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Play It Again dedicates batting cages to Eddie Sitzman REVIEW

By JESSICA MOR Staf

The batting cages in the It Again Sports on Madison Street in Forest Park are now named after Eddie Sitzman, a belove munity member in Oak Forest.

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

On Feb. 25, Play It Again dedicated its batting cages to Sitzman, an Oak Park resident who Sitzman worked at Pla over four years and lo balls in the back of the stor Erich Krumrei, owner of Play It Again Sports, said it wasn Sitzman, who had Down syndrom started working at the spor and he had a lot of conversations with his parents. But Sitzman soon became a vital part of the culture at Play It Again, See BURKE on pa ge 10

See EDDIE on pa ge 17

In 2026, Forest Park will see Jackson Bouvard under construction to re place the water main underneath it, plus new alleyways throughout the village.

The village’s engineering consultant, Christopher B. Burke Engineering, presented plans for infrastructure projects throughout Forest Park this year at a Feb. 23 council meeting. This summer, Forest Park will see Jackson e Oak resident died last ye and touched ma communities in th western

Eddie Sitzman’s parents, Mark Sitzman and Cathy Morgan, with Play It Again sta , Oak Park re ghters, Opportunity Knocks participants, and other neighbors and friends

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Maria Pappas, Ald. Ray Lopez, Ald. Silvana Tabares, Hon. Billy Marovitz, Dr. Willie Wilson, Paul Vallas, Rabbi Barry Axler, Hon. Anan Abu Taleb, Hon. Jim Taglia

Abstain from meat, not taste during Lent

What locals recommend that respects traditions

By RISÉ SANDERS-WEIR Eats Reporter

For 40 days, the season of Lent is one of introspection as well as a variety of foods that respect the r ules, yet still please the palette

For many Christians Lent is full of traditions that help focus the mind and soul. Growing up Protestant, I wasn’t privy to food traditions specific to Lent. Later in life I had the good luck to marry into a Catholic family and discover how the season can taste

7411 W. Madison St. in Forest Park, which features Lake Victoria whitefish each F riday night during Lent.

Old World Pizza, 7230 W. Nor th Ave. in Elmwood Park, has several items to fit the season.

“Offering classic Lenten dishes like pepper & egg sandwiches and eggplant Parm sandwiches and pasta is important because it allows us to honor the traditions of our customers,” said manager Danielle Michelon.

According to the Catholic Telegraph, “Roman Catholics must fast and abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Fri-

Also in Elmwood Park, Johnnie’s Beef, 7500 W. North Ave., serves up pepper & egg sandwiches on Fridays throughout the season.

Taco Mucho, 220 Harrison St. in Oak Park, always has blackened fish tacos on the

Eg gplant parm sandwich at Old World Pizza

Beef, pepper & egg at Johnnie’s

Baja tacos at SKG

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Victoria white sh at Jimmy’s Place

7TH DISTRIC T DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

Progressive lane in the 7th is crowded

Will voters coalesce ar ound one of four progressive candidates?

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

cluding two Oak Park Village Board members and five members ofthe Oak Park Public Library board endorsed Collins

Progressive activists in Oak Park and the West Side are split in whom they are supporting in the wide open Democratic primary race to succeed Danny Davis as the congressperson from the 7th Congressional District. Four young progressive activists are running in the 13-candidate field in the March 17 Democratic primary.

“I think she has the campaign infrastructure and the strateg y to win and I think in such a cr owded race I think that’s an important factor to consider,” said Oak Park Village Board member Derek Eder who is supporting Collins along with his colleague Jenna Leving Jacobson. Because ofher past campaigns against

Kina Collins speaks at protest against the U.S. attack on Iran hosted by her congressional campaign in Scov ille Park in Oak Park on March 1.

They are Kina Collins, who at the age of 34 is making her fourth run for Congress; 32-year-old Oak Park native Reed Showalter; 32-year-old labor leader Anthony Driver and 28-year-old Anabel Mendoza. Collins seems to have the most support among Oak Park progressive activists. Last week nine Oak Park elected officials, in-

Davis in 2020, 2022, and 2024 Collins has much higher name reco gnition than Showalter and Mendoza and a more established base ofsupport. That’s something that Eder considered when deciding whom to support.

“In such a crowded field name reco gni-

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tion is very important compared to other ones,” Eder said. “There are practical things that progressives who are involved in this campaign need to consider such as does your candidate really have a good chance of winning, how you try to achieve what you want, it’s less about the individual and more about the policy outcomes. We have to be strategic about how we pick the people we want to re present us.”

Collins currently seems to be running third, behind frontrunners State Re p. La Shawn Ford and Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin, in what little polling that’s been done in the race.

But supporters of Showalter, Mendoza and Driver say that while they like Collins, her past losses, and the new faces in the race, has convinced them that it is time to move on to someone new. Mendoza, an immigration rights activist, and Showalter, lawyer who has worked for the House Judiciary Committee, the Department of Justice and the FTC have both impressed man activists with their knowledge energy and commitment.

“This time around I’ve decided that I’m going to suppo Anabel,” said Oak Park activist Scott Sakiyama who had supported Collins in past races. “I think that there are a number of good progressive candidates in the race. Anabel, I think, aligns closely with where I am on the issues and I decided to move on from Kina in the election because I think it’s unusual that, you know, that you win on your fourth time, that’s what I’ve heard.”

7TH DISTRIC T DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

is a person who uniquely understands the struggles and everyday economic realities of what it means to be a West Sider and also folks who live in places like Bellwood and Maywood and places on the south side of Chicago that deal with very similar issues to Austn,” Collins said. “While it’s great to have a progressive base in Oak Park I think what my supporters have always understood is that one of the key reasons of why they supported my campaign is that I would be a re presentative living in one of the poorest areas in this district and have that sense of urgency to get those problems solved.”

Collins and her supporters are asking progressives to coalesce around her as the March 17 election approaches.

“Hopefully there are some consolidation ef for ts that take place in these final weeks because I think it could be a powerful message sent writ large across the district of proessives being serious about capturing the seat,” Collins

Collins also said while there is talk about progressives splitting the vote there are also a number of more establishment candidates in the race who will split that vote.

somebody who knows how to do this job on day one.”

Mendoza, the youngest candidate in the race, has run an energetic campaign. She grew up in the West Lawn neighborhood of Chicago and was able to attend the exclusive Latin School of Chicago because her mother worked there as an administrative assistant and the family qualified for discounted tuition.

“I lived, quite literall tween two different West Lawn and the Latin School of Chicago,” Mendoza said. was one of the most difficult experiences being one of only a few students of color in that school, coming from a wo class background and attending a school that is extremely affluent. I saw vestment looks like and I saw vestment looks like having gone home every single night in West Lawn.”

vice Employees International Union Illinois State Council. Driver has been endorsed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

“That means I would be coming to Congress with almost 100 allies right away,” Driver said.

