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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Mayor wants community center playground upgrade Equipment out of date and fencing inadequate

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins wants the playground at the Howard Mohr Community Center, 7640 Jackson Blvd., to be upgraded and modernized and Village Administrator Moses Amidei is looking into how much an upgrade would cost.

Hoskins says that the playground, which includes an old jungle gym on a woodchip surface is very out of date.

“I think the playground equipment that’s back there has been there since around the ’80s,” Hoskins told the Review. “It’s pretty barren. … The fact that it’s in the same conditions of the ’80s says a lot.”

Community Center Director Karen Dylewski agrees that an upgrade is needed and the present jungle gym is out of date.

“Of course, it’s out of code and everything, but it’s been grandfathered in,” Dylewski said.

Amidei told the Review that he is in the process of getting cost estimates for new playground equipment, a modern rubberized surface, resurfacing the asphalt portion of the playground, and erecting new fencing around the playground area.

He estimated that it would cost at least $200,000. He hopes to bring the issue to the village council sometime in the not-too-distant future.

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THOSE WERE THE DAYS: When The Park was flooded and frozen and kids stayed out all day and sometimes even the Blackhawks showed up.

When winter was fun … at least for kids

By TOM HOLMES

Contributing Reporter

Denny Crotty was only 5 years old when he saw the Blackhawks professional hockey team holding practice in the village park on Harrison Street.

Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita didn’t show up, but Chico Maki, Bill White and Keith Magnuson did, along with lesserknown teammates, allowing all the kids in town to see their sports idols up close.

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“The outside of the rink,” recalled Crotty, “was filled with people. They even let a few teenagers come on the ice and skate with them.”

“Those were the days before global warming,” explained Dave Novak who became the park’s director years after the Blackhawks skated in the park, “when it would snow at the beginning of December. That’s in contrast to 2021 when there was no snow at all during that month.”

Crotty and Novak explained that the rink on which the Blackhawks skated was created over the tennis courts.

Tubing for refrigerant was installed either under or on top of the courts — neither one could remember — along with dasher boards along the sides and goals. When the temperature dipped below freezing the park staff would hook a hose up to a fire hydrant across the street and flood the rink. It was the first See WINTER on page 6

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Forest Park formalizes ADA transition plan

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Forest Park wants feedback on ADA transition plan Formalizing a plan, setting priorities

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By IGOR STUDENKOV

The plan calls for the village to look at all of its streets and catalogue barriers to accessibility. This can include fire hydrants The Village of Forest Park is developing a obstructing the way, lack of street median plan for making sidewalks and other public refuge islands at crossings of major streets, rights of way within its boundaries compli- gaps in sidewalks and issues with sidewalk ant with the Americans with Disabilities and driveway slopes. The village will then Act. develop a list of priorities.

While the act requires all muThe plan notes that some of nicipalities to develop a Transithe biggest issues happen on tion Plan for Public Rights of state-owned roads. Any imWay, there haven’t been many provements there would need penalties for not following to be approved by the Illinois through on this long-time proviDepartment of Transportation. sion. According to a 2020 study The village will incorporate by the Chicago-based Metropolithe aforementioned findings tan Planning Council, in the 30 into its regular street mainyears since ADA passed in 1990, tained plans and 5-year capiMOSES AMIDEI only 11 percent of Chicago area tal plans. It will put particular Village administrator municipalities adopted the plan. priority on bringing sidewalk and ADA coordinator But the federal government is ramps at intersections into expected to make passing a plan compliance. When a private dea requirement for receiving fedveloper brings their plans to the eral funding. village, Forest Park will check to see whethVillage Administrator Moses Amidei, who er the developments meet ADA requirealso serves as Forest Park’s ADA Coordina- ments. The plan does include a caveat that tor, presented a plan to the village council larger-scale street improvement projects during its Feb. 14 meeting. He said that he would hinge on funding availability. shared the earlier draft of the plan with the Amidei told the council that much of Forest Park’s Progress Center for Indepen- what’s in the plan is something the village dent Living and made some changes based already does – this would simply set it down on the feedback he received. Now, he intends on paper as an official policy. He said that to release the updated plan for public review some of the major priorities would include for the next 30 days and bring it back to the Circle Avenue and Harrison Street improvevillage council for potential approval. ments.

The Forest Park Public Rights of Way Amidei also mentioned that the village ADA Transition Plan would deal with is currently looking at a grant to get fundstreets, but not village-owned buildings and ing to catalogue trees on the public rights parking lots. The plan introduction notes of way. He said he expected to have more that Forest Park adheres to ADA when do- information on it during the next meeting ing road improvement projects – but this on Feb. 28. does mean that accessibility can vary quite While the plan is not available as a sepaa bit depending on what got repaired or re- rate document as of Feb. 15, it is included in habbed in the last 31 years. the Feb. 14 meeting packet.

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Boykin’s back, running vs. Preckwinkle for county prez Former county commissioner served from 2014-18

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Former Cook County Board member and Oak Park resident Richard Boykin is going to challenge Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle in the June Democratic primary.

“We will have an announcement in a couple of weeks, but I think it’s safe to say that we’re in the race,” Boykin said in a telephone interview last week. “The petition passing has been going exceedingly well.

People are signing our petitions and encouraging us to fight for them. To make sure that we have a much safer Cook County and we have an affordable Cook County.”

Boykin’s plan to run for County Board president was first reported in the Illinois Politico Playbook.

Boykin, a 53-year-old lawyer, served on the County Board from 2014 until 2018. During his time on the county board Boykin repeatedly clashed with Preckwinkle. He led the opposition to the controversial sugared

three term incumbent Preckdrink tax that was quickly rewinkle. pealed and voted against raising “I want to make Cook County the county’s portion of the sales neighborhoods safer and I want tax by a penny. When he ran for to also make sure that people reelection Boykin was narrowly can afford to live in Cook Coundefeated in the 2018 Democratty,” Boykin said. “We’ve had an ic primary by a Preckwinkle explosion of car jackings, we’ve backed candidate, Brandon had an explosion of theft, and Johnson. In the 2020 Democratic the county board president has primary Boykin ran for Clerk of abdicated her responsibility the Circuit Court Clerk but finRICHARD BOYKIN to protect the people of Cook ished third in a four-candidate County.” field capturing 25 percent of the He said that if Preckwinkle vote.

Boykin, a former chief of staff for Cong. has not solved these problems in 12 years as Danny K. Davis (D-7th District), noted that county board president she never will do so.

“President Preckwinkle has done all that he carried Oak Park, Proviso and Thornton Township as well as all 18 Black wards in she can do,” Boykin said. “She’s been there the city of the Chicago in the Clerk of the for 12 years and if you can’t get it done in 12 Circuit Court race. In 2015 Boykin flirted years then, quite frankly, you’re not going to with the idea of running for the U.S. Senate get it done.”

Boykin denied that his candidacy will be but ultimately did not run. Boykin said that a personal grudge match against Preckwinhe was proud of his 2020 race for Clerk of the Circuit Court and noted that he received kle and is an act of revenge for Preckwinkle backing a candidate who defeated him four nearly 200,000 votes.

“I feel pretty good about it and I don’t years ago.

“I’m a bridge builder and this has nothing think people will say Richard’s a perennial candidate,” Boykin said. “I’ve run for coun- to do with that race in 2018,” Boykin said.

“This has all to do with the alarming rise ty offices and that’s it.”

Boykin plans to emphasize crime and the in violence in Cook County, that I predicted, cost of living, including high Cook County by the way, when I was on the Cook County property and sales taxes, in his race against board.”

Although Preckwinkle, who also serves as the chairwoman of the Cook County Democratic Party, has easily won all her races for County Board president her popularity seems to have waned some over her years in office. Preckwinkle ran for mayor of Chicago in 2019 and although she made the runoff, she received only 26.3 percent of the vote in the runoff election against Lori Lightfoot.

Preckwinkle’s campaign spokeswoman said that Preckwinkle is running on her record.

“President Preckwinkle has shown exemplary leadership during her decade as county board president and looks forward to seeking reelection to a fourth term,” said Preckwinkle campaign spokeswoman Hannah Fierle in an email. “She has upheld the county’s legacy commitments to providing affordable, accessible healthcare to residents, advancing criminal justice reform and public safety, and in the last term, providing support and recovery resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. She is proud of the broad support she has earned for another term.”

Also gathering petition signatures and planning to run for county board president is Zerlina Smith-Members, a resident of the Austin neighborhood of Chicago and a longtime community activist.

‘Our patience has run out’ – D209 union sets Feb. 18 strike date Negotiating session between Proviso Teachers Union and Supt. Henderson breaks down

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Teachers, social workers, librarians and school counselors in Proviso Township High School District 209 are headed for a strike after the Proviso Teachers Union (PTU), an affiliate of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, and D209 administrators failed to reach a contract agreement during the latest round of talks last Saturday.

The move comes roughly two weeks after 98% of the PTU’s 280 members voted to authorize a strike. Union officials said at the time that D209 Supt. James Henderson was not bargaining in good faith, a claim the union reinforced in a Feb. 12 statement announcing that an official strike date has been set for Feb. 18.

“By cutting today’s mediation session short once again, Supt. Henderson proved that he is not honest or serious about doing what is right for our students and educators,” PTU President Maggie Riley said in the statement.

“We’ve offered dates to continue bargaining every day through Feb. 18, including Super Bowl Sunday, to avoid a strike, but Supt.

Henderson refuses to meet in advance of our strike date,” she said.

In a statement released Feb. 12, D209 officials said the “union did not respond to the district’s most recent offer before negotiations concluded today,” adding that the district and union “will continue to discuss other opportunities to meet before Feb. 18, which is the earliest date the teachers could strike.”

The next two negotiating sessions are scheduled for Feb. 23 and March 9 — both after the Feb. 18 strike date. The sessions have been facilitated by a federal mediator since July 2021.

Heading into last Saturday’s mediation session, the union seemed optimistic about the contract talks. In a statement posted on Feb. 9 to Proviso Teachers Care, the Facebook page administered by union leaders and where the union has been posting official statements, union officials said that “some progress was made” during a negotiating session that night, “but there is still work to be done.”

But after the latest session on Saturday evening, the union said the two sides are still some ways apart on compensation and class sizes.

