Forest Park firefighters are calling for the village to find a new source of revenue amid a burnout crisis they say is putting residents in danger.
“You’re putting the community at risk,” said Travis Myers, a Forest Park firefighter, Local 2073 union president and pension board president, during public comment at a June 8 village council meeting
He added: “When it comes to raising revenue, however we get to that, it will go a long way in helping the citizens get what they would expect from us. I really hope you consider now, and in the upcoming meetings, ways to build revenue through your places of eating tax, or anything that you can do, because it’s needed, incredibly needed.”
Village officials have always met in May at the start of the new fiscal year to review their budget
Thursday, June 25 • 7pm
19th Century Club • 178 N. Forest Ave, Oak Park
AFTER THE BROADVIEW 6
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Space at 7410 Madison St. o cially approved for Chamber use
Approval by the v illage clears the way for a more permanent residence
By EMMA BRADFORD Intern Reporter
Nearly a year and a half after the for mer cigar lounge, Casa de Puros, was donated to the village, the space has finally been approved for use by the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce & Development.
At the June 8 Forest Park village council meeting, the council unanimously passed the resolution that approved and authorized the execution of a facilities use license ag reement with the Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber will now have an official, designated office space under this lease ag reement. They previously had an office space just down the street from their new home, but after rent doubled with new ownership, they moved into the basement of Forest Park Bank and have been operating out of it since.
The property, located at 7410 Madison Street, was donated to the village by the previous owner because it was appraised at $270,000 and not in a sellable state. It includes about 1,800 square feet on the ground floor and two parking spaces out back.
“When 7410 was donated to the village, leaders reco gnized it as a unique opportunity to create a welcoming space where prospective investors and business owners could connect with the village, community organizations could gather and the Chamber could reestablish a presence in the heart of downtown Forest Park,” said Laurie Kokenes, executive director of the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce & Development, in an email.
With an official meeting space in a prime location, the Chamber will be much more accessible to business owners and those seeking infor mation about the organization. Village Administrator Rachell Entler said one of the ideas that they had when the village obtained the space was to give the chamber more visibility, particularly in the downtown business district.
“We share a very good working relationship with the village, and they made the process of finalizing the use ag reement easy,” Kokenes said. “With a few back-and-for th
drafts, we had a final document to present to council for approval.”
Before the approval of the Chamber moving in, the space had already been used for community events and as a display for ar ts and artifacts by the Historical Society of Forest Park and the Forest Park Arts Alliance.
At the June 8 meeting, Commissioner Jessica Voogd asked whether the Chamber moving in would interfere with the village allowing other organizations to use the space.
Entler reassured that the Chamber meetings are typically held during the day and said the village and Chamber would still work closely in making sure the timing of the events would not interfere with other organizations using the space.
She also said they have received “very few requests” for
use of the building and its space besides the historical society and arts alliance.
Lin Beribak, vice-president of the Forest Park Arts Alliance, said that due to the size and number of spaces inside the building, working alongside the Chamber and historical society will be doable and might prove to be useful in conjunction with the Chamber
“The space has been a valuable way for us to eng age residents with local history and connect with the community,” said Alexis Ellers, executive director of the Historical Society of Forest Park, in an email.
The historical society will be making use of the space for its upcoming Annual Garden Walk on July 11.
“We’ re thrilled that they chose to offer us this opportunity, and we look forward to having face time with both the business community and visitors,” Kokenes said.
SCREENSHOT
e old cigar shop at 7410 Madison St. may be the new home of the Chamber of Commerce & Development.
A century of Goldyburgers
“Never had a bad one” for that long is saying something
By RISÉ SANDERS-WEIR Eats Reporter
When Michael Sullivan bought Goldyburgers in 1981, he became only the second owner of this now century-old institution at 7316 Circle Ave. in Forest Park. The Goldstein family opened it in 1926, during Prohibition, when serving alcohol was illegal.
“Everybody was paid off, I suppose, in those days,” Sullivan said.
Serve alcohol they did. Originally an ornate wooden bar ran down the wall in the front room. The back room, where the current bar is, was the Goldstein’s family home. A black and white photo shows Barney and Joe Goldstein waiting to serve customers. And if you look closely, you can see numbers on an awning behind them.
was played in bars from the 1910s through the 1950s. “You’ll see it in old TV shows, The Untouchables. They used to put a girl behind there and you’d roll dice and win drinks and food.”
Once the Volsted Act was repealed and Prohibition ended, things kept jumping at Goldyburgers.
“When beer came back, they tore the house out and they used to have bands and dancing. It was a big open room. It was quite the place in the day,” he said.
The Goldstein’s menu was more extensive than today, serving steaks and lobster, but the burgers have remained a constant. Their motto: “never had a bad one.” Those continue as the restaurant’s watchwords today.
Burgers are a big part of the menu, along with a dozen other sandwiches and a variety of salads. Fried food complements those entrees, including an “armadillo egg,” which is a breaded and fried jalapeno, wrapped in cheddar cheese. Shrimp baskets and a Friday fish fry round out the offerings.
run out of them. You tell a table that we’re out and it’s like you shot their dog.”
