Matching state OSLAD grant will help fund renovations to the turf eld and main playground; construction to start in the fall
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
The Park District of Forest Park is one step closer to updating the turf field and main playground on Harrison Street.
On Jan. 14, the park district announced it was awarded a $600,000 grant from the State of Illinois’ Open Space Land Acquisition and Development program. The matching grant will help fund the construction of a new turf field, main park playground, and the surrounding area — including an outdoor classroom area, pavement games, game tables, a putting green, rain garden, landscaping and interpretive signage, all of which is required in order to receive the grant.
Moving to a new area can be tough. Come for a casual mixer, brought to you by Growing Community Media, and get the inside scoop on what makes living here so great.
Grab a drink and meet other folks new in town.
Join us at Robert’s Westside 7321 Madison St., Forest Park Sunday, February 1, 3:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m. FREE admission!
RSVP at events@growingcommunitymedia.org, scan the QR, or just come over!
Cash bar, FREE snacks, lively fun. Everyone welcome - even longtimers.
Learn about ALL that’s going on in the Forest Park/Oak Park/River Forest area in entertainment with performances and fun from:
• Comedy Plex
• Forest Theatre Company
• Robert’s Westside
Watch for other upcoming INSIDE SCOOP events throughout the year, including INSIDE SCOOP on Food, on Sports, on Kids, on Summer and other ways to make the most of living in the area.
Presented by:
Januar y 21, 2026
River Forest seeks input on proposed Madison Street project
Developer o ers plan for 5-story, mixed-use building at Madison and Ashland
By GREGG VOSS Contributing Reporter
River Forest is seeking community input on proposed development of a vacant village-owned parcel at 7620 W. Madison St.
While no ag reements or approvals have been made, over the last year the village considered seven development proposals, selecting two finalists before ultimately choosing Chicago-based Five Thirty-one Par tners, which submitted a plan for a five-story, 72-unit mixed-use building. The development would feature high-end apar tments and first-floor retail space, along with 87 parking spaces.
According to Village Administrator Matt Walsh, there will be two open houses for residents to view renderings of the development and speak to Five Thirty-one and village personnel. The first open house will be from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Roosevelt Middle School, 7560 Oak Ave., while the second will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the River Forest Civic Center, 8020 Madison St.
Additionally, residents can provide input and ask questions via the online form at vrf. us/Madison. Hard copy for ms will also be available at village hall and the River Forest public library.
“We’ve heard from residents that they want to be involved through development review of the project, and we want to make sure that’s the case,” Walsh said.
So far, he added, commentary has been cautiously optimistic.
“It’s been generally a positive response,” he said. “There have been questions about traffic and parking and the buffering of the property.”
In a brief statement to Wednesday Journal, a small group of neighboring residents emphasized caution.
“Neighbors understand that something will be built, but it needs to be a true winwin for the community, not a deal skewed to benefit the developer,” the statement said.
“The village should avoid rushing into a sweetheart deal that leaves neighbors with vacant residential or commercial space and none of the promised public benefits.”
Walsh said the property once housed a Lutheran nonprofit before the village purchased it in 2018 and demolished it in 2023. The village also purchased residential homes north of the east-west alleyway
with an eye on the future. Once the buildwere purchased and demolished, the area was graded and currently has grass with wood-picket fencing.
“The village has a limited tax base and n’t have a lot of opportunities to expand that tax base,” he said. “Additional retail space on the River Forest side (of Madison Street) would be a benefit. Our hope is that with the new residents and retail that the residents of south River Forest will have a new place to shop.”
The seven original proposals were similar in concept, he said – multi-family, mixed-use projects. None were commercial-only proposals, and just one would have been too large to fit the site. Another would have had to have been higher than five floors to accommodate the units it desired.
Walsh toured a Five Thirty-one project in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood, and the village trustees visited as well.
“The quality of the project really stood out,” he said. “Very thoughtful and high quality.”
A request for comment about the project from Five Thirty-one Par tners was not immediately returned.
Interim Executive Director Max Reinsdorf Sta Repor ter Jessica Mordacq
Senior Audience Manager Stacy Coleman
Contributing Editor Donna Greene
Contributing Reporters Tom Holmes, Robert J. Li a
Columnists Alan Brouilette, Jill Wagner, Tom Holmes
Design/Production Manager Andrew Mead
Editorial Design Manager Javier Govea
Designers Susan McKelvey, Vanessa Garza
Senior Media Strategist Lourdes Nicholls
Marketing & Adver tising Associate Emma Cullnan
Development Manager Mary Ellen Nelligan
Circulation Manager Jill Wagner
Operations Associate Susan Babin
Social Media and Digital Coordinator Maribel Barrera
Special Projects Manager Susan Walker Senior Advisor Dan Haley
Board of Directors
Chair Eric Weinheimer
Treasurer Nile Wendorf Deb Abrahamson, Mary Cahillane Steve Edwards, Judy Gre n, Horacio Mendez, Charles Meyerson, Darnell Shields, Audra Wilson
HOW TO REACH US
ADDRESS: PO Box 6670, River Forest, IL 6035 PHONE: (708) 366-0600
EMAIL: forestpark@wjinc.com
CIRCULATION: Jill@oakpark.com
ONLINE: ForestParkReview.com
Postmaster: Please send address changes to: Forest Park Review, PO Box 6670, River Forest, IL 60305.
Periodical rate postage paid at Oak Park, IL (USPS No 0205-160)
In-county subscriptions: $48 per year. $88 for two years, $118 for three years. Out-of-county subscriptions: $82 per year.
Forest Park Review is published digitally and
AXIOS ARCHITECTS AND CONSULTANTS
Preliminar y concept renderings of the proposed Madison Street project.
AXIOS ARCHITECTS AND CONSULTANTS
‘Illusion’ is coming to Madison Street Theater
Forest eatre Company play explores aging, regret and relationship with art
By JESSICA MORDACQ
The only year-round, professional theatre in Forest Park, Oak Park, River Forest and Riverside is putting on “The Illusion” next month.
Forest Theatre Company is producing
“The Illusion” from Feb. 5 to 22 at Madison Street Theater in Oak Park. The play follows a father who seeks help from a magician to reconcile with his estranged son. The magician shows the father moments from his son’s
life. But when he’s presented with visuals of the complex person his son is, the father has reservations
“People change, but not necessarily in the ways we sometimes wish they would or think they will. People are very complicated machines,” said Richard Corley, Forest Theatre Company’s producing artistic director. The play reflects “coming into our reality and an alternate reality that says we can see our lives and the events of our lives — tragedies, challenges — from a remove that can allow us to judge and to live with them in a more holistic way.”
Corley was drawn to directing the play for the third time in his career because of its romance and fantasy, but also its comedic and tragic elements. Forest Theatre Company’s production of “The Illusion” differs from Corley’s previous productions in that a woman plays the magician and it has a cast of older actors.
“There’s some age, and that’s really nice because you’re getting a sense of time passing and what it means to have lived a life,” Corley said. It’s reflected in the plot of the play, too, which opens with the father lamenting driving away his son. “Anybody who has lived a life and doesn’t say they have regrets is, I think, not being honest. I think that living a life means that you look back, and you think, ‘I could have done that differently’ or ‘I should have done that differently.’”
But what the audience takes away from
“The Illusion” is up to them.
