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Police make two arrests as catalytic converter thefts continue

BUSINESSES ADAPT TO NEW VACCINE REGULATIONS

Rash of thefts follows nationwide trend as precious metal prices soar

By ANDY VIANO Editor

One day after someone stole 17 catalytic converters from a Forest Park parking lot, police interrupted three suspected thieves at the same lot and made two arrests, a small punch back against a string of recent thefts that echoes a national trend.

An employee of a cab company in the 7400 block See CATALYTIC on page 6

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Alexander Padilla, left, of Cicero, shows his COVID-19 vaccination card to Andre Coleman at the register on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, at the Classic Cinemas Luxury 6 Theater at the North Riverside Park Mall.

Restaurants react to mandated vaccine requirements Unprecedented surge in cases forces business owners to adapt to new rules

By MELISSA ELSMO Food Editor

The Cook County Department of Public Health, which covers most of the county’s suburban municipalities, including Forest Park, issued new COVID-19 mitigation orders effective Jan. 3 requiring all eating and drinking establish-

ments as well as fitness centers and spas to verify proof of vaccination for patrons age five and above.

The move, which was announced in late December by public health leaders and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, comes as new COVID-19 infections have climbed to their highest levels since the start of the pandemic and was issued days after the city of Chicago announced

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a similar rule. Oak Park, which operates its own health department, will also have a similar provision in place, although it is not scheduled to take effect until next week.

In a call with business owners on Dec. 28, Oak Park Public Health Director Theresa Chapple-McGruder explained her office’s rationale.

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Village opts in to opioid settlement

Fitness establishments adjust to comply with rule

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Village opts in to nationwide opioid settlement State expected to create framework for allocating $800 million early this year

By ANDY VIANO Editor

Like hundreds of municipalities across the country, Forest Park’s village council has voted to opt into a major legal settlement that will send an influx of cash to town to help combat the devastating impacts of the opioid epidemic.

The council gave its unanimous approval to the settlement at its regular meeting last month, following the recommendation of a Chicago law firm, Edelson PC. The decision means Forest Park will receive a portion of a nearly $26 billion settlement reached between multiple state and local municipalities and a handful of pharmaceutical companies, including Johnson & Johnson and three distributors, McKesson, Cardinal

Health and AmerisourceBergen.

The state of Illinois is expected to receive $800 million but has not decided how that money will be distributed. Forest Park Village Administrator Moses Amidei said he anticipated those funds would be allocated sometime this year.

The majority of the money the village receives must be used for “opioid abatement,” according to an Edelson PC memo distributed to the council. Illinois is expected to devise its own state-specific allocation model but no details on what formula the state will use to distribute the money has been revealed.

Amidei said that now that the village has opted in, he and his staff will create recommendations for how the money could be spent. It’s unclear whether that could

include additional funding for law enforcement, money for life-saving overdose reversal drugs like naloxone or other harmreduction tools.

According to Reuters, the settlement calls for the three distributors to pay out $21 billion over the course of the next 18 years with Johnson & Johnson contributing an additional $5 billion.

If the village had opted out of the agreement, it would have needed to provide significant financial evidence of the impact of opioid addiction in the community to justify a specific amount and could have been cut out of the agreement entirely, Edelson warned, based on specific opioid settlementrelated legislation passed in the state last year.

COVID surge worst since start of pandemic Virus spreading widely as county, village numbers soar past previous highs

By ANDY VIANO Editor

The Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) reported 5,848 new COVID-19 infections in its coverage area on Dec. 30, more than doubling the single-day high from the pandemic’s previous peak and driving home just how unparalleled the current surge of the virus has become.

The staggering numbers of new cases in the last week caused the seven-day rolling

average of new infections in the county to rise above 4,300 by the end of the year. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the number of tests returning a positive result has also jumped dramatically, with a 14.8% test positivity rate during the last week of December, even as record numbers of tests are being conducted.

Despite the increase in case numbers, vaccinated individuals remain largely protected against serious illness or death as a result of COVID-19 infection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that people who are unvaccinated are five times more likely to test positive for COVID-19 and 14 times more likely to die from the virus, as of October.

The CCDPH does not release daily case counts by village, but Forest Park has now

reported 2,044 COVID-19 infections since the start of the pandemic and nonspecific data shows the village’s three-week moving average of new COVID-19 infections reached a pandemic high on Jan. 1. That graph has been trending dramatically and steadily upward since mid-November. Forest Park has reported a 214% increase in new cases in the last two weeks, according to the CCDPH. Fortunately, Forest Parkers also remain vaccinated at rates ahead of the county and state averages. As of Jan. 4, 84.4% of Forest Park residents had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 63.4% were fully vaccinated.

Thirty-five Forest Park residents have died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, including three in December and one more on Jan. 3.

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Students, staff return Thursday In-person instruction to continue amid surge

By ANDY VIANO Editor

District 91 elementary and middle school students will return to the classroom as scheduled on Thursday, Jan. 6, a decision that has been met with little vocal pushback so far, according to a district spokesperson.

Nurys Uceta-Ramos said students and staff were invited to receive a COVID-19 test through the district Tuesday, two days before class was slated to resume, and recommended that anyone who did not test Tuesday should do so independently before returning to school. She also said the district remains confident in its mitigation measures, which have so far limited the spread of the virus in school buildings, according to district data.

SD91 posted an updated COVID-19 handbook to its website on Jan. 3, outlining all of the mitigation measures in place, including floor markings to keep students spaced out, rules for using water bottles, and thorough cleaning protocols.

The district remains committed to prioritizing in-person instruction, Uceta-Ramos said, adding that the schools are also following all state guidelines, including enforcing a mask mandate and offering remote learning options for students who either test positive or are forced to quarantine because of a known exposure. The district is enforcing a 10-day quarantine or isolation period for students and staff.

Forest Park’s schools have also been proactive in vaccinating students, and its staff includes no more than four unvaccinated members.

The district hosted two vaccine clinics in late November and another clinic on Dec. 23, where 206 immunizations were administered, including pediatric, adult and booster doses. The district is considering hosting another clinic on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 17), Uceta-Ramos said.

According to the latest data released by the district, seven staff members tested positive for COVID-19 during the week of Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, the highest in a single week since the start of the school year.

The number of positive cases among students had also been on the rise in late November and early December, with 50 new student cases recorded between Nov. 28 and Dec. 18.

RESTAURANTS

Proof of vax required from page 1 “If the county does it and Chicago, does it, it doesn’t really make sense for Oak Park not to do it since we are not an island,” she said during the listening session. “We don’t want to also become a safe haven for all of those people who are unvaccinated throughout the county and the city to come to Oak Park and utilize our restaurants and our gyms and bring in an additional risk to Oak Park that wasn’t here before.”

The mandates have left restaurant and bar owners to figure out how best to implement the order inside their businesses while also enforcing the statewide mask mandate that remains in effect. Read on to learn how some restaurant owners in our Eats communities are reacting to the new requirements: One Lake Brewing Oak Park Owners at One Lake Brewing, 1 Lake St., Oak Park, have been nimble in the face of the global pandemic. In the past two years, they have developed a curbside service model, closed their midlevel dining room, eliminated table service on the first level and constructed a flexible roof-top dining area in response to the shifting nature of COVID-19.

