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MAY 19, 2021

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Forest Park sets 11 p.m. closing time for Madison Street bars

Tameka Wilson, a Maywood resident and Triton College graduate, is the creative force behind “Everyday Activists,” an exhibition featuring photos of Oak Park and Austin activists that is currently showing at the Oak Park Art League in Oak Park. Read more on page 9.

Temporary action to curb Madison St. rowdiness; bar owners call it a ‘death sentence’

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Charges dropped against basketball league founder

By MARIA MAXHAM Forest Park Review

Despite the vast majority of public comment showing strong opposition to the proposed cutback of bar hours, the Forest Park village council voted unanimously on May 12 to limit alcohol sales and consumption to an 11 p.m. closing time until June 15 for some establishments and until Sept. 6 for others. The cutback on hours begins May 16.

Class A1 (taverns without food service or with limited food service), A7 (brew pubs) and A8 (special event venues) liquor license holders must close at 11 p.m. through Labor Day, while Class A liquor license holders See MADISON BARS on page 5

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Quinton “Danka” Beasley, arrested in 2019, was cleared of charges related to allegations that he had defrauded Maywood

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

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ketball leagues in the Chicago area wants his reputation restored and hopefully an apology from Maywood officials now that the courts have cleared him of allegations of wrongdoing.

Late last year, Quinton “Danka” Beasley was cleared of all charges related to allegations that he had defrauded the village.

In June 2019, Beasley was arrested and charged with a felony after Maywood Police officers executed a search warrant at his home and allegedly recovered $6,000 worth of Nike merchandise that was allegedly fraudulently charged to an account controlled by the village of Maywood, May-

wood Police Lt. Dennis Diaz said at the time.

In a statement, police said Beasley was formally charged with “theft of over $10,000, less than $100,000, a class 2 felony.”

At the time of his arrest, Beasley was operating his Danka’s Basketball League, an organization that offers structured amateur basketball competitions for young people and adults, out of the Maywood Multipurpose Building, 200 S. 5th Ave. in Maywood.

At the time, Diaz said that the alleged fraud came to the attention of Maywood Police in early June, after Lanya Satchell, Maywood’s finance director, alerted them to a suspicious invoice, according to previous See CHARGES DROPPED on page 3

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New Westchester village president, board sworn in

President Frank Perry outlined early priorities during May 11 meeting

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

During a regular meeting on May 11, new Westchester Village President Frank Perry was sworn into office. New Village Clerk Patrizia Fiordirosa, new Trustee Evie Slovik, and Trustees Robert Morales and Nick Steker — both of whom won their bids for reelection — were also sworn into office.

Before the swearing-in, former president Paul Gattuso — who presided over his last meeting as mayor after having served in the position for more than 20 years — gave some brief parting remarks.

“I’d like to thank everyone for the 20-plus years I’ve been here and for all your support,” he said. “It’s been an honor and a privilege serving.”

Gattuso acknowledged and thanked his fellow board members, as well as village employees. In addition to Gattuso, last week’s meeting was also the last for former clerk Stan Kolodoziej.

In his first remarks as village president, Perry outlined an ambitious first-year agenda, which included creating a bus program for senior citizens in Westchester and facili-

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The police said they then launched a twoweek investigation into the matter.

“Beasley was ordering things from Nike and other sporting goods stores online and trying to charge the purchase to the village,” Diaz said in 2019. “He had multiple fraudulent accounts.”

Diaz added that when “you do business with a municipality, they bill purchase orders and send you an invoice. [Beasley] was billing Maywood these purchases and getting stuff shipped to his house.”

At the time, Diaz said that more people could possibly be charged in connection to the alleged operation in the future.

Both outgoing Maywood Mayor Edwenna Perkins, who will end her time as mayor on May 17, and Maywood Village Manager Willie Norfleet Jr. denied having any knowledge of the matter.

“None of that was true,” said Shona Glink, Beasley’s attorney who spoke on his behalf, during an interview last week. “Danka had a longstanding relationship with the

NEW BOARD IN TOWN: New Westchester President Frank Perry, fourth from right, and the new Westchester Board of Trustees on May 11.

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tating the move to the new Village Hall.

“This dedicated bus can take them to doctor’s appointments, shopping and other nearby locations,” Perry said, adding that the program has already been budgeted for

vendor in question and he aways paid for any and all merchandise with the league. He didn’t have an account linked to the village in any way. There was no way for the vendor to charge the village.”

According to court documents, the Cook County State’s Attorney dismissed the case against Beasley on Nov. 5, 2020.

“The village never defended the case at all,” Glink said. “They did not attend any of the court hearings.”