“Art is a great, powerful thing in the world, but it only really speaks and changes you if you are open to that. That’s a key takeaway of this play. I think art is a two-way street. It’s a conversation,” Corley said.
Near the end of the play, the magician says, “The art of illusion is the art of love, and the art of love is the heart of the world.”
“Art is about love,” Corley added. “We have to love, and open our hearts to love, in order to be changed by art.”
“The Illusion” is a part of Forest Theatre Company’s first full indoor season with Madison Street Theater — and its first co-production with the Oak Park theater.
Corley said, though there have been growing pains in the logistics of how to share expenses, revenue and resources, Forest Theatre Company’s partnership with Madison Street Theater has been a positive experience. He said it’s been nice to rehearse where the group will perform the play.
“It creates an experience where the play comes to life in a much richer way,” Corley said. He added that Lisa Green, managing director of Madison Street Theater, “cares deeply about the art that’s in that theater,” Corley said. “She believes, as I do, that theater is a gift to the community, and that we all have to work very hard to partner with the community to make it happen.”
Buy tickets for “The Illusion” at https:// www.forest-theatre.org/plays.
PROVIDED
Richard Corley, Forest eatre Company’s producing artistic director, w ith actor Angelina Dáv ila, rehearsing for ‘ e Illusion’ at Madison Street eater.
PROVIDED
Actors George Petermeier and Angelina Dáv ila.
Inside Scoop on local fun and get out of your house, too
Journal and Review
invite you to a casual mixer
at Robert’s Westside
Looking to meet new neighbors? Want to find out more about entertainment options in Oak Park, Forest Park and River Forest? Need something fun to fill your Sundays without the Bears?
Well, then, our Inside Scoop event is made for you.
Growing Community Media, publisher of Wednesday Journal and the Forest Park Review, will host our first Inside Scoop event on Sunday, Feb. 1 at Robert’s West-
side in Forest Park. Drop in. We’ll go from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at 7321 Madison St. It’s fun and it is free (you will have to buy your own drinks, though).
Three local arts and fun venues will be on hand to provide the entertainment. Comedy Plex in Downtown Oak Park will offer comedy. The Forest Theatre Company will perform a scene from a recent show. And Donnie Biggins, our Robert’s Westside host, will take a Name that Tune twist. The snacks are on us. It is fully casual. And you’ll find more reasons why living here is so great while meeting neighbors you really ought to know.
More Inside Scoop events are in the works. We’ll cover the voracious food scene, summer in the villages and the best things to do in the villages with your kids.
OB ITUAR Y
George Winnicki, 61
Loved being outdoors in nature
George Winnicki, 61, of Forest Park, died peacefully at his home on Dec. 30, 2025, surrounded by his family. Born on June 5, 1964, in Chicago, at Lutheran Deaconess Hospital, he spent his life in the Chicago area, where he built a steady and honorable life grounded in responsibility and devotion to his family. He was a hard worker who got up and went to work every day. He dedicated more than 35 years as a
vested security professional, earning full vesting through his long and faithful service. His reliability and strong sense of duty were evident throughout his career and his life.
In his personal time, he enjoyed fishing, being outdoors, and spending time in nature. He found peace in simple moments and appreciated the calm and quiet of the outdoors. Above all, he was devoted to his family. He will be deeply missed and lovingly remembered.
George was the husband of Suzanne Winnicki and father to his sons, Thomas Winnicki and Kevin Winnicki. He was a kind man — quiet, de pendable, and respectful, someone who treated others with fairness and decency.
Visitation was held on Jan. 9 at Zimmerman-Harnett Funeral Home followed by a chapel service and interment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery.
Free Memory Screens
Federal grant funds hiring of 3 new police o cers
e village has budgeted for the o cers to stay on, counting toward a fully sta ed department
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
The Forest Park Police Department is nearing a fully staffed, 38-person team.
At the Jan. 12 council meeting, com-
administered by the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners.
The starting salary for a Forest Park Police Department officer is $76,258, according to Village Administrator Rachell Entler. She told the Review that the
three years, the village will use the grant to subsidize the hiring of three new officers. The village is matching 25% ofthe $375,000, which means it will pay $93,750 over three years, or $31,250 a year, toward the new hires.
The money will help a short-staffed department at a time of village revenue shortfalls.
The police department currently has 34 officers, and new hires funded by the grant will contribute to a fully staffed department of38. The village budgets for a full staf f of38 officers each year.
The Forest Park Police Department currently has one person at the police academy and four in field training. It’s required to hire new officers from a list of people who take the police officers exam
tire expense, Entler said.
Forest Park last received the COPS grant in 2022, also for $375,000 to fund the hiring ofthree police officers over the span of three years.
The money comes from the DOJ’s COPS hiring program, which funds law enforcement agencies to increase their capacity in community policing and crime prevention. According to the grant ag reement, anticipated outcomes ofthe program include “community partnerships, implementation ofprojects to analyze and assess problems, implementation of changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased capacity of ag ency to eng age in community policing activities.”
PROVIDED
Forest Park Police Depar tment personnel at village hall in April 2024, when four o cers were sworn in.
From farm to table: Proviso D209 to apply for school grant program
Grants would help provide access to fresh, locally grown food
By AMARIS E. RODRIGUEZ Contributing Reporter
Proviso Township High Schools, District 209, seeking ways to improve and increase access to high-quality, locally sourced food, will apply for a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm to School program.
The application will be in collaboration with the Real Food Collective, a community food collective based in Maywood that promotes and helps local communities build a “resilient local food system” through the mobilization of “the power of food, community and connection.”
At its Jan. 13 meeting, the Board of Education unanimously approved the grant application. Board member Sandra Hixson was absent from the meeting
According to Superintendent Krish Mohip, the district applied for a $10,000 grant but are not guaranteed a specific amount if the grant is approved
“This collaborative program aims to establish a community-and school-operated mobile farmers market that connects local farms, students, and families through fresh, regionally sourced foods and hands-on nutrition education,” said District 209 officials via agenda documents.
“This particular grant will allow us to possibly even get a food truck to sell and promote local farmers and for the community to be able to purchase local farm freshly grown fruits and vegetables.”
STEPHANIE GARZA Manager of Food and Nutrition Services
The Kitchen-Patrick Leahy Farm to School Program is a competitive grant that supports planning, developing and incorporating farm to school programs in the National Lunch School Program, the School Breakfast Program and the Summer Food Service Program among others.
If selected, a grantee can use the money to either create a new farm to school program or expand existing efforts. Existing efforts can include training, planning, establishing supply chains, purchasing equipment, planting school gardens and field trips to agricultural operations
According to a presentation during the
board’s Committee of the Whole Meeting on Dec. 2., if selected, the grant will be used to launch a mobile farmers market to bring fresh, locally produced food to all three Proviso campuses and community sites
The grant will also help create a learning lab, improve cafeteria integration, expand equitable access to regional foods, and nutrition education along with giving students opportunities to gain important skills such as market operations, customer service and sustainability practices
“This particular grant will allow us to possibly even get a food truck to sell and promote local farmers and for the community to be able to purchase local farm freshly grown fruits and vegetables,” said Stephanie Garza, manager of the Food and Nutrition Services department. “What we are looking to do is in partnership provide it to our communities, provide that fresh fruit and vegetables from other areas they might not be able to get from.”
