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Workers, activists protest Galewood bakery

After mass layoff of immigrants, Cloverhill’s now abusing blacks, they say By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Former and current workers at a large commercial bakery in Galewood, along with various activist groups from Chicago and Oak Park, say that recent reports about the bakery’s losing more than one-third of its employees in an immigration clampdown have obscured its history of labor abuses — which, the workers and activists claim, include wage theft, unlawful termination and racial discrimination. Bloomberg first reported last month that the Cloverhill Bakery, 2035 N. Narragansett Ave., which makes baked goods for restaurants and grocery stores, lost 800 employees after federal authorities came down hard on immigrant workers “without sufficient documentation.” Cloverhill is owned by Aryzta AG, a company based in Zurich. See ARYZTA on page 13

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A GROWING PROBLEM: Vincent Palacios, a heroin addict in Chicago, has been receiving services from the Chicago Outreach Intervention Project for years. He gets fresh hypodermic needles, known on the streets as ‘rigs,’ to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Chicago Outreach says opioid addiction is increasing in the city — the same conclusion doctors are reaching in Oak Park. Read more about Chicago Outreach’s efforts on page 14.

Oak Park hospitals see spike in opioid overdoses Emergency room average has doubled in recent years By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The number of opioid-related overdose deaths in the state of Illinois and across the country is skyrocketing, and Oak Park’s first responders and medical professionals are seeing those trends play out in real time. Doctors at both West Suburban Medical Center and Rush Oak Park Hospital have

seen substantial increases in such overdoses, and “bad batches” of heroin on the streets, often combined with powerful opioid-based pain medications like Fentanyl, have triggered waves of patients in emergency rooms. The Illinois Department of Human Services reports that all drug-related overdose deaths in the state — 80 percent of which were caused by opioids — jumped 44.3 percent from 2013 to 2016. The total reported

deaths due to all drug overdoses was 2,278 in 2016, compared to 1,579 just three years prior. While the rate of all drug-related overdoses spiked in that three-year period, the reported 1,826 opioid-related overdose deaths grew faster, increasing more than 70 percent over the same time period. Dr. Kip Adrian, MD, chair of the West See HEROIN on page 15

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Firecakes are worth the wait task. Duron and her friendly crew are peddling some classic doughnuts as well as a few more creative menu options like (brace yourself) a maple bacon slider. Marrying savory and sweet, Local doughnut lovers the fried chicken sandwich is have been waiting patientserved with Nueske’s bacon ly since summer for Fireand maple cream sauce on a cakes Donuts’ opening day. honey glazed doughnut. Whoa. Nestled in an unassuming The fried chicken menu storefront in The Emerson 104 N. Maple is unique to the Oak Park high-rise on the corner Firecakes location for the of North Boulevard and Oak Park time being, but purists will Maple Avenue, the day-old Sun-Thursday 6:30 a.m.-9 p.m. be satisfied with the myriad shop is already churning of potential coffee/donut out small-batch, artisan Friday and Saturday 6:30 combos available on a daily doughnuts with ease. a.m.-10 p.m basis. Looking for a classic The Oak Park location combo? Order a cup of their joins a duo of Firecakes La Colombe coffee and savor a Tahitian sister-shops located in Chicago. “This Vanilla doughnut or a buttermilk old is our first trip to the suburbs,” says fashioned. If your doughnut craving is a Firecakes’ manager/baker, Maria Duron, little more complex, Firecakes’ fresh“and this looks like a nice neighborfrom-the-fryer seasonal fritter currently hood.” features locally sourced Granny Smith Let’s face it, welcoming a doughnut apples and notes of cinnamon. Their riff shop to our community isn’t a difficult (Publisher’s note: This is the first piece for Wednesday Journal by Melissa Elsmo, an Oak Park chef and food writer.)

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Renters’ bonus

Oak Park Apartments (OPA) is hosting residents of its properties and guests at a free screening of Star Wars: The Last Jedi on Thursday evening, Dec. 14, at the Lake Theatre 7. OPA rented the 290-seat theater for the 7 p.m. showing. They’re also providing a dozen tickets to clients of Opportunity Knocks, the Oak Park-River Forest nonprofit that delivers social, recreational and life-skills programming to young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. OPA, which owns and manages numerous multifamily apartment buildings in the village, has hosted previous movie screenings for residents and members of the community.

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WITNESSING: Attendees holding lit candles gather around last Thursday, during a candlelight vigil to end gun violence outside of First United Church on Lake Street.

Newtown, lest we forget

Thursday, Dec. 14 is the fifth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. At 9:35 a.m., when the incident took place, the bells of numerous Oak Park churches will toll 26 times for the victims. On the lawn at St. Edmund, Oak Park

Avenue and Pleasant Street, the names will be read aloud. In the evening, the powerful documentary Newtown - What remains after all is lost? Will be shown in the Veterans Room of the Oak Park Public Library, starting at 6:30 p.m., hosted by the Gun Responsibility Advocates. The film’s running time is 80 minutes, followed by discussion. Everyone is invited. Free admission. (See Ken Trainor’s column in Viewpoints on page 20)

Marathon man runs Antarctica in six hours

Wednesday Journal recently reported on a River Forest man’s quest to run a marathon in Antarctica on Thanksgiving. After a five-day journey to the tip of Chile and across the Strait of Magellan, Ed Baehrend, 56, made it to Antarctica, the bottom of the world. On Nov. 23, he competed in a 26.2-mile marathon on the cold continent, crossing the finishing line at exactly 6 hours, 6 minutes and 12 seconds. Baehrend finished 25th out of a total of 38 men.

Ed Baehrend, not in Antartica He now has two continents to go before joining the “Seven Continents Club,” a group of about 650 ambitious marathoners who have run 26.2 miles on, well, every continent. In the coming years, he plans finish his journey in Australia — where his wife Diana and son will join him — and also to South Africa, where he will compete in a marathon in a private game preserve. “There’s 300 runners with a game warden like every kilometer because you’re running right out there with the animals,” Baehrend said. “But that’s at 6,000-feet above sea level, and that goes up and down 1,000-feet, so it’s incredibly hilly. In a different way, it’ll be as difficult as running in Antarctica.”

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Dec. 13-20

BIG WEEK The Krampus Christmas Friday, Dec. 15, 6 p.m. to Midnight, Black Moon Gallery: The newest gallery in the Harrison Street Arts District will have new works on display from its artist collective, refreshments and festive lights. 1740 Confection Lab will be selling handmade chocolates. 17 Harrison St., Oak Park.

Festival Theatre’s “A Dickens Carol” See “A Dickens Carol” Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 3 p.m., through Dec. 24. A play that re-imagines the story of Scrooge from Charles Dickens’ point of view and real-life events. Ages 10+. $30; $25, seniors; $15, students. Tickets/more: 708-445-4440, oakparkfestival.com. Madison Street Theatre, 1010 Madison St., Oak Park.

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

“All About Eve”

“Newtown” CAST Theater Festival Friday through Sunday, Dec. 16 to 18, 7:30 p.m., Julian Middle School: On Friday, see the story of Thomas Jefferson’s daughters as they spend an afternoon with a French feminist and revolutionary in My Vacation in Paris. In Aftershock, two young people struggle to survive in the face of Hurricane Katrina; see these historical stories of survival and endurance on Saturday. On Sunday, see Young Masters, the true story of an inner-city middle school, which was the first to win the U.S. Chess Federation’s national high school championship. $10; $5 students/seniors. Tickets: bit. ly/castfestival. 416 S Ridgeland Ave., Oak Park.

Sunday, Dec. 17, 3 p.m., Nineteenth Century Charitable Association: The Free Readers Ensemble is presenting encore performances to celebrate its 25th season. This show is from the classic screenplay by Joseph Mankiewicz and was originally performed during the 1998-99 season. Free. More: paulettecary@ameritech.net, freereaders. com. 178 Forest Ave., Oak Park.

Caroling with Santa Saturday, Dec. 16, 11 a.m., Scoville Square: Hear the Pro Musica Youth Chorus along with seeing the jolly old man in the red suit. Hosted by Magic Tree Bookstore and Scoville Square. 141 N. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park.

Thursday, Dec. 14, 6:30 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: View a showing of the documentary that recalls when twenty 6- and 7-year-old schoolchildren and six adults were shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School five years ago on this date and how the town came together after the tragedy. Not suitable for younger viewers. Put on by Gun Responsibility Advocates. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

20 Bands of Xmas (plus stand-up) Friday, Dec. 15, 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 16 and 17, 2 p.m., Wire: On Friday, come out for an evening of comedy acts. Saturday and Sunday brings alternative and metal bands, including Surrender, Landon Tewers, Dreamhouse, Sworn In and more. 18 and up. Tickets/info: wireismusic.com. $18; $20, at the door; $50, three-day pass. 6815 W Roosevelt Rd., Berwyn.

Children with Special Needs Open Play Thursday, Dec. 14, 5 to 7 p.m., Wonder Works: This Oak Park children’s museum is inviting children 0 to 8 and their families to come during a quieter time with enhanced accessibility. This month, there are special holiday crafts in the art room. Continuing to stay open late the second Thursday each month for children with special needs. $5; free, members and children under 1. Info: wonder-works.org. 6445 W. North Ave.

Thursday, Dec. 14, 6 to 9 p.m., Buzz Café: It’s Mameloshn’s 20th year at the Buzz Café. There are two seatings for songs and latkes. First, 6 to 7:15 p.m., for children; second, 7:30 to 8:45 p.m., for teens and adults. Buzz provides latkes, salad and Mameloshn. Guest provide singing and freylach. $7.95 per person. Reservations: goo.gl/2hbd1v. Questions: mikebass9@gmail.com. 905 S. Lombard Ave., Oak Park.

INTUIT Dance! In A Nutshell Saturday, Dec. 16, 3 and 7 p.m., Lund Auditorium, Dominican University: Expect choreographic surprises at every turn in this nutty interpretation of The Nutcracker. A new contemporary work presented by ChoreoSpace and set to live, original music by OPRFHS student Ari Schwartz opens the concert. $16; $130, for a group of 10. Tickets: 708-488-5000, events. dom.edu, intuitdance.org. 7900 Division St., River Forest.

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Now through Dec. 23, Mondays through Shopping Fridays, 1 to 5 p.m., Saturdays, 1 to 4 p.m., Oak Park Art League: Featuring original artwork by OPAL artist members, priced from $50 to $300. Find homemade gifts and fine art while supporting local artist and the Oak Park Art League, which is raising funds to celebrate its Centennial Anniversary. Info: 708-386-9853, oakparkartleague.org. 720 Chicago Ave.

Out of the Box Art Market Now through Dec. 24, Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., across from Scoville Park: Shop creations from 19 local artists, including jewelry, ceramics, photography, textiles, crafts and gourmet chocolate sauce. 146 N. Oak Park Avenue.

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as just last week I offered up my opinion that a school board’s top job is to hire a strong superintendent. I seem to have overlooked that, in Illinois, if you are hiring a superintendent from outside our state borders, it would be advisable to ask your top candidates if they understand square roots and why the hell there are letters in math problems. Turns out Joylynn PruittAdams, first the interim and now the permanent superintendent at Oak Park and River Forest High School, failed to pass the state’s required math test on her first go-round. She convened an all-staff meeting last week to fess up about the math test, but much more significantly to report she is having surgery on her back in January and will be largely out of commission for three months. She’ll take the math test again and, if she crams, maybe she’ll pass it. Why on earth we need a school superintendent who, as a commenter on OakPark.com noted, knows how to figure the volume of a sphere or the area of a cone is beyond logic. We need a superintendent with enough aptitude to grasp the arcane aspects of state school funding and the ins and outs of Cook County’s busted property tax assessment system. Mainly though, we need a superintendent self-aware enough to understand her weaknesses and hire well in the finance director’s post. Over a lot of years, I’ve seen a lot of superintendents rise and fall on the talent of their business managers. The only tax referendum I recall this newspaper ever opposing was at OPRF when the superintendent was a veteran English Department chair and the business manager had been promoted well past his competency. They proposed a staggering tax hike, the business manager couldn’t explain heads or tails about why the school needed so much money, and the effort went down in flames. A year later with a new business manager, an ask at half the price, and an ability to

explain the need, a referendum was easily OK’d. A later business manager buffaloed the school board and both villages and used a loophole in state law to convert the modest tax hike into a huge money grab that resulted in the gigantic runup in cash reserves at OPRF — well north of $100 million — a public relations debacle that the school is still trying to move past. Knowing trig wouldn’t help a superintendent in either situation. Broadly understanding school finance and budgeting, being able to read and lead a school board, having an ability to connect with faculty, and a sincere interest in listening to the entire community — now those are qualities necessary for a superintendent. And by my observation, those are qualities that Pruitt-Adams has a mathematical surplus in. That both the school board president and the Faculty Senate president stood with Pruitt-Adams last week as she spoke to the full staff is fairly remarkable. So while I wish Pruitt-Adams good luck on the math test, my genuine concern is with her upcoming medical leave. It is never a good time to have major surgery on your back. But the January into spring timeframe is a critical one for her young superintendency. The Imagine OPRF super-committee is in high gear, working on long-term facility needs that tie to both real-world economics, critical rethinking of teaching strategies and the classrooms necessary for that teaching, and, of course, the pesky pool problem. Recommendations from that committee are due in the first half of 2018. Simultaneously, OPRF and its faculty will be negotiating a new contract between now and the close of the school year. Last week I made the case that this contract is inextricably linked to the equity issues that are at the core of Pruitt-Adams’ tenure at OPRF. So forget her rudimentary math skills. It’s her leadership we are depending on.

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After 30 years, River Forest police chief retires Weiss will lay down badge and uniform on Jan. 3 By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

After serving in River Forest for three decades, Police Chief Gregory Weiss announced his retirement at a village board meeting, Dec. 11. He will be replaced by Deputy Police Chief James O’Shea, effective Jan. 3. “I will always be grateful for this amazing career and the opportunity to work with a wonderful community,” said Weiss, who started his career as a patrol officer in River Forest on Oct. 13, 1987. Prior to that, he served for five years as a sergeant in the U.S. Army, where he met his wife Janine. After the army, Weiss earned his master’s degree by attending night classes at Western Illinois University, where he studied law enforcement administration. In 1993, his peers in the department named him “Officer of the Year.” Over the years, he’s served in a number of roles, including a firearms instructor, field training officer, juvenile officer and more. After 24 years, he was promoted to chief of police in 2011. His promotion shows “there is opportu-

nity, after a very long lapse, that you can and saying hi to a new one,” Gibbs told an emotional village board. begin as a patrol officer and rise to chief of O’Shea joined River Forest’s force on Jan. police,” said O’Shea. 2, 1995, starting as a patrol Weiss will be remembered officer and eventually risfor making River Forest one ing through the ranks as of the first departments a detective, sergeant, and in Cook County to deploy patrol division commander. Narcan, a powerful opioidIn January 2013, officials reverser, as well as adding named him deputy chief, more street cameras and where his responsibilities license plate readers to the include supervising the devillage. partment’s day-to-day activTrustee Michael Gibbs reities and serving as public called first meeting Weiss in information officer. O’Shea 1993, after he served as the holds a bachelor’s degree investigating officer when from Illinois State UniversiGibbs’ house was robbed. ty, where he majored in soci“They never solved that,” ology and psychology, and a Gibbs joked. Nonetheless, master’s from Lewis Univer“I’m proud to think of him Police Chief Gregory Weiss sity, where he studied public as a friend after that.” safety administration. At the village board meetO’Shea said he will always remember ing, Gibbs gifted Weiss with a blue bathrobe, bedazzled with silver police stars and Weiss as the voice of calm in the departembroidered with a police patch. He also of- ment. “Thank you for mentoring, coaching, fered Weiss balloons, and handed a bouquet of yellow roses to Janine. Trustees present- counseling, and the ability to see things ed Weiss with a plaque — decorated with a through other people’s eyes and gain perpolice car — that honored his time as a first spective,” O’Shea told Weiss. Village trustees will swear O’Shea in as responder. After Jan. 3, Weiss plans to retire police chief at the next village board meetin northern Wisconsin. “Tonight we are saying goodbye to a friend ing on Jan. 8.

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have a confession to make. I am not very good at the whole sustainability thing. I usually confuse what is and isn’t supposed to go in the recycling bin. My husband comes behind me quietly to resort the trash, making things right before taking it out. He is also in charge of buying the light bulbs, which is a good thing, because I am not exactly sure what LED even means. I had the good fortune to spend some time with Gary Cuneen of Seven Generations Ahead this week. Gary shared with me some bad news regarding Oak Park’s greenhouse gas emissions levels, which are not meeting reduction targets. I understand that this is a bad thing. I

pledge to understand before I see Gary again what greenhouse gas emissions are. Honestly, I don’t know. Sometimes I say “carbon footprint” but I don’t really know what that means either. There comes a time when you cannot fake it anymore. Today, these issues are front and center and intertwined with how we live and how we do business. Or maybe how we should live and do business. I have left environmental issues to the environmentalists. I believe the scientists concerned about global warming and climate change. However, I never bothered to educate myself because, well, we have scientists to worry about that, right? I am finally realizing that these experts are here to help us change our behavior and practices – not just tell us the biochemistry behind it. There are so many business practices that need review. Lighting, drinking

straws, bags, recycling, zero-waste events, temperature control, solar energy, food rescue, paper usage, water and so many more. Many environmentally-friendly initiatives can save money, as well. I am proud to say that while I was meeting with Gary, Liz Holt on our team was meeting with Mindy Agnew, Oak Park’s new Sustainability Manager. Look for the Chamber to do a better job helping businesses connect to these local resources even as we look for ways to improve our own operations and events. We have work to do. I have lots to learn. It’s time to walk the talk.