Glink said that she’s been representing Beasley since his original lawyer, Maywood attorney Luther Spence, died in December 2020.

Glink said despite his false arrest and prosecution, Beasley “has alway stated that he’s innocent of all charges brought against him and felt that he’d been unfairly targeted

by Maywood, or at least the people who were in charge at the time.”

Glink said that Beasley is now trying to rebuild his reputation. Since the arrest, he hasn’t hosted basketball games at the Multipurpose building in Maywood.

When asked if Beasley is considering taking legal action against the village, Glink said there is currently “no pending litigation at this point and we’d prefer not to comment any further at this time.”

Glink did, however, acknowledge that, so far, there has been no official apology from the village and that Beasley “would like

the upcoming fiscal year.

Perry’s plans also included reviving the village’s long-dormant environmental sustainability committee, creating a beautification committee, overseeing the launch

to be back in the community. He’d like his name cleared and his reputation restored.

He would also welcome an apology.”

Norfleet could not be reached for comment last week and over the weekend.

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of a new website, creating board liaisons between village officials and residents, and attracting more retail to the village’s critical Mannheim and Roosevelt commercial corridor.

“Some years ago, the village had an Environmental Sustainability committee; however, in the past four years it has not been active,” Perry explained in his outline, which he also posted to his Facebook page.

“We will be bringing this committee back and will also be creating a beautification committee. The two will work hand-in-hand to improve the overall visual appeal of the village.”

In addition to the above mentioned priorities, Perry also said that he wanted to create a streamlined community calendar that will allow residents to see all events happening in the village — whether they’re hosted by the board, the park district, the library or other entities.

He closed by mentioning that he plans to work closely with the Christian Brothers, the faith community that owns and controls St. Joseph High School, 10900 W. Cermak Rd. In Westchester, in order to make sure the property is sold and developed “in a manner that will benefit both the village and the Christian Brothers.”

St. Joe’s closed earlier this year after 61 years in operation.

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VINDICATED: Beasley accepting a recognition for his basketball league from Village Free Press in March 2019.

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State’s revenue picture improves as economy recovers

New numbers come as lawmakers try to finalize new budget

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois budget officials said on May 13 that revenues are flowing into state coffers at a faster pace than previously estimated, meaning lawmakers will have more money to work with as they try to finalize a new budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

The Governor’s Office of Management and Budget officially raised its revenue estimate for the current fiscal year by more than $1.4 billion and by $842 million for the upcoming fiscal year.

Those figures are similar to the latest revised estimates from the General Assembly’s budget monitoring agency, the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, which said last week that revenues for the current year would go up about $2 billion while next year’s revenues would be $792 million more than previously

forecasted.

That came as good news to state lawmakers who are trying to finalize the next fiscal year’s budget before their scheduled adjournment day on May 31, but it still was not enough to completely close the looming deficit in next year’s budget, which House Majority Leader Greg Harris, D-Chicago, estimated at around $1.3 billion.

“The choices are really clear,” Harris said during a news conference Thursday. “We’re either going to have to find ways to cut to fill that hole, or we’re going to have to review the proposals that the governor made to close corporate tax loopholes on wealthy individuals and corporations. Some mix of those will be required.”

In February, Pritzker proposed filling the budget hole with about $1.5 billion in revenue enhancements that included closing what he called “corporate tax loopholes,” but which Republicans prefer to call “business incentives.”

So far, however, lawmakers have not appeared anxious to take up Pritzker’s tax proposals, at least until they have a clearer idea of how big of a budget hole needs to be filled.

“I think there’s a number of things that

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the governor has proposed that we’ve asked members to take a deep dive and to be mindful of to think about how it would affect their constituents vis-à-vis the overall state budget…We remain very, very invested in trying to get a responsible budget to the governor’s desk,” said Rep. Michael Zalewski, D-Riverside, who chairs the House Revenue Committee.

Pritzker’s budget plan was drafted before Congress passed the American Rescue Plan, which will send about $8.1 billion in fiscal relief to the state. But the U.S. Treasury Department is still in the process of finalizing rules for how that money can be spent, and on May 13, Harris cautioned against trying to use it to fill the state’s ongoing structural budget deficit.

“We know that this is an amount of money that can be spent over the course of four years, so we have to be very thoughtful as how we spend it over a period of time,” he said. “We know it’s largely one-time money.

So I think we’re all going to want to look at it really carefully to be sure that we’re not building this into a base that then there would be a cliff when this money expired.”