Roberto Gonzalez, nutrition coordinator
with D209, said the partnership with the Maywood Far mers Market at the Maywood Library would be a big part of the grant with the goal of helping increase its visibility. The program would ensure all three schools are able to fully participate and host the food truck, said Gonzalez.
Initial questions regarding the financial sustainability of a food truck were raised by board members, however Gonzalez said those costs would be taken up by the Real Food Collective as Proviso would only be provided the space for the truck to come to market.
Garza said the department would show support for the grant and work alongside the district to increase student awareness and participation.
According to the Food and Nutrition Service website for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the competitive grant will fund innovative farm to school projects ranging from $100,000 to $500,000, with $18 million in funds available.
Prov iso Math and Science Academy in Forest Park
Richard Boykin is running for 7th District seat
Formerly served as Congressman Danny Davis’ chief of sta and Cook County commissioner
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
With primary elections in March, candidates are lining up to throw their hats in the ring for the seventh district congressional seat, which Danny Davis announced he’s retiring from in July after nearly 30 years.
An Oak Park resident who owns his own law firm, Richard Boykin announced his candidacy on Sept. 6, hoping to take over the position of the man whose cong sional career he helped launch.
Boykin was Davis’ chie staff from 1997 to 2006, starting when Davis was first elected to the position. Boykin was responsible for 22 staff in Chicago Washington D.C. and serve Davis’ liaison to federal and local officials
“All of his legislative activities and successes for the first 10 years, I helped lay a foundatio for his 30-year career in gress,” Boykin said.
He also worked for Carol Moseley Braun — the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate and the first female U.S. senator from Illinois — and Bobby Rush, a congressman from 1993 to 2023 who co-founded the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party. Boykin has worked with members and staff of the Congressional Black Caucus on multiple issues
“None of the other candidates have congressional experience. I do,” Boykin said. “I know Washington. I know where the bathrooms are. I know the people in Washington. I have relationships, and I’m going to leverage those relationships on behalf of the people of the seventh congressional district.”
After over 13 years in Washington D.C., Boykin worked at Barnes & Thornburg law firm, where he represented clients who had issues with the federal gover nment before Congress and agencies.
While working for Davis his first year, in a Republican Congress, Boykin helped pass an amendment that increased access to jobs funding from $175 million to $750 million. That money provided grants to local governments and nonprofits to develop transportation that connects low-income people, often in inner cities, to employment and support services in suburban communities. If elected, Boykin said he’d advocate to bring more money for transportation back to the seventh district.
“We’re going to make sure that Illinois gets its fair share, especially the seventh district, of transportation dollars, so that we can have good roads and infrastructure,” Boykin said. Boykin also worked to help Davis develop the Second Chance Act, which funds grants for state and local gover nment, plus nonprofits, that go toward reentry support and reducing recidivism.
But Boykin’s Washington experience isn’t limited to his potential predecessor
sponsored the initial ordinance to eliminate the tax on feminine hygiene products. And he had a seven-step plan to reduce violence. Some of those steps were acted upon, including the creation of the sheriff’s office gun violence taskforce to better coordinate with Chicago and state police. Boykin also helped establish the requirement to have a medical examiner provide an oral and written report at board meetings on the number of people who are shot and killed in the county, location of incidents, and their ethnicities
“Before I required this, the medical examiner used to group Hispanics and whites together,” Boykin said. Even with the adjusted breakdown, Boykin said he wants to change the fact that over 75% of people killed in Cook County are Black, while making up only 22% of the county’s population.
Boykin’s priorities
In 2014, Boykin was elected as County commissioner of the first District, which covers Chicago’s West Side and the near est suburbs. As commissioner, Boykin was the first Democrat ppose the Cook County sweetened beverage tax in 2016. The tax was championed by Cook ounty Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who Boykin told Chicago worked to push him out with her union allies who unded Brandon Johnson’s campaign to successfully succeeded him as commissioner in 2018.
“I couldn’t go along with it because I had held town hall meetings throughout the district, and people said that they didn’t want that,” Boykin said of the sugar tax. “About four months later, I led the effort to repeal it. The reason why we were successful in repealing it is because people had begun to leave their pop, their juices, all of that stuff at the counter once they heard how much it cost.”
He added that instances like this are proof he’ll hold the Trump administration accountable.
“There’ll be others who will tell you that they will hold Trump accountable, but I hope that you will ask them, ‘How can you hold Trump accountable when you haven’t even held people within your own party accountable?’” Boykin said. “They’re going to say they’re going to stand up to Trump They won’t even stand up to Preckwinkle. I did, and I got the political scars to prove it.”
Also as Cook County commissioner, Boykin
vitality and spend more time in his district outside Chicago’s West Side.
“I bring a level of energy that is going to be much greater than the congressman’s energy,” Boykin said. “I’m going to make sure that every community counts, and that means the communities that I’ve heard who feel like they’ve been ignored,” which he said he’s heard from residents of Oak Park, River Forest, plus the River North, South Loop and West Loop neighborhoods in downtown Chicago. “They feel like the congressman has paid most of his attention to just the West Side of Chicago. Well, the district is bigger than the West Side of Chicago, and I’m going to be a voice for every side of Chicago.”
But Boykin says he’d continue standing up for the West Side, too, if elected. He lived with Davis and his wife in Austin for about five months before moving to Oak Park
Public safety is a top concern for Boykin
In running for Congress, Boykin recently released his eight-point plan to stop gun violence. He said this iteration advocates for smart gun technology, which only allows an authorized user to fire a gun, and the regulation of ghost guns made with unregulated parts. He also wants to amend the statute for terrorism to include shooting into crowds
“We’ve got to make sure that people are safe in their neighborhood, that seniors can sit on their porches without fear of being shot. Kids can walk down the street and play in the neighborhood without fear of being shot as well. That’s what I’m trying to do here. I’m hearing this is a major concer n from Black people, from white people, from Latino people that I talk to. They’re concer ned about this issue of public safety.”
Public health is another main priority for Boykin, who said he wants to keep the cost of health care down by restoring cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, and research dollars to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He added that he’ll fight to keep hospital doors open.
“Health care is a big issue for the district,” Boykin said. “The district has more hospitals and healthcare stuff, like federally qualified health centers, than any other congressional district in the country, but one in New York.”
Boykin is currently creating a health care task force of doctors, nurses and industry professionals who will be laying out a plan for the seventh congressional district soon.
When it comes to what he’d do differently from Davis, Boykin said he’d bring more
“Things have not changed on the West Side of Chicago greatly since the ‘68 riots. There are places on the West Side of Chicago that are still undeveloped that have been bur ned down,” Boykin said of unrest in the area when Martin Luther King Jr. was killed. He added that he’ll address the West Side’s vacant lots and bring industry and jobs back to the area.
“I’m privileged to have represented the West Side of Chicago when I was a Cook County commissioner,” Boykin said. “I took care of every part of the district, and I’m going to bring the same level of energy, commitment and tenacity to make sure that everybody’s voice is heard and everybody counts.”
Boykin grew up in Englewood, so he says he understands the people of the South Side He added that he’d like to open a satellite office in Oak Park to better connect with constituents looking to access congressional resources in the wester n suburbs
“I’ve been someone who disrupts the status quo. I’ve also been a coalition builder. I’ve been someone who brings people together and who gets things done,” Boykin said. “I’ve been preparing for this job all my life, quite frankly. Congress was made for me, and I was made for the Congress.”