“PTU members are also asking the administration to balance and reduce class sizes at each high school (East, West, and Math

and Science Academy),” according to the union’s Feb. 12 statement. “Smaller class sizes have been proven to increase student learning.”

Regarding pay, the union, whose members have been working without a contract agreement for nearly eight months, initially sought a 5-year agreement, with 6% salary increases for each of those five years.

In their most recent offer submitted to the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board on Jan. 27, union negotiators said the union has monitored rising inflation, which was at 7% in December 2021 comProvided pared to December 2020, and that union Proviso Mathematics and Science Academy in members had gotten a pay raise of 5.25% Forest Park. in the 2014-15 school year “during less inflationary times.”

The district also said that it had “agreed

By Jan. 31, the union was proposing a 5-year contract that would include a 5.7% to the union’s demand to remove our propay raise for each year of the contract. The posed requirement for teachers to provide district was proposing a 2-year contract lesson plans to school administrators.”

According to the 2020-21 Illinois School Rewith no pay increase the first year and a 5% port Card, the teacher retention rate in D209 increase in the second year.

By Feb. 12, D209 officials said they “made is 82% — below the state average of 87% and movement on salary” by increasing their of- below surrounding districts of comparable fer from 6% to 6.5% over three years, with a size, which have retention rates between 2% raise in the first year, and 2.25% in the See STRIKE on page 4 second and third years.

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As going green gets costlier, village seeks fed funds for lot Vote to repave village lot delayed as mayor seeks fed grant

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

Forest Park’s Village Council decided to hold off taking action on the contract to make the village-owned employee parking lot at 510 Des Plaines Ave. green and permeable after Mayor Rory Hoskins suggested that a federal grant could address several commissioners’ concerns about the project costs.

The project, which is already partially funded by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), would replace asphalt with permeable pavement, so that, instead of draining into the sewer, rainwater would seep underneath the pavement, where it would be stored and slowly released into the sewer system. That would keep around 40,000 gallons worth of stormwater from going to the sewers all at once, reducing flooding. But with the pandemic driving up the cost of materials and labor costs, several trustees questioned the wisdom of spending money to repave a parking lot that isn’t in any urgent need of repaving.

Supporters argued that the project would still be a long-term benefit and pointed out

that not spending MWRD money now would force the village to give up the funding and reapply for it again, when it might not be granted.

In 2020, Forest Park estimated that the project would cost around $288,000. MWRD agreed to cover 70% of the construction costs, or $201,600. The village would be responsible for the remaining $86,400, as well as $28,800 in construction engineering costs.

While the lowest bid, which was submitted by Lake Zurich-based Chicagoland Paving Contractors Inc., wasn’t as high as the village feared, it was still higher than the original estimate, with the local share of construction costs going up to $143,400 and engineering cost going up to $35,000. Since the amount MWRD is providing is fixed in the agreement, Forest Park would need to cover the increase from its own budget.

Commissioner of Streets and Public Improvements Ryan Nero said that, while he supported the project’s goals, he felt that the money would be better spent on infrastructure issues that he thought were more pressing, such as alley resurfacing and lead service lines replacement.

“I fully understand the benefits of water retention and being green,” he said. “I just think the cost outweighs the benefits for the village in this case.”

Commissioner of Public Property Jessica Voogd argued that the flood mitigation benefits would still be a good investment, and pointed out that, if Forest Park gives up the

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from page 1 “I’m probably looking at mid-March at the earliest,” Amidei said. “We’re very, very in the infancy stage of this project, but it’s something that the mayor would like to see.”

Amidei says that the playground does not meet modern standards.

“The jungle gym is in dire need of a refresh,” Amidei said. “Hopefully, we’ll be able to get away from the woodchip surfacing and go to a rubberized surfacing.”

Amidei said the village could pay for improvements to the playground by using federal money from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 or using a state capital grant.

He said a source of funding would be something for village commissioners to decide.

Hoskins said better fencing is needed, especially in the rear of the playground area that is adjacent to a wooded area that separates the playground from the CTA Blue Line terminal property.

“I believe that homeless people live in the shrubbery on the other side of the fence,”

funding now, it may not get it again.

“Green infrastructure is the commitment that we make to the future,” she said.

“Right now, everything that hits those lots runs into the combined sewer, and when it gets overtaken, it leads to flooding. To slow down, any of that -- I think it’s a pretty great value.”

Commissioner Maria MaxFILE ham said that, while she wanted green infrastructure, Forest Park Village Hall she didn’t feel she could justify spending money on a parking lot that doesn’t need repairs when “the money is really tight right thought that, if it would help with future now for the village.” grants, it was worth a serious considerVillage Administrator Moses Amidei said ation. the green infrastructure projects could help After some back and forth, Hoskins said the village get grants further down the line that, on Feb. 11, he was alerted that the vil– but so could adopting a green infrastruc- lage might be eligible for some funds authoture plan without necessarily implementing rized by the federal Water Resources Develevery part of it. opment Act, which, among other things, “There is a cost of going green,” he said. provides funding to improve water infra“It may be appropriate for certain situa- structure. He said that an informational tions, it may not be in others, but we’re deal- session would take place on Feb. 18. ing with an increase in project costs in light After Amidei said the village had unof the pandemic.” til June to enter the contract, the council Commissioner of Accounts and Finance agreed to table the matter until its March Joseph Byrnes leaned toward Voogd’s per- 14 meeting, when they would have a better spective, saying he too was worried about idea whether they would be able to get the “$201,000 going out the door” and that he federal funding for the project.

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VINTAGE: The community center’s playground hasn’t been updated since the 1980s.

Hoskins said. “There’s a lot of bottles that suggest that people may be drinking alcohol back there.”

Dylewski also said better fencing is needed.

“We need it done. We need proper fences around it,” Dylewski said.

89% (Morton) and 97% (Lyons).

“Teachers are seeking an agreement that ensures their predominantly Black and Brown students receive the same highquality education as neighboring mostly white districts,” the union said in its Feb. 12 statement.

“To keep good teachers in our district we must pay them like professionals,” Riley said. “While our administrator salaries are among the highest in the area, teacher salaries don’t measure up with comparable districts. On top of that, the district is proposing eliminating the current teacher retirement benefit.”

In its statement, D209 officials said the district “is committed to ongoing good faith negotiations to avoid a strike by reaching a fair and fiscally responsible multiyear contract agreement that serves the best interests of all stakeholders – students, parents, teachers and the local residents who pay

taxes to support our schools.”

If previous negotiating sessions are any indication, it’s unlikely that the two sides will hammer out an agreement before the Feb. 18 strike date.

Union members said they have asked to meet with Supt. Henderson on weekends and for negotiations to last more than two hours, but that the superintendent has refused.

The union said the superintendent and his bargaining team, which includes Henderson and another administrator, have also consistently failed to comply with the bargaining ground rules that both sides agreed to in May 2021. There are currently no board members on the district’s negotiating team.

The superintendent has not responded directly to the union’s claims and has consistently declined requests for comment throughout the negotiating process.

“The union stands ready to negotiate at any time,” the union said in its Feb. 12 statement. “Educators had hoped to reach an agreement to avoid disrupting the basketball playoffs next weekend, but it’s clear Supt. Henderson doesn’t share that priority.”

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Smooth-Ish blends community, health and fun High school sweethearts offer juices, smoothies and acai bowls

By MELISSA ELSMO Oak Park Eats Editor

Chasing fulfillment and more time together, high school sweethearts and business owners, Ismeal “Ish” Le Dezma and Heidy De la Cruz have opened a brick-andmortar juice bar in Forest Park. SmoothIsh, 7415 Madison St., serves up a healthy and colorful selection of cold pressed juices, wholesome smoothies, and hearty smoothie bowls.

“We are not super hippie,” laughed Le Dezma. “We don’t want Smooth-Ish to be intimidating. We’d like to introduce people to a healthier lifestyle and teach people about unfamiliar ingredients like goji berries, but we always want to be approachable.”

While De la Cruz considers herself a “fruit and veggie convert,” Le Dezma recollects eating a whole watermelon with a spoon as a child. He was raised with a generous backyard garden known for producing an annual bumper crop of cucumbers and tomatoes.

“I never really thought about it before, but as I child my snacks were fresh garden cucumbers sprinkled with lime and salt,” said Le Dezma.

“Fruits and vegetables have always been part of who I am.”

“It’s true,” laughed De la Cruz.

“Whenever we’ve needed a snack, Ish says he just wants a juice.”

Smooth-Ish is a natural extension of Le Dezma’s childhood veggie-focused

snacking and love of juices, but this is a first foray into small business ownership for the engaged couple who have been Forest Park residents since 2017. Le Dezma works as a transport engineer and De la Cruz is a firstgrade teacher at a Chicago public school.

Both continue to work fulltime in their respective careers while trusted family runs the juice bar during the week.

Le Dezma, who enjoyed working in his uncle’s Mexican restaurant in his youth, began experimenting with juice combinations and smoothie recipes during pandemic related lockdowns. Over time his quarantine hobby became a more serious endeavor and he and his fiancé became focused on making their juice habit a viable business.

“I am all about Ish doing what makes him happiest and opening this juice bar is part of that,” said De La Cruz.

The duo hopes Smooth-Ish will serve as an introduction to a healthier lifestyle for some customers and become a destination for health-conscious residents and local

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Ismeal “Ish” Le Dezma and Heidy De la Cruz, co-owners of Smooth-Ish, are eager to bring healthy juices and smoothies to health-conscious locals.

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An assortment of smoothie bowls and juices from Smooth-Ish in Forest Park.

families. The menu at Smooth-Ish is made up of a bevy of interchangeable ingredients to create inherent menu flexibility. Juices are cold pressed to order with nearly two pounds of produce being used in a single serving. The COGA has proven to be a popular choice among juice fanatics and features a sunny mix of carrot, orange, grapefruit and apple juice. De la Cruz is quick to recommend “The Beet” — a garnet colored combination of apple, beet, lemon and ginger.

The “banana and spice” smoothie is a creative menu offering made with banana, almond butter, almond milk, date paste, agave, ginger and a warming blend of spices including cinnamon, cardamom, anise, nutmeg. Since opening, however, filling smoothie bowls have been gaining in popularity. The berry bowl, with a base of mango, strawberry, goji berries, cashews, and almond milk, is a customer favorite thanks to filling garnishes including granola, bananas, chia seeds and a drizzle of almond butter.