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Totally modular A fresh take on new construction By LACEY SIKORA

Contributing Reporter

ocal architect Tom Bassett-Dilley is known for his innovative design practice, which emphasizes green techniques in home construction. While making a name for himself in energyefficient – also known as passive -- construction, he has continued to explore new techniques in green building. When clients Deb DelSignore and Nate Aydelott approached him about constructing a home in Oak Park within a budget, he jumped at the chance to try something new. The resulting house at 624 N. Taylor Ave., is constructed of factory-fabricated modular units, which fit together to create a first-ofits-kind design for the village. When Chicago residents DelSignore and Aydelott were looking for a suburban home for their family of four, Oak Park seemed like a good fit. They had lots of friends from the area and found a house on Taylor Avenue that seemed ripe for renovation. “We wanted to live in a small home, and we bought the house thinking we’d keep it and put on a modern addition back,” DelSignore said. After hearing from a professional that their renovation plan would cost as much as build-

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The residence at 624 N. Taylor Ave. in Oak Park (above) is the village’s first modular home. The pre-fab building is also energy efficient, but required village inspectors, contractors and even mortgage lenders to get educated about a new way of home building. ing a new home, they turned to Bassett-Dilley to help them create a new house. They loved his passive house designs and wondered if he would be able to work with their budget constraints. “He was interested in making passive houses accessible to people who aren’t mil-

lionaires, and he said ‘If you’re willing to be guinea pigs, I have lots of great ideas,’” DelSignore said. Bassett-Dilley floated the idea of using prefabricated modular units as a way of keeping costs down, and the couple jumped at the chance to build a forward-thinking home in

the suburb known for architectural design. “We wanted to be responsible,” DelSignore said. “Houses in Oak Park are so old and last a long time. We wanted our home to last and be a part of a new wave of housing.” See MODULAR on page B7

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Artist’s renderings of the modular units for 624 N. Taylor Ave.

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OAK PARK | $449,900 Rich in character & comforts for today’s lifestyle. Sun-drenched rms. Stunning kitchen. Brazilian Cherry wd flrs. 3 BRs, 2 updated BAs. OAK PARK | $345,000 Delightful 3BR, 1½BA, American 4-Square, winning mix of modern improvements & classic details. Stylish kitchen & BAs, rec rm, fenced landscaped yd. RIVER FOREST | $1,000,000 Flawless attention to detail. Spectacular 5 BR, 2.1 BA home w/coach house. Chef’s kitchen w/ over-the-top amenities opens to family rm. Much more! RIVER FOREST | $869,000 Great location and lots of space - check out this 4BR, 3BA Queen Anne home today. RIVER FOREST | $585,500 Charming 4 BR, 2.1 BA w/nat’l wdwk & hdwd flrs. Light-filled rms, SS applncs, family rm, fin’d bsmt, huge yd & more. Must see! BIG ROCK | $350,000 Mid-century modern home with 2.9 acres. 3BRs, 2.1BAs. Large rms, lots of closet space & lots of potential. EVERGREEN PARK | $170,000 Exceptional home on corner lot. 3BRs, 1.2 BAs. Spacious LR/DR combo. Newer boiler & electric. HILLSIDE | $369,000 Contemporary open flr plan, hdwd flrs & hi-ceilings. 4 BRs, 3.1 BAs. Family rm w/WBFP. Awesome chef’s kitchen. Lots more!

OAK PARK | Income | $729,000 Brick 3-ﬂat close to school with a big living room, formal dining room. Well-maintained! Great income! OAK PARK | Income | $620,000 Handsome corner property near OPRF. Bright & spacious 2-ﬂat. Each unit has 3BRs, 2BAs. Frplcs. Bonus spc for au pair or Air BNB. Two 2-car garages. OAK PARK | Condos/ Townhouses | $699,000 One-of-a-kind! Largest 3BR, 2.1BA unit. Newer kitchen adjoins family rm. Private patio. MBR ste w/walk-in closet. 2 garage pkg spcs. OAK PARK | Condos/ Townhouses | $365,000 Contemporary 2 BR, 2 BA condo in the heart of Oak Park. Great building, lovely unit & unbeatable location.

OAK PARK | $455,000 American 4-Sq with an open front porch on a large lot! 4 BRs, 2 BAs. Remodeled kitchen. Recreation rm. C/A. Great house! OAK PARK | Condos/ Townhouses | $130,000 Great 1br condo in the ‘Heart of Oak Park’ with owned parking. Building has indoor pool & beautiful deck w/view of the city. OAK PARK | Condos/ Townhouses | REDUCED! $121,900 Located in the heart of OP, 1BR, 1BA condominium has location & style galore! New ﬂrs, new applncs, new BA & freshly painted!

OAK PARK | $319,000 Ubeatable location! 2BR, 2BA light-ﬁlled condo in an elevator bldg. In-unit lndry, 2 pkg spcs. close to Green Line, shopping, downtown OP

LAKE FOREST | Condos/ Townhouses | $459,000 Low maintenance life of luxury in this spacious townhouse. 3BRs, 2.1BAs. Hardwood ﬂrs. Patio. WESTERN SPRINGS | Condos/ Townhouses | REDUCED! $575,000 Rare end unit ranch townhouse. Open ﬂr plan. Gas frplc. Large eat-in kitchen w/SS & granite counters. 3BRs, 3BAs. LL rec rm.

FOREST PARK | Condos/ Townhouses | $78,000 Why rent? When you can own – 1 bedroom, 1 bath condo. Great deal!

ELMWOOD PARK | Commercial Rentals | $18.36/sq ft Open floor plan, 1ST flr office spc in mixed use residential tower. Inside & outside pkg. 1 toilet, kitchen area, 1 private office & storage rm. Great building!

ELMWOOD PARK | Condos/ Townhouses | $134,000 Check it out! Updated 2BR condo with hdwd ﬂrs, lots of sunlight treetops views. Pkg & storage. Nothing to do, but move.

OAK PARK | Commercial Rentals | $24/sq ft Ofﬁce spaces in lovely Art Deco bldg. 2 Elevators. Entry handicap equipped. Tenants pay electric. Public pkg. Call!

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OAK PARK | Condos/ Townhouses | $245,000 Wonderful 2+BR, family rm & 2 full BA sunny, spacious condo in elevator bldg near DTOP. New kitchen & updated BAs. Frplc. 2 garage spcs! OAK PARK | Condos/ Townhouses | $145,000 In-town op at its best! 1 BR, 1BA top ﬂoor vintage condo. Open modern KIT/DR/Den, central air, in-unit laundry. OAK PARK | Condos/ Townhouses | $134,500 Spacious vintage condo in pristine condition. 2BRs, in-unit laundry, den/ofﬁce, storage, pets OK. EZ permit parking in front.

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OAK PARK | Commercial Rentals | $18.31/sq ft Ready for next tenant! Clean 1st flr store front office space. High foot traffic & 2 public bus routes. Tenant pays electric. Bldg supplies heat.

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PRE-FAB: Modular units for 624 N. Taylor were built indoors at Hi-Tech Housing in Indiana (top) and then lowered into place via crane onsite in Oak Park (above and right).

MODULAR

Can be built quickly from page B5

Why pre-fab? Bassett-Dilley had been frustrated in the past by downstate contractors who were scared off by the rigorous demands of building passive houses and had been mulling over using pre-fabricated housing as a way of incorporating green technologies in areas where passive houses are unusual. For the DelSignore-Aydelott home, he worked with Hi-Tech Housing out of Indiana. Hi-Tech Housing’s manager, Doug Mills, said the company has been building pre-fabricated modular housing for 29 years, and it produces far more sophisticated housing than the trailers people associate with modular homes. The company can custom create any style of home. “We’re considered a custom factory-built company,” Mills said. “We work with archi-

tects a lot.” Mills said that one of the biggest benefits of modular construction is that it can significantly reduce the time it takes to build a home. “We can basically build a house in about four weeks,” Mills said. One of the big advantages is that everything is built indoors, in a climate-controlled setting. The units are moved down a series of 18 stations in a production line and can be delivered to the site 90 percent complete, often just requiring finish work and plumbing and electric connections. One of the only limitations to the units is their size, which Mills says is dictated by transportation laws. Units can be up to 16 feet wide, 76 feet in length and 12 feet high. The Taylor Avenue house is composed of six units: three on top and three on bottom. At roughly 2,000 square feet, it provides three bedrooms and two bathrooms on the second floor and an open living and kitchen area on the first floor, along with a flex space that can be used as an office or sealed off to become a first floor bedroom with full bathroom in the future. Although Hi-Tech can provide finish work, DelSignore and Aydelott opted to do the fin-

Photos by Tom Bassett-Dilley

BUILDING BLOCKS: A crane lowers modular units into place at 624 N. Taylor Ave. in Oak Park. ish work onsite, allowing them to visualize details like stain for the maple plywood floors and grout color for the tile. When the units were delivered to the site in August, they were put together like a series of building blocks. The general contractor on the project, Dave Himelick, also happens to be a drone operator and captured the module setting process on film. The video can be seen along with the online version of this story at OakPark.com.

Making modules green For Bassett-Dilley, the modular home lent itself well to his passive building practices,

in some ways surprising him by surpassing conventional passive construction methods. He says that it was a learning process for him. “In budgeting the project, we knew that getting to full passive would be tough, but we could have it function like a passive house,” Bassett-Dilley said. “The anatomy of the house in terms of insulation, air-tight enclosure and venting is the same.” He says that the Hi-Tech factory process surpassed passive building techniques with the air tightness factor, as confirmed in a preliminary air blower test conducted by Eco Achievers. See MODULAR on page B8

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MODULAR Education from page B7

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 2017 will be held on December 19, 2017 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 Dr. Alicia Evans, Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations, 260 W. Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois at (708) 524-7623. II. The corporate and special purpose property taxes extended or abated for the year 2016 were $69,074,870. The proposed corporate and special purpose property taxes to be levied for 2017 are $72,521,706. This represents a 4.99% increase over the previous year’s extension. III. The property taxes extended for debt service for 2016 were $8,323,706

Lindsey Elton of Eco Achievers said the tightness is tested with a fan placed in a doorway and infra-red cameras placed to show how tight the home’s envelope is. Bassett-Dilley was hoping for good results but was happily surprised with how well the modules performed. “The factory air-tightness was very impressive,” Bassett-Dilley said. “The transitions from wall to ceiling -- they nailed it.” Bassett-Dilley said the results widen the useful applications of pre-fab modules in his practice and for other green builders. “We can take this anywhere,” he said. “If someone wants to deliver high-performance anywhere on a budget, we can do it.” The house at 624 N. Taylor Ave. is the first modular home in the village and represented many other firsts for all of the parties involved. “We do a lot of firsts in Oak Park: the first passive house, the first SIPS [structurally insulated panels] house, and now the first modular house,” Bassett-Dilley said. “Clients come to us looking for this.” Educating village officials, contractors and event mortgage lenders was another key component of the process. The village of Oak Park had to alter its regular inspection schedule given the fin-

The estimated property taxes to be levied for debt service for 2017 are $7,758,589. IV. The total property taxes extended or abated for 2016 were $77,398,576.

Photo by Tom Bassett-Dilley

The modular unit at 624 N. Taylor Ave. in Oak Park. ished condition of the modules when they arrived onsite, and subcontractors had to change their bidding process when they realized that the walls would already be set up with plumbing and electrical work installed underneath drywall. DelSignore says that for mortgage lenders on the finance side, it was necessary to educate about the process before they got on board, but she says all of the explaining has been worth it, and her family is looking forward to moving into the house early in 2018. “Hopefully, we’re setting a path for people,” she said.

NEW PRICE REDUCTION

The estimated total property taxes to be levied for 2017 are Growing Community. $80,280,295 This represents a 3.72% increase over the previous year’s total levy.

Growing Comm Growing Community. Growing Community.

1142 FRANKLIN AVE, RIVER FOREST $1,395,000 :: 4 bed :: 4.5 bath

420 N EUCLID AVE, OAK PARK $1,385,000 :: 8 bed :: 4 full & 2 half baths

Custom modern 6000 sq. ft. home. Dramatic design and unique detailing throughout.

Magnificent estate in the historic district of Oak Park. Recently renovated – Beautiful!

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1011 FRANKLIN, RIVER FOREST $599,000 :: 3 bed :: 3.5 bath

1700 78TH CT, ELMWOOD PARK $368,500 :: 3 bed :: 1.5 bath

Classic mid-century tri-level. Awesome location.

Renovated 3 bed with first floor family room & finished basement. Great location.

Brick 2-flat located in central Oak Park Three bedrooms per unit. Great location walk to all transportation.

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2 BR, 2.1 BA .................................................................................................................. $287,000 Saretta Joyner • 708-697-5967

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4 BR, 2.1 BA .................................................................................................................. $472,000

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2 BR, 2 BA .....................................$385,000 Saretta Joyner • 708-697-5967

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2-Flat ............................................$875,000 Nancy Jarrett • 708-557-8109

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4 BR, 4 BA ..................................................................................................................... $699,900 Greer Haseman • 708-606-8896

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4 BR, 3.2 BA ............................................................................................................... $1,550,000 Steve Scheuring • 708-697-5946

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3 BR, 1.1 BA .................................$479,000 Ramona Fox • 708-363-3394

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No detail was overlooked in this beautiful Oak Park historic district home.

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This home is like no other--sitting on two-thirds acre! $1,725,000

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Exquisite all brick corner home located in the center of the Frank Lloyd

modernism on three full living levels with beautiful yard. $2,095,000

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Extreme renovation a dream come true including a Master suite. 1st flr family rm opens to the kitchen, and very large deck, and STILL a large yard. Bright, stylish new interior. 4BR/3BA.......................... $749,900

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Original charm + modern flare. Oak trim & Hdwd flrs. SS appliances. Master suite w/5 closets, double sinks & shower. Upgrades: windows, furnace, AC, H2O heater, sump pump, garage roof & siding, surface walk. Huge, clean bsmnt. 3 1/2 blocks to Metra. 3BR/2BA ...........$274,900

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HW floors throughout this family-friendly home. Large kit with gran cntr tops, SS apps. 1st flr laundry! FR & bar in finished bsmnt. Close to parks, shopping, schools, and trans. 4BR/1.5 BA ................. $420,000

1st flr vintage condo has great light. Close to shopping, restaurants, & trans. Kit w/ granite counters, HW flrs, decorative FP, beamed ceilings in LR/DR. W/D Hook ups in unit! 2BR/1BA .......................... $139,900

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Generous rooms and extra spaces at a great price! Wonderful hardwood floors, gas fireplace, art glass windows, original pantry, first flr family room, finished basement, large 2nd flr office, enclosed porch, paver patio, and newer garage! 3BR/2BA...........................................$399,000

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Big and new! Gut reno/rebuild w/ full 2nd story + rear addition. Family rm off kitchen w/sliders to back deck, new garage. Lg master suite. 1st floor office/ BR space. 2nd flr + bsmnt laundries! Great street in south OP, easy to el, I 290, restaurants, shops, and more. 6BR/4BA........$749,900

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Beautiful townhome in excellent location near downtown fp and op, metra and el! New hardwood floors in LR/DR, updated eat-in kitchen, 2 fireplaces, master suite, adorable patio, new windows (2016) and all appliances/mechanicals only 6 years old. 2BR/2.5BA ..............................$259,000

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Modern touch on a quiet cul-de-sac. HW flrs on first flr. SS appls, quartz counters . 1st flr BR, full BA, and fam rm. New 2nd flr BA, dual sinks, glass shower. 2-car garage. Close to trans. 4 BR/2BA............. $434,900

On a great block! Enclosed front porch. Lots of updates…Hdwd flrs and open kitchen with granite and SS appliances. Finished basement with new carpet. New tear off roof. 3BR/1.5 BA ............ $374,900

Newer Construction! High-end finishes throughout. Spacious open kitchen with SS applcs, grani counter tops, and custom cabs. Attached heated garage! Near Blue line and I-290. 4BR/3.5BA .......... $399,900

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Wonderful home with beautiful wdwrk, wd flrs, WBFP, many windows, finished attic, updated kit, low maintenance yard. Fantastic location across from Proksa Park.4BR/2.5BA ............................ $389,900

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P R O P E R T Y

T R A N S F E R S

Oak Park home sells for $776,000

The following property transfers were reported by the Cook County Recorder of Deeds from October 1 to October 31, 2017. Where addresses appear incomplete, for instance where a unit number appears missing, that information was not provided by the recorder of deeds.