“This is a 26 game,” he said. Indicating a popular Chicago-created dice game that
The most often ordered appetizer is “probably the cheese balls,” Michael’s son, Mick Sullivan, said. “On a very rare occasion we
Mick and Michael run the place together these days. Another family member, Bailey Sullivan, is also in the food biz. She is executive chef at Chicago’s Monteverde restaurant and also a contender for the 2026 James Beard award for emerging chef
Back in the ‘80s Forest Park had a built-in customer base that extended beyond its borders. “When I bought this place, there were no bars in Oak Park,” Michael Sullivan said of the neighboring town’s dry legacy. “Forest Park has always been a great bar and restaurant town. It’s where you could get a drink.”
Soon after the purchase, Sullivan wanted to convert what was a vacant gas station next door into a beer garden, but Forest Park wasn’t ready to go that far.
“It was like maybe ’82. They wouldn’t let me serve alcohol out there, so I opened it anyhow. I cleaned it up and had a place for people to sit, but I was calling it my root beer garden,” he said. After about a year the village relented and “we were the first beer garden in Forest Park.”
Over the decades, Goldyburgers has burnished into a local institution. “It’s basically a family restaurant and sports bar. We get customers from people in their 90s down to newborn babies. We’ve got our good group of regulars. It keeps things lively,” he said. “The nicest people come in here. You get everybody, a lot of doctors, lawyers, trades people
We get the gamut. What’s really nice about this business is the people you get to meet along the way. I’s just a real nice community around here.”
Sullivan never imagined that he’d be carrying the Goldstein’s creation over the century mark.
“They were a wonderful family that had it for 55 years, which I thought was nuts that anybody was in this business for that long.,” he said. “And now I got 45 in it myself, so time flies when you’re having fun.”
A recent proclamation by the Village of Forest Park celebrated the century in business and suggested that this establishment is one of the oldest burger joints in the entire Chicago area. For more than a hundred years, it’s a comforting thought that there’s always Goldys and you’ll never get a bad burger
This spring I was part of the Action Community Engagement (ACE) research project with other older Forest Park residents, which has the goal of reducing ageism. We discussed negative and positive attitudes about growing older. One of the negative myths we discussed was that all older people are frail. I know that’s misleading and false for many. My own experience as an active senior working with other seniors has shown that’s not usually true
I want to share my philosophy because I still feel in spirit like the person I was in my teens, college, and 20s-50s. I just have more mileage now, but lots of insight, wisdom, personality, and skills. In my early 60s I am in better physical condition than in my 20s because I improved my diet and exercise more, thus intentionally improving my health.
Diet is vitally important at this stage of life. I eat vegetables, light fruits, fewer carbs I keep moving, with exercise like daily walking and biking in the summer, tennis and
strength training in the gym. And I take my required medications and multiple vitamins. Diet and exercise make me feel and look better; most people don’t believe my age or my level of energy. I am fit, strong from weight training, dancing and daily walking. I am not considered frail, senile or weak.
I retired early nearly two years ago from careers in Section 8 housing, property management, leasing, and social service of over 25 years. I still work as a hairstylist parttime, after nearly 30 years, and volunteer with Beyond Hunger twice a month.
I love meeting new people, live-music venues, fun activities, time with my two granddaughters, age 2 and 3, and my three kids who are all grown up. I recently returned from a whirlwind 10-day visit to Italy where our travel group were on the go, sightseeing every day.
I would say it’s been a full life and more to come — not bad for a senior!
E. Carol Fuller Forest Park
Pride Fest crosses a line
The June 10 edition of the Forest Park Review includes a special section covering the Pride Fest held June 5 in Constitution Court. The special section contained a number of photo graphs, including a photo of what appears to be a 4- or 5-year-old child of fering a dollar bill to a drag queen. I did not attend the event and the photo graph is obscure, but the drag queen is clearly accepting money from the audience, including from the child. It’s hard to
imagine that having a child offer money to a drag queen is an appropriate or beneficial experience for the child or for other children in attendance.
I don’t know if the village has guidelines for village events attended by children but it should. In my opinion, it looks like a line was crossed at Pride Fest, which was inappropriate at best and possibly far worse.
Marty Tellalian Forest Park
Local Art?
Forest Park School District #91 is seeking applications for a vacant position on the Board of Education. An individual will be appointed to fill the vacant position until the April 2027 elections are held.
Interested persons should submit a letter expressing interest and/or a resume via email to traglin@fpsd91.org no later than Friday, June 19, 2026.
Following a review of the submitted materials, the Board will schedule interviews with selected candidates. Not all candidates for the Board vacancy will be interviewed. If you have any questions concerning the role of the Board of Education and the responsibilities of a Board member, please contact Steven Rummel, President of the Board of Education at srummel@fpsd91.org.
WEST SUB’S FUTURE
As nal elevator fails, Oak Park closes West Sub campus
Fire ghters carried dialysis patients down ve ights ursday
By DAN HALEY Contributing Reporter
West Suburban Medical Center’s entire Oak Park campus was closed Thursday by
Oak Park building officials as the final functioning elevator in the complex failed.
Firefighters were called to carry dialysis patients down from the hospital’s fifth floor when the elevator stopped operating. Sean Lintow, Sr., the village’s chief building official, said he saw at least three patients being carried down on “special lifts.”
Lintow said the hospital has a total of 28 elevators, none of which are currently functional. He said the village will require that at least two elevators are brought back into use
and then pass inspection by Oak Park’s contracted elevator inspection fir m.
In the meantime, no member of the public is allowed into the building. Only hospital employees working in building maintenance, engineering or security will be allowed on site.
The nonprofit PCC Wellness, a longtime tenant of the professional building, had been operating three clinics in that building but “is working urgently” to relocate those services, said a source at PCC.