For now, the recipes used at Smooth-Ish predominantly feature fruits and vegetables, but the owners intend to introduce protein powders and collagen peptides to their smoothies and juices in the near future. Additionally, the couple is developing recipes to honor their heritage. De la Cruz is excited to offer a healthy spin on morir so-

ñando. The drink, traditionally made from lemon or orange juice with milk and sweetener, is a nod to the Dominican Republic. A healthy riff on Horchata, a sweet rice water beverage flavored with cinnamon, will pay respect to Le Dezma’s Mexican heritage.

Le Dezma and De la Cruz opened SmoothIsh in late December and have been enjoying a gradual increase in business. Opening during the winter months allowed the young entrepreneurs to get familiar with owning a food related business in advance of a natural increase in business during warmer months.

They prize Forest Park for its small-town charm and city access, proximity to family living in neighboring suburbs, quiet lifestyle and community feel. They also noted Forest Park’s diversity was a draw when selecting a place to put down roots for their future family.

“We want to add value to Forest Park by participating in community events and doing things like sponsoring a T-ball team,” said Le Dezma. “We want Smooth-Ish to be a business that allows us to value ourselves and the community around us. Pleasing our customers is a top priority and we are excited to be a part of Madison Street.”

Smooth-Ish is open Monday through Friday from 8am-5pm and Saturday-Sunday from 11am-4pm.

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PTO connects families with schools during COVID Spring may bring outdoor shared gatherings

By JILL WAGNER Contributing Reporter

Every school is unique yet the connection between parents, students, teachers and support staff enhances every community.

With in-person events on hold, the South Parent Teacher Organization, serving Betsy Ross and Field Stevenson grade center is one of the parent organizations that has pivoted to plan and organize in a year of restrictions. Undeterred, the PTO has worked to carry on with engaging and connecting families and schools.

“Programs have been on hold, many of our events like STEM Night and the Spring Fling have been paused,” said Kristin Pekoll, PTO president, who has been in office since 2020. As the weather warms up, they hope to gather outdoors again.

Determined to continue to support the schools, Pekoll credits her leadership team, the “Mom Squad,” of mostly second grade moms, Monica Rountree, Rachel Ernst, Ebony Murray and Karrie Schlicting who have been connecting families and teachers in this unusual year.

“We have been helping to communicate information through the families, including

the vaccine clinic, and have had representation at the school board meetings and Citizens Advisory Council,” she said.

With boosts from creative fundraisers, its next project is to stock the teachers’ lounge with snacks, mints, energy drinks and small items to pamper the teachers on their breaks. This Valentine’s Day they sent students home with Valentine’s for the Teachers, encouraging students to answer questions about their teacher and share how they love them. Staff at Betsy Ross and Field Stevenson received a gift of brownies and cookies from Twisted Cookie in Forest Park.

Hosting contactless fundraisers like the FunDrive, where families were encouraged in December to “purge before the splurge,” the PTO collected items for a nonprofit organization that loaded the items and paid per pound of material collected. With a second year of limited social contact, “sharing ideas from our other parent organizations has been incredibly helpful.”

“We are giving a network of support to our teachers and spotlighting all the support staff, social workers, nurses, custodians and librarians and others who are connected to each other,” said Pekoll.

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What is now the building used for the park’s day camp was built as a warming facility where skates were rented, hot chocolate was sold at a concession stand, and the Zamboni was parked. Novak explained that the rink did not last for many years, because it was expensive to run and revenue from patrons and skate parties did not come in as expected.

Gunzo’s hockey store, which was located at that time where the U-Haul store is now, seems to have had something to do with the Blackhawks’ appearance. Crotty remembers how many of Blackhawks would have their skates sharpened there and he and his buddies would run over and get autographs.

For many years before and after the illfated hockey rink, the park would create a much larger skating rink on what is now the soccer field. Novak, who started working at the park in 1974, explained the process.

“After the first good snowfall, we would plow the field, building up banks around its perimeter. We would then spray the banks with water and let them freeze before hooking a hose up to another fire hydrant on Harrison and flooding the field.” Sometimes, he recalled, the bank would not hold and, like a

dyke breaking, the water flowed out toward the tennis courts, making the skating area even larger.

Crotty, who lived on Beloit just a few doors from the park entrance, said he and his buddies would go to the park district on winter Saturdays at 8 a.m. and not get home till 9 that night. The laces on his skates would be so frozen that he would have to sit in the hallway at home for up to half an hour and let the laces thaw out enough to take his skates off.

“If it had snowed the night before,” he said, “we’d put three or four garbage cans side by side and use them like a snowplow to clear off the rink.” He and his friends would do a poor man’s version of barrel jumping

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A group of volunteers delivers FunDrive supplies in December.

Another fundraiser is an ongoing Shop with Scrip where a person can purchase gift cards from Scrip then use the gift card (physical and electronic) for their purchases from local stores and restaurants. Everyday purchases earn a percentage to support

the South PTO and all the funds go back to supporting the classrooms and people who support the students at the schools.

Next up, look for the mom squad and supporting cast in the Forest Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

with those same garbage cans, lining them up on the ice.

If Crotty and his buddies got tired of skating, they would move over to the toboggan slide which was located near the northeast corner of the park. The hill was about 15 feet high and the structure on top added another two stories.

“We used to take buckets of water,” said Crotty, “from our housPROVIDED es, pour them down the toboggan slide and we’d skate down after it froze. Sometimes we would pour it on kids as they were going down. We’d bring our wooden slides with steel runners, pile five guys on top of each other and see how far we could go.”

Crotty, who started working at the park’s Buildings and Groups Department in 1995, said that his crew would put the structure up at the beginning of December and take it down in the spring.

And if they got tired of going down the toboggan slide, Crotty and his gang would go skitching. Novak explained, “Skitching is when you grab hold of the back bumper of a vehicle and let it pull you along. Forty years ago they did not plow the snow all the way

down to the pavement and they did not use a lot of salt, so you could slide along behind the vehicle.”

“That would work fine,” Crotty added, “until you hit a manhole cover or a dry spot! Back in those days we had milk trucks which would stop frequently at houses along the street. Those frequent stops made them good for skitching. We would hide in the bushes and when the truck slowed down we’d run out and grab onto the bumper.”

“It was totally dangerous,” Novak admitted with a laugh, “but if the driver knew you, he’d sometimes drive a little more slowly.”

Barone’s Drug Store used to be on Harrison Street right across from the park.

“It had an old-time soda fountain,” Crotty remembered. “We’d go in there with our skates on to get hot chocolate, and the pharmacist, Ted Angelo, would yell at us not to come in with our skates on. We replied that we would tip-toe. We destroyed his floor.”

Both Crotty and Novak grew up and started working as adults at the very park where they had so much fun. Now they had to create and maintain the ice rinks on which they skated as kids.

“In the early ’70s,” Novak said, “we would wait for a good snowfall to plow what is now the soccer field. We’d build up banks of snow and spray them with water so it would freeze into ice. Then we’d tap off a fire hydrant on Harrison and flood the field. Sometimes we’d start at 8 p.m. and be here till 2 or 3 in the morning.”

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February 16-23

BIG WEEK

Illinois Libraries Presents: An Evening With Jasmine Guillory Wednesday, Feb. 16, 7-8 p.m., virtually through Illinois Libraries Jasmine Guillory is one of the most promising voices in the field of romance novels. She will discuss her newest novel, While We Were Dating, and the modern rom-com. Author Morgan Rogers (Honey Girl) will join her in conversation.

Register at bit.ly/ILP_JasmineGuillory.

JASMINE GUILLORY

Memory and Storytelling through Textile Arts

Winter Animal Olympics

Friday, Feb. 18 through Sunday Feb. 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Trailside Museum Follow the Olympic trail and “compete” in a variety of activities in this casual, alloutdoor self-guided test of your human abilities versus animal abilities. Pick up your Winter Animal Olympics Activity sheet and medal inside the museum. For all ages, especially kids. Free. All visitors over 2 years must wear a mask indoors at all times.

Unvaccinated visitors should also wear a mask outdoors when physical distancing is not possible. 738 Thatcher Ave., River Forest. 708-366-6530, trailside.museum@ cookcountyil.gov.

Sunday, Feb. 20 from 2 to 3:30 p.m., virtually through Forest Park Public Library Join us for an afternoon of art and storytelling, led by artist and researcher Dr. Sharbreon Plummer. “To the Women Who Shaped Us” will highlight the intersections of Black life quilting and textile arts across history.

Participants will be asked to reflect on figures, quotes or imagery that honors the women who shape us and continue to make history. Kits can be picked up at the library. This event is part of the Black History Month event series sponsored by the Historical Society of Forest Park, the Illinois Juneteenth Committee, Forest Park Against Racism, and the Forest Park Public Library.

Learn more about the series and other resources at fppl. org/blackhistorymonth.

Enjoy a concert of live jazz on Saturday, Feb. 19 at 6:30 p.m. with the Terry Sullivan Trio at Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church, 250 Woodside Road in Riverside.

Vocalist Terry Sullivan will be joined by pianist Tom Muellner, bassist Larry Kohut and special guest Jon Deitemyer on drums.

Minimum suggested donation of $20, cash only, will be collected at the door. Masks required.

TERRY SULLIVAN

Saturday, Feb. 19 from 2 to 4 p.m., Centuries & Sleuths The group will discuss Feed by author Mira Grant. 7419 Madison St. in Forest Park.

Kent Rose & the Remedies Sunday, Feb. 20, 1:30 p.m., FitzGerald’s There is no greater way to kick off a Sunday afternoon than hearing the melancholy voice of Rose against a traditional country music background.

With a voice recalling that of Roy Orbison, he gives you the right kind of chill. 6615 Roosevelt Road., Berwyn.

KENT ROSE

Kindness Week Service Project

Terry Sullivan returns to Riverside

Mystery Discussion Group

Friday, Feb. 18 from 4 to 5 p.m., Forest Park Public Library This is an in-person program (YS Program Room).

Call 708-689-6126 or email ys@fppl.org if you have accessibility needs you would like to share with us.

In honor of Kindness Week, make hand warmers and kindness notes for the library’s little free pantry.

