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Village council sets 11 p.m. closing for bars and restaurants

Temporary action to curb Madison St. rowdiness; bar owners call it a ‘death sentence’ By MARIA MAXHAM Editor

Despite the vast majority of public comment showing strong opposition to the proposed cutback of bar hours, the village council voted unanimously on May 12 to limit alcohol sales and consumption to an 11 p.m. closing time until June 15 for some establishments and until Sept. 6 for others. The cutback on hours begins May 16. Class A1 (taverns without food service or with limited food service), A7 (brew pubs) and A8 (special event venues) liquor license holders must close at 11 p.m. through Labor Day, while Class A liquor license holders that derive at least half their gross sales from food can go back to regular amended hours of closing at 1 a.m. weeknights and 2 a.m. on weekends on June 15. The village council meeting was scheduled after an incident early Sunday morning on Madison Street in which a crowed of around 50 people allegedly refused police orders to disperse for at least half an hour, verbally and physically harassing police officers while and after they attempted to arrest a man for choking a woman. But issues, from local ordinance citations such as drinking on the sidewalk and noise violations to fights and refusal of crowds to disperse, have been a problem on Madison Street for the past few months. See CLOSING TIME on page 6

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A POP OF COLOR

The owner of 810 Beloit Ave. commissioned Oak Park artist Tia Etu to paint a mural, called “Imagine,” on the side of his building. Read more in John Rice’s column on page 3.

Principals hired for PMSA and Proviso East Administrative structure changed By MARIA MAXHAM Editor

New administrative hires were made at the May 11 meeting of the Proviso Township High Schools District 209 board meeting. Changes include not just the adminis-

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trators themselves, but the structure of the administration. One notable change is the addition of grade level principals at each school, who will be responsible for working with the same group of students as they progress throughout their years, from freshmen through graduation. Many residents and parents were shocked that Proviso East’s current principal Dr. Patrick Hardy will not be returning next year. The new principal

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will be Rodney Hull. According to information from the district’s website, Hull is currently the principal at Hazelwood Central High School. Previously, he worked as the principal of a school in the Miami area and has also worked in Chicago communities. The four grade level principals at East will be Fred Aguirre, Dr. Alexander Brandon, Dr. Melvin Caldwell and Latoya McIntosh. Aguirre has served See ADMINISTRATORS on page 5

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The mural’s great, but her life is the masterpiece

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ia Etu is an artist from Oak Park, who works in many different media, including murals. She received her first Forest Park commission, when the owner of 810 Beloit asked her to paint a mural on the side of his building. She has created a striking 11- x 22-foot work titled, “Imagine.” The owner requested something colorful and fun, with movement. “Imagine” certainly captures that vision. It depicts goldfish swimming through clouds. The joy in Tia’s work is in direct contrast to her troubled childhood. She grew up in the South Side neighborhood of Chatham. It was a comfortable close-knit neighborhood but her mother’s mental illness made Tia’s home life unstable. She attended the local Chicago Public School. She was an indifferent student but teachers could see her potential. They encouraged her to take art classes, join the yearbook staff and play in the band. Tia, however, continued to get into trouble. In seventh grade, she found herself in the principal’s office. She was asked to draw a picture of Mickey Mouse. When she displayed it on the bulletin board, her drawing drew great praise. “I’ve been creating art and staying out of trouble ever since.” Tia’s teachers not only mentored her, one

of them secured a scholarship for her to attend the School of the Art Institute. She was there for three years before taking time off to see the masterpieces she had been studying. She spent six months in Europe visiting Paris and London. After returning from Europe, she gave birth to her son, Skylar. She then landed a job as a loader at UPS. It was not only hard work but dangerous. Tia lost a finger on her right hand but, thankfully, it didn’t hamper her artwork. She completed her degree at the Art Institute and switched from loading trucks to teaching art classes, selling artwork and teaching water colors. When Oak Park started its Art District on Harrison Street, Tia was among the first artists to occupy a live-work place. She has operated galleries in the district for 32 years. Her business is called Whatever Comes to Mind Studio, 27 Harrison Street. Her studio displays paintings, drawings and portraits. She also teaches jewelry and sculpture classes and paints indoor and outdoor murals. She has painted seven murals in Oak Park. They are not as fanciful as “Imagine.” Many of her murals “strive to capture social inequities in powerful and unique ways,” she says. Tia has retained her adventurous spirit,

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traveling around the country and tooling through the city on her motorcycle. Her adventures include teaching art in some of Chicago’s most impoverished neighborhoods. Many of the students are lost, like she was. She has a heart for her students and knows how to motivate them. Tia teaches classes for students from Kindergarten to adult. She is getting weary of teaching, though, and is focusing more on creating and selling artwork. It’s been a difficult struggle to become a self-supporting artist, but she has made it. The last two years have been particularly good. She recruited Skylar’s best friend, Ed Palasz, to help on “Imagine.” Ed is a house painter by trade, so he’s very handy with a brush. Tia hopes the work might lead to more commissions. She also hopes to own a warehouse, where she can install work stations for every kind of art she practices. You might say her whole life has been a masterpiece in overcoming obstacles. The former “bad” student is an inspirational figure to her art students. “Art gives their lives purpose,” Tia said. “Even if art isn’t their career, it can always give them peace.” ■ 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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WRESTLING OUTDOORS IN THE 1950S Parichy Stadium, at Harrison Street and Harlem Avenue (now the area of the parking lot of Ferrara Pan), was known as the home to the Bloomer girls’ baseball team. But on Friday and Saturday nights in the 1950s, the stadium attracted crowds for outdoor wrestling matches. Some of the big-name wrestlers were Tony “Argentine” Rocca, Buddy “Natureboy” Rogers, Gene “Mr. America” Stanlee, Tony “Two-ton” Galento, “Farmer” Dan Marlin, Benito “Bouncing-Ball” Gardini, Ali Pasha (who rubbed his beard in the eyes of his opponents), Mickey Gold, Rudy “Body Slam” Kay and champion Lou Theze. .

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business of the village.” A $400 monthly car allowance will be provided to Amidei, and he will be given a key to the village gas pump or be compensated for fuel costs. He’ll get 10 days paid vacation and be provided with up to $4,000 annually for travel and related expenses for job-related meetings and professional development. According to the contract, the agreement can be terminated by a majority vote of the council. On or before Aug. 11, a termination does not require severance pay. After Aug. 11, severance compensation is required. However if the termination is “for cause,” the village does not have an obligation to pay any severance. Cause, as defined in the contract, includes the following: “breach of any of the provisions of [the contract], a breach of administrator’s duty of loyalty to the village, any act of dishonesty or fraud with respect to the village.”

