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Forest Theatre Company adds executive director

Lisa Green will help with administration, fundraising and growing the organization in its upcoming season

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

As Forest Theatre Company wraps up this season in August with free outdoor Shakespeare at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Nathan G. Moore House in Oak Park, next season the theater group is expanding by adding Executive Director Lisa Green.

Formerly managing director at Oak Park’s Madison Street Theater, Green will help Forest Theatre Company with its bookkeeping, administration, fundraising and local partnerships, “really trying to build our presence in this community,” Green said.

Green decided to take the part-time executive director role since she’s nearing retirement but still

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By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

Forest Park got a new waste hauler in April, and the village is now changing the day that residents will get their trash and recycling picked up.

Starting June 10, SBC Waste Solutions will pick up garbage from all Forest Park residents on Wednesdays.

Before SBC Waste Solutions took over waste hauling from Re public Services, residents north of Madison got their garbage picked up on Fridays and those who live south of Madison saw trash trucks on Thursdays.

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Flag raised for Juneteenth

Juneteenth ag went up Monday outside Village Hall

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

The Juneteenth flag is once again waving above the parking lot at Village Hall on Des Plaines Avenue, as local officials hoisted it up June 1 during the annual ceremony at the start of the month.

To commemorate the end of slavery in the United States, Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021. It recognizes the day in 1865 when, about two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers told nearly 250,000 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas that they were free.

“We’re getting ready to celebrate the 250th year of the United States of America, but of course the transatlantic slave trade predated the founding of our country,” said Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins, a Galveston native, during the June 1 flag raising. “We’re here to celebrate the progress that was made when the country decided to do the right thing and that humans would not be treated as chattel labor.”

Other speakers at the event emphasized the need for ongoing efforts for freedom and equity

“Juneteenth has never been about pretend

they were free in 1865, they weren’t handed land, wealth or protection. They were handed freedom and left to figure out what to do with it,” said Monique Cotton-Yancy, a District 91 school board member. “And what did they do? They built anyway, they gathered anyway, they celebrated anyway. That’s the part of Juneteenth that doesn’t get talked about enough, not just the freedom, but the rebuilding. If we’re being honest, that part still feels familiar We’re still rebuilding.”

Roman Billups, a Black student at Proviso Math and Science Academy, shared why he was inspired by African Americans’ resilience to fight for a better future.

“Juneteenth is a day that shows the greatness and importance of African American integration in our society,” Billups said. “In a country that’s been so heavily divided, it’s important to have representation for all communities in America, especially for African Americans who have, for years and centuries, been mishandled and poorly treated by our American gover nment and systems around us.”

Juneteenth pool party

Scouts from Troop 107 raising the ag.

nual Juneteenth pool party at the Park District of Forest Park’s aquatic center. He previously told the Review that he helped organize the party there because public pools

and beaches were one of the last places to be integrated.

This year’s Juneteenth pool party is June 13 from 7 to 10 p.m.

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`Mayor Hoskins and a Prov iso Math & Science Acadamy student speak at the ceremony.

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Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins with dignitaries and communit y members

Heritage House residents complain, manager defends

Resident leaders adamant about problems, manager says it’s personal

By GREGG VOSS Contributing Reporter

As president of the Heritage House Apartments residents’ council, Irma Baker has to consider the safety and livelihood of not only herself, but of all the elderly tenants in the 200-unit building at 201 La

And she’s concerned. Or more she’s been concer ned

“I want a change for the residents and for Oak Park tired phlebotomist. “For the to see a change for the cleanliness. And the safety.”

As far as Baker is concerned, there’s of work to do. Allegations of lax security to bedbugs and use and squatters have do for years and has led to alle village residential code violations

It’s time for a change, said Baker, lived there for 20 years.

“We’re ghetto,” she said. “I want to be safe and be confident. I didn building to be like this. ”

But there is another side to the stor cording to Jeffrey Richards, president and CEO of Pacific Management Inc., erates Heritage House

“Some of the things we Richards said, “We’re not slum lords. It seemed like things were wo property for the last year. bringing up a number of tell you they are accurate.”

Building security concerns

Heritage House, which was constructed in 1978, is owned by Heritage House Associates LLC with Wellness America the managing member. It is a federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 8 rental subsidized property. In simple terms, Richards said, residents pay a portion of their income towards rent and HUD pays the remainder. He said there is a waiting list of about 400 people to move in.

center are tucked into the right side of the first floor upon entry, along with a laundry room. A security desk with a computer monitor showing feeds from cameras located within and outside the building is located near the set of elevators.

On Monday afternoon, the security desk

Baker says yes.

“I don’t understand how they can say we don’t need security,” she said. “We need security for safety. I would like for us to have security around the clock.”

The reason Baker said, is that access to the building isn’t all that difficult. Anyone can

on the ceiling.

Baker: “Yes, it is true.”

She said she saw a man sitting in the hallway on the 10th floor between apartments 12 and 13 about six months ago, looking at his phone. She called security and called out to the man, who moved.

“I walked around the hall, I didn’t see him e,” she said. “I was told he was in the ibrary, he came out of the library, he left his outside in the atrium, and I asked the security guy the next day, whose coat is that?

“It sat there for two days. I took the coat ut it behind the washers in the laundry

Drug use is also a concern for Baker, especially marijuana, but that’s a thor ny issue for Pacific Management.

“On the marijuana, once we legalized it that’s what everybody says, ‘It’s legal,’” Brown said. “But it’s not legal in a federally subsidized building.”