State and local governments also stand to receive significant federal aid. According to

Harris, the federal law will send about $5.9 billion to Illinois cities and towns, $5 billion to public schools, $1.3 billion to colleges and universities, $1.7 billion for public health programs, and $1.35 billion for child care and Head Start programs.

The Treasury Department has published interim rules that outline general categories of spending that qualify under the law. They include responding to the public health emergency or its negative economic impacts; providing premium pay to essential workers during the pandemic; making up for revenue lost due to the pandemic; and investing in water, sewer or broadband infrastructure.

The interim rules also say the funds may not be used for funding pension plans or paying down debt.

Pritzker and Comptroller Susana Mendoza have said Illinois should be allowed to use the money to repay short-term loans the state took out from the Federal Reserve during the pandemic, and they have urged federal officials to make that change when the final rules are published in July.

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Forest Park begins demolition at Altenheim Local leaders gather to watch removal of chapel spire

By MARIA MAXHAM Forest Park Review

In a symbolic ceremony on April 26, the Altenheim chapel spire was removed, celebrating the ongoing demolition of the dilapidated structures on the land owned by the village of Forest Park.

The Altenheim property, just south of Madison Street along Van Buren Street, surrounds the functioning and separately owned Altenheim senior-living rental community. Village property includes almost 11 acres and five derelict structures – including the chapel – that will be demolished in order to make way for retail and residential development.

The event was attended by many involved and/or interested parties, including Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins; Forest Park Village Administrator Tim Gillian; Forest Park Commissioners Ryan Nero, Jessica Voogd and Joe Byrnes; Forest Park Village Clerk Vanessa Moritz; First District Cook County

MADISON BARS Closing early from page 1 that derive at least half their gross sales from food can go back to regular amended hours of closing at 1 a.m. weeknights and 2 a.m. on weekends on June 15.

The village council meeting was scheduled after an incident in the early morning hours of May 9 on Madison Street in which a crowd of around 50 people allegedly refused police orders to disperse for at least half an hour, verbally and physically harassing police officers during and after they attempted to arrest a man for choking a woman. But issues, from local ordinance citations such as drinking on the sidewalk and noise violations to fights and refusal of crowds to disperse, have been a problem on Madison Street for the past few months.

During the meeting, which was filled to capacity both in person at village hall and on Zoom, where participation had been limited to 100, bar owners and employees from multiple establishments that would be affected spoke, raising their concerns about how the shortening of hours would impact businesses and jobs. Most expressed frustration that their businesses would suffer significantly from the limitation of hours and argued that the village would be using a blanket approach to solving problems created by a few bar operators.

Lynn Sorice, who along with husband Marty owns several bars in town, read a let-

Commissioner Brandon Johnson; Christopher Burke, head of the village’s engineering firm; and Laurie Kokenes, chamber executive director.

For Hoskins in particular, the event was notable, as the demolition of the buildings was at the forefront of his campaign for mayor.

Gillian, who was a commissioner when the property was originally purchased, spoke briefly at the spire-removal event.

“There’s a lot of people who never thought they’d see this day,” Gillian said. He said that when the village purchased the land, officials weren’t actually sure what they were going to do with it, but they wanted to stop a developer from putting in tract housing.

“Once the buildings are down, there’s a lot to do,” Gillian said. “But getting them down is a huge first step.”

Johnson, whose district includes the site, applauded the village for its vision.

“It’s vision just like this that continues to motivate our efforts to make sure there’s funding available for neighborhoods like this one,” Johnson said. He added that the demolition and subsequent land presents a great opportunity for “a mixed-use space.”

In fact, the intergovernmental grant agreement between the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) and the village of Forest Park has wording in it that refers to future use of the land post-demolition.

It states that the village “will prepare the site for a future mix-use that will consist of residential, commercial, and green space, to be paid via other funding sources.”

ter on behalf of the Sorices and several other bars, stating, “Any further restrictions of our operating hours are going to be fatal to our businesses and jobs.” She asked village elected officials and staff to meet with the bars.

“We have some ideas about all of this.

Would you please work with us and talk to us, instead of just doing to us and blaming us?” Sorice implored the council.

Beacon Pub owner Scott Burns called it “draconian” to close all bars to solve problems allegedly stemming from just a few.

“This will be a death sentence to our businesses,” Chris Buckley read on behalf of his father who owns Mugsy’s.

Joe Sullivan, owner of Duffy’s, said a forced closure of 11 p.m. through Labor Day “would make continuing to operate Duffy’s impossible” because of the amount of revenue he and his staff would lose. “If passed, these restrictions would turn Duffy’s from a business into a hobby. Duffy’s isn’t a hobby – it’s the way I and my employees make a living,” said Sullivan.