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D209 spent over $13k on ‘Setting the Record Straight’mailer By MARIA MAXHAM Editor

The total cost to print and distribute the “Setting the Record Straight” mailer, sent by board president Rodney Alexander to families within the Proviso High Schools District 209 community, was $13,013. This information was requested through the Freedom of Information Act by the Review and supplied by the district. That amount includes $245 for the USPS permit, $7,817 for printing, and $4,950 for postage. The mailer arrived at people’s homes last month and was widely discussed on Facebook. Additionally, several public comments during D209 meetings were made, most in opposition of the use of taxpayer dollars to fund what some people called a campaign against a board member. In the mailer, Alexander accuses board member Claudia Medina of having “revealed herself to be someone who hates Black men in leadership,” and attempts to

ADMINISTRATORS Two new principals from page 1 as assistant principal at East for six years. Brandon has been with the district for a year and is currently serving as principal of Educational Services. Caldwell currently serves as dean of administration at Proviso East. McIntosh is new to the district. The presentation by the district includes little about the specifics of her background but says she has “18 years experience in education. Diversity and inclusion are the pillars of her educational mantra.” At Proviso West, Bessie Karvelas will remain the principal. Four grade level principals will serve with her. They are Dr. Albert Brass, who is new to the district; William Breisch, who is currently the principal of Proviso Math and Science Academy; Joseph Kosina, who currently serves as the assistant principal at Proviso West; and Kisha Lang, who worked in the district previously. According to information on the district’s website, Brass has worked for 23 years in high schools in Wisconsin and Illinois. In January 2020 the Chicago Tribune reported that Brass, principal of Rich East High School in Park Forest at the time, had been placed on administrative leave. According to the Tribune, the district had said the matter was a personnel issue. A letter was allegedly sent to parents from the superintendent saying the district was aware of rumors circulating about Brass, and the superintendent said it was “inaccurate” that Brass had been arrested. The superintendent also said in the letter that there are

debunk what he calls “lie, after lie, after lie, after lie.” Alleged lies Medina is accused of in the document are claims that Supt. James Henderson’s previous school district is bankrupt, claims that she isn’t receiving information from the district and thus needs to request it via FOIA, and calling attention to previous news articles that show Henderson in a bad light. “KEEP TALKING Medina – GOD has the last word! YOU don’t understand whose we are – We [Alexander and Henderson] are not only highly qualified for this work but are anointed for a time such as this to lead this work,” reads one part of the document. The document also accuses the Forest Park Review, specifically Maria Maxham its editor, of being a mouthpiece for Medina. Medina and Maxham, says Alexander, “continue to double-down on their lies, as if it’s going to make the lies true.” The document further accuses the Mississippi State Auditor of participating in

“a smear campaign against Dr. Henderson’s name for not utilizing a particular legal firm” after the state entity released an audit they said showed “widespread problems” and issued a press release regarding such. Spokesperson Logan Reeves from the Mississippi State Auditor’s office said in response, “The audit report is a public record and only contains statements of fact rather than opinion. Our agency is a professional office, and we have neither time nor interest to engage with this ridiculous claim.” Alexander made it clear during the May 11 school board meeting that he won’t hesitate to send a similar mailing in the future. “You’re not going to be able to tell untruths about our dollars and our hardworking administrators and teachers. Not anymore,” Alexander said. “We’re going to counter, and we’re going to counter with taxpayer dollars because you guys deserve to know the truth.”

“no allegations that [Brass] engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a student.” Because it was a personnel issue, the superintendent couldn’t provide any additional information. Lang formerly worked in D209 as assistant principal at Proviso East. She joined the district in 2011 and was named in a 2014 lawsuit filed by a Proviso East security manager against the district for retaliatory discharge, according to previous Forest Park Review reporting. In the lawsuit, the former employee accused Lang of using district employees to perform personal errands, and Taylor claimed he was fired in retaliation after informing others of what Lang was doing. At Proviso Math and Science Academy (PMSA), the new principal is Elizabeth Martinez, who is new to the district. According to her Linked In page, she most recently was the founding head of SIAS International in Zhengzhou City in China. Grade level principals at PMSA will be Cristin Chiganos, who is currently serving as the department chair for English, Social Studies and World Languages at PMSA, and Shaylon Walker, who is new to the district. Other administrative positions include: ■ Deputy Superintendent of Educational Services – Dr. Kevin Brown ■ Executive Director of Teaching, Learning and Accountability – Dr. Greta MitchelWilliams ■ District Coordinator, Mathematics – Dr. Lisa Luna ■ District Coordinator, Science – Alexander Aschoff ■ District Coordinator, ELA – Angela Mariono ■ District Coordinator, Social Studies – Stephen Ngo

ON DISTRICT DIME: The “Setting the Record Straight” mailer cost the district over $13,000, according to documentation obtained via FOIA.

NEXT YEAR’S LINEUP: D209 principals at the three high schools will be, from left, Dr. Bessie Karvelas (Proviso West), Rodney Hull (Proviso East) and Elizabeth Martinez (PMSA). ■ Executive Director of Student Services and Equity – Dr. Kathy Richard-Andrews ■ District Coordinator, SPED – Vanessa Schmitt ■ Coordinator, CCR/Counseling – Kate Hendrix Foster ■ Coordinator for Federal Programs/ Grants – Michelle Hassan ■ Deputy Superintendent of Operations – Dan Johnson ■ Athletic Director – Cyrus McGinnis ■ Assistant Athletic Director – Calvin Davis ■ Manager, Facilities and Maintenance – LT Taylor ■ Manager, Transportation – William Garrett ■ Manager, Security – Levertis Robinson ■ Director of Technology – Michael Pritchard ■ Public and Community Relations Officer – Nicole Wilson

During the May 11 meeting, board member Claudia Medina said the job of Director

of Technology was posted on a Tuesday and the recommendation for Pritchard came to the board on Friday. Medina asked Superintendent James Henderson if he had received any other applications, and he said he had. She then asked if he had interviewed anyone else for the position. Henderson answered, “I interviewed Pritchard. This is my recommendation. You can vote it up or you can vote it down.” Pritchard served as senior IT project manager at Normandy School District in Missouri from 2008 to 2011. Henderson served at that district as chief of staff during those years. Pritchard and a group of 17 other of the new administrators were approved by a five to two vote of the board, with Medina and board member Amanda Grant voting no. Foster, Marino, Luna, Aschoff, Ngo, Mitchell-Williams, Brandon, Caldwell, Chiganos, McIntosh, Taylor and Robinson were approved by a six to one vote of the board, with Medina voting no.

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CLOSING TIME Bar hours cut from page 1 During the meeting, which was filled to capacity both in person at village hall and on Zoom, where participation had been limited to 100, bar owners and employees from multiple establishments that would be affected spoke, raising their concerns about how the shortening of hours would impact businesses and jobs. Most expressed frustration that their businesses would suffer significantly from the limitation of hours and argued that the village would be using a blanket approach to solving problems created by a few bar operators. Lynn Sorice, who along with husband

FOP chief says recruiting cops to FP getting harder Dan Miller, a Forest Park officer and president of the local Fraternal Order of Police lodge, said recruiting police to work in Forest Park has become increasingly challenging. Bound by nonhome-rule restrictions, the department must maintain an eligibility list of potential officers. But it’s been harder to get the interest of potential officers. “[In Forest Park] you have a police department that is getting younger by the day, because people do not want to be police anymore,” Miller said. “We can’t get applications ... They don’t even want to come for an interview anymore.” Home-rule villages like Aurora and Gurnee, Miller said, are offering bonuses to come or salaries with which Forest Park cannot compete. Without support, Miller said, the Forest Park Police Department is in trouble. “I promise you, you’re gonna lose these young [officers],” said Miller. “They will leave you. And you’re going to be stuck with a police department with spots you can’t even fill.” He blamed the state for issues with policing too, calling out Cook County and specifically State’s Attorney Kim Foxx for making it too easy for criminals to feel like they can repeatedly break the law with little to no consequence, the reason, he said, that issuing more tickets isn’t going to fix the problem in Forest Park. “They don’t care about tickets. They don’t care about getting arrested,” said Miller of criminals. “If you come to Cook County, nothing is going to happen to you. You’re going to get arrested, you’re going to get a court date, and the state’s attorney’s office and Kim Foxx are going to let you go, and you’re going to do it over. They tell us go ahead and arrest me. I have $100 in my pocket.”