Richards added, “We can’t help it if your andkids or kids come here and then go in the stairwells and start smoking weed. That’s absolutely happened. And I’m like, what do about that? Do we start putting cameras up in all the stairwells? It’s a tricky thing.”

Sharp focus from Trustee Taglia

Taglia is an Oak Park village trustee and served in that role from 2017-23 bebeing reelected in 2025. Like Baker, he’s concerned and perceives that there are many problems beyond security at the property.

The 14-floor building features an atrium with a skylight and two sets of entry doors, the interior of which are operated by a key fob system. Between those sets of doors is the building management office.

A library, community room and fitness

was unoccupied, as it usually is during the day. According to Richards and Tommie Brown, a broker and onsite building manager, security arrives at 5 p.m. until 9 a.m. the following morning Monday through Friday with 24/7 security on weekends.

Why no security during roughly business hours on weekdays?

“You have maintenance walking around, you have us walking around, do you really need security?” Brown said. “We say no.”

walk through the street-facing front doors, then get buzzed in by a resident … or simply wait until someone enters or leaves and slip in through the inner doors.

“People do it all the time during the day,” she said.

Once in, it’s anybody’s guess where an outsider will go. Baker said once a man slept for days in the library.

“Not true,” Brown said. “And we have a camera,” gesturing to the globe-like device

“People have to have a decent place to ,” he said, “the security of living in an apar tment free of bedbugs, cockroaches, mice, rats. The proper heat, the proper ventilation, the ability to use hot water and use washers and dryers and use the library so someone foreign isn’t there. Those are the basics where they aren’t hitting the mark.

“Then it’s also the safety. The way this so-called security works, they are 50 feet from the door and don’t stop anybody who comes in. You have people sleeping in the hallways. If I owned that building, I assure you I would have security telling me who’s there.”

One question Taglia has is whether HUD is monitoring the property. Wednesday Journal outreach to Jacqueline Sheard,

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Heritage House atrium viewed from third oor on June 1.

the HUD re presentative overseeing Heritage House, was referred to the HUD press office, which did not respond to several requests for comment.

The extent ofcode compliance violations from the village isn’t clear. A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from Wednesday Journal to the village in mid-May indicated that there were 32 codecompliance violations noted May 3, 2023, including issues like recaulking around bathtubs, ovens that didn’t work and kitchen faucet drips.

But the village produced no list ofviolations for 2024 and just one for 2025 which was for security cameras around the building that were inoperable. Neither the 2023 or 2025 lists indicated whether those violations had been corrected, The FOIA request was denied partially due to rules regarding revealing private and personal information.

Additionally, a code violation citation was issued by the village to Pacific Management in fall 2025 for failing to provide water at 110 de grees Fahrenheit to the entire building. The fine was $300, but once again, it isn’t clear whether the issue was cor rected or the fine was paid.

A separate FOIA request asking for documentation of where Heritage House cur rently falls on the village of Oak Park’s

rental licensing code tiers, which are labeled Gold, Silver, Bronze and Conditional, wasn’t responded to by press time.

“We are Gold with them,” Brown said, meaning buildings with excellent code

compliance are renewed every four years.

Jonathan Burch, assistant village manager for neighborhood services, could not confirm where Heritage House falls within those tiers.

Is Heritage House a safe place?

Another challenge: Baker and the residents’ council meets the first week of each month. While Brown has attended meetings in the past, she does not now due to their negativity. Richards said he started going in her place, but due to his busy schedule, can’t make all the meetings.

“I don’t think it’s healthy for Tommie to be there, and that’s the honest to God truth, because it can be very negative,” he said.

Baker has another point of view.

“She doesn’t like to answer questions,” she said. “I think she should be there and listen to what residents’ complaints are.”

Countered Richards: “The problems we’re dealing with now aren’t financial problems, they are interpersonal problems. (In December) I thought some ofthe bridges and some ofthe animosity was calming down. The next thing I knew we had somebody going before the village board.”

What does the future of Heritage House look like?

“Every trustee is aghast,” Taglia said. “We’re going to focus on this place and make it better, one way or the other. Those people need a decent place to live.”

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Heritage House garden and parking lot

A young sculptor ’s own work marks his grave

David Henner created models of plants at the Field Museum

By AMY BINNS -CALVEY Columnist

At times, walking through the cemeteries in Forest Park can feel like a visit to an art museum. Visitors find themselves surrounded by beautiful monuments and headstones with intricate engravings and poignant funerary imagery. One piece of sculpture adorning a grave in Jewish Waldheim is particularly moving, as the artist, of some renown during his lifetime, is the deceased.

David G. Henner was born in Russia in 1898. As a nine-year old he traveled with his mother and brothers to the U.S., to join their father who had already been working in the U.S. for a year as a plumber. At just 20 years of age, Henner found a job as a botanist with the Field Museum. In 1920, he was using his artistic talents to sculpt

models of plants at the museum in the Stanley Field Plant Re production Lab. (The museum as we now know it opened to the public in 1921 -- it was under construction from 1915 to 1921. Before that it was located in the Palace of Fine Arts from the 1893 Exposition, which later became the Museum of Science and Industry.)

