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RF to buy land for $1M Village to buy, demolish, redevelop nonprofit’s Madison St. building By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter
River Forest trustees want to pony up $1 million to buy the old Lutheran Child and Family Services (LCFS) building on Madison Street in the hopes redevelopment can serve as an engine for economic redevelopment and bring in property tax revenue from a property that’s presently exempt from those taxes. The board put in a bid to buy the par-
cels stretching from 7610 to 7620 Madison St. about a month ago and plan to close the transaction by Dec. 15. Officials want to loan $1 million from the village’s general fund cash reserves, said administrator Eric Palm — to the Madison Street Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district, which, so far, has not generated enough incremental tax revenue. On Nov. 13, the village board voted 5 to 0, with Trustee Respicio Vazquez recusing himself, to loan the general operating funds and to move ahead with the purchase. Madison Street’s TIF was started in November 2016, and stretches from Thatcher Avenue to Lathrop Avenue. See MADISON on page 17
Peter Sagal to discuss “Wait Wait …” and Oak Park
WJ Conversations Monday in River Forest By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
You’ve heard him for years as the host of the National Public Radio quiz show “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!” and if you’re an Oak Parker in the know you might have seen him running around town with the Oak Park Runners Club. Now fans can get a closer look into the mind of Peter Sagal at the Wednesday Journal Conversations evening set for Nov. 20.
Oak Parker Charlie Meyerson, a longtime radio and digital journalist, will interview Sagal at 7 p.m. at Dominican U n ive r s i t y ’s PETER SAGAL Perfor ming NPR radio host Arts Center. Tickets are still available but going fast. We caught up with the famously charming local for a sneak-peak on his See SAGAL on page 13
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I HEART BEEF: Oak Park native Henry “Hank” Tibensky has opened in Manhattan what he believes is the only Italian beef restaurant on the entire East Coast.
Where’s the (Italian) beef? In NYC, only at OPRF grad Henry Tibenksy’s restaurant By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter
Henry “Hank” Tibensky, 37, learned to make Italian dishes like eggplant parmesan from his aunts at his family’s Italian restaurant, Vito’s, on Chicago’s West Side. In that kitchen, hearty recipes were hammered
into young Tibensky’s brain, but it was the beef that won his heart and he grew to bleed au jus. Tibensky, a three-sport athlete at Oak Park and River Forest High School who won a state swimming championship in 1998, was a regular in Johnny’s, Mickey’s and Buona Beef during See BEEF on page 14
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It’s a Wonderful Life at FitzGerald’s Every time a bell rings … a new pop-up bar surfaces in the Chicago area. This time it’s at FitzGerald’s Sidebar, 6615 W. Roosevelt Rd. in Berwyn. Every Wednesday for the month of December, the bar will be transformed into Nick’s from the Christmas classic film, It’s a Wonderful Life by The Roosevelt Room, professional pop-up bar makers. “Nick’s is the bar that exists in the world that George Bailey doesn’t exist in. It’s a juke joint atmosphere, where they ‘serve hard drinks … for men who want to get drunk fast,’” according to a Fitzgerald’s
news release. “Though the bartenders won’t be as surly as Nick, the Christmas time party atmosphere will be the same.” The bar is called Martini’s in George’s other world. Nick, played by Sheldon Leonard, completes the “drunk fast” quote with “and we don’t need any characters here to give the joint atmosphere!” Original cocktails inspired by the movie will only be available on days when the pop-up bar is open. The bar also will feature local jazz musicians and showings of the film.
Out of many faiths, one service
Sugar Beet Co-op in top 10 for best biz contest
Community of Congregations will host its annual Multi-Faith Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, Nov. 19 at Unity Temple, 875 Lake St. in Oak Park, at 7 p.m. This year’s theme is “Together for Good” with Rev. Ira Acree from St. John Bible Church in Chicago giving the sermon and Rev. Sally Iberg from Pilgrim Congregational Church providing a response. A combined choir from various local congregations will provide the music. Also participating are: Dr. Nausheen Akhter of the Islamic Foundation Rev. Eric Biddy, St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church Rev. Dennis Bushkovsky, United Lutheran Church Rev. Emily Gage, Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation Fr. Jim Hurlbert, Ascension Catholic Church Rev. Marshall Hatch, New Mt. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church Rabbi Adir Glick, West Suburban Temple Har Zion Br. Joseph Kilikevice, OP, Shem Center for Interfaith Spirituality Fr. George Omwando, St Catherine-St. Lucy Catholic Church Rev. Katherine Paisley, First United Methodist Church Rabbi Max Weiss, Oak Park Temple B’nai Abraham Torah A goodwill offering will be taken in support of the Holiday Food and Gift Basket Program and Hispanic Federation’s “Unidos,” a Hurricane Relief Fund for Puerto Rico. This is the first time the Multi-Faith Thanksgiving Service has been held at Unity Temple in approximately 25 years. An extensive, multimillion-dollar renovation was recently completed on the National Historic Landmark, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Sugar Beet Food Co-op, 812 Madison St., has been chosen as one of 10 finalists in recycling company Rubicon Global’s “Best Small Business in America” contest, and the local grocer needs your vote. The contest winner is determined based on the number of online votes each finalist receives. The first place winner receives $10,000; second place $2,000; and third place $1,000. Sugar Beet is the only company in the top 10 finalists located in Illinois.
NO MAN IS A FAILURE WHO HAS FRIENDS: Fitzgerald’s Sidebar will transform into Nick’s from “It’s a Wonderful Life” every Wednesday for the month of December.
Finalists in the contest are required to create a short video, telling customers and others why they should vote for them. Sugar Beet’s video is available at: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=mdt4UiZWz-g. Lissa Dysart, Sugar Beet market-
ing and promotions manager, tells Wednesday Journal that the grocer was nominated for its story about expanding its recycling and composting program through Rubicon. Sugar Beet now can recycle batteries and plastic grocery bags and accepts these items from its customers, Dysart said. “We hoped to find brick-and-mortar small businesses that had a unique and innovative story to tell that detailed their continuous focus on overcoming individual challenges to better their communities. We found exactly that,” David Rachelson, vice president of sustainability for Rubicon Global, said in a press release. Voting ends on Nov. 20.
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Imagine OPRF wants you
Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200’s Imagine OPRF work group, which was formed to study the high school’s facilities needs and make recommendations to the school board, is seeking public input from community members. The group will host an open meeting at the high school, 201 N. Scoville Ave., inside of the South Cafeteria on Wednesday, Nov. 15, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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BIG WEEK Oak Park on Tap Friday, Nov. 17, 6 or 8 p.m., Pleasant Home and/or Pub Crawl: Two Brothers, Wild Onion-Tied House, Poor Phil’s and Barclay’s American Grille: This event, which benefits the Pleasant Home Foundation, features four local brewers and four pubs near the Harlem Green Line stop. A Beer Parlour at Pleasant Home includes two tastings of seasonal brews. Pub Crawl immediately follows with one seasonal beer at each. $25, Pub Crawl only; $40, Beer Parlour only; $6 $60, Parlour and Pub Crawl. Tickets/more: pleasanthome.org. Pleasant Home, 217 Home Ave., Oak Park.
Holiday Lights Friday and Saturday, Nov. 17 and 18, The Oak Park Arts District: Stroll the shops and galleries and dine shop at Bead in Hand. Friday, 6 to 9 p.m. in the restaurants during this annual Saturday, 2 to 5 p.m. $5. 145 Harrison. celebration. On Harrison St. between ■ Grab a bite at Buzz Café for Burgers, Ridgeland and Austin, Oak Park. More: Beers and Bands, Friday 5 to 9 p.m. Live oakparkartsdistrict.com/street-events/ blues music and opening reception for holidaylights/. Highlights include: local artist Anna Sordilla. Reservations: ■ Drop-in Beaded Snow Flake Work708-524-2899. 905 S. Lombard Ave.
Hear Them Sing Thursday, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium, OPRF High School: ■ Fall choral concert Saturday Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m., OPRF Auditorium: ■ Fall Gospel Choir concert. $7. 201 N. Scoville, Oak Park.
Elton John’s and Tim Rice’s “Aida” Friday and Saturday, Nov. 17 and 18, 7 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 19, 2 p.m., Trinity High School: See the school edition of the musical originally produced by Disney on Broadway. $10; $5, children/ students/seniors. 7574 W. Division, River Forest.
Church of Beethoven: Avanti Guitar Trio Sunday, Nov. 19, 10:30 a.m., Open Door Theater: Guitarists Jason Deroche, Julie Goldberg and Wesley Hixson’s repertoire includes Baroque, contemporary, new compositions and an occasional pop or jazz tune. $10. Tickets: brownpapertickets.com/event/3116131. 902 S. Ridgeland Ave., Oak Park.
Henry Fogel Presents Duo Diorama Fitzgerald’s Food Pantry Benefit Saturday, Nov. 18, 6:30 p.m., Fitzgerald’s Nightclub: Alabama soul meets the Windy City when St. Paul and The Broken Bones performs to benefit the Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry. Opening sets by Skyway Man at 7 p.m. and Jon Langford at 8 p.m. $175, includes appetizers and beer, wine, signature cocktails. Tickets: brownpapertickets.com/event/3043435. More: fitzgeraldsnightclub.com. 6615 Roosevelt Rd., Berwyn.
Thursday, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m., Nineteenth Century Charitable Association: Come for an evenings of music and conversation. Hear Duo Diorama with MingHuan Xu, artist faculty in violin, and Dr. Winston Choi, piano, associate professor, both of Roosevelt University. After the show, meet the performers and Mr. Fogel. $35; $20, students. Questions: 708-386-2729, nineteenthcentury.org. 178 Forest Avenue, Oak Park
¡ESSO! AfroJam Funkbeat Concert Saturday, Nov. 18, 2:30 to 3:45 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: Groove to funky Afro-Latin and roots rockinspired dance music performed by ¡ESSO! (El Sonido Sonic Octopus). 834 Lake St., Oak Park.
Author Talks “From Under the Russian Snow” Thursday, Nov. 16, 7 to 9 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: Hear from author Michelle Carter who, as a United States Information Agency Journalist-in-Residence, worked with Russian newspaper editors struggling to adapt to new press freedoms and a market economy in 1995. 834 Lake St.
“A Good Soldier” Thursday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m., Oak Park Temple: Suicide education and prevention advocate, nationally syndicated columnist and OP Temple member Ally Golden’s memoir about growing up with a mentally ill mother will be discussed. Her mother ended her life after a long-term
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battle with depression and borderline personality disorder. Golden debunks myths about suicide using the theme of 13 Reasons Why. More: oakparktemple.com, 708-3863937. 1235 Harlem.
The Return of Roxie Bellows Saturday, Nov. 18, 8 p.m., Open Door Theater: Join in the laughter with this highoctane entertainer who also creates improvised music. $15. Tickets: opendoortheater.net, 708-386-5510. 902 S. Ridgeland, Oak Park.
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A lively, dance-filled Winter’s Tale By DOUG DEUCHLER
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n my 35 years as Wednesday Journal’s theater reviewer, I’ve seen a number of Shakespeare’s plays multiple times. I think I’ve been to four productions of The Tempest and perhaps five of Hamlet and Macbeth. But until last weekend I had never seen The Winter’s Tale. It’s a late work by the Bard, part tragedy and part comedy, and not often performed. Director Jason Narvy keeps his large, top-notch cast hustling in the Concordia Theatre Collective’s Winter’s Tale, presented at Madison Street Theatre. It’s an unusual production, lively and well-paced, combining deep pain with uproarious laughter. Opening night was chock full of Concordia students who responded with enthusiastic applause, including a standing ovation during the curtain call. It’s a fun free-for-all of a play. Disturbing in its first half, the show’s mood changes to upliftingly silly and rockingly romantic. If you’re a Shakespeare purist, be forewarned. Not only is it not set in the Elizabethan period, but it includes rock music performances and rather rowdy, lively dancing. It’s a fun approach. The time period is in the past but not clearly established. The women wear dresses and the men all seem to don glasses, bow ties and checked Argyle sweaters. Perhaps it’s no specific era at all but its own world. In the playbill there’s a note from director Narvy explaining his desire to not make the production a “museum piece.” Instead, this is a fascinating reimagining of a largely unfamiliar work. The play opens abruptly. We’re thrown into a man’s paranoia, which quickly has tragic consequences. Out of nowhere, Leontes, King of Sicilia (Nate Perez), decides his devoted, pregnant wife Hermione (Katie Rub) is cheating on him with his boyhood friend Polixenes, King of Bohemia (David Ziebart). Is Leontes delusional and mentally unstable? Where is this dangerous suspicion coming from? As his rage and anxiety boil over, he makes rash decisions, including plotting to kill his friend and imprisoning his faithful wife. He won’t listen to reason, including his wife’s passionate defender, Paulina (Maddy Beezie). Perez, as King Leontes, has a massive amount of dialogue but never fails to make it come alive. He stares into the audience,
driving home the intensity of his passion. This play includes what is perhaps Shakespeare’s most famous stage direction: “Exit, pursued by a bear.” It’s no longer known if the Globe Theater gang rented an actual bear for this scene (from one of the bear pits in London) or whether a cast member in a bear suit performed. But this production includes a comic bear who chases away Antigonus (Juan Ortega) as he attempts to abandon Queen Hermione’s baby girl in the wild.
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The baby is somehow raised to be a shepherdess named Perdita (Angela Matera). Sixteen years later, though King Leontes has never had to pay for his crime, this daughter shows up and falls for Florizel (Brandon Ellis), the true-born son of Polixenes. The assistant director is Morgan SchusslerWilliams, Scott Jones is the techincal director, and Christina Leinicke designed the costumes. The live music is a treat as is the wildly enthusiastic dancing. Thanks to lively choreography by Maggie Robinson, with assistance by Annelise Ayers, the company has a lot of fun with these scenes. The two-level set, designed by Danuta Polan, is starkly minimalistic and defines separate areas for action to take place. At one point, during a musical interlude, the second level is hung with guitars that periodically are taken down and played. Kara Grimm’s lighting design, in vivid blues and greens, also lights up specific acting areas for focus. The play, with rage and tragedy in the first half and comedic redemption in the final scenes, concludes with optimistic denouement and is uplifting, establishing a mood of repentance and forgiveness that feels perfectly played. There are three more performances this week at Madison Street Theatre, 1010 Madison St., Oak Park, on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 17 and 18, 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 19, 3 p.m. $15; $10, student/seniors. Tickets: wintercuc.brownpapertickets.com.
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To bee-keep or not to bee-keep? River Forest village trustees worked toward an answer on the practice Nov. 13, after a draft ordinance to officially legalize the practice landed on their desks. Beekeeping is not expressly prohibited in River Forest; its code of ordinances is silent on the matter. It became an issue after a resident complained about a neighbor’s hive. “Let’s just try this and if there’s some issues we can come back to it,” said Trustee Carmela Corsini. Once a revised ordinance lands on the next village board agenda on Nov. 27, it will presumably be passed, based on the majority of trustees’ positive remarks, and the River Forest Sustainability Commission’s thorough vetting. The seven-member sustainability commission spent four months reviewing Oak Park, Forest Park and Riverside’s beekeeping ordinances, interviewing local beekeepers, observing the hives at the Garfield Park Conservatory and talking with experts. “Most people who are nervous about bees are misinformed,” said Sue Crothers, a commission member who said her husband keeps bees. “Replace the word ‘bee’ with ‘dog.’” The draft ordinance contains a number of conditions, which aim to protect native pollinators and flora as well as neighbors. River Forest’s beekeepers will have 30 days to register their hives with the village and the Illinois Department of Agriculture, and pay a $25 permit fee to cover the village’s administrative costs of regulating the practice.
They must also alert neighbors about their hobby, provide them with more information about honey bees and post signs that include their permit number on their property. Beekeepers will also need to construct a fence at least four feet high, in an effort to deter bees from flying into neighboring properties. Trustees are still debating over the exact fence height required. “Personally, I don’t have any fence around my bees and I don’t have any problems,” said Marcin Matelski, head beekeeper at the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago. Residents and institutions will be limited to two hives, except for Dominican University, which has four hives that will be grandfathered in. Neighbors allergic to bee stings can provide the village with a doctor’s note, and prospective neighboring beekeepers will be barred from the practice. Those who suffer from apiphobia — or a fear of bees — can attend a free class at Dominican about the practice during the spring, summer and fall months. Trustee Respicio Vazquez said he’s in favor of adding additional restrictions to prospective beekeepers living near those with apiphobia. Trustee Michael Gibbs also wants the village look further liability issues. If a beekeepers bees sting a neighbor, he wondered, can the village be held liable? Matelski said he is willing to serve as a consultant to help River Forest officials manage concerns. Harry Patterson, an Oak Park beekeeper who said he offers instructional courses on bees, can also help officials. Illinois’ Department of Agriculture also has eight inspectors who will come to the village and inspect hives for free. Those whose hives are found to be out of compliance can be hit with a $500 fine.
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River Forest woman running for county clerk By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter
River Forest mom, marketer and gospel fitness program founder Stephanie Joy Jackson-Rowe has decided to take her talents to the political arena. Jackson-Rowe, 55, is running in the Democratic primary for Cook County clerk, after longtime incumbent David Orr announced in the summer he’s retiring from the post after more than 20 years. The Cook County clerk presides over suburban Cook County elections in addition to maintaining vital records and property tax information and recording the activities of the Cook County Board. Jackson-Rowe said she’s received more than 5,000 of the 25,000 necessary signatures to get on the ballot. She needs additional signatures by the end of filing period in early December to get on the ■ To read more 2018 primary ballot. Jackson-Rowe said she’s put in her $1,000 of her VISIT OAKPARK.COM own money into her campaign so far, mostly to build a website. She hasn’t yet created an official campaign fund. “Based on the current climate nationally, locally and county-wide, many people are really disappointed with the long-term recycling of politicians,” she said. “If you want a fresh face, whose innovative, a mother of four, who gets it then vote for me for the Cook County clerk.” In 2016, voters moved to consolidate the Cook County Clerk’s Office with the Cook County Recorder of Deeds’ Office, which is currently headed by Karen Yarbrough. Yarbrough is also running as a Democrat to lead the new, com-
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IN THE RING: Stephanie Jackson-Rowe has announced plans to run for Cook County Clerk. She has gathered more than 5,000 signatures so far. bined office. Here’s a transcript of the Wednesday Journal’s interview with Jackson-Rowe, which has been edited for clarity. You realized she wanted to run for Cook County Clerk three years ago? “I’m sitting in a gym right over here in Oak Park where the old Rush Hospital is, they’ve knocked that down now, but nonetheless David Orr walked in with [an entourage] of people and he walked right towards me. At that time a spirit said to me, ‘This is what you’re going to be doing, Stephanie, for the next three years.’ I said, ‘What’s that?’ [And it said:]
You’re going to be the next Cook County Clerk. I thought, ‘OK.’ So I accepted that task spiritually. It was a calling on me, this was going to be my next assignment.” Why is now the right time? “My youngest is in high school, my two oldest kids are in college. I think now is the right time based on the climate and I’m ready to go.” What issues are you passionate about? “I’m really passionate about voter registration and voter engagement. I want to take David Orr’s platform to the next level. He’s done a really great job in his position, but we want to do things now that are more real-time, social media alerts, integration in terms of the roll in of the Recorder of Deeds’ Office. “Maybe we have someone who’s available to do live chat.” “We’ve already seen infractions that have occurred nationally with the last presidential election. In addition to that, I think the thing that’s important for us is that we have the database and technology available to deal with that upfront and being proactive, rather than being reactionary. I think voters want to feel safe about their election and who they voted for.” On running a grassroots campaign in Illinois’ notoriously high-profile and high-cost campaigns: “I think we’re recycling candidates over and over again. I haven’t seen many candidates circulating their petitions. I know I’ve been out there and I want people to know who I am and I think that’s important.” “When I say recycle, what you’ll find is so many of these candidates run and move from one office to another office, and it doesn’t mean they have necessarily been effective, it just means they gain notoriety and status, and what they call rank.”
