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Oak Park’s new fire chief has long experience Kobyleski named successor of retired chief Tom Ebsen

Fenwick wide receiver Max Reese (5) rumbles up field after catching a pass from Kaden Cobb during the Friars’ 34-15 win over Kankakee in the IHSA Class 5A state championship game in DeKalb on Nov. 27.

Reese caught touchdown passes of 17 and 67 yards to help pace the Friars.

By STACEY SHERIDAN Staff Reporter

Ron Kobyleski has been fighting fires for nearly four decades and has held every rank possible in the fire department, including serving as deputy fire chief for one year, battalion chief for 10 and training supervisor for seven. Now Interim Village Manager Lisa Shelley has appointed Kobyleski chief of the Oak Park Fire Department.

“All these years of doing all the different jobs that lead up to this — they’ve really prepared me,” Kobyleski said.

He had been rotating interim chief duties with Battalion Chief Kevin Fadden, following the April retirement of former chief Tom Ebsen, who served the department for over 40 years. Fadden will act as deputy fire chief until the role is filled permanently.

Kobyleski officially assumed the role of chief on Nov. 19, just four days before a major fire broke out at the building housing Delia’s Kitchen, 1034 Lake St. Although the chief does not command battalions during fires, Kobyleski has been there, battling flames with the rest of the department — the proverbial baptism by fire.

Kobyleski mentioned that he is often asked if the fire department is busy.

“If we’re busy, that’s a bad day for somebody else,” he said. “But unfortunately, we’ve been very busy.”

See FIRE CHIEF on page 18

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Fenwick steamrolls Kankakee for first football state title Friars dominated all phases of game to come away with 34-15 win

By MELVIN TATE Contributing Reporter

Over the years, Fenwick High School has had plenty of football success, with legendary coaches and players such as

Johnny Lattner and Tony Lawless leading the way. But entering this season, the Friars had yet to win an IHSA state championship.

But, the senior-led Friars were finally able to achieve that goal on Nov. 27, de-

feating Kankakee 34-15 for the IHSA Class 5A title.

“It’s unbelievable,” said senior center Jimmy Liston. “I’ve always had this goal See STATE CHAMPS on page 32

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Minding, then mending, the ‘affordability gap’

n September, the Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University released its latest State of Rental Housing in Cook County report.

The data shows around 43 percent of all households in the county were renters, a percentage point lower than the historic high of roughly 44 percent in 2015. More and more of the county’s renter households are those with higher incomes, since more and more low-income households are leaving the county due, in part, to a lack of affordable housing.

The report outlines what’s called the “affordability gap,” which is defined as the “difference between the demand for rental housing by lower-income households earning 150 percent of poverty, or $39,258 annually, and the supply of units that would be affordable at 30 percent of a lower-income household’s income — about $981 per month. Affordable demand also includes renter households earning more than 150 percent of the poverty level but who live in units that are affordable to lower-income households.”

The county had a shortage of 159,122 units of affordable rental housing in 2019, a decrease from 176,213 units in 2012.

Nationwide, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the U.S. has a shortage of 6.8 million affordable rental homes for low-income households making at or below the poverty guideline or 30 percent of their area’s median income.

This reality persists despite the fact that the country is increasingly becoming a renter nation, as Alena Semuels wrote in The Atlantic in 2019.

“According to census data, between 2007 and 2017, the United States added less than 1 million households in owner-occupied homes, but 6.5 million in renter-occupied homes,” Semuels wrote. “Many families wanted to live in a spacious house in a good school district, but could no longer afford to do so as owners. The homeownership rate bottomed out at 62.9 percent in 2016, down from a high of 69 percent in 2005.”

But there’s also a dearth of housing even for people who you’d think should be able to afford to buy a nice starter home.

“It is tough to buy a house right now,” Ailsa Chang, the host of NPR’s All Things Considered, said in September. “The country is nearly 4 million homes short of demand, and it’s especially tight in that corner of the market that once launched the American dream, the starter home.”

Reporter Uri Berliner pointed out on the show that the no-frills starter home, so essential for younger middle class Americans in their road to building wealth, “is just about vanishing in America. In 2020, the number of starter homes built was less

than a fifth of the yearly average of the early ’80s.”

In April, Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored mortgage entity, released data showing that the country’s housing shortage increased to 3.8 million units by the end of 2020 — up by some 1.3 million units since 2018.

The main driver behind the shortage, according to Freddie Mac, is “the long-term decline in the construction of singlefamily homes.”

As the housing shortage exacerbates, home prices are at record highs in the U.S. On Nov. 30, new figures from Redfin, the property analytics firm, showed that “the average home price in the United States was $359,975 in the four-week period ending November 21,” according to a report in Mortgage Professional America.

Daniel Immergluck, a professor of urban studies at Georgia State University, told the New York Times Magazine that we’re currently living in “one of the greatest recoveries of land value in the history of the country.” From 2010 and 2011 “at the bottom of the crisis to now, we’ve seen huge gains in property values, especially in suburbs.”

But instead of those “accruing to many moderate-income and middle-income homeowners, many of whom were pushed out of the homeownership market during the crisis, that land value has accrued to these big companies and their shareholders.”

The New York Times Magazine article, “A $60 Billion Housing Grab by Wall Street,” which was published in October, shows that private-equity firms were able to silently swoop in on the housing industry that Wall Street had helped ruin and create special real estate investment trusts (REITs) “to pool funds to buy bundles of foreclosed properties.”

Where did the money come from? The REITs, the Times shows, were funded by a Who’s Who of kleptocrats. One such entity, called Colony American Homes, was funded by an “investment company in Qatar, the Korea Exchange Bank on behalf of the country’s national pension, shell companies in California, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands.”

MICHAEL ROMAIN

How the housing shortage looks closer to home Last month, a group of activists from Chicago’s Uptown community trekked over to Trader Joe’s in Oak Park to protest the fact that Lincoln Property, the corporate owner of the building where the grocery store is housed, is looking to build more luxury apartments on a parking lot of Weiss Memorial, the safety net hospital owned by private equity firm Pipeline Health, which also owns West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park.

The Uptown activists are rightly concerned about getting priced out of their community. Affordable housing in the community declined by nearly 9 percent from 2012 to 2019, according to a study by two University of Illinois Chicago professors.

The activists have strategized that by putting public pressure on Lincoln Property retail tenants, they may be able to force the company to the negotiating table. They even printed flyers with the company’s number, urging people to call Lincoln Property with their demands.

What’s missing from the deliberations, however, is the government. In fact, the government seems to be either conspicuously absent or feckless in the conversation about how to make housing available for the people who most need it.

Consider the obvious remedies to the housing shortage problem. Perhaps the most obvious one is to simply build more affordable rental units, but this strategy is almost, by definition, inadequate.

Building anything is already too slow and precarious, particularly in our pandemic environment. But building affordable housing anywhere nowadays is a Herculean task — often contingent on developers navigating a confusing political maze of tax credits and red tape.

In nearby Maywood, a 5-story, $19 million, 72-unit affordable housing development opened in September. Perry Vietti, president of Interfaith Housing Development Corp., the organization that develops and manages affordable housing complexes in the Chicago area (including at Grove and Madison in Oak Park), said his organization received roughly 1,700 applications for those units.

“Actually, the number would have been

much higher, but we had an electronic portal that people applied to and we cut it off because it just became ridiculous,” he said. “I think the need for affordable housing is demonstrated by that number.”

Vietti said it took “five different funders” to make the development possible. Plans for the building were roughly a decade in the making. Cook County was one of those funders, which nowadays is about where government intervention in the housing supply situations starts and ends.

So building affordable housing, as Vietti demonstrates, is often like playing Whacka-mole. For every unit of supply that comes online, there are dozens of people in need.

That leaves developers like Lincoln Property to attempt to fill the gap, but this too is an inadequate strategy. For instance, Lincoln Property wants to build 314 units of rental housing on the site of a hospital that serves many low-income patients and only eight of those units will be affordable (and that’s without even starting to quibble with their definition of “affordable”).

The post-Great Recession recovery seems to have created a perfect storm for absentee corporations to pad profits and for international criminals to launder money through an increasingly unregulated maze of cash, shell companies and trusts, as Taylor Williams wrote in RE Business Online in July.

Meanwhile, for the rest of us, the rent is too damn high and housing is hard to come by, even for those who can afford it.

Something has to give. Perhaps the federal government can start by pushing those dark forces that are tinkering with the housing supply into the light.

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Cause of Lake Street fire undetermined Investigation inconclusive, insurance company will conduct its own

By STACEY SHERIDAN Staff Reporter

Just what sparked the fire on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving that decimated Delia’s Kitchen, 1034 Lake St., and the apartments above the restaurant, remains unknown, according to the Oak Park Fire Department.

“We’ve concluded our investigation and it’s undetermined at this point,” said Oak Park Fire Chief Ron Kobyleski, who added the building’s insurance company would likely conduct its own investigation into the fire.

The fire department investigation found that the blaze originated in the rear of the building on the ground floor in the trash area underneath the grease duct. Once ignited, the fire consumed the enclosed back porch, made entirely of wood, as well as the timber floors, roof and frame of the entire building, according to Kobyleski.

Brianna Bailey, who lived in one of the three upstairs apartments, was awakened by the building’s fire alarm and strong stench of smoke about 9:30 a.m. the morning of the fire. She immediately got out of bed and woke up her brother, who was visiting. Bailey told Wednesday Journal she could hear the fire roaring.

“It almost sounded like a mega-bonfire,” she said.

She then called 911 to report the fire and was directed to leave the building straightaway. Within a minute and a half of her calling, Bailey said, firefighters were on the scene.

In a moment of quick thinking, she snatched her purse, thinking she would need her license as identification. Everything else was left behind.

“I couldn’t even grab my car keys, and I guess it didn’t matter anyway because my car was in the back of the building, so it was also affected by the fire,” she said.

While exiting, Bailey saw that the white door to the building’s back stairwell was “pitch black,” which caused her immediately to panic that her neighbor Jose Esparsa was still in his apartment. She began banging on the walls to try to alert him, but he was fortunately not in the building at the time of the fire.

“Thank God he wasn’t because, I believe at that point, his apartment was already up in flames,” she said.

She and her brother were able to safely evacuate the building. Once she opened the building’s front door, she saw firefighters crawling on the ground, trying to help them evacuate. Bailey feels lucky that she and her brother are alive.

The fire department also evacuated others from Delia’s Kitchen and the nail salon next door, as well as neighboring businesses. The surrounding blocks of Lake Street were also closed to traffic.

While it only took a short time for the flames to engulf the three-story building — Bailey

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CHARRED: The Delia’s Kitchen building in the aftermath of a fire in the 1000 block of Lake Street, Nov. 23. compared it to striking a match — it took over two hours for the fire to be extinguished. The entire Oak Park Fire Department, including the chief, was on hand fighting the fire.

“Everyone performed above expectation,” said Kobyleski.

Fire departments from Bellwood, Berwyn, Cicero, Elmwood Park, Forest Park, Franklin Park, Maywood, Melrose Park, North Riverside, River Forest, River Grove and Stickney all turned out to assist in the effort. At the height of the incident, 75 firefighters were on the scene, according to the village of Oak Park.

“I hope people understand just how great a job the fire department did keeping that fire contained, given the proximity of so many important buildings in our downtown business district, including the iconic Lake Theatre,” said Oak Park spokesman David Powers. “It speaks to their expertise and experience and underscores the importance of our mutual aid relationships with neighboring communities.”

No civilians were hurt in the fire — an outcome that very much pleased the fire chief. Only one firefighter was injured, and that was minor. According to Kobyleski, the firefighter threw out his back, which can easily happen when battling fires.

“You’re wearing a lot of equipment; you’re pulling hoses over uneven, slippery

Helping hands Those who would like to donate to Delia’s Kitchen can do so at: https:// gofund.me/8d12eb81 The GoFundMe for Bailey can be accessed at: https://gofund.me/5074448b

ground,” the chief explained.

While the damage from the fire, as well as from the water used to extinguish it, caused significant damage to the building and ruined all the furnishings inside of it, Kobyleski believes the building will be salvageable.

However, it is unclear if the building’s displaced tenants will choose to return. Bailey is staying with her brother in Chicago, while Esparsa is bunking with friends. The building’s third apartment was undergoing renovation at the time of the fire, so was empty. Esparsa told the Journal he lost everything in the fire.

“I have to start all over again,” he said.

“People are helping me little by little with clothes and a little money.”

Veronica Ciobotaru, the owner of Delia’s Kitchen, is working to find her staff new

employment. She hopes her restaurant will reopen. For now, she is grieving.

“I just lost the love of my life,” said Ciobotaru, who was not at Delia’s Kitchen during the fire.

Joyce Webster, whom Ciobotaru called a personal friend and a friend to the restaurant, started a GoFundMe campaign to support Delia’s Kitchen. So far, the crowdfunding effort has amassed $29,200 of its $30,000 goal. The outpouring of support for her and her restaurant has been a source of comfort for Ciobotaru.

“I had no idea that there’s so many people who love Delia’s Kitchen,” she said. “The community is amazing.”

The kindness of the community has also been overwhelming for Bailey, who said she has been asking those who have reached out to her to help Esparsa as well.

“He’s just been the greatest neighbor I could ask for,” she said. “He also needs to be taken care of.”

Multiple people in Oak Park invited her to spend Thanksgiving with them, so she would not be alone on the holiday. The GoFundMe campaign created for Bailey is only $860 away from reaching its $5,000 goal.

“It’s just been such a blessing,” Bailey said. “I really can’t grasp the generosity of people.”

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Lake Theatre reopens after fire next door

Back in time for traditional blockbuster weekend

By STACEY SHERIDAN Staff Reporter

The Lake Theatre is back showing films and serving popcorn. The cinema was temporarily closed Tuesday, Nov. 23 after a fire broke out early that morning next door at Delia’s Kitchen.

“Everything is in good shape,” said Chris Johnson, Classic Cinemas CEO. The fire caused no structural damage, but the beloved Oak Park movie house did not go unscathed either. Johnson told Wednesday Journal the fire melted some of the circuit boards used in the theater’s heating and cooling system, which have since been replaced. Roofers patched up the theater’s roof, which sustained some fire damage.

“We’re going to have to do a permanent repair, but we were able to seal it up,” Johnson said.

ComEd crews worked into the night to restore power which was lost during the blaze.

The sudden resurgence of electricity blew out some of the projection equipment, but repairs were made using spare parts the movie theater had on hand. The theater was fortunate that its projectors weren’t dam-

PROVIDED BY CHRIS JOHNSON

AFTERMATH: Lake Theatre roof damage from the fire. aged by the water used to put out the fire either.

“The good news is the water was away from the projectors because those projectors, they’re like $100,000,” said Johnson.

Considering the magnitude of the fire,

which raged for about two hours before being extinguished by firefighters from Oak Park and several neighboring towns, Johnson is relieved the theater was not in worse shape.

“That fire was crazy. I’m surprised we

didn’t have more damage,” he said. “Thankfully though, the fire department was up on the roof, working on top of Lake Theatre and so it really, really, really helped.”

Carpet cleaners were called in to extract water and deodorize. Only a slight stench of smoke lingered in the theater the day after the fire, according to Johnson, who said the smell was dissipating more with every minute spent running the theater’s HVAC units.

Thanksgiving weekend is famously busy for movie theaters, with the release of several films each year coinciding with the holiday. Lake Theatre did not miss out on the fun this year. The weekend went very well for the theater, according to Johnson.

No films were ruined in the fire, as the cinema screens movies in a digital format instead of using film reels, which melt and burn easily.

For those looking to catch a flick, Johnson has some recommendations. One of his favorites this year is the Kenneth Branagh-directed “Belfast,” which is playing in limited showtimes. “‘House of Gucci’ is definitely worth seeing,” he said.

He also thinks audiences will enjoy “King Richard,” a biographical drama following the father of tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams. For a good family movie, he suggests the new “Ghost Busters,” calling it a “sweet story.”

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BIG WEEK December 1-8

Concordia Christmas Concert

Harry Tonchev Trio

Saturday Dec. 4, from 7 to 9 p.m., Compound Yellow, 244 Lake St., Oak Park Harry Tonchev on guitar, John Sutton on bass, Tommaso Moretti on drums, this event is donation based, all proceeds go directly to the artists. Performance begins the Winter Sessions in the Studio series. Sessions are intimate, no more than 20 people. BYOB, some light refreshments provided. https://www.instagram.com/harrytonchevguitar, https://www.facebook.com/harry.tonchev, For more information, visit www.compoundyellow.com

The Old Chicago Post Office Monday, Dec. 6 at 1:15 p.m., 19th Century Club, 178 Forest Ave. The Nineteenth Century Charitable Association’s Monday Enrichment Series presents “Awakening of a Sleeping Giant: The Old Chicago Post Office.” A city landmark and fixture on the National Register of Historic Places, the Post Office is a one-of-a-kind building. When it was purchased in 2016 after 20 years of neglect, Gensler Chicago led its restoration and repositioning into a nextgeneration office building with world-class tenant amenities. Gensler Regional Managing Principal Grant Uhlir will discuss the process of reinvigorating the landmark building into a relevant space. Visit the website for more information. Presented in the second floor ballroom. Proof of vaccination and masks are required. Seating will be socially distanced. https://www.nineteenthcentury.org/our-public-programs. Free for members. $15 donation at the door is requested for non-members. A 3-course lunch is served at noon before the program (doors open at 11:30 a.m.). Cost is $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers. Make on-line lunch reservations no later than the Thursday before a program, or call the office at 708-386-2729.

‘March’: Book 3

Dinner Through the Decades Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m., Oak Park River Forest Museum, 129 Lake St., Oak Park Join the Historical Society of Oak Park & River Forest for a conversation between local cookbook author Emily Paster and OPRF Museum board member Fran Knechel on how our community’s answer to the question, “What’s for dinner?” has changed throughout the decades and how that answer reflects important societal changes. Copies of Paster’s cookbooks will be available for sale and signing. Tickets for this program are included with the price of admission: $5 for Oak Park/River Forest residents, $7 for nonresidents, and free for members. Space is limited, so advance registration is required. Visit the website, email oprfhistorymatters@ sbcglobal.net, or call 708-848-6755 to register.

Tuesday, Dec. 7, from 7-8:30 p.m., virtually through Oak Park Public Library Part three of the virtual series reading and discussing March, the graphic novel trilogy

by John Lewis. Discuss the work of the late civil rights icon and U.S. Congressman from Georgia, and reflect together on the impact of civil rights movements today. This anti-racist discussion is recommended for ages 11 and up. Register now at oppl.org/calendar.

Medicare Educational Seminar Thursday, Dec. 2, from 5 to 6 p.m. virtually through Oak Park Public Library Medicare can be confusing. Find out what Medicare covers, what it doesn’t, your potential out-of-pocket exposure, and learn about Medicare Supplements, Medicare Advantage Plans, Part D Prescription Coverage, and costsaving strategies for the year ahead. Presented by Ivan Morgan from Premier Medicare Benefits. Register at oppl.org/calendar.

Friday, Dec. 10 at 8 p.m., Chapel of Our Lord on campus, 7400 Augusta St., River Forest Concordia University Chicago’s University Band presents their annual Christmas concert. The University Band comprises approximately 70 musicians, including residents from surrounding communities and Concordia University Chicago students, faculty and staff. Dr. Richard Fischer, distinguished professor of music, founded the University Band in 1993 and conducts the ensemble. Admission is free. For more information, visit //CUChicago.edu/music or call 708-209-3060. Free off-street parking in the university’s parking structure, south of Division Street on Bonnie Brae Place. Face masks required for all individuals in attendance.

The Race to Save the RMS Titanic Thursday, Dec. 2, from 7 to 8 p.m. virtually through Oak Park Public Library Join author William Hazelgrove as he discusses his book, One Hundred and Sixty Minutes: The Race to Save the RMS Titanic.

One hundred and sixty minutes is all the time rescuers would have before the largest ship in the world slipped beneath the icy Atlantic. It is a story of a network of wireless operators on land and sea who desperately sent messages back and forth across the dark frozen North Atlantic to mount a rescue mission.

Register at oppl.org/calendar.

Exploring Social Justice Through Art Tuesday, Dec. 7, from 6 to 7 p.m., virtually through Oak Park Public Library The Family, Literacy, and Social Justice speaker series provides opportunities for caregivers and educators to learn from experts in a variety of fields. The goal is to raise awareness and confront social injustices through different forms of literacy. Each presenter challenges thinking, broadens understanding and inspires action. Register at oppl.org/calendar.

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vents EDecember 1-8 Dombrowski’s Christmas Trees Daily, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Rehm Pool Parking Lot The Park District of Oak Park has partnered with the Tree Farm to bring freshly cut Christmas trees throughout the winter season. 515 Garfield St., Oak Park.

Candlelight Walk

Christmas Favorites Saturday, Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church Michael Teolis Singers returns to in-person singing. “Carol of the Bells,”“Little Drummer Boy,”“Christmas Time is Here” from A Charlie Brown Christmas, the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s Messiah and more. Masks and proof of vaccination are required. $22, advance; $25 at the door; $17 seniors advance; $20 seniors at the door.

Tickets/more: mtsingers.org/ticket-information.html.

324 N. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park.

Friday and Saturday, Dec. 3 and 4, 5 to 8 p.m., Oak Park Conservatory Enjoy the greenhouses filled with luminaries and poinsettias. Children can have photos taken with Santa among the holiday plant displays. Limited time slots available. Register: pdop.org. 615 Garfield St., Oak Park.

Holiday Kickoff Saturday, Dec. 4, 5 p.m., Madison Street Theater (MST) Enjoy a family-friendly evening of performance and storytelling. See Oak Park and River Forest High School’s Show Choir and The Caroling Party, who will perform a short a capella concert and later, will lead a sing-along.

Enjoy readings of holiday stories. Santa Claus will arrive for pictures with everyone in the audience. $8; $5, children. Tickets/more: madisonstreettheater.org/events.

1010 Madison St., Oak Park.

Holiday Gift and Art Fair Saturday, Dec. 4, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 5, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., McDonough Hall, St. Giles Church Shop for holiday gifts and more from a selection of items from local vendors and artists. Free admission. 1101 Columbian, Oak Park.

