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Proviso East alum mourned

Greg Rieves Sr., a 1986 grad, murdered in Jan. 24 cigar lounge shooting

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

A retired Illinois state trooper who was fatally shot in the head by a woman while at a cigar lounge in Lisle on Jan. 24 in a case that has garnered considerable national and international media attention was a Class of 1986 Proviso East graduate and Maywood native, according to the accounts of numerous relatives, former classmates and friend Greg Rieves Sr., 51, was fatally shot by Lisa V. McMullan, 51, inside of the Humidor cigar lounge in Lisle, according to Lisle police.

The incident happened last Friday, at around 10:12 p.m., authorities said. McMullan also shot two other state troopers — Lloyd Graham, who was retired, and Kaiton Bullock, a current state trooper — before fatally shooting herself. Both Graham, 55, and Bullock, 48, are expected to recover.

The shooting was reportedly caught on camera. The footage shows that McMullan “without apparent provocation,” according to police, stood up and shot the officers, who were sitting in front of her. The case has made national news, with NBC News quoting Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly, who said that Rieves had been a trooper for more than 20 years and retired roughly a year ago.

“The Illinois State Police family have heavy hearts this morning,” Kelly said. “We See RIEVES on page 18

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Fred Bryant and wife Ann Hanson, owners of Accents by Fred, hand-make almost everything in their store, which is entering its 20th year in business. See page 6 for the story.

Library construction complete

All sections reopened on Jan. 27

By MARIA MAXHAM Staff Reporter

The first thing you might notice when

walking into the renovated Forest Park Public Library at 7555 Jackson Blvd. is how much more light there is. The staff offices, which used to occupy the area behind the circulation desk, have been relocated, allowing natural brightness in through the windows.

“We love the light in here,” said Pilar

Shaker, library director. “It’s worth having our offices on the lower level to open up the space like this.”

Library construction, which began in September 2019, was completed on Jan. 17. Finishing touches, such as assembling furniture and putting everything in place, See LIBRARY on page 18

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After all, it’s a small world

profiled a courageous Iraqi woman named Alyaa Shakir a few weeks ago. Alyaa is leading a movement to clean the streets of Baghdad. I compared her to some likeminded people in Forest Park.

Picking up litter around here, though, is not dangerous, while Alyaa risks her life daily in the war-torn city.

The column captured the attention of local readers but I had no idea it was being read by a reporter half a world away. Then I received an email from Daniel Boehm. He is a German TV journalist who is covering the Middle East from Beirut, Lebanon.

He found Alyaa’s story to be very inspiring. It’s also a good fit for a series of short TV pieces he is producing. Boehm is focusing on young artists and activists who are working to improve conditions in Arab countries. His aim is to show young people fighting for a better future, instead of the typical news stories that dwell on the misery, hopelessness and destruction in the region.

Boehm said Lebanon is now experiencing protests like the ones in the streets of Baghdad. They are not targeting a brutal leader.

It’s an uprising against a government that doesn’t provide adequate services and exploits religious divisions. Protesters want to hold their political leaders responsible for their actions.

He believed that Alyaa’s story reflected

many of these problems in the Middle East: failing governments, civil strife and gender inequality. But instead of dwelling on the negative, it showed how she is doing what she can to improve the situation. Collecting litter may appear to be unimportant compared to Iraq’s more pressing problems but that is precisely why he wants to do the story.

Boehm said real change doesn’t start from the top; it starts with ordinary people like Alyaa. Her civic pride and sense of citizenship is inspiring others to take action.

He hoped to interview Alyaa. When I forwarded Boehm’s request to Alyaa, she was thrilled to grant an interview. I’m very happy that Alyaa’s story is going to reach a larger audience and astonished that a TV journalist in Beirut is picking up a story from the Review.

I had no concept of the Review’s reach, until I spoke with our circulation manager.

It is read all over the world. At any given moment, we have readers in Europe and countries across the globe. In fact, we now have more readers than at any time in the newspaper’s 100 years of publication!

It sounds self-serving for a columnist to praise their own newspaper. But I loved the Review long before I started writing for it. I enjoyed the folksy columns by Jackie Schulz, the spiritual perspective of Tom Holmes, the handwriting analysis by Dr.

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THE PRINCESS PHONE Looking back sixty years ago, the Forest Park Review ads give a glimpse of life in town in 1960. In January and February that year, weekly ads included the Princess Phone, which featured dials and night lights. Local ads included the grand opening of Schmidt’s Pastry Shop (7336 Madison St., approximately Kay’s Bakery), Paul’s Flowers (7606 Madison, approximately Madison Street and Desplaines Avenue), the Trage Bros. 17-inch “Big Screen” TV, and the Little League annual dance. Other local ads, like one for Reich & Becker insurance, feature how Lincoln and Lee may have had opposing views on some subjects – but not insurance. Reirson’s Drugs (7344 Madison St., now approximately the lot next to Forest Park Bank) used a TV special, “The Devil and Daniel Webster,” as its advertisement. Grocers like Calcagno’s (439 Desplaines Ave., now Silverland Bakery) featured salad oil, bologna, and three dozen eggs for only $1. White Way (where Ed’s Way is now located) had a “Carload Sale” which included Hills Bros Coffee, canned peaches and pork roast for 45 cents a pound. Sam Zussman’s Men’s Style Shop (7411 Madison St., now Jimmy’s Place) offered slacks starting at $7.95. And back in 1960, the Howard Mohr Mobil Service Station (7400 Harrison St., now Forest Park Auto Repair) had collectible party mugs available, one for every gasoline purchase.

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Murray and the blast-from-the-past columns

by Bob Sullivan. Some of those features have disappeared but the Review remains vibrant thanks to talented new staff members.

The Review is a “hyperlocal” newspaper that has global reach. Thanks to the Review, a young Iraqi woman is taking her place on the world stage. It’s not the first time a Review story has had impact overseas. We wrote a profile of a young woman playing her cello on the corner of Circle & Madison.

The article was picked up by another publication and led to her being hired as a music teacher in South Africa. That was quite a promotion for a former street musician and shows it’s a small world indeed.

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Kobe’s connection to all four Pirates with NBA titles The Lakers star had something in common with Doc Rivers, Shannon Brown, Michael Finley and Jim Brewer

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

According to multiple media outlets, retired NBA star and former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant, 41, and his daughter Gianna, 13, died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif., on Jan. 26.

“Bryant was among the passengers traveling onboard the helicopter. Nine people died in the crash, including the pilot, said Alex Villanueva, the Los Angeles County sheriff, during a news conference,” the New York Times reports, adding that “authorities declined to identify the victims pending identification by the coroner and notification of their family members.”

TMZ first broke the news of the star’s tragic death, which has prompted a wave of national mourning, with everyone from former president Barack Obama to music star Taylor Swift sending their condolences

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IN MOURNING: Los Angeles Clippers Coach Doc Rivers discusses the tragic death of Lakers star Kobe Bryant on Sunday. online.

While Bryant’s impact was global, he also had a special impact on Maywood, home to an assortment of NBA players who teamed up with, and competed against, him.