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Oak Park considers easing overnight parking
Village solicits input from residents on proposed pilot project By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
Parking in Oak Park — or the lack thereof — is perennially among the toughest problems for planners, but the village is working to simplify regulations, and it’s calling on residents to participate in the process. Oak Park Transportation Commission Chairman Jack Chalabian said at a special meeting on Nov. 9 that parking regulations are “by far, the most complex parking issues in Oak Park, in my opinion.” That’s why the Transportation Commission and the village are embarking on a pilot project that aims to open up more parking spaces for those with parking permits and those who use overnight parking passes. The parking forum, held at Brooks Middle School, drew dozens of residents concerned about how potential future changes would affect them. The pilot program, which requires approval by the Oak Park Board of Trustees, would be bounded by South Boulevard, Harlem Avenue, Oak Park Avenue and Harrison Street. Julie Dixon, a parking consultant with Dixon Resources Unlimited, said the test area currently has 3,800 parking spaces available for 4,583 single- and multi-family residences. A total of 752 residential overnight parking permits and 199 other permits are issued in the test area, she said. Two proposals are being considered in an effort to open up more parking for resi-
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PARKING BANE: Rick McNamara discusses the proposed parking pilot program with parking consultant Julie Dixon at a meeting of the Oak Park Transportation Commission on Nov. 9. dents. One proposal would institute an oddeven rule, wherein motorists with parking permits and overnight parking passes could park the odd side of the street on odd days of the week and the even side of the street on even days. That would require residents to move their cars every day. Planners also presented an alternative 72hour rule, which would allow motorists to park on either side of the street for 72 hours before receiving a ticket. The odd-even proposal would create 1,400 spaces, while the 72-hour proposal would create 3,800 parking spots, according to Dixon. “The idea here is that if we can solve the parking issues and simplify the process, then we can replicate this solution throughout the entire village,” she said.
Dixon said license-plate recognition technology would allow village parking enforcement to determine whether a car was moved within the designated timeframe. New technology also allows residents to change the license plate number on the vehicle through an online portal, to allow easier access for delivery and worker vehicles. “You register your license plate, and your license plate becomes your permit number,
and it’s basically how your enforcement officers can effectively manage the neighborhoods and the parking issues in those neighborhoods,” she said. Dixon said the 72-hour rule would negatively impact snow removal, and “might not be ideal for Oak Park,” but the odd-even option would require residents to move their cars daily and open up fewer spaces. Residents had different concerns about both of the potential plans. Resident Mark Blum said he was shocked the village was even considering the odd-even option. “I have to move my car every day? Not possible,” he said. He argued that permit holders should not have to move their vehicles if they are parked in front of their condominium. “That just doesn’t make any sense either. I have a permit; I should be able to park there,” he said. Dixon said the 72-hour rule was being considered “so people don’t just park their cars and leave them.” “It’s to make sure you don’t have vehicle abatement,” she said. Resident David Schwartz said he is favor of relaxing the overnight parking ban that prevents motorists from parking on the street overnight. “The odd-even proposal seems unworkable,” he said, noting that such an arrangement is “a recipe for marital problems.” “We have two cars and we park in our garage overnight, but to have one permit for the household, we’re going to be fighting for that,” he said. Residents are encouraged to learn more about the potential pilot project and submit their suggestions online at www.oak-park. us/parkingpilot. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com
Oak Park restores access to parking for seniors Village reverses decision to create permit spots once used by Mills Park Tower residents
By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
Eight parking spaces that run along Pleasant Place near the Mills Park Tower affordable senior living building have been returned to the public domain. The Oak Park Board of Trustees unanimously approved the ordinance, which appeared on the board’s consent agenda at its Nov. 6 meeting. In an effort to provide more permit parking to residents in the area, the board made the spots permit parking only in February, blocking access to seniors and their caregivers at the senior living facility. Seniors living at Mills Park Tower, 1025 Pleasant Pl., complained that the spots were important to them because family, care-
givers, doctors and others used the spaces when visiting the building. Mills Park Tower resident Garnet Fay praised the decision. “The parking entity and trustees are to be commended for being responsive and correcting a grave error that was committed,” he said, adding that the parking spaces are needed for caregivers who visit residents daily. Tammie Grossman, Oak Park Director of Development Customer Services, said in a telephone interview that the village worked out an agreement with the nearby West Cook YMCA, 255 S. Marion St. to absorb some of the parking spaces. Only six of the eight spaces were sold, according to a village memo. The village charged about $250 for the permits.
MILLS PARK POWER: Residents of the senior living building Mills Park Tower argued that the removal of free parking spots in front of their building made it difficult for caregivers and loved ones to visit them. The village reversed its decision and made the spots permit-only. File photo
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SAY NO To the Oak Park Park District Proposed $45 million fitness and recreation center The Oak Park River Forest High School Board, along with the Park Districts of both Oak Park and River Forest are considering funding a potential community fitness and recreation facility. The estimated cost is as high as $45 million and would potentially be funded in large part by the OPRF High School through capital contributions and loans from its reserve fund. A Park District fitness facility would be tax-exempt, paying no real estate taxes. The many fitness facilities, boutiques, franchise models and studios in Oak Park and River Forest have paid millions of dollars in real estate taxes, of which a large portion goes to OPRF High School, D-200. About one in four Illinois residents use a fitness facility. A significant percentage of Park District fitness facilities do not operate in positive cash flow. When tax-exempt government fitness facilities duplicate services already offered by tax-paying health, fitness and recreation facilities, then all taxpayers end up bearing the ongoing costs, including the cost of annual capital improvements. That cost burden is distributed across 100% of all residents in the form of higher real estate taxes. Let’s CUT THE CRAP! Let your voice be heard. Contact the board members of Oak Park River Forest High School, the Park District of Oak Park, the Park District of River Forest, and the trustees of the Village of Oak Park and the Village of River Forest and urge them to keep a commercial business-friendly environment by not moving forward with the proposed Park District fitness and recreation facility. Paid for by Citizens for Responsible Activities & Parks citizensforresponsibleactivitiesandparks.com
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Members of River Forest’s Historical Preservation Commission are split over a developer’s proposal to demolish a historic home in the 700 block of William Street, a block the village has declared a local landmark. Mayborn Development, which is comprised of River Forest residents Rob Sarvis and Mark Sullivan, completed their application to demolish 747 William St. on Oct. 25, after an unsuccessful first filing in September. In their initial application, Sarvis and Sullivan said the home’s structure was unsound, making rehabilitation impossible. Mayborn purchased the historic home for $415,000 in August. The house is rumored to be designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who helped develop the low-slung, angular Prairie School style. The block itself represents the first Prairie School planned development in the state. At the preservation commission meeting Nov. 7, the seven member commission appeared spilt on the way forward for the property. One member came out in favor of demolishing the home, one member remains undecided, and three are opposed. Commission member Carla Graham-White was absent from the meeting.
Commissioner Al Popowits said he feels ready to tear down 747 William St. He described developers as honorable and open to design suggestions, and said a new home built in the same architectural style as the block was in the best interest of the community. “I can see debris. I can see neglect,” he said. “I think this building is not worth saving. I know it’s going to hurt some people’s feelings.” Commissioner David Raino-Ogden acknowledged the house needed to be refurbished, but said he’s opposed to completely demolishing the Prairie School structure. “There are 10 homes on the block, many in as bad a condition or worse as this house,” he said. “And they’ve managed to refurbish them.” Meanwhile, Commissioner Michael Pritz said he was undecided about whether or not demolition should be considered. Pritz described the group’s options as three-fold: The commission can offer Mayborn a certificate of appropriateness to pave the way for demolition, refuse to provide the certificate or offer the certificate with conditions. If the commission received design consultation from an architect, it could approve demolition on the condition Mayborn’s new structure be designed in the same style as the block, he said.
Withholding a certificate of appropriateness would not allow the commission to block demolition of the home, but would force the developer to wait at least six months before demolition. “Time is money,” Pritz said, urging commissioners to meet and negotiate with Mayborn. But even if the developer agrees to rebuild the house using original plans and authentic materials, Commissioner Brian Prestes said approving demolition should be the commission’s last option. “A reasonable member wouldn’t be complicit in allowing demolition with aesthetic compromise,” he said. Commission Chairman Tom Zurowski said finding a new buyer for the home would be ideal. “Part of our challenge as a committee is to not just say, ‘There’s three options,’ it’s our duty to put our minds to the test,” he said. Commissioners have tentatively scheduled a public hearing about the demolition for 7 p.m. on Dec. 5.The location, likely at a local school, is still undecided. Within 15 days following that hearing, the commission has to issue a finding either issuing the certificate or denying it. If the commission denies the certificate of appropriateness, Mayborn can still appeal to the village board.
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The annual fall leaf collection program is scheduled for Oct. 16 – Nov. 30 with seven pickups planned for each section of the Village. Residents should rake leaves into the street at least 18 inches from the curb the day before the scheduled pickup dates indicated on the map. Leaves raked into the street will be pushed into piles by Public Works crews during the night to reduce impact on traffic and parked cars. Leaves will be collected the following day. Residents who miss a scheduled pickup date should keep their leaves on the parkway until the night before the next scheduled pickup. Sweepers will be scheduled to run at the end of the collection program to clean up residue. Cooperation is essential to the success of this operation, so please follow these simple rules:
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• Dampen piles after raking to avoid leaves being blown by the wind.
• Rake leaves onto side streets whenever possible. Try to avoid major thoroughfares where piles of leaves might create traffic hazards. • Do not rake leaves into or close to cul de sacs or traffic diverters. The equipment needs room to operate.
• Inform landscape services of the leaf collection schedule.
• Drive carefully. Leaves are slippery when wet and large piles may hinder visibility. • Drive cautiously – crews will create safe work zones and close intersections for a few minutes while removing large leaf piles.
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Accused of fraud, Fiberista Club unravels Owner accused of stealing knitting designs faces Illinois Attorney General’s office By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER
But the state is currently mediating another club-member complaint filed in September, Boyce said. That complainant notes in their letter to It’s been almost six months since knitting designers across the globe learned their cre- the AG’s office that they were a club member ations had been sold by an Oak Park-based from March 2015 to June 2017 and spent over business without their consent or receiving $1,500 on monthly yarn-club memberships. any payment. Now it appears that the embat- Since Fiberista was discovered distributtled Fiberista Club is closing its doors for good. ing patterns without paying designers, they A Wednesday Journal investigation re- were prevented from using an online server vealed that the business, located at 1107 West- through the company MailChimp, where the patterns were made available. gate in downtown Oak Park, had That blocked club members made the misappropriated designs from access to the patterns for available to hundreds of its mailwhich they’d paid. order club members since 2016. The complaint to the AG’s ofThe amount owed to the defice states: “As of today the masigners could not be determined jority of the designers have not by press time, but with 115 debeen paid for their work and no signers identified as having pattern access has been restored their knitting patterns included to customers.” in the club mailings over the The club member, whose name years, which typically would and address were not revealed, esrun $3 to $8 per design, the total JEFFREY HUNTER timates that it would cost approxiamount owed could be in the tens mately $827.40 “to purchase all the COUTO of thousands of dollars. patterns that I have lost access to.” And that’s not where the probThey noted in the September complaint lems end for Fiberista. Fiberista owner Jeffrey “Hunter” Couto that they had contacted Couto multiple times and not received a response. was accused by club members not only of Boyce said the AG’s office is in corresponselling them stolen goods, but also of running a shoddy business with monthly pack- dence with Couto and working to resolve the issue with the club member. ages arriving late, among other problems. “We cannot serve as anyone’s individual Couto declined an interview in July and could not be reached for comment more re- lawyer, but we can mediate,” Boyce wrote in cently, but the entrepreneur sent a letter to an email to Wednesday Journal. “We mediclub members in October announcing he is ate every single complaint we receive. The outcome largely depends on whether the closing the business. “After three years of curating our vari- business and/or consumer respond to our ous clubs, we’ve decided now is the time to letters and phone calls.” It is uncertain how long Fiberista Club’s bring things to an end,” Couto wrote to club members. “Any shipments that have been doors will remain open, but two new owners paid for and not fulfilled will be refunded in are stepping in to take over the retail storefull. We anticipate being complete with the front. Tracy Ricker said in a telephone interview refund process within the next two weeks – all refunds will be complete within the next that she and her business partner, Chastity Dunlap, a Fiberista Club employee, are buyten business days.” Wednesday Journal reported in July that ing the business and changing the name. Couto will no longer have any association Couto had begun compensating some of the designers whose patterns were stolen, but with the business, Ricker said. She said in an email that “we are in talks to many felt Couto hand short-changed them, providing higher payment to some design- purchase Fiberista Club’s inventory in order to open up our own yarn shop in that space.” ers than others. “To be clear, the doors of the shop are stayNow, club members are taking their case to the Office of the Illinois Attorney Gen- ing open during this time,” Ricker wrote in an email. “We are well aware that serious eral. Eileen Boyce, senior press secretary for mistakes were made with the operation of the state AG’s office, said two complaints Fiberista Club. “We both have a sincere passion for fiber have been filed with the state on Fiberista Club. One of the complaints, filed in July, arts and are excited for the opportunity to was dropped because the complainant did run a shop in the right way and connect with not follow up with additional requests for others who love this craft as much as we do.” CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com information from the AG. Staff Reporter
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OP poised to boost composting program By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
Before Oak Park Trustee Deno Andrews started participating in the village’s composting pickup program, his household produced a “heaping” can of refuse every week. “The lid wouldn’t close and sometimes we would have three or four bags piled and the lid would be at a 40-degree angle,” said in a recent interview. It was Andrews’ wife who convinced him a couple of years ago to sign up for the village’s fledgling compost-pickup program, which allows residents to essentially recycle organic material like food and yard waste. Because of composting, he says the Andrews clan now throws away “one of those small, five- or six-gallon bags in a week.” That’s why he was surprised to learn that only about 10 percent of the households – about 1,200 in total – in the village participate in the composting-pickup program. Andrews said the topic came up at a Finance Committee meeting recently, where officials and village staff discussed opportunities for reducing dumping fees paid by the village. If the village could get more people to use the composting program – it costs about $15 a month and requires a special receptacle – it also would reduce the amount of material going into the landfill. “The more people that use it, the better it is for everybody,” Andrews said. Trustees appeared in strong support of his suggestion to make the program free for residents for the first three months. While the potential ordinance has not yet gotten a vote, Andrews’ colleagues voiced support for the idea. Trustee Jim Taglia said he would like to see participation increase to at least 30 percent.
iGov speakers emphasize planning By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
Elected officials and local leaders in Oak Park gathered on a chilly Saturday morning last week at Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School ■ To read more to discuss the village’s hottest VISIT OAKPARK.COM topic in recent years – real estate development. The forum was held by iGov, an ad hoc committee made up of leadership within Oak Park’s six taxing bodies, which aims to find efficiencies within the governmental entities that often find themselves faced with competing interests. John Houseal, a principal of Houseal Lavigne Associates, which specializes in municipal planning and economic development, urged those attending the Nov. 11 meeting to work together on shared goals.
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Oak Park Public Works Director John Wielebnicki said in a telephone interview that the promotion, if approved by the board of trustees, would likely not go into effect until early next year. He noted that the first three months free is a value of $44.56. Wielebnicki said composting started in a 2012 pilot program and now is available throughout the village. Those who sign up get their composting bins in about two weeks, Wielebnicki said. He noted that the compost that is gathered is later made available after material is broken down. Wielebnicki said the compost is available on a first-come firstserved basis at bins located on a village-owned parking lot at the corner of Madison Street and Highland Avenue. One bin at the location is full of compost, which can be used in gardens and lawns, and the other contains brush chips, Wielebnicki said. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com Sponsored Content
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teachers show that they care.” St. Luke continues to be a leader academically in both standardized test performance and high school readiness. Students at St. Luke consistently place in the highest quartile, or top 30%, nationally and locally on standardized tests, including the ACT Aspire. St. Luke graduates attend Fenwick, Saint Ignatius, Trinity and other highly selective Catholic high schools, with most students placing in Honors level courses. In recent years, St. Luke has made a significant investment in advancing a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) curriculum in kindergarten through fourth grade and has upgraded the junior high math curriculum for grades six through eight. Saint Luke has heightened its standards and rigor in foreign language, moving to an academic Spanish program. St. Luke has also made a concerted effort to expand its learning center to ensure it can meet all students’ needs. On staff, St. Luke has a school counselor, social worker, two learning specialists, and a speech pathologist who participate in a response to intervention model. In order to build upon its strong history and grow in the future, St. Luke recently went through a significant strategic
planning process. Calling the resulting Strategic Plan a collective and expansive vision for the next five to seven years of the school, Principal Wesley notes that the process began with a retreat of the Board of Specified Jurisdiction and eventually touched all parts of the St. Luke community. “We did focus groups and conducted surveys with alumni, parishioners, current parents and teachers. Student voices are very important, so we included them as well.” At the end of the year-long process, Board Chair Cassie Crotty states that St. Luke now has a plan that provides a direction and framework for moving forward in the coming years. “We really tried to address what is important to the school and envision what we want to be known for. There are three main pillars to the Strategic Plan: a strong academic environment, a strong faith-based school and a school steeped in community.” St. Luke Parish School invites you to learn more about its offerings. To view details on the Strategic Plan, visit
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Test scores dip at District 97
Officials say the decline is due to implementation of new curriculum By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter
Scores on the Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) spring exam and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exam came in lower this year than last in Oak Park Elementary Schools District 97, according to an annual student performance report released by D97 officials last month. They attributed the decline to a new curriculum, implemented during the 2016-17 academic year. Among all students who took the MAP exam, 57 percent were projected to be college-ready in reading, while 45 percent of test-takers were projected to be collegeready in math. The most recent MAP scores reflect a slight dip over the 2015-16 total scores, when 61 percent and 52 percent of D97 students who took the test, respectively, were projected to be college-ready in reading and
math. Until last school year, total MAP scores in reading had climbed steadily since 2012-13, when 55 percent of students were projected to be college-ready. The MAP exam is administered twice a year, in the spring and fall, to second-grade and eighth-grade students and is used to measure student growth and attainment compared to a national norm. Fifty-one percent of all D97 students who took the exam in the spring of the 2016-17 school year met or exceeded their target growth level in reading while 45 percent met or exceeded their target growth level in math. “Overall, reading continues to be the stronger subject area for growth in D97,” read the report, which was drafted by Emily Fenske, the district’s director of organizational learning, and Amy Warke, the district’s chief academic and accountability officer. The 2016-17 growth levels in reading on the spring assessment are at their lowest point since 2012-13, when 57 percent of D97 students met or exceeded their target growth level on the spring MAP. As previously reported by Wednesday
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GROWTH BY GRADE LEVEL: A chart measuring the percentage of students meeting target growth levels on the MAP test at District 97. Journal, overall scores among D97 students on the PARCC exam were also down for 201617. Forty-nine percent of D97 students met or exceeded state standards on that exam, down from 51 percent last school year. “While these results are disappointing, we recognize that the implementation of new curricula for writing, math, science, and social-emotional learning in 2016-17 was a set of major transitions for the district,” wrote Fenske and Warke. “It is normal, and somewhat expected, to
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Peter Sagal, radio host of “Wait, wait…Don’t Tell Me,” this Monday at Dominican University.