After graduating from Northwestern University Mendoza has worked as an immigration rights activist. She says that she would bring that background to Congress.

Driver served as the first president of the Chicago Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability which oversees the public safety infrastructure in Chicago.

At a candidate meet and greet hosted by Chicago alderwoman Emma Mitts Saturday at the Healing Temple Church on the West Side Driver said his roots in the community make him stand out in the race.

Supporters of Mendoza and Showalter point out that Collins entered the race relatively late and hasn’t raised much money.

Catherine Larson, the campaign manager for Showalter, said that Collins’s relatively high standing in polls is a product of her name recognition.

“Obviously people know her name but as we also saw she ended up not filing her FEC (Federal Elections Commission re port) until 16 days after the deadline and when she did had, you know, it showed that she has less than $5,000 cash on hand. And, to me, that shows the numbers in those polls are probably a ceiling.”

Collins, who lives in South Austin and got her start as an advocate for victims of gun violence, says her roots in the community give her an edge over the other young progressives in the race.

“I think the person who wins this seat

“I think that Reed and Anabel are brilliant and I think that they have great platforms,” Collins said. “And I think that people are putting a lot of attention on the progressives in this race instead of looking at the diluting of the moderate and establishment vote which is going to split amongst fi have pretty strong bases, if ask me.”

Showalter, who Oak Park High School colle ge at and law school says his in Washington, an edge that none of the other candidates ha

“This seat, body who can take big gressive to do it on day one and there is nobody else in this field who has government in the last five years, much less the last 10,” Showalter said. “Whomever wins is going to take office in the middle of the Trump administration and we need

“I believe I bring a unique combination to this role that no other candidate brings including, especially in the progressive lane of this race,” Mendoza said. “At a time when we are seeing ICE agents brutalize and murder people on the streets, immigrants and U.S. citizens alike I am the only candidate in this race who brings years of experience on the front lines of the immigrants’ rights movement, having organized side by side with im-

the work to earn it.”

Another candidate with significant progressive support is Driver, who serves as the executive director of the powerful Ser-

“My leadership did not begin behind a leadership began on a picket r said. “I’m a labor leader, a coalition builder. There is a big argument in the 7th District about who is the most progressive candidate in the race, who’s the right progressive. And I want to say for the record that you can’t be progressive if you don’t walk amongst the people, if you don’t serve the people.”

Driver is a strong speaker and impressed many when he was one of many candidates who spoke at a meeting of the Democratic Party of Oak Park (DPOP) last fall.

“He not only talks the talk, he walks the walk,” said Driver supporter Wendy Epstein.

The Democratic Party of Oak Park is staying neutral in the congressional primary.

“It is an impressive collection of candidates, familiar faces, new faces, they each bring some strengths to the race,” said State Senate President Don Harmon (DOak Park), the Democratic Pa rty Oak Pa rk Township Committeeman. “I think all of them have impressed some of our members but there’s no consensus at this point. I’m just excited to let democracy happen.”

Re gardless of who wins the primary Sakiyama thinks that even if they don’t win Mendoza, Collins and Showalter all have promising futures.

“I have a lot of respect for all three of those candidates,” Sakiyama said. “I think it’s exciting that people are excited to have progressive candidates that they really like that they’re not choosing the lesser of the two evils. I don’t find it particularly frustrating. I think it’s good to build a bench of people here and, you know, if it’s not Congress for those folks maybe it’s something else in a year or two.”

REED SHOWALTER

ANABEL MENDOZA

ANTHONY DRIVER

7TH DISTRIC T DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

After two decades working for Congress, Ehrlich seeks 7th District seat

Professor of public an d environmental policy has worked for congressmen and as a watchdog

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

Editor’s note: Ahead of the March 17 primary, Forest Park Re view is profiling the candidates running in the 7th congressional district in Illinois. Whoever wins the November election will succeed Re p. Danny Davis, who is retiring after nearly 30 years in the position. This week, we re port on Dave Ehrlich.

Dave Ehrlich has taught graduate school classes on public policy for 21 years and worked for congressmen, or participated in the group that is Congress’ watchdog, for 22 years. And now he’s running for the 7th congressional district.

“I think it’s pretty incontrovertible that I do have more experience with both policy and in Congress,” Ehrlich said, compared to the race’s other candidates. He’s running for Congress because “ICE invaded, and I couldn’t just sit on the sidelines. I had to get involved.”

Ehrlich worked for Cong. Charles Rangel, who re presented New York City districts for 46 years and was the first African American to lead the Ways and Means Committee — the tax-writing body that drafts legislation for taxes, tariffs and social service programs. Rangel also founded the Congressional Black Caucus.

Rangel was one of the prime sponsors of the Af fordable Care Act and the main sponsor for the low-income housing tax credit, “which has provided 90% of af fordable housing in the U.S. over the last 30 years,” Ehrlich said.

“I would want to continue his le gacy. He was interested in the same kinds of issues that I’m interested in,” Ehrlich said, adding that he wants to lower the cost for ACA and expand Medicaid to cover more unin-

sured people. “I learned a lot of internal stuf f from him and also how to work within Congress.”

Ehrlich also worked for Claude Pe pper, a congressman re presenting the Miami area who served as chairman of the House Rules Committee that has jurisdiction over the terms and conditions of debate on legislation on the House floor.

“He was one of the people who advocated getting into World War II before the rest of the world,” Ehrlich said. And he helped create the Lend-Lease Act that allowed the U.S. to sell or transfer defense equipment to allied countries. Ehrlich added that Pe pper was “Mr. Social Security” and advocated for the elderly and liberalism.

Ehrlich spent 15 years working for the U.S. Government Accountability Office, which is the investigative and consulting arm of Congress.

“GAO is the watchdog of Congress,” Ehrlich said. The office analyzes most any part of federal government operations (aside from open market activities and the National Security Agency) to work with committees and get consensus from Re publicans and Democrats. “We’re also trained to look for corruption, waste, fraud and abuse.”

Though Ehrlich no longer works for the GAO, he said the office has done 30-some investigations on the current Trump Administration, including ones involving the newly created Department of Government Efficiency and a brokerage firm that seemingly had insider information that Trump’s tariffs wouldn’t pass.

“I think reducing corruption will solve a lot of these other problems,” Ehrlich said.

Ehrlich’s platform

Over the last 21 years, Ehrlich has taught over 140 courses to over 3,000 students on climate and environmental policy. While teaching at UIC, Indiana University, the Illinois Institute of Technolo gy and DePaul University, Ehrlich said he often educates students about legislation that would help slow the effects of climate chang e, like a carbon tax and/or cap-and-trade plan.