Marty owns several bars in town, read a letter on behalf of the Sorices and several other bars, stating, “Any further restrictions of our operating hours are going to be fatal to our businesses and jobs.” She asked village elected officials and staff to meet with the bars. “We have some ideas about all of this. Would you please work with us and talk to us, instead of just doing to us and blaming us?” Sorice implored the council. Beacon Pub owner Scott Burns called it “draconian” to close all bars to solve problems allegedly stemming from just a few. “This will be a death sentence to our businesses,” Chris Buckley read on behalf of his father who owns Mugsy’s. Joe Sullivan, owner of Duffy’s, said a forced closure of 11 p.m. through Labor Day “would make continuing to operate Duffy’s impossible” because of the amount of revenue he and his staff would lose. “If passed, these restrictions would turn Duffy’s from a business into a hobby. Duffy’s isn’t a hobby – it’s the way I and my employees make a living,” said Sullivan. Police Chief Tom Aftanas and Forest Park police officer Dan Miller presented the other side of the issue. Aftanas said that since the beginning of May, just 12 days, the department has already issued 22 local ordinance citations along Madison Street. Last year during COVID there were none, but in 2019 during the same time period there were only two, and in 2018 only one. Looking at a longer period showed the same trend. Aftanas said in the two-month period of March and April, the department had issued 75 citations this year. In 2020, they issued three. In 2019, they issued 15. And in 2018 they issued only seven. These violations, Aftanas said, were for offenses like selling alcohol after closing time, fighting, disorderly conduct, excessive noise, open alcohol and public urination. “But the most disturbing thing is the number of guns that we’ve been taking off the street lately,” said Aftanas. “And many of the offenders are self admittedly coming from some of the bars on Madison, and it’s unknown if those guns are ending up in the bars at certain times.” Just that morning around 12:50 a.m., Aftanas said, Forest Park officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that was double parked and picking up people from one of the bars. Officers found a fully loaded handgun and a second fully loaded magazine. The suspect, said Aftanas, told police he was going to bring the gun into the bar but at the last second decided to leave it in the car. “I hope you realize that we’re doing this [passage of the amended bar hours] or considering this just for public safety as well as officer safety. That’s our first priority,” said Aftanas. Officer Dan Miller, president of the Fraternal of Police lodge, expressed the frustrations and dangers local police feel they face. The FOP, he said, has always supported the bars, even coming out publicly in support of video gaming when that issue was at the center of Forest Park decision-making. “Unfortunately, the officer safety issue trumps all that,” Miller said. “We can’t have

O’Sullivan’s Public House, 7244 Madison St. any more of this while we take care of you, when we are getting attacked in the street, and it has to stop now.” Miller said for him the incident early Sunday morning was the “final straw.” “I watched the body camera footage of officers having their guns pulled on while trying to separate a domestic offender … You can’t grab an officer’s gun, because what’s going to happen is there’s going to be an officer who sees that and is going to shoot that person dead in Madison Street.” Prior to voting on the proposed amended hours, all the commissioners expressed the difficulty they had making a decision about the issue. Commissioner Joe Byrnes commented that he wants to propose a letter going out to all liquor license holders inviting them to a general meeting to sit down and start discussing the issues to find a solution. That might include adding an entertainment license, which would be necessary if an establishment wanted to bring a DJ into the bar, for example. He mentioned that the village is looking into an outdoor camera system for Madison Street to make it clearer from which establishments trouble was coming. Commissioner Ryan Nero agreed with having a discussion with the businesses, but he also said that the bottom line is that the responsibility to prevent the problems that have been seen on Madison Street falls at the feet of the bar owners. “You’re the runs running the businesses,” Nero said. “What corrective measures have you implemented? We’re in this position because nothing’s really been done on the part of the ownerships of these businesses.” He rejected the notion that the problem is solely related to pop-up parties in event spaces, as suggested by some bar owners during the evening. “These folks are going into establishments, and they’re drinking, and they’re disrespecting you, me, the residents and these fine officers that are sitting in this room today,” Nero said. “And that, fellow residents and business owners, is a disgrace.” He added, “I could not be the commissioner that didn’t support something being done tonight, while we sit down and take a look at the options that [the bar owners] present to us.”

Commissioner Jessica Voogd shared Nero’s sentiments. “I can’t in good conscience do nothing, and we find out that somebody gets seriously injured or killed,” Voogd said. She said cutting back the bar hours isn’t the solution to the problems on Madison Street, but it’s a chance to “reset, breathe, and come together with a solution.” Otherwise, she said, in September when bars can once again stay open later, the problems will start up once more. Commissioner Dan Novak thanked the police and village staff for their hard work. “We have to continue to communicate, continue to listen to our business owners, listen to our residents and do what is best for Forest Park,” Novak said. Nero also suggested that while limiting bar hours now would be difficult for current bar owners, failure to do so would cause such problems that ultimately no business owners would want to invest in the town, an idea shared also by Director of Building, Planning and Zoning Steve Glinke. Glinke told the Review on May 13 that as the primary contact for prospective business owners in town, he’s been having increasing trouble filling spaces on Madison Street. “More than a few people call me and express interest, but then they hear rumors or come at night to see the street and they change their minds,” Glinke said, adding that he had two people interested in the space previously occupied by The Heritage, 7403 Madison St. After they visited Madison Street at night, Glinke said, one said there was no way they would open there and another simply didn’t call back again. “There are so many contributory factors to the current state of Madison Street,” Glinke said. “What should be beyond question is we need to do something.” Before adjourning, Mayor Rory Hoskins said, “We are absolutely concerned about protecting our business district and the desirability of Forest Park as a place to live, work and do business … We will send out a communication to all liquor license holders inviting them to begin some very serious dialogue on how we can improve safety measures and we are going to thoroughly explore camera options [on Madison Street].”

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New bar hours and liquor license Q&A The Review responds to rumors and questions from Facebook

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Did Mayor Rory Hoskins attend school with one or both of the owners of Forest Park Tap Room, Lance and Hansel Law?

Facebook has exploded with conversations about the cut-back on bar hours after the May 12 Forest Park village council meeting. The Review saw a range of questions and allegations, from the accusation that the mayor doesn’t live in town (he does), to questions about what kind of liquor license was issued to the latest bar to open on Madison Street (A1).

According to Hoskins, this is false. Not only is he much older than they are, he never met them until they became interested in opening a bar in Forest Park. “I have never attended school with either of them,” Hoskins said in a May 14 email to the Review. “I had never met them before last October when Mark Hosty [owner of Healy’s which used to operate in the space where Tap Room is now located] brought them to village hall to explain that they wanted to operate out of the former Healy’s space.”

Who changed the bar hours?

Does Mayor Rory Hoskins live in Forest Park?

Bar hours were changed by a majority vote of the village council, which is comprised of Mayor Rory Hoskins and Commissioners Joe Byrnes, Ryan Nero, Dan Novak and Jessica Voogd, all elected officials. To pass the amended ordinance, there had to be a majority vote. This particular vote was unanimous. The ordinance was proposed by Hoskins and written with direction and feedback from village staff.

Yes. Hoskins has lived in Forest Park since 1999. He was elected as a village commissioner in Forest Park in 2007 and served two consecutive terms. He did not seek a third term. He was elected as mayor in 2019. For a link to his bio on the village’s website, please visit forestpark.net/dfp/government/local-government/mayor/. There is a residency requirement for all elected officials in town, including the mayor and the commissioners.

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What are the new hours? Beginning May 16 and running through June 15, all bars and restaurants, including special event spaces like Urban Pioneer Group, must close every night by 11 p.m. On June 16, Class A liquor license holders, that derive at least 50% of their gross sales from food, are allowed to go back to regular amended hours (see below). All other establishments must continue to close at 11 p.m. throughout the summer until Labor Day, Sept. 6. Regular amended bar hours are in effect through Dec. 31, 2021. Previous bar closing times were 2 a.m. Monday through Friday and 3 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. On April 26, the village council voted to reduce those hours to 1 a.m. Monday through Friday and 2 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Are the new hours set in stone? Can changes be made? According to Hoskins during the May 12 meeting, “This is a temporary action. It can be rescinded at any time if we find a workable solution.”

