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Local lawmakers file bill to keep Westlake open

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

SPRINGFIELD – After the new owners of Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park announced last month their intention to close the nearly century-old health care institution later

this year, a bill filed recently in Springfield by area lawmakers could, at the very least, complicate the closing process.

State Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch (D-7th), who chairs Westlake’s community advisory board, and state Rep. Kathleen Willis (D-77th), along with two other House members, sponsored a bill that would give the governor the ability to reverse any decision regarding a hospital’s closure made by

the Health Facilities Services Review Board.

The bill would make a variety of changes to the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act, such as requiring the Review Board to suspend any action regarding a pending application to close a hospital until any lawsuit related to the See WESTLAKE on page 12

D91 Supt. pushes against campaign claims Cavallo says families are not leaving town because of schools

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

Outdoor Adventure

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Kids look at a tray with food on it and see if they can identify any animal foot prints in the sand during the annual Spring Outdoor Adventure for Forest Park’s Cub Scout Pack 109 near the Des Plaines River in Forest Park. See more photos on page 10.

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District 91 Supt. Louis Cavallo pushed back against candidates’ rhetoric from the recent campaign cycle, asserting that students are not leaving Forest Park schools because of the quality of education offered. At the beginning of this school year, D91 reported the largest drop in enrollment, and smallest number of students enrolled, in at least six years.

“Forest Park District 91, when our enrollment was 1,500, when our enrollment was 1,000, when it was 800, it has always had high mobility,” Cavallo said at a board meeting on March 14. “That has more to do with the housing in Forest Park than anything, because people come and go. …

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The Fix is in, time to reboot

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n our increasingly complex world, we need someone to give us practical advice.

Dear Mr. Fix-It: My computer completely crashed. I lost three full-length novels and two haikus. Decades of writing down the drain. Is there any way I can recover my masterpieces? Signed, Desperate.

Dear Desperate: I worked in IT for 30 years and there’s one surefire way to solve every computer problem. First, locate your power button. Now, turn your computer off. This will reboot your computer. OK, count to ten Mississippi and restart your computer. Voila! All of your writing is now restored, including the two haikus.

Disconnect the battery. This will reboot your car’s computer.

Count to ten Mississippi and reconnect it. When you start your car, the check engine light will be off. Now, drive immediately to the nearest testing station before it goes back on. After you pass, don’t forget to re-set all your radio stations.

JOHN RICE

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gaze at you adoringly but the gushing should stop.

Dear Mr. Fix-It: My “check engine” light is on and I need to turn it off so I can pass my vehicle emission test.

I’m worried that there might be some kind of safety problem, or that my car is polluting the environment. Should I take it to a mechanic? Signed, Clunker Owner.

Dear Clunker Owner: Are you crazy? Do you have any idea how much car repairs cost? Here is the best way to solve your problem. Locate your car’s power source. In most cases it’s the battery.

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Dear Mr. Fix-It: My wife is deeply devoted to me, which is perfectly understandable. But it gets embarrassing sometimes the way she gushes about me in public — especially is she’s had a glass of red wine. Do you have any suggestions? It’s not like I can stop being who I am. Signed, Mr. Wonderful.

Dear Mr. Wonderful: This can be a serious problem, particularly at parties. I recommend you locate your wife’s power source — in her case it’s a glass of red wine.

Now, substitute a glass of sparkling water.

This will reboot your wife’s emotions. She will still gaze at you adoringly but the gushing should stop.

Dear Mr. Fix-It: My 2-year-old son, Warren, is out of control. I took him for ice cream yesterday

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and he was sitting quietly eating his vanilla kiddie-cone. I looked at my phone for one second and suddenly he’s behind the counter, waiting on customers. He is such a handful! Signed, Frazzled.

Dear Frazzled: It sounds like Warren may be going through his “terrible two” stage. I recommend you locate his power source — in his case vanilla ice cream. Remove the kiddie cone and substitute a sedative, like dry toast. When he gets up from his nap, his brain will be completely rebooted. From now on, he will sit quietly in restaurants, coloring his kid’s menu, or learning his shapes and colors. And I guarantee he won’t work behind the counter at an ice cream parlor until he’s 16.

Dear Mr. Fix-It: I’m always forgetting my user names and passwords. I can’t access my checking account, make online purchases, or activate my phone because I can never remember which password to use. I’m so frustrated — why do I need to remember the name of my first pet to check my email? Signed, Sparky.

Dear Sparky: I’m Mr. Fix-It, not Mr. Miracle Worker.

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

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XXXX our township called Proviso?

It goes back to the 1840’s when a Demo Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania, David Wilmot, proposed a ban on slavery in any state acquired during the Mexican-American War. Known as the “Wilmot Proviso,” it would have prevented slavery’s expansion.

The Wilmot Proviso passed the House of Representatives, which, at that time, included Illinois Congressman Abraham Lincoln, who supported the Proviso. The Wilmot Proviso was ultimately rejected in 1847 by the Senate.

Although defeated, the position inspired people all the way to the western edges of Cook County where our local forefathers were just forming our local township government. The township was briefly named Taylor Township, after President Zachary Taylor, a Whig, and backer of the Wilmont Proviso.

When President Taylor became ill and died while in office, Taylor Township quickly changed its name to Proviso Township.

David Wilmot Scanned by Bob Burkhardt - Carl Schurz, Life of Henry Clay, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1899, Vol. 2, facing p. 286

The recently discovered evidence of a 10mile house, which would have been used to shelter escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad (west bank of the Des Plaines River, present day Maywood at Lake/1st Ave.), indicates this area was likely supportive of the popular slogan of the time, “Free soil, free speech, free labor and free men!” This “Free Soil Party” was created and would eventually be instrumental in the founding of the Republican Party.

In 1850, our fledgling Proviso Township is said to have had 482 residents. As the landscape began to change in Proviso, the political landscape of America began to change too.

Just four years after the Chicago and Galena Railroad established a roundhouse at the Des Plaines and Lake, the new village of Harlem (present day Forest Park) was ready to vote in the presidential election of 1860.

Of the 90 ballots cast in Harlem, every single vote was for Abraham Lincoln.

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Correction In an article about campaign finance in the Review’s March 27 edition, the Review clarified that mayoral candidate Rory Hoskins received $1,000 from residents Clancy Senechalle and her sister, Anne D’Esposito. Senechalle has not now, or ever, served as a judge, which is how the Review previously characterized her. Senechalle is a private citizen who made the contribution.

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Engage Christian Church buys building Shares the facility with the former owner

By TOM HOLMES Contributing Reporter

One of the Bible passages many faith communities read during the season of Lent is the story of God calling Abraham and Sarah to leave everything and go where he would lead them. But God didn’t tell them where they were going or how long they would be on the road.

“That’s our story,” said Rev. Dawayne Choice, regarding the decision he and his wife Saylease made two years ago to leave Marion, Indiana, where he had a secure position in a church, and move to the Chicago area and start a new church from scratch.

“The Lord called us,” said Choice, who grew up on the west side of the city. “The Lord called us and we decided to go. It was very scary. What if we don’t succeed?”

He added: “But soon after we arrived, things just started happening. I couldn’t explain it or understand why they were happening.”

Originally, the couple envisioned planting their new ministry in Oak Park. Rev. Choice’s parents had lived there for 10 years.

When he was growing up on the West Side, he had played ball at the local YMCA. Choice started his new ministry with just his wife, himself and his parents. They began by holding a “Friends and Family Day” at Longfellow Park in Oak Park. They rented out the building, invited everyone they could think of and had a dinner. Then the entrepreneurial pastor shared his vision

for the new church for 15 or 20 minutes with those who gathered and asked people to sign up and be part of the adventure.

“The vision was to be in Oak Park,” he said, “but it didn’t work out well.”

They bounced around, holding services at the Open Door Theater, Beye Elementary School and Irving Elementary School. When District 97 decided to raise the rent so high that the fledgling congregation couldn’t pay it, Choice knew they had to move again.

Feeling a bit homeless, the couple noticed that First United Church of Forest Park was looking for another church to rent space in their building, as a way to help pay the bills the dwindling congregation was increasingly unable to pay.

It seemed to be a match made in heaven.

“Right from the start in August of 2017,” said Choice, “the members of First United and their pastor Rev. D. Michael Kucera have been so generous. In order to allow us to keep our worship time at 10 a.m., the same time that they had been meeting, they moved to a smaller room in their basement where they had already been holding services, so they would not be directly under where we were worshiping in the sanctuary.”