A carbon tax would simply put a fee on fossil fuels, while a cap-and-trade would set a le g al limit on how much gove ments and companies can pollute, and allow them to auction of f their emission permits, in an ef fort to reduce greenhouse g ases

“We could do it here in Chicago without having a national plan, which is what we’re going to have to do for the next couple years. We’re going to have to separate from the administration and do things locally,” he said.

sa Conyears-Ervin’s campaign for the 7th district seat.

Ehrlich is advocating for clean air, the lack of which affects lower income neighborhoods more than wealthy ones

Ehrlich cites a New York University study that shows that at least 80% of health disparities can be attributed to environmental and socioeconomic factors, while 20% is attributed to health and behavioral factors.

“Eating more ve g etables is good, having good health care and having good access to health care is great, but we need clean air and jobs,” Ehrlich said. “Lower income people benefit more through jobs and through cleaner air than wealthier people, but they still benefit too.”

Ehrlich also cites the need for more green infrastructure throughout Chicago, largely to help prevent flooding but also to increase property values

“The medium-term solution is infrastructure. It’s pretty cheap. You can get it done by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, block-by-block. T hey’re looking for example projects that they can showcase,” said Ehrlich, who ran for the MWRD board in 2012.

Ehrlich, who’s not taking any PAC or corporate money, also stresses the importance of refo rming campaign finances While candidates are limited to receiving $3,500 per individual per election, wealthy people can funnel money into 501c4s which can then give it to a Super PAC to fund elections. For example, the American Israel Public Af fairs Committee is a 501c4 that operates the United Democracy Project Super PAC, which recently committed to spending $2.8 million on Melis-

Without refo rm, “the people buying our elections will never be identified,” Ehrlich said. He said he’s seen cong resspeople spend hours a day making calls to raise money to pay party dues in order to be a part of certain committees. Some committee taxes can climb to millions of dollars per term, “which tells you how much time they’re spending on policy,” Ehrlich said of those who have to raise that money

Ehrlich said, if elected, he’d hold a comment period for legislation in order to hear how his constituents feel about particular issues. He said, though not always implemented, a federal agency is supposed to have a comment period of 60 to 90 days for proposed re gulations from Cong ress. Before the agency decides how the law will be put into effect, it’s supposed to solicit comments and respond to everyone

“When it comes down to actually putting these laws into effect, you need specific re gulations, and you need to think about who’s going to respond, who isn’ t going to respond, how are they going to g et around the re gulations, is it going to go anywhere or are people just going to ignore it?” Ehrlich said.

Other Democratic candidates who have thrown their hats in the ring for Davis’s seat include Richard Boykin, Kina Collins, Melissa Conyears-Ervin, Anthony Driv er Jr., Dr. Thomas Fisher, La Shawn Ford, Jason Friedman, Rory Hoskins, Anabel Mendoza, Jazmin Robinson, Reed Showalter and Felix Tello. Re publican candidates are Chad Koppie and Patricia Easle y.

DAVE EHRLICH

For more than 30 years, I have fought alongside West Side families to keep their homes, protect their neighborhoods, and demand accountability from systems that too often fail us. As a pastor and housing justice advocate rooted in Austin and across Illinois’ 7th Congressional District, I have prayed with seniors facing displacement, supported families navigating housing instability, and witnessed the urgent need for leadership grounded in lived experience. For me, housing justice is ministry — and ministry calls us not just to faith, but to action.

That is why I chose not only to support

LETTERS TO THE ED I TOR

Why I joined Anabel Mendoza’s campaign

Anabel Mendoza for Congress but also to join the core team helping to lead her campaign.

Together, we stood with the tenants of Harrison Courts in East Garfield Park, demanding federal action after months of unsafe living conditions. I watched her listen deeply, walk alongside residents, and center their voices in the fight for dignity and safe housing. She does not speak for communities — she organizes with them.

We have also traveled together into Black churches across the South and West sides, engaging cong re gations in honest conversations about unity, economic pressure,

and the shared struggles facing Black and Brown communities. In a time when division is easy, she is doing the harder work of building bridges, bringing people together around shared solutions.

Illinois’ 7th District has a proud le gacy of faith-driven leadership, but honoring that le gacy means reco gnizing when it is time to grow. Families are struggling to find af fordable housing, Section 8 voucher holders face barriers, seniors fear displacement, and working people are being squee zed by rising costs. These challenges require bold, responsive leadership willing to fight for transformative solutions.

Is this the best we can do?

Anabel Mendoza re presents that next chapter. A lifelong Chicagoan shaped by working-class roots, she understands that when Black and Brown communities stand together, we build real power. I joined this campaign because I believe our district is ready for leadership that reflects our shared future and is committed to ensuring every family has the opportunity to thrive

Rev. Robin Hood Founding pastor, Redeemed Outreach Ministries Outreach director for the Anabel for Congress campaign

T he latest collateral dama ge is the resignation of Forest Park’s Planner. Losing professional and credible planning guidance could not come at a worse time. Blame the status quo adherence to our zoning process as the main culprit

I am reaffirming that the tabled Residential Zoning Code Amendments (Batch 1) needs to be passed.

After reviewing recent FPR letters to the editor messages I found some old opinionbased zoning narratives. I stopped visiting the Taylors in Mayberry via Forest Park a long time ago! T here are inconsistencies of reality in modeling a fictitious TV rural town, locked in the mid-1960s, that portray a sense of hometown well-being. That was a town with no Black or Brown citizens and a comical mechanic played by an actor still in the closet. The issue of

density is misrepresented as a correlation to flooding and renters are treated as undesirables and transients. Have you seen the high rents in Forest Park?

Another letter to the editor describes f amilies with children choosing Forest Park that sounds a lot like g entrification. Noting “the Proviso problem” is also a mask for a Forest Park culture of racial avoidance of Proviso East High School. Andrew Cox labeled this discourse as “The irrational hatred of anything Proviso.” Today it could also be called Proviso Derangement Syndrome. Local white Forest Parkers have for decades followed the model of white flight and created a premature house-selling market and cycle. The r ule was and still might be “sell before sixth grade. T he current zoning delivers se greg ation. Important issues in address-

ing the housing shor tage and af fordability have not seen the light of day.

Every hour, every day, every week and month that this legislation languishes, not g etting passed, costs the community of Forest Park money

Case in point, the new change to zoning allows for a path way to construct ADU (accessory dwelling unit). One percent of the 5,000 homes in the village want to invest and construct one. T hose 50 projects would bring in over $5 million, new jobs, new collected revenue from fees/permits, additional taxpayers, and much needed relief for senior homeowners like me. It is proven that construction of multifamily and additional housing units will bring rentals down. That provides the savings people need to af ford buying their first home

T he current Forest Park zoning provides no solutions for first-time home buyers or ways to decrease rents. The current zoning can produce artificial house values. Think of it as Forest Park residents paying a zoning tax.

Not passing these zoning changes fractures sustainability, af fordability, economic development, and pushes the village closer to the edge of the fiscal clif f. Expenditures cannot exceed revenues. That is something we all can’ t af ford.