OAK PARK ADDRESS

PRICE

SELLER

BUYER

601 N Harlem Ave 550 Forest Ave 109 S Taylor Ave 630 N Marion St 643 Washington Blvd 225 N Taylor Ave 911 N East Ave 1001 Forest Ave 608 Harrison St

$1,500,000 $823,000 $776,000 $710,000 $625,000 $625,000 $625,000 $597,000 $535,000

Csre Harlem Llc Jeffrey Joseph Tr Hughes Micah J Kitterman Joseph W Vargas Armando Belsoff Marc S Dilenardi Steve Yaws Adam W Mercado Gicel G

719 N Kenilworth Ave 52 Washington Blvd 629 N Ridgeland Ave 1043 S Ridgeland Ave

$570,000 $525,000 $475,000 $449,000

926 N Kenilworth Ave 300 N Maple Ave MANY 907 South Blvd 634 S Lyman Ave 221 Randolph St 1132 Home Ave 1122 S Maple Ave 1036 Wenonah Ave

$450,000 $446,500 $440,000 $433,000 $419,000 $410,000 $408,000 $395,000

845 Forest Ave 515 N Marion St 622 N Lombard Ave 1229 Forest Ave 511 S Humphrey Ave 1106 Edmer Ave 528 S East Ave 514 S Kenilworth Ave 510 S Harvey Ave 736 S Scoville Ave 1177 S Lyman Ave 1142 S Humphrey Ave 221 N Kenilworth Ave 506 1122 Westgate St 1 6800 Roosevelt Rd 200 Home Ave 2A

$397,000 $375,000 $369,000 $369,000 $348,000 $345,000 $340,000 $334,000 $306,000 $292,500 $281,500 $278,000 $250,000 $250,000 $250,000 $235,000

1040 Home Ave 921 Ontario St C 1036 Washington Blvd G2 324 S Ridgeland Ave 324C

$244,500 $229,000 $204,000 $175,000

Byline Bk Factor Alexander Tr Franken Elizabeth L Tr Fuoss Paul Precursor Llc Ayers John S Reale John W Tr Trust Rydman Marguerite M Tr Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 0000000041539 Miller Jeffrey M Tobias Matthew D Lough Michael J Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 0008002367669 Weisbach Betsy Tr Engonopoulos Victoria A Wing Deborah A Property Sister Llc Brawley Elizabeth Eitz Charles F Ames Eileen E Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 0000000002906 Reyna Yudel Martinez Erickson Kathy Ann Tr Badding Janet E Plomin James Ku Jospeh P Thangaraj Anthony Massura James J Tr Nagel Karen A Malin-Adams Nicholas Bakke Florence R Perisee Gloria M Leveridge Robert L Jeffries Maureen B Tr Simcox Richard Rk 6800 Building Llc Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 0008002370288 Bourbonnais Patrick Tr Barge Douglas W Tr Levy Benjamin Gomez-Krogh Solskin

Bleull Anthony Babik Monika Schweri Sylvia Flores Cynthia L Jyffm Trust Moody Martha Johnson Elliot Klitgaard Daniel V Harris Robert A Jenkins Adam Strickland Delilah Zylka Jason Volz Andrew Zamula Antonina Coiley Matthew Moreno John Stiffic Valencia Mueller Lauren M Lieuanan Lloyd Beecroft James T Saunders Elizabeth A C & P Oak Park Llc Johns Joshua Ridenour Joshua M Lucas Karen United Dental Partners Llc Roosevelt Prop Llc Gardezi Syed Jawad Grachan Paul Bottger David A Allen Leslie Anne Schiess Ronda

109 S. Taylor Ave., Oak Park

ADDRESS

PRICE

SELLER

BUYER

341 S Humphrey Ave 3413 333 S East Ave 201 938 North Blvd 207 1039 Randolph St 10392 211 N Marion St 3A 852 Washington Blvd 8522 813 Lake St 813GN 925 Clarence Ave 9253 444 Washington Blvd 405 427 S Taylor Ave 4272N 1106 S Lyman Ave 222 Washington Blvd 205 420 S Kenilworth Ave 6 222 Washington Blvd 202 938 Ontario St 5 1301 N Harlem Ave 8 1107 Washington Blvd 71E 156 N Oak Park Ave PU30 332 S Harvey Ave 424 S Harvey Ave 1042 S East Ave 1020 Washington Blvd 1D

$170,000 $155,000 $144,000 $138,000 $130,000 $129,000 $129,000 $120,000 $120,000 $117,000 $115,000 $110,000 $100,000 $99,000 $75,000 $73,000 $67,500 $15,000 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown

Gill Adam L Shalhoub Philip J Dovbenko Iryna M Ronning Anthony J Lindberg Lauren A Ferguson Kristin E Boby William Bartley Joanne R Rapciak Maria T Bumby Suzan Maple Real Estate Llc Umpawa Boonleur Graham Peggy A Rochon Jason C Schultz Susan Bill Robert Prod Christopher J Lehman David Judicial Sales Corp Judicial Sales Corp Judicial Sales Corp Judicial Sales Corp

Smith Morris Pisano Anthony P Overholt Jeffrey A Rivera Rafael Sr Ayala Brenda Wozniak Jessica Marie Schaefer Carole Rosenhouse-Dantsker Avia Avdek Belinda J Lowry Nicholas S Shore Llc Series 4 Connor Jolien Bularzik Jane F Ford Stephanie O Canam Ventures Llc Wincorp Ventures Llc Marr David J Nelson Ronald T Tr Federal Natl Mtg Assn Broad St Funding Trust I Mtglq Inv Lp Wb Wb Llc & Prop Llc

See PROPERTY TRANSFERS on page B14

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T R A N S F E R S

Continued from page B13

ADDRESS

PRICE

SELLER

BUYER

ADDRESS

PRICE

RIVER FOREST 918 Franklin Ave 847 Park Ave 222 Gale Ave 939 Lathrop Ave 400 Ashland Ave 1310 William St 1509 Forest Ave 344 Lathrop Ave 1038 Forest Ave

$1,875,000 $1,005,000 $920,000 $880,000 $800,000 $765,000 $720,000 $700,000 $695,000

7820 Madison St 1526 William St

$559,000 $560,000

27 Forest Ave 7617 Lake St

$559,000 $550,000

415 Franklin Ave 5CN 407 Franklin Ave 4AS 1546 Forest Ave 7352 Lake St P5 431 Edgewood Pl 4192 7210 Oak Ave 72102NE 7200 Oak Ave 72082NW 1433 Keystone Ave

$255,000 $225,000 $215,000 $195,000 $115,000 $101,000 $52,500 Unknown

Saleh Colleen P Donlin Gina E Claus David R Tr Trust Jpmorgan Chase Bk Central Ashland Llc Bernstein Richard I Straube Werner 344 Lathrop Llc First Amer Bk Tr 0000009927527 7820 Madison Llc Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 0000000002142 7820 Madison Llc Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 0000000002295 Paz Oksana Johansen Pamela S Flores Luis E Mink Joshua C Spears Steven Napiorkowski Bradley R Liebman Sheldon W Tr Judicial Sales Corp

Hampton Randall Jones Erika L Johnson Cory L Geiman Jeremiah 400 Ashland Llc Brawley Elizabeth P Diaz Natasha E Tr Carmella Prop Llc Valente Michael Tr Munro John Kristen Scott M Kelley Carol Lake Lathrop Partners Llc Street Robert Scott Ohara John W Jones Erica Zeidman Marian Ortiz Daniel Grillo Augusto Oquinn Toyia Retained Rlty Inc

SELLER

BUYER

FOREST PARK 1040 Troost Ave

$850,000

Bridgman Michigan Llc

H & S Mgmt & Prop Llc

1106 Beloit Ave

$282,500

Klinger Ryan

Bloyd-Peshkin Sharon

1018 Lathrop Ave

$270,500

Mildland Ira Inc Fbo Frank Valentino 1633786

Tallarovic Carl

7634 Wilcox St

$268,000

Wetwattana Suneerat

Siddiqui Fareeha

1025 Harlem Ave

$237,500

Dhillon Mandeep K

Harriman Amy L

931 Hannah Ave

$225,000

Martin William J

Gregory Gwen

1002 Lathrop Ave

$220,000

Anderson Michael C

Hyatt Robert C

7542 Dixon St

$212,000

Isaac Ubaldo

Tyle Laura B

121 Des Plaines Ave

$195,000

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Massey Katherine

227 Elgin Ave 3D

$175,000

Glaser Christine M

Marzal Elaine F

251 Marengo Ave 5ES

$128,000

Matthies Nathaniel G

Johansen Pamela S

7235 Randolph St 3F

$119,000

Little Bernadette

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300 Circle Ave 6C

$112,000

Kotty Raymond

De La Garza Dolores

300 Circle Ave 4E

$102,500

Rippener Olivia

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300 Circle Ave 4C

$100,000

Stevens Thomas E

Brown-Mister Tina R

1537 Harlem Ave 15372W

$72,500

Del Valle George

Dagen Digna Denise Tr

315 Marengo Ave 4G

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839 Harlem Ave

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Your local Real Estate Professionals Since 1933. FEATURED LISTING

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$699,900

ECO-efficient and LEED Certified New Construction residence features tons of UPGRADES and is now ready for occupancy! Open & airy layout with large BRs with dual closets, and ample storage closets, enormous 38ft balcony accessed by MBR and great room, heated garage parking and Virtual doorman.

1002 Home Ave, Oak Park

Riverside

$1,599,900

Wright’s finest example of Prairie Style, is the 5 BR, 5 BA, 6000 sq ft Avery Coonley House. Fully restored to its original glory, updated for today’s living.

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Oak Park

$1,550,000

Catherine Simon-Vobornik - ID# 09713096

Federal-Style 4 BR, 3.2 BA underwent a complete renovation in ‘14. Restoration of a timeless estat, perfect mix of contemporary design/modern amenities. Steve Scheuring - ID# 09560051

NEW PRICE

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Oak Park

$675,000

5 BR, 2.1 BA E. E. Roberts designed home with upgraded kitchen, sunny breakfast room and family room. New heat & electric updated in the basement.

Oak Park

$664,900

Catherine Simon-Vobornik - ID# 09734362

3000+ square ft, 3 BR, 2.1 BA end unit townhome, huge living spaces, fantastic kitchen, rooftop deck, incredible master suite, large lower level with family room. Bethanny Alexander - ID# 09701468

NEW PRICE

Oak Park

$385,000

Wonderfully maintained 2 BR, 2 BA brick ranch. Newly refinished hdwd flrs, lower level large fam rm with spa bath, walk-in sauna, 3 season porch. 2 car gar + 1 space. Saretta Joyner - ID# 09791655

NEW LISTING

Forest Park

$279,900

5 BR, 3 BA sits on double lot with fully fenced yard. New windows, new front steps, fence, 7 yr old roof, updated kitchen, 1st floor master suite and many New and Recent Improvements! Catherine Simon Vobornik - ID# 09809811

Oak Park

Victoria Atkins - ID# 09804040 CALL FOR APPOINTMENT

Oak Park

$1,499,900

EE Roberts masterpiece features 4+1 BR, 4.1 BA, Prairie elements, original architectural details, beautiful kitchen, additional 2,000 sqft on lower level. Patricia McGowan - ID# 09654108

River Forest

Oak Park

$599,000

4 BR, 2.1 BA colonial features hdwd flrs, large eat-in kitchen, stand-alone island, wood burning fireplace, fam room, NEW tear off roof in ‘17! NEW boiler in ‘16! Kara Keller - ID# 09778579

$374,900

Chicago

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$274,900

Brick 4 BR, 3.1 BA Georgian includes an in-law arrangement. Huge master suite with a master bath, private balcony, eatin kitchen, fam rm and recreation room. Saretta Joyner – ID# 09646750

$349,000

Large 4+2(bsmt) BR, 2 BA in great location surrounded by new construction. Main living, in-law levels have sep eat-in kits, LRs, DRs, & laundry. Greg Skinner – ID# 09814922

NEW PRICE

Lyons

$1,195,000

Charm & character in this vintage 5 BR, 3.1 BA, all the modern upgrades desired for today’s living ! Top of line finishes, New roof in 2017 and New garage in 2015! Kara Keller - ID# 09771947

CALL FOR APPOINTMENT

NEW PRICE

Oak Park

$489,000

Classic 3 bed, 1.1 bath stucco Colonial with fine vintage features of coved ceilings, wood burning fireplace, Newer kitchen, updated bathrooms and family room. Lynn Scheir & Ann Ferri - ID# 09749376

$229,000

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River Forest

Oak Park

$485,000

Renovated 3 BR, 2 BA brick Georgian. Newer Cook’s kitchen, spacious fam rm w/ frplc, lower level rec rm, rebuilt attached single car gar + 2 car gar and more! Steve Scheuring - ID# 09793048

CALL FOR APPOINTMENT

Oak Park

$342,000

$170,000

Spacious 2 bed, 2 full baths with eat-in kitchen and separate dining room with balcony treetop views, loads of closet space plus storage unit, pet friendly building in great location! Carla Taylor – ID# 09811431

Oak Park

$329,000

2 BR, 1.1 BA home features flexible living space with a gas fireplace, dining room, newer kitchen, 2 car garage and many more interior and exterior improvements! Lisa Andreoli & Meredith Conn – ID# 09812120

NEW LISTING

Forest Park

$129,000

Rise above it all in this 1 BR, 6th floor unit, large, south facing balcony, open floor plan. Indoor gar parking, well managed elevator with low assessments and taxes. James Gillespie & Mike Lennox – ID # 09812877

$884,000

In the heart of OP’s Estate Section this updated 5 BR, 3.5 BA features a library, high-end kitchen and newly renovated spa like master suite and upper level suite. Bill Geldes - ID# 09808206

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Oak Park

$450,000

4 BR, 2 BA Farmhouse features arched doorways, built-in china cabinet, new master BR addition, new zoned C/A and GFA heat, large deck, and 2-car garage. Catherine Simon-Vobornik - ID# 09779230

NEW LISTING

4-Flat + 1 BR garden unit. Rfnshd hdwd flrs, some updates, some newer kitchens, gran counters, wood cabs, Thermopane windows, 2.5 car garage, newer roof. Nicole Ramos – ID# 09761191

Forest Park

$1,040,000

5 BR, 4.1 BA Burma-Style features brick wood-burn frplc, Cook’s kitchen, master suite, lush master bath, bsmnt with bath, zoned HVAC, new garage and much more! Steve Scheuring - ID# 09813654

NEW PRICE

Lyons

$422,000

Fantastic central 3 bedroom, 1.1 bath with brand new 2-car garage. Freshly painted exterior and new central air. new windows, large, bright eat-in kitchen,carpeted recreation room and 1/2 bath in the basement. Enjoy added living space in the enclosed front porch and super nice deck!

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NEW LISTING

3 BR, 2 BA with MANY new features and updates including new roof, new gleaming hardwood floors, new kitchen, new bathrooms, new HVAC system, electrical, plumbing and the list goes on! Margarita Lopez – ID# 09792631

638 S Lombard Ave, Oak Park

Peggy Letchios – ID# 09802962

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NEW LISTING

FIRST floor 2 bed, 2 bath duplex condo features balcony, gas fireplace, high ceilings, and a super spacious kitchen, master suite and private 2-car garage. Bethanny Alexander – ID# 09768663

Westchester

$599,000

Beautifully updated 4 bed, 3 bath home with recent addition adds an open kitchen/ family room, expansive master suite and full basement! Cedar deck and fenced yard extend the living space to the outdoors.

Patricia McGowan - ID# 09791512 CALL FOR APPOINTMENT

FEATURED LISTING

OPEN HOUSE • SUN. 12-2

NEW PRICE

Oak Park

$319,900

3 BR, 3 BA bungalow with large master BR suite, eat in kitchen, large and clean basement. MANY recent improvements and is ready for new owners. Patricia McGowan – ID# 09757090

NEW PRICE

Elmwood Park

$98,500

Move-in condition 2 BR, 1.1 BA condo offers newer kitchen appls, spacious master BR and large 2nd BR, lovely view of River Forest, 2 covered parking spaces. Rosemary Amani – ID# 09778928

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Opportunity

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It isn’t often you find someone who has the vision and knowledge to find and create opportunities where others saw none.

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Celebrate Holiday Lights in the Oak Park Arts District. Indulge your creative side at festive seasonal events within the studios, boutiques, galleries and eateries of Harrison Street.