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A 1924 photo captures Henner at his desk at the Field Museum, carefully creating a re plica of foliage for the Couroupita (Cannon Ball Tree). An enameled copy of the photo is on his headstone, as well as in a current display in the museum. Henner’s re productions were based on specimens gathered during the Stanley Field Guiana (now called Guyana) Expedition of 1922, led by Bror Eric Dahlgren. The Cannon Ball Tree was such an important specimen that it is still one of the first things visitors see when they enter the Field’s Plants of the World Exhibit. Henner not only applied his skills at the Field Museum, he was a sculptor listed in

the “Who Was Who In American Art” by Peter Falk. He is credited with exhibiting works at the Art Institute of Chicago. It is one of Henner’s own sculptures, “Destiny,” which is displayed on his headstone. The piece portrays an artist wearing what looks like a to ga, completing a sculpture of his own. Perhaps it is a selfportrait of sorts. It is a haunting piece, especially knowing that the artist died so young. Tragically, Henner drowned in 1925 in an accident in Michigan City, Indiana at Waverly Beach (now a part of Indiana Dunes). He had been on a vacation with two friends and entered rough waters, ignoring warnings from the guards. His body washed ashore later in the day.

It is easy to spot Henner’s artwork in Jewish Waldheim when driving along Greenberg Road, as the green patina of the sculpture stands out from the surrounding grey granite. In the lower right corner of the work, the artist has signed his name. David Henner may be gone, but the sculptures he created remain to inspire and educate visitors to both the cemetery and the Field Museum.

References: Chica go Tribune, Field Museum.org, askart.com, Woods and Forest Botany at Field Museum of Natural History, Underev erytombsone.blogspot.com

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Photo of Henner, cour tesy of the Field Museum

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New day for debris

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After SBC Waste Solutions collected garbage for a few weeks from all est Park residents on Thursdays, the day to put bins on the curb is changing again.

According to the agenda for the May 26 council meeting — when commissioners unanimously approved a new contract with SBC that changed pickup to Wednesdays — SBC Waste Solutions “quickly learned during week one that our service overlapped with another neighboring municipality and they could not meet the demands of both municipalities satisfactorily. SBC is asking the Village to move garbage, recycling and yard waste pick up to We ginning June 10th.”

SBC has ag reed to free ze its rates for trash collection for the rest of tract with the village and to pay for a mailer that infor ms Forest dents about the new trash and recycling pickup day. The village vertise the change in its newsletter and on social media.

“It’s a big change switching over to a new contractor, and I think it pected that there’s going to be some hiccups,” Commissioner Maria Maxham said at the May 26 council meeting.

Commissioner Michelle Melin-Rogovin thanked the public wo ment, village staf f and residents for their patience in the waste hauler chang

“Thank you all very much for your cooperation and camaraderie as been making sure that everyone gets the service they need,” Melinsaid. “SBC has been working hard to transition to serving the village an updated contract to solidify our services that we’ ll be receiving from them.

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LISA GREEN New head for Forest eatre

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wants to be a part of developing a sustainable foundation for the company to grow as the only year-round professional theater in the western suburbs.

“They’ve got the production part down, but we’re really building the organization itself from the ground up,” Green said of Forest Theatre Company. Being a part of something that’s for malizing is one of the things she’s most excited about in this new role.

Forest Theatre Company started as Forest Park Theatre, under the umbrella of the Forest Park Arts Alliance. Last year, the company achieved nonprofit status, and with it, created a board of directors. Green has been tasked with much of the administrative work that comes with establishing a nonprofit.

After hiring Green, Corley is looking to further expand Forest Theatre Company with a new director this season, so that actors get to experience working with someone besides himself.

“Any kind of an arts organization is a three-legged stool. You’ve got to have great art, great management, and community buy-in,” Corley said. As he works to develop the art and management, Corley said Green will move the company forward when it comes to garnering more of an audience.

“We have a huge arts audience here, but let’s get them trained to stay here. Your community becomes what you invest in,” Green said. The company’s annual free outdoor Shakespeare performance is positioned to lower barriers to entry for people to come see local theater. “Come take a chance on experiencing professional theater right here, and it’s free, and it’s in this stunning location.”

Green, along with Corley, also aims to grow relationships with other community organizations.

laborate on a project so they can apply for grants together.

“We’ re all small, we’re all understaffed, we’re all underfunded. How do we work together in helping each other build audiences?” Green said. “Each of us are doing a lot of the same things, so how do we make each one of our organizations sustainable without burning people out?”

As a lifelong Oak Park resident, Green is eager to “continue to build relationships from my lifetime experience in this community and pull people into something that I’m really excited about.”

As the next season of Forest Theatre Company starts in October, Corley is looking back on the last year of plays — the company’s first full indoor season and first offering season subscriptions to locals. He said he’s proud of producing three “vastly different kinds of plays with really unique challenges, and we were able to pull them of f, not only artistically, but we were able to pay our bills. All of that’s really quite an extraordinary feat.”

Richard Corley founded Forest Theatre Company in 2021 and has grown it from an annual free outdoor Shakespeare perfor mance to, last year, its first year-round indoor season of three plays at Madison Street Theater. With Green’s addition to the team, Corley can put more time into developing the company’s artistic direction.

“I can really focus on growing the art. We have a lot more work to make connections with significant artists in the Chicagoland community,” Corley said.

“There’s a lot of things that I need to be doing as an artist in terms of connecting to people and widening our reach into the community,” Corley said. “I would like to see Lisa focus her attention on building relationships within the community that can be, not only financially beneficial to the company, but also that can deepen our roots in the community.”

In her new role, Green is excited to find other local organizations which might be able to share staf f, ideas and assets, or col-

Corley previously told the Forest Park Review that each play that Forest T heatre Company produces costs about $30,000, including funds to pay all actors and crew members. He’s hoping that, in the upcoming season, the company can sell more subscriptions to help pay for the productions.