I recently talked with another Forest Park old-timer. T he easiest way to solve this problem is this simple and popular solution … that is, to just move away. Is this the best we as a Community, including the village council can do?

Rober t Cox Forest Park

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

CRIME

No one charged after woman knifes man for kicking his dog

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

Suspicious circumstances

At 3 p.m. on Feb. 27, police were dispatched to the 7300 block of Harvard St. after the passenger riding in an older black Chevy Tahoe pointed a toy gun and yelled at a child walking home from school. The child’s parent said his son didn’t know the passenger. Police were unable to find the vehicle in the area.

DUI

Around 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 27, police responded to the 1100 block of Elgin Ave. after someone called to report their neighbors were yelling about kicking a dog and that one had a knife. Police arrived to find several people screaming outside. Police asked a woman with her hands in her pockets to remove them, and she threw the knife to the ground. One woman told police she was standing on her porch when she saw a man walking his dog, then kick it repeatedly. The woman screamed at him to stop, and the man came to yell at her and her daughter. The woman said the man pushed her daughter, so her daughter pulled out a utility knife and cut the man. The man said one of the women started swiping her cane at him and the other waved a knife at him several times, cutting his arm. Police reported that the dog didn’t have any injuries and, from camera footage, couldn’t see who made physical contact first. No one was charged.

Assisting police

Police were dispatched to the CTA Blue Line station around 7 p.m. on Feb. 24 for a woman who was unconscious and barely breathing. The woman was seated on the train with her head tilted back. Police re ported that she had blue lips and was unresponsive to ster num rubs. The woman started breathing after two doses of Narcan, woke up and said she was fine. The Forest Park Fire De partment took her to RUSH Oak Park Hospital.

Criminal trespass

Police were dispatched to Thornton’s gas station on Harlem Avenue on Feb. 26 around 8 a.m. to remove a man who was previously trespassed and returned to the business. Police re peatedly asked the man to leave and he didn’t. When police tried to handcuf f him, he pulled away and tensed his body. He was charged with criminal trespassing, two counts of resisting an officer, and obstructing identification.

While on patrol Feb. 27, police did a random registration check for a car whose owner had a revoked license for a DUI. Police saw the driver make a right tur n from Circle Avenue to Dixon and pulled it over. Police re ported that the car smelled of alcohol, that there was suspected liquor in a glass in the center console, and that the driver had bloodshot, glassy eyes and slurred speech. The man said his permit allowed him to drive between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. and the vehicle must be equipped with a Baiid device, but police pulled him over around 1:30 a.m. The man said he went to a party at Pioneer Tap and there was an open bottle of liquor in his car. He was charged with an aggravated DUI, failure to signal, open alcohol, driving under the influence and having a revoked license

Open alcohol

On March 1 around 1 a.m., police saw a man exit Pioneer Tap with a cup containing suspect alcohol. Police confirmed that the cup had alcohol in it and gave the man a local ordinance violation.

These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated Feb. 24 - March 1 and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest

SMALL BITES

March is in like a lamb, out like lambchops

T.S. Eliot might think that April is the cruelest month, but April ain’t got nothin’ on March in my opinion. March lulls us with false spring, then wallops with freezing drizzle, grey days, and nary a flower yet to be seen (unless you look really, really hard for crocus.)

All that moaning to say, cold rainy days tell me to stay home. Don’t give in. There are places to go:

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Opening up: Habibi’s Chicken and Falafel, a quick service concept from local chain Pita Pita Mediterranean Grill is now serving at 421 N. Harlem Ave. in Oak Park. This location was previously Slice Factory. Free, validated parking in the lots behind the spot, between Harlem and Maple avenues.

Closing down: Milly’s Pizza in the

has shuttered their Berwyn location at 6737 Roosevelt. Business was fine, but family time was getting pinched with two locations said owner Robert Maleski. ee Oak Park restaurants won the village public health department’s Johnson Restaurant Awards in reco gnition of having the highest two-year inspection records: Publican Quality Breads, Rustico, Sugar Beet Co-op.

In other coveted-hardware news, Climate Ready Green Awards given out by Oak Park’s Environment and Energy Commission were presented to Happy Apple Pie Shop and Daly Bagel for leadership in advancing climate-centered sustainability.

EcoWilde is an ecologically driven floral, plant and recandling (they put new wax and wicks in emptied holders) biz.

They just opened doors between Ciro and Carnivore at 1046 Pleasant St. in Oak Park.

Speaking of those neighbors, Ciro has a shelf full of direct-from-Italy products for sale. Items include a hazelnut and coco spread that puts Nutella in its place.

I missed mentioning Black Restaurant Week deals in last month’s column, but I want to shout out to the local establishments that participated: Chicago’s Home of Chicken & Waffles at 543 Madison St. in Oak Park, Rhythm & Blues Café at 7522 Madison St. in Forest Park, and TNT Rooftop Restaurant at 5405 W. Madison St. in Chicago.

Khyber Pass, 1031 Lake St. in Oak Park, celebrated their 30th year with a reribbon cutting.

There’s a new owner at Mickey’s Gyros & Ribs, 525 N. Harlem Ave. in Oak Park. No news on any changes in the works, but for now it’s business as usual.

The power went out at Espresso Café, 7501 Roosevelt Rd. in Forest Park. It’s back on now and they need to make up

for lost revenue. Go get their house-made empanadas or a guava and cheese pastry! U3 Coffee, 7430 Madison in Forest Park, is launching a year-long Meet the Artist series celebrating local artists and promoting community connection and conversation. Each ar tist’s work will be displayed in the café for six weeks.

Eats-out dined out at Little Owl Social Pub at 3747 Grand Blvd. in Brookfield. The burgers were spot-on and the tater tot nachos we ordered for the table were amazing too.

O’Sullivan’s Public House’s request to use some of the sidewalk by their 7244 Madison St. address in Forest Park was approved. Café tables are planned for warmer weather. Please April, bring us fair weather!

But if you are still focused on the lamb, get that at Carnivore, 1042 Pleasant St., Oak Park.

Got news, questions or ideas for this column? Email them to us at Eats@oakparkeats.com.

OPRF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Khyber Pass celebrates 30 years

BURKE

Infrastructure improvements

from page 1

Boulevard restructured and resurfaced, and Burkhart Court will also see a new water main and resurfacing. The Illinois Department of Transportation is leading road resurfacing projects at the I-290 bridge over the Des Plaines River, the Des Plaines Avenue bridge over I-290, and underneath I-290 to improve drainage and will be staging equipment west of the Forest Park CTA station.