Most importantly Kristen Alfonsi, co-owner of One Lake, has made sure her business has followed all state and local guidelines related to the pandemic.

“We are doing our best to keep people safe, and we rolled out the vaccine requirement this week because we knew it was happening,” said Alfonsi. “To be honest, I think omicron will make business slower than the vaccine mandate will.”

Alfonsi said business had started “to get good again” and events like trivia nights and live music performances are back on the schedule, but also shared concerns that events may have to “pause” if the omicron surge continues.

“We understand there has been an uptick in cases and we will follow the guidelines, but we are hoping beyond hope that things look better a month from now,” said Alfonsi.

Kettlestrings Tavern Oak Park Employees at Kettlestrings Tavern, 800 S. Oak Park Ave., are accustomed to checking identification before serving their patrons.

Rob Guenthner, Kettlestrings co-owner, is confident his staff is more than capable of checking customers’ vaccine cards but has some skepticism about the latest mandate.

“I worry there doesn’t seem to be a good scientific reason behind this and it feels like a way to encourage people to get vaccinated,” said Guenthner. “I am all for incentivizing people to get vaccinated but doing that at the expense of an entire industry seems odd.”

He went on to say he has concerns about customers potentially becoming upset in the face of being turned away from their

ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer

PLEASE COMPLY: Families dine as Santa comes around and talks to children on the roof at One Lake Brewing in Oak Park in 2020. dining room.

“We will encourage all unvaccinated people to order takeout but will not hesitate to call the police if a situation requires it,” said Guenthner. “We hope it won’t come to that in our community, but we will not put our staff at risk.”

To prevent people from having to show their vaccine cards on multiple visits, Kettlestrings will keep a log on file for interested customers.

Scratch on Lake Oak Park Lathrop House Café Forest Park Patrick O’Brien, owner of Scratch Restaurant Group, has been riding the COVID wave for two years. He opened Lathrop House Café, 26 Lathrop Ave, Forest Park, mid pandemic, closed District Kitchen and Tap in the Oak Park Arts District last April, and developed a plan to help Scratch on Lake, 733 Lake St, Oak Park, thrive despite the ongoing pandemic.

“Whatever the law is we will follow it,” said O’Brien. “This issue is so highly debated, even in my own house, that I don’t want to risk alienating any of my customer base with my opinions.”

The veteran restaurateur went on to say the issue has become so political that businesses are equally at risk of losing customers if they are vocally against or in favor of vaccine mandates. O’Brien was clear his goal is to be there for his customers and help his businesses survive “whatever comes next.”

Duffy’s Tavern Forest Park “Duffy’s is a neighborhood tavern with a substantial number of regular guests, and I know for a fact that a great number of them are fully vaccinated and already do smart things like keep a photo of their vaccination card on their phone,” said Joe Sullivan, owner of Duffy’s Tavern, 7315 W. Madison St. “My regulars get it and I’m hoping new guests do as well. It’s been a very rough two years for the service industry, and we desperately need to get back to normal. I hope this mitigation effort leads to more people getting their vaccinations so that they can

come out safely.”

Sullivan is pleased his regular clientele is largely compliant with the new vaccine mandate and hopes the requirement will also encourage fully vaccinated individuals who remain hesitant to visit bars and restaurants to come out for the first time.

Irish Times Brookfield Martin Lynch, owner of Irish Times, 8869 Burlington Ave, Brookfield, was quick to point out that vaccine requirements are required for dining or drinking in bars and restaurants across Ireland.

“Our staff is 100% vaccinated so this mandate only adds another level of comfort for our employees and our customers,” said Lynch. “We have been going by what they are doing in Ireland so I don’t see a downside to this at all. A vaccine requirement for staff and customers will only help to speed our exit from this whole pandemic.”

Lynch said they will leave checking vaccine status and IDs to bartenders and servers. He does not anticipate there will be angry customers because of the mandate especially because it covers a broad section of the state.

“Everyone has been expecting this; it has been in the ethers and now it is here,” said Lynch.

FitzGerald’s Berwyn Prior to the Jan. 3 mandate for suburban Cook County, FitzGerald’s Nightclub, 6615 Roosevelt Rd., fell in line with most Chicagoland music venues and required proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test to gain entry to the club. The new mandate does away with the negative test option.

Rather than wait, Will Duncan, club owner, started requiring proof of vaccination in all Fitzgerald’s indoor space, including Babygold Barbecue and Side Bar, in late December.

“We’re comfortable being open with the proof of vaccination requirement for Cook County,” said Duncan on December 30.

Duncan continues stress the importance of wearing masks among staff and patrons inside Fitzgerald’s regardless of the vaccine mandate.

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Local fitness establishments react to new rule From Cook County and Oak Park, respectively

By STACEY SHERIDAN Staff Reporter

With the new year comes the inevitable resolution to shed weight, get in shape and generally lead a more active life. But those planning to hit the gym should be prepared to present COVID-19 vaccination cards before pumping iron. The Cook County Department of Public Health’s proof of vaccination mandate went into effect Jan. 3, and a similar mandate from the Oak Park Public Health Department is close behind.

Across the western suburbs, fitness establishment proprietors are doing their part to abide by the county mandate, which was revised late Jan. 3 to include more substantive information regarding exemptions.

FFC Oak Park on Lake Street in downtown Oak Park is ahead of the game. The gym’s manager Jeff Long said the gym began collecting proof of vaccination about 10 days ago. All FFC members received an email from the gym informing them of the

impending mandate.

“Once we sent the email out letting them know that this was coming, members just started bringing in their cards and showing us,” said Long.

Blink Fitness in North Riverside also alerted its members that they would soon need to bring in their vaccine cards. Following the Dec. 23 announcement of the county’s mandate, manager Evelyn Perez said her Blink location issued fliers, sent emails and made calls to patrons.

Now that the mandate has gone into effect, Perez said the Blink location has not encountered any problems from members so far.

“We haven’t had any upset members,” she said. “We have had a couple cancellations due to them being unvaccinated.”

Blink Fitness is offering unvaccinated members the option to temporarily freeze their membership until they are fully vaccinated.

Children aged 18 and under participating in youth athletics or recreation are exempt from the county’s mandate, providing the activities take place in establishments that do not provide food or drink.

Regardless, non-profit TriStar Gymnastics in Forest Park is still asking for all eligible students to present proof of COVID-19 vaccination. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has authorized COVID-19 vaccinations for children as young as five.

“We want our kids to be safe,” said Tri-Star co-founder Lynn ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer Allen. “We have some families that lost family members in FFC is seen on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, on Lake Street 2020.” in downtown Oak Park.

Tri-Star is still allowing unvaccinated children to participate in gymnastics through Tri-Star, but the at all times. Students and competitive team gym has lost roughly 30 students for merely members are required to stand on stars afrequesting proof of vaccination, according fixed to the floor. The stars are placed six to Allen. About 350 kids take lessons at Trifeet apart from each other, so social disStar or compete on one of its gymnastics tancing is always practiced. Most parents teams. Tri-Star’s young clientele range in have been generally respectful of Tri-Star’s age from kids just able to walk to 18-yearsafety precautions, according to Allen. But olds. if any take issue with the gym’s stance on “We’re hoping parents don’t go ballistic,” vaccination proof, they can take their busiAllen said of Tri-Star’s request for vaccinaness elsewhere. tion proof.