Police Chief Tom Aftanas and Forest Park police officer Dan Miller presented the other side of the issue. Aftanas said that since the beginning of May, just 12 days, the department has already issued 22 local ordinance citations along Madison Street. Last year during COVID there were none, but in 2019 during the same time period there were only two, and in 2018 only one.

Looking at a longer period showed the same trend. Aftanas said in the two-month period of March and April, the department had issued 75 citations this year. In 2020,

they issued three. In 2019, they issued 15.

And in 2018 they issued only seven.

These violations, Aftanas said, were for offenses like selling alcohol after closing time, fighting, disorderly conduct, excessive noise, open alcohol and public urination.

“But the most disturbing thing is the number of guns that we’ve been taking off the street lately,” said Aftanas. “And many of the offenders are self admittedly coming from some of the bars on Madison, and it’s unknown if those guns are ending up in the bars at certain times.”

Just that morning around 12:50 a.m., Aftanas said, Forest Park officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that was double parked and picking up people from one of the bars. Officers found a fully loaded handgun and a second fully loaded magazine. The suspect, said Aftanas, told police he was going to bring the gun into the bar but at the last second decided to leave it in the car.

“I hope you realize that we’re doing this [passage of the amended bar hours] or considering this just for public safety as well as officer safety. That’s our first priority,” said Aftanas.

Officer Dan Miller, president of the Fraternal of Police lodge, expressed the frustrations and dangers local police feel they face.

The FOP, he said, has always supported the bars, even coming out publicly in support of video gaming when that issue was at the center of Forest Park decision-making.

“Unfortunately, the officer safety issue trumps all that,” Miller said. “We can’t have any more of this while we take care of you, when we are getting attacked in the street,

COMING DOWN: Construction crew members remove the Altenheim chapel spire on April 26.

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There is, however, no stipulation regarding how much acreage must be allocated to any of those aforementioned uses.

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and it has to stop now.”

Miller said for him the incident early Sunday morning was the “final straw.”

“I watched the body camera footage of officers having their guns pulled on while trying to separate a domestic offender … You can’t grab an officer’s gun, because what’s going to happen is there’s going to be an officer who sees that and is going to shoot that person dead in Madison Street.”

Prior to voting on the proposed amended hours, all the commissioners expressed the difficulty they had making a decision about the issue.

Commissioner Joe Byrnes commented that he wants to propose a letter going out to all liquor license holders inviting them to a general meeting to sit down and start discussing the issues to find a solution. That might include adding an entertainment license, which would be necessary if an establishment wanted to bring a DJ into the bar, for example. He mentioned that the village is looking into an outdoor camera system for Madison Street to make it clearer from which establishments trouble was coming.

Before adjourning, Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins said, “We are absolutely concerned about protecting our business district and the desirability of Forest Park as a place to live, work and do business … We will send out a communication to all liquor license holders inviting them to begin some very serious dialogue on how we can improve safety measures and we are going to thoroughly explore camera options [on Madison Street].”

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New warehouse, data center headed to Northlake

520K-square-foot data center to be built on site of old Tribune Direct center, 121K-square-foot warehouse to be built on old Callen building

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

Two staples of the bustling tech economy are data centers and warehouses, both of which have been cropping up across the country as e-commerce becomes even more prevalent post-COVID-19 than it was before the pandemic.

Both of those staples, a data center and a warehouse, are currently under development in Northlake, a village of roughly 12,000 people, but that punches well above its weight in landing commercial development.

In a fit of irony, the 520,000-square-foot data center will be built at 505 Northwest Ave., the site of the former home of Tribune Direct Marketing. The building is located on the east side of I-294.

“Tribune moved out last year,” said Northlake Mayor Jeff Sherwin during an interview on May 13. “That’s another sign

of the times, because Tribune Direct was into direct mailing and all of the inserts you see in the newspapers; but the newspapers are really going by the wayside and everything is going to a digital platform.

“So, obviously a big printing plant printing out advertising material just became obsolete. They consolidated their operations down at the big Tribune plant in the city.”

Crain’s reported last month that the developer of the warehouse is Plano-Texas-based Aligned.

“With 48 megawatts, a key measure of capacity for power-hungry data center tenants, it will be one of the biggest projects of its kind built in the Chicago area in recent years,” Crain’s reported. ” Crain’s referenced a report from the Chicago-based brokerage North American Data Centers showing that Chicago is among the largest markets for data center business “that hit a new growth trajectory during the pandemic as other real estate sectors stumbled.

