages very well. Without them, it’s not that we’re bad; we’re just morally inarticulate. …

E.J. Dionne: I think about the Civil Rights Christianity that rose in the ’50s and ’60s. … There was a spirit in that form of Christianity that was, on the one hand, militant and demanding of justice. On the other hand, the preaching of Martin Luther King was very much about conversion and redemption. King actually believed you could convert adversaries. We have very little sense that conversion is possible now in our political conversation. Conversion is a two-way street. People have to change themselves as they engage with each other. …

Brooks: You can’t really talk about “original sin.”

People will just push you away. So I go to St. Augustine’s concept of “disordered loves.” We all love a lot of things, and we all know some loves are higher than others. Our love of truth should be higher than our love of money, but because of some screw-up in our nature, we get our loves out of order all the time.

So if a friend blabs to you a secret and you tell it at a dinner party, you’re putting your love of popularity above your love of friendship, and that’s a sin.

In this world, which doesn’t like to peer darkly into brokenness, it’s easier to swallow the concept of two positive things that are out of order. That’s a way you can introduce the concept of sin. …

Dionne: One of the classic arguments between more progressive and more conservative Christians is the emphasis on social sin vs. individual sin. If

you care about family values, you’ve got to care about social justice because one of the reasons the family is under such pressure is the way the economy is a battering ram at times against the family, particularly among folks who have lost jobs that once supported families.

On the other hand, we also know that, as a practical matter, kids who grow up in stable, intact families are likely to do better. Conservatives want to talk about one-half of that truth. Progressives want to focus on the other half. Yet, they are really part of one truth that we need to discuss. We need to acknowledge the role of individual and social responsibility, and the two have almost always gone together. We often, in politics, drive them apart. …

Brooks: A lot of things are more clear and more explicable if you begin with the presence that each of us has a God-given human soul, all of which are equal. And suddenly you begin to see the soul in each person and how that soul was created and formed and what it longs for. And when you see that, you see on a much more personalist level. … The individual relationships seem a lot more important, and you begin to adopt a more realistic lens. Donald Trump has given me a reason to live this year, to oppose him, but I confess I’ve lost a lot of interest in politics because it doesn’t seem to me the primary reality anymore. …

Dionne: I want to close with two of my favorite thoughts about politics. The philosopher Mike Sandel said, “When politics is going well, we can know a good in common that we cannot know alone.” That is the proper view of politics. And writer Glenn Tinder talked about our need to create “the attentive society,” which is a society in which all of us acknowledge the need both to give and to receive help on the road to truth. …

There is much more in the interview, but space, as always, limits. Allow me one more passage, this one by writer Parker Palmer, ending his book, Healing the Heart of Democracy – The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit: “Full engagement in the movement called democracy requires no less than full engagement in the living of our own lives. We carry the past with us, so we must understand its legacy of deep darkness as well as strong light. We can see the future only in imagination, so we must continue to dream of freedom, peace, and justice for everyone. Meanwhile, we live in the present moment, with its tedium and terror, its fears and hopes, its incomprehensible losses and its transcendent joys.

It is a moment in which it often feels as if nothing we do will make a difference, and yet so much depends on us.”

What depends on us, I think, is taking a decisive step toward becoming a country that doesn’t yet exist, but about which we have all dreamed for much of our lives, consciously or unconsciously.

A dream, as Martin Luther King said, that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: Liberty and justice for all.

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Why the township is worth our investment

’m writing to thank Oak Park citizens for their support of the human services mission of Oak Park Township during my 20 years in township elective office, five as a trustee and 15 as supervisor.

With feelings of gratitude for the opportunity to serve, I will leave office in May 2017 after the April municipal election of new township officials.

A special thank you goes to the boards of the 11 Oak Park and River Forest government units — villages, schools, libraries, parks, and townships — for their 20-year support of the township’s Youth Interventionist Intergovernmental Agreement, perhaps the best example of local governments cooperating to provide a quality service at the lowest cost.

Their support is the best testimonial to the value of having highly trained social workers advising and guiding youth and families in times of special needs that call for interventions beyond the reach and experience of the other government units and social services.

As a citizen representative with the opportunity to closely observe over many years, I have come to appreciate the importance of our township as an independent unit. During the recent Great Recession, a time of increasing social service need, declining revenues required our village government to cut budget and personnel 20 percent. At the same time, Township

General Assistance roles doubled to 120, Youth and Senior services needs grew due to housing and job-related tensions, and Community Mental Health funding needs increased with declining state support.

The township, however, was able to expand these services due to its stable revenue base of 2.6 percent of property taxes and other stable grant funding.

In addition, during the recession, a 10-year accumulation in a capital fund dedicated to senior facilities improvement allowed the township to purchase and renovate, at greatly reduced cost, a long-vacant building for a now very successful Senior Services and Meeting Room facility on Oak Park Avenue.

I have often reminded the township staff and citizen volunteers of their important role in human services and their good fortune in having a generous citizenry providing our reliable annual funding. And, the Township Assessor’s Office ensures that the property tax burden of that funding is understood and fair across all taxpayers.

As my service ends in May, I am confident that a new slate of Oak Park Township candidates will continue the high standard of human services that the people of Oak Park have come to expect and surely deserve.

And, by intergovernmental agreement, River Forest Township residents will also receive all of Oak Park Township’s Youth and Senior services.

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OPRF finance fact sheet Editor’s note: We are running this in order to give voters more information before they vote. It can be found on their website, http://www.oprfhs.org/ facilities/index.cfm.

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n Aug. 16, the District 200 Board of Education unanimously adopted a five-year pool and facilities plan, as well as a bond-issue question for the Nov. 8 ballot.

The board intends to finance the project with $20 million in cash and is seeking the community’s approval for a bond issue of up to $25 million.

What is the high school’s current fund balance?

The unaudited fund balance at the end of the fiscal year on June 30, 2016, was $96.7 million, or 116% of budgeted expenditures for the current fiscal year.

How much of the fund balance has been earmarked for the pool and facilities project?

The board has planned to use $20 million from the fund balance for this project.

If you subtract that $20 million out of the fund balance, what would the remaining $76.7 million equate to?

That would leave 92% of budgeted expenses for this fiscal year.

How much of a fund balance does the district actually need to maintain?

To maintain its AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor’s credit rating agency, the high school must maintain a fund balance of at least 25% of its annual expenditures.

Only 88 school districts in the nation have earned AAA status, the agency’s highest rating, which lowers borrowing costs. Most have fund balances substantially higher than 25%.

Even so, doesn’t a 92% balance seem awfully high?

Yes, and that’s why the district is in the midst of a plan to gradually and responsibly lower the fund balance to between 25% and 40% of expenses by 2023 and has established a policy to maintain future fund balances between 25% and 75%.

How did the district come up with these targets?

The targets were an outgrowth of work by the 2013 Finance Advisory Committee (FAC). This was a board committee created to examine the appropriateness of the high school’s fund balance, which at that time stood at $130 million, or 173% of expenditures. The board created the 15-person committee, more than half of whom were community members with financial expertise, out of concern that the fund balance created unnecessarily high tax levels and interfered with trust of the district.

Why not use the fund balance to pay the full cost of the pool and facilities project?

Several reasons: ■ If the fund balance is spent down too quickly, we would have to go to an operating referendum sooner.

■ There is a philosophical belief that paying partially with bonds is more fair because a portion of the cost is paid by future users of the assets.

■ As of next year, the high school will be debt free and historically low interest rates could make this a wise time to borrow.

Is a bond referendum different from an operating referendum?

Yes. Funds raised from a bond referendum go into a district’s Capital Projects Fund. By law, these funds are to be used for specific purposes, such as financing facility refurbishment and construction projects. Funds from an operating referendum go into a district’s Education Fund, which covers the day-to-day costs of running a district.

The Education Fund is the high school’s largest fund and accounts for most of the instructional, co-curricular, special education, pupil support, and administrative aspects of the district’s operations. Funds from the Education Fund may, however, be used for capital projects as well.

But didn’t I hear about an operating referendum happening next year?

Oak Park Elementary School District 97, which serves grades K-8, has announced plans for an operating referendum next spring. Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 is a completely separate school district.

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Vote No for a better OPRF pool solution

ednesday Journal’s endorsement of the District 200 school board’s $44.5M, 40-meter pool plan is no surprise. Last year, the newspaper endorsed the board’s $48.5M, 50-meter pool proposal, calling it a “rational” choice. However, the community found the plan unacceptable, forcing the board to offer a new plan with a referendum.

Although rechristened a “facilities” plan, the current plan is a pool plan, with pool-related costs dominating the expenditures, owing to the proposed pool’s size and the constraints of a landlocked campus.

In fact, the pool size lies at the crux of the decision on the referendum. Illinois high school swim competitions are conducted at 25 yards, and most local schools have only 25-yard pools.

In 2013, Stantec, one of the world’s top engineering and design firms, concluded a yearlong, board-commissioned study and recommended an 8-lane, 25-yard pool in the site of the East Pool, expanding into the South Gym. This was and remains the rational one-pool solution for OPRF. While the 2013 pool committee preferred a 40-meter, stretch pool, Stantec said there was no place to site it on campus without impacting other sports teams, programs or required parking.

The existing school building simply cannot accommodate a pool larger than 25 yards, so the proposed 40-meter pool, like its defunct 50-meter predecessor, can only be located on the site of the current garage, or on green space on our landlocked campus.

Although the board says rebuilding the garage is required for performing arts’ expansion, there are other solutions for the performing arts (repurposing unused space in the school, a new addition), but not for the pool.