“You’re free to go to another gym,” Allen The gymnastics studio requires masks said.

Movie theaters brace for vax proof mandate Classic Cinemas plans to enforce new rule in North Riverside, Oak Park

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Coming off a two-month stretch during which people have flocked back to local movie theaters, Classic Cinemas will institute the proof-of-vaccination protocol at its movie theaters in Cook County, including the Lake Theatre in Oak Park and at the North Riverside Park Mall per mandates from health officials at the count and municipal levels.

The mandate went into effect effective Jan. 3 at the North Riverside XQ complex and is scheduled to go into effect Jan. 10 at the Lake Theatre in Oak Park. Because Oak Park has its own health department, the village is not bound by the Jan. 3 date mandated by the Cook County Department of Public Health.

“We’re going to do it, but it is a burden,” said Chris Johnson, CEO of Classic Cinemas, which operates 14 movie houses in northern Illinois and one in Beloit, Wisconsin. Just three of the theaters are within suburban Cook County.

“We’re good citizens and it makes a challenging situation a little bit more challenging, but we’re here for the long term,” Johnson said.

One of the challenges is that many theatergoers purchase their tickets online in

ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer

Movie theater staff Giovanni Rodriguez, left, and Andre Coleman look over customers COVID-19 vaccination cards and identification on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, at the Classic Cinemas Luxury 6 theater at the North Riverside Park Mall. advance in order to avoid lines. Now those customers will have to wait in line to have their vaccine status checked as well.

“On the one hand you want to avoid congestion, but this unfortunately will increase lines,” said Johnson who said additional

employees will be at the ticket-taking station to check vaccine documentation and IDs. “It’d be amazingly easier if there was a cohesive system.”

Like other businesses affected by the mandate, Classic Cinemas will accept actual cards, photos of cards or other digital proof of vaccine status and cross check those with personal identification, like a driver’s license or state ID, if a patron is 16 or older.

For younger patrons, that’s a little more difficult.

As for employees having to deal with people who resist the mandate and want a confrontation. Johnson said he believed that those who are unvaccinated will avoid showing up, knowing the mandate is in place and that the business is enforcing it.

“The majority of people are rule-followers, whatever the rules are,” Johnson said.

“There’s always a small percentage of people who try to get away with something, but the majority of the public is pretty good.”

The biggest hurdle is simply staffing theaters sufficiently to make sure vaccine proof checks move smoothly. Johnson called that aspect of the mandate “the killer.”

“We’re having problems getting enough staff, so this is a crusher,” Johnson said.

“I’d love to hire more people. This absolutely takes more staff and will cost money to implement.”

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Ancient dagger allegedly stolen from vacation rental

A man who decided to empty the priceless contents of a safe deposit box onto the dining room table of an apartment rental, then leave the rental with the items packed in a grocery bag and hidden under a backpack, told police all the items were missing after he returned from a visit with his son.

The bizarre incident was reported to police around 5:45 p.m. on Dec. 25 by a 75-yearold man who said he was renting a unit in the 300 block of Circle Avenue during the holiday season. For unknown reasons, the man emptied several precious items from his safe deposit box on Dec. 24 and left to visit his son.

Among the items left in the grocery bag were family birth certificates, baptismal certificates, wedding documents, a Ziploc bag full of costume jewelry, a 2-inch brass paperweight from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, and a 1,000-year-old dagger and brass sheath.

The man said he was in Chicago most of the day on Dec. 24 and noticed the items were missing at 8:30 a.m. the following day.

The Airbnb host said their cleaning person looked for the items but did not find them.

Plenty of Fish scam involves bitcoin A man claiming to be a cryptocurrency broker allegedly scammed a woman out of thousands of dollars after meeting her on the dating site Plenty of Fish.

The woman told Forest Park police that she began communicating with the man on Nov. 15 and that she was initially convinced to buy $1,000 in Bitcoin and watch its value grow, leading to a second, $7,000 investment.

Later, the crypto broker told the woman he was looking for a new employee at his office and convinced her to complete an online application that included her social security number, home address and phone number.

Shortly thereafter, the woman received a $2,000 cashier’s check in the mail and was told to cash it at a grocery store and send the man the money. A grocery store and bank both declined to cash the check.

And in a final suspicious incident, after being told to accept payments through a mobile banking app, the woman said she started receiving messages from people who claimed they never received the “magic mushrooms” they had purchased and wanted their money back. The woman refunded four people and told them not to contact the man she had met on Plenty of Fish as she now believed he was running some kind of scam.

At that point, the woman tried to withdraw the money in her online account, now totaling more than $40,000, but was unable to do so.

Drive-by spraying leaves man covered in ‘unknown substance’ A car rolled up and someone apparently sprayed a fire extinguisher at a 69-year-old man as he walked to the Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line station at 711 Desplaines Ave. just after midnight on Saturday, Dec. 18.

A Forest Park Police Department report indicates that a light-colored sedan with heavily tinted windows approached the man as he walked in the 700 block of Desplaines and a young man in the vehicle sprayed him with “an unknown substance.” After the drive-by spraying, the occupants of the vehicle began to laugh and the car sped away.

The man who was sprayed was covered in a “white powder-like substance” that he believed came from a fire extinguisher. He refused medical treatment.

Man wreaks havoc at pair of bars A 26-year-old Elmwood Park man was arrested after making a scene at a pair of Madison Street bars late on the night of Dec. 20 and early the following day.

Forest Park police were initially notified that a brewing fight had dissipated between two customers in the 7400 block of Madison but were called back to the bar less than an hour later when one of the customers began throwing barstools and breaking things.

The man was sent on his way.

Officers then ran the man’s name through a criminal database, discovered a warrant for his arrest from a different jurisdiction and followed him into a second bar, also in the 7400 block of Madison. The man had apparently also been previously trespassed from that location and warned not to return.

When a bartender asked the man to leave early on the morning of Dec. 21, he allegedly grabbed a pint glass and threw it at her, hitting her in the face and upper chest, then ran out the back door.

Officers eventually arrested the man in the 300 block of Burkhardt Court. He was charged with battery, resisting arrest and criminal trespassing.

Soup, fruit thrown on ground Someone threw chicken noodle soup, an orange and some kind of red or orange liquid on a doormat in the 500 block of Desplaines Avenue just before midnight on Dec. 27.

The scene was photographed and processed for evidence.

Man steals bottles of booze A 45-year-old Maywood man was arrested after allegedly stealing several bottles of alcohol from a Madison Street liquor store on

Thursday, Dec. 23.

Forest Park police were dispatched to the store in the 7200 block of Madison a little after noon and were told a man concealed several bottles of alcohol and fled the building without paying.

Officers located the man several blocks away and asked him if he had taken any bottles from the store. The suspect then “readily admitted” to taking five bottles, according to a police report, and showed officers five vodka bottles concealed inside his jacket and pant leg.

The bottles were brought back to the store and the man was “no longer welcome” to return.

Three pairs of pants disappear Someone who ordered three pairs of pants from an online retailer reported that the pants were stolen after being delivered on Christmas Eve. A delivery company reportedly delivered the pants to the back door of a home in the 7200 block of Roosevelt Road on Dec. 24 but the person who ordered the pants said there is no back door at that location. They were reported missing on Dec. 30.

The pants have a retail value of $127.