According to the Federal Election Commission, other candidates who are running for Davis’ Democratic seat include Jerico J. Brown, Melissa Conyears-Ervin, Jason Friedman, La Shawn Ford, Rory Hoskins, Danica Leigh, Tekita Martinez, John McCombs and Emelia Rosie — who’s not registered with a political party.
RICHARD BOYKIN
PROVISO CHEER
the western suburbs of Chicago, including Bellwood, Melrose Park and other Proviso communities. Early said there are between 28-35 girls enrolled in the program.
“We practice three to four days out of the week,” Early said, adding the girls also participate in tumbling and stunt camp along with team bonding sessions. “It is a sisterhood…[many] have been cheering together since they were six and some of them are now 12 [years old].”
While the team does cheer for the Memorial Park Spartans Football team, this season the main focus was on competing.
Composed of cheerleaders ages 9 to 12 years old, the Spartan Pee Wee team began its season in October, placing first at “Battle of the Best” and coming out on top as “Grand Champions.”
Early said the team would review the scoresheets from each competition to locate areas for improvement, all while ensuring the girls kept their grades up as “grades come first.”
By the time Nationals came about, the team was ready to go
“We knew what we had to do,” Early said. “They went in headstrong. They were confident and they were ready.”
Early said she had a lot of anxi ety and tears, calling herself a “big crybaby” when it comes to the girl
But those “happ tears” were a re sponse to seeing the girls’ drive and passion.
“I had to get behind them and be the force, be the strength and make sure they had all the tools they needed to win,” she said.
The team traveled to Charlotte, NC to compete on Dec. 9., with one goal: to win a national championship.
Ebony “Nicki” Smith, Memorial Park Spartan Scholastic director and team mom, said parents were on “pins and needles” following the previous year’s season where the
team did not place in any competition. Her daughter Nadia, 11, has been on the team since she was six years old Smith said she believed those losses motivated the girls and gave them the determination to come back stronger this year.
“I want to give Nicole [Early] her flowers because she is an amazing, exceptional coach,” Smith said.
“That is a huge speak for someone to not place [and then] to go straight to first place.”
Smith also added that “Coach E” took the girls from a level 2 to a level 3 cheer team in one year.
“This is the first time in history that this cheer team has ever won a first place national championship,” Smith said. “This is a huge deal for us. It is a huge win for the team and it is a huge win for the community. This goes to show you how good our coach is.”
When that first place win was announced, Early said she “jumped up like she had young bones.”
“I just pointed my head up to God and said we did it,” Early said.
Guided by Philippians 4:13, Smith said the Bible verse remains central to the team’s mindset and perseverance throughout the season.
The team has been already recognized by various mayors including Maywood Mayor Nathaniel Booker, Bellwood Mayor Andre Harvey and Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins, who all showed their support for the girls during their town meetings.
Smith said there are more recognitions to come this month in January.
“This is such a huge deal and I am glad the community is giving them their flowers and really commending them on their hard work and dedication,” Smith said. “This means a lot to these girls.”
Smith said she hopes the win instills pride in the community and they continue to help support the girls dream to bring more trophies home.
“To go to national championships, it costs quite a bit of money for each of the families,” Smith said. “Every kid has a different financial situation and it would just help to get a sponsorship to help offset the cost.”
The Language and Music School
Established in Oak Park in 1994
Private lessons and tutoring for all ages, taught by experienced educators and professional artists in a historic Oak Park setting.
We offer:
• Music lessons: piano, guitar, drums, voice, strings, winds, and more
• World languages: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Chinese, and more
• Academic tutoring: Math, Language Arts, SAT/ACT preparation
• Flexible scheduling for children, teens, and adults
The school is also home to a K–12 microschool, offering a highly individualized educational environment, as featured on WGN Chicago’s Very Best
lmschool��com
local schools | early learning tutoring programs
Please Scan the QR code to submit an inquiry form
OPFS Llama House
OPFS Llama House
2026-27 Preschool Program
Our part-time preschool program for kids ages 3* to 5 offers small class sizes, an enriched play-based curriculum, and dedicated outdoor play time!
*Must be 3 years old by 10/1/26
8:15 - 12:45 includes lunch and a snack
Woodsy Wednesdays!
Llama kids visit Thatcher Woods on Wednesdays for outdoor education and exploration all year long!
Join us on Thursday, January 29th from 7-8:30pm for an OPEN HOUSE to learn more about the Llama program and meet the teachers
Adults only 1185 Highland Ave in Oak Park
Registration for both the Llama Preschool and Summer Camp opens on Friday, January 30th
Summer Camp for Kids ages 3 to S*
*Must be 3 years old by 1/1/26
*Must be 3 by 1/1/25 8:30am -12:30pm includes a snack & kids bring a sack lunch Visit www.opfs.org/ admissions or email info@opfs.org for
Lawsuits o er window into West Sub’s nancial frailty
Medical equipment supplier sues for more than $7.3 million in overdue payments
By BILL DWYER Contributing Reporter
Lawsuits filed against the owners of West Suburban Medical Center last year paint pictures ofa business unable to pay its bills for essential professional and medical services and products.
Resilience Healthcare bought Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood and West Suburban hospital in Oak Park, which largely serves Chicago’s Austin neighborhood in late 2022 from Pipeline Health. In Resilience Healthcare’s application to the state to purchase the hospitals, as well as at a later public hearing, Resilience Healthcare Owner and CEO Manoj Prasad
said, “Resilience Healthcare will continue to build off of the previous capital investments of Pipeline and will focus on continued operation success.”
It appears Prasad has done little to make good on that promise, as the business owes money range ofhospital equipment purchases, leasing, servicin and repairs essential to tinued operation.
In September, the Agiliti Medical Equipment company in Minnesota filed a breach of lawsuit against Wei rial and West Suburban Center, Resilience Healthcar and its corporate parent, Global Healthcare Management, “for to make lease payments ment, and to pay fees servicing it.”
services, plus late fees at 18% annually and reimbursement for its attorney’s fees and costs
In five ofseven “causes ofaction” in its suit, Agiliti seeks over $2.2 million from er $2.6 million from $2.5 million the payourt authoossession ts medical equipment from authorization ee-
Agiliti is seeking what appears to be more than $7.3 million in allegedly unpaid invoices for leased medical devices and surgical equipment, related maintenance and repair
ment with Resilience Healthcare. ssue is listed atlawring some 1,800 equipment descripsizes and
The list includes such modern medical facility essentials as X-Ray machines, ultrasounds, electrocardiograms, mammography, CT scanners and other diagnostic devices, as well as numerous dialysis units and dozens ofassorted exercise devices, including treadmills and stationary bikes.
Also on the list are more than 500 physiologic monitoring systems of numerous types for various purposes, approximately 250 medical alarms, 10 laboratory freezers, hundreds ofinfusion pumps, numerous therapeutic humidifiers, incubators and several hundred “light sources” for examinations, surgery and other specialized medical uses, as well as countless batteries, power strips and related accessories needed to run the myriad electronics in a modern hospital.
Another six-page exhibit attached to the lawsuit lists more than 130 unpaid invoices, ranging from $36.94 to $124,247. Most ofthe alleged unpaid debt is for monthly payments on a service and maintenance contract Prasad signed with Agiliti.
