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Realizing racial equity at D91 School board unveils its equity imperative

By NONA TEPPER

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n Jan. 10, the Forest Park District 91 board of education approved an equity imperative, charging the district with recognizing racial identity, eliminating its academic achievement gap, diversifying its hiring practices and more. “It’s about mindfulness, really taking into account where that other person, child is coming from,” said board member Shannon Wood.

Every decision the board makes will now be looked at through the “lens of equity,” which means thought

Marc Groulx, left, dances with his daughter, Coralai Groulx, 9, both of Forest Park, on Friday, Feb. 1, during the Hawaiian Luau Daddy Daughter Dance at the Park District of Forest Park.

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Social work interns address homelessness Forest Park Library is the first to partner with Loyola School of Social Work

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

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Kilgore worked in a soup kitchen and childcare center. She learned that she didn’t need to speak the same language as refugees to provide support.

“It was the most impactful thing I had

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Loyola University School of Social Work where, in addition to attending classes fulltime, she spends 16 hours weekly working at the Forest Park Public Library. Kilgore is one of two social work interns there. Her

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Learning to embrace Groundhog Day

t’s Feb. 2 in Forest Park and the clock radio goes off. “It’s cold out there campers,” the wacky morning man says, “Of course, it’s cold,” says his sidekick, “It’s Groundhog Day.” He remembers he has to cover the local Groundhog Day celebration for the Review. Forest Park is substituting a squirrel for a groundhog, but who cares as long as it’s capable of casting a shadow.

As he walks to the Park, a long lost classmate turned Realtor greets him. “Hey, have you seen this house yet? It’s a doozy.” He declines a quick tour -- $500,000 being out of his price range.

At the ceremony, he scribbles notes, while the squirrel predicts six more weeks of winter. After leaving the Park, he brushes past a homeless man on Desplaines and steps directly into a puddle of slush.

At the post office box there are a dozen skinny enve-

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Forest Park is

substituting a squirrel for a groundhog, but who cares as long as it’s capable of casting a shadow shadow.

lopes that look like they contain checks. But they’re all tax statements from clients telling him how much they paid him last year.

He ignores three elderly ladies struggling to change a flat tire and heads for the bank. “Did you go to the Groundhog thing at the Park?” the teller asks cheerily. “Yeah, he predicted six more weeks without deposits.”

The next morning, the wacky radio guys are talking about Groundhog Day again. He checks his phone – it’s still Feb. 2. Walking past the open house, his old classmate greets him, “Hey, have you seen this house yet? It’s a doozy.”

The same squirrel and the same speeches at the Park follow this. By the time he brushes past the homeless man, steps in the puddle, grabs the skinny tax statements and ignores the elderly ladies struggling with the tire – he feels like he’s on a treadmill.

Following a night of despair, he awakens to the wacky morning guys with a new attitude.

After putting down an offer on the $500,000 house, he walks to the Park and is moved to tears by the speeches about the squirrel. He invites the homeless man to McDonald’s and they both step around the puddle.

He grabs the skinny envelopes, grateful for the taxable income he received the year before. He calls the local tire repair company for the elderly ladies and has them bill his credit card. The teller is moved to tears, when he talks about the Groundhog thing at the Park and, before he can leave, the bank has approved his mortgage.

That night, fresh from his piano lesson in Forest Park, he plays keyboard at the local bar. Who should walk in but his wife, while he’s playing their song, “Just the Way You Are.” The next morning, it’s still cold and gloomy in Forest Park but at last it’s Feb. 3.

This column originally ran in 2008.

■ John Rice is a columnist/private detective, who has seen his business and family thrive in Forest Park. He thoroughly enjoys life in the village and still gets a thrill smelling Red Hots, watching softball and strolling through cemeteries. Jrice1038@aol.com

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GOOD MORNING: The counter at Louie’s Grill, 7422 Madison in 1999 was a welcome sight, after long time Pete’s Grill closed.

Louie and Ellen Politis purchased the diner and when they opened, February 2, 1999, they had seven booths and twelve counter seats. Their full breakfast menu was enhanced by offering biscuits and gravy. Louie’s is still slinging hash for a local crowd, two decades later. (Above) The counter at Louie’s Grill, 7422 Madison back in 1999.

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D91 board wonders: ‘Where are the parents?’

District has dropped several strategic goals related to language arts for the rest of the year, to focus more on math

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

Forest Park District 91 staff will focus primarily on math for the rest of the year, postponing some of the work they intended for English Language Arts as they realized more needed to be done mapping the district’s math curriculum, honing teachers’ instruction, engaging students’ needs and much more.

But at the board of education meeting on Jan. 10, board members wondered where parents fit into this strategy, noting that district officials didn’t mention families once during a presentation about how they’re working to drive math comprehension.

“We have a crisis in our community about math,” Kyra Tyler a board member said at the meeting. “I love that we’re doing kindness week, I think it’s great, but we should be doing math week, math month, math Sunday, math Super Bowl, math musical, math everything. I am hot about the fact that parents were not mentioned. It doesn’t make sense to me It’s a huge missing link.

We’re not asking enough of them and I find it to be insulting.”

Tyler said she was “devastated” that the district hadn’t factored parents into its plan to drive math scores. She said the district should communicate more with parents so they can understand the steps D91 is taking to increase comprehension, as well as provide support so parents can help students outside the classroom. She estimated 70 percent of parents can’t do D91’s math homework.

“I have seen parents at the library paying people to tutor their children. How they

spend their money is their own business, ic bullet, we can’t just buy a new textbook that’s fine, but if there’s a way to keep that and all of our problems will be done. It’s inwithin our district and help them under- struction, it is the curriculum, we’ve gotta make sure we’re teaching every stand, I think there’s a lot of standard and that it is sequenroom to grow there,” Tyler said tial and we have no gaps. It is asat the meeting. “I think about sessing along the way so we can the investment of math coaches make real-time adjustments and -- which is necessary and which intervene right away. All of these we should be doing -- but I don’t things are things we’re working think that people know that on, they’re all essential.” there are math coaches. That’s At the meeting, James Edler, how laser focused we are. We’re director of innovative instrucbeing so insular about it and I tion, noted that Big Ideas Math don’t think it’s translating.”

JAMES EDLER — a math curriculum Forest Superintendent Louis Cavallo Park Middle School (FPMS) is noted some teachers do provide piloting this school year — ofmaterials for parents —citing one teacher who creates videos for parents fers families one-on-one tutoring through as an example. But he admitted these re- students’ Chromebook at all hours. He has sources are not “universal” and that par- visited Northbrook/Glenview School Disents have asked him over the last year for trict 30 to see how teachers there teach math help understanding their children’s home- through Big Ideas, as well as Berwyn North work. He agreed that the district needed to School District 98 to see how they use the do more to engage families. When Cavallo textbook. In Berwyn, he said teachers hold learned math as a student, he said he was a mindset that their work is public.

“You walk into some of the classrooms expected to simply memorize equations to meet the standards. Now students are ex- there and the teacher would seemingly not pected to explain their method for solving even know that people had walked into the problems, Cavallo said, which is “much room,” Edler said at the meeting. “That’s more rigorous than what you and I did and clearly something that is very much a part of the culture and that has been something what our parents did in school.

“We have a lot of parents that are work- the principal has been really clear about, ing, single, and we’re not faulting people, that teaching is public and we need to be but they’re not able to do this. They’re not open to hearing those ideas, which is really available to do it. We can’t rely on that as the essential when it comes to adult learning.”

In January, teachers from Grant-White sole thing, but we have to do everything we Intermediate Elementary School and Fieldcan,” Cavallo said at the meeting.

He added: “The bottom line is, if you look Stevenson Intermediate Elementary School at this, it’s not a one thing fix, it’s not a mag- visited one another’s classrooms, reflecting

R Place up for sale

The bar and restaurant remains open while on the market

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

R Place is on the market, after at least a decade of ownership by father and son. The bar and restaurant at 1527 S. Harlem Ave. will remain open while up for sale.

The 2,000-square-foot bar is listed for $375,000, according to a listing on the Loopnet commercial real estate site. The listing calls R Place an “established neighborhood concept,” “well-maintained bar and grill,” “great street presence on Harlem Avenue,” and more. The building was built in 1978, although the Realtor’s description mentions the bar has since been totally renovated.

“Rare opportunity to take over a space that is truly turn key,” the listing reads.

This isn’t the first time the bar’s owners have looked to sell. In January 2014, R Place attempted to transfer its liquor license to new owners, although the application was even-

tually scrapped. The Milchhoefer’s created the RCR Inc. in 2002, a corporation which owns the establishment.

R Place is known for its pizza, wings, beer specials and more.

It has also been the site of a number of fundraisers, including Mayor Anthony Calderone’s annual toy drive last year.