No payment for no-chip manicures Three women who received fresh no-chip manicures on Christmas Eve fled from the salon without paying for the service.

The trio left the salon in the 1200 block of Harlem Avenue around 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 24 after getting $135 worth of work done on their nails, according to a police report. All three left in a silver Nissan Maxima that was not immediately located.

A salon employee said surveillance video would be shared with the police.

Bullet discovered New Year’s Day A resident called the Forest Park police on the morning of Jan. 1 to direct officers to a bullet in the wall of their home.

Officers found what appeared to be a 9-millimeter bullet in the west facing wall of a home in the 400 block of Thomas Avenue around 9 a.m. on New Year’s Day. The resident did not report hearing anything suspicious the previous night.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, Dec. 20 to Jan. 2, 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 Andy Viano

CATALYTIC

Thefts continue from page 1 of Roosevelt Road was watching security camera footage early on the morning of Dec. 18 when they noticed several suspicious people entering the lot and called 911. As police arrived, one of the men yelled “run” and three people attempted to flee.

Two of them — Danny L. Allen, 28, of Chicago, and Darius J. Madison, 31, of Chicago — were arrested and have been charged with felony burglary. Both men denied any role in the thefts the previous night.

When the men were arrested, police also recovered a litany of tools of the trade, including saws, blades and jacks. The video footage allegedly showed the men jacking up several vehicles, then making multiple trips back and forth to the lot’s fence, where officers also discovered several catalytic converters that had already been removed.

Forest Park Chief of Police Ken Gross said the pace of catalytic converter thefts has been “cyclical” throughout his career, but in a less than two week stretch starting Dec. 20, Forest Park police responded to at least five separate reported thefts, and that doesn’t include the brazen 17-converter heist pulled off at the cab company Dec. 17.

Police departments across the country are responding to more and more catalytic converter thefts because of the trace amounts of precious metals — including platinum, palladium and rhodium —- that they contain. Scrappers are paying top dollar for the metals as the global market spikes, and while there are no scrap yards in Forest Park, there are plenty in the surrounding area.

According to the Associated Press, a single catalytic converter can fetch between $50 and $300.

Thieves are able to steal the converters fairly quickly, as well, typically using a saw or other device to cut them off the vehicle’s exhaust system.

In response, Gross said residents should try and park in a garage, if possible, and pay attention to any unusual sawing or cutting sounds they hear, especially in the middle of the night, when most thefts are occurring. Gross said several companies have also begun marketing catalytic converter protection devices that are available for purchase online, although they may need to be installed by a mechanic.

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BIG WEEK Calendars and champagne

Laser Queen Freddie Mercury and his bandmates in Queen get their intergalactic due at the Cernan Earth and Space Center on the campus of Triton College, 2000 Fifth Ave. in River Grove, on Saturday, Jan. 8 from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.

The latest Cosmic Light Show is titled “Laser Queen” and features a 13-song playlist littered with Queen’s greatest hits and guaranteed to “have you lip syncing and playing air guitar throughout the show,” according to the organizers.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for kids and seniors, and free for Triton College students, faculty and staff.

Act fast to join the latest tasty sip and craft class at the Park District of Forest Park, 7501 Harrison St., on Wednesday, Jan. 5 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Attendees age 21 and older will work to create their own custom calendars to kick off 2022, all while drinking French 75s, which the park district describes as a champagne twist on the classic Tom Collins.

Tickets are $30 per person. Supplies are provided, including wine and nonalcoholic drinks.

Aventura Storytime with special guest

Marvel Comics club If the Marvel movie fan in your life is looking to get caught up on the comics but doesn’t know where to begin, this session at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd., is a good place to start.

Middle-grade students are invited to the library on Friday, Jan. 7 from 4 to 5 p.m. for a chance to explore new books or “geek out together” at the MG Marvel Comics Club, which meets on the first Friday of every month for discussion, reading, drawing and more.

This is an in-person event and all guests age 2 and older must wear masks. For more information, call 708-689-6126 or email Mia Manansala at mmanansala@fppl.org.

SUBMIT YOUR EVENT ■ Have an event we should feature in the Big Week? Email event details (photo, time, place, cost & a brief description) to

Andy@forestparkreview.com. The deadline for submissions is Friday at noon.

Trek on over to the Forest Park Public Library for a special bilingual storytime featuring special guest performers from Little Parade on Friday, Jan. 7 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

This session is recommended for kids age 5 and under, and will be held in the library’s Austin Room at 7555 Jackson Blvd. Guests are limited to one adult per child and all adults are asked to remain masked and maintain a safe social distance because the young children participating are ineligible to be vaccinated.

Little Parade is a Chicago-based early childhood music class that offers virtual and in-person classes. More information is available at littleparademusic.com.

The performance was already full as of Jan. 3 but the library was still accepting guests for the waiting list. To join the waitlist, visit fppl.org.

Winter bird walk Kick off the weekend with some “bird feeder action,” then grab your binoculars and hit the woods at this event hosted by the Trailside Museum of Natural History, 738 Thatcher Ave. in River Forest, on Saturday, Jan. 8 at 8:30 a.m.

Preregistration is required by calling 708-366-6530. Binoculars are available for those who don’t provide their own.

All visitors age 2 and older must wear a mask indoors, regardless of vaccination status.

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The Proviso East girls basketball team fell 50-33 to Oak Park and River Forest High School at the Morton College Christmas Tournament in Cicero on Dec. 30.

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Vax proof?

Absolutely

“This issue is so highly debated, even in my own house, that I don’t want to risk alienating any of my customer base with my opinions.”

Patrick O’Brien, owner of Lathrop House Café, Forest Park and Scratch Kitchen on Lake, Oak Park.

That’s what O’Brien told The Review this week when our Melissa Elsmo asked him about how his restaurants will enforce the newly instituted proof of vaccination requirement imposed by both the county government and also by Oak Park’s public health department.

Rational response, we suppose, from a businessperson.

Or from a person trying to get along in their own household.

Happily this is the opinion page of the local newspaper and sharing opinions is our stock in trade.

We’re all in favor of requiring citizens to provide proof of full vaccination — that’s three shots if you’re eligible — before they stroll into a restaurant, movie theater, fitness center, music venue. Extend it to airplanes, too. This should have been implemented months back.

The concept is simple. COVID kills people. We have a powerful tool in vaccines that does a remarkable job of preventing serious illness or death from COVID and its variants. Rational people have taken this proactive, lifeaffirming step. They deserve to be protected by government, by business, by churches, by restaurants, theaters, gyms and nightclubs from an irrational minority of people who have turned a worldwide pandemic into some sort of political proving ground for the deranged.

Segregating those people from the rest of us so that we can move toward some changed sense of normal life — breakfast at Louie’s, lunch at George’s, dinner at Lou Malnati’s — makes perfect sense. We have no second thoughts on this. We have no sympathy for the unvaccinated. Actually we have contempt for them and we don’t want them sitting near us coughing on our popcorn at the Lake Theatre.

If the minority will not permit themselves to be persuaded then they must be separated. They’re the ones making the choice.

Our concern, our only concern, is for the health — mental and physical — of those working in these businesses who must enforce proof of vaccination. Chris Johnson, CEO of Classic Cinemas with movie theaters in North Riverside and Oak Park, states what is clear. It is very difficult to hire people in this moment. Needing to hire more people to enforce this mandate will not be simple.