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Conversation at Dominican from page 1 life and love of Oak Park. “It’s been my home for 20 years almost. It’s where my children have grown up,” Sagal said of the village. He tells Wednesday Journal that the people of Oak Park, unlike in his own hometown, are “interested in being part of the community around them.” “The people who choose to live here are people who choose not to isolate themselves,” he said. Sagal is a member of the local running club that meets a few times a week – a group he decided to join after running his first marathon in Chicago in 2005. His love of running put him in the path of tragedy in 2013, when he ran the Boston Marathon. It was the first time Sagal had
see an ‘implementation dip’ in the first year of these new initiatives,” they explained. “We remain proud of the direction these new curricula are taking us in, and of the hard work our teachers and staff undertook to implement them with fidelity in 2016-17.” The administrators added that they expect to see performance on both the MAP and PARCC exams improve over the next several years as teachers become familiar with the new curriculum. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com
participated in a program where runners help lead blind runners through the race, he said. Sagal was about 100 yards away when two bombs were detonated near the finish line of the race, injuring several hundred people and killing three. He later recalled the incident in a 2014 interview on The Moth radio show. The race and his work on the popular NPR gameshow are all likely topics of conversation for the Nov. 20 event. Part of the proceeds of the event will go Sagal’s chosen charity, Chicago Farm Lab, a nonprofit located in Chicago’s Hanson Park, 2148 N. Long Ave., that connects Chicagoans with gardening, nature and urban agriculture. “I’m delighted that I can point people here in River Forest toward that project,” he said. Tickets for the event are $25 and available at www.oakpark.com/sagal. Use the promo code WJsub and get a $5 discount. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com
By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter
Over the summer, Oak Park Elementary Schools District 97 exchanged its free Prep for Success summer program for the Oak Park Education Foundation’s BASE Camp as a way to provide remedial summer school enrichment to third- through eighth-graders. The district signed a one-year contract with the OPEF, with any future contract contingent on how well the transition went this year. According to initial feedback from parents, students and teachers — compiled in a 44-page report by Stephen Baker, a researcher at the University of Chicago — the preliminary results of the switch are promising. Part of the reason why the district opted to drop Prep for Success was because of the program’s low attendance and participation levels. In the summer of 2016, 182 out of the 269 students who enrolled in Prep for Success completed the program — an over 30 percent dropout rate. This summer, 115 D97 third- through
eighth-graders who would have otherwise participated in Prep for Success enrolled in BASE Camp programs, with the district paying around $134,000 to cover the costs of their participation over four weeks. According to Baker’s report, 81 percent of those students had high attendance at BASE Camp, which was defined as showing up for 14 out of 19 days of camp. Fifty-five percent of D97 summer remedial students who enrolled in BASE Camp were black, a 10 percent increase over the percentage that enrolled in Prep for Success in 2016. Baker wrote that along with the OPEF’s expansion of its own scholarship program, the addition of D97 summer school students “created substantially new levels of ethnic diversity within the BASE Camp population as a whole.” At the end of BASE Camp, a voluntary survey was administered to the parents of participants. Thirteen parents who responded to the survey reported that their children had also participated in D97’s summer school in previous years and all of them had positive comments about how the BASE Camp experience compared to years past. Five parents, however, “had some reservations, primarily about measurable academic impact for their child, including on test scores,” Baker said. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com
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his high school days. After graduating from OPRF, Tibensky went to Yale and then to China to teach English for a year before going into wealth management in New York City, where early on he made a painful discovery, or lack thereof. When it comes to Italian beef, the entire East Coast, it seems, is barren land. “Growing up in Oak Park, I lived on Johnny’s, Mickey’s and Buona Beef,” Tibensky said in a phone interview last week from Manhattan. “Those were my go-to places. Italian beef is ingrained in our DNA coming from this neighborhood. And then to come out here and not find it was surprising.” Tibensky said his mother, Linda Tibenksy, would bring him pounds of beef from Chicago when she’d visit and on his return trips to his hometown, he would head straight to his favorite local beef spots. “Henry would tell us there was no Italian beef in New York City and we couldn’t believe it,” said Linda. “So we checked it out. We’d go to food fairs, interviewing people, and even the Italian people had never heard of Italian beef. That was the biggest shock.” Over the years, Henry discovered he wasn’t alone among Chicago expatriates longing for Italian beef. In 2015, buoyed by his family’s restaurants, Tibenksy decided to fill the void. The OPRF grad, who attended Mann and Julian, started cooking Italian beef sandwiches himself and selling them at food markets and pop-up shops, in addition to catering events, around New York City. In 2016, Tibensky opened an 800-squarefoot, brick-and-mortar store called Hank’s Juicy Beefs in Manhattan — a block away from City Hall and four blocks from the World Trade Center site — where he employs six people. “I’ve been out here for 15 years and have done a lot of market research,” Tibensky said, explaining why he believes his store is the only Italian beef restaurant on the East Coast, a claim that Wednesday Journal couldn’t independently verify. “We get a lot of Chicagoans who come through and say, ‘Thank goodness you opened; we’ve been dying for beef and don’t understand why there’s no beef out here,’” he said. “They’d say when they Googled ‘Italian beef,’ our store would be the only
thing to pop up.” Tibensky said he figures he may not be the only Chicagoan who’s entertained the idea of opening an Italian beef shop in New York City, but he may be the most fortunate. “I have always had this one idea — and I guess a lot of other Chicagoans have as well — of opening a beef place out here, but I was in a fortunate situation,” he said. “I didn’t have any kids, still don’t have any, I’m relatively young, single, so I was able to go off and start this endeavor.” Most of Tibensky’s days are spent cooking. During the interview last week, he had 80 pounds of beef in the oven. He used to make his own Chicago-style giardiniera peppers until recently. Now he ships them, along with the bread, hot dogs and neon relish, from Chicago to New York City. The actual beef, he said, is locally sourced. Tibensky, who has unwittingly assumed the role of Italian beef missionary to the East Coast, said he plans on opening a few
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THE WORKS: Henry Tibensky makes his own Italian beef from locally sourced meat. He used to make his own Chicagostyle giardiniera peppers until recently. more stores in the city over the next several years. Meanwhile, he’s still working on a language to describe his beloved Chicago fare to the unenlightened. “When people hear ‘juicy beef,’ a lot of them come in thinking they’re getting a juicy hamburger,” he said. “We say, ‘They’re like a hamburger, but much messier.’” CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com
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Hoping for development from page 1 If approved, tax funds generated from the TIF district will eventually be used pay back the loan from the general fund. “When that happens, we don’t know just yet. It will be market-driven, time will tell,” Palm said. The Madison Street TIF would have until the district expires in 2039 to pay back the $1 million loan, which would represent the first transaction by the fund. At the time the TIF was instituted, officials estimated it could generate $25 million over its lifetime. LCFS put the building up for sale in August, asking buyers to “name their offer,” said Sara LoCoco, director of marketing and communications. She was unsure how many offers Lutheran received. The nonprofit child welfare agency decided to restructure the organization in May — closing nine programs across Illinois, focusing on foster care and downsizing its footprint — after months of underfunding by legislators during the state’s two-yearlong budget impasse. “It’s a really old building, so there’s a lot of small things that just stop working,” LoCoco said. “Eventually, if we were to stay here, we’d probably have to put a new roof on, very large upgrades needed. For us, it’s
not conducive to the staff size we have any more.” The Madison Street lease would run for three months after the village closes on the transaction. After that, LoCoco said, LCFS likely will move out of River Forest. Eventually, the village plans to demolish the old building, which sits on 28,125 square feet of land, Palm said. That portion of Madison Street is zoned for commercial use. In thinking about new ideas for development, Palm said the village will look to the village’s comprehensive plan — which should be ready around July 2018 — and a former TIF district on Lake Street for inspiration. The old TIF district, which started in the late 1980s and ended in 2010, attracted Whole Foods, DSW and other River Forest Town Center businesses to Lake Street. Now those businesses generate the lion’s share of sales taxes in River Forest. “It’s a fairly significant piece of property; even though it’s shallow, it’s fairly long,” said Village President Cathy Adduci of the LCFS building. “I think somebody would buy it and would develop it into a nice multi-use building; it could be nice townhomes that go there.” TIF funds may be used for a variety of projects, from property acquisition to public infrastructure improvements to incentives for developers to bring in new businesses. CONTACT: ntepper@wjinc.com
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Boykin faces two challengers for commissioner’s seat
Activist and union organizer announce plans to run for Cook County Board By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter
Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin (1st), an Oak Park resident whose district encompasses the village, is up against two declared challengers in the Democratic Primary race for his seat on the Board of Commissioners. Brandon Johnson, a Chicago Public Schools teacher who is currently on leave and an organizer with the Chicago Teachers Union, and Bertha Pernell, a community activist, have both declared their candidacies. Johnson, a resident of Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, said during an interview on Monday that he decided to run “because the current political leadership doesn’t value working and middle-class families.” He offered a caustic description of Boykin’s first term in the commissioner’s seat, alleging the commissioner, an attorney by trade, has aligned himself with the Republican Party. “Unfortunately, what you’re hearing from Richard is about cuts, closures, consolida-
tions and efficiencies,” Johnson said. “He’s going after working-class people. Those are the talking points of the Republican Party.” When asked what he thought about the county’s beverage tax, which Boykin opposed and helped lead the effort to repeal, Johnson said that “nickeling and diming workingclass families in Cook County isn’t a way to solve the revenue issue.” According to reports, the repeal, which takes effect RICHARD BOYKIN on Dec. 1, resulted Cook County Commissioner in a nearly $200 million budget hole that the board has to fill. Johnson said he thinks the hole is actually $315 million — a figure that Boykin would later dispute. In response to the budget gap, Boykin has advocated targeting vacant and open positions in the county and encouraging cuts of at least 11 percent in some agencies. Those agencies that can’t cut more than 11 percent, he said, should explain why. “Richard has not proposed any solution to how we actually generate revenue,” Johnson said. “I’m confident people don’t want
cuts, closures, consolidations and efficiencies that attack the worker. We’re getting enough of that from the Republican Party.” Instead of targeted cuts, Johnson said, the county should identify ways to extract revenue from those who can most afford to be taxed. “We should tax people who have the ability to pay,” he said. “I’ve called for a corporate head tax that can generate hundreds of millions of dollars to our county governBRANDON JOHNSON ment. That’s the type Commissioner candidate of revenue people want. They want us to go after folks who take advantage of tax policies that benefit the rich. We have to go after corporations, billionaires and millionaires who aren’t paying their fair share.” During an interview on Monday, Boykin said that after a briefing with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, the president took up his recommendation to cut 1,000 vacant and open positions, mostly middle administrators and staffing assistants. Boykin, who said the positions were mostly duplicative patronage posts, estimated that
their elimination would amount to nearly $50 million in cost savings. These positions are administrative, they’re not front-line jobs like nurses, doctors and state’s attorneys,” Boykin said. Responding to Johnsons’ recommended corporate head tax, Boykin said that the tax would be “technically impossible” to pass at the county board level. “You’d have to do it in Chicago or Springfield, the county doesn’t have that kind of authority,” Boykin said, before boasting about his record of securing what he estimated was around $25 million in grants for a range of uses, such as violence prevention and flood mitigation, and describing Johnson as absent from county affairs over the last four years. “We led the repeal of the beverage tax. Where was he? He wasn’t anywhere to be found and, quite frankly, he’s never been to a county board meeting and hasn’t offered up one idea for county government,” Boykin said. “I’ve held over 100 town hall meetings and he hasn’t showed up to one.” Pernell could not be reached for comment. Johnson said he’s currently going through the CTU’s endorsement process. He’s already landed the support of United Working Families, he said, a political organization of which the CTU is a member. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com
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Oak Park man arrested for firing handgun on Halloween
The Oak Park Police Department arrested an Oak Park man on Halloween for firing a gun twice into the air outside his home in the 500 block of South Elmwood Avenue. Police responded to a report of shots fired near the home of Robert Lewis, 56, at about 8:10 p.m. on Oct. 31, and found Lewis and two other males arguing in the alley near the intersection of Adams Street and Elmwood. The two witnesses said they were in the alley when they heard what sounded like a loud gunshot. They said Lewis then appeared and began arguing with them. Lewis reportedly raised his shirt to display a black handgun in a holster on his right hip and then went back into his residence. He never pointed the gun at them, two people reportedly told police. Police interviewed Lewis, who said he observed his garage motion-detector light go off in the alley and saw the two people attempt to go into his neighbor’s backyard. Lewis reportedly told police that he confronted the two males in the alley and said, “Hey, what are you doing? Get out of here.” Lewis reportedly told police that one of the two males rushed him in an aggressive manner from about 21 feet away. According to the police report, Lewis said he felt threatened and fired his 40-caliber
Smith and Wesson Shield handgun twice into the air. He then went back inside his residence and waited for police to arrive. Lewis was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm.
sweatshirt, white scarf, a blue jacket, and dark pants. The man took six Olay products, five facial skincare items, six packages of Flonase, and four packages of Nasacort. The total loss was reported to be $833.23.
ed damage is $300. ■ Someone slashed the tires of a vehicle in the 6900 block of West North Avenue at 10:56 p.m. on Nov. 11. The estimated loss was unknown at the time of the report.
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■ A package containing “Fat Brain” brand children’s toys was stolen from the front porch of a residence in the 800 block of South East Avenue sometime between 1:08 and 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 8. The estimated loss is $300. ■ A 52-year-old resident of the 1100 block of North Austin Boulevard was arrested for retail theft in the 200 block of Lake Street at 9:45 a.m. on Nov. 10, after removing several bottles of alcohol at the premises on two separate occasions the same day. ■ A man and woman, who appeared to be working together, stole several skincare products and packages of allergy medication from a business in the 1100 block of Lake Street at 10:47 a.m. on Nov. 10. The man, described as Hispanic, approximately 30 years old, had a heavy build, wore glasses, had green and orange hair, wore a large, black jacket and gray pants, and carried a tan bag. The woman was described as white, with a heavy build. She wore a blue hooded
■ Three people wearing hooded sweatshirts reportedly broke the window on the passenger side of a North Riverside resident’s vehicle parked in the 500 block of North Harvey Avenue sometime between 9:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. on Nov. 12. Once inside the vehicle, they damaged the steering column and ignition lock. The estimated loss due to damage is $1,000. ■ A 2008 black Ford Escape that was left running and unattended was stolen from the 500 block of North Taylor Avenue at 7:03 a.m. on Nov. 8. The estimated loss is $7,200. The vehicle was recovered by Chicago police in the 4800 block of Kinzie in Chicago at 2:52 a.m. on Nov. 10.
A residence was burglarized in the 500 block of North Humphrey Avenue around 1:35 p.m. on Nov. 13. The offender entered by opening a rear kitchen window and using a lawn chair to gain access. They then stole a Samsung television, a Samsung Galaxy S3 phone, a black and pink Roadmaster bicycle. The television was found on the lawn of the residence. The estimated loss is $180.
Criminal damage to property ■ The double-pane window of a business in the 700 block of Madison Street was damaged by a BB gun sometime between 8 p.m. on Nov. 10 and 8 a.m. on Nov. 11. The estimat-
These items, obtained from the Oak Park and River Forest police departments, came from reports, Nov. 8-13, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.
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River Forest writer breaks through with Watty Award By MICHELLE DYBAL
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ime travel, a witch, and a descendant of Joan of Arc spring from the imagination onto the page — virtual page in this instance. River Forest resident Amelia Dellos has captivated readers with her online novel and snagged the 2017 Watty Award from Wattpad, a web and app-based writing platform for original stories. It boasts a community of 60 million users worldwide. Dellos’ novel, Delilah: Recovered, the first in a trilogy and a few years in the creating, had already Amelia Dellos been completed before she discovered Wattpad. She had sent it out and attended writing conferences to have agents look at it, but they weren’t passionate about it. Then she heard about online writing platforms, Wattpad being the “most prominent.” “It’s a You Tube for writers,” Dellos said. “You instantly receive feedback, stars and
the number of page views and reads. I wanted to see how people who don’t know me would react.” She began putting her story up in January and got plenty of positive feedback. When the chance to enter into the Watty Awards came up, she seized the opportunity by simply adding #Wattys2017 to her novel. She was not alone; more than 284,000 other stories were entered by 194,500 writers. The readers cast their votes and Dellos received an email telling her she was a finalist. Then she received the email naming her among the winners, one of 30 for 2017 in six different categories. Delilah: Recovered won in “The Breakthroughs,” which, according to the Wattpad website, is for writers who “deserve to be discovered and … up-and-comers in storytelling who delighted readers and caused a stir on Wattpad.” “I was on a cloud,” Dellos said. “I’ve been working on this project for a couple of years. My goal is a path to publishing. Now
I can say I have X views on Wattpad.” As of this week, Dellos’ 70-part story has 47,800 reads and received 3,300 votes to earn her the award. She is still working on “one more pass” of her novel to get it where she wants it for publishing and has started part two of the trilogy, Delilah: Forsaken, which is also being put on Wattpad in response to reader demand. But that is not all Dellos is busy with. She’s a public relations professional by day and also a screenwriter, working with her husband and partner, Eric Anderson, at their production company Corn Bred Films. In the works is Oriole Park, which explores the impact on a neighborhood when a serial killer lives among them. “It is based on John Wayne Gacy,” she said. “I grew up five blocks away.” While she feels screenwriting and creative writing of novels complement each other, Dellos, 45, is always trying to hone her craft. She is currently taking Advanced Writing at StoryStudio Chicago where she is discovering how to add her voice and more texture to her work. “Writing is a craft and you just have to keep at it,” she said. “It can be a long, long
journey.” To read “Delilah: Recovered,” go to wattpad.com or get the Wattpad app on Google play, Microsoft, or the App Store.
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Stop by the Hephzibah Giving Tree at Whole Foods Market in River Forest and select a paper heart ornament with the name of a child in need. Return the heart with your unwrapped gift to Whole Foods by December 15.
Hephzibah Children’s Association offers a safe haven for children traumatized by neglect and abuse, services for children and families in crisis, foster care and day care on a sliding scale for families of all income levels. Our holiday model (above) is an Oak Park elementary-school student enrolled in Hephzibah’s award-winning Day Care Program.
Bring-A-Gift Party 6-10 p.m. Bring a gift card, a cash donation or an unwrapped gift for a child of any age to Healy’s in Forest Park and join us for appetizers, drink specials, raffles and more. Adults 21+ only please.
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We’ve purchased heritage e’re coming into turkeys, Red Bourbon and othturkey’s big moment, ers, from small local producers, that time of year and have been pleased with the when our all-Ameriresults — the meat seemed to can bird becomes the taste more like turkey than most meat du jour rather than just an turkeys we were buying from the also-ran after the big three of grocery store. Why is it, I asked beef, pork and chicken. Brady, that turkeys from small Every year, more and more farms, raised the old-fashioned people are becoming accusways, seem to taste better than tomed to getting their birds the commercially produced from small producers rather birds that are sold frozen in than the 800-pound gobbler in grocery stores? the room (talking about you, “Our pasture-raised turkeys Butterball). One of those small Local Dining have a deeper flavor than comproducers is Mark Brady (OPRF, & Food Blogger mercial birds,” he explained, 2009). Along with partner Katie “because they eat a diverse diet Kennedy, Brady is the farmer at including a variety of grasses, Timberfeast, which specializes seeds, insects, and freshly in grass-fed meat. The land for milled local organic grain.” Timberfeast has, Brady tells There are also, Brady added, us, “been in our family for six nutritional advantages to his generations; it’s been passed 812 Madison St., Oak turkeys. down and expanded over time. Park “A number of studies,” he Currently, my cousin and uncle 708-948-7656 said, “show that pasture-raised farm most of the acreage with meats have healthier omega 3 corn and soybean crop rotafatty acid ratios, more vitamins, and less fat tion. We started Timberfeast on about 5 than confinement-raised meats.” acres of pasture, direct marketing pastureHave you purchased your Thanksgiving raised and organic-fed meat and eggs.” turkey yet? Brady and Kennedy have about Both he and Kennedy, Brady tells us, 100 turkeys left, but as we get closer to “had been independently supporting small the holidays, they’re probably going to go farms and shopping at the farmers markets. We connected originally because we fast. You can buy the turkeys (fresh, never were both buying grass-fed butter from the frozen) at Sugar Beet, and you can reserve a same farmer. Our farm dream — and our turkey on their site to pick up in Oak Park desire to fill our own bellies and the bellies on Nov. 19: https://www.timberfeast.com/ of those in our community with healthy, orproduct/thanksgiving-turkey ganic, sustainable food — grew from there. “We spent the first half of 2015 touring farms across the Midwest and East Coast. While we were in Maine working on a farm, we were inspired by a successful neighboring farm that was raising healthy chickens and turkeys outdoors on grass. That year, we ordered 100 chickens and 30 turkeys to raise on my family’s land. It started out as sort of an experiment, but we found that we really enjoyed the work and that people loved the products we were producing, and it grew from there. We are self-taught: we learned how to raise animals successfully with the help of books and the internet. There are now Facebook groups with thousands of farmers available to answer questions, provide feedback, and discuss what works and doesn’t work. It’s been so helpful to be able to receive real-time feedback Katie Kennedy and Mark Brady of Timberfeast from other farmers.”
