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Furry Fun Draws Crowd at Plainfield Pet Celebration Clow Stephens Park turned into a paradise for pets and their owners on Friday, Sept. 6, when families from across the area gathered for an afternoon of fun, food, and furry friends. The free community event, held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., drew a lively crowd eager to celebrate their pets and connect with local organizations. The day was organized in partnership with the Plainfield Area Public Library, State Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel, and Will County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant. Together, they brought a wide range of activities designed to entertain both pets and their people. One of the highlights of the event was the pet parade at noon, which drew plenty of cheers as dogs of all SEE FURRY PAGE 3 Elijah and Layla Samaan of Romeoville enjoying the pet-friendly festivities at Clow Stephens Park during the Sept. 6 community event.
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LOCAL NEWS
Clerk Mariyana Spyropoulos Hosts Second Chance Summit to Make Justice Accessible Clerk of the Circuit Court Mariyana Spyropoulos announced the upcoming Second Chance Summit, a countywide initiative to ensure that the legal right to expungement and record sealing is not just written in law, but accessible in practice to every resident who qualifies. On Saturday, October 11, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., residents will gather at Proviso Math and Science Academy, 8601 Roosevelt Road, Forest Park, Illinois, for a day dedicated to clearing past records, opening new opportunities and connecting people to critical community resources. At the event, participants can receive free legal guidance, have petitions for expungement or record sealing prepared on-site and meet directly with employers committed to second-chance hiring. “Expungement and record sealing are rights under Illinois law, but rights are meaningless if people can’t access them,” said Clerk Mariyana Spyropoulos. “Our justice system must be more than words on paper; it must be a bridge to opportunity.
This summit is about removing obstacles, restoring dignity and making sure no one’s future is limited by a past they have worked hard to overcome.” Attendees will have access to legal assistance from attorneys with Cabrini Green Legal Aid and other volunteer lawyers who will walk them through each step of the process. “The collateral consequences of any contact with the criminal legal system are far reaching and have devastating impacts on individuals, families, and entire communities,” said CGLA Executive Director Aisha Edwards. “Partnering with the Clerk’s office helps CGLA further our purpose of removing barriers to equity.” In addition to legal help, the summit will feature a robust resource and job fair, with dozens of community organizations, training providers and employers ready to hire qualified candidates. Clerk Spyropoulos will be available for media interviews leading up to the summit and will address attendees during the event.
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shapes and sizes strutted through the park, many dressed in costumes and accessories. Families also enjoyed a Pet-Themed StoryWalk, weaving literature into the day’s outdoor activities and engaging younger attendees with fun, animal-friendly tales. Animal rescue groups were on hand to showcase adoptable pets, offering attendees the chance to meet their potential new best friends. Several pet vendors lined the park, providing everything from toys and treats to wellness products. Food trucks offered a variety of snacks and meals, while giveaways throughout the afternoon kept the excitement
going. Organizers said they were thrilled by the turnout and the sense of community the event fostered. “This is what it’s all about — families, neighbors, and pets all coming together to enjoy a beautiful day,” said one event partner.
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With its mix of entertainment, education, and opportunities to support local rescues, the celebration proved to be a true crowd-pleaser. Attendees left not only with full bags of freebies but also with lasting memories — and in some cases, new fourlegged family members.
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BUSINESS AND REAL ESTATE
Tips to manage time more efficiently Busy days tend to be productive days. But when especially busy days are strung together, adults can begin to feel a little overwhelmed and may wonder if there’s anything they can do to make hectic schedules more manageable. Time management strategies can be an effective tool in busy adults’ arsenals. Efficient time management can free up more minutes or hours in the day, which can ultimately afford adults more time to exhale and thus make each day seem a little less overwhelming. Time management may require a little trial and error before adults find a formula that works for them, but the following are some tips to improve personal efficiency each day. · Identify tasks that can be tackled at night. A hectic start to a morning can set a bad precedent for the rest of the day. With that in mind, adults can identify tasks they can perform at night to ensure mornings are less hectic. Lay out clothes the night before to save the trouble of finding an outfit in the morning. Prepare the family’s lunches and even breakfasts the
night before so mornings go more smoothly.