Winter Greens Market Tuesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., through Dec. 19, Oak Park Conservatory Shop for wreaths, garland, swags, porch pots and other winter accents. An array of evergreens, boxwood, winter berries, magnolia tips and more are available for winter containers and decorating. Need help putting a container together? It can be arranged for you! 615 Garfield St., Oak Park.

Ballet Légere’s Nutcracker Saturday, Dec. 4, 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 5, Noon and 4 p.m., Performing Arts Center, Dominican University Local students of Légere Dance Centre in River Forest join professional adult dancers from Chicagoland for their annual production of this holiday ballet. Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result within 72 hours is required for ages 12 and older. Masks required for all. $35, premium seating; $30 premium children/senior or

CLASSICAL BLAST

Dark Side of the Yule Friday, Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m., Good Shepherd Church Christmas meets classic rock as Classical Blast plays music by bands like Metallica, Evanescence, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel and others, mashed with holiday classics and baroque carols, then rolled into a series of musical stories that explore the holiday season’s darker themes. The band includes bandleader/bass, Bill Syniar, and manager/producer, Barbara Weigand, both of Oak Park. $20, advance; $25, at door; $10, ages 16 and under. Tickets/more: classicalblast.com. 611 Randolph, Oak Park. general seating; $25 children/seniors general seating.

Tickets: balletlegere.org/tickets, 708-488-5000. 7900 W. Division St., River Forest.

Animal Care League Holiday Bazaar Shop for holiday items, try your luck on the online raffle and more, all to support homeless pets. Browse selected bazaar items and enter the raffle online through Saturday, Dec. 4. In-person shopping is Friday, Dec. 3, 3 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 4, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 5, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Masks required and be prepared to wait in line. Pickup online bazaar merchandise and winning raffle items Sunday, Dec. 5. More: animalcareleague.org/events.html. 1529 S. Harlem Ave., Berwyn.

Christmas Boutique and Floral Design Demo Wednesday, Dec. 8, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Cheney Mansion Shop the boutique for hostess gifts, secret Santas, teacher appreciation, etc. starting at 11:30. Garden Club of Oak Park & River Forest meeting begins at noon. At 1 p.m., Emily Neuman of EcoWilde Flower Co. will demonstrate floral designs.

Three completed designs will be raffled at the end. Free; all welcome. More: gcoprf.org. 220 N. Euclid, Oak Park.

Winterfest Saturday, Dec. 4, 3 to 6 p.m., Downtown Oak Park Shop local, enjoy free hot cocoa and coffee, photos with St. Nick and a variety of family-friendly entertainment: Dickens Accordionist (4-6 p.m.), Lola Bard Carolers (4-5 p.m.), OPRFHS Show Choir (3-4 p.m.) and Ovation Academy for the Performing Arts (4 p.m.). Note: Cookie Walk tins are sold out. More: downtownoakpark.net/event/winterfest-cookiewalk. On Marion St. between Lake St. and North Blvd.

Holiday Gift Project Drop off by Dec. 3, Sarah’s Inn and other locations Help make the holidays brighter for Sarah’s Inn clients and their children by donating new toys or gift cards.

Building Blocks, games, dolls, headphones and more are all on the wish list. For a complete list of requested items and drop off locations, go to: sarahsinn. org/events/holiday-gift-project-2021. More: mariami@ sarahsinn.org

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A home at a time, Oak Park looks to patch ‘leaky’ homes ‘Better Planet’ could start at your house, says Buchanan

By STACEY SHERIDAN Staff Reporter

As part of the Oak Park village board’s goal to combat climate change, the village has launched the “Better Homes, Better Planet” campaign to inspire residents to plan for a more sustainable future by linking them to information, resources and even financial support. Renters, landlords and homeowners are all eligible to participate in the program.

“We wanted to make sure that everybody has an opportunity to participate,” said Trustee Susan Buchanan, who is a member of the ad hoc climate change group that recommended much of what is included in the campaign.

The campaign is intended to reduce the village’s carbon footprint as a whole while also saving individual households money with lowered utility bills. Oak Parkers have a range of options to improve the energy efficiency of their homes, whether or not they own it. A full list of the programs and grant opportunities is available on the campaign’s dedicated website: www.sustainoakpark. com.

Residents can sign up for a ComEd energy

“ComEd itself is looking to do more of efficiency audit of their homes through the website as well. While being free of charge, these,” said Buchanan. “They want to get out energy efficiency audits are the first step in in communities and do these audits.”

Once the audit is completed, residents can the process of making homes more sustainable. Due to the advanced age of much of Oak turn to the village for support in implementing sustainability measures Park’s housing stock, many in their homes. Two finanhomes in the village have a cial incentives have been tendency to leak energy, said created to assist residents Buchanan. who wish to live more sus“It doesn’t make sense to tainably, including the local put solar panels on a leaky energy efficiency grant prohouse and generate energy gram. The village is putting that’s just going to leak out $420,000 from its sustainabilof your 100-year-old house,” ity fund toward the grant said Buchanan. program.

The audit determines Those who are approved ways in which residents can SUSAN BUCHANAN for the grant are eligible to prevent further leakage. It Oak Park trustee receive up to $10,000 from also includes the installathe village of Oak Park to tion of free or discounted cover all or part of the cost energy saving products such of improving the heating, as LED lightbulbs, programmable thermostats and hot water pipe insula- air conditioning and weatherization of their homes. Sealing and repairing windows, walls tion, among other upgrades.

With each audit, ComEd consultants give and doors are among the eligible improveresidents personalized reports identifying ments under the grant, as well as properly areas to save energy and money. ComEd can insulating attics and pipes.

To encourage residents to tap into solar conduct the audits in person or virtually, depower, the village will cover 50 percent of the pending on the wishes of the resident.

“It doesn’t make sense to put solar panels on a leaky house and generate energy that’s just going to leak out of your 100-year-old house.”

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cost to install home solar panels up to $10,000 through its energy efficiency grant. A total of $225,000 from the sustainability fund will go toward the solar rebates program.

Equity, as well as sustainability, was prioritized in the creation of the “Better Homes, Better Planet” campaign. Those who meet a certain income level may also qualify for financial assistance beyond that offered by the village of Oak Park, such as the Illinois Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP.) The LIHEAP block grant helps low-income renters pay for winter energy bills, ensuring they stay warm throughout the cold months.

Undocumented workers are eligible for the LIHEAP as well, providing their income meets the eligibility requirements. Renters can apply for LIHEAP through the “Better Homes, Better Planet” dedicated website as well.

During her time on the board, Buchanan has advocated for the village to take climate change more seriously. With the creation of the “Better Homes, Better Planet” campaign and listening to the recommendations of the ad hoc climate change group, she believes the village of Oak Park is inching closer toward becoming a more sustainable community.

“I’m thrilled,” she said.

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River Forest will stick with waste hauler, but wants opt-out Complaints in wake of Roy Strom acquisition concern officials

By ROBERT J. LIFKA

ing, where residents can choose to participate in the program at an additional cost. Under opt-out composting, all residents would be included except those who choose to not to participate.

A memo included the village board’s Nov. 22 meeting packet from Public Works Director Jeff Loster and Management Analyst Sara Phyfer, said village staff members have experienced a “moderate increase” in calls related to customer service issues with waste pickup. They said these issues are typically attributed to the LRS acquisition but admitted that perception “can often be difficult to verify.”

George Strom, a member of the Strom family who continues to be actively involved in serving the village as LRS’ legacy contracts representative, told village officials Nov. 22 that he shares concerns about service but asked that he and LRS be allowed “to get our house in order.”

He has met with village staff members and attended a meeting of the Sustainability Commission in July to provide an overview of services, including the composting program.

Loster and Strom said village and company representatives have discussed creating

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River Forest officials will continue to use Lakeshore Recycling Services (LRS) as the village’s waste hauler -- for now.

Following discussion at the Nov. 22 village board meeting, staff members were directed to renegotiate a new five-year contract with LRS that would include the ability for the village to opt out after 12-months if designated metrics are not met.

The current contract, which expires in April 2022, was signed with Roy Strom Refuse and Removal Services Inc. in 2015, however, LRS acquired Roy Strom last December.

The River Forest Sustainability Commission, an advisory body on which village officials rely regarding environmental issues, recommended that the waste contract negotiations “be guided by the goals of reducing landfill waste, increasing composting and increasing appropriate disposal of specialty/ electronics hazardous waste.”

Commission members specifically recommended “including opt-out composting and a drop-off or pickup program for specialty/electronic hazardous waste at an affordable rate.”

The village currently offers opt-in compost-

a document that can be seen by both village and LRF/Strom staff members in real time to track customer service issues, establishing a plan for increased information sharing with village residents and creating a “cheat sheet” to identify general program parameters, which would help reduce confusion for new homeowners and those who are considering a change in service level.

Trustee Katie Brennan noted that Strom “has given a lot of the village,” but requested a regular pickup schedule for electronic and household hazardous waste collection, acknowledging that the service is offered but contending that its existence is not well known.

In response to Trustee Erika Bachner’s concerns regarding residents’ complaints about not getting through to LRS, Strom said the company is tracking complaints better and also communicating better with village staff members.

Trustee Lisa Gillis emphasized the Sustainability Commission’s recommendation, especially the goal of driving down the amount of landfill waste.

When Trustee Bob O’Connell asked if possible rates had been discussed, Loster said, “Not yet” but added that “opportunities exist.”

In response to Brennan’s question about opt-out composting, Loster said, “It’s on our radar.”

To gauge residents’ perception of waste hauling services, the Sustainability Commission conducted a 27-question survey in October via the village’s E-News and social media channels. The majority of the 390 responses indicated general satisfaction with the services provided by LRS. Specifically, more than 90 percent are neutral or satisfied with the garbage collection, more than 90 percent are neutral or satisfied with the recycling collection, just under 80 percent are neutral or satisfied with the yard waste collection, just under 77 percent are neutral or satisfied with the cost and just under 88 percent are neutral or satisfied with the overall program.

In addition, just under 85 percent of the 144 respondents who use the composting program are neutral or satisfied with that program. Of those who have experienced customer service issues, more than 85 percent are neutral or satisfied with the response, although several noted a perceived drop in service following the acquisition. Just under 90 percent indicated they would be interested in a pickup option of specialty items for an additional fee.

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The CARA Collective, an innovative Chicago workforce development nonprofit founded in 1991, is currently ending its third decade of helping Chicago residents find ways back into the workforce by giving them hope and developing the skill of persistence. CARA’s clients’ struggles and successes coming back from homelessness, incarceration, and addiction, are reflected in The Road Up, a new documentary by Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel.

The film is also a reminder of CARA’s multiple early connections to leaders from River Forest. Eric Weinheimer served as CARA’s CEO for 18 years, from 1996 to 2014 (Weinheimer is currently on the board of Growing Community Media, the nonprofit owner of Wednesday Journal). Mark Carroll took a one-year sabbatical from Goldman Sachs in 2005 and arrived at CARA to launch Cleanslate, a business within CARA that created jobs for clients not readily hired by private enterprises due to their criminal records. Kristin Carlson Vogen, former executive director of the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation and now at the Chicago Community Trust, was a longtime CARA board member.

Those local ties are one reason the documentary will have a free screening at 7 p.m., Dec. 2, at the Lake Theatre.

The film follows four job trainees over a two-year period, detailing their experiences with CARA and the job market. At the center of the movie, though, is Jesse Teverbaugh, director of alumni and student affairs, affectionately known as “Mr. Jesse.” According to Jacobs, “Jesse is really the core of the film. So much of the film takes place in the class that he teaches. He’s responsible for what’s kind of the ‘boot camp’ part of the program, where everybody has to take this month-long class called ‘Transformations.’ Jesse is really one of the greatest teachers I’ve ever seen in action. It’s amazing the way he connects with everybody in that class. People are

‘The Road Up,’ CARA documentary coming from all backgrounds and they’ve all had different challenges; they’re at different low points in their lives. His job is to spark something to give them the sense that maybe, just maybe, there’s some hope.

That’s the kind of thing that will keep them getting out of bed, keep them showing up, and turning that hope into a habit.”

Using a combination of genuine concern and tough love, Teverbaugh continually pushes students to give better than their best. Despite being front and center, leading the charge, hardly anyone has felt the need to challenge his dominance, which was well-earned.

“If you go to CARA, you have to want to change your life,” says Jacobs. “Because of that, people are going in, and they are vulnerable enough that when they see

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someone like Jesse who is really putting himself out there to help them, they want to respond.”

Despite the respect, Teverbaugh still works hard to sustain his impact. “A lot of people in the class every month are people who, because of their experiences, it’s incredibly hard for them to trust,” Jacobs says. “So he has to both be an authority figure and be somebody that they can believe and buy into. It’s a really delicate balance to strike. There are always people who are going to challenge and be a struggle for him to win over. It’s one of the reasons why he treats it like a boxing match each month. One of the first times you see him in the film, going into the classroom from the back, it may remind you of the boxer going into the ring. He just exhausts himself. By the end of the four weeks, he is completely spent.”

The age range of students varies, from early 20s to early 60s. The various stumbling blocks these individuals have to move past varies.

“It’s people who, as Jesse puts it, have ‘lost their mojo’ in some way or another,” says Jacobs. “It can be addiction or incarceration or homelessness. But it can also be a marriage ended and you’ve just kind of sunk after that. Or there was a financial problem and things spiraled out of control.

It doesn’t have to be those kind of big cat-

Free screening at the Lake The Road Up will have a free screening on Dec. 2 at Oak Park’s Lake Theatre. Following the 7 p.m. screening, there will be a Q&A with Kathleen Caliento, CARA CEO; Jesse Teverbaugh, CARA’s director of student and alumni affairs, and Siskel and Jacobs, the film’s co-directors.

egories, but it often is.”

This movie also introduces us to Clarence, Kristen, Alisa and Tamala, four graduates of the class who are shown putting the lessons to work. Jacobs notes, “We followed them over the course of the next two years — not constantly, but staying in touch with them and going out and filming, occasionally, seeing the challenges and the obstacles they faced,” along with “the internal and external barriers that keep people from being able to get steady employment. It’s really a powerful thing to watch people overcome both. For all these people, the story never ends, because it’s a constant up and down. The good thing is, so far everybody has found some measure of stability.”

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Make an impact in your own community this year by supporting local nonprofits. Go to OakPark.com and check out the 2021 Season of Giving (you’ll find it on the homepage).

Read articles, personal stories and detailed descriptions of these local organizations: Animal Care League Austin Coming Together Beyond Hunger BUILD The Collaboration for Early Childhood Concordia University The Day Nursery Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park Frank Lloyd Wright Trust Friends of Oak Park Conservatory Hephzibah Children’s Association Growing Community Media

Historical Society of Forest Park Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest Housing Forward IWS Children’s Clinic L’Arche Chicago Maywood Youth Mentoring Program Nehemiah Community Project New Moms The Nineteenth Century Charitable Association Oak Park Art League Oak Park Festival Theatre

Oak Park Public Library Oak Park Regional Housing Center The Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation One Earth Collective Opportunity Knocks D97 PTO Council PeopleCare,Inc. PING! Pro Bono Network The Quinn Center of St. Eulalia Race Conscious Dialogues River Forest Public Library Foundation

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If you missed the Season of Giving special section in the newspaper, you can request a free copy by emailing your name and address to marc@oakpark.com and we’ll mail you a copy.

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Middle-schoolers’ community service efforts become passion projects 8th graders range from uplift to inclusivity

By F. AMANDA TUGADE Staff Reporter

For the last month, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Madeline Ainsworth and her classmates, Stella Smith and Teresa Delgado, have gathered at the school nurses’ office, painting one of the white walls pink.

Unfinished flowers bloom from the wall’s corners and meet in the middle where a bold affirmation, still in pencil, reads: “Be You. Be Kind. Be Amazing.”

The mural is part of Ainsworth, Smith and Delgado’s community service project, a culmination of teamwork and tenacity.

The three, all of whom are eighth-graders at Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School, said they wanted to center their project on positivity and settled on designing a mural with a mantra. Brooks is at 325 S. Kenilworth Ave. “I hope that when they [staff and students] see it, they smile,” Ainsworth said.

And Ainsworth, Smith and Delgado aren’t the only Brooks eighth-graders with big ideas.

Take Zoe Swanson and Jamera Barnes: The pair spent weeks drawing and coloring 150 holiday cards for residents at Oak Park Arms, a nearby senior living facility.

Meanwhile, other students such as Sophia Chavez, Kate Kjarsgaard and Francesca

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The service projects create pockets of opportunities for students to explore their

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INTRA-MURAL: (Left to right) Teresa Delgado and her classmates, Stella Smith and Madeline Ainsworth, adorn their mural in the school nurse’s office. passions, said Veena Rajashekar, an International Baccalaureate (IB) program and special area coordinator at Oak Park Elementary School District 97. Rajashekar said District 97 offers Brooks and Percy Julian middle schoolers an IB program called Middle Years, which focuses on student development and engagement. Percy Julian Middle School is at 416 S. Ridgeland Ave. That means, sixth- and seventh-graders often work on service-oriented activities and projects in the classroom and as a whole, while eighth-graders can foster their own ideas and opt to partner with other students or work by themselves. Eighth-graders are asked to journal the progress of their projects, as well as present to their classmates what lessons they learned along the way.

“IB aims to develop lifelong learners in and out of the classroom, so it’s really providing students with opportunities to take their learning into action,” Rajashekar said.

Chavez shared that her group’s plans to showcase a land and labor acknowledgement on school property is about owning America’s past and honoring those who “built this land.” Chavez, Cajun and Kjarsgaard noted that they also viewed the ac-

knowledgement as a branch of inclusivity, one that they hope future students of color would see as a welcome sign.

“I’m Mexican. I like to acknowledge [my] ancestors and the people who came before me,” said Chavez, adding she already painted a few pieces to couple with the acknowledgement. “When it comes to this project, I feel like it’s a big topic that needs to be discussed that not a lot of people like to acknowledge.”

Kjarsgaard interjected, “I think it’s important to get a message out because no textbooks or anything talk about it, because they just try to erase what happened.”

Beyond that, the goal of the service projects is to help students understand the true meaning of community and build relationships with the people around them. Rajashekar noted that the IB program provides little guidance on what the project should entail, which allows students to freely interpret the definition of community and collaborate.

“It’s left up to students to decide what community means to them, so you can see the different types of projects and ideas that emerge from them,” she said.

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ANNUAL STATEMENT OF AFFAIRS SUMMARY FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2021 Copies of the detailed Annual Statement of Affairs for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2020 will be available for public inspection in the school district/joint agreement administrative office by December 1, annually.

Individuals wanting to review this Annual Statement of Affairs should contact: Oak Park & River Forest High School Dist. #200 201 N Scoville Ave 708-434-3265 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

School District/Joint Agreement Name Address Telephone Office Hours Also by January 15, annually the detailed Annual Statement of Affairs for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2020, will be posted on the Illinois State Board of Education’s website@ www.isbe.net.

SUMMARY: The following is the Annual Statement of Affairs Summary that is required to be published by the school district/joint agreement for the past fiscal year.

Statement of Operations as of June 30, 2021 Acct No

(10)

(20) Operations & Maintenance

Educational

(30)

(40)

Debt Service

Transportation

(50)

(60)

(70)

(80)

Municipal Retirement & Social Security

Capital Projects

Working Cash

Tort

(90) Fire Prevention & Safety

RECEIPTS/REVENUES Local Sources

1000

57,311,356

12,242,459

1,865

1,008,116 0

0

0

0

975,440

0

0

0

0

0

4,349,578

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

68,655,406

12,242,459

1,865

1,983,556

2,665,879

2,309,265

1,008,866

14,625

31,762

12,242,459

1,865

1,983,556

2,665,879

2,309,265

1,008,866

14,625

31,762

Flow-Through Received/Revenue from One District to Another District

2000

0

0

State Sources

3000

6,994,472

Federal Sources

4000

Total Direct Receipts/Revenues Rec./Rev. for “On Behalf” Payments

3998

Total Receipts/Revenues

2,665,879

2,309,265

1,008,866

14,625

31,762

16,223,833 84,879,239

DISBURSEMENTS/EXPENDITURES Instruction

1000

45,927,485

Support Services

2000

19,713,402

5,785,548

824,468

1,823,910

Community Services

3000

533,394

0

0

0

Payments to Other Districts & Govt Units

4000

77,652

0

0

0

0

Debt Services

5000

0

0

7,673

0

0

66,251,933

5,785,548

7,673

824,468

2,870,317

4180

16,223,833

0

0

0

0

82,475,766

5,785,548

7,673

824,468

2,403,473

6,456,911

(5,808)

1,159,088

Total Direct Disbursements/Expenditures Disb./Expend. for “On Behalf” Payments Total Disbursements/Expenditures Excess of Direct Receipts/Revenues Over (Under) Direct Disbursements/Expenditures Other Sources of Funds

7000

Other Uses of Funds

8000

1,046,407

0 16,112,377

798,713

1,664,959

0 0

0

0

0

0

16,112,377

798,713

1,664,959

0

0

0

2,870,317

16,112,377

798,713

1,664,959

(204,438)

(13,803,112)

1,008,866

(784,088)

(1,633,197)

0

0

0

22,000,000 10,000,000

12,000,000

(10,000,000)

(12,000,000)

Excess of Receipts/Revenues & Other Sources of Funds (Over/Under) Expenditures/Disbursements & Other Uses of Funds

(7,596,527)

(5,543,089)

(5,808)

1,159,088

(204,438)

8,196,888

1,008,866

(784,088)

(1,633,197)

Beginning Fund Balances - July 1, 2020

58,898,480

8,953,553

229,699

3,525,256

1,696,532

19,715,813

5,416,356

3,959,917

5,197,866

51,301,953

3,410,464

223,891

4,684,344

1,492,094

27,912,701

6,425,222

3,175,829

3,564,669

Total Other Sources/Uses of Funds

0

0

0

22,000,000

Other Changes in Fund Balances Increases (Decreases) Ending Fund Balances June 30, 2021