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OAK PARK-RIVER FOREST

Community Foundation

Community Giving Guide

d by the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation

The Most Wonderful Guide of The Year!

eason of Giving is a campaign organized by Wednesday Journal and the Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation to encourage local charitable giving during the holiday season. It has long

been recognized that when we shop local, our money recirculates through the local economy reaping dividends for the entire community. The same is true for charitable giving. When you donate to local nonprofits, your money goes to work in your own

neighborhood. Your donations feed local families, offer safety and learning to local children, and enrich the beauty and art that surrounds us all. Over the coming weeks, we hope that you will take a moment to look over the listings in this Giving Guide. Find

e connect giving to impact! Animal Care League

Animal Care League offers a safe haven for pets in need. Founded in 1973, Animal Care League takes a proactive approach to animal care and adoption as well as preventative measures to help reduce the number of homeless animals in our communities. With over 1000 pets coming to our doors each year, Animal Care League counts on supporters to ensure that we can provide what is needed from routine vaccinations to life saving surgery. Make a difference in the life of a homeless animal by visiting www.animalcareleague. org where you can sign up to volunteer, make a donation, view our adoptable pets, and learn about upcoming events.

Cantata Adult Life Services As a nonprofit since 1920, Cantata’s mission and vision is to help older adults age successfully, both on our campus and out in their communities. We help them live their best lives by offering a variety of services that meet each individual’s unique needs. This past year, we provided nearly 2,500 services to 1,200 seniors thanks to you and your generosity. Whether it’s the gift of your time or a donation, everything is greatly appreciated and contributes to the successful care and support for aging adults. To donate and make a difference in the lives of seniors in your community, please visit www.cantatahomeservices.org/donate or email george.columbus@cantata.org

Celebrating Seniors Founded in 2010 before launching its inaugural Celebrating Seniors Week in May 2011, Celebrating Seniors is dedicated to honoring, recognizing and serving seniors in Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park, Illinois. The organization concentrates on four main objectives:

• To facilitate cooperation between the business community, government agencies and non-profit organizations for the benefit of the senior population.

• To promote senior groups and organizations that serve persons 60 and older. • To raise public awareness of issues affecting seniors. • To generate funds to support at-risk and vulnerable elders. To volunteer to support our Celebrating Seniors Week or to contribute financially to our community mission, visit us at www. celebratingseniors.net.

Cluster Tutoring Program The Cluster Tutoring Program is a communitybased organization that provides free, one-to-one tutoring for youth in grades K through 12 from the Austin neighborhood. Our mission is to help students realize their potential through learning in an environment that strengthens the students, the tutors, and the community. The program’s emphasis is on reading as a means to academic success and the development of mentoring relationships between caring adults and youth. Tutors receive training and ongoing support. Tutoring space is donated by First United Church of Oak Park and Pine Avenue Church. To volunteer or to donate, please contact Kara Kalnitz at 773-378-5530 and visit www.clustertutoring.org.

Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation OAK PARK-RIVER FOREST

Community Foundation We connect donors to impact. Your gift to the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation can benefit one or many organizations locally, regionally or nationally. We accept all sizes of gifts -- gifts of cash, appreciated stock, real estate and through bequests. We work with you to match your philanthropic interests with needs. We manage scholarships for students and provide enrichment grants for young

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people. We provide grants to local nonprofit organizations, present Impact Excellence seminars for them and manage many of their funds. We connect our community for collective impact. For more about what we do, please visit us at: www.oprfcf.org, on Facebook and Twitter: @oprfcf. 708-848-1560 1049 Lake Street, Suite 204 Oak Park, IL 60301 Donate online at: https://goo.gl/MeQaon

The Collaboration for Early Childhood The Collaboration for Early Childhood is your resource for early childhood information in Oak Park and River Forest. We provide the connections vital to every child’s opportunity for success in learning and in life. We work with more than 60 organizations so that parents and their children receive critical information and support services, children are screened for developmental delays, teachers in child care centers, preschools and family child care homes provide high quality programs and our most vulnerable children and their families experience a strong web of support. For more information, or to make a donation, please visit us at collab4kids. org or follow us on Facebook.

Concordia University Chicago Founded in 1864, Concordia University Chicago is a comprehensive liberal arts-based Christian university in the Lutheran tradition. Through its College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, College of Education, and College of Graduate and Innovative Programs, Concordia-Chicago offers more than 100 areas of study in small classes taught by professors who are passionate about teaching and student success. Concordia-Chicago equips men and women to serve and lead with integrity, creativity, competence and compassion in

an organization that resonates with you. Check out their website. Consider making a donation or volunteering. Spread the word. Don’t just shop local—give Local.

a diverse, interconnected and increasingly urbanized church and world. More than 5,000 full-time undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled at Concordia-Chicago, located in River Forest.

Friends of the Oak Park Conservatory The Oak Park Conservatory is a gem in our community. The Friends of the Oak Park Conservatory (FOPCON) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that helps make the Conservatory a community destination. FOPCON has over 150 volunteers and 500 members. We offer guided tours, free children’s programming, and host Uncorked in the Summer. We are proud of our Discovery and Rubinstein Gardens and our partnership with the PDOP in supporting the Conservatory. Please visit fopcon.org to join or donate. 615 Garfield, Oak Park, 60304. Contact Beth Cheng, Executive Director at 708-725-2460.

Oak Park Festival Theatre Since 1975 Oak Park Festival Theatre, the Midwest’s oldest professional outdoor classical theatre, has brought the magic of dramatic masterpieces to generations of our neighbors. Whether performing under the stars in beautiful Austin Gardens as we do each summer or at any of the many local venues where we partner with local philanthropic agencies (such as Housing Forward, Oak Park Housing Authority or Nineteenth Century Charitable Association), Festival Theatre breaths fresh air into timeless texts for Oak Park and beyond. With ticket prices kept friendly for every budget and free admission for all under 13, we rely on the generosity of our audiences to continue our dynamic community dialogue. Donations can be made on-line at oakparkfestival.com or mailed to us: Oak Park Festival Theatre, P.O. Box 4114, Oak Park, IL 60303.

OAK PARK-RIVER FOREST

Community Foundation

nated by the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation

Oak Park Teen’s Heart is with Hephzibah When Oak Park resident Ben Melickian, 18, started volunteering as a big brother during his sophomore year at Oak Park River Forest High School, he had no inkling of what the experience would entail. However, the relationship he shared with his little sibling in the Hephzibah’s Group Home grew into a strong, supportive friendship, and Ben soon began volunteering twice a week instead of once a week.

basketball and running around and his commitment to the young boy and to Hephzibah grew stronger. Ben’s exceptional commitment and service were recognized when he was selected as a Heart Print Award winner during his senior year.

We connect giving to impact!

Ben and his 8-year-old little sibling would spend hours together playing

Green Community Connections At Green Community Connections, we believe people are the answer to our serious environmental issues. We provide a deeper understanding of natural systems, build community, and inspire change. Through our largest program, the annual One Earth Film Festival, we raise awareness and inspire action. In 2017, 5,600 people attended our 10-day fest, viewing films, participating in discussion and engaging with community partners and advocacy groups to take immediate action on behalf of our planet.

Hephzibah

Hephzibah Children’s Association was founded in 1897. We serve more than 1,000 children and families each year through innovative, community-based programs. Hephzibah provides a Group Home for children who have been taken from their families due to profound abuse or neglect. Our skilled staff recruits and trains foster parents, and offers ongoing support to help all family members navigate challenges. Our after-school Day Care operates on a sliding scale to serve working parents in Oak Park, with programs based at each elementary school. To make a real difference in the lives of children and families, please donate today at hephzibahhome.org.

Ben is now a freshman in college, and his experience at Hephzibah has been transformational is many ways. “From the first day I walked through the front doors at Hephzibah, I was treated like I’d been involved for

Housing Forward The mission of Housing Forward is to transition people from housing crisis to housing stability. By emphasizing prevention, supportive services, employment readiness and supportive housing, we are able to offer a comprehensive, long-term solution that moves clients into housing quickly and keeps them there. This housing-first approach to homelessness is more efficient, more fiscally responsible and less traumatic to clients who are typically facing extraordinary hardship. It is also beneficial to the communities being served who do not have to bear the costs of homelessness in the form of expanded social services, health care and public safety costs. We offer an attractive return on your investment — measured in terms of human lives and futures. To donate, please visit housingforward. org/give, or contact Janet Gow, Director of Development & Communications, at 708.338.1724 ext. 262.

L’Arche Chicago L’Arche Chicago is a community where people with and without intellectual disabilities share life together in homes, as family. In our group homes in the OPRF neighborhoods, we strive to merge the highest quality of care and genuine friendship. We seek to create a world that welcomes difference and celebrates the unique gifts of all people, where each person has a genuine place of belonging. Support L’Arche Chicago and help us to create that kind of world right here in Oak Park River Forest. larchechicago.org/2017

years,” he says. “Hephzibah allowed me to find a job, join elite programs at school and get into colleges,” he said. “But most importantly, Hephzibah helped me realize what I want to do with my life. I am taking social work classes at school and I joined the social work council because I want to be a social worker and help kids who need it.”

New Moms New Moms offers services to support moms in the areas of homes, jobs, and family support. These tools empower moms to transform their lives and create strong families filled with stability, health and vision for a strong future. For more information or to donate, visit www.newmoms.org

Nineteenth Century Charitable Association The Nineteenth Century Charitable Association strengthens our community through learning, giving, and sharing our landmark building. We provide community outreach, scholarships, and public programming in five areas: music, art, literature, science, and social sciences. The NCCA is the owner of 178 Forest Avenue, commonly referred to as the Nineteenth Century Club. Our charitable and cultural activities are supported by our members, volunteers, donors, and by the events held at the Club. Programs are open to all and we welcome all ages to join. If you would like information about volunteering, joining or donating, please call us at 708-386-2729 email to info@ nineteenthcentury.org.

OPRFHS Scholarship Foundation

initiative and leadership through gifts to the OPRFHS Scholarship Foundation. These gifts have made possible the 60+ scholarships which the Foundation awards deserving seniors each year to help defray college tuition costs. With your support, we can help more of our graduating seniors receive critical financial assistance for college. We hope you will join us and make a tax-deductible donation by visiting www. scholarships4oprfhs.org. Please consider making a gift in any amount to fund existing need-based scholarships or visit our website to learn about endowed and annual named scholarship opportunities. Contact scholarshipsoprfhs@gmail.com for more information.

The Oak Park Education Foundation (OPEF) Strong schools are at the heart of a strong community. Established in 1989, OPEF is a privately funded, nonprofit organization that brings artists, architects, scientists, and technology experts into K-8th grade classrooms at every District 97 school. Our professional partners share their passion for learning while conducting free, hands-on residencies with more than 4,200 students annually. OPEF also runs BASE Camp, exceptional summer enrichment. Learn more, volunteer or donate at opef.org. 260 Madison St., Oak Park, IL 60302 Contact: Tracy Dell’Angela Barber, Executive Director tdellangelabarber@opef.org. 708-524-3023

Since 1924, community members, alumni and friends of Oak Park and River Forest High School have honored loved ones, cherished teachers, academic achievement,

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OAK PARK-RIVER FOREST

Community Foundation Your GivinG Can Have BiG impaCt Since 2002, the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation has distributed over $26,000,000 to local, regional and national nonprofit organizations. Here are ways for you to get involved and be part of this impact. Create a fund: donor-advised - you recommend charitable beneficiaries locally or anywhere in the USA annually - you select charities that will receive annual contributions from your fund scholarship - you select a purpose and the Foundation connects with the recipients designated

add to an existinG fund: such as the Fund for Now, the Fund for Forever,

the Fund for.......visit www.oprfcf.org for the many funds that welcome your gift. Donate to the Fund for Now

Connect with

Kristin Carlson Vogen or Rhea Yap

Donate to the Fund for Forever

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

The Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation has partially underwritten the Season of Giving in support of nonprofit organizations serving Oak Park and River Forest.

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OAK PARK-RIVER FOREST

Community Foundation

nated by the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation Oak-Leyden Developmental Services

In 2017, Oak-Leyden Developmental Services helped nearly 600 children and adults with developmental disabilities reach their highest potential. Our multi-disciplinary Early Intervention Program provides therapies to help prepare young children for their years ahead, as well as education that supports the entire family. Our enriching, adult day programs offer community activities, life skills coaching, and vocational training. In our 12 group homes, adults receive residential care, social and recreational opportunities, and access to healthcare providers. Please volunteer, donate items on our wish list, make a contribution, or become an Oak-Leyden Enrichment Partner at oak-leyden.org or call 708-524-1050 x102.

Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry

$1 = 3 meals, is an equation only you can make possible. With your help, Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry has been reducing local hunger for nearly 40 years. Your support means we are able to meet the needs of nearly 16,000 families struggling with hunger each year. It means we can provide over 50 pounds of nutritious food plus access to vital programs and services to help people stretch limited food budgets in healthy ways. It means that even a little goes a long way: every $1 donated can feed a neighbor for an entire day. To make a donation, visit oprffoodpantry.org or send checks payable to OPRF Food Pantry to Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry, 848 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60301.

We connect giving to impact!

Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society/ IWS Children’s Clinic Heartfelt Healthcare is a home for the holidays. Everyone wants to be home for the holidays. Family, friends, food and laughter. Comforting, familiar and happy. The warm, welcoming embrace of the Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society’s Children’s Clinic is a home of a different kind. We care for children from families that could not find help anywhere else. Children who are living in poverty and have faced difficult circumstances. We provide medical, dental and behavioral services right here from our cozy building on Lake Street. We even help with nutrition, pet therapy, health education and literacy support. We call it Heartfelt Healthcare. Please give generously this Holiday – from your home to theirs. Please call (708)406-8661 or visit www.oprfiws.org.

Opportunity Knocks Opportunity Knocks is dedicated to providing opportunities and resources for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities so they may pursue their educational, occupational and social interests. Our approach to programming is person-centered, peerled and community-based. Due to challenges in relying on the State of Illinois as a funding partner, we rely on our community for that partnership and support. We are nearly entirely privately funded. That fact makes your support that much more important. To learn more about Opportunity Knocks or to make a donation in support of the Warrior Mission, please visit us online at opportunityknocksnow. org.

PACTT Learning Center At PACTT Learning Center, we believe that the road to a higher quality of life is paved with a quality of opportunity. Providing our participants with access to employment and recreation in the community is critical to ensuring the success of the people we serve. Through personcentered programs that emphasize access, choice and the dignity of risk, PACTT provides a safe environment for

This Community Giving Guide of local nonprofits will run weekly through December. If you would like information on how to list your organization, email Marc Stopeck at marc@oakpark.com.

participants to experience a personal freedom grounded in human rights. PACTT programs include a therapeutic day school, residential services for children & adults, a transition program for older teens and vocational training/job placement for adults. To learn more about PACTT or make a donation, go to www.pactt.org or call 773-338-9102 ext. 2424

Pillars Pillars is the largest nonprofit provider of mental health and social services in the western and southwestern suburbs. The agency serves 10,000 people each year through direct client services, including Mental Health, Addictions, Domestic & Sexual Violence, Child & Family Services, and Community Housing. Untreated mental illness and addiction can lead to hospitalization, encounters with law enforcement, violence, and even early death. Pillars’ programs empower people to break out of those cycles and lead healthy, productive, independent lives— which ultimately saves the community money. Stand together as Pillars, with us. Donate online or pledge a monthly gift today at www.pillarscommunity.org/ donate.

BASE Camp Scholarships expand opportunities A fourth grader at Lincoln School, Pierre Nelson relished coding Ozobots, building bottle rockets, and creating Lego videos at the Oak Park Education Foundation’s BASE Camp, which he has attended on scholarship for two years. Pierre’s mother, Anissia Washington, first heard about the camp through his school and was excited by the idea of small group STEM learning. Since Pierre’s primary interest is sports, he was initially reluctant to go to a non-sports camp. However, by the end of his first session, Pierre was complaining that the half day camp just wasn’t enough time for him to get fully involved. This past summer, with the help of scholarship money, Pierre attended BASE Camp full day. Anissia credits BASE Camp with helping Pierre try new things, discover new ways to think, and get engaged. “The teachers make a big difference,” she says, “The teachers at BASE camp are excited about

Ping! PING! provides the opportunity to experience the many benefits of a music education to students in need in our community. Each year PING! loans musical instruments to students in need in Oak Park River Forest school districts 90, 97, and 200 so that they can participate in the band and orchestra programs at school. PING! also provides music enrichment through workshops for 4th and 5th graders; mentoring, scholarships for summer music camp, and field trips for middle schoolers; and private music lessons for high school students. PING! is a volunteer-run organization that depends on the community for donated instruments, volunteer help, and financial contributions to maintain our instrument inventory and programs. For more information or to make a donation, go to pingoprf.org. If you have an instrument to donate, send us an email at pingoprf@gmail.com.

the subject and that makes him excited.” BASE Camp is run by the Oak Park Education Foundation. To find out more about the camp, or how you can support the scholarship program, go to opef.org.