“It’s so helpful to have subscribers because you have a base of support on which to build, an understanding of who’s coming and who’s going to be there for you,” Corley said. “That’s a really great thing for a company to have. It builds trust between you and the audience and emphasizes a foundation of solidarity.”

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Man robbed at knifepoint on Desplaines

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

On May 25 at 9 p.m., police were dispatched to the 300 block ofDes Plaines for a delayed armed robbery. At the scene, a man told police he was walking in the 7200 block of Washington when he was approached by two men with box cutter knives. They demanded his belongings and held a knife to his chest, so the man gave them his cell phone and bag before the two fled. At the time ofthe report, the two men hadn’t been identified.

DUI

Close to 1 a.m. on May 25, police pulled over a car in the 7500 block of Randolph for driving without headlights and hitting a curb. Police ran the license plate and found the car’s registration was suspended for insurance violations. Police pulled over the driver and reported that the car smelled of alcohol, that the driver had slurred speech, and was unable to provide valid insurance. Police tried to have the man perform standardized field sobriety tests, but he kept falling. He was taken to the police station, where his blood alcohol concentration was 0.22. He was charged with driving under the influence, having a BAC over 0.08, driving without lights, improper lane usage, operating a car with suspended registration and operating an uninsured motor vehicle.

Around 10 p.m. on May 22, police responded to the area of Marengo and Washington after a vehicle ran into a parked car. Police reported that the offending vehicle had heavy damage on the front passenger side and that the driver had slurred speech and was hard to understand. The driver refused to perform standardized field sobriety tests, and police placed him in custody. The driver said he had seven beers at Robert’s Westside and was charged with driving under the influence, DUI with BAC over 0.08, failure to reduce speed and going the wrong way on a one-way street.

Criminal trespass

On May 22, police were dispatched to the Hawk dealership at 7911 Roosevelt Road Upon arrival, the store manager told police

that he saw a woman enter the lot and get in a car to sleep. He said this is the second time the woman has done this and wanted to sign a criminal complaint for her trespassing. According to police, the woman has been trespassed from several properties in Forest Park.

Fight

Police responded to 7500 Madison St. at 12:30 a.m. on May 28 for a fight between two men. When police asked for identification, one of the men repeatedly refused to provide his name. He identified himself once he was detained. Police watched video of the fight and saw that the men were in a verbal altercation on the sidewalk. The altercation tur ned physical, and the man police detained appeared to be the aggressor, though the two became mutual combatants, hitting each other, according to the police report. Both men were issued a local ordinance citation for public fighting.

Possession of cannabis

Police saw a car on May 28 whose registered owner had a suspended driver’s license for a DUI, so they pulled the car over. Police told the driver, who was the owner of the car, that the car would be seized because of the state of his license. They searched the car and found 24 bags of suspected cannabis edibles. Police detained the man and took him to the police station, where the man told them that he paid the reinstatement fee for his license and didn’t know the edibles were in his car. The man was charged with having a suspended license and two counts of possessing cannabis with intent to deliver because of the amount of cannabis in the car.

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Carnivore joins up with Carnival Grocery

Artisan butcher to move in with local grocer; opening of new Pete’s Market nearby a fa ctor

By ADAM SIEMER Contributing Reporter

Carnivore Oak Park, the artisan butcher and fish market that has operated in the Pleasant District since 2014, is closing its doors at 1042 Pleasant St. and merging into Carnival Grocery at 824 S. Oak Park Ave. The move is expected to be completed by early July.

The partnership brings together two locally rooted businesses that share more than a similar name. Arthur Paris, owner of Carnival Grocery, and Erik Williams, founder of Carnivore, say the merger is in response to the pressures facing independent food retailers, including a new Pete’s Market opening at Oak Pa rk Avenue and Madison Street.

“Banding together with another local merchant to merge our businesses will make us both stronger,” Paris said. “We’ll have one rent payment, one property tax payment, one electric bill, and we can combine our customer base.”

For Williams, the path to this partnership was rock y to say the least. Earlier this year, Carnivore launched a GoFundMe campaign that raised nearly $34,000 from more than 300 community donors to help the shop cover defer red maintenance and overdue vendor payments. The response was overwhelming, but the timing was brutal.

The GoFundMe funds went first to debts owed to small farm vendors, but there wasn’t enough left to cover an overdue energy bill. In late March, ComEd cut power to the shop. To make matters worse, Williams was hospitalized bacterial skin infection. The shop went three and a half weeks without full electricit product spoiled.

The experience made the math undeniable. “I can’t ask people for all this,” a grateful Williams said. “I have to find some other way to make this functional.”

That other way turned out to be Paris. The two had known of each other since both set up shop in Oak Park around the same time; but they only got to know each other in recent months as talks progressed.

When Paris proposed bringing Carnivore’s operation inside Carnival, Williams called it “a stunning idea.”

“Every time that we’ve sat down and talked about it, it just makes sense,” Williams said.

Paris, for his part, sees Williams as a rare find. “Erik is an artisan-level butcher and chef,” he said. “Very few

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View of butcher counter within Carnival where Carnivore will be integrated later this summer.

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guys have both culinary skills and butcher skills.”

`The buildout at Carnival will reconfigure the store’s existing meat section, removing part of the front island to create a dedicated alcove for Carnivore’s counter. Customers can expect the same faces, the same phone number, and the same house-made products, including Williams’s 30-plus sausage recipes, smoked salmon, and locally sourced proteins from Illinois far ms like Kilgus Far mstead. Carnivore gift cards will be honored at the new location.