PAYMENTS OVER $2,500, EXCLUDING WAGES AND SALARIES OAK PARK RIVER FOREST HSD 200 06-016-2000-13 PERSON, FIRM, OR AGGREGATE CORPORATION AMOUNT 2080 MEDIA INC 3,000 KENTUCKY DEPARMENT OF REVENUE 3,157 3F CORPORATION 4,246 KIEFER 3,636 5 STARS SPORTS, INC 4,300 KLINGBERG FAMILY CENTERS 9,429 AA RENTAL 10,695 KNOWBE4 12,712 ABSOLUTE PRODUCTION SERVICES 4,358 KNOWLEDGE MATTERS 2,800 ABC WINDOW CLEANING CO. 3,500 KUUMBA LYNX 3,000 ACACIA ACADEMY 55,656 LAGOOZO VISUAL 40,173 ACCURATE BIOMETRICS 6,950 LAKE-COOK DISTRIBUTORS, INC 121,502 ACHIEVE3000 9,115 LAKESHORE LEARNING MATERIALS 5,250 ADVANCED DISPOSAL 30,519 LANGUAGE TESTING INTERNATIONAL, INC 5,660 AED LIFESOURCE, INC. 6,572 LEARN BY DOING, INC. 10,000 AIRGAS USA 4,584 LEARN WELL 5,550 AIRPORT ELECTRIC 49,970 LEARNPLATFORM, INC. 9,081 DEVON L ALEXANDER 10,000 LINCOLN INVESTMENT PLANNING, INC 54,720 ALL-WAYS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, I66,427 NAPERVILLE PSYCHIATRIC VENTURE/LIND 7,080 ALPHA BAKING CO 14,864 LISA WESTMAN CONSULTING, INC. 11,500 AMAZON.COM, INC. 123,290 MAKEMUSIC, INC. 12,200 AMIGOS LIBRARY SERVICES 4,653 PRESTO-X 10,999 AMPLIFIED IT, LLC 7,374 MARCHESE & SONS INC. 7,000 AMSCO ENGINEERING, INC 9,500 MARILYN MARSHALL 4,725 ANDERSON LOCK 36,246 MARYVILLE ACADEMY 364,559 ANDREWS TECHNOLOGY HMS, INC 17,318 MAXIM STAFFING SOLUTIONS 167,648 ANDY FRAIN SERVICES 6,273 MC ADAM LANDSCAPING, INC 33,955 APPLE STORE 25,879 MC SQUARED ENERGY SERVICES 397,270 APPLIED NETWORK CONCEPTS, INC 13,057

MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES 12,276 AQUA PURE ENTERPRISES, INC. 2,516 MECK PRINT 35,860 ARAMARK 4,950 MENARD CONSULTING, INC 2,900 ARCHER ELECTRIC SUPPLY 21,422 MENTA ACADEMY OAK PARK 385,975 ARCHIVE SOCIAL 4,788 MEP, INC. 11,543 ARROWHEAD RANCH 44,340 MESIROW INSURANCE SERVICES, INC 26,722 ASANA 14,187 METLIFE 185,820 ATHLETICO 71,025 METROPOLITAN PREPARATORY 116,201 ATLAS BOBCAT 19,456 MHS, INC 5,391 AUTOMATED LOGIC CORPORATION 4,869 MICHIGAN STATE DISBURSEMENT UNIT 7,891 B & F CONSTRUCTION CODE SERVICES 2,723 MIDLAND PAPER 10,633 B&H PHOTO AND VIDEO 21,262 MIDWEST CONFERENCE SERVICE 16,015 BAKER TILLY VIRCHOW KRAUSE, LLP 38,500 MIDWEST INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS 12,259 BARAK 13,897 MINIPCR 2,851 BCTINT LIMITED 3,199 MS. ROBERTS ACADEMY 24,000 BEATMIX MUSIC 6,500 MSDSONLINE 3,760 BERWYN GARAGE 15,375 MUSIC & ARTS CENTER 6,802 BEYOND HUNGER- OP & RF FOOD PANTRY9,750 MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL 5,594 BIO-RAD LABORATORIES 3,239 NASCO 6,176 BLICK ART MATERIALS 80,002 NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR PARTNERSHIPS 3,454 BLUEMACK 8,334 NAVIANCE 14,838 BMO HARRIS MASTERCARD 169,103 NCS-PEARSON INC. 10,312 BMO HARRIS BANK 4,064 NEFF COMPANY 5,534 BOARD OF REGENTS OF UW-MADISON 13,500 NELCO 3,413 BOATHOUSE SPORTS 15,617 NEW MOMS, INC. 3,459 BOB’S DAIRY SERVICE 13,657 NEW HOPE ACADEMY 226,457 BOUNCE ATHLETICS, INC 5,120 NEW YORK TIMES 3,848

BRAINPOP 2,950 NICOR GAS 50,628 EILEEN M. BRANN 18,346 NOREDINK CORP 9,450 BRACKER’S GOOD EARTH CLAYS,INC 3,192 NU-STAR, INC. 10,175 BSN SPORTS 91,635 OAK PARK & RIVER FOREST HIGH SCHOOL 447,310 BUMP CITY AUTO BODY INC 5,706 OAK PARK & RIVER FOREST COMMUNITY F 35,506 BUREAU OF EDUCATION & RESEARCH 2,848 OAK PARK ELEMENTARY DIST #97 12,757 C. ACITELLI HEATING & PIPING CONTRA 53,130 OAK PARK TWNSHP YOUTH SERVICES 35,685 C.R. LEONARD 7,800 OCONOMOWOC DEVELOPMENT TRAINING CEN 246,294 CAPSTAN NETWORKS, LLC 19,819 OFFICE DEPOT 8,020 CARDINAL COLOR GROUP 3,451 OMNI 2,878,218 CARLSEN’S ELEVATOR SERVICE 19,193 OPRFHS ATHLETIC IMPREST ACCOUNT 3,232 CARRIER COMMERCIAL SERVICES 25,203 OPRFHS FOOD SERVICE 15,597 CARRIER CORPORATION 4,992 OPRFHS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION 5,350 CCS TECHNOLOGY 24,200 OPRFHS/FACULTY SENATE DUES 181,849 CDW GOVERNMENT, INC. 1,087,684 ORCHARD ACADEMY 4,041 CENTER FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES81,979 ORGANIX RECYCLING 4,528 CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE 4,066 OVERDRIVE, INC. 21,222 CHADDOCK 17,370 P.A. CRIMSON 7,081 CHANDLER DECISION SERVICE, LLC 15,675 P.A.C.T.T. LEARNING CENTER 59,974 CHANGE ACADEMY AT LAKE OF THE OZARK 699,663 PACIFIC EDUCATIONAL GROUP 13,900 CHER-MAR MECHANICAL INSULATION 10,210 PARKLAND PREP ACADEMY, INC 38,535 CHICAGO FLYHOUSE INC 16,782 PEKRON CONSULTING 48,596 CHICAGO MOTOR CONTROL CORPORATION 10,055 PEPPER CONSTRUCTION 16,694,286 CHICAGO CHILDREN’S THEATRE 2,800 PERFECT CUT PRODUCTIONS 15,363 CHICAGO TRIBUNE MEDIA GROUP 8,646 PERFECTION LEARNING CORP 4,200 CINTAS CORPORATION #23K 6,270

PERSONALIZATION HOUSE (SHIRTWORKS) 6,449 CLARE WOODS ACADEMY 36,053 PERSPECTIVES 10,410 CLEAR COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS,LLC 9,500 PILGRIM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 60,754 CLIC 574,039 POCKET NURSE 3,606 CLIC/SCHOOL BOARD LEGAL ISDLAF PLU 19,103 POSTMASTER, OAK PARK 10,480 CLINICARE CORP - MILWAUKEE ACADEMY 125,682 POWERSCHOOL GROUP LLC 32,048 CMS COMMUNICATIONS 124,657 POWERSTONE COMMUNICATIONS LLC 58,333 COACH COMM, LLC 3,060 PRASINO ENGINEERING, LLC 21,000 GREAT LAKES COCA-COLA DISTRIBUTION,6,309 PROJECT LEAD THE WAY, INC 10,654 COEO SOLUTIONS 26,166 PROJECT WAYFINDER LLC 5,500 COLEMAN CHIROPRACTIC SPORTS CARE 2,700 PROQUEST 4,991 COLLEGE BOARD 156,564 PROTOLIGHT, INC. 15,266 COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION BOARD 7,619 QUADIENT (FORMERLY NEONPOST) 2,504 COLLEY ELEVATOR CO 13,063 QUADIENT LEASING USA, INC (MAILFIAN 14,500 COM ED 335,432 QUALTRICS, LLC 10,500 COMCAST 24,000 QUILL CORP. 7,598 COMMANDSCOPE, LLC 6,800 R.E. WALSH & ASSOCIATES, INC 9,360 COMPASS HEALTH CENTER CHICAGO 2,580 RANDALL INDUSTRIES 4,011 COMPREHENSIVE SPEECH & LANGUAGE PAT 10,052 RED PEPPER SOFTWARE, LLC 6,000 HEALTHPRO REHABILITATION 59,429 REMIND101 11,460 CONCORDE SIGNS LLC 5,333 RENAISSANCE LEARNING, INC 45,042 CONSERV FS 2,552 REVTRAK 68,564 COOPERATIVE ASSN FOR SPECIAL ED 53,269 RGW CONSULTING, LLC 7,060 COVE SCHOOL 113,752 RIDDELL/ALL AMERICAN 18,818 CRISIS PREVENTION INSTITUTE 2,899 RIGHT DIRECTION CRISIS INTERVENTION 8,520 CRYSTAL FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS, INC 6,178

RIO GRANDE 4,940 CUSTOMINK.COM 4,495 RIVER FOREST COMMUNITY CENTER 17,010 DECISIONED GROUP, INC 34,872 ROBBINS SCHWARTZ NICHOLAS LIFTON 71,531 DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF ILLINOIS 690,920 ROGUE FITNESS 9,453 DELL MARKETING LP 36,698 JOSEPH ROSENBERG 2,500 DEMCO 2,900 SAFE HAVEN SCHOOL 43,404 DES PLAINES VALLEY REGION 41,862 SAFEGUARD SURVEILLANCE LLC 322,619 DILIGENT CORPORATION 17,000 SAVVAS LEARNING COMPANY LLC 23,583 DIVERSIFIED BIOTECH, INC 11,219 SCENARIO LEARNING LLC 6,725 BRIAN DRELICHARZ, LCSW 3,750 SCHOOL HEALTH CORPORATION 12,728 DUDE SOLUTIONS 14,441 SCHOOL SPECIALTY 6,940 DWAYNE D. WILLIAMS - TIER 1 EDUCATI 4,000 SCOPE SHOPPE INC 3,531 DYNAMIC LYNKS, INC 21,173 SCREENCASTIFY, LLC 3,240 E2 SERVICES 291,301 SCRIBLE, INC. 10,353 EASTER SEALS METROPOLITAN CHICAGO 193,860 SECURATEX 62,682 EBSCO INFORMATION SERVICES 5,233 SECURLY 25,955 ED-RED 5,000 SEIU LOCAL 73 67,667 EDWARD DON & CO 5,500 SENTINEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC 18,210 EDGENUITY, INC 25,000 SEPS, INC. 4,822 EDUCATION FRAMEWORK INC 7,840 SERVICE SANITATION, INC. 18,790 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOTHERAPHY SERVICES 3,900 SHC SERVICES INC 27,204 EDUCATORS RISING 20,000 SHOPBOT TOOLS 6,947 EDUNOVELA.COM/TREEFROG PUBLISHING L 7,728 SIX FLAGS GREAT AMERICA 38,973 ELIM CHRISTIAN SERVICES 170,237 JOHNSON CONTROLS FIRE PROTECTION 23,857 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CORPORATION 260,495 SIMULATOR SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL 54,552 EQUINOX RTC 73,496 SITEIMPROVE 9,667

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PAYMENTS OVER $2,500, EXCLUDING WAGES AND SALARIES (CONT’D) ERSKINE REEVES BARBER ACADEMY 3,700 SKYWARD 51,993 EXCEL EDGE 75,240 SOARING EAGLE ACADEMY, INC 49,725 EXPLORE LEARNING, LLC 6,995 SOIL AND MATERIAL CONSULTANTS, INC 49,930 EZ WEB ENTERPRISES, INC 7,433 SONIA SHANKMAN ORTHOGENIC SCHOOL 384,173 FACILITY ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES, PC 8,690 SOUTH SIDE CONTROL SUPPLY CO 8,038 FELICITY SCHOOLS LLC 5,854 SPECIAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS 80,714 FENWICK HS 16,117 SPECIALTY FLOORS, INC 4,325 FGM ARCHITECTS 2,227,478 SPEEDLINK 41,080 THOMAS FIGEL 3,650 SPIRIT PRODUCTS 7,070 J.C. LICHT, LLC 2,732 SPOTIFY USA INC 2,856 FILTERBUY 18,379 SPRINT 8,373 FIRST STUDENT 501,900 STATE OF ILLINOIS 2,019,122 FITNESS FACTORY OUTLET 3,320 STAPLES 34,992 FLINN SCIENTIFIC 2,784 ANTHONY J SVEJDA 4,623 FLUENCY MATTERS 5,615 SWANK MOTION PICTURE, INC. 5,540 FOCUS ON KIDS, TOO 3,756 SWEETWATER 2,915

FOLLETT SCHOOL SOLUTIONS, INC 15,506 SWIVL 6,252 FORECAST 5 ANALYTICS, INC. 21,224 SYSCLOUD 12,060 FORMATIVE 19,481 THIS 932,821 FOX VALLEY FIRE & SAFETY CO 3,632 TABLEAU SOFTWARE, INC 6,300 FOX HIRE, LLC 20,305 TASC 68,224 FRANCZEK RADELET 170,571 TASC-CLIENT INVOICES 60,901 FREDERICK L. CHAMBERLAIN CENTER, IN 285,367 TD AMERITRADE INSTITUTIONAL 53,183 FULCRUM MGMNT SOLUTIONS INC 18,000 TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 15,964 GALE/CENGAGE LEARNING 15,547 TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 3,333,352 LISA GARVIN, MSW 18,425 TELCOM INNOVATIONS GROUP, LLC 46,326 GATHERING STORM MEDIA 7,090 TELECHECK 3,018 GCG FINANCIAL, LLC 58,224 TEMPERATURE EQUIPMENT CORP 14,933 GEMINI LANDSCAPING, INC 5,063 TEXTBOOK WAREHOUSE 5,320 GET FRESH PRODUCE INCORPORATED 6,162 TEXTHELP, INC 9,709 GIANT STEPS ILLINOIS, INC 69,048 THE BEISTLE COMPANY 4,656 GLEN OAKS THERAPEUTIC DAY SCHOOL 49,904 THE CAMPHILL SCHOOL, INC 95,552

GLENN STEARNS CHAPTER 13 TRUSTEE 24,765 THE CHICAGO AUTISM ACADEMY, INC 26,947 GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR AFRICA 2,750 THERMFLO 8,244 GLOBAL PRINTING & PACKAGING 14,358 CENGAGE LEARNING 10,140 GOLDSTAR LEARNING, INC. 22,926 THOMSON REUTERS 5,971 GORDON FLESCH 45,204 THRESHOLDS 172,421 GORDON FOOD SERVICE, INC 171,483 TOM VAUGHN STANDING TRUSTEE 11,453 GRAINGER 64,685 TRACK SURFACES COMPANY 6,650 GRAND PRAIRIE TRANSIT WS 61,809 TRANSEO 16,436 GROVE SCHOOL, INC 32,551 TREP PROJECT LLC 2,900 GROWING COMMUNITY MEDIA, NFP 8,803 TRIMARK MARLINN 10,344 HAZARD, YOUNG ATTEA & ASSOCIATES 27,554 TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL 27,929 HEALTHCARE SERVICE CORPORATION9,123,004 TRITON COLLEGE 2,649 HEIDLER HARDWOOD LUMBER 4,690 TURNITIN 10,939 MENTA ACADEMY-HILLSIDE 18,801 U OF I PAYMENT CENTER STUDENT A/R 8,250 HINSDALE TWP HIGH SCHOOL DIST #86 4,122 U.S. POSTAL SERVICE 5,000 HOH WATER TECHNOLOGY, INC. 15,147 ULINE 13,747 HOME DEPOT CREDIT SERVICES 10,069

UMOJA STUDENT DEVELOPMENT CORP 20,000 HONEST GAME, PBC 4,650 UNCHARTED LEARNING, NFP 7,500 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN 3,300 UNIQUE PRODUCTS 189,493 HOUSING FORWARD 2,750 UNITED RADIO COMM, INC. 34,422 HUDL 13,649 VANGUARD ENERGY SERVICES, LLC 178,040 HUMANEX VENTURES - UNION BANK & 34,500 VALOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC 193,242 IRS 7,840,707 VARSITY SPIRIT FASHIONS 9,170 I.D.E.S. 185,023 VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 6,462 IDEAL CHARTER, LLC 9,510 VERIZON WIRELESS 9,836 IDENTISYS, INC 3,877 VERNIER SOFTWARE & TECHNOLOGY 4,118 IHSA 2,650 VEX ROBOTICS 8,377 ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOAR 18,574 VILLAGE OF OAK PARK 116,765 ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT 51,332 VILLA PARK OFFICE EQUIPMENT 11,804 ILLINOIS PRINCIPALS ASSOC 3,824 VIRTUAL DRIVER INTERACTIVE 130,200 ILLINOIS MUNICPL RETIREMT FUND 2,058,567 VISION SERVICE PLAN (IL) 59,927 ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ED 77,745 VISTA HIGHER LEARNING 17,544 IL STATE DISBURSEMENT UNIT 63,332

VOCAREUM, INC 3,160 IMPERIAL BAG & PAPER CO LLC 17,141 JON VOSS 4,245 5,411 INDIAN BOUNDARY GOLF COURSE JULIE A WARD 4,200 INFOBASE LEARNING 2,900 WAREHOUSE DIRECT WORKPLACE SOLUTION 6,059 INNERSYNC 10,471 WATERS EDGE GOLF CLUB 6,224 INSANE IMPACT 15,000 WESLEY FAMILY SERVICES 3,630 INSTRUCTURE, INC. 3,809 WEST SUBURBAN CONFERENCE 7,230 INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORPORATION 13,200 WEVIDEO USA 4,166 IT’S A SIGN 4,498 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 2,947 JAMF SOFTWARE 7,488 WILLIAM V. MACGILL & COMPANY 10,399 JEANINE SCHULTZ MEMORIAL SCHOOL 15,067 YELLOWSTONE BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH 123,418 JEWISH CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES 113,875 ZAYO GROUP 29,916 JEFFREY KELLY COSTUME DESIGN 5,325 ZEIGLER FORD NORTH RIVERSIDE 2,759 JOHN HAYLEY’S UNBREAKABLE FITNESS 5,400 ZENDESK INC 32,183 JOSEPH ACADEMY 97,605 ZORO TOOLS 9,398 JOSTENS 53,298 ZUM SERVICES, INC. 7,308

ANNUAL STATEMENT OF AFFAIRS SUMMARY FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2021 SALARY SCHEDULE OF GROSS PAYMENTS FOR CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL AND NON-CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL GROSS PAYMENT FOR CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL Salary Range: Less Than $25,000 Alexander, Nancy Lael; Allen, Ashlee; Archambeau, James W; Arroyo, Gilberto; Boland, Harry; Casto, Trinity; Cobbs, Judy; Corvo, Angela; Cotiguala, James R; Cousin, Janice; Crawford, Sheridan A; Dickey, David; Farnham, Ryan A; Floody, Hannah; French, Clayton; Frey, Lindsey; Gamble, Timothy L; Gentile, Rosalee L; Govea, Yesenia; Grogan, Martin W; Hall, Jamie; Harmon, Barbara J; Hartman, Edward Elliott; Hernandez, Shannone; Hines, Derik S; Hogan, Katherine K; Hunt, Henry; Johnston, Matthew W; Kasak, Arthur E; Leuschel-Perzov, Erin K; Levi, Yakira; Luchez, Sylvia Prokopowicz; Martin, Paul; Maxie, Tyler; Melgar Hooks, Patricia; Mertz, Elliot; Miller, Maureen; Murphy, Lenora C; Nolan, Mark James; Ogundipe, Kathleen J; Pisani, Daniel William; Pollock, Kelly; Prendergast, Michael; Price, Jeffrey; Ramirez, Esteban; Regan, Christine; Reid, Rhonda M; Roche, Mark; Shallenberger, Thomas M; Smith, Diane Lee; Smith, Scott Paul; Soo, Tiffany; Stewart, Rosanne; Wong, Cindy; Worl, Tammy; Yamamoto, Mika Salary Range: $25,000 - $39,999 Kimmel, Carol; Mueller, Cody R; Murphy, Hannah; Raad, Bradley; Thompson, Jaclyn; Walker-Qualls, Gwendolyn; Wolman, Daniel Salary Range: $40,000 - $59,999 Blanco, Lauren; Cox, Travis M; Faulkner, Lisa M; Fotzler, Kimberly L; Gilbertsen, Lynn E; Madonia, Allison; Saveanu, Ionel D; Young, Laura K; Zhang, Michelle J Salary Range: 60,000 - $89,999 Achurra, Francisco; Baer, Brittany M; Benson, Conchita; Brown, Andrew; Brown, Kiah J; Buchanan, Erin M; Caldwell, Danica T; Callaghan, Kevin A; Canales, Katelynn E; Cano, Paula; Caraballo Iii, Wilson; Carnate, Oliver C; Cason Iii, George A; Cermak, Lindsey M; Ciccolini, Luca; Courtney, Ryan S; Cousin, Justin C; Del Fiacco, Velia; Doherty, Bridget; Downs, Claire; Ferguson, Lauren; Gabbidon, Nisa M; Graham, Omar; Heinemann, Jolene L; Hildner, Jacob P; Honn, Kevin A; Hung, Ailien; Jaber, Sana; Kanwischer, Jennifer L; Knoche, Craig J; Lara, Susana; Makely, Lisa; Mcdonald, Lori P; Mcgee, Raquel B J; Mcnulty, Sara L; Prabhakar, Adith; Rogers, Nathaniel C; Rosas, Sarah E; Salinger, Maia D; Sherrard Blesch, Cara; Sieck, James C; Smithson, Janelle S; Springer, Bradley D; Stephen, Michael; Tarantino-Spoor, Carley; Tarshish, Evan; Terretta, Julee M; Torres, Jacqueline D; Treadwell, Courtney E; Valenzuela, Patricia; Vishneski, Peter A; Walquist, Stephanie; Ward, Julie A; Watson, Ellayne; White, Valerie R; Woulfe, Patrick R; Yorty, Natalie Salary Range: $90,000 and over Achurra, Lauren; Ackerman, Craig; Ambrose, Brandi M; Anderson, Ronald C; Arceo-Witzl, Ixtla R; Arends, Lauren A; Avalos, Carmen; Bader, Adam; Baldwin, Christopher; Bardo, Nancy L; Bayer, Michelle R; Bell, James E; Bellamy, Octavius T; Belpedio, Kristina M; Bencola, Ginger; Bernthal, David B; Beyers, Brian D; Biasiello, Toni; Bishop, Janel L; Bohne, Kara A; Booth, Christine N; Borja, James; Boyce, Liliana; Brown, Douglas E; Brueggemann, Louise; Burbano, Jaime M; Burns, Linda G; Byars, Michael B; Cahill, Meghan; Cain, Benjamin J; Cairo, Jenna L; Calcuttawala, Nabiha; Campbell, Kevin T; Campbell, Tia D; Carlson, Linda M; Carparelli, Annamaria; Carrow-Sever, Michelle M; Cartier, Kirsten A; Chichester, D James; Clark, Anthony V; Cohen, Daniel S; Coleman, Semaj; Collins, Kelly A; Collins, Mark S; Collins, Paul D; Colquhoun, Jeremy D; Condne, John J; Conrick, Teresa B; Conway, Joseph M; Conway, Lauren B; Corcoran, Daniel W; Costopoulos, John T; Coughlin, James P; Curtis, Joseph D; Dalo, Nicholas J; Defauw, Brad A; Depasquale, Katie J; Diaz,