In fact, Kobe Bryant has a connection to all four NBA Champions produced by Proviso East’s rich basketball program.

Proviso East Pirate and Maywood native

Jim Brewer won an NBA title with Bryant’s Lakers franchise in 1982.

In 2008, Doc Rivers coached the Boston Celtics to a title after beating Bryant’s Lakers four games to two in that year’s NBA Finals, a feat that prompted a major parade through the streets of Maywood (featuring Rivers holding the NBA title trophy).

Bryant got his comeuppance when the

Lakers beat Rivers’ Celtics in seven games in the 2010 NBA Finals. Maywood native and Proviso East Pirate Shannon Brown, a close friend of Bryant’s, was a member of that championship Lakers team. Bryant once described Brown as his “little brother.”

Rivers told a reporter in 2016 that he always had “mad respect” for his longtime rival.

“My job was to try and stop him or frustrate him when we play him, and his job was to try and inflict pain,” Rivers said. “It is the type of relationship we have.”

Finally, Bryant prevailed over retired NBA star and Proviso East Pirate Michael Finley in the final round of the 1997 NBA Slam Dunk Contest. Finley won an NBA title in 2007, with the San Antonio Spurs.

On Sunday, after news broke of Bryant’s untimely death, Rivers struggled to describe his shock and sadness.

“We’re all Lakers today,” said the forever Pirate.

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Courtesy District 91

KINDNESS MATTERS: District 91 first-graders presented sample kindness labels to the mayor, commissioners and department heads at a Jan. 27 village council meeting.

Mayor proclaims second annual Kindness Week

District 91 partners with chamber, library, park district

By MARIA MAXHAM Staff Reporter

Mayor Rory Hoskins, at the Jan. 27 village council meeting, officially proclaimed the week of Feb. 10-16 as Kindness Week in Forest Park — with help from first-graders Elena Baker and Bryce Grandberry, who attended the meeting and passed out sample kindness labels to the mayor, commissioners and department heads.

It will be Forest Park’s second annual Kindness Week; the first was in February 2019. The event was started by Betsy Ross first-grade teacher Amy O’Connell, who

created an art project in which students designed labels with kindness-related sayings, such as “smile” or “have a great day,” to be produced and distributed to local businesses. These businesses, in turn, handed them out to customers to spread the message of kindness throughout the Forest Park community.

Project Kindness spread from Betsy Ross and became a district-wide project, with students in all D91 schools participating. During 2019’s Kindness Week, over 700 original designs were created by students, and over 10,000 labels with these designs were printed and distributed to Forest Park retail businesses.

D91 is partnering with the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce, the Forest Park Public Library, and the Park District of Forest Park to help support and promote Project Kindness.

Superintendent Search The District 209 school board is inviting the public into its search for the next superintendent. The board has scheduled a focus group designed for residents to give their input on who should replace outgoing Supt.

Jesse Rodriguez, who announced last month that he is leaving to take the superintendent position at ZionBenton Township High School District 126.

The focus group will take place on Feb. 5, 6:3 p.m., at Proviso Math and Science Academy, 8601 W. Roosevelt Rd. in Forest Park. The district will provide translation services.

Back on Jan. 14, the D209 school board voted unanimously to hire a search firm, Ray and Associates, to facilitate the process of finding a new superintendent.

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An art gallery, not just a store Madison Street boutique enters 20th year

By MARIA MAXHAM Staff Reporter

Walking into Accents by Fred is more than walking into a boutique. It’s also walking into an art gallery, since practically everything sold in the store is hand-made by Fred Bryant and Ann Hanson, husband and wife and owners of the store at 7519 Madison St., which is entering its 20th year in Forest Park.

“Who starts a business where you make everything yourself ?” said Bryant with a laugh. “When we first opened, we had hardly anything to sell.”

That was 20 years ago, and now the store is decorated with jewelry and purses, with wood and stone hand-carved sculptures, with knitted and crocheted hats and intricately designed greeting cards. And the vast majority of it is handmade by Bryant and Hanson.

Even more? Bryant doesn’t buy beads and string them to make his own jewelry – he makes the beads himself as well.

“I wanted to make jewelry,” said Bryant, “but all the beads were the same. So I decided to make my own beads.” He learned how to do it, he said, by reading books about it.

“He started doing it in our living room,” said Hanson.

“With a heat gun over the carpet.”

Now the back section of the store is a dedicated space where Bryant melts glass to make his own beads. Back there he also has a sewing machine that cuts through leather so he can create purses. And it’s where he stores supplies, including glass from Murano, Italy that he uses for making beads.

“It’s not just art,” added Hanson. “There’s science behind it, and math. Specialized tools.”

When the couple visited Murano to buy glass, the shop keeper there asked Bryant how he had learned to make beads, and Bryant told him he had studied the subject, reading books on it until he knew what he was doing.

Bryant is well-versed in many subjects, a real-life Renaissance man. He and Hanson both taught math at Columbia College, and Hanson still teaches a class there. Bryant was at Columbia for 16 years. He also taught elementary school in Chicago, and he’s worked in aviation, at Brooks Brothers, as a trader of stocks and bonds and has owned two photography studios.

“Sometimes when I tell people all the things I’ve done, they ask me how it’s possible. I tell them, ‘I’m over 80 years old. What do you expect?’”

He added that about every 10 years, he liked to stop what he was doing and learn something new, and he always tried to stay ahead of the trends so he wouldn’t be caught without a job.

“Timing is everything,” agreed Hanson.

The couple attribute timing to their success, but point out other things that have, they think, kept their business going.

“It’s just us,” said Hanson.

“And our personalities,” added Bryant. “We offer a lot of different things. We’re always making something new.”

Rolling with the punches seems to have helped them as well; the willingness to adapt and evolve when opportunities arose has brought in new avenues of business. Watch and jewelry repair are two examples of this.

“A long time ago, Wayne Schauer [the now deceased owner of Schauer Hardware] said he’d bought a bunch of watch batteries and asked if I knew how to replace batteries. I did,” said Bryant. “So he sent over the batteries and told people to see me if they needed a new battery in their watch. From there it progressed. If someone needed a new crystal in their watch, I started replacing those. Then fixing

ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer

ARTIST: (Top) Fred Bryant, owner of Accents by Fred, makes miniature silver origami jewelry by hand. (Bottom) Bryant, whose store is entering its 20th year on Madison Street, holds a piece of rock from the mountain K2. broken watch bands and rebuilding watches. The business has grown a lot.”

Bryant does jewelry repair as well, something he didn’t originally plan on doing but enjoys and finds lucrative.

“People feel comfortable leaving their pieces with me. And I fix them.”

He makes custom jewelry too. “If someone has something special – a broken plate that was their grandmother’s for example – I can take pieces of that and turn them into a necklace,” he said. Hanson was wearing a necklace and earrings made from a spoon that had been in her family for years.

Hanson’s specialty is greeting cards, which are all hand-

made. Bryant and Hanson want people to know that, especially with the closing of Hallmark, they are a great place to stop by to purchase cards, and not mass-marketed ones.

