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By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Writer
After this month, Forest Park will have to find a new planning consultant. Muse — which has provided guidance to village officials on zoning, land use, and best practices in community and economic development for 8 years — announced it would no longer work with the village after March 31, citing the stall in Forest Park moving forward several projects.
“Ef for ts including the comprehensive plan, zoning ordinance amendments, and the Altenheim redevelopment all stalled out, so there
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New billboard in Concordia Cemetery?
Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on March 16 could advance the cemetery’s request
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Writer
A billboard could go up on the west side of Concordia Cemetery soon.
Forest Park’s Planning and Zoning Commission will hold its monthly meeting — though there haven’t been any in over a year — on March 16 at 7 p.m. That’s when Concordia Cemetery will request a map amendment, plat of subdivision and a special use permit to put a billboard on the west side of the cemetery. If the PZC approves the request, the village council will vote on it next.
Concordia needs a special use permit because the village code only approves billboards in industrial districts, and the cemetery is zoned as a residential property. Because the cemetery neighbors the industrially zoned, CTA-owned property where the Forest Park Blue Line station is, Concordia is also asking for a plat of subdivision. This would carve out the part of the cemetery where the billboard would sit and per mit it for special use , which couldn’t be done if the property wasn’t next to an in-
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Steve Glinke, head of the village’s building department, said that, in his 15 years in the role, he’s never had a subdivision case for a for-profit entity, like Concordia Cemetery. He added that the Des Plaines River is eroding the cemetery’s bank, and Concordia has to pay to fix it themselves.
There are currently three billboards in Forest Park — one on the property of the Park District of Forest Park, one on village-owned property at I-290 and Hannah, and one on the U-Haul lot at Harlem and Harrison.
While PZC meetings are scheduled the third Monday of every month, if no businesses or residents petition, a meeting is not held. The last PZC meeting was a year ago, according to Glinke.
The PZC meeting will be March 16 at 7 p.m. in the lower level of Village Hall, 517 Desplaines Ave. The virtual meeting will be streamed at https://www.forestpark d fp/go ve r nment/local-government/commissions-boards-committees/zoning-boa of-appeals/
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P. Rae Easley runs in 7th District Republican primar y Easley hopes
P. Rae Easley, a lifelong policy expert, is running as a for Illinois’ 7th Cong
Having wo she was 12, Easley frames her full-time campaign around restoring safety, accountability and opportunity she says ha leadership. Easley, who lives in Austin is a for mer investment advisor with Merrill and says public of her life. She was raised volunteering and interning in Cong. Danny K. Davis’ office. She describes Davis as a mentor and father figure and always planned to seek the seat upon his retirement.
If elected, she plans to tisan colleagues to ensure Medicaid bursement risk metric
care providers, arguing that serving lowincome patients should not be treated as an adverse credit risk.
“I understand the federal government extremely well because I was trained directly by the congressman himself and his staf f. While working at Merrill as a financial advisor, I successfully brought Loretto Hospital on as a client under the leadership of Mr. George Miller. I invested a great deal of time into building that relationship,” Easley said.
Easley said hospital leadership trusted her and was prepared to let her team manage an initial $64 million in finances, with plans to grow the account with the goal to make Loretto Hospital a client so employees could access the firm’s financial services. However, the firm’s compliance department ultimately declined the deal, citing the hospital’s high Medicaid reimbursement rate as too risky.
“I learned that the 20-year life expectancy gap in the district is not based on the behaviors of the people who live there, but rather on how banking functions. If a com-
often lacks access to the primary credit market,” Easley said. “Without that access, it doesn’t have the resources to upgrade facilities, hire new staf f, or purchase updated equipment, which ultimately exacerbates the life expectancy gap.”
When asked about current legislative policies or initiatives she supports, Easley said one of the campaign’s key priorities is strengthening border security.
“The open border has led to our district becoming the headquarters of narcoter rorism in this country, which is why we have the heroin highway. The heroin highway exists because of lax border enforcement and sanctuary city policies.
Time Magazine wrote about this in 2012, highlighting how our sanctuary policies have actually attracted narco-terrorism, since those who traffic drugs and people know that if they’re caught, they won’t be deported under these rules,” Easley said.
One of the campaign’s positions is strong
t for eliminating sanctuary city poles have a harmful effect on the safety and security of residents in the 7th Congressional District.
According to Easley, 120,000 families Housing Authors, while y has held onto $1.8 billion for he supports returning the Chicago Housing Authority to federal ersight to ensure those funds are prop-
lack of a better word, ersight so rnment can take over city of Chicago is struggling to get shovels in the he process we can our people home from Iowa, where two decades,”
Easley said she would differ from Conprioritizing an Ameriand responding directly to urgent district issues. She criticized the lack of action when migrants assembled outside police stations, calling it a situation that required immediate attention.