This pool cannot exist without a new garage, so the $12.7M garage cost is necessarily a pool cost, not a general “facilities” cost. Therefore, the board’s pool cost is $37.3M while the pragmatic plan’s pool cost is $22.3M: a $15M savings.

A 25-yard pool preserves the existing garage, allowing more expenditures for performing arts. Indeed, as often overlooked, the board’s facilities plan would eliminate expenditures for theater and choir to reduce costs. By direct contrast, the pragmatic plan’s performing-arts addition accommodates band, orchestra, theater and choir, and space for future expansion, at millions less.

Contrary to the Journal’s editorial, the pragmatic plan works better for performing arts and meets the needs for competition swimming on a landlocked campus. The board’s justifications for a larger pool, simultaneous physical education and aquatics practices, are impractical and not implemented at other high schools.

The board’s pool is an 8-lane, 40-meter pool. That’s how the board describes it in the school’s pool comparison charts. A bulkhead would be used in this oversized pool to shorten its lanes to 25 yards for competition. It appears from his opinion piece last week that Viewpoints editor Ken Trainor is misinformed on this point.

The oversized pool on the ballot is what the aquatics teams want, not what the school needs. There is nothing visionary in raising taxes to overspend on a swimming pool and shortchange on facilities. Vote No on Nov. 8.

OPRF Pragmatic Pool Solutions comprises Bridgett Baron, Marty Bernstein, Jack Davidson, Chris Donovan, Karen Doty, Bruce Kleinman, Byron Lanning, Mike Nevins, Mike Poirier, Gina Sennello, Monica Sheehan, Doug Springer, Leslie Sutphen. www.D200VoteNo.com.

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Signlessness of the times A quick drive around the streets near the high school might lead one to believe that, because there are mostly “yes” signs, the neighbors are for the current pool plan. That would not be the case. I live at the southeast corner of Scoville and Ontario, and I have had four “no” signs removed from my property. Four. That is undemocratic at least, outright censorship at worst.

I was hanging up my handsome (if I do say so) “Vote NO” banner on my porch last week when an Oak Park police officer drove up. He apologetically informed me that the (as yet unstolen) “no” sign I had planted in the parkway on the corner was, in fact, illegal. No political signs on

the parkways! Someone had called in and asked the police to enforce this rule. Someone helping me avoid a citation, surely. How kind.

As I walked over to move the “no” sign to the other side of the sidewalk (from whence it was stolen a few days later), I asked the police officer if I could call him when it was school board election time again, as I remembered many political signs on my parkway along Scoville. He replied that he would be more than happy to get rid of them for me.

For the pool, against the plan.

Catherine Baumann Oak Park

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Show some respect for the board and the process I have a recurring thought as I follow the OPRF High School Facilities Referendum.

In a project such as this, many of our neighbors invest dozens of hours of their volunteer time, listen to a number of perspectives and develop a plan, based on compromise, which best meets the needs of everyone involved.

Then they put it up for public review and people with all different perspectives weigh in and essentially de-legitimize the work that is done by those who have given their time in good faith on our behalf.

It seems really unfair to me to have members of the broader community come in

at the 11th hour and blow up a thoughtful, deliberate planning process with their own valid, but individual, opinions while dealing with incomplete information and little understanding of the process as a whole. It’s what happened with the Field Park project, and I felt it was not respectful to the people who participated in a three-year planning process.

I feel the same way here.

There are obviously both less expensive and more expensive options. In addition, there are infinite ways to improve the school.

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he misinformation on the pool referendum by the OPRF school board, the Vote Yes Committee, and indeed this paper’s editorial page is legion. Allow me to explain.

Disciplined Financial Analysis vs. The Pea in the Shell Game: When I was a freshly minted MBA in finance from the University of Michigan in 1974, one of my first jobs was to analyze factory automation projects in the automotive industry, more complex than this situation. Somehow I managed to reach the position of corporate director of Automotive Planning for the largest supplier of engineered automotive components. I seem to know something about financial analysis.

The cost of the 40-meter pool is not just the blinders-on cost of the pool itself. We’ve got to include the associated costs to make it happen. A 40-meter pool cannot reasonably fit in the existing field house. It requires tearing down an outside load-bearing wall, building across an alley, and then — oops — there’s a 300-car garage in the way! So that needs to be purchased (the village owns it), and demolished. To make this situation saleable, another garage must be built. The costs to do that garage part are $12.7 million, and the total difference between the pool plans is $15 million.

Forget the other window dressing the school has added, such as experimental classrooms. Those can be done with existing cash, and serve to confuse the issue. And making space for performing arts can also be handled differently, as can any issue with adaptive PE. D200’s Petulant Threat of the Aftermath of a Referendum Defeat: D200 has said that if the voters reject its plan, that it will not consider the

Pragmatic Pool Plan (which was designed by their own architects). I’ll characterize that stance with some descriptors: My way or the highway. Childish temper tantrum. Go for broke, and double down. It’s my ball and I’m taking it home. Suicide pact.

Brinksmanship. I’m going to hold my breath till I die. Let them eat cake. Dig in our heels. Custer’s Last Stand. And more. What a lack of respect for the community. Such arrogance.

Here’s the likely outcome. Jeff Weissglass, the board president, was quoted in these pages as saying that a loss might mean moving another referendum to 2018. That means he fears a vote in the only election scheduled in 2017, April 4, when District 97 will place its operating tax referendum on the ballot.

That could be fratricidal, where both could lose.

If they go for a referendum and win in March 2018, only then can Weissglass start the architects drawing detailed plans, which take a long time, and where subcontractors take months to line up. Since construction has to start in June, to avoid major disruption, it will begin in June 2019, take two years, and his 40-meter pool will be available for students in August 2021 — rather late. But only if he wins in 2018. Is he willing to make that bet? Or will he and the board, add the word “compromise” to their vocabulary and start a reasonable plan now?

And remember, his seat, and a majority of the board seats, are up for election in April.

Vote No in November and demand a better plan.

Kevin Peppard (OPRF Class of 1966) is the treasurer of OPRF Pragmatic Pool Solutions.

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sions? Appoint people to positions and trust their judgment.

We have an 88-year-old pool that needs to be replaced. A team of people worked together to come up with a plan after hearing from all members of the community. We should support their efforts in recognition for the role we have asked them to play for our community and not ask them to go back to square one because we continue to have

our own preferences and ideas as to how much it should cost and what the final plan should look like.

I love Oak Park and River Forest but the reluctance to respect the people and process in these situations is not our best attribute.

That is why I am supporting D200 (and I don’t even swim).

Todd Hansen

A 17-year resident of Oak Park

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Article on ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ sides wasn’t balanced

The “news” article on arguments presented at the Farmers Market about the D200 referendum on a poolfinancing bond issue is both misleading and one-sided. [Uncertainty in pool referendum fight, News, Oct. 26] A few egregious “highlights”: 1. Fully six paragraphs are devoted to the paid “Yes” campaign manager’s talking points, with virtually zero indication that the “No” side has cogent contrary arguments — as you and your reporter must know.

2. One “No” proponent is portrayed as “passionate” in his commitment, but his argument is reduced to an airy idealism — as if he had not come to grips with the hard factual choices. Others are quoted as acting out of ignorance — even sheer intellectual laziness. And the concrete fact-based arguments of articulate and well-informed “No” proponents are somehow left out entirely. This is a false picture, and a pernicious one.

3. The article gives the “No” side’s name, “Pragmatic Pools Solutions,” but doesn’t even hint at the actual proposed “solutions,” which are in fact pragmatic.

4. Worst of all, perhaps, the article suggests that the “No” side is distorting key facts. The shoe is on the other foot. The article says that the group “tacks on roughly $15 million” to the pool cost so as to include in the total “the cost of demolishing and rebuilding the garage.” It calls the resulting total “the inflated figure.” Yet the garage-related cost is a necessary cost of building the proposed pool: the board and its “Yes” allies admit there is no alternative.

Suppose you had to tear down an old house to build your new dream house on your lot: would you want the contractor to omit the demolition cost from the total?

Philip Fertik

Resident of Oak Park for over 30 years

A comprehensive facilities plan - or not?

A marketing effort is underway to rebrand the $44.5M District 200 pool project and referendum question as a “comprehensive, facilities plan.” Is this new marketing truthful? Or does it deceptively represent the pool plan as a facilities plan?

Perhaps by Oak Park standards this qualifies as a facilities plan, but certainly not when compared with other Chicago area high schools. For instance, New Trier High School is in the midst of a comprehensive facilities plan that was years in the making. Our facilities plan was about 90 days in the making, and came about only because the school board was stymied in its initial goal of building a 50-meter pool.

Less than one year ago, OPRF’s plan consisted of spending $37.3 million on a 50-meter swimming facility with another $17 million included as vague “repurposing”costs for the spaces vacated by the current pools once the new pool was completed. When the total price tag of $54.5 million seemed too high, the high school back-pedaled and removed the additional funds for “new” spaces. It became simply a $37.3 million pool plan. This was just 10 months ago!

The high school held community meetings, did market research and discovered its revised plans to improve the pools lacked widespread support. So in an effort to broaden support, the board tacked on money for the performing arts and six “21st century” model classrooms. In just a few months’ time, the entire process was rebranded. Instead of referring to it as a pool plan, the high school began calling it a facilities plan.

But at its heart, it’s still a pool plan.