Then, half a year later First United, asked Engage Church if they would like to purchase their building.

“I told them that we couldn’t afford it,” Choice said. “I said, ‘We’re just two years old.’ We were doing well with our offerings

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Engage Christian Church but not well enough to pay for the building.

“And they replied,” he continued, “that they would make sure we could. They gave us a really good price on the church building and the parsonage next door with no strings attached.”

Choice said he closed on the building in December 2018.

“These are good people, man,” he exclaimed. “We couldn’t be where we are if it weren’t for their generosity. We’re going to be forever grateful for what they’ve done making sure we can get this building.”

The new owners hung a big banner on the north side of the church building, 1000 Elgin Ave. First United Church is given equal billing with Engage Christian Church on the banner.

“As much as it looks like we’ve been good to them, they’ve been good to us,” Choice said. “They left a foundation in this community. We want to carry on whatever impact they’ve had.”

Growth in Engage Church has been steady.

Calderone endorses Harris, takes swipe at Hoskins Hoskins said he made it clear he was always going to circulate petitions for mayor

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

Four years ago, Mayor Anthony Calderone described mayoral hopeful Chris Harris as being “perpetually against me.” But now Harris apparently “just wants what is best for Forest Park.”

In a stunning reverse of course, Calderone endorsed Harris for mayor in a statement on March 30. Both Harris and opponent Rory Hoskins served on the council under Calderone, and each were known for having public disagreements with him during that time.

After serving a single term, Harris went on to challenge Calderone for mayor in 2015, in a nasty race that Calderone won by a thin margin. Then, Hoskins endorsed Calderone.

“While Chris Harris and I have had many differences over the years, he has always had the integrity and character to stand by

his beliefs and be honest and forthright in doing so,” Calderone said in a statement.

He then took a swipe at Hoskins, saying “if someone will look you in the eye and lie, you must really consider what they will do behind your back.” There’s been some speculation that Hoskins had agreed to run as a commissioner under Calderone this round but then changed his mind, announcing in October that he decided to challenge him for the top spot instead.

“I told him that if he really intended to run for mayor, that I’d CONSIDER running for commissioner, but that people in the community wanted me to run for mayor,” Hoskins said in a text message to the Review.

Hoskins said he made it clear during a conversation with Calderone that he intended to circulate nomination petitions for mayor.

“I was trying to gently let him know that he should step aside,” Hoskins said in a text.

In December 2018, Calderone announced he would not be running for re-election after 20 years in office, citing personal and professional reasons for leaving the post. His decision came after a slim margin of residents voted video gaming out of town that November. During this time, Harris had been circulating nomination petitions for both the commissioner and mayor’s spots, a tactic he also deployed during his 2015 mayoral run. Shortly after Calderone’s announcement, Harris decided to focus solely on the mayor’s race.

Hoskins said that he wished Calderone “hadn’t attacked my character.”

“I’m proud of my record of service to Forest Park,” Hoskins said via text, noting that “my conduct in service has helped me receive numerous endorsements in this campaign.”

In March, Congressman Danny Davis (7th) endorsed Hoskins, saying that he’s

As they celebrate their second year as a congregation, they are averaging about 30 attendees every Sunday. Choice said that they are getting at least one new visitor a month.

He is also encouraged by the commitment of people like Roger and Sasha Simmons, who had worked with Choice after he left Indiana for a few years to serve a church in Detroit.

“After he returned to Indiana,” said Roger Simmons, “Pastor Choice never went a week without calling me and checking up on how I was doing. So when Sasha and I heard that he was starting a church in Chicago, we prayed about it, and found that we couldn’t let go of the pull to be part of that ministry, so we quit our jobs in Detroit and moved to Forest Park.”

“When they moved here, it blew my mind,” Choice said, adding: “This is the hand of the Lord. He never said it would be easy if we follow his call, but his hand, his grace as literally been upon us.”

“been impressed with his honest approach and truthfulness” during the 20 years he’s known Hoskins. Hoskins has also received the endorsement of Secretary of State Jesse White, and the Chicago Laborers’ District Council, a union that represents 20,000 workers across Cook and collar counties.

In his statement, Calderone did not directly name commissioner candidates he planned to endorse, simply saying “I think it is important we have a council that has institutional knowledge, some intelligent fresh blood and people proven that they have the time and strength it takes to lead Forest Park.” He has not made formal endorsements in that race yet but has campaign signs for incumbent Joe Byrnes and newcomer Ryan Nero in the front yard of his home.

Harris said via email that he was still processing Calderone’s statement.

“I’m not sure I would call it an endorsement as much as his thoughts,” he said.

On social media, Harris has touted endorsements from the Cement Masons Union Local No. 502, Area 5 Plasterers’, among others.

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Proviso East grad calls out discrimination in sciences The first in her family to go to college, Alicia Foxx isn’t afraid to break boundaries, especially around social norms in science

By SIOBHAN NEELA-STOCK Contributing Reporter

As a first-generation college student, Alicia Foxx had no one at home to field her academic questions, with her father only completing high school and her mother’s death when she was young.

Although she didn’t always like to ask for help, Foxx learned to turn to teachers at Proviso East High School to help her navigate through school.

Foxx stuck with general educational classes until she met Glenn Lid, a chemistry teacher, who sparked her love of science.

“He was a really good teacher and he was very personable and very nice…I learned so much from him, even outside of the class and so I really like science because of him,” Foxx said.

Through a connection of Lid’s at Lewis University in Romeoville, Foxx took lab classes there before graduating. This opportunity gave her exposure to college before she started.

Lid is now an adjunct chemistry teacher at nearby Elmhurst College. While Foxx was still in high school, he offered a tour of the college to her and another student.

After the tour, Foxx knew Elmhurst was the school for her. Although she had taken a college-level class previously, Foxx still struggled at first with the transition. Her undergraduate adviser Paul Arriola, who is now

Codes of conduct aim to create Elmhurst’s Associate Dean of a safe and welcoming environFaculty and a biology professor, ment at conferences. They deguided her through the pitfalls of mand that attendees follow a set managing the change from high of rules and respect everyone in school to college and also offered regard to their different identia perspective on being a racial ties, whether that be their race or minority in higher education. sexual orientation.

Foxx is a black woman and “Are these codes of conduct covher former adviser is Mexicanering aspects of identity-based American. discrimination and sexual miscon“He knew that there were ALICIA FOXX duct…we’re exploring that with some things that I had to do that Proviso East graduate aspects of not just representation would allow me to be able to combut also inclusion of folks who are pete with other folks who might have more advantages than I did,” Foxx said. not the common people that you find…so how is science making room for the talent that Her adviser’s support must have helped.

Foxx was invited to speak at her alma ma- doesn’t look like the white males?” Foxx said.

This topic started circulating in her head ter in February 2018 at the first American when Foxx began to think about past scienDream Fellowship awards ceremony. All of the winners are first-generation college stu- tific conferences she had attended. She talked about the issue casually with a few master’s dents and each received an $1,000 grant.

She talked about the challenges of being and Ph.D. students at Northwestern and the the first in her family to attend college and conversation snowballed into a plan of action.

Since April of last year, the group has the importance of asking for help throughbeen studying these disparities in their free out the process.

Foxx is now using the experimental ap- time. They are planning to publish their proach of trial and error she fine-tuned in findings. A scientific journal has already rehigh school and college to combat racial viewed their findings and it will go through discrimination and sexism in science while more rounds of edits before it is considered she earns her doctorate in plant biology and for publication.

Although Foxx and her group are workconservation at Northwestern University.

The venue Foxx is examining these issues ing on this project independently without stems from perhaps an unlikely source – institutional support, they have attracted the support of various professors and scicodes of conduct at scientific conferences.

Police, fire dispose of old vehicles Police plan to use asset forfeiture funds to purchase new detective vehicle in “near future”

By ROBERT J. LIFKA Contributing Reporter

There is more room in the Forest Park fire and police departments’ parking lots after the Village Council voted last month to authorize disposing of five vehicles.

The five vehicles, two from the fire department and three from the police department, were determined to be unsafe to drive and not worth the expense of repair.

The Village Council voted unanimously on March 11 to authorize police Chief Tom Aftanas to dispose of two Ford Crown Victorias and two Dodge Chargers, all from the detective fleet. Aftanas later decided to keep one of the Chargers because it is “still a functional vehicle” and the amount the used car broker was offering was less than the vehicle’s value. The Crown Victorias are 2005 and 2006 models and the Chargers are both 2007 models.