“I don’t know what’s happening, but it’s in my district and we can’t ignore it. Instead, my congressman and other Democratic leaders held a press conference in front of the ICE facility to speak out against immigration enforcement. I’m very close to him, but if I were to judge him, it would definitely be on that issue,” Easley said.
Easley also pointed to the subprime mortgage crisis as a key issue in evaluating Congressman Davis.
“We are American people, and our colors are red, blue, and white, not white, black, yellow, or brown. We are one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Everything I do will be to advance the American people. If the voters choose to put me in office, I have a responsibility to re present them above all else,” Easley said.
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Kettlestrings Grove and Betty’s Pizza closing
Habibi’s Chicken and Falafel opens on Harlem
By RISÉ SANDERS-WEIR Eats Reporter
Oak Park’s cocktail-forward Kettlestrings Grove lounge, 105 S. Marion St. and sister restaurant Betty’s Pizza and Pasta, around the corner at 1101 South Blvd., are set to close on March 21.
Both restaurants opened four years ago, but according to co-owner Rob Guenthner life has evolved for him and the other five owners to the point that they made the decision to close two oftheir four restaurant ventures.
Guenthner said the decision wasn’t an easy one.
“The hardest thing will be not seeing the people who have been coming in,” he said.
“The fun thing is playing a little part in their lives. And in the life ofthe community.”
“This is a personal decision on where to spend our time at this stage in our lives,” Guenthner said. “We all have different priorities now that our kids are older. That’s the reason, more than anything else. Running a lounge and restaurants is a lot of work.”
Kettlestrings Tavern, 800 S. Oak Park Ave. in Oak Park, and Starship Restaurant, 7618 W. Madison St. in Forest Park, are owned by the same group. These remain open for business as usual. Though the future of Starship Restaurant is being weighed. A search for new ownership of that venture, which this group purchased three years ago, may be underway in the near future.
Habibi’s Chicken and Falafel, 421 N. Harlem Ave. in Oak Park, opened its doors earlier this month.
The limited-menu, counter-order concept is from the minds behind local chain Pita Pita Mediterranean Grill. The offerings, not surprisingly, feature various takes on halal chicken and falafel.
“From those two items, we’re going to make bowls and wraps,” co-owner Mustafa Hammad said. “Our kebab medallion bowl is one ofour most popular items. It’s marinated chicken breast cut very thinly and grilled. And then from there, we also have a bunch of side items, hummus, garlic smash, which is like a garlic potato dip spread.”
This is a trial run for the concept.
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The restaurant provides free, validated rking in the lot behind the building, ich used to be the Slice Factory.
“We were looking to open a Pita-Pita in Oak Park when we found this location,” Hammad said. “We really love the location, ut the kitchen is very small. So we had the idea ofstarting up a simpler concept. I felt like this would be a great fit for this location, for the area, and it would allow us grow the brand a little quicker in two avenues.”
Attorney Richard Boykin has built his career on honesty, strong moral values and a committment to do what’s right - not what is easy. From fighting for transparency in government to standing up for working families, he has always put community first. When others chose politics as usual, Boykin chose principle. When tough decisions had to be made, he chose integrity over expediency.
Because real leadership isn’t about promises - it’s about character.
Endorsed by Treasurer Maria Pappas, Ald. Ray Lopez, Ald.
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Time to choose among 13 candidates for Danny Davis’ seat
Win in Democratic primary is a ticket to D.C.
By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
With 13 candidates to choose from in the March 17 Democratic primary to pick a candidate for Congress from the 7th Congressional District many voters are dealing with wh is known as the paradox
fourth run for Cong ress.
able to choose a consumer becomes.
Interviews with some voters and canvassers for candidates indicate that is what many voters in the 7th District are feeling. Many voters don’t even know who all is running much less whom to vote for.
That could favor the candidates with the most name reco gnition such as State Re p La Shawn, (D-Chicago) Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin and activist Kina Collins, who is making her
Ford has the support of outgoing Congressman Danny Davis (D-Chicago) and Illinois Speaker of the House Chris Welch (D-Hillside). Davis’ chief of staf f is on leave running Ford’s campaign and Davis’ political organization is working ers.
Conyears-Ervin, who finished second running against Davis two years ago just ahead of Collins, has been buoyed by positive television ads paid for by a super PAC connected to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
Collins is running an underfunded grass roots campaign focusing on young, progressive voters but those voters are also being targeted by young, progressive candidates Anabel Mendoza and Reed
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Candidates at the 7th district congressional forum at Collins Academy High School on Jan. 27.
Showalter.
Labor leader Anthony Driver is running a strong campaign aided by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) which he heads in Illinois.
Then there are the newcomers who have made a splash such as emergency room doctor Thomas Fisher and real estate developer Jason Friedman.
Fisher has an Obamaesque appeal.