West Sub closure has electeds rethinking oversight
Critical of CEO Prasad and for-pro t health care
By BILL DWYER Contributing Reporter
In the wake of West Suburban Hospital being locked down by the Oak Park building officials last week after its last working elevator failed, several local elected officials voiced their concerns regarding the hospital’s current management and the impact of private ownership of essential medical resources on average people
Oak Park firefighters were seen at the facility June 11 carrying a dialysis clinic’s patients down multiple flights of stairs when the elevator failed
PCC Wellness in Oak Park has — or had — three clinics in the now shuttered West Sub professional building. Communications Director Melissa Chrisfield said the sudden closure had PCC staff scrambling to find alternatives for their patients on just hours notice
“On Thursday we got a call that the elevators went down again,” Chrisfield told a gathering at the Democratic Party of Oak Park (DPOP) on Saturday. “We spent Thursday and Friday re-routing all of our patients to other clinics, because you cannot have people on the sixth and seventh floor if there’s no working elevator and it’s not handicap accessible.
Three Oak Park area elected officials — 1st
District Cook County Commissioner Tara Stamps, 78th District State Rep. Camille Lilly and 8th District State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, say state officials, have learned a hard lesson through the ongoing West Sub debacle.
Speaking at the DPOP gathering Saturday, Stamps called the behavior of West Sub CEO Manoj Prasad “inhumane.” She said when she and others met with Prasad last year to discuss his decision to close West Sub’s obstetrics department, his explanation “was gibberish …” She added, “it’s my understanding he’s getting away with it.”
Lilly was equally blunt in her assessment of Prasad’s professional qualifications, saying, “he did not know how to run a hospital.”
In addition to her elected position in Springfield, Lilly has long served as an administrator at Loretto Hospital in Austin.
Lilly said the problems at West Sub run deeper than managerial incompetence and debt. She said the problems with critically important medical providers being taken over by private for-profit entities has its roots in 2015 state legislation crafted by the Illinois Hospital Association that “reduced our vetting of community hospitals throughout the state.”
“They wanted to get vacant hospitals up and running,” Lilly said. There were numerous steps in the vetting process, she said, and those steps “were relaxed.”
“They thought they were doing something good to get healthcare available, but it has not turned out to be a good decision.”
Stamps said the problems stem from the difference in motivations between for profit
and non-profit hospitals
“The danger that faces all of us is when you begin to privatize the (services) that the people need and rely on,” Stamps said. Privately owned hospitals, she said, exist to provide medical services, but they are also expected to make money for their owners.
“Whether we’re talking about hospitals or schools, the moment that stops being financially (viable) to whoever owns it, then they can get out of the game,” Stamps said.
Ford said he believed “private hospitals should be treated the same in terms of regulation as public “safety net” hospitals, but added, “The problem is, you can’t force them to provide more money. You can’t take (over) a private business.”
“I think there will be … a process (put) in place to monitor the health of the hospital,” Ford said. “We didn’t have enough oversight on the hospital. (Prasad) closed the hospital in one day. That’s unacceptable.”
“There’s no doubt that state has learned a lesson with Dr. Prasad’s ability to run rampant and be irresponsible with state and federal funds,” Ford said Monday. He shared two pages of talking points he said Prasad handed him prior to a March press conference. In it Prasad outlined the hospital’s dire straits, but blamed everyone but himself, and repeatedly called for more money from the state.
Village officials said they saw no other activity in the building Thursday when they walked the building’s halls Manoj Prasad, CEO of Resilience Health the owner of West Sub, shuttered the hospital in late March. He has claimed that he was gradually reopening clinics within the hospital though that has been difficult to confir m. Prasad had initially said he had a plan to reopen West Sub by June or July depending on his ability to collect millions in unbilled services
Among the things Prasad wanted Ford to say were, “I have spoken with Dr. Prasad and reviewed the facts. This is a hospital that has been doing the right thing under impossible conditions. They need a bridge, not a takeover.”
Ford called Prasad’s talking points, to use a more polite term, “nonsense.” He said he believed changes will be coming to how oversight is conducted on hospitals.
“What has happened in the state when it comes to community hospitals is a lack of commitment to access to healthcare for all people,” Lilly said. “The state is slowly picking up on that understanding.”
Ironically, the complete closure of West Sub comes just days after a bill passed the Illinois State Legislature that is designed to tighten up regulatory oversight of the process of privately owned hospitals changing ownership and strengthen transparency requirements.
Melissa Chrisfeld of PCC Wellness
OUR QUIETEST NEIGHB OR S
Typhoid took life of young soldier waiting
Oak Parker William Lembke among many who died waiting to ght in Spanish-American War
By AMY BINNS-CALVEY Contributing Reporter
During the Spanish-American War -- which lasted a short 3 months, 3 weeks, and 1 day -- between 2,061 and 2,500 American servicemen and nurses died of disease, far eclipsing the less than 400 who died from wounds sustained in battle. Of that total, over 1,500 of the men who died from illnesses became sick while still in the U.S., where they were training in camps located in southern states. (It was thought that training in the south would acclimate the soldiers to the weather in Cuba before they joined the battle there.) Private William Lembke was one of the soldiers who dodged a bullet in Cuba but was killed by a germ in the U.S. Lembke, 18, joined Company C of the Second Regiment of the Illinois volunteer infantry. He was known to be “popular among his comrades.” In May 1898, he was approved and “passed muster” to become a private in the U.S. Ar my. His company was sent to Jacksonville, Florida to train in anticipation of joining the fight in Cuba after the sinking of the Maine. Their camp was fittingly christened, “Camp Cuba Libre” by General Fitzhugh Lee. When the servicemen arrived at their campground in Florida, there was no infrastructure, no tents, and they had to hack their way through thick underbrush to clear the area. For shelter, the soldiers had to make do with whatever they could get their hands on. Eventually, they received wool (and a few rubber) blankets and tents, but the area was a veritable swamp “reeking with vapor.”