A full lunch program featuring Williams’s burgers and seafood sandwiches is a longer-term goal, pending a kitchen hood installation that ould require installing sprinklers in the entire building.

To mark the launch, the team is planning a celebration in Carnival’s parking lot with grilling, beer vendors, and a first look at the new setup.

Williams said he is most excited about focusing on what he does best.

“To leave behind the things that historically we’re not that great at doing, but then be able to do the things that we are great at doing,” he said — the butchery, the sausage-making, the relationships with local farmers, and the one-on-one service that keeps customers coming back

Carnival Grocery is located at 824 S. Oak Park Ave. Paris also operates locations in Lincoln Park and Edgebrook.

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Erik Williams, Carnivore owner, and Arthur Paris, ow ner of Carnival

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‘Runway of Change’ to spotlight disability inclusion with a fashion show

June 21 event will feature models, entrepreneurs and advocates with disabilities

By HECTOR CERVANTES Contributing Reporter

A fashion show, dubbed Runway of Change and centered on disability inclusion and accessibility, will take place on June 21 at the Columbus Refectory in Chicago.

Presented by The Stay Up Foundation and Limitless Free and United Inc., the show will take place at 5701 W. Jackson Blvd. It will feature adults and youth with disabilities modeling adaptive and sports-inspired fashion designed to highlight confidence, creativity and re presentation.

The event is being org anized by Azalia Mallory, founder of Limitless Free and United, a community-based organization focused on empowerment and support initiatives; and Jamaal Johnson, the founder of the Stay Up Foundation, which empowers individuals with disabilities by promoting inclusion, mental health and confidence.

The foundation, according to Jamaal Johnson, its chief executive officer, promotes disability pride, inclusion and adaptive awareness through advocacy, community eng agement and fashion-focused events.

Mallory said that Runway of Change is meant to stand apar t from traditional exclusive fashion shows. Instead of simply providing clothing for people with disabilities to wear, the event uses the runway format to emphasize expanded opportunities for participants.

“The Runway of Change would be different from any ex-

clusive fashion show because we’re not just going to gi people with disabilities clothing to wear. No, it’s more than that. It’s giving them awards, resources and opportunities. That’s what makes this fashion show different from others and it’s what inspired us,” Mallory said.

For Johnson, inclusion is more than re presentation on a runway; it is a reco gnition of the dignity, independence and everyday experiences of people with disabilities. He stressed that members of the disabled community wo live independently and deserve the same opportunities and respect as anyone else.

“When I was first injured in a car accident in 2014, my life changed completely. Inclusion was very important because otherwise I wouldn’t be doing the things I’m doing now. I earned my bachelor’s de gree, work full time, ha a foundation and have hosted events. These are important accomplishments that deserve the reco gnition they should receive,” Johnson said.

Rather than treating disability as a brief moment of visibility, Runway of Change celebrates the full range of experiences and achievements within the disability community. Participants will take the stage not only as models but also as business owners, speakers and innovators, highlighting their impact.

“It doesn’t matter what disability someone has. They could be a quadriplegic and only be able to move their head, but they’re going to move their head the best they can. Our selection process focuses on people who want to be models and who want the opportunity to show the world, ‘Hey, I can do this too.’ There’s no specific look or set criteria for our models, just a willingness to show up and demonstrate what they’re capable of,” Mallory said. Runway of Change has generated significant enthusiasm from both the disability community and local supporters, according to Mallory and hope it will inspire people across Illinois and foster greater awareness and inclusion among diverse communities.

Tickets are required to attend and can be purchased on the Eventbrite Runway of Change page

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Kinslahger Brewing sets a table for garden bounty

Bring a cucumber, leave with tomatoes. And enjoy a beer

By RISÉ SANDERS-WEIR Eats Reporter

Kinslahger Brewing Company, 6806 Roosevelt Rd. in Oak Park, is known for brewing new, innovative beers, but this summer they are twisting the idea of fresh in a new direction. Each Sunday they will put out a table in the tasting room for local garden enthusiasts to bring their bounty to exchange with others.

Got too many cucumbers? Too many tomatoes? Here’s the answer.

“My wife is a gardener. I’m just the messenger,” first-time exchanger John Asta said. “She sent me here specifically to find out if she could get some lovage.” When asked if he was also taking the opportunity to get a beer too, Asta said, “I will take the hit.” Such a good husband.

Kinslahger owner Keith Huizinga got the idea from experiences in his own garden last fall.

“I have a rather large perennial garden with a lot of herbs, oregano, mint, sage, lovage, things like rhubarb. I have two pawpaw trees in my garden. All the fruit will ripen at about the same time in about two weeks in September,” Huizinga said. “I started bringing pawpaws in and just giving them

away to people. That sort of prompted in my mind I should do that in the spring and summer with all the other things in my garden.”

The idea of an exchange started to ripen in his mind

“I thought it would be kind of fun to just put a table out there on Sunday,” he said.

“And try to get the word out to folks that there’s a space where you can come and bring some of that stuff and hopefully other folks in the community will know that they can come by and grab cucumbers or some rhubarb or sage or floral or oregano or whatever it might be.”

A purchase from the brewery is not required to take part in the exchange.

“Folks come in here to talk to their neighbors or friends and whatnot,” he said. “There’s no TVs. Nobody’s in here staring at the game. They’re here to talk to somebody else. This is sort of an extension of the community aspect of the industry.”

This intentionally community-building event is in line with other activities that the brewery fosters in its tasting room.