“I’m the only candidate in the race with cross demographic appeal which comes from the credibility of being a practicing physician who worked for President Obama with progressive ideals,” said Fisher after a meet and greet event for all the candidates in the race held last week at St. Malachy on the West Side.
Friedman has been spending heavily on direct mail sending voters so many campaign mailers that some voters are complaining. But Friedman is building name reco gnition which is key in such a crowded field and diverse district.
“I think of all the candidates here we
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have the widest path to victory,” Friedman said after the event at St. Malachy. “You have to win everywhere; you have to be everywhere and that’s what we’ve done. We’ve crisscrossed this district. It’s a very diverse district, Chinatown is very dif ferent than Oak Park, North Lawndale is very different than River North.”
Friedman, a first-time candidate, is hoping to benefit from not being a career politician.
“People are sick and tired of these career, corrupt politicians that we have here, especially in our city, that have failed to fight for them and have let them down over and over and over again” Friedman said.
Friedman’s campaign has also begun airing ne gative ads attacking ConyearsErvin for ethical complaints made against her during her time as city treasurer. Former Oak Park Village Board member Ravi Parakkat, who lost a race for Oak Park village president last year, is supporting Friedman.
For mer County Commissioner Richard Boykin points to his experience as former chief of staf f for Davis and his name reco gnition from his time as county commissioner and failed races for other offices since he lost his bid for reelection to current Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson in 2018.
Boykin is supported by perennial candidate and wealthy businessman Willie Wilson, for mer Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, for mer Oak Park Village President Anan Abu Taleb and Oak Park Village Board member Jim Taglia.
Boykin supports Illinois opting into a federal program that would grant tax deductions for contributions to a fund that would grant scholarships to students attending private schools
“I’m willing to take on my own party on this,” Boykin said before the event at St. Malachy. “I’m willing to take on the teachers unions on this issue.”
Boykin said he has to do well in Oak
Park to win but also may have a base of support centered around some West Side churches where Wilson is popular.
Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins has had trouble standing out in such a crowded field and against better funded opponents. But Hoskins is benefiting from his local connections and has been endorsed by River Forest Village President Cathy Adduci and the mayors or village presidents of Hillside, Westchester, Melrose Park and North Riverside.
With so many candidates in the field most political observers predict that the winner, whomever that person is, will receive less than, perhaps significantly less than 30 percent of the vote. 20,000 votes could be enough to win the race so all the candidates are just trying to hit that mark and pick of f votes wherever they can. That gives little known candidates such as Jazmin Robinson, Dave Ehrlich and Felix Tello some hope that they have a chance.
Four vie in state’s 8th Distric t to replace Rep. La Shawn Ford
Four Austinites compete for open seat in Democratic primary
By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter
With long-time incumbent State Re p. Shawn Ford (D-8th) running to succeed U.S. Cong. Danny Davis (D-7th), voters will see someone new in that seat no matter who gets elected next Tuesday, March 17.
The district includes parts of Austin, Oak Park, Forest Park, Brookfield and North Riverside. Ford re presented the district since 2008, and four candidates, all Austinites, are running to re place him – Latonya Mitts, Shantel Franklin, John Harrell and Jill Bush. Since no Re publican filed to run for the seat, the winner of the March 17 Democratic primary election will win by default unless an independent challenger emerges and collects enough signatures to get on the ballot.
well as bringing more state funding to area healthcare providers.
March 2013, she worked at Loretto Hospital in various capacities, eventually ing her way up to interim director for the hospital’s foundation. Bush ran for 29th rd alder man in 2011.
Bush’s campaign website lists six priority areas. Most notably, she calls “for responsible tax cuts that ease burdens without harming essential services,” without elaborating on it, and promised to fight “predatory evictions [and] rent hikes.”
The site also states that, to promote public safety, she would support community policing, “engage youth programs” and expand mental health services.
Franklin is a real estate agent who served as a legislative liaison for Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul until last summer. She previously told this newspaper that “experience from being in public service and my community-lived experience motivated me.”
“It’s really not about the seat for me; it’s about expanding and continuing the work that I’ve already been doing,” Franklin said.
She previously said her priorities would include supporting af fordable housing and economic development in the district, as
Harrell is a pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Austin. He also leads Proviso Baptist Church in Maywood and serves on boards of Loretto Hospital and Hire 360 Workforce Development. Harrell was the first candidate to jump into the race, filing the paperwork on July 10. His campaign website stated that, if elected, his priorities will be to advocate for what his constituents want and make sure they “receive the maximum services they are entitled to receive from the State of Illinois.”
Mitts is the daughter of long-time Ald. Emma Mitts (37th). The elder Mitts is an influential figure in West Side Democratic politics, and she currently serves as one of the two committeepersons re present-
ing the 7th Congressional District on the Democratic State Central Committee, the governing body of the Democratic Party of Illinois.