Aftanas said the village received a total of $2,500 for the other three vehicles.

The disposal of the three vehicles leaves eight vehicles in the detective fleet, the newest of which is a 2009 Chevrolet

Impala. The patrol fleet has 16 vehicles.

In his memo to the Village Council, Aftanas noted the Crown Victorias each have 112,000 miles, are experiencing mechanical issues and are rarely used by personnel. He noted the Chargers have fewer miles but also are experiencing mechanical issues.

Aftanas said he plans to use asset forfeiture account funds to purchase one new detective vehicle in the “near future.”

He said he is not sure when he will make the purchase.

“We’re in no hurry,” he said. “It’s not an emergency.”

The state and federal forfeiture accounts include cash and other valuables confiscated from suspects arrested and charged with drug crimes. The amount in the accounts varies from year to year, depending on the number of arrests and what valuables are in the suspects’ possession. The state account was at $280,000 and the federal customs account at $306,000 in December 2018, according to Aftanas.

The Village Council also voted 5-0 on March 25 to authorize fire Chief Bob McDermott to dispose of two Ford Explorers, one a 2000 model and the other a 2002 model, both of which have been used for administrative calls by the train-

entists. A scientific journalist at Medill, Northwestern’s journalism school, is editing their findings.

Foxx highlighted an example of racial discrimination at a scientific conference.

“There was a black man who was giving a presentation. When he was done, someone asked him a question and she let him know that the reason why he had his university job was because he was black,” Foxx said.

Sometimes the problem isn’t with the wording of codes of conduct but the lack of them in the first place.

The group looked at about 200 biology conferences across the United States and Canada and found that around 45 had established codes of conduct.

Racial discrimination isn’t the only problem that crops up at conferences.

Incidents of sexual harassment also occur in an environment, Foxx said, that is “mostly professional” but also serves alcohol and leaves room for informal interactions.

“We have explicit examples where people have advisers who have been scientists in the field are telling their young, for example, female science students at conferences not to talk to x, y, and z because they know this person is a known offender,” Foxx said.

There aren’t any plans for the 2008 Proviso East graduate to leave these issues alone if her study is published and Foxx said her group is already talking about what they can do next to shed light on these disparities.

ing officer and the fire inspector.

In his memo to the Village Council, McDermott said the 2000 model needs $1,000 in brake service and the 2002 model needs $2,000 in transmission service with the repair costs exceeding the value of the vehicles.

McDermott said the department has already ordered one replacement vehicle, a 2019 Ford Escape, based on a recommendation from Building Department officials who are using that model.

The cost, which is $21,000 for the vehicle plus the expense of additional features, will be covered by Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Board funds.

McDermott explained that the state collects a 2 percent tax on fire insurance policies sold by insurance companies not based in Illinois. The funds are collected by the Illinois Municipal League and distributed to individual fire departments and fire protection districts. McDermott said the board uses the funds received, which he estimates at between $25,000 and $30,000 annually, to purchase equipment generally.

“The parameters state that the funds be spent for the maintenance and benefit of the fire department,” he said.

“We use it for things we need to do our jobs.”

McDermott said he had hoped to include purchase of at least one replacement vehicle in the 2019 budget but “with our financial situation we couldn’t do it.”

Instead, he submitted a proposal to the members of the tax board, of which he is a member, and they agreed to cover the cost in five annual payments not to exceed $5,200 per year.

McDermott said when the vehicle will be delivered depends on the availability on the requested color – red.

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Car, gun stolen at convenience store A Chicago man’s Buick Lacrosse was stolen from 7-Eleven, 7749 Roosevelt Road, at about 6:36 p.m. on March 27, after he left it running and unlocked for a brief period so he could buy lottery tickets. The Chicago man, a concealed carry license holder, told police there was a loaded handgun and additional ammunition inside the stolen car.

Officers were able to track the car to the West Side of Chicago, using the OnStar navigation system installed in the vehicle. At 8:30 p.m. Chicago police said they arrested a suspect in possession of the stolen handgun.

Woman strikes guardrail, receives DUI After allegedly striking the guardrail on the 7600 block of Jackson, a Chicago woman parked her car at the intersection of Thomas and Jackson around 2:45 a.m. on March 31.

Police, who identified it as the Chevrolet Camaro that struck the curb earlier, approached the car. The woman immediately rolled down her window and handed officers the vehicle manufacturer materials, registration, maintenance receipts, insurance and more. Police asked her for her driver’s license. She pointed to the stack of non-relevant paperwork she supplied.

Officers smelled alcohol from inside the car and asked her to perform sobriety tests.

She failed all of them. A search of her car revealed a plastic cup containing what appeared to be alcohol and Red Bull.

At the station, the woman told police she arrived at a Forest Park bar at 10:30 p.m., drank five vodka drinks and left the bar at 3 a.m. She blew a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.226, almost three times the legal limit.

The woman was charged with driving under the influence – alcohol, DUI – BAC above 0.08, leaving the scene of an accident, open alcohol, and a local ordinance violation for damaging village property.

Parking meter pulled A Chicago man received a felony charge for criminal damage to government property after he pulled a parking meter out of the ground near the CTA Harlem Green Line station, 1 S. Harlem Ave., and walked off with it about 3:34 a.m. on March 29.

Gerone Tate, 28, told police he had gotten off the CTA, was intoxicated and needed cash because he was homeless. He said he planned to take the parking meter to the scrap yard and exchange it for cash at a later date.

Alcohol, cannabis found in car While on patrol, an officer observed a Cadillac DeVille park with two tires on the curb at the CTA Forest Park Blue Line station, 700 Desplaines Ave., about 8:50 p.m. on March 25.

The officer curbed the vehicle and a Chicago man handed him his license and insurance. Smelling marijuana inside the vehicle, police searched the Cadillac and uncovered a bag of cannabis and an open bottle of Hennessy cognac. They also found a small bag of marijuana on the driver.

He was charged with driving on the sidewalk, illegal transportation of alcohol, and received an ordinance violation for possession of less than 10 grams of cannabis.

Men with bolt cutters, paint near CTA Two men in possession of bolt cutters and paint were apprehended on the villageowned Altenheim property about 10:57 p.m. on March 28.

A CTA supervisor told police he had seen the two men jump a fence from inside the train yard, 711 Desplaines Ave., and run through the cemetery into the vacant Altenheim area.

One of the men told police they were photographers and wanted to snap pictures of the land. He said the bolt cutters were part of a hobby he had, and that they attached to a drill.

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The men were charged with criminal trespass to state-supported land.

Donated cellphones stolen Sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on March 23, someone stole a bundle of donated cellphones intended for Ascension Church’s domestic violence ministry program from an apartment on the 800 block of Harlem. The victim said her back door may have been unlocked.

Thief rides off with stroller Between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on March 26, a stroller valued at $350 was taken from the south side of a home on the 1000 block of Beloit. The victim said her front gates may not have been locked.

Radio, iPhones stolen Sometime between 12:30 and 6 a.m. on March 28, someone stole the radio and two iPhones from a Buick parked on the 7400 block of Washington Street.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, March 24-April 1, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.

Nona Tepper

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April 3 - 10

BIG WEEK Bird Walk David Kruger Speaks Hear author David Kruger discuss his American history novels from 2 to 4 p.m. on April 6 at Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore, 7419 Madison St.

Crosstown Classic Staff from Grant White and FieldStevenson elementary schools will duke it out in a volleyball game that will benefit the Northside PTC and Southside PTO at 5:30 p.m. on April 10 at Forest Park Middle School, 925 Beloit Ave. Raffle tickets and concessions will be sold at the game.

Video gaming discussion A discussion of last November’s video gambling referendum will be sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Oak Park and River Forest at 9:30 a.m. on April 9 at the Nineteenth Century Charitable Association, 178 Forest Ave. in Oak Park. Meet members of Let Forest Park Vote Committee and learn how this small, local advocacy group mobilized Forest Park voters. The program is free and open to the public.

Knitting with Friends Help the Forest Park Public Library stock its Little Free Pantry with homemade goods. All knitting levels welcome. Fun runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on April 3 at 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Personal Assistant Recruitment and Training The Progress Center for Independent Living is recruiting personal assistants and certified nursing assistants to assist people with disabilities in their homes.

The job offers flexible hours and fulland part-time work. No previous experience is necessary. Personal assistants are currently offered $13.48 per hour.

People with all abilities are encouraged to apply. Training runs from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on April 10 at the Howard Mohr Community Center, 7640 Jackson Blvd. For more information and to register, call Rhychell Barnes, personal assistant advocate, at 708-689-1381.