Bills for as little as a month ofsuction technology at 70 cents a day, totaling $21, were not paid. On the high end, the Biomedical Contract for one month, ranging from $99,600 to $101,000, went unpaid, according to Agiliti
In February 2024, Prasad, as CEO of Resilience Healthcare, signed a contract extension with Agiliti Health, Inc., eliminating references to the previous owners, Pipeline, and extending the service agreement with Agiliti to Sept. 30, 2027 “at an annualized fee of $2,320,150.”
According to the documents filed with the
court by Agiliti, Resilience did make partial payments on two invoices in late 2024 but has made no payments on any Agiliti invoices since then.
Another Resilience Healthcare service provider, Elevate Financial Solutions, sued Resilience in April 2025 for breach of contract over unpaid invoices submitted between Nov. 2023 and Nov. 2024 that total just over $500,000.
Elevate’s website touts its expertise in “Revenue Cycle Management Solutions, including Medicare and Medicaid, and ‘Legacy System Conversions’ for hospitals.” The firm boasts ofmore than 40 years ofexperience and “serving more than 1,800 clients in 50 states.”
Elevate stated in its lawsuit that it “provided healthcare revenue cycle services to Resilience, Weiss Memorial and West Suburban under separate Master Services Agreements. The agreements were executed on April 1, 2021.
Prasad in public comments explaining Resilience’s cash flow issues has said that it faced challenges with its billing and collection systems.
However, starting in November 2023, Elevate alleged Resilience began missing payments. In May 2024, Elevate notified Resilience of its concerns over non-payment, and after a second letter, Resilience agreed to a payment plan. However, payments continued to be missed, with a total of$500,001 due as ofNov. 11, 2024. Elevate terminated its agreement with Resilience and later filed suit. The case was closed April 2025 after federal Judge John J. Tharp, Jr. ruled that the lawsuit “fails to adequately plead subject matter jurisdiction.” The ruling allows Elevate to re-file the lawsuit in the future. Resilience, Elevate noted, has “not answered the complaint or moved for summary judgment on any of the claims asserted” in the suit.
The lawsuits aren’t the first time West Sub has been involved in financial controversy.
In 2024, Growing Community Media reported that PCC Community Wellness Center — a federally qualified health center with locations inside West Suburban — started a legal arbitration process to recover its doctors’ unpaid checks from West Suburban.
Then, Prasad told Growing Community Media that PCC owed West Suburban money. According to Paul Luning, PCC’s chief medical officer, the arbitration has since been resolved
Jessica Mordacq contributed reporting to this story.
MANOJ PRASAD
CRIME
Intoxicated man threatens Submarine attempts to drive away
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
On Jan. 10, police were dispatched to 200 Des Plaines Ave. for an intoxicated man who was threatening employees at Submarine Tender. The man refused to leave when officers asked him to do so but eventually exited the business. Police re ported that he had blood shot eyes, slur red speech and smelled of alcohol. He walked to his car and started it, as police pulled in front of the vehicle so he wouldn’t drive of f. He got out of the car but attempted to enter it multiple times. He refused to complete standardized field sobriety tests and was placed into custody. At the police station, the man gave a breath sample that indicated his BAC was 0.143. He was charged with driving under the influence, having a BAC over 0.08, and operating an uninsured ca r.
DUI
Police were patrolling the 7600 block of Roosevelt around 1 a.m. on Jan. 9, when they saw a car speeding over 90 miles per hour and run a red light. Police pulled the car over and re ported that the driver smelled of alcohol and refused to provide her driver’s license. The driver also refused to get out of the car, so police opened the door and grabbed her arm to escort her from the car, according to the police re port. The woman performed standardized field sobriety tests, which police said showed she was under the influence of alcohol. At the police station, a breath sample revealed her blood alcohol concentration to be 0.176. She was charged with a DUI, having a BAC over 0.08, speeding, running a red light, resisting officers and having open alcohol.
Criminal trespass
On Jan. 9, police were infor med that a car stolen out of Chicago the day before was traveling through Forest Park. At Madison and Des Plaines, police saw the stolen car stopped in traffic. Police commanded the driver to exit the car, but he
re peatedly refused, so they opened the door and grabbed his wrist as he pulled away. Officers performed an emergency takedown to remove the man from his car. They confirmed his identity, ensuring he wasn’t the owner of the car, and placed him into custody. At the police department, officers contacted the owner of the car, who said that the suspect drove him to the hospital on Jan. 4. The suspect was supposed to return the car the following day and didn’t. The car’s owner said he’d sign complaints against the man. The man was charged with having a revoked license, criminal trespassing to a vehicle, and two counts of resisting an officer.
Possession of controlled substance
Police were dispatched to the 7600 block of Wilcox Street on Jan. 11 for a noise complaint. Police approached a van parked on the street, which was playing loud music that could be heard down the block. When police asked the driver to roll down the car window, cannabis smoke came out of the car, and they saw a bag of cannabis on the car’s dashboard. Police asked the man to get out of the car and patted him down, finding bags of suspected hydrocodone and oxycodone pills. At the police station, officers found bags of suspected Xanax and ecstasy on the man. He was charged with four counts of possession of a controlled substance, four counts of delivering a controlled substance, possessing cannabis in a car outside an approved container, and violating the Illinois Vehicle Code.
While working the Forest Park Police Department CTA Security Detail, police patrolled the Blue Line Forest Park station platform on Jan.12. Police saw a man on the train holding a sharp glass pipe, commonly used to ingest crack. The man immediately put the pipe in his pocket, according to the police re port. Police escorted the man of f the train and asked him to empty his pockets. He did, removing a pipe and sharp aluminum can, frequently used to heat up heroin. Police handcuffed
While on patrol Jan. 11, police saw a car on Harlem Avenue, and a re gistration check revealed that the owner’s driver’s license was suspended. Police pulled over the car in the 1100 block of Harlem Avenue. Police re ported that they smelled cannabis and asked the driver to get out of the car. Police searched the vehicle and found two bags of suspected cannabis, which were not in child-proof or odorless containers, as the law requires. The man was charged with possession of 10 grams or less of cannabis.
Failure to register
On Jan. 11, police saw a car driving near Harlem and I-290 that had dark-tinted windows in clear violation of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Police pulled over the driver, who provided a valid driver’s license. When police ran his name, their system showed that the driver was a non-compliant sex offender. Police placed the driver into and had paperwork in his backpack. Police said the paperwork lla 27, 2025, and that he had to g. 26, 2026. According to the the man claimed his address was at a motel in Villa Park, but that he left in December. He said he was currently homeless and didn’t know he had to update his address. Police took him to the police station and towed his car. At the station, police found that Villa Park police conducted address verification at the motel in October, and the manager said he wasn’t a re gistered guest and only stayed there one night. The man was charged with failure to re gister as a sex of fender and for violating the Illinois Vehicle Code.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated Jan. 9 -12 and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.
OSLAD
State matching grant from page 1
Updates to the multi-sport turf field have been long awaited by residents. Several attended the December park board meeting to request that the turf field get GMAX impact testing and infill depth measurements to better determine if it’s safe to play on when sports seasons start in the spring.
“This is great news for our Park District and for all our residents of the Village,” Park Board President Tim Gillian said in a statement. “Once again, the Park District and the State and Legislators come through with a huge grant to help the Park District continue focusing on improving the quality of our parks and services.”
OSLAD grants fund the development of public parks and outdoor recreational space.