On the second Thursday of each month, they have a book exchange in association with The Pile Bookstore, 7117B W. Roosevelt Rd. in Berwyn. It’s a bring a book, take a book type of situation with some extras added by

the bookstore. That exchange has developed into an infor mal book discussion group

“They know that there’ll be other readers here,” Huizinga said. “And they say, ‘Oh, hey, I read this book,’ And so I’ve seen this sort of community and conversation developing around it.”

Of course, it wouldn’t be Kinslahger without a new beer to talk about as well. This summer they are debuting “Featherweight.”

“Stylistically, I’m calling it a white lager,” Huizinga said. “It is four and a half percent alcohol, very light and dry. I use some rice in there and then dry hop it with a variety called Laurel which has this sort of orange blossom aroma to it. It’s light, super refreshing – not bitter, with a smooth, dry finish.”

Here’s to summer in the garden! And a way to share the bounty, if it outgrows your appetite.

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Owner Keith Huizinga and garden exchanger John Asta

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LETTERS TO THE ED I TOR

Forest Park Pool should ditch wristbands

We are so excited for the summer season at the Forest Park Pool, but disappointed again by the slow/confusing check-in process. There is usually a 10-20 minute line to check in to the pool (even for passholders), which will become even more stressful as the weather gets hotter with small kids in line.

The Oak Park pools do not have this problem, and neither did Lombard’s Paradise Bay Waterpark (where I used to manage guest services). Why? Neither of them require paper wristbands. Forest Park still requires every attendee (even passholders) to get paper wristbands fastened by staf f, and young children need two paper wristbands to indicate “non-swimmer.”

This more than doubles the check-in time with no clear benefit. Do we feel the fences are not sufficient and need to use the wristbands to ensure people don’t “sneak in”? But even then, they fall off easily – so if someone were asked where their wristband is, that would be the first excuse. Are lifeguards really looking for small red non-swimmer wristbands on each kid in the water vs. scanning for signs of distress?

Removing paper wristbands would be an easy change to accelerate the check-in process and mirror what other successful pools have already done.

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Take our car keys? Not so fast

Hold on a minute. You want us to give up our car keys because you think we are getting too old to drive? We’d be OK with it if we had a disability that impairs our ability to drive. But such disabilities can afflict anyone and “age” is not a disability.

In fact, while it might seem counterintuitive, when it comes to safely driving a car, age may be an advantage. The data bears this out.

Younger adults have more accidents and create more hazards on the roads.

Teenage males account for 72 percent of all U.S. traffic deaths. (Many more than teenage females.)

Speeding, alcohol and not using seat belts account for most accidents and the resulting injuries – behavioral issues, not biological issues.

The Illinois Secretary of State reco gnizes these statistics and is pushing to relieve older drivers from having to undergo driving tests every year. In fact, he is trying to eliminate driving tests for older drivers because they’re not the ones causing the traffic accidents! Driving experience counts!

So, don’t ask us to give up the freedom and independence driving our car provides just because we’re older or getting older. Please resist “ageism” and don’t ask us for the car keys before you ride around with us. Most of us can demonstrate excellent, safe driving skills.

Gene Armstrong, 85 Theresa Marousek, 75 Theresa Steinbach, 68 Jane Wood, 85 Ann Armstrong, 84

Participants in the ACE study on positiv e aging

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West Sub meets brick wall

Odds and ends with some a bit odder than others:

“Two bad actors”: After a Cook County judge on Monday left Manoj Prasad in charge of the Resilience Healthcare empire of shuttered hospitals, a for mer staffer at West Sub told our reporters that both Prasad and Reddy Patlola, the landlord al owner of the empire, were o bad actors.” at is correct.

aveled West Sub, once a stellar ommunity hospital, remains in the swirl, the drain. The judge said there vidence that Prasad had looted est Sub or the previously-shutss Memorial in Uptown. On that the judge ruled that Prasad should emain the CEO and suggested that Patould not have done much better in est Sub. Running West Sub into

believed that for Patlola these hospitals would ultimately be a profitable real estate play The Weiss property in the city clearly has redevelopment prospects. The River Forest campus of West Sub could be another regional hospital’s outpost in that highly insured neighborhood. Or it could be a midrise? As for Prasad as CEO of nothing, he should never get the benefit of any doubt. He let the billing system of the hospital flail and sputter for a year. He has made his preeminent excuse for why West Sub abruptly shut down in March that the hospital did not bill 90% of its revenue for a year. What kind of moronic CEO lets that happen?

So yes, two bad actors, a shuttered West Sub failing the West Side and Oak Park, and dim prospects for a way forward. There are more court dates to come. The somnambulant state of Illinois is presumably investigating how it kept shoveling millions to a hospital operator who could not generate an invoice. And reports begin to circulate of criminal investigations

Hands off the wheel: A friend on Sunday took me for a spin in his new self-driving car. I got to sit behind the wheel not that I had much to do. Yes, it was a Tesla. Yes, I am deeply troubled. But it was a remarkable experience. I had expected to feel fully unnerved. But once the damned machine smoothly merged us onto the Ike at Harlem, my impulse to seize control eased

And that was part of the message from my friend. He said that at a somewhat advanced age he had learned not to drive 80 mph and to be patient as the machine stayed at the limit, found a parking space at the Jewel and has never sounded its horn at a putz driving its own car.