“People leaving Duffy’s who need to bring something home last-minute for Valentine’s Day can always stop by,” said Bryant with a smile.

Hanson holds monthly card-making workshops too for people who want to learn to make delicate and intricate hand-made creations.

What’s important to both Bryant and Hanson is that they love what they’re doing. “We love to create things. It’s a lot of fun.”

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Jan. 29 - Feb. 4

BIG WEEK Sacred Meditative Wanderings Sacred Meditative Wanderings takes place on Saturday, Feb. 1 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Thatcher Woods (North entrance to the Pavilion), 8030 Chicago Ave., River Forest, IL. Explore earth-based concepts along with sitting and walking meditation. According to the traditional story, the future Buddha was born in a forest grove, left home to practice in nature, awakened under a tree, lived and taught in nature, and passed away in nature. Join us as we explore earth-based concepts as well as meditation and mindfulness practices out in nature where it all started. There will be silence and discussion. The group will meet no matter what the weather so come prepared and bring a lawn chair to sit on and a teacup for tea! If you have questions, please contact Terry Kinsey at mindful@unitytemple.org.

Freeze Fest at the Park District

Paint with Steve the Sloth Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. at Creativita, 7512 Madison Street. Steve the Sloth is back in the studio! Join Creativita for this Valentine’s Day edition of painting with Steve, a fundraiser for the Flying Fox Conservatoryy Fund. 100 percent of all profit is donated directly to this outstanding nonprofit that supports Steve and furry friends just like him. Participants will paint on a stretched canvas that has an image of Steve predrawn on it. All paintings are yours to take home at the end of the event. While you paint, Steve and his human Scott will talk to you about sloths, and you will have the opportunity to meet Steve up close and personal!

The event will start promptly at 6 p.m. Please arrive no more than 15 minutes before the event for check in. Advanced registration required. All attendees are required to register at tinyurl.com/vdgmp3w

Free Super Bowl Party Come on out to the American Legion, 500 Circle Ave., on Sunday, Feb. 2 for a Super Bowl party. Free admission and food!

Enjoy the cash bar while watching the game. The party kicks off at 4:00 p.m., and the game starts at 5:30 p.m.

Beat the winter blues and meet up with friends at the park district, 7501 Harrison St., on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 11 a.m. Freeze Fest will be filled with snowman building and fun outdoor activities for the whole family to enjoy. Warm up at the hot cocoa bar or grab a bowl of chili while you catch up with friends and neighbors.

Daddy Daughter Dance Reserve your spot now for the park district’s annual Daddy Daughter Dance on Friday, Feb. 7 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. This year’s theme is Hollywood Nights. Dads, grab your little sweetheart and get ready for a night full fun. If you’re between the ages of 4 and 12, ask your father, grandfather or uncle to accompany you on the red carpet. You’ll enjoy a delicious dinner, games and dancing to your favorite music. Make sure to dress for the occasion in your favorite red-carpet outfit. Each child will receive a special gift and all the adult/child couples will receive a photo to remember this special occasion. The cost is $36 per couple for residents, and $46 for non-residents. Each extra child is $9. More information is available here: pdofp.org/daddy-daughter-dance/

Art at Forest Park National Bank Through the first week in March, view the charcoal drawings of Carol Freer Rao who creates art from everyday life, taking a moment in time and breaking it down into its simplest form, looking at things from different perspectives. Open Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Forest Park National Bank, 7348 W. Madison St.

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Park district recognized for No-gloves Tournament For complete program descriptions, visit www.nineteenthcentury.org

Monday Afternoon Programs Enrichment Series February 3 – 1:15 p.m.

This is Really War: The Incredible True Story of a Navy Nurse POW in the Occupied Philippines.

Author Emilie L. Lucchesi, PhD will share the exclusive and inspiring story of Dorothy Still, a 27-year-old California native stationed in the Philippines.

February 10 – 1:15 p.m.

Opera, Jazz and Musical Theater!

Award winning artists Jonathan Beyer (baritone), Amanda Crider (soprano), and Michelle McGovern (flutist) will perform a combination of solo and ensemble works of love-themed music

February 17 – 1:15 p.m.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, A Fireside Chat Historical dramatist RJ Lindsay will portray Franklin Roosevelt speaking informally about the Depression, WWII, Eleanor and his Scotty dog, Fala.

February 24 – 1:15 p.m.

Friends of the Chicago River / Blue-Green Corridor Joanne So Young Dill, director of strategic initiatives, will present the “Blue/Green Corridor,” a sustainable design solution that uses a river and adjacent lands to establish an interconnected passageway between natural habitats.

COST: $15 requested donation for non-members for each program.

LUNCH: precedes Monday programs at 12 p.m., $25 for nonmembers, RSVP required –all are welcome!

Evening & Weekend Events Wednesday, February 12 – 7:30 p.m.

Henry Fogel Presents Evenings of Great Music and Conversation Heather Wittels, Violinist and Andrew Rosenblum, Pianist These two engaging artists will present a diverse, vivid program of collaborative works from the classical, romantic, and modern eras.

Tickets at the door: Members and their guests $25, Non-members $30, Students $10 Sunday, February 16 – 3 p.m.

The Free Readers Ensemble Wit by Margaret Edson / freereaders.com

Monday, February 17 – 7-10 p.m.

English Country Dance English Country Dance is a social dance with a long history and a vibrant modern presence. Dances are taught and called. No partner needed, no experience necessary.

Saturday, February 29 – 5:30 p.m.

Annual Fundraising Gala PROHIBITION BALL Join us for an exciting Roaring 20’s evening with dinner, dancing and entertainment.

Silent and Live Auctions Proceeds will benefit First Floor Renovations $125, reserve by 2/16.

Nineteenth Century Charitable Association 178 Forest Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302 708-386-2729

Special event award coincides with 50th anniversary

By MARIA MAXHAM Staff Reporter

The Park District of Forest Park’s 16-inch No-gloves National Softball Tournament has been around since 1969. Marking the 50th anniversary, the Illinois Park and Recreation Association (IPRA) awarded the park district the Outstanding Special Event Award at the Illinois Parks Conference on Jan. 24.

“It’s a great honor,” said Jackie Iovinelli, the park district executive director. “It’s a reflection on the community, not just the park district.”

Iovinelli said she decided to nominate the park district for the award during last summer’s tournament, the first in which she was involved — and the 51st in the park district’s history. After the event, Iovinelli said she was amazed by the participation and community involvement.

“I told staff I was so impressed with the planning and the passion from the community. I said, ‘We need to tell people about

this.’ It was such an outstanding event, and people should know what we can do and what we are doing,” Iovinelli recalled.

The nomination process included an application with five questions, answered in 300 words or less, which included information about volunteers and community participation. IPRA placed great importance on those two elements, said Iovinelli. “They really want to see how events bring together volunteers and the community.”

Last year, the park district won the outstanding facility award for the Roos Recreation Center. “That, too, was not just an honor for the staff,” said Iovinelli, “but for the community as a whole.”

Emanuel “Chris” Welch, Illinois 7th district state representative, was also awarded the Legislator of the Year Award by the Illinois Association of Park Districts (IAPD) at the conference for his contributions to, and support of, park districts.