Co-owner Ron Milchhoefer Jr., of Riverside, was a vocal supporter of video gaming in Forest Park, saying the profits from the machines allowed R Place to compete with nearby establishments in Berwyn, donate to local charities and renovate the building. He said the legalization of video gaming in Forest Park also helped convince him and other investors to open Tacabron, a Mexican restaurant on Harrison Street in the village.

“It’s made us competitive; it’s made our business worth more,” he told the Review in April 2018.

After a narrow majority of residents voted to outlaw video gambling last November, R Place’s machines were uninstalled.

Milchhoefer replaced them around December 2018 with “sweepstakes machines,” controversial machines that, propo-

together on each other’s teaching styles.

During the district’s early release days in February, teachers will focus together on their assessment practices, learning best practices for analyzing student scores to react in the moment to their needs. They will also develop semester-long student learning objectives (SLO).

“They would set a goal that’s really grounded in the standards and set a goal for what students will be able to do over the course of that semester and where they would expect them to be at the end of that semester,” Edler said at the meeting. “Then using that information and evidence to reflect on, ‘what’s the impact I’m having?

What are some ways I might innovate on that instruction to have a greater impact?

Are these SLOs in alignment with school goals as well as district goals?’”

Part of aligning the classroom and district goals includes mapping the curriculum along grade levels, Edler said, to make sure that there are no gaps. He noted that Big Ideas also provides teachers differentiated materials, so they can teach to learners at all levels.

“As we are focusing on improving outcomes for students in mathematics, we recognize the necessity and the expectation that we align our efforts in math to the equity imperative that you adopted last month,” Edler told board members at the meeting.

“While we’ve begun that journey with the board and the district administration, this initiative is going to be embedded and connected in every area. You adopted that equity imperative, now it’s our responsibility to carry that work forward.”

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COULD BE YOUR PLACE: Attendees gather at R Place for Mayor Anthony Calderone’s Annual Community Toy Drive.

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nents say, do not constitute illegal gambling since users can play for free and receive coupons for products as prizes, rather than cash. Unlike video gaming, sweepstakes machines are not regulated by the state and provide no tax or licensing revenue to Forest Park. R Place splits profits from the machines with their operator. The state’s gambling regulator, the Illinois Gaming Board, considers sweepstakes machines illegal.

Milchhoefer Jr. did not respond to interview requests. Realtor Marcus Sullivan, who is marketing the property, did not respond to interview requests.

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Kiwanis Club helps keep scouting alive in Forest Park As organization nears 100 years, it continues to focus on serving youth

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

Thirty local Cub Scouts in grades kindergarten through five raced homemade cars at the annual Pinewood Derby at the Howard Mohr Community Center on Jan. 12, with scout Ben Mack’s aerodynamic vehicle coming in first -- again.

“I’m looking at him like he’ll become an engineer or something someday, and he was so proud to have been the winner last year,” said Tom Michael, president of the Kiwanis Club of Forest Park, which sponsors the group. “I was second. I was glad to lose to him.”

Mack’s fast-flying machine beat out a specialty “Kiwanas” car, decorated with a spoon and faux meat balls, that the Petersen family carved for the group. The decoration was a nod to the Kiwanis Club’s annual spaghetti dinner.

“The Kiwanis Club will be 100 years old in four years, which is a distinction that will be really amazing,” Michael said. “Names like the Roos, and Mohrs, even Peasley from Peasley Hardware are there. It’s a great tradition and it’s on the upswing now, which is good. We’re being more active in the com-

munity, really getting out there.”

Seventy years ago, Michael was a scout himself -- he still has pictures of him dressed in the traditional uniform.

“The thing about it is the handshake and the scout pledge, what they do is the same,” he said.

Michael has continuously participated in the scouts over the years, serving as the cubmaster for a group at Willard Elementary School in River Forest.

He remembers having scouts raise the American flag outside Willard daily. Once the kids raised it upside down. Another time a child saluted so hard he fell backward.

Michael also remembers a particular Pinewood Derby where a father brought a car that was oversize, so he pulled out a knife and started whittling away.

“It’s really quite a tradition, when you have the den mothers and den fathers there, when the parents are really involved,” Michael said. “My parents were really involved and that’s the key to it, too.”

Kiwanis Club member Gerald Lordan said that, at one time, there were so many scouting organizations in the village that the Pinewood Derby had to be held at West Leyden High School, because the

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“All the mayors from Proviso Township and Leyden Township would go,” Lordan said. “Each one would have a car the Cub Scouts had made for them. But, unfortunately, the number of scouting organizations and chartering organizations has shrunk, so you don’t see that type of regional event as much. We are determined we keep that alive in Forest Park.”

Lordan said the Kiwanis Club benefits local Girls Scouts and Boy Scouts troops, as well as baseball, softball and soccer teams. A few years ago, the group covered the $75 admission fee for Cub Scouts to spend a night at the Field Museum.

“We don’t want to hear about any kid in Forest Park being denied the opportunity to participate because the parent doesn’t have the money,” Lordan said. “We don’t want to know the kid’s name, we don’t want to know the circumstances. You got a kid that has financial need? Let us know and we’ll handle that.”

He said the mission of Kiwanis is to serve children in the village. The group’s principal source of income are its annual spaghetti dinner -- tentatively scheduled for May 25 this year at the Howard Mohr Community

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WHAT’S IN A NAME?: The Petersen family decorated a special ‘Kiwanas’ car this year.

Center -- as well as its Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournaments. Kiwanis is always looking for new members as well as cashiers for its poker nights.

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Senate committee discusses path to $15 minimum wage Increases would be phased in over several years

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois

SPRINGFIELD – Divisions between business and labor interests were on display Jan. 30 at the Illinois Senate Labor Committee’s hearing on raising the state’s minimum wage from $8.25 to $15 per hour over an undefined period of years.

Exact details of a proposal have not been released, but Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford (D-Maywood), whose 4th District includes all of Forest Park, said she plans to introduce bill language as early as this week to advance Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s first major legislative agenda item.

Since 2010, Lightford said, she has filed four bills to raise the minimum wage, the most recent of which was vetoed by Gov. Bruce Rauner last year. If any of those bills had passed, the minimum wage would be more than $10 per hour right now, she said.

Lawmakers, lobbyists and activists agreed to discuss the following issues as negotiations progress.

Length of the rollout Lightford said rate increases would be phased in, and the $15 rate would not take effect until at least 2025, although an exact timeframe for the increase is not yet defined.

Business representatives at the committee preferred a longer-term rollout. Lobbyist Mike Noonan, representing the Illinois Restaurant Association, said his industry would be OK with a seven-year rollout – $1 each year

for the first six, then 75 cents the final year.

Worker rights advocates, such as Greg Kelly of the Service Employees International Union, preferred a more timely increase.

He said 41 percent of all workers in Illinois make less than $15 per hour, and more of those workers are in their 40s, 50s and 60s than are younger than 25.

Kelly added that more women than men make less than $15 per hour, and 48 percent of African Americans and 61 percent of Latinos make less than $15 per hour. He said 52 percent of those making less than $15 per hour work full time, and 15 percent of Illinois working families receive food stamps.

“Folks who make less than $15 per hour cover the gamut of workers in this state, and raising their wage would have a tremendous impact on millions of workers in Illinois.”

Regional rollout Mark Grant, Illinois director of the National Foundation of Independent Business, favored a regional rollout of the minimum wage similar to what the New York and Oregon legislatures have enacted.

In New York, there is a higher wage for workers in New York City than upstate New York and the rest of the state. The bill also has different wages for large and small employers – those with more than 10 employees, and those with 10 or fewer.

In Oregon, the rate is higher in the Portland metropolitan area and lower in nonurban counties.

Lightford said a regional rollout has been discussed, but she questioned the constitutionality of it and said it would further divide Illinois counties along economic lines.

While labor advocates said the money

generated from a minimum wage increase would go back into the economy, Grant said the bill would cause businesses to close, costing almost 100,000 jobs for the lower wage workers the bill is designed to help.

State Sen. Cristina Castro (D-Elgin) asked how many businesses left the state from 2006 to 2010 when the last minimum wage increase occurred, and Grant did not have an answer.

“So you’re making a broad statement, but yet you can’t give me any statistical facts that any businesses during the last minimum wage increase left the state or closed shop?” she asked.

Grant responded that over the past decade, many businesses have left Illinois for “a variety of reasons.”

“The business that told me they would leave in 2003 were the same businesses that told me in 2006 that they would leave, who were the same businesses in 2010 who told me that they would leave,” Lightford said.

“I have not been given any data at any point that told me that businesses shut down because of a minimum wage increase.”

State Sen. Dave Koehler (D-Peoria) floated the idea of having a statewide minimum wage with regional opportunities for tax breaks for employers.