Kelly M; Diverde, Marci L; Dixon, Kennedi; Dorame, Michael A; Doyle, Kelly A; Dunson-Johnson, Betina; Eckart, Erika M; Ecker, Jonathan; Espinosa, Jill; Farley, Elizabeth A; Farrow, Elizabeth; Faust, C Stan; Fiorenza, Laurie M; Fox, Elizabeth Kaufman; Francois-Blue, Shalema; Fredrickson, Andrew L; Frey, Julie L; Fried, Jason; Fuentes, Julie L; Gajda, Joyce L; Gallagher, Helen C; Gamache, Andrea N; Ganschow, Daniel J; Gardner, Tamara Johnette; Geovanes, James J; Giovannetti, Louis F; Godinez, Melissa; Gonzalez, Manuel; Grady, Maureen E; Graham, Jane E; Gunn, Regina; Hanson, Jacqueline; Hardin, Sheila M; Heidkamp, Bernard E; Hennings, Allison K; Herbst, Joseph M; Hill, Amy V; Hill, Douglas A; Himes, Khalida; Hobson, Darryl; Hoerster, John R; Hooper, Amber M; Hornik, Natalie; Hoshi, Megumi; Howell, Jessica A; Hunter, Sarah Dove; Iliadhi, Alexis; Johnson, Gregory T; Johnson, Kristina M; Johnson, Susan; Johnston, Christine; Joyce, Fawn C; Kahn, Peter R; Kaiser, Kelsey V; Kennedy, Meghan M; Kennedy, Thomas J; Kinnan, Glynis J; Kirby, Linsey M; Kirkpatrick, Matthew J; Kleinfeldt, Daniel A; Kostal, Joseph J; Kralik, Catherine A; Krefft, Lauren M; Kuenster, Wendy S; La Porte, Danielle L; Ledbetter, Christian J; Lee, Brendan T; Lee, Jason B; Lee, Lauren E; Lesniak, John M; Lessing, Avram; Limberg, Dana C; Lukic Cole, Daniela; Lundgren, Clyde O; Lynch, Heidi K; Madock, Katherine; Maloney, Matthew W; Martin, Daniel R; Mazumdar, Rena N; Mccormack, Patrick S; Mcgrail, Amy; Mcguire, Meredith; Mckee, Kristen K; Mckittrick, Christina L; Mckittrick, Kevin M; Mclaughlin, Cameron E; Mcmurray, Matthew T; Medina, Esteban Z; Megibow, Rachel Nicole; Meglan, Christopher T; Mertz, Richard A; Messer, James D; Michalek, Nicholas; Miller, Gary M; Mondragon, Christine A; Morris, Jacquelyn; Mulvaney, Ryan; Murray Baielli, Scyla J; Myers, Allison S; Myland-Waseem, Sarah; Nash, Elizabeth Caliendo; Nelson, Faith M; Neuman, Andrea J; Nixen, Pete D; Noble, Paul G; Novotny, Melinda P; Ojikutu, Carolyn T; O’keefe, Eleanor C; Oliver, Stephanie M; Ovalle, Ramon E; Pang, Lucas; Pappalardo, Mark N; Parenti, Joseph J; Parker, Lynda Joi; Pearson, Patrick A; Perez, Cynthia; Perez, Luis P; Peters, Jennifer F; Podolner, Aaron S; Ponce Jr, Ignacio; Potts, Robert M; Prebble, Matthew; PruittAdams, Joylynn L; Purvis, Derrick R; Quinn, Peter W; Rabichow, Keldra L; Radziszewski, Dariusz; Ramilo, Gisele P; Raven, Lavie; Raymond, Ashley M; Reagan, A Clay; Remack, Leigh M; Roth, Jenifer M; Ruzicka, Peter; Ryan, Joseph P; Sahagun, Claudia C; Sakellaris, Max A; Sanders, Roxana; Schmadeke, Yoko K; Schwartz, Steven M; Sherman, Thaddeus; Silver, Jonathan S; Singletary, Rahasad; Soffer, Michael B; Sponsler, Scott; St. John, Benjamin W; Stanis, Amy M; Stewart Day, Chonita; Stoeger, Mary; Stow, Kristen S; Svejda, Anthony J; Tellez, Carlos A; Terretta, John V; Torrez, Buster; Traphagen, Stephen; Tsilimigras, Kathy; Van Duinen, Tracy M; Venhorst, Ryan R; Wade Jr, Leandrew; Walton, Alisa K; Wangelin, Beth Anne; Webster, James G; Weisman, Neal H; Weisman, Nimmi; White, Erica M; Williams, Tyrone W; Wilson, Rockeya; Wirtz, Kristin; Woytek, Patricia; Wright, Paul N; Wurster, Sarah E; Young Jr, William C; Young, Mary B GROSS PAYMENT FOR NON-CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL Salary Range: Less Than $25,000 Abdur-Rafia, Norma; Adkins, Jocelyne; Adkins, Mark; Agrela, Maria-Elena; Allen, Keven; Allington, Luke; Anderson, Kayla; Anderson, Rashada; Andrews, Sophia A; Apostol, Emmanuel; Ashford, Michael; Askew, Jarelle M; Bagos, Miroslava; Barbian, Christopher D; Basso, Khalil; Bergen, Halley Hui Shuang; Berry, Noelle A; Bird-Murphy, Desmond; Bizot, Samuel Binius; Blausey, Sarah; Block, Yulia; Bouchard, Nicholas I; Bridges, Dawnetta; Britt, Keith J; Brown, Andrea M; Brown, Betty; Brown,

Jake Edward; Buluran, Omega; Burgess, Cameron R; Burkes, Geraldine; Burton, Brianna L; Caldwell, Vernisa; Callgreen, Dana; Carmody, Michael M; Carrasco, Socorro M; Carter, Jonnae; Castro Arias, Luisa; Celis, Jessica; Chierici, Rocco O; Chrisp Ii, Patrick A; Cintron, Michael; Coglianese, Steven J; Colapietro, Daniele; Collins, Deloris A; Collins, Tracy L; Connell, Hannah C; Cooper, Millison A; Cornelius-Burke, Connor L; Cousin, Janice Aubrea; Cousin, Johanna M; Cox, Asha Nicole; Cullotta, Gloria M; Cummings, Jonathan C; Curtis, Deja; Dabney, Janae A; Davila Beltran, Blanca A; Davis, Othella; Demeritte, Quentin; Dennehy, Timothy D; Devitt, Grace; Didier, Danielle; Dina, Michael; Divello, Thomas; Dolan, Michael J; Dossey, Madeleigh; Douglas, Michol; Druley-Herron, Katherine E; Ducksworth, Renee S; Durand, Marlene; Esquivel, Hilda; Feilen, Wendy M; Ferguson, Amy; Ferguson, Dominique D; Flores De Alaniz, Martha E; Fournier, Julie; Gaiter, Thyesha; Galluzzo, Fred A; Gant, Jason A; Garcia, Diana; Gardner, Terrence Antonio; Garland, Tyrone; Garrett, Shirley A; Gary Iii, Phillip; Gatewood, Ellen; Gedvilas, Michael A; Gerut, Leah; Gibson, Michael; Goodman, Michael; Grant, Candice; Grbic, Zoran; Green, Lakenya S; Guralnick, Danielle; Hanley, James B; Hansen, Levi; Harris, Hevannli; Heezen, Nancy R; Heneghan, Patricia; Hernandez Terrazas, Daniel A; Herring, Wendy E; Hoang, Tracy H; Husbands, Addie D; Hyman, Lauren E; Ionut, Angela; Johnson, Lisa; Johnson, Rolanda L; Johnson, Seneca N; Jones, Antonio D; Jones, Sharon M; Kadlec, Christian; Kelly Ristau, Nancy I; Kennedy, Frank J; Kennedy, Natalia; Kennedy, Teresa M; Kirsch, Jon; Kliman, Christopher R; Kohlenberger, Jessica; Kolbusz, Mel F; Kudo, Matthew A; KultBanout, Lucas; Kuntz, Jane; Kwec, David H; Kyle, Camryn; Lara, Charles; Larscheid, Judith; Lawny, Donna J; Leonard, Harold N; Lewis, Imani; Linninger, Philip M; Lonergan, Colin; Lopez, Antonio D; Lopez, Carmen M; Luciano, Luis A; Magnuson, Ryan A; Majkrzak, Christine; Majnarich, Melissa J; Martinez, Jannis K; Martinez, Karime; May, Jamie R; Mccoy, Kendale; Mcdermott, Samuel; Mcgoey, Jason J; Mcgoldrick, Adelind; Mearday, Trinity; Mendoza, Veronica; Menth, Lynn M; Montoro, Patricia; Moore, Shentail D; Morant, Ladarrar; Morlidge, John B; Mroczek, Joseph; Mullins, Margaret M; Murillo Jr, Carlos; O’brien, Kyle; Oltman, Alessa M; O’rourke, Thomas; Orozco, Daniel; Osborne-Williams, Deloris; Pahl, Pascal A; Pasymowski, Timothy; Peled, Ofra N; Perez, Elizabeth J; Pickering, Samuel J; Pitlik, Veronica; Plane, Jeffrey K; Plane, Tahisha; Poe, Patrick W; Pooley, Robert; Puckett, Arteria; Raad, Jason R; Raeder, Kathryn; Rapp, John; Redding, Keely E; Reech, Lola Faye; Reed, Sheila; Reyes, Abel; Rice, Kathleen; Riley, Cindy; Ristau, Meghan A; Rogers, Deanna Marie; Ryan, Thomas; Salgado Ruiz, Antonio; Sanchez, Manuela D; Sawyer, Delphia; Simatic, Charles M; Sliva, Debbie J; Smart, Jamil; Smulkstys, Katie L; Spiller Sr, Steve; Stamps, Jahari; Stevens, Jorie A; Stevens, Margaret; Sylvester, Leida; Talley, Ashley E; Taylor, Daniel L; Tencate, Therese; Thomas, Jennifer; Thomason, Helen A; Tikkanen, Josie; Tor, Ashleigh; Tsagaris, Georgia; Turk, Laura; Uhler, Ross; Vargas, Erick; Vogel, Anna E; Voss, Jon; Wagner, Sarah; Wendt, Bailey W; White, Megan A; White, Sarah; Winter, Beck; Wolinski, Julianna; Worthy, Pamela T; Wright, Kristina L; York, Elizabeth Blair; Zeigler, Patrick Salary Range: $25,000 - $39,999 Allen, Suzanne L; Brennock, Therese M; Buckles, Kimberly; Cannon, Jana; Charette-Bassirirad, Jacqueline A; Cipparrone, Carolyn; Collins, Alethia; Corbett, Laura; D’avella, Mary; Davis, Gwyneth; De Jesus, Hector; Ely, Starla D; Erickson, Mary Beth; Franco, Amy L; Gaya, Evelyn R; Hameister, Gretchen C; Harris, Daniel; Hernandez, Mario A; Herron, Ayana B; Howery, Kiowa; Johnson Jr, Reginald; Johnson, Laeontene; Jones, Frank B; Joseph, Dawn C; Joy, Branden K; Kramer, Michael; Krick, Alex

C; Lewis, Anthony J; Lindholm, Blake R; Linnear, Lamar; Love Raglin, Erica W; Luckett, Tracie D; Malhiot, Bryce R; Marcus, Karen; Martin, Amit; May, Heidie M; Mazzuca, Margaret B; Mckenzie, Gwendolyn; Mcnichols, Shannon J; Moore, Adekoyejo; Moreland, Jenee A; Nash, Phylicia D; O’banner, Daisha M; Ochs, Jeffrey J; Ortiz, Abigail; Ortiz, Evely; Parker, Daniel L; Patterson, Gregory; Perez-Feliz, Alexander; Phelan, Michael L; Poro, Mary E; Price-Pigram, Colletta M; Robinson, Christian; Schaefer, April K; Serrano, Le’anndra; Short, Richard J; Simon, Clement J; Sinclair, Renee S; Skalnik, Kelly A; Smith, George; Starr, Violet; Sutton, Barbara A; Therriault, Barbara Anne; Tillman, Lateasha D; Townsend, Adrian; Willis, Dimitri; Zapata, Elvin O; Zepeda, Maria; Zielke, Mark H Salary Range: $40,000 - $59,999 Acharya, Kirti; Angelini, John A; Ariola, James; Asbury, Kimberly A; Baer, Joshua W; Bejarano De Durazo, Nubia H; Bell, Andrea; Beltran, Hugo; Beltran, Marisol; Bessas, Dimitrios; Black, Bradley C; Blackshear, Carol Lynn; Brown, D’quan; Bryant, Rochelle; Bryce, Amanda; Calderon Sr, Gustavo; Celis Jr, Humberto; Colletti, Ashley; Collins, Donal F; Collins, Margaret M; Corner, Jean L; Digioia, Donna M; Divittorio, Olivia; Elmiger, Julie A; Eskridge, Chadaryl; Farrar, William D; Foley, Lori; Gerena, Marian; Giesenschlag, Rebecca; Granzyk, Lynn; Guillen, Hilda; Harris, Andre J; Houston, Sheila; Jackson, Izaza L; James, Gianna M; Johnson, Robert L; Kahmanne, Ahnquajj Adu; Kidd, Shorlanda D; Korab, Diane M; Kosinar, Larry A; Kremidas-Lumbreraz, Patricia L; Lampley, Kevin; Latham, Michael A; Lucas, Carin K; Lush, Lyneice M; Mahaffey Jr, Bobby D; Mallon, Matthew J; Martinek, Sharon M; Maxwell, Elizabeth; Mcginnis, Nancy P; Mcgowan, Leila E; Meador, Donna M; Medrano, Gerardo A; Micek, Shane; Michaca Ruiz, Hector; Miller, Gregory A; Molette, Anissa; Morales, Jesus Jr; Nissen, Mary A; Ordman, Joseph J; Perryman, Shannon A; Phillips, Michael W; Powell, Jeremy J; Pruitt, Barbara D; Ramos, Marcelino N; Reynolds, Shoneice L; Rivera, Rachel D; Sakellaris, Angie A; Salas, Martin A; Salgado, Griselda; Sanfilippo, Vincent P; Scholtens, Christopher; Serrano Jr, Francisco; Shipley, Marsha S; Smith, Apollo A; Stocco, Maria S; Tisue, Heather E; Trigueros, Judith; Tucker, Roberto F; Van Delft, Heather M; Weisenritter, Michael; Welter, Lynette; Werbicki, Kamil; Wesson, Harley R; White, Tanya; Whitley, Cardell M; Word, Kevin L; Yarrington, Valda C; Youngblood-Boone, Brittney Salary Range: $60,000 and over Alfano, Alyssa M; Ammons, Levar J; Bergmann, Jeff; Boznos, Toula M; Brown, Lonnie R; Brown, Melody J; Carioscio, Michael; Carlin, Leah R; Carter, Kejuan; Cheney, Patricia A; Collins, Robert C; Cordero, Elimelec; Crisp, David; Davis, Donnell E; Delgado, Mayra Y; Delrio, Manuel; Dennehy, Timothy E; Doble, Esteban; Evans, Lisa A; Fountain, Christian E; Gant, Darrell E; Gerald, Asad; Gust, Carolyn; Hagins, Antoinette J; Hasso, Timothy J; Hatchko, Jason; Hayes, Linda V; Holloway, Brian K; Imhoff, Brian; Jackson, Latonia D; Jones-Mcleod, Cherylynn A; Kalmerton, Gail A; Karels Jr, Richard; King, Lark W; Lama, Kenneth A; Lynch, Benjamin P; Martinez, Gabriela; Mazzulla, Gabriela; Mcgoey, Jaclyn A; Mclaurin, Earliana; Meraz, Olivia; Muncy, Veronica; Paul, Janie Denise; Piekarski, Micheline Bunzol; Preuss, Fred M; Pulliam, Pattie A; Raggs, Roy H; Rubio, Martiniano; Sadowski, Teslen; Sakellaris, Courtney A; Sandoval, Janine M; Sidor, Cynthia A; Slee, James A; Slifka Jr, George W; Smith, Charles A; Smith, Tecia L; Sorensen, Kevin T; Soto, Victor M; Stelzer, John A; Stokes Ii, Eddie; Strong, Alphonso; Sullivan, Karin H; Thieme, Christopher T; Thivel, Marilyn; Ury, Karen L; Vincent, Lisa M; Walksler, David M; Weir, Katie A; Weiser, Jonathan R; Wells, Jon; Williams, Leonotis T

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runs this year.”

One of Kobyleski’s goals as chief is to have the department’s third ambulance in service throughout the entire year by hiring more firefighters. The third amfrom page 1 bulance is currently in service for a third of each year, as it can only be in service Thankfully there were no major fire when the department has enough staff to incidents over the Thanksgiving week- run it. end, often a busy time for firefighters “If we get three extra peodue to deep frying turkey ple, that will increase the mishaps, according to the amount of time it is in sernew chief. vice to hopefully two-thirds But the Oak Park Fire of the year,” said the chief.

Department does much Kobyelski also plans to more than fight fires. All see the department’s three fire personnel are required fire stations updated. Next to be licensed paramedics year, the southeast station, and the department al515 Garfield St., will underways has two ambulances go significant renovations in service. to put in female and genderRunning ambulances acneutral facilities. The decounts for a large part of partment currently has one COLLEEN KOBYLESKI fire department operation female firefighter on staff.

Wife and retired firefighter and ambulance calls have “That’s going to be a big been trending upward help with that station,” he since the ’70s. Kobyleski said. told Wednesday Journal The chief also wants the that the department received about 2,500 main fire station at 100 N. Euclid Ave. to calls for service yearly when he started receive the same treatment, as privacy in 1985. The number of calls has in- there is limited. While the main station creased considerably since then. does have a female locker room, it is very “We’re going to be higher this year small and there are only two showers in than we ever have before,” he said. the men’s locker room.

“We’re looking at 7,800 [ambulance] “There’s not a lot of privacy for trans-

Climbed the ladder

“He is very progressive and is a big supporter of an inclusive and equitable workplace.”

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gender folks,” said Kobyleski. “We’d like to try to make it a little more private in the shower bathroom areas, so that’ll be down the line.”

Kobyleski is a staunch ally of the LGBTQ+ community, according to his wife of 12 years, Colleen Kobyleski, a retired Oak Park firefighter.

“He is very progressive and is a big supporter of an inclusive and equitable workplace,” she said.

Before tying the knot, she and Kobyleski were together for seven years, first meeting the day of her swearing in. They have been married for 12 years now.

Having watched Kobyleski ascend the ranks of the fire department, Colleen Kobyleski told Wednesday Journal she could not think of anyone better suited to be chief and called her husband a “natural leader.”

Shelley also sang Kobyleski’s praises.

Although she was unavailable to comment to Wednesday Journal, she said in a village news release that Oak Park is “fortunate to have an individual of Ron’s training, expertise and experience” serving as chief.

Kobyleski noted that he is confident in the role of chief due to his experience.

He called the promotion “quite an accomplishment.”

“I’m very, very honored and humbled to be the chief.”

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‘Christmas with Elvis’ was my pandemic project

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ids love Christmas, and Elvis Presley was always a big kid at heart.

That’s me, too. I’m a sucker for holiday lights, frosted cookies, and the smell of a Douglas fir Christmas tree in the corner of my Oak Park living room. So when my editor called to ask if I wanted to write a Christmas book about Elvis, it was impossible to say no.

I was raised by two Elvisloving parents (my Dad’s go-to karaoke song is “Return to Sender,” and my Mom has embedded the words “hunka hunka” as a superlative in her everyday vocabulary). I was a music journalist in my 20s, and I long ago made my first pilgrimage to Graceland. I also own nearly every boxed set of the King’s music, and I joke with my wife that I want to be buried in my backyard, by the pool, like Elvis (although we’ll need to install a pool).

So I got to writing. This was my pandemic book, written just as everything was shutting down. It was a perfect time to focus on the joy of Christmas, even out of season.

To Elvis, Christmas was a time to go home, to relax at Graceland with family and friends. It was a respite from the road and his hectic recording schedule. It was a time to sing gospel songs around the piano and give out extravagant gifts.

All of this was in contrast to his roots in Tupelo, Mississippi, where money was tight and his family was forced out of the tworoom house where he was born when his father couldn’t continue the payments.

“My Mama and I used to plan Christmas for days, even when we had no money at all,” Elvis remembered. “We weren’t the only family who was thankful to have a Christmas basket of groceries.”

Christmas remained his favorite holiday, and some of his first performances were in Christmas plays in fifth and sixth grade. It was the holiday closest to his heart.

“I believed in Santa Claus until I was 8 years old. Some of the kids at school told me there was no such thing. Mama explained it to me in such a way that Christ-

mas didn’t lose its magic,” Elvis said in 1961.

When Elvis finally became “Elvis” and started dyeing those dirty-blonde locks jet black, he gave out more than Cadillacs.

When he had money, his friends had money. And Christmas was special.

“It was like being in fairyland and Santa Claus was my first cousin,” remembered Billy Smith, Presley’s cousin, about Christmas celebrations at Graceland.