Ages 8 to 10. A kit will be available upon request for those who are unable to attend in person. In-person participants over the age of 2 should mask and distance inside the program room for safety since not all participants may be vaccinated.

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Convenience store robber eludes police pursuit

A man who allegedly robbed a Forest Park convenience store at gunpoint on the afternoon of Feb. 10 was able to elude police after a chase that ended when the offender ditched the vehicle he was driving near Central Avenue and Jackson Boulevard in Chicago and fled on foot.

Officers responded to 7-Eleven, 205 Harlem Ave., just after 4 p.m. in response to a holdup alarm activated at the store. An employee reportedly told police a man wearing a puffy coat and blue surgical gloves came to the counter, displayed a silver handgun and demanded cash from the registers.

The offender fled, but a GPS tracker placed in the bag of money led police eastbound on Washington Boulevard where Oak Park and Forest Park police began pursuing a vehicle.

Police recovered the abandoned vehicle near Central and Jackson, but police were unable to apprehend the alleged offender in a foot pursuit.

■ A man who allegedly robbed a clerk at 7-Eleven, 7749 Roosevelt Road, on Feb. 5, reportedly returned two days later and did it again, Forest Park police reported.

The victim called police on Feb. 7 just before 9 p.m. to report that the same person — a thin Black male in his 20s, wearing a black hoodie, black pants, blue latex gloves

and blue surgical mask — who robbed the store on Feb. 5 walked in, asked for a pack of cigars and told the clerk “he should know what to do.”

The offender did not display a weapon but implied he was armed by keeping one hand inside his pocket. The clerk handed over about $100 and the offender fled eastbound on Roosevelt Road.

Aggravated domestic battery Chaton K. Luckett, 30, of Chicago was charged with one count of aggravated domestic battery, a felony, after she allegedly assaulted him with a box cutter and then reportedly struck him over the head with a two-by-four during an altercation at the man’s home in the 800 block of Marengo Avenue on the morning of Feb. 12.

According to the police report, the victim told police he had ended his relationship with Luckett a couple of days earlier and told her she wasn’t welcome in his home.

On Feb. 12 about 10 a.m., the victim told police he was sleeping when he was awakened by Luckett sitting next to him. At that time, the victim alleged that Luckett threw salt in his face and began punching him in the face and body.

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The victim was able to push Luckett away but realized she was holding a box cutter and that he’d sustained multiple lacerations to his face and hands. While the victim exited the front door in order to get away from Luckett, she reportedly struck him over the head with what he described as a two-by-four piece of wood.

He drove away into Oak Park, where he was located by police in the 1100 block of Garfield Street. Oak Park paramedics transported the victim to the hospital.

Chicago police arrested Luckett without incident at her Chicago residence on the afternoon of Feb. 13 and turned her over to Forest Park police.

Catalytic converters stolen Catalytic converter thieves were back at it in Forest Park last week, cutting the devices from the undercarriages of at least four vehicles, sometimes in broad daylight.

A resident of the 800 block of Desplaines Avenue reported that someone removed the catalytic converter from his 2003 Honda Accord during the overnight hours of Feb. 6-7.

Meanwhile, a resident of the 1000 block of Desplaines Avenue reported the catalytic converter from his 2007 Honda Accord was stolen during the overnight hours of Feb. 7-8.

Two other incidents occurred during the daytimes hours at large retail center parking lots. In one incident, someone removed the catalytic converter from a 2017 Land Rover parked in the west lot of Walmart, 1300 Desplaines Ave. between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Feb. 7.

Finally, a man called police just after noon on Feb. 8 to report that a co-worker witnessed someone remove the catalytic converter from his 2006 Honda Element, which was parked in the lot behind the Forest Park Plaza shopping center at 7540 Roosevelt Road.

Just prior to noon, the co-worker reportedly saw a sedan pull up next to the victim’s vehicle. A man wearing mechanic’s overalls and a hoodie got out and ducked down out of sight. Then the driver of the sedan opened the trunk and the men put something in the trunk before driving away.

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■ A resident of the 7300 block of Roosevelt Road, called police on Feb. 7 to report the theft of packages on two different dates in

January.

The victim said UPS delivered a package containing an Xbox controller to his address on Jan. 22 but when he went to retrieve the package it was gone. On Jan. 26, UPS delivered another package, this one containing an Xbox Series 6 digital console, but it was also missing when the victim went to retrieve it.

■ A 73-year-old woman went to police on Feb. 7 to report that while she was on a CTA Blue Line train, someone took her purse and fled at the Harlem Avenue stop. The purse contained IDs, a credit card and more than $600 in cash.

Alleged drug funds seized Forest Park police seized $12,500 in cash and recovered six bag of cannabis during a routine traffic stop on Feb. 9 about 12:10 a.m. in the 700 block of Harlem Avenue.

Police stopped the silver 2016 Cadillac due to having tinted windows and following too closely behind another vehicle. Police pulled over the vehicle and interviewed the driver, a 19-year-old Chicago man, as well as two passengers.

Police reported recovering bags of cannabis from the passengers and the driver as well as in the center console of the vehicle.

The driver had $500 on his person. Another $11,000 was found inside a backpack.

The 18- and 19-year-old passengers were cited for possession of cannabis. The driver was charged with possession and delivery of cannabis.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, Feb. 7-10, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime.

These cases have not been adjudicated.

Compiled by Bob Uphues

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All-American tacos, now in Forest Park Taco Bell opens on Harlem

By DAVID HAMMOND

way: they were invented at Disneyland.

In 2015, I read The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth about Food and Flavor, I just had my first tacos from Taco Bell. the main thesis of which is that industrialUnbelievable, I know, but we don’t eat a lot ized food, like many Frito-Lay products, deof quick-service food anymore and in the liver the flavor that is processed out of the days when I did, Taco Bell did not have as ingredients. The manufacturers of these many locations as they do now, so they products add new flavors to put taste back weren’t as accessible. There’s a brand new into the food and, in the view of author Taco Bell location at 161 S. Harlem Ave. in Mark Schatzker, trick the human body into Forest Park, so I decided this was a good believing that it’s receiving necessary nuplace to try these popular Mexican-ish and trients when all it’s really receiving are labundeniably American tacos. created artificial flavors.

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A personal welcome to N Rebozo

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orest Park got a good one with the news that Chef Paco Lopez is moving his New Rebozo from Oak Park to Madison Street in the village.

This is a match that will be good for Lopez and his to-be-renamed N Rebozo Mexican restaurant as he finally shifts after three decades from tenant to being the owner of his new building. It’s good for Forest Park as it fills a long-vacant restaurant space in the middle of a retail and restaurant cluster with a destination restaurant that has a devoted following.

And it’s a natural that the lamented loss of The Heritage restaurant in that space will now be followed by a restaurateur with equal passion for food and hospitality.

In the age-old competition between Oak Park and Forest Park for bragging rights, it’s noteworthy that, whenever Forest Park gets a win like this, we most always quote the newly secured entrepreneur saying, “I got a personal call from the mayor.”

Tony Calderone, the former longtime mayor, was exceptionally good at the personal, small-town charm aspects of recruiting a new business to Madison Street. It made a difference, sending a message of connection and welcome that resonates with entrepreneurs about to make a life’s investment in a business.

In our story last week, Lopez noted with enthusiasm that he had heard directly from Mayor Rory Hoskins. That is a good tradition to continue.

Two interesting projects

We report today on two planned-for, hoped-for projects in Forest Park.

Both are worthy investments. Both will need more planning and, critically, more funding from (hopefully) outside government entities.

The playground at the Forest Park Community Center is ancient by safe play and inventive play standards. Estimates are that it was last touched in the 1980s. That has the kids who first played on the obsolete jungle gym nearing their 40s.

An initial and rough estimate by Village Administrator Moses Amidei pegs the cost of a full replacement and adjacent upgrades, such as fencing, at $200,000. It’s a lot but it is not a surprising number.

This is a good time for finding external funding. And Mayor Rory Hoskins takes pride in his ability to work state and federal funding sources.

We’d like to see him have success here.

Hoskins is also working the levers looking for a revenue stream beyond the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s pledge to help repave a village-owned parking lot on Des Plaines Avenue with permeable pavers. It would be a green investment that makes a small dent in the rising tide of flooding concerns in town.

But construction and engineering costs are rising and the gap between the MWRD’s pledge and the village’s portion is starting to gape.

After an interesting discussion at the board table Monday, the vote was delayed as Hoskins seeks other funding for the project.

We’re eager to see what levers he is able to work.

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Creating our community quilt

ast February, just when vaccines were rolling out, and Zoom social life was the only normal, I joined the Quilting a Beloved Community event at the Forest Park Library, a partnership with the Historical Society of Forest Park, Forest Park Against Racism, Juneteenth Committee, and one of the Black History programs offered that year.

Quilter Rachel Wallis, who subbed in for Dr. Melissa Blount, led an incredible program about the history of dyeing, quilting and using textiles to express voices and stories from Black American history. Enslaved Black women became adept at quilt-making, spinning, weaving and sewing. She told of the women of Gees Bend, the Freedom Quilting Bee, and Bisa Butler. The history of textiles and slavery, reconstruction and the relationship between racial and economic justice are closely entwined.

Not limited to the past, Wallis shared contemporary projects, including working with incarcerated students from the Ohio Reformatory for Women, where a small group of people serving sentences there, who are not allowed access to needles, are learning basic quilting skills and design, and are able to process relationships with loved ones they cannot be with through textile art. With a team of quilting partners from outside of the prison, their creations and designs are sent to their children, family or to sell for income.

In addition, she has led peace sewing circles to memorialize people killed in police custody, gang

violence, and unexpected tragedies while encouraging radical empathy, no matter the circumstances. Memorialization through quilting enables a mourner to honor, reflect on and express feelings about the loss of life.

Sewing, the simple act of taking needle and thread through a piece of material, has been the by-product of domestic labor through time and tells stories of those who are often unheard, undercompensated, and invisible. The simplicity of sewing can be meditative and an expressive means of resistance, celebration, and preserving community memory.

Forest Park is about to begin making its second community quilt. The first one, from last year’s collaboration with the Rachel Wallis lecture, is currently on display at the library. Participants are provided one quilt square, a needle, and thread to reflect, create and contribute to the quilt. I am unabashedly inviting everyone who might be interested to join us in making a community quilt, no matter what your skill level.