Medicaid reimbursement While Kelly and the SEIU advocated for the need for health care workers to be paid more, Pat Comstock, executive director of the Healthcare Council of Illinois, a health care facility advocacy group, said the state’s Medicaid reimbursement rate makes doing so difficult.

She said Illinois reimburses Medicaid-

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Chicago man gifts homeless friend cannabis Police allegedly watched a Chicago man sell cannabis in the Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot at about 4:03 p.m. on Feb. 3.

Officers watched as Terrell Smith, of Chicago, 34, pulled his Chevrolet Cruz into 7200 Circle Ave. and trade an unknown item with a man loitering outside. The two exchanged the item through the car window. Smith then drove out of the parking lot, and police pulled him over on the 100 block of Marion Street in Oak Park.

A name check revealed Smith had a revoked driver’s license, as well as an active suspension for driving under the influence, fleeing a police officer and has been convicted three times previously of driving with a revoked license, qualifying him for a felony charge.

Officers also smelled cannabis inside the car and observed an item bulging from Smith’s pants. Smith told police he had “a little bit” of cannabis in his pants. Police recovered an 8 ounce jar filled with suspect cannabis, 10 plastic bags containing 22 grams of suspect cannabis and a bag containing four grams suspect cannabis. They also found $578 cash on Smith.

Smith told police he was on his way to Boston Market to meet his friend, whose girlfriend recently kicked him out of

his house. He saw his friend in the Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot and decided to stop and just meet him there.

When he arrived, Smith said he gave his friend $10 to help him find a place to stay and a small amount of cannabis, clarifying that he did not accept payment for the marijuana.

Police charged Smith with felony delivery of cannabis more than 30 grams, driving on a suspended license, failure to signal, and possession of more than 30 grams of cannabis.

Man claims lack of sleep led to reckless driving Police watched as a Nissan Altima drove quickly in reverse down Madison Street at about 2:32 a.m. on Feb. 3.

Officers curbed the Nissan at 7411 Madison St. and asked the driver why he was driving so recklessly. A Chicago man, 22, told police he had just heard his friend was in danger of being attacked and was going to protect him. Officers smelled alcohol on the man.

The driver told police he only drank one beer before driving, but also believed his lack of sleep may have contributed

funded nursing homes at a rate of $55,000 per person annually, while it costs closer to $70,000 to care for a patient. That number makes Illinois 49th in nursing home reimbursement rates. Several homes have closed recently because of this, she said.

“Right now, the crisis that we have been talking to you about is happening,” Comstock said. “We want to pay whatever the state of Illinois decides that we should be paying our workers. But there’s no more room in our system to do this without help from the state of Illinois in our Medicaid wages.”

Comstock said the Healthcare Council would introduce a bill or work with Lightford to increase the reimbursement rate along with minimum wage increases.

Tipped workers Shirley Holden, a Chicagoan who works in the service industry, testified to the “instability” and “constant stress and anxiety” she has felt in her 20 years as a worker whose pay is based on tips.

State law requires employers to pay 60 percent of the $8.25 minimum wage, with the other 40 percent made up of tip money. That equals a minimum wage of $4.95 paid by employers, an obligation that would increase if the other 40 percent of the $8.25 is not met by tip income.

Holden said despite the tip minimum wage, wage theft is a problem in the service industry.

Noonan, the restaurant lobbyist, said there are a few bad actors and the industry was committed to exploring options to hold them accountable.

Lightford added that strengthening labor laws for tipped workers would be on the agenda as discussions progress as well.

to his reckless reversing. The Chicago man told officers he had only slept one hour over the last two days. He was charged with reckless driving, speeding and improper backing.

Camry stolen from car wash

A man stole a Toyota Camry parked at a car wash on Harlem Avenue at about 1:15 p.m. on Jan. 29.

The victim said he was vacuuming his car and briefly turned to return the hose when a man jumped in and drove off with his vehicle. The car, containing an iPhone 6 and a wallet that held credit cards, a debit card, gift cards, IDs and a checkbook, fled east onto Interstate-290.

Police used the “Find My iPhone” mobile app to trace the phone to the 4300 block of Jackson Boulevard in Chicago. Chicago police have been notified to look for suspects in the area.

Burglar steals jewelry

Sometime between 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Jan. 28, someone broke into a house in the 7200 block of Franklin Street and stole an undisclosed amount of jewelry and other items.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, Jan. 28-Feb. 3, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.

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BIG WEEK Black Girls Shine Storytime Enjoy a visit from guest authors Natasha Tarpley, who wrote “I Love My Hair,” and Shavondra Walker, writer of “Black Girls Shine,” from 2 to 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 9 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd. Families are welcome to join a read-in afterwards of books by black authors and illustrators. Appropriate for children age 8 and under.

Emancipation to Inauguration: The Black Experience in Chicago

I Speak for Myself: The African-American Read-In Join staff at the Forest Park Public Library as they pay tribute to their favorite Young Adult African-American authors from 2 to 5 p.m. on Feb. 9 at 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Tweens, Teens Movie Night Young adults in grades fifth through eighth are invited to the Park District of Forest Park for a movie night, where staff will screen a PG or PG-13 film and serve either hotdog or pizza. Popcorn will be provided, and candy will be available for sale. Residents $7 and non-residents $10. Fun runs from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. on Feb. 15 at building 4 at 7501 Harrison St.

G.K. Chesterton Meeting Meet with the G.K. Chesterton group for a discussion of “Orthodoxy” from 2 to 4 p.m. on Feb. 9 at Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore, 7419 Madison St.

OPRF League of Women Voters Mayor, Commissioner Forums The OPRF League of Women Voters will host a forum for Forest Park mayor and commissioner candidates from 6:30 to 8:40 p.m. on Feb. 19 at Forest Park Middle School, 925 Beloit Ave.

True Love Portraits Local artist Dana Bloede will teach you how to paint someone you love--whether it’s a date, friend or pet--from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on Feb. 10 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd. Come with a printed photo of your love for easy reference while you paint. Seating is limited, so make sure you register at fppl.org.

Friday Fun Night Movie Night Children from kindergarten to fourth-grade are invited to the Park District of Forest Park’s movie night, where staff will screen a G or PG-rated film and serve dinner of hotdog or pizza and, of course, popcorn. Residents $5 and non-residents $7. Fun runs from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. on Feb. 8 at building 4 at 7501 Harrison St.

MS Word Intermediate Let staff at the Forest Park Public Library teach you the essentials of Microsoft Word 2013 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 7 at 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Local Public Transportation Options Kristen Salkas, a board member for the Progress Center for Independent Living, will give a presentation on accessible transportation for those with disabilities at 11 a.m. on Feb. 7 at the Progress Center, 7521 Madison St.

Historian Clarence Goodman will talk about the deep, rich and proud African-American presence in Chicago, from the city’s first settler to the nation’s chief executive. Fun runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 13 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Mayor Candidates Forum The Forest Park Review and the Forest Park Public Library will host a mayor’s candidate forum 1:30 to 3 p.m. on March 10 in the Austin Room at the library, 7555 Jackson Blvd. Please submit any questions you would like candidates to answer to Nona Tepper, staff reporter at the Review, at ntepper@wjinc.com before the event.

Board of Education Candidates Forum The Forest Park Review and the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce and Development will hold a candidate forum for District 91 and District 209 board of education candidates at 6:30 p.m. on March 6 at Forest Park Middle School, 925 Beloit Ave. Please submit any questions you would like candidates to answer to Nona Tepper, staff reporter at the Review, at ntepper@wjinc.com.

Genealogy Meetup Learn the basics of genealogy research from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Feb. 9 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Photograph 51 Join the Howard Mohr Community Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Feb. 13 to Court Theater to see Photograph 51, a play about an ambitious woman scientist working in a field of men. Enjoy lunch and coffee before the show at Bonjour Café, after the group will visit the Smart Museum at the University of Chicago, and then enjoy a late lunch at CHANT. Residents $91, and non-residents $95. Registration required. Call the Howard Mohr Community Center at 708771-7737 to sign up.

Mayor, Commissioner Candidate Forums The Forest Park Review and the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce and Development will hold a candidate forum for village commissioner and mayor candidates at 6:30 p.m. on March 21 at Forest Park Middle School, 925 Beloit Ave. Please submit any questions you would like candidates to answer to Nona Tepper, staff reporter at the Review, at ntepper@wjinc.com.

Art and Peer Support Group The Progress Center for Independent Living will host an art and peer support group from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 14 at the Progress Center, 7521 Madison St. The group is open to people of all ages and with any type of disability.

Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Join the chamber for its monthly networking event from 8 to 9 a.m. on Feb. 12 at Madison Park Kitchen, 7525 Madison St. Tickets $12. Register by Feb. 8.

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Review joins Chamber, library to host candidate forums Don’t miss your chance to see candidates debating the issues that matter to you in the coming election.

