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OCTOBER 10, 2018

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Maywood approves $1.4M tax break for local company National Cycle, an 83-year-old company, has fallen on hard times, reps say MICHAEL ROMAIN

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

The Maywood Board of Trustees recently signed off on a significant tax break for one of the village’s oldest businesses even as the village manager warned that the measure could lead to higher taxes for other property owners in town.

During a regular meeting on Sept. 18, the village board voted 5 to 2 in favor of a resolution in support of granting National Cycle Inc. a Cook County Sustainable Emergency Relief Class 6b property tax incentive that company officials estimated could translate into around $1.4 million in tax savings over 10 years.

Trustee Kimyada Wellington and Melvin See TAX BREAK on page 3

OPEN BORDERS: The Oak Park River Forest Museum’s “Open Housing” exhibit, which runs through June 2019, shows that the African American communities in Maywood and Oak Park are much more intertwined than they may initially appear.

Maywood’s past on display in Oak Park museum

Museum’s ‘Open Housing’ exhibit shows fluidity between the two town’s historic black communities

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

In 1937, the famous black chemist Percy Julian, then living in Maywood, wrote a letter to the editor of the Oak Park Oak

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Leaves newspaper in order to chime in on a controversy involving an African American star football player at Oak Park and River Forest High School.

The player, Lewis Pope, had been denied

by high school authorities the privilege of playing another high school football team in Miami. The other team decided that it See OPEN HOUSING on page 3

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“To learn to be human is to develop through the give and take of communication an effective sense of being an individually distinctive member of a community.”

—John Dewey

Young Democrats treat seniors to soulful outing Last week, the Young Democrats of Proviso took 100 senior citizens from Bellwood, Broadview and Maywood to see the Universoul Circus.

“We are just going by the motto: ‘Humanizing Politics by Enhancing the Communities Quality of Life,’” Nathaniel Booker, the organization’s president.

D209 board member Theresa Kelly speaks at home church Theresa Kelly, the longest-serving school board member in Proviso Township High Schools District 209, recounted some history during a Sept.

23 service at Second Baptist Church in Maywood. The service included an unveiling of the church’s longtime pastors, the late Rev. Robert Hayden and the late Rev. Wallace W. Sykes.

Kelly recalled the many families that have served as anchors at the more than century-old church and regaled the audience, which included Congressman Danny K. Davis and Bellwood Mayor Andre Harvey, with stories of Sykes and her own upbringing in the church.

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Quantrell Priest, Maywood native and three-time Chicago Marathoner And aren’t we all?

Galen Rupp, last year’s winner whose father I don’t run but as a writer and natural isolate, I grew up in Maywood, missed the mark this year at take stock in its metaphors. the 41st Bank of Chicago Marathon.

“Running day after day, piling up the races, bit “My goal was to win,” Rupp said, according to by bit I raise the bar, and by clearing each level the Chicago Sun-Times. “I ran the best I could I elevate myself,” writes the novelist Haruki today. I will go back and learn from it.”

Murakami.

That’s a lesson I took from another Maywood As he closed in on three quarters of the way to native, someone much closer in emotional the finish line, and as I sat immobile at a desk, and physical proximity — my longtime friend, I text some inspiration to my good friend, and Quantrell Priest. On Sunday, he completed his Photo by: Chris Smith returned to looking at a white computer screen. third Chicago Marathon, a feat that may have “Thanks bro calves on fire,” he text back, some seemed foreign to him five or 10 years ago. moments later, teaching me a lesson through his Scary even. pain.

I still remember watching him run on our Some paragraphs through a story, I felt the urge high school track team in shoes better suited for a pickup basketball game — and beating out the more to show my gratitude and took to Google for an expression.

“No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no appropriately dressed competition.

Countless miles later, he’s still running; nowadays, however, cross, no crown.” he’s only in competition with himself.

— Michael Romain

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OPEN HOUSING Two towns from page 1 would not take the field against OPRF if Pope was on it, a demand to which Oak Park conceded.

The Oak Park high school officials, Julian wrote, “despite their attempts at rationalization — have officially paid tribute to the teaching of hate in our schools.”

In his letter, Julian shared his own humiliating racial experience in Oak Park. After having accepted a position on Chicago’s West Side, near Oak Park’s border, Julian “looked about me for a place to live near my work — a temporary abode, which would give me opportunity to look around for a little home where we might rear our children.”

Julian eventually wrote the Oak Park Y.M.C.A., asking if the organization would “kindly give me a room for a short time?”

The Christian organization’s answer, Julian recalled, was no.

“We regret that we cannot accommodate you nor can we find you a place,” the chemist wrote, summarizing the organization’s response to his request.

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TAX BREAK Help or hurt? from page 1 Lightford voted against the measure. Trustee Ron Rivers was not at the meeting.

Wellington and Lightford were among board members who voiced strong opposition to the tax break, which is offered to companies that can demonstrate economic hardship. Maywood Village Manager Willie Norfleet said that by approving the tax break, the board could be passing on higher taxes to residents in order to make up for taxes it would lose.

Board members in favor of the tax break, however, argued that the incentive was necessary if one of the village’s oldest businesses and one of its largest employers is to remain in Maywood.

At a regular board meeting on Aug. 4, National Cycle representatives said that the tax break was necessary because the company had experienced turbulent market conditions and a change in financial fortunes since last year, when it embarked on plans to purchase a strip of village-owned property near its facility at 2200 S. Maywood Drive in order to construct a roughly 29,000-squarefoot expansion of its existing facility.

National Cycle, a motorcycle windshield manufacturer that has been in Maywood for 83 years, was supposed to begin construction on the expansion in the summer, but the

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Museum, 129 Lake Street in Oak Park, can take a copy of Julian’s letter when they cycle through the museum’s newest exhibit, “Open House: The Legacy of Fair Housing,” which runs through June 2019.

The exhibit illustrates Oak Park’s centurylong struggle to integrate, most importantly by challenging barriers to homeownership in the village for African Americans like Julian.

The visitor from Maywood may notice a pattern. Throughout the exhibition, you’ll see stories of middle-class black professionals seeking to move into Oak Park from Maywood.

Julian and his family are the most notable example. They moved from Maywood in 1950 — likely the first family to purchase one of the mansions in Oak Park’s prestigious estate section. Their home was firebombed twice — the first time before they even moved in.

Many white Oak Park residents rushed to the Julians’ defense, some even keeping guard outside of the black family’s home.