The younger Mitts currently works for an insurance company, and she previously served as State Re p. Jawaharial “Omar” Williams’ (D-10th) chief of staf f. Her campaign website states her biggest priorities include “fully funding public schools,” increasing youth access to mental health services and “investing in community-based resources that keep neighborhoods healthy and safe.”
Bush serves as Director of Community Engagement for Ald. Chris Taliafer ro (29th) and is a property manager for her family’s property management company, Bush Properties. Between January 2004
Bush was the only candidate who tried to one of her opponents of f the ballot.
Once the candidates submit their nominating petitions, any re gistered voter within the district they run in can challenge the paperwork, usually by trying to get as many signatures declared invalid as possible. Bush, who has previously filed objections against candidates challenging Taliafer ro, challenged Mitts’ signatures on usual technical grounds, alleging that signatories didn’t live in the district, listed the wrong address or used a signature that didn’t match voter records.
While Chicago Board of Election Commissioners disqualified 588 out of 1,224 signatures, this still left Mitts with 636 valid signatures – 136 more than the 500-signature legal minimum.
Austin Voice newspaper resumes publication under new owner
Isaac Lewis published North Lawndale Community News since 2000
By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter
The Austin Voice newspaper is returning to re gular publication starting this week under Strategic Human Services, the Austin-based nonprofit that also publishes the North Lawndale Community News newspaper
Founded in 1986, the Voice hasn’t seen re gular publication since founder and editor Brad Cummings, 76, perished in a June
2025 arson fire that also took the lives of Gina Brown Henry, 32; Destiny Brown Henry, 28, and Jayceon Henry, 5. Lontray Clark, 23, re por tedly threw a Molotov cocktail at a friend’s apar tment because he believed the firend may have been dating his exgirlfriend.
Cummings launched Austin Voice launched in 1986, after newspapers that covered the community for decades either closed down or left in late 1970s. The Garfield Lawndale Voice edition launched in
2005.
SHS executive director and North Lawndale Community News publisher Isaac Lewis told Austin Voice that the Voice Newspapers advisory board approached him about potentially taking over the paper early last fall. A few October issues of the NLCL included a smaller version of the newspaper, simply called the “The Voice” as an insert. A special 40th anniversary issue was published on Feb. 14. Lewis said that the upcoming issue will
be the first full-fledged issue under SHS. He said that he initially wasn’t sure whether the paper would come out once every two weeks or once a month, but he got enough advertising revenue to make it bi-weekly, at least for now.
“it’s going to be critical that we get businesses and the organizations and the individuals who advertise to support the paper going forward,” Lewis said.
He said that North Lawndale Community News still be published weekly.
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isn’t planning for us to do,” Courtney Kashima, founding principal at Muse, told the Review. “We are an urban planning firm and therefore want to help communities plan.”
The village last updated its comprehensive plan in 2014 and has recently discussed hiring a consultant to help update Forest Park’s goals for its budget, facilities, land use, policy changes and transportation. The village had a special meeting to talk about potential land use at the Altenheim last May, when officials discussed installing a submerged water reservoir and pump station at the village-owned Altenheim property.
Most recently, the village has been updating its code in chunks. Concerns over changes to the residential zoning portion of the code have divided the village council and are not currently on a path to a certain resolution. Steve Glinke, director of the village’s building, planning and zoning ef forts, said this stagnation is stalling the rest of the code updates.
“I can’t really, in good conscience, begin to make recommendations for a map amendment or the business districts when the single most-important part of the update, with the most immediate and sweeping impacts on our residents, was the residential district,” Glinke said. “I’ve got my fingers crossed we get the residential portion across the line, but until we do, it
seems pointless to engage a planning firm for fur ther changes.”
Glinke has said at multiple council meetings that not passing the residential zoning code updates has halted planning and development in town. Now, Forest Park is losing its professional guidance in those areas and Glinke said he’s “crestfallen.”
“Courtney [Kashima] and her staf f have guided us through some rough waters. The really unfortunate part moving forward is finding a planner that gets Forest Park and all of its tricky twists and turns,” Glinke said.
Many properties in Forest Park have been grandfathered into the village code, but because they don’t technically conform to the code, several homeowners have struggled to renovate their properties. Glinke cites the example of when Muse helped guide the Altenheim Advisory Board in 2022, which recommended building multi-family housing on the property. But that isn’t currently permitted under the code.
“We’re at a very serious crossroads from both a community and economic development standpoint, and I think Muse was poised to help us navigate and pivot,” Glinke said.
Glinke said that, before Muse quit, the village was planning to bring in one of its economic development staffers to look at underdeveloped areas of Roosevelt and Harlem, which he said “have been historically tricky to develop, but Muse felt there was real potential there.”