This election season, Forest Park Review is pleased to partner with several community organizations to host candidate forums for the mayor and village council races, as well as the District 91 and District 209 board of education spots.

Two challengers have emerged for the mayor’s space, where a single vacancy will open come April; nine will compete for the village council, where four spots will open; and seven have emerged for both the District 91 and 209 races.

The election is April 2.

The Review will partner with the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce and Development to host a forum for D91 and D209 candidates at 6:30 p.m. on March 6 at Forest Park Middle School (FPMS), 925 Beloit Ave. We will also partner with the chamber to hold a forum for mayor and commissioner candidates at 6:30 p.m. on March 21 at FPMS, 925 Beloit Ave. Finally, we will hold a separate forum — in partnership with the Forest Park Public Library — from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on March 10 in the Austin Room of the library, 7555 Jackson Blvd, for just the mayoral candidates.

All candidates have been invited to attend these

community events.

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to come to these free forums. The Review and our partners also invite residents to submit questions to candidates before the debate. If you have a burning question or topic you would like candidates to answer, please send it to Staff Reporter Nona Tepper at ntepper@wjinc.com before the event. You can also call her at 708-613-3325. We will do our best to make sure everyone’s voice is heard.

This is your chance to engage in the democratic process and influence Forest Park. We look forward to spirited forums and hope to see you there.

EQUITY

Board of Education from page 1 will be given to how actions could impact D91’s most marginalized students. Any new curriculum or materials adopted will have to be studied by the publisher for bias. Hiring practices will be overhauled. All staff — new and old, teachers to bus drivers — will undergo equity training.

“It’s essential that it’s everyone,” Superintendent Louis Cavallo said. “This isn’t the district, or the board from upon high you know, saying ‘You’re a racist, stop it.’

That’s not ever going to work. Everyone has to have a deep understanding of this so that they can look in the mirror first and identify their own bias, especially when you’re talking hundreds of people, and that’s where we are.”

He added: “We have an election coming up, anyone elected to the board that doesn’t believe this is not going to be a good fit. This is something very important.”

Come April, Cavallo said the board has already “at least verbally committed” to sending new members to an equity training institute, so they can be brought up to speed on what the district has long understood—that race is the greatest predictor of students’ academic outcomes in the district.

Before the state transitioned to Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), Cavallo said D91 had performed well on the then-statemandated test, improving every year. But then the Illinois State Board of Education adopted PARCC, and D91 students’ scores dropped, like most districts in the state. The one constant was an achievement gap continued to exist between students of color and white learners. In the school years that followed, less than half of D91 students also said they believed they were always treated with respect at school, according to the Illinois 5Essentials survey. As a way to combat the achievement gap and drive inclusivity, the district sought help in November 2017 from the National Equity Project, a national leadership organization focused on correct-

“We have an election coming up, anyone elected to the board that doesn’t believe this is not going to be a good fit. This is something very important.”

LOUIS CAVALLO D91 Superintendent

ing biases and academic gaps between majority and minority students.

“When you’re always striving to continuously improve, but you don’t see improvement in one area, then you realize this is something we have to address,” Cavallo said.

In February 2018, the board approved a $40,000 contract with the National Equity Project, and board members and D91 administrators have since received training from the group. “This is not the Starbucks approach, where one afternoon we’re going to close the stores and train people and everything’s fixed,” Cavallo said. “That’s not how it works. It’s tailored to our needs.” The National Equity Project homed in on D91’s Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) learning intervention system, along with its Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS) disciplinary framework, asking staff this year to analyze these systems for bias.

“How many students are we identifying for special ed that are of color? How many students are suspended, our disciplinary rates, what do those look like?” Cavallo said.

“That doesn’t mean we’re not going to refer kids to the office just because they’re of color, but we want to make sure that we are not being biased when we do that.”

The group also worked with the administration and board to identify and address their own biases. Wood remembers being asked to focus on “active listening” by pairing up with another board member, listen-

ing to them discuss a prompt and focusing solely on what is being said, not interrupting.

“Even if I identify with something, I don’t jump in,” Wood said. “I’m respectful and I let that person speak. If I’m not trying to think of my response I can actually listen 100 percent to what that speaker is saying and then the same respect is given back to the other partner. It can be uncomfortable, sometimes you want to jump in and have the conversation.”

Cavallo said some scenarios presented discussed white privilege. “When were you given privilege just because you were white?

Or if you’re not white, or if you’re referring to someone that’s not white, when were they not given the same privilege that you were?”

He remembers showing the board a picture of a group of students dressed up for a Thanksgiving pageant, with kids dressed as young Native Americans and pilgrims, and asking the group to reflect on how that picture could be perceived by different groups.

“If I’m a Native American and I’m looking at the little white boy dressed as an Indian, how does that make me feel?’” Cavallo said.

“How were Native Americans really treated, and having white children dress as Native Americans, how far away from blackface is that really? Those are the kind of discussions that as a school and as a community we need to have.”

CONTACT: ntepper@wjinc.com

D91’s Equity Imperative Recognizing that systemic bias has plagued our educational system, we commit to nurturing dialogue around all issues of inequity, including culture, race, faith, socioeconomic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and different ability, as they pertain to classroom practices, school and district structures, and policies and procedures. We support actions removing barriers to opportunities that allow children to reach their full potential.

Given this imperative, the District 91 Board of Education will: ■ Ensure that all board decisions consider disparities of those who have been marginalized in society; ■ Require the evaluation of the impact of all proposed programs, systems, curriculum, and instructional methods on marginalized groups and individuals; ■ Provide students with equitable resources, opportunities and supports; ■ Promote practices that attract and retain a qualified workforce, diverse in experiences, reflecting the demographic diversity of our students; ■ Ensure board members and staff receive training promoting an understanding of racial identity and cultural competencies, identifying and addressing implicit and explicit biases; ■ Provide a variety of opportunities to involve our diverse community members as active collaborators to ensure that all constituents can be involved and are welcomed to do so; ■ Acknowledge and address possible inequities when adopting all board policies.

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SERVICE: Interns Grace Kilgore (left) and Raqueal Pullums (right) will be at the library until August.

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Social work interns from page 1 service represents the first time the library has adopted social work interns, and Forest Park is the first and only library to ever partner with Loyola.

“Anytime somebody makes it known that they are in need of support, we track those incidents,” said Pilar Shaker, library executive director. “We’ve been seeing increases, and also just increases at managers meetings of patrons who are very clearly in need of support services. Knowing that we don’t have somebody on staff who can do much more than provide a phone number or a name of an organization, we thought it might be nice to add social workers.”

Shaker said the library has been seeing an increase in those staying at the library all day, arriving right when the institution opens and needing to be escorted out when it closes. She said the library has also been seeing an increase in those attempting to wash up at the library. “We have to tell them they can’t do that here, but we also sympathize with the fact that now we are aware they don’t have places to do that,” she said.

One of the reasons the library installed its Little Free Food Pantry in April 2018 was because there has been a rise in those asking about how to connect with local food pantries and facing food insecurity.

Around this time last year, the library board charged staff with looking into adding social work to the library’s offerings.

“It’s becoming more and more common for public libraries to get social workers, which is really amazing,” said Alicia Hammond, community engagement manager. “However, it’s not really possible for us to hire a full-time social worker right now.”

Rather than trying to hire someone, Shaker decided to call Loyola about adding the

library as an internship site for its students.

Her brother had just finished his master’s degree from the school, and Shaker knew that students had to do an internship to complete their degree. She said she reached out to every staff member who had the word “internship” in their job title and heard back immediately from the school.

“It was kind of a perfect storm of things that came together quickly and well,” she said.

Loyola and the library finished all the legal paperwork associated with the internship in fall 2018, but the library still wasn’t paired with an intern. “One of the issues for our site was that we are one of the only sites that they have that doesn’t have social workers on staff,” Shaker said, adding: “They wanted to match us with students that they felt could manage being at a site that didn’t have an on-site social worker.”

But the next semester, the library found the right match with Kilgore and Raqueal Pullums, who started their internships on Jan. 14 and will stay until August. Their first few weeks, the two are going through the library’s incident reports to find out what services the library needs, as well as talking with staff to learn more about the relationships they’ve built with patrons.

Kilgore also might add office hours, where patrons can come in and talk about whatever is on their minds. Interns are available at the library all day Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Neither will offer any diagnostic or medical advice.

“I would just like to establish more good rapport with the patrons and more lasting, trusting relationships,” Kilgore said. “So right now I’m just basically introducing myself and saying, ‘Hey I’m over at the desk if you need anything,’ and doing research on the resources available in the area. But I’m hoping to build relationships with the patrons, and also reaching out to the resources, so there’s a more one-on-one connection.”

CONTACT: ntepper@wjinc.com

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Just Dance!

Attendees make their way up to the third floor and start dances on Friday, Feb. 1, during the Hawaiian Luau Daddy Daughter Dance at the Park District of Forest Park.

ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

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Dr. Peter Panton Discusses Cataract Surgery & Bifocal Implants Dr. Panton, what is a cataract and how is it treated?

A cataract is the clouding of the lens inside the eye. Neither drops nor pills can prevent or cure a cataract. The only treatment for a cataract is its surgical removal and its replacement with a clear artificial lens or intraocular lens implant (IOL).

What is the difference between a monofocal implant and a bifocal implant?

In the past, the IOL corrected distance vision only; this is called a monofocal implant. Patients who undergo cataract surgery with a monofocal implant still need reading glasses. Recent advances incorporate a bifocal into the IOL. The bifocal implant allows patients to read without glasses, drive without glasses, and do virtually all of their activities without glasses.

Dr. Peter J. Panton, a graduate of the Brown University School of Medicine, is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and former president of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society.

What will I experience during cataract surgery with a bifocal implant?

Cataract surgery is performed on an outpatient basis using eye drops to numb your eye; no shots are necessary. The operation takes approximately 20 minutes after which you will rest for a short time before going home. Post-operatively, you will be asked to instill eye drops for a few weeks after surgery. You will have 90% of you vision back within one day and your eye will be completely healed within two weeks.

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While most cataract patients are candidates for this technology, it is best to seek consultation with an ophthalmologist with experience in bifocal implants. If you want to reduce your dependence on glasses after cataract surgery, call Dr. Panton at 708-452-7200 to schedule an appointment.

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The Second Annual Dine-In Elmwood Park, Restaurant Week gives food lovers the opportunity to sample some of Elmwood Park’s finest local establishments. Participating restaurants will be offering special menus and pricing during the week of February 15th through the 24th.

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wo of Forest Park’s most essential institutions are entering 2019 taking bold and necessary steps toward a future of inclusive service to every resident. In the actions of the District 91 public elementary schools and the public library we see clearly the path forward for all of Forest Park in clear-eyed self-assessment and determined effort to define a shared future.

Racial equity in our schools Every person carries the weight and the biases of racial prejudice. It is simply the norm in a nation where race has scarred and scared us for centuries. In 2019 the only shame is to deny the reality of our biases and the way we have baked those fears and, for white people, the privileges of race into every institution.

Our public schools have been steadily facing up to these complex issues. And over the past year, District 91 has become ever more intentional in working toward solutions.

In January the school board took the fundamental step of approving an equity imperative, a choice that going forward every board decision will be looked at through the lens of racial equity.

What does that mean? Supt. Louis Cavallo said the district will overhaul its hiring practices to assure that over time the district’s faculty and staff will include a greater level of diversity. This year, working with the National Equity Project as its paid consultants, the district staff will undertake a clear-eyed assessment of how race factors into the day-to-day choices related to discipline and the designation of a child into special ed services.

In every school district you will find that students of color are disciplined at dramatically disproportionate rates to white students. And the percentage of black boys who wind up in special ed is the ultimate tracking tool.

There is hard work ahead as we are all reluctant to talk about race, to listen about race, to acknowledge the systemic inequities that have to be torn down. The starting point is to accept and identify our own biases without either denial or purposeless self-flagellation. Our school district is showing us the way.

The library’s open doors Innovation continues at the Forest Park Public Library where generations of stasis are gradually being shrugged off.

In mid-January, taking a creative approach to problemsolving, the library welcomed two social work interns from Loyola University’s graduate school. This is a first.

The interns will be at work three days a week through August working with staff and library patrons.

The need is ever clearer. There are more regular library visitors who need support services greater than those a librarian can supply. The interns will offer help, will be good listeners and then work to make connections with other agencies to help these individuals.

We’re way beyond the Dewey Decimal system here.

We’re into real people meeting the needs of other real people. Libraries are being actively reimagined and our library is at the forefront.

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Does power corrupt?

arlier this morning Pastor Walter Mitty dropped into the History/ Herstory Bookstore to see if Bernie Rolvaag had a copy of Casey Gerald’s memoir “There Will Be No Miracles Here.”

He had hear one reviewer on the radio say, “Gerald’s story shows. . .how power tuns people into puppets, how complicit we are in the construction of an American narrative that narrows so many lives down to nothing.” But just the night before he had watched Johnny Christian’s “Hour of Power,” in which the mega church preacher declared that God gives power to those who obey.

The difference between the two regarding power troubled him and he had to find out more, especially because his Poplar Park Community Church had less members than when he began there 20 years ago. And that made him feel pretty powerless.

As he was asking Bernie if he had the book in stock, Fr. Bob Sullivan walked in the door. Bernie greeted the pastor of St. Mary’s with, “Hey Padre, how’s it going?”

“OK, I guess,” the priest replied.

“You OK?” asked Mitty.

“I am a little down,” Fr. Sullivan admitted.

“What’s wrong,” asked Bernie.

“My church has really been taking a beating,” replied Fr. Sullivan.

“St. Mary’s?!”

“No, no,” Fr. Sullivan couldn’t help but laugh. “We might be a little boring but we’re certainly not in the middle of a controversy. No, I mean the Catholic Church. It seems like there is a new report of child abuse and a cover up in the news every day. I sometimes feel embarrassed to tell people I’m a Catholic.”

All three friends let that statement just sit there without needing to comment.

Fr. Sullivan broke the silence. “Sometimes I think that the root of the problem is how my church is governed. . . . . .you know, top down. Episcopal polity it’s called. A dictatorship really.”

“My parishioners,” the Franciscan continued, “tell me that they love St. Mary’s but are disillusioned with the hierarchy. Honestly, sometimes I feel that way too.

My order’s founder, St. Francis, taught that leadership was not about power but service.”

“Sounds like my condo board,” laughed Bernie. “No power. Lots of work. But seriously, I have a biography you might like. It’s about a guy named John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton.”

“Lord Acton,” said Mitty. “Wasn’t he the guy who said that power corrupts?”

“Exactly. The whole quote is, ‘Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men. . . .’ What makes that statement poignant for us today is that he made it in 1870, the same year that the First Vatican Council began.

That’s the council which promulgated the doctrine of papal infallibility and papal supremacy.”

“I hear what you are saying,” said Pastor Mitty, “but I have the opposite problem. Poplar Park Community

Church is independent. No denomination.

No bishops to tell me what to do or to cover up my sins.”

Fr. Sullivan and Bernie acknowledged the difference by nodding.

“My challenge is that my congregation is a democracy. You know, the people have the power. So they always tell me that they want me to be a strong leader. That is until they don’t like something I say or do. Then, they remind me that just as they had the authority to hire me, they also have the power to fire me.”

“For that I have another book in stock,” said Bernie with a self-congratulatory smile. “’On Liberty,’ by John Stuart Mill, was written just 11 years before Lord Acton made his statement about power. Among other things Mill talked about the ‘tyranny of the majority,’ that is when the majority gets too much power and that becomes another kind of tyranny. If that happens, look out if you are in the minority.”

“So what are we to do?” Pastor Mitty asked his two friends. “If top down power can corrupt leaders and oppress followers, bottom up power can lead the followers in a community to become tyrannical themselves.

What’s more, don’t we need power to get something done.

Like electrical power. Without it, no computer, no printer, no email. I typed my college papers on a Smith Corona manual typewriter. Now I’m way more productive.”

“That’s true, Walt,” Bernie added, “and we used this nation’s enormous power to defeat fascism in the 1940s.”

“Talk about power,” said Pastor Mitty feigning deep depression, “Khalil Mack single handedly destroyed my Green Bay Packers.”

“That’s what you get,” teased Fr. Sullivan, “for being a cheese head living in Chicago.”

Laughing felt good to the three friends who found themselves getting depressed by wrestling with the conundrum of how to use power so it produces a blessing instead of a curse.

“I’m just now thinking about St. Francis again,” Fr. Sullivan said after pondering the issue. “If all of us adopted his life style, we’d all be living in the dark ages.”

“What we are seeing in Washington and in Springfield, in my opinion,” said Pastor Mitty feeling like he had just figured something out, “are examples of the abuse of too much power. But, on the other hand, aren’t many of us to blame for not exercising enough power. I saw a statistic online which revealed that only half of the eligible voters in Illinois actually voted. Isn’t that abuse of power by exercising too little of it?”

“So here we are in our little town of Poplar Park,” said Bernie, in an attempt to bring the discussion to a close, because a customer had just walked in the door.

“None of us have the power to single handedly change the world. And even if we did, what would prevent us from abusing it?”

As Pastor Mitty walked home, he made a kind of New Year’s resolution to use the power he has, while being mindful that like fire, it can heat your home and at that same time it can burn it down.

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O B I T U A R I E S

June J. Anderson, 86 Artist June Johanna Anderson, 86, died Jan. 17, 2019. She was born on Oct. 26, 1932 and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. She received a bachelor’s degree from Sioux Falls College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1953, majoring in elementary education and minoring in art.