At the beginning, there was little sickness in the camp, but soon men started to fall ill. Initially, some blamed the local food vendors for selling “inferior or unripe watermelons and other fruits, doubtful ice-cream, and ill-made pies and cakes” which soldiers washed down with “copious libations of indifferent lemonade to the great derangement of their internal economy.” But it wouldn’t be long before it was clear that more serious diseases were affecting the troops.
While frustrated that they were not being shipped out, the soldiers ran drills and practiced formations in order to be ready when the orders came sending them to Havana. As summer wore on and they continued to wait, heavy rains started to soak everything. Tents sprang leaks. Clothing and shoes never completely dried out. During these deluges, cook-
ing was impossible. The camp became a filthy, soggy mess and yellow-fever, malaria, and typhoid started spreading among the regiment.
In last week’s Review, our House History story misspelled a name. The correct spelling is Catherine He garty. We apolo gize for the er ror.
Some suspected the men were falling ill because they were not yet in battle and low morale made them susceptible to sickness: “It is during the weary months of waiting in camp that disease does its work.” At the end of August, the number of men falling ill increased alar mingly. Strangely, the men from Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin and the Dakotas suffered less than the men from Virginia, the Carolinas, Florida, and Mississippi. At the time, this was attributed to the “superior physique of the Northerners.” Newspaper reports terrified families and friends at home. “The frequent deaths cast a gloomy feeling over the whole command, and the arrival at a company of a mounted orderly from the hospital came to be well known as the announcement of another comrade gone.” The camp was eventually moved to a drier spot for sanitary reasons, but it was too late for William. He died Sept. 3. One can just picture an orderly on horseback riding to Company
tree trunk,
lasting memor t resting atop a poem:
• Weep not my parents dear
• I am not dead but sleeping here
• The good must go
• God calls the brave
• I am sleeping in a
• Soldiers grave
References: The Roll of Honor, Containing the Names of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines of All the Wars of Our Country Who Are Buried in the Cemeteries of Cook County; History of the second regiment, Illinois volunteer infantry, from organization to muster-out; PBS: American Experience; New York State Urban Forestry Council; Findagrave.com; Military Women’s Memorial
Roosevelt bar closed by Berw yn after repeated issues
Mike’s Place problems spilled over into Oak Park. Shuttered until June 17 hearing
By BILL DWYER Contributing Reporter
A Berwyn bar with a years-long history of complaints from both Berwyn and Oak Park residents was ordered closed on June 9, pending the continuation of a liquor license suspension/revocation hearing next week.
According to an 11-page complaint, the joint business and liquor license hearings related to Mike’s Place, 6319 W. Roosevelt Rd., seek “to revoke the … liquor license and business license” of the bar for a litany of violations.
Mike’s Place has a history of loud, rowdy behavior and fights between departing customers late at night. That chaos has regularly spilled into neighborhoods across Roosevelt Road in Oak Park For years residents of the 1150 blocks of Cuyler and Highland Avenues and elsewhere in south Oak Park have complained of ongoing noise, disrespectful bar patrons parking on their streets, public urination and lawns littered with beer bottles and food waste in the morning. There have also been guns discharged on Oak Park streets
Berwyn authorities have suspended liquor and business licenses at Mike’s Place twice since May 2021, once for two weeks for “noise distur bances, violent street fights, parking problems” and other violations. In March 2023 the bar was closed for four days due to “nude/semi-nude dancers” who allegedly solicited prostitution.
Robert Lovero, Berwyn’s mayor and liquor commissioner, granted a continuation requested by attorney Robert Ford on behalf of Lapinard. Lovero scheduled the next hearing for Wednesday, June 17 at 1:30 p.m., and said the bar must remain shuttered until then.
In a brief huddle in the public seating area within earshot of a reporter, Lovero told Ford that any time period that the bar was closed pending the next hearing date would be taken off the length of any suspension that might ultimately be imposed
Oak Park police have towed scores of cars in the past year, after the writing of parking violation tickets proved ineffective. But disruptive and violent incidents have continued to occur. Three Berwyn residents present at the June 9 hearing said they were concerned with the disruptive behavior of Mike’s Place patrons and owner Michael Lapinard’s failure to effectively address the problems. The only notice of the hearing was on an Oak Park group’s Facebook page. No other citizens, including from Oak Park, were present June 9.
The latest complaint seeking suspension or revocation lists a total of 29 separate Berwyn police incident reports since January 2025 — 15 within the first five months of 2026 — detailing a variety of offenses committed inside and outside the bar. Besides disturbing the peace and the bar repeatedly having no registered manager on duty, the incident reports include numerous batteries to individuals, a false fire alarm, large unruly crowds mob action, aggrabattery, resisting olice, and two incidents olving handguns Hendricks has d in Oak Park near Place for 11 years. he said there has always een a problem at 6319 whatever the whoever the the bar was at the time. “This isn’t a new any means,” she he problems, she been “Conontinuous. It’s just been a battle for all of us, it really has.”