We’ll close with this hopeful quote from Johnson: “The majority of people are rule-followers, whatever the rules are. … There’s always a small percentage of people who try to get away with something, but the majority of the public is pretty good.”

Pray that he is right.

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Will the new year be happy?

ey, Rev, do you have any of those McDonald’s gift cards left?”

Pastor Walter Mitty fumbled in the desk drawer in his office at Poplar Park Community Church and found he had one more left.

“Here you go,” said Mitty as he handed the homeless man the card. “What do you think? Is 2022 going to be better that 2021?”

“For sure,” Henry replied. “Have you been watching the stock market? My investments keep going up.”

Mitty had gone to a Lily Tomlin concert years ago and never forgot the comedian’s sketch in which she played a bag lady.

“You know I’m certifiably crazy,” she said to the audience. “See, this is what happened. I came to the conclusion that reality is the main cause of stress, so I checked out of reality.”

“And you know,” said Tomlin’s character after a pause, “everything’s been so much nicer ever since.”

“Happy New Year,” said Henry as he zipped up his coat … and thanks for the card.”

“Is that what it takes?” Mitty said to himself as he walked to the church kitchen to get a refill of coffee.

“Do you have to be a little delusional?”

He returned to the warmth of his cozy office, and stared out the window at the bleakness of the last day of the year — overcast sky, bare trees, the snow from a few days before had all melted. It was not the winter wonderland pictured on some of the cards he received that week.

Delusional. That’s what Sharissa Hawkins accused Dominique of at coffee hour the day after Christmas.

Dominique had been distributing little boxes of Fannie May candy to everyone who showed up.

“It’s to celebrate getting through a hard year,” he explained, “and to look forward to 2022 being a lot better.”

“What have you been smokin’, Dominique?”

“Aw, c’mon, Sharissa. Lighten up a little. I know as well as you do that the glass is half empty, but it’s also half full.”

Pastor Walt was used to the political sparring between two of his favorite members, but he also knew where they were coming from. Both had grown up on the West Side and gone to college. Dominique, however, had gotten an MBA after that and rose in the corporate ranks to vice president.

Sharissa earned an MSW and was making one-third of what he made in business. She wore jeans to work in her cramped basement office in a small church in Englewood. Dominique wore a Brooks Brothers suit to his corner office on the 52nd floor of the Chase Tower in the Loop.

Mitty laughed so hard he almost spilled his coffee.

The two were kind of like the congregation’s ideological odd couple. Sharissa was more like A.O.C., impatient and angry. Tired of “waiting till next year.” Like John

Lewis, Sharissa was not afraid to make “good trouble.”

Dominique was more like Gen. Colin Powell. He believed in the system, played it well, and was rewarded with success. Or maybe like Hank Aaron, Dominique had quietly done his job and proved that he was better than his detractors.

“So, what about next year?” Pastor Walt asked himself. “Is there anything in our experience that encourages us to look to the future with expectation, with optimism?”

He remembered how his parents had always voted Republican. They were, after all, the party of progressive optimism embodied by Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower.

Following Gen. Eisenhower’s leadership, we had defeated fascism in WWII, and now under Eisenhower, the economy was booming. There was every reason in the world to trust that next year would be better than this year, which itself had been pretty darn good.

During most of the conversation Asch had just listened, not wanting to get in trouble, even if it were “good trouble.” But finally he decided that these “young folks” might benefit from his perspective.

“I grew up in 1950s,” he began, “and I remember seeing on TV segregated bathrooms in the South, women in the military were called WACS, and no one paid any attention to recycling. So Friday night I’m going to look to the new year with optimism.”

“I’m even older than Asch,” added Miss Rose, “and I’m going to go to bed at 10 on New Year’s Eve! I’ve seen the ball drop in Times Square so many times that predictions of the end of the world, or in our times the end of democracy, no longer make my blood pressure rise.”

Sharissa waited a respectful moment to make sure that the octogenarian had finished before asking, “But Miss Rose, climate change is affecting our planet and unless we do something and do it now, we’ll be in trouble.”

Miss Rose smiled at the young firebrand with affection and replied, “Honey, you might be right about the urgency of the situation, but my experience indicates that if you treat the issues we’re facing like a hundredmeter dash when it’s really a marathon you’ll feel like you are winning for just a few seconds, but those who pace themselves are the ones who will endure to the end.”

She laughed, pointed her finger at Mitty, and added, “One reason I keep coming to a church with a white pastor is because he didn’t roll in here — how many years ago is it now? — thinking he knew all the answers and was God’s new Moses who would lead us through the wilderness to the Promised Land.”

“We don’t need no Moses,” she concluded. “What we need is more folks to step in the harness with us and pull this wagon a little further down the road.”

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Forecasting the future … for a small fee

picked up my village of Forest Park 2022 Information Calendar just in time to make my predictions for the coming year: Art lovers who attended the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit will spend 2022 getting the paint stains out of their clothes.

On January 6th, celebration of Armenian Christmas will go off without a hitch, but the British will commemorate the War of 1812 by burning down the White House — again.

Blizzards will batter the Bahamas, while tourists bask on the balmy beaches of Alaska.

Groundhog Day festivities will be cancelled as many Americans feel like they celebrate it on a daily basis.

U2 will be the first band to be booked for the Altenheim concert venue. Residents of The Grove can’t wait.

Due to the complete collapse of the phone system, we’ll have to continue to dial the Area Code when making local calls.

The Association of Gas Station Owners issues a statement: “Customers who ask the price per gallon probably can’t afford it.”

There will be record low turnout for mid-term elections as most voters can’t

produce their fourth grade report cards to prove they’re eligible.

The “War on Easter” will continue as most people refuse to say “Merry Easter” because it sounds stupid.

The race for the vacant seat on the Library Board of Trustees will become the most expensive in village history when a candidate buys pastries for the entire village council.

Valentine’s Day will be a bust because couples find it uncomfortable to make out while wearing masks.

An updated world map will show that Greenland is now smaller than Iceland.

Ribfest at the Picnic Grove will coincide with a full moon. Many suspect this was deliberately planned.

Many sports teams will have to change their names, either because they’re offensive, or make no sense, like the Utah Jazz.

Red Nichols was the only jazz icon from the Beehive State and he died in 1965.

Travelers will have as much chance of reaching their destinations as Truman Burbank’s plan to go to Fiji.

The Major League Baseball season will be cancelled by the owner’s lockdown.

This will be especially painful for White

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Sox fans, who recall they also had a good team when they cancelled the season in 1994.

Higher Ground Productions, founded by the Obamas, will begin filming the historical drama, The Ghost of Cleopatra on location in the Walmart parking lot.

A polar vortex will cause indoor snow for village residents with antiquated windows.

Schauer’s Hardware will sell wheelbarrows for transporting cash to the grocery store. They have four different models, depending on how hungry you are.

Village residents will still be grateful for small-town charm but have mixed feelings about big-city access.

Movie theaters will be more convenient than ever with their new, “What time can you get here?” policy for patrons.

Ever-changing rules for combatting the pandemic will leave just about everyone confused.

The Chicago Bulls will win the NBA championship but lose an exhibition game to the Chicago Sky. Although hundreds of newspapers folded in 2021, the “Review” will continue to thrive thanks to donations from generous readers. They can also make individual cash donations to columnists they meet on the street.