Tacking on $4.8 million to redo the vacated pool spaces into band and performing arts classrooms is not enough to make this a true facilities plan. Reconfigure underutilized areas of the building instead, and don’t overspend on a pool too big for our campus. We can do much better. That is why I’m voting No.

Marty Bernstein Oak Park

Editor’s note: The writer’s contention that the high school’s facilities plan was “90 days in the making” is untrue. The long-term facilities planning process has been ongoing at OPRF for a number of years.

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s a District 200 School Board member, I voted in favor of the OPRF High School facilities expansion, including pool replacement, that will seek referendum support on Nov. 8, and I would like to explain my perspective.

I ran for the school board in 2013 with a keen interest in the finances of the district in addition to my passion for education. When I joined the board, focus was on the very large fund balance that was continuing to build. I was part of the Finance Advisory Committee, composed of school as well as community members, that was assembled to develop a recommendation to right the fund balance. The ultimate solution resulted in two consecutive $10 million tax reductions, while foregoing the usual annual CPI adjustments and making debt-service payments from the fund balance rather than tax increases for five years. In addition, $20 million was earmarked for anticipated facilities enhancements.

More fundamentally, these changes reflected a shift from a philosophy of taking the maximum tax allowable to one of seeking what was needed.

During my time on the school board, I have been very concerned about balancing the needs of our students with the tax burden we impose on our citizens. Our taxes are very high in Oak Park and River Forest. I try to think of the district’s money as my own money. As a board member there have been numerous times when I have challenged and even opposed my colleagues and administrators on expenses that I considered too much. My kids (and others) call me cheap, but I see myself more as a product of a fiscally conservative upbringing that focused on spend-

ing within my means.

The district has done a great job over the past decade of addressing infrastructure deficiencies in our century-old building: upgrading HVAC, installing technology, and addressing preventive maintenance.

Only the pool remains as a structural deficiency. No major building renovations have occurred since the late 1960s. Over the past 3+ years we have looked at more options than I can count to address the decaying pools and overall facility needs. There is no ideal solution.

Yes, $45 million is a lot of money, but I believe the end result creates value-added educational space, minimizes disruption within our educational environment, and addresses the need to replace the pools.

Over my career I have been responsible for capital investments in a large manufacturing operation. I have experienced instances where lowest cost was the primary determining factor as well as investments where long-term outcome, inclusive of total cost, drove decision making.

While intrigued by the potential lower cost of the plan to replace both pools, I voted in favor of the ballot proposal as I considered this in the best long-term interest of our community and students. With performing arts participation expanding and education delivery shifting, I felt the proposed expansion utilizes our precious tax dollars to support our high school for the next generation.

Please join me in voting Yes for the OPRF High School referendum.

Tom Cofsky is a current District 200 school board member.

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Thoughts on the OPRF referendum vote

Over the course of the past weeks, after attending public forums and reading the Viewpoints section, I became alarmed about two points of fact: 1. OPRF High School’s current fund balance is $96.7 million or 116% of budgeted expenditures (operating revenue).

2. OPRF High School is 36th in Illinois high school rankings.

According to a Tribune article dated March 30, 2011, local schools have been “stockpiling more and more taxpayer money.” The article continues that the state recommends fund balances of at least 25% of operating revenue. The average is more like 40%, however, close to half of the school districts have balances 50% or higher. That being said, the high school’s fund balance of 116% is excessive! If the referendum is passed, the pool and facilities project will be paid through higher taxes and $20 million of OPRF’s fund balance. This will leave $76.7 million or a 92% fund balance. This is still excessive, especially in light of my next point.

OPRF is 36th in Illinois school rankings.

Why? Upon going to the US News and World Report website, I found that of the 35 ranked high-

er, six Chicago Public Schools and Evanston Twp. High School outranked OPRF. I compared Chicago’s Lane Tech High School, (ranked 6th, student population 4,098) and Evanston (ranked 13th, student population 2,959) to OPRF (ranked 36th, student population 3,226). Both Lane Tech and Evanston, with a higher percentage of minorities and disadvantaged students, blow past OPRF in their rankings. Why, when OPRF is sitting on a current 116% cash balance, is the ranking so low? The answer is simple. An elite cabal of pool enthusiasts and a cash-hungry school district are working hand in glove to convince OPRF residents of a need for a 40-meter pool, a smaller garage and token classrooms.

Deep-six this waterlogged taxation, and hold the board’s feet to the fire to use monies from the fund balance for “Those Things That Are Best.” Vote No to revisit this issue with a more modest pool plan that includes increased monies for academics, not the 17% of the current proposed cost of $44.5 million. Let’s move OPRF High School out of its 36th ranking.

Stasia Jamell Oak Park

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OPRF performing arts” (Oct. 12) ver the past two months, the Vote Yes with this plan that builds new D200 Committee has and expanded spaces for band, had the opportunity to orchestra, theater, and choir. make the case for the We asked you to “Invest in an OPRF High School facilities outstanding high school” (Oct. referendum in these pages. In 26) that benefits the entire comour One Views in the Viewmunity in many ways, including points section, we sought to provide voters positively impacting our property values. with an overview of the project and urged you We explained, throughout, that the plan to “Invest in facilities for our future” (Sept. 7). makes financial sense with a combination We explained how, in creating this comprehen- of cash reserves and borrowing. This plan sive plan that meets multiple facilities needs, helps fairly share the cost of the facilities “The school board has been listening” (Sept. with future residents who will use them, takes 21) to citizens’ concerns about cost, long-term advantage of historically low interest rates, planning, parking, and community input. The keeps the tax impact manageable, and is part resulting plan is “A responsible and efficient of a comprehensive plan to delay the next investment” (Sept. 14) that maximizes the operating referendum by several years while use of limited space on a land-locked campus reducing the D200 fund balance in a measured for academics, arts, athletics, activities, and and planned way. parking.

We reminded voters that “There is only one We asked “Who benefits from the OPRF facilities plan on the table” (Sept. 28), alerted facilities plan?” (Oct. 5) and answered that all you to the red herring and fictional nature of students benefit from a plan that meets the the so-called “pragmatic plan,” and urged you needs of the Physical Education program, to “Base your vote on accurate information” prepares the school for increasing enroll(Oct. 19). Today we urge you to visit the OPRF ment and modern learning styles in the 21st website to get full information about the real plan on the ballot and how the rejected plan century, and supports our aquatics program.

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“FAQ – October 2016”). Rebuttals of the antireferendum campaign’s false and misleading claims can be found on our website (VoteYesD200.com/rebuttals).

We have used accurate, factual information to make the case for this facilities plan. We believe it is a good investment in our students, our school, our community, and our future.

We believe that now is the time to vote yes to enable the board and administration to turn even more of their attention to other issues of education at OPRF. We thank Wednesday Journal for the opportunity to make our case and for their editorial endorsing a yes vote (Oct. 26). We thank our generous donors for making voter education possible. We thank the D200 board and administration for consistently providing factual explanations of the project. We thank our supporters for sharing accurate information with their friends and neighbors. And we thank residents of both villages for listening and getting full information before voting.

We urge you to vote Yes on Nov. 8.

The Vote Yes D200 Facilities Referendum Committee comprises Ben Campbell, Lisa Colpoys, Wayne Franklin, Lynn Kamenitsa, Matt Kosterman, Mary Anne Montgomery, Ellen Pimentel, Peter Ryan, and Karen Steward-Nolan.

TIPS from page 41 6. Consider early voting. Reduce the stress of the impending E-Day. Where I live, early voting started on Oct. 24. In downtown Chicago, it started earlier than that. This year, we all must prioritize voting. When we do, it will help give some closure on the whole issue, at least until the election is over.

7. Be kind to yourself. This has been a long, hard slog. Go easy, take walks, try to calm yourself. This is affecting all of us, and we need to balance that with less pressure. Take mindful moments. Create times where you shut everything down, including your own thinking, to just observe your breath. Watch and listen to it go in and out of your body. The world is shouting right now, but you don’t need to listen. Meditation can help you find a way to yourself and have stillness even in chaotic times.

We’re choosing and creating our world here. Let’s choose wisely.

Diane Wilson, LCPC, BCN is a coach, psychotherapist and board-certified neurofeedback practitioner in private practice in downtown Chicago. She writes The Good Brain blog http:// www.grimardwilson.com/gb333blogspotcom/

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The surprising ways we reject God’s kingship

Admiration for Hillary Clinton

From a series of sermons delivered at Calvary Memorial Church, leading up to Nov. 8: ou may know the remarkable Old Testament story where the people of Israel ask their prophet, Samuel, to set a king over them so they can be “like all the nations.”

Samuel was distraught by their request, but God even more so. “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you,” he tells Samuel, “for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.” (1 Samuel 8:7) Christians are the kind of folks who affirm the rather undemocratic idea that God is king over us — sovereign in our lives and in our world. But this striking story from the Bible invites us to ask a sobering question: Are there ways in which we as God’s people can, like the Israelites of old, reject God’s kingship over us?

Of course, I don’t have in mind the obvious case of rejecting God’s kingship over your life by denying his existence or renouncing your faith. Instead, I’m asking about whether there are ways we engage or fail to engage the world around us politically that are, in effect, a rejection of God as king over us — perhaps without us even realizing it.

Let me offer several possibilities, intended not ex cathedra but as conversation starters for you and your family and friends to ponder together in the days leading up to the November election.

First, we reject God as king over us when we idolize political power. When we look to a candidate or party or policy to do something only God can do, we reject God as king over us. We catch glimpses of this in the trumped-up rhetoric we often hear during an election cycle like this one. Well-meaning people of faith will talk about voting for this or that candidate as a way to “stem the tide of secularism,” or “stop the decline of America,” or “bring stability to the country,” or “return God to the United States.”