But lavish decorations and gifts were beside the point, Elvis told Jim Kingsley of the Memphis Commercial Appeal Mid-South Magazine in 1966.

“There is a lot of difference in Christmases today and when we were growing up in East Tupelo, Elvis said. “[But] honestly, I can’t say these are any better. We are just in a better position to spend. But that’s not the important thing. It’s the friendships and the devotion that really count. Everything is so dreamy when you are young. After you grow up, it kind of becomes — just real.”

So with the book, I designed a Christmas party that Elvis himself might like. Not only do I tell the stories behind the holiday music he recorded — and its roots — but I also dig into the Graceland archives and tell some of Elvis’ favorite holiday stories. I even brought out a few holiday cocktails and left a few cookies on the plate for Santa. Since Elvis didn’t leave behind any favorite cookie recipes, I included some from my own Grandma Irene, who loved Roy Orbison and Liberace more than Elvis.

However, I still think she’d approve. She loved Christmas, too.

The release of “Christmas with Elvis” will have two local events, the first being a concert with the School of Rock Oak Park, Sunday, Dec. 5, from 4 to 6 p.m. Local teens will be singing Elvis songs while Oak Park author Robert K. Elder tells the stories behind his holiday classics. School of Rock, 219 Lake St., Oak Park. Vaccinated folks only, kids in masks welcome. Sunday, Dec. 12, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., signing and multimedia talk, Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore, 7419 Madison St., Forest Park.

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The road to success for 1st generation college students Dominican students talk about navigating higher education

By F. AMANDA TUGADE Staff Reporter

Six years ago, Pawel Kawa was a bright, wide-eyed college freshman. A straight-A student in high school and the first in his family to attend college, Kawa, then 18, felt like he made it. At the time, he used his love of fitness to find his footing as a science major at the University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign, but after failing his first test, he saw the path before him quickly narrow with an end in sight.

“I took a chemistry class and I got my first exam back, and it was like an 18%, and I was like, ‘Wow,’” recalled Kawa, now 24 and a junior at Dominican University.

Inside the university dining hall, Kawa mapped out the challenges he faced as a first-generation college student at U of I and spoke of the shame he carried once he decided to drop out. Kawa said his parents always supported his decision to pursue higher education but he could not rely on them to guide him through the experience, and at school he did not know who to turn to or where to go for help. He also started losing interest in his studies, changing his major from kinesiology to dietetics and then pre-physical therapy. On top of that, Kawa was struggling academically, a hard blow for someone who was used to getting good grades.

“It was difficult emotionally,” Kawa said, “because in a way, I felt like I was disappointing my parents, and I had such a hard time accepting the fact that I’m dropping out.”

Jenissa Nino, student support services coordinator at DU, said Kawa is not alone in his journey and sees other students like him every day, building out their own academic experiences. At Dominican, Nino helps run the federally funded TRIO grant program,

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which offers a set of resources for students who are disabled, low-income or the first in their families to attend college. DU received money for the grant last year and has, so far, pulled in 136 students. Roughly 40% of DU’s student population is first-generation, Nino estimated.

“We actually see there’s some intersectionality between these identities,” Nino said, adding that many first-generation college students tend to come from lower-income backgrounds, a barrier that, at times, impacts their decision to pursue a college degree.

“A lot of our students are awarded grants and sometimes loans, and they and their families don’t know what the difference is,” she continued. “Sometimes, families are so afraid of taking out a loan because they will be in debt for years to come, so they turn away and say, ‘Maybe college isn’t for you,’ or [students] are forced to work a full-time job, which ends up taking away time from school work.”

Nino noted other first-generation college students may be navigating their studies or the financial aid process while still learning English themselves, or they could be like Kawa, who might have expected college to be like high school and was not PROVIDED BY MONICA LADDARAN accustomed to the level of work that college classes en-

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“They sign up for these classes, and they’re like, ‘Oh, I’m only taking four classes and only two per day. In high school, I was there for eight hours. This is going to be really easy,’” she said. “But they don’t realize the amount of work, the readings, the papers, [going to] office hours.”

Some of this rang true for 19-year-old Oscar Meza Quintero. Quintero, a DU sophomore, said he and his two sisters came to the U.S. about five years ago to focus on their education and find better opportunities, leaving their parents behind in Mexico.

Quintero and his siblings initially leaned on their relatives in the Chicago area but later branched off on their own.

In high school, Quintero fumbled through the financial aid process while learning how to speak English and getting accustomed to the U.S. education system. Back in Mexico, he said, students can go to public universities for free; they may have to pay some administrative fees, but it is vastly different from the U.S. “I knew since the beginning that [if] I didn’t study, it was going to be because of money,” said Quintero, who is studying math and mechanical engineering. “I don’t have my parents here, so literally no one supports me financially. I have to work a full-time job, and then study, and that kind of stuff.”

Echoing Quintero and Kawa’s sentiments, DU senior Monica Laddaran said she too found her first few years of college to be an adjustment.

In high school, Laddaran was on the International Baccalaureate (IB) track, graduat-

ed at the top of her class, and found college to be her next step. And while her parents encouraged her to go, the 21-year-old Laddaran said she often felt the pressure to succeed came from within and “set the expectations” for herself. A soon-to-be college graduate with an informatics degree, Laddaran said she is planning out her career and life after DU, including hunting for jobs and getting a master’s degree.

That’s the thing, Nino said. Getting into college is tough, but staying in college is even tougher, especially for first-generation college students. Nino said that’s why she urges higher education institutions to create a backbone of support and services for students.

“What resources do we have? And if we don’t have any, what can we create to make sure these students are not just off our radar and we’re not worried about them?” are the questions she asks herself daily. “We need to come up with plans to not only get students in college but keep them in college.”

Laddaran, who works as a peer mentor for one of the TRIO programs, said she is eager to help other students and open up about the hurdles she encountered as a firstgeneration college student and soon-to-be graduate.

“I absolutely love it because I get to hear the struggles they deal with and then just try to figure out ways I can help them,” she said.

When Kawa left U of I and returned home, he took some time off from school and picked up a couple of retail jobs. He felt depressed, lost in an identity crisis: “Who am I? What am I doing?” It wasn’t until he confided in his older brother for advice that he finally saw a light at the end of the dark tunnel.

“I was at the point of tears,” Kawa said, “and he really inspired me to get back on track and start making intelligent decisions and setting goals for myself and actively pursuing those goals, instead of just living in my fantasy world.

“That conversation with him really just reset my thinking and opened my eyes and facilitated my growth,” he added.

From there, he made his way to Triton College and stumbled on an accounting class, sparking a newfound interest that has led him to pursue an accounting degree at Dominican University and a new world of possibilities.

Now Kawa’s back — and focused more than ever.

When asked what advice he had for other first-generation college students, he offered this: “Pick something and aim at it.”

“I want to say have complete tunnel vision. Pick one thing and do everything in your power to invest all your energy and do everything in your power to make that thing a reality.”

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Guns fired in same block twice in four hours

The Oak Park Police Department is investigating two instances of gunfire that occurred just over four hours apart in the 1100 block of South Taylor Avenue. Police would not share if the incidents are believed to be coincidental or targeted.

Officers recovered shell casings in front of a residence on South Taylor Avenue after an unknown offender discharged a firearm at 3:46 a.m., Nov. 27. After firing, the offender fled the scene traveling northbound on Taylor Avenue possibly in an Infiniti sedan.

Police were informed that a resident of the block was shot earlier that evening at about 11:20, Nov. 26, while trying to enter the residence but did not report the incident.

Aggravated discharge of a firearm Someone discharged a firearm at 1:10 p.m., Nov. 26 from a black Jeep traveling southbound on Austin Boulevard from Harvard Street then eastbound on Fillmore Street. A single shell casing was recovered in the southbound lane of Austin Boulevard in the 900 block. Based on accounts from witnesses, Oak Park detectives determined that the incident took place in Chicago.

Aggravated vehicular hijacking ■ After dropping off a passenger, a Lyft driver was stopped at a stop sign when a man in dark clothing tapped on the driver’s window with a black handgun and demanded the victim exit the silver 2017 Ford Fusion vehicle at 1:30 a.m., Nov. 28 in the 400 block of North Humphrey Avenue. The victim complied, and the man drove off in the victim’s vehicle with an unknown accomplice in the passenger seat.

■ The victim tracked the vehicle remotely and Chicago police were able to recover it in the 9300 block of Bishop Street in Chicago at 10 a.m. that same day.

■ A Naperville man was seated inside his 2015 Hyundai Sonata when he was forced out of the vehicle and onto the ground at gunpoint by a man carrying a black handgun at 1:05 p.m., Nov. 23 in the 1100 block of North Kenilworth Avenue. The offender, along with two other men, got into the victim’s vehicle and fled southbound on Kenilworth Avenue.

The estimated loss is $13,800.

■ Police reports describe the offender as being a Black male, about 20 years old and 5-feet-10-inches tall with a thin build and possibly bearded. He was last seen wearing a dark green hoodie, coat and blue jeans. His two associates were also described as approximately 20 years old and Black.

Aggravated robbery A man pepper sprayed an employee of City Home Vacuum, 148 N. Oak Park Ave.,

in the face and stole a boxed vacuum cleaner at 2:18 p.m., Nov. 27. The victim saw the man put the vacuum into the trunk of a black Mercedes sedan. The estimated loss is $1,200.

Burglary

■ Someone broke into a vacant home for sale by shattering a basement window in the 900 block of South Humphrey Avenue around 7:11 a.m., Nov. 24. No loss was reported, but the estimated damage to the window is $500.

■ Someone broke the driver’s side window of a black 2008 Mazda, taking cash and the garage door opener from inside the vehicle.

The offender then used the garage door opener to open the overhead door to a residential garage and took more cash from the unlocked 2021 Kia Telluride parked inside the garage between 11:30 p.m., Nov. 24 and 11:30 a.m., Nov. 25 in the 600 block of South Euclid Avenue. The estimated loss is $630.

■ A man was captured on video surveillance breaking into the BP gas station, 6119 W. North Ave., at midnight, Nov. 24 by shattering the glass front door with a pry bar and hammer. Once inside building, the man damaged the ATM in an unsuccessful attempt to remove cash. The man fled southbound on foot carrying two bottles of stolen antifreeze. A total estimated loss and damage was $2,027.

■ Someone was captured via a Ring Doorbell camera removing a Dell Chromebook laptop, a backpack, a credit card, two textbooks and a flashlight from an unlocked Toyota Highlander between 6:02 p.m. and 6:32 p.m., Nov. 22 in the 1000 block of Wisconsin Avenue. The total loss is estimated at $380.

Motor vehicle theft ■ Someone

removed an unattended and running Jeep Compass, inside of which was a purse and iPhone 12 Pro Max, at 9:15 p.m., Nov. 26 in the first block of Garfield Street. The combined total of the loss is estimated at $39,100.

■ The vehicle was recovered parked and running in the 1200 block of Ridgeland Avenue in Berwyn at 2:37 a.m., Nov. 27.

These items, obtained from the Oak Park Police Department, came from reports Nov. 23-29 and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.

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Oak Park home in spotlight on new WTTW show Kirsch House among the many notable sites on ‘Beyond Chicago from the Air’

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The Errol Kirsch House on Fair Oaks Avenue in Oak Park get a star turn during WTTW’s new program “Beyond Chicago from the Air,” which premieres Dec. 1 and provides aerial views of interesting sites – from notable architecture to wind farms to state parks -- throughout Illinois.

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Contributing Reporter

n Dec. 1, WTTW will premiere a new show filled with history and scenery from an unusual vantage point. Host Geoffrey Baer will take viewers on drone tours of multiple sites in the Chicago area and beyond as he explores famous and not-so-well-known places throughout the state.

“I’ve done these shows for more than 25 years on different parts of Chicago,” said Baer, the writer and host of the new show “Beyond Chicago from the Air.” “What’s different is that I’m not in this show except for one shot. I narrate it, but it’s all shot with a drone.”

Building on the success of the show “Chicago from the Air,” which premiered last year, “Beyond Chicago from the Air” will give viewers a bird’s eye view into the sites. The immersive experience allows viewers to travel Illinois without leaving the comfort of their

own homes.

The original show was a response to the pandemic.

“Flying 300 to 400 feet in the air is the ultimate social distancing,” Baer said.

Even as they produced that first show, Baer says the team knew there were so many sites outside of Chicago that didn’t make the cut that a sequel felt natural. The sequel show is loosely built around three parts: waterways, land/soil and how humans have shaped the region.

Oak Park connection In observing the marks humans have made on the region, Baer and the crew wanted to include a segment on dream houses from the air. A varied set of houses from a medieval castle-like home to the ultra-modern minimalism of the Farnsworth House are included.

One of Baer’s producers suggested including the See BEYOND CHICAGO on page 24

Geoffrey Baer

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BEYOND CHICAGO Unique perspectives from page 23 Errol J. Kirsch House in Oak Park, and Baer says that in 30 years of reporting he’d never heard of the house. Once he took a deep dive, he says the house was worth an extra look.

“At first, it was very hard to find anything out about the house other than the fact that architect Errol Kirsch designed the house for himself,” Baer said.

Built in 1982 on Fair Oaks Avenue, the concrete home stands out among its more traditional neighbors.

Baer says he was delighted to reach out to Kirsch and speak to him about the house.

“I love finding people like this,” Baer said.

“He opened right up and gave me all this great information. We talked about how the house looks like a sandcastle, and he said he liked building those as a child.”

While Baer says that many would describe the house’s style as brutalist due to its heavy massing of concrete, the house was also influenced by the energy crisis of the 1970s.

“He was very focused on energy,” Baer said of Kirsch. “Obviously, a house with smaller windows and thicker walls has some inherent energy-saving properties. He calculated the window openings and the prevailing winds to make it more energy-efficient. He was decades ahead of his time.”

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Errol Kirsch built his one-of-a-kind home with the energy crisis of the 1970s a not-toodistant memory. In designing the energy-efficient concrete house, with its thick walls and narrow windows, Kirsch “was decades ahead of his time,” according to Geoffrey Baer, writer and host of “Beyond Chicago from the Air.” Baer says the home ended up getting significant coverage on the program.

“We ended up using so much of it in the show because you really can’t stop looking at it,” Baer said. “Every angle of the house is interesting. It’s good to see it in context. It just jumps off the screen in context with its surroundings.”

Other highlights Baer says he loves telling stories and researching things he’s never talked about before, and “Beyond Chicago from the Air”

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gave him plenty of opportunity to delve into little known areas and activities.

On top of exploring some well-known sites like fall colors in Starved Rock State Park and the annual Chicago to Mackinac race, he reveled in more obscure discoveries that produced beautiful drone footage.

Filming in Mississippi Palisades State Park while rock climbers were active produced some amazing footage.

He wanted to explore Mark Twain, so they filmed an authentic river paddlewheel boat, and he calls filming a moving boat with a moving drone especially challenging.

Another favorite segment is on the horses of the Temple Lipizzan.

“The footage where the horses are galloping at full speed is just beautiful,” Baer said.

A 25-square-mile wind farm where the drone shot up-close footage of massive wind turbines provides another daredevil perspective that couldn’t be captured with traditional cameras.

In addition to covering a wider geographical area, Baer said that he wanted “Beyond Chicago from the Air” to cover a broader time span. Some historical sites tell stories that he thinks few viewers will be aware of.

The Cahokia Mounds near St. Louis reveal the sophisticated culture of Native Americans hundreds of years before Europeans settled in the area.

“There was a city that was the size of London in Illinois 1,000 years ago. There wasn’t another city of this size in the state until Chicago,” Baer said. “History is written by the conquerors, so we don’t think of sophisticated civilization here before European settlers.”

The program also delves deeply into the history of Black Hawk, leader of the Sauk tribe. Baer notes that most are only familiar with the hockey team that bears his name and calls the story of the Native American chief and leader a tragic one.

“The show is beautiful to look at, but the stories are really compelling, too,” Baer said.

The show premiers on Wednesday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. on all WTTW platforms.

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LEGAL NOTICE

BLK. PCL UNIT LEXINGTON RESERVE AT A

COOK COUNTY REAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS FOR 2021

Itecha Lewis

It is the duty of the Assessor to appraise all taxable real property in Cook County at its fair cash value as of January 1, 2021. Fair cash value is described as what the property would bring at a voluntary sale in the normal course of business or trade. The Assessor is required by law to assess said property in a fair and just manner.

The Assessor does not determine property taxes. Property taxes are determined by the spending needs and requests of municipalities, school boards, park districts and other local government agencies which provide public services to property owners. The Assessor’s sole responsibility is to estimate the value of real estate property.

In Cook County, real property is classified according to its use. The classification system is used to determine the percentage of the fair cash value at which the real property is assessed for purposes of taxation.

Accordingly, real property is assessed at only a fraction of its fair cash value, depending on its use and classification.

Changes in assessment for land and improvements are listed separately.

The dimensions of the land are also listed: A - Acres B - Back Lot N - Irregular Lot S - Square Feet Cook County uses a Permanent Index Number (P.I.N) system as a means to identify individual real estate parcels. The PIN consists of a 14-digit number. The first two digits identify the area or survey township; the second two digits identify the sub-area or section; the next three digits identify blocks.

Note: Blocks are defined as follows: Blocks 100 to 199 are located in the N.W. Quarter Blocks 200 to 299 are located in the N.E. Quarter Blocks 300 to 399 are located in the S.W. Quarter Blocks 400 to 499 are located in the S.E. Quarter The next three digits in the series identify the specific parcel or lot. The last four, (where applicable), identify individual condominium units, nonoperating railroad parcels or leasehold’s of exempt parcels.

Whenever possible, the assessment list will be listed by the street name and the street or house number of the parcel. However, the Cook County Assessor’s Office official records rely on permanent Property Index Numbers (P.I.N.) only. No assessment of real property shall be considered invalid due to an incorrect listing.

If you have any questions regarding the assessment of real property you should visit the Office of the Assessor of Cook County, 118 N. Clark Street, Room 301, Chicago, Illinois 60602, or call (312) 443-7550.

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Huskies finish 4th at VandeMerkt Thanksgiving Classic

By BILL STONE Contributing Reporter

In just the second game of the Oak Park and River Forest High School boys basketball season, senior Justin Mullins scored a career-high 38 points against Thornwood on Nov. 24 at Riverside-Brookfield High School’s Bill VandeMerkt Thanksgiving Classic.

The 6-foot-5 University of Denver recruit achieved another career high of 42 against Brother Rice on Nov. 27.

Still, the Huskies lost 87-80 in overtime to finish fourth in the eight-team tournament after losing to the host Bulldogs 73-66 on Nov. 26 for first place in pool play. “[Mullins can] take really over a game,” OPRF coach Phil Gary said.

“I love Justin and his 42 points is great but having him scoring 40 a game is hard. We’ve just got to find ways to get other guys more involved and help out on the scoring to be more balanced.”

Mullins collected 112 points in four tournament games – a 28-point scoring average – and made the 10-player all-tournament team.

Mullins scored the game’s final basket against Brother Rice. Connor Hoehne’s back-to-back baskets for the Huskies (2-2) closed the gap to 80-78 with 1:05 left but a

called intentional foul began seven unanswered free throws by the Crusaders.

Mullins scored OPRF’s last two baskets of regulation for a 74-74 tie with 31 seconds left.

The Crusaders played for the final shot and missed from right of the lane.

“We’re a pretty good team, once we move the ball a little bit more, play together. Defensively we are a really good team that can press and use our speed and our athleticism,” Gary said.

“We’ve got a few guys that are dynamic on offense but we’ve just got to find a balance of a couple of more guys to chip in.”

The Huskies defeated Thornwood 63-56 and University High 73-69 on Nov. 23.

Sam Lewis had 24 points and six rebounds against U-High but rolled his ankle and sat out the Thornwood victory. Lewis tweaked the injury on Nov. 27 and was sidelined with 1:42 left in regulation.

Christian Marshall provided a game-winning steal against U-High and team-high 21 points against RBHS. Other key contributions included John Vincent (10 rebounds) against U-High and Rodney Murphy (11 points) and Rai’Mon Yarbrough (8 points) versus Thornwood.

OPRF trailed RBHS 13-5 early. Marshall scored eight points in the second quarter as OPRF closed to 32-30 by halftime, and Lewis (16 points) provided a nine-point third quarter. When Murphy completed the Huskies’ 7-0 run with the first basket of the fourth quarter, they trailed 53-49 but never got closer. Mullins had 12 points.

“We just have to get timely stops,” Gary said.

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The Huskies’ Justin Mullins looks to score in the paint during Oak Park and River Forest High School’s loss to Riverside-Brookfield High School on Nov. 26 at the Bill VanderMerkt Thanksgiving Classic in Riverside.

Chicago power Orr too much for young Fenwick Madej scores 19 to pace Friars in season opener

By MELVIN TATE Contributing Reporter

New Fenwick High School boys basketball coach Tony Young had a challenging debut opponent on Nov. 24 – Orr High School, considered one of the top teams in the Chicago

Public League.

The Friars managed to stay competitive with the visiting Spartans in the first half.

But with several players missing due to either football or injury, Fenwick wore down in the second half as Orr pulled away for a 72-52 victory.

Despite the outcome, Young thought playing a strong team like the Spartans was beneficial for his young players.

“We played a lot of freshmen and sophomores tonight who hadn’t had varsity experience,” he said. “I told them afterwards that this isn’t the time to get frustrated. This is

game one of a long season. It’s a marathon.”

Senior forward Gabe Madej was the only player against Orr who had significant varsity experience. He scored 15 of his teamhigh 19 points in the first half, including 11 in the opening quarter, as Fenwick trailed 39-34 at intermission despite Spartans

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Retired Fenwick cross country coach John Polka (center), with the Friars’ 2021 statechampionship plaque, is flanked by assistant coach Dan Wnek (left) and head coach Dave Rill, who Polka recruited to Oak Park in the 1980s.

Legendary Fenwick cross country coach finally gets his state title

John Polka is the reason Fenwick High School has a cross country program. When the now-retired longtime biology teacher was hired at Fenwick in 1966, he saw the school had no cross country team, so he created it and coach the boys team until 2009 – 43 years in all.

While he coached a slew of successful runners throughout the years, the one achievement that escaped Polka was the Friars’ placing as a team the state’s top three. The Friars boys finally accomplished that feat this fall, not only placing in the top three but winning the IHSA Class 2A state cross country title.