Jubilate Hear the Oak Park Concert Chorale explore themes of peace, serenity and joy with works by composer-in-residence Michael Wolniakowski, chorale member Barbara Brotman and a collaboration between poet Jill Peláez Baumgaertner and local composer Carl Schalk. $18, advance; $20, at door; $10 advance seniors/students 13+; $12, at door.

Concert scheduled at 4 p.m. on April 7 at Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 Division St., River Forest.

Explore with Chicago Ornithological Society in search of early spring migrants, including Wilson’s snipe and American pipit at 7:30 a.m. on April 13 at Miller MeadowSouth, 1st Avenue in Forest Park.

Email aerintedesco@gmail.com for more info.

Writers’ Circle Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum Beth Wetmore will lead a workshop for writers of all levels from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on April 10 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Budgeting for Beginners A representative from Forest Park National Bank will go through an FDIC-approved curriculum about how to set financial goals, track spending and manage your monthly income. Talk runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on April 2 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Twisted Cookie Storytime Credit Reports and Scores Officials from Liberty Bank in Forest Park will discuss credit reports and scores from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on April 4 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.

For Colored Girls Travel to the University of Chicago’s Court Theater on April 10 for a performance of For Colored Girls, where eight women tell their stories of everyday challenges and oppression through dramatic prose poetry, music and movement. Enjoy a late lunch at Mellow Yellow and expect an additional treat from Abundance Bakery. Lunch and play is included. Tickets $85 for residents; $89 for non-residents. Reservations required. Call the Howard Mohr Community Center at 708-7717737 to sign up.

Join officials from the Forest Park Public Library for stories, songs and a small craft, from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on April 8 at Twisted Cookie, 7401 Madison St.

Sensory Friendly Family Film Series: Ralph Breaks the Internet Kids of all abilities and their families are invited to the debut of the Forest Park Public Library’s new monthly film series, with “Ralph Breaks the Internet.” The library’s sensory-friendly family film series features lower sound, partial group lights and fidgets. There is also flexibility in talking and moving around the room and no ads or previews. Families are invited to bring their own nut-free snacks to enjoy during the movie. Fun runs from 2 to 4:30 p.m. on April 7 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Family Seed Hunting Adventure Explore the grounds around the Forest Park Public Library for seeds, from 10 to 10:45 a.m. on April 6 at 7555 Jackson Blvd. Children of all ages are welcome with an adult.

America Sings!

Saturday, April 6, 7:30 p.m., Grace Episcopal Church, and Sunday, April 7, 4 p.m., St. John Lutheran Church: Listen to Heritage Chorale perform choral music written or arranged by American composers, including Aaron Copland, Norman Dello Joio, Joseph Jennings, Moses Hogan, Leonard Bernstein and Robert Ray, whose Gospel Mass is the featured work. $21.50; $16.50, seniors; $11.50, college students; free, students through high school. Tickets/more: heritagechorale.com.

Grace Episcopal: 924 Lake St., Oak Park. St. John: 305 Circle Ave., Forest Park.

PRIDE Awards The Forest Park Chamber of Commerce and village is seeking nominations for its 25th annual PRIDE Awards, which are presented to commercial and residential property owners who show pride in Forest Park by investing in their property. Visit ExploreForestPark.com to learn how to nominate candidates. Nomination deadline is April 5.

Legislative Training Learn how to successfully lobby and make your vote count every Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Progress Center for Independent Living, 7521 Madison St. Contact Larry Biondi to sign-up or make accommodation requests at 708-209-1500 ext. 24 or LBiondi@progresscil.org.

Young Chicago Authors Poetry Workshop Children age 7 and up can explore their creativity with tips from published Poets from the Young Chicago Authors, from 4 to 5 p.m. on April 4 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Movie Night The Park District of Forest Park will hold a movie night for children in grades kindergarten to fourth from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. on April 5 at 7501 Harrison St. Tickets $5 for residents; $7 for non-residents. Admission includes dinner and popcorn. Movie will be rated either G or PG.

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Forty years of growth McAdam Landscaping looking to incorporate new green technology

By NONA TEPPER

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Staff Reporter

n January 1979, two brothers planted a landscaping business in a River Forest basement, with the aim of growing the firm beyond simply mowing their friends’ lawns.

“You start something 40 years ago and you’re using a calculator that you punch in and pull the lever,” said Rob McAdam. “I’m not joking, that’s how I used to add stuff up, doing payroll by handwriting it up. Everything has changed.”

Forty years later, McAdam Landscaping has grown to provide maintenance, design, installation work and much more.

The firm comprises 18 full-time employees year-round—including two generations of McAdams—and, during high season, hires another 65 workers to help out.

Fifty percent of the company’s client base is now commercial, stretching from the Indiana border to Wisconsin, although owners won’t gab about any famous gardens they’ve tamed.

“I was in the insurance business, [my brother, Scott] was still in school. When you’re young you don’t really feel like you have anything to lose,” said Rob, now vice president of McAdam Landscaping, who founded the company with his younger brother, Scott.

Scott had just graduated college when he came home for Christmas and reflected on his next step. During the summers he was in school, he had been cutting neighbors’ grass, and “I knew I was making decent money in the summer. I thought, ‘OK if I do this full time I can make OK money,” he said.

It didn’t occur to him the challenge starting his new landscaping business in January would present.

“That first year it was hard,” Scott said.

But the next year, McAdam Landscaping moved to a tiny building on Lake Street in Oak Park. Three years later, in 1983, they moved to a larger space in Forest Park, next to Goldyburgers, where they stayed until the early 2000s.

When the time came to move, Mayor Anthony Calderone helped them find a new space, connecting them with Woodlawn Cemetery, which he heard wanted to sell some their land.

“We wanted to stay in town, but we were out of space,” Scott said.

McAdam Landscaping moved to its current location, 2001 Desplaines Ave., and has been there ever since.

ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

GENERATIONAL: From left, Scott McAdam Jr., vice president of snow and ice management and commercial business development; Scott McAdam, president; and Robert McAdam, the vice president, at McAdam Landscaping on Desplaines Avenue in Forest Park.

Over the years, Scott McAdam, now where once a week he and his classmates president of the firm, said people would studied trees by walking through a forest. come in with plants in zip lock bags, asking “The connection to nature is kind of employees to try and identify them. A cus- what drew me in. I was kind of like, ‘Wow, tomer once requested a colorful there’s going to be opportunievergreen tree that would bloom ty there,” Scott Jr. said. Now year-round in the Forest Park the business development diarea. rector who also oversees cor“People just sometimes don’t porate snow accounts, Scott have an idea of what a plant is,” Jr. decided to stake his claim Rob said, noting that that tree in the family greenhouse he doesn’t exist. grew up in.

Another customer, an avid “There’s such a negative birder, once planted a hawthorn stigma with landscaping,” he tree in her backyard, so it could said. “When you say, ‘Oh he’s offer fruit year-round. When my landscaper,’ literally evwinter came and there was no eryone thinks it’s a guy with fruit, she complained to McAda pickup truck whose there to am that the tree was dead. cut your grass. Ultimately it’s “The birds were always in the so much more than that.” tree, which means they were Scott Jr. named the receseating the fruit,” Scott said. “I sion as a turning point for said, ‘Just wait in the spring and the company, with the tough they’ll come back and it will be economic climate forcing SCOTT MCADAM JR. absolutely fine.’ It was. It was beMcAdam Landscaping to recause nature was doing what it think its business. While no was supposed to do.” one from the firm was laid off Scott, a landscape architect, during this period, “it didn’t is also a trained horticulturist. come without personal sacriHis passion for horticulture passed on to his fice.” Workers took a pay cut. son, Scott McAdam Jr., who went into col“We looked at every single process. It lege at the University of Illinois with a plan didn’t matter what it was,” Scott said. “We to major in political science. spent money on stuff when people were not A last-minute transfer landed him in the spending money. We brought in new softcollege of agriculture, where his sophomore ware, we started looking at our efficiencies, year he enrolled in a dendrology course, everything changed, because it had to.”

“The connection to nature is kind of what drew me in. I was kind of like, ‘Wow, there’s going to be opportunity there.”

The family invested in new software, which allows the firm to illustrate for clients what a landscape design will look like down to the shadows. They’ve hired a new marketing person. And although McAdam Landscaping began investing in green initiatives about 30 years ago, the firm expanded the work, adding cleaner-burning fuels for its mowers, incorporating batterypowered equipment and recycling soil.