Pierre Coordinated by the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation

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Community Foundation

nated by the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation Pro Bono Network

Access to justice should not depend upon one’s income. There are simply not enough lawyers to help people in dire need of legal aid. These include safety from an abuser, adequate housing, and the ability to get a job. Pro Bono Network, a locally-grown and new kind of organization, has brought over 250 attorneys to pro bono work by making legal representation practical. As a result over 1500 clients have received legal aid services which often encompass basic human rights. Learn more at pro-bono-network.org. Donating will make a difference! Be a part of bridging the justice gap!

The Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest

We connect giving to impact! Each year The Symphony of Oak Park & River

The River Forest Library Foundation “A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people,” said Andrew Carnegie. That’s why he funded thousands of public libraries a century ago to help people help themselves through self-directed learning. Today, the River Forest Public Library (RFPL) carries on that core mission by providing not just books and periodicals but also a wide array of digital resources (onsite and remotely), interactive programs, and other transformative learning opportunities. Honor a family member, a cherished teacher or mentor, a dear friend, or your own love of lifelong learning by giving to the RFPL Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, at 735 Lathrop Avenue, River Forest, IL 60305 or rfplfoundation.org/donate. Your gift will inspire others and transform the lives of so many in our community.

Sarah’s Inn

Since 1981, Sarah’s Inn has worked to improve the lives of those impacted by domestic violence and to break the cycle of violence for future generations. Our Intervention Program provides bi-lingual services for families affected by domestic violence in order to safely navigate crisis, effectively process trauma and ensure self-sufficiency. Our Training and Education Program creates a network of skilled bystanders to appropriately intervene as first responders and community advocates. Our Together Strong Project was created to prevent relationship violence by teaching youth about the impact of their choices, giving them the tools to lead healthy lives, and empowering them to make a difference in their community. To donate, visit donatenow.networkforgood. org/sarahsinn, or make a tax-deductible donation through postal mail by sending a check to: Sarah’s Inn, PO Box 1159, Oak Park, IL 60304

Forest receives support from loyal patrons and generous friends. Ticket sales provide less than half the funds needed for the Symphony’s performances. Your gift keeps this award-winning orchestra going strong, allowing us to keep our ticket prices low and provide free tickets to students through college to our concerts held at Dominican University. This year we celebrate our 85th Anniversary and your help is needed to ensure our future. We will reward donations of $100 (or more!) with a a free CD. Make your end-of-year tax-deductible donation at symphonyoprf.com, or: P.O. Box 3564, Oak Park, IL 60303-3564.

Thrive Counseling Center Thrive Counseling Center (formerly Family Services of Oak Park) has provided community mental health services for 119 years. Located in the heart of Oak Park, our mission is to build healthy minds, families and communities by empowering people to attain mental and emotional well-being. Hope, resilience and recovery form the heart of our programs and services. Last year we provided critical services to approximately 1,500 friends, neighbors and family members including… • counseling for youth and adults • psychiatric care & medication management • 24/7 crisis intervention • in-home counseling for older adults • case management and supportive housing • psycho-social recovery day program • stress reduction courses To learn more or donate, please visit www. thrivecc.org. or call 708-383-7500, ext. 316

UCP Seguin of Greater Chicago UCP Seguin believes that all people, regardless of ability, deserve to achieve their potential, advance their independence and act as full members of the community. So we stop at nothing to provide life skills training, assistive technology, meaningful employment and a place to call home for people with disabilities, as well as specialized foster care for children. Our goal: life without limits for people with disabilities. Make a difference in the lives of people with disabilities. Donate online at ucpseguin. org or send gifts to UCP Seguin, 332 Harrison Street, Oak Park IL 60304

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West Cook YMCA A life best lived includes helping others experience a better life. When you give to the West Cook YMCA, you give to our community. 100% of your tax-deductible donation goes directly to providing scholarships to children, adults, and seniors- your friends and neighbors- transforming their lives through access to health screenings, chronic disease prevention programs, after-school programs, swim lessons, life-skills training for residents, and Y memberships that can open the door to help each person become their best self. Make a difference right in your own community today with your support of the West Cook YMCA’s scholarship fund. To donate, visit WestCookYMCA.org/donate or send your check to West Cook YMCA, 255 S. Marion St., Oak Park, IL 60302. (708383-5200)

West Suburban Special Recreation Association (WSSRA) West Suburban Special Recreation Association (WSSRA) provides recreational programming for individuals with disabilities who reside in Oak Park, River Forest and eight other surrounding communities. Donations to WSSRA, help provide financial assistance to those participating in our yearround programs and summer day camp. To make a donation, please visit wssra.net.

Wonder Works Children’s Museum Creative and imaginative play are vital to a healthy child and Wonder Works Children’s Museum provides countless opportunities for both, giving children a safe space to explore. Wonder Works is committed to providing an environment where early learning flourishes through thoughtfully designed “experience zones” and educational programming. Rachel Rettberg CEO Wonder Works Children’s Museum 6445 W North Ave, Oak Park IL 60302 773.636.7971 rrettberg@wonder-works.org wonder-works.org www.facebook.com/ wonderworkschildrensmus YEMBA

YEMBA Founded in 2007, YEMBA is focused on educating and empowering youth thru life-skills mentoring. We provide free life-skill mentoring workshops to middle school youth. These workshops are designed to educate and empower them mentally, physically and spiritually. We employ life-long learning and service experiences through group mentorship that will equip them with knowledge and tools for leadership development and ultimately, success in life. Also, we provide training opportunities for high schoolers and adults to explore their philanthropic journey as mentors. We rely on the generosity and sponsorship of individuals like you to help continue this great mission! To help make a difference in the lives of our youth, please visit us at http://www.yembainc.org or follow us on Facebook @yembaInc em

Youth Outreach Services (YOS) Youth Outreach Services (YOS) is a non-profit organization that helps at-risk youth in the Chicago area reach their potential. For almost 60 years, we’ve focused on caring for teens that face challenges at home, in school and in the community. YOS believes all youth are capable of excellence. Our job is to provide the support they need to meet challenges head on, discover their strengths and make healthy choices. We provide comprehensive services from our four service areas depending on each client’s needs: Counseling, Prevention, Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice with programs in schools, client’s homes and our offices.

To make a donation, volunteer, or get more information, go to yos.org or call 773-7777112, x 7270.” To make a donation, volunteer, or get more information, go to yos.org or call 773-7777112x7270

This Community Giving Guide of local nonprofits will run weekly through December. If you would like information on how to list your organization, email Marc Stopeck at marc@oakpark.com.

WEST COOK YMCA

45th Annual

Christmas Tree & Wreath Sale

BUY A TREE CHANGE A LIFE

Joiner fee is waived with the purchase of a tree

November 24–December 24 When you buy your Christmas tree, garland, or wreath from the West Cook YMCA, you help us make sure that every family, child, or adult has access to our programming—even if they can’t afford it. We change lives every day, and you can help us make that happen.

TREE LOT HOURS Mon.–Fri.: 2–8 PM Sat. & Sun.: 10 AM–6 PM

WEST COOK YMCA 255 S. Marion St., Oak Park, IL 60302 | 708 383 5200 | westcookymca.org | facebook.com/westcooky | @WestCookYMCA

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Gift-giving, bah, humbug John Hubbuch p. 22

D I S G R A C E F U L L Y

Have a very selfsoothing Christmas

’ll probably have a very nice Christmas, with family and friends and music and laughter, despite the country’s lurching from crisis to crisis. I’ll self-soothe by watching A Christmas Story more than once. I particularly love the “old man” constantly doing battle with the furnace. (Does anybody else remember clinkers?) He feels inexplicable joy over the leg lamp, which I think is his unconscious selfsoothing. Deep down he knows the dogs will get the turkey. His actions are sort of mystical, really, and wonderful. He’s asserting himself in ways that please him and don’t harm anyone else. He even buys his son a BB gun against his wife’s wishes — not safe, but blame it on the ’50s and male bonding. (As I recall, in those days the kids who had BB guns were exactly the kids who shouldn’t have been allowed to have BB guns.) How else can we self-soothe on Christmas? My extended family numbers about a dozen now. I would feel pure joy if all of us spent the afternoon in those matching flannel Christmas pajamas and nightgowns. Just picturing it makes me smile. Let goofiness “trump” chaos. The only thing better would be if we all went caroling in our jammies — with warm gloves and mugs filled with spiked hot chocolate. Hang up Christmas lights, even if you live alone. I hang a string or two of white lights and I love to get up early and drink my coffee while looking out the window at the early morning darkness. (OK, I still watch Morning Joe, but that’s why I’m writing this column — to self-soothe.) If you have access to one, set up one of those villages with lighted houses and churches and shops — you can even get a miniature leg lamp, although the one I got for our family village was the same size as one of the houses. Maybe that was the intention. Christmas cookies are a double-edged sword. We have a family recipe from an aunt who just died, and they are the best in the world, as are the lace cookies made by the other grandmother, JJ. The first bite is heavenly. They are the perfect gift. Eating them is hugely stressful, however — it’s impossible to eat less than half-a-dozen — and baking them is out of the question for someone like me who avoids ovens at all costs. Forget your fears of the Green Line or the Blue Line — both Harlem and Oak Park stations have escalators on the Green Line, so go downtown. The Neapolitan Creche at the Art Institute is really distinctive and only displayed once a year near the holidays, this year until Jan. 7. The River Walk, if it’s not too windy, is both soothing and interesting. Try not to admire the new high-rises along the river too much. The architecture is spectacular and will make you even more depressed about the designs of our new downtown high-rises. Don’t hesitate to go to the movies alone. You’ll be surprised how many people are at the movies alone on holidays. It’s a great selfsoother. Stay for two and have popcorn. The Lake has wonderful popcorn; now if they’d only serve wine. I have absolutely no advice on either gifts or Christmas cards. Finally, take a look at what little kids do to self-soothe and get yourself a nice, soft, cuddly teddy bear. Apply generously.

MARY KAY O’GRADY

A defense of holiday cards in the Age of Trump

ere’s my hot take on an age-old holiday tradition: I love holiday cards. Christmas cards, holiday cards, whatever you want to call them, I love them. I love when they start rolling in soon after Thanksgiving and I love that we can bank on the first one being from a friend I worked with 20 years ago. I love that every card is a snapshot of my loved ones’ lives. Each one gives a glimpse of their personality and style. I love seeing the elegant cursive penmanship of my older relatives, an increasingly lost art. I love the pictures of kids, a year older and taller, spitting images of their parents. I love the self-indulgent essays some pen on the dramatic doings of their family over the past year. I love to groan at the families that dress in matching outfits and do something corny for the picture. OK, on three, everyone jump! The U.S. Postal Service expects to deliver roughly 15 billion cards, letters and packages this holiday season. My wife and I contribute about 80 to 100 holiday cards to that total each year, sending them out to family, friends and colleagues spread out in 19 states. It’s the most wonderful time of the year. It’s also the busiest. There’s so much on all of our plates: presents to buy, parties to attend, dinners to host, guests to put up, trips to plan. Holiday cards can seem like a nuisance. One more thing to do. In some ways, it’s a dated ritual in a day and age when you could much more easily post a picture

on Facebook or Instagram. Just click a button and be done. You’d reach even more people than you do with your cards. You’d save time and money on stamps. And digital messages don’t require paper printed from dead trees. But I think cards are still worth the effort — maybe even more now than ever. It’s a rare analog moment in an increasingly digital world. We’ve got three young kids, so we’re on the lookout for a good holiday card photo all year. It might happen serendipitously on spring break. It may happen at the beach in the summer. It might happen on that trip out West to see the mountains. If it doesn’t, you find yourself trying to force a photo in front of a Christmas tree. It’s December and the clock is ticking. You dress the kids in nice sweaters. You comb their hair. You try to get the dog to stand still. Inevitably something goes awry. Your youngest isn’t having it. Meltdown! When the tears start, it’s a lost cause. Just move on and hope to get that shot another day. When you do get a good picture — with all the kids smiling, all their eyes open — you know it right away. It’s like catching lightning in a bottle. Send that baby to print. Our holiday card list has its share of perennials but it’s also fluid on the edges. Updating the list is a way of taking stock of the relationships in your

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Imagine progress

dmittedly, we were skeptics. When, in the wake of an almost impossibly narrow defeat of its referendum to build new pools a year back, Oak Park and River Forest High School created yet another citizens committee to study facilities we were dubious. After all, how many permutations of blue ribbon this and that can one school muster to create a buildings plan that gets some buy-in? The school had gone through nearly a decade of failed and flopped planning, and it culminated in a totally divisive and pretty much epic battle over either, or both, the size and cost of a swimming pool or the school’s tattered credibility in the villages. When Supt. Joylynn Pruitt-Adams cajoled the fresh-faced school board to let her create a new citizens process where every issue that related to facilities and new teaching configurations was on the table, where an outside facilitator led the process, where the leading pro- and anti-pool forces were named as co-chairs, it seemed impossible. Now we are a few months into the Imagine OPRF process and its diverse leaders are singing from the same hymnal. It’s fair, open and productive, they say. It’s on schedule to produce detailed recommendations to the school board in the first half of the new year. Having the superintendent out of commission for three months due to a planned surgery might upset the trajectory. But then again, maybe not.

Straight talk

A large crowd turned out last week at Oak Park’s village hall for a well-planned presentation by local police on the recent and frightening series of carjackings in Oak Park. While noting that carjackings are the trending crime in many places, officials, led by Chief Anthony Ambrose, were not defensive, instead acknowledging their own frustration with the 16 incidents this year in Oak Park. Offering a fact-based presentation — 16 carjackings, eight arrests, six charged — local police also telegraphed a portion of their response plan. It includes adding overtime, more focus by resident beat officers on carjackings and increased use of unmarked cars in neighborhoods hit especially hard. On Monday night in executive session, police officials were set to offer the village board more detail on their planned redeployment of existing resources. While we’re not looking for block-by-block details, we hope police will continue to be open about their response to carjackings. A point of agreement among riled residents, police and Wednesday Journal is a strong need to increase and speed up communication when these crimes occur. In a red-hot social media moment, police need to be faster in sharing at least basic details of incidents and responses.

Does RF value history?

River Forest’s Historic Preservation Ordinance is toothless. Was built to be toothless, a sop to those in town who believe preservation is a virtue, not an attack on private property rights. That’s why each time a debate surfaces on demolishing a likely historic River Forest home, the commission is left with the numbingly limited option of delaying the wrecker’s ball by six months. The delay is intended to either outlast a developer with money tied up in an unpopular project or, in a more fairy tale version, provide time for a great and creative solution that still gives the developer a tidy profit. Currently under debate is a modest home on William Street. Its reason to exist, and to continue to exist, is its place on a block designed as a planned community of affordable Prairie-style homes. We think that is historic and architecturally significant. We strongly urge the commission to throw its challenge flag and buy six more months. Meanwhile, is there the will in River Forest to finally draft an ordinance that is not so purposefully wishy-washy?

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Our new Memorial Day

one of the many, many mass killings of the past decade has turned my stomach quite like the carnage visited upon Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, which took place five years ago tomorrow. Twenty first-graders and six staff (including the principal). Twenty first-graders — gunned down with an assault weapon. Let that image make you really, really uncomfortable because we need to remember this one. On Memorial Day, we hold it to be our sacred duty as citizens to remember those who gave their lives in war, defending our liberty. One of those liberties is enshrined in the Second Amendment, the right to keep and bear arms. So it is also our sacred duty to remember those who were victims of that liberty. Gun owners should be leading the memorial services for the 20 first-graders who lost their lives — indirectly caused by the NRA and its members failing to accept the responsibilities that go with those rights. Those who obstruct legislation designed to keep guns out of the hands of those who use them for mass killings enables those murders. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. With rights come responsibilities. They are inseparable, inalienable. No responsibilities, no rights. Ideally, it is up to the society at large to define what those responsibilities are. Not the NRA, not our lawmakers. Laws are how we formalize society’s expectations. Articulating those expectations is our job. The lawmakers must then do our bidding. If, instead, they do the bidding of the highest bidder, they deserve to be voted out because they aren’t representing the people. They’re representing the gun manufacturers and the NRA. By a strong majority, Americans want something done about the almost daily occurrence of mass murder in this country using firearms. But in the five years since Newtown, nothing has happened at the federal level. A few states passed tougher laws while other states passed more lenient laws, making guns even more readily accessible. In Oak Park in 2014, over 92 percent of voters approved a non-binding referendum calling for a nationwide background check system, no loopholes, no exceptions, one system that everybody follows. Cook County voters in the same election approved a much broader non-binding referendum that included an assault weapon ban with roughly 80 percent voting in favor (85 percent in River Forest). We know we’re in the majority, but our will is not being enacted in Congress. After the massacre of first-graders at Sandy Hook Elementary, their parents went to Washington DC to make impassioned pleas to do something about this national nightmare. One father said they went after the “low-hanging fruit” of national background checks. “I figured we’d at least get that,” he said. But the Republicans voted it down. You’ve got to be pretty hard-hearted to face the parents of massacred first-graders and say No. Or

cowardly. NRA members, many of whom agree that something should be done about mass killings (based on past surveys), are willing to accept greater responsibility and probably a re-enactment of an assault weapon ban, but they’re afraid to say so because of the vilification they would suffer from the gun rights culture. So they remain silent. Instead they advance lame “rationales,” claiming that national background checks won’t work. They don’t know, of course, because it’s never been tried. But they’re skeptical, so better to do nothing, I guess, if you’re not sure. I think they’re scared that background checks will work, if implemented properly, and prove them wrong. But madmen and criminals will still find a way to get guns, they say, grasping at smaller and smaller straws. We never said they would stop all killings. We said it would reduce them, but not alone. Other measures are needed: safe storage of guns so they don’t get stolen in home break-ins (happens a lot), an assault weapon ban (they aren’t used for hunting, aren’t needed for self-defense), reducing the size of ammunition clips (slows down the shooter if he has to keep reloading), smart gun technology (only the owner can fire the weapon), and licensing all gun dealers (to weed out the “bad apples”). None of these alone will stop mass killings, but together we can make significant progress. If the opposition were reasonable, they would at the very least support outlawing “bump stocks,” which turn semi-automatic weapons into automatic weapons. Following the recent carnage in Las Vegas, the NRA has opposed even that. If you can’t support regulating bump stocks, you can’t support anything. That is the very definition of unreasonable. All rights, no responsibilities: That should be the motto of the NRA. With rights come responsibilities: That is the motto of the Gun Responsibility Advocates, a local group of citizens pushing for commonsense regulation of firearms. This Thursday night, the fifth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre, GRA will show the powerful documentary Newtown - What remains after all is lost? which introduces some of the firstgraders who were killed and describes what life has been like for the families in the aftermath. It starts at 6:30 p.m. in the Veterans Room and runs for 80 minutes, followed by discussion. Everyone is invited. Free admission. Earlier that day, at 9:35 a.m., the bells of numerous Oak Park churches will toll 26 times for the victims. On the lawn at St. Edmund, Oak Park Avenue and Pleasant Street, the names will be read aloud. Dec. 14 should be declared an annual day of mourning — our new Memorial Day — for all the victims of this country’s unrivaled and shameful legacy of mass shootings. Maybe even NRA members will take part and begin accepting the responsibilities that go with their rights.