Iovinelli previously told the Review that GMAX testing is costly and the park district is satisfied with the safety testing they’ve completed on the turf field. In the fall, Synthetic Turf of Illinois inspected every part of the field and will do so again in the sprin g to check if it needs any repairs, but Iovinelli said it will be safe to play on in the spring.
The soonest construction could start on a new turf field is in the fall. As has been re t
ing $600,000, it will likely have to pay an additional $300,000 to finance the project, estimated to cost $1.5 million in total.
The six things that the park district needs to include in order to get the matching grant are “items that we know will fit and we know we can afford,” Jackie Iovinelli, the park district’s executive director, told the Review. That includes the putting green, what Iovinelli calls the main playground area’s “unique thing.”
“We put a bocce court in Remembrance Park because that could be your destination for bocce. But if you want to play in the gaga pit, you’re going to go to Rieger Park,” Iovinelli said. Both parks also got OSLAD grants. The putting green, she added, “is something that we’ve never done before. It’s a unique feature that is also low cost.”
ground. She said the project’s architect, Hitchcock Design Architect Services, is currently working on a topographic survey before design plans unfold over the next couple months
At the December park board meeting, residents also asked to be more involved in the process of creating a new field and playground.
Iovinelli said Hitchcock Design will host a second community input meeting, following one last August, likely before the Feb. 19 park board meeting
“We appreciate having peoples’ input and coming in and sharing ideas. It’s really cool to watch it come to life,” Iovinelli said. “It’s important. The residents deserve it. The state believes in us to give us this money. Let’s do it.”
JESSICA MOR DACQ
OUR VIEW
Another grant for the parks
Good news for the Park District of Forest Park. Once again, it has won a major grant from the state’s Open Space Land Acquisition and Development fund. OSLAD grants are a critical support from Springfield for local park districts looking to actively invest in their parks. In recent years, the park district has won three of these matching grants. Those funds were invested in the remaking of the long-ignored pocket parks, specifically Remembrance Park on Randolph and Rieger Park on Circle Avenue
The incoming OSLAD grant will pay a major portion of a $1.5 million upgrade at the main park on Harrison Street. The heavily used artificial turf on the soccer field will be replaced, likely this fall. Parents have expressed some concern that the field is unsafe because the aging turf is degrading. The park district has agreed that the turf field is near the end of its useful life, but testing shows it’s safe for another season.
The playground at the park will get an upgrade too. Park officials promise residents will be invited, maybe as early as next month, to offer ideas and critiques of what the playground and other accoutrements required by the state’s cash infusion will require.
Our small-but-mighty park district is showing the way on investing in the limited space it has. The improvements made are thoughtful, inclusive and well spread across the village.
Community policing and the DOJ
Our community’s sincere thanks to the federal Department of Justice for a $375,000 grant to support the hiring of additional police officers. That money, spread over three years, will help Forest Park finally get to its full staff of 38 officers.
The village is required to provide a 25% match, or about $95,000, over those years. That will still leave a funding hole even though the cash-strapped village already budgets for full-staffing levels
Given the generally despicable actions and inactions of the DOJ under President Donald Trump, we’re hoping no one tells him that this funding is earmarked for building community partnerships and increasing capacity for community policing. Those are decidedly not the priorities of this failing administration. But we’ll take the cash.
OPINION
Football fans and the emotional roller coaster
So, how were you feeling at the end of the first half of the Bears vs. Packers game on Jan. 10? Gobsmacked? Frustrated? Depressed? Then, how did you feel at the end of the game? Euphoric? Triumphant?
And how about after Sunday’s game against the Rams?
Why do we sports fans choose to ride this “bipolar” emotional roller coaster when there are less “manic depressive” options available? A professor named Dan Wann, PhD, teaches a college course on the psychology of sports fans
He posted online:
HOLMES
“Being a sports fan really does help individuals meet basic psychological needs. By being a fan of a particular team … fandom allows people to get in a group. If you reside in a local community and you follow the local team, it’s hard to feel lonely, it’s hard to feel isolated, and it gives you this critical link to others.
“The more the fan is identified with a local team, the greater that individual is likely to have a well-rounded sense of psychological health, lower levels of loneliness, lower levels of alienation, a higher sense of selfesteem, less social isolation.
“But if a fan feels disappointed at the loss, that’s just the natural reaction … and the problem is they can’t do a whole lot about it, right? They put their heart and soul into following the team and they’re just this idle spectator … they have this sort of sense of helplessness that can intensify the frustration when they lose
“But the beauty of it is that nobody I think has perfected coping strategies quite like sports fans have perfected coping strategies. … This has to be the only domain, the only voluntary activity where half the people know, literally, that they’re going to be upset when this thing they consume voluntarily is over.
“So we just have this way of convincing ourselves that it’s all going to be OK. It’s not OK now, but it’s going to be OK in the future. And that’s why fans, they just keep coming back.”
The Buddha, in contrast, taught that the reason we humans suffer is that we get attached to people and things.
A website called the Lion’s Roar teaches:
“In Buddhism, attachment (Sanskrit/Pali: upadana) refers to the ways we grasp or cling to other people, objects, ideas, or experiences. Clinging to false views, including the notion of a separate or permanent self, is considered especially problematic and to be abandoned “Clinging is identified as one of the main causes of suffering (dukkha) in our lives. Because everything
must eventually change and die, all our attempts to cling to them are ultimately futile. This leads to great suffering as we inevitably lose that which we want to hold on to.”
So, are we setting ourselves up for “dukkha” when we attach our emotions to how a sports team performs?
Thai Buddhists advocate maintaining a kreng jai, a cool heart, the opposite of which is jai rawn, hot heart or jai mai dee, unsettled.
Who gets it right — Dr. Wann who contends that being a sports fan promotes emotional well-being or the Buddha who encourages us to maintain a cool heart? Or another way to put it, “Which choice will more consistently promote emotional and physical well-being — sitting on a couch and tying how you feel to the outcome of a Saturday night football game or taking a hike in Thatcher Woods?”
A friend of mine is a passionate football fan. He is also a member of the Sounds Good Choir, a singing group for people over 55 and there is no audition required to join
Football is a metaphor for our society. It is a competitive meritocracy in which some folks win and, by design, most lose. Its genius is that it facilitates the cream to rise to the top. The downside is that most of us are skim milk.
The reality in which we live and move and have our being is a competitive free market in which survival of the fittest rules
In an online post titled, “Why do we keep believing Darwin? The problems with survival of the fittest,” Simone Buitendijk argues, “The Darwinian notion of ‘survival of the fittest’ is still too dominant in our thinking. And it’s getting in the way of societal progress through collaboration.
“Most of the present problems that face our planet can best be solved through careful collaboration between individuals, between groups, between institutions and between gover nments. They are so complicated, interrelated and threatening to the existence of the entire global population, that working together seems to be the only sane and effective way forward.
“The Darwinian notion that people are naturally driven toward chasing individual gains at the expense of others, and that using that egotistical motivation as the most straightforward and fastest way to success, often goes unchallenged. It is as if we are living in a constant Olympic Games. The winner takes it all, everyone else is a loser.”
Amen, Simone.