“The way we’ve done business has changed over 40 years,” Scott said. “We’ve become more responsible, not because we’re getting older but we’ve realized that we have to be. I won’t see the results in my lifetime of us composting and doing all that, but I know it’s contributing in the smallest way and we all have to contribute.”

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District 91 kindergarten registration process begins may 1, 2019 If you have a child who is currently enrolled in preschool and will be five years old prior to SEPTEMBER 1, 2019, they will be enrolling in Kindergarten. Please remember: • Your child will need to attend the registration appointment with you as they are screened on that day for instructional planning purposes.

• Families who reside SOUTH OF 290 will call and attend BETSY ROSS SCHOOL. • Families who reside NORTH OF 290 will call and attend GARFIELD SCHOOL.

Kindergarten Registration: 2-STEP PROCESS • STEP 1 – Beginning WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019, families may call their respective schools to set up registration appointments.

• STEP 2 – Kindergarten registration will be held on THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019, from 9-11:30 am, 12:303:30 pm, and 5-8:00 pm at BETSY ROSS SCHOOL and GARFIELD SCHOOL.

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Nature Walk The pack takes a hike over the bridge going over the river and looks for animal scat and nests, then prepares three pots of dutch oven peach cobbler during the annual Spring Outdoor Adventure for Forest Park’s Cub Scout Pack 109 near the Des Plaines River in Forest Park.

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Review wins Illinois Press Association awards The Illinois Press Association Awards honored the Forest Park Review four times for journalistic excellence on March 26. Congratulations to us and thanks to our readers.

The Review earned first place in “Best Community Focus Special Section” in our division for this year’s Forest Park Answer Book.

We earned second place for community service journalism for our Flier Fact-Check initiative, where we fact-checked every flier submitted to us before the April 2 consolidated election and November 2018 video gaming referendum.

The Review also won second place for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reporting

for a story titled, “Healy’s Westside manager FOIA’d residents’ emails.” And we placed third for FOIA reporting for “Five bars denied gambling licenses by state board.”

Add in our sister publications — Austin Weekly News, Wednesday Journal and the Riverside-Brookfield Landmark — and our independent community newspapers won more than 40 awards.

By the way, as long as we’re boasting, just last month Chicago Parent was again named the top major metro parenting magazine in the country by the Parenting Media Association.

We are humbled and flattered to receive this recognition.

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ent was.” Eight percent were outplaced, 5 percent were placed in foster care that “required them to move where their foster home took them,” and another 5 percent returned to their native countries of Turkey or India, Cavallo said.

Three percent of students did not return due to home health care concerns, or enrolled in homeschool, private school or were “grade advanced.”

“We had two students who were homeschooled last year and they returned to us this year,” Cavallo said at the meeting.

This is the first year the district tracked where students went when they left D91. He said he has a form that will, from now on, ask parents why they are leaving and where they are going.

But “looking at where they’re going, we know that, at least a portion of them, are not moving out for better schools. That [applies to] very few kids in general,” Cavallo said.

He added that the district’s enrollment has nearly mirrored what an outside demographic firm determined every year’s enrollment would be. At the beginning of this school year, 761 students, age preschool to eighth grade, were enrolled, down 59 from the school year before. The firm attributed declining enrollment to low birth rates in Cook County and a high supply of rental housing.

The study expired this year and Cavallo said he wanted to wait until next year to commission another study, in the event that this year’s low enrollment was an outlier.

D91’s enrollment “has absolutely nothing to do with school quality; it had everything to do with the type of housing, our birth rates in the county, and the capacity for new housing,” Cavallo said, adding that he planned to present an idea to the board at the April 11 meeting about how to boost enrollment.

“We can try to do things, and we should, but we do have to not base things on feelings and innuendo and what we think might be happening because the data doesn’t support that,” he said.

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We have kids coming and going a lot in District 91 and always have, at least since I’ve been here. People move around a lot when you have a lot of rental housing.”

Cavallo estimated that half of the village’s housing is rental housing and “this has never not been true.” At the meeting, he said the most common reason people transferred out of the district was because they had moved from Forest Park. The districts that five students moved to are unknown, since no transfer records were requested, but Cavallo suspected they transferred into the Chicago Public School (CPS) system since CPS “notoriously doesn’t give us records when we request them and seldom requests them from us. Kids just go to school there.”

He added that sometimes requests will come “way late” from students who enroll out of state or at private schools.

But “most school districts, if the kid shows up and wants to enroll, we have to have that Illinois records request from them. We have to have the records and know that they’re in good standing. If they don’t have it with them, we request them from the school.”

Of the students who didn’t return to D91 during the 2018 school year, Cavallo said four moved to Oak Park, three moved to Broadview, three moved to Cicero, two were known to have moved to CPS, and one moved to Texas.

The district did not respond to an interview request about how many total students did not return to D91 that year.

But 23 percent of students didn’t return to D91 due to residency concerns — “They tried to enroll and we said, ‘You can’t; you don’t live here.’ We caught it right at registration.”

The second most common reason they did not return was custody issues, “where one parent gained or lost custody of a kid and the kid had to go where the other par-

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closure is resolved, among other modifications.

The law was last changed in 2015, when former governor Bruce Rauner was in office, in order to streamline the process of selling and purchasing hospitals.

Welch, Willis, village of Melrose Park officials and others have argued that Pipeline Health, which purchased Westlake, along with two other hospitals — Weiss Memorial in Chicago and West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park — from Tenet Healthcare last year, exploited the modified law and lied in their application to the Review Board about their real intentions for Westlake.

Ahead of purchasing the hospital, Welch and others allege that Pipeline officials repeatedly said that they planned on keeping Westlake open and continuing the critical medical services it provides to a patient population that is predominantly poor and minority. Two weeks after the purchase was finalized, however, Pipeline announced that they planned on closing the hospital.

Since the announcement, the village of Melrose Park has filed a lawsuit alleging that Pipeline engaged in fraud and conspiracy.

Currently, Pipeline’s application to close is still under consideration by the Review Board.

The proposal, HB 123, passed the House Appropriations-Human Services Committee on March 21 by a party line vote of 12 to 6. The bill now awaits future action on the House floor.

During the March 21 hearing that preceded the vote, committee members heard supporters and opponents of the proposal.

Supporters of the bill included representatives with PASO-West Suburban Action Group, a Melrose Park-based immigrants’ rights organization; the village of Melrose Park; and Westlake employees.

Opponents of the bill included representatives with the Illinois Health and Hospital Association, Advocate Healthcare, Northwestern Medicine, the Health Facilities and Services Review Board, and Southern Illinois Healthcare, among other large medical institutions and trade groups.

“This bill is very, very important,” said Lilian Jimenez, PASO’s associate director, told lawmakers during the March 21 hearing, held across the street from the state capitol building.

“If this bill doesn’t pass, we don’t know what will happen,” she said. “Our community is up in arms.”

John Bohmer, the Illinois Health and Hospitals Association’s senior vice president of health policy, said that his organization opposes the fact that the legislation allows the governor “unbridled discretion” to overrule the Review Board and that it introduces “more regulatory red tape” into the healthcare business.

Bohmer said that before the 2015 changes to the Illinois Health Facilities Planning

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Westlake Hospital Act, the negotiations involving a hospital facility’s change of ownership took “several months” before going to the Review Board, which is responsible for approving applications to purchase hospital facilities made by companies. That approval process, Bohmer said, would “take another several months.”

Due to the 2015 law change, he said, the process of negotiating the purchase of the facility and waiting for the Review Board to sign off on the purchase now happens at the same time.

The streamlining, opponents of the proposed House bill have argued, is particularly critical in light of the dramatic changes in the healthcare landscape.

During a Review Board hearing held March 11 in Melrose Park, Joe Ottolino, Westlake’s CEO, said that “hospitals do not play the same role they once did,” arguing that “visits are fewer [and] length of stays are shorter.”

Ottolino added that the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid managed care and private care “have brought massive changes to our system in Illinois and across the country.”

Ottolino said that over the last 30 years, patients’ length of stay at Westlake has decreased from nine days to fewer than six days and that the hospital has experienced a drop in patient visits — going from 4,800 two years ago to 4,100 last year.

“With these numbers, it’s no surprise that Westlake’s market share is among the lowest in our service area,” Ottolino said, adding that the hospital “has in excess of 473 medical, surgical and pediatric beds” and reported a $14 million operating loss last year. Meanwhile, he said, Westlake is expected to receive $4 million less in tax credits each year due to changes in state law.