But seriously, isn’t this rhetoric a bit overblown, in a way that reveals a basic misfiring of our faith? Aren’t we making God-like claims about mere earthly powers? And aren’t we in danger of idolizing political power?

Second, we reject God as king over us when we politicize everything. When we look to politics to solve all of our problems, we inevitably start looking for political solutions everywhere. And everything becomes politicized, from bathroom signs to biology textbooks, from tax returns to medical exams. It’s all political.

Yet in the process of politicizing everything, God inevitably gets diminished.

Third, we reject God as king over us when we privatize the Christian faith. Something ironic happens when we politicize everything: we end up with a faith that doesn’t matter for public life. In his book The Culture of Disbelief, Stephen Carter talks compellingly about how Christians have been told — and have come to believe — that their faith is “like building model airplanes, just another hobby: something quiet, something private, something trivial — and not really a fit activity for intelligent, public-spirited adults” (22). But, of course, when our Christian faith is privatized it radically changes. Faith becomes a plaything and God little more than a hobby, like yoga or woodworking or scrapbooking.

Fourth, we reject God as king over us when we polarize the

Body of Christ along political lines. Sociologists have observed that churches tend to be divided up along political and thus partisan lines. In certain types of churches you will find only Democrats while in other kinds of churches you will find only Republicans. As a result, we tend to live with very little political diversity at the local church level.

But the result is a sad one. Christians, regardless of their political persuasion, tend to live in political echo chambers and only hear things that they already know and believe, which in turn leaves them with potentially very big blind spots.

God help us if we simply take our own political views, baptize them in Scripture, and place them in God’s mouth and thus confirm our own political righteousness.

Fifth, we reject God as king over us when we divinize the blessing of America. America is, of course, an amazing country. The kind of freedom and opportunity this country affords is simply unprecedented. But precisely because this is such an amazing country, there is such a great temptation to let America become a surrogate for God — to divinize this great earthly blessing and turn it into a medium-sized deity.

David Gelernter has written a provocative book titled, Americanism: The Fourth Great Western Religion. We’ve got three traditional Western religions, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, but he says we should add a fourth: Americanism. After all, we have our hymns — The Battle Hymn of the Republic, God Bless America — and our holy days — Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July, Memorial and Labor days — and even our sacred writings — the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Yet could it be that Americanism is to American Christians what a king was to the ancient Israelites — a source of great pride and blessing but also a profound spiritual temptation?

Sixth, we reject God as king over us when we demonize our political opponents. That is, when we treat those with differing political views with suspicion or contempt rather than with charity and respect. Do you recall how the apostle Peter responded when soldiers came to arrest Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane? In a fit of fury, Peter unfurled his sword and chopped off the ear of one of them. Admittedly, a brash response, but not atypical for followers of Jesus. Christians, I’m sorry to say, can act like Peter.

We can have zeal without knowledge, or at least a zeal that is not tempered by love and directed toward the good of others. Which is why Jesus had to sternly remind Peter that we don’t honor God as king when we cut off the ears of our political opponents! Nor do we when we get into shouting matches with them on Facebook, or speak cynically about them on Twitter, or talk derogatorily about them with others in personal conversation.

The most remarkable thing about Israel’s demand for a king is that God, in his mysterious sovereignty, granted them their request — seemingly allowing them to indulge their political worldliness with abandon. But why?

Perhaps so that God could show the Israelites, and us, what true kingship looks like, so that he could ready their hearts, and ours, for a humble, sacrificial King who would come, as the Gospels tell us, not to be served but to serve — and to offer his life as a ransom for many.

Todd Wilson is senior pastor of Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park.

Gov. Rauner needs help

We must all contact the Governor’s Office (citizen outreach) and ask him to sign this crucial social justice measure. His staff, I am sure, will quickly teach him to sign his name or, should that be too difficult, an “X” will suffice.

Call 217-782-6830 and say this measure must be signed. If Gov. Rauner needs help, I am sure his staff will provide the pen and all assistance. The statistics are staggering in identifying the suffering Gov. Rauner’s dereliction will cause in Illinois if this waiver is allowed to expire.

I am a senior citizen. I’m writing this letter due to the fact that, in all my days, I have never known of any past candidates turning their campaigns into a comical and degrading farce.

Mr. Trump and Mrs. Clinton continue to attack each other based on mistakes they made. Their discussions should point to important topics, such as improving the government and providing programs that will benefit the people. Instead they continually point fingers.

Mrs. Clinton is a woman of greatness; understandably she must defend herself from the ridiculous attacks spoken by Mr. Trump.

Mr. Trump has succeeded in lowering the standards of the Republican Party, his supporters, and mainly himself. Sadly, Mr. Trump, like Adolph Hitler, speaks in a manner that attracts many unfortunate followers.

Our United States is founded on biblical truths; these truths are still evident. We are a God-fearing people.

Response: The Lord is the very embodiment of truth, he is the standard of everything we must live by and become.

I might add; thanks to Mr. Baldwin for his great portrayal of Donald Trump on SNL. Respectfully,

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I am writing this in support of Tom Broderick’s fine letter of Oct. 12, “Don’t force people into hunger” [Viewpoints].

As Mr. Broderick writes, Illinois has the benefit of the waiver from the federal government, at no cost to Illinois, to continue the full Snap Benefit Link Card Program. All our governor has to do is sign the paperwork, which for some reason he will not do. There is a time limit on this measure.

Mary Young

Like many others, I have an extremely negative reaction to Donald Trump. I also have a strongly positive view of Hillary Clinton, based in part on personal experience.

I knew Hillary in law school. I was in third year as she was in first. I got to know her well, and I liked and respected her very much. She was smart and thoughtful and had a good sense of humor. She was interested in public policy, with a special interest in issues involving women and children.

I admired Hillary’s early political work on behalf of the Children’s Defense Fund, her work in Chicago in support of South Shore Bank’s neighborhood outreach efforts, and her work on the health care bill.

Hillary did a good job as senator of New York. She worked hard on legislation. She earned the respect of her constituents and the other senators, both Democrats and Republicans. She co-sponsored legislation with, among others, Tom Delay, Trent Lott and Newt Gingrich.

When President Obama asked her to accept the Secretary of State position she resigned her safe senate seat, accepted the job, and did it extremely well.

Hillary is a thoughtful, intelligent person who has been trying to use politics to help people since I knew her in law school, and who is as capable of doing the job of president as anyone who has ever held the office.

The stakes are so high. I hope you will join me in voting for Hillary Clinton on Nov. 8.

John J. Gearen Oak Park

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Why firearms need to be regulated

here is an advisory referendum on the ballot in Oak Park proposing to repeal the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, while mandating that Congress regulate the licensing and use of [fire]arms. George Uslenghi called on Oak Parkers to support this referendum in last week’s Wednesday Journal [The right to bear arms must have limits, Viewpoints, Oct.26]. I want make two points in support of Dr. Uslenghi’s call to action.

First, this is an opportunity for Oak Park residents to express their support for gun regulation. Oak Park was one of the very first municipalities in the U.S. to ban possession of handguns and this ban was overturned by the Supreme Court a few years ago, citing that the ban was unconstitutional. Yet the overwhelming majority of Oak Parkers supported the ban. Voting Yes for this referendum will give a strong signal that the Supreme Court was wrong in its interpretation and make our voice heard on this issue. Although this advisory referendum is, of course, entirely symbolic, it will resonate and express the opinion that ownership and sale of guns and ammunition needs to be much more strongly regulated than it is today.

The other point I want to make is that the Second Amendment, in the opinion of many, is outdated and unnecessary and is used by the gun industry to line its pockets.

There is a reason why this amendment is the second one after the right to free speech; it was clearly very important in the days of the crafting of the Constitution when the U.S. and the individual states relied, to a significant extent, on militias to protect themselves against enemies.

Thus, it was imperative that the citizenry was armed so that it could populate these militias. Hence the language in the Second Amendment referring to “A well-regulated

Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State.” In the early 1900s, these militias were transformed into the National Guard and the need for a wellregulated militia consisting of armed citizens went away, but the Second Amendment stayed around in its second place.

No one objects to the regulation of ownership and use of cars (driver’s licenses, car registration, mandatory insurance, etc.), and I have never heard anyone ask for constitutional protection for the right to own and operate an automobile.

Car-related regulation was not pertinent to the framers of the Constitution as there were no cars at that time. Neither is the Second Amendment pertinent today as there are no longer legalized militias.

I make this comparison between cars and guns because both are dangerous implements that can cause serious harm and death and should therefore be “well-regulated,” while the right to own and operate both are not in question within proper and effective regulations that protect others.

A very good example of how such regulation of arms can work well is the National Firearms Act of 1934 which regulates (not bans) the possession of such arms as bazookas, machine guns, and mortars.

The only beneficiaries of the Second Amendment are the gun and ammunition manufacturers who do not want to see any barriers to their selling tools that are intended to kill and do so to over 30,000 Americans annually, roughly the same number of deaths that are due to automobile accidents.

I rest my case and hope that all peace-loving Oak Parkers will support the referendum.

Maarten Bosland is an Oak Park resident and a professor at the University of Illinois Chicago.

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Sidewalks with a sense of humor

What’s north on Thatcher, then east on Division, then south on Forest? Give up?

Go take a look!

That’s my usual walking route. If you do it every day like I do, it gets a bit boring.

But exercise is exercise, and at my age you can’t let up.