That white racist-white progressive divide in Oak Park is also on display in a 1964 letter from Oak Park’s then-village manager, Harris Stevens, to members of the village’s community relations commission.

The focus of the letter is an interracial couple, Mr. and Mrs. Lee King (“The man is negro and the woman,” who goes by the name of Dr. Vero Markovia, “is white”).

The Kings lived at 815 South 19th Street in Maywood before purchasing a home in Oak Park.

Stevens writes the members requesting that they mobilize, which includes contacting the police chief and sympathetic neighbors in order to protect the couple from the kind of reactionaries who would firebomb Julian’s home.

The exhibit also includes a photo of Ted Wheeler, an Olympic athlete who moved his family from Maywood to Oak Park in 1965, “seeking better schools for his children.”

Wheeler “publicly expressed his criticism of initial discrimination faced by his son in Oak Park schools, which later dissipated.”

In another section, a photo of the renowned sculptress, Geraldine McCullough — another former Maywoodian — is featured beside one of her small sculptures.

Frank Lipo, the executive director of the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest, which runs the museum, said that the outmigration from Maywood to Oak Park is actually predated by a reverse flow of people that happened around the time of the Great Depression.

“This fluidity between Oak Park and Maywood” has a long history, Lipo said.

From 1905 to 1930, Oak Park’s small black community was concentrated near the intersection of Harlem and Lake, the main hub of the village’s downtown. During that period, the black community in Oak Park

formed around the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church.

“When the Depression hit, [the village] bought out the church to tear it down and to put more business properties there,” Lipo said. “I talked to several people who live in Maywood now, who say their grandfather and great-uncle came from that Mt. Carmel community to Maywood.”

“There was already a vibrant middle-class black community living in Maywood,” said Sarah Doherty, a North Park University professor who co-curated the exhibit along with Lipo.

And Julian might be considered the embodiment of the fluidity between the two black communities in Oak Park and Maywood.

“He had just moved to Maywood right before writing that letter to the editor,” Lipo said. “He was writing because he cares. He was already a renowned scientist and it’s so great that he references trying to get a room at the Oak Park YMCA and he couldn’t because he was black.

“He talks about traveling in Europe even as the Nazis were coming to power. He’s saying, without bragging, that ‘I’m accomplished, I’ve traveled, but it took a black family in Oak Park to take me in.’ I think he’s calling out that strand of hypocrisy we sometimes have in Oak Park. He has to call out his future friends and neighbors.”

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planned work was halted after a large bid fell through, company representatives said in August.

In a September 26 board memo from village attorney Michael A. Marrs, the company faced “changing business conditions, including the on-going uncertainty in U.S. trade regulations with Europe and China, which have caused National Cycle to lose orders and have caused price increases.”

The county tax break only applies to companies located in the same facility for 10 years, operate in property that is used for industrial purposes and shows evidence of at least three of 13 signs of blight.

A company also has to provide detailed a financial justification for why the tax break is necessary in order for it to maintain its operations at the current location, among other criteria. In addition, the municipal board where the company is located must also vote on a resolution in order for the company to secure the tax break.

According to financial projections National Cycle representatives provided to the board in August, the company paid $226,201 in property taxes in 2017. A Class 6b SER tax incentive would have reduced that tax bill by 60 percent, to $90,481.

If given the tax break, National Cycle could see $135,720 shaved off of its property tax bill each year for 10 years, from 2018 through 2027 — amounting to $1,357,000 in savings to the company during that time period.

Since Maywood collects 58 percent of that property tax revenue (the other portion goes to other taxing bodies, such as the library

and schools), those savings to National Cycle could translate into around $787,000 in lost tax revenue for the village over the course of a decade, village officials said.

The board voted to grant National Cycle the tax break contingent on the company completing its expansion, which they said could potentially offset at least a portion of the $1.4 million in projected tax revenue that the village could lose.

As part of the initial redevelopment agreement, the village had agreed to pay an estimated $408,000 to pave an adjacent rightof-way that would serve the new building addition. The village had also granted the company a tax break on the new property.

The most recent tax break would apply to all of National Cycle’s manufacturing operation.

On Oct. 2, the board voted on changes to that initial redevelopment agreement to reflect that National Cycle has since agreed to pay for paving the right-of-way.

In addition, National Cycle must close on the sale of the village-owned property

by Oct. 31 and begin construction on the expansion on or before Sept. 18, 2021. The expansion must be substantially completed

by Sept. 18, 2023, or else the village could take steps to terminate the tax break.

During the Oct. 2 meeting, Maywood Village Manager Willie Norfleet repeated the warning he gave board members in August.

Norfleet also pointed out that if National Cycle does not adhere to the terms of the amended redevelopment agreement, the village does not have much power to hold

the company accountable. For example, if it wanted to terminate the tax break, the village would have to file a request with the county.

“If the tax levy stays the same, the tax rate will potentially need to be increased and residents may have to pick up the differential,” Norfleet warned. “You have passed on a tax burden with the reality that you’re asking [the company] to do something that is not enforceable.”

When National Cycle representatives presented their request for the tax break to the board in August, some residents voiced their opposition during public comments while Wellington urged the company to understand “the status of the village. We don’t have money and we’re putting this back on the residents.”

Board members in support of the tax break, however, said that National Cycle should be treated similar to larger companies that have gotten tax breaks in the past, such as Aetna and Cintas.

“The citizens in Maywood want business,” Mayor Edwenna Perkins said in August. “We cannot give them business, unless we give [the businesses] some support.”

“This is a tough decision that has to be made,” said Trustee Isiah Brandon at the Oct. 2 meeting. “You have a business in front of us who has been in the village for 83 years.

Do you want to lose everything or try and work with them in order to save what we do have, with the possibility of them expanding as well?”

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Leamington Foods in Hillside closes Owner said the store, an old Jewel Osco, could not be renovated

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

Leamington Foods in Hillside closed on Sept. 29, according to the store’s primary owner, who also pushed back against what he said has been the unfair portrayal of the store by a high-profile local legislator and dozens of social media commenters. He also addressed the reasons for the store’s closure after more than two decades at the 550 Mannheim Road location.

Ken Casaccio and Dan Casaccio, two brothers who are third-generation grocers in a family that’s been in the business for around 90 years, said that they were disheartened when state Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch (7th), who lives in Hillside and represents the district where it was located, blasted the store on Facebook after learning that it had closed.

“We don’t need grocery stores like Leamington in our neighborhoods,” Welch wrote. “They provide poor quality at high prices. They prey on poor people. This particular store was always dirty, and it smelled like it.”