“Remote work, online gaming, video streaming, social media and e-commerce all boosted demand for data center space in 2020, a record year for the industry, according to Jim Kerrigan, managing principal of North American Data Centers. U.S. data center leasing in 2020 rose to nearly 700 megawatts, more than triple the volume in 2019 and double its 2018 total.”

Mayor Sherwin said that the village had

to support a Class 6b property tax incentive in order to lure the developers to Northlake.

The Class 6b cuts a commercial property owner’s taxes from 25 percent to 10 percent for 10 years, 15 percent in the 11th year and 20 percent in the 12th year. After those 12 years, the owner has to apply for a renewal.

“We’ll more than make up for that [lost revenue due to the tax break], particularly with the utility tax,” Sherwin said, adding that while the centers bring in property taxes, the utility tax brings in even more money to the suburb due to the large amount of electricity that those data centers consume.

Sherwin said that the new data center headed for the site of the former Tribune building may employ roughly 75 highly skilled tech workers. He said the new development’s traffic impact will likely be very light. The mayor added that the new development could be finished by early next year.

The data center at 505 Northwest Ave. will be Northlake’s third large data center and only it’s second-largest, the mayor said.

“Microsoft runs one of two big data centers in Northlake, a 707,000-square-foot behemoth at 601 Northwest Ave., a half-mile up the road from the Aligned property,” Crain’s reported. “Across the train tracks to the east, Digital Realty Trust, a San Francisco-based real estate investment trust, owns a 251,000-square-foot data center it acquired in 2017 for $315 million, the most ever paid for a property of its kind in the Chicago

market.”

Crain’s said that Northlake offers “access to two things data centers need most: fiber networks and electricity. ComEd operates a big substation on the west side of I-294, a big plus for the Aligned project.” Crain’s added that the property tax incentives are appealing, too.

The new data center in Northlake comes as a developer looks to build a new warehouse at 13 E. Lake St., the former home of Callen Manufacturing, which closed last year. The building was then acquired by Mumford Metal Casting, which never used it. The building went on the market again last year before being purchased by Bratt Capital Partners, which plans to demolish the building in order to build the new 121,000-square-foot warehouse. Bratt is currently scouting tenants willing to lease the warehouse, the mayor said.

“They kind of feed off each other,” Sherwin said, referencing warehouses and data centers. “Logistics and warehousing are fed off internet sales and internet sales need the data centers to store all of that information.

Everything gets stored to the cloud. Even our police body cam footage gets stored to the cloud.”

Sherwin said that Bratt was also given a Class 6b property tax incentive to develop.

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Two new Mexican restaurants headed to Northlake Cilantro Taco Grill and Carnitas Don Alfredo looking to open in village by summer

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor The taco scene in Northlake will soon be even richer after two popular restaurants currently under development open their doors in the coming months.

Cilantro Taco Grill will open a newly remodeled location on the site of the former El Tio Loco at 144 North Ave. “This is the first location that they’ll actually own,” said Northlake Mayor Jeffrey T. Sherwin. “All the other properties they lease.”

Cilantro Taco Grill has 10 other locations in Chicago and the suburbs, including Stone Park, Elmhurst, Rosemont and Oak Brook.

The company also owns the Tortilla Factory

located at 3316 W. North Ave. in Stone Park.

Sherwin said the location was originally a Brown’s Chicken restaurant and a tavern before El Tio Loco took it over.

The mayor said he believes the owners will have their newest Cilantro Taco Grill open by the end of the summer. Attempts to contact Cilantro’s owner, Cuahutemoc Morfin, on May 15 were unsuccessful.

In a 2015 Elgin Courier-News article, Morfin said that he modeled his restaurants on the concept of healthy and authentic fast-casual dining.

“My idea was to have something fast with a catchy slogan like ‘good to go.’ Here in the United States people need to eat fast,” he said. “Some people only have 30 minutes for lunch and so you gotta make it quick, but how can you make it quick and good and authentic? I’m always about fresh and eating things that are healthy.”

In addition to selling authentic Mexican items like tacos and burritos, Cilantro also

COMING SOON: Architectural renderings of the Cilantro Taco Grill in Northlake that is currently under development.

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has a line of retail products that it sells at its restaurants, including sour cream, tostadas, tortilla chips and its signature salsas.

Cilantro will have some competition just across the street once Carnitas Don Alfredo opens its third location at the corner of Roy and North avenues, in the building that used to be a drugstore and, most recently, a Subway.

Carnitas currently has two other locations in Proviso Township, including the location at the corner of Lake Street and 25th

Avenue in Melrose Park and the location at the corner of 1st Avenue and Lake Street in Maywood. The company also does catering.