“He’s been a spokesperson for Forest Park and other park districts,” said Iovinelli.

“The IADP nominated him for his work and dedication to IADP and to local park districts.” She added that he has been helpful to the Park District of Forest Park any time they’ve reached out to him with questions about grants or finances.

“He loves Forest Park,” she said.

Pizza, camping and app design Junior Park Board comes up with ideas

By MARIA MAXHAM Staff Reporter

Creating video games and apps, making pizza, designing shoes, camping, going to sporting events and zip-lining. These are some of the ideas that came up during the first Junior Park Board meeting on Jan. 2, which was attended by nine middle school kids.

It’s these ideas, coming from kids themselves, that Rachell Entler, recreation supervisor, was looking for when she and Dannette Krajewski started the Junior Park Board at the Park District of Forest Park.

“We really wanted to give the kids the opportunity to contribute ideas on what they wanted to do,” said Entler. “We, the park staff, can plan a whole bunch of programs and trips, but if they aren’t what the kids want to do, then we aren’t providing real recreational activities for the kids.”

The Junior Park Board, open to middle and high school age kids, is focused on getting local tweens and teens invested and

involved in planning activities through the park district, activities they come up with themselves.

Entler said she wants to make sure kids are getting the opportunity to do things they want to do, which may include activities that she and the rec staff might take for granted.

“The things that you or I may have done all the time as a kid, or that my own kids readily have access to, are some of the very things many kids have never experienced.

This reinforces the need for us as recreation professionals to provide opportunities for these experiences that aren’t being supported at home for various reasons,” said Entler.

The next meeting will be held in February, though the date hasn’t been set yet. Interested middle school and high school aged kids or their parents can call Rachell Entler or Dannette Krajewski at 708-366-7500 for more information.

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Attempted vehicular hijacking A woman was attacked on the 1000 block of Desplaines on Jan. 20 at 2:50 p.m. The victim said she left the rear of her residence and was walking to her car holding her keys when two black males between the ages of 15 and 17, both were wearing dark hooded sweatshirts, grabbed her from behind, and knocked her to the ground. One of the offenders covered her mouth with his hand, and the assailants demanded her keys. She refused to let go of her keys, at which point one of them bit her hand. When she started screaming, two witnesses approached the scene and the offenders fled. Police reported the victim had a bleeding nose and scratch/ bite marks on her hand. The witnesses believe the offenders boarded a southbound Desplaines Avenue Pace bus. A surveillance camera may have captured the event.

Multiple vehicular break-ins ■ A car parked in the rear of the residence on the 1000 block of Beloit was ransacked during the overnight hours of Jan. 20-21.

The owner of the car didn’t notice anything missing; in fact, her debit card was still in the vehicle. She called to cancel it just in case.

■ Another overnight burglary from a vehicle was reported on the morning of Jan. 21 on the 500 block of Marengo. The owner of the car, which was parked on the apron next to the garage, remotely started her vehicle at 6:15 a.m. When she went out to the car five minutes later, she discovered items normally kept in the glove box and center console were strewn about the vehicle. Missing from the car were 20 pairs of Victoria’s Secret underwear, approximately $3 in coins and a USB phone charging cable.

■ Another car on the 500 block of Marengo was burglarized between 2 and 6 a.m. on Jan. 21. The owner discovered the driver and rear driver’s side doors ajar and items from the glove box and console strewn about the interior. Stolen was a navy-blue bag with

shoulder straps and an orange interior containing paperwork and $215.

■ A car on the 7300 block of Harrison was burglarized during the overnight hours between Jan. 20 and 21. The owner, whose car was parked at the rear of his residence, found personal items scattered throughout the car. His wallet and some USB cords were missing. A bag of Coffee Delight candies from his car was left directly behind the vehicle. In the alley he found the cords and his wallet, which was missing a credit card, debit card, and some identification cards.

■ A car was burglarized between 8 p.m. on Jan. 20 and 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 21 on the 7600 block of Monroe Street. The inside of the car had been ransacked; stolen were one bottle of water, one black and silver iPhone 6S, one bottle of Burberry cologne and one bottle of Lacoste cologne.

Rifle stolen from garage A garage on the 7200 block of Dixon Street was burglarized sometime between 2 p.m. on Jan. 21 and 5 p.m. on Jan. 23. The garage had been left unlocked, and several items were stolen, including: a Sony Bravia 36-inch flat screen TV (valued at approximately $500), a Bosch Drill (unknown value), a Siglent Digital Oscilloscope (valued at approximately $300), a Samsung 34-inch curved monitor (valued at $871.08), and a Springfield Armory M6 Scout firearm with four shotgun shells and a dozen .22 Hornet rounds (valued at approximately $1,000).

ransacked. Drawers from the hutch and numerous storage containers and jewelry boxes had been emptied onto the bed. Although the resident was too upset to account for all missing items, she estimated that at least $1,400 in jewelry had been taken.

Cemetery garage burglarized A burglar forcefully entered a garage at Woodlawn Cemetery, 7750 Cermak Road, during the overnight hours, Jan. 23-24. Two Stihl chainsaws, valued at $500 each, were stolen and extensive damage was done to the garage door.

Pace passenger assaulted A passenger on a Pace bus was hit three times in the head by an assailant on Jan. 24 at 11:42 a.m. Police were called to the bus at 1 S. Harlem Ave. A man got into a verbal argument with the bus driver because the offender didn’t have bus fare. The victim stated he attempted to calm the assailant down. When the bus pulled to a stop, the subject exited the bus, but not before approaching the victim, telling him to mind his business and hitting him. The subject entered the Green

Line station and got onto a train headed for Chicago.

Car stolen while taking out garbage A car was stolen from the 200 block of Marengo on Jan. 22 at 6:32 a.m. when a woman got into her car, realized she was still holding a garbage bag that needed to go into the trash, and left her car running to go to the alley to throw out the bag. When she walked back to her car, she realized her car keys had fallen off her lap and onto the ground. As she walked back to her car, she saw it heading southbound on Marengo. The possible suspect, as described by the woman, is a black male, around 6 feet tall, with a dark puffy jacket, dark jeans and black shoes.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, Jan. 17-23, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded.

Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.

Compiled by Maria Maxham

Jewelry stolen

An apartment in a building on the 200 block of Desplaines was burglarized between 5:15 a.m. and 5:40 p.m. on Jan. 23. The resident returned home and called 911 when she noticed her apartment door appeared to be broken. It was slightly ajar, and damage to the frame prevented it from being opened.

Responding officers forced it open and cleared the apartment. One bedroom was

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At the races Forest Park Cub Scout Pack 109 held their annual Pinewood Derby on Jan. 25 at the Howard Mohr Community Center.

The pack is sponsored by the local Kiwanis Club, who supports the derby and other events through the year.

First place this year went to Alex Kouimelis, second to Elis Murray and third to Jason Snyder.

Special awards were also presented.