Welch’s comment opened the floodgates for dozens of people to share their own experiences at the store — from complaints about the store’s controversial smell and lack of cleanliness to some people claiming that they were sold bad meat.

Other commenters, although a lot fewer in number, praised some of Leamington’s produce and lamented its closure.

Ken Casaccio, who owns two other Leamington stores in Chicago, said that he had wanted to modernize and expand the Hillside store, but “we just couldn’t do it to that building.”

Cassacio said that he had been leasing the building on a year-to-year basis since a longterm lease had expired four years ago. The unpleasing smell was due to plumbing issues deep underneath the old building, he said.

“The building was an old Jewel Osco,” he said. “Half the plumbing underneath the

ground was cemented and blocked off. We took the Jewel part and not the Osco part. It was a big building back then.”

Cassacio said that when his team “started getting the smells that people were talking about,” they called in “a bunch of companies” to look into the source.

They were told that the “whole meat department” would need to be “ripped up” and the store closed while workers dug 20 feet underneath the ground to fix the drainage issues — a measure that was cost-prohibitive.

What’s more, Cassacio said, the store was plagued by regular power outages that happened “three to four times a year.”

“That particular area needs a huge redevelopment of electrical power,” said Dan Cassacio, who owns Living Fresh Market in Forest Park — an entity that is separate from Leamington Foods.

“This year alone, [the Hillside Leamington] lost power three times, once for two days,” Dan said. “When something like that happens, you take a $50,000 to $60,000 hit … That was a huge undertaking every year.”

In addition to structural issues related to the building, the Cassacio brothers said, the store also had a big tax burden.

They said that when the Hillside store opened 23 years ago, they paid $70,000 a year in property taxes. In the final years they were in business in Hillside, they said, they were paying more than $200,000 a year.

The competitive landscape for independent grocers is pretty hostile these days without

added hostility from powerful politicians and the reverberations of social media and other internet platforms like Yelp, they explained.

“I take it personally,” Ken said. “To have bad meat — we would never want someone that came in to walk away unsatisfied.

That’s just who we are. We had a good meat department and good produce, but the store just needed a new face. It needed a new paint job and a new decor package.”

“There was no bad meat sold in our stores,” said Dan. “Our reputation stands. Our meat is 100 percent guaranteed in every single one of our stores. Nobody’s ever walked out [dissatisfied] and not gotten a refund.”

The brothers said that the criticism threatens to overshadow the generations of satisfied customers and employees their family has had while doing business for close to a century.

“We’re grocers, we belong to associations,” said Ken. “We know that if somebody walks away dissatisfied, they tell 10 people. If we do something right? Maybe they say nothing to nobody, maybe they only tell the grocer.

We always know the downside is worse.”

Ken said that the Hillside Leamington employed around 35 part-time and full-time workers, and served between 6,000 and 8,000 customers a week, at the time it closed.

“We came from the West Side,” he said. “We gave the customer what they really wanted.

You could get your greens and smoked meat from us. You could buy Oscar Meyer items that you liked at a much cheaper Jewel. You

Krispy Kreme Hillside now open Store is distributing Golden Tickets until Oct. 14

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts was scheduled to officially open its third location in the Chicago area at 110 S. Mannheim Rd. in Hillside on Oct. 9.

As of press time, the grand opening ceremony was set to feature a performance by the Proviso East High School Marching Band at 7:30 a.m. Hillside mayor Joseph Tamburino was set to facilitate the ribbon-cutting at 8 a.m.

Doors were supposed to open at 6 a.m. The first customer in line would have the honor on Krispy Kreme’s trademark

Hot Light, company officials said. The first 100 customers in line at the shop (drive-thru customers not included) would get a free supply of a dozen glazed doughnuts each month for a year.

Throughout the week, from the opening morning on Oct. 9 until Oct. 14 at 5 p.m., the store will randomly distribute 100 Golden Tickets to customers at the checkout.

Learn more about Krispy Kreme Doughnuts on social media at Facebook.com/KrispyKreme, Twitter.com/ KrispyKreme or go to the website at krispykremechi.com.

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can’t take that away from us.”

Over the years, the brothers said, the store became more of a neighborhood than a place of business.

“At Christmas time and Thanksgiving, we always doubled our business,” Dan said.

“We knew we’d see all of the kids we grew up with who used to work at our store, whose parents shopped at our store.”

The brothers said that they also hired from the community. Now that the Hillside store is closed, those employees with the ability to travel to new locations have been reassigned.

“We tried to transfer as many as we could to Living Fresh Market,” Dan said, before emphasizing that his Forest Park store is a separate entity from Leamington.

Ken said that he’s currently focused on giving his two Chicago Leamington locations something that was structurally impossible in Hillside — a makeover.

He’s budgeted $2 million to modernize and downsize the Leamington in the city’s North Lawndale neighborhood starting next year.

Once the renovation is completed, the store will feature a salad bar, a soup station and other amenities. The Leamington located in the city’s Austin neighborhood could be renovated sometime in 2019, as well.

The brothers said that they took pains to make sure that they exited Hillside properly.

“You’ve got a lot of grocery stores that went under and everybody they did business with got stiffed,” Dan said. “We closed our store?

Spotlessly cleaned when we walked out the door. Every vendor got paid. We walked out the door and everybody’s smiling. I don’t see how else you can do it better than that.”

“You don’t burn bridges, because you never know where you’re going to go tomorrow,” Ken said. “Maybe someday Maywood or Bellwood will make us an offer. There are second and third generations that shop our store. It’s a reputation that we take seriously.

That Hillside store was just inside of an old and tired building. It’s just that simple.”

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Rowdy funeral task force gears up as violence erupts Incident in Oak Park highlights urgency of Boykin task force’s mission

By TIM INKLEBARGER Wednesday Journal

become more frequent in the last few years, he said.

The incident took place a few weeks before the Cook County Funeral and Cemetery Violence Taskforce held its first meeting.

The working group, established in March

by Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin and Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, has been meeting throughout the summer with funeral directors, cemetery owners and law enforcement officials in an effort to find solutions to the growing problem.

At its first official meeting at Forest Park Village Hall on Sept. 28, the taskforce set a goal of submitting recommendations to the Cook County Board of Commissioners by the end of November.

Cook County Detective Sergeant Jason Moran, who serves on the taskforce, said much of the violence centers on the Oakridge-Glen Oak Cemetery at Roosevelt and Mannheim roads. He told task force members that the county sheriff ’s department already is taking steps to address the issue.