What is the difference between a Class A and Class A1 license? A Class A license holder must derive more than 50 percent of revenues from food sales. Selling bags of chips or cooking pizzas behind the counter doesn’t count. Class A1 license holders have no food requirement and are also often referred to in village code as “taverns.”

Forest Park Tap Room, 7321 Madison St. According to Hoskins, “Each Class A licensee is required to keep records evidencing compliance with the food sales condition … All of the current Class A licensees have fully operating kitchens. If the village believed that a Class A licensee was not in compliance, we would require them to submit to a review.” Many rumors have been circulating that Forest Park Tap Room was issued an A license even though it doesn’t serve food. That is false. Tap Room holds an A1 license that comes with no food requirement.

Is the village only allowed to issue A licenses that come with a food service requirement rather than A1 licenses? No. There is nothing in the village code that suggests or states that only A licenses can be issued to potential liquor license holders. Over the past years, there has been an unofficial push to recruit restaurants over bars in an attempt to create a more family-friendly downtown business district. “It is true that there are a number of Madison Street stakeholders who prefer to see us attracting more restaurants,” Hoskins said. In regard to issuing an A1 license to the Forest Park Tap Room, Hoskins said, “We didn’t want an empty space on the corner.”

Which bars and restaurants hold what kind of licenses? Mayor Rory Hoskins provided the Review with a breakdown of the licenses held by various establishments in town. The list may not be inclusive of all restaurants. Establishments that hold a Class A license (with 50% food requirement) include: Caffe De Luca, Exit Strategy Brewing Company, Fat Duck, Golden Steer, Goldyburgers, Jimmy’s Place, Lathrop House Café, Mexican Republic Kitchen & Cantina, O’Sullivan’s,

Panda Café, Tacabron, Shanahan’s, Taco Tu Restaurant & Bar. Establishments that hold a class A1 license (with no food requirement) include Angelo O’Leary’s, Blueberry Hill, Carole’s Next Best Thing, Circle Bowling Lanes, Circle Inn, Doc Ryan’s, Duffy’s Tavern, Lantern Haus, McGaffer’s, Mugsy’s, Pioneer Tap, Shortstop Lounge, Slainte Irish Pub and The Beacon. Class A2 licenses allow sales of alcohol to patrons who are dining-in and eating food sold by that same business. A2 license holders in Forest Park include Chirrion Mexican Restaurant, Louie’s Grill, Kribi Coffee, Small Batch Barbecue. Class A3 is similar but allows only the sale of wine and beer to customers. Class A3 liquor holders include Charlie’s, Portillo’s Hot Dogs and The Junction Diner. Urban Pioneer Group holds an A8 liquor license, which allows sale of liquor and the carry-in of alcoholic beverages for special events. Yum Thai and Starship have BYOB

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Why is the mayor also the liquor commissioner? This is dictated by the state. According to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission’s handbook for liquor commissioners, “In an incorporated Illinois city, town or village, the mayor or president of the board of trustees is the local liquor commissioner with jurisdiction and full licensing authority within the municipality’s corporate limits.”

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May 19 - 26

BIG WEEK JUNE RYUSHIN KAILILANI TANOUE

Stand with Asian Americans through Mindfulness and Hawaiian Chant

An Introduction to Trauma with Sarah’s Inn On May 18 from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Sarah’s Inn is hosting an interactive virtual event with the Forest Park Public Library. Sarah’s Inn will provide an introduction to understanding trauma and trauma-informed approaches. Join us to explore how each of us can build empathy with survivors of trauma and consider how trauma-informed approaches can inform our day-to-day interactions with others and ourselves. This event will include opportunities for questions, conversation, and critical engagement with recent examples from the media to put this understanding into practice. All are welcome! Visit fppl.org/events for more information.

Tuesday, May 25, from 7 to 8 p.m. Join the Forest Public Library on Zoom as it hosts Sensi (Zen teacher and priest) and Kumu Hula (master hula teacher). June Ryushin Kaililani Tanoue is an Asian American born in Hawaii. She’ll talk about mindfulness and teach a gentle yet strong mindful movement dance and chant. Visit fppl.org/events to register. You will receive a link to participate by email one day prior to the event.

Reading Awake Book Club: ‘The Women in Black’

Monarch Thursdays Join the Trailside Museum of Natural History, 738 Thatcher Ave. in River Forest, for another Monarch Thursday on May 20 from 2 to 4 p.m. Stop by Trailside Museum to learn how you can bring beauty and butterflies to your yard through planting native plants. The University of Illinois Extension Master Naturalists will get you started with plants and seeds (while supplies last). There will also be children’s activities. Masks must be worn to these outdoor drop-in events. Contact 708-366-6530 or email trailside.museum@cookcountyil.gov for more information on this free event.

Join a virtual discussion of “The Women in Black” by Madeleine St. John on May 26 from 7 to 8 p.m. Register on the Forest Park Public Library’s website at fppl. org/events or contact Sky at slavin@fppl.org for more information. The group will meet over Zoom; participantss will receive a link by email one day prior to the event. Other upcoming book discussions include: “Right after the Weather” by Carol Anshaw (on June 30) and “The Fivee Wounds” by Kristin Valdez Quade (on July 28).

Forest Park Community Cleanup The village, led by the public works department, is sponsoring a community-wide clean up event on Saturday, May 22. Check-in is at 8 a.m. behind the Roos, 7329 Harrison St. Clean-up begins at 9 a.m. Volunteers 15 and younger must be accompanied by an adult, and masks are mandatory. Volunteers must register in advance. Visit forestpark.net for details or call 708-3662323 for more information.

Forest Park Bulk Items Pickup and Electronics Recycling Bulk Items: From Monday, May 17 to Saturday May 22, public works personnel will be out removing bulk items off the parkways. Electronics Recycling Program: From Monday, May 17 to Saturday, May 22, residents (ID required) can drop off electronics in person at the public works headquarters, 7343 15th St. in Forest Park. Visit forestpark.net for details on what items will be accepted. Call 70-366-2323 for more information.

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Pritzker rescinds mask mandate for those fully vaccinated in accordance with federal guidance New CDC recommendations permit fully vaccinated people to go unmasked By SARAH MANSUR Capitol News Illinois

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker issued a new executive order Monday that allows fully vaccinated residents to not wear masks inside and outdoors. The updated rules for mask wearing are nearly identical to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated guidance, which was released Thursday. The CDC guidance permits fully vaccinated people to not wear masks or physically distance in any non-health care setting, “except where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance.”

The CDC still recommends that fully vaccinated people wear masks in health care settings, as well as on planes, trains and other forms of public transportation. The new executive order requires residents follow this recommendation regarding planes and public transportation. It also permits any entity to continue stricter masking requirements than are required by the state. “(B)usinesses are encouraged to prioritize the health and safety of their workers and customers, and may continue to require face coverings and social distancing, even for those who are fully vaccinated,” the order states. Pritzker said it will be up to private businesses to decide if they want to require patrons to provide proof of vaccinations. “We are relying on people to do the right thing,” he said. “We are relying upon people to recognize that they don’t want to go infect other unvaccinated people and they don’t themselves want to get sick and so it’s important for people to protect themselves and I think there’s real motivation for people to go get that. We’re not going to stop people

and, you know, start checking a vaccine passport as part of some state mandate.” The mask mandate in Illinois took effect last May when Pritzker issued an executive order requiring anyone older than 2 years of age “to cover their nose and mouth with a face-covering when in a public place and unable to maintain a six-foot social distance.” A spokesperson for the secretary of state said the office is awaiting further direction from the governor and the Illinois Department of Public Health about mask rules for the state Capitol Complex. “Once we do, we will review the information and then will proceed accordingly. We will also consult with the Illinois General Assembly,” spokesperson Henry Haupt said in an email. The governor’s new order rolling back the mask mandate came as the state is reporting 37.7 percent of the population, or more than 4.8 million people, are fully vaccinated. About 57 percent of Illinoisans between ages 16 and 64 have received at least one dose of the vaccine, as have 81.3 percent of those 65 years of age or older. The number of COVID-19 cases and hos-

pitalizations reported are decreasing, as the state moved into the “bridge” phase on Friday, increasing capacity limits for various indoor and outdoor venues. If COVID metrics remain stable, the state is set to fully reopen without limitations on capacity on June 11. Hospitalizations for the week ending May 16 fell by about 14 percent from the week prior. As of Sunday, there were 1,512 individuals in the hospital with COVID-19. On Monday, IDPH reported 946 new confirmed and probable cases out of 33,148 tests, with a rolling case positivity rate of 2.4 percent, down from 2.8 percent last Monday. The state reported six additional COVIDrelated deaths Monday, bringing the total death toll to 22,445. Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service covering state government and distributed to more than 400 newspapers statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.