One of the team’s top runners at the state finals was senior Grayden Rill, who led Fenwick with an eighth-place overall finish.

Rill’s father, Fenwick head coach Dave Rill, is a 1987 graduate of Fenwick who ran under Polka.

While Polka hasn’t coached since 2009, he continues to serve as an IHSA official and, as he had since 1972, Polka was working as an official at the Nov. 6 state meet at Detweiller Park in Peoria.

After the race, Dave Rill and assistant coach Dan Wnek presented Polka with a state championship medal in recognition of Polka’s decades of service to Fenwick and boys cross country, bringing the former coach to tears. Polka was also present at a school assembly recognizing the cross country team’s achievement.

— Bob Uphues

guard Cameron Lawin (26 points) drilling six three-pointers.

But the Friars went ice-cold in the third quarter, scoring just two baskets while being outscored 18-6. Then in the fourth quarter, Orr forward Caleb Hannah scored 10 of his game-high 28 points to keep Fenwick at bay.

One bright spot for the Friars was the play of freshman guard Ty Macariola, who finished with 18 points.

“Ty played well,” Young said. “I’m excited about him and the other young guys. I keep telling them you’ve got to roll with the punches because you never know will happen.”

Fenwick will face crosstown rivals Oak Park and River Forest High School on Dec. 3 at the Chicago Elite Classic, held at Credit One Arena on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus. Tip time is scheduled for 6 p.m.

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STATE CHAMPS In control from page 1 of bringing a state title to Fenwick, and it’s so special we’re the first.”

“All that extra work we put in together over the summer has paid off,” added senior quarterback Kaden Cobb.

Fenwick (12-2) set the tone early with a 10play, 80-yard drive ending with Cobb throwing a 21-yard touchdown pass to Bryan Hunt.

Iain Ramage missed the extra point, leaving the Friars with a 6-0 lead at the 8:49 mark of the opening quarter.

“We knew we had to get on them fast; they’re a four-quarter team,” Cobb said.

“We got everything rolling and they couldn’t catch up.”

Later in the first, Fenwick marched 60 yards in five plays, scoring on a 17-yard pass from Cobb to Max Reese. Cobb then connected with Hunt for the 2-point conversion and a 14-0 Friars’ lead.

“That was good play calling that helped me get open,” Reese said. “It got the game flowing.”

In the second quarter, Cobb found a wideopen Reese for a 67-yard score, and after a short Kankakee punt gifted Fenwick excellent field position, Danny Kent went in for a 1-yard touchdown run that gave the Friars a commanding 28-0 lead.

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Fenwick football coach Matt Battaglia (from left) celebrates the Friars’ state title with players Jimmy Liston, Suleiman Abuaqel, Kaden Cobb (with trophy), Max Reese and Danny Kent.

Fenwick coach Matt Battaglia thought it was imperative to get off to a good start that would put the team in control.

“It’s what we preach all the time,” he said.

“The kids came out and executed.”

Kankakee (13-1) got on the board just before halftime when quarterback Tomele Staples (17-of-37 passing, 178 yards) found Karson King (6 receptions, 81 yards) for an 11-yard touchdown.

The Kays started the second half with a 14-play, 80-yard march capped by a 1-yard run by Nate Hill. Staples then threw to Maurice Burkes for a two-point conversion that cut Fenwick’s lead to 28-15 a little over four minutes into the third quarter.

However, the Friars responded with an 11-play drive that ended with Cobb scoring from one yard out. The two-point conversion failed, but Fenwick led 34-15.

On the ensuing drive, linebacker Conor Paris doused any hopes Kankakee had of a late rally when he picked off Staples at the Friars 42. Fenwick chewed up most of the remaining time with its ball-control ground attack and held the Kays on defense twice more.

“Once we were able to get [Kankakee] behind schedule, the defense had a lot of success,” Battaglia said. “We kept their quarterback inside the pocket; he can make a lot of things happen once outside. It was a great game plan by [defensive coordinator] coach [Titcus] Pettigrew.”

Cobb completed 11 passes in 18 attempts for 146 yards and three touchdowns and added 63 yards rushing on nine carries. Kent led the Fenwick rushing attack with 212 yards on 31 carries as the Friars finished with 310 total yards rushing.

Fenwick outgained Kankakee 456 to 227, limiting the Kays to 38 yards on the ground.

The Friars sacked Staples seven times, including two apiece by Suleiman Abuaqel, Conor Paris and Conor Stetz.

Other Fenwick defensive standouts were safety Martin Paris, who had a team-high nine tackles, along with safety Harry Kenny and cornerback Jacque Walls, who each broke up two passes.

Abuaqel, Cobb, Hunt, Kent, Liston, Conor and Martin Paris, Reese and Walls are among 30 seniors the Friars will lose to graduation.

“These guys are the most talented high school players I’ve ever seen,” Liston said.

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The benefits of reading obituaries

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ive years ago, I scoffed when I heard older people comment about starting to read their local obituary columns. I smirked to myself as I wondered if they had anything better to do with their time. Recently, I was startled by my realization that I’ve been looking at obituaries on a regular basis. Sometimes I just scan them and often I read the entire entry. Reading obituaries kind of snuck up on me, but there’s no denying I now do it.

I can think of a few reasons for this, not necessarily in order of importance. One reason is what I call “keeping score” — or maybe it’s just keeping track — of friends, colleagues and contemporaries. The “small town” character of where I live makes it probable, these days, that if I don’t actually know one of the people listed in this week’s obituary, I probably know of them.

Another reason is that my attitude toward death has shifted. Conscious aging has opened me to different points of view and different awareness. I’ve started thinking about and talking about death, including my own. I respect death as a teacher who is helping me live more fully.

As I read the obituaries, I review my own life as well. Sometimes the recently deceased person reminds me of someone I’ve already known. Sometimes they even remind me of myself in some way. Reading obituaries has offered me a glimpse into embracing what, up to this point, I have feared and denied.

Obituaries can assist us with the gift of feeling empathy.

Obituaries can be a thread linking generations. It’s not just older people who die. This past week, I read obituaries of two people who died battling addiction. Ahmad was 22, David was 29. The disease of addiction is a continuing national epidemic, ravaging our younger people in particular. If we can pause to read about real people who recently died, whatever their age, we might actually think of them as people who could have been a friend, or simply as a unique individual. Then it might be a bit more difficult to write them off as just a statistic.

Obituaries are basically out of sight, out of mind, except for the few times someone we love or know is the topic. They’re often written like that, too. This is consistent with how we consider death in our culture.

What if obituaries are written more like a story? What if we wrote our own obituary? What if we updated our own obituary every 10 years? Picture your family and friends gathered together in one room, at your memorial, all thinking about you.

Is there something you’d like to say to them? This just might help us review our lives or even plan for our future — short term and long term. It might also help generate discussions today among our families and friends about difficult topics.

This could help us live more connected lives.

I used to avoid reading obituaries, probably like most people. Now I can see opportunity as well as loss behind the list of names and ages as I slowly turn the newspaper pages.

MARC BLESOFF

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Telling the truth about our history

he U.S. history sections of public libraries have literally hundreds of publications. No book, however, explains how democracy, which professes freedom and equality under the law, could co-exist with the practice of slavery. W.E.B. DuBois, Professor of History and Afro-American studies at Harvard, said this of the equality narrative: “We are obliged to face the deforming mirror of truth.”

Certainly nothing in history argues “sameness” as a defining principle for equality under the law. Rather, folks who believe in the possibility of the equality of human beings must continue efforts welcoming diverse populations into our democracy. First, however, we must be willing to face our past history, no matter how shameful it was. True history reports that our forefather settlers plundered Native Americans to establish our nation, and that we brought Africans to America, with few exceptions, as forced labor, treating them inhumanely as slaves.

In recent years, Trump followers have initiated a concerted effort to rewrite the history of slavery and the settling of our country. They believe that painting these tumultuous times as peaceful transitions, sanitizing it of the violence we perpetrated, would be readily accepted and welcomed. Additionally, the new history would portray Trump’s scapegoats as the villains of society — African Americans, Native Americans, immigrants, Muslims, Latinos, Jews, and whomever else are on Trump’s list of enemies.

The goal of Trumpers is a nefarious one, taking a page out of the Hitler playbook. Hitler bragged, “Influence children, you have captured the state.”

Toward this end today, there are attempts to infiltrate school boards with folks who support the whitewashing of our past misdeeds and the furtherance

of Trump’s list of enemies of the state.

Trumpers believe that our children can be led easily down the distorted and dishonest Trump path. This frightening scenario must be thwarted! Trumpers must not serve as school board members.

What we hadn’t realized before the attempted treasonous coup of January 6th, is that all those horrendous plots were not just a means for Trump to remain in office or to discourage opposition.

The intention was to end democracy in total. Trump and his followers envision an autocratic government for our nation with Trump as its everlasting dictator at the helm.

How do historians write the history of Trumpism? It must include his support of White Supremacy and describe his efforts to foster hatred and fear against all who, in his paranoid state, he considers enemies. To succeed in ending Trump’s negative campaign of fear, hate, power, greed, we have the enormous task of writing a history of truth.

Further, we must bolster our laws and policies to promote equality for all of our diverse populations.

My fear is that our deep social and political divisions are so entrenched that political change alone will not produce a new and better future for all.

I recently read some of the newly revised publication of The 1619 Project. It is an unusual grouping of simple essays and poems, most of which are steeped in the varied cultural and/or traditional views of our diverse past. Its refreshing and intelligent perspectives offer insight to a future in which all in our population can contribute to the tenets of a sound democracy. Perhaps this little book can lead the way to a future history — and a legacy of which we can be proud.

Harriet Hausman is a longtime River Forest resident and a member of the ACLU.

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ResCorp’s Austin Blvd. vision

his week, Oak Park’s Plan Commission will have its next and, we expect, final hearing on the proposal from the Oak Park Residence Corporation (ResCorp) to build a handsome six-story apartment house which blends affordable and market-rate units and is all-in on environmental sustainability. The project would replace a non-descript 12-unit mid-century building, also owned by ResCorp, and become the first new multifamily project built on Austin Boulevard in Oak Park in a half-century.

We could hardly be more enthusiastic about this project at 7 Van Buren.

Pick your benefit: ■ Affordable housing that is integrated into market-rate units. That model has been an unattainable demand of housing activists even as Oak Park has seen a raft of new apartment construction in the past decade.

■ Determinedly sustainable construction. This building has been designed from the ground up to pioneer a blend of energy innovation that will make this building net-zero-energy.

■ Transit oriented development has been Oak Park’s mantra for years. But this time the mass transit is near the Blue Line not adjacent to the Green Line/Metra.

■ East side of the village, actual new construction on Austin Boulevard with vistas purposefully overlooking the gem that is Columbus Park.

■ Distinguished design is built in here. And compare this project to the dreck that passes for much of what Oak Park has built at this scale recently and we have reason to celebrate.

Yes, there are immediate neighbors who have raised objections.

That is what neighbors do when change arrives unbidden. We get it.

Change is hard and a little scary. But the specific objections are, to us, minor. The proposal has less than one parking space per unit. That’s the nature and the purpose of transit-focused projects. The building is taller than what it replaces, taller than the century-old apartments next door. But at six stories it is not notably out of scale and density, built in the right places, is a positive, not a concern.

ResCorp can and will produce for the Plan Commission a range of consultant studies produced for the village and adopted by the village over the past 20 years, which specifically call for a project of this scale at this site.

We hope the Plan Commission will speed this project to the village board so that construction of this $15 million project can begin in the spring.

And ResCorp sells a building For decades we’ve asked the Oak Park Residence Corporation, a nonprofit focused on investing in multifamily apartments in Oak Park with a goal of racial and economic diversity, if it ever intended to sell any of its now 32 buildings. Or would it just keep accumulating them, rehabbing them, managing them.

Our reason for asking has been based on the surmise that there isn’t endless capital for ResCorp to use to acquire buildings in tough or semi-tough shape in the village and that its portfolio of properties could be a source of fluidity. Putting properties carefully into the hands of respected local landlords also has value.

So we were happy to hear that ResCorp is, in fact, about to sell one of its smaller buildings, a 10-unit California-style building on Humphrey over by West Sub. We’re not urging anything like a mass sale of buildings by ResCorp.

We’d just like it to expand its ability to take on new challenges by selectively pruning its holdings.

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Unlocking the secret of Santa

ear Tyler and Bryce, Watching The Polar Express with you last week, about a boy with doubts who comes to believe in the magic of Christmas, I realized it’s only a matter of time before you unlock the secret of Santa Claus. This letter is for that time, whenever it happens, probably a year or two from now. It’s an old story that we all believed at one time. Some feel betrayed at first because they believed it more deeply than others.

Maybe the two of you fall into that category.

Adults are co-conspirators because we can’t resist telling the story.

Someday you will too. It wasn’t Santa Claus we wanted you to believe in. It’s the magic of Christmas, and Santa is the first embodiment of that magic — but not the last.

We weren’t lying to you. A lie is an untruth told with the worst of intentions, often with hurtfulness behind it. The story of Santa is told to children with the best of intentions. But with or without Santa, Christmas is magical. In some ways, it’s more magical without him. It’s hard to let go of such a wondrous, saintly figure so completely dedicated to making children happy worldwide, without feeling some sense of loss. I felt it too, once upon a childhood.

But there’s an upside to all this. Christmas makes more sense. You know who is giving you all these presents. People with the best of intentions are showering you with gifts once a year because something called Christmas makes them extraordinarily generous. People who love you very much. They give and give and it makes them happy because they love to see you happy.

That’s as magical as a jolly old elf winging his way around the world, sliding down chimneys.

Santa is a wonderful story, but as we get older, we gradually come to redefine what “magic” means.

You will always have a tender place for Santa in your memory, which has enough magic stored in it to take you back to that time in your life whenever you want to revisit it.

I hope you’ll forgive us for telling a story that we still want to believe as much as you do. Is it worth the letdown? I think so. Stories come out of a place deep in our imagination. They aren’t literally “true” but a lot of truth is found there.

So Santa exists, just in other ways. He is the spirit of extraordinary generosity, the spirit of life’s magic and mystery, which can never be exhausted. You will discover this as you grow older. We all do, those of us who keep our hearts open to life and living. Yes, some mysteries will be explained away and some of the magic will not prove worthy of your belief. But you will find treasures where you least expected to — people, for instance, whom you will come to love and trust, and who will never betray that trust, even if others do.

You will discover that Santa lives on through your own generosity. The Santa inside doesn’t mess around with all that naughty-or-nice nonsense. The Santa inside gives people the benefit of the doubt. After all, those who aren’t nice end up putting coal in their own stockings, because

living a life that isn’t Santa-like is its own form of punishment.

If you’re generous with others, you’ll receive gifts in return: the gifts of self-regard and self-respect and the satisfaction of helping others feel a little better about themselves.

A long time ago, a girl named Virginia O’Hanlon — who was 8 years old, just like you were when I wrote this — sent a letter to her local newspaper asking if there really was a Santa Claus.

Frank Church, a writer at the paper, was given the unenviable assignment of answering her. It was a pretty good answer: “He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist,” Church wrote in 1897 (so you can see how old this story is), “and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. … Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. … Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.”

Abiding means it lasts. Sometimes it endures even beyond our disbelief. As I get older, I know what’s true because it usually brings me to tears. My love for the two of you is one of those truths.

So welcome to the club, a very large club indeed — those who still believe in what Santa stands for: Laughter, generosity, and love, especially the love of children. After all, a child’s birth is the reason we celebrate Christmas in the first place.

Turns out, the magic wasn’t in Santa after all.

Santa just made it easier for you to experience the magic of Christmas. And Christmas makes it easier to experience the magic that is alive in our everyday.

Magic is all around if you know where to look.

It can be as surprising as a beautiful flower growing in a place you didn’t expect to find flowers. It can be as glorious as a blazing sunset that catches your eye for the first time in a long time, or a shooting star streaking across the night sky.

Or it can be as simple as the smiles on the faces of two boys as they wrap their arms around you. Every day is magical when I’m with the two of you.

Don’t worry. Like the boy in the movie, you’ll still hear the sound of that sleigh bell no matter how old you are. I still do. It’s OK to believe.

Not all our beliefs turn out to be literally true, but often they lead us to the things we can truly believe in. Things we can’t always see, beautiful things that make life magical.

And those are the greatest Christmas presents of all.

KEN

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Austin & Van Buren will be a game-changer

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Yes, but think again. In the nearly 20 he Oak Park Residence Corporation years since I served as a member of the is proposing to build a brand-new, Plan Commission here in Oak Park, there 6-story, 45-unit multifamily building has not been a development proposal that on Austin Boulevard, just north of the has been anywhere near as compelling Blue Line and across from Columon so many levels as this project. With bus Park. The building is everything our its innovations in the areas of affordcommunity has said it wants, literally for ability and sustainability, if this building decades. It has been designed to respond to is approved, it will immediately become one of the many of the key priority needs that both the village most important new buildings in the entire country. and the community have identified in plan after plan But unfortunately, and once again, a small but vocal after plan. group of neighbors are responding out of fear, and are ■ Will it be a really high-quality building? Yes. actively opposing the project’s approval through the ■ Will the building be economically integrated? Yes. Plan Commission hearing process.

■ Will there be any units that are affordable to lowWe’ve all seen this before. Some of you may recall income households? Yes (20%). the opposition to re-opening the Marion Street pedes■ What about the other 80% of the units? They’ll trian mall in 2007. At the be rented at market-rate time, a vocal minority rents. feared that that decision ■ Why this 80/20 Split? was going to lead to disasBecause such economic ter for our downtown. But integration provides the our community probest life outcomes for all ceeded and the wisdom people, and particularly of that choice became an for those who are economimportant catalyst for ically most at risk. our downtown’s revital■ Will the building be less than 18 stories? Yes, ization. Similarly, there it’s only six stories. was significant neighbor opposition to the rede■ Any chance it might velopment of the former actually be somewhere Comcast building into the outside of Downtown Oak Grove Avenue ApartPark? Yes, it will bring ments (and Sugar Beet high-quality new mulRENDERING PROVIDED BY OAK PARK RESIDENCE CORPORATION Co-Op). That too was tifamily rental housing AFFORDABLE HOUSING: Proposed new development at feared by some neighbors to the east side of Oak to be a potential threat.

Park, and specifically to 7 Van Buren St. at Austin Boulevard.

Now The Grove is seen Austin Boulevard, for the as a true benefit to both first time in more than 50 the neighborhood and to the entire village. Even the years. recent opposition to The Community Builders project ■ Will that help to strengthen the Harrison Street at 801 S. Oak Park Ave. seems increasingly distant as Arts District as well as the entire east side of Oak the building has now been completed and is leasing up Park? Yes. without incident.

■ Hasn’t the village already adopted plans saying it And yet, despite these examples, fear continues to be would like to see new development that is 6-10 stories a powerful force for neighbors, even for neighbors of in this location? Yes. the very best development proposal that our community ■ Will the building be accessible? Yes. has seen in decades.

■ With an elevator? Yes. Ultimately, though, we need to rely on the thoughtful, ■ Won’t that make it one of the only elevator buildsound, deliberative judgment of plan commissioners ings in the entire southeastern quadrant of Oak Park? and of village board members, recognizing that it is Yes. their job to see beyond the fear, and to help us all to envi■ Allowing people to “age in place” in their existing sion and then realize a better and brighter future. neighborhood? Yes. With this development application, now being consid■ Will the building’s population be diverse? Yes. ered in front of the Plan Commission, we are seeking to ■ How do you know? Well, fostering diversity and help our community advance toward and embrace that affordability through the provision of high-quality better future. If you believe in economic integration, multifamily housing has been the Oak Park Residence high-quality housing for people of all backgrounds, diCorporation’s mission for nearly 55 years. versity as the central strength of Oak Park, accessibility ■ Do you mean that the building is going to be owned and the notion that seniors and persons with disabilities by a mission-driven nonprofit organization rather deserve housing options in all neighborhoods within than a for-profit private developer? Yes. our community, and sustainability and taking responsi■ Will the building be sustainable? Yes. bility for the world that our children and grandchildren ■ Really? It will be a net-zero-energy building, generwill inherit, then we ask you to join us, and to express ating more than enough energy from its rooftop solar your support for this important project. array to power all building operations and resident It could make all the difference in whether we are uses combined. It will immediately become a nationable to continue Oak Park’s historic commitment to ally significant model for new building design and diversity, affordability, accessibility, and sustainability construction. It will be a game-changer. for all here in our community.

■ And finally, will it be beautiful and worthy of Oak David Pope, former village president of Oak Park, is Park? Yes, because if it isn’t we’re not going to build it. president of the Oak Park Residence Corporation.

This sounds like it should be a no brainer, right?

DAVID POPE

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Families who hired live-in help

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hen I was in high school, two of our neighbors employed live-in female helpers from Concordia Teachers College. These girls helped with household chores and child care. The girls had a room, two meals per day, and a weekly salary.

The Bournes were at work from 9 to 5, Monday-Friday, but Mr. Bourne took the helper to the campus at 7 a.m. and picked her up at 5:30 p.m. Mr. Schue did the same with the Schues’ helper.

The Bourne family was blessed with Eleanor who remained with the Bournes for four years. She was like a member of the family, and she cared for the two Bourne children with both love and strictness.

The Schues had two helpers over a period of four years. The first helper was named Mary, and she was with the Schues during her junior and senior years. I remember Mary for two reasons: She had flaming red hair and she was a great softball pitcher.

Mary would often come to the corner lot to play fast-pitch softball with the neighborhood guys while also keeping an eye on the two Schue children who sat on the sideline at first base.

I thought I was a good batter, but Mary struck me out practically every time I came to bat over two seasons. I managed just two hits off her during that time.

Not only could Mary pitch well, but she was also a talented pianist who could play the classics as well as jazz and rock & roll.

When Mary graduated from college, she got a teaching job near Oak Park. She wanted to stay on with the Schues, but Mr. Schue decided it was time for her to leave and be on her own.

Mary was succeeded by Laura, a pleasant, remarkably efficient person who, among other duties, helped the Schue children sharpen their study skills. Laura was a happy, bubbly girl with curly dark hair and a keen sense of humor.

Years later, Mrs. Schue and Mrs. Bourne told me that even though these girls taught and Laura and Eleanor married, they would come back to visit the respective families.