The shooting death of Sirkarl Freeman, 36, at the Oakridge-Glen Oak Cemetery in February 2017, which was ruled a homicide by police, he said, prompted the cemetery to hire on-duty sheriff ’s police officers to patrol the grounds at peak hours on Fridays and Saturdays.

The new police detail began on Sept. 28, Moran said.

“[Cemetery owner Devona Goodlow] is very happy and the staff is very happy because they feel very unsafe,” he said.

Goodlow encouraged funeral home owners and police to communicate with cemetery directors to let them know when potentially dangerous processions are headed their way.

“Funeral homes know what they’re bringing in to the cemetery,” she said. “When they meet with the families (of the deceased) they somewhat know what’s going on.”

She told the taskforce that the violence is not always between rival gang members.

The cemetery can have as many as 25 or 30 funerals in a day over the weekend, which results in traffic congestion and angry motorists.

“Sometimes we put them on hold [coming into the cemetery] and they get out and start fighting,” she said. “They fight with one another … this is family fighting family.”

Moran suggested the possibility of creating an additional entrance to the cemetery and opening a second “economy” section to alleviate congestion in that part of the cemetery.

Forest Park Mayor Anthony Calderone, who attended the meeting but does not serve on the task force, said his community experiences “quite a number of these funerals that either travel down Madison Street or come through Forest Park on Jackson Boulevard, which I happen to live on, so I see these firsthand.”

He said the processions, which begin in Chicago, travel through Oak Park first.

He encouraged the task force to include Oak Park law enforcement officials in the conversation. The processions also travel through Maywood, Broadview and Westchester before reaching their final destination.

Oak Park police could not be reached for comment.

“There’s not a simple solution to the type of behavior that takes place [during the processions],” Calderone said.

Forest Park Police Chief Tom Aftanas said his officers have directed potentially violent processions onto the Eisenhower Expressway, rather than letting them pass through his community.

Oak Park resident O’Malley told Wednesday Journal in a phone interview that he was unaware that a task force had been established until he read about it in the newspaper. He said residents in his area have met in the past to try to figure out what to do.

For now, he’d like to see the processions directed to a different street.

“I think someone should talk to the funeral homes and not allow them access to Jackson,” he said.

The next task force meeting is set for Oct. 26, the location to be determined.

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On a Saturday afternoon in early September, Oak Park resident Michael O’Malley was in the back of his home in the 800 block of Wisconsin Avenue, when he heard arguing coming from the street outside.

O’Malley, who has lived at the corner of Wisconsin and Jackson Boulevard for the last 13 years, ran to the front of the house with his video camera at the ready. He suspected it might be another funeral procession — the kind that could get someone killed.

Peeking through the blinds of his living room, O’Malley recorded a group of about 30 people who had exited their vehicles and were yelling at one another. Suddenly the fracas erupted into a melee with men and women punching each other in a chaotic frenzy.

So-called “rowdy” funeral processions are not a new thing on Jackson Boulevard, but this one, which took place about 1 p.m. on Sept. 8, was the worst O’Malley has ever seen.

“I called 911 and it must have rung five or six times, and by that time it was pretty much breaking up, so I didn’t complete the call,” he said.

O’Malley said he has been trying to collect video of such funeral processions to give to police. He filed a report with the Oak Park Police Department later, but hasn’t heard back on the incident.

His neighbor, David Brumirski, also was home during the street fight but only witnessed the aftermath. He was told by his wife that the brawl spilled over onto his lawn.

“One woman was winded or hurt and sat down on my steps,” he said, noting that most of the fight took place on the street and in the parkway in front of his house.

Brumirski did call the police and later saw officers outside interviewing witnesses — but that was long after the funeral procession had moved on.

Unlike his neighbor, Brumirski said he was unaware that funeral processions ever became violent.

O’Malley said the processions he’s seen, which some funeralhome operators refer to as “highrisk funerals,” typically don’t result in individuals getting out of their cars. They are described as motorists driving erratically, swerving in and out of both lanes of traffic, blocking intersections, hanging out the windows of their cars and blasting loud music.

MICHAEL O’MALLEY O’Malley began noticing them ROWDY PROCESSIONS: Video footage of a brawl that broke out during a funeral procession near the corner of Jackson Boulevard and Wisconsin about eight years ago, but they’ve

Avenue in Oak Park on Sept. 8.

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A D209 first: PMSA named National Blue Ribbon School Dept. of Education award is the school’s third honor this year

By NONA TEPPER Forest Park Review

The U.S. Department of Education named PMSA a 2018 National Blue Ribbon School on Oct. 1, an achievement that recognizes PMSA’s work closing the achievement gap among student subgroups based on race and economics.

The Department of Education’s recognition comes on the heels of being named the eighth best high school in the state in U.S. News & World Report’s annual list — which gave PMSA a Gold Medal Award — and Chicago Magazine naming it the third best high school in suburban Cook County.

Superintendent Jesse Rodriguez said in a statement he wanted to congratulate PMSA students, staff, families and the D209 Board of Education.

“Their work in and outside the classroom reflects teaching, learning, and policy implementation at its best,” he said in a statement. “The support of our parents and communities has helped us

achieve this recognition and we thank them for all they have done for our district.”

This is the first year PMSA has been named a National Blue Ribbon School and the first time a school in Proviso Township High Schools District 209 has received the award. PMSA was one of 24 public schools in the state to receive this recognition, and one of 349 public and private schools nationwide.

“PMSA being recognized as a Blue Ribbon School is a testament to the hard work and dedication put in by all of the PMSA administrators, teachers and staff,” board President Nathan Wagner said in a statement. “But most of all, it is a testament to the determination and focus of the students who come from all over Proviso Township.”

“Since being part of the team that opened PMSA, I am extremely happy to see our students reach their highest potential,” said board member Theresa Kelly. “We are also working equally as hard to ensure that our other two

schools reach their highest potential.

Proviso is rising.”

PMSA Principal Bessie Karvelas, in her statement, acknowledged her students’ diverse dreams, such as becoming the next president, creating the first home to withstand a hurricane, and finding a cure for cancer.

“It is our job to make those dreams a reality; it is our job to develop the independent learner and provide an environment where meaning could be constructed collaboratively by students, faculty and staff,” she said.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos will honor PMSA and other National Blue Ribbon Schools at an awards ceremony in Washington D.C., Nov. 7-8.