Henry DePriest was honored for having the funniest car, while Eleanor Herlihy won the best craftsmanship award. Zakari Rubio and Jamari Wood tied in the coolest design category, and Audi DePriest showed the most scout pride. Kids’ Choice was given to Dylan Kernkamp and Jeremiah Manzanares.

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FINISH LINE: (Above) Brothers Henry and Dylan Kernkamp (center) watch as the race cars come down the track. (Left) Webelo Jason Snyder is interviewed by emcee and former Scout Master Kevin Leonard.

Excellence. It’s a highly skilled provider with a compassionate touch.

Rush Oak Park Physicians Group welcomes new internist Wendy Foster, MD, to Rush Oak Park Hospital.

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Accepting new patients Same-day appointments Convenient location at 1011 W. Lake St.

Dr. Foster treats every patient like a member of her own family. Her personalized, comprehensive approach to care — from routine exams to managing chronic conditions to reducing your risk of disease — can help you lead a healthier life.

Call (708) 660-4636 today to schedule your appointment with Dr. Foster.

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Forest Park Preschool

WINTER

FAMILY NIGHT & OPEN HOUSE

Thursday, February 6, 2020, 6-7 pm Garfield Primary School 543 Hannah Avenue, Forest Park, IL 60130

SPECIAL EVENT!

Nadeau’s Ice Sculptures,

7623 Roosevelt Road in Forest Park, America’s first full-service ice company, will be on hand to do live ice sculpture demonstrations.

Don’t miss it!

Join us for a fun evening at the Forest Park Preschool Winter Family Night and Open House. Current and prospective preschool parents/guardians (2020 – 2021 school year) are invited to join us for some family activities and refreshments in the Garfield gym. Prospective families can learn about the Forest Park Preschool program, view the classrooms, and meet our Preschool staff. It’s a great way to get to know about Preschool in District 91!

For questions or for more information, please call the Garfield Primary School office at (708) 366-6945.

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Bethesda Rehab & Senior Care: An energetic, vibrant community

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ethesda Rehab & Senior Care, a not-forprofit, has been serving the seniors of the Oak Park/River Forest community since 1911. In the Fall of 2017, Bethesda merged with Norwood Life Society to ensure that together, they would be able to continue providing exceptional care and housing for seniors. 3 Years and 3 Million dollars later, Bethesda has been upgraded and renovated so the very best high quality, person centered care can be provided in the best environment. This fine-tuned and skillfully planned facility can handle most individuals aging needs. From the state-of-the-art rehab facility to their newly enhanced memory support program, Bethesda Rehab & Senior Care is your go to community for comfortable and meaningful aging.

Bethesda’s short-term rehab wing provides effective rehabilitation services with goals to heal, strengthen and renew. Specialties include Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy as well as Pain management & Wound Care. The 2,000 square foot therapy area includes a therapy kitchen as well as a private 1 on 1 therapy room. Boutique style amenities are offered including spacious private suites with walk in showers, cable, Wi-Fi & smart TVs in every room. Hair and manicure services are also available.

Bethesda Rehab & Senior Care proudly

offers memory support solutions. Located in a sun-filled penthouse, the memory support program is exceptionally person-centric, friendly and secure. Ability-centered programing modifies activities based on abilities and interest of the individual. Programs include music therapy, current events, arts and crafts, reminiscing, gardening and cooking clubs. Resident’s desires and needs are at the core of their individualized service plans with the goal to honor each resident as they are and find ways to maximize their independence.

Bethesda Rehab & Senior Care provides older adults with an energetic, vibrant community where they have plenty of choices and are purposefully engaged in meaningful activities. The admissions professionals help guide individuals through the transition to a long-term care community as well as provide support to navigate this emotionally challenging process. Bethesda’s team of experienced, compassionate professionals ensure you and your loved ones feel comfortable and confident that you made the right choice.

To find out more about Bethesda Rehab & Senior Care call 773-622-6144 or visit their website at www.bethesdaseniorcare.org.

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WABI SABI FILM FESTIVAL CONTINUES WITH “LIVES WELL LIVED”

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he Wabi Sabi Film Festival had its second screening of the series with the documentary Lives Well Lived by Sky Bergman. There was a full house on Friday morning, January 24th at the Lake Street Theatre. The festival is a quarterly film and discussion series jointly presented by A Tribe Called Aging and Growing Community Media.

The series encourages embracing and respecting our aging population and promotes discussion related to themes of aging explored in each film.

The title of the festival comes from the name of the Japanese aesthetic wabi sabi. As described by Marc Blesoff of A Tribe Called Aging, “The Japanese aesthetic of wabi sabi is an appreciation of the beauty of impermanence—like the wooden banister in an aging house, stroked by thousands of hands over the years, wobbly, chipped, out of alignment, yet oh so beautiful.”

Friday morning’s screening of Lives Well Lived was introduced by Marc Blesoff of a Tribe Called Aging. After the film, author and aging solutions advocate Elizabeth White offered several questions to facilitate small group discussions reflecting on the life experiences shared in the film.

Growing Community Media and A Tribe Called Aging are grateful for the support of Signature Sponsors the Village of Oak Park and the Village of River Forest, as well as Nonprofit Patron Sponsors Oak Park Township/River Forest Township, River Forest Public Library, Rush Oak Park Hospital and Senator Don Harmon.

The next Wabi Sabi Film Festival event on April 24, 2020 will feature, Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory a film by Michael Rossato-Bennett.

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Elizabeth White, facilitating a conversation on the life stories shared in the documentary.

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ASSISTED LIVING • SHELTERED CARE • MEMORY CARE • SKILLED NURSING • RESPITE CARE

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formerly The Scottish Home

Oak Park Arms: Maintaining Its Original Charm

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n 1922, Oak Park was a young suburb with an elegant hotel/apartment building - the Oak Park Arms, and it was the epitome of style and sophistication. The Arms was always busy with meetings of all kinds, galas and wedding receptions.

By the 1970’s, however, hotel chains were springing up everywhere. The Oak Park Arms’ future was in doubt, until it was purchased by two friends who wanted to create active retirement living in a community that was full of life, service and spirit.

Today the Oak Park Arms is still owned by those two friends who remain involved and committed to excellence. It is flourishing as an independent living or an assisted living retirement community offering residents as full a life as they wish.

The word “choices” applies to everything.

There is an abundance of appealing options for dining, learning, fitness, care and camaraderie. Residents enjoy an unbeatable combination of value, flexibility, life enrichment and fully integrated senior services. With more than 300 events a month, residents can create a day as exciting – or as relaxing – as they wish.

Books are delivered from the renowned Oak Park Library. Complementary transportation is available to appointments, the grocery store and the shopping mall. Within the Arms is an elegant dining room, ballroom, meeting rooms, barbershop, hair salon, doctors’ offices and a wonderful place for a massage.

Independent, Assisted Living and Adult Day Care Rental Retirement Community

The Arms shares space with the Lifelong Learning Center (the local Senior Center), and more than ten other providers of seniorcentered care are within the Arms.

There are assisted living services if and when they are needed. Short term or respite stays are popular. The Adult Day Care program invites participants to spend their daytime hours at The Arms and then return home in the evenings.