“Forest Park has a lot of exciting potential should it choose to pursue strategic planning and development,” Kashima said, citing Roosevelt Road, Harlem Avenue, Des Plaines Avenue, transit-oriented develop-
Zoning code changes
The residential zoning updates were officially struck down last May, when Commissioners Maria Maxham and Ryan Nero voted to pass them, while Mayor Rory Hoskins and Commissioner Jessica Voogd voted against it, and Commissioner Michelle Melin-Rogovin abstained from the vote. Hoskins previously told the Review that he would vote to pass the code changes if more commissioners wanted to.
Now, Nero is working with other commissioners to get them re-eng aged in passing the updates to the village’s residential zoning code. At the last council meeting in February, Nero thanked Commissioner Melin-Rogovin for meeting with him to discuss the residential zoning impasse that’s unfolded over the last year.
“We’re continuing to refine the language and provide clarification where needed, and I’m hopeful this work will help council members make an infor med decision,” Nero told the Review.
At past council meetings, Nero suggested that the village council meet with the Planning and Zoning Commission in a public meeting to move the residential zoning updates along. He later told the Review he wants to work toward a consensus with council members before bringing the updates back to the PZC.
After three meetings to discuss and amend the residential zoning code updates in 2024, the PZC unanimously approved the changes and recommended that the village council do the same.
“I think it’s incredibly insulting to the people who spent three evenings discussing the residential updates, having thoughtful conversations, voting to support it unanimously, and they’re just rejected. That’s never happened in Forest Park, by the way, certainly not in my time,” said Steve Glinke, who’s led the building department for over 15 years.
“We’re at a critical time, and I don’t think most of the residents understand that,” Glinke said. “In order to make our pensions whole, we would need $80 million dollars. We’re borrowing from TIF funds to pay our general obligations. That’s got to be paid back, and we don’t have a mechanism to do it. I’m trying to do my part.”
ment around CTA stations, better connection to the river, and the potential for a trail along the old railroad tracks. “That’s the power of planning: bringing people together to decide what they want for their community and memorializing that vision in a plan so the work can happen.”
Glinke said he’s hopeful that the village will be able to find another qualified plan-
LETTER TO THE ED I TOR
Responsible spending
The “Our View” editorial from last week, “Raise taxes, cut costs,” stated that “Forest Park is broke.”
Forest Park is not alone. Governments at all levels are broke as evidenced by our $39 trillion national debt, our state’s over $100 billion unfunded pension liability, and our own “severely underfunded” police and fire pensions. Raising taxes will help and is required, but raising taxes will not be enough and will ne gatively impact
residents and businesses. Foremost, Forest Park residents must demand responsible spending from our elected officials. In Forest Park, that means things like no plowing of sidewalks on weekends, no $1 annual leases to anyone for the use of village property, and re gional cooperation for services But instead of starting with a re gional fire district as proposed by the Review editorial last week, let’s start with a re gional community services district. The River
Forest Community Center on Madison Street could readily serve both River Forest and Forest Park with a substantial savings to both communities.
Forest Park is broke — let’s start acting like it. There is no better place to start than a re gional community services district and dedicating the estimated $1 million annual reimbursement from the transportation bill to our police and fire pension funds. Our police and fire departments are the
ning consultant.
“Fingers crossed that they have the insight to reco gnize that this is not a place where sweeping change can occur, but make recommendations on the necessary pivots that we need to determine new sources of revenue, improve housing diversity and make Forest Park a better place to live.”
ones earning this reimbursement. We owe it to them to meet our pension obligations to them. Let’s not wait until 2040 when the state will seize payments to the village if our pensions are not 90% funded.
The time has long since passed for citizens to demand responsible spending at all levels of government.
Marty Tellalian Former Forest Park commissioner
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This ad from a 1919 Forest Leaves (another local Forest Park newspaper) features Barr & Collins, which was located at Franklin and Desplaines (present day Davis Tree Care), right next to the Illinois Central Railroad. They sold a variety of coal, lumber and did millwork.
In 1919, coal was the primary source of fuel in homes (furnaces and boilers) and for cooking (stoves) and was also used to fuel trains. It was vital in steel production and was used to fuel street lamps.
Hard coal (Anthracite) is 86-97% carbon, dense, shiny and bur ns hotter, cleaner and slower and is preferred for home heating
Soft Coal (Bituminous) is 45-85% carbon, softer and smokes more and is mainly used for steel and energy production.
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Brush re with unknown cause breaks out near Community Center
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
The evening of March 8, police received several 911 calls about a brush fire on the west side of the 600 block of Des Plaines Avenue, near the Forest Park Community Center parking lot. Police were unable to determine the cause of the fire, but a witness said that a man was walking through the area when the fire started. No one was charged at the time of the police report.
Domestic battery
near his temple. A witness told police that he saw four men start smoking cannabis on the train, and when the other man told them to stop, they started hitting him. The offending men hadn’t been located at the time of this report.