“We recognize and honor your important work in preparing students for successful careers and meaningful lives,” DeVos said in a statement. “Congratulations on your students’ accomplishments and for your extraordinary commitment to meeting their unique needs.”

West defeats East 34-18 Proviso West defeated Proviso East 34-18 in the annual gridiron clash of crosstown rivalries on Oct. 6 at West. The victory was the first this season for the Panthers, 1-6, while the Pirates fell to 2-5 for the season.

The Panthers’ win was powered by the ground game of running backs Brandon Smith (#2) and Brandon Gwin-Smith (#8). Smith, the MaxPreps Player of the Game, notched 21 carries for 174 yards and three touchdowns while Gwin-Smith carried 12 times for 84 yards and two touchdowns.

The Panthers’ defense also shined with a fumble recovery in the third quarter. East had three fumbles throughout the game.

West earned 356 total yards to East’s 166, with 330 of the Panthers’ yards earned on the ground.

The Panthers face the York Dukes on Friday, Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m., at York while the Pirates face the Willowbrook Warriors on Friday, Oct. 12, 7:15 p.m. at home.

— Michael Romain

NEWS briefs Metra trains and 70 freight trains using the line to operate simultaneously, a critical step toward improving the line’s reliability and efficiency,” officials noted in the statement.

Officials added that drivers could experience delays while the rail crossing is closed. Union Pacific is requesting that drivers “follow the posted detour, as well as be aware of, and courteous to crews working in the area.”

19th Ave. rail crossing to close Oct. 8 The rail crossing located at 19th Avenue and Main Street, which divides Maywood and Melrose Park, will be closed on Oct. 8 in order to allow crews to install a third rail line and to perform utility and grading work, according to a statement released by Union Pacific Railroad.

Officials with the railroad said that the temporary closure is expected to last around eight weeks, depending on the weather.

The construction work is part of a longterm project to construct a third rail line on the Metra West Line — from River Forest to Melrose Park and from West Chicago to Geneva.

“The additional main line will allow 59

Bellwood man among 12 arrested in federal heroin trafficking case A Bellwood man is one of 12 people facing federal charges as part of an investigation into heroin trafficking on Chicago’s West Side by multiple law enforcement agencies on the local, state and federal levels, according to a statement released by the U.S. Attorney’s office.

The investigation, called “Operation Dirty Ice,” included law enforcement authorities operating under the umbrella of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, which is designed to “identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking organizations.”

During the investigation, authorities

intercepted defendants’ cellphone calls, did “extensive surveillance” and carried out court-authorized searches in residences in Austin, a neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side, and Bellwood.

“During the probe, authorities seized one and a half kilograms of heroin, a half kilogram of crack cocaine, more than $892,000 in illicit cash proceeds, and a stolen handgun,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s statement.

Many of the dozen defendants were arrested on Tuesday and have already made their first appearances in federal court.

Eleven defendants — including Diamond Lake, 42, of Bellwood — were charged with conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with the intent to distribute, and one was charged with possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute.

According to the federal complaint, Lake helmed a drug trafficking organization “that distributed nearly 500 grams of heroin in the Chicago area on a weekly basis” and that from “May to October of this year, Lake’s organization distributed at least 10 kilograms of heroin to customers on the West Side of Chicago.”

If convicted, Lake and the 10 others charged with conspiracy could serve between 10 and 40 years in prison.

Broadview Mattress Firm to close According to a USA Today report, “Mattress Firm plans to close up to 700 stores as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, including more than 200 within days.”

Instead of holding a liquidation sale featuring going-out-of-business deals, the retailer will “transfer mattresses to other stores, warehouses or distribution centers, or could ‘decide to abandon’ showroom products altogether, according to a court filing.”

Among the stores listed to close is the Mattress Firm at 7550 Broadview Village Square (Suite 7600C) in Broadview, the report notes.

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Watching ‘America to Me’

Episode 1: ‘What’s the big deal about Oak Park?’

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

This is the first in a series of reaction pieces to each episode in the 10-part docuseries, “America to Me,” currently airing each Sunday at 8 p.m. on the Starz channel.

‘The room numbers — that’s deep’ The first scene of the first episode shows an AfricanAmerican male student negotiating the terms of an interview about the explosive Black Lives Matter assembly that happened at OPRF during Black History Month in 2015.

The assembly was held exclusively for AfricanAmerican students — the school’s auditorium, at least for that day, transformed into a protected space where black students could vent on their own terms about the way they are treated at the high school.

At the time, the assembly provoked a harsh reaction from some community members and students (many if not most of them, presumably, white). James includes those voices later in the episode, but only as disembodied internet commenters. “It sounds like treason,” one comment reads, referencing the assembly. “#BlackRacismMatters” reads another.

“Did you go to the Black Lives Matter assembly?” someone behind the camera asks an unnamed black male student.

“Wait, I don’t get to ask the questions?” the student shoots back.

“Did we go over answering in complete sentences?” a voice from behind the camera asks another student — an African-American female.

“I naturally do that when I talk, so umm,” the student responds.

There’s a lesson in this opening scene that frames the remainder of the first episode. James and his team masterfully reveal their own inadequacies and far-fromnimble attempts to engender trust between themselves and the students, who are highly sophisticated at jostling for control of their own narratives.

That the filmmakers have, from the outset, ceded narrative control to the students is obvious — it’s an exercise in active listening that is a staple of Steve James’ documentaries.

The first scene, however, also works to disarm any whites who may come into the viewing experience with certain preconceptions, namely that they’ll be made the villains in a great racial morality play. That’s obviously not the case.

But there is racial tension nonetheless and James shows how this often plays out, in very real terms, when he interviews the whip-smart Ke’Shawn Kumsa, an African-American student who is both supremely self-confident and dangerously vulnerable (Aside: at certain points in the episode, Kumsa wears a technicolor basketball jersey; he looks like he could be the regal subject of a Kehinde Wiley painting).

“What’s the big deal about Oak Park?” Kumsa asks, starkly announcing his position outside of the great liberal tradition that the village has built for itself since the 1970s.

James, a longtime Oak Parker whose kids went to OPRF, explains in a disembodied voiceover that the tradition that Kumsa dismisses has to do with Frank Lloyd Wright and Ernest Hemingway and Percy Julian (whose “home was firebombed twice,” James points out).

But the biggest deal of them all, James notes, is the tradition that most Oak Parkers pride themselves on; it has to do with the fact that the village resisted the phenomenon of white flight — of whites who moved, en masse, to other places when blacks started moving next door.