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Registration for new students: • Beginning Monday, May 3, 2021, please call Diane Rice, school secretary at 708-366-6945, to set up your screening appointment and receive online registration information. • Screening dates are Tuesday, August 3 and Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at Garfield School. • Screening times are from 9 am - 3 pm each day, and both the parent/guardian and child must be present. • District 91 registration is completed online. • You must complete online registration before attending the screening appointment.

*Families who reside south of I-290 will call and attend Betsy Ross Primary Center (Patty Marino, 708-366-7498); all families who reside north of I-290 will call and attend Garfield Primary Center (Diane Rice, 708-366-6945).

District 91 offers a preschool program for children, ages 3-5, five days a week. To enroll, children must be 3 years of age on or before September 1, 2021.

Upon completion of screening, registration and paid fees ($100 for the year) a child’s enrollment will be secured in the Forest Park Preschool program. Please note that returning preschool students will receive information in early April regarding online registration.

If you have a child who will be five years old prior to September 1, 2021, they enroll in Kindergarten. • Beginning Monday, May 3, 2021, please call the appropriate school secretary* to set up your screening appointment and receive online registration information. • Screening dates and times are: - August 10, 2021, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, and 1:00 – 3:00 pm - August 11, 2021, 1:00 – 3:00 pm and 5:00 – 8:00 pm • Your child will need to attend the appointment with you. • You must complete online registration before attending the screening appointment.

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

Please note all school offices close for the entire month of July and no appointments are made during this time. Families may call again beginning August 2, 2021.

To learn more visit the District 91 website at www.fpsd91.org.

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LIQUOR LICENSE Q&A Rumors abound from page 7 underhanded deal in which Healy’s old license was “slid across the table” to the owners of Tap Room. Here’s how it happened. In Oct. 2020, the liquor license previously issued to Healy’s was still in place when Hosty officially announced that Healy’s was closing for good. Healy’s held an A1 license that does not require food sales. That previous August, the village council voted to “close out” or “dry up” liquor licenses of bars and restaurants that were no longer in business. Although Healy’s was already closed at that time, Hosty had told

Hoskins he was unsure if the closure would last through COVID-19 or be a permanent move. Therefore, Healy’s liquor license was not on the list of licenses to be closed out. According to Hoskins, when Hosty decided to close for good, he wanted to find someone to rent the space, so he brought the Law brothers to meet Hoskins, who told them if they were interested in opening a bar, they needed to fill out the application and submit to the standard background checks. “This involved completing the written application and submitting for fingerprints and the background check,” Hoskins said. “The background check is conducted by state police.” Hoskins added that the background check is standard and performed uniformly when an application is made. “If not, there is the danger that the application process could discriminate among applicants,” said Hoskins.

Hoskins added: “The [Forest Park Tap Room] license wasn’t issued until the background check conducted by the state police had been completed.” Had Healy’s liquor license been closed out prior to Tap Room’s application, the village would not have had an available license to offer to Tap Room. In that case, the village council would have had to vote to increase the village’s number of licenses by one and, at that time, could or might have insisted that only an A license be issued. But without the need for the village council to vote to add a liquor license, the liquor commissioner could and did act in issuing the license without council approval. However, prior to the business license, separate from the liquor license, being issued, village staff and commissioners were asked on Oct. 20 to respond to an email with any questions or concerns regarding Tap Room’s new business license so they could be addressed before Oct. 27. The email came from the village clerk. Director of Building, Planning and Zoning Steve Glinke responded on Oct. 20 with concerns he had with licensing a bar that does not serve food. “We really need to engage the Chamber as turning Madison St. from a ‘bar street’ to what it is today is a huge shift away from a very successful strategy and frankly the ‘bars’ are more liability than asset. This space is 3,500 square [feet] … that’s a lot of bar,” he wrote. He added: “ … COVID shouldn’t be a mitigating factor … this is a long-game decision. I say we shelve this one until the staff can provide the policymakers with more data.” But the grand opening of Tap Room was on Oct. 24, days before the deadline commissioners and village staff had been given to submit questions or comments.

Doc Ryan’s, 7432 Madison St.

Slainte Irish Pub, 7505 Madison St.

Mugsy’s Tavern, 7640 Madison St.

Why didn’t the village commissioners and mayor answer questions posed to them during the public comment portion of the recent meeting? Publicly held meetings of the village council and many other public meetings (such as school board and park board meetings) are not intended to be a back-and-forth between elected officials and the public. Residents or interested parties are given a chance to express their opinion or provide feedback during the public comment section of the meeting, generally held at the beginning of the meeting. Time for public comment is usually limited to three minutes per person. “Public comment is intended for one-way communication,” Hoskins said. The public can contact any of the elected officials or village staff, whose email addresses and phone numbers can all be found on the village website at forestpark.net or by calling 708-366-2323.

Is the liquor license of Tap Room owners’ other bar in Berwyn currently suspended? Yes. A FOIA request from the village of Berwyn revealed that Berwyn Tap Room’s liquor license has been suspended from May 7 until May 28.

Is village code available to the public? Yes. All Forest Park village code is available online at: https://codelibrary.amlegal. com/codes/forestparkil/latest/overview. There’s also a link from the village’s homepage under the Village/Village Codes tab at the top. Fun fact from the liquor license restrictions section, which might need to be updated: “A license shall not be issued to a person who is not a resident of the village.”

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cine is being administered, according to the CCDPH website. Appointments can be made, but walk-ins are welcome too. Anyone aged 12 to 18 must be physically accompanied by a parent or guardian. Hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., and on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information on the Forest Park and other CCDPH locations for the COVID-19 vaccine, visit myshotcookcounty.com/ locations/.

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Man charged with aggravated and unlawful use of weapon An alleged patron of Forest Park Tap Room was arrested and charged with aggravated and unlawful use of a weapon after the gun was recovered from his car on May 12 at 12:49 a.m. Police observed the suspect’s car double-parked on the 400 block of Circle Ave. After sitting there for a time, the vehicle sped off, screeching its tires and slowing, but not stopping, for a stop sign at Circle Avenue and Adams Street, at which time the officer pulled the vehicle over. The suspect allegedly exited the vehicle with his hands in the air, and the reporting officer could see he was wearing a gun holster on his waistband. The suspect was immediately told to put his hands on the vehicle, which he did. As officers approached, the strong odor of cannabis allegedly wafted from the vehicle and from the suspect himself. When asked if he had a weapon, the suspect allegedly stated that he did not have one on his person but there was one inside the car underneath his seat. He said he had a valid Illinois FOID card, which turned out to be true. Officers searched the car and found a bag of suspected pot; they also found the gun,

Man steals sheets and steaks On May 13 at 1:27 p.m., security at Walmart, 1300 Desplaines Ave., observed a subject in the store take a “Weekender” style bag and put a sheet set and four steaks inside it. He then walked past the point of purchase without paying for the items. He was stopped and police were called. Because he is a repeat offender who was asked not to return to the store on a previous occasion, he was given citations for theft and trespassing.