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t’s the rare Oak Park house that has not gone through some updating in its history. While 1125 Wisconsin Ave. is not a pure exception to that rule -- its kitchen appears to have been updated sometime during the 1970s -- the remainder of the house stands as a testament to an earlier era when Oak Parker’s kept a horse or two out back and the entire family shared one bathroom. Filled with lovely stained glass, wood ceiling beams and newel posts topped with globe light fixtures, the old dame also sports a leaky pipe, an odd back addition and untold conditions that might not meet today’s building codes. Maggie Downs’ parents owned the home for 52 years and raised four children there. Downs recalls hearing a lot
about the history of the home growing up. When her parents purchased the home in 1965, they were the third or fourth owners and were told that the house was built in 1908 by a couple who owned a race track at Desplaines Avenue and Roosevelt Road. The home’s original barn, still standing, could hold two carriages and three horses. The stable boy’s room and hay loft were on the second story of the carriage house. Although the village required that her parents seal the back barn doors when they put in the alley in the 1960s, the remainder of the barn still looks much as it did when the house was built. See UNTOUCHED on page 23
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TIME CAPSULE: The home at 1125 Wisconsin Ave. in Oak Park has been altered a little bit through the years, but many original interior details, like wood-beam ceilings and, of course, the property’s original stable/carriage house remain as a testament to its semi-rural roots.
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SPACIOUS VINTAGE CONDO in pristine condiRENTALS tion. 2BRs, in-unit laundry, den/office, storage, CONDOS/TOWNHOUSES pets OK. EZ permit pkg in front................$134,500 FOREST PARK. CLOSE TO DTFP & transportaLOCATED IN the heart of OP, 1BR, 1BA condotion. 1BR, 1BA garden unit. Rent includes heat, minium has location & style galore! New flrs, INCOME RIVER FOREST new applncs, new BA & freshly painted! Only water, cooking gas & refuse. Available NOW. OAK PARK. BRICK 3FLAT close to school with CHARM ABOUNDS in this 4BR, 2.1BA home w/ a big living rm, formal dining rm. Well-maintained! .....................................................................$127,900 ................................................................... $925/mo natural wdwk & hdwd flrs. Lovely front porch, Great income! ...........................................$729,000 FOREST PARK COMMERCIAL RENTALS light-filled rms, & 3rd flr family rm. Perfect locaCONDOS/TOWNHOUSES OAK PARK ELMWOOD PARK. OPEN FLOOR PLAN, 1ST flr tion. ............................................................$585,500 CONDOS/TOWNHOUSES CANNOT BEAT THIS DEAL! Vintage 1 bedroom office spc in mixed use residential tower. Inside & IMMACULATE & UPDATED 2-story brick home ONEOFAKIND! LARGEST 3BR, 2.1BA unit. Forest Park condo. Why rent?.................... $78,000 outside pkg. 1 toilet, kitchen area, 1 private office on deep lot. 3BRs, 2.1BAs. Remodeled kitchen. New Newer kitchen adjoins family rm. Private patio. OTHER AREAS & storage rm. Great building!............. $18.36/sq ft MBA w/Jacuzzi. C/A. Lovely! ....................$549,000 MBR ste w/walk-in closet. 2 garage pkg spcs. CONDOS/TOWNHOUSES ....................................................................$699,000 ELMWOOD PARK. CHECK IT OUT! Updated OAK PARK. OFFICE SPACES in lovely Art OTHER AREA HOMES Deco bldg. 2 Elevators. Entry handicap equipped. BIG ROCK. MIDCENTURY MODERN home WONDERFUL 2+BR, family rm & 2 full BA 2BR condo with hdwd flrs, lots of sunlight treetops Tenants pay electric. Public pkg. Call! ..... $24/sq ft sunny, spacious condo in elevator bldg near DTOP. views. Pkg & storage. Nothing to do, but move. with 2.9 acres. 3BRs, 2.1BAs. Large rms, lots of New kitchen & updated BAs. Frplc. 2 garage spcs! ....................................................................$139,000 OAK PARK. READY FOR NEXT TENANT! Clean closet space & lots of potential. ...............$350,000 ....................................................................$245,000 WESTERN SPRINGS. RARE END UNIT 1st flr store front office space. High foot traffic & 2 EVERGREEN PARK. EXCEPTIONAL HOME on PREMIER CORNER UNIT in the lovely Diana! RANCH TOWNHOUSE. Open flr plan. Gas frplc. public bus routes. Tenant pays electric. Bldg supcorner lot. 3BRs, 1.2 BAs. Spacious LR/DR combo. 2BR, designer kitchen & bath, frplc, huge enclosed Large eat-in kitchen w/SS & granite counters. 3BRs, plies heat. .............................................$18.31/sq ft Newer boiler & electric. ............................$170,000 porch, C/A - just gorgeous! ......................$199,900 3BAs. LL rec rm. .......................................$595,000 RICH IN CHARACTER & comforts for today’s lifestyle. Sun-drenched rms. Stunning kitchen. Brazilian Cherry wd flrs. 3 BRs, 2 updated BAs. ....................................................................$449,900
HILLSIDE. CONTEMPORARY open flr plan, hdwd flrs & hi-ceilings. 4 BRs, 3.1 BAs. Family rm w/WBFP. Awesome chef’s kitchen. Lots more! ....................................................................$369,000
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JUST LISTED! HANDSOME CORNER PROPERTY near OPRF- great light in this spacious 2-flat. Each unit has 3BRs, 2BAs. Frplcs. Bonus spacwe for au pair or Air BNB. Two 2-car garages. .........................$620,000
JUST LISTED! GREAT 1BR CONDO in the ‘Heart of Oak Park’ with owned parking. Building has indoor pool & beautiful deck w/ view of the city................................$130,000
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Original features from page 21 One of three original homes on the block, each with a carriage house, 1125 Wisconsin Ave. originally was surrounded by elaborate gardens on the two lots to the north and one lot to the south. Downs says the north lots were sold off fairly early in the home’s history, but the lot to the south was sold just a few years before her parents bought the house. Her parents’ garden still included some original beds of tulips that bloomed in the spring. Downs says that growing up sharing the one original bathroom with three siblings and her parents wasn’t always ideal, but when the home was built, it was the height of updated style and spaciousness with indoor plumbing and room for two servants, who lived in the attic, and a butler, who lived in the basement. While saying that the interior of the home needs a lot of work, Downs says, “all things considered, it’s still in good shape.” The front entry includes original stained-glass windows, built-in cabinetry, a beamed ceiling and fireplace. Original pocket doors, a soaring staircase with lights in the newel posts, and wood-beam ceilings are testament to the wealth of the original owners. When Downs’ parents were ready to downsize, they listed the house with Roz Byrne of Re/Max in the Village for $375,000. Byrne sold the house “as-is” and received multiple offers, all from rehabbers.
Marketing a flip Byrne says it’s not unusual to find a home that’s been in the family for 50 or more years. “I specialize in selling the homes of retirees,” Byrne said. “Probably about 30 percent are in this condition. “It’s important to say what it is and show what it is. You need to be honest and upfront. There’s no point in getting people in the house and being surprised by an inspection.” She used photos in the listing to both play up the home’s amazing original features as well as its flaws. A photo of a hole in the dining room ceiling displays the water damage caused by the leaking sink in the upstairs bath. Byrne’s listing also called the home a rehabber’s special, and notes that a two-story addition would transform the house and be appropriate on the large lot. Michael Nowicki, a real estate agent with Oak Park’s Gloor Realty said the home would appeal to area rehabbers. “Buyers in the neighborhood are paying top dollar for newly built or rehabbed homes, with a newly constructed house across the street selling recently in the $900,000 range,” Nowicki said. By listing the house at $375,000, Byrne ac-
Photos courtesy of RE/MAX In The Village
INTACT: The home’s living room (top) and dining room (above left) still retain the original beamed ceilings, oak trim and art-and-crafts built-ins and stained-glass windows. The old stable/carriage house (above right), one of three such structures remaining on the block, still retains horse its stalls and original barn doors. knowledged that a lot of work would need to be done to prepare the house for the next buyer. Noting that the house is not a weekend warrior project, Nowicki thinks that the right rehabber would be able to tackle all of the mechanical and exterior issues as well as the addition necessary to enlarge the kitchen and bedrooms to make them more appealing to today’s buyer. Although the south side of Oak Park has been rife with tear-downs over the past few years, Byrne does not think the successful bidder intends to tear the house down and start from scratch.
“Of the five bidders, they were mainly rehabbers who were local,” Byrne said. “They understand the integrity of a house like this.” Nowicki said it is unusual to find so many original features remaining in a home, from the stables in the back to the stained-glass windows and elaborate woodwork throughout. “The fact that this stuff is still intact is amazing,” Nowicki said. “It would be a real shame to take it out. This kind of character is the kind of thing that would keep the house from being torn down.” Downs hopes that the rehabber who pur-
chased the home will maintain some of the sense of history of the home and create a place for another family to make happy memories. This is the first time since the 1890s that no one from her family has lived in Oak Park, and while the move is bittersweet, her family has great memories of their decades in the home. She recalls that there were many places to hide in games of hide and seek and that her parents hid jelly beans in the intricate woodwork every year at Easter. “It was a great house to grow up in,” Downs said.
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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. ...............................................$629,000
INVITING TWO STORY three BR on a corner lot designed in 1921 by renowned architect Lyman Allison. This classic home has retained all of its original charm including natural woodwork and stained glass windows. The tranquil back yard provides a perfect place to relax. ...................................................................................... $425,000
CHARMING, SPACIOUS QUEEN ANNE BUNGALOW in pristine condition. Art glass windows, French doors, wood trim, hardwood floors. Granite kitchen, breakfast nook. Family room and 1st floor bedroom. 3 bedrooms on 2nd floor. Finished basement, enclosed porch, 2 car garage. ...............................................................$619,900
FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY on a sixty foot corner lot. Built in 1869, house features three BRs, 1-1/2 baths, hardwood floors and loaded with potential! Great working space in the oak cabinet kitchen. Plenty of yard space along with a nice sized back deck ....... .................................................................................................$274,900
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1401 JACKSON • RIVER FOREST
The Avalon The corner of Bonnie Brae & Thomas
SPECTACULARLY UPDATED American Federalist Home. Tremendously restored and improved by the designer/owner. Benefits include 5 BRs, 4 full + 2 half baths, Gourmet Kitchen, Library/Office and private Family Room with large-scale windows overlooking backyard. ........................................................$1,895,000
RIVER FOREST HOMES BURMA BUILT BUHRKE HOUSE combines Tudor revival & chateau style architecture elements. Gorgeous décor and impeccable attention to detail and care found in house and landscaped grounds, extends to fabulous in ground pool and patios. Perfect for entertaining. ............................$2,449,000 LEGENDARY 1883 ITALIANATE VILLA on Keystone available for the first time in 37 years! A one of a kind house with 7BRs, 3BAs, new hardwood floors, custom stain glass windows, eat-in kitchen. Meticulously preserved original features. AND unparalleled 2014 Guest House! ..................$1,779,000 PREPARE TO BE IMPRESSED with this STUNNING 5 bedroom brick home that was renovated from top to bottom in 2010. This home offers endless amounts of quality upgrades. Exceptional lower level like none you have ever seen. New 2 level brick and stucco heated garage. ........$1,550,000 A REAL STUNNER! This 4BR, 4 full, 1 half BA home was completely gutted and rehabbed in 2010. First floor features a much sought after open floor plan and chef’s kitchen. Bedrooms feature full walk in closets. Fabulous basement has an addl BR, full high end bath and rec room..............................$1,275,000 SPECTACULAR RENOVATION of a 4 BR, 4-1/2 BA home with an open flow feeling and generous room sizes. Kitchen is a chef’s dream, and has cathedral ceilings. Finished basement includes a rec room, playroom and bonus room. Sits on oversized lot, with a two car garage................$1,169,000
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TRULY CLASSIC OP RED BRICK COLONIAL with four or five bedrooms, depending on your needs, and four full and two half baths. Third floor features rec room, or bedroom, and full bath. There is a heated 2 car, with addl 2 tandem space, garage with fabulous coach house above. .............................................$1,750,000
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ELEGANT, GRACIOUS HOME with 4 BRs, 2-1/2 BAs offers a large formal LR w/gas fireplace, spacious DR, hardwood floors, beautiful molding, family room, eat-in kitchen, finished lower level and whole house generator. Outside includes back deck & 3 car garage.........................................................$835,000 RARE BRICK BURMA HOME with original coved moldings, leaded glass windows and wood floors accent well-built house. Enjoy sunroom view of park. 3-bdrm, 2-1/2 bath with large bonus room on 2nd fl, den on 1st fl. Authentic tile roof on house and two-car brick garage. .....................$689,000 BEAUTIFUL 3 LEVEL SINGLE FAMILY offers 3800+ sq/ft of living! Open concept on first floor. Second floor features four spacious bedrooms & a sunroom overlooking backyard. Third floor has great room w/separate guest BR and workout room. Finished basement. .........................................$599,000 THIS HOUSE HAS IT ALL! A red brick colonial situated on a great block with great bones, stunning backyard, attached garage, great basement. A few personal touches and this one is a winner. House is ready to be occupied! Enjoy the upcoming season in your new home ...................................$550,000
511 LINDEN • OAK PARK
LOVELY, WELL CARED FOR VICTORIAN offers three bedrooms, 1-1/2 baths and classic Victorian details throughout. All brand new - wood floors, carpeting, kitchen appliances, quartz counter tops, sink & fixtures, and washing machine. The large, deep back yard is fully fenced.......................$479,000
OAK PARK HOMES
UNPRECEDENTED ESTATE in the Frank Lloyd Wright Historical district of Oak Park! This meticulously renovated 5 BR, 5 full / 2 half bath property offers exquisite details and refined finishes that boast timeless materials and over the top custom millwork. This is a showcase home!$ .......................1,875,000 BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED four BR, 2-1/2 BA move in condition home! Custom kitchen, family room, high ceilings with crown molding in every room. Wide planked hardwood floors. Many custom built-ins. Second floor laundry, 2 Car garage plus 2 additional outside spaces. .....................$724,500 STUNNING VICTORIAN! Updated 3 bedroom, 3 bath home. Original details have been preserved, and well considered updates added to create an ideal blend of historical character and contemporary design. House sits on an extra large lot with professional landscaping. .....................................$549,000
CHARMING THREE BEDROOM FARMHOUSE with updated kitchen, family room that overlooks fenced yard and in-ground pool with pool house. Partially finished basement with finished rec room, updated full bath, laundry room. One car garage, 3 exterior spots. ................................................ $329,000
CONDOS/TOWNHOMES/2 FLATS RIVER FOREST 2BR, 2BA. Three exposures. ....................................$239,000 RIVER FOREST 2BR, 1-1/2 BA. Hardwood floors. ............................$157,000 RIVER FOREST 1BR, 1BA. No stairs!....................................................$89,000 OAK PARK 2 Flat ................................................................................... $549,900 OAK PARK 3BR, 2BA. Top floor unit. .................................................. $185,000 PRICE REDUCED OAK PARK 2BR, 1-1/2 BA. ..............................$129,900 OAK PARK 1BR, 1BA. Nicely updated condo. ......................................$70,000 NEW LISTING FOREST PARK 2BR, 1-1/2 BA................................$97,000 ELMWOOD PARK 2BR, 2BA. Sought-after corner unit! .................$154,000 ELMWOOD PARK 2BR, 1-1/2 BA. Commuter’s dream!..................$147,900
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1142 FRANKLIN AVE, RIVER FOREST $1,395,000 :: 4 bed :: 4.5 bath
420 N EUCLID AVE, OAK PARK $1,585,000 :: 8 bed :: 4 full & 2 half baths
Custom modern 6000 sq. ft. home. Dramatic design and unique detailing throughout.
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his beautiful and spacious four-bedroom, double master townhome is located in the heart of downtown Oak Park at 413 Wisconsin. The Victorian architecture with its lush gardens and deck welcome you to this meticulously maintained complex. The open first level floor plan features a large living room with a stately fireplace and enough room for a grand piano! Prepare your favorite meals in the large cook’s kitchen that features rich granite countertops, loads of cabinetry, an eat-at island and stainless-steel appliances. The large dining area is perfect for hosting your family and friends. On the second level you will find three large bedrooms including the first of two master suites. The third level features an impressive suite with vaulted ceilings, dual walk-in closets and a magnificent master bath that boasts a dual-sink vanity, separate shower and a large tub. The home’s laundry is also located on this upper level. The lower level features an attached garage, mud room, and utility closet, plus an exterior door to the expansive grill patio! 413 Wisconsin, Unit D is currently listed at $472,000. See it at an open house this Sunday from 1-3pm. For more information, contact Steve Scheuring at Baird & Warner, 708.369.8043 or steve.scheuring@bairdwarner.com.
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312 S KENILWORTH, OAK PARK $500,000 :: 6 bed :: 2 bath
131 GALE AVE, RIVER FOREST $834,000 :: 4 bed :: 2.5 bath
1700 78TH CT, ELMWOOD PARK $368,500 :: 3 bed :: 1.5 bath
Updated Victorian - renovated kitchen & master bath - huge park-like yard walk to train.
Renovated 3 bed with first floor family room & finished basement. Great location.
Brick 2-flat located in central Oak Park Three bedrooms per unit. Great location walk to all transportation.
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1230 N. Grove Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyond Properties Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$749,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 734 Linden Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$899,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:30-2 344 Keystone Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,650,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
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2 BR, 2 BA condo, offers tree-top views of beautiful, historic OP! Wonderfully maintained, updated, granite counters, master BA, plenty of cabs, closets. Arrick Pelton and Susan Bragg - ID# 09792232
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1st floor 3 bed, 3 bath duplexed condo features master suite, gorgeous kitchen, fireplace, large balcony, in-unit laundry, heated garage parking plus outside space. Bethanny Alexander - ID# 09798433
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4 BR, 2.1 BA, double master townhome! Open flr pln feat 3rd flr master suite with vaulted ceiling and skylights and a lower level, mud rm, and access to patio! Steve Scheuring - ID# 09705174
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St. Giles: Our Programs Shine
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t. Giles School offers academic rigor, leadership development, and faith formation for students in grades preschool through eight. We emphasize intellectual, spiritual, physical, and social development and value our diverse student body, drawing from Oak Park, Galewood, River Forest, Elmwood Park, Berwyn, and more. Our picturesque, multi-building campus boasts open green spaces and beautiful architecture. Our outdoor classroom provides hands-on learning in science, math, social justice, and wellness and will be Wi-Fi enabled to extend learning. As part of our STEAM initiative, we have 1:1 iPads in junior high, utilize technology in all classrooms, and are creating a Makerspace with 3D printers, laser cutters, and robotics.
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Our early childhood program shines, with dedicated, welcoming preschool teachers and a newly renovated facility. Our play-based approach helps students explore their creativity, build communication skills, and solve problems in an enriching environment. A variety of half-day schedules are available, with extended day and before and after care programs providing full-day options for families.
We take an interdisciplinary approach to learning and provide opportunities that augment the core curriculum, including gym, art, Spanish, music, and a professionally-staffed library. Co-curricular options include band, choir, scouting, and athletics, and enrichment programs offer cooking, engineering, dance, yoga, and more for K-8. Our students consistently score above national norms on standardized tests. St. Giles School graduates go on to the finest high schools in the area, including: Fenwick, St. Ignatius, OPRF, Walter Payton, Jones Prep, St. Patrick and Trinity, and are known for their intellectual preparedness, leadership skills, and commitment to bettering their community. We have a fully-funded scholarship program, with money available for those who need financial assistance to make a St. Giles education reality. Considering a St. Giles education for your child? Join us November 28, 2017 at 6:30pm for our Early Childhood Open House.