“We’ve had shootings in front of our house, we’ve had riots in front of our house,” Hendricks said. “To be honest, we’ve hit brick walls everywhere we’ve gone to fight this.”
Last month, at the urging of Village Trustee James Taglia, Hendricks attended a meeting in Berwyn and played the audio of a shooting near Oak Park Friendship school on Roosevelt Road in December 2025 that resulted in a window being shot out. No one was ever charged in the incident.
“It was rapid fire,” Hendricks said. “Like 60 shots.” She said she didn’t feel her presentation had had any effect, but in light of the recent hearing, she said,
Place, 6319 W. Roosevelt Road, Berwy n
“Now, I’m wondering.”
“I’m very hesitant, but I’m somewhat optimistic as well,” she said. She can’t be at the June 17 hearing, but expects several neighbors to be present, and hopes others show up.
Taglia, who characterized Lovero as “an old style, no-nonsense, take-charge mayor,” said Oak Park officials “already have a close relationship” with Berwyn officials
“But with the volume of complaints from Oak Park residents and the persistent issues we’ve had with Mike’s Place, we want it to be even closer,” he said. Village President Vicki Scaman and Chief of Police Shatonya Johnson, Taglia said, “recognize the benefit of working hand-in-hand with our colleagues in Berwyn on a common problem and will continue to do so.”
The problems seem to be increasing in frequency. In the latest incident cited by Berwyn officials, on May 23, which was captured on Oak Park police body cameras, Oak Park officers observed an argument turn into a “violent fight between two female Mike’s Place patrons” outside the bar at 1:30 a.m.
Berwyn police say a man named Kevin Buford “falsely identified himself as the owner” and did not tell police that the fight was between customers of the bar. In fact, officials say, Buford directed police a block away to Roosevelt and Highland Avenue, despite the bar’s security guards being captured on Oak Park police body cams “actively involved in the disturbance as it starts in
front of the establishment.”
Just before closing time on March 28, 10 Mike’s Place security guards required assistance from numerous Oak Park and Berwyn officers to disperse a large crowd. A similar incident had occurred the week before
Three weeks later on April 19, police dispatch issued a call for all on duty police officers from Berwyn and Oak Park to respond to 75 people outside the bar at 2 a.m. blocking traffic on Roosevelt Road and refusing police orders to disperse.
The potentially lethal behavior of some Mike’s Place patrons is reflected in a January 18, 2026 incident in which police were called to the bar after a 911 caller said a woman threatened “I will shoot this place up” and said she had a gun.
The woman, a Stateville Prison corrections officer who lives in far south suburban Dolton, was arrested. She had punched the bar’s door man, and later allegedly displayed a handgun when the bouncer followed her to her car to take down the license plate. Police recovered a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun from the cup holder on her center console
After denying brandishing a gun, the woman then acknowledged she “put the pistol on her right hip but never displayed the firear m at the bouncer.”
She was charged with battery, but no weapons violation, although police say her FOID card was revoked on Jan. 20.
Mike’s
BILL DWYER
Michael Lapinard, owner
17th annual Juneteenth celebration
The village of Forest Park and the Park District of Forest Park held the 17th annual Juneteenth pool party the evening of June 13. Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins (bottom left) brought the celebration to the village in 2009 to introduce locals to the day honoring the end of slavery in the United States.
Jessica Mordacq
Joining Juneteenth to reparations
Danny Davis and Malcolm Crawford make the case
By DEBORAH BAYLISS Contributing Reporter
From an early age, U.S. Cong. Danny K. Davis encountered the same historical forces that Juneteenth invites the nation to remember and confront.
At 8 years old, in 1949, Davis began picking and chopping cotton in the sweltering fields of Parkdale, Arkansas, moving in step with his parents and neighbors dragging overstuffed burlap sacks down endless rows managing labor that carried the unmistakable echo of chattel slavery’s brutal le gacy
ed to the (U.S.) senate, (2004) he and I collaborated on a Juneteenth activity in 2005.
One year we had it on the House side and the next year we’d have on the Senate side.”
Davis also spoke of Ms. Opal Lee, the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” whose relentless determination helped turn June 19 into a federally recognized holiday.
At age 12, June 19, 1939, Lee’s family ’s home in Fort Worth, TX, was torched by a mob of white rioters, an act of ter ror that deepened a lifelong commitment to civil
onald Myers, Sr., M.D. yed a major role in helpke June 19 a national
“My parents were sharecroppers,” Davis said. “I grew up on a farm in rural Arkansas and typically, on June 19, people would only work a half day in the fields and then we’d have a great big wonderful dinner.” June 19 carried a meaning didn’t know.”
“Once I got to congress (1996) and by the time president (Barack) Obama was elect-
Credited with spearheading the modern-day Juneteenth movement and founding the original National Juneteenth Observance Foundation, Myers, according to those who she introduced her first Juneteenth reso-
MALCOLM CRAWFORD
REPARATIONS
Juneteenth connection
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lution in Cong ress to reco gnize the day’s historic significance.
Her introduction of annual resolutions in the House built momentum over time. The ef fort gained major acceleration in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd and the nationwide protests against racial injustice.
“Sen. John Cornyn being from Texas, introduced (legislation) in the Senate and Sheila introduced it the House and of course I co-sponsored it and gave her the option to lead in the House and we ended up getting it passed,” Davis said.
Now that Juneteenth observations are in full swing, the focus now leans toward re parations, with local groups, groups in Illinois and nationally, meeting and planning and also looking into filing class action lawsuits.