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was found in the center console. At the station, the suspect said he was at Forest Park Tap Room that night. He planned to wear the gun into the bar for protection but decided to leave it in the car since the security at the bar search patrons prior to entry. The suspect does not have a Concealed Carry License. The felony charge of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon was approved. The suspect was also charged with stopping, standing or parking; other moving violations; and possession of adult use cannabis in a motor vehicle outside of an approved container.

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A man on the 1000 block of Desplaines Avenue reported that on May 11 he left his apartment for about an hour at 4 p.m. When he returned, he could not find his cat, which he had seen before he left. Building management allegedly told him nobody had been in his apartment to do any work. There were no signs of forced entry, and the man reported that nothing else seemed amiss in his apartment. Allegedly, the man was told by building management that they had checked surveillance video and nobody had been inside the apartment, but they allegedly refused to show the video to the man, which made him suspicious.

Catalytic converter theft Some time between 12:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on May 13, an unknown person stole the catalytic converter from the undercarriage of a car on the 400 block of Marengo. When the owner started it up to leave for work, it sounded like a race car, he told police.

At CVS, 7216 Circle Ave., an unknown suspect stole an Apple iPhone audio cable and two cassette converters on May 13 at 4:11 p.m. According to an employee’s account in the police report, the suspect walked into the store without a mask. Employees told him to put one on and even provided him with one, which he donned while telling the employee how rude he was. The suspect then allegedly asked for the electronics cabinet to be unlocked so he could get stuff from it. The employee obliged, but when the suspect tried to grab the items, the employee took them and said he would bring the items to the counter for payment. At the counter, however, the suspect grabbed the items and walked to the exit, allegedly saying, “Now come and snatch them from me.” He exited the store and was not caught. The approximate value of the items he stole is $54.

When you just can’t hold it A man was caught urinating in the alley of the 500 block of Ferdinand Avenue on May 11 at 11:36 p.m. He lives only half a block from where he was given a citation, but he said he just couldn’t hold it any longer.

Underage woman served at bar A 20-year-old who initially lied to police about her age was stopped walking on the street with a White Claw hard seltzer in her hand on May 13 at 1 a.m. She said she was coming from Duffy’s. Because she is under the legal age to drink, she was warned that if she ever enters the bar again, she will be cited and/or arrested. The bartender was warned to ensure he is checking identification or he would be cited. These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, May 7-May 13, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.

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OPINION Engaging our readers A note from our Equity Editor

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ast week, we did something we rarely do. In response to pushback we received after publishing an editorial called “Turbulent bars,” the Review organized a Zoom session to explain our intentions to our readers and to listen to your concerns. About two dozen of you joined us for that session and provided raw, honest and productive feedback. After about an hour, we agreed that we won’t stop reporting and editorializing on race in Forest Park, as sensitive as that topic often is. But one person’s feedback, in particular, struck a chord. In so many words, he told us to remember that there are flesh and blood people behind our words who have to deal with their real-world impact. That comment, from someone who had never heard of the Forest Park Review before reading the controversial

Support independent media Regulars on this page, we hope, know about Forest Park Review’s transformation into a nonprofit newsroom under the umbrella of Growing Community Media. We’ve asked before and we’ll ask again for your financial investment in our community news. Thanks to so many of you who have become members. Today, though, we’re asking you to think about the Review as a piece of something bigger, something wonderful, something fragile. That is the ecosystem of independent media across all of Chicago. We’re members of the Chicago Independent Media Alliance (CIMA). That is 68 miraculous newsrooms doing everything from arts to ethnic media to neighborhood news. We’re in print, digital, video, podcasts. Each of these newsrooms runs on passion, voice and hope. CIMA has launched its second annual fund drive and it runs for a month. Every dollar — money from donors like you, to the foundations beginning to see the critical importance of community media — goes back into these journalistic ventures. You can direct your donation to specific members or share it among all the members. Go to savechicagomedia.org to find out more about each remarkable newsroom, including ours. We hope you’ll join in supporting this rich media ecosystem.

editorial, reinforced just how critical our role as a local newspaper is to the community and just how essential it is that we incorporate an array of community voices in all facets of our editorial process. To that end, we listened to what you told us during that May 11 Zoom session and are working on enhancing our reader engagement process. Below, we’ve outlined some immediate ways that readers and stakeholders can get your voices heard on our platforms, hold us accountable and help us improve our reader engagement process. We’re always open to hearing your thoughts on what’s happening in Forest Park and one of the best ways of doing that is by submitting letters to the editor. You can visit forestparkreview.com/letter-to-the-editor-submission online for information on the criteria. Forest Park is rich with small stories waiting to be uncovered and brought to the eyes of the public. Do you have

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something in mind that deserves to be reported on? Is there breaking news happening we should be notified about? Make a pitch to us by going online at: forestparkreview. com/pitch-us-a-story. If you want to submit an obituary, visit: forestparkreview.com/obituary-submission/. Finally, we’re currently overhauling our reader engagement process and will be returning with more details in the near future. In the meantime, however, we definitely want to start hosting community listening sessions on a regular basis — not just in reaction to controversy — and we want you all to help us plan them. If you’d like to lend some of your time, energy and focus to helping us host these regular listening sessions, please email me at michael@ oakpark.com or call me at 708-359-9148. We’ll be setting up some planning sessions in the next few months and would greatly appreciate your input.

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ne of the out-of-state publications I used to write for occasionally threw me a restaurant review. After a particularly memorable Sunday brunch, I submitted this review: “Going to Sunday brunch at (restaurant) is like going to Sunday Brunch at the home of a wellliked great-aunt who never *quite* mastered cooking but is so very pleasant that no one minds. The food is OK — standard hotel free hot breakfast fare — but the atmosphere is lovely: welcoming, loud, and *very* child-friendly, in a room more suited to wedding vows than a waffle bar. Save the crab-Benedict-andcaviar-omelet brunches for anniversaries; brunch at (the restaurant) is where you go with rambunctious grandchildren.” Some hours later I got a note from my editor: “Any way I could get you to rewrite this? I know it’s difficult writing something good about something that wasn’t your favorite, but could we focus on the positive? Hate to ask, but this just reads super-sarcastically” There’s an art to restaurant reviews. It’s not literary. It’s diplomatic. I’m pretty good at writing nice things about places that I don’t love because reviewing restaurants is a tremendous responsibility. If you review movies, say, and you pan one, that’s OK. The movie isn’t only playing one local screen. Your one voice won’t make or break it. But to crush a restaurant … that’s just mean and unnecessary. It’s also unfair, and not just because reviewers of restaurants have a much more powerful impact on their subjects than movie reviewers do on theirs. Everybody sees the same movie. But restaurants are run by humans, not projectors. And humans have up and down days. No one needs me marching in on a night where two line cooks no-showed and the dishwasher broke and the alfredo sauce scorched because the busboy trying to work the line burned himself. Running a restaurant is hard enough without me sneering in print. Back to my exchange: “I didn’t mean to be sarcastic. I was focusing on the positive. This place … I’m sorry, but there’s no way around it: This place was awful. I’m not being food-precious here. I *like* low-rent.