Need some more hints? OK. They started appearing one by one this summer.

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more. After it rained they went away. Then in a day or two they would reappear, bigger and bolder.

What are they? Wait for it …

Sidewalk funnies!

There must be a couple of kids with a good joke book and a bunch of chalk who are having a lot of fun. I know I am!

Kevin Crowell River Forest

Thanks for ‘astounding’ LemonAid donation

PING! (Providing Instruments for the Next Generation) was chosen, along with the OP-RF Food Pantry, as a beneficiary of this year’s LemonAid fundraiser. The event brought in an astounding $40,000!

Our sincere thanks to all the donors who contributed to this extraordinary endeavor and to the amazing families — especially the kids — of the 700 block of Bonnie

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Brae in River Forest who for 15 years have been organizing the LemonAid fundraiser in honor of those affected by 9/11.

On behalf of the entire PING! organization, thank you for your dedication, compassion, and enormous contribution to the kids in our community!

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The OPRF referendum and your taxes

n the next six months, Oak Park voters will face two separate referenda that could impact their property taxes.

The first referendum is for Oak Park and River Forest High School, which will be seeking authority in November to borrow $25 million to pay for part of the costs of a new swimming pool, as well as other improvements. The second referendum will take place in April of next year, when Oak Park’s elementary school district will seek an as-yet-undetermined sum to help fund its operations.

My office does not take a position on the merits of referenda but does try to help voters determine what their overall tax bills would look like in the event of a successful referendum. To do this, I will start with what tax bills would look like without any referenda.

If both referenda fail, I estimate that next year’s tax increases for most local taxpayers would be between 1.5% and 2.5%. The primary reason for this is that state law allows most local taxing districts to increase their annual tax levies by an amount that roughly matches the rate of inflation.

But many other factors also impact taxes, including tax appeals and exemptions. Unfortunately, neither levies nor appeals nor exemptions have yet been determined, making precise estimates impossible. Nonetheless, this year’s inflation rate, coupled with past experience with the other factors, make an estimated tax increase of 1.5% to 2.5% reasonable.

High School Referendum - To understand the tax impact of the high school’s proposed $25 million referendum, it can be helpful to think of the payments on a home mortgage. The amount of your mortgage payment depends on how much you borrow, what the interest rate is, and how long it will take to pay off the loan. The same is true for school bonds.

After much discussion, the school board decided to borrow $25 million, and plans to repay the money over 20 years.

The school anticipates an interest rate of a little over 3%, which means that Oak Park and River Forest taxpayers would pay about $1.8 million per year to repay the loan.

A successful pool referendum would increase Oak Park tax levies by about $1.34 million per year, with the rest being paid by River Forest. Since Oak Park’s total tax levy this year was $180 million, an additional $1.34 million corresponds to a tax increase of about three-quarters of 1% in Oak Park (0.75%). For a tax bill of $10,000, this is an increase of $75. The increase in River Forest is a little higher, at 0.85%, or $85 on a $10,000 bill. These figures closely match the increases projected by the high school.

If the high school referendum impacted bills next year, the choice for Oak Park taxpayers would be between, say, a 2% tax increase without the pool referendum, and a 2.75% increase with the referendum.

In fact, however, the impact would not appear on tax bills until 2018. It is not possible to estimate the range of possible tax increases so far in advance, but it is fair to say that tax levies go up virtually every year. The impact of a successful referendum would be on top of the normal levy increases.

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Kathleen Foley, 73

Nurse, fostered interreligious understanding Kathleen R. Foley, 73, of Oak Park, died on Oct. 27, 2016. Born on Jan. 4, 1943, she received her master’s degree from St. Xavier University and utilized her skills teaching at Northwestern and the UIC Schools of Nursing. But it was her last 15 years at Hines VA Hospital where she used her gifts best to aid her clients and their KATHLEEN FOLEY families as they struggled with dependency issues and PTSD, her efforts complimented by talented and caring colleagues as they helped these veterans overcome great difficulties and return to a healthy and productive life after trauma.

Active in ecumenical and interreligious affairs, Kathleen was a member of the Jewish-Catholic Dialogue Group for many years, where she helped advance mutual understanding of religious and social issues. For her efforts, she was named a member of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem by the late Pope John Paul II. In the final years of her nursing career, she was named one of the VA’s “Women of the Year.” She was an active member of Sigma Theta Tau, an honor society for nursing, mentored many, and served as president of the Chicago chapter.

Kathleen Foley is survived by her husband, Daniel James; her children, Daniel Jennings (Erin) and Claire Katharine (Peter) Hansen; her grandchildren, Connor Daniel, William Patrick and Paul William; her brother, James (Joyce); and 30 nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Eleanor McCarthy; and her siblings, Robert and Rosemary McCarthy, William and Margaret McCarthy, and Marian McCarthy.

Friends will gather at Oak Park’s St. Giles Catholic Church, 1045 Columbian Ave. on Friday, Nov. 4 from 4 till 6 p.m., followed by a Celebration of the Liturgy of the Passing to Eternal Life at 6 p.m. Come and join us, and be prepared to sing.

In lieu of flowers, the family appreciates memorials to the following: the Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 5401 S. Cornell, Chicago 60615; the Fenwick Scholarship Fund, 505 Washington Blvd., Oak Park 60302-4095; the St. Xavier Scholarship Fund, 3700 W. 103rd in Chicago 60655; the Jewish Federation of Metro Chicago, 30 S. Wells, Chicago 60606; and the Night Ministry, 4711 N. Ravenswood, Chicago 60640.

family and neighbors, he also built, from the ground up, a highly successful court reporting business in Chicago, Hartnett & Catellani, and was always on a quest to bring innovation to the field of court reporting.

A religious man who devoted many of his Sundays to teaching religious classes at his church, he also loved to dance with his wife, play golf and tennis with his friends, and sail on Lake Michigan with his family. He had a dry sense of humor which became more potent with age. His was a life well-lived with his wife of 69 years, and he will be missed enormously for so many reasons. All the love he gave lives on in the many lives he touched.

Jim Hartnett is survived by his children, Susan (Dennis Rosenbaum), Mary Ann, Patrick (Kimberly), David (Lee Ann) and Jimi (Jean) Hartnett; and his brothers, Thomas (Rosemary), Bernard, Harold (Diane), and Raymond (Joyce). He was preceded in death by his wife of 69 years, Lucille (nee Donovan); and his brother, Francis (the late Jan) Hartnett.

Visitation was held on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at Woodlawn Funeral Home in Forest Park. Family and friends will meet on Wednesday, Nov. 2 to celebrate a funeral Mass at St. John of the Cross Catholic Church, followed by interment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery.

The family appreciates memorials to the Catholic Relief Services, P.O. Box 17090, Baltimore, Maryland 21297-0303.

Patricia Keefe, 93 Oak Park resident

Patricia Keefe (nee O’Byrne), 93, of Oak Park, died on Oct. 27, 2016. Born on May 13, 1923 she is survived by her children, Timothy (Valarie) Keefe, Steven (Margaret) Keefe, Bridget (Joe) Pivo and Molly (Gary) Shilling; her grandchildren, Brennen, Senoa, Jim, Jessy, Melissa, Vanessa, Kim, Christy and Andy; and her greatPATRICIA KEEFE grandchildren, Sophia, Griffin, Henry, Colette, Viktor, Olivia, Ethan, Conner, Riley and Ena. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Thomas Keefe, and her siblings, Stuart O’Byrne and Sharon Rauch.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5 from 10 a.m. until time of service (noon) at Oak Park’s Drechsler, Brown, & Williams Funeral Home, 203 S. Marion St. Interment is private.

Jim Hartnett, 93

Richard Andrews, 79

Robert J. “Jim” Hartnett, 93, of Oak Park, formerly of Western Springs, died on Oct. 27, 2016. Born on March 19, 1923, his life was marked by service to others. He served in World War II as a pilot, commandeering a B-17 bomber on many dangerous missions.

He used this experience to instill a strong sense of strength, courage, and integrity in his children. A craftsman and a handyman, including adding a second story to the family home, building toys for kids, and regularly fixing anything that needed it for his

Richard E. Andrews, 79, of Lyons, a former longtime resident of Oak Park, died on Sept. 6, 2016. Born in Chicago on Nov. 13, 1936, he was an enthusiastic bicyclist, who collected antique bicycles, and an avid reader who amassed a library of books in his home.

He will be remembered fondly by his family and friends.

Private services were held at Memorial Park Cemetery. Additional information is available at 708-366-2200 and www.ZimmermanHarnett.com.

WWII veteran, founded Hartnett & Catellani

Former Oak Park resident

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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.

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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

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

Fair Oaks

Lutheran—ELCA

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

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

Sunday Service 7AM, 9AM & 11:15AM

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West Suburban Temple Har Zion

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

Interfaith families are welcome.

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

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

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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

Roman Catholic

St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

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

Child care available 9-11am

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

Roman Catholic

Ascension Catholic Church

The Traditional Catholic Latin Mass

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

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

Grace Lutheran School

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

Christ Lutheran Church

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

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

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

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

Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor

Roman Catholic

St. Edmund Catholic Church

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

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

Weekday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

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

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

Unity

UNITY CHURCH OF OAK PARK 405 North Euclid Ave.

The Power of God protects you.