The idea of having a helper from Concordia spread, and I heard that other families from our neighborhood followed the example set by the Schue and Bourne families. I thought it would be a great idea if my family hired a helper for my mother and my grandmother. That idea fell on deaf ears as I was told by my mother and my grandmother that they could do just fine without any help.

I then brought up the thought that my family could hire a college guy to help me. This met with a cold silence when I mentioned it one night at dinner. I was told by the adults that I was capable of doing my regular chores, and if I complained or had any other wacky ideas, I could easily be given more work and that I should be grateful that I was able to be of help to the family.

The presence of the college girls was a great benefit to the families that employed the girls, and I am certain that the girls benefited as well.

I wish I could have reaped some of that benefit.

JOHN

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Opposing the Van Buren-Austin building Since Gene and Anne Armstrong tee’d it up in their letter about the Oak Park Residence Corporation’s proposed project at Van Buren and Austin by claiming, “It will not require outlandish zoning variances,” I have to ask: define “outlandish.”

In short, the proposal is for too much building on too small a lot. The proposed structure utilizes the Planned Development process and requested variances to subvert the Zoning Regulations for an R-7 Multifamily District.

The proposal does this by decreasing the minimum lot area for such a building by 70%, increasing the maximum height restrictions by 62%, increasing the maximum lot coverage by 18%, decreasing the minimum side setback requirement by 8%, and the rear setback requirement by 92%.

But wait, there’s more.

The proposed building really exceeds the height restriction even more by including roof-top solar panels which

The case for international donations

Many people are thinking about what charities to donate to this time of year. In doing this, a question being considered more often is how can we be most effective in helping the neediest, most marginalized people?

We live in one of wealthiest, most powerful countries in the world. As an illustration, when COVID hit, our government injected trillions in unemployment benefits and other aid. We also have free COVID tests and vaccines easily available.

We’re far from perfect and there are many people in our country who need help, yet the needy in America are very different from those in the developing world.

Many of those countries have no unemployment benefits and little access to COVID vaccinations, let alone clean water and access to public schools. Many suffer from preventable illnesses that have been virtually eradicated from our country, such as malaria and tuberculosis.

One of the most common concerns with giving internationally is that many donors aren’t familiar with the charities, so they can’t have confidence that their gifts are having an impact. This was once valid, but now there are charity evaluators, such as GiveWell, that have full-time researchers to identify top charities where donors can get the best bang-for-the-buck.

These evaluators make it easy to find very high-impact charities, and it is incredible how much good even small donations can do when they are given to the most effective charities.

This holiday season, I am grateful for my country and community, but when giving to charity, I will donate internationally where it may have a bigger impact.

Eric Friedman

Oak Park Author of “Reinventing Philanthropy: A Framework for More Effective Giving” www.reinventingphilanthropy.com

could elevate the top of the structure as much as 15 feet, although the zoning ordinance excludes that additional height from the building. The requested “allowances” would eliminate the buffer yard setbacks, and reduce by half the number of parking spaces required for the proposed 45-unit building. The proposal eliminates a loading area and the existing parkway while vacating a portion of the abutting right-of-way. If approved, by vacating the said portion of the abutting right-of-way, the proposed development will constrict vehicles (including moving trucks) from operating on the remaining portion of the Van Buren Street cul-de-sac.

Because I live more than a half-mile away from the site, I will leave the opposition to the building for the physical impact on those neighbors with homes or buildings within close proximity to the proposed building.

Chris Donovan Oak Park

The benefit of non-police responses to crises

All people are concerned about their own safety and that of their families and friends. This is a basic human need and is the reason communities fund police and fire services — to protect the safety of their residents. Oak Park is no different: 30% of our overall village budget is dedicated to just these two services.

But as we have seen in a variety of cases over the past several years, there are circumstances in which the traditional response to a crisis makes individuals less safe instead of more.

In certain situations and with certain people, the presence of police in a crisis exacerbates that crisis rather than calming it. A key example was the shooting of Quintonio LeGrier in Chicago, which happened when officers were called while LeGrier was undergoing a mental health crisis. Confronted with a person they viewed as a threat, officers reacted as they were trained: to neutralize that threat. In so doing, they killed LeGrier and his neighbor, Bettie Jones.

A situation like this is both tragic and avoidable. If there are alternatives to police responding in a crisis, people will use them. That is why I want to thank the Oak Park Village Board for creating a non-police crisis response team for the village. Such a team will respond to situations in which people need support for mental health emergencies and other crises.

This will allow community members to access support for crises without calling on police. Given that Black community members and other residents of color may be understandably hesitant to call police, the availability of a non-police crisis response team may increase the degree to which village residents access the support they need.

How we respond in a crisis says a lot about our community.

A report by Vera Institute of Justice states, “Creating alternatives to police responses will connect people in the community with the services they need, reduce arrest rates and the potential for violent police encounters, and promote the health and safety of community members.” I believe that the vast majority of Oak Park’s residents share these goals. I am proud that our village board set us on a path toward those goals and said something positive about our community in the process.

Jim Schwartz Oak Park

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End leaf collection altogether

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Put an end to Roe v. Wade

Today, Dec. 1, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments on Dobbs v. Jackson, a court case that threatens to overturn Roe v. Wade. For years, abortion supporters have chanted “safe, legal and rare.”

Safe? No abortion is safe for the baby. Legal? That part is true. We allow abortion through all nine months of pregnancy.

Only seven other countries in the world currently allow that, including China and North Korea. Rare? Over 60 million babies have died from abortion. The time has come to put an end to Roe v. Wade and the barbaric practice it allows.

Carolyn Righeimer

Oak Park

Oak Park, whose very name derives from a tree, should rethink its relationship with the tree’s most visible manifestation — its leaves.

There is, of course the issue of leaf blowers (see Ken Trainor, Viewpoint, Nov. 3). Beyond the blowers is the issue of horticultural practice — experienced gardeners know that leaves as mulch return nutrients to the soil and promote a healthy lawn.

Then there is the issue of cost; the village pays over $200,000 per year to have leaves collected and disposed of. And then there are the adverse

consequences of all this for the climate: blowers, trucks, and loaders consuming fuel and spewing fumes and harmful gases. Doing away with leaf collection and the associated raking and blowing would be a winwin-win-win: a win for the grass, a win for taxpayers, a win for residents spared the noise of leaf blowers, and a win for the climate. The village board could take a first step in this regard by ending the destructive practice of leaf collection.

James Thompson Oak Park

Not thankful for leaf blowers

Dear Oak Park leadership, This year was going to be the best Thanksgiving because my sons were coming home and Peter Jackson’s documentary about the Beatles was being streamed for the first time. We all got up early to watch the re-cut footage and listen to the exceptional music being created.

It was 8 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning … and that’s when the leaf blowers started. I mea-

sured 107 db from my doorstep. What a complete bubble-buster. I did not see any ear protection on the crew.

But come on! Thanksgiving morning? That should be against code. All holidays should be yard-crew free.

Marty & Jennifer Rhomberg

Oak Park residents since 1994

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The Messenger takes wing

have a special reason to be thankful tomorrow. It’s my privilege to help students at San Miguel School with their reading and writing. San Miguel is a Catholic middle school, located at 48th & Damen in Chicago. I not only help students with their schoolwork, but we launched a school newspaper, “The San Miguel Messenger.”

The name is perfect. It celebrates how angels, like San Miguel, serve as heaven’s heralds. The school is located in St. Michael the Archangel parish, founded in 1898 to serve a Slovak population.

The parish is now Latino and many of the students come from Spanish-speaking households.

San Miguel was started by two Christian Brothers in 1995. They established a school to educate at-risk students of Hispanic backgrounds. They held classes in the convent and later expanded to the shuttered parish school and community center.

San Miguel is in a century-old building that was built in classic Catholic school style.

The community center is more modern and contains a spacious gym. There are currently 96 students attending sixth, seventh and eighth grade. The annual budget is 1.4 million, 95% of which comes from donations.

I was invited to teach at San Miguel by my cousin, John Conerty, who is head of the school board. John joined the board 10 years ago and immediately sponsored a student. He also mentored a student named Dominique. John didn’t just counsel the sixth-grader, he included him in his family’s activities.

Dominique was named valedictorian of his class and obtained a quality high school education. He didn’t just earn a degree at the University of Illinois, he served on the university’s board of trustees. This is remarkable for a young man from Back of the Yards, where a tiny percentage of residents earn college degrees.

San Miguel is a sanctuary for families trying to escape the violence and poverty that surrounds them. One staff member served as a volunteer for 10 years, mostly to avoid gangbangers. All four of her sons thrived at San Miguel and have gone on to college. Sports and school activities kept her sons safe.

It’s been a pleasure to teach and tutor motivated students. The principal suggested starting a school newspaper. San Miguel has a Renaissance Program in which students choose electives. Some are pure fun, like basketball and bean bags. Others are more demanding, like French and chess. I submitted a proposal to get the newspaper off the ground.

Four brave souls signed up. At our first session, the students chose their news beats. One reviews video games. Another reviews books.

We also have a sports reporter and an advice columnist. I partner with an English teacher to help the students with their stories.

The video game reviewer chose two tough games, Poppy Playtime and Hotel Rooms. The book reviewer chose Lucy in the Sky, a harrowing novel about a teenage girl. She carefully analyzed the book — without revealing the plot.

Our sports journalist is the epitome of the roving reporter. She didn’t just cover the girls’ volleyball game, she played in it! Later, she roamed the hallways to get quotes from her teammates and coach.

The advice columnist addressed student concerns like, “What’s a good way to stay away from trouble?”

My biggest concern was how we were going to do the design and layout. I needn’t have worried. Our crack staff are experts in combining columns with striking images. We met our deadline of launching the two-page newspaper online and in print before Thanksgiving.

Our next issue will feature a profile of a staff member who found sanctuary at San Miguel.

John Rice grew up in Oak Park, lives in Forest Park, and is a weekly columnist for our sister publication, the Forest Park Review.

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A tough day for businesses Some days it’s easy to be thankful. Some days it’s really hard.

Last Tuesday was a hard day. Two Oak Park businesses, Delia’s Kitchen and Polished nail salon, were heavily damaged by a fire, and four families’ homes as well. Other businesses suffered smoke damage, or were without power for some time — other residents probably lost their power as well. And in a separate construction-related incident, Kribi Coffee in Forest Park suffered water damage that will require weeks of renovation in their basement, though they will remain open upstairs.

This has been a hard year. Previously other businesses, such as Spilt Milk and Wild Onion Tied House, have had their own issues with flooding, and Barnard’s Cyclery is recovering from a car crashing into their building. And of course our businesses have struggled in all kinds of ways through the pandemic and its related issues of recession, restrictions, labor shortage and more. Not to mention the disruptions caused by construction! And then there are the painful losses of members of our business community — we think immediately of George’s Restaurant and Munch.

We don’t yet know what Delia’s, Polished, or other businesses affected by the fire need from us. We’re ready to be advocates, to spread word of fundraising efforts, to announce re-openings, to go spend a few dollars, whatever they need.

But for today, we sit in quiet empathy, holding them in our hearts as those who have lost their space or their sustenance struggle, during a season in which we are exhorted to give thanks. We grieve losses, we honor an-

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Fire broke out last Tuesday morning in the building that houses Delia’s Kitchen, next door to the Lake Theatre. ger and frustration, we comprehend despair. We pray that peace and hope return, that each business owner can find a way to continue on, that all whose livelihoods have been affected can keep on making it work until they can return to work.

We are yet thankful — for the work of firefighters and damage-remediation workers, for our communities’ support of our businesses, for the lack of injury or loss of life in the Lake Street fire. But we temper our thanks with compassion, and yearn for days ahead when things are just not so hard as now for our neighbors.

The Board and Staff of the OP-RF Chamber

Let our teachers teach

What happens to a society when the so called “experts” produce declining educational outcomes for our children and silence honest deliberation along the way?

A historic American educational development was shared with the public this past October that did not get a lot of media attention. We first need to understand who the NCES is, what the NAEP project is supposed to measure and why this release is important for our children as they prepare to navigate a global world.

“The National Center for Education Statistics, a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, is the statistical center of the U.S. Department of Education and the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations. NCES fulfills a congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report complete statistics on the condition of American education; conduct and publish reports; and review and report on education activities internationally.”

“The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a congressionally authorized project sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. ... Policy for the NAEP program is set by the National Assessment Governing Board, an independent, bipartisan board whose members include governors, state legislators, local and state school officials, educators, business representatives and members of the general public.”

The NCES just released the Nations’ report card under the NAEP project, and the results are worrisome: ■ “The reading and mathematics scores of 13-yearold students fell between 2012 and 2020 — the first time in the almost 50-year history of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) long-term trend (LTT) assessment.” Of note, this measurement is pre-

pandemic learning.

■ “The performance of 9-year-olds remained the same in both subjects compared to 2012.”

■ “In both age groups and subjects, the scores of lowerperforming students declined since 2012, the previous assessment year, mirroring patterns observed in other subjects assessed by NAEP, also known as The Nation’s Report Card. “ For those interested in learning more about the Nation’s Report Card here is the link: https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/media.aspx Closer to home: OPRF has been hiring “the experts” at astounding rates since 2003. In fact, our own school board recently reported that OPRF administration’s head count (our curriculum experts) has increased 429% since 2003 while teacher numbers are up only 23% over the same time period. And here is the kicker: the average daily student attendance was flat.

Our local school experts have come to our community over the last several years suggesting that the evidence supports detracking, Common Core, Lucy Calkins, standards-based grading and an array of other social theories that our schools have been pushing. Well, performance and results do matter, and we just got the recent nationwide data; and it is not pretty. If you look at AP trends or SAT trends at OPRF, those too are uninspiring. Let our teachers teach.

Go Huskies.

Source: OPRF Website School Profiles: https://www. oprfhs.org/about/school-information

Ross Lissuzo

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The importance of fathers cannot be denied

he movie King Richard is currently at theaters and on certain streaming services. It chronicles the journey of Richard Williams, father of Venus and Serena Williams, as he guides, trains and basically indoctrinates them into becoming the pre-eminent tennis champions they are today.

As with most stories based on real life, there are those who are not satisfied with the finished product. Venus and Serena Williams have signed on to it as executive producers. However, Richard Williams had a family of five children (six if you count his first wife’s daughter from a previous relationship) prior to meeting and marrying Venus and Serena’s mom. Sabrina, the eldest daughter from Richard’s first marriage, has been making headline news as she disparages the movie for not portraying her father, Richard Williams, as having abandoned his first family and pretty much ignoring the children he had from that marriage.

There is no way I would ever deny or negate the pained emotions of an abandoned child. Her feelings are her feelings, and that’s just how it is.

So I have no problem with whatever Sabrina Williams wants to say. And while the accusations she makes against her father are horrific, it still does not negate what he was able to accomplish with her sisters, Venus and Serena. But his personal luster has definitely been tarnished by what she said. And there have been news reports that state Richard’s autobiography, written several years ago, basically overlooked the first set of children,

too, with the exception of mentioning one of the sons. And it does leave one to wonder why he took care of one set of kids while ignoring the others.

According to different news sources, Richard currently has a number of health issues. We don’t really know the true state of his well-being, so the media can’t pry and ask him to comment on his eldest daughter’s accusations. Nor is it Venus or Serena’s obligation to respond.

However, the underlying hurt articulated by Sabrina illustrates some of the major problems that exist in the Black community to this day.

Children abandoned by parents who made them and didn’t take seriously their obligations to rear them. Siblings who have different fathers but the same mothers tend to be closer with one another because they are raised together, as opposed to siblings who have different mothers but the same father. The onus is always on the father to bring all his children together.

I still plan on seeing the movie. I am sure they’re going to be a lot of positive aspects that I can take away from it. But even without seeing the movie, the reality of the importance of fathers is not or should not ever be negated.

A father can turn his daughter into a tennis champion, or turn her into a wounded, hurt individual.

Fathers, please do better so that your children can be better!

Arlene Jones is a resident of Austin and a weekly columnist in our sister publication, the Austin Weekly News.

ARLENE JONES

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR

OAK PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 97, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS I. A public hearing to approve a proposed property tax levy for Oak Park School District No. 97, Cook County, Illinois for 2021 will be held on December 14, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. at the Board of Education Meeting Room, 260 W. Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302.

Any person desiring to appear at the public hearing and present testimony to the taxing district may contact Patrick King, Senior Director of Finance, 260 W. Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois at (708) 524-3133.

II. The corporate and special purpose property taxes extended or abated for the year 2020 were $83,437,658.

The proposed corporate and special purpose property taxes to be levied for 2021 are $84,605,000. This represents a 1.4% increase over the previous year’s extension.

III. The property taxes extended for debt service for 2020 were $4,336,999.

The estimated property taxes to be levied for debt service for 2021 are $4,132,875.

IV. The total property taxes extended or abated for 2020 were $87,774,657.

The estimated total property taxes to be levied for 2021 are $88,737,875.

This represents a 1.1% increase over the previous year’s total levy.

The bug in our democracy There are two ways people get elected to office in Cook County: by the people who vote for them and by the people who contribute to their campaign. I mistakenly assumed that only Cook County residents would vote via their campaign contributions. This was a false assumption. A multibillionaire in New York City donated two million dollars to Kim Foxx’s campaign for Cook County State’s Attorney in February 2020.

From watching News Nation, it seems to me that Kim Foxx is performing a soft-on-

crime experiment. The very rich man who gave her millions does not have to live with the consequences of his actions; we do. At the very least, it would be more democratic if the public were alerted to rich people in other cities altering our elections. If this rich guy wants to help, why not fund serious fact-collecting about prison inmates’ decision-making along with their family and schooling experiences? There is much more to humans than superficial appearance.

Robert Sullivan Oak Park

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Bob Shallenberger, 97 Teacher and tutor and more

Robert Benjamin “Bob” Shallenberger, 97, a 60-year resident of Oak Park and River Forest, died peacefully on Nov. 21, 2021, surrounded by loved ones. Born in Ames, Iowa, on Dec. 30, 1923, he was the son of the late Larsh B. Shallenberger and Amy V.C. Shallenberger (née Benjamin) and brother to the late Ruth L. McCornack (née Shallenberger), David B. “Buzz” Shallenberger, and Raymond M. Shallenberger. The family moved to Englewood in 1927, and Bob attended Lindblom High School, where he went by the nickname “Red,” won the marimba state championship, played the cornet and xylophone, and graduated at age 14, the shortest person in his class. In 1942, he joined the service and, thanks to his skill as a typist, was recruited to the codebreaking team at the Office of Strategic Services, with whom he served in China through the end of World War II. After the war, he earned his undergraduate degree in finance from the University of Southern California. As a business and

drivers’ education teacher at Foreman High School, he was known for getting to work so early all the lights weren’t on, and he worked other odd jobs part-time to support his family. A proud member of the Chicago Teachers Union, for the rest of his life he was grateful for the middle-class life it built. Bob met his wife, Betty Lois Shallenberger, née Groark, at a Catholic singles dance in 1951. After he walked her home, he asked for her phone number, and she told him to look it up in the phone book.

He did, and they were married for 52 years, until she passed away in 2004.

Later in life, he described himself, to friends and strangers alike, as “so fortunate” for having such a loving family, but his family knew they were the fortunate ones, to have so much time with him. Raised during the Depression, he was frugal and more than occasionally stubborn but a fundamentally generous person, who held a lifelong, deep respect for Franklin Delano Roosevelt for his commitment to the working man (he maintained Harry Truman was second-best, and historically underappreciated). In retirement, he enjoyed traveling with Betty, making his grandchildren basted eggs, besting his friends at Bridge, and ordering vodka gimlets, heavy on the lime juice. He volunteered as a math tutor for local fifth-graders for as long as his hearing allowed it, and shared his investment advice with anyone who would listen.

Bob is survived by his children, Roberta Shallenberger (Paul R. Lynch), Thomas M. Shallenberger (Kristin Nystedt), and Susan Shallenberger (Timothy F. Conway), and his grandchildren, Daniel P. Lynch (Lana Lynch), Michael R. Lynch, Madeline R. Conway, Grace E. Conway, and Julia S. Conway.

Funeral services were held on Nov. 27, at St. Giles Catholic Parish in Oak Park. The family would like to express their thanks for the help and care given by Brookdale Oak Park. If desired, friends may make memorial contributions to Misericordia Heart of Mercy and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Condolences may be sent to the family at Peterson-Bassi Chapels in Chicago.

Cynthia Goodhouse, 71 Substance-abuse educator and counselor

Cynthia Williams Goodhouse, 71, of Oak Park, died peacefully at her home on Nov. 24, 2021. She had suffered over the past six months from lung cancer. Born on Jan. 23, 1950 in Knoxville, Tennessee, she was a graduate of Queens College, Charlotte, N.C. Her work career began in public service as a counselor and teacher at Jonnie H. McLeod Drug Education Center in Charlotte, N.C. Her work was influential in introducing drug education into the Mecklenburg County school system. She was passionate about educating others about substance-abuse issues.

Her passions extended beyond work, with her love of gardening, the arts, reading and telling stories. She had a love and an eye for pottery and enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. A loyal, caring and generous person, her true love was her late husband, Karl E. Goodhouse and their family pet, Oreo. As a mother, she was known by her quotes. “It was me and you against the world” and “You are a beautiful person” will never be forgotten. She was loved and will be missed.

Cynthia was the wife of her late husband, Karl E. Goodhouse and the daughter of the late Theodore R. Williams and Margaret S. Williams. She is survived by her daughter, Bridgette Mann; her grandson, Dustin; her great-granddaughter, Faith; her sister, Kathy Williams; and her nieces, Kristi and Rachel.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to: linkprotect.cudasvc.com, or the charity of your choice.

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Peggy Ruth Minnick, 69, died peacefully on Nov. 22 after a long illness. Born in Omaha, Nebraska on Dec. 20, 1951, she and her family moved to River Forest in 1957.

A 1970 graduate of Oak Park and River Forest High School and a proud University of Iowa Hawkeye, she earned her B.A. in Special Education and Spanish at the University of Iowa and went on to receive her M.A. at Concordia University in River Forest with a specialty in School Administration. She taught special education at Morton High School in Cicero for many years before retiring in 2009.

She enjoyed an active social life, traveling to China and going on many “girl trips” with friends from high school. She had two Bijon Frises, B.J. and Minnie, who were her furry babies. They provided her with great enjoyment for many years.