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Busted? A factual look at the condo market

he “Our View” editorial [Viewpoints, Nov. 29] was surprising in tone and content. Why? The simple answer is that they never asked a member of the Oak Park Area Association of REALTORS®! Every day we bring buyers and sellers together by obtaining the facts about condominiums: the upgrades, the building maintenance, the facts about budgets, reserves and governance (required by law), providing our clients with the most up-to-date facts about the market. It’s not difficult to understand why we are questioning our friends at Wednesday Journal about how misleading the editorial “The condo bust” is. The facts about the condominium market really are very clear. According to Midwest Real Estate Data, (MRED, our area’s Multiple Listing Service), in the past two years, condominiums accounted for over 40 percent of the closed real estate transactions in Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park. That’s over 1,050 closed sales of condominiums. In the same period, single family homes accounted for just over 1,500 sales. Condominiums are an affordable and highly sought-after housing option for seniors and millennials, first-time buyers, single parents, families, couples and the increasing number of downsizing boomers. With sale prices ranging from luxury new construction units priced from $600,000 to $800,000, to the shrinking group of REOs in the $30,000-$50,000 range; there are condos available for every type of buyer at every price point who see Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park as three great desti-

nation communities in which to make their home. Condo units are now more attractive than ever since many condo owners are updating kitchens, baths and installing laundry facilities in their units. At many price points, nicely finished units in locations close to shopping and transportation have seen a highly competitive market. Worries about “100-year-old structures” are totally unfounded as most condo associations have professional managers who work with condo boards to maintain cash reserves and raise resources needed to keep their properties sound. Since 2014, the median sales price of area condos has risen from just under $140,000 to $180,000 while average market times have dropped from about 140 days to under 80 days (source: MRED). In addition, with the post-recession banking and financing laws in place, lenders have no problems providing mortgages for qualified buyers purchasing well managed, financially secure properties. So 40% of area housing sales are condos, units are getting updated, prices are up, market time down, buyers can get mortgages, and buildings are being maintained by professionals. How did Wednesday Journal miss all these facts? They should have asked any one of the 500 local real estate professionals who are members of the Oak Park Area Association of REALTORS®. We’re here to share our knowledge, expertise and experience to serve the public.

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Beware the wind tunnels!

A few days ago we had some powerful winds blowing around the village. After getting off the Green Line, I decided to walk to Harlem. I wanted to check out the new Target, so I walked beside that new tall monstrosity and toward Lake Street, past the new donut shop and some store for animals. That walk is “interesting” when the wind is blowing. Two women were holding onto a building because the wind tunnel was literally pushing them to the ground. While I was unable to walk at first, I put my head down and

pushed ahead. Wind tunnels are quite real. In fact, I think I saw Dorothy and Toto fly by me. One day, this wind tunnel may become a legal liability for the village if someone gets hurt by falling or from falling glass or debris. Beware the promise of no wind tunnels. Maybe the village board could post signs: “Walk at Your Own Risk” or “Wind Warning.” Even better: “Wind Tunnel!”

Robert Milstein Oak Park

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Leave the gifts to the Magi

really like the tradition, message and good cheer of Christmas. I even like going to church. We all could use a little peace and good will. However, I am not a big fan of giving gifts. In fact it is one of my least favorite things to do right after wallpapering and that most Sisyphean of tasks, emptying the dishwasher. I am aware of the Magi, but they gave Jesus really cool, oldschool gifts. You can’t even get myrrh from Amazon. Now I’m not talking about little kids. They should get everything on their lists. If you believe an obese bearded guy in flamboyant deshabille can fly a bunch of reindeers in a toy-packed sled to your house or apartment, then you should get everything your sweet little heart desires. I wish I believed in Santa. I’m talking about adults. I don’t get it. I buy you something you could buy for yourself if you really wanted it, and you buy me something I could buy if I really wanted it. Seems pointless and circular. How about “Merry Christmas” and we’re done until next year? There are exceptions. If you have been a jerk for the previous 364 days of the year, then maybe you can make amends with a lavish gift, but I doubt it. Of course, giving gifts to those who wouldn’t otherwise get any gifts is the right thing to do. It is kind of the point of Christmas. I don’t do Christmas gifts. My wife Marsha is in charge of that department. The only gift I have to buy is hers and after 51 Christmases, I have managed to disappoint her so many times that a gift card from Oak Brook now suffices. Next year, though,

Jared’s for sure. With the foregoing in mind I now share with you some ideas about gifts for the holiday season: For your sexual harasser friends, a pair of pants. Wearing pants in mixed company is a hot trend for 2018. For your dope smoker friend, a lava lamp. To be honest I don’t smoke, but I think lava lamps are awesome. They are like aquariums, but the fish don’t die. A membership to Morton Arboretum. The greatest natural space near us offers the chance to get back to our origins. For the women, Madame Bovary, Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights. These great novels have not been read by some women, especially younger ones. By the way, the fellas might enjoy them as well. A magazine subscription to The Atlantic, New Yorker or New York Review of Books. It tells the recipient that they are intellectually curious and challenges them to be smarter. Even if no one reads them, they look good on a coffee table. George Dickel bourbon. When you just need to get away from it all. Sometimes paired in a gift basket with the Clash’s “London Calling” and “I Fought the Law.” When paired, a reminder that rock and roll is the musical expression of anarchy. Perfect for the way we live now. A year’s supply of pistachios, cashews or gum balls from Costco. Somehow they only seem to last a month, but they are especially savory when served with guilt. Peace only to men and women of good cheer and good will.

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A worthy tradition from page 19 lives and the changes that occurred over the past year. There are melancholy moments as you remember the beloved elderly aunt who passed away. You think about your cousin who got divorced. You remember your niece’s fun wedding. You add new friends to the list, perhaps the families of your children’s schoolmates. If you’ve got a new job, you’ll give one to the new boss. You also evaluate whether to keep sending a card to the neighbor who moved away five years ago or the co-worker from that job you quit a decade ago. Sadly, we have to make some cuts. Such is life. As you address each individual envelope, you at least momentarily consider each of these friends and relatives and what they mean to you. My wife and I have brief

conversations, “How’s your Uncle Bob doing these days?” “Looks like the Johnsons moved again.” Maybe it’s a reminder of how long it’s been since you’ve seen them — which prompts you to try and arrange a get-together in the new year. We live in an era of coarsening public discourse. Political discussions are volatile. Our president starts each day with inflammatory, divisive Tweets. We live with trigger warnings, terror threats, Fake News, and internet trolls. Our schools practice lockdown for mass shootings that have become all too common. We need to retain some of our traditions of civility and graciousness. We need to take time to reach out to those we love with a personal touch. We need moments, however brief, that make us feel warm inside. We need reasons to smile. So get those holiday cards in the mail. We will too. John Biemer, a former reporter, is a physician and freelance writer who lives in Oak Park.

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er, understand what action can be taken immediately, and what long-term actions will be taken to protect the residents. Those who think they can come into our village and commit these brazen crimes need to be arrested and brought to justice. As residents of Oak Park, our time is now! Open discussion about the issues and ways to resolve them collectively; steps to be taken can only happen with effective communication between vested parties. Directing concerns so they can be resolved to make our community a better place to live is a good choice. Giving our police department an opportunity to inform the community would have jump-started a path to resolution and working together. I would like to think the next meeting will.

Allan Flynn Oak Park

Oak Park has maintained high standards for both home and business buildings since I moved here in 1985. Homeowners are given citations when the grass is too high or their stairs arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t painted. Business buildings have their own department, Business Center, which is supposed to oversee the conditions of all Oak Park buildings. So why is the Midas building, at the corner of Ridgeland and North Avenue, exempt from this standard? It is a building right on the gateway into Oak Park. I spoke with Business Center, and I was told itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult to get them to fix the building because they are corporately owned and they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

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respond. Because of this, Midas gets away with a decrepit building: the iron bars over the windows on Ridgeland are rusted, the roof is unsightly, broken windows are taped over.

As a building visitors see when they enter Oak Park, how is this allowed? Years ago, Thyme and Honey was cited for having a sign with the wrong colors. Midasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; main signage is rusted and most of the letters have fallen off, leaving only a few letters which have no meaning. What does it take for Oak Park Business Services to do their job? Are we hostage to the corporate dismissal of our rules? What does it take for them to use their golden touch on their own building?

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For the next meeting, cooperate and collaborate

Last week, I attended the meeting at Oak Park Village Hall regarding the rash of carjackings recently in our village. I expected the police department would discuss what happened and what steps they intended to take. It ended with frustration and a politician informing the crowd that he would tell the Cook County Sheriff to bring in his people to patrol the streets of the village with total disregard of our chief of police. Commissioner Boykin missed his opportunity to ask how he could help collaborate with the residents and the village police to bring people to the table to discuss an effective plan to help residents through this. Chief Anthony Ambrose called the meeting to present facts and hear from residents. People were angry and understandably so. He gave the residents the floor and allowed them to speak. Steps can only be taken if we work togeth-

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Remembering WOPA in the ’50s Your note in the “Inside Report” section of the Nov. 22 issue of Wednesday Journal on “Anyone remember WBMX?” or a predecessor, brought back memories of the station when it was WOPA in the late 1950s. I think those were the original call letters of the station, which went on the air after the end of WWII as a classical music station. (All those clauses, and many of those below, are included in the phrase “I think,” trying to reach memories of over 50 years ago.) The classical music format failed I was told and the station became an ethnic station, selling air time to whoever would pay the price for 15 or 30 minutes of broadcasting, in whatever language the buyer chose to reach an audience. I became aware of WOPA in the fall of 1956 or spring of 1957 when I was employed by the firm that did the auditing of the station books and also the books of the Oak Park Arms hotel, in which WOPA was located. I was assigned to the audits as a junior accountant. I do not recall whether the station was located in the original north portion of the hotel or in the south portion, which I was also told had been completed after the war. The steel framework for the extension was supposedly erected just after the Crash of 1929, but construction halted then due

to the absence of money or credit, and then the war prevented any resumption of work. Many of the station advertisers paid their bills in cash at that time. The station manager was also the bookkeeper and prepared informal monthly statements for the owners between the official audits. The manager decided to convert the cash payments to a personal pocket but showed all the cash as deposited in the monthly statements. The station’s principal owner, noting the build-up of cash on hand, wrote a large check to transfer the funds elsewhere, and was surprised when the check “bounced.” A quick investigation uncovered the defalcation, and after recovering much of the missing cash from the sticky fingers, the manager was fired, and stronger internal controls were installed over the cash receipts. Such was my introduction as a young auditor to the control of cash in small businesses. I lost touch with WOPA when I left the accounting firm after about two years to enter graduate school, so I am unable to fill in the history of the little facility and its alphabetic transformations over the years as new owners decided to reposition its coverage in the marketplace.

Charles H. Stats Oak Park

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Why we have nightmares

join the folks who have been expressing concerns for the status of our society. I feel as though each day has been providing me with another nightmare. We should be proud of our United States of America, our Bill of Rights, our Constitution, and the goals of justice for all that our nation has strived for. But our nation’s goals are being shattered and the guiding lights of our democracy are being darkened. Racist views have become acceptable, increasing the divisions in our diverse society. Xenophobia has been encouraged by President Trump and hate has grown like a disease. Care for our fellow human beings is unimportant. The “I have mine why should I care about you?” attitude prevails. Gun laws are not being passed by this Congress even though mass killing have increased everywhere in our country. Our enviable reputation among the world nations has diminished and the U.S. is no longer considered the country of strength, peace and cooperation. We are suddenly a population caught in the wind of political whims. It is certainly represented in the present tax bill. The priorities set forth provide tax benefits to huge corporations (already earning record-breaking profits) and for the financially rich 1% of our population whereas 62% of our nation has been alerted to future tax increases. Also included in the tax bill is the health care phase that will cause some 13 million people to lose their health insurance. This will result in increased health insurance costs to those who have coverage. Several senators have noted they do not favor this tax bill but will sign it. They can satisfy their campaign donors with tax deductions and will be able to show some accomplishment during their term of office. The public will suffer under

this heartless bill. December is a crucial month for essential program renewals. Unfortunately the “CHIP” children’s health bill was not renewed and the president will not be signing a renewal on the “Dreamers.” They will be forced to return to a birth home they do not know. They have been here all or most of their young lives. Our nation’s pain continues with the horrible, bigoted immigration ban Trump proposed; the elimination of regulations that were meant to protect our natural resources, the environment and our air and water for health safety; and the prevailing distortion of our justice system and moral behavior. Sexual harassment is not a new problem, but it is more extreme now. Old movies, stories, and comedy routines often displayed degrading actions toward women. It was supposed to be amusing. It was, for the most part, tolerated and accepted. I remember a well-respected and repeatedly re-elected congressman (Henry Hyde) who stated laughingly to the general public, “I was guilty of youthful indiscretions” after a longtime affair was exposed. Now, shockingly, a pedophile is likely to be elected to the Senate and even our president in his own words has admitted to being guilty of harassment of women. Is it any wonder I have nightmares? Together we can change our nation’s course. First, we must oppose the tax bill because it will affect our nation for many years in the future. Our Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid will be cut because funds will be needed to help the deepened deficit. Email or phone our congressmen with your concerns. Today’s politics are a disaster for both Republicans and Democrats. We, therefore, must be involved, striving for a more just society. Harriet Hausman is a longtime River Forest resident.

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Perspective on plastic from Kenya While in Kenya a couple of months ago, I opened the newspaper and found a two-page article titled, “Will we triumph in the war on plastics?” (Daily Nation, Sept. 18, 2017). The article immediately caught my attention knowing that Oak Park recently took action to limit the environmental impact of single-use plastic and paper bags. The Kenyan article states, “Indeed, not a day goes by without some new sort of reminder of what great a cost this commodity of convenience comes at: toxic waste sites, choking drainage lines, and others.” “Our resolve to ban polythene bags is informed by scientific evidence of the negative effects of the same,” Prof. Wakhungu said. “They include the inability to decompose, the negative aesthetic cost from littering, blockage of sewerage and water drainage infrastructure, pollution of marine environment and death of livestock and wildlife due to con-

sumption. … According to the minister [of Environmental Management], the solution to the problem lies with us.” The article goes on to explain the government’s response: “In one of the world’s toughest sets of laws aimed at reducing plastic pollution, Kenyans producing, importing, selling or even using the bags risk up to four years in jail or fines of between Sh2 million and Sh4 million [the equivalent of $20,000-$30,000 U.S.].” This put a new perspective on the village of Oak Park’s modest fee on single-use bags starting Jan. 1, 2018. I won’t pay the fee, but I will gladly be part of the solution by getting in the habit of bringing my own reusable bags. Daily Nation Article: http://www.nation.co.ke/ lifestyle/dn2/Plastic-bag-ban-Have-the-cowsfinally-come-home/957860-4099846-pip5dpz/ index.html

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’m a 16-year-old nerd who cares about the internet, and wants to preserve its future. If you care about it too, publish this essay! I am going to be very clear. Net neutrality is vital to modern America. The first thing you need to understand is that internet access is not something for rich people only. People from all kinds of financial situations use the internet for many reasons. The need of the many outweigh the wants of the few, and a great many people will be negatively affected if net neutrality is repealed.