“The white people who fled were mostly older and conservative,” James explains. “The white people who moved in were younger and more liberal, wanting to be part of the American experiment in true diversity.”

What Oak Park since then has learned, however, is that “diversity is not the same as equity.”

Therein lies the crux of what James and his team attempt to explore. How can a bastion of liberalism, a national model of racial integration, maintain such stark racial disparities when it comes to how it educates its young people?

How is Kumsa, a young black man who, according to his mother, has lived in Oak Park since he was 3 years old (whose own mother, we’ll see in the next episode, attended OPRF) be so estranged from a liberal tradition that was expressly meant to benefit blacks like him?

The irony frames the whole film series and is announced in the film’s title, which is pulled from a 1935 Langston Hughes poem, “Let America Be America Again.” The poem is Whitmanesque in a technical and stylistic sense and also hauntingly contemporary.

The poem’s first stanza (“Let America be America again / Let it be the dream it used to be / Let it be the pioneer on the plain / Seeking a home where he himself is free.”) echoes a chant by an unseen OPRF student on the first day of school (“We are OPRF … we embrace our diversity and our uniqueness, we thrive on opportunities given to us”).

And both instances of idealistic rhetoric, whether we like it or not, echo this famous claim of a glorified, but mythical pastime: “Make America Great Again.”

To which a voice in Hughes’ poem replies, “America never was America to me.”

Traditions, even great ones, can result in blind spots if the kind of criticism that anchors Hughes’ poem isn’t taken into account. But how to confront that blindness is easier said than done.

Race at OPRF, the film shows, is lived as an amoral fact. It’s a series of real-life propositions, split-second decisions, day-to-day tradeoffs. Race is a conundrum built atop layers and layers of decisions, some good, some bad, that actual, flesh-and-blood people are forced to navigate in the here and now.

While viewing the first episode, I felt like the biracial freshman, Grant Lee, who gets lost (literally and metaphorically) trying to navigate OPRF (that massive, racially-charged maze). Lee not only has to contend with his own shyness and inexperience, he also has to contend with upper classmen who deliberately give him wrong directions to his algebra class for kicks (which is a non-racial hazing ritual at the school).

Aaron Podolner, a physics teacher at OPRF, describes the injustice of it all.

“The room numbers,” he says. “That’s deep. The school was built in 17 different parts or 17 different times. It’s just terribly obvious who a freshman is, because they have this vacant look in their eyes, almost a sense of unfairness. They’re like, ‘How come 289 is not next to 288?”

That’s race, in a nutshell.

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Episode 2: ‘Stranger in a room’ Stranger in a strange land

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

Between me and the other world there is ever an unasked question: unasked by some through feelings of delicacy, by others through the difficulty of rightly framing it. All, nevertheless, flutter round it. ‘How does it feel to be a problem?’

W.E.B. Du Bois Watching this second episode took me back to my own days at Oak Park and River Forest High School. I thought of my readings on African-American literature in Michael Dorame’s English course, where I was first introduced to Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, and concepts like W.E.B. Du Bois’ “double-consciousness.”

I recall a chalkboard where Mr. Dorame drew a triangle to illustrate the three major ways that slaves subverted the condition of their involuntary servitude.

They openly rebelled against their masters (i.e., Frederick Douglass), they ran away, and/or they resisted through subtle, day-to-day acts of sabotage, such as slowing work, playing sick or dumb, breaking tools and committing arson — the latter category a kind of war of attrition, but one waged by the property itself.

Fundamentally, these concepts describe sophisticated survival techniques that blacks have developed and honed over centuries to endure not just years of slavery, but more than four centuries of white supremacy — and the other side of that coin, the wholesale practice of deeming an entire population of people unworthy of basic humanity.

In scene after scene of Steve James’ real-life miniature epic, I was struck by the enduring, gravitational force that ideas like Ellison’s concept of invisibility and W.E.B. Du Bois’ idea of double-consciousness have upon the material reality of the very real lives played out in this documentary.

Danielle Robinson, the mother of OPRF student Ke’Shawn Kumsa, tells us how the systematic dehumanization of African Americans plays out in day-to-day real life — in this instance as a blunt, automatic denial of credibility.

Interestingly enough, the second episode starts in Jessica Stovall’s literature class, with white and black students discussing the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald by Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke. The officer shot the 17-year-old, who police suspected had been involved in a string of robberies and who was armed with a knife, 16 times.

Van Dyke encountered a mentally unstable teenager and saw a threat that was to be mitigated by any means, including force. If McDonald were white, would Van Dyke have felt as threatened? There’s no need to answer this question; that it must be posed and seriously grappled with is evidence of what scholars call a “racial empathy gap.”

I am invisible, the African-American protagonist in Ellison’s 1952 novel explains, because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it as though I have been surrounded by mirrors of hard, distorting glass. When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves, or figments of their imagination — indeed, everything and anything except me.

“They already had decided who you were, so whenever they saw me they were looking for a problem,” Robinson recalls of her own days attending OPRF more than two decades ago as a young, black woman from Chicago.

“It is a peculiar sensation,” wrote Du Bois in his 1903 The Souls of Black Folk, “this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.”

In this second episode, the viewer gets acquainted with the burden of balancing these different consciousnesses. For blacks, code-switching — going back and forth between this black/white binary — is a Continued on next page

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Village Free Press | October 10, 2018 Andrew Cyrus) will return once again to fly high in an acrobatic basketball dunking spectacular. Families can compete in MFA’s Amazing Race challenge and go head-to-head in the giant inflatable obstacle course. Kids can take a big leap in the Giant Pumpkin Bounce.

At 11 a.m., walk a mile with us around the neighborhood and return for a hot dog lunch. If you’re looking for more to eat, try the delicious taco creations from the taco buggy! Don’t forget to wear your orange Pumpkin Patch Parade t-shirt from any year or get this year’s t-shirt from Maywood Fine Arts.

This year’s theme is “Where’s your ART?”

Get Money Smart It’s Pumpkin Patch time again On Saturday, Oct. 13, 9 a.m., at 5th Ave. and Lake St., Maywood Fine Arts will host its annual Pumpkin Patch Parade. Dancers will showcase their dance moves with moms and dads. Tumblers will compete against their parents in the tumbling challenge. Karate students will demonstrate their martial arts skills.

The World Famous DUNK DOCTORS (founded by Maywood Fine Arts alum

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Being a problem from page 1 very real and rather mundane thing.