She created beautiful works of art throughout her life. In addition, she worked as a medical secretary and transcriptionist. She was a devoted mother to her two daughters.

In 2016, June moved from the Altenheim Retirement Community in Forest Park, Illinois, where she’d lived since 2002, to Bridgeway Senior Living in Bensenville, Illinois.

Previously, June lived in many locations: Lafayette, Indiana (19841999); Newport News, Virginia (1974- 1984); Philadelphia (19671974); Franklin, Virginia (19631967); Berea, Ohio (1960-1963); Lowell, Massachusetts (1958-1960); and Berkeley, California (1953-1957).

June was an avid reader with a keen interest in history, religion, politics, and social justice. She loved playing word games.

A highly creative artist and craftswoman, June painted, sketched, sculpted, sewed, built furniture, made lamps, and worked with stained glass, and leather. She also liked to play hymns on her keyboard.

June is survived by her daughters, April Nauman of Oak Park and Connie Busch of Gales Ferry, Connecticut; by April’s daughter, Maggie O’Brien of Chicago;

by Connie’s children, Dorothy (Dustin) Naumann of Vero Beach, Florida, Robert (Cecile) Busch of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Paul Busch of New London, Connecticut; by Dorothy’s children, Clara, Evan, and Rose; and by Robert’s children, Kyle and Jackson.

Memorial visitation, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2 p.m. until time of service, 3 p.m., at Dreschler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home, 203 South Marion St., Oak Park.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to: The Southern Poverty Law Center, or the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Not easy to fill the shoes We were excited for the future of Forest Park when our friend, Rory Hoskins, decided to run for mayor as Mayor Calderone retires this spring.

Rory and his family were some of the first people we met when we moved to Forest Park in 2005. Rory was serving as a board member for Forest Park Youth Soccer at that time. He encouraged our girls to join the fun and persuaded us to coach and volunteer with him. Our children also attended school with Rory’s children and we respected his and Monique’s involvement and support of our schools and their programs, especially band and sports. Through the years we have known Rory as someone who cares very much about Forest Park and is committed to its prosperity. It is not easy to fill the shoes of a long-term, devoted mayor, but we believe Rory is just the person who can continue to build on Forest Park’s strengths in the future. We will gladly be voting for Rory in April.

Forest Park residents

Executive Director, Housing Forward

Michael G. Andrews, 75 Forest Park resident Michael G. Andrews, 75, lifelong resident of Forest Park. Passed away January 28, 2019. Beloved husband of the late Terry nee Bond. Loving father of Michael D. Andrews and Ronald (Ashley) Andrews. Cherished grandfather of Mackenzie and Vincent. Dear brother of Patrick (Donna) Andrews and William Andrews. Fond uncle of many nieces and nephews. Michael proudly served with the US Navy for 6 years (1961-1966). Service and interment held privately. Info. 708-3662200 or www.ZimmermanHarnett.com.

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Your Hometown Podiatrist for 30 Years DR. LORI LIPKIN CONSERVATIVE MEDICAL & SURGICAL TREATMENT OF: Orthopedic, Geriatric and Pediatric Foot Problems Diabetic and Vascular Foot Disorders Painful Bunions and Hammertoes Skin and Nail Disorders and Infections Heel and Arch Pain

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Polar Vortex? We got this!

The power of community was at work during last week’s recordsetting, life-threatening temperatures. With all public buildings closed on Wednesday and the lingering snap of freezing temperatures on Thursday, 66 men and women, with no place to go, were safe thanks to the combined efforts of the community we share.

Two congregations – Oak Park Temple and Grace Episcopal Church opened their doors continuously during the course of three days serving as both a warming center and hosting their regular PADS shelter night. A caravan of minivans and Prius cars with blinkers flashing formed a line to safely receive and transport Housing Forward clients, and all their belongings, between locations in the wee hours of the morning.

Calls and emails came flooding in, responding to social media blasts, asking, “How can I help?” Baked goods, power bars, bottled water, blankets, Dunkin’ Donut gift cards, transportation passes, hand warmers, board games, and winter clothing came pouring in. Congregational staff made everyone feel “at home,” volunteers prepared and served lunch, youth organizations collected supplies – no one went hungry, cold or unsheltered.

Thursday evening the Cook County Health and Hospitals System arrived at Oak Park Temple with a van and shuttle to transport clients for the last chaperoned trip to the PADS Shelter at First United Methodist Church. After 67 hours, the seamless overnight shelter and warming center coverage and the polar vortex of 2019 was over.

We the staff THANK YOU SINCERELY on behalf of our grateful clients who were on the receiving end of all this community’s effort, generosity, and kindness.

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24 HR. TOWING

L E T T E R S

Paul and Megan Roach

Lynda Schueler

Inequity is a systemic issue My husband and I have lived in Forest Park since 2002 and have been active in the community for over 10 years. I have coached T-Ball, been a Daisy leader and am currently serving on the Park District Foundation board to name a few. We have two daughters who are in the district. When my youngest was going into Kindergarten, I worked with a few other parents to create the Northside PTC (Parent Teacher Council). This is when my interest in our schools began. I have always thought of myself as a member of a team with my children’s teachers. When a spot opened up on the school board I decided to run. I wanted to learn even more about our schools and serve our community - to be a voice for them.

Since I have been on the school board, we have implemented a new schedule at the middle school that allows for longer blocks of core subjects, enhanced the curriculum by offering algebra to eighth grade and Spanish to seventh and eighth grade students as well as adopted a new assessment called Fastbridge that our students take three times a year. The results of this new assessment are available right away allowing for interventions to be made sooner. I believe that this will begin to raise our test scores as students are able to receive the support they need promptly and begin to

shrink the achievement gap between white and students of color.

In addition to believing that our test score must improve, I believe that our children deserve an equitable education. Last summer the school board began our work with the National Equity Project. This is an initiative I am very passionate about. We met for a few sessions and had to do some deep searching within ourselves and look at our own biases. By the end of our sessions we were able to develop the D91 Equity Imperative. All decisions we make going forward will be looked at through this new lens. The administration began their work last summer and our teachers will begin their work this year. Inequity is a systemic issue and the time is now to make a change.

I have served on the school board for two years and have learned so much, yet I believe that I still have so much I can learn. I want to continue and see through the equity work that is just beginning. I want to be part of a board that is able to shrink our achievement gap and see our test scores rise. I believe in educating the whole child. Test scores are only a small reflection of our student’s intellect. Our children need to have all the social and emotional supports we can provide them with.

Shannon Wood

Forest Park District 91 board of education

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Spreading the warmth, one sock at a time.

(Left to right) Rotarians Bill Planek (Oak Park Apartments), Mary Ann Bender (Dr. Mary Ann Bender Podiatry) and Lewis Jones (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage) with a few of the socks they helped collect for the homeless this winter.

Local podiatrist and Rotarian, Dr. Mary Ann Bender, offers a free foot clinic to the homeless who visit the Housing Forward shelters in our community. As she treats these vulnerable patients, Dr. Bender also distributes socks. It seems like a small gesture, but in Chicago’s winter the warmth of those socks can have an enormous impact on the health and well-being of homeless individuals and families. By mobilizing the efforts of her fellow Rotarians at the Rotary Club of Oak Park - River Forest, Dr. Bender collected hundreds of pairs of socks this winter.

But warm socks are just a piece of the Rotary story. It’s one example of how Rotary can magnify the efforts of a few to have an impact across the entire community.

Come join us and find out how your local action can have global impact! Call Amanda Young at 312.307.2201 or visit OPRFRotary.org.

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RELIGION GUIDE Presbyterian

Check First.

First Congregational Church of Maywood

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

Refreshments and fellowship follow the service.

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

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

William S. Winston Pastor

ELCA, Lutheran

Good Shepherd

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

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

Lutheran—ELCA

United Lutheran Church

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

Sunday Service 7AM, 9AM & 11:15AM Believer’s Walk of Faith Broadcast Schedule (Times in Central Standard Time) Television DAYSTAR (M-F)

3:30-4:00pm

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WJYS-TV (M-F)

6:30-7:00am

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WCIU-TV (Sun.)

10:30-11:00am

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Word Network

10:30-11:00am

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www.livingwd.org www.billwinston.org

West Suburban Temple Har Zion

1040 N. Harlem Avenue River Forest Meet our Rabbi, Adir Glick Pray, learn, and celebrate with our caring, progressive, egalitarian community.

Interfaith families are welcome.