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small. For example, my passion for natural history led me to many wonderful people, whom I have grown to love. To be unable to communicate with them because they cannot pay to use our primary social media site would be heartbreaking. Nobody deserves to be cut off from others like this, just to benefit large corporations. It’s simply not ethical. When it comes to interaction with other

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Above all, the most important function of the internet is to connect people. Online, people of all races, genders, religions, and sexualities can have a safe place to express themselves and make connections that can last a lifetime. Online communities are like nothing our society has ever seen before. Instant communication has allowed the formation of like-minded communities both large and

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human beings, every single person, no matter their financial situation, is entitled to the freedom to socialize as they choose. Making certain websites cost extra money can severely limit people’s access to online communities. We are a social species, and the ability to interact with like-minded individuals is a human right. Humans evolved to communicate, and we should be able to do so with as little outside interference as possible. Rebecca “FeliFeathers” Friedman is a resident of River Forest.

Online businesses If net neutrality is repealed, online businesses will lose a large portion of their customer base. This will seriously affect both small entrepreneurs and large businesses like Amazon or eBay. This will inevitably lead to massive layoffs, which will impact the quality of life for a great many citizens. Furthermore, there are thousands of young people who primarily make a living off of creative work on the internet, such as artists, YouTube creators, musicians and writers. The repealing of net neutrality would have a far greater impact on them, leaving countless young people unable to support themselves.

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Lynn “Carolyn” McClure, 89, of Evanston, formerly of Oak Park, died on Nov. 23, 2017. Born on June 24, 1928, she is survived by her husband, former Oak Park Village President James J. McClure Jr.; her LYNN MCCLURE children, John P. “Jack” McClure, Julie (Fred) Giegler, and Donald S. (Ruth) McClure; her grandchildren, Jamison (Cody) Cornett and Corey (Danae) McClure, Andrew (Katie) and Laura Giegler, and Christine and Margaret McClure; and her great grandchild, Evan Giegler. She was preceded in death by her sister, K. Jean Phelps. A memorial service was held on Dec. 9 at the Elliott Chapel in Evanston. In lieu of flowers, donations to Erie Neighborhood House, 1701 W. Superior St., Chicago, IL 60622 are appreciated. Funeral info: 708-383-3191 or drechslerbrownwilliams.com.

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or over 30 years, Parenthesis has been raising funds to support young mothers through its annual Kitchen Walk. A favorite of homeowners, architects, designers and curious neighbors, the walk draws crowds of the kitchen-curious on the last Saturday of April every year. In the fall of 2016, Parenthesis became a part of Austin-based New Moms, an organization dedicated to breaking the cycle of pov-

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1040 N. Harlem Avenue River Forest Meet our Rabbi, Adir Glick Pray, learn, and celebrate with our caring, progressive, egalitarian community. Interfaith families are welcome. Accredited Early Childhood Program Religious School for K thru 12 Daily Morning Minyan Weekly Shabbat Services Friday 6:30pm & Saturday 10:00am Affiliated with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 708.366.9000 www.wsthz.org

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

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Grace Lutheran Church

7300 W. Division, River Forest David R. Lyle, Senior Pastor David W. Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Lauren Dow Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Sunday Worship, 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Sunday School/Adult Ed. 9:45 a.m. Childcare Available

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

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

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

188 South Oak Park Ave. Saturday Mass: 5:30 p.m. Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m. Weekday Mass: 8:30 a.m. M–F Holy Day Masses: As Announced Reconciliation: Saturday 4:15 p.m. Parish Office: 708-848-4417 Religious Ed Phone: 708-848-7220

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St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

CELEBRATING OUR 107TH YEAR! Sat. Masses: 8:30am & 5:00pm SUNDAY MASSES: 8:00am & 10:30am 10:30 Mass-Daycare for all ages CCD Sun. 9am-10:15am Reconciliation: Sat. 9am & 4pm Weekday Masses: Monday–Friday 6:30am Church Office: 708-366-0839 CCD: 708-366-3553 www.stbern.com Pastor: Fr. Stanislaw Kuca

St. Giles Family Mass Community

We welcome all to attend Sunday Mass at 10 a.m. on the St. Giles Parish campus on the second floor of the school gym, the southernmost building in the school complex at 1034 North Linden Avenue. Established in 1970, we are a laybased community within St. Giles Roman Catholic Parish. Our Mass is family-friendly. We encourage liturgically active toddlers. Children from 3 to 13 and young adults play meaningful parts in each Sunday liturgy. Together with the parish, we offer Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a Montessori-based religious education program for children in grades K-8. For more information, go to http://www.stgilesparish.org/ family-mass-community or call Bob Wielgos at 708-288-2196.

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

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LEGAL NOTICE VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION December 28th, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DECEMBER 28TH, 2017 AT 7:00 P.M.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, December 28th, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois to consider an application filed for variations of Chapter 62-Zoning of the Code of Ordinances, Village of Brookfield, Illinois. The proposed variations are regarding a property located at 4531 Forest Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513 (PINs 18-03-422-062-0000).

NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, December 28th, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois to consider an application filed for variations of Chapter 62-Zoning of the Code of Ordinances, Village of Brookfield, Illinois. The proposed variations are regarding a property located at 3845 Madison Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513 (PINs 15-34-330016-0000 and 15-34-330-0320000).

The Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, December 28th, 2017 in Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Illinois for the purpose of considering and hearing a request for a special use permit for an institutional use of religious assembly also known as a church at the property located at 9210 Broadway Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513 (PINS 15-34-306-026-0000 and 15-34-306-007-0000). Legal Description: PARCEL 1: THAT PART OF LOT 1 IN BLOCK 2 IN PORTIA MANOR, BRING FREDERICK H. BARTLETTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 1; THENCE RUNNING NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 1, A DISTANCE OF 125 FEET TO THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 1; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 1, 25 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 1; THENCE EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 1, A DISTANCE OF 35 FEET 4 INCHES TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY 99 FEET AND 8-7/8 INCHES TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 1 WHICH IS 50 FEET NORTHEASTERLY OF THE SOUTHERNLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 1; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 1, A DISTANCE OF 50 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, ALL IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 2: LOT 2 IN BLOCK 2 IN PORTIA MANOR, BEING FREDERICK H. BARTLETTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 34,TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Application materials may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall. Comments, if any, should be provided in writing prior to the date of the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Emily Egan, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513, or in person during the public hearing. Please reference PZC Case 17-09 Special Use Permit 9210 Broadway Avenue. Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access may be granted through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall. By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman. Published in RB Landmark| 12/13/17

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Legal Description: The South 60.0 Feet of Lot 17 In Block 2 in Pinkertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s State road addition, a subdivision of the east half of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 3, township 38 north, range 12, east of the third principal meridian, in cook county, Illinois. The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/or written comments. The application including the proposed variations may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours. Written comments may be provided prior to the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Emily Egan, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513. Please reference PZC Case 17-11 variation 4531 Forest Avenue. Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall. By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman. Published in RB Landmark| 12/13/17

LEGAL NOTICE VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING MEETING OF THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES January 8th, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. Regular Meeting The Village of Brookfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing on Monday, January 8th, 2017 in Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Illinois for the purpose of considering and hearing the proposed draft of the Village of Brookfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan outlines development and redevelopment goals and strategies for the Villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next ten to twenty years. The Plan may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall and on the Villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website. Comments, if any, should be provided in writing prior to the date of the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, c/o Emily Egan, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513, or in person during the public hearing. Please reference Comprehensive Plan. Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access may be granted through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall. By the Order of Kit Ketchmark, Village President. Published in RB Landmark| 12/13/17

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Legal Description: Parcel 1: the south Â˝ of the north Â˝ of the lot 11 in block 31 in Portia manor, being Frederick H. Bartlettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subdivision in the southwest Âź of the section 34, township 39 north range 12, east of the third principal meridian, in cook County, Illinois. Parcel 2: The north Â˝ of the south Â˝ of lot 11 in block 31 in Portia Manor being Frederick H. Bartlettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subdivision in the southwest Âź of the section 34, township 39 north, range 12, east of the third principal meridian, plat thereof recorded February 6, 1915 as document 5573274, in cook county, Illinois. Parcel 3: the south Âź (30 feet) of the lot 11 in block 31 in Portia Manor, being Frederick H. Bartlettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subdivision in the southwest Âź of the section 34, township 39 north, range 12, east of the third principal meridian, according to the Plat Thereof recorded February 6, 1915 as document 5573274, In Cook County, Illinois. The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/or written comments. The application including the proposed variations may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours. Written comments may be provided prior to the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Emily Egan, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513. Please reference PZC Case 17-10 variation 3845 Madison Avenue. Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall. By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman. Published in RB Landmark| 12/13/17

PUBLIC NOTICE PARK DISTRICT OF FOREST PARK NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF ANNUAL AUDIT Notice is hereby given that the annual certified audit of the Park District of Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2016 and ending April 30, 2017 is available for public inspection. The audit was conducted by Wermer, Rogers, Doran & Ruzon, LLC. Inspection may be made at the Administrative Office of the Park District, 7501 Harrison Street, Forest Park, Illinois from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. S/Joe Murray Treasurer Published in Forest Park Review 12/13/17

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LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DECEMBER 28th, 2017 AT 7:00 P.M. NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, December 28th, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois to consider an application filed by Ryan W. McNaughton for a map amendment to change the zoning of certain properties within the Village of Brookfield, Illinois. The properties proposed to be rezoned are as follows: Address PIN Current 8911 Burlington Avenue 15-34-431-043-0000 SA5

Proposed SA1

The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/or written comments. The application may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours. Written comments may be provided prior to the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Emily Egan, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513. Please reference PZC Case 17-08 8911 Burlington. Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front (south) entrance of Village Hall. By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman. Published in RB Landmark| 12/13/17

NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed separate bids will be received by the Board of Education, Oak Park Elementary School District 97 (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boardâ&#x20AC;?) for the following project: OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT 97 HOLMES ELEMENTARY ADDITIONS & RENOVATIONS 508 NORTH KENILWORTH AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 BID GROUP 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; EXCAVATION, SITE UTILITIES, STRUCTURAL STEEL, CONCRETE Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m. prevailing time on Wednesday December 20, 2017 at the Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Administrative offices, 260 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302, and will be publicly opened and read at 2:30 p.m. prevailing time on that date. Bids shall be submitted in an opaque sealed envelope clearly marked: Oak Park Elementary School District 97 260 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302 Attention: Bulley & Andrews Project: HOLMES ELEMENTARY ADDITIONS & RENOVATIONS BID PACKAGE 1 Scope of work for Bid Package 1 generally includes, but is not limited to: Site utilities, concrete, structural steel, and excavation. All bids must be submitted in accordance with the bidding instructions contained in the Bidding Documents for the project. Bid security in the form of a bid bond in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the base bid amount shall be submitted with the bid. Should a bid bond be submitted, the bond shall be payable to the Board of Education, Oak Park Elementary School District 97, 260 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302. All documents and information required by the bidding instructions contained in the Bidding Documents for the project shall be submitted with the bid. Incomplete, late or non-conforming bids may not be accepted. No bids shall be withdrawn, cancelled or modified after the time for opening of bids without the Boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consent for a period of ninety (90) days after the scheduled time of bid opening. The Bidding Documents for the project (which include the bidding instructions for the project and other related documents) will be available Monday December 4th, 2017 and may be purchased from Springer Blueprint Services â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1640 S. Western Ave. Chicago, IL 60643 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 773-238-6340. The Bidding Documents are available for viewing/download online without cost or purchase at the Bulley & Andrews, LLC FTP Site, https://ftp.bulley. com, username: Holmes, password: bulley1891. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids or parts thereof, or waive any irregularities or informalities, and to make an award that in the Boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sole opinion is in the best interest of the District. The site will be available for visits by appointment to be coordinated with Bulley & Andrews, LLC. Interested parties may inspect the existing conditions. Schedule an appointment with Jason Stonchus of Bulley & Andrews in advance if you wish to visit the sites. All bidders must comply with applicable Illinois Law requiring the payment of prevailing wages by all Contractors working on public works. If during the time period of work, the prevailing wage rates change, the contractor shall be responsible for additional costs without any change to the contract amount. All bidders must comply with the Illinois Statutory requirements regarding labor, including Equal Employment Opportunity Laws. For additional information on the project, contact Jason Stonchus of Bulley & Andrews, LLC at jstonchus@bulley.com or 773-645-2024. Future Bid Package 2 - Masonry, MEP, Interior Finishes, is expected to be available on or around January 15th, 2018: with a bid opening date of January 31st, 2018; Dated: 12/06/2017 Jason Stonchus Bulley & Andrews, LLC Published in Wednesday Journal 12/6, 12/13, 12/20/2017

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NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, December 28th, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois to consider an application filed by the Village of Brookfield for a map amendment to change the zoning of certain properties within the Village of Brookfield, Illinois. The properties proposed to be rezoned are as follows: PIN 15-34-307-007-0000 15-34-307-008-0000 15-34-307-009-0000 15-34-307-010-0000 15-34-307-013-0000 15-34-307-019-0000 15-34-307-020-0000 15-34-307-022-0000

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The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/or written comments. The application may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours. Written comments may be provided prior to the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Emily Egan, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513. Please reference PZC Case 17-07 3524 Maple Avenue. Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front (south) entrance of Village Hall. By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman. Published in RB Landmark 12/13/17

LEGAL NOTICE

Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615

STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division. In re the marriage of Roberta Alvarado, Petitioner and Jose A. Rivera, Respondent, Case No. 2017D-009727.

STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division. In re the marriage of Neeta Christian, Petitioner and Frederick O. Christian, Respondent, Case No. 2017D-009249.

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 January 8, 2018, 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 12/6, 12/13, 12/20/2017

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Request for Proposals

LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DECEMBER 28th, 2017 AT 7:00 P.M.

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Notice is hereby given that proposals related to an expansion and renovation project for the Brookfield Public Library are being accepted. The Board of Trustees seeks an architectural firm for a horizontal expansion and renovation not to exceed $6 million. Responses to the two part Request for Proposals should include: Part 1: Background Information Firms interested in being considered for this project should provide the following information by mail no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, January 5. 1. The firm’s description. Please stress work conducted in the last 5 – 10 years. If all services mentioned in (2) are not available inhouse, specify from whom they will be obtained. 2. The firm’s experience in the following specialties. Site planning, architectural design, civil engineering, structural engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, interior design, furnishings, estimating, etc. 3. Key staff and their resumes. Please be sure to indicate whom you are proposing as project architect and to provide a full resume for that person, including library design experience.

Part 2: Design Challenge Due to the popularity of the Library, the Board of Trustees wishes to both renovate the existing space and increase building square footage through horizontal expansion in a non-referendum project not to exceed a total cost of $6 million. The Board recently commissioned a structural analysis which concluded the existing structure lacks sufficient capacity, without significant modification, to support a second floor addition. The Board asks interested firms to present their design solutions, incorporating the following features in to the Project: Large, divisible meeting room to hold at least 100 occupants Quiet reading room Study rooms of varying sizes Full-size commercial elevator Physical separation of children’s area from adult area Flexible spaces and furnishings to allow for multiple uses Efficient site configuration including parking, per Village of Brookfield requirements Open outdoor educational space integrated into the overall Library design

4. Descriptions of at least four recently completed projects, including client references. Some references must be for jobs where the person proposed as project architect for our library was also project architect. For each project, please indicate the size of the project in square feet, the project budget and whether the project came in under or over budget.

Interested firms are asked to visually present responses to the Design Challenge at interviews to take place on Friday, February 2 at the Brookfield Library. The Board of Trustees will invite firms to interview after reviewing background information submitted per part 1 of this two part request for proposals. Trustees plan to interview at least three architectural firms and will make a selection as soon as possible thereafter.

5. Experience in the area of library design. The Library Board would like the most complete list possible, including the nature of work conducted for each library and dates of completion. Ideally, some of these projects will be covered in (4).

Firms are encouraged to visit the current facility and to view the lot adjacent to the Library. Please contact Kimberly Coughran, Library Director, at 708.485.6917 x121 or via email at kcoughran@brookfieldlibrary.info to arrange for a tour and to answer questions.

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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: D17152719 on November 17, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of L’INSTITUT FRANCAIS D’OAK PARK with the business located at: 541 S. ELMWOOD AVE., OAK PARK, IL 60304. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: STACY ELLEN FIFER 541 S. ELMWOOD AVE. OAK PARK, IL 60304

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: D17152826 on November 29, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of THE COLLECTIVE CURRENCY with the business located at: 741 MORRIS AVE, HILLSIDE, IL 60162. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: JESSICA M. ROME 741 MORRIS AVE HILLSIDE, IL 60162.