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

Upcoming Religious Holidays

Nov. 2 All Souls Day Catholic Christian 12 Birth of Baha’u’llah * Baha’i 14 Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib Sikh 15 Nativity Fast begins Orthodox Christian 20 Christ the King Christian 24 Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur Sikh

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OFFICE ASSIST/BOOKKEEPER JAYNE is a fast growing women’s retail business with 6 stores in the western suburbs that has an opening for a full time bookkeeper. The best applicant should posses all the skills necessary to help manage an accounting office including an in depth knowledge of Quick books, General Ledger and Inv.mgmt., Bank Reconciliations, inter company billing, sales tax, journal entries, payroll and time sheets. Competitive pay, paid vacation, and insurance is offered. Pls send resumes to craigsshoes@gmail.com

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The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Engineering Technician I. This employee performs technical engineering support tasks; prepares preliminary designs through final plans and technical drafts; makes complex calculations for various public works projects; and perform a variety of field inspections. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

SCHAUER’S HARDWARE PART-TIME CASHIER Evenings and Weekends. No experience necessary, but looking for positive energy people. Must be outgoing, able to work with customers, deal with money & problem solving. bSend resume to schauerhardware@att.net.

SEASONAL LABORER POSITION The Village of River Forest Public Works Department is seeking to fill a Seasonal Laborer position.

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Berwyn 6 RM, 2BR. Heated. Dining rm.

Close to transport. Nice area. $995.

Apartment for Rent 531 S Lombard Ave, Oak Park, IL. Charming two bedroom ground floor apartment in brick Oak Park 3 level flat. Within walking distance of Arts District and green and blue lines. Large country style kitchen and hardwood floors throughout.

Coin operated Laundry on site.

Includes one garage parking space.

All utilities included except electric. $1475/ month.

If interested call Mike at 312-446-5857

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

Laundry on site. Parking, Heat & Water Included. $1150/month.Call 708-383-9223 or 773-676-6805

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

RIVER FOREST OR OAK PARK 1 BR Hardwood floors throughout.

Spacious walk-in closets. Storage.

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Call 708-657-4226.

Riverside 5 RM, 2BR. Heated. Pkg. Close to train & bus. $950.

Berwyn 6 RM, 3BR, 2BA. Heated.

Close to transport. Very nice apt.

Must be quiet. $1200.

No smoking. No pets.

Credit Check a must. Welcome good tenants.

(708) 347-2500 FOREST PARK 2BR apt $1100/mo. in a smaller, quiet building. Front apt with 2 exposures. Updated with fresh paint.

Very clean. No smoking. No pets.

Credit check and 1 1/2 mos. security deposit required.

Call 708-404-2865.

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

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Pkg for 2 cars. $2290/month plus utilities. Call 312-622-1245.

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Properties may be broker owned.

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SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE HISTORIC MAYWOOD MANOR

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

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

Dining room. Parking available.

Walk to El. $625-$1250.

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CITY RENTALS Augusta & Kildare: PERFECT FOR SENIORS A gorgeous studio apt. features include kitchen, dining room, large living room, walk-in closet, hardwood floors, incl. heat, appliances, and laundry room, in a beautifully landscaped & well maintained building, quiet, safe & secure, rent 585.00. For more information call 773-838-8471.

ROOMS FOR RENT AUSTIN CLEAN ROOM With fridge, micro.

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

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

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CHURCH FOR RENT BEAUTIFUL CHURCH FOR RENT

in OAK PARK. Perfect for a congregation.

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

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

1930’S SINGER SEWING MACHINE Still operable! Carved oak wood.

Great condition. Appraised value $250. Call 708-366-5618.

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT

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OAK PARK–NORTH AVE Single office in ofc suite. 250 sq. ft. Reception area, shared ktichen, parking available. $650/mo.

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FURNITURE Moving and can’t take items with me. Antique Lenoir dining room table and chairs, buffet and bureau, 3 bedroom dressers.

Must pick up prior to November 7. Call 708-366-3314.

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GARAGE/YARD SALES Oak Park

GARAGE SALE 803 N RIDGELAND AVE SAT 11/5 9AM-1PM

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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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Owner: Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison St, Oak Park, IL 60302 The Park District of Oak Park will accept sealed bids for the 2017 EUCLID SQUARE PARK PHASE II IMPROVEMENTS at 705 West Fillmore Street in Oak Park. The project consists of the removal of existing tennis court surfacing, fencing, fencing gate, site furnishings or amenities, existing playground and play equipment, concrete walk, landscaping as specified; construction and installation of new tennis fencing and gates, playground play equipment, play surfacing, concrete seat wall, drinking fountain, drainage and grading, utilities, lighting, concrete pathways, shade structures, site furnishings, irrigation at ball field area, bio-swale and landscaping. The Park District of Oak Park will receive individual sealed Bids until 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016, at 218 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois. The bidding documents and requirements will be available on the Park Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website as of 2:00 pm Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016. A nonmandatory pre-bid walk-thru is scheduled for Tuesday, November 8th at 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) at 705 West Fillmore St., Oak Park, IL 60304. Bid bonds will be required by bidding contractors. Copies of the bidding specifications are available via the Park District of Oak Park website at: http://www.pdop.org/bids-andrfps/ For additional information, contact Chris Lindgren at chris. lindgren@pdop.org or (708) 725 2050. Only the bids prepared in compliance with the bidding documents will be considered. This project is being financed in part, with funds from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Open Space Land Acquisition & Development (OSLAD) grant program.â&#x20AC;? This project must adhere to the Prevailing Wage Act of 2015. The Park District of Oak Park encourages minority and women owned business firms to submit bids for this project.

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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 filed by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. FILE NO. D16148485 on October 20, 2016.

Under the Assumed Business Name of SARIAH LYNN PHOTOGRAPHY with the business located at: 3330 SUNNYSIDE AVE, BROOKFIELD, IL 60513. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: SARIAH MATTINSON 3330 SUNNYSIDE AVE BROOKFIELD, IL 60513

PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS TO ALL INTERESTED AGENCIES, GROUPS AND PERSONS On November 10, 2016 the Village of Oak Park will request the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) to release federal funds under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 as amended for the Community Development Block Grant Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program (108 Program). The 108 Program will take place within the Village of Oak Park, Illinois at a total cost of $3 million.

An Environmental Review Record (ERR) for this program has been made by the Village, which documents the Tier One environmental review of the 108 Program. The ERR is on file at the below address and is available for public examination and copying upon request. The Village of Oak Park will undertake the program described above with 108 Program funds from HUD. The Village of Oak Park and Cara Pavlicek, in her official capacity as Village Manager, consent to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to environmental reviews, decision-making, and action, and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. The legal effect of the certification is that upon its approval, the Village of Oak Park may use the 108 Program funds, and HUD will have satisfied its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. HUD will accept an objection of its approval of the release of funds and acceptance of the certification only if it is on one of the following bases: (a) that the certification was not in fact executed by the responsible entityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Certifying Officer; (b) that the responsible entity has failed to make one of the two findings pursuant to Sec. 58.40 or to make the written determination required

by Secs. 58.35, 58.47 or 58.53 for the project or activity, as applicable; or (c) that the recipient or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or undertaken activities not authorized

by Sec. 58.75 before release of funds and approval of the environmental certification by HUD. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedure (24 CFR Part 58) and may be addressed to HUD at 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604. Objections to the release of funds based on other than those stated above will not be considered by HUD. No objection received after November 25, 2016 will be considered by HUD. Cara Pavlicek Village Manager 123 Madison Street Oak Park, IL 60302 Published in Wednesday Journal 11/2/2016

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Sealed proposals will be received by the Oak Park Housing Authority at 21 South Boulevard, Oak Park, IL, 60302 until 2:00 p. m. local time on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at which time they will be opened and read. The sealed bids will be received for the following project:

STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF DUPAGE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICAL CIRCUIT IN RE THE ESTATE OF MARION M. BENESCH VIPOND Deceased Case Number 2015-P728 PETITION FOR LETTERS OF INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION That the Order Admitting Will to Probate and Appointing Representative was entered in the Circuit Court of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit on August 28, 2015 for the Estate of Marion M. Benesch-Vipond and that the undersigned, on oath states:

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. FILE NO. D16148317 on October 3, 2016.

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

324 North Austin Reroofing. Tear off existing steep roofing materials to deck, roof vents, gutters and downspouts, provide new asphalt shingle roofing, underlayment, roof vents, gutters, downspouts and flashing.

Drawings and Project Manual are available at no cost in PDF electronic format from Heitzman Architects, 111 North Marion Street, Oak Park, IL 60301 telephone (708) 848-8844, email frank@heitzman.org, or printed drawings and Project Manual may be obtained at the direct cost of reproduction from Imperial Reprographics and Supply, 823 South Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois 60304, telephone (708) 848-1030.

Bidders are encouraged to attend the pre bid meeting on Tuesday, November 8, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. at the site, 324 North Austin, Oak Park, IL. Bidders having questions or needing further information may call Jim King at (708) 306-1792.

Bid Security: Each bid must be accompanied by a bid bond in the amount of 5% of the base bid or a certified check in the same amount payable to The Oak Park Housing Authority. Checks of unsuccessful bidders will be returned as soon as practicable after the opening of the bids.

The Oak Park Housing Authority reserves the right to award the contract to its best interests, to reject any or all proposals, to waive informalities in bidding, and to hold the three lowest proposals for a period of sixty (60) days after bid due date.

This project is subject to Federal Regulations including Fair Labor and Prevailing Wages. The Oak Park Housing Authority, in an effort to reaffirm its policy of non-discrimination, encourages the efforts of Contractors and Sub-Contractors to take affirmative action in providing for Equal Employment Opportunity without regard to race, religion, creed, color, sex, national origin, age, protected Veteran status or handicap unrelated to ability to perform the job. The Owner encourages General Contractors to employ minority subcontractors and suppliers.