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The Brown Cow: Thanksgiving Pies & Much More!
t The Brown Cow Ice Cream Parlor in Forest Park, the fun doesn’t stop in the fall and winter months. The hometown favorite keeps the crowds coming in year-round with seasonal treats and activities that include ice cream and a lot more. Part of the community since 2004, The Brown Cow has long been a customer favorite for their homemade ice creams and delicious ice cream-based treats. Owner Connie Brown says that while ice cream is a treat that can be enjoyed all twelve months of the year, the Brown Cow offers even more during the colder months. Perfect for the holidays, The Brown Cow makes homemade deep dish pies. Now taking Thanksgiving orders, the eleven inch, deep-dish pies are crowd pleasers, as are the mini-pie options. Traditional pies such as pumpkin, apple, apple cranberry, chocolate cream, and sweet black cherry are always a hit. For a fun twist on the traditional, The Brown Cow creates ice cream versions of traditional favorites like cinnamon caramel apple ice cream pie and pumpkin pie made with pumpkin ice cream. All pies are made from scratch in-house with
ty room that makes the perfect spot to host holiday parties or winter birthday parties. In addition, the Brown Cow can come to you for your holiday party. Brown notes, “We do catering for the holidays from family gatherings to corporate events. We can come to you with a pie bar, ice cream sundae bar or root beer float bar. Our staff will do all of the set-up, serving and clean up.” The Brown Cow makes quality offerings a priority, and almost all of their offerings are made in-house from scratch. Anything that is not made in-house is sourced locally so that customers can feel good about their celebrations, whether it’s an ice cream cone or a family party. For Brown, it is all a part of being more than just an ice cream parlor: it’s about being a part of the community people call home. “We have loved being part of the community. We opened up thinking we’d just be the local ice cream shop, and it has turned into so much more.” The Brown Cow is located at 7347 Madison in Forest Park. For more information on holiday catering and events, please contact the Brown Cow at 708.366.7970.
local ingredients. The day after Thanksgiving, the Brown Cow offers a good excuse to move past the turkey and indulge in a waffle bar. Bring your family in for homemade Belgian waffles with all the toppings. On December 16th and 17th, the Brown Cow kicks off the holiday season with visits from Santa. The Brown Cow also offers a full coffee bar with traditional favorites as well as ice-cream-based spins on hot drinks that create a whole new reason to enjoy a specialty drink. A homemade hot chocolate made with steamed chocolate ice cream and homemade chocolate syrup. Lattes made with steamed ice cream, try cinnamon caramel apple, pumpkin spice or peppermint mocha. This summer, the Brown Cow re-branded and re-booted with a new paint scheme and an updated par-
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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 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 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
e connect giving to impact! Animal Care League
Animal Care League offers a safe haven for pets in need. Founded in 1973, Animal Care League takes a proactive approach to animal care and adoption as well as preventative measures to help reduce the number of homeless animals in our communities. With over 1000 pets coming to our doors each year, Animal Care League counts on supporters to ensure that we can provide what is needed from routine vaccinations to life saving surgery. Make a difference in the life of a homeless animal by visiting www.animalcareleague. org where you can sign up to volunteer, make a donation, view our adoptable pets, and learn about upcoming events.
Cantata Adult Life Services As a nonprofit since 1920, Cantata’s mission and vision is to help older adults age successfully, both on our campus and out in their communities. We help them live their best lives by offering a variety of services that meet each individual’s unique needs. This past year, we provided nearly 2,500 services to 1,200 seniors thanks to you and your generosity. Whether it’s the gift of your time or a donation, everything is greatly appreciated and contributes to the successful care and support for aging adults. To donate and make a difference in the lives of seniors in your community, please visit www.cantatahomeservices.org/donate or email george.columbus@cantata.org
Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation OAK PARK-RIVER FOREST
Community Foundation We connect donors to impact. Your gift to the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation can benefit one or many organizations locally,
regionally or nationally. We accept all sizes of gifts -- gifts of cash, appreciated stock, real estate and through bequests. We work with you to match your philanthropic interests with needs. We manage scholarships for students and provide enrichment grants for young people. We provide grants to local nonprofit organizations, present Impact Excellence seminars for them and manage many of their funds. We connect our community for collective impact. For more about what we do, please visit us at: www.oprfcf.org, on Facebook and Twitter: @oprfcf. 708-848-1560 1049 Lake Street, Suite 204 Oak Park, IL 60301 Donate online at: https://goo.gl/MeQaon
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 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 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.
Friends of the Oak Park Conservatory The Oak Park Conservatory is a gem in our community. The Friends of the Oak Park Conservatory (FOPCON) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that helps make the Conservatory a community destination. FOPCON has over 150 volunteers and 500 members. We offer guided tours, free children’s programming, and host Uncorked in the Summer. We are proud of our Discovery and Rubinstein Gardens and our partnership with the PDOP in supporting the Conservatory. Please visit fopcon.org to join or donate. 615 Garfield, Oak Park, 60304. Contact Beth Cheng, Executive Director at 708-725-2460.
Oak Park Festival Theatre Since 1975 Oak Park Festival Theatre, the Midwest’s oldest professional outdoor classical theatre, has brought the magic of dramatic masterpieces to generations of our neighbors. Whether performing under the stars in beautiful Austin Gardens as we do each summer or at any of the many local venues where we partner with local philanthropic agencies (such as Housing Forward, Oak Park Housing Authority or Nineteenth Century Charitable Association), Festival Theatre breaths fresh air into timeless texts for Oak Park and beyond. With ticket prices kept friendly for every budget and free admission for all under 13, we rely on the generosity of our audiences to
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.
continue our dynamic community dialogue. Donations can be made on-line at oakparkfestival.com or mailed to us: Oak Park Festival Theatre, P.O. Box 4114, Oak Park, IL 60303.
Green Community Connections At Green Community Connections, we believe people are the answer to our serious environmental issues. We provide a deeper understanding of natural systems, build community, and inspire change. Through our largest program, the annual One Earth Film Festival, we raise awareness and inspire action. In 2017, 5,600 people attended our 10-day fest, viewing films, participating in discussion and engaging with community partners and advocacy groups to take immediate action on behalf of our planet.
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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 hephzibahhome.org.
Housing Forward The mission of Housing Forward is to transition people from housing crisis to housing stability. By emphasizing
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Community Foundation Your GivinG Can Have BiG impaCt Since 2002, the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation has distributed over $26,000,000 to local, regional and national nonprofit organizations. Here are ways for you to get involved and be part of this impact. Create a fund: donor-advised - you recommend charitable beneficiaries locally or anywhere in the USA annually - you select charities that will receive annual contributions from your fund scholarship - you select a purpose and the Foundation connects with the recipients designated
add to an existinG fund: such as the Fund for Now, the Fund for Forever,
the Fund for.......visit www.oprfcf.org for the many funds that welcome your gift. Donate to the Fund for Now
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Kristin Carlson Vogen or Rhea Yap
Donate to the Fund for Forever
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
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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call us at 708-386-2729 email to info@ nineteenthcentury.org.
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.
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 enrichment. Learn more, volunteer or donate at opef.org. 260 Madison St., Oak Park, IL 60302 Contact: Tracy Dell’Angela Barber, Executive Director tdellangelabarber@opef.org. 708-524-3023
We offer an attractive return on your investment — measured in terms of human lives and futures. To donate, please visit housingforward. org/give, or contact Janet Gow, Director of Development & Communications, at 708.338.1724 ext. 262.
L’Arche Chicago L’Arche Chicago is a community where people with and without intellectual disabilities share life together in homes, as family. In our group homes, we strive to merge the highest quality of care and genuine friendship. We seek to create a world that welcomes difference and celebrates the unique gifts of all people, where each person has a genuine place of belonging. Support L’Arche Chicago on #GivingTuesday and help us to create that kind of world. larchechicago.org/givingtuesday
New Moms New Moms offers services to support moms in the areas of homes, jobs, and family support. These tools empower moms to transform their lives and create strong families filled with stability, health and vision for a strong future. For more information or to donate, visit www.newmoms.org
Nineteenth Century Charitable Association The Nineteenth Century Charitable Association strengthens our community through learning, giving, and sharing our landmark building. We provide community outreach, scholarships, and public programming in five areas: music, art, literature, science, and social sciences. The NCCA is the owner of 178 Forest Avenue, commonly referred to as the Nineteenth Century Club. Our charitable and cultural activities are supported by our members, volunteers, donors, and by the events held at the Club. Programs are open to all and we welcome all ages to join. If you would like information about volunteering, joining or donating, please
The Oak Park Education Foundation (OPEF)
Oak-Leyden Developmental Services In 2017, 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 oak-leyden.org or call 708-524-1050 x102.
Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society/ IWS Children’s Clinic Heartfelt Healthcare is a home for the holidays. Everyone wants to be home for the holidays. Family, friends, food and laughter. Comforting, familiar and happy. The warm, welcoming embrace of the Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society’s Children’s Clinic is a home of a different kind. We care for children from families that could not find help anywhere else. Children who are living in poverty and have faced difficult circumstances. We provide medical, dental and behavioral services right here from our cozy building on Lake Street. We even help with nutrition,
Coordinated by the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation pet therapy, health education and literacy support. We call it Heartfelt Healthcare.
Care and Love for We connect giving to impact! Elbert at L’Arche
Please give generously this Holiday – from your home to theirs. Please call (708)4068661 or visit www.oprfiws.org.
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 oprffoodpantry. org or send checks payable to OPRF Food Pantry to Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry, 848 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60301.
Elbert will tell you, “Thanks to L’Arche and The Man Upstairs, I learned how to read.” At age 61, having only completed the first grade in his rural Georgia hometown, Elbert (the founding adult with intellectual disabilities who lives at and is supported by L’Arche Chicago) decided he wanted to learn how to read. Joyfully, Elbert and his housemates came up with a plan to help him learn. If this was a priority for Elbert, it was a priority for the direct support professionals who lived with him in his L’Arche home. With patient resolve, Elbert reviewed flashcards each morning with L’Arche assistants. After only one year, Elbert was able to correctly identify each letter of the alphabet and read the words on the cards. When Elbert proudly demonstrated his new skill at a restaurant, ordering a coffee by pointing to the word coffee on the menu, deep joy was felt by Elbert and the assistants in his home. The care that Elbert receives in Friendship House, where he will live for the rest of his life, is more than just the care needed to “get by.” It is the care you give to and receive from people that you love. For more information about L’Arche Chicago, visit larchechicago.org.
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Opportunity Knocks is dedicated to providing opportunities and resources for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities so they may pursue their educational, occupational and social interests. Our approach to programming is person-centered, peer-led and community-based.
Donate online or pledge a monthly gift today at www.pillarscommunity.org/donate.
Ping! PING! provides the opportunity to experience the many benefits of a music education to students in need in our community. Each year PING! loans musical instruments to students in need in Oak Park River Forest school districts 90, 97, and 200 so that they can participate in the band and orchestra programs at school. PING! also provides music enrichment through workshops for 4th and 5th graders; mentoring, scholarships for summer music camp, and field trips for middle schoolers; and private music lessons for high school students. PING! is a volunteer-run organization that depends on the community for donated instruments, volunteer help, and financial contributions to maintain our instrument inventory and programs. For more information or to make a donation, go to pingoprf.org. If you have an instrument to donate, send us an email at pingoprf@ gmail.com.
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Due to challenges in relying on the State of Illinois as a funding partner, we rely on our community for that partnership and support. We are nearly entirely privately funded. That fact makes your support that much more important. To learn more about Opportunity Knocks or to make a donation in support of the Warrior Mission, please visit us online at opportunityknocksnow.org.
PACTT Learning Center At PACTT Learning Center, we believe that the road to a higher quality of life is paved with a quality of opportunity. Providing our participants with access to employment and recreation in the community is critical to ensuring the success of the people we serve. Through person-centered programs that emphasize access, choice and the dignity of risk, PACTT provides a safe environment for participants to experience a personal freedom grounded in human rights. PACTT programs include a therapeutic day school, residential services for children & adults, a transition program for older teens and vocational training/ job placement 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.
The River Forest Library Foundation “A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people,” said Andrew Carnegie. That’s why he funded thousands of public libraries a century ago to help people help themselves through self-directed learning. Today, the River Forest Public Library (RFPL) carries on that core mission by providing not just books and periodicals but also a wide array of digital resources (onsite and remotely), interactive programs, and other transformative learning opportunities. Honor a family member, a cherished teacher or mentor, a dear friend, or your own love of lifelong learning by giving to the RFPL Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, at 735 Lathrop Avenue, River Forest, IL 60305 or rfplfoundation.org/donate. Your gift will inspire others and transform the lives of so many in our community.
Sarah’s Inn
Pleasant Home Pleasant Home Foundation, a non-profit organization, restores and preserves our National Historic Landmark house museum while offering a wide variety of educational opportunities, cultural programming and free community events. Financial support is crucial to sustain Pleasant Home as an important resource for tourism and as a center for the community. 217 Home Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302 pleasanthome.org, hruehlemay@pleasanthome.org, 708-383-2654
Pro Bono Network Access to justice should not depend upon one’s income. There are simply not enough lawyers to help people in dire need of legal aid. These include safety from an abuser, adequate housing, and the ability to get a job. Pro Bono Network, a locally-grown and new kind of organization, has brought over 250 attorneys to pro bono work by making legal representation practical. As a result over 1500 clients have received legal aid services which often encompass basic human rights. Learn more at pro-bono-network.org. Donating will make a difference! Be a part of bridging the justice gap!
Since 1981, Sarah’s Inn has worked to improve the lives of those impacted by domestic violence and to break the cycle of violence for future generations. Our Intervention Program provides bi-lingual services for families affected by domestic violence in order to safely navigate crisis, effectively process trauma and ensure self-sufficiency. Our Training and Education Program creates a network of skilled bystanders to appropriately intervene as first responders and community advocates. Our Together Strong Project was created to prevent relationship violence by teaching youth about the impact of their choices, giving them the tools to lead healthy lives, and empowering them to make a difference in their community. To donate, visit donatenow.networkforgood. org/sarahsinn, or make a tax-deductible donation through postal mail by sending a check to: Sarah’s Inn, PO Box 1159, Oak Park, IL 60304
Helping Angel take flight
Youth Outreach Services (YOS) helps youth in the Oak Park community prepare for independence while living in a safe, stable home through the Transitional Living Program (TLP). TLP serves youth ages 17 to 19, who are involved in the child welfare system. Angel, a 19-year-old resident, who spent most of her childhood living in various foster homes, has been involved with the program for the last year. Now, with the stability that TLP offers, Angel is currently maintaining a steady job, and will begin college in January. Her dream is to become a child psychologist. YOS believes that by giving a little help, youth can go a long way. Reflecting on her time of being surrounded by the people and services offered by TLP, Angel said, “Your life is what you make of it, it is important to be grateful for what you have and what you start to make for yourself.” For more information about Youth Outreach Services, go to www.yos. org.
The Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest
Each year The Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest receives support from loyal patrons and generous friends. Ticket sales provide less than half the funds needed for the Sym-
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nated by the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation phony’s performances. Your gift keeps this award-winning orchestra going strong, allowing us to keep our ticket prices low and provide free tickets to students through college to our concerts held at Dominican University. This year we celebrate our 85th Anniversary and your help is needed to ensure our future. We will reward donations of $100 (or more!) with a complementary ticket to our February 12 BEETHOVEN’s 9th concert or a free CD of our April Symphony Center concert. Make your end-of-year tax-deductible donation at symphonyoprf.com, or: P.O. Box 3564, Oak Park, IL 60303-3564.
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Thrive Counseling Center Thrive Counseling Center (formerly Family Services of Oak Park) has provided community mental health services for 119 years. Located in the heart of Oak Park, our mission is to build healthy minds, families and communities by empowering people to attain mental and emotional well-being. Hope, resilience and recovery form the heart of our programs and services. Last year we provided critical services to approximately 1,500 friends, neighbors and family members including… • counseling for youth and adults • psychiatric care and medication management • 24/7 crisis intervention • in-home counseling for older adults • case management and supportive housing • psycho-social recovery day program • stress reduction courses To learn more or donate, please visit www.thrivecc.org. or call 708-383-7500, ext. 316
UCP Seguin of Greater Chicago UCP Seguin believes that all people, regardless of ability, deserve to achieve their potential, advance their independence and act as full members of the community. So we stop at nothing to provide life skills training, assistive technology, meaningful employment and a place to call home for people with disabilities, as well as specialized foster care for children. Our goal: life without limits for people with disabilities. Make a difference in the lives of people with disabilities. Donate online at ucpseguin.org or send gifts to UCP Seguin, 332 Harrison Street, Oak Park IL 60304
West Cook YMCA A life best lived includes helping others experience a better life. When you give to the West Cook YMCA, you give to our community. 100% of your tax-deductible donation goes directly to providing scholarships to children, adults, and seniors- your friends and neighbors- transforming their lives through access to health screenings, chronic disease prevention programs, after-school programs, swim lessons, life-skills training for residents, and Y memberships that can open the door to help each person become their best self. Make a difference right in your own community today with your support of the West Cook YMCA’s scholarship fund. To donate, visit WestCookYMCA.org/donate or send your check to West Cook YMCA, 255 S. Marion St., Oak Park, IL 60302. (708-383-5200)
West Suburban Special Recreation Association (WSSRA) West Suburban Special Recreation Association (WSSRA) provides recreational programming for individuals with disabilities who reside in Oak Park, River Forest and eight other surrounding communities. Donations to WSSRA, help provide financial assistance to those participating in our yearround programs and summer day camp. To make a donation, please visit wssra.net.
Wonder Works Children’s Museum Creative and imaginative play are vital to a healthy child and Wonder Works Children’s Museum provides countless opportunities for both, giving children a safe space to explore. Wonder Works is committed to providing an environment where early learning flourishes through thoughtfully designed “experience zones” and educational programming. Rachel Rettberg CEO Wonder Works Children’s Museum 6445 W North Ave, Oak Park IL 60302 773.636.7971 rrettberg@wonder-works.org wonder-works.org www.facebook.com/wonderworkschildrensmus YEMBA
YEMBA Founded in 2007, YEMBA is focused on educating and empowering youth thru life-skills mentoring. We provide free life-skill mentoring workshops to middle school youth. These workshops are designed to educate and empower them mentally, physically and spiritually. We employ life-long learning and service experiences through group mentorship that will equip them with knowledge and tools for leadership development and ultimately, success in life. Also, we provide training opportunities for high schoolers and adults to explore their philanthropic journey as mentors. We rely on the generosity and sponsorship of individuals like you to help continue this great mission! To help make a difference in the lives of our youth, please visit us at http://www.yemba-inc.org or follow us on Facebook @yembaInc em
Keeping Kids on Track for Leadership and Success The lives of three local young men were forever changed when they started receiving services at YEMBA Mentoring Empowerment Program (M.E.P.). Helping them navigate the road blocks that often knock at-risk youth off track—drugs, violence, and substance abuse—YEMBA assisted these three young men to successfully complete middle school and go on to high school. Each year of their high school tenure, they all returned to M.E.P. to become junior mentors as a way of staying connected, giving back and developing their leadership skills while beginning their philanthropic journey. Now in their senior year, all three are college bound with plans to become a veterinarian, a business entrepreneur and music/film producer. In addition, the mother of one of the boys is now a volunteer at YEMBA. A program designed to support middle school students, M.E.P. was founded by Edward Redd. For more information, please visit www. yemba-inc.org.
Youth Outreach Services (YOS) Youth Outreach Services (YOS) is a non-profit organization that helps at-risk youth in the Chicago area reach their potential. For almost 60 years, we’ve focused on caring for teens that face challenges at home, in school and in the community. YOS believes all youth are capable of excellence. Our job is to provide the support they need to meet challenges head on, discover their strengths and make healthy choices. We provide comprehensive services from our four service areas depending on each client’s needs: Counseling, Prevention, Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice with programs in schools, client’s homes and our offices.