Peggy is survived by her brother, Jim (Phyllis); her sister, Nancy (Tom “Red” Barendt); her nieces, Elizabeth and Julie; and many great nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father, James S. Minnick and her mother, Ruth Minnick.

A celebration of Peggy’s life will be held at Zimmerman-Hartnett Funeral Home on Sunday, Dec. 5, from 1 to 5 p.m.

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DEFINITION To perform various network/system administration, computer support, and operational activities for the Village including computer system setup, configuration, and testing.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED Reports directly to the Information Technology Services Director.

EXAMPLE OF DUTIES: Essential and other important duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following: Essential duties and responsibilities 1. Ensure that best in class customer service is provided to both internal and external customers and also embrace, support, and promote the Village’s core values, beliefs and culture.

2. Configure, test, and deploy network systems, such as, firewalls, routers, switches, wireless equipment, network servers and storage arrays.

3. Configure, test, and deploy system servers, such as, file, print, Internet, e-mail, database, and application servers.

4. Configure, test, and monitor server and end-user systems for security, such as, user accounts, login scripts, file access privileges, and group policy management.

5. Configure, test, and deploy end-user systems, such as, workstations, laptops, mobile devices, printers, and software.

6. Test, configure, deploy, and support security systems, such as, facility access system, video & audio system.

7. Monitor and auditing of networks, systems, and user activities to ensure security and efficiency of systems. Create scripts and reports of detail activities for regular review.

8. Perform and participate in disaster recovery activities, such as, backup procedures, data recovery, and system recovery planning.

9. Assist end-users with computer problems or queries. Troubleshoot systems as needed and meet with users to analyze specific system needs.

10. Ensure the uniformity, reliability and security of system resources including network, hardware,

software and other forms of systems and data.

11. Prepare, create and update user/technical procedure documentations and provide computer training.

12. Assemble, test, and install network, telecommunication and data equipment and cabling.

13. Participate in research and recommendation of technology solutions.

Other important responsibilities and duties 1. Train users in the area of existing, new or modified computer systems and procedures.

2. Participate in the preparation of various activity reports.

3. Travel and support remote facilities and partner agencies.

4. Operate, administer and manage the Village and Public Safety computer systems, including E-911 center, in-vehicle computer systems.

5. Prepare clear and logical reports and program documentation of procedures, processes, and configurations.

6. Complete projects on a timely and efficient manner.

7. Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

8. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

9. Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.

QUALIFICATIONS Knowledge of: Principals and procedures of computer systems, such as, data communication, hierarchical structure, backups, testing and critical analysis.

Hardware and software configuration of. computers, servers and mobile devices, including computing environment of Windows Server and Desktop OS and applications, Unix/Linux OS, VMware, iOS/Android.

Network protocols, security, configuration and administration, including firewalls, routers, switches and wireless technology.

Cabling and wiring, including CAT5/6, fiber network, telephone, serial communication, termination, and punch-down.

Telecommunications theory and technology, including VoiP, serial communication, wireless protocols, PBX, analog, fax, voicemail and auto-attendant.

Principles and methods of computer programming, coding and testing, including power shell, command scripting, macros, and

VB scripts.

Modern office procedures, methods and computer equipment.

Technical writing, office productivity tools and database packages.

Ability to: Maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities, which may include the following: - Walking, standing or sitting for extended periods of time - Operating assigned equipment - Lift 50 pounds of equipment, supplies, and materials without assistance - Working in and around computer equipped vehicles Maintain effective audio-visual discrimination and perception needed for: - Making observations - Communicating with others - Reading and writing - Operating assigned equipment and vehicles Maintain mental capacity allowing for effective interaction and communication with others.

Maintain reasonable and predictable attendance.

Work overtime as operations require.

Experience and Training Guidelines Experience: Three years of network/system administration in the public or private sector, maintaining a minimum of 75 Client Workstation computers. AND Training: Possession of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in computer science or a related field. Certifications in Microsoft Server Administration, Networking, Applications and Cisco Networking.

Possession of a valid Illinois Driver License is required at the time of appointment.

Vaccination against COVID-19 strongly preferred.

WORKING CONDITIONS Work in a computer environment; sustained posture in a seated position for prolonged periods of time; continuous exposure to computer screens; work in and around computerized vehicles outdoor and garage facility; lifting heavy equipment, communication cabling and wiring into walls and ceilings.

Seasonal Farmers’ Market Manager The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Seasonal Farmers’ Market Manager in the Health Department.

This position manages the Oak Park Farmer’s Market including the vendors that sell directly to the public within established guidelines. This is a part-time seasonal position with work from January-mid November and work required on Saturday’s from May through October. 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. Open until filled.

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST River Forest Public Schools District 90 is seeking to hire a School Psychologist for a part-time position for grades PreK-4th starting in December 2021. To qualify, candidates must have a valid Illinois Professional Education License with endorsement in School Psychology (PreK-4). A Master’s Degree is preferred as well as 5 years of successful educational experience in both general and special education; and at least five years of successful experience in evaluating students, collaborating, and problem-solving with school and District teams. The right candidate will facilitate MTSS meetings, including individual and grade-level planning meetings.

Integrate D90 practices around equity and inclusivity into daily work and relationships with students, families and colleagues.

Duties include: Completing appropriate psychoeducational assessments for children who have or are suspected of having a disability. Identifying and assessing the learning, development, and adjustment characteristics and needs of individuals and groups, as well as, the environmental factors that affect learning and adjustment. Using assessment data about the student and his/ her environment(s) in developing appropriate interventions and programs. Responding to parent and teacher requests for evaluations in accordance with Illinois law and maintaining compliance in accordance with Illinois special education law.

Application Procedure: Interested candidates should complete the online application available at district90.org

PART TIME DRIVER ASAP

Local company looking for part time driver/warehouse. Must be drug free & have valid IL DL. Must be able to lift 75lb. $13/hr Email resume to HR@sievertelectric.com

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Fun, Clean, Picture Frame Assembly JOB Tired or bored of clicking away on a keyboard working at home? Manufacturing Keep your hands and mind busy with a fun, safe, clean assembly job. You’d have your own large assembly zone, at least 15-20 feet away from others, so we’re really safe here. Top rated firm Alpina Manufacturing LLC founded in 1992, Oak Park resident owner. Beautiful campus in Galewood, near Mars candy, 3 blocks north of Oak Park. We build and sell display framing systems to customers nationwide including Wal-Mart, Verizon, Circle K gas stations, Hospitals. Full time, Part time, Flex hours for working parents or students. We train, no travel, work in Galewood. Open to any backgrounds. Excellent pay, friendly caring management. Stop in anytime between 7am and 4pm M-F ask for Izzy to apply and check us out. Alpina Manufacturing 6460 W Cortland St Chicago IL 60707 PART-TIME COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING, AND EVENTS SPECIALIST The Village of Riverside (pop. 9,298) is just 9 miles from downtown Chicago and is a National Historic Landmark Community designed by visionary landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted. The Village is seeking applicants for a part-time Communications, Marketing, and Events Specialist. The position reports to the Village Manager and is responsible for planning, designing, and creating Village Social Media posts, management of the Village website and promoting special events. The Communications, Marketing, and Events Specialist will coordinate with various departments and commissions to provide updates and promote various services, events, and sponsorship opportunities.

Riverside is looking for an individual with knowledge of the principles and practices of public relations and communication who can translate that information into a public administration context.

Village of Brookfield

Be a role model to children in the community!

If you are at your best when interacting with people, are safety minded and you aim to make a difference in the lives of kids; please take the next step and apply to this part-time role in the Police Department: • Crossing Guard ($18 per hour) Review the full description and apply on the Village of Brookfield careers page.

Starting a New Business?

The successful individual will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, enjoys making creative and engaging content, and be comfortable using computers including utilizing graphic design and internet communication programs and applications.

Minimum requirements: • Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, Public Relations, or closely related field • Minimum three years’ experience in communications, public relations, journalism or closely related field.

Hourly Pay range: $30.49 to $55.20 per hour with expected starting rate $35+/- per hour (approximately 1015 hours per week).

Application review starts Tuesday December 7, 2021. Apply Today!

Send cover letter, resume, application and three work related references by e-mail to Ian Splitt at isplitt@ riverside.il.us.

Village of Riverside 27 Riverside Road Riverside, IL 60546 Equal Opportunity Employer

A&A ELECTRIC PART-TIME ELECTRICIAN’S HELPER Call for more info.

708-738-3848

Publish Your Assumed Name Legal Notice in • Austin Weekly News • Wednesday Journal • Forest Park Review • Riverside/Brookfield Landmark

Call the Experts Before You Place Your Legal Ad!

Call Stacy for details:

773-626-6332

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BY PHONE: (708) 613-3333 BY FAX: (708) 467-9066 BY E-MAIL: EMAIL@GROWINGCOMMUNITYMEDIA.ORG MARKETPLACE

RENTALS & REAL ESTATE

WANTED TO BUY

SUBURBAN RENTALS

CARS WANTED

CLASSICS WANTED CLASSICS Restored or Restored or Unrestored Unrestored Cars & Vintage Motorcycles Cars & Vintage Motorcycles Domestic / Import Import Cars: Cars:

Mercedes, Corvette, Mercedes,Porsche, Porsche, Corvette, Ferrari’s, MuscleCars, Cars, Ferrari’s,Jaguars, Jaguars, Muscle Mustang && Mopars Mopars Mustang Top $$ Etc. $$$$Top $$allallmakes, makes, Etc.

Collector James Collector James 630-201-8122 630-201-8122

STUDIOS, 1, 2 & 3 BR

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

Best Selection & Service

708-386-7355

MMpropMgmt.com

ITEMS FOR SALE

APARTMENT FOR RENT:

PIANO FOR SALE

1BR, 7444 Franklin Ave/ Forest Park

Chickering 1938 grand piano, 5’4”.

Good condition. Refurbished and restrung in the past. Buyer must move.

Reasonable at $1000.

Call 312-339-2370

· Apt 1SW in architecturally significant 8-unit building; · Heated garage parking & storage on ground level included

CEMETARY PLOTS

· Distinctive feature: 22’x8’ balcony w/ SW exposure for soft afternoon sunlite overlooking pkway & mature trees

FOUR PLOTS AT FOREST HOME CEMETERY IN FOREST PARK Located in Garden of the Chapel section. Lot 120-B, section 61, spaces 1,2,3,4. Bronze flush type markers only, per the contract. $600.00 or best offer.

DMCK2740@ATT.NET

· In-Kitchen breakfast area · Radiant flr heat & thermostat; AC unit; laundry same flr · 10 min walk to CTA Green Line, River Forest Metra, Jewel/ Starbucks, Whole Fds, Walgreens, Oak Pk & Forest Pk downtown shops & dining

CLASSICS WANTED

$1,200/mo; $1,200 deposit; $50 credit chk; gas/elec: tentant no smoking; available: immediate; pets: cat

Restored or Unrestored HOME SERVICES Cars & Vintage Motorcycles Domestic / Import Cars: HAULING ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL

Mercedes, Porsche, Corvette, Ferrari’s, Jaguars, Muscle Cars, A&A ELECTRIC Ceiling Fans Let an American Veteran do your work Mustang & Mopars Installed We install plugs for battery-operated vehicles

$$ Top $$ all makes, Etc.

We fix any electrical problem and do small jobs We install Surge Protectors • Home Re-wiring • New Plugs & Switches Added • New circuit breaker boxes • Code violations corrected Service upgrades,100-200 amp • Garage & A/C lines installed Fast Emergency Service | Residential • Commercial • Industrial Free Home Evaluations | Lic. • Bonded • Ins. • Low Rates • Free Est.

Collector James

630-201-8122

708-409-0988 • 708-738-3848 Sr. Discounts • 30 Yrs. Exp. Servicing Oak Park • All surrounding suburbs • Chicago area

FLOORS

HANDYMAN

KLIS FLOORING INC.

CURT'S HANDYMAN SERVICE

New hardwood flooring installation & pergo. Sanding, re-finishing, staining. Low prices, insured.

Call: 773-671-4996 www.klisflooring.com

HANDYMAN Mike’s Home Repair Drywall H Painting H Tile Plumbing H Electric H Floors Windows H Doors H Siding Ask Us What We Don’t Do

708-296-2060

Drywall Repair • Painting Fans Installed • Carpentry Trim Gutter Cleaning • Window Repair

FREE ESTIMATES Excellent References No Job Too Small

708-488-9411

HANDYMAN Roofing Repairs Concrete Repairs • Drywall All types of handiwork Call For Free Estimates

OAK PARK & FOREST PARK

BASEMENT CLEANING

Appliances & Furniture Removal Pickup & Delivery.

708-848-9404

LANDSCAPING BRUCE LAWN SERVICE Fall Yard Clean-Up Slit Seeding Bush Trimming Fall Leaf Clean-Up Senior Discount Snow Removal

brucelawns.com

708-243-0571

PAINTING & DECORATING CLASSIC PAINTING Fast & Neat Painting/Taping/ Plaster Repair Low Cost 708.749.0011

PLASTERING McNulty Plastering & Stucco Co.

Small & big work. Free estimates.

Complete Plaster, Stucco & Re-Coating Services

708/386-2951 • ANYTIME Work Guaranteed

Licensed, Bonded, Insured, & EPA Certified Expert craftsmanship for over 50 years

WOODWORK Terry's

Woodwork Restoration On-site refinishing of wood

and fiberglass since 1977.

Includes doors, woodwork, windows, staircases and new woodwork etc. All work done by hand. NO sanders. Your unfinished project my specialty!

References available.

Contact Terry Seamans at 630-379-7148 or terryseamans@yahoo.com

773-637-0692

RENTALS & REAL ESTATE SUBURBAN RENTALS CICERO 3724 S 53RD CT

A beautiful 2 flat in South Cicero off 35th st. Features include 3 bedrooms, central air, garage parking.

Modern appliances include dishwasher. Utilities separate. $1,700 per month plus security. Lease with option to buy possible.

708-383-8223 or 773-676-6805

HUGE CICERO APT

Huge 3.5 RMS 1 BDRM apt. Heat, water, cooking gas, etc included.

Full appliances. 2nd floor. Plenty of street parking available. Terrific location. No pets. $795/month. 1 mo. security deposit. Credit check. 1 year lease. Avail Dec or Jan. Broker 708-284-2500

BERWYN DELUXE 5 RMS

Deluxe 5 RMS, 2 BDRMS apt. Close to bus, train, hospital, park, stores.

Includes heat, water, all appliances, laundry facility, parking. Just painted, new blinds. No pets. No smoking. $1200/mo. Sec. dep. 1 mo.

Credit Check. Available Dec or Jan. BROKER 708-347-2500

Ask for John

Email: 7444franklin@gmail.com for details & photos.

ROOMS FOR RENT

Large Sunny Room with fridge, microwave.

Near Green line, bus, Oak Park, 24 hour desk, parking lot. $125.00. New Mgmt.

312-212-1212

OFFICE /RETAIL FOR RENT A 1,635 SQ. FT. RETAIL SPACE FOR LEASE (END CAP)

Recently Updated/remodeled.

Heavy traffic area. **Discounted Rate-Limited Time!

If Leave message, Include: Your Name, Number & Type of Business.

TEXT or CALL: (708)828-6491

RIVER FOREST–7777 Lake St. * 1116 sq. ft. * 1400 sq. ft. Dental Office RIVER FOREST–7756 Madison St. * 960 sq. ft.

OAK PARK–6142-44 Roosevelt Rd. * 3 & 5 room office suites FOREST PARK–7736 Madison St. *2500 sq. ft. unit Strand & & Browne Strand Browne 708-488-0011 708-488-0011

CITY RENTALS AUSTIN RENAISSANCE APARTMENTS

A HUD subsidized affordable Apartment property announces the opening of its waiting list for both One and Two Bedroom Apartments! Resident rent is approximately 30% of gross household income, some restrictions apply. Our property is located on Washington Blvd in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood.

Apartments offered with an occupancy of one to four persons. Properties feature modern kitchens, include appliances, and offer onsite maintenance. Austin Renaissance will accept requests for application packages by U.S. Mail postmarked no later than , September 15, 2021. Send or email a written request for an application package that includes your name, mailing address. Daytime telephone number, Email address, and the number of persons in your household to: Town Center Realty Group LLC, PO Box 64, Huntley IL 60142-0064 or Email requests to mrpaul.tcrg@gmail.com Application packages available by mail or email delivery only. No walk-ins accepted.

Town Center Realty Group LLC

Reach the people making the decisions.

Place an ad in GCM Classified!

Call 773/626-6332

Illinois Classified Advertising Network WANTED TO BUY FREON WANTED: We pay $$$ for cylinders and cans. R12 R500 R11 R113 R114. Convenient. Certified Professionals. Call 312-291-9169 or visit www.RefrigerantFinders.com

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CLASSIFIED PUBLIC NOTICES

BY PHONE: (708) 613-3333 BY FAX: (708) 467-9066 BY E-MAIL: EMAIL@GROWINGCOMMUNITYMEDIA.ORG

PUBLIC NOTICES

VILLAGE OF RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given to all interested persons that a public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village of Riverside will be held on Monday, December 20, 2021 at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the business of the Planning and Zoning Commission may permit, in Room 4 of the Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois, to consider an application from 2720 Harlem LLC/Milad Nourahmadi for a Special Use Permit to allow a parking lot as a primary use at 2710 S. Harlem Avenue in the B1-C Zoning District or, in the alternative, a special use to allow parking in front of a building in the B1-C Zoning District, in the event the 2710 S. Harlem Property is combined with the existing adjacent property at 2720 S. Harlem (which special use applies depends on final design). Site Plan approval and variations related to the parking lot are also sought.

It is anticipated that the parking lot will serve the adjacent commercial properties.

Application No.: PZ21-04 Petitioner: 2720 Harlem LLC – Milad Nourahmadi Property Commonly Known As: 2710 S. Harlem Avenue PINs: 15-25-407-018-0000 and 15-25407-019-0000 The Property is legally described as follows: LOTS 10 AND 11 IN HENRY GROH AND COMPANY’S SUBDIVISION OF THAT PART OF BLOCK 1 LYING SOUTH OF THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD AND THAT PART OF BLOCK 2 LYING NORTH OF RIVERSIDE PARKWAY IN CIRCUIT COURT PARTITION OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER AND THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Proposed Special Use: To grant a special use allowing a parking lot as a principal use (Section 10-5-9/Table 4 (Business Districts Permitted Uses)) at 2710 S. Harlem Avenue in the B1-C Zoning District or, in the alternative, a special use pursuant to Section 108-5(A)(2) to allow parking in front of a building in the B1-C Zoning District in the event the 2710 S. Harlem Property is combined with the existing adjacent property at 2720 S. Harlem (which special use applies depends on final design).

Proposed Variations: The variations sought include, but may not be limited to: • A variation from Section 10-9-7 (Buffer Yards) of the Riverside Zoning Ordinance,which establishes buffer yards where a B1 District abuts a residential district or asingle or two family residential use. The buffer yard variation is needed to avoid orlimit the required minimum 5’ width and 6’ high visual barrier at the rear of theproperty and to accommodate proposed parking lot design; • A variation from Section 10-9-5 (Perimeter Parking Lot Landscaping) of the Riverside Zoning Ordinance, which requires a parking lot landscaping area at least 10’ in width along the portion of a parking lot fronting a public street.

A buffer of less than 10’ is currently proposed; • A variation from Section 10-8-4 (Design of Off Street Parking Spaces), subsection (A) (Dimensions Of Spaces And Aisles) to allow a two-way drive aisle of less than 24’ (if necessary based on final design).

• Such other variations as may be necessary based on any special use and site plan approvals given or conditions imposed for creation of the parking lot as a principal use or as part of the adjacent property to the south.

The above application is available for inspection at the office of the Village Clerk, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois 60546. The proposed relief may be added to or otherwise revised as a result of the public hearing. During the Public Hearing the Planning and Zoning Commission will hear testimony from and consider any evidence presented by persons interested to speak on these matters. Persons wishing to appear at this hearing may do so in person or by attorney or other representative and may speak for or against the proposed variations, site plan and special use. Communications in writing in relation thereto may be filed at such hearing or with the Planning and Zoning Commission in advance by submission to the Village’s Building Department at 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois prior to 4:00 p.m. on the day of the public hearing.

The Public Hearing may be continued from time to time without further notice, except as otherwise required under the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Dated this 1st day of December, 2021 Jill Mateo, Chairperson Planning and Zoning Commission

Published in RB Landmark December 1, 2021

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: Y21008136 on November 9, 2021. Under the Assumed Business Name of SUTTON PROPERTIES with the business located at: 1140 S DUNLOP AVE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: SUTTON FAMILY PROTECTION TRUST NO. 2 5585 ADA DR SE, ADA, MI 49301, USA Published in Forest Park Review November 17, 24, December 1, 2021

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: Y21008160 on November 12, 2021 Under the Assumed Business Name of JNO ENTERPRISES with the business located at: 136 S. CUYLER AVE, OAK PARK, IL 60302.

The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: JONATHAN L. DARNALL 136 S. CUYLER AVE, OAK PARK, IL 60302, USA. Published in Wednesday Journal November 24, December 1, 8 2021

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: Y21008171 on November 12, 2021 Under the Assumed Business Name of HALL’S HANDYMAN SERVICE with the business located at: 409 S. 7TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: CLYDE HALL 409 S. 7TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153, USA Published in Wednesday Journal November 24, December 1, 8 2021

PUBLIC NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the marriage of Chela de Jesus Piedra Gonzalez, Petitioner and Nelson Alejandro Armijos Gonzaga, Respondent, Case No. 2021D010060.

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

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before December 29, 2021, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

Published in Wednesday Journal December 1, 8, 15 2021

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on age, race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination.

The Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal-opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll free at: 1-800-669-9777.

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER Plaintiff, vs.

ELENA F. MARROQUIN A/K/A ELENA FIGUEROA INDIVIDUALLY AND AS GUARDIAN FOR CHRISTIAN MARROQUIN AND NICHOLAS MARROQUIN, JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., MARIELENA SANTANA INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ESTATE OF RICCARDO A. MARROQUIN A/K/A RICCARDO MARROQUIN, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 17 CH 954 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, January 4, 2022 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-07-420-011.

Commonly known as 425 S. EAST AVE., OAK PARK, IL 60302.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. 17-00157 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3181888

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