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Wishing Forest Park a happy 100th

O B I T U A R Y

Helen Woodruff, 92 Loved gardening and dancing Helen Woodruff, 92, died at her home in Forest Park on Dec. 12. Born and raised in Wisconsin, she and Edward “Ted” Woodruff met when Ted decided to take dance lessons at an Arthur Murray dance studio where she was one of the teachers. They partnered so beautifully that they became partners in life, and were married for 39 years until Ted’s death in 1997.

They raised two children in River Forest, where she was known as a wonderful neighbor, cook, and friend. Right up until the end, two of the greatest joys of her life were dancing and gardening. She spent many happy hours at Ballroom City in Villa Park, where she celebrated her 80th and 90th birthdays. This past summer, at 91, she still had a hand in the plantings at her condo.

Helen is survived by her son, Bruce Woodruff (Nancy Luikaart) and her daughter, Leann Runyanwood (Mark Runyan). She is also survived by her brother, Ray Lamboley (Ethel Esser), and nieces and nephews in Wisconsin.

Her love of gardening and walks in the woods inspired her memorial location of Morton Arboretum, on Saturday, May 7. It will be an open house from 10 till 2.

Tell the front gate you are there for Helen Woodruff ’s Memorial and there will be no charge. The arboretum should be full of flowers at that time of year — she would like that.

If you’d care to send an arrangement to the memorial in May, address it to Morton Arboretum; Thornhill Center, Helen Woodruff; 4100 Illinois Route 53; Lisle, Illinois 60532.

By JILL WAGNER Contributor

In early 1956, the year of the village’s centennial birthday, people in town took a leap back in time by growing beards and mustaches, donning dresses from the previous century, tying bows around their necks and commuting now and again in horse and carriages throughout town.

This photo features, from the far left: Dr. Henry Desens, one of the chairmen of the centennial celebration; Howard F. Sammon, president of Forest Park National Bank and Chamber of Commerce; Gottlieb Scwab, a pioneer businessman; and Henry J. Mohr, former mayor.

The photo was taken in front of the A. W. Kistenbroker mansion on Desplaines Avenue.

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Historical Society of Forest Park Archives January 1956

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4. Operate, administer and manage the Village and Public Safety computer systems, including E-911 center, in-vehicle computer systems.

5. Prepare clear and logical reports and program documentation of procedures, processes, and configurations.

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7. Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

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Position opened until filled.

MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST Part time or Fulltime Medical Receptionist for an OB Gyne Office in River Forest Nye Partners in Women’s Health Please email resume to: yvonne@ nyepartners.com POLICE RECORDS CLERK The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Police Records Clerk in the Police Department. This position will perform a wide variety of specialized clerical duties in support of the Police Department including processing and maintaining documents, correspondence and coding reports; and to provide information and assistance to the public.

Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http://www.oak-park.us/jobs.

SANITARIAN The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Sanitarian in the Health Department. This position will perform a variety of duties including education and enforcement activities for the promotion and protection of the public health environment.

Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak- park.us/jobs.

Seasonal Farmers’ Market Manager The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Seasonal Farmers’ Market Manager in the Health Department.

This position manages the Oak Park Farmer’s Market including the vendors that sell directly to the public within established guidelines. This is a part-time seasonal position with work from January-mid November and work required on Saturday’s from May through October. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http://www.oak-park.us/jobs.

Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application. Open until filled.

River Forest Public Schools District 90 River Forest Public Schools District 90 is seeking to hire a School Psychologist for a full-time position for grades PreK-4th starting in December 2021. To qualify, candidates must have a valid Illinois Professional Education License with endorsement in School Psychology (PreK-4). A Master’s Degree is preferred as well as 5 years of successful educational experience in both general and special education; and at least five years of successful experience in evaluating students, collaborating, and problem-solving with school and District teams. The right candidate will facilitate MTSS meetings, including individual and grade-level planning meetings.

Integrate D90 practices around equity and inclusivity into daily work and relationships with students, families and colleagues.

Duties include: Completing appropriate psychoeducational assessments for children who have or are suspected of having a disability. Identifying and assessing the learning, development, and adjustment characteristics and needs of individuals and groups, as well as, the environmental factors that affect learning and adjustment. Using assessment data about the student and his/her environment(s) in developing appropriate interventions and programs. Responding to parent and teacher requests for evaluations in accordance with Illinois law and maintaining compliance in accordance with Illinois special education law.

Application Procedure: Interested candidates should complete the online application availableat district90.org.

River Forest Public Schools District 90 River Forest Public Schools District 90 is seeking to hire a Special Education Instructional Teacher Assistant for K-4th starting immediately.

Qualifications: a) Valid Illinois Professional Educator License with Endorsements; or Educator License with Stipulations with a Paraprofessional Endorsement. b) Successful instructional assistant experience is preferred in regular education or special education.

Job Duties: The instructional assistant in Special Education will work with both general education and special education staff members to support learning for identified child(ren) with special needs. Responsibilities include instructing students in small groups and one-on-one settings. This will also encompass helping students to develop positive interpersonal ACCOUNTANT The Village of North Riverside is in search of a qualified candidate to serve as an Accountant in the Finance Department. This position performs detailed professional accounting work in a wide variety of the Finance Department functions, including maintaining and reviewing financial records and performing technical work relative to assigned areas of responsibility.

Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, finance, or another related field from an accredited university - CPA or CGFO is desirable - At least three (3) years of progressive experience in municipal finance or other closely related field - Demonstrated proficiency and knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite is required - BS&A financial management package is a plus To Apply: Open until filled with the first reading of applications on February 3, 2022.

Email application, cover letter, resume and three (3) professional references to administration@northriverside-il.org or by mail to: Village of North Riverside Finance Director 2401 S. Des Plaines Avenue North Riverside, IL 60546 708-447-4211 708-447-4292 (fax) PART-TIME COMMUNITY SERVICE COORDINATOR The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Part-Time Community Service Coordinator (up to 10-15 hrs./week) in the Adjudication Department.

Thisperson monitors individuals who have been ordered to provide community service in the Village, coordinates with organizations that provide community service opportunities, etc. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park. us/jobs. Open until filled.

relationships with peers and adults: utilizing and modeling school behavior management programs: and assist in communications between students, teachers and parents as requested.

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LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed bids at the Public Works Service Center, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 for the following: BID 22-107 VILLAGE OF OAK PARK 2022 TRAFFIC SIGN MATERIALS BID PACKAGE REQUEST FOR BIDS Bid forms may be obtained from the Public Works Customer Service Center by calling 708358-5700 or by stopping by the office located at 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Information is also available from the Streets Superintendent, Scott Brinkman, sbrinkman@oak-park.us or on the Village’s website http://www. oak-park.us/your-government/ finance-department. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents and specifications only to those vendors deemed qualified. No proposal documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of proposal opening. For more information call the Public Works Service Center at 708.358.5700.

LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed bids at the Public Works Service Center, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 for the following: BID 22-108 VILLAGE OF OAK PARK UTILITY PAVEMENT PATCHING SERVICES REQUEST FOR BIDS Bid forms may be obtained from the Public Works Customer Service Center by calling 708358-5700 or by stopping by the office located at 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Information is also available from the Streets Superintendent, Scott Brinkman, sbrinkman@oak-park.us or on the Village’s website http://www. oak-park.us/your-government/ finance-department. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents and specifications only to those vendors deemed qualified. No proposal documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of proposal opening. For more information call the Public Works Service Center at 708.358.5700.