Notice how Kendale McCoy, an African-American student who plays drums in the marching band and also wrestles (and whose effort to lose weight in order to land a starting position on OPRF’s top-ranked wrestling team is the second episode’s biggest narrative hook) describes his experience among his closest white friends in band.

“I can’t talk about race, rap with my white friends as much because they don’t understand it,” he says. “Some of them don’t know who Malcolm X or Biggie Smalls is.”

There is an inherent knowingness among these African-American subjects, the sense that they’re the only ones in on the absurdist joke that is OPRF’s long, lapsed history of dealing with the problem of race — which too often translates into whites problematizing actual black bodies.

“This got to be a joke,” Robinson says, looking on Room 422, called “Motivational Mentoring” on the placard. “That has got to be a joke. If you know this room, you know that it wasn’t the motivational center.”

When she was in high school, Room 422 was where the “OC” kids were housed. In yet another instance of how the students, particularly students of color, are much more familiar than the adults with the absurdist

Learn about small business lending On Tuesday, Oct. 16, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Roos Recreation Center, 7501 W. Harrison St. in Forest Park, state Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch will host Invest in Success. Have a great idea for a small business but not sure where to get support? Join Welch and the Illinois Bankers Association for a small business lending seminar.

For more info, visit EmanuelChrisWelch. com.

Learn how to pay for college without going broke

On Saturdays, Oct. 13, Oct. 20 and Oct. 27, noon to 1 p.m., at the Maywood Public Library, 121 S. 5th Ave. in Maywood, Proviso Community Bank will host free Money Smart classes.

The Money Smart for Adults instructor-led curriculum consists of 11 training modules that cover basic financial topics, including how to choose and maintain a checking account, descriptions of deposit and credit services, and spending plans, among other topics.

For more info, call (708) 483-0030 or visit provisobank.com.

On Tuesday, Oct. 16, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the Bellwood Public Library, 600 Bohland Ave. in Bellwood, learn financial strategies that can save parents thousands of dollars in college costs, tips on how to increase the size of scholarships, the six biggest mistakes families make, how private colleges can often cost less than public universities, and much more. Presented by My College Planning Team.

For more info, call (708) 547-7393 or visit bellwoodlibrary.org.

outcomes of many of the high school’s best efforts to deal with its “problematic” population, Robinson explains that OC was short for “out of control,” not the institutional name administrators had in mind for the acronym.

“They pumped candy in you all day and we used to shoot pool and watch Jerry Springer,” she recalls. “It was kind of like jail. It was almost prepping you.”

For some viewers, I suspect, Robinson’s testimony presents a quandary. Can this be real? And is this “problematic” black woman — the mother of a “problematic” black boy — credible?

When Robinson relates her experience of being kicked out of OPRF, it is only her side of the story. James and his crew could have vetted and poked and prodded at her account. They could have interviewed other people who were party to Robinson’s experience.

After all, Robinson’s testimony, if credible, is a scathing indictment of a self-evidently proud, liberal, progressive institution.

But the filmmakers decide to take her at her word, nudging the viewer to do the same — an exercise that is historically rare when it comes to African-American testimonials and that cuts against a centuries-old tradition of whites not trusting black people’s accounts of their own suffering.

I learned in classes like Mr. Dorame’s, for instance, that a staple of African-American slave narratives is the preface, often written by white suffragists and sympathizers (we’d call them allies today), to vouchsafe the author’s credibility.

“Mr. Douglass,” writes William Lloyd Garrison in his preface to Frederick Douglass’ 1845 Life of an American Slave, “has very properly chosen to write his own narrative, in his own style, and according to the best of his ability, rather than to employ someone else.”

It should tell you something about the structural weaknesses of liberalism when it comes to dealing with race that these prefaces had to be written at all. Texts like Douglass’ would have presumably been read by an audience not of white slaveholders and the staunchest racists but by the moderates and progressives of that era — and even they needed to be convinced to take a black man at his word.

In one sense, this film in which James, a white male, is the lead director, serves to vouchsafe Robinson’s credibility. In another sense, however, no such explicit support exists for her on the screen.

She is alone in a hallway in her old high school as she tells her side of the story. We must choose to believe her, hedge (giving her the benefit of the doubt while leaving open the possibility that some parts, or all, of her account could be not entirely true) or not believe her at all.

“As a junior, I had a 13-pound cyst removed from my body,” Robinson remembers. “After my surgery, I still had staples in my stomach, so I went to my dean and asked for an elevator pass, and his exact words to me was, ‘I will give you nothing. I hope your staples come out.’”

Do we believe that such cruelty — reminiscent of the treatment Douglass received at

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Big Week October 10 – 17

Brace for a wholesome Halloween at Family Fright Night On Wednesday, Oct. 17, 6 p.m., at Bellwood Public Library, 600 Bohland Ave. in Bellwood, have fun at Family Fright Night.

Join in for thrills and chills and a screening of the film “Goosebumps.” Snacks provided.

Registration Required.

For more info, call (708) 547-7393 or visit bellwoodlibrary.org.

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the hands of “Old Master Thomas Auld” — actually existed at OPRF? Is Robinson making this up or exaggerating? Is she inventing a conspiracy?

She says it was as if the dean knew she would subvert his order and get on the elevator anyway. Lo and behold, she adds, when she got off on the fourth floor, “There was a security guard standing at the top of the stairs and he was like, ‘Got you, Ms. Robinson.’”

Robinson says she told the security guard, “I wish I died on that table, so maybe y’all can stop seeing me as the worst.” She adds that the security guard, untruthfully, said she showed her “privates,” when she was trying to show the stitches on her stomach in order, ironically, to provide proof of her pain and suffering.

This scene is perhaps the most complex in the second episode. You have a black woman describing how she was denied proof of legitimacy (the elevator pass), subverted a school rule prohibiting the use of the elevators without a pass, and, despite showing evidence of her suffering, was expelled as a result of the incident.

She shares her story, some decades later, once again standing alone on the fourth floor, again with no great (white) authority having granted proof of legitimacy. Her tears, like her stitches back then, are the best proof she has at hand to convince us of her pain, of her basic humanity.

She’s only asking to be believed.

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Public Notice: Your Right to Know REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE FOR FOR SALE SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

DANA V. HYMAN Defendants, 18 CH 2907 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, November 1, 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. 15-16-203-051-0000.

Commonly known as 3109 WILCOX 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. 17003781 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3099226

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, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 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 15-076647.