But this wasn’t low-rent, this was bad. Imagine a buffet run by a down-market Denny’s. The sole positive I could find was that you can totally take little kids without worrying about their behavior. Plus they’ll like the food. Outside that, I’m not going to be able to be any nicer without lying.” We spiked the review. The annoying thing is, bad reviews are way more fun to write. Here’s what I would have liked to have written about that brunch: “Sunday brunch at (restaurant) is roughly what I would expect from Sunday brunch at summer camp. The food was all slightly stale and presented at room temperature, as though it had been prepared and set out the night before. I needed a steak knife to cut the eggs Benedict, which had been resting on the warming tray long enough to turn the English muffins into hardtack. I shouldn’t have bothered, as the only flavor present was salt. The ‘prime rib’ the advertising bragged accomplished the rare exacta of being both overdone and undercooked at the same time. (The meat was gray, but the fat remained unrendered.) The only thing that was hot and fresh were the waffles, which you were permitted to make yourself on their hotel-style waffle-maker. The waffles produced would have been delightful had there been maple syrup for them, rather than the four squeeze-bottles of dessert sauce (‘raspberry’, ‘chocolate’, ‘caramel’, and ‘white chocolate’), can of whipped topping, and bowl of chocolate chips presented. There was no service except to hand me a check — once I went walking around looking for one. “I would say that I would not return under any circumstances, but that would be untrue. I would absolutely go back once. You see, (restaurant) is like a 1950s B-movie: Gloriously awful. I want to call a handful of friends, fortify ourselves with a few drinks, and spend $15 each for the pleasure of making fun.” But, y’know, why be unkind for the sake of laughs? If I wanted to do that, I’d go back to ABC News and resume covering politics. Alan Brouilette writes a monthly column for our sister publication, the Forest Park Review.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 73 feet on a 73-foot building chimney at the approx. vicinity of 705-711 W. Garfield, Oak Park, Cook County, IL 60304. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Emily, e.anderson@trileaf.com, 1821 Walden Office Square, Suite 500, Schaumburg, IL 60173, 630-2270202.

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: Y21006683 on April 22, 2021 Under the Assumed Business Name of TOP TIER PRINTING with the business located at 6436 18TH STREET 1FL, BERWYN, IL 60402. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: LINDA P RICO 6436 18TH STREET 1 FL BERWYN, IL 60402, USA

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Public notice is hereby given that on Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. in the First Floor Community Room at the River Forest Village Hall, 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, Illinois, the Village of River Forest Development Review Board (DRB) will hold a public hearing on the following matter: Application #22-003: Amendment to an existing planned development to construct an enclosed walkway between Trinity’s academic building and gymnasium and construct a courtyard along the east side of the school. Address: 7574 Division Street, River Forest, IL 60305, which is located between Berkshire and Division Streets and Lathrop and Jackson Avenues. Applicant: Trinity High School, 7574 Division Street, River Forest, IL 60305 The public is welcome to review the application, to send correspondence, attend the public hearing, submit evidence, and provide testimony at the public hearing. For public testimony to be considered by the DRB and the Village Board of Trustees in their decision, they must be included as part of the public hearing record. If the public is unable to attend the public hearing but would like to provide input on this matter to the DRB, comments may be submitted in writing to Jonathan Pape, no later than 12:00 Noon on the date of the public hearing, at jpape@vrf. us or by mailing them to 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, IL 60305. In preparing your comments, please discuss whether or not you believe the application meets the standards that the DRB must consider when reviewing the application. Those standards are available on the Village’s website at www.vrf.us/DevelopmentGuide. If you are unable to attend the meeting in person you may participate via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom. us/j/89045176032 or by calling (312) 626-6799 using meeting ID 890 4517 6032. A copy of the application is available to the public at Village Hall and on the Village’s website at http://www. vrf.us/DevelopmentGuide. Elements of the application may be amended during the course of this process and interested persons are encouraged to stay apprised of the progress of the application by also viewing DRB meeting agendas and packets, which are also available at the Village Hall and online at www. vrf.us/meetings, and are published no less than 48 hours prior to any public meeting.

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PUBLIC NOTICE OAK PARK TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to legal voters, residents of the Township of Oak Park, in the County of Cook, State of Illinois, that Public Hearings on the Tentative Town Fund, General Assistance Fund, and Community Mental Health Fund Budgets for Fiscal Year 2022, will be conducted virtually at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, 2021, https://global.gotomeeting.com/ join/540393325 You can also dial in using your phone. (For supported devices, tap a onetouch number below to join instantly.) United States: +1 (669) 224-3412 - One-touch: tel:+16692243412,,540393325# Access Code: 540-393-325 New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts: https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/540393325 A digital copy of the tentative Budgets is available on the Township Website at www.oakparktownship. org. Oral and written comments concerning these proposed annual budgets are welcome. All interested citizens, groups, senior citizens and organizations representing the interests of senior citizens are encouraged to attend. Oak Park Township does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in the admission or access to, or employment in its programs or activities. Those needing special accommodations are asked to provide 48 hours notice. Given under my hand in the Town of Oak Park, County of Cook, State of Illinois, the 12th day of May, 2021. Gregory P. White Oak Park Township Clerk Published in Wednesday Journal May 19, 2021

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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: Y21006745 on April 27, 2021 Under the Assumed Business Name of UNIQUELY VICTORIOUS with the business located at 1021 MARENGO AVE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: URVONNIE FRANKLIN 1021 MARENGO AVE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130, USA

I. TIME AND PLACE OF OPENING OF BIDS: Sealed Bids for the remodeling described herein will be received at the office of the RIVERSIDE TOWNSHIP, 27 Riverside Road Riverside, IL 60546 until 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, June 15, 2021, and will be publicly opened and read at that time. II. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The proposed work is officially known as RIVERSIDE TOWNSHIP – PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE REPAIR and consists of structural repairs to the approximately 210 long suspension bridge spanning the Des Plaines River behind the Riverside Township Hall. Additionally the existing coatings shall be removed and replaced. III. INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS: A. Bid documents will be ready after 3:00 p.m. on, Thursday, May 20, 2021. Only General Contractors may obtain bid documents by emailing their request. The email shall include General Contractor’s information of the following: Company Name, Address, City, State, Zip, Telephone, Fax, Contact Person. Documents will be emailed within 24 hours of the email request. Documents will not be issued if any the requested information is not received.

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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: Y21006706 on April 26, 2021 Under the Assumed Business Name of UNIQUE NOTARY SERVICES & TRAINING with the business located at: 1122 N HAYES, OAK PARK, IL 60302. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: BEVERLY DENISE SINGLETON 1122 N HAYES, OAK PARK, IL 60302, USA.

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B. Only qualified General Contractors who can furnish satisfactory proof that they have performed work of similar nature as Contractors will be entitled to receive Plans and submit Bids. The Riverside Township reserves the right to issue Bid Documents only to those Contractors deemed qualified. C. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Bond for not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount of the Bid, or as provided in the applicable sections of the “PROJECT MANUAL”.

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$ 588.776.96 $ 119.23 $ 588,896.19

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Organization Dues Consulting Services Travel/Meetings Total Contractual Services

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Commodities Office Supplies Publishing/Printing Postage Total Commodities

$ 1,069.16 $ 1,847.49 $ -----$ 2,916.65

Miscellaneous Scholarships & Community Assistance Agency Fundraisers Contingencies Total Miscellaneous

$ ---$ 7.750.00 $ 240.00 $ 7,990.00

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FOREST PARK STUDIO This is a sunny open concept studio apartment located just west of the city in Forest Park, IL. The apartment has a walk in closet with plenty of space to store your belongings! Jewel Osco and downtown Oak Park are both a 5 minute drive away. Building is secure with friendly neighbors. Parking is located behind the building for an additional $85/month. Pets are welcome for an additional $10/month for cats, $20/month for dogs, and $25 for both. Please contact Aisha at 630-550-2900 if interested.