Open alcohol
While patrolling the area of Lathrop and Madison just before midnight on March 7, police saw a woman standing next to an open car door, yelling at a man walking across Madison. The man started yelling at her and got in the driver’s seat, then police made contact with the two. Police saw an open bottle of Don Julio on the center console and cited the man for open alcohol.
DUI
While on patrol in the area ofDes Plaines Avenue and Roosevelt Road, police saw a car with its hazards on and a man in the driver seat waving at police. The man told police that he wanted his passenger removed after she hit him. He said she was highly intoxicated and became physical, slapping him several times, so he pulled over and told her to get out. The woman was on the scene and told police that they had been dating for a month and the man punched her three times, and police reported that the woman was hard to understand from her slurred speech and smelled ofalcohol. Police did not see any physical injuries on the man or woman. They provided both with information on domestic violence and no one was charged.
Downed man
On March 7 around 3:30 p.m., police were rerouting traffic at Madison and Des Plaines when they saw a man fall on the sidewalk. Police reported that he was heavily intoxicated and unable to use his phone to call someone to pick him up. The Forest Park Fire Department responded and took him to Rush Oak Park Hospital.
Battery
Around 10:30 on March 7, police were dispatched to the CTA Blue Line station, where a man who appeared intoxicated told them four men attacked him while he was on the train near Harlem. Police reported that the man had a bump and bruise on the back of his head, a bloody lip and a red mark
Police were dispatched to the 200 block of Circle in the early hours of March 8 for a woman who was asleep at the wheel while her car was running. Police knocked on the car window and told the woman to exit the car. They reported that she smelled of alcohol and struggled to follow directions Police asked her how much she drank and if she was at the St. Patrick’s Day parade, since she was wearing festive clothes, and she asked whether she had to answer. Though she initially refused standardized field sobriety tests, the woman later showed clues of intoxication. The woman was taken to the police station and charged with a DUI, having an expired registration and illegal transportation of alcohol, since there were 15 open White Claws in her car.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated March 2 through March 9 and represent a portion ofthe 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 ofa 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 ofthe suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest
PARADE
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Van Buren, parading east to Elgin.
It was my third year participating in the St. Patrick’s Day parade and it never gets less overwhelming to me! To be clear, that doesn’t mean it’s not fun, just a rush of adrenaline and stimuli, of constant people yelling and waving at you for candy.
As in years past, the Review always runs out of Nerds Gummy Clusters by the time we get to Thomas Avenue or so. I gave out dozens of Forest Park Review stickers after that and was surprised by the enthusiasm for them from kids and adults alike. But when those too ran out, the children were clearly disappointed by my cards
with QR codes to sign up for our newsletter, so I switched to tried-and-true smiling and waving.
If you and your youngins attended the parade on Saturday, my for mal apologies if they didn’t get any treats from the Review! If I had it my way, every Forest Parker would have an abundant supply of Nerds Gummy Clusters for the rest of their days!
However, more than several disappointed children, what’s stuck with me from this year’s parade was how much more of a community I feel in Forest Park every year I walk down Madison covered in green. Part of it is I’m better friends with my coworkers and know more parade walkers than ever before. But most of it is the number of people who call from the sidewalk that they love the Review and how important our work is. That’s what makes the rush all worth it
Happy early St. Patrick’s Day, Forest Park!
p le : Santa makes an appearance
p center: Forest Park Fire engine leads the way p right: Children scramble for candy
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ttom far le : Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch’s oat : Congressional candidate Mayor Rory Hoskins and wife Monique
Newswell sta in the Forest Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade staging area
Photos by TODD BANNOR
Eggsperience spans the globe
At this restaurant, there is always another avor experience to try
Breakfast is serious business at Eggsperience. Lunch is too.
This local chain’s Elmwood Park location at 16 Conti Parkway has a menu that spans the globe while bringing fresh, hearty and delicious dishes to your table.
On a recent visit my mom and I tried several dishes to see what variety we could span in one meal. The Mediterranean omelette was mom’s choice. It comes with spinach, tomatoes, Kalamata olives and feta cheese. With a side of hashbrowns and two pancakes included, it’s more than one meal.
Other omelettes on the menu span the flavor world with their Elenis, Rocky Mountain High, Ranchero, Butcher Block, Gryo and even veggie options.
As I poured over the menu, I appreciated the carafe of coffee they park at each table, so you can fill your mug whenever you are
ready for more.
All the greatest hits are here. Corned beef hash and eggs sounded good. Biscuits and gravy or one of their four breakfast sandwiches caught my eye too. Pancakes, crepes, tres leches French toast, waffles or berries and Greek yogurt tempted my sweet tooth.