This Sunday, Feb. 20, with artist and researcher Dr. Sharbreon Plummer leading the opening lecture, “To the Women Who Shaped Us: Memory and Storytelling through Textile Arts,” we will start this year’s quilt journey. This free, remote program is available by registering through the Forest Park Public Library. Currently there are still 24 spaces available (of 44) and registered participants can pick up a blank quilt square, needle, and thread from the library. I look forward to meeting you there.

JILL WAGNER

Jill Wagner

Now on display at the Forest Park Library, Quilting a Beloved Community, was a collaboration of community members in 2021, as part of Black History programming.

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From here to Casablanca

“I stick my neck out for no one. o celebrate the 80th AnPlus, I don’t have a piano to hide niversary of the film it in.” classic Casablanca, we “Sam can keep it behind the take you live to Rick’s bar.” Ugarte pleaded.

Café Americain on “No, I better put it in my safe,” Circle Avenue. Richard Blaine Rick said, sliding the card into is wearing a white tuxedo and his jacket pocket and walking brooding over a glass of cognac. toward his office.

Captain Renault approaches Ilsa Lund enters the bar and him, “Rick, you used to brood approaches. “Sam, it’s so good much better when you were to see you again. I know you chain-smoking Camels.” can stream any song I request.

“You’re right, Louis, but when Play it, Sam. Play “Muskrat they banned indoor smoking, I Love.” The familiar sounds of took up knitting to have somethe Captain & Tennille fill the thing to do with my hands.” bar. “Muskrat, muskrat, candle“What in heaven’s name light, doin’ the town and doin’ it brought you to Forest Park?” right.”

“My health, I came to Forest Rick marches up to the bar, fuPark for the waters.” rious, “Sam, I thought I told you “Health? All we have is the Des Plaines River.” to never play that song.”

“I was misinformed,” Rick Rick then sees Ilsa and lapses growls, as Ugarte bursts into into a flashback. It’s years earthe bar. “Reek, I have something lier and he’s at the Houby Day even you have never seen. It’s a Parade in Berwyn. The crowd is vaccination card signed by Govcelebrating their Czech/Slovak ernor J.B. Pritzker himself. It heritage by honoring the mushcannot be rescinded. It’s my letroom. Ilsa is the Houby Queen ter of transit to every bar and waving to the crowd. She spots UGARTE restaurant in Cook County.”

Rick because he’s the only one “You’re right, Ugarte, I am a wearing a white tuxedo. There little more impressed with you.” follows a montage of Rick and Ilsa dining “Reek, I need you to hide my card. My wife at the Czech Plaza Restaurant, shopping and kids are all anti-vaxxers and they’ll dis- at Harlem Cermak Plaza and bowling at own me.”

Striker Lanes. Rick toasts Ilsa with his pet

JOHN RICE

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you to hide my card. My wife and kids are all anti-vaxxers and they’ll disown me.”

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phrase, “Here’s lookin’ at shrooms, kid.”

Ilsa agrees to meet Rick at the Forest Park Blue Line Station and take the el to the County Building to be married. Rick is wearing his finest trench coat for the occasion. It’s soaking wet from the driving rain.

Suddenly, he gets a text from Ms. Ilsa Laszlo, “Rick, I can never see you again.” Rick snaps out of the flashback and snarls, “Of all the gin joints on Circle Avenue, including the Beacon Tap, Goldyburgers and the Circle Inn, she walks into mine.”

Rick greets Laszlo, a hero of the pandemic resistance from the Czech Republic.

“Your video of getting vaccinated went viral,” Rick observed, “And that photo of you wearing a mask while driving alone impressed half the world.”

Ilsa interjects, “Rick, I was married to Victor when I met you. But he was stuck in the Czech Republic and my emails kept bouncing back.”

“I understand, Ilsa, you were Muskrat Suzie and I was Muskrat Sam for a few weeks.

We’ll always have Berwyn. Here’s looking at shrooms, kid.”

Captain Renault walks up, “I’m shocked, shocked to find that video gaming is going on here.”

“Your winnings, sir,” a server says, handing him cash.

Rick looks at the money, “Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”

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SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED Reports directly to the Information Technology Services Director.

EXAMPLE OF DUTIES: Essential and other important duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following: Essential duties and responsibilities 1. Ensure that best in class customer service is provided to both internal and external customers and also embrace, support, and promote the Village’s core values, beliefs and culture.

2. Configure, test, and deploy network systems, such as, firewalls, routers, switches, wireless equipment, network servers and storage arrays.

3. Configure, test, and deploy system servers, such as, file, print, Internet, e-mail, database, and application servers.

4. Configure, test, and monitor server and end-user systems for security, such as, user accounts, login scripts, file access privileges, and group policy management.

5. Configure, test, and deploy end-user systems, such as, workstations, laptops, mobile devices, printers, and software.

6. Test, configure, deploy, and support security systems, such as, facility access system, video & audio system.

7. Monitor and auditing of networks, systems, and user activities to ensure security and efficiency of systems. Create scripts and reports of detail activities for regular review.

8. Perform and participate in disaster recovery activities, such as, backup procedures, data recovery, and system recovery planning.

9. Assist end-users with computer problems or queries. Troubleshoot systems as needed and meet with users to analyze specific system needs.

10. Ensure the uniformity, reliability and security of system resources including network, hardware,

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software and other forms of systems and data.

11. Prepare, create and update user/technical procedure documentations and provide computer training.

12. Assemble, test, and install network, telecommunication and data equipment and cabling.

13. Participate in research and recommendation of technology solutions.

Other important responsibilities and duties 1. Train users in the area of existing, new or modified computer systems and procedures.

2. Participate in the preparation of various activity reports.

3. Travel and support remote facilities and partner agencies.

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

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

6. Complete projects on a timely and efficient manner.

7. Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

8. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

9. Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.

QUALIFICATIONS Knowledge of: Principals and procedures of computer systems, such as, data communication, hierarchical structure, backups, testing and critical analysis.

Hardware and software configuration of. computers, servers and mobile devices, including computing environment of Windows Server and Desktop OS and applications, Unix/Linux OS, VMware, iOS/Android.

Network protocols, security, configuration and administration, including firewalls, routers, switches and wireless technology.

Cabling and wiring, including CAT5/6, fiber network, telephone, serial communication, termination, and punch-down.

Telecommunications theory and technology, including VoiP, serial communication, wireless protocols, PBX, analog, fax, voicemail and auto-attendant.

Principles and methods of computer programming, coding and testing, including power shell, command scripting, macros, and

SANITARIAN

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Police Records Clerk in the Police Department. This position will perform a wide variety of specialized clerical duties in support of the Police Department including processing and maintaining documents, correspondence and coding reports; and to provide information and assistance to the public.

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

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Sanitarian in the Health Department.

This position will perform a variety of duties including education and enforcement activities for the promotion and protection of the public health environment.

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

VB scripts.

Modern office procedures, methods and computer equipment.

Technical writing, office productivity tools and database packages.

Ability to: Maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities, which may include the following: - Walking, standing or sitting for extended periods of time - Operating assigned equipment - Lift 50 pounds of equipment, supplies, and materials without assistance - Working in and around computer equipped vehicles Maintain effective audio-visual discrimination and perception needed for: - Making observations - Communicating with others - Reading and writing - Operating assigned equipment and vehicles Maintain mental capacity allowing for effective interaction and communication with others.

Maintain reasonable and predictable attendance.

Work overtime as operations require.

Experience and Training Guidelines Experience: Three years of network/system administration in the public or private sector, maintaining a minimum of 75 Client Workstation computers. AND Training: Possession of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in computer science or a related field. Certifications in Microsoft Server Administration, Networking, Applications and Cisco Networking.

Possession of a valid Illinois Driver License is required at the time of appointment.

Vaccination against COVID-19 strongly preferred.

WORKING CONDITIONS Work in a computer environment; sustained posture in a seated position for prolonged periods of time; continuous exposure to computer screens; work in and around computerized vehicles outdoor and garage facility; lifting heavy equipment, communication cabling and wiring into walls and ceilings.

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PART-TIME SEASONAL OPPORTUNITY

The Riverside Department of Public Works is seeking energetic, responsible, and motivated applicants who enjoy working outdoors. This is a part-time, seasonal position lasting from approximately May through September. Applicants will be expected to work up to 40 hrs. per week or as scheduled by staff.

Primary tasks will include, but not limited to: cutting grass, maintaining athletic fields, general facilities maintenance, flushing hydrants, reading water meters, installing water meters, assisting full-time employees, and other duties as assigned.

Applicants must be 18 years old, possess a valid Illinois driver’s license and high school diploma or equivalent.

Applicants will be subject to a criminal background check, pre-employment physical and drug/alcohol screening.

Applications can be downloaded from the Village website at www.riverside. il.us or picked up at the Riverside Village Hall located at 27 Riverside Rd, Riverside, IL 60546. Completed applications should be submitted to the Riverside Village Hall or the Riverside Public Works Department, 3860 Columbus Blvd, Riverside, IL 60546. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled. Pay rate is $15/hr.

The Village of Riverside is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

PART-TIME FORESTRY INTERN

The Riverside Department of Public Works is seeking energetic, responsible, and motivated applicants who enjoy working outdoors. This is a part-time, Forestry intern position lasting from approximately May through September.

Applicants will be expected to work up to 40 hrs. per week or as scheduled by staff. Primary tasks will include monitoring of Village Trees for disease and insect issues, updating tree inventory records, maintaining woody and perennial plantings in parks and parkways, record keeping and administrational duties related to forestry operations, and assisting the Forester with various forestry related activities and ecological restoration.

Applicants must be 18 years old, possess a valid Illinois driver’s license and high school diploma or equivalent.

Course work and/or experience pertaining to urban forestry or a related field are desirable for the position. Applicants will be subject to a criminal background check, pre-employment physical and drug/alcohol screening.

Applications can be downloaded from the Village website at www.riverside. il.us or picked up at the Riverside Village Hall located at 27 Riverside Rd, Riverside, IL 60546. Completed applications should be submitted to the Riverside Village Hall or the Riverside Public Works Department, 3860 Columbus Blvd, Riverside, IL 60546. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled. Pay rate is $15/hr.