“Every day, we’re spending dollars on empty hospital beds instead of patients,” Ottolino said.

But during the March 21 hearing in Springfield, many Democratic committee members said that it appears that Pipeline exploited the 2015 law change and put profitoriented considerations before the considerations of the people who may be affected by

Westlake’s closing.

State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz (D-12th) lamented that Pipeline, which is based in California, didn’t appear to do a community needs assessment to effectively evaluate the impact of Westlake’s closing. Feigenholtz said that state policy regulating hospital change of ownership applications should be driven less by concerns about sales transactions than by “community need” because private companies receive state and federal resources.

“It’s about us permitting [these companies] to do business in our state and taking care of our citizens,” she said. “I would really like solid data on what the community needs and what some of the obstacles will be if this institution closes, the social impact of it [and] what it means on West Suburban.”

“If we’re going to drill down to a solution here, we have to be accountable to communities,” Feigenholtz said. “These are state dollars. Hospitals may be businesses, but they’re really not from the perspective of members of this committee. When our families are in hospitals it’s really serious. We worry.”

Although all of the Democratic committee members voted in favor of passing the proposed bill to the full House, most expressed concern about the aspect of the bill that gives the governor the authority to override the Review Board’s decision and said that they’d be willing to work with the bill’s cosponsors to change that aspect of it.

State Rep. Bob Morgan (D-58th) said that while he supported the bill, he had “concerns about process that we’re setting forth here, because this is quite an extraordinary remedy.”

Morgan added that he’ll work to “restructure this legislation to make sure that future [Review Board] decisions don’t have the same recommended authority from the governor.”

No Pipeline officials were present during the March 21 hearing; instead, they submitted a letter to the committee.

CONTACT: ntepper@wjinc.com

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OPINION O U R

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Mayberry? No, Forest Park

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ews item: Chicago Magazine names Forest Park’s Madison Street “the Mayberryest downtown” among all of Chicago’s suburbs.

To be plain, the magazine did not name Oak Park “the Mayberryest,” nor did it name Forest Park “Oak Park-lite.” So those local folks who really would like to be living in the Andy Griffith era of the 1960s, who fear “an invasion” of Oak Parkers are all safe.

While the magazine’s judges rightly admired Brown Cow and recommended a curbside spring afternoon outside a Madison Street tavern, we suspect they did not follow those subsections of 2019 Forest Park life where the disgruntled and acerbic gather to run down the town they all profess to love. That would be Facebook and its lovely neighbor groups.

Now, we can’t just sugarcoat Mayberry. A small North Carolina town doesn’t rocket to the top of the TV ratings and stay there for years with no tension, angst, backbiting or bad spelling and punctuation.

Why, we remember the way Aunt Bea and Clara got into it over, what — the best apple pie or was it the holiday pageant? No, the underlying fight was over which of them had lived the longest in Mayberry. Clara, having arrived on a Greyhound at age 3, was exposed as an unworthy interloper.

Now Barney and Howard Sprague always seemed like a knife fight ready to erupt. Couldn’t explain it until we saw that “lost episode” of Andy where Howard was running for re-election as county clerk and Barney threw his considerable influence behind the candidacy of Goober Pyle. Man, talk about holding a grudge.

Careful viewers will recall there was always a subtext on The Andy Griffith Show about the economic viability of Mayberry. The constant insecure jabs about Mount Pilot draining jobs from Mayberry. And Mayberry was left trying to pay its sheriff and deputy off the proceeds of Emmett’s Fix-It Shop and Floyd the Barber. Hell, there isn’t even sales tax revenue off repairing toasters and cutting hair.

The episode where Mayberry introduced a 24-hour bingo parlor to close a budget shortfall became a cult classic. Helen Crump cajoling Otis to bet his Social Security disability check so Andy could get a new squad car still brings tears.

Enough.

We’re writing pre-election. By the time this Review hits mailboxes, Forest Park will have a new mayor and village council. Forest Park isn’t Mayberry despite the nostalgia for the old days. Forest Park isn’t Oak Park despite the odd fears of a few in town. Forest Park is Forest Park. And that’s plenty good.

But it is time for a better Forest Park. More confident.

More loving. Truer to its history of kindness and connection. Optimistic about its future as a welcoming and diverse village. A destination for people eager to find a blend of old and new.

Congratulations to the new mayor. Please focus on lifting our village up and moving us forward.

Head in the clouds or feet on the ground?

E

arlier this morning Michael Rosenthal saw a light on next door and decided to dial his neighbor’s phone number. “Hey Walt, you want to check out Bernie Rolvaag’s new coffee shop?”

“Oh, um, hi Michael. You mean right now?” It was 6:30 a.m. and Pastor Walter Mitty had just gotten out of bed, so it took a few seconds for his friend’s early morning proposal to sink in.

“Yeah, Walt. It sounds like you need a couple shots of espresso to wake up, and I’m anxious to see what Bernie’s new expansion looks like.”

“I could use a good cup of coffee,” Mitty admitted after yawning. “I’ll meet you outside your house in 10 minutes.”

When the two friends arrived at the book store/coffee shop, they noticed that Bernie had added a line after History/Herstory on the sign outside his business— ”Stimulating Books and Coffee.”

“Cute,” said Michael as he opened the front door.

“I like the smell of coffee a latte better than the smell of books,” Mitty said with a grin.

Michael groaned.

“Good morning, Pastor. Morning, Michael,” said Troy Williams, as he poured steamed milk into the cappuccino he was making for the customer in line ahead of them.

Surprised, Mitty said, “But Troy, I thought you worked downtown.”

The woman ahead of them took the cappuccino in a to go cup, paid for it and hurried out the door.

“She doesn’t want to miss the train,” the barista explained. After wiping off the steam wand with a wet cloth, he said to his pastor, “Yeah. I still do, but I put in a couple hours here three days a week before hopping on the train to go to work. Student loans. It’s all about paying back those student loans.”

“So, do you think the loans are worth what you are going through now?” asked Michael.

“I think so,” Troy answered. “I read online that those with a college degree will, over a lifetime, average $300,000 more than those who don’t.”

“I feel for you,” said Michael as he paid for his coffee.

“When I graduated from college back in the dark ages, I had zero debt.”

“These are different times, for sure,” Troy replied. “I don’t like it, but it’s the law of the jungle—adapt to a changing environment or die.”

Still seeing no incoming customers and desperate for caffeine, Mitty asked, “How did your mother do in the election yesterday?”

“She lost,” he answered with a sigh, “and she’s taking it pretty hard—can’t understand how people in this town who have known her for decades would vote for a political novice who’s lived here for just five years—instead of her with all her experience.”

“I’m sorry,” was all Pastor Mitty could say.

Michael waved for his neighbor to join him at the table in the corner where he had already started a conversation with Ehud Ahmadi who was holding an already half empty cup of espresso.

“As-salamu alaykum,” Ehud said as Mitty pulled his chair up to the table and took his first sip of coffee. He searched his memory for the proper response to the man he had come to know fairly well since Ehud had moved to Poplar Park from Libya 15 years ago.

It finally came to him and shaking hands he responded with, “Wa ʿalaykumu s-salʿm.”

Just then Bernie Rolvaag walked in the door, picked up a coffee and asked if he could join the three at their table.

“I like what you’ve done here,” said Michael. “I mean with adding a coffee bar to the book store.”

“Thanks,” Bernie replied. “I looked at it this way. Times are changing. As you all know, I love books. When I’m reading about John McCain’s legacy, I want to be holding a book in my hand. But these younger folks, are turning to their phones for quick, short bites of information instead of spending money on a book.”

The four men became silent. They were all born at a time when attendants pumped your gas at the Texaco station and people bought guns to go hunting with.

Bernie then added, “I realized that I wanted to hang on to the books I love but that I also had to change with the times. I also realized that iPads can’t brew you a good cup of coffee. Not yet anyway. So I figured that I already had a nice ambience in the book store and that adding coffee to the mix might attract some new customers.”

“I’m afraid that’s what Harriet Williams was unable to do,” said Mitty.

“The issue is deep,” said Ehud after listening to his neighbors. “It’s a big deal for us Muslims who moved to this country from more traditional societies. We came here to escape violence and poverty, but we thought we could bring some of the traditions we love along with us.”

“A question of keeping the baby while throwing out the bath water?” asked Michael.

“Exactly. But Michael, you understand this. When you are a religious minority, you worry about your kids being so fascinated with what is new that they are no longer interested in the traditions we love.”