· Exercise in the morning. A recent study from the World Health Organization published in the Lancet Global Health Journal found that 31 percent of adults don’t get enough exercise. Lack of routine physical activity has been linked to a host of negative health outcomes, including an increased risk for conditions like heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and stroke. Adults who exercise at night may find that attempts to squeeze in early evening or nighttime workouts add to feelings of being overwhelmed brought on by busy schedules. Exercising in the morning can free up time for other tasks in the evening, and doing so can even make it easier to manage daily stress, as the Mayo Clinic reports that exercise in any form releases endorphins and helps to relieve stress. · Minimize distractions. Distractions are arguably more prevalent than ever, as many adults feel nary a minute goes by without a smartphone notification and/or message from friends, family and
coworkers. Minimizing those distractions and resolving to tackle one task at a time can improve efficiency and reduce stress. Turn off smartphone notifications from apps that are not vital to work and family. During the workday, prioritize tasks each day and block off hours on your schedule so time can be devoted exclusively to the most important jobs. If hours on a schedule are left open, coworkers may schedule meetings that can make it difficult to complete necessary tasks. · Adjust as necessary. Flexibility is a must when making an effort to avoid feeling overwhelmed. Each day presents its own unique and fluid challenges, so remaining flexible can help busy adults overcome unforeseen obstacles. In addition, some time management strategies may not be effective for everyone nor useful every day, so it’s best to recognize the need to adjust from time to time. Time management strategies can help busy adults efficiently manage each day and hopefully reduce instances when individuals feel overwhelmed.
LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Village of Niles Planning and Zoning Board on Monday, October 6, 2025, at 6:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the Niles Municipal Building, 1000 Civic Center Drive, Niles, Illinois, to hear the following matter(s): 25-ZP-25 Who Brew IL III, LLC, of 1230 Powell Place #1230, Nashville, TN 37402 is requesting approval of a Special Use Permit per Village of Niles Zoning Ordinance Appendix B Section 8.2(A) for a ‘DriveThrough Facility’ at 8510 W Golf Rd, Niles, IL 60714. PIN #: 09-11-302-019-0000 25-ZP-29 Who Brew IL III, LLC, of 1230 Powell Place #1230, Nashville, TN 37402 is requesting approval of the following three Variations from the Village of Niles Zoning Ordinance Appendix B to allow for the construction of a drive-through coffee shop at 8510 W Golf Rd, Niles, IL 60714: - A Variation from Section 5.4(A) to allow for a ground floor transparency between 2’ and 10’ from grade of 11.62% where 35% is required. - A Variation from Section 5.4(A) to allow for an outlot building to be 47’ away from the lot where a building placement of 0’ - 25’ is required. - A Variation from Section 5.4(A) which required outlot buildings to include showcase windows and entrances oriented toward both the street and the interior parking lot. PIN #: 09-11-302-019-0000 25-ZP-30 Toni Gozali of 955 Summit Dr, Deerfield, IL 60015 is requesting approval of a Special Use Permit per Village of Niles Zoning Ordinance Appendix B Section 8.2(A) for a ‘Cosmetic Tattoo’ at 8307 W Golf Rd, Niles, IL 60714. PIN #: 09-14-200-059-0000 25-ZP-31 Christine Raguso, Director of Community Development for the VIllage of Niles, 1000 Civic Center Dr, Niles, IL 60714 is requesting approval of a text amendment to ‘Section 13 – Ordinance Administrators’ of the Village of Niles Code of Ordinances, Appendix B – Zoning Ordinance, and any amendments to any other sections of the Zoning Ordinance that are deemed necessary by the Planning and Zoning Board. All persons interested should attend and will be given an opportunity to be heard. For additional information regarding the above case(s) or should any individual need auxiliary aid or service, such as sign language interpreter or materials in alternative formats, please contact the Village of Niles Community Development Department at 847-588-8077. Published September 18, 2025
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Total Estimated Cash Available During the Year Including Working Cash Fund