To make a donation, volunteer, or get more information, go to yos.org or call 773-777-7112, x 7270.” To make a donation, volunteer, or get more information, go to yos.org or call 773-777-7112x7270
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s I rode along Lake Street with my newly purchased and affordable bathmat from the new Target, I couldn’t help but get nostalgic when I saw the Marshall Field clock. I reflected on my memories of the now-vacant building with my Lyft driver who was also a lifelong resident of Oak Park. He told me how he used to go to Marshall Field’s as a young man, and one would wear their “Sunday’s best” when shopping there because the sales associates tended to assist only the well-dressed patrons. I vividly remember that now-vacant building as a shoe store. There I had my foot measured for a pair of new church shoes as a young girl. Years later it would become Borders Bookstore where families would scramble for last-minute holiday presents with complimentary gift wrapping. I can’t help but wonder what will be housed next in that historic building, a building that has housed so many memories for Oak Park residents. Will it be perceived as an opportunity for new memories, or even new residents, or will we forever miss what it used to be? How do we explore these feelings about new development in Oak Park in a neutral setting that encourages critical but civil dialogue among our passionately engaged residents? The polarizing responses I have heard to downtown Oak Park’s development has sparked various questions in my mind about development in Oak Park. When being courted by developers, do we know our worth? What is our worth? What is an “impact fee”? How does a growing population impact our police and fire department? Why do people move to
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view blackface as a period in American entertainment and industrial history that motivated nativist sentiments and the desire to control and solidify the images and identities of black people and consign them to comforting, yet dangerous reservations in the national consciousness. For blacks and some whites, the performance of blackface is loaded and charged with some of the most torturously fearful ideas about blackness, the self — so dense with shame and cruelty — and perhaps the very erasure of self. The unnerving social and cultural elements embedded in the functioning of how blackface appropriates the black self renders black people as mal, inferior. Blackface and minstrelsy heightened the received New World idea of “black,” and sought to stabilize the concept of “black” by morphing African slaves in the New World into international icons of institutional subservience — among other things. There are the unsettling images, shockingly racist artifacts, a closeted culture practicing an uneasy avoidance of a period in our history that continues to generate undealt-with feelings regarding the various ways in which blackface is viewed and interpreted. The echoes of blackface have arrived in our community and have alighted on, and affixed themselves to us as lingering reminders of their continued influence on our imaginations and sensibilities. The blackface incident at OPRF High School uncovered and illustrates dormant, unresolved, in-need-ofrepair issues that will not be ameliorated by status-quo responses. I think the high school incident, coupled with a re-examination of minstrelsy periods, could enable a valid teaching and learning moment — one that could shape and support a communal deep-dive into one of the most culturally-charged periods in our country’s collective memory.
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Intermittent rashes of “courageous discussions” about race have flared up and sputtered out over time in our communities, so this is another call for upright, well-meaning people to resist dodging the anxiety associated with the period and get up close to this mostavoided American historical landscape. I recommend that citizens invite and encourage the reading of a decided-upon communal text and have conversations about it. Here are a few suggestions: • Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class, by Eric Lott • Blackface, White Noise: Jewish Immigrants in the Hollywood Melting Pot, by Michael Rogin
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e admit it. We’ve always considered tinkering with Oak Park’s overnight ban on street parking the third rail of local politics. Easier to build a high-rise than mess with the parking ban. Safer to propose a bonus indoor swimming pool than allow strangers to park their car in front of someone else’s single-family home. We took seriously the claim of the retired longtime village attorney who warned that adding exceptions to an outright ban on overnight street parking was a sure way to get hauled into court and have the ban declared illegal. Well maybe we were wrong. Oak Park officials, vexed by the perpetual shortage of parking spaces for apartment and condo owners, having exhausted every “parking enclave” euphemism for really just selectively loosening the ban, are listening to a proposal to effectively turn side streets into overnight parking spaces throughout the village. Yes, as proposed, this is a pilot program covering maybe one quarter of the village for nine months. Yes, one option in the proposal would be an odd-even alternating system to keep one side of the street open for snow plowing and leaf removal. Yes, it is still possible that comatose homeowners, cars snug in their garages, will rebel if this proposal is put in place and an unfamiliar Nissan takes up regular residence at the front door. But at a well-publicized public meeting of the Transportation Commission last week, not a peep was heard from any homeowner declaring proprietary ownership of the asphalt at the foot of their sidewalk. Instead the strongly attended meeting heard from car owners who found the odd-even system too restrictive. The proposed changes to the overnight ban are one response to the broader charge to the Transportation Commission and its consultant to simplify parking regulations across the village, to put an end to light poles with four incomprehensible instructions on if, when and for how long you might put your car at rest. A worthy goal — if you don’t get electrocuted.
Priming the TIF With a Madison Street TIF, with ink still wet, trustees in River Forest Monday made a million-dollar investment of tax dollars in a key piece of property. For a village typically cautious in assembling parcels for development this was a bold move, aimed at speeding potential private development dollars. River Forest trustees voted 5-0 to buy the longtime Lutheran Child and Family Services building at 7610 Madison St. The non-profit had announced in August that it wanted out of the building as state budget woes had shifted its strategic plan away from a large staff in need of a large office complex. Departing River Forest is just one piece of the respected social service agency’s remaking. The Madison Street TIF was created recently with redevelopment of just such properties in mind. The 1950s-era, one-story office building is an obsolete dino that will never be retrofitted to a new and more property-tax-generous model. We’d also suggest that the 1990s strip malls on Madison Street are about as done for as the office properties. Kudos to the village government for its prompt action and intervention. The worry though is that, in lending the million bucks from the village’s general fund to the TIF, the repayment cycle may be long. TIFs are funded by increases in property values and tax generation within the geography of the district. By pre-loading the TIF, the village needs new development to happen sooner than later. Being open to something as simple as high-end townhomes, which have proven popular along Madison, might provide a reasonably quick and profitable return on the village’s investment.
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verything is coming to a head all at once in this country and those in favor of progress (not everyone, alas) agree we need to talk about these issues. Racial justice; transgender rights; sexual harassment; gun regulation; patriotism, protest and the star-spangled banner; climate change; social media; women’s reproductive rights; educational equity; and the defilement of democratic governance, to name just a few. Lucky us. No, really. Bring it on. What community is better suited to hold these conversations than ours? We have more history wrestling with race, women’s rights, gun regulation, pro-life issues (starting with climate change), and grassroots democratic action than most communities. We have experience talking about things that make us uncomfortable. We don’t cut and run at the first mention. We don’t take refuge in denial. And we do something about them. This is our heritage. We were ahead of the curve with our fair housing ordinance (50 years ago next April), our domestic partnership registry (more than two decades before same-sex marriage became legal), our handgun and assault rifle bans (in the ’80s), and making educational equity a top priority at the high school (since the late ’90s). A forum on “The Intersection of Race & Education,” the latest in a long line of discussions on race (dating back 25 years to Rodney King and Bill Clinton’s call for “courageous conversations”) will be held tonight at 7 p.m. (if you’re reading this online Tuesday afternoon) or last night (if you’re reading it in print on Wednesday) at OPRF High School’s South Cafeteria, prompted by a racially insensitive incident that surfaced recently, thanks to our best friend and worst enemy — social media, which amplifies the loose cannons of the human psyche. To be fair, it also highlights the better angels of our nature. But guess which one spreads like wildfire? Having attended a number of these conversations over the years, here is my opening statement: ■ This would be a much poorer country, culture and community without our African American heritage, and my life is much richer for all the African Americans I have met here and gotten to know. They have taught me a great deal about character. ■ Our society has made progress in reducing racism. That should not be dismissed or denied. But there is still plenty of residual racism, which also should not be dismissed or denied. Ferguson, Missouri, and myriad incidents like it over the last three years, certainly schooled me on how hidden and institutionalized we have allowed the “New Jim Crow” to become. I thought we were a lot further along. It has been humbling.
■ I don’t think all European (aka “white”) Americans are racist, but all of us are implicated because we live in, and benefit from, a society that was built on racism (slavery) and we contribute to perpetuating the system of “white supremacy” in ways we may not even realize. It is our moral responsibility, I believe, to understand how that operates and commit to changing it. ■ African Americans, who have been most directly on the receiving end of racism, have an acute — and very understandable — sensitivity to this issue. So if they are a little (or more than a little) wary of European Americans when it comes to race, I don’t take it personally. ■ I acknowledge that “white privilege” exists, regrettably, and that I have been the beneficiary of it. I believe African Americans, in general, have a tougher road to travel through life. And it isn’t fair. We don’t all begin at the same starting line and most African Americans face obstacles I do not. ■ Without hesitation, I declare that “Black Lives Matter,” with no need to attach the painfully obvious corollary that “all lives matter.” African American lives have not always mattered, and to this day they do not always matter, as much as European American lives. That must change. ■ Thanks to my experiences here in Oak Park over the past 28 years, when I meet African Americans, my comfort and trust levels are high and I am seldom disappointed. ■ A friend of mine says it better: “My respect for African Americans comes from living a life where our lives are intertwined. I am grateful for the positive partnerships and friendships that have resulted in mutual respect. Living in a multiracial community asks us to uphold each other’s dignity and extend our humanity with generosity and grace.” ■ It’s time to surrender the biases that too many European Americans still carry, based on young African American men wearing their pants too low or swearing too much in public, the oftenexaggerated fear of crime or the “stridency” of protests against police shootings. ■ We need to surrender our certainties, hardened opinions and “motivated reasoning” (drawing conclusions, then searching for evidence to support them). These conversations don’t require courage so much as humility, admitting that we don’t have all the answers and being hungry to hear from others, meeting one another as imperfect human beings who want to become better citizens and neighbors. ■ Let’s not worry so much about saying things “correctly.” We’re going to make mistakes. That’s how we learn. If not now, when? If not Oak Park, where? If not us, who? Let’s talk. Then let’s walk, together, toward a better community and country.
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Paying to park complicates Sunday worship I am writing as a minister of Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation to express our congregational dismay at the possibility of eliminating free parking on Sundays. We are located at Lake and Kenilworth, and have only a few off street parking spaces that are exclusively ours. We try to reserve these for some who are mobility impaired. Other than that, we are completely reliant upon street parking for our congregants and staff on Sunday mornings. Because parking restrictions are not enforced on Sundays, it allows members of (and visitors to) our congregation to park on nearby streets without worry of needing a particular amount (or mode) of payment or of failing to follow time limits. We have many within our congregation who spend a few hours with us on Sundays, which would be restricted or hampered by either having to move their car after a particular time period or having to ensure that they add money to their parking meters. We do have some parishioners who walk or take public transportation to our church on Sunday, but we are a regional church that draws from a great area, so many
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drive to downtown Oak Park. Those same parishioners also are likely to extend their stay by having a brunch or lunch in town. Parking fees and restrictions would make that much less likely, and allow for less flexibility in those plans. In addition, we hold some of our Sunday activities at another site, 1019 South Blvd., and sometimes staff and volunteers need to be in both sites or transport materials back and forth. Parking fees and restrictions would hinder our operations on our busiest day of the week. We literally have hundreds of people coming through our doors on Sundays, and finding parking is challenging in any case. Being able to assure visitors and members that their car will be safe wherever it may be parked makes our job easier. It helps lessen the stress of those who already who have so much on their minds and hearts on a Sunday. We would be less welcoming as a religious community and as a larger community by discontinuing free parking on Sunday.
Rev. Emily Gage
Minister of Faith Development Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation
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A rec center will benefit all
I am writing in support of the Community Recreation Center (CRC) proposed by the Park District of Oak Park. A 16-year Oak Park resident with kids and an active member in the community, I have served on boards focused on the education and well-being of Oak Park’s youth. The Oak Park and River Forest park districts are under pressure to offer an indoor pool and OPRF High School District 200 knows if they want public support for a competition-size pool, they will need to make this available to the public. The CRC is a cost-effective solution for creating a facility shared by multiple government agencies. As the parent of a swimmer, I fully support this community endeavor to create a place for our team to practice and host meets. Given the space constraints on the OPRF campus, this is the best space we could imagine for our team. I understand that there is resistance from the FFC as they feel the CRC will take patronage away from their facility. However, FFC is currently building a brand new facility in Elmhurst where the local park district already has a community center, a YMCA, and many smaller fitness boutiques. The CRC can effectively coexist with a for-profit club like the FFC. It appears that FFC realizes that in Elmhurst there are plenty of fitness users at different socio-economic levels who need to be served in that community, not unlike Oak Park and River Forest.
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The park district along with the other five Oak Park government entities completed a feasibility study in 2016 for this project. The surveys conducted by an independent third party in both 2010 and 2014 revealed that the needs of the community align with those priorities identified through the 2016 feasibility study: indoor pool, indoor walking track, fitness, basketball courts, arts studios and community meeting spaces. The new CRC would: 1) Provide safe spaces for kids after school as well as a place for youth, adults, seniors and families to come together regardless of economic background. 2) Allow community building through recreational and wellness activities that have been identified by the residents. 3) Serve as a multi-generational space for the whole community. Studies show that for every dollar spent in after-school programming, $3-$5 are saved in crime costs in the future. With this in mind, providing a free open gym to our youth is an investment in their future and most likely a cost savings to our community. I appreciate your consideration of this most important issue in our community.
Adrienne McMullen Oak Park
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Thoughts & prayers … plus legislation
Good guns are 7 times better than bad guns Police use of guns generally is “good” … but … there have been a few bad examples over the years. Deaths by suicide with guns is “bad,” amounting to about 19,000 per year nationally, a figure not discussed much in our society (why not?). There are about 30,000-32,000 total handgun deaths per year and about 1,250 to 1,500 justifiable deaths by the police. There are 1,500 or so deaths by private citizens ruled justifiable homicide. There are gang-related deaths (that can be measured) of somewhere around 2,500-4,000 per year and accidental deaths, frequently rather sloppily determined, around several hundred. Allowing for rounding, premeditated murder accounts for 1,000-2,000 annually. Mass murder, historically, as a percent of total deaths has been relatively minor. Sadly that is no longer true. That is what our society would like to cure as a whole or, if we cannot do that, at least to a very significant degree. How? First, we try to look at what is causing the problem and our efforts so far to deal with it. Some of us assumed guns and their availability have caused the problem. “Gun control” by absolute possession prohibition has obviously failed, however. If we cannot prevent people from getting guns, we should perhaps look at thoroughly controlling the people who will be a menace
to their fellow man if they get guns. We do that too. Why is it not working? Quite a few reasons actually. How do we improve the situation? No one seems to have a really good answer. Not our politicians, nor police, nor the psychologists,
psychiatrists, sociologists, religious leaders and teachers. My answer lies in the fact that “good” people use guns about seven times more often to do “good” than “bad” people use guns to do “bad.” Seven-to-one odds with hope to increase them incrementally may be where it’s at. (For those of you who would like to know where I get the 7-1 ratio, please read Professor Gary Kleck’s book Point Blank and Professor John Lott’s book, More Guns, Less Crime. Both professors, using totally acceptable methodology, arrived at the same conclusion about 20 years apart. Professor Lott had a huge advantage over Professor Kleck because he could utilize computers for gathering and processing information. He has updated his book repeatedly. His conclusions have been attacked (many times but never successfully.) Let us try not to get hysterical about what has been happening and recognize if a good answer exists, we haven’t yet found it, but with perseverance we will. In the meantime, let us be grateful that all those attributes that make for human decency are winning 7-1.
I believe that “thoughts and prayers” have been given a fair trial as a solution to our growing problem of massacres. If there is a causal relationship between thoughts and prayers and mass shootings, one would have to conclude, if anything, that thoughts and prayers are exacerbating the shootings. Even thoughts and prayers in combination with other common rituals such as linking arms, candlelight vigils, placing flowers and teddy bears at the site, marches, etc. are simply not having the desired effect of reducing gun violence. Perhaps some essential facet of the solution is missing. While I would certainly not discourage continuing the above practices, I would hope we might at least try some different approaches to the problem. I am certain that banning assault weapons would be far more than could be accomplished politically, but could an attempt be made to require state licenses for gun dealers and effective universal background checks? Don’t we bear some responsibility for mitigating what is becoming a common practice? It is not easy, I grant, to discern what is absolutely in the hands of God and what God requires that we collaborate on. But I am beginning to suspect that some responsibility might be ours and we should try thoughts and prayers, etc. in combination with legislation.
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Faith in solar power The Interfaith Green Network (IGN) and several other local organizations are investigating the feasibility of banding together to support new solar power installations. Under the PlanItGreen: Solar in Your Community initiative, these solar installations may be located on rural lands or on brownfields and industrial sites in Northern Illinois. Under the “community solar” concept, participating houses of worship, perhaps 20 or more, would pay or “subscribe” to the energy provider based on their collective energy usage. The actual power from that particular solar array gets fed into the state’s electric grid. If enough groups make these kinds of investments, solar providers can expand so that more renewable energy feeds into our state’s electric grid. One goal of the initiative is to save money in the energy costs for houses of worship and other local institutions. Another is to support
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the development of new clean energy sources and to drastically reduce the emission of greenhouse gases from our current coal- and gas-fired power plants. Participants in the study simply provide the annual electricity use and cost for their church building — there is no commitment to invest or “subscribe” to any future solar energy development. If members of local houses of worship think their congregation might be interested in participating in the feasibility study, they can contact Mark Burger (burgermkop@gmail.com) or Jim Babcock (jlbabck@sbcglobal.net). For more information, go to greencommunityconnections.org and see the article “Community Solar Rises and Shines.”
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A conversation on development from page 39 Oak Park, and are we living up to the expectations of our new residents? Are we preserving the character of Oak Park? Who defines that character? Is affordable and integrated housing a part of that character? If so, are we, as a village, communicating that to potential developers? How will new residents impact the U.S. Census in 2020? Will we see a shift in race and income? These are all valid questions that ought to be continuously explored as our community grows. On Saturday, Nov. 11, iGOV, the Intergovernmental Committee of Oak Park, met to explore the impact of development and how each taxing body can adequately prepare for Oak
Park’s growing and vibrant community. Our growing community is like a garden and we must be intentional about how we plant each and every new seed to ensure that the garden we grow preserves its rich, vibrant, and colorful history, while also welcoming the opportunity to blossom. Michelle Mbekeani, 27, is a lifetime resident of Oak Park. She is an attorney at the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law. She is the mother of an energetic and loving 2 year old boy. Michelle enjoys singing and volunteering thoughout the community, supporting Oak Park public schools, and the Oak Park Festival Theatre.
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from page 39 • Beyond Blackface: African Americans and the Creation of American Popular Culture, 1890-1930, by W. Fitzhugh Brundage The goal of this communal read should be to establish a common reference point from which the community could possibly discuss — in all of its complexity — the use of this historical bookmark of blackface minstrelsy as a lens through which to examine, generally and specifically, issues of belonging, identity, and equity. A great deal of scholarship has been generated about the personalities and events, the popular trends that were captured and generated and sometimes
sustained over time. It is a reminder of power relationships, another deep psychic cut inflicted upon the African in the New World and on the nation. Many people continue to feel the hurt and regret, calculate the harm that ensues from the continued performances of white people putting on black face and, stranger still, the peculiar phenomenon of black men putting on blackface as well. These themes, though not as overt in our time as they were during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, remain as lingering specters, influencing at a deep level, the ways black and white Americans negotiate the commons. This unexplored, veiled territory, should not be so swiftly and dutifully swept under the rug of memory. George Bailey is a longtime Oak Park resident and a retired Columbia College professor.
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Trade agreements must include protections U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer recently stated, “It’s always odd to me when business people come around and say, ‘Oh, we just want our investments protected.’ Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way in the markets.” Lighthizer was referring to Investment-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). Trans-National Corporations (TNCs) have managed to include ISDS as part of many international “trade agreements.” ISDS strips sovereign nations of the right to a trial before national court systems. When ISDS is part of a trade agreement, it authorizes a panel of three pro-corporate “judges” to adjudicate trade cases that have been brought by TNCs against sovereign nations. There is no appeal process to overturn a decision under ISDS. TNCs have even sued to recover (sic) future profits. During the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), TNCs are lobbying to keep ISDS in place. Lighthizer wants TNCs to put their investments on the line and not sidestep the U.S. judicial system. The CATO Institute (a libertarian think tank) issued a paper declaring ISDS inimical to national sovereignty. TNCs want to “safely” invest money and rely on pro-trade lobbyists/judges to settle cases free from U.S. judicial oversight. Food safety, child labor and workers’ rights, environmental regulation, drug patent extensions and banking regulations are among the issues that would be up for grabs under corporate-dominated ISDS. Thomas Jefferson once said, “Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute a strong enough attachment as that from which
they draw their gains.” The International Labour Organization has eight Fundamental Conventions that countries can sign and make part of trade agreements. Mexico, Canada and the U.S. are the three signatories to NAFTA. Mexico and Canada have signed seven of the eight. The United States has signed two: Opposition to The Worst Forms of Child Labor Violations and Opposition to Forced Labor. The U.S. should make the eight Fundamental Conventions part of every trade agreement. To view the ILO conventions, go to Conventions & Recommendations - ILO. Regarding environmental issues, the U.S. should adopt the demands found in the People’s Agreement reached at the World Peoples’ Conference on Climate Change and signed at Cochabamba, Bolivia on April 22, 2010. These demands have been made on developed countries by people from less developed nations. They should become part of any trade agreement that the U.S. signs. To view them, search for Outcomes Of The WPC On Climate Change In Bolivia. If you feel that a call for the U.S. to enshrine the above-mentioned labor and environmental solutions as part of our trade deals is “pie in the sky,” let me briefly define “Neoliberalism”: amassing profit for the few while enhancing corporate power. All the “trade” agreements the U.S. has recently signed have been shaped by several hundred lobbyists in the employ of TNCs. That’s “fox in the hen house.” Time to deny the 1% and grow our democracy. Eliminate ISDS from any and all trade agreements.