Accredited Early Childhood Program Religious School for K thru 12 Daily Morning Minyan Weekly Shabbat Services Friday 6:30pm & Saturday 10:00am Affiliated with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 708.366.9000 www.wsthz.org

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

744 Fair Oaks Ave. Oak Park 386-4920 Sunday Schedule Christian Education for All Ages 9:00am Worship Service 10:00am

Child care available 9-11am

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

Roman Catholic

Ascension Catholic Church

www.unitedlutheranchurch.org

708/386-1576

(708) 697-5000 LIVE Webcast - 11:15AM Service

Fair Oaks

Lutheran-Independent

Grace Lutheran Church

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

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

Childcare Available

Grace Lutheran School

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

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

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

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

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

808 S. East Ave. 708/848-2703 www.ascensionoakpark.com Worship: Saturday Mass 5:00 pm Sunday Masses 7:30, 9:00, 11 am, 5:00 pm Sacrament of Reconciliation 4 pm Saturday Taize Prayer 7:30 pm First Fridays Feb.– Dec. & Jan. 1

Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor

Roman Catholic

St. Edmund Catholic Church

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

Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m.

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

Parish Office: 708-848-4417 Religious Ed Phone: 708-848-7220

St. Giles Family Mass Community

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

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

Our Mass is family-friendly.

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

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

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

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

Roman Catholic

St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

CELEBRATING OUR 107TH YEAR! Sat. Masses: 8:30am & 5:00pm SUNDAY MASSES: 8:00am & 10:30am 10:30 Mass-Daycare for all ages CCD Sun. 9am-10:15am Reconciliation: Sat. 9am & 4pm Weekday Masses: Monday–Thursday 6:30am Church Office: 708-366-0839 CCD: 708-366-3553 www.stbern.com Pastor: Fr. Stanislaw Kuca

Upcoming Religious Holidays

Feb 8 Nirvana Day

Buddhism, Jain, Sikh Mar 4 Maha Shivaratri Hinduism 5 Shrove Tuesday Christianity 6 Ash Wednesday / Lent begins Christianity

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

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PART-TIME EXEC SECRETARY The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Part-time Executive Secretary in the Development Customer Service Department. The ideal candidate will have excellent customer service skills, strong writing skills as well as multi-taking capabilities. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http:// www. oak-park.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y19000399 on January 23, 2019. Under the Assumed Business Name of NICE OUTDOOR DECORATING SERVICE with the business located at: 2844 W WALNUT ST, CHICAGO, IL 60612.

The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: JONATHAN KELLY 2844 W WALNUT ST CHICAGO, IL 60612 Published in Wednesday Journal 2/6, 2/13, 2/20/2019

As noted in the previous ad, the Village of Oak Park Program Year (PY) 2019 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) & Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) application process began January 31, 2019. Online application forms can be found at www.oak-park.us/PY2019grants For PY 2019, which runs from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020, there will be an estimated $215,000 available in Village Public Service CDBG funds, approximately $40,000 in Public Facility Improvement CDBG funds and approximately $125,000 in ESG funds. Other PY 2019 grant funds will be set aside for Village-run activities.

The federal CDBG program is a source of funding that addresses local housing & community development needs.

These funds are available to nonprofit organizations and other agencies that serve primarily low and moderate income persons residing in Oak Park. Each proposed activity must meet one of the CDBG Program’s National Objectives and be eligible. ESG funds are available to non-profit organizations that serve persons who are experiencing, or are atrisk of, homelessness. Individuals not representing agencies cannot apply for either of these grants.

To instruct potential Applicants on the grants and on the online application process, the Village will hold a Mandatory CDBGESG Application Workshop from 10 am to Noon, Thursday, February 7, 2019 in Room 101 of Village Hall at 123 Madison Street in Oak Park. All potential applicants must attend and reserve for the Workshop by contacting Elia Gallegos, Grants Coordinator, at 708.358.5419 or egallegos@oak-park.us Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and non-English speaking persons, as needed.

Published in Wednesday Journal 2/6/2019

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y19000348 on January 15, 2019. Under the Assumed Business Name of FÁS TRÍ COMHAR with the business located at: 7214 JACKSON BLVD APT 1D, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: CHRISTINE FLYNN, 7214 JACKSON BLVD APT 1D, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Published in Forest Park Review 1/23, 1/30, 2/6/2019

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Community Design Commission, acting as the Design Review Commission, of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday evening, February 27, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in Room 101 of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter: Cal. No. 01-19-DRC: 1133 South Boulevard, Lincoln Property Company Property Index Number 16-07-301-001-0000 The Applicant Lincoln Property Company is seeking variations from the following sections of the Sign Code of the Village of Oak Park, to permit the installation of two (2) projecting signs, one on the west elevation and one on the north elevation of the building, and two (2) wall signs, one on the north elevation and one on the south elevation of the building at the premises commonly known as 1133 South Boulevard, Oak Park, IL. 1. Section 7-7-15 (B) (1) (c), which section requires that the maximum area of a projecting signs located within the Corridor Commercial Sign Overlay District shall not exceed 32 square feet; whereas the proposal features two 85.25 square feet projecting signs, one of the west elevation and one on the north elevation of the building; and 2. Section 7.7.15 (B) (4), which section requires that the top of projecting signs shall not be located higher than 20 feet above a thoroughfare; whereas the proposal features two projecting signs located approximately 50 feet above the thoroughfare; and 3. Section 7.7.15 (D) (5), which section requires that wall signs shall be located on the sign frieze or the sign band of the building immediately above the first floor window and below the second floor window sills in the case of a two-story building; whereas the proposal features two wall signs, one on the north elevation and one on the south elevation located above the second floor window sill; and 4. Section 7.7.15 (D) (1)(b), which section requires that wall signs shall only be located along building elevations with street frontage; whereas the proposal features a wall sign along the south elevation of the building that does not have street elevation.

All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Administrator at 708.358.5449.

DATED AT OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, this 6th Day of February, 2019 Published in Wednesday Journal 2/6/2019

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF COMMUNITY MEETING A community meeting will be held Monday, February 18, 2019 at 6:30 pm in the Community Room in the Grove Apartments of Oak Park located at 442 S. Grove Avenue in Oak Park, Illinois. The meeting will be to discuss the proposed senior living facility development project located approximately at 711–725 Madison Street in Oak Park.

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I. TIME AND PLACE OF OPENING OF BIDS: Sealed Proposals for the remodeling described herein will be received at the office of the Brookfield - North Riverside Water Commission, 8636 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield IL 60513 until 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, February 26, 2019, and will be publicly opened and read at that time.

II. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The proposed work is officially known as BROOKFIELD - NORTH RIVERSIDE WATER COMMISSION BUILDING RENOVATIONS shall consists of the removal of existing roofing system; installation of roofing system, approximately 2,800 square feet of roof area. Also the restoration of portions of the existing masonry façade, window and lintel replacements.

III. INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS: A. Bid documents will be ready after 3:00 p.m. on, Monday, February 11, 2019. Only General Contractors may obtain bid documents by emailing their request. The email shall include General Contractor’s information of the following: Company Name, Address, City, State, Zip, Telephone, Fax, Contact Person. Documents will be emailed within 24 hours of the email request. Documents will not be issued if any the requested information is not received.

Email bid document request to: Eleni@API-Architects.net Proposal forms are non-transferable. Only those Proposals that have been obtained from, and with the approval of, API Architects will be accepted at the bid opening.

B. Only qualified General Contractors who can furnish satisfactory proof that they have per-

formed work of similar nature as Contractors will be entitled to receive Plans and submit Proposals. The Brookfield North Riverside Water Commission reserves the right to issue Bid Documents only to those Contractors deemed qualified.

C. All Proposals must be accompanied by a Bank Cashier’s Check, Bank Draft, Certified Check, or Bid Bond for not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount of the Bid, or as provided in the applicable sections of the “PROJECT MANUAL”.

D. No Bid may be withdrawn after opening of Proposals without the consent of the Owner for a period of forty-five (45) days after the scheduled time of opening of Bids.

E. The Contractor will be required to furnish a labor and material “Performance Bond” in the full amount of the Contract.

F. The Contractor will be required to pay Prevailing Wages in accordance with all applicable laws.

IV. AWARD CRITERIA AND REJECTION OF BIDS: This Contract will be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder considering conformity with the terms and conditions established by the Brookfield - North Riverside Water Commission in the Proposal and Contract documents. The issuance of Plans and Proposal forms for bidding based upon a pre-qualification rating shall not be the sole determinant of responsibility. The Brookfield - North Riverside Water Commission reserves the right to determine responsibility at the time of award, to reject any and all Proposals, to re-advertise the proposed improvements, and to waive technicalities.