The lead service lines that carry water to residences and businesses will be under construction this year to re place them with copper ones in the following areas:

■ Between Jackson and Lehmer St

■ Between Jackson and Madison St., Ferdinand and Hannah

■ From 13th Street to 16th Street

■ Between Roosevelt and Harrison, Circle and Dunlop

■ Between Dunlop and Des Plaines

On the north side of town, the only remaining alleys in poor condition are between the 600 blocks of Thomas and Hannah, the 7200 block of Jackson between Harlem and Elgin, and the alley between Madison and Lincoln Court. About a dozen alleys on the south side of town still need re pair.

“It’s important to note that we’ve done a great job of improving the alleys throughout the village. Over the last three decades, we’ve made 103 alley reconstructions,” said James Amelio, the group lead at Burke Engineering, during the presentation. All of those alleys were reconstructed so water drains to the center of the alley and into a drainage structure to prevent flooding.

This year’s updates are a part of the village’s threeyear plan for 2024 through 2026. In 2023, Burke Engineering developed the plan with the village administrator and public works department. Alleys and roads have been updated by condition, with those in the poorest state replaced first.

Infrastructure projects in 2026 are expected to cost over $10.8 million. Over $6 million will be funded by grants. The village plans to use over $2 million from its VIP fund to re place sidewalks in the village, a green alley in the 800 block of Thomas and Hannah, and the Jackson water main and resurfacing project. Nearly $2.5 million is expected to come out of the village’s water fund to cover the Jackson Boulevard water main construction and resurfacing and the water main design for the 400 and 500 blocks of Harlem and Elgin.

For the latter project, Amelio said Forest Park is receiving funding from the Environmental Protection Agency’s State and Tribal Assistance Grants through Cong. Danny Davis’ office. Nearly $1.1 million has been earmarked for Forest Park, which will go toward covering much of construction.

The $2.5 million from the water fund will also cover Burke Engineering’s feasibility study and design to replace the water reservoir on Jackson Boulevard under-

A ected areas on the north and south sides of the v illage

neath the Howard Mohr Community Center.

Burke Engineering has already started the $227,000 feasibility study to help commissioners decide whether to build new reservoirs at the Forest Park CTA station parking lot or the Altenheim to re place the one on Jackson

Boulevard under neath the community center.

“There’s a little bit of money remaining in that, which we are working on to keep the project advancing as we look for funding and continue to go through the IEPA process,” Amelio said.

SCREENSHOTS

oin us at 1 pm on March 7, 2026 for our 30th Annual Forest Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade for a fun- lled day in downtown Forest Park. 65+ entries include bagpipers, Proviso East Marching Band, Irish dancers, local business entries, Medinah Shriner parade units, police & re departments & much more! e parade kicks o at 1 pm from Madison and Van Buren and travels east on Madison to Elgin.

Message from the Chamber St. Patty’s in Forest Park

We’re not expecting half a million people like they are in Dublin, but attendance at our St. Patrick’s Day Parade is just as impressive for a town of our size…and we’re celebrating 30 years this year!

We host the parade early in March for a couple of reasons: to help ensure we don’t compete with local or city parades for entrants or attendance, and to drive business to Forest Park before the ‘official’ St. Patrick’s Day weekend celebration.

People often remark that the weather would be better if we moved the date up, but that’s not how Chicago-area weather rolls. For example, we’ve had 70-de gree weather on parade day, with temperatures in the 20’s the following Saturday and vice

versa…but Forest Park St. Pat’s Parade Day parade-goers are in it for the long haul so we always have a great turnout re gardless of the weather.

As with any event we host, sponsors are key to making the parade happen. Their support allows us create an entertaining line-up that includes entries like Medinah Shriner’s parade units who receive an honorarium for participating. Event sponsorship also supports the overall work ofthe Chamber.

Huge thanks to this year’s main sponsors: Title Sponsors: Village of Forest Park, O’Sullivan’s Public House; Metro Facility Solutions, Ironworkers Local 1, Laborers Local One, Mid America Carpenters Union, Ferrara Candy Co. and Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch. Four LeafClover Sponsor: SBC Waste Solutions. Advertising Sponsors: Burke Beverage, Fatduck, Our Planet Automotive, Grand Appliance and TV, Fenwick High School, Christopher B. Burke Engineering, McDonald’s, Chicago and Cook County Building and Construc-

tion Trades Council, U3 Co ffee, Currie Motors, LaShawn K. Ford, Re public Services and Scratch Restaurant Group. Shamrock Sponsors: Grace Lutheran School, The Original Hooters, Chicago White Sox, School of Rock, Dog Den Chicago, Jimmy John’s, Francesca’s Fiore Pizzeria & Bak-

ery, Spotless Carwash, Aperion Care Forest Park, Park District of Forest Park, Nourishing Those in Need, Robert’s Westside, River Forest Animal Hospital and Richard Boykin for Cong ress.

Happy parade day and happy St. Patrick’s Day to all!

LAURIE KOKENES DIRECTOR

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Again, where he worked a couple days a week cleaning and org ing inventory.

“We stopped trying to cater to his disability and cater to the pe son,” Krumrei said. And after a while, Sitzman found a routine and was always reliable, on time and lifted spirits. Krumrei said he’ll miss Sitzman’s sense of humor and how he gave him a hug before and after every shift.

“It was a huge, huge loss, not just for the business, but for all of who work here, losing a friend and a colleague like that,” Krumrei said. “Eddie contributed to us being a good small business in the munity, and it’s hard to have him gone.”

In addition to pasting Sitzman’s name on the wall of the batting cages, Play It Again is also displaying a framed jersey with Michael Jordan’s number on it, Sitzman’s name, and his quote, “Michael Jordan played one sport. I played them all.” His family remembered the quote after watching “The Last Dance” with Sitzman.

Sitzman won 59 Special Olympics medals for track and field, soccer, basketball, golf, floor hockey and powerlifting. He was also a Special Olympic Athlete leader, promoting and advocating for the organization.

“Everybody here knows Eddie as a really capable, confident, kind person and super competitive, just a natural athlete. He had that drive that really good athletes have that just makes a difference,” said his father, Mark Sitzman, at the batting cage dedication. “He was good at everything, and he was super fun to be around for those reasons. But what you may not know is what he liked more than anything is hanging out with people.”

At Play It Again, Mark Sitzman thanked a room of about two dozen people from the church and schools their family attended, plus neighbors, participants from Opportunity Knocks and the Oak Park Fire Department staff.

“He had a little group in every one of those communities. He just had a way of connecting with people,” Mark Sitzman said.

Eddie Sitzman was a part of School District 200’s Community Integration Transition Education program. CITE offers Individualized Education Program services, therapeutic support and vocational training to adults ages 18-to-22 years old with disabilities. With CITE, Sitzman volunteered weekly at the Oak Park Fire Department, Wonder Works Children’s Museum, and was a teacher’s assistant at the Ascension School preschool and the Children’s School’s kindergarten class

“I think the aspiration of the program is really to create connections like the one that occurred here,” Phil Carmody, president of Opportunity Knocks — a River Forest-based nonprofit that teaches new skills and creates community among people of all abilities — told the Review at the batting cages. “I think the way Erich and his crew embraced [Eddie] and blended him in with their culture here, it speaks to their quality of care and the culture they have as a business.”