The Village of Riverside is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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SEASONAL FARMERS’ MARKET MANAGER

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Seasonal Farmers’ Market Manager in the Health Department. This position manages the Oak Park Farmer’s Market including the vendors that sell directly to the public within established guidelines. This is a part-time seasonal position with work from January-mid November and work required on Saturday’s from May through October.

Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http:// www.oak-park.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application. Open until filled.

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Public Health Nurse in the Health Department. This position will provide professional public health nursing services including health education and promotion which includes disseminating information, making referrals, and counseling as well as managing caseloads, and performing a variety of tasks relative to assigned area of responsibility. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http:// www.oak-park.us/jobs.

Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application. This position is open until filled with first review of apps 2/2/22.

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COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Community Service Officer in the Police Department. This position will perform a variety of public service, customer service and law enforcement related duties and responsibilities that do not require the services of a sworn police officer; and to perform a variety of administrative duties. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oakpark.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

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ACCOUNTANT CLERK

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Account Clerk II. This position which performs a variety of accounting clerical duties involving financial record keeping and/or transactions including accounts payable and receivable and to provide a variety of accounting support to the Development Customer Services Department. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/.

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PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the marriage of BEATRIZ MIGUEL-VILLAOBOS, Petitioner, and FRANCISCO ORTIZ-FERNANDEZ, Respondent, Case No. 2022D000652.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the above named Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before April 28, 2022, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

Published in Wednesday Journal February 2, 9, 16, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT OF RACINE COUNTY Case No. 21-CV-1437 Case Code No: 30101 NATHANIEL C. ERHARDT, Plaintiff, and, WISCONSIN PIPE TRADES HEALTH FUND, UNITEDHEALTHCARE INSURANCE COMPANY, Involuntary Plaintiffs, -v.ALLSTATE FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, J.C. MOVERS & LUMPERS SERVICES, INC., DAMILLON D. THOMAS, ERIE INSURANCE EXCHANGE, Defendants.

PUBLICATION SUMMONS THE STATE OF WISCONSIN TO: Damillon D. Thomas 215 Des Plaines Avenue Forest Park, Illinois 60130 THE PERSONS NAMED ABOVE AS DEFENDANT: You are hereby notified that the Plaintiffs named above have filed a Complaint for damages against you.

Within forty (40) days after the 16th day of February 2022, exclusive of the date just stated, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the complaint.

The demand must be sent or delivered to the Court, whose address is: Clerk of Circuit Court - Racine County 730 Wisconsin Avenue, Racine, Wisconsin 53403 and to Gruber Law Offices, LLC, Attorneys Patrick K. Ritter and Nicholas L. Hermann, the Plaintiff’s attorneys, whose address is: 100 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 2800, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53202.

You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy within forty (40) days, the Court may grant a Judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Complaint. A Judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A Judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future and may also be enforced by garnishment of wages or seizure of property.

Dated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin this 26th day of January 2022.

GRUBER LAW OFFICES, LLC Attorneys for the Plaintiff, Nathaniel C. Erhardt By: /s/Patrick K. Ritter Patrick K. Ritter State Bar No.: 1092393 Email: patrickritter@gruber-law.com

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR NOTIFICATION OF BID FOR PROVISO SCHOOL DISTRICT 209 – CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PHASE 2 – SEQUENCE 1

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY ADVERTISEMENT FOR NOTIFICATION OF BID FORManager, for and acting on DIVISION Gilbane Building Company, Construction JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONbehalf of The Board of Education of Proviso Township High School PROVISO SCHOOL DISTRICT 209 – CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PHASE 2 – SEQUENCE 1 AL ASSOCIATION District 209, is receiving lump sum proposals from interested contractors Plaintiff, Building Company, Manager, Improvements for and acting on behalf of The This Board release of Education of Proviso forGilbane the Proviso SchoolConstruction District Capital Project.

Township High School District 209, is receiving lump sum proposals from interested contractors for the Proviso School -v.includes the following: District Capital Improvements Project. This release includes the following: MARY WOLFE, CITY OF CHICAGO PROVISO EAST (See specific PROVISO WEST (See specific Defendants PROVISO EAST (See specific bid packages listed below) bid packages below) bid packages below) 2019CH11236 classrooms and office spaces.

• Furnish andlisted install a new air conditioning system for the 2nd floor northlisted • Science Lab Renovations • Furnish and install a new air • Furnish and install a new air 1028 S AUSTIN BLVD • Asbestos containing remediation conditioning systemmaterial for the 2nd conditioning system for the 2nd OAK PARK, IL 60304 • Misc. Demolition floor north classrooms and office floor classrooms NOTICE OF SALE spaces.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN • Asbestos containing material PROVISO WEST (See specific bid packages listed below) nd that pursuant to a Judgment of Fore• Furnish and install a new air conditioning system for the 2 floor classrooms • Science Lab Renovations remediation • Asbestos containing material remediation closure and Sale entered in the above • Asbestos containing material • Misc.

Demolition • Misc. Demolition cause on January 14, 2020, an agent remediation • New curtainwall 2nd floor south • New curtainwall 2nd floor south side. for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will • Misc. Demolition side. at 10:30 AM on March 8, 2022, at The PROVISO EAST HIGH SCHOOL BP DESCRIPTION BP# DESCRIPTION Judicial Sales Corporation, One South # Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 030R, Chicago, 02I ACM Remediation Work Proviso 23KRebid Mechanical Work - Rebid IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highEast/West est bidder, as set forth below, the follow02J Demolition Work 23M Mechanical Piping/Equipment ing described real estate: Work 06I General Trades Work 23N Mechanical Ductwork/Temperature Commonly known as 1028 S AUSTIN Controls/Equipment Work BLVD, OAK PARK, IL 60304 09H Acoustical Ceiling Work 23O Mechanical Insulation Work Property Index No. 16-17-331-015 09I Painting Work 26I Electrical Work The real estate is improved with a single 22G Plumbing Work family residence.

PROVISO WEST HIGH SCHOOL Sale terms: 25% down of the highest BP DESCRIPTION BP# DESCRIPTION bid by certified funds at the close of # the sale payable to The Judicial Sales 02K Demolition Wok 23P Mechanical Piping/Equipment Work Corporation. No third party checks will 06J General Trades Work 23Q Mechanical Ductwork/Temperature Controls Work be accepted. The balance, including 08C Storefront/Curtainwall Work 23R Mechanical Insulation Work the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned 09J Acoustical Ceiling Work 26J Electrical Work Residential Property Municipality Relief 09K Painting Work 31I Site Paving Work Fund, which is calculated on residential THEMonday, BIDDER”.

The documents will beon or about The bidbid documents will be distributed to bidders February 14, 2022. real estate at the rate of $1 for each distributed to bidders on or about $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount This contract calls for the An in person Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Monday, February 21, 2022 10:00 a.m. local time.

Monday, February 14, 2022. paid by the purchaser not to exceed construction of a “public work,” Individual site visits Proviso East – Friday, February 18, 2022 9:00AM-10:00AM, Proviso West – Friday, February $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, within the meaning of the Illinois An18,in person 2022 10:30AMPre-Bid – 11:30AM Conference is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS will be held on Monday, February feeat shall be paid by the mortgagee acThe2022 proposals will bea.m. due onlocal Thursday, March 3, 2022130/.01 at 10:00 a.m. time(“the via bidder’s prequalification etlocal seq.

Act”).

The account 21, 10:00 time. www.ibidpro.com. quiring the residential real estate pursuAct requires contractors and Individual site visits Proviso ant to its credit bid at the sale or by any subcontractors laborers, To bid – this project, bidders should register18, with Gilbane Building Company.toThepay qualification application and bid East Friday, February mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other proposals are to be completed online at www.ibidpro.com. workers and mechanics performing 2022 9:00AM-10:00AM, Proviso lienor acquiring the residential real estate services on public works projects West – Friday, February 18, 2022 whose rights in and to the residential real no less than the “prevailing rate 10:30AM – 11:30AM estate arose prior to the sale. The subject of wages” (hourly cash wages The proposals will be due on property is subject to general real estate plus fringe benefits) in the county Thursday, March 3, 2022 at taxes, special assessments, or special where the work is performed. For 10:00 a.m. local time via bidder’s taxes levied against said real estate and information regarding current prequalification account at www. is offered for sale without any represenprevailing wage rates, please refer ibidpro.com. tation as to quality or quantity of title and to the Illinois Department of Labor’s without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS To bid this project, bidders should website at: https://www2.illinois.

IS” condition. The sale is further subject register with Gilbane Building gov/idol/Laws-Rules/CONMED/ to confirmation by the court.

Company.

The qualification Pages/Rates.aspx. All contractors Upon payment in full of the amount bid, application and bid proposals are and subcontractors rendering the purchaser will receive a Certificate to be completed online at www. services under this contract must of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a ibidpro.com. comply with all requirements of the deed to the real estate after confirmation Act, including but not limited to, all Bid security in the form of a of the sale. wage, notice and record keeping bid bond in an amount equal to The property will NOT be open for induties. ten percent (10%) of the base spection and plaintiff makes no represenbid is required from all bidders.

The Proviso Township High tation as to the condition of the property.

Guarantee Bonds in the form of School District 209 and Gilbane Prospective bidders are admonished to a Performance Bond and Labor Building Company reserve the check the court file to verify all informaand Material Payment Bond in right to reject any or all bids. All tion. an amount equal to one hundred information submitted as part of If this property is a condominium unit, the percent (100%) of the bid will be this process shall be considered purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure required from the awarded Bidder. public information under the sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay State Freedom of Information The work will be done in accordance the assessments and the legal fees reAct unless specifically disclosed with the Contract Documents. quired by The Condominium Property on the applicable information by “FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If the Bidder. Challenges to such THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS this property is a condominium unit which exemptions shall be defended INVITATION TO BID MAY RESULT is part of a common interest community, solely by the Bidder.

IN THE DISQUALIFICATION OF the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall Published in Forest Park Review, February 16, 2022 pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS PUBLIC NOTICE Nicholas L. Hermann 605/18.5(g-1).