BY ORDER OF: BROOKFIELD - NORTH RIVERSIDE WATER COMMISSION Published in Landmark 2/6/2019

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO HOME EQUITY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES 2007-2 TRUST, HOME EQUITY ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2 Plaintiff, -v.THERESA JACKSON, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Defendants 14 CH 010505 239 N. HILLSIDE AVENUE HILLSIDE, IL 60162 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 26, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 28, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 239 N. HILLSIDE AVENUE, HILLSIDE, IL 60162 Property Index No. 15-18-214-039.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the high-

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

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

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition

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of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-14-11449.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-14-11449 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 14 CH 010505 TJSC#: 39-487 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 18-008379 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3110705

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

TAWEE PIMSARN; SOTHSRI PIMSARN; PAKDEE YU; NOOPOTH STEVAUX; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 16942 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-17-111-026-0000.

Commonly known as 617 South Lombard Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60304.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.BENITO OJEDA A/K/A H. BENITO OJEDA A/K/A HORACIO B. OJEDA, LURDES MARTINEZ A/K/A LURDEZ MARTINEZ A/K/A LURDES OJEDA Defendants 15 CH 01793 1928 SOUTH 1ST AVE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 8, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 5, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1928 SOUTH 1ST AVE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-14-315-0210000; 15-14-315-038-0000.

The real estate is improved with a brown, brick, single family, two car detached garage.

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

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

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

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

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the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1).

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

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 252205.

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

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 252205 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 15 CH 01793 TJSC#: 39-482 I3111265

title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-15462.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-15462 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2017 CH 14351 TJSC#: 39-395 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Commonly known as 3043 MARION AVE, MELROSE PARK, IL 60164 Property Index No. 12-30-215-0030000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-06081.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-06081 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 07038 TJSC#: 38-9620 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector at-

tempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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

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

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

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-00440.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100

BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-16-00440 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 004497 TJSC#: 39-353 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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spection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 18-022015 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3111830

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.SHERRY M. FORD, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Defendants 2017 CH 14351 3911 GLADYS 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 February 2, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 26, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3911 GLADYS AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-16-114-0260000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR CARLSBAD FUNDING MORTGAGE TRUST Plaintiff, -v.EDITH ROBLES Defendants 2018 CH 07038 3043 MARION AVE MELROSE PARK, 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 December 5, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 7, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NA SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO BANK OF AMERICA, NA SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LASALLE BANK NA ON BEHALF OF THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-AQ1; Plaintiff, vs.

AMANDA MEATH AKA AMANDA K. MEATH AKA AMANDA K CRUEA; JEFFREY MEATH, JR. AKA AKA JEFFREY R. MEATH AKA JEFFREY MEATH; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA) NA; AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS, INC.; PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC; HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION III; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 15 CH 10779 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-29-404-037-0000.

Commonly known as 2823 Buckingham Ave, Westchester, IL 60154.

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

For information call Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

(312) 981-7385. SPSL.0399F INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3110785 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.LOUIS LITTLETON A/K/A LOUIS LITTLETON JR., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA–DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, STATE OF ILLINOIS–DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Defendants 16 CH 004497 3304 WILCOX AVENUE BELLWOOD, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 21, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 7, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3304 WILCOX AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-16-111-0350000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION BEAL BANK Plaintiff, vs.

PATRICIA NERI, AKA PATRICIA A. NERI Defendants, 18 CH 9182 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 12-33-106-018-0000.

Commonly known as 10106 BELDEN, MELROSE PARK, IL 60164.

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

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 18-019351 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3110710 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK NA; Plaintiff, vs.

BARBIE ELERSON AKA BARBIE HURST AKA BARBIE ELERSON HURST; PARK TERRACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; Defendants, 18 CH 10199 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, March 18, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-13-300-022-1073.

Commonly known as 1013 South Des Plaines Avenue, Unit B401, Forest Park, IL 60130.

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

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

FRANCESCO MANCINI; JENNIFER MANCINI AKA JENNIFER MCLEAN; LIONS GATE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 17 CH 15605 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, March 15, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-07-315-029-1005.

Commonly known as 336 South Maple Avenue, Unit 2B, Oak Park, Illinois 60302.

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

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 19-001387 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3111611

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The Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informedthat all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll free at: 1-800-669-9777.

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INC., REALTOR

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(708) 366-8989 7342 MADISON ST, FOREST PARK, ILLINOIS 60130

904 ELGIN

317 N. HARVEY

D L O S

This top-to-bottom renovation offers the perfect marriage of high end updates and original charm. The attention to detail starts in the entryway with hand restored vintage wallpaper which leads to a gracious foyer, open living room, dining room and gourmet kitchen; all rehabbed with impeccable attention to detail. Custom built-ins compliment restored original woodwork on every floor. Large fenced in back yard with a new 2 car garage. ................................................................................. $777,500

1016 LATHROP AVE Cute

DER T N U RAC T N O C

Two bedroom, One bath A vintage cottage set on a country like lot with it's mature pine trees and decorative tile work on the front columns and decorative corbels. This one owner home has withstood the test of time.

Meticulously maintained, the home was converted to all electric in 1960.

At this time, unlike almost all bungalows, every wall was opened up and insulated. A modern touch of space pac central air was installed. The present owner maintained a temperature of 72 degrees in the winter and 70 degrees in the summer. The average bill for heat, AC, hot water domestic elect. was $161 per month. It is understood from the current owner that there is oak flooring throughout the living room, dining room, and of course the bedrooms.

The basement has surprisingly high ceiling height and is ready for the finishing touch. Also ready to be finished is the large open attic space. .. $ 229,900

1016 CIRCLE AVENUE little

Georgian needs your R E ideas and love! Jump D in at this price and UN RACT right add your creativity to T this little two bedroom CON one bath charmer. Living

room, eat in kitchen on the first floor and two bedrooms plus bath on the second floor. There is also an unfinished basement. Super lovely and private yard plus two car garage! Very close to blue line "L" stop, Forest Park aquatic center, brand new fitness center and tennis courts! .....................................................................................$179,900

317 ELGIN

D L SO

Six year young remodel top to bottom! Three bedrooms on the main floor and one in the fully finished basement. NEW plumbing/windows/HVAC/electric/and two car garage in 2012! Totally refinished kitchens and bathrooms! Granite counter tops, stone back splash, custom trim work. Just one block to the amazing park district tennis courts, aquatic center, and brand new fitness center! A short walk to the blue line "L" stop and downtown shopping, restaurants and night life! ......................................................................... $269,000

NEW LISTING! 2,450 S.F. OF LUXURY! Center unit! 4 floors of living! Enormous master with a soaking tub and enclosed shower, walk in closet, and a private balcony. 2nd fl. offers 2 additional large bedrooms, walk in closet, storage, and full bath. 1st fl is all oak flooring, living room with a fireplace and eating area, and an eat in kitchen.

Bedroom #4 is located in the fully finished basement with a family room area, and full bathroom. 1 space garage. This is the LARGEST TOWNHOME on the market IN FOREST PARK!! $389,000

CE I R P D E C U RED

7449 WASHINGTON

631 MARENGO

TWO BEDROOM 1.1 BATHROOMS. Kitchen remodeled 4 years ago, baths were updated with ceramic floors and tub surround bedrooms and living room are carpeted.

Two sleeve A/C units .

Newer kitchen appliances. Covered parking.

Close to Madison business district restaurants and shops. ....................................................................................... $121,000

IT DOES NOT GET MUCH BETTER than this home! A true Forest Park gem that checks everything off of your wish list. Highlights include: walkable to everything the area has to offer, seemingly endless storage options, 4 large bedrooms on the 2nd floor, high ceilings, wide staircase, second floor laundry, full basement, brand new wood windows, brand new over-sized garage, hardwood floors, crown molding, granite, marble, stainless steel appliances, and 42" kitchen cabinets in eat in kitchen! This home is turn key and ready for new owners! $549,000

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2019-2020 Preschool & Kindergarten Registration Preschool Registration

Kindergarten Registration

• District 91 offers a preschool program for children, ages 3-5, five days a week. To enroll, children must be 3 years of age on or before September 1, 2019.

• If you have a child who is currently enrolled in preschool and will be five years old prior to September 1, 2019, they will be enrolled in Kindergarten. You will call the schools in late spring to set up a screening and registration appointment for the first week of August, 2019. Your child will need to attend the appointment with you.

• Registration for new students: - Beginning Friday, March 1, 2019, please call Diane Rice, school secretary, 708-366-6945, to set up your registration and screening appointment.

- Registration/screening dates are Monday, May 6 and Monday, May 13, 2019 at Garfield School.

- Registration/screening times are from 9 am - 2 pm each day, and both the parent/guardian and child must be present.

• Space is very limited. Upon completion of screening, registration and paid fees ($100 for the year) a child’s enrollment will be secured in the Forest Park Preschool program.

• Families who reside south of 290 will call and attend Betsy Ross School. Families who reside north of 290 will call and attend Garfield School.

If you child has an IEP, information about next school year will be discussed at the Annual Review meeting, which is scheduled with each individual family.

Beginning Friday, March 1, 2019, please call Diane Rice, school secretary, 708-366-6945, to set up your registration and screening appointment.

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