Tom Broderick Oak Park
New signal posts misaligned I have a problem with one corner of the new signals that are being put at the intersection of Wisconsin and Washington. The southeast corner signal posts are not correctly aligned. In fact, one large one is actually in the middle of the sidewalk and a very abrupt jog was made to the sidewalk where the post holding a future large upright is going to be put in. Someone at IDOT should be notified of this horrible discrepancy immediately. Apparently no one took a tree down that is too close to where the sidewalks meet. The engineering just worked around where they could and built a post in the sidewalk area and made a very abrupt jog in the sidewalk, which I’m sure people will have a problem with.
Going west on the sidewalk on Washington and then south on Wisconsin, people will see that just cutting across the southeast corner lawn would be easier than navigating this goofy jog where a post will be. This post should be between the sidewalk and curb but they put a box in the ground next to said tree that should have been removed. The box says, “Traffic Signal.” It is in the place where the large post would normally be. Cut down the tree and do the southeast corner correctly so signals are right. Please investigate this and don’t take no it’s OK for an answer before it’s too late!
Steven McDonough North Riverside
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Carlos Messerli, 90
Music educator, director of Lutheran Music Program Carlos R. Messerli, PhD, 90, of Oak Park, died on Nov. 9, 2017. Born on Feb. 21, 1927, he was the founding director of the Lutheran Music Program. He received his B.A, in Education from Concordia University Chicago, a M.A. in Piano Performance from Northwestern University, a M.A. in Musicology from the University of Michigan, and his PhD in Choral Literature from the University of Iowa. A professor of music at Concordia University, NeCARLOS MESSERLI braska for 20 years, he also served as music director for various congregations in Lincoln, Nebraska. Carlos Messerli was the husband of Susan (nee Roehrs) for 59 years; the brother of the late Victoria Shapiro and Leah Messerli; and the uncle of Jane and Andrew Shapiro. Visitation will be held on Saturday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m. until the time of service, 11 a.m., at Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 Divi-
sion St. in River Forest. In lieu of flowers, the family appreciates donations to the Lutheran Music Program, www.lutheranmusicprogram.org, or to Grace Lutheran Church, www.graceriverforest.org. Arrangements were by Drechsler, Brown & Williams, www.drechslerbrownwilliams. com.
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Mary Elizabeth Knight (nee McPadden), 85, of Oak Park, died on Nov. 5, 2017. Born on July 11, 1932 and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, she was a graduate of Notre Dame Academy, received her B.A. at the University of Massachusetts and her M.A. in Education at the University of Bridgeport. She was a reading specialist and elementary school teacher who retired after 30 years of teaching in New England. She moved to Sarasota, Florida in 1994 and to Oak Park in 2015. She held memberships in St. Thomas More Parish, the St. Vincent de Paul Society and the Order of Secular Franciscans. Mary Knight is survived by her children, Kimberly Knight and Daniel (Sarah) Knight; her brother, Joseph McPadden; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
Cheryl Tartakoff, 73
Research dietician, editor, avid singer Cheryl Corbin Tartakoff, 73, a former resident of Oak Park, died on Sept. 7, 2017 in Falmouth, Massachutsetts. She held M.A. degrees from the Teachers College of Columbia University and the University of Wisconsin Madison. She was a research dietician at Rockefeller University, director of the MD/PhD program at Case Western University, and the editor at the American Dietetic Association. An avid singer, both solo and choral, in New York, Cleveland, and Oak Park, she was also a volunteer at
the Oak Park Conservatory, and a devoted gardener. Cheryl Tartakoff is survived by David Tartakoff, her husband of 27 years; her daughter, Ann Tartakoff; her brother, Thomas CHERYL TARTAKOFF Corbin; and her nephews and nieces. A memorial service will take place at Pilgrim Congregational Church in Oak Park on Nov. 25 at 3 p.m.
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aturday morning’s iGov session was a gift to those of us wishing we were still in grad school: a somewhat academic but intriguing overview of urban planning, values-based economic development and the role of community engagement in designing plans and strategies to direct growth, investment and density. The workshop provided both context and commentary on how Oak Park is and should be positioning itself for the future. Three specific phrases stuck with me: community assets, place-making and affordability. Professor D. Bradford Hunt talked about the importance of understanding your community’s strengths and weaknesses. The panel emphasized that Oak Park’s location and access to mass transit
will continue to attract people to the Village. John Houseal noted that unlike some communities, Oak Park’s issue is not attracting people to live here, but accommodating that demand without compromising our self-defined values and character. Once people are here, they look for a “sense of place” that makes their home part of a community, not just a zip code. Place-making means creating shared public spaces that provide inviting experiences. These spaces let people know they are “somewhere” and not “just anywhere.” The best place-making combines intentional and organic growth and planning, something to think about in our commercial districts. Finally - affordability. Affordable housing and manageable property taxes dominate the discussion. I see similar issues with affordable commercial rent, although that doesn’t attract the activism engendered by housing issues. Yet the same economic forces that drive skyrocketing housing
prices are crowding out small, independent start-ups. These micro-businesses cannot easily absorb the cost structure (read: Oak Park rents) that national brands and established regional businesses can afford. We will continue to focus on these elements at the Chamber throughout 2018. How do we better market the community assets already present in our commercial districts? What more can we do to build sense of place in various locations throughout the Village? Finally, what can we do as a community to support our mom-and-pop independent businesses, the ones that provide local character but are being squeezed out by the rising costs? Thanks to the organizers of iGov for continuing this important conversation.
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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. 708-344-6150 firstchurchofmaywood.org When you're looking for a place to worship the Lord, Check First.
You’re Invited to A Church for All Nations A Church Without Walls SERVICE LOCATION Forest Park Plaza 7600 W. Roosevelt Road Forest Park, IL 60130
William S. Winston Pastor (708) 697-5000 Sunday Service 7AM, 9AM & 11:15AM
LIVE Webcast - 11:15AM Service Believer’s Walk of Faith Broadcast Schedule (Times in Central Standard Time) Television DAYSTAR (M-F)
3:30-4:00pm
Nationwide
WJYS-TV (M-F)
6:30-7:00am
Chicago, IL.
WCIU-TV (Sun.)
10:30-11:00am
Chicago, IL.
Word Network
10:30-11:00am
Nationwide
(M-F)
www.livingwd.org www.billwinston.org
“Here is where you belong!” Engage Christian Church Engaging God, His Family, and His Mission 1000 S. Elgin Ave. Forest Park, IL (In First United Church) To stay connected visit our website and join us on social media www.engagecc.org Facebook: @EngageCC Twitter: @engagecchurch Instagram: @engccchurch
West Suburban Temple Har Zion
1040 N. Harlem Avenue River Forest Meet our Rabbi, Adir Glick Pray, learn, and celebrate with our caring, progressive, egalitarian community. Interfaith families are welcome. Accredited Early Childhood Program Religious School for K thru 12 Daily Morning Minyan Weekly Shabbat Services Friday 6:30pm & Saturday 10:00am Affiliated with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 708.366.9000 www.wsthz.org
324 N. Oak Park Avenue 708-383-4983 www.firstUMCoakpark.org Sunday School for all Ages, 9am Sunday Worship, 10am Children’s Chapel during Worship Rev. Katherine Thomas Paisley, Pastor Professionally Staffed Nursery Fellowship Time after Worship Presbyterian
Fair Oaks
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Lutheran—ELCA
744 Fair Oaks Ave. Oak Park 386-4920
United Lutheran Church
409 Greenfield Street (at Ridgeland Avenue) Oak Park Holy Communion with nursery care and children’s chapel each Sunday at 9:30 a.m. www.unitedlutheranchurch.org
708/386-1576
Lutheran-Independent
Grace Lutheran Church
7300 W. Division, River Forest David R. Lyle, Senior Pastor David W. Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Lauren Dow Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Sunday Worship, 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Sunday School/Adult Ed. 9:45 a.m. Childcare Available
Sunday Schedule Christian Education for All Ages 9:00am Worship Service 10:00am
Child care available 9-11am
fairoakspres.org OAK PARK MEETING OF FRIENDS (Quakers) Meeting For Worship Sundays at 10:00 a.m. at Oak Park Art League 720 Chicago Ave., Oak Park Please call 708-445-8201 www.oakparkfriends.org
Roman Catholic
Ascension Catholic Church
Grace Lutheran School
Preschool - 8th Grade Bill Koehne, Principal 366-6900, graceriverforest.org Lutheran-Missouri Synod
Christ Lutheran Church
607 Harvard Street (at East Av.) Oak Park, Illinois Rev. Robert M. Niehus, Pastor Sunday Bible Class: 9:15 am Sunday School: 9:10 Sunday Worship Services: 8:00 and 10:30 am Church Office: 708/386-3306 www.christlutheranoakpark.org Lutheran-Missouri Synod
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church
305 Circle Ave, Forest Park Sunday Worship 8:30am & 11:00am Adult Bible Class & Sunday School 10:00am Wheelchair Access to Sanctuary Leonard Payton, Pastor Roney Riley, Assistant Pastor 708-366-3226 www.stjohnforestpark.org
808 S. East Ave. 708/848-2703 www.ascensionoakpark.com Worship: Saturday Mass 5:00 pm Sunday Masses 7:30, 9:00, 11 am, 5:00 pm Sacrament of Reconciliation 4 pm Saturday Taize Prayer 7:30 pm First Fridays Feb.– Dec. & Jan. 1
Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor
Roman Catholic
St. Edmund Catholic Church
188 South Oak Park Ave. Saturday Mass: 5:30 p.m. Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m. Weekday Mass: 8:30 a.m. M–F Holy Day Masses: As Announced Reconciliation: Saturday 4:15 p.m. Parish Office: 708-848-4417 School Phone: 708-386-5131
Roman Catholic
St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park
CELEBRATING OUR 107TH YEAR! Sat. Masses: 8:30am & 5:00pm SUNDAY MASSES: 8:00am & 10:30am 10:30 Mass-Daycare for all ages CCD Sun. 9am-10:15am Reconciliation: Sat. 9am & 4pm Weekday Masses: Monday–Friday 6:30am Church Office: 708-366-0839 CCD: 708-366-3553 www.stbern.com Pastor: Fr. Stanislaw Kuca
St. Giles Family Mass Community
We welcome all to attend Sunday Mass at 10 a.m. on the St. Giles Parish campus on the second floor of the school gym, the southernmost building in the school complex at 1034 North Linden Avenue. Established in 1970, we are a laybased community within St. Giles Roman Catholic Parish. Our Mass is family-friendly. We encourage liturgically active toddlers. Children from 3 to 13 and young adults play meaningful parts in each Sunday liturgy. Together with the parish, we offer Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a Montessori-based religious education program for children in grades K-8. For more information, go to http://www.stgilesparish.org/ family-mass-community or call Bob Wielgos at 708-288-2196.
Traditional Catholic
The Traditional Catholic Latin Mass
Our Lady Immaculate Church 410 Washington Blvd Oak Park. 708-524-2408 Mass Times: Sat. 8:00am Sun. 7:30 & 10:00am Operated by Society of St. Pius X. Confessions 1 hr. before each mass
Third Unitarian Church 10AM Sunday Forum 11AM Service Rev. Colleen Vahey thirdunitarianchurch.org (773) 626-9385 301 N. Mayfield, Chicago Committed to justice, not to a creed Unity
To place a listing in the Religion Guide, call Mary Ellen: 708/613-3342
UNITY CHURCH OF OAK PARK 405 North Euclid Ave.
The Light of God surrounds you. Sunday Services 9 am & 11 am Youth Education 11 am 708-848-0960 — unityoakpark.org
Upcoming Religious Holidays Nov 15 Nativity Fast begins 23 Thanksgiving
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BY PHONE: (708) 613-3333 | BY FAX: (708) 467-9066 | BY E-MAIL: CLASSIFIEDS@OAKPARK.COM | CLASSIFIEDS@RIVERFOREST.COM HELP WANTED Chief Financial Officer sought by The Safe & Fair Food Co. in Chicago, IL, with an MBA to formulate & implmt the co’s fin’l strategy. Email resume to: will@safeandfair. com. CIVIL ENGINEER II The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Civil Engineer II. This employee performs a full range of duties as assigned including complex professional level engineering design and analysis. 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. CROSSING GUARD The Forest Park Police Department is seeking qualified individuals for the position of Crossing Guard. This position requires flexible hours during days when schools are in session. A background investigation and drug screening will be conducted prior to consideration for the position. Applications available at Village Hall, 517 Desplaines Avenue or on-line at www.forestpark.net and should be returned to Vanessa Moritz, HR Director, at Village Hall. For additional information, contact Dora Murphy at 708-615-6223 or write dmurphy@forestpark.net. Applications accepted until position is filled. EOE. DRIVER LUCAS MEDI-CAR has an opening for a full time wheelchair van driver. To schedule an interview call (708) 442-7533 Monday thru Friday 10AM TO 4PM ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES MANAGER The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Environmental Services Manager in the Public Works Department. This position will coordinate, direct and manage the Village’s waste reduction program, coordinate assigned activities with outside agencies and the general public and provide training and highly responsible and complex staff assistance to the Public Works Director and the Public Works Management Team. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http://www.oak-park.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application no later than November 28, 2017. FULL-TIME CUSTODIAN Oak Park Building Blocks and Cornerstone Church is seeking immediate hire of full-time custodian and maintenance worker. Must be available M-F, afternoons, evenings and occasional weekends. Tasks include but are not limited to: vacuuming, mopping, dusting, wiping down all hard surfaces, cleaning commercial kitchen, emptying garbage, snow removal, seasonal landscaping, painting, and closing the building for the night. Email resume and inquiries to Kelly Jo at admin@ oakparkbuildingblocks.com
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HELP WANTED
River Forest D90 has IMMEDIATE openings for Temporary Evening Custodians, 2pm–10pm. Responsible for cleaning of buildings and grounds, as assigned. A strong work ethic, interpersonal skills and custodial experience is required. Salary commensurate with experience. For consideration, please contact Pam Jenkins, HR Specialist at jenkinsp@district90.org. GYM/CHILDCARE ASSISTANT West Suburban Montessori School is seeking a part time gym and childcare assistant. Applicants must be responsible, self-directed, and have a love for working with young children. Hours are 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Monday-Friday when school is in session with additional opportunities during school breaks. To apply, e-mail your resume to peggerding@ wsms.org. INCOME TAX PREPARER Income tax preparer for small accounting firm during tax season (Feb 15 to Apr 15). Experience preferred. Call 708-488-1800. OFFICE ASST Forest Park sharpening company seeks Full Time Office Assistant to support Office Manager in variety of day to day tasks. Must have good communications skills, knowledge of computer and QuickBooks software. Bilingual a plus. Duties incl: Answer phones; Customer Svc; Daily Invoicing; A/P & A/R; Handle mail; Order Supplies. Send resume to berniessaw@aol.com
PERSONAL TRAINER! Seeking Certified Personal Trainer to work part-time at private studio in Oak Park. Looking for someone who will fit in with our gym culture. We meet our clients where they are, give them individualized attention, but also a lot of autonomy. Part-time position with room to grow for right candidate. Learn from and work with industry leader! Job includes managing the floor, keep the gym running smoothly. Please send your resume along with a cover letter to jamiemariemadison@gmail.com. No phone calls, please. For more info: www.oakpark.com/Classified/Ads/ 8040/ Check us out on Facebook www.facebook.com/coachingbyg/ SEEKING PART-TIME TEACHER Oak Park Building Blocks is seeking part-time afternoon teachers for our Nursery and Toddler classrooms. Applicants must be DCFS teacher qualified, flexible, able to plan, organize & relate well with children, parents & co-workers, love children and have a passion to help them learn & Grow, able to lead and be a team player, and model love and joy of learning. Email resumes and inquiries to Kelly Jo at admin@ oakparkbuildingblocks.com or call 708-386-1033 for more information. ACTIVE ADULT COORDINATOR The Active Adult Coordinator for the Park District of Oak Park is responsible for planning, coordinating, and supervising senior recreation and leisure activities, which includes holiday parties, trips, special events, and extended travel. The position is part-time, year round. To view the full job description and to apply, go to www.pdop.org JOB ID 1327
REAL ESTATE WANTED HAS YOUR HOME BECOME A BURDEN?
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FOREST PARK 2BR 1BA Forest Park 2 BR/1 BA, 1st flr in quiet owner ocpd 3-flat. Heat, Water & 1 prkg spc incld. 3 blks to Blue Line, hardwd flrs, eat-in ktchn w/ dshwshr, lrg bthrm, updtd appliances, etc. No pets. No smoking. $1,150/month + 1 mo. sec dep + credit/bkgrnd chk. Avail. Dec. 1st. Contact: 708.689.8750 (no text)
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SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE NEW CONCEPT FOR MAYWOOD
In this quiet residential neighborhood
902 S. 3RD AVENUE (2 blks W of 1st Ave & 1 blk N of Madison)
Reserve your own affordable 2 or 3 BR condo unit of 1000+ sq ft of living space being built on this historic site. You’ll benefit from a unique 12 year tax freeze and lower monthly living expenses from energy saving systems/appliances, and you can help design your own individual unit. Plans also include building 5 new townhomes onsite. For details Call 708-383-9223. Wednesday Classified To place an ad, call: 708/613-3333
FOREST PARK 1BR & 3BR 1135 Hannah, 1BR & 3BR Apts avail. Hardwood floors, baseboard heat. Parking space. Non-smoking bldg. Near shopping and transportation. 2 month security dep. $900 1BR , $1300 3BR. 309-397-5937. 919 Dunlop #1 2 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom, 6 Rooms $1700 Beautiful 1st floor unit of a 2-flat. Hardwood floors throughout. Newly redone bathroom, eat-in kitchen with pantry and back porch. Close to Blue Line and 290. Includes water, laundry in basement and 2 parking spaces, 1 in the garage. No smoking or pets. Contact Maureen (708) 287-8256 OAK PARK FOREST PARK Studio, 1, and 2 BDRM. Heated. Dining room. Parking available. Walk to El. $625-$1250.
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M&M property management, inc.
708-386-7355 • www.mmpropmgt.com 649 Madison Street, Oak Park Contact us for a complete list of available rentals throughout Oak Park and Forest Park.
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RIVERSIDE 2BR 1BA APT Apt For Rent–2 Bd/1 bath Riverside-Quiet bldg. Great for single or senior. Recently renovated, hardwood floors, and new tile kitchen. Off street parking for 1 car. Heat included. Laundry on site Credit, background check and Security deposit required. 773-383-7332
O Rake in some cash! Plan a late-fall basement sale. Call to advertise: 708/613-3342
4807 SQ FT In beautiful neighborhood in Oak Park. Varied uses possible for any kind of not-for-profit. Offices, community center, school, day care, etc. Private Cell: 708-846-9776
OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT
CITY RENTALS
OAK PARK
NORTH LAWNDALE—$825.00 MO. Fully renovated 1 bedroom, 1 bath, kitchen includes appliances, security system, conveniently located near transportation and shopping area. Tenant pays own utilities, security required. Call (312) 572-0066.
RIVER FOREST
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. 773-378-8888
CHURCH FOR RENT OAK PARK CLASSIC CHURCH FOR RENT
Find your new apartment this Saturday from 10 am – 4pm at 35 Chicago Avenue. Or call us toll free at 1-888-328-8457 for an appointment.