I finally decided on a Benedict. There are four to choose from including the classic with Canadian bacon, a smoked salmon version, a Southwest with chorizo,
Risé Sanders-Weir
Avocado chicken sandwich
Risé Sanders-Weir
Mediterranean omelette
Risé Sanders-Weir
Carnitas skillet
but I went with the country Benedict, an English muffin topped with spinach, roasted red pepper, tomatoes. Over easy eggs layered over the veggies and on top of that Hollandaise sauce with its velvety richness and bright lemon flavors pulled each bite together. A side of fruit was a great accompaniment.
We were half-way through enjoying our meal when the friendly hostess chatted us up and found out that we were sampling the menu. She suggested that we try the carnitas skillet.
“It’s a customer favorite. You won’t be disappointed,” she said.
So, despite my intentions not to go overboard, I said, “Let’s go for it.”
The skillet arrived with house-made slow-cooked, shredded pork layered with onions, jalapenos, red peppers and queso fresco topped with scrambled eggs and a pour over of salsa verde that is made inhouse too.
And just because she wanted us to have a taste, an order of corned beef hash appeared too.
There was no way we were going to finish this bounty.
“I’m coming back here for my birthday with my friends,” my mom, Julie Sanders, said. “We always go out together and I know everyone can find something they’d like on the menu.”
Lest you think that breakfast is all they offer, all you have to do is flip the menu over and a wide ocean of lunch destinations can be found.
Sandwiches, like Buffalo chicken, club, Cubano, and gyros, vie for your attention with build your own burgers. Tex-Mex specialties and street tacos beckon too. Soups and salad can keep it lighter.
Now full and with leftovers to go, I figured I’d better not arrive back home empty-handed around lunchtime. So, I ordered an avocado chicken sandwich to go with fries as the side for my husband.
One other thing to note is that the restaurant serves beer and specialty drinks, such as mimosas and bloody Marys, along with the usual assortment of juices, coffee, tea and espresso creations.
When the weather warms, there is patio seating out front. I hope it’s warm enough for my mom and her friends to sit outside when she returns in April.
Country Benedict
‘All stalled out’
In all our years of re porting on local governments, and the good, bad and ugly of their relationships with consulting firms, this is a first. Forest Park’s longtime planning consultant has fired the village.
Muse, the village’s urban planning consulting fir m for eight long and frustrating years, has given its notice. It will end its work for Forest Park on March 31.
Courtney Kashima, the firm’s principal, chalked up Muse’s ceased relations with the village to stalled updates to the zoning code, to a 12-year-old comprehensive plan, and to finally, after a quarter-century, making some sort of plan for the village-owned property at the Altenheim.
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They’ve “all stalled out,” she said. “We’re an urban planning firm. There isn’t planning for us to do.”
There is, of course, planning to do and planning that has been done. But plans require action and in local government, that means leadership from a mayor and some sincere effort by elected commissioners to bring complex issues to a consensus.
On the three vital topics listed by Kashima, our elected officials have utterly failed. There is no way to soften that assessment. Voters elected five people to lead. Mayor Rory Hoskins has effectively been AWOL. Nothing happens on his watch. And the four commissioners gripe and whine over what seem to be fully resolvable aspects of the bigger picture, the waiting opportunities to move this village of f its stagnant mark.
Years are going by.
We’ve said it before. Forest Park is broke.
There is money on the table if zoning fixes can be put in place and commercial and residential development can move ahead. There is money on the table at the Altenheim, where there seems to be a consensus to sell of f part of the land there. Whether we agree with that or not, if that’s the plan, then execute it. Bank some cash from the land sale. Put property on the tax rolls for the generations ahead.
Do something.
It is abnormal for a consulting firm to turn down a steady paycheck. The message here should be crystal clear. Muse is telling us that Forest Park is not worth their time. That there are other communities that are serious about planning. And they’d rather work for them than for us.
Wake up!
Black history is my history too
Black History Month has passed, but not before declaring that Black history is my/our (i.e. white people’s) history, too.
I remember a white woman in Florida who was talking about Critical Race Theory declaring that she didn’t want CRT taught in public schools because “it was making white children feel bad about their skin color and painting people of color in all cases as inescapable victims.”
Her thinking was misguided, first because CRT was not being taught in Florida’s schools. Second, teaching that “Prior to the Civil War Southern slavery was America’s most profound and vexatious social problem. More than any other problem, slavery nagged at the public conscience, offering no easy solution” is not intended to make white children feel bad about their skin color.
was taught the value of dignity in hard work and labor and the virtue of selflessness, values he would implement as the first leader of the new Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, an institute for Black higher education.
The above quote is from The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South, published in 1956 by Kenneth Stampp, who wrote, “It is an article of faith that knowledge of the past is a key to understanding the present,” and “one must know what slavery meant to the Negro and how he reacted to it before one can comprehend his more recent tribulations.” (Peculiar Institution, p. vii)
After World War II, the German people decided to preserve some of the buildings in the Dachau Concentration Camp, not to demonize their own ethnic group and make themselves feel bad but, in the words of a memorial within the camp today: “May the example of those who were exter minated here between 1933-1945 because they resisted Nazism help to unite the living for the defense of peace and freedom and in respect for their fellow men.”