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PUBLIC NOTICES 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: Y21008380 on December 16, 2021 Under the Assumed Business Name of LOFTON SNOW REMOVAL with the business located at: 6127 S. UNIVERSITY SUITE 1058 CHICAGO, IL 60637. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: DARRONTE LOFTON 6947 S. NORMAL AVE CHICAGO, IL 60621, USA Published in Wednesday Journal December 22, 29 2021, January 5 2022

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: Y21008331 on December 10, 2021. Under the Assumed Business Name of WORLD TRAVELER EXPERT with the business located at: 1009 FLORENCE AVE, EVANSTON, IL 60202. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: CHAN RICHARDSON 1009 FLORENCE AVE EVANSTON, IL 60202, USA. Published in Wednesday Journal December 22, 29, 2021, January 5, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICE For any person who was a Special Education Student at Oak Park & River Forest High School and graduated in 2014 or 2015 you will have 30 days to contact Lynette Welter, 708.434.3806, lwelter@oprfhs.org at Oak Park & River Forest High School to request your records. On February 24, 2022, the Special Education student records for the 2014 and 2015 school years will be destroyed.

Lynette Welter Scheduling and Records Secretary Special Education Published in Wednesday Journal January 5, 12, 2022

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PUBLIC NOTICE Advertisement of Bidding Request for Bids for the Rehm Pool- Pool Preparation and Painting Project Owner: Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison St, Oak Park, IL 60302 The Park District of Oak Park will accept sealed bids for the Rehm Pool–Pool Preparation and Painting Project, located at 515 Garfield Av. Oak Park Il. 60304. The project consists of removal of existing paint, cleaning, preparing and painting the concrete pool surface. The bid is to be quoted for the Diving Well with the Main Pool to be included as an Alternate. The Park District of Oak Park will receive individual sealed Bids until 11:00 am (Central Daylight time) on Wednesday, January 19 th, 2022, at 218 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois. The bidding documents and requirements will be available on the Park District’s website, Wednesday January 5 th , 2022 at 3pm. A mandatory pre-bid walk-thru is scheduled for Monday, January 10 th , 2022 at 9:00 am (Central Daylight time) at 515 Garfield Ave., Oak Park, IL 60304. Bid bonds will be required by bidding contractors.

Copies of the bidding specifications available on January 5 th , via the Park District of Oak Park website at: http://www.pdop.org/bids-and-rfps/

no mistakes, errors, exclusions, or omissions on the part of the bidder shall excuse the bidder or entitle the bidder to a return of the aforementioned amount.

during the meeting by persons participating via Zoom.

For additional information, contact Bill Hamilton at billhamilton@pdop. org or (708) 7252304. Only the bids prepared in compliance with the bidding documents will be considered.

This project must adhere to the Prevailing Wage Act of 2019. The Park District of Oak Park encourages minority and women owned business firms to submit bids for this project.

Park District of Oak Park By: Chris Wollmuth, Secretary Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison St. Oak Park, IL 60302

Published in Wednesday Journal January 5, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICE FOREST PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Lump sum sealed bids will be received by the Board of Library Trustees of the Village of Forest Park for Exterior Improvements at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Boulevard, Forest Park, IL 60130. Sealed bids will be received on or before, but not after 2:00 PM Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Boulevard, Forest Park, IL 60130. Bids received after that time will not be considered. All Bids shall be addressed and delivered to the circulation desk immediately inside the entrance to the building on or before the time set forth above. Sealed envelopes or packages containing the Bid Forms shall be transmitted to the attention of the “Library Director” and shall be marked or endorsed with the title of the Bid (“Sealed Bid for Forest Park Public Library Exterior Improvements”) and the Bidder’s full legal name. The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in the main floor meeting room at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, January 19, 2022.

Bids shall be submitted in the form and manner contained in the Bidding Requirements.

Contractors may obtain copies of the Bidding Documents from any BHFX Digital Imaging location beginning Wednesday, January 5, 2022. Please contact BHFX at (847) 593-3161 to obtain a set of Bidding Documents or visit their Plan Room online at www.bhfxplanroom.com.

Bidding Documents may be downloaded from the BHFX online Plan Room at no charge to bidders.

Bidders shall be responsible for the costs of reproduction of printed copies.

Each bid must be accompanied by a bid bond or a cashier’s check in the amount of 10% of the total bid, made payable to Forest Park Public Library, as a guarantee that the successful bidder will promptly execute a satisfactory contract, will furnish a satisfactory performance bond and payment bond and proceed with the work. Upon failure to do so, the bidder shall forfeit the amount deposited as liquidated damages and

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No bid will be considered unless the bidder shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the Board of Trustees that the bidder has the necessary facilities, abilities, experience, equipment, financial and physical resources available to fulfill the conditions of the Contract and execute the work, should the Contract be awarded such bidder.

Bidders will examine the plans and specifications and the location in which said work is to be done and judge for themselves all the circumstances and surrounding known and reasonably foreseen conditions affecting the cost and nature of the work, and all bids will be presumed to be based on such examination, familiarity and judgment.

Questions about the bid documents should be submitted, in writing, to Andy Dogan, Williams Architects at ardogan@williams-architects.com.

Responses to questions submitted by bidders during the bidding period shall be in the form of written addendum to all plan holders of record.

Questions will not be accepted after Friday, January 14.

The successful bidder shall be required to provide a Performance Bond and a Material and Labor Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the Contract Amount, as well as liability and property insurance as required by the Bidding Requirements before commencing work.

The successful bidder shall enter into a formal contract based on the conditions and requirements in the Bidding Requirements and the Bidding Requirements will be incorporated into the Contract.

Not less than the prevailing wage shall be paid for labor on the work to be done as required by law. The Forest Park Public Library is tax exempt.

The successful bidder will be required to comply with the provisions of all State of Illinois and federal laws concerning public works projects as well as the State of Illinois Human Rights Act and the regulations of the Illinois Human Rights Commission. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to waive any technicalities and irregularities in the bidding and to hold the bid proposals for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of opening set forth above.

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PUBLIC NOTICE VILLAGE OF RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given to all interested persons that a public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village of Riverside will be held on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the business of the Planning and Zoning Commission may permit, and conducted electronically via Zoom, to consider an application for a variation from Section 10-7-3(F)(2)(a) (Accessory Structures and Uses) of the Village of Riverside Zoning Ordinance to allow the construction of a fence in a street yard.

Due to the ongoing public health emergency, and consistent with the Governor’s most recent emergency declaration, and the recent amendments made to the Open Meetings Act in Public Act 101-640, this meeting will be conducted electronically.

Public comments are welcome on the proposed variation when received by email or in writing by the Village Planner prior to 5:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting.

Emailed comments may be sent to Village Planner Francisco Jimenez at fjimenez@riverside.il.us. Written comments may be submitted to the attention of the clerk at 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois. Public comments may also be made live

For those wishing to view the meeting or make public comments via Zoom, a Zoom link will be made available via the Village’s website at https://www.riverside.il.us/165/Planning-Zoning-Commission no later than 4 p.m. on January 26, 2022. If you have questions regarding communication to the Commission during the meeting, please contact Village Planner Francisco Jimenez at 708-447-2700 ext. 326.