Budget and Appropriation Ordinance 25-2 Of the Shorewood-Troy Public Library District Will County, Illinois For Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 Whereas, Jennifer Cisna Mills, Library Director, was designated by the Board of Trustees to prepare in tentative form a budget and appropriation ordinance for the SHOREWOOD-TROY PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT, WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, and by such designation has prepared such tentative budget and appropriation ordinance and on July 10, 2025 such tentative budget and appropriation ordinance was submitted to and inspected by the Board of Library Trustees who thereupon ordered the same filed with the Secretary and ordered the Secretary to make the same conveniently available to public inspection and the Secretary has made said tentative budget and appropriation conveniently available to public inspection for at least thirty days before action thereon; and Whereas, before final action, a public hearing was held as to such budget and appropriation ordinance on September 11, 2025, notice of which hearing was given at least 30 days prior thereto by publication in The Shorewood Sentinel, a newspaper regularly circulated in the District, and all other legal requirements having been complied with: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Library Trustees, of THE SHOREWOOD-TROY PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT, WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS: SECTION 1. That the following budget containing an estimate of receipts and expenditures of the SHOREWOOD-TROY PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT, WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, be and the same is hereby adopted as the budget of this District for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026. Estimated Receipts Estimated Cash on Hand July 1, 2025 Cash in the Special Reserve Fund Cash in Unemployment Fund Cash in the General Corporate Fund Cash in the Audit Fund Cash in the Liability Insurance Fund Cash in the Municipal Retirement Fund Cash in the Building Maintenance Fund Total
$ 336,645 $ 6,165 $ 490,705 $ 20,158 $ (4,652) $117,236 $65,000 $1,031,257
Cash to be received from 2024 general corporate, municipal retirement, liability insurance, audit, and building maintenance tax levies: Balance, Unemployment/ WC Levy Balance, Corporate Tax Levy Balance, Audit Tax Levy Balance, Liability Insurance Tax Levy Balance, Municipal Retirement Tax Levy Balance, Building Maintenance Tax Levy Total Cash to be received from 2024 Levy
$ 4,400 $ 698,896 $ 1,464 $ 3,904 $ 7,320 $ 8,750 $ 724,734
Cash to be received from the 2025 general corporate, municipal retirement, liability insurance, audit, and building maintenance tax levies: Unemployment / WC Levy $ 9,224 General Corporate Tax Levy $1,467,680 Audit Tax Levy $ 3,074 Liability Insurance Tax Levy $ 8,198 Municipal Retirement Tax Levy $ 15,373 Building Maintenance Tax Levy $ 18,448 Total 2025 Levy $1,521,997 To be collected after the close of the Fiscal year $ 760,998 To be Received during Fiscal Year $ 760,999 Other Income: Personal Property Replacement Tax State Per Capita Grant Interest Fines Copy Machines Miscellaneous Income Donations / Gifts / Grants Contribution / Impact Fees Total Other Income
$ 50,000 $ 35,000 $ 55,000 $ 6,000 $ 7,000 $ 300,000 $ 100,000 $ 40,000 $ 593,000
$3,109,990
Estimated Expenditures 2025-2026 Payroll Rel Exp: Professional Salaries Non professional Salaries IMRF, Emplr’s Portn FICA, Emplr’s Portn Health Insurance Unemp Comp/Wrk Comp Total Payroll
$ 566,500 $ 423,500 $ 60,000 $ 72,000 $ 95,000 $ 10,000 $1,127,000
Library Materials: Books E-Books Periodicals Newspapers Audio Books CD’s (Music) Videos Total Lib Materials
$ 150,000 $ 25,000 $ 5,000 $ 7,000 $ 5,000 $ 3,000 $ 13,000 $ 208,000
Contractual Services: Website Maintenance Management Services Computer Pinnacle Svcs. Maint. of Equipment Computer Supp. /Software Photocopier Supp. & Equip. Databases State of IL License Plates Total Contractual Serv
$ 7,000 $ 7,000 $ 85,000 $ 35,000 $ 40,000 $ 15,000 $ 60,000 $ 95,000 $ 344,000
SECTION 2. That the following amounts, or so much thereof as may be authorized by law and may be needed, be and the same are appropriated for general corporate purposes, audit expense, municipal retirement expense, liability insurance expense and building maintenance expense of the SHOREWOOD-TROY PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT, WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026. SECTION 3. That all unexpended balances of any item or items for which an appropriation is made by this budget and appropriation ordinance may be expended in making up any insufficiency or deficit in any item or items for which an appropriation is made by this ordinance. SECTION 4. That a certified copy of this ordinance is published at least once after passage in a newspaper published or circulated in the District. SECTION 5. This Ordinance is effective immediately upon passage and approval. Passed by the Board of Trustees of the SHOREWOOD-TROY PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT, WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, this 11th day of September 2025. Approved this 11th day of September 2025.