At that point Bernie started laughing.

“What’s so funny?” Ehud asked with some irritation in his voice.

“I’m sorry,” Bernie replied after regaining control over himself. “But the discouraging irony in all of this is that right where we are now sitting I have an inventory of 500 books all of which confirm the conviction that those who don’t know history are bound to repeat it.”

On the way home, Michael asked, “Walt, did you vote for Harriet Williams yesterday?”

“No I didn’t,” Mitty replied. “And now I wish I could change my ballot. If I could do it over, I’d cast half my votes for some of the young, idealistic candidates and half for those who have been around the block a few times. I’m thinking that it would be a good thing to keep a tension between those who have their heads in the clouds and the ones who have their feet on the ground.”

TOM

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L E T T E R S

A citizen advocate speaks

24 HR. TOWING

708-488-8300 Need a helping of

Election Day is upon us, and this marks a milestone in an effort that I have invested close to two years of volunteer time on, alongside other Forest Park friends.

I have learned that my right to question elected officials is better informed by my ability to get engaged in local issues with other volunteers, such as work around the village’s Welcoming Resolution and securing the right to a binding referendum vote in the 2018 Midterm elections. I have discovered through research a need in Forest Park to continue to grow, by embracing fresh ideas and inviting new faces to the discussions where forward-facing decisions may be made.

Principles and behaviors modeled by elected officials in village governance allow us to deepen our ties to community. Those include a genuine desire for transparency, inclusiveness, and responsiveness, which is the foundation of the team I support at Forest Park Forward and Rory Hoskins for Mayor.

Transparency is not a buzzword. It manifests itself in conversations with residents through active listening while seeking a genuine connection. It displays itself through deeds and an understanding that the ability for residents to see how the village is managed goes a very long way in building trust in a community.

Being inclusive means being welcoming.

It means celebrating the eclectic and quirky along with the traditional and generational – and it means accepting that all of us, whether settled in Forest Park for many years, a relatively recent arrival, someone who rents or owns a home, irrespective of where we come from and how we identify, have made a commitment to the small town charm that is our village, and can all have different outlooks and opinions that reflect our uniqueness.

And being responsive means being respectful of others’ time and efforts, and embracing new ways to communicate with residents, whether through technology, or a simple acknowledgement of a resident’s public com-

ment in a Village Council meeting.

We choose to live here. We enjoy getting to know our neighbors and are establishing lifelong relationships with folks who found the Forest Park charm generations ago. And we believe that fresh ideas and new voices in village government are not a bad thing – because we are hearing from people from all walks of village life that change, coupled with gumption, transferable skills, and guts, is what will keep Forest Park moving forward.

In this journey we have all learned together how to discuss what matters to us all – and how to respect each other and navigate through moments when we are not all in agreement.

On April 2nd, I ask that you consider voting for my friends, Rory Hoskins, Julianne Bonwit, Mark Boroughf, Jessica Voogd and Jon Kubricht. They are the fresh ideas and new voices we need for Forest Park.

And please – go vote on April 2nd. No matter where you land on the issues or the candidates, there is no more important civic duty than to exercise your right to vote, and have your voice heard.

Betty Alzamora

Forest Park Resident

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RELIGION GUIDE Presbyterian

Check First.

First Congregational Church of Maywood

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

Refreshments and fellowship follow the service.

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

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

William S. Winston Pastor

ELCA, Lutheran

Good Shepherd

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

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

Lutheran—ELCA

United Lutheran Church

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

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

3:30-4:00pm

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WCIU-TV (Sun.)

10:30-11:00am

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Word Network

10:30-11:00am

Nationwide

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www.livingwd.org www.billwinston.org

West Suburban Temple Har Zion

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

Interfaith families are welcome.

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

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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

Child care available 9-11am

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

Roman Catholic

Ascension Catholic Church

www.unitedlutheranchurch.org

708/386-1576

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

Fair Oaks

Lutheran-Independent

Grace Lutheran Church

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

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

Childcare Available

Grace Lutheran School

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

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

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

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

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

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

Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor

Roman Catholic

St. Edmund Catholic Church

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

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

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

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

St. Giles Family Mass Community

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

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

Our Mass is family-friendly.

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

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

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

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

Roman Catholic

St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

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

Upcoming Religious Holidays

Apr 8 Vesak (Buddha Day) Buddhism 13-14 Ram Navami

14 Palm Sunday

16-17 Mahavir Jayanti 19-27 Pesach

20-21 Ridván (1st day) 21 Easter

Hinduism

Christianity) Jainism

Judaism Bahá’í

Christianity

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

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HELP WANTED PROGRAM COORDINATOR Oak Park (IL) Residence Corporation, a community based, non-profit housing development corporation is seeking an experienced Program Coordinator to manage The Oaks, a 76-unit congregate apartment building for seniors and non-senior persons with disabilities, and the Farrelly-Muriello Apartments, a 21-unit apartment building for persons with disabilities.

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SEASONAL FARMERS’ MARKET ASSISTANT The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Seasonal Farmers’ Market Assistant in the Health Department.

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS VILLAGE OF NORTH RIVERSIDE 2019 MFT STREET RESURFACING Sealed proposals for the improvement described below will be received at the office of the Village Clerk, Village of North Riverside, 2401 S. Des Plaines Avenue, North Riverside, IL 60546 until 11:00 a.m. on April 15, 2019. Sealed proposals will be opened and read publicly at the office of the Village of North Riverside, 2401 S. Des Plaines Avenue, North Riverside, IL 60546, at 11:00 a.m. on April 15, 2019.

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2019 MFT Street Resurfacing Length: 2,098 Feet (0.397 miles)

Location: Various locations throughout the Village of North Riverside Proposed Improvement: Hot-mix asphalt surface removal; curb and gutter removal and replacement; sidewalk removal and replacement; pavement patching; strip reflective crack control treatment; HMA surface course installation; thermoplastic pavement marking; drainage structure adjustment and reconstruction; and topsoil and sod parkway restoration.

1. Plans and proposal forms will be available in the office of John Fitzgerald, P.E., Novotny Engineering, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite A, Willowbrook, IL 60527, (630) 887-8640, for a non-refundable fee of $100.00.

2. T Prequalification If checked, the 2 low bidders must file within 24 hours after the letting an “Affidavit of Availability� (Form BC 57), in duplicate, showing all uncompleted contracts awarded to them and all low bids pending award for Federal, State, County, Municipal and private work. One original shall be filed with the Awarding Authority and one original with the IDOT District Office.

3. The Awarding Authority reserves the right to waive technicalities and to reject any or all proposals as provided in BLRS Special Provision for Bidding Requirements and Conditions for Contract Proposals.

4. The following BLR Forms shall be returned by the bidder to the Awarding Authority: a. BLR 12200: Local Public Agency Formal Contract Proposal b. BLR 12200a Schedule of Prices c. BLR 12230: Proposal Bid Bond d. BLR 12325: Apprenticeship or Training Program Certification e. BLR 12326: Affidavit of Illinois Business Office

By Order of: PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES VILLAGE OF NORTH RIVERSIDE By: Kathy Ranieri, Village Clerk

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y19000971 on April 1, 2019. Under the Assumed Business Name of SCOVILLE BLOCK NUMBER 1 with the business located at: 120 N. OAK PARK AVE. #432, OAK PARK, IL 60301. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: TRUST NUMBER 3702 26 ELMWOOD AVE LA GRANGE PARK, IL 60526.

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: Y19000910 on March 25, 2019 Under the Assumed Business Name of YANNI PANTS with the business located at:7444 WASHINGTON, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: KESHONA BROWN 7444 WASHINGTON FOREST PARK, IL 60130

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PUBLIC NOTICE Invitation to Bid

The Park District of Forest Park (“Park District� or “Owner�) will receive bids for the Aquatic Facility Bathhouse Flooring Project, located at the 7501 West Harrison Street, Forest Park, Illinois 60130. Bid Documents, including Instructions to Bidders, Drawings, Technical Specifications, General and any Special Conditions, and Bid Forms, including required Contractor Certifications and Prevailing Wage Determination and Supersedes Notice, are available at Park District of Forest Park Administration Building, 7501 Harrison St., Forest Park, Illinois 60130 commencing on March 27, 2019 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

A Pre-bid Meeting will be held at Administration Building, 7501 Harrison St., Forest Park, Illinois, at 10:00 a.m. on April 3, 2019.