A LOOK BACK IN TIME
News from Harlem, January 1899
The Harlem Post was a local weekly newspaper printed in Ge rman for the local German population. Its first edition was published on September 12, 1895. The paper’s January 5th, 1899 edition, included the following news:
‘All’s Well that Ends Well”
On Saturday morning, the driver of the Choiss milk wagon nar rowly avoided an accident. As the wagon driver attempted to cross the Wisconsin Central railway tracks on Madison Street and urged his horse forward to get out of the way of the passenger train approaching from the North, the horse’s hoof became stuck between the rail and the adjacent coal. The railway signalman, who immediately noticed the precarious situation of the wagon driver, ran toward the train and signaled it to stop. The locomotive driver was able to comply, and the locomotive stopped a mere 50 feet away from the spot where the horse, whose shoe had come of f, was lying helplessly on the tracks along with the wagon. No damage occurred apar t from the fright and the broken horseshoe.
Translated by Uli Leib
Let the sun shine in... Your right to know... In print
BY PHONE: (708) 613-3333 | BY FAX: (708) 467-9066 BY E-MAIL: EMAIL@GROWINGCOMMUNITYMEDIA.ORG
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT � CHAN� CERY DIVISION
UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCI� ATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR LVS TITLE TRUST XIII Plaintiff, -v.NYKIA WASHINGTON, AS IN� DEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MARSHALL WASHINGTON, NYKIA WASHING� TON, TAMIA WASHINGTON, UN� KNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MARSHALL WASHINGTON, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON� RECORD CLAIMANTS
Defendants 2022CH11378 435 GENEVA AVE
BELLWOOD, IL 60104
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 2, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10�30 AM on January 28, 2026, at The Judicial Sales
Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:
Commonly known as 435 GENEVA AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104
Property Index No. 15�08�404� 040�0000
The real estate is improved with a single family residence.
Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four �24� hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.
Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR �HOMEOWNER�, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSES� SION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN
Horse draw n milk wagons, such as the ones for the Bowman Dair y Company in Forest Park pictured above, were used in to the 1950’s before being replaced by motor ized trucks
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15� 1701�C� OF THE ILLINOIS MORT� GAGE 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 CORPORA� TION
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�22�08666
Attorney ARDC No. 00468002
Attorney Code. 21762
Case Number: 2022CH11378
TJSC#� 45�3141
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 # 2022CH11378 I3278529
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT � CHAN� CERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SO� CIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVID� UAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF CSMC 2017� RPL2 TRUST Plaintiff, -v.-
CONNIE FOCA AKA CONNIE CARNES, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF CHARLES R. FOCA, DECEASED, JULIE FOX, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHARLES FOCA, DECEASED, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON�RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2024 CH 07842 417 48TH AVE BELLWOOD, IL 60104
NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV� EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 23, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10�30 AM on January 28, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 417 48TH AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104
Property Index No. 15�08�401� 040�0000
The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $210,821.98.
Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four �24� hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.
Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR �HOMEOWNER�, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSES� SION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15� 1701�C� OF THE ILLINOIS MORT� GAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact CHAD LEWIS, ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325, ROSEMONT, IL, 60018 �561� 241�6901. Please refer to file number 24�203065. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA� TION 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.
CHAD LEWIS ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325
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).
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
ROSEMONT IL, 60018
561�241�6901
E�Mail: ILMAIL�RASLG.COM
Attorney File No. 24�203065
Attorney ARDC No. 6306439
Attorney Code. 65582
Case Number: 2024 CH 07842
TJSC#� 45�2798
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 # 2024 CH 07842
I3278935
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT � CHAN� CERY DIVISION
CITIMORTGAGE, INC.
Plaintiff, -v.-
FELICIA DEGRAFFENREID, NEIGH� BORHOOD ASSISTANCE CORPO� RATION OF AMERICA, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AU� THORITY
Defendants
20 CH 01174 1540 N. ROHDE AVE.
BERKELEY, IL 60163
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV�
EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 6, 2023 and amended on June 12, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10�30 AM on January 28, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:
Commonly known as 1540 N. ROHDE AVE., BERKELEY, IL 60163 Property Index No. 15�08�113� 050�0000
The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $137,055.10.
Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four �24� hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) �4�. If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
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 �HOMEOWN� ER�, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN OR� DER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCOR� DANCE WITH SECTION 15�1701�C� OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 601 E. William St., DECATUR, IL, 62523 �217� 422� 1719. Please refer to file number 403024. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA� TION
One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606�4650 �312� 236�SALE
You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.
HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC
601 E. William St. DECATUR IL, 62523 217�422�1719
Fax #� 217�422�1754
E�Mail: CookPleadings@hsbattys. com
Attorney File No. 403024
Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 20 CH 01174 TJSC#� 45�3133
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. I3279002
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT � CHAN� CERY DIVISION
NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Plaintiff, -v.APRIL JOHNSON A/K/A APRIL AMANDA JOHNSON, ANDRE JOHNSON, VILLAGE OF LANSING Defendants 2025CH03254 1124 BELLWOOD AVENUE BELLWOOD, IL 60104
NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV� EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 3, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10�30 AM on February 6, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1124 BELL� WOOD AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104
Property Index No. 15�16�123� 075�0000
The real estate is improved with a single family residence.
Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
to The Judicial Sales Corporation.
No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four �24� hours.
The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition.
The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.
Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.
If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) �4�. If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR �HOMEOWNER�, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSES� SION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15� 1701�C� OF THE ILLINOIS MORT� GAGE 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, 333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820, Chicago, IL, 60606. Tel No. �312� 346�9088. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA� TION
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
333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820 Chicago IL, 60606 312�346�9088
E�Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com
Attorney File No. 23� 14458IL_1190749
Attorney Code. 61256
Case Number: 2025CH03254
TJSC#� 45�2850
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 # 2025CH03254
I3279245
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT � CHAN� CERY DIVISION
The Money Source Inc.
Plaintiff vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF GERZINE SPENCE AKA GER� ZINE L. SPENCE; KRAMER RESTO� RATION OF DUPAGE COUNTY LLC
DBA PAUL DAVIS RESTORATION OF DUPAGE COUNTY; RONNEI� SHA JINKINS INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ES� TATE OF GERZINE SPENCE AKA
GERZINE L. SPENCE; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON�RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendant 22 CH 4005
CALENDAR 64
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on February 9, 2026, at the hour 11�00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15�21�402�009�0000. Commonly known as 1643 Manchester Avenue, Westchester, IL 60154.
The real estate is: 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: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR �HOMEOWNER�, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSES� SION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POS� SESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15�1701(c) OF THE ILLI� NOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Diaz Anselmo & Associates P.A., 1771 West Diehl Road, Suite 120, Naperville, IL 60563. �630� 453�6960. 7182�183141 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3279256
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT � CHAN� CERY DIVISION
U.S. Bank National Association Plaintiff, -v.Hector Espana Jr; Jennifer Espana; Illinois Housing Development Authority; United States of America � Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; City of Northlake Defendants. 2025CH04566 464 HABER CT, NORTHLAKE, IL 60164
NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 7/30/2025, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 1/26/2026 at 10�00 AM CDT and closing on January 28, 2026 at 10�00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate.
Commonly known as 464 HABER CT, NORTHLAKE, IL 60164
Property Index No. 12�32�108� 017�0000
The real estate is improved with a Residential Property. The judgment amount was $213,251.55 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 464 HABER CT into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four �24� hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www. auction.com prior to placing a bid. 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)(l) 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 �HOMEOWN� ER�, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN OR� DER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCOR� DANCE WITH SECTION 15�1701 �C� OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES PC �630� 794�5300 please refer to file number 14�25�02676. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 � 872�225�4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 14�25�02676 Case Number: 2025CH04566 NOTE� PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE AD� VISED THAT PLAINTIFF’S ATTOR� NEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY IN� FORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. I3279293
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT � CHAN� CERY DIVISION
SELENE FINANCE, LP Plaintiff, -v.Bryan S. Lambert; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants Defendants. 2025CH00635
3728 FOREST AVE, BROOKFIELD, IL 60513
NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 9/15/2025, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 1/26/2026 at 10�00 AM CDT and closing on January 28, 2026 at 10�00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate.