Juneteenth is not only a celebration of freedom but also a reminder of how long
exploitation persisted after emancipation and how the consequence of slavery, racism and the ensuing Jim Crow laws, shaped the economic, social, outcomes of Black American families.
“I’ve been supporting re paration as long as I could talk about it,” Davis said. “The first bill I signed on to when I first became a member of congress was HR40, (Commission to Study and Develop Re paration Proposals for African Americans Act), that Re p. John Conyers (D-MI) introduced (in 1989) before I got there. We never could get any kind of movement on it even though there was a time that Democrats were in charge or had the majority in the House.”
One thing he said he’s learned is that nobody gives power to someone else.
“It may seem dark and tough but we just have to keep the faith.”
In 1997, President Bill Clinton issued (Presidential Apolo gy and Study Request) a for mal apolo gy to survivors of the Tuskegee syphilis study and to African Americans, accompanied by a call for a national study on re parations for slavery and its le gacy
Malcolm Crawford, executive director of the Austin African American Business Networking Association -- an organization
with a mission to create business growth and advocate for emerging and existing business in the Austin neighborhood and the city of Chicago, spoke with the Austin Weekly News about re parations.
Crawford offered that continual requests for study after study are just stall tactics and that the federal government has no intention of paying re parations to descendants of the for merly enslaved.
“It’s like somebody slapping you and you want them to acknowledge that you’ve been slapped, doesn’t fix anything,” he said. “It’s about what will make you whole because of what they did. It’s not for them to say what they’ll do to make you whole, that’s for us to decide.”
Crawford serves on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Task Force for Re parations.
Created by Executive Order 2024 and launched on Juneteenth 2024, the task force is charged with guiding the city’s first comprehensive re parations study in what is described as a step toward acknowledging, addressing, and re pairing generations of harm endured by Black communities.
“On the mayor’s task force you’ re not just drilling down on what happened during slavery but it’s re pairing what happened in Chicago,” Crawford said.
For him, the focus is always economics and a plan, said Crawford who was part of Invest Southwest, the Retail Thrive Zones and holds responsibility for Soul City.
“We need access to our own economics,” Crawford added. “We make enough money in our own communities. We need guidelines put in place that only on the South and West Side will those dollars be distributed and they’ll be a criteria for businesses. We, (the people and businesses aligned with AAABNA) own about 50 percent of the businesses along Chicago Avenue.”
Black Americans just need a fair shot, he said, referencing Tulsa, Oklahoma prior to the 1921 massacre when Tulsa’s Greenwood District was a prosperous and vibrant community known as “Black Wall Street,” with thriving businesses, cultural institutions, and a strong sense of community.
“From the 1700’s, the 1800’s and til now, nothing has changed,” Crawford said of systemic racism. “We like to think that people are changing but social media proves that it hasn’t with all the “Karen” situations and Black people getting blown away (shot) or beaten by the police. The two lynchings in the South where a white man got two boys from the airport. This is everyday in America.”
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FIREFIGHTERS
Addressing burnout
from page 1
line items for the next year before commissioners approve the village’s legal spending limits. In addition to that meeting, in 2024 when Rachell Entler officially became village administrator, she started hosting budget meetings centered on long-ter m costs and how to pay for them.
At the village’s first budget meeting of the year on May 18, officials reviewed new for ms of revenue for the village. Ahead of the second budget meeting July 8, the Forest Park Fire Department continues to beg for the village to find new revenue sources for their overworked staf f with incredibly underfunded pensions
Myers also spoke during public comment at the first budget meeting of the year, when he said to commissioners, “This council is capable of bold action. I’m asking you to move fast on revenue solutions that matter now, not years from now.”
Myers added that in 2011, the Forest Park Fire Department responded to 2,953 calls. Last year, they responded to 4,742 calls with the same number of firefighters on staff.
“Nobody in this room intended to create a burnout crisis. Nobody intended for our firefighters to work unsustainable shifts or to watch good people leave for other departments, but here’s the thing about intent, it doesn’t answer a 3 a.m. call. The impact of decisions made over 20 years is real, and it’s happening right now,” Myers said at the budget meeting
He added, “Here’s what ke eps me up at night: It’s three in the morning, a paramedic’s been on shift since 7:45 yesterday morning, he’s been awake for nearly 20 hours, his ability to perform is compromised. Then a structure fire comes in, and we’re asking exhausted firefighters to save the lives when they haven’t had adequate rest. Your constituents deserve better. They deserve to know that when their worst day comes, we’re at our best, not running on empty.”
When firefighters aren’t rested, they’re more prone to injury, and that impacts the firefighters’ pension fund — which has a liability over $45 million and is less than 40% funded.
“On-duty injuries from exhaustion and stress aren’t just safety issues, they’re a financial crisis,” Myers said at the budget meeting. “Every disability claim for fatigue hits our pension fund. That’s a cost the village will carry for decades. We can prevent that now, or we can pay for it later when it’s much more expensive.”
With more calls than the Forest Park Fire Department can manage, the state’s Mutual Aid Box Alarm System makes it so that sur rounding villages can come to help with emergenc y services in Forest Park.
“They’re covering our gaps because we don’t have the capacity. That means their residents wait longer,” Myers said at the June 8 council meeting. He added that Forest Park firefighters respond to mutual aid calls in other municipalities too, of which they received 70 of in May.