Carmody added that, from his administrative view, Sitzman was a natural leader and had a solid friend group at Opportunity Knocks.

“They create a presence that just wasn’t there before and have very dynamic personalities,” Carmody said. Sitzman was also involved vocationally with Opportunity Knocks and was dipping his toes into more administrative roles before he passed

As a part of CITE, Sitzman visited the Oak Park Fire Department every Thursday for a few hours. He wouldn’t go on calls, but helped

Eddie Sitzman’s dad, Mark Sitzman, holds a Michael Jordan jersey with a quote from his son: “Michael Jordan played one spor t. I played them all.” Eddie’s mother, Cathy Morgan, stands to his le , and Erich Krumrei, owner of Play It Again Sports, stands to his right.

with daily activities, like washing ambulances, training, and joking with firefighters over lunch.

“He fell right into our camaraderie. He was one of us,” said firefighter Nathan Holdman. He said that one of the things he’ll miss most about Sitzman is how he was able to put everyone at ease.

“Your guard came down a lot. One of the things I think we all keep up is a guard to protect us on calls, a shield, because we see bad things all the time,” Holdman said.

Sitzman passed away last July and, in August, was planning to attend Judson University in Elgin to study child development. He was granted Ruby Rainbow’s highest-level scholarship for his dedication to his community, his academic and extracurricular successes, and his positive representation of people with Down syndrome.

Krumrei said he promised Sitzman he’d hire him as a manager when he graduated: “He was always asking to do more things in the store,” Krumrei said.

“I think we learned a lot as a business and employees and friends, how to work well with somebody with disabilities and realize that he had tremendous potential to go on to do things in his life,” Krumrei told the Review. “Businesses, if they think about hiring somebody with special needs, it’s an investment, and it doesn’t happen overnight. It kind of puts everything in perspective, too. The day-to-day problems don’t seem that tremendous when you look at somebody like Eddie, who is just living his best life every single day.”

“For you to offer him the opportunity to be here,” Mark Sitzman said to Krumrei, “to give him that community and sense of belonging, you gave him dignity, and you gave us a sense that there’s hope for him for the rest of his life.”

“I’ve known Eddie all his life. He was an all-star in every category He was so funny, smart, gentle and kind,” said Mia Toschi, who’s known Eddie’s mother, Cathy Morgan, since they were children. She came from Indiana for the batting cage dedication. “He was like, ‘I’m a great athlete.’ And he was not shy to tell you that. He was a remarkable kid and, as much as we miss him, he’ll be in our hearts forever.

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Martes, 17 de marzo de 2026

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The voting will be conducted at the following polling places for each of the aforesaid election precincts selected by the Cook County Clerk.

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Dated at Chicago, Illinois this 4th day of March 2026

Monica Gordon Cook County Clerk

OPINION

OUR VIEW

Infrastructure investments

Forest Park spelled out year three of its ambitious infrastructure upgrade plan last week. From a major water main replacement project on Jackson to the continuing investment in the alleys, to a range of projects that will deter minedly upend traffic on Desplaines near the Ike, the village continues to invest in our aging pipes and roads. The plan also includes funding additional planning for the much-needed replacement of the water reservoir currently at the community center.

We’ve commented recently on the chronically poor financial condition of local gover nment. But we’re happy to acknowledge that, after decades of disinvestment in infrastructure, Forest Park has, in recent years, finally found ways to develop a lucid plan, a range of funding sources and capable leadership to implement these upgrades

Eddie Sitzman’s

well-lived life

Eddie Sitzman made a lot of connections in his short life. And the range of the small communities he became part of in Forest Park and Oak Park affir ms the intentionally loving villages we live in

Our Jessica Mordacq covered the dedication last week of the batting cages at Play It Again Sports in Eddie Sitzman’s name. Sitzman, who lived with Down syndrome, worked at the Forest Park sports gear shop in recent years. And he loved the batting cages that owner Erich Krumrei installed a while back in Play It Again.

Krumrei spoke with candor and care when he acknowledged some initial bumps as Sitzman joined the staff. “We stopped trying to cater to his disability and to cater to the person,” he said.

Mark Sitzman, Eddie’s dad, knew that person best and said, “Eddie was a really capable, confident, kind person and super-competitive. He was just a natural athlete.” An understatement, perhaps, for a person who earned 59 Special Olympics medals across a wide range of sports.

Mark also thanked the staff at Play It Again for making for his son a place that worked for everybody.

But the retail spot on Madison Street was just one of the local entities where Eddie was welcomed and made himself known. He was a regular volunteer at the Oak Park Fire Department, at Wonder Works Children’s Museum, in preschool classrooms at Ascension School and the Children’s School. He was a mainstay at Opportunity Knocks, the River Forest nonprofit where Eddie was among the Warriors. Eddie was also part of Oak Park and River Forest High School’s CITE program which offers extended services to young people who have moved past their high school years.

Eddie was 21 when he died last year. His legacy is large. His place in these caring villages is deep and deeply appreciated.

Florida Man

There are fancier beaches than the ones I love There are beaches with imported sand in Photoshop White and beaches with DJs and bottle service and a dress code for sunscreen. F lorida has those, too. God bless them. But give me a slightly run-down boardwalk town on the Gulf Coast any day — the kind of place where the wooden planks creak like arthritic knees and the air smells of coconut oil and fried grouper.

ALAN BROUILETTE

Spring break in Sarasota was the one sacred week of my childhood. It was the only time I got my g randparents all to myself, none of us burdened with my heinous cousins and their mother, who is a breathtaking asshole and the only person I know who I’m certain is a sociopath. My cousins were the sor t of children for whom board games were pleasurable opportunities to cite violations of the rule book and gloat about winning, two values they picked up from their Dementor of a mother.

But in March, they were gone. It was just me, my brother, our grandparents, and Florida. If you grow up in Chicago, the large body of water is gray and angry. It slaps. It threatens. It files complaints. The first time you step into the Gulf as a kid and discover that the water is warm — not “bracing,” not “refreshing,” but actually warm — it feels like you’ve uncovered a clerical error in the universe. No one told me the ocean could feel like bathwater. No one told me fish could be neon.

The wildlife alone was a revelation. Pelicans are feathered pterodactyls. Lizards doing pushups on stucco walls. Hermit crabs engaged in quiet real estate negotiations. Manatees. Dolphins. Fruit trees. Palm trees. For a kid used to pigeons with nicotine addictions and dead branches five months a year, Florida was Jurassic Park with sunscreen.

And then there was miniature golf.

The courses were always a little chipped, a little sun-bleached, with fiberglass pirates whose swords had seen better decades. You’d putt through a plaster volcano or under a windmill that squealed like it needed a lawyer. It was perfect. No one ke pt score. My grandfather

would line up a shot like he was at gusta, then miss by three feet and blame “the grain.”