James R. King Director of Elderly and Disabled Housing (708) 386-9322

1. The decedent, whose place of residence at the time of death was 400 W BUTTERFIELD ROAD, ELMHURST, IL 60126 died on 6/24/ 2015 at ELMHURST, ILLINOIS, leaving a Will.

2. The approximate value of the estate in this state is: Personal $250,000 Real $0 Annual Income From Real Estate $0 3. The names and addresses of decedent’s heirs are: MARION E INGOLD, RICHARD E BENESCH, WILLAM A. BENESCH 4. The decedent nominated the following to act in the office indicated above: MARION E. INGOLD 4454 HARVEY, WESTERM SPRINGS IL 60558 5.Petitioner is legally qualified to act or nominate a resident of Illinois to act). Petitioner asks that letters administration be issued.

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

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

8. This ad will serve as a notice to creditors that they have 6 months from the date of filing of this petition to submit their claims Petitioner: MARION E. INGOLD 4454 HARVEY AVE WESTERN SPRINGS, IL 60558 MATT J LEUCK DuPage Attorney Number 48518 Attorney for: PETITIONER MARION E. INGOLD 84 E BURLINGTON RD RIVERSIDE IL 60546 708-447-3166 Published in Landmark 11/2, 11/9, 11/16/2016

Public Notice of Mechanic’s Lien Notice is given that a 1981 Mercedes Benz 300SD sedan, VIN# WDBCB20A6BB010307, belonging to Luke Russell, amount due and owing on this vehicle for repairs and storage total $6776.81, is subject to enforcement of a mechanic’s lien pursuant to Chapter 770 ILCS 45/1 et seq. and 90/1 et seq. Vehicle will be sold to the highest offer on or after November 15, 2016 at 727 N Harlem Ave, Oak Park IL 60302.

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 NO. D16148502 on October 21, 2016. Under the Assumed Name of CAMERON MICHELE DESIGNS with the business located at: 611 SOUTH HARVEY AVENUE, OAK PARK IL, 60304. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partners(s) is: CAMERON MICHELE PILCHER 611 SOUTH HARVEY AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60304.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2017 TENTATIVE ANNUAL BUDGET OF THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS A public hearing of the President and Board of Trustees (“Board”) of the Village of Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, will take place on Monday, November 21, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, regarding the Village of Oak Park tentative annual budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2017, at which time interested persons will be heard. The tentative annual budget is available for public inspection prior to the public hearing at the Office of the Village Clerk, Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, during regular business hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The hearing may be continued by the Board to another date at the public hearing by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof. The tentative annual budget may be revised and adopted by the Board without further notice or hearing.

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE F/K/ A NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-OSI Plaintiff, -v.MARIAN ARCHIE, 222 BOULEVARD MANOR CONDOMINIUMS Defendants 14 CH 011908 222 W. WASHINGTON BLVD. UNIT #104 OAK PARK, IL 60302

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NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 28, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 23, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 222 W. WASHINGTON BLVD. UNIT #104, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 1608-314-043-1004; 16-08-314-0431027. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, 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 1413-12641. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-13-12641 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 14 CH 011908 TJSC#: 36-11964 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-7 Plaintiff, -v.JOHNNY JAMISON, SUSAN JAMISON, STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, CITY OF CHICAGO, MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC Defendants 11 CH 25850 841 N. Lombard Ave. 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 May 19, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 5, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 841 N. Lombard Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-303-023-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $487,146.09. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that

will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 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) 4221754 CookPleadings@hsbattys. com Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 11 CH 25850 TJSC#: 3611955 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NA, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NA AS TRUSTEE FOR WAMU MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-HY6 TRUST Plaintiff, vs.

PAUL WICKLOW, MELISSA A. WICKLOW, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE BENEFIT OF INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 15 CH 9733 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on August 18, 2016 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-07-206-004-0000.

Commonly known as 308 N. Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302.

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Frederic Deraiche at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. File Number SPSF.2282A INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I705780

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.KARLA M. SMITH, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO HSBC BANK NEVADA, N.A., FKA HOUSEHOLD BANK, ATLAS STONE DISTRIBUTION, INC., THE PARKVIEW OF FOREST PARK CONDOMINIUM Defendants 16 CH 04482 1101 S. Harlem Unit 203 Forest Park, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 12, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 6, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1101 S. Harlem Unit 203, Forest Park, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-13-431-043-1007.

The real estate is improved with a residential condominium. The judgment amount was $97,880.86. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

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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) 422-1719 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) 4221754 CookPleadings@hsbattys. com Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 16 CH 04482 TJSC#: 3611962 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. 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: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce. com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file num-

ber 11299. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@ pierceservices.com Attorney File No. 11299 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 10 CH 01542 TJSC#: 36-8887 I706591

calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twentyfour (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county

venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce. com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number 11302. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@ pierceservices.com Attorney File No. 11302 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 12 CH 45189 TJSC#: 36-12538 I706561

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

For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455 W14-2747.

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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-FFH1, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FFH1 Plaintiff, -v.TERRI RENIVA AKA TERRI A RENIVA, ELBERT D RENIVA AKA ELBERT RENIVA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Defendants 10 CH 01542 731 BELLEFORTE 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 June 10, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 8, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 731 BELLEFORTE AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-06-308-018-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family home; 2 car detached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.LISA NORDSTOM-PITZEL A/K/A LISA A. NORDSTROMPITZEL, ELIZABETH HEBSON, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION DBA DITECH.COM, BERNARD PITZEL A/ K/A BERNARD A. PITZEL Defendants 12 CH 45189 312 NORTH RIDGELAND 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 April 28, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 9, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 312 NORTH RIDGELAND AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-106-0080000. The real estate is improved with a single family home with an attached 2 car garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DITECH FINANCIAL LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

CONNIE R. RAMIREZ; DUNLOP CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; DUNLOP MANOR CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; FOREST PARK NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF CONNIE R. RAMIREZ, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 15 CH 4593 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-13-307-026-1006.

Commonly known as 926 Dunlop Avenue, Unit 206, Forest Park, IL 60130.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium resi-

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OPRF edged by Edwardsville in OT Huskies’ struggles in kicking game prove costly in Class 8A opening round

By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor

While there are typically several variables that determine the outcome of a high school football game, kicking stood out as the primary reason why Oak Park and River Forest lost to host Edwardsville 23-20 in overtime Friday in Class 8A opening round action.

Memphis-bound Riley Patterson kicked a 27-yard field goal on the Indians’ first possession of overtime to secure a 23-20 victory. In the third quarter, he made field goals of 38 and 51 yards which pushed the lead to 20-14 for Edwardsville.

Conversely, the Huskies’ kicking game was inconsistent.

OPRF had a 25-yard field goal attempt blocked in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter and missed two extra points as well.

“I feel that our two teams were very closely matched; however, their trump card was an all-state soccer player going to Memphis for football (Patterson),” OPRF coach John Hoerster said. “He accounted for 11 of their 23 points. His 51-yard field goal would have been good from 60.

“I was really proud of how our kids competed and how they handled the unusual traveling experience (Edwards-

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“I felt I could still play and contribute so I really wanted to get back into the game,” Lillig said. “This is the playoffs and I want to do everything I can to help my team win.

There’s no way I wasn’t coming back into the game.”

Keller also played well, completing 15 of 24 passes for 213 yards, two TDs and an interception. Tight end Jack Henige (6 catches, 92 yards) and wide receivers Mike O’Laughlin (3 catches, 57 yards) and Polston (3 catches, 47 yards) provided Keller plenty of options in the passing game.

Led by linebacker Brett Moorman (10 tackles) and defensive lineman Adrian Nourse (sack), Fenwick held Hononegah scoreless in the third quarter.

Lillig’s spark coupled with renewed intensity by the Fenwick defense proved too much for the visiting Indians to overcome. Hononegah’s lone touchdown of the day

Courtesy Artis Carrol Photography

GREAT SCOTT!: OPRF senior wide receiver Jared Scott leaps high to haul down a catch against Hononegah. The host Indians squeaked by OPRF with a 23-20 overtime win. ville is 275 miles from Oak Park).”

Influenced by their kicking struggles in regulation, OPRF opted to go for a touchdown on a fourth-and-5 but fell short

was scored by Christian Fausel on a 4-yard run in the closing seconds of the first half. Quarterback Dominic Ballano (8-for-26, 148 yards), running back Dallas Washington and wide receiver Vito Guerrero also led Hononegah offensively.

“We weren’t playing very well in the first half,” Fenwick coach Gene Nudo said. “We were just off without Conner. He came back into the game and gave us a nice spark. We made a couple of plays and the kids played better in the second half.”

“Other guys really stepped up as well like Brett Moorman, Ellis Taylor and Marty Stein on defense.

Those guys really set the tone. It’s always tougher in the playoffs, but we’re excited to play our next round game (against Lake Zurich) at home.”

Junior kicker Nathan Eccles closed out the Indians’ scoring with a 26-yard field goal to make the score 24-10 at 11:55 of the fourth quarter. Set up a brilliant one-handed catch for nine yards by Henige, Haelfinger plunged into the end zone on a 2-yard run to give Fenwick a 31-10 lead midway through the fourth quarter.

Although Hononegah (5-5) moved the ball better in the second half, the Indians still managed to score just

three points.