“When we’re relying on outside resources to come in here and serve our community, it puts a strain on us to respond properly” he said, “but also it puts a strain on the person tha t called when they’re there having a medical emergency or, God forbid, their home is on fire and we’re out of town, or we don’t have the equipment or the manpower to serve and take care of our community.”
New revenue options
Maria Maxham, commissioner of Accounts and Finance who also oversees the fire department, asked the council at the June 8 meeting to take Myers’ pleas to heart.
“I think it’s really important to hear the words of the actual people who are in, and leaders in, our fire department because they’re telling us that they feel at-risk mentally and physically. They’re saying they’re wor ried about their ability to perform as well as possibly for themselves and for the residents,” Maxham said. “If we’re talking about finances, they’re saying, ‘Please find ways to help fix this.’”
Amid budget discussions about new revenue, Mayor Rory Hoskins has repeatedly mentioned that the village, starting next year, is estimated to receive over $1 million annually as reimbursement for emergency response services to the end of the CTA Blue Line and Green Line in Forest Park
“It’s sort of been touted a little bit as a golden solution that’s going to fix everything, and it’s not going to fix everything,” Maxham said of the reimbursement. “Even if all of that money goes back to the first responders, it’s still not going to fix all the things that need fixing, and that’s the equipment, more staffing, higher salaries so that we can recruit and retain people to work for our departments.”
Maxham said the village needs to implement multiple solutions and requested that Hoskins, who creates the agendas for the twice-monthly council meetings, schedule a discussion for the June 22 village council meeting to confer on what the village could do for restaurants if they established a places of eating tax to bring in new revenue.
Maxham is bringing discussion to re gular village council meetings after she told the Review that she thinks there should be at least one more budget meeting after next month’s.
“Two budget meetings are definitely enough to address the finances of a village ending another fiscal year millions of dollars in the hole in the general fund,” Maxham said sarcastically, “and with severely underfunded pensions. I am pushing for at least a third meeting, but responses from administration often take weeks.”
Underfunded and understa ed
Though the village has yet to total its deficit for the 2026 fiscal year, last year officials projected a $15 million deficit. The village has felt the burden of this deficit in its staffing.
At the village’s May 18 budget meeting, Finance Director Letitia Olmsted said village staff positions remain unfilled, so there’s a lot of overtime and comp time from staff taking on additional work.
At the same meeting, Village Administrator Rachell Entler said that for decades, whenever the village was “in a pinch,” it got rid of staff.
“I can certainly understand the need at this time, but as Director Olmstead stated earlier, the increased amount of work is now creating a workload to the staff that’s here that is not sustainable,” Entler said. “So we’re going to need to talk about, whether it’s reorganizing staff, determining who’s needed, what’s needed, how we can make things more efficient.”
At the June 8 village council meeting, commissioners unanimously approved the hiring of a full-time accounts receivable clerk to fill a vacancy created by a resignation this month.
According to the meeting agenda, “This position is necessary to address an identified staffing need, maintain efficient financial operations, and ensure timely billing, collection and revenue management functions.”
At the same meeting, a resident spoke during public comment to ask about unexplained and unexpected fees associated with her parking tickets — and how confusing it’s been to pay them.
She said on May 20, she owed $475 in parking fines, including an extra $50 for late payment. By June 4, she owed $900. She tried to contact the village through email and phone and was asked to call back.
“Every effort has been made to work through the proper channels,” the resident said. “I’m not here to cause any conflict. I’m here because I’m seeking clarity, and I believe these fines warrant a closer look. I’m asking that my account be reviewed, that the fees be explained in full, and that a fair and workable solution be offered.”
Correction
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
In the May 20 edition of the Review, a story titled “Village hires comms strategist after police incident” incorrectly associated the extension of the village’s agreement with Jasculca Ter man Strategic Communications to the administrative leave of Forest Park Police Department officer Daniel Miller.
According to Village Administrator Rachell Entler, Jasculca is the village’s communications strategy team and isn’t involved in the investigation of Lt. Miller. Miller remains on administrat ive leave with his normal rate of pay. We apologize for the error.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
CRIME Vacuum, soccer ball stolen
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
Just after 5 a.m. on June 9, Forest Park police were dispatched to help Oak Park police with a burglary that had just occurred in the 800 block of Maple in Oak Park. Forest Park police found a suspect matching the given description of the burglar near Elgin and Jackson. When police turned on their emergency lights, the pursued woman threw a vacuum and soccer ball she was carrying into bushes and started running. Police caught her and reported that she had a deep laceration on her wrist. Oak Park police took the woman into custody and transported her to Loyola Hospital. Forest Park police followed a blood trail to the 600 block of Elgin, where they found a shattered basement window at a residence. The resident wished to sign complaints against the woman, who police determined was a missing person suffering from a possible mental health crisis when she disappeared earlier this month. Police suggested that, because the woman required surgery and further medical and mental health care, the resident should delay criminal charges against her, since they could be filed later.
recycling service. According to the police report, she said she’s “experienced slight retaliatory episodes from residents in the past, including a previous unrelated dumping.”
Hit and run
Police were dispatched to the intersection of Madison and Des Plaines on June 9 for a hit and run. There, a woman said she was driving east on Madison when a Ford SUV hit her rear bumper, then the driver fled. Police confirmed the accident with video from a street camera and relocated to the Berwyn residence that the offending vehicle was registered to. Police reported that the man living at the Berwyn residence had a car with damage consistent with that involved in the accident. He was cited with leaving the scene of a property damage accident.