Afterward, we’d walk the boardwalk — not the glossy, corporate kind, but the kind where the ice cream stand had three employees and one of them was clearly someone’s dealer who just needed a cover job. Arcades full of skee-ball machines that felt like they’d survived the Eisenhower administration. Sunburned tourists. Retirees in sandals that had given up trying. Paradise.

Now spring break looks different. Now it’s con leche in the morning, a cigar in the afternoon, playing golf on a course that requires a collared shirt, and a rental convertible that makes me look like I have better credit than I do. The towns are still a little frayed at the edges, but so am I. We match. And here’s the thing: it’s still important. Spring break is less about debauchery and more about inter ruption. It’s the deliberate act of stepping out of the grinding machinery of your life and sitting in the sun long enough to remember who you are when no one needs anything from you.

When you’re a kid, spring break is escape from school and cousins and the bureaucratic cruelty of winter. When you’re an adult, it’s escape from email and news alerts and the endless low-grade hum of responsibility. It’s a reminder that time can stretch. That an afternoon can be wasted on purpose. That you can walk a boardwalk going absolutely nowhere and call it a day.

The slightly rundown beach towns get this. They don’t rush you. The paint peels at a leisurely pace. The palm trees lean like they’ve heard it all before. No one is in a hurry because hurry feels ridiculous in 78-de gree air.

I loved those towns because they gave me my grandparents without interference. I love them now because they give me myself

So yes, it’s cigars and convertibles now. It’s golf swings that creak louder than the boardwalk. But it’s still spring break. It’s still sacred. And every year, when I step out of the terminal and into the humidity, I am once again a Chicago kid discovering that the world can be gentle — at least for a week.

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STATE OF ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY COUNTY DEPARTMENT –CHANCERY DIVISION

CRUNCH, INC., an Illinois domestic business corporation, Plaintiff,

v. AAIA RML, LLC, an Iowa limited liability company, LOAN FUNDER LLC, SERIES 39875, a Delaware limited liability company, ROC CAPITAL HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and ALL OTHER UNKNOWN OWNERS, LIENHOLDERS, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No.: 2025CH11675

839 S. HARLEM AVE. FOREST PARK, IL 60130

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE PURSUANT TO 735 ILCS 5/15-1503 (LIS PENDENS)

The undersigned HEREBY CERTIFIES, pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1503 that the above-entitled Complaint for Mortgage Foreclosure was filed and is now pending:

(i) The names of all plaintiffs and the case number are identified above;

(ii) The court in which said action was brought is identified above;

(iii) The names of the title holders of record is: AAIA RML, LLC

(iv) A legal description of the subject real estate is:

LOT 18 AND THE SOUTH 1/2 OF LOT 19 IN BLOCK 1 IN THE SOUTH ADDITION TO HARLEM, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

PIN: 15-13-407-024-0000

(v) The common address of the real estate is: 839 S. Harlem Ave., Forest Park, IL 60130

(vi) An identification of the instrument sought to be foreclosed is: that Mechanics Lien dated February 16, 2025, recorded with the Clerk of this Court and bearing Document Number 2406046000

Dated: November 19, 2025 CRUNCH, INC. an Illinois domestic business corporation, Plaintiff.

ALLEN GALLUZZON HEVRIN LEAKE, LLC

By: One of Its Attorneys

Prepared by and after recording return to:

Nathan W. Friedman ARDC 6340118 nfriedman@aghllaw.com

ALLEN GALLUZZO HEVRIN LEAKE, LLC

839 N. Perryville Rd., Suite 200 Rockford, IL 61107 815-265-6464

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SECTION I REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

Tree Pruning Services 2026

NOTICE TO PROPOSERS: The City of Berwyn (hereinafter City) is seeking Requests for Proposals for the project listed below. A Request for Proposal (RFP) packet is available at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 6700 West 26th Street, Berwyn, IL 60402, or at https:ljwww.berwyn-il.gov/ governrnent/bids-rfps.

Sealed RFPs will be received at the City Clerk’s Office, until the time and date specified below, for: Tree Pruning Services 2026

ADDRESS PROPOSALS TO: Attention of the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 6700 W. 26th Street, Berwyn IL 60402, on or before 10:00 a.m. on March 25th, 2026. Proposals shall be sealed and clearly marked on the front, “Proposal for Tree Pruning Services 2026.” Faxed or emailed proposals will not be accepted.

PROPOSALS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN: 10:00 a.m. on March 25th, 2026. Proposers shall submit three (3) paper copies and one (1) electronic copy in .pdf format on a flash drive of their proposal.

QUESTIONS: All questions and clarifications regarding this Request for Proposal (RFP) must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 18th, 2026 by e-mailing or calling the following City Representative: Nicholas Peterson, City Arborist npeterson@ci.berwyn.il.us pubworks.engineering@ci.berwyn. il.us

Published in Wednesday Journal, Forest Park Review, RB Landmark March 4, 2026

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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: M26001399 on February 25, 2026 Under the Assumed Business Name of MALLEUS NET with the business located at: 515 BELOIT AVENUE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: RICHARD LEIB 515 BELOIT AVENUE FOREST PARK, IL 60130, USA

Published in Forest Park Review March 4, 11, 18, 2026

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC F/K/A

QUICKEN LOANS, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS INC.

Plaintiff, -v.-

PUBLIC NOTICE

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID

West 40 ISC #2, 415 Lexington Street, Maywood, Illinois 60153 will receive sealed bids for:

ASBESTOS ABATEMENT AT FORMER ST. JOE’S HIGH SCHOOL

10900 WEST CERMAK ROAD, WESTCHESTER, ILLINOIS 60154

PROJECT NO. T255053

The Bid Opening will be on Thursday, April 2, 2026, at 10:00 A.M. at the Facilities West 40 ISC #2 Administration Office. At this time, the Bids will be opened and read. The Contractor must pay Prevailing Wage Rates for all work as required by Illinois Law.

The Notification of Award will be on, or about, Wednesday, April 8, 2026

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive irregularities in the bidding procedure, or accept the Bid that in its opinion will serve its best interest. Any such decision shall be considered final. The Owner reserves the right to set aside a Bid from a Contractor who, in the Owner’s opinion, does not exhibit past experience equal to the size and scope of this project.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at the following location and time:

Former St. Joe’s High School, 10900 West Cermak, Westchester, Illinois 60154 Friday, March 20, 2026, at 10:00AM.

Interested bidders are required to attend this meeting and visit the work site.

Obtain Bidding Documents (maximum 1 set per Bidder) after March 4, 2026, from: Plans and specifications from the specifier, True North Consultants, Inc., may be requested via email @ thuffer@consulttruenorth.com (Todd Huffer).