This meeting will be used to review the Specifications and give any Bidders the opportunity to discuss any concerns with the Owner and Architect. Attendance at this meeting by all persons desiring to bid on this Project is highly recommended.

Each bid shall be placed in an opaque sealed envelope and clearly marked “Park District of Forest Park, Aquatic Facility Bathhouse Flooring Project.� The envelope shall be addressed and delivered to and received by the Park District at the following location: Administration Building, 7501 Harrison St., Forest Park, Illinois 60130. No responsibility shall be attached to any person for premature opening of a bid not properly identified.

Bids will be received until 10:00 a.m. April 10, 2019. Immediately thereafter, the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids received after that time or at a different location will be rejected and returned to the Bidder unopened.

The Park District of Forest Park reserves the right to waive technicalities, to accept or reject any or all bids, and/or to accept only portions of a bid and reject the remainder. Owner will award the Contract to the lowest most responsible and responsive Bidder, as determined by Owner. In considering the Bidder’s responsibility, the Owner may evaluate, among other factors, the ability of the Bidder to

provide experienced labor sufficient in numbers to timely and properly complete the services, the financial capability of the Bidder, and the performance of the Bidder on other projects.

Bids shall not include federal excise tax or state sales tax for materials to be incorporated in, or totally consumed in the prosecution of the Work. A tax exemption certificate will be furnished by the Park District at the request of the Bidder.

The Park District’s tax exemption number shall only be used by the successful Bidder for the Work of this Project.

After the bid opening time, no bid shall be withdrawn or canceled for a period of sixty (60) calendar days.

The Work of this Project is subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/0.01 et seq. A prevailing wage determination has been made by the Park District, which is the same as that determined by the Illinois Department of Labor for public works projects in Cook County. The Contract entered into for the Work will be drawn in compliance with said law and proposals should be prepared accordingly and provide for payment of all laborers, workmen, and mechanics needed to perform the Work at no less than the prevailing rate of wages (or the prevailing rate for legal holiday and overtime work) for each craft, type of worker, or mechanic.

The Contractor(s) selected will also be required to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations and executive orders, including but not limited to those pertaining to equal employment opportunity.

All bids must be accompanied by cashier’s check or bid bond payable to the order of the Park District of Forest Park for ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid as provided in the Instructions to Bidders. No proposals or bids will be considered unless accompanied by such bond or check.

Direct questions to Jackie Iovinelli, Executive Director, Park District of Forest Park, jiovinelli@pdofp.org, 708-366-7500.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y19000927 on March 25, 2019. Under the Assumed Business Name of THREE BEARS FITNESS with the business located at: 949 LAKE ST G1, OAK PARK, IL 60301.

The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: JON BRUEN 949 LAKE ST G1, OAK PARK, IL 60301 Published in Wednesday Journal 4/3, 4/10, 4/17/2019

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y19000961 on March 29, 2019. Under the Assumed Business Name of PHOTOANTICS PHOTOGRAPHY with the business located at: 2844 WALNUT ST, CHICAGO, IL 60612. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: LAURA ANNA MARIE KELLY 2844 W WALNUT ST CHICAGO, IL 60612.

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PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT OF BIDDING For: Construction Services for the Carroll Center Addition & Remodeling.

Owner: Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison St., Oak Park, IL 60302 The Park District of Oak Park will receive separate sealed Bids until 10:00am (Chicago time) on Friday, May 3rd, 2019 at 218 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois. The Park District is taking a construction manager approach and is looking for bids from individual trades. This breakdown is available on Tuesday, April 9th at 5:00pm online along with the drawings. A pre-bid walk-thru is scheduled for 1:00pm on April 18th and 19th at Carroll Center, 1125 S. Kenilworth, Oak Park, Il 60402.

Copies of the bidding specifications are available via the Park District of Oak Park website at: http://www.pdop.org/bids-and-rfps/ For additional information, contact Chris Lindgren at chris.lindgren@ pdop.org or 708-725-2050. The Park District of Oak Park reserves the right to reject any or all bid or to accept any bid, which, in its judgment, will be to the best interest of the public. Only the bids in compliance with the provisions of the bidding specifications will be considered.

Park District of Oak Park By: Kassie Porreca, Secretary Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison Street Oak Park, IL 60302 Published in Wednesday Journal 4/3/2019

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 ABFC ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005WMC1 Plaintiff, -v.DARYL SATCHER, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., OAK PARK TERRACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 2018 CH 08851 914 NORTH AUSTIN BOULEVARD UNIT #C-8 OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 7, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 9, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 914 NORTH AUSTIN BOULEVARD UNIT #C-8, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-320-0401025.

The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of

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the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in

order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-07459.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-07459 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 08851 TJSC#: 39-1009 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Defendants 2018 CH 14590 116 N AUSTIN BLVD 1S OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 11, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 23, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 116 N AUSTIN BLVD 1S, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-317-0251001; 16-08-317-025-1024.

The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse.

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

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

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

estate after confirmation of the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-12446.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-12446 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 14590 TJSC#: 39-1658 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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on May 6, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1043 ELGIN AVE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-13-422-0320000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-10679.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th

Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-10679 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 12339 TJSC#: 39-71 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Defendants, 18 CH 10503 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-09-102-032-0000.

Commonly known as 128 MORRIS AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104.

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

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 18-023878 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3116473

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE OF CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2015-RP2 Plaintiff, -v.KELLY NEAL, SAMUEL LEWIS JR., 116-22 NORTH AUSTIN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO USA HOLDINGS, INC. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL ILLINOIS, INC. Plaintiff, -v.EDWARD BRINK, FRANCES W. BRINK Defendants 2018 CH 12339 1043 ELGIN AVE FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 31, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM

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

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF SHAROL D. UNGER AKA SHAROL UNGER AKA SHAROL DENISE UNGER AKA SHAROL D. UNGER-STEWART; LILLIE UNGER AKA LILLIE M. UNGER; PAMELA DAVIS; COLETTE UNGER-TEASLEY; JOSEPHINE UNGER; GERALD NORDGREN, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SHAROL D. UNGER-STEWART, DECEASED; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 9905 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, May 3, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 1076 Des Plaines Avenue, Forest Park, IL 60130.

P.I.N. 15-13-311-041-0000.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g) (1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Ms. Michelle Breitzman at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC, 2121 Waukegan Road, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015. (847) 291-1717. 18-088570 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3116009 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

JOETTA WILLIS; MORRIS WILLIS; STATE OF ILLINOIS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P.; Plaintiff, vs.

BARBARA J. JONES FKA BARBARA RUSSO; MANOR CARE OF HOMEWOOD IL LLC AKA MANORCARE HEALTH SERVICESHOMEWOOD; VILLAGE OF FOREST PARK; UNKNOWN OWNERS GENREALLY, AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 18 CH 1019 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, May 13, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-13-402-012-0000.

Commonly known as 824 S. Beloit Ave., Forest Park, IL 60130.

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

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

(312) 981-7385. SMSF.0315 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3117072

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

904 ELGIN

317 N. HARVEY

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

Cute little Georgian needs your ideas and love! Jump right in at this price and add your creativity to this little two bedroom one bath charmer. Living room, eat in kitchen on the first floor and two bedrooms plus bath on the second floor. There is also an unfinished basement. Super lovely and private yard plus two car garage! Very close to blue line "L" stop, Forest Park aquatic center, brand new fitness center and tennis courts! .....................................................................................$179,900

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

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

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

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

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1016 LATHROP AVE

1016 CIRCLE AVENUE

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

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

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

CE I R P D E C U RED

1338 MARENGO

631 MARENGO

First floor apartment completely remodeled with 2 bedrooms and duplex 3rd. bedroom and half bath and family room in the basement. Second floor is two bedrooms and one bath. Outside parking for 4 cars. Projected rent for 1st floor between .............................................................. $1375 & $1450

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

you can help!

WE Day Charity Kickball Game District 91 Students vs. Forest Park Community Leaders All proceeds from the WE Day Charity Kickball Game benefit relief efforts to provide water for families in Kenya!

Sponsored by the WE Day Chapter at Forest Park Middle School

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 (rain date Thursday, April 18, 2019) 1:15 – 2:30 PM at the Park District Softball Fields (far diamond) • Concessions!

• Student Made Goods For Sale!

Imagine –

Clean Water for a Family for Life!

• Clean water provides a ripple effect to improve the standard of living.

• Clean water allows a family to access school, better health and more food.

• Clean water piped directly to homes reduces the time to collect water.

To donate visit www.fpsd91.org

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