News from NEWSWELL Chicago: Two pieces of news from your local nonprofit newsroom. On June 10 we’re hosting a town hall at Oak Park’s main library to answer your questions about our new ownership structure. Come and ask Max Reinsdorf, our general manager, any curious, impertinent question you’ve got. Veterans Room at 7 p.m.

Also, we are welcoming Emma Bradford, the first of our three paid summer interns. Emma will be covering stories for both our Austin Weekly News and Forest Park Review.

OPINION

The ethics of budgeting

Have you started budgeting?

In order to cope with the inflation, which we were told would be brought under control on “day one,” have you started counting out the pennies in your purse before you go shopping so you won’t be embarrassed at the checkout lane?

And even if you have a credit card in your wallet, are you as worried as you should be about falling into the deep hole of credit card debt — around 20% interest?

Based on 2026 data, approximately 1 in 5 (22%) Americans who carry credit card debt do not believe they will ever be able to pay it off. While roughly 76-77% of Americans have some form of debt, a significant portion feels their situation is unmanageable, with 10% expecting to be in the red for the rest of their lives.

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According to a financial company called Thrivent a budget:

1. Keeps you from overspending

2. Enables you to manage debt and build credit

3. Gets you moving toward your short- and long-ter m goals

4. Prepares you for emergencies

5. Makes saving for retirement easier

It’s just simply smart to budget — in the long run.

I never made a lot of money in my life, but because I budgeted, deferred gratification, started an investment program and through the magic of compound interest, my wife and I have enough to live on — albeit frugally — for a long time

But the point of this column is not to encourage readers to be smart. It’s to encourage all of us to be ethical and — dare I use the word — loving. Loving my neighbor as myself.

We have a powerful political leader who promotes the attitude America First. I looked up the synonyms for “selfish” and found: grasping, avaricious, acquisitive, and rapacious, which imply an intense, selfish desire for wealth or possessions. Other strong, related terms focusing on self-interest include materialistic, covetous, selfseeking, and moneygrubbing.

As a nation we got rid of USAID and on a personal level Americans give on average only 3% of their income to charity.

But if you want to hold the ethical bar for yourself higher; if you resonate to the Edward Jones advertisement that being rich is defined as knowing what counts, prioritizing what matters most … then budgeting ethically might be for you.

Here’s how it works: I begin with estimating my gross annual income for 2026. Let’s say I plan on making

$100,000. Then I choose a multiplier. Literally thousands of years ago my spiritual ancestors picked 10 percent, which means that my net ethical income would be $90,000.

You can already anticipate the consequences. Let’s say I have my heart set on owning a Beamer. At my paygrade I can afford the monthly payments for a BMW but not if I gave away a 10% tithe

But if I decide on Jan. 1 I’m going to give 10% of my projected income away, then that Mercedes I’ve been dreaming of might not be affordable. I can still buy a new car, but it might have to be a Honda Civic

“But, but,” we worry, “would my children be disappointed if they only got one toy for the holidays?”

Henry David Thoreau reportedly concluded, “That person is richest whose needs are fewest.”

In When Society Becomes an Addict, Anne Wilson Schaef argues, “Western society functions like an addictive system, not just through substances like alcohol and drugs, but also through behaviors like consumerism, workaholism, and greed, and institutions like government, business, and religion.”

Yikes! Is it true?

Whether it’s true or not, here’s my question: “Is it ethical?”

I’m going to pick on Prez Trump here as an example of someone who is completely devoid of ethics. “This is a president who, first, needs to be the center of attention,” said David Brooks. “There is simply a lack where the moral backbone would normally be or even where the moral sentiment would normally be. And he stands for nihilism, a belief in nothing. He stands for the idea — that the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.”

My personal ethical beliefs or standards include:

1. I am commanded to love my neighbor as well as myself;

2. I am not the center of the universe; It’s not all about me. In fact very little is about me;

3. I have never had a truly original thought; I’m always standing on the shoulders of spiritual, ethical giants; 4. I am a steward, not the owner of the wealth in my possession;

5. I am like a player on the field who gets my plays from people on the sidelines who see the whole picture.

Most of the financial plans I see advertised promise that if you play their game you will earn a lot of money The promise from ethical budgeting is that you will be enabled to give lots of it away, leaving enough for yourself

Follow Pastor Walter Mitty’s spiritual adventures on Tom’s substack https://tomholmes10.substack.com.

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

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

Alero Financial Credit Union Plaintiff vs. CONSTANCE M. DELAINE, FALECIA F. DELAINE, MARY L CORNER, doing business as CORNER REAL ESTATE CO., and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant 26 CH 28 CALENDAR 57 NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on June 24, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-15-323-017-0000, 15-15323-019-0000.

Commonly known as 2000-2004 17th Ave., Broadview, IL 60155. The real estate is: commercial building. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Schoenberg Finkel Beederman Bell Glazer, LLC, 300 South Wacker Drive, 15th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60606. 312-6482300. Alero Financial vs. Delaine INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3287118

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION Nationstar Mortgage LLC Plaintiff, -v.-

Mary Hennig; Christie L. Hennig; Demetrios C. Stavropoulos; Waterfall Victoria III-NB Grantor Trust Defendants. 2025CH10873 10640 Preston Street, Westchester, IL 60154

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 2/5/2026, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 6/15/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and

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closing on June 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate.

Commonly known as 10640 Preston Street, Westchester, IL 60154 Property Index No. 15-29-223-0260000

The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence. The judgment amount was $233,313.32 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 10640 Preston Street into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www.auction.com prior to placing a bid. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property, prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: MDK Legal (312) 651-6700 please refer to file number 25-023184. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 25-023184 Case Number: 2025CH10873 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. I3287350

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but

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hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-16-304-032-0000.