Drawings sets are available to IDPH Licensed Asbestos Abatement Contractors

Interested bidders are requested to be prepared to review the scope of work and to determine site conditions during the PreBid Meeting. This may be the only opportunity to view and investigate work site conditions prior to submitting bids.

Published in Forest Park Review March 4, 2026

BRANDI CELEBRE MEANY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Defendants 2023CH08406 2236 S 22ND AVE BROADVIEW, IL 60155

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 15, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 18, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

Commonly known as 2236 S 22ND AVE, BROADVIEW, IL 60155

Property Index No. 15-22-102084-0000

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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 151701(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. 14-23-03478

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2023CH08406 TJSC#: 45-3226

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 # 2023CH08406 I3281792

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE, FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE CIM TRUST 2021-R2, MORTGAGE-BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2021-R2 Plaintiff, -v.-

CECIL PURCHASE, SYNCHRONY BANK

Defendants 2025 CH 08596 910 N 8TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 18, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 23, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

Commonly known as 910 N 8TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-02-314013-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $233,965.16.

Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact CHAD LEWIS, ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325, ROSEMONT, IL, 60018 (561) 241-6901. Please refer to file number 25-302598. 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. CHAD LEWIS ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325 ROSEMONT IL, 60018 561-241-6901

E-Mail: ILMAIL@RASLG.COM Attorney File No. 25-302598 Attorney ARDC No. 6306439 Attorney Code. 65582 Case Number: 2025 CH 08596 TJSC#: 45-3298

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 # 2025 CH 08596 I3281821

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR SOUNDVIEW HOME LOAN TRUST 2005-OPT4, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-OPT4

Plaintiff, -v.-

CHARLES E. SILMON, CASSANDRA SILMON, DEUTSCHE BANK

NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE OF HSI ASSET SECURITIZATION CORPORATION TRUST

2006-OPT2, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES

2006-OPT2, STATE OF ILLINOIS - DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendants

2020CH05803

529 49TH AVE

BELLWOOD, IL 60104

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-

EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 16, 2024, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 30, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 31 (EXCEPT THE SOUTH 9.95 FEET THEREOF) AND THE SOUTH 13.95 FEET OF LOT 32 IN BLOCKS 3 IN SUBDIVISION BLOCKS 1 TO 4 IN FIRST ADDITION TO HULBERT’S ST. CHARLES ROAD SUBDIVISION

A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 529 49TH AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-08-408051-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(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. 14-20-05247

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762

Case Number: 2020CH05803 TJSC#: 46-254

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 # 2020CH05803 I3282341

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.Zedrick Burrell a/k/a Zedrick Preston Burrell Defendants. 2025CH01974

532 CLAYTON RD, HILLSIDE, IL 60162

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 8/25/2025, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 3/23/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on March 25, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate.

Commonly known as 532 CLAYTON RD, HILLSIDE, IL 60162 Property Index No. 15-08-317022-0000

The real estate is improved with a Residential Property. The judgment amount was $229,826.07 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering

532 CLAYTON RD into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www. auction.com prior to placing a bid. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property, prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES PC (630) 794-5300 please refer to file number 14-25-01154. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 14-25-01154 Case Number: 2025CH01974 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. I3282295

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION MIDFIRST BANK

Plaintiff,

-v.-

GENESIS R. MALDONADO; CESAR A. HERNANDEZ; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; Defendants. 25 CH 8152

4601 Saint Charles Road, Bellwood, IL 60104

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 12/5/2025, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 3/16/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on March 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject to extension,

and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate.

Commonly known as 4601 Saint Charles Road, Bellwood, IL 60104

Property Index No. 15-08-213039-0000

The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence. The judgment amount was $211,082.89 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 4601 Saint Charles Road into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www.auction.com prior to placing a bid. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property, prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: LOGS Legal Group LLP (847) 291-1717 please refer to file number 25-103751-FC01. Auction. com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872225-4985 You can also visit www. auction.com. Attorney File No. 25103751-FC01 Case Number: 25 CH 8152 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. I3282250

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans Inc. Plaintiff, -v.-

Andrew Cox; Linda Cox; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants Defendants. 2025CH04690 36 GRANVILLE AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 12/8/2025, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 3/16/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on March 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate.

Commonly known as 36 GRANVILLE AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-08-206011-0000, 15-08-206-012-0000

The real estate is improved with a Residential Property. The judgment amount was $132,264.96 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 36 GRANVILLE AVE into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www. auction.com prior to placing a bid. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property, prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(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. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES PC (630) 794-5300 please refer to file number 14-25-02828. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 14-25-02828 Case Number: 2025CH04690 NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE AD-

VISED 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. I3282240

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST Plaintiff, -v.-

YVONNE CLAYTON, THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, TERRACE GARDEN CONDOMINIUMS ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF CAROL BRYSON, SHANITA S. BRYSON-ALEXANDER, LEON BRYSON JR., KEVIN BRYSON, PORTIA BRYSON, KAREN BRYSON, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, THOMAS P. QUINN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CAROL BRYSON (DECEASED) Defendants 2025CH04629

1100 W 18TH ST APT #GE BROADVIEW, IL 60155

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 17, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 6, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1100 W 18TH ST APT #GE, BROADVIEW, IL 60155

Property Index No. 15-22-405028-1078

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition.

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

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

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(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. 14-25-01800 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2025CH04629 TJSC#: 46-49

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 # 2025CH04629 I3282625

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BMO BANK N.A. Plaintiff, -v.CARLOS HERNANDEZ APARICIO, FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF CHICAGO Defendants 2023CH10086 413 S 12TH AVE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 5, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 7, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 413 S 12TH AVE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-10-415006-0000, 15-10-415-007-0000 The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable

to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(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. 14-23-05785

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Attorney Code. 21762

Case Number: 2023CH10086

TJSC#: 46-126

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 # 2023CH10086

I3282629

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF CSMC 2019RPL1 TRUST

Plaintiff, -v.PATIENCE ARMAH, TERRACE GARDEN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendants 2025 CH 02810 1100 W 18TH ST UNIT 1W BROADVIEW, IL 60155

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 5, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 8, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

Commonly known as 1100 W 18TH ST UNIT 1W, BROADVIEW, IL 60155 Property Index No. 15-22-405028-1073

The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The judgment amount was $63,645.42.

Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency

(driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact CHAD LEWIS, ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ

SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325, ROSEMONT, IL, 60018 (561) 241-6901. Please refer to file number 25-276731. 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.

CHAD LEWIS ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325 ROSEMONT IL, 60018 561-241-6901

E-Mail: ILMAIL@RASLG.COM

Attorney File No. 25-276731

Attorney ARDC No. 6306439

Attorney Code. 65582

Case Number: 2025 CH 02810

TJSC#: 46-82

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 # 2025 CH 02810 I3282668

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All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on age, race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination.

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.

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

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