Taylor (6 tackles, sack), Stein, Moorman, Ryan Chapman, Alex Pierson (interception), Lorenzano Blakeney, Lorente Blakeney (6.5 tackles) and Jacob Kaminski led the Fenwick defense. While the team is primarily a senior-laden group, Kaminski has emerged quickly as a standout freshman with a bright future.

“We all have the same goals as a defensive unit,” Taylor said. “That’s why we mesh so well together. After going 3-6 last season, the returning players were determined to turn things around for the better.

“I just try to play my role and make big, timely plays. It’s been an amazing senior year for me. To have a 9-1 record and still be alive in the playoffs, we’re all excited about what’s to come.”

Fenwick (9-1) will face Lake Zurich (8-2) next in the second round of the 7A playoffs. The Bears blew out Harlem 40-0 to set up their meeting with Fenwick, which will host the game at Triton College on Saturday at 6 p.m.

“I know Coach (David) Proffitt well at Lake Zurich,” Nudo said.

“We have a lot of respect for their program. We’re looking forward to the challenge and will need to play better next week.”

of the end zone in overtime.

Trailing 20-12, OPRF tied the game when Sharmore Clarke returned a blocked punt by Wesley Cheatham 30 yards for a touchdown. Quarterback Jeremy Hunt (27-for-42 passing, 194 yards) ran in the two-point conversion to tie the score at 20-20.

Led by junior running back Terrance Roundy, who finished with 123 yards on 13 carries, the Huskies amassed over 375 yards of total offense.

Edwardsville’s highly touted sophomore running back Dionte Rodgers had a huge game with 245 yards on 25 carries, including touchdown runs of 55 and 75 yards.

With the loss, OPRF finishes the season at 7-3. The Huskies lost three of their last four games, however, costing them the West Suburban Conference Silver Division championship and any hopes of a run in the Class 8A playoffs.

“I was happy with our team and felt like we were competitive in every game,” Hoerster said. “We were one game away from a conference championship. There were some really great moments. We had some outstanding team and individual performances.

“That being said, we need to find ways to win the close ones. I’m proud that we have a program that is competitive year in and year out, but we are still looking to get over the hump.”

Offensively, OPRF averaged 33.1 points led by Hunt, Roundy, running back Michael Houston and wide receivers Jared Scott, Eddie Gorens, Craig Shelton and Kohri Blair.

On defense, nose tackle Austin Maxwell, linebackers Rolliann Sturkey, Ryan Molina, Tariq Thurman and cornerbacks Brenden Flowers and Keyon Blankenbaker were top contributors. While the unit only allowed 16.2 points per game, the Huskies faded a bit down the stretch of the regular season. OPRF was particularly susceptible against teams with strong ground games like Edwardsville and Glenbard West.

“I think the kids who are returning, along with the lower level kids who will be moving up, we will be able to jump right in and hit the ground running,” Hoerster said about next season. “We will be young but have a tremendous amount of potential next year.”

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OPRF boys cross country earns redemption at sectional Loud, Politis and Vietzen power confident Huskies into state meet

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By BILL STONE

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enior Chance Bayles and his Oak Park and River Forest boys cross country teammates competed with a special fire Saturday.

The 2015 Huskies were expected to qualify for the state meet, but frontrunner Irwin Loud collapsed during the sectional and they didn’t advance.

At the Class 3A Marist Sectional on Saturday, the Huskies earned the fifth and final team spot for state Nov. 5 in Peoria.

“We loved the seniors and it was really rough to see their reaction to missing out on the opportunity we have this year,” Bayles said. “It was kind of running with a chip on our shoulder. I think it really motivated us to run better.”

Senior Loud was third (14:55.80 for 3.0 miles), followed by senior Matt Politis (13th, 15:22.15), juniors Matt Vietzen (18th, 15:34.95) and Robert George (40th, 15:57.06), Bayles (61st, 16:20.59) and juniors Peter Halloran (78th, 16:37.00) and Owen Savoy (82nd, 16:43.82).

OPRF was 23 points ahead of sixth-place Plainfield South and CHRIS BALDWIN one behind defending state chamOPRF coach pion Sandburg. This season, the Huskies were reassigned from the Niles West Sectional groupings.

“These guys adjusted to things being different and raced well,” OPRF coach Chris Baldwin said. “Especially after last year, the redemption. We had some great runs, not necessarily (personal records) but just going out there and competing.”

Only Loud and Politis returned from the 2015 sectional lineup. Bayles dropped a minute during the last month.

OPRF senior Mahal Schroeder earned her third state trip with an impressive seventh-place 17:58.86 at the Marist Sectional.

Schroeder led the seven individual berths not among the five advancing teams. The Huskies (6th, 159) were 23 points from fifth.

Schroeder beat her personal-record 18:01.06 from regionals despite suffering an ankle injury and missing Thursday’s practice at the course.

“I was pretty nervous,” Schroeder said. “Obviously (my state goal is) to get a PR, hopefully, and go and have fun with it.”

Senior Caroline Galo (23rd, 18:30.85) was 12.47 seconds from the last qualifier and barely missed her 18:28.71 PR from regionals.

“I can’t be mad. That’s all I can ask for my senior year, to get faster and faster,” Galo said. “I’m so happy for Mahal and just so proud of my team because we all stepped up.”

“We had some great runs, not necessarily (personal records) but just going out there and competing.”

Fenwick boys

Courtesy Chuck Vietzen

(Left to right) OPRF cross country runners Matthew Vietzen, Matt Politis and Irwin Loud.

“We realized as we kept going that we still do have people left,” Politis said. “(2015) was a lot of motivation to get our team down and to those guys that weren’t able to get down last year.”

Loud was 11th at 2014 state and a top-four, all-state track finisher for the 3,200 and 1,600-meter runs in May. “(I’ll) just go out there and give it all I’ve got,” Loud said.

“This is definitely amazing.”

Even with the Fenwick boys now in 3A, senior Alex Marks qualified again for state at the Niles West Sectional.

Marks (17th, 15:37.29 for 3.0 miles) earned the sixth of seven individual berths for those not among the five advancing teams. The Friars (12th, 287) were fifth at 2015 2A state.

“It’s going to be weird because I went last time with my team,” Marks said. “It’s kind of like freshman year, where you go all out and don’t worry about the crazy strategy, and I managed to do it, which was really awesome.”

Fenwick girls Fenwick senior Nicole Finn (17th, 18:39.63) advanced to her second state meet as the seventh individual qualifier.

The Friars (259) were eighth.

Finn barely led the next individual candidate, Evanston’s Samantha Steman (19th, 18:43.28), entering the track with 300 meters left. “(It’s) funny because Nicole isn’t the fastest in terms of short-term speed. She showed she really wanted it,” Fenwick coach Kevin Roche said. “I’m never nervous when Nicole hits the line. She’s one of those people that performs in high pressure situations.”

Trinity Sophomore Bridget O’Bryan certainly has improved from being Trinity’s No. 5 runner last season.

So have the Blazers, who qualified for 2A state with fourth at the Fenton Sectional.

Junior Haley Hansen (11th, 19:55.9 for 2.0 miles), O’Bryan (27th, 20:05.6), juniors Emma Creviston (25th, 20:31.7) and Alyssa Jimenez (33rd, 20:55.4), sophomore Hannah Roberts (46th, 21:25.0), junior Grace Brown (63rd, 22:18.0) and sophomore Catherine Doyle (66th, 22:25.1) comprised a non-senior lineup.

Trinity first reached state in 2013. These Blazers captured the program’s first regional title.

“It hasn’t really set in but it’s exciting because it’s the first time we’re all going down for state (cross country),” O’Bryan said. “I see my time, my place and if it’s good, it’s crazy to think about how much I’ve improved.”

(Left) The OPRF girls cross country team placed sixth with 159 points at the Marist Sectional.

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Lillig-inspired Friars hold off Hononegah Friars outscore Indians 21-3 in second half to secure win; Lake Zurich next in 7A second round

By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor

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lessed with quick feet, elusive moves and great vision, Fenwick senior Conner Lillig is an outstanding running back. During Saturday’s 31-10 victory over Hononegah at Triton College in a first round game of the Class 7A state playoffs, Lillig showed why he has as much substance as style on the football field.

After the Friars’ first offensive series, Lillig left the game with a left shoulder injury. Although Fenwick led 10-7 at halftime, courtesy of a Connor Hendzel 29-yard field goal and quarterback Jacob Keller’s 31-yard touchdown pass to Alec Polston, the team clearly missed its top running back.

Jason Ivery, Michael Paunove and Jackson Haeflinger took their turns carrying the rock, but Fenwick struggled running the ball specifically and offensively in general.

CONNOR LILLIG As the Friars gathered in the Senior running back north end zone for a final halftime huddle, Lillig suddenly raced on to the field in full uniform (versus the ice bag on his left shoulder look for most of the first half).

Talk about a dramatic entrance.

Upon his return in the second half, Lillig capped off a 4-play, 49-yard scoring drive with a 9-yard run, extending the Friars’ lead to 17-7 with 10:12 left in the third quarter.

He added another touchdown on a 5-yard catch which gave Fenwick a 24-7 advantage midway through the third.

Although Lillig finished with two touchdowns, 46 yards rushing on seven carries and two catches for six yards, his leadership and toughness paid huge dividends for Fenwick.

“There’s no way I wasn’t coming back into the game.”

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Fenwick senior running back Conner Lillig (#23) celebrates after scoring a touchdown against Hononegah in the first round of the Class 7A playoffs on Saturday. Fenwick defeated the Indians 31-10.

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