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

SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 15-076647 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 15 CH 16967 TJSC#: 38-7614 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.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS OF LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 20061, ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-1; Plaintiff, vs.

ROLANDO SANCHEZ; ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; Defendants, 18 CH 3742 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, November 5, 2018, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-16-122-020-0000.

Commonly known as 3910 CONGRESS STREET, 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 within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. Ref. No. 17-03273 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3099716

Commonly known as 1310 North 14th Avenue, Melrose Park, IL 60160.

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. 17026346 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3099710

Plaintiff, vs.

LUIS M. GARATE; ANGELA MAS; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 18 CH 2124 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, November 6, 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. 15-03-438-016-0000.

Commonly known as 906 North 16th Avenue, Melrose Park, IL 60160.

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. 18003925 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3099726

Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. Ref. No. 18-00515 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3099727

um 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 14-15-16488.

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. 14-15-16488 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 15 CH 015756 TJSC#: 38-7689 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.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.SUSAN C. SASSO A/K/A SUSAN CAROL SASSO A/K/A SUSAN SASSO, HILLSIDE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 15 CH 16967 605 NORTH WOLF ROAD, UNIT D12 Hillside, IL 60162 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 11, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 24, 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 605 NORTH WOLF ROAD, UNIT D12, Hillside, IL 60162 Property Index No. 15-08-315025-1048.

The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The judgment amount was $92,577.93.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR NEWCASTLE MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1; Plaintiff, vs.

GILBERTO CERVANTES; CITIBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Defendants, 17 CH 11478 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 Monday, November 5, 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. 15-03-410-011-0000.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION FIFTH THIRD MORTGAGE COMPANY; Plaintiff, vs.

YOLANDA DRIVER; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 15577 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 Monday, November 5, 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. 15-14-143-017-0000.

Commonly known as 1516 South 5th Avenue, Maywood, Illinois 60153.

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

For information call The Sales 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. F17110121 JUDICIAL INTERCOUNTY SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3099712 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK NA;

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

DIMETRIUS R. HARRIS; EQUITY TRUST COMPANY CUSTODIAN FBO MARK HUFFMAN ROTH IRA 80% UNDIVIDED INTEREST AND EQUITY TRUST COMPANY CUSTODIAN FBO MARK HUFFMAN TRADITIONAL IRA 20% UNDIVIDED INTEREST; Defendants, 18 CH 2302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-09-313-044-0000.

Commonly known as 638 LINDEN AVE., 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR ASSET BACKED SECURITIES CORPORATION HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2001-HE2 ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2001-HE2 Plaintiff, -v.EUGENE WARD JR., DEBRA C. WARD Defendants 15 CH 015756 3615 MADISON STREET 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 June 30, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 30, 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 3615 MADISON STREET, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-09-321107-0000.

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 condomini-

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.RUBEN TORRES, INOCENCIA MELCHOR Defendants 18 CH 04421 253 HAYES DR NORTHLAKE, IL 60164 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 9, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 13, 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 253 HAYES DR, NORTHLAKE, IL 60164 Property Index No. 12-29-306014-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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The judgment amount was $359,096.50.

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, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 Please refer to file number 2120-14711.

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

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

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 2120-14711 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 18 CH 04421 TJSC#: 38-5850 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.

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REGISTERED HOLDERS OF ABFC 2007-WMC1 TRUST ASSET BACKED FUNDING CORPORATION ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007WMC1 Plaintiff, -v.CLEVELAND ARMSTEAD, YVETTE PENNYMON ARMSTEAD A/K/A YVETTE PENNYMON, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Defendants 2018 CH 05883 309 SOUTH 22ND AVE 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 August 7, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 9, 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 309 SOUTH 22ND AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-10-124011-0000.

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 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 14-17-17365.

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. 14-17-17365 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 05883 TJSC#: 38-6684 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.

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Commonly known as 518 S. 10TH AVENUE, Maywood, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-10-418014-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $140,821.95.

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, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003 Please refer to file number 109641.

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.

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw.com Attorney File No. 109641 Attorney Code. 43932 Case Number: 17 CH 16820 TJSC#: 38-7598 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.

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SARA KASPAR, AKA SARA L. KASPAR; PETER M. KASPAR; BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE TALMAN BANK FSB; JOHN ROT, JR.; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY; STATE OF ILLINOIS; BEVERLY M. ROT Defendants, 17 CH 10011 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, November 16, 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. 18-03-223-018-0000.

Commonly known as 4143 GROVE AVENUE, BROOKFIELD, IL 60513.

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. 18016666 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3100787

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 14-16-00440.

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. 14-16-00440 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 004497 TJSC#: 38-7898 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.

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AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 3558 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, November 21, 2018, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-09-218-007.

Commonly known as 2606 GLOS AVE., 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 within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. Ref. No. 17-00493 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3101187

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR THE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDER OF CWABS INC. ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005BC5; Plaintiff, vs.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ANNA LASPINA; GEORGE POLYMENAKOS; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; ANNA HARRINGTON; VINCENT LA SPINA; WILLIAM P. BUTCHER, FOR ANNA LA SPINA; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 12 CH 6233 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, November 9, 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. 15-25-300-041-0000 and 15-25-300-042-0000.

Commonly known as 472 Northgate Court, Riverside, IL 60546.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603.

(312) 360-9455 W08-0142.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3100011 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.CHRISTINA SMITH Defendants 17 CH 16820 518 S. 10TH AVENUE Maywood, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 20, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 21, 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:

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, vs.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.LOUIS LITTLETON A/K/A LOUIS LITTLETON JR., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA–DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, STATE OF ILLINOIS–DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Defendants 16 CH 004497 3304 WILCOX 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 July 21, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 20, 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 3304 WILCOX AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-16-111035-0000.

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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST INC. ASSET BACKED PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-AMC4, US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE Plaintiff, vs.

UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ELIZABETH M. ROSS AKA ELIZABETH MENDOZA ROSS; RICHARD OBERG; WILLIAM BUTCHER

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR CARISBROOK ASSET HOLDING TRUST; Plaintiff, vs.

GIUSEPPE A. MAZZOCCOLI AKA GIUSEPPE MAZZOCCOLI; VINCENZA L. MAZZOCCOLI AKA VINCENZA MAZZOCCOLI; CITY OF NORTHLAKE; Defendants, 13 CH 23053 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 Monday, November 19, 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. 12-32-404-021.0000.

Commonly known as 309 Whitehall Avenue, Northlake, IL 60164.

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. 14029012 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3101162

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