OFFICE /RETAIL FOR RENT 1040 NORTH BLVD OFFICE Sub-lease, Move right in. Private furnished window office 10×15 @1040 North Boulevard, walk to CTA green line and Metra train. Asking $600m + 1m SD. Includes all utilities and internet. Note: this is a 2nd-story walkup space. Conference room available. Call Michael @ 708 383-7900 LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION FOREST PARK HIGHLY VISIBLE OFFICE/STORE AVAILABLE FOR LEASE 1350 SF w/ AC & HIGHLY VISIBLE MADISON STREET EXPOSURE. 7607 Madison Street. Village parking lot next door. Bright, clean office. Great Madison Street exposure! Call Francis 708-383-8574.

RIVER FOREST–7777 Lake St. * 1116 sq. ft. * 1400 sq. ft. Dental Office RIVER FOREST–7756 Madison St. * 960 sq. ft. OAK PARK–6142-44 Roosevelt Rd. * 3 & 5 room office suites FOREST PARK–7736 Madison St. *2500 sq. ft. unit Strand & Browne Strand & Browne 708-488-0011 708-488-0011

HELP WANTED DRIVER NEEDED NOW HIRING DRIVERS!!!! Lucas Medi Car has an opening for a full time wheelchair van driver. To be considered must have: • • • • •

a current Illinois driver license be friendly and courtoues have a good driving recoed must be 18 years or older in age pass a criminal background check

HELP WANTED Financial Controlling Manager, ArcelorMittal North America (Chicago, IL): Respsbl for commercial & industrial fin controlling & rprting activities necessary to ensure fin & budget perfrmnc of ArcelorMittal’s biz units in North America. Must be Certified Mgmt Accountant. Must have two yrs of exp in fin rprting, acctng, and/ or auditing within the steel ind. Pls send resume & cover letter to contact-HR-NorthAmerica@arcelormittal.com w/ the subject line: “Application – Financial Controlling Manager, North America Finance.”

To schedule an interview CALL (708) 442-7533, MONDAY THRU SUNDAY (10AM TO 4PM) SEASONAL FARMERS’ MARKET ASSISTANT The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Seasonal Farmers’ Market Assistant in the Development Customer Services Department. This position will provide administrative support to the Farmers’ Market Manager to allow growers and producers of food to sell directly to the public within established guidelines. This position requires work in inclement weather conditions; some heavy lifting of up to 50 pounds; walking or standing for sustained periods of time. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http://www.oak-park.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application. Open until filled.

CIVIL ENGINEER The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Civil Engineer I in the Public Works Department. This position will oversee and review plans of public work structures and perform routine tasks and duties including designing capital improvement projects and providing staff assistance to the Village Engineer. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/jobs. First review of applications will be June 1, 2021.

We are hiring Relationship Bankers in Oak Park, IL. Visit the link below to check out this opportunity to join a great team! https://wintrust.taleo.net/careersection/2/ jobdetail.ftl?job=2100424&lang=en You can also learn about other career opportunities nearby.

MARKETPLACE ATTIC SALE

ITEMS FOR SALE DECK FURNITURE 48” white wicker table with glass top, 4 chairs with matching umbrella, smaller table and umbrella cover. Best offer. 708-528-0896

Berwyn

708-309-9091

HENREDON SOFA Black-gray Henredon sofa. Excel-lent condition. 84 in w x 34 in d. $249. 708-488-8755 QUARTZ HEATER Patton tower quartz heater. Sun like radiant heat. 4ft tall x 6 in wide. Excellent condition. $59.00. 708-488-8755 SPINET PIANO AND BENCH Baldwin spinet piano and bench. Light brown wood finish. $300 obo. 708-386-0087 ANTIQUE HALL TREE Antique American Hall Tree, solid oak. Excellent condition. 29”w x 78”h x 11”d, with covered shelf and mirror. $159.00. 708-488-8755

CEMETERY PLOTS FOREST HOME CEMETERY PLOTS 6 Plots in Sec. 49. Available in lots of 2. 708-366-4440

FLEA MARKET Berwyn

OUTDOOR FLEA MARKET & CRAFT FAIR TRINITY CHURCH 7022 RIVERSIDE DR. SATURDAY, MAY 22 9AM-2PM 708-484-1818 (press 3)

ANTIQUE MUSIC CABINET Antique music cabinet with door and five shelves. Standing on four legs. Mahogany finish. $129.00. 708-488-8755 ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER $50.00 708-488-8755 BLONDE DRESSER WITH MIRROR 4 drawers. Blonde wood. Very old. Excellent condition. $89.00 708-488-8755 BLONDE CHEST OF DRAWERS 5 drawers. Blonde wood. Very old. Excellent condition. $89.00 708-488-8755 SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL Shovels and ice breaker. $5 each. 708-488-8755 GRANDFATHER CLOCK Perfect condition, oak wood, chimes all work. Everything is perfect. $499.00. 708-488-8755 BRASS HEADBOARD Solid brass headboard. Originally from Marshall Field’s. $189.00. 708-488-8755

ATTIC SALE CALL FOR APPOINTMENT

GARAGE/YARD SALES Riverside

GARAGE SALE • 511 LONGCOMMON RD (RIGHT OFF HARLEM) SAT MAY 22 9AM - 3PM

Glassware, dishes, Home Decor, Art Nouveau,small appliances, new XL men’s shirts, name brand purses & wallets, books, vinyl records, dresses, desk, cameras, binoculars, storage containers, holiday and much more. Forest Park

YARD SALE • 1111 LATHROP SAT 5/22 8AM TO 12PM

Furniture and other miscellaneous.

WANTED TO BUY WANTED MILITARY ITEMS: Helmets, medals, patches, uniforms, weapons, flags, photos, paperwork, Also toy soldiers – lead, plastic – other misc. toys. Call Uncle Gary 708-522-3400 Lost & Found, Items for Sale, and To Be Given Away ads run free in Wednesday Classified. To place your ad, call 708613-334

BY PHONE: (708) 613-3333 BY FAX: (708) 467-9066 BY E-MAIL: EMAIL@GROWINGCOMMUNIT YMEDIA.ORG

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INC., REALTOR

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

SOLD!

928 S. Kenilworth Ave. Oak Park ....................$275,000

SOLD!

Property has been owner occupied by the same family for 50+ years. 1st fl has spacious living rm and dining rm, kitchen and 1/2 bath. 2nd floor has three bedrooms and full bath. Stucco exterior and 2 car detached garage. Great location in south west Oak Park. Needs some updating but livable as-is. 935 Elgin Avenue, Forest Park ........................$489,000 This is a money maker! This early 1970s brick four flat houses two one bedroom apartments on the top floor, a large three bedroom two bath apartment on the first floor, and a large two bedroom two bathroom apartment in the lower level. Tandem parking for 8 cars. Meticulously maintained by the current owner for several decades. The numbers work! This one really won't last long.

SOLD!

This 3 BR, 2.1 BA home has not been available in over 55 years. It has been meticulously maintained within the same family for that time. This home offers two first floor good sized bedrooms and a large second floor master. Each floor has a full updated bathroom. The first floor living room, with it's vaulted ceilings, fill with sunlight pouring from the front foyer windows.

1117 Marengo Avenue, Forest Park .......................$263,500 What a great opportunity to get into Forest Park at an affordable price! This home offers four total bedrooms, two on the second floor and two on the first floor. The home is in perfect condition! Living room, dining room, and eat in kitchen, plus a finished basement. Huge deck off the back of the house and a very large two car garage!

SOLD!

1028 Beloit Forest Park ....................$289,000

337 Marengo Avenue, Forest Park ......................$275,000 Fantastic location alert!! Just a stones throw from Madison Street shopping, restaurants, and night life makes this a very desirable piece of real estate! This is two flat is ready for some love and attention. Just stuck in time is all. Or a fantastic de-conversion to single family! So bring your decorating ideas, and be prepared to fall in love!

SOLD!

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