Application No.: PZ22-01 Petitioner: John Schiemann Property Commonly Known As: 40 Kimbark Rd PINs: 15-35-205-035-0000 The Property is legally described as follows: LOT 21 IN BLOCK 1, IN BEEBE’S CENTRAL RIVERSIDE SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTH 20 ACRES OF THE EAST FRACTION OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE VILLAGE OF RIVERSIDE, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Proposed Variation: • A variation from Section 10-7-3(F) (2)(a) (Accessory Structures and Uses) of the Riverside Zoning Ordinance, which states that fences and walls shall be prohibited in street yards, except where the street yard adjoins a nonresidential use or along 26 th Street, 31 st Street or York Road, subject to further review by village staff. The petitioner is seeking this variation to build a privacy fence, up to 6’ in height on a corner lot and street yard, to enclose the property and to create a yard to be used by the petitioner and family.

The above application is available for inspection at the office of the Village Clerk, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois 60546. During the Public Hearing the Planning and Zoning Commission will hear testimony from and consider any evidence presented by persons interested to speak on these matters.

Persons wishing to appear at this hearing may do so in person or by attorney or other representative and may speak for or against the proposed variations. Communications in writing in relation thereto may be filed at such hearing or with the Planning and Zoning Commission in advance by submission to the Village’s Building Department at 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois prior to 4:00 p.m. on the day of the public hearing.

The Public Hearing may be continued from time to time without further notice, except as otherwise required under the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Dated this 29th day of December, 2021 Jill Mateo, Chairperson Planning and Zoning Commission Published in RB Landmark January 5, 2022

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: Y21008414 on December 28, 2021 Under the Assumed Business Name of PAT MADE US with the business located at: 11 S LA GRANGE ROAD APT 202, LAGRANGE, IL 60525.

The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: MEGAN PATSAVAS 11 S LA GRANGE ROAD APT 202 LA GRANGE, IL 60525, USA Published in Wednesday Journal January 5, 12, 19, 2022

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF CSMC 2019-RPL11 TRUST Plaintiff, -v.THOMAS P. QUINN, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF VANESSA FUDGE (DECEASED), JOSEPH BERNARDI, VILLA OAKS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF VANESSA FUDGE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2021 CH 00225 426 N. HARVEY AVENUE, UNIT #1SE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 18, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 20, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 030R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 426 N. HARVEY AVENUE, UNIT #1SE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-102-0201008 The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The judgment amount was $29,183.68.

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 or-

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der 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, Alexander Potestivo, POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL, 60606 (312) 263-0003. Please refer to file number 313858.

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

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago IL, 60606 312-263-0003 E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw. com Attorney File No. 313858 Attorney Code. 43932 Case Number: 2021 CH 00225 TJSC#: 41-2661 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 # 2021 CH 00225 I3183852

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

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

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

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

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 2005419IL_615363 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 12 CH 25204 TJSC#: 41-3006 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 # 12 CH 25204 I3184301

Property Index No. 16-18-429-0200000 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, 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, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 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. 14-21-01929 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17CH02438 TJSC#: 41-3039 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 # 17CH02438 I3184363

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.RASHINDA PLUMP, WAVERLY CLARK, JR, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, WAVERLY CLARK, JR., INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR Defendants 12 CH 25204 1187 SOUTH HIGHLAND PARK OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 11, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 28, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 030R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1187 SOUTH HIGHLAND PARK, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-17-325-0470000 The real estate is improved with a one story two unit brick building with no garage.

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

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF LSF10 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST Plaintiff, -v.HEATHER JOHNSON, BENEFICIAL ILLINOIS I, INC. AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BENEFICIAL ILLINOIS INC., DELL FINANCIAL SERVICES L.L.C., UNKNOWN TENANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 17CH02438 1161 S. RIDGELAND AVE. OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 17, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 31, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 030R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1161 S. RIDGELAND AVE., OAK PARK, IL 60304

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7618 Marengo Avenue

629 Harlem $309,000

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Brick bungalow 2-flat in the heart of Forest Park. Steps from transportation and downtown shopping and nightlife. 1st flr unit is duplexed into basement. Expansive LR and formal DR, 2 BRs both large enough for king sized beds, an eat-in kitchen, and three season porch. Finished basement has large study, deep walk-in closet, fam rm, second full BA, and third large BR. Basement laundry room has two sets of washer/dryers, one for each unit. Top flr 2 BR unit has been rented since 2006. The 2 ½ car garage has room for parking/storage. Tenants park on the driveway off the front. A flood control system keeps the basement dry. Great starter home, regular investment, or a perfect place to retire!

621 Elgin Avenue $423,000 Beautifully built and well cared for 2-flat. Two 2 BR units, fully occupied building for the next year, makes for a great investment. Rents cover the mortgage, taxes, utilities, and insurance. Large open living rms, formal dining rms, eat-in kitchens, and good sized BRs. Parking for four cars minimum up to 6 if needed! Great location just a few steps away from the transportation and downtown Forest Park.

1039 Troost Ave, Forest Park $350,000

One of Forest Park’s hidden gems. 2-flat.

Each unit has a large open formal dining room and 2 large BRs. The front living rms have eight windows and a brick faux fireplace. The rear BRs on each floor are tied into a tandem rm often used as a large closet and/or an office. Well maintained Kitchens and BAs. Basement is wide open for your first floor duplex ideas! Separate utilities each unit. Parking pad fits six cars. Next to the community gardens and a beautiful hidden gem of a park! Located 100 feet from the blue line. This opportunity will not last long. SOLD AS IS.

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813 Beloit Avenue $259,000 One of Forest Park’s largest bungalows is hitting the market! Classic layout with living rm, dining rm, and 3 BR,1 BA. The original ceiling height under the drop ceiling will measure out to 9 feet high! The basement was at one time an apartment but can be gutted and adjoined with the first floor, or left as is for storage. Very large partially heated attic is ready for your expansion ideas.

Located 100 feet from the FP Park District baseball diamonds, skate park, tennis courts, playgrounds and pool. A couple blocks to the Desplaines L entrance.

This home is ready for your decorating and updates!

7314 Randolph, Forest Park $179,000

Huge three bedroom home in need of rehab.

Three car plus garage! Enormous 75 foot lot.

This two bedroom and two bathroom unit is ready to sell! While dated, it is in impeccable condition. Sixth floor facing East gives that beautiful morning sunshine coming over the treetops! Great building and management. This unit does have garage parking.

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Amenities include an award winning interior landscaped atrium, central meeting room, library, laundry facilities, computer learning center, internet access, electronic key entry system, and parking.

On-site management includes 24/7 emergency maintenance service and a senior services coordinator who is available during business hours to assist residents in accessing service agencies and programs designed specifically for seniors. The Oaks is

owned and operated by the Oak Park Residence Corporation and is funded by the US Department of Housing and Ur-ban Development through the 202/Section 8 Program. Monthly rent is based on the resident’s income, with individuals paying approximately 30% of their monthly income toward rent.

For more information, please visit us at www.oakparkrc.com or contact us at 708-386-5862.

114 South Humphrey • Oak Park, Il 60302 • 708-386-5862 • oakparkrc.com

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