SPACE FOR RENT
Includes Sanctuary, Fellowship Hall, Kitchen, Midweek Service/ Bible Study, Office Options. 708-8468-9776
You have jobs. We have readers! Find the best employees with Wednesday Classified! Call 708-613-3342
Office Suites 2 to 4 rooms
2 Offices 1000 to 1100 sq. ft.
Strand & Browne 708/488-0011
GARAGE SPACE WANTED GARAGE SPACE WANTED Near Harlem Ave. Anywhere between North Ave. and Irving Park. Call 773-637-3847.
ITEMS FOR SALE GE REFRIGERATOR/FREEZER GE White 20.6 cu ft refrigerator. Glass shelves. No-frost freezer. $150. Call 708-447-8994. KENMORE GAS RANGE White, like new. Used as second range. Self-cleaning oven. $225. Call 708-447-8994.
WANTED TO BUY WANTED MILITARY ITEMS: Helmets, medals, patches, uniforms, weapons, flags, photos, paperwork, Also toy soldiers-lead plastic-other misc. toys. Call Uncle Gary 708-522-3400
AUTOS FOR SALE 2017 VW PASSAT 2017 VW Passat. Very low mileage, like new. $32,000. Call John at 708-524-9720.
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CLASSIFIED PETS While you’re away, your pets are okay . . . at home
cat calls
Oak Park’s Original Pet Care Service – Since 1986
Daily dog exercising Complete pet care in your home )PVTF TJUUJOH t 1MBOU DBSF Bonded References
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CLEANING Pam’s A+ Cleaning Service
Fall is here! Time to make a change? Take a moment to preview our detailed cleaning. For a free estimate please call 708-937-9110
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Furnace repair & tuneup *Appliance lines *Remodeling *Trouble calls Lic & Insured since 1986 Compare our rates 24 hour calls
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FLOORS KLIS FLOORING INC.
New hardwood flooring installation & pergo. Sanding, re-finishing, staining. Low prices, insured. Call: 773-671-4996 www.klisflooring.com
GARAGE/GARAGE DOOR Our 71st Year
FREE SERVICE CALL WITH REPAIR AND SENIOR/VETERAN DISCOUNT.
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HANDYMAN CURT'S HANDYMAN SERVICE Drywall Repair • Painting Fans Installed • Carpentry Trim Gutter Cleaning • Window Repair
FREE ESTIMATES Excellent References No Job Too Small
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ELECTRICAL– LOW VOLTAGE KINETIC KONCEPTS A division of Kinetic Energy Inc, is a local, residential low voltage specialist in home networking, smart TV installation and programming, landscape and under-cabinet lighting. Call for free estimate.
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Firewood
Roofing Repairs Concrete Repairs • Drywall All types of handiwork Call For Free Estimates
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Mixed hardwoods • $130 F.C. CBh & Mix • $145 F.C. 100% oak • $165 F.C. Cherry or hiCkory • $185 F.C. 100% BirCh • $220 F.C. Seasoned 2 years Stacking Available
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HAULING BASEMENT CLEANING Appliances & Furniture Removal Pickup & Delivery. 708-848-9404
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Exterior and Interior All Work Guaranteed 35 Years Experience Call 708-567-4680
CLASSIC PAINTING
Fast & Neat Painting/Taping/Plaster Repair Low Cost
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Fall Yard Clean-Up Slit Seeding Bush Trimming Fall Leaf Clean-Up Senior Discount Snow Removal
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Serving Oak Park, River Forest, Forest Park & Riverside Since 1974
Interior Painting • Clean • Neat • Dependable All Work Guaranteed Victorian Painters Inc. 708-484-8676
PLASTERING– STUCCOING McNulty Plastering & Stucco Co.
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PUBLIC NOTICES
LEGAL NOTICE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION RIVER FOREST, ILLINOIS
PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D17152594 on November 1, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of THE SCREAMING PEACH with the business located at: 2431 S HIGHLAND AVE, BERWYN, IL 60402. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: JANETTE C. VILLACIS 2431 S HIGHLAND AVE BERWYN, IL 60402
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PAINTING & DECORATING
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PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D17152625 on November 7, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of RESTART YOUR CAREER with the business located at: 1127 N WOODBINE AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: MARY MATAS 1127 N. WOODBINE AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 Published in Wednesday Journal 11/15, 11/22, 11/29/2017
PUBLIC NOTICE Village of Forest Park Notice of Public Hearing Monday, November 27, 2017 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested parties that pursuant to the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, the Village of Forest Park, Illinois will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, November 27, 2017 at 6:50 p.m. in Council Chambers at 517 Des Plaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois, in order to identify the future cable television related needs and interests of the residents of the Village of Forest Park and to review the performance of Comcast of Illinois VI, LLC under the current cable television franchise agreement in connection with the contemplated renewal of the Comcast of Illinois VI, LLC’s cable television franchise within the Village of Forest Park. Any and all persons wishing to provide comments on the record concerning the future cable television related needs and interests of the residents of the Village of Forest Park, to review the performance of Comcast of Illinois VI, LLC under the current cable television franchise agreement, or to comment on the proposed renewal of the cable television franchise of Comcast of Illinois VI, LLC may appear at the Public Hearing and may present testimony orally, in writing, or both. Written comments will also be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on November 27, 2017 by the Office of the Village Clerk. Signed: Vanessa Moritz Village Clerk Published in the Forest Park Review on November 15, 2017.
Public notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held by the Historic Preservation Commission of the Village of River Forest, County of Cook, State of Illinois on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium of Lincoln Elementary School, 511 Park Avenue, River Forest, Illinois on the following matter: Application #17-01: Certificate of Appropriateness application for the DEMOLITION of the single family residence located at 747 William Street, River Forest, IL, a structure listed on the Village survey of architecturally or historically significant properties. The applicant is: Robert A. Sarvis, 826 Monroe Avenue, River Forest, IL Mark Sullivan, 146 Gale Avenue, River Forest, IL Residents are welcome to attend the December 5, 2017, Historic Preservation Commission meeting and will be provided an opportunity to address the Historic Preservation Commission regarding the proposed project. All interested persons will be given the opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing. A copy of the application and meeting agenda can be found at Village Hall and on the Village website at www.vrf. us. If you cannot attend the Historic Preservation Commission meeting but would like to provide comments to the Historic Preservation Commission, you may submit comments in writing, via letter or email. Comments must be received no later than Friday, December 1, 2017 and can be sent to jpape@vrf.us or 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, Illinois 60305. Please call 708-3668500 with questions. Jonathan Pape Staff Liaison Historic Preservation Commission Published in Wednesday Journal 11/15/2017
PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D17152474 on October 19, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of THE OAK PARK HANDYMAN SERVICES with the business located at: 1015 S. KENILWORTH AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60304. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: AARON JOHNSON 1015 S. KENILWORTH AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60304. Published in Wednesday Journal 11/1, 11/8, 11/15/2017
PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D17152583 on November 1, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of COHLER BUSINESS RESEARCH with the business located at: 9106 SHERMAN AVE, BROOKFIELD, IL 60513. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: JAMES COHLER 9106 SHERMAN AVE BROOKFIELD, IL 60513 Published in RBLandmark 11/8, 11/15, 11/22/2017
Published in Wednesday Journal 11/8, 11/15, 11/22/2017
PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D17152577 on October 31, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of DONNA WATTS CASTING with the business located at: 805 LAKE STREET #3385 OAK PARK, IL 60301. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: DONNA F. WATTS 332 S. AUSTIN BLVD. #2W OAK PARK, IL 60304 Published in Wednesday Journal 11/8, 11/15, 11/22/2017
PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D17152581 on November 1, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of BLUMEN with the business located at: 222 FOREST AVE, RIVER FOREST, IL 60305. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: SABINE OBERBERGER 222 FOREST AVE RIVER FOREST, IL 60305. Published in Wednesday Journal 11/8, 11/15, 11/22/2017
STATE OF MICHIGAN THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FAMILY DIVISION WAYNE COUNTY PUBLICATION OF HEARING CASE NO. 17-000859N-JACKET PETITION NO. 17-001310-NA Court address: 1025 East Forest, Detroit MI 48207 Court telephone no.: 313-833-5600 In the matter of: Kennedy Kristine Phillips DOB-4/13/2002 A hearing will be conducted by the court: on 12/18/2017 at 10:30 AM in Lincoln Hall of Justice Courtroom 3-C 1025 East Forest Detroit, MI 48207 before: Frank S. Szymanski Bar no. 32063 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Thomas Edward Vollman, Jr., or Biological Father(s) of Kennedy Kristine Phillips personally appear before the court at the place stated above. Notice to parent: This hearing may result in the termination of your parental rights. Published in Forest Park Review 11/15/2017
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR C-BASS 2007-CB2 TRUST C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-CB2; Plaintiff, vs. TANYA C. SHUMPERT AKA L’TANYA C. SHUMPERT AKA L’TANYA SHUMPERT; ODIS W. SHUMPERT AKA OTIS W SHUMPERT; Defendants, 17 CH 6149 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 Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-05-301-019-0000. Commonly known as 839 N. Harvey 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 Ms. Nicole Fox at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Potestivo & Associates, P.C., 251 Diversion Street, Rochester, Michigan 48307. (248) 853-4400 ext 1200. 105570 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3066497 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION REAL SOLID SOLUTIONS, LLC, A NEW JERSEY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AND ASIAN KNIGHT CAPITAL LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO GRANITE INVESTMENT GROUP, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL
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ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE OF THE SECURITY NATIONAL MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 20061, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO NATIONSCREDIT FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST BY MERGER WITH NATIONSCREDIT HOME EQUITY SERVICES CORPORATION, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO FIRST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.ROGER A. SMITH, SHARON SMITH, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2016 CH 16822 430 S. TAYLOR 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 September 19, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 20, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:
Commonly known as 430 S. TAYLOR AVENUE, Oak Park, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-322-015. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $318,426.61. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales
Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: Aaron D. White, Jr., CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C., 30 S. WACKER DRIVE, STE. 2600, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 444-9300 Please refer to file number 26890/ 62299ADW. 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. Aaron D. White, Jr. CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C. 30 S. WACKER DRIVE, STE. 2600 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 444-9300 Fax #: (312) 444-9027 E-Mail: AWhite@chuhak.com Attorney File No. 26890/62299ADW Attorney Code. 70693 Case Number: 2016 CH 16822 TJSC#: 37-8598 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. I3066992
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY NA FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY NA AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, AS TRUSTEE FOR GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC. HOME EQUITY LOAN PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1999-HE1; Plaintiff, vs. MAE COLLINS; ROSS T. COLLINS; WEST SUBURBAN N E I G H B O R H O O D PRESERVATION AGENCY; FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION; Defendants, 17 CH 6468 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, December 7, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-15-321-023-0000. Commonly known as 2014 South 19th Avenue, Broadview, IL 60155. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 17-015359 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3065965
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 1, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 12, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1116 N. HUMPHREY AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-113-0130000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-18994
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC., ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-R8 Plaintiff, -v.BERNADETTE DURAND, SAMUEL DURAND, JEAN DURAND, MATHEW DURAND, JEAN MARC DURAND, UNKNOWN TENANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONREDURAND, A MINOR, BERNADETTE DURAND, AS GUARDIAN FOR THE BENEFIT OF REYNIA DURAND, A MINOR, FLURETTE RIVERT A/K/A FLEURETTE RIVERT, AS GUARDIAN FOR THE BENEFIT OF CRISIE DURAND, A MINOR Defendants 11 CH 023648 1116 N. HUMPHREY AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE
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1999-HE1; Plaintiff, vs. MAE COLLINS; ROSS T. COLLINS; WEST SUBURBAN NEIGHBOF EMMA J. HORNE AKA EMMA HORNE, DECEASED, DUANE HORNE, CITIBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), N.A., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, MANOR CARE OF HINSDALE IL, LLC, STATE OF ILLINOIS-DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY SERVICES, WILLIAM BUTCHER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF EMMA J. HORNE AKA EMMA HORNE, DECEASED Defendants 17 CH 03151 1534 MORRIS AVENUE BERKELEY, IL 60163 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 13, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 14, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1534 MORRIS AVENUE, BERKELEY, IL 60163 Property Index No. 15-08-112-0500000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $119,102.40. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption 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, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 4221719 Please refer to file number 2120-13356. If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 2120-13356 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 17 CH 03151 TJSC#: 37-8434 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. I3062642
LOVIE WALTON, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 17 CH 004726 1317 S. 8TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 7, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 11, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1317 S. 8TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-14-125-0080000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).
If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-03677. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-03677 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 004726 TJSC#: 37-8463 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. I3064916
ORAPIN CHELMOWSKI, KING ARTHUR CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION A/K/A KING ARTHUR CONDOMINIUM II NORTHLAKE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS Defendants 17 CH 5564 15 KING ARTHUR COURT, UNIT 2 Northlake, IL 60164 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 11, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 12, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 15 KING ARTHUR COURT, UNIT 2, Northlake, IL 60164Property Index No. 12-30-402-052-1002. The real estate is improved with a condominium. The judgment amount was $116,589.40. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.
If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 2911717 For information call between the hours of 1pm–3pm. Please refer to file number 17-082934. 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. SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 17-082934 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 17 CH 5564 TJSC#: 37-8509 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. I3063473
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR C-BASS TRUST 2006-CB9, C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN A S S E T- B A C K E D CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-CB9; Plaintiff, vs. MAE FOWLER A/K/A MAE H. FOWLER; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; JEFF FOWLER; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MAE FOWLER, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JEFF FOWLER, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 11048 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 Friday, December 8, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-10-228-025-0000; 15-10228-026-0000. Commonly known as 112 South 16th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153. 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 the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455 WA16-0535. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION I3066112 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY NA FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY NA AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, AS TRUSTEE FOR GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC. HOME EQUITY LOAN PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2006-5 NOVASTAR HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-5 Plaintiff, -v.-
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(Pictured left to right): Maeve Nelson-Northwestern UniversitySoftball; Brett Bearrows-Kenyon College-Lacrosse; Kathryn LingenAmherst College-Cross Country/ Track and Field; Mireya GarciaDepaul University-Volleyball; Brendan Barrette-Parkland College-Baseball; Anthony MadrigalUniversity of Oklahoma-Wrestling
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A group of Fenwick High School student-athletes recently signed letters of intent to play collegiate sports next year. The following is a list of the studentathletes, their respective sport and the college they are attending.
(Pictured left to right): Joe RunnellsDePauw University-Baseball; Jack Grace-Creighton University-Baseball; Tim Shearer-Towson UniversityLacrosse; Charlotte Quinn-University of Virginia-Rowing; Alex Pup-U.S. Air Force Academy-Baseball; Owen Waunn-DePauw University-Baseball; Stephanie Mroz-University of IllinoisChicago-Golf; Charles Wood-North Central College-Baseball; Molly McGuire-Indiana University-Water Polo; Joey Atkins-Carthage CollegeBaseballll
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The Friars’ Renee Miller earned IHSA Sectional Coach of the Year recognition. As for OPRF, junior standout Natalie Ungaretti won two sprint races from page 56 and junior Sophie Lever placed first in diving. from another school with a first-place Ungaretti, the reigning state time of 1 minute, 25.04 seconds in the champion in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard breaststroke. predictably claimed a pair of titles In the relay races, Fenwick advanced at Fenwick. She won the 50 free with all three teams while OPRF had two a time of 23.41 and the 100-yard freequalify for state. In the individual events, style in 50.66. the Friars won five and qualified 10 spots In diving, Lever won the title with overall for state. a score of 395.05 while fellow Huskie Fenwick has an effective mix of expeYasmin Ruff (384.45) earned second. rienced upperclassmen and promising Both advanced to state. newcomers on the varsity. The Friars “I think it’s incredible we have displayed that depth and versatility on seven girls who qualified for the state Saturday with multiple winners. meet,” Lever said. “It’s something “I think we made a statement,” senior we have worked so hard for that we Brooke West said. “The goal at sectionals should be proud of that accomplishis always to qualify the most swimmers ment. possible for the state meet while having “Personally, I could have done betfun. I think we accomplished both things ter. The dives I did definitely could beautifully.” ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer have been improved, but overall I had Freshman Tatum Burek won the 200OPRF’s Alexandra Gill swims butterfly as she competes in the final heat of the 200-yard individual a pretty good meet. Yasmin and I just yard individual medley with a time of want to do our best at state because 2:10.46 and the 100-yard butterfly in 58.22. medley event. if we do, I’ll be happy whatever the “I’m very happy with my results,” Buoutcome.” rek said. “They were both personal bests. offers the perfect combination of rigormy events and I qualified in both,” Drumm OPRF senior Alex Gill finished second in I’m so excited to go to state. ous academics, fast swimming, and, most said. “That’s a huge accomplishment. It the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:05.33. “I really love the way my teammates have importantly, the opportunity to serve our was a great feeling when I looked up at the “I’m so happy to be an individual state been there for each other. I also love our country.” scoreboard to see a time I thought I could qualifier in my favorite event, the 100 coaches. I have never experienced anything The Friars earned additional berths for never go and qualify for state the first breaststroke,” Gill said. “I expect fierce like this before, and I really hope we have a the state meet as senior Grace Rogowski time.” competition in this event and look forward great state meet.” and junior Ciara Mulcahy were second West has committed to swim for the to racing the best of the best.” The other Fenwick winners in individual (23.85) and third (24.23), respectively, in the Naval Academy next year. She will reunite Fenwick won two of three relays at events were sophomore Katie Drumm (20050-yard freestyle. West also came in second with former Fenwick teammate Erin Scudits sectional, with first-place finishes in yard freestyle/1:55.10), senior Kate Mackie in the 100-yard freestyle, touching the wall der, also a student-athlete at Navy. the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relay. The (500-yard freestyle/5:16.63) and West (100at 51.24. Junior Perri Stahl had a third“It’s a dream come true and an absolute quartet of Rogowski, Blaire West, Stahl and yard backstroke/56.18). place showing in the 100-yard breaststroke honor to commit to swim at the United Mulcahy won the 200-free relay (1:35.86), “My goal was to qualify in at least one of (1:05.91). States Naval Academy,” West said. “Navy while Rogowski, Blaire West, Mulcahy and Brooke West took first in the 400-free relay (3:34.71). Senior Peyton Olszowka, Gill, sophomore Sara Segal and Ungaretti powered the Huskies to the 200-yard medley relay title at 1:46.16. “I am very happy because I put up lifetime bests in all my swims,” Olszowka said. “Being part of the qualifying medley relay is definitely the best experience I’ve had during my four years of high school swimming.” Runner-up performances by Fenwick in the 200 medley relay (1:46.60) and OPRF in the 200 free relay (1:38.21) produced state berths. Trinity finished in 10th place out of 12 teams at Fenwick. Top swimmers for the Blazers include Chloe Browning, Kayli Sayatkovic, Emily Peoples, Fiona Kearns, Megan Kearns and Heather Hellquist.
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OPRF’s Alexandra Gill, back, talks with Natalie Nokolic after swimming the 200yard individual medley event on Saturday, Nov. 11, during a swim meet at Fenwick High School in Oak Park.
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Fenwick first, OPRF second at swimming sectional Host Friars win seven races and Huskies four as both look ahead to state
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or the third time this season, the Fenwick High School girls swimming team finished ahead of crosstown rival Oak Park and River Forest in competition. During the regular season, the Friars defeated the Huskies 115.50-70.50 in a dual meet and at the Fenwick Invitational as well. “I thought we had a great sectional meet,” Fenwick junior Ciara Mulcahy said. “Having Oak Park in our sectional always makes for a competitive meet. We are hoping to place top 12 in all three relays and possibly top six in the medley relay at state.” Both teams left Saturday’s BROOKE WEST competition in Fenwick senior good spirits as the sectional champ Friars (326 points) and runner-up Huskies (279) dominated the meet with several state-qualifiers for the upcoming IHSA state finals this weekend at New Trier. Riverside-Brookfield freshman Madeline Wenig was the lone state qualifier
“I think we made a statement.”
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Fenwick’s Katie Drumm competes in the 200-yard freestyle event on Saturday, Nov. 11, during a swim meet at Fenwick High School in Oak Park.
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