Supplies & Services: Processing Supplies Office Supplies Management Supplies Assets not Captlzed Telephone Services Adult Serv Prog Postage Circulation Supplies Youth Serv Prog Teen programming/Outreach Total Supplies & Services
$ 11,000 $ 11,000 $ 7,000 $ 15,000 $ 10,000 $ 12,000 $ 20,000 $ 5,000 $ 20,000 $ 10,000 $ 121,000
Misc. Expense: Adv. & Publishing Mileage/ Meeting /Etc. Professional Development Professional Dues Library Promotion & Dev Total Misc. Expense
$ $ $ $ $ $
Util. & Building Expense: Electricity Gas Mnt. & Safety of Grnd. Water Util. & Jan. Supplies Routine Main. of Bldg. Janitorial Serv. Ins. Bldg., Cont. & Lia. Total Util. & Building Expense
$ 20,000 $ 7,000 $ 25,000 $ 6,000 $ 5,000 $ 50,000 $ 23,000 $ 25,000 $ 137,000
Capital Expenses: Fixed Assets Cap. Cap. Imprv. to Bldg & Grnd Land Purchase Total Capital Expenses
$ $ $ $
0 30,000 0 30,000
Overhead Expenses: Legal Services Audit & Acct. Serv Administrative Expenses Special Reserve Fund Err. & Omiss. / Treas. Bond Contingences Total Overhead Exp.
$ $ $ $ $ $ $
10,000 17,000 10,000 30,000 4,000 10,000 81,000
Total Estimated Expenditures
Estimated Cash on Hand at Close of Fiscal Year Including Working Cash Fund $996,990
32,000 10,000 15,000 2,000 6,000 65,000
$2,113,000
Thomas Novinski President of the Board of Trustees of THE SHOREWOOD-TROY PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS ATTEST: ___________________________________ Karen Voitik Secretary
Published September 17, 2025
LEGAL NOTICES
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Chief Fiscal Officer’s Certificate Of Revenues by Source Shorewood-Troy Public Library District Will County, Illinois For Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
Date: September 11, 2025
I, Robert J. Stahl do hereby certify as follows:
Published September 17, 2025
I am the Chief Fiscal Officer of the SHOREWOOD-TROY PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT, Will County, Illinois. I estimate the revenues by source of said District for the Fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, to be as follows: Estimated Receipts Estimated Cash on Hand July 1, 2025 Cash in the Special Reserve Fund Cash in Unemployment Fund Cash in the General Corporate Fund Cash in the Audit Fund Cash in the Liability Insurance Fund Cash in the Municipal Retirement Fund Cash in the Building Maintenance Fund Total
Robert J. Stahl, Board Treasurer
$ 336,645 $ 6,165 $ 490,705 $ 20,158 $ (4,652) $ 117,236 $ 65,000 $1,031,257
Cash to be received from 2024 general corporate, municipal retirement, liability insurance, audit, and building maintenance tax levies: Balance, Unemployment/ WC Levy $ 4,400 Balance, Corporate Tax Levy $ 698,896 Balance, Audit Tax Levy $ 1,464 Balance, Liability Insurance Tax Levy $ 3,904 Balance, Municipal Retirement Tax Levy $ 7,320 Balance, Building Maintenance Tax Levy $ 8,750 Total Cash to be received from 2024 Levy $ 724,734 Cash to be received from the 2025 general corporate, municipal retirement, liability insurance, audit, and building maintenance tax levies: Unemployment / WC Levy $ 9,224 General Corporate Tax Levy $1,467,680 Audit Tax Levy $ 3,074 Liability Insurance Tax Levy $ 8,198 Municipal Retirement Tax Levy $ 15,373 Building Maintenance Tax Levy $ 18,448 Total 2023 Levy $1,521,997 To be collected after close of Fiscal year $ 760,998 To be Received during Fiscal Year $ 760,999 Other Income: Personal Property Replacement Tax State Per Capita Grant Interest Fines Copy Machines Miscellaneous Income Donations / Gifts / Grants Contribution / Impact Fees Total Other Income
$ 50,000 $ 35,000 $ 55,000 $ 6,000 $ 7,000 $ 300,000 $ 100,000 $ 40,000 $ 593,000
Total Estimated Cash Available During the Year Including Working Cash Fund
$3,109,990
LEGAL NOTICEv
CERTIFICATION OF BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 120, PARAGRAPH 643 OF ILLINOIS REVISED STATUES
The undersigned, being Clerk/Secretary and Chief Fiscal Officer of the taxing district hereinafter named, do hereby certify that attached hereto is a true and correct copy of the Budget and Appropriation of said district for its 2025/2026 fiscal year, adopted September 11, 2025. We further certify that the estimate of revenues, by source, anticipated to be received by the said taxing district, either set forth in the said ordinance as “Estimated Receipts” or attached hereto by separate document, is a true statement of said estimate. This certification is made and filed pursuant to Public Act 83-881 requirements and on behalf of Shorewood–Troy Public Library District, Will County, Illinois. Dated: September 11, 2025
_________________________________ Karen Voitik, Secretary
Thomas Novinski, Board President
_______________________________ Robert J. Stahl, Chief Fiscal Officer Published September 17, 2025
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