Notice is hereby given, pursuant State Bar No.: 1082796 IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR to “An Act in relation to the use of Email: nh@gruber-law.com (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE an Assumed Business Name in the POST OFFICE ADDRESS: RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION conduct or transaction of Business 100 East Wisconsin Avenue FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN in the State,” as amended, that a Suite 2800 Milwaukee, Wisconsin ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORcertification was registered by the 53202 DANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) undersigned with the County Clerk Telephone: (414) 276-6666 OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FOREof Cook County. Registration NumPublished in Wednesday Journal CLOSURE LAW. February 2, 9, 16, 2022 ber: Y22008592 on February 2, You will need a photo identification is2022. Under the Assumed Business sued by a government agency (driver’s Name of KNOTTIE GYAL WIGS PUBLIC NOTICE license, passport, etc.) in order to gain with the business located at: 805 Notice is hereby given, pursuant entry into our building and the forecloLAKE STREET PMB #119, OAK to “An Act in relation to the use of sure sale room in Cook County and the PARK, IL 60301. The true and real an Assumed Business Name in the same identification for sales held at other full name(s) and residence address conduct or transaction of Business county venues where The Judicial Sales of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: RHEin the State,” as amended, that a Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

NESHA J EAGINS 801 VAN BUREN certification was registered by the For information, examine the court file, APT 202 OAK PARK, IL 60304, USA undersigned with the County Clerk CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s of Cook County. Registration NumAttorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTPublished in Wednesday Journal ber: Y22008574 on January 26, AGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, February 16, 23, March 2, 2022 2022 Under the Assumed Business IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 Name of ADVENTURES WITH THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION ABUELA with the business located One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, at: 1001 SOUTH GROVE AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE OAK PARK, IL 60304. The true and You can also visit The Judicial Sales real full name(s) and residence adCorporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day dress of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: status report of pending sales.

VIRGINIA MARTINEZ 1001 SOUTH CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. GROVE AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, 60304, USA SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 Published in Wednesday Journal 630-794-5300 February 9, 16, 23 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-08871 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019CH11236 TJSC#: 42-331 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2019CH11236 I3186705 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK TRUST N.A., AS TRUSTEE OF THE SCIG SERIES III TRUST; Plaintiff, vs.

GAD IKEANUMBA AKA GAD C. IKEANUMBA; 1030-32 NORTH AUSTIN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION AKA 1030 -32 N. AUSTIN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION AND HENRY SILVERMAN LIVING TRUST U/A/D AUGUST 26, 1996; Defendants, 11 CH 33740 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 14, 2022 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: Commonly known as 1032 N. Austin Blvd., Unit 1N, Oak Park, IL 60302.

P.I.N. 16-05-314-031-1001.

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 Ms. Mary E. Spitz at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Sottile & Barile, LLC, 7530 Lucerne Drive, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130. (440) 572-1512. ILF1810025 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3186451 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC DBA CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY; Plaintiff, vs.

THOMAS QUINN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR MARGERY L. NEFF; ARTHUR NEFF; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MARGERY L NEFF; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 12930 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 21, 2022 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. 16-18-130-020.

Commonly known as 831 Clinton Ave., 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. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

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For information call Ms. Kathryn Bodanza at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Marinosci Law Group, PC, 134 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. (312) 940-8580.

19-08226 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3186993

Bannockburn, IL, 60015 (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm - 3pm.. Please refer to file number 19-091229.

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.

LOGS Legal Group LLP 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn IL, 60015 847-291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 19-091229 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 19 CH 9209 TJSC#: 42-495 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 19 CH 9209 I3187122

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, The sales clerk, LOGS Legal Group LLP Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL, 60015 (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm - 3pm.. Please refer to file number 20-094050.

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.

LOGS Legal Group LLP 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn IL, 60015 847-291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 20-094050 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 20 CH 5941 TJSC#: 41-3442 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 20 CH 5941 I3187184

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, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-08274 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019CH12263 TJSC#: 42-209 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2019CH12263 I3187191

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST Plaintiff, -v.ROLAND HERRERA, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF GEORGE HERRERA, LUKAS’S CONTINENTAL CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, CARY ROSENTHAL, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GEORGE HERRERA (DECEASED) Defendants 2021CH04435 403 N MARION ST APT 3 OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 11, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 24, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 403 N MARION ST APT 3, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-101-017-1009 The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, 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, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-20-06459 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2021CH04435 TJSC#: 42-403 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2021CH04435 I3187429

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION MIDFIRST BANK Plaintiff, -v.TAKYRICA Q. STYLES A/K/A TAKYRICA STYLES, TAYLOR LAKE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC. A/K/A TAYLOR-LAKE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 19 CH 9209 118 NORTH TAYLOR AVENUE UNIT 1 OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 22, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 17, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 118 NORTH TAYLOR AVENUE UNIT 1, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-122-038-1005 The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The judgment amount was $153,280.44.

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, The sales clerk, LOGS Legal Group LLP Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301,

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CITIZENS BANK, N.A., FORMERLY KNOWN AS RBS CITIZENS, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHARTER ONE BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.JOEL A. VERHOFF, RAELIN M VERHOFF, RANDOLPH CROSSING CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS Defendants 20 CH 5941 612 RANDOLPH STREET, UNIT 2 OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 17, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 18, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 612 RANDOLPH STREET, UNIT 2, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-408-026-1012 The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The judgment amount was $62,179.24.

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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST Plaintiff, -v.MICHAEL J. HAYES, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MARILYN F. HAYES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, ROBERT J. HAYES JR., PATRICK J. HAYES, MARY TERESE BUDGE A/K/A MARYTHERESE BUDGE A/K/A TERRY BUDGE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, GERALD NORDGREN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR MARILYN F. HAYES (DECEASED), IMPERIAL MANOR OF OAK PARK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, ELLEN YOPCHICK, JULIE HAYES, SUE BARRETT A/K/A SUSAN BARRETT Defendants 2019CH12263 425 HOME AVENUE UNIT 2B OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 16, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 18, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 425 HOME AVENUE UNIT 2B, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-323-043-1012 The real estate is improved with a condo/ townhouse.

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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff, -v.AMIN SAHTOUT, SCOVILLE COURT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 2019CH09264 500 WASHINGTON BLVD, UNIT 107 OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 7, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 17, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 500 WASHINGTON BLVD, UNIT 107, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-415-0271007 The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, 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

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-02481 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019CH09264 TJSC#: 42-421 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2019CH09264 I3187480

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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 informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal-opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll free at: 1-800-6699777.

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area to the south and west, he said, “The entire MLS area saw a 13.5-percent increase in sales. Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park percentage-wise just blew that out of the water.”

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raditionally, Super Bowl Sunday is considered the kickoff for real estate sales after a winter break for the holidays. As the market comes alive after the big game, the question on a lot of buyers’ and sellers’ minds is what the 2022 will hold for home sales after 2021’s record-breaking year.

According to John Lawrence, designated managing broker of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago, 2021 was a “very good year in real estate.” He says that the tri-village area of Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park saw a 25-percent increase in homes sold year over year.

Noting that our region of the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) runs roughly from Lake Michigan on the east to Wisconsin on the north and to the Bloomington/Normal

Market time and multiple offers Monica Dalton, real estate agent with Compass Real Estate Oak Park, says that in 2021, homes sold faster and received multiple offers more frequently than in previous years.

“We saw a dramatic decrease in market time, and open houses had increased traffic,” Dalton said. “It wasn’t uncommon to have multiple offers before the first open house.”

Lawrence witnessed the same thing.

“Everything sold faster at every single price point,” he said. “We saw a lot of multiple offers.”

Lawrence also says that while many homes sold immediately after listing, a See REAL ESTATE MARKET on page B4

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REAL ESTATE MARKET Volume, prices up from page B1 fair number sold before they even officially hit the market. When would-be sellers began prepping their homes for sale, buyers would request to see the houses and ended up making offers before the houses were officially for sale.

Record numbers Homes not only sold in bunches in Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park, they often hit record or near-record prices in 2021.

For attached housing, all three villages saw robust sales. Forest Park recorded the second highest sales numbers with prepandemic average prices. River Forest had the second highest number of attached units sold and Oak Park sold 106 more attached units than in 2020.

Calling the numbers for attached housing, “very solid,” Lawrence noted that detached housing saw the most impressive gains.

In Forest Park, Lawrence says the real story was pricing, with the average price of a detached home increasing by $47,000 to an all-time high for the village. The median sold price jumped 13.5 percent to $370,000 for single-family homes.

In Oak Park, a record number 624 detached homes sold, up from 534 in 2020 and the previous high of 544 in 2016.

“Last year, we approached the record,” Lawrence said. “This year, we blew it out of the water.”

Prices in Oak Park were up too. For the first time ever, the median price topped $500,000 for a detached house, hitting $503,525.

Like Oak Park, River Forest set an alltime record in number of detached homes sold, with 157 units sold compared to previous highs of 153 in 2020 and 2013. In addition, the median price of single-family homes jumped 14 percent in the village.

Both villages saw a big uptick in sales of homes priced at or over $1 million. In River Forest, sales in that category rose 62 percent with the village logging 47 high-end sales versus 29 in 2020. In Oak Park that

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721 Columbian, Oak Park, went under contract within seven days for the list price $1,070,000 in May 2021. number rose from 13 in 2020 to 23 in 2021.

Dalton said she continues to see more interest at the higher price points than in previous years.

“Agents are calling each other to see if they have anything coming the market, because there just isn’t a lot to see right now,” she said.

COVID effect Lawrence thinks a lot of the success on the high end is due to the ongoing effects of the pandemic on the market.

“People want more space,” he said.

He adds the recent uptick in sales are due to a combination of a number of factors.

“COVID has allowed people to live in different places because they no longer go into the office,” Lawrence said. “When you’re working from home, your space needs

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Looking ahead Both Lawrence and Dalton see another busy year ahead for 2022.

“In many ways, 2022 is even more competitive because buyers who were continually outbid in 2021 took a break and are back again in addition to buyers newly looking in 2022,” Dalton said. “The supply is just not keeping up with demand.”

Lawrence says supply and demand is at the heart of the local market.

“We’re not maximizing the number of units sold,” he said. “Plenty of people are frustrated that there’s not enough to see.”

Noting that the area continues to be desirable because it’s not in the city but you can easily get to the city, and because the housing stock is so great, Lawrence says that he thinks the next four months will be busy.