Winner of multiple awards, the Oak Park Arms has maintained its original charm. It is an affable and affordable home for older adults and a great resource to Oak Park, River Forest, Forest Park and surrounding suburbs.

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Come to the Oak Park Arms and enjoy the company of our family with full independent, assisted living and short-term care accommodations.

Enjoy the warmth of new friends and comfortable home-like surroundings.Let us take care of all your needs. It’s all at the Arms!

Call today to schedule a tour -708-386-4040 Oak Park Arms • 408 S. Oak Park Ave. • Oak Park, IL, 60302 www.oakparkarms.com

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Check First.

Religion Guide

First Congregational Church of Maywood

400 N. Fifth Avenue (1 block north of Lake St.) Come join us for Sunday Morning Worship at 11 am Pastor Elliot Wimbush will be preaching the message.

Refreshments and fellowship follow the service.

708-344-6150 firstchurchofmaywood.org When you're looking for a place to worship the Lord, Check First.

You’re Invited to A Church for All Nations A Church Without Walls SERVICE LOCATION Forest Park Plaza 7600 W. Roosevelt Road Forest Park, IL 60130

William S. Winston Pastor

Roman Catholic

St. Edmund Catholic Church

ELCA, Lutheran

Good Shepherd

188 South Oak Park Ave. Saturday Mass: 5:30 p.m.

Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m.

Weekday Mass: 8:30 a.m. M–F Holy Day Masses: As Announced Reconciliation: Saturday 4:15 p.m.

Parish Office: 708-848-4417 Religious Ed Phone: 708-848-7220 stedmund.org

Worshiping at 820 Ontario, Oak Park IL (First Baptist Church) 9:00a-Worship 10:30a-Education Hour

All are welcome. goodshepherdlc.org 708-848-4741

on the corner of Thomas and Fair Oaks Ave. Lutheran—ELCA

United Lutheran Church

409 Greenfield Street (at Ridgeland Avenue) Oak Park Holy Communion with nursery care and children’s chapel each Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

worship on Sundays @ 10am nursery care available

fairoakspres.org 744 Fair Oaks Ave. • 708.386.4920

OAK PARK MEETING OF FRIENDS (Quakers) Meeting For Worship Sundays at 10:00 a.m. at Oak Park Art League 720 Chicago Ave., Oak Park Please call 708-445-8201 www.oakparkfriends.org

Roman Catholic

Ascension Catholic Church

www.unitedlutheranchurch.org

708/386-1576

(708) 697-5000 Sunday Service 7AM, 9AM & 11:15AM

LIVE Webcast - 11:15AM Service Believer’s Walk of Faith Broadcast Schedule (Times in Central Standard Time) Television DAYSTAR (M-F)

3:30-4:00pm

Nationwide

WJYS-TV (M-F)

6:30-7:00am

Chicago, IL.

WCIU-TV (Sun.)

10:30-11:00am

Chicago, IL.

Word Network

10:30-11:00am

Nationwide

(M-F)

www.livingwd.org www.billwinston.org

Lutheran-Independent

Grace Lutheran Church

7300 W. Division, River Forest David R. Lyle, Senior Pastor David W. Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Lauren Dow Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Sunday Worship, 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School/Adult Ed. 9:45 a.m.

Childcare Available

Grace Lutheran School

Preschool - 8th Grade Bill Koehne, Principal 366-6900, graceriverforest.org Lutheran-Missouri Synod

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

305 Circle Ave, Forest Park Sunday Worship, 9:30am Christian Education Hour 8:30am Wednesday Worship 7:00pm Wheelchair Access to Sanctuary Leonard Payton, Pastor Roney Riley, Assistant Pastor 708-366-3226 www.stjohnforestpark.org Methodist

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

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

808 S. East Ave. 708/848-2703 www.ascensionoakpark.com Worship: Saturday Mass 5:00 pm Sunday Masses 7:30, 9:00, 11 am 5:00 pm at St. Edmund Church Sacrament of Reconciliation 4 – 4:45 pm Saturday Taizé Prayer 7:30 pm First Fridays Feb.– Dec. & Jan. 1 Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor Roman Catholic

St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

CELEBRATING OUR 108TH YEAR! Sat. Masses: 8:30am & 5:00pm SUNDAY MASSES: 8:00am & 10:30am 10:30 Mass-Daycare for all ages CCD Sun. 9am-10:15am Reconciliation: Sat. 9am & 4pm Weekday Masses: Monday–Thursday 6:30am Church Office: 708-366-0839 CCD: 708-366-3553 www.stbern.com Pastor: Fr. Stanislaw Kuca

St. Giles Family Mass Community

We welcome all to attend Sunday Mass at 10 a.m. on the St. Giles Parish campus on the second floor of the school gym, the southernmost building in the school complex at 1034 North Linden Avenue.

Established in 1970, we are a laybased community within St. Giles Roman Catholic Parish.

Our Mass is family-friendly.

We encourage liturgically active toddlers. Children from 3 to 13 and young adults play meaningful parts in each Sunday liturgy.

Together with the parish, we offer Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a Montessori-based religious education program for children in grades K-8.

For more information, go to http://www.stgilesparish.org/ family-mass-community or call Bob Wielgos at 708-288-2196.

Third Unitarian Church 10AM Sunday Forum 11AM Service Rev. Colleen Vahey thirdunitarianchurch.org (773) 626-9385 301 N. Mayfield, Chicago Committed to justice, not to a creed Upcoming Religious Holidays

Feb 2 CandlemasPresentation of Christ in the Temple Christian Imbolc Lughassad Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres Saint Brighid of Kildare Celtic Christian Four Chaplains Sunday Interfaith 3 St. Blaze Day Christian

To place a listing in the Religion Guide, call Mary Ellen: 708/613-3342

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Celebrate the library

f you thought the Forest Park Public Library was bustling before the current and substantial renovations, we’d advise you to wait until next week. That’s when the official reopening takes place, not that the Desplaines Avenue institution ever came close to shutting down during its four-month construction project.

It was its usual beehive, just with hardhats.

This was not a renovation aimed at refreshing color schemes or carpet patterns. This was, at $1.3 million, a thoroughgoing remaking aimed at emphasizing the most essential and inclusive efforts provided by a library which not too many years back would have rightly been called sleepy. But not now.

The Forest Park library — its leaders, its staff, its board — has embraced teens, technology, and its status as the gathering place for everyone in the village. That explains new common areas, new young adult space, new program areas, more ADA accessibility. It explains why staff offices have been removed to the lower level while a lightfilled first floor has been remade for patrons.

We appreciate a renovation plan that did not call for blowing the roof off, did not require a major tax referendum. The library board saved carefully, planned with thoughtful ambition, reached out to its partners for help and executed with precision. Nice to see library officials offer sincere thanks to the Community Center and the Park District for absorbing some programming during construction. Not unusual but encouraging to see the library offer thanks to Village Administrator Tim Gillian for his efforts to support this project.