Commonly known as 708 NEWCASTLE AVE., WESTCHESTER, IL 60154.

solely as Owner Trustee of CSMC 2017-RPL2 Trust Plaintiff vs. Citizens Bank, National Association FKA RBS Citizens, N.A.; Unknown Owners and Non¬≠Record Claimants; Kimetra Courtney; Rolando Ivory; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Florence M. Ivory, deceased; Thomas Quinn, as Special Representative of Florence M. Ivory, deceased Defendant 25 CH 6934 CALENDAR 59 NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on July 1, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-08-208-012-0000.

Commonly known as 50 ENGLEWOOD AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104.

The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Suite 1250, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 25-009967 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3287500

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff vs. JAMES M. AUBERTIN; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 25 CH 8176 CALENDAR

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on June 30, 2026, at the

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

CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff

vs. JAMES WARREN; DAMON RITENHOUSE AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ROOSEVELT MCGEE, DECEASED, RUTH MCGEE DECEASED, RUTH WILLIAMS RAGGS, DECEASED; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR LEGATEES OF ROOSEVELT MCGEE, DECEASED; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/ OR LEGATEES OF RUTH MCGEE, DECEASED; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR LEGATEES OF RUTH WILLIAMS RAGGS, DECEASED; SERVICE FINANCE CO., LLC; CAPE COD FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 24 CH 5079 CALENDAR 62 NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on July 7, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-09-111-011-0000. Commonly known as 249 Marshall St., Bellwood, IL 60104. The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24

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hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Lender Legal PLLC, 1800 Pembrook Drive, Suite 250, Orlando, Florida 32810. 407730-4644. LLS12998-IL INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3287900

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

Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans Inc. Plaintiff, -v.Alfia Caldwell; Westchester Place Homeowner’s Association; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants Defendants. 2025CH05953 11034 WESTMINSTER DR, WESTCHESTER, IL 60154

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 3/24/2026, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 6/29/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on July 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate.

Commonly known as 11034 WESTMINSTER DR, WESTCHESTER, IL 60154

Property Index No. 15-29-321-0110000

The real estate is improved with a Residential Property. The judgment amount was $289,820.64 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 11034 WESTMINSTER DR into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www.auction.com prior to placing a bid. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property, prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)

(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES PC (630) 794-5300 please refer to file number 14-25-03459. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 14-25-03459 Case Number: 2025CH05953 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. I3288081

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK S/B/M TO TCF NATIONAL BANK Plaintiff, -v.SHONTE BURGIE A/K/A SHONTA BURGIE, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF YVONNE PERRY GIPSON, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, TODD BURGIE, SHAWN BURGIE, STATE OF ILLINOIS - DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, TODD BURGIE, AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF YVONNE PERRY-GIPSON

Defendants 2024CH06106

324 50TH AVE

BELLWOOD, IL 60104

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 2, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 6, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

Commonly known as 324 50TH AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104

Property Index No. 15-08-117-0280000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are

admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE

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. 14-24-03685 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2024CH06106 TJSC#: 46-823

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2024CH06106 I3288194

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on age, race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination. The Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. Restrictions or prohibitions of pets do not apply to service animals.

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

WJ/FPR/LMK/AWN

CHANCERY

DIVISION

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR NRPL 2024-RPL2 TRUST

Plaintiff vs. ANTOINETTE WESTBROOKS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendant 25 CH 9736

CALENDAR 56

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on July 13, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate:

P.I.N. 15-09-206-020-0000.

Commonly known as 208 28th Ave., Bellwood, IL 60104.

The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a common interest community unit, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Diaz Anselmo & Associates P.A., 1771 West Diehl Road, Suite 120, Naperville, IL 60563. (630) 4536960. 1496-222157 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3288287

A LOOK BACK IN TIME

When Claude Walker became a columnist

Claude A. Walker, longtime publisher of the Review penned a weekly column, “Personal Observations” from 1947 to 1968 giving both local perspective and a broader point of view from his service as the Illinois State Representative for the 4th District. On June 2, 1966 he wrote, “It behooves me to take typewriter in finger and beat out a column.”

His sons, Claude Jr. and Michael, were the editor and manager of the Forest Park Review and Senior commented, “What with the youthful editor giving me the ‘what are you doing for us lately look,’ and Number 3 son, wondering why he signs my remuneratory pittance, I had just better take heed, and get on the ball. After all, jobs for the ‘over 60 group’ just don’t drop into your lap.” ...

And “More faith is being shown in the future of Forest Park by Gus Scolaro and Homer Bale. Gus, an old-time, but youthful-looking butcher in Forest Park, remodeled his place of business at great expense, to give Forest Park the only oldfashioned meat market. Yes, Gus and his assistant butcher are ready and able to give a hungry customer any cut of meat, fresh from whatever animal you wish it. There are no packaged goods, everything cut and trimmed before your eyes. I highly recommend Gus’ West End Market, at 7425 Madison when you want that personal service, pleasant environment and excellent quality meats

“As for Homer Bale. He is no stranger to the field of progress in Forest Park. No sooner do you get used to his latest remodeling, then he comes up with something bigger and better. Now it’s another addition in the process of being built at his present place of business [7340 Madison St., Homer’s restaurant, lounge and banquet hall]. A new and more modern kitchen and more dining area. All done up, of course, in tasteful Bale tradition. Watch for this Grand Opening.”

Jill Wagner

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