While he predicts there will be a typical bump of action after the Super Bowl, he admits, “It’s already busy now. Post-Super Bowl, it’s going to continue to be busy.”

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change. People’s priorities during something like this shift. Finally, even though interest rates are rising, they are still very low, and borrowing money is pretty cheap.”

Dalton says she has seen a definite rise in people looking for larger homes with yards and says a home office has become a requirement.

“When you are cooped up in a condo or smaller home already, you notice what isn’t working about your living space,” she said.

“In addition, dedicated home offices became essential like never before. I ‘temporarily’ moved my home office to the living room because my husband needed more privacy, so he took over our home office.”

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ooking to cure the winter blues? The Village of Elmwood Park is hosting its annual dining event Feb. 18-27. With 17 participating restaurants there’s sure to be something to satisfy even the pickiest eaters.

“We’ve got something for everyone,” said Angelo “Skip” Saviano, Elmwood Park Village President. “Whether you want a white tableFood Writer cloth experience with a nice bottle of wine or classic tavern atmosphere with appetizers and beer, you’ll find it at Dine-In Elmwood Park.”

Participating restaurants have put together menus to entice diners from the city and western suburbs to explore an eclectic variety of discounted menu options, specialty dishes, and pre-fixe menus throughout the village. Thanks to a vibrant collection of “restaurant row” establishments on North Avenue, Elmwood Park has carved out a niche as a dining destination among savvy food-lovers.

Our sister suburb to the northwest is known for providing authentic Italian meals and it’s no surprise that Dine-In Elmwood Park provides ample opportunities to get your hands on a slice of pizza, bowl of pasta, or a cup of artisan gelato. Over

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time, however, Elmwood Park eateries have grown to include Mexican, Japanese, and Cuban fare, as well as sunny breakfast spots and quaint corner cafes.

Check out a few of the hottest restaurant week deals for 2022!

Ashley’s Café, 7500 W. Grand Ave., is a geographical outlier, but offers a doozy of a discount to folks looking for a quick breakfast fix. The quaint gathering space boasts a daily selection of Do-Rite donuts. These chef-driven donuts are a popular Chicago creation crafted in small batches to ensure top quality in every bite. From Feb. 18-27 Ashley’s Café is offering a free cup of Dark Matter Coffee with the purchase any DoRite Donut — this restaurant week special is the ideal way to curb this classic food combo craving.

If you are seeking out classic Italian Elmwood Park vibes, look no further than Donny G’s, 7308 W. North Ave. The well-appointed eatery is known for hosting vibrant musical guests on the weekends that draw crowds, but it is the well-honed menu of Italian classics that keep customers coming back for more. Eager to satiate restaurant week participants, Donny G’s has created a duo of discounted meals to attract even more customers during this special week.

Lunch specials include a choice of lemon chicken, ravioli or a hearty meatball sandwich paired with a soup or salad for just $10. Dinner options, priced at $20, include a choice of chicken or pork chops Vesuvio and salmon and spinach with lemon butter sauce.

“These dishes give people something special to try if they are coming in for the first time and represent a great value for return

Lunch and dinner specials at Donny G’s come with a choice of soup or salad.

Complimentary bread and their signature dipping oil are a mainstay on every table.

All photos Melissa Elsmo

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Colorful sprinkles: Ashley’s Café is offering a free Dark Matter coffee with every purchase of a Do-Rite Donut during restaurant week.

Spizzico and Senor Jefe are offering discounts on sandwiches like the Italian beef and junior sized burritos.

Roast Pork from Café Cubano brings a homey feel and good value during the DineIn Elmwood Park event running from

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Massa and Gringo and Blondie are both owned by the Lollino family—look for indugent cemitas (left) and rich house-made gelato (right) to be offered by the family of veteran restauranteurs in Elmwood Park. customers,” said George Diamond, manager of Donny G’s. “The salmon on the dinner menu is a generous 10-ounce portion.”

Dinner entrees come with a glass of wine and choice of salad, or soup -- staff members recommend selecting the pasta fagioli. The simple soup is made from pasta and beans and proves to be ideal fare on a cold winter night.

If you are looking to explore other global offerings in Elmwood Park, deal-seeking diners would do well to visit Café Cubano, 7426 W. North Ave., for an array of lunch and dinner specials specifically created for restaurant week. Lunch specials feature a choice of two sandwiches and include rice, beans and plantains for just $12, while $20 dinner options come with a choice between ropa vieja, chicken fricassee and roasted pork with rice, black beans and plantain.

Roasted pork is a standout selection at Café Cubano; the meat is marinated and slow cooked until it is meltingly tender making it a cozy dish worthy of its enduring popularity on restaurant row.

New Star, 7444 W. North Ave., has been serving up Cantonese cuisine since 1954 and today the expansive restaurant serves Japanese, Thai and Hibachi fare to comple-

ment its traditional Chinese dishes. During Elmwood Park’s restaurant week, New Star is offering a substantial discount across all menus for dine in customers. No matter if you are craving spicy basil fried rice, a pick three maki combo, classic sweet and sour shrimp or a showy hibachi dinner New Star is offering a 10% discount to all patrons from Feb. 18-27.

Rocco Spizzirri, owner of Spizzico and Senor Jefe, rightly noted in September of last year that Elmwood Park’s government “will bend over backwards to help restaurants succeed.” Both of Spizzirri’s restaurants are participating in the village sponsored event by offering discounts on burritos, sandwiches, pastas and salads.

“We’ve worked hard to support restaurateurs and to grow our dining scene in Elmwood Park over the past few years,” Saviano said. “Patrons visiting our restaurants will find good food in a more intimate, local setting than they might find in downtown Chicago.”

Check out the full list of participating restaurants and plan to visit several of Elmwood Park’s diverse eateries during this annual dining celebration. These dishes are sure to warm you up!!

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Linden Ave. home sells for $1,387,500

The following property transfers were reported by the Cook County Clerk from November 2021. Where addresses appear incomplete, for instance where a unit number appears missing, that information was not provided by the clerk.

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319 Linden Ave 812 Carpenter Ave 244 S East Ave 827 Woodbine Ave 835 Belleforte Ave 1109 Paulina St 1210 Fair Oaks Ave 918 N Marion St 1017 Linden Ave 132 S Humphrey Ave 411 N Oak Park Ave 928 Wenonah Ave 224 Clinton Ave 933 Clinton Ave 919 N Marion St 1014 Pleasant St 1005 S East Ave 323 S Taylor Ave 1137 N Euclid Ave 1201 N Harvey Ave 212 N Marion St 816 S Highland Ave 1176 S Taylor Ave 721 Ontario St 1029 Clinton Ave 509 N Marion St 1001 S Euclid Ave 126 S East Ave 636 S Euclid Ave 736 N Kenilworth Ave 618 N Humphrey Ave 829 S Lyman Ave 121 Le Moyne Pky 108 Bishop Quarter Ln 1048 N Austin Blvd 715 Thomas St 1118 S Harvey Ave 205 S Harvey Ave 425 Harvey Ave 601 S Ridgeland Ave 221 N Kenilworth Ave 225 S Maple Ave 1028 N Taylor Ave 219 S Maple Ave 1010 S Ridgeland Ave 1154 Gunderson Ave 6810 Roosevelt Rd 1182 S Cuyler Ave 403 N Marion St 1115 S Scoville Ave

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444 Washington Blvd 1136 Ontario St 340 S Kenilworth St 110 S Scoville Ave 510 Madison St 929 S Oak Park Ave 1107 Holley Ct 456 Washington Blvd 1111 Holley Ct

$192,000 $165,000 $137,500 $130,000 $126,000 $122,000 $120,000 $115,500 $90,000

Singh Navneet K Gilbert John A Sr Balgermann Lauren Krzeszowiec Mark Us Bk Trust Natl Assn Tr Home Deals Chicago Corp Dydo John Paul Shannon James M Burns Anthony

White Megan Ziegler Amy Martinez Daniel Love Yakira Scharfenberg Oksana Bautista Maria L Cabada Crystal Buliox Teandria D Xfa1 Llc

1002 Monroe Ave 837 Clinton Pl 7711 North Ave 1534 Park Ave 710 Bonnie Brae Pl 215 Franklin Ave 334 Ashland Ave 554 Bonnie Brae Pl 1535 Park Ave 1410 N Harlem Ave 7919 North Ave 7348 Lake St 7211 W Division St

$1,725,000 $1,290,000 $1,100,000 $975,000 $850,000 $745,000 $689,000 $460,000 $298,000 $220,000 $212,000 $160,000 $125,000

615 Harlem Ave 111 Rockford Ave 635 Marengo Ave 7623 Roosevelt Rd 510 Ferdinand Ave 135 Marengo Ave 151 Rockford Ave 215 Marengo Ave 235 Marengo Ave 235 Marengo Ave 315 Des Plaines Ave 600 Elgin Ave 315 Marengo Ave 314 Lathrop Ave

$690,000 $615,000 $442,500 $415,000 $353,500 $320,000 $315,000 $231,000 $182,000 $174,000 $150,000 $139,000 $122,500 $109,000

RIVER FOREST Cappel Jeffery B Tr Jpm Const Contracting Inc Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 28039 1534 Pk Llc Handa Andrew Atkins Marc Tr Oneill Daniel B Tr Mcvey Richard D Costentino Robert A Tr Ward Janet Obrien Mary E Olmsted Tom Moore Victor H Tr

FOREST PARK Harris Joseph Smyk Jonathan C Tr Hamilton Torreya Nadeau James A Tr Stephany Michael Joseph Jr Gardiner Nathan Ams Future Llc Algenio Melvin F Tr Taylor Eric E Equity Trust Co Gdn Romero Julio C Largenterprises Llc Fujimoto Maria V Diaz Diane

Parks Thomas Tr Paterick Jamie Rose Ashu Llc 1534 Pk Apartments Llc Washam John Smith Julia Claire Grusecki Paul F Picchiotti Robert Dumaraog Sarahgin Johnson Rhonda Robinson Melicia Al Tekrebti Marwah Esposito Frank S

Parker Chadawn Bj Cohen Jay Flynn Scott William M&B Distribution Llc Lynch Matthias R Morgan Michael J Randall Jesse Labat Bell Charles Hyatt Michael L Taylor Eric C Gray Emma J Greene Janaya G Ontiveros Izamar Cox Darren