Mayor Sherwin said the Carnitas Northlake location should open by late summer.

Attempts to contact the owners of Carnitas Don Alfredo on May 15 were unsuccessful.

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Bellwood garden of memory inspires replicas The Memorial Garden planted by Mothers of Murdered Sons along the Prairie Path 11 years ago is now inspiring other activists to plant replicas

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

When Phyllis “Yafah” Duncan, the founder of Mothers of Murdered Sons (MOMS), and her fellow MOMS members decided to plant the Memorial Garden just off of the Illinois Prairie Path along Eastern Avenue, between Georgina Lane and Madison Street in Bellwood, they captured the attention of local press, elected officials, volunteers and many community members.

Now, 11 years later, the garden, a physical memorial for those whose lives have been lost to violence, is no longer a local novelty and many volunteers who were once active in its cultivation have moved on, but Duncan hasn’t stopped her careful cultivation of the tranquil outdoor space.

On May 16, Duncan was out in the garden

viso Township and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. Over the years, volunteers have added various memorials within the Peace Garden in memory of loved ones lost to gun violence.

Duncan said as powerful as the garden may be as a memorial to commemorate the dead, it’s also designed to be a balm for the living.

“Some of the MOMS in Proviso Township don’t come out like they used to and that’s alright, because part of our journey is to get better,” she said. “It INSPIRATION: Phyllis “Yafa” Duncan sits on a park bench doesn’t bother me that inside of the Memorial Garden she and her fellow Mothers of they don’t show up to different things, because Murdered Sons members created 11 years ago. they’ve gotten to where Michael Romain they need to be, they’re healing and that’s what this is all about.” with about two dozen volunteers, many of Recently, the Bellwood garden has inthem members of Moms Demand Action, spired other advocates against gun violence the national organization that advocates for to plant gardens in other spaces in the Chistronger gun laws. cago area.

Duncan said the parcel of land for the garJenna Leving Jacobson, an Oak Park resden was a gift made possible by ComEd, Pro- ident and head of the Oak Park and Austin

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Area chapter of Moms Demand Action, said her chapter wants to replicate the Bellwood garden in Chicago’s Austin community.

They’ve identified a vacant lot owned by the Cook County Land Bank that they want to transform into a memorial garden for shooting victims.

“This is a really beautiful model,” Jacobson said. “It’s a beautiful memorial space.

Survivor moms need a space to breathe and to process and to gather.”

Duncan, who founded MOMS back in 2005, after her only son’s murder, said she’s also been told of a memorial garden rising up in Chicago’s Auburn-Gresham community.

As Duncan spoke on Sunday afternoon, a name gleaned from a placard on the park bench on which she sat. Duncan said Andre Voice built the bench in memory of his nephew, Quentin Tillison, a 37-year-old who was fatally shot in Schaumburg in 2017.

“Andre heard the moms talking about how they wanted somewhere to sit and so he came out here and built this bench right here in the park,” Duncan said. “We just want to keep the memory of our children alive. It would be a shame for this to just disappear.”

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French Vietnamese restaurant headed to Westchester

Thithi’s will open at 11061 Roosevelt Rd., where D’s Dog Hut used to be, in July, owner says

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

A new restaurant featuring Thai, Vietnamese and French cuisine is headed for Westchester. Thithi’s, which also has a martini bar, will open on the site where D’s Dog Hut, 11061 Roosevelt Rd., used to be.

One of the owners said during an interview on May 13 that they plan to open the restaurant by early July, but they’re already hiring. He said he’s currently looking for sou chefs and dishwashers.

This will be the second Thithi’s location.

The first location, at 9144 S. Kedzie Ave. in Evergreen Park, opened six years ago. And based on a 2016 episode of the popular show “Check, Please!” that featured Thithi’s, the restaurant apparently has a following and a base of enthused supporters.

“I’m Vietnamese, so I mix some Vietnamese flavor with Thai together,” said chef and owner Thithi Pham, the restaurant’s namesake, during the episode. She added that she makes everything from scratch, even the sauces.

Chicago writer Suzanne Witt, who recommended Thithi for the show, called the restaurant “an asset in the Evergreen Park community where I live, but also to the surrounding suburbs. To have a restaurant of its caliber is something I find so exciting.”

Witt said her favorite dish is the panang curry with chicken, which is simmered in

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curry coconut milk, bell peppers, basil and fresh pounded peanuts. Witt said she also “loves the soldier of the sea, which is a spicy stir fry with mussels, salmon and shrimp.”