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STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division. In re the marriage of David Townsel, Petitioner and Demetrice Huntley, Respondent, Case No. 2017D-008943.

STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division. In re the marriage of Marisol Contreras, Petitioner and Luis Contreras, Respondent, Case No. 2017D-005745.

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: D17152924 on December 7, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of REALTY DIGIT with the business located at: 2431 HIGHLAND AVENUE, BERWYN, IL 60402. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: CARL GONZALEZ 2431 HIGHLAND AVGENUE BERWYN, IL 60402

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 January 16, 2018, 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.

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LEGAL NOTICE Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615 STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division. In re the marriage of Emmanuelle Ajavon, Petitioner and Ayi Pata Gildas Ajavon, Respondent, Case No. 2017D-008978. 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 January 8, 2018, 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 12/6, 12/13, 12/20/2017

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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: D17152852 on December 1, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of CARICATURE BY DONNA with the business located at: 1526 N. HARLEM AVE., RIVER FOREST, IL 60305. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: DONNA RUTH THOMAS 1526 N. HARLEM AVE. RIVER FOREST, IL 60305 Published in Wednesday Journal 12/6, 12/13, 12/20/2017

NOTICE OF MEETING CANCELLATION Village of Brookfield Brookfield, IL 60513 The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees and the regular meeting of the Committee of the Whole of the Board of Trustees scheduled for the fourth Monday of December 25, 2017 are hereby cancelled. The next Village Board of Trustees meeting will be on Monday, January 8, 2018. The meeting shall be convened at 6:30 p.m. and the Committee of the Whole meeting shall be convened at such time as the Board of Trustees meeting is adjourned but not earlier than 6:35 p.m. Brigid Weber, Village Clerk December 11, 2017 Published in RB Landmark 12/13/2017

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF MULTI-CLASS MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES OF CHASEFLEX TRUST, SERIES 2007-2 Plaintiff, vs. WILLIAM H. FARLEY, JR. AKA WILLIAM H. FARLEY, GALE FOSTER FARLEY AKA FARLEY G. FOSTER, CITIBANK, N.A, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 09 CH 9575 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on September 16, 2016 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 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. 16-06-119-019-0000. Commonly known as 1023 North Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3068473 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS

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SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO CITI BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN A S S E T- B A C K E D CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006HE5 Plaintiff, vs. NINA WOLFE; ROBERT PLANT; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR AEGIS FUNDING CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; NEX GEN BUILDING SUPPLY CO. Defendants, 17 CH 6976 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-05-111-001-0000. Commonly known as 121 Le Moyne Parkway, 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 Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 17-016417 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3068488

fees required by subdivisions (g) (1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F17040203 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3068520

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR WAMU MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-OA5 TRUST Plaintiff, -v.ROBERT S. GOLDFINE, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, STATE OF ILLINOIS Defendants 14 CH 0005062 906 COLUMBIAN AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 11, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 4, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 906 COLUMBIAN AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-06-227-011. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in

order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-13908. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-13908 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 14 CH 0005062 TJSC#: 37-10551 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I3069294

110 S. HUMPHREY AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 2, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 4, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 110 S. HUMPHREY AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-305-0030000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay

the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-22714. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-13-22714 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 14 CH 000292 TJSC#: 37-10526 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I3069029

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF VIRGINIA J. DOLAN, UNITED STATES OF A M E R I C A – D E PA R T M E N T OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, CARY ROSENTHAL, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR VIRGINIA J. DOLAN (DECEASED), VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Defendants 17 CH 008579 1172 SOUTH RIDGELAND AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 22, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 10, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1172 SOUTH RIDGELAND AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-17-324-0120000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION VILLAGE CAPITAL & INVESTMENT, LLC Plaintiff, vs. CHARLES MORRIS AKA CHARLES A. MORRIS; TAMMIE MARIE MORRIS AKA TAMMIE M. MORRIS AKA TAMMIE MARIE JONES; SOUTH MALL COURT CLUB CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 17 CH 6674 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 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. 16-07-314-024-1004. Commonly known as 1138 Washington Boulevard, Unit 1, Oak Park, Illinois 60302. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK N.A., AS TRUSTEE, FOR CARRINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-NC4 ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES Plaintiff, vs. RYAN T. BEACOM, JEAN A. BEACOM, ATG TRUST COMPANY S/B/M DOWNERS GROVE NATIONAL BANK, A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED THE 7TH DAY OF APRIL 2006, KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 06-022, UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF THE ATG TRUST COMPANY S/B/ M DOWNERS GROVE NATIONAL BANK, A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED THE 7TH DAY OF APRIL 2006, KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 06-022, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 16 CH 7990 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on September 25, 2017 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 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. 16-18-103-011-0000. Commonly known as 524 Wenonah Ave, Oak Park, IL 60304. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Ms. Kimberly S. Reid at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3068531

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-1 Plaintiff, -v.ELIZABETH L. PURNELL, KENNETH PURNELL JR. A/K/A KENNETH PURNELL, STATE OF ILLINOIS, CITY OF CHICAGO Defendants 14 CH 000292

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Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-02659. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-02659 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 008579

TJSC#: 37-10667 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I3069613

are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-07208. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-07208 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 008084 TJSC#: 37-9724 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I3070374

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC. MORTGAGE ASSET BACKED PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-QS14; Plaintiff, vs. RAFAEL AURIOLES; BMO HARRIS BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Defendants, 15 CH 2471 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-10-410-004-0000. Commonly known as 415 S. 17th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Ms. Nicole Fox at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Potestivo & Associates, P.C., 251 Diversion Street, Rochester, Michigan 48307. (248) 853-4400 ext 1200. C1406702 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3068512

shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455 WA17-0214. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3068502

tion to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-16-417-037-0000. Commonly known as 1102 Manchester Avenue, Westchester, IL 60154. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 17-032837 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3068489

Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-02590. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-02590 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 004165 TJSC#: 37-9429 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I3067992

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.TAISHA L. FOSTER, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 17 CH 008084 611 N HUMPHREY AVE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 18, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 26, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 611 N HUMPHREY AVE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-319-0290000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR PARK PLACE SECURITIES INC. ASSET BACKED PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005WCH1; Plaintiff, vs. LILLIE LITTLE AKA LILLIE O. LITTLE; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF LILLIE LITTLE, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 5692 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-15-217-015-0000. Commonly known as 909 Adams Street, Maywood, IL 60153. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION KONDAUR C A P I TA L CORPORATION; Plaintiff, vs. PEDRO MALDONADO; MAYRA K. PONCE; PROSPECT MORTGAGE LLC; Defendants, 16 CH 13939 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-09-211-020-0000. Commonly known as 328 31st Avenue, Bellwood, IL 60104. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 17-001438 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3068485 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, NA; Plaintiff, vs. KARAL EWING; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WESSEL PRENDERGAST; Defendants, 17 CH 6525 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auc-

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff, -v.JEFFREY R. STIEBER, MAGDALENA M. STIEBER, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA– DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Defendants 17 CH 004165 3020 N. 78TH AVENUE ELMWOOD PARK, IL 60707 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 10, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 12, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3020 N. 78TH AVENUE, ELMWOOD PARK, IL 60707 Property Index No. 12-25-111-1040000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a

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Huskies pull away late against LTHS Enoch and Fuller power offense; Ross sparks defense in crunch time

BY MELVIN TATE Contributing Reporter

Over the years, there have been several competitive high school boys basketball games between Oak Park and River Forest and Lyons Township. The latest installment of the rivalry took place Friday, Dec. 8 in Oak Park, with the Huskies prevailing over the gritty Lions 57-50. Despite the win, OPRF coach Matt Maloney wasn’t necessarily excited about it. “I thought we were content from last Friday (a 64-59 victory over Fenwick at UIC),” he said. “We were sloppy and didn’t execute during the first three quarters.” OPRF was also not playing its regular rotation upfront as Phil Saleh was at Fordham University in New York on a football recruiting trip and Malachi Ross didn’t start the game due to bad knees. OPRF guards Dashon Enoch (16 points) and Isaiah Fuller (14 points) paced OPRF offensively. Fuller had two breakaway dunks in the first half that energized the crowd. “I thought we could have played harder,” Fuller said. “We should have won by more. But we hit a few free throws at the end and I thought it was good that we won.” Tyrese Shines led LTHS with a game-high 18 points and Lazarius Williams added 12 points. Nolan Niego struggled from the field for the Lions, hitting just 3 of 12 shots for

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OPRF senior guard Isaiah Fuller soars for a dunk against Lyons Township. (Left) The Huskies’ Craig Shelton chases dwon a loose ball. OPRF beat LTHS 57-50.

six points. After a first quarter that ended with the teams tied 13-13, Fuller’s aforementioned two dunks spurred OPRF to take a 30-22 lead at halftime. “It’s fun playing (LTHS),” Fuller said. “It’s definitely different from playing Fenwick, but the vibe and intensity are always there.” About halfway through the third quarter, LTHS went on a 9-2 run to tie the game at 37.

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The Huskies immediately responded with five consecutive points to reclaim the lead, and OPRF had a 46-42 advantage after three quarters. In the fourth, the Lions (2-5, 0-1) managed to pull into a 50-50 tie. That’s when Ross, a 6-foot-3 senior, came off the bench to give the Huskies a muchneeded boost with his inspired play both offensively and defensively. His put back bas-

ket with about four minutes left gave OPRF the lead for good, and his perimeter defense proved vital as LTHS went scoreless down the stretch. The Huskies also made 5 of 7 free throws to pull away. “Malachi made the difference on both ends,” Maloney said. “He had a lot of hustle plays, offensive rebounds, blocked shots and deflected passes. Clearly with him on the floor in the last four minutes, he changed the game.” The Huskies (6-0, 1-0) host Glenbard West on Friday, Dec. 15 at 7:30 p.m.

swing. The United Center fans grew loud every time LeBron scored and when either Chance the Rapper or actor/model Taylor Lautner appeared on the jumbo screen. High above the court, my seat offered a unique lens. The Cavaliers coasted to a 113-91 win as LeBron finished with 23 points, seven After going through security, I hanking Marty Farmer, the sports editor rebounds and six assists. I hurriedly filed headed down a flight of stairs to the at the Wednesday Journal, will never be into their locker room with other reporthuge hallway that circles around enough. He welcomed me with open arms in ers to gather post-game quotes. the arena. There was a lounge area February as a sports intern. On Dec. 4, 2017, LeBron, Wade, J.R. Smith, Jae Crowder, nearby with an all-you-can-eat bufmy experience as a sports reporter hit an and Kevin Love were all smiles after the fet. About a hundred reporters and all-time high when I represented the Wednesday win, cracking jokes and talking about photographers crowded the room, Journal at the United Center. Submitted photo how hungry they were. eating and socializing before tip-off. The Cleveland Cavaliers were in town looking to I held a 1-on-1 interview with Cavs Rachel Nichols, host of The Jump Iman Shumpert and Patrick extend their winning streak to 12 games against the guard Kyle Korver. He was accommodaton ESPN, and K.C. Johnson of the Skrine. Chicago Bulls. The Cavs being in Chicago meant ing and unpretentious. Chicago Tribune were sitting at the that Oak Park’s own/NBA guard Iman Shumpert “We’re doing a good job of focusing on tables surrounding me. was home. A day before the game, I learned that Guest Columnist Following a delicious meal (thank you, United ourselves,” Korver said about the Cavs’ consistency. “We Shumpert was undergoing knee surgery and would Center chefs), I rotated between hanging out by the like the way we’re playing so we want to keep that level of not be traveling with the team. intensity going regardless of who we play.” This meant that I would not have the chance to write the locker rooms and watching individual warm-ups. Korver added about LeBron: “He loves the one-handed After two hours of interesting pre-game observations, it Wednesday Journal’s annual reunion story about Shump. Nevertheless, Marty encouraged me to pursue the story was time to head up to the press box on the third level of the rifle passes. His vision is incredible and he somehow always finds a way to make the impossible pass. As a shooter, he from the fresh perspective of a first-time NBA reporter. UC for tip-off. makes my job a lot easier.” I accepted. Upon arrival, I noticed a giant TV screen showing seatAs I was leaving the United Center, I heard LeBron yell So come along with me, readers, as I push back the cur- ing assignments for reporters. Seeing “Patrick Skrine – Seat tains of what a typical night in the Association entails. 35” was just as incredible as being side-by-side with Dwyane down the hallway, “Home, home, home we go!” Although it was just another night in the life of LeBron I received my press pass at Gate 3 ½ at the United Center Wade before the game James, it was the night of a lifetime for me. around 4:45 p.m. With the game underway, entertainment kicked into full

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(Clockwise) Elijah Osit has made huge progress in the 195-pound class. Sophomore Jake Rundell is ranked No. 1 at 106 in the IllinoisMatmen.com rankings. Tony Madrigal is a senior leader and two-time state finals runner-up.

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Trust the process from page 36 at the end of a match and we all want to win. However, we’re talking with the guys about buying into the process. The focus isn’t on wins and losses. It’s about being coachable and giving your very best effort not only on the mat but in the classroom. “We had a phenomenal offseason and we’re off to a good start this season.” OPRF (12-1, 3-0 West Suburban Silver) lost its first match against highly-regarded Washington in a quad hosted by the Huskies Saturday. “We beat DeKalb and Providence and lost to Washington in a tough quad,” Collins said. PAUL COLLINS “We were a down OPRF coach a couple of guys, but we are a good enough team that if we wrestled to our ability we could have pulled the victory out. It’s really more about facing tough competition at this point in the season.” OPRF is ranked No. 2 in Class 3A state rankings behind Montini in the IllinoisMatmen.com rankings. Sophomore Jake Rundell is No. 1 in the 106-pound class and senior Tony Madrigal No. 2 at 132.

“We had a phenomenal off season and we’re off to a good start this season.”

OPRF has the talent and motivation to compete with any team in the state. Madrigal, a two-time state runner-up, is an elite wrestler in the 132- or 138-pound weight classes. He’s committed to wrestle at the University of Oklahoma next year. “If he wrestles to his ability, we feel like he will win a state championship,” Collins said. “He’s done a nice job of becoming a team leader and taking guys under his wing and giving back to the program.” In addition to Madrigal, OPRF sophomores Rundell (106-pound class), Josh Ogunsanya (113) and Nico Bolivar (120) have enabled the Huskies to stockpile talent in the lower weight classes. “We feel really good about our sophomores and freshmen,” Collins. “The trio of Jake, Josh and Nico can be special.” Freshmen Connor Nagela (106) and Ray-

mond Hernandez (126) provide more cause for optimism. The middle weights offer a nice balance of wrestlers, including senior Eddie Ordonez and sophomore Joe Chapman (145), senior Jack Fischer (160), junior Jake Cagnina and sophomore Daemyen Middlebrooks (170) and senior David Smith (182). Junior Torry Early, the younger brother of OPRF alum/state champion Larry Early, is a versatile wrestler who may see action at 138 and 145. Elijah Osit is wrestling at 195 pounds. Brian Ziech, a junior who transferred this year from Fenwick, could also contribute in this weight class. Senior Talvin Gibson and junior Ashford Hollis, who both played football in the fall, wrestle at 220 and 285 pounds, respectively. “Ashford is starting to turn a corner,”

Collins said. “He went 4-0 with four pins over the weekend which was nice to see. He’s kind of like [former OPRF wrestler] Adam Lemke-Bell. They are both big but the nicest guys, which is great. On the wrestling mat though, he needs to be aggressive and intense.” Junior Jaylan Pascasio (220) and senior Max McDermott (285) provide quality depth. “We feel good about where we are,” Collins said about the Huskies’ progress. “We had some issues off the mat last year so it’s nice to not have those distractions. Instead, we can focus on building our guys up. “We talk with our wrestlers about enjoying the fight and the grind of the season. By the end of the season, we will have faced a lot of tough competition and we’ll be ready for the postseason as individuals and as a team.”

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OPRF wrestling buzz better than ever With their state title run snapped at three, Huskies refocus on the prize By MARTY FARMER

Sports Editor

ith four state championships won since 2009 (including three straight, 2014-2016), the resume speaks for itself. And though the Huskies’ bid for a four-peat ended with a loss to Montini in the quarterfinals of the IHSA State Dual Meet last spring, disappointment didn’t linger at OPRF. The Huskies have never been known to rest on their laurels. Besides, the difference between winning and losing at the highest ASHFORD HOLLIS level can be subtle. Junior “I think last year we probably got a little too caught up in reaching our goals,” OPRF coach Paul Collins said. “I’m not necessarily talking about winning a fourth straight state title, but I think maybe we didn’t focus enough on the process. We want guys embracing daily workouts and giving maximum effort in order to improve.” Bolstered by an influx of talented freshmen and sophomores, there’s a fresh, palpable buzz around the program. Numbers are up in terms of wrestlers while expectations remain as high as ever. “The energy is rejuvenated from our senior captains on down to the freshmen,” Collins said. “Of course, guys want their hand raised See HUSKIES on page 36

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