The party marking the new and improved library will be Saturday, Feb. 8 from 3 to 5 p.m. Tours, of course, plus live music, food, arts and crafts, library swag, and a visit from Shelly the Turtle, the library mascot. We will explore in a future edition of the Forest Park Review why the library has a mascot, why it is a turtle and why it is named Shelly.

Try a little kindness Just in time, Kindness Week is coming back to Forest Park.

The invention last year of Amy O’Connell, a Betsy Ross first-grade teacher, the simple notion of an art project creating labels with kindness-related themes spread across the village. Everyone wanted in.

And so on Monday night, the Forest Park Village Council officially proclaimed Feb. 10-16 as Kindness Week in town.

Elena Baker and Bryce Grandberry, first graders carrying on the tradition, gave Mayor Rory Hoskins, each commissioner and each department head kindness labels at the meeting.

Last year more than 10,000 kindness labels wound up being distributed as all the District 91 public schools caught the caring bug. The district, the chamber, the library, the park district and the village government are once again aligned in this simple, powerful message during these dark winter days. Kindness counts. It doesn’t cost, it pays. And each and every one of us can get in on it.

The place of religion in politics (part 2)

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egarding America First, God, as Jesus revealed his nature, is not only neither a Republican nor a Democrat, but also not an American. The hymn “This Is My Song,” I think, expresses how Jesus viewed countries other than his homeland of Israel.

This is my song, O God of all the nations, a song of peace for lands afar and mine.

This is my home, the country where my heart is; here are my hopes, my dreams, my holy shrine; but other hearts in other lands are beating with hopes and dreams as true and high as mine.

God, it seems, also questions every truth we assume to be self-evident. For example, the word “rights” does not appear anywhere in Matthew, Mark, Luke or John.

In that narrative, Jesus talks about freedom in terms of doing God’s will, not in terms of my rights.

So much for the right to bear arms. The right to bear arms might be supported by the Second Amendment, but in the Kingdom of God, the U.S. Constitution is not sacred scripture. The man who said things like “love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” simply cannot be used to support the use of lethal force by anyone except the police and the military.

In a culture obsessed with winning — at any cost — legislators who mistake loyalty to party for a virtue need to orient their minds away from winning to “doing justice, loving kindness and walking humbly with their God.” Mark Galli is a conservative who suffered some pretty intense pushback from Evangelicals when he argued in Christianity Today that President Trump should be impeached precisely because he did not play the game of politics according to God’s rules. He wrote, “The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit one of the president’s political opponents. That is not only a violation of the Constitution; more importantly, it is profoundly immoral.”

The gospel narrative reframes the crucifixion as an example of the very kind of power needed to tikkun olam, i.e. repair the world, the very thing this broken, polarized world needs.

way: “It is precisely because religion takes the problem of evil so seriously that it must always be suspicious of too much concentrated power — politically and economically. … It is indeed our theology of evil that makes us strong proponents of both political and economic democracy — not because people are so good but because they often are not.”

Columnist Ross Douthat added, “There is no single Christian politics, and no movement can claim to have arrived at the perfect marriage of religious faith and political action. Christianity is too otherworldy for that, and the world too fallen.”

“At their most robust and independent,” Douthat argued, “our churches and religious leaders have reminded us that America is only almost chosen, and that paradise isn’t possible on earth. … Messianic Americanism turns liberal democracy into a religion unto itself, capable of carrying out the kind of redemptive work that orthodoxy reserves for Christ and his Church.”

You see, I want every part of the world to look like Mr. Roger’s neighborhood, but if I take seriously the reality of sin in the world and in myself, I will remember what history teaches us — i.e. that every attempt to create heaven on earth with political power has done just the opposite.

I will therefore not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. I will question candidates who offer panaceas of any kind and resist any romantic urges to be seduced by campaign ads proposing to eliminate racism, totally reverse climate change, provide jobs for everyone, or bring peace to the world through diplomacy. If it sounds too good to be true in a fallen world …

Government policies and programs make a difference, but repentance and changed hearts make an even bigger impact. I will therefore be attracted to candidates who tell me that I will have to do some changing in my personal lifestyle in addition to changing government policies if I want meaningful change to come about.

Harm reduction is a concept I learned recently. A good example is people who identify themselves as prochoice but are against abortion. What they are about is not eliminating abortions by the means of political power but reducing them through other means like education and religion. They would therefore support funding for Planned Parenthood because by providing birth control to clients, the organization is reducing harm. “Safe, legal and rare” is the best we can do in a fallen world. If Planned Parenthood were eliminated, they reason, harm would actually increase.

Accepting the reality that both the world and I are “fallen” — i.e. we have that inner contradiction President Obama talked about at Hiroshima — I must always question any decision based on the belief that the ends justify the means.

By refusing to let the nomination of Merrick Garland come to the floor of the Senate for a vote, Mitch McConnell got what he wanted, a conservative Supreme Court justice instead of a liberal one. But at what price?

No wonder trust in our institutions is falling.

TOM

HOLMES

The role of religion and sin That brings us to the subject of sin. Orthodox Christian teaching has for two millennia been that the bondage Christ came to save us from was our slavery to sin.

President Obama in a 2016 speech given in Hiroshima referred to it as “humanity’s core contradiction.”

In an interview last year, historian Jon Meacham talked about how a religious concept like sin informed why the founding fathers created separate but equal branches of government. He said, “They were aiming for the insight that we were all sinful, we were all driven by appetite and ambition, and therefore we had to divide authority, divide power in a way that would prevent any one element from knocking the whole system out of whack.”

Jim Wallis laid out the implications of sin in another

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LIBRARY

Renovation complete from page 1 were made in anticipation of the soft reopening of the entire library, including all its spaces, on Monday Jan. 27.

Throughout construction, different sections of the library were open to the public at different times to accommodate the renovation.

Shaker, as quoted on the library’s website, said, “It was essential to the Board of Trustees and myself that we stay open as much as possible, to continue to provide as many services as possible. The community has been extremely understanding and flexible.

We have appreciated the team spirit shown by our patrons and fellow community organizations during this renovation.”

Throughout construction, children’s story times were held at the Howard Mohr Community Center and other events at the Park District of Forest Park.

The $1.3 million project, which doesn’t include an additional $50,000 from the Live and Learn Construction Grant to address ADA accessibility, most notably features a new commons area, a new young adult space, a new quiet room, a new program room, four new study rooms, updated restrooms including the addition of a single stall restroom, and an updated youth services department, meeting room, lobby and staff spaces.

Alicia Hammond, community engagement manager at the library, said that although a lot has been added, there was no need for a structural addition to the building.

“When we did the original assessment, we realized we had enough space; we just needed to reorganize where things were located,” said Hammond.

Shaker gave thanks to the Howard Mohr Community Center and park district for hosting events during the library construction. And she said the village administration made the process easy from beginning to end. “[Village Administrator] Tim Gillian was so supportive throughout the entire process,” said Shaker.

The library will be hosting an all-ages party to celebrate the newly renovated building at a grand opening party on Saturday, Feb. 8 p.m. from 3 to 5 p.m., with the official ribbon-cutting ceremony at 3 p.m. The Kettlestrings Band will provide music, food will be served, and there will be activities, including demonstrations of the library’s 3D printer, an appearance by the library’s mascot Shelly the Turtle, arts and crafts, and tours. Library swag, including T-shirts, will be available on a first-come basis.