The restaurant owner who interviewed on May 13 said that, despite the pandemic’s impact on the restaurant industry nationwide, with many restaurant owners reporting having tough times recruiting employees, Thithi’s Evergreen Park restaurant is still well-staffed.

Anyone interested in employment at the restaurant can call (708) 307-6417.

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Maywood photographer captures ‘Everyday Activists’ Tameka Wilson focused her lens on Oak Park and Chicago activists

By MICHELLE DYBAL Wednesday Journal

Maywood resident and Triton College student Tameka Wilson is helping the public rethink how it sees local community leaders in an exhibit that is currently on display in Oak Park called “Everyday Activists.

Wilson teamed up with Susan Stall of Arbor West Neighbors in Oak Park to find, photograph and interview nearly 20 people from the Austin neighborhood of Chicago and Oak Park. Beginning in August 2020, Stall, the former president of Arbor West and current chair of its Advocacy Committee, began contacting activists she knows.

Through photos and stories, the new installment at the Oak Park Art League (OPAL), “Intersection: Art & Words,” demonstrates the good work being done in Austin and Oak Park by everyday people.

The “Everyday Activists” exhibit is part of that larger installment.

Wilson, who earned an Associate’s Degrees in Intercultural Relations and Arts

& Sciences with a focus in photography, worked on the project as a photography intern through Triton College.

In addition to photographing the subjects, Wilson interviewed half the participants and created the look of the photos in the exhibit. Stall worked on interview questions and creating short narratives from the interviews. Israel Rivas assisted with photography and some of his photos are in the exhibit.

When Stall, a sociologist who studies community organizing, heard about Wilson’s background, she thought they could join forces to bring everyday activists to light because “community activists work almost every day, often invisible.”

Starting with people she knew, including Alicia Plomin, marketing & development manager for Austin Coming Together, Stall gathered recommendations. As they talked to participants, they learned of others who are “doing important work on the ground,” and the project developed from there.

“The excitement of people about it has been really wonderful,” Stall said. “I didn’t know exactly how it was going to look. I didn’t know how we were going to get the stories out.”

“My biggest takeaway from this,” Wilson said, “is the majority of our everyday activists don’t see themselves as activists.

They saw themselves as everyday people. I love the modesty. It wasn’t just one or two, it was the majority. … They would say they see themselves as someone who is just doing what needs to be done in the community.”

The installment divides participants into categories — Environment and Sustainability; Civic Engagement; From the Bottom Up; Youth Mentoring and Empowerment; Art and Words Activism; and Faith- and Rightsbased Activism. There are three or four activists in each category.

From the Bottom Up includes “block club organizers” such as Deondre Rutues, of Austin, who, through Network of Neighbors, finds leaders for each block by going door to door in a 40-block radius. Wilson photographed Rutues at community events.

She said she took photos that are more “spot on, directly looking at me, more engaged.”

Faith- and Right-based Activism includes Oak Parker Clara L., her last name omitted to protect her because of what she does. Besides antiracism work, she fights for refugee rights and has harbored an undocumented person in a church basement.

See Everyday Activists at OPAL’s Intersection: Art & Word through May 26. Gallery hours, Tuesdays through Fridays, 1 to 5

ON DISPLAY: The “Everyday Activists” exhibit on display at the Oak Park Art League in Oak Park.

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VILLAGE perspectives Maywood owes Danka Beasley an apology and the public an explanation

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

I remember the moment I learned from a Maywood Police press release that Quinton “Danka” Beasley, a celebrated and beloved community member well-known for his popular basketball league, had been arrested and charged with allegedly defrauding the village of Maywood.

The news was hard to swallow and immediately put me in a quandary. Beasley’s arrest happened in June 2019. Earlier that year, in March, Village Free Press honored Beasley with an award for his service in the community.

I was skeptical of the information in the release, but also knew that I nonetheless had to report this out in a timely manner.

If I didn’t report and the word of his arrest nonetheless got out, I’d appear to be hiding something and perhaps showing some favoritism to someone on whom we’d just publicly showered praises.

If I did publish, possible harm might come to Beasley’s reputation and I’d be lambasted for merely reporting such bombshell charges about a popular and well-respected community member.

I was stuck between a rock and a hard place and not acting wasn’t an option. I

chose to publish, just as I would have done had the subject of the charges not been someone I knew and respected.

I believe I did as much due diligence as I perhaps could have in the moment, calling the Maywood detective who emailed the news release, the mayor and the village manager. I also attempted to call Beasley, but his phone was apparently off at the time. I worked with the information I had, which was only coming from the police.