Commonly known as 3728 FOR� EST AVE, BROOKFIELD, IL 60513
Property Index No. 15�34�422� 045�0000 The real estate is improved with a Residential Property. The judgment amount was $255,711.35 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 3728 FOREST AVE into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four �24� hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www.auction.com prior to placing a bid. 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)(l) 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(g1�. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR �HOMEOWNER�, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSES� SION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15�1701 �C� OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES PC �630� 794�5300 please refer to file number 14�24�07672. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 �
872�225�4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 14�24�07672 Case Number: 2025CH00635 NOTE� PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE AD� VISED THAT PLAINTIFF’S ATTOR� NEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY IN� FORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. I3279299
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT � CHAN� CERY DIVISION
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR HSI ASSET SECURITIZATION CORPORATION TRUST 2007�NC1, MORTGAGE PASS�THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007�NC1, Plaintiff, -v.-
ROBIN MCDANIEL; FRANK T MC� DANIEL, Defendants. 24 CH 01437 2119 SOUTH 21ST AVENUE, BROADVIEW, IL 60155 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 8/22/2025, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on January 26, 2026 at 10�00 AM CDT and closing on 1/28/2026 at 10�00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate.
Commonly known as 2119 SOUTH 21ST AVENUE, BROADVIEW, IL 60155 Property Index No. 15�15�328� 064�0000 The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence. The judgment amount was $296,520.02 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 2119 SOUTH 21ST AV� ENUE into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four �24� hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www.auction.com prior to placing a bid. 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)(l) 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 FORE� CLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP �312� 346�9088 please refer to file number 24�17634IL. Auction. com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 � 872� 225�4985 You can also visit www. auction.com. Attorney File No. 24�17634IL Case Number: 24 CH 01437 NOTE� PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRAC� TICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLEC� TOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
I3279320
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT � CHAN� CERY DIVISION FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FREDDIE MAC SEASONED CREDIT RISK TRANSFER TRUST, SERIES 2020�3 Plaintiff vs. ERIC BLAKE, CLARA D IVY Defendant 24 CH 178 CALENDAR 57 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on February 23, 2026, at the hour 11�00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate:
P.I.N. 15�15�124�043�0000. Commonly known as 1612 S. 19 Ave., Maywood, IL 60153. The real estate is: 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: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR �HOMEOWNER�, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSES� SION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POS� SESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15�1701(c) OF THE ILLI�
NOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Altman, Strautins & Kromm, LLC d/b/a Kluever Law Group, 200 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1880, Chicago, Illinois 60601. �312� 236�0077. SMS001018�24fc1 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3279983
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT � CHAN� CERY DIVISION FIGURE LENDING LLC Plaintiff, -v.MELISSA COLEMAN A/K/A ME� LISSA Y COLEMAN A/K/A MELIS� SA Y WHEATLEY, TRACY COLE� MAN, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON�RECORD CLAIMANTS, UN� KNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF LUCILLE COLEMAN, LUCILLE COLEMAN, LAW TITLE INSUR� ANCE AGENCY, INC., VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD Defendants 2024CH03113 645 SOUTH 20TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV�
EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 18, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10�30 AM on February 19, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 645 SOUTH 20TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153
Property Index No. 15�10�321� 018�0000
The real estate is improved with a single family residence.
Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four �24� hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.
Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.
If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) �4�. If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser
of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR �HOMEOWNER�, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSES� SION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15� 1701�C� OF THE ILLINOIS MORT� GAGE 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, 333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820, Chicago, IL, 60606. Tel No. �312� 346�9088. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA� TION
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
333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820 Chicago IL, 60606 312�346�9088
E�Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com
Attorney File No. 23� 14770IL_906039
Attorney Code. 61256
Case Number: 2024CH03113 TJSC#� 45�3070
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 # 2024CH03113 I3279887
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT � CHAN� CERY DIVISION FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPO� RATION Plaintiff, -v.-
JACQUELINE DESHANA GILES, DEBRINA TARINA RANSON, RICKY R GILES, HELEN GILES, OSCAR GILES, NAPOLEON GILES, JR, CHERYL GILES, VICTOR GILES, RODNEY GILES, PATRICIA GILES, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF NAPOLEAN GILES, DECEASED, DAMON RITENHOUSE, AS SPE�
CIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ESTATE OF NAPOLEON GILES, DECEASED, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON�RECORD CLAIMANTS
Defendants 2022 CH 04195 1916 S 17TH AVE MAYWOOD, IL 60153
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV� EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 21, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10�30 AM on February 24, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:
Commonly known as 1916 S 17TH AVE , MAYWOOD, IL 60153
Property Index No. 15�15�315� 023�0000
The real estate is improved with a single family residence.
The judgment amount was $179,796.99.
Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four �24� hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.
Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) �4�. If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR �HOMEOWNER�, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSES� SION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15� 1701�C� OF THE ILLINOIS MORT� GAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.
For information, contact CHAD LEWIS, ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ
SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325, ROSEMONT, IL, 60018 �561� 241�6901. Please refer to file number 22�022095. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA� TION
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.
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 # 2022 CH 04195 I3280129
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT � CHAN� CERY DIVISION
FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPO� RATION
Plaintiff, -v.CARLOS CORTEZ, LUBIA SAN� CHEZ, VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD Defendants 24 CH 01358 1127 NICHOLS LANE MAYWOOD, IL 60153
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV�
EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 30, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10�30 AM on February 24, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1127 NICH� OLS LANE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153
Property Index No. 15�02�338� 009�0000
The real estate is improved with a single family residence.
Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four �24� hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) �4�. If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR �HOMEOWNER�, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSES�
SION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15� 1701�C� OF THE ILLINOIS MORT� GAGE 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, 333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820, Chicago, IL, 60606. Tel No. �312� 346�9088. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA� TION
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
333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820 Chicago IL, 60606 312�346�9088
E�Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com
Attorney File No. 23� 16946IL_1005559
Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 24 CH 01358 TJSC#� 46�4
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 # 24 CH 01358 I3280132
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT � CHAN� CERY DIVISION
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL AS� SOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVID� UAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF CITIGROUP MORT� GAGE LOAN TRUST 2018�RP2 Plaintiff, -v.IRMA HENRY, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Defendants 2019CH14770 2105 S 20TH AVE
BROADVIEW, IL 60155
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 15, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10�30 AM on February 24, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2105 S 20TH AVE, BROADVIEW, IL 60155
Property Index No. 15�15�329� 003�0000; 15�15�329�004�0000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.
Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four �24� hours. The subject property is subject to
general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) �4�. If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR �HOMEOWNER�, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSES� SION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15� 1701�C� OF THE ILLINOIS MORT� GAGE 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 CORPORA� TION 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�19�10976
Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762
Case Number: 2019CH14770 TJSC#� 46�88
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 # 2019CH14770 I3280312
Submit events and see full calendar at forestparkreview.com/events