The library’s young adult department, popular among local teens, is also hosting an after-hours party and preview of the brand-new young adult lounge on Feb. 7 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This event, geared for teens, will feature music, treats and a special craft.

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NEW SPACE: Pilar Shaker, library director, shows off the newly renovated first floor. The entire library was open on Jan. 27, and a celebration will be held on Feb. 8 from 3 to 5 p.m.

RIEVES

Heavy hearts from page 1 are mourning the loss of a retired Trooper, and praying for a full recovery of both our active and retired officers. Please keep all our officers and families in your prayers in the dark and painful moment.”

The inexplicable shooting has sent authorities and community members alike into a frenzy to find a motive. Ron Wilke, the acting police chief for Lisle, said that police so far “have no idea why this happened,” but added that they believe Rieves Sr. and McMullan knew each other.

Despite media reports claiming McMullan attended East, multiple alumni have claimed otherwise and she doesn’t seem to appear in Class of 1986 yearbooks.

“I don’t know why,” Rieves’ mother, Hattie Rieves, told the Chicago Tribune over the weekend. “He always wanted to be a state trooper. ... He loved his job, he was always happy.”

“He’s someone who was well-loved by all those who worked with him,” Kelly said of Rieves.

Regi Ratliff, Rieves’ classmate at East, joined a chorus of friends and former classmates who offered their condolences on Facebook.

“We met through athletics, of course, on the baseball field,” Ratliff wrote of Rieves. “You were a cool brother and always down to earth.”

Marquis C. Jones Sr., Rieves’ longtime friend, said he was “numb” and “in shock” after learning of the former trooper’s death.

“When we talked the other day we were reminiscing about old times and how we must get together when I come home,” Jones Sr. wrote. “Now that opportunity will never happen. Bro, you will not only be truly missed by everyone who knew you, but most of all you will be missed by me and your entire Maywood & Proviso East Family.”

On Jan. 25, a group of alumni posted on Proviso East Alumni Cookout Group about Rieves’ death, describing the retired trooper as an “all around great guy.” The Proviso East Class of 1986 even scheduled a celebration for Rieves at the Ultimate Cigar Lounge in Villa Park.

According to reporting by the Daily Herald, Rieves “owned a .390 lifetime batting average as a power hitter for rosters in the Chicago North Men’s Senior Baseball League” and had “a way of snapping teammates out of a slump, a philosophy for the game that endeared him to players across the region” Max Reising, the league’s president, said that Rieves’ number 55 “on my teams will never be worn by anybody else again.”

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y2002921 on January 8, 2020 Under the Assumed Business Name of POWERS & SONS CARPENTRY with the business located at: 711 FOREST AVE, RIVER FOREST, IL 60305. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: TERRENCE POWERS 711 FOREST AVE RIVER FOREST, IL 60305.

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF COOK VILLAGE OF NORTH RIVERSIDE Notice Of A Public Hearing By the Joint Plan Commission/ Zoning Board of Appeals Of The Village Of North Riverside

Published in Wednesday Journal 1/15, 1/22, 1/29/2020

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y20002922 on January 8, 2020 Under the Assumed Business Name of GPTETREV POTTERY with the business located at:159 SOUTH OAK PARK AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: GABRIEL PAUL TETREV 127 SOUTH TAYLOR AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y20002975 on January 15, 2020 Under the Assumed Business Name of B-SAFE PPE with the business located at:2245 KEYSTONE AVE, NORTH RIVERSIDE, IL 60546. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: PAUL CONRAD, III 2245 KEYSTON AVE NORTH RIVERSIDE, IL 60546.

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PUBLIC NOTICE A second neighborhood meeting will be held Wednesday, February 5 at 7:00pm in the ballroom of the Oak Park Arms, located at 408 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302. The meeting will be to discuss the proposed Pete’s Fresh Market project located at 640 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302.

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE 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 2006-7, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-7 Plaintiff, -v.JEANNE L. EDWARDS, SCOVILLE COURT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR

BY MERGER TO LONG BEACH MORTGAGE COMPANY, MIDLAND FUNDING LLC Defendants 2019 CH 07779 500 W. WASHINGTON BLVD. APT. 403 OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 24, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 14, 2020, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 500 W. WASHINGTON BLVD. APT. 403, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-415-0271024

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The judgment amount was $91,575.96.

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

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

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

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

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE 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, JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL, 60606 (312) 541-9710. Please refer to file number 18-6534.

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.

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC

230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago IL, 60606 312-541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 18-6534 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 2019 CH 07779 TJSC#: 39-7382 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2019 CH 07779 I3141842

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, Chris A. Pellegrini, CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 30 S. WACKER DRIVE, STE. 2600, Chicago, IL, 60606 (312) 444-9300. Please refer to file number CAP.21168.71290.

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.

Chris A. Pellegrini CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C. 30 S. WACKER DRIVE, STE. 2600 Chicago IL, 60606 312-444-9300 E-Mail: cpellegrini@chuhak.com Attorney File No. CAP.21168.71290 Attorney Code. 70693 Case Number: 2019 CH 9407 TJSC#: 40-230 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2019 CH 9407 I3143329

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION FOREST PARK NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO. Plaintiff, -v.JOHN JOSEPH SIGNORELLA, AN INDIVIDUAL, SPOUSE OF JOHN JOSEPH SIGNORELLA, AN INDIVIDUAL, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2019 CH 9407 7242 W. ROOSEVELT RD. FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 14, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 18, 2020, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7242 W. ROOSEVELT RD., FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-24-203-0030000 The real estate is improved with a commercial property.

The judgment amount was $146,876.71.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR LEHMAN XS TRUST MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-17H; Plaintiff, vs.

ANGELO JOSEPH MESSINA AKA ANGELO J. MESSINA; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; RANDOLPH CROSSING CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; Defendants, 19 CH 3643 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, March 3, 2020 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-07-408-026-1010.

Commonly known as 610 Randolph Street 2, Oak Park, IL 60302.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g) (1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 19-009642 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3143369

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

LONTIER C. HOUGH AKA LONTIER HOUGH AKA LONTIER HICKS-HOUGH AKA LONTIER C. HICKS- HOUGH; ANTHONY HOUGH AKA A. HOUGH AKA ANTHONY DAVID HOUGH AKA ANTHONY D. HOUGH; DOVENMUEHLE MORTGAGE COMPANY, LP; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 6127 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-17-302-034-0000.

Commonly known as 915 South Lombard Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois 60304.

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

For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890.

(630) 453-6960. F19040247 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3143389

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Parents and Community Members

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The Board of Education invites you to participate in the upcoming focus group to give your input on the New PTHS D209 Superintendent.

La Junta Directiva los invita a participar en el proximo grupo de enfoque para escuchar sus opiniones sobre el nuevo superintendente de PTHS D209.

Wednesday, February 5 @ 6:30 PM

Miércoles, 5 de febrero @ 6:30 PM

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