Whether the allegations were true or false, the situation demanded that village officials — from the mayor and board to the manager and finance director — do their own due diligence and look into how this alleged fraud could have happened. Months went by and village officials apparently did nothing. No updates. No reports. No accountability.

We now learn that the village didn’t even bother to show up in court. Maywood officials, politicians and employees who smiled in Beasley’s face and praised him in public, had left him out to dry. They knew he was innocent and failed to inform the public.

What this incident has forced me to realize, perhaps more clearly than ever before, is that this newspaper needs more money, resources and manpower to more ade-

quately evaluate when public officials are not forthcoming and force them to act with accountability when necessary.

Still, as the owner of the publication that perpetuated the village’s false claims and helped harm Beasley’s reputation, I’m embarrassed and for our part in this sordid tale, I offer Beasely a robust apology.

In hindsight, I could have been more vigilant in demanding more information from the village and more aggressive in my followup reporting, but I’m also one man reporting on about a dozen different communities — that’s not an excuse, it’s pointing out a structural limitation and a hard reality that I know I have to improve. We need more funding, we need more reporters and we need more aggressive local reporting.

We’re working on making that a reality.

We’ve also tried repairing some of the harm we caused by including a prominent update on the original article about Beasley’s arrest (it can be found at the very top in red font). This way, if the article comes up during Google searches, at least people will see that the case has been resolved and Beasley has been cleared of wrongdoing. We did not remove the article, because the article’s headline will still appear in searches. Once people click the link, they

would only be taken to an inactive page with no explanation or update, leaving them to form opinions of their own.

Beasley and his team may consider possible solutions that they’ll have to initiate on their own, such as looking into de-indexing, which removes pages from search results altogether.

In the meantime, for every single village official who knew that Beasley was innocent months ago, but who failed to volunteer this information in public, which would have helped clear his name much earlier, I only offer you my strongest condemnation.

If you don’t feel some responsibility, shame, regret and embarrassment for what happened to Beasley, you should not be in public service. Your inaction is why Maywood government is the poster child of incompetence and corruption.

Maywood’s government not only owes Beasley a formal apology and material restitution, it owes the public an explanation.

What the hell happened? How did it happen? Who is responsible? How are those responsible parties being held accountable?

And what is the village doing to ensure that this does not happen again?

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PUBLIC REAL ESTATE NOTICES FOR SALE

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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: Y21006724 on April 26, 2021 Under the Assumed Business Name of BONNIE VARIETY 4 with the business located at: 3201 RANDOLPH APT 414, BELLWOOD, IL 60104.

The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: LAVERNE DOTSON 3201 RANDOLPH APT 414, BELLWOOD, IL 60104, USA

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

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLO-

SURE 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, The sales clerk, LOGS Legal Group LLP Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL, 60015 (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm 3pm.. Please refer to file number 19-091551.

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.

LOGS Legal Group LLP 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn IL, 60015 847-291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 19-091551 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 19 CH 10818 TJSC#: 41-726 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.

Case # 19 CH 10818 I3168945

EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 7, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 8, 2021, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 510 ANDY DRIVE, MELROSE PARK, IL 60160 Property Index No. 15-02-107-0620000 The real estate is improved with a single family home with attached 1 car garage.

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

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the pro-

visions 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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 20-04346IL

Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 17 CH 12124 TJSC#: 41-645 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.

Case # 17 CH 12124 I3168097

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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 2004411IL_611002 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 20 CH 02576 TJSC#: 41-662 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.

Case # 20 CH 02576 I3168407

Published in Village Free Press May 12, May 19, May 26, 2021

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, -v.KILY MALDEN-ADAMS, FIRST NATIONWIDE MORTGAGE CORPORATION Defendants 19 CH 10818 507 BOHLAND AVENUE BELLWOOD, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 24, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 15, 2021, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 507 BOHLAND AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-09-309-0170000 and 15-09-309-018-0000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $95,521.90.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC Plaintiff, -v.NORTH STAR TRUST COMPANY, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO BANCO POPULAR, TO PIONEER BANK AND TRUST COMPANY AS T/U/T NO. 26246 DTD: 10/23/96, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Defendants 17 CH 12124 510 ANDY DRIVE MELROSE PARK, IL 60160 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.GEORGE K COLEMAN, DAHJANAY MOSLEY-COLEMAN A/K/A DAHJANAY COLEMAN, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Defendants 20 CH 02576 2107 SOUTH 18TH AVENUE BROADVIEW, IL 60155 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 20, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 15, 2021, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2107 SOUTH 18TH AVENUE, BROADVIEW, IL 60155 Property Index No. 15-15-331-0040000 The real estate is improved with a red brick, two story single family home, detached two car garage.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

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