Ger mans in 2026 are no more responsible for Nazi atrocities than white folks in Florida are responsible for chattel slavery in the antebellum South, but they, or I should say we, are response-able, i.e. we are able to respond to present realities that are rooted in in the past.
Black history therefore can be my/our history because we white folks don’t have to take responsibility for the sins of our ancestors any more than Black folks should use past suffering as an excuse for not taking responsibility to be response-able for themselves in the present.
Black history is my/our history because when we white folks read Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington, we can be inspired by the story of a man who was born into slavery in 1856, learned to read and write, and worked his way through Hampton Institute where he
Booker T’s story is a deeply human story as well as a Black story of overcoming Black history is my/our history too When I read the Autobiography of Malcolm X in 1968, I was turned off by the first part of his adult life when, as a spokesperson for Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam, he referred to white people as devils. I couldn’t identify with that. But reading about that frankly racist part of his life set me up to be thrilled and inspired by his account of a haj (pilgrimage) he made to Mecca in 1964. In a letter he wrote during the haj, he described what I will call a conversion experience.
“Never have I witnessed such sincere hospitality and the overwhelming spirit of true brotherhood as practiced by people of all colors and races here in this Ancient Holy Land. … For the past week, I have been utterly speechless and spellbound by the graciousness I see displayed all around me by people of all colors. They [the pilgrims] were of all colors, from blue-eyed blonds to black-skin Africans. But we were all participating in the same rituals, displaying a spirit of unity and brotherhood that my experiences in America had led me to believe never could exist between the white and non-white.”
Here I was a white Christian identifying with a Black Muslim who was having a similar experience to ones I have had, especially regarding what I refer to as a “chalkboard.” In a sense, Malcolm’s pilgrimage forced him to erase what had previously been written on his “blackboard” (pun intended).
And that’s part of what happened to me during my semester at Tuskegee Institute in 1968. Part of my “lear ning” there was a good deal of “unlearning,” and I could have read Malcolm’s autobiography and identified with its author here in my home in Forest Park as well as at an HBCU.
Black history is my/our history too We can’t help but view events at least partly through the lenses of our own culture. God bless those who take off their own cultural glasses occasionally and, to switch metaphors, walk in the other guy’s shoes for a mile or two.
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: 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
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: M26001381 on February 24, 2026 Under the Assumed Business Name of JEFF WILLS DESIGN with the business located at: 1130 ELGIN AVENUE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: JEFFERY WILLS 1130 ELGIN AVENUE FOREST PARK, IL 60130, USA
Published in Forest Park Review March 11, 18, 25, 2026
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
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 GIVEN 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-per-
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son 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
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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
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.
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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 ac-
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cepted. 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
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
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 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. 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 NON-
RECORD 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
Forest Park Review, March 11, 2026
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 assess-
ments 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
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
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.
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
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION
PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.-
ADELYN V ANDERSON, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING BY AND THROUGH ITS AGENCY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Defendants 2022 CH 09721
1708 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD
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 June 3, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 13, 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 1708 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, MAYWOOD, IL 60153
Property Index No. 15-10-323004-0000
The real estate is improved with a single family residence.
The judgment amount was $245,940.54.
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, contact CHAD LEWIS, ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325, ROSEMONT, IL, 60018 (561) 241-6901. Please refer to file number 22-044489.
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. 22-044489
Attorney ARDC No. 6306439
Attorney Code. 65582
Case Number: 2022 CH 09721
TJSC#: 46-508
NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
Case # 2022 CH 09721 I3283180
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION
CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC
Plaintiff, -v.-
YVONNE A WINT, MYRON WINT
Defendants
2025 CH 01742
218 SOUTH 23RD AVENUE
BELLWOOD, IL 60104
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered
in the above cause on January 12, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 14, 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 218 SOUTH 23RD AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104
Property Index No. 15-10-114-0180000
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.
MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820, Chicago, IL, 60606. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION
One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE
You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.
MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC
333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820 Chicago IL, 60606 312-346-9088
E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com
Attorney File No. 24-17727IL Attorney Code. 61256
Case Number: 2025 CH 01742 TJSC#: 46-163
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 01742 I3282935
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION
U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for RMTP Trust, Series 2021 Cottage-TT-V Plaintiff vs. Blanca Gutierrez aka Blanca L. Gutierrez; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; State of Illinois, Department Revenue; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants Defendant 22 CH 9685
CALENDAR 63
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on April 20, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-10-327-016-0000. Commonly known as 800 S. 21st Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153. The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Sottile & Barile, LLC, 7530 Lucerne Drive, Suite 210, Middleburg Heights, Ohio 44130. (440) 572-1511. ILF2206005 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3283182