Aggravated DUI
Battery
Police responded to Rhythm & Blues Cafe on Madison Street just after midnight on June 5 for a battery that had just occurred inside the bar. The victim said he and another man, who he’d never met, got into a verbal dispute over social media, then the man punched him in the mouth before security removed him from the bar. According to police, the victim was bleeding from a cut on his lower lip and wished to sign complaints against the of fender. Police made contact with the offender, who they said appeared highly intoxicated and had a laceration covered in blood on his knuckles. He was placed in custody and charged with battery.
Garbage dumping
Police responded to a Dunlop Avenue residence on June 7 after Commissioner Michelle Melin-Rogovin reported that, on June 5, she returned home to find three large garbage bags of glass on her carport. She told police she thought the trash was likely from residents who are displeased about the village’s change in its waste disposal and
Police were dispatched to the 7600 block of Harrison on June 8 around 1 a.m. for three men fighting in the street. Police separated the men, one of whom said he was a passenger in a Hyundai when a Dodge hit the car on I-290, fled the scene, and got off the expressway at Des Plaines. The passenger in the Hyundai confronted the driver of the Dodge, opening the door and physically fighting with the driver. Police reported that the driver of the Dodge had bloodshot eyes and mumbled speech. They found a beer can in the Dodge and that the driver had a suspended license for DUI.
The passenger of the Hyundai was charged with battery, criminal trespass to a vehicle and theft from a motor vehicle, since he took the car keys from the Dodge. The Dodge driver was charged with driving under the influence, an aggravated DUI, operating an uninsured vehicle with suspended registration, having a suspended license, and having open alcohol.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated June 5 - 11 and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.
Making antiques cool again
Odds and ends with some a bit odder than others: It’s vintage now: There was an extended period of time back in the 1970s and into the ‘80s when both Forest Park and Oak Park had serious retail underperformance issues. This manifested itself in storefront after storefront being filled with fairly trashy antique stores/junk stores/self-storage units disguised as junk stores
A few of these shops were gems with git antique furniture and jewelry. Mostly though, they boasted chipped china and ostume necklaces
y, as the confidence level in these , real stores paying more rent d out the so-called antique stores. It was an age of invigorating retail entreand later restaurateurs, lining Madison Street in Forest Park. They also ell-heeled Oak Parkers wanted retail
in the world of Amazon, where actual retail is tough to come by and there are only so many fitness places to fill storefronts, Forest Park is seeing an uptick in antique shops coming back to Madison. But, says David King, the retail leasing agent who dominates in these parts, don’t call them “antique shops.” These are “vintage shops,” he says. And if you curate them correctly, King says younger folks love them.
West Sub needs a lift(s): The Jour nal got a tip late last week that Oak Park’s building department had totally shut down the West Suburban Medical Center campus in Oak Park. Not that there was much going on there after CEO Manoj Prasad shut down the inpatient and ER portions of the place in late March.
But there were still a few doctors and clinicians working in the medical office building. One was a dialysis provider. When Oak Park firefighters were called to carry multiple dialysis patients down five flights of stairs because the only working elevator at West Sub had gone out, the village shut it all down.
There have been lots of numbers floating around that define West Sub’s unraveling: Patient census, millions in unbilled services, the halving of the medical staff. But in an interview with Sean Lintow Sr., Oak Park’s top building official, he said the failed elevator meant there were no longer any functioning elevators on the campus. I asked him just how many elevators there were at West Sub. “Twenty-eight,” he said.
More than two dozen elevators, all of them busted
How do you suppose that small problem fits into Prasad’s plan to reopen West Sub either this month or next month?
Journal’s down a columnist: Congratulations to Vincent Gay on his appointment Monday to the District 97 school board. He narrowly lost the election the last time around. And his appointment to fill a vacancy is a smart move by the school board.
That said, the Journal has now lost a wonderfully bright and relatable voice from our ranks of opinion columnists. Thanks, Vincent, for a year’s worth of terrific columns
Do something!: Once again, the head of the union local for firefighters in Forest Park, Travis Myers, showed up at a council meeting and urged/cajoled/shamed the council to find some way to raise funds to ease the burden on overworked firefighters/paramedics. What will it take for this council to face up to its looming financial crisis?
OPINION
Gambling addicts recover at Wayback Inn
The bad news is that there has been a “dramatic increase in sports gambling addiction help-seeking since the landmark Murphy v. NCAA Supreme Court decision in 2018 paved the way for states to legalize sports betting.” (JAMA)
More bad news — According to the University of Maryland School of Medicine individuals diagnosed with gambling disorder have a suicide rate 5-10 times greater than the general population and spouses of the gamblers have suicide attempt rates three times higher than the general population.
HOLMES
The good news is that right across the Desplaines River at the cor ner of First Avenue and Oak Street, the Wayback Inn (WBI) offers a way for gambling addicts to find healing. The mission of WBI, as stated on their website, is “to rebuild lives affected by addiction in a very nurturing manner. Our clients live in a home environment and they are treated as a member of the family. They also include full clinical services most folks are familiar with.”
Silvester Bisaga, WBI’s Peer Support and Outreach coordinator, explained that the program at Wayback Inn lasts 3-4 months for most clients, in contrast to the 28-day detox program offered by many hospitals.
The reason for the long residential stay is to stop gambling in unhealthy ways and also to let go of what Bisaga calls an addictive lifestyle and adopt and integrate a healthier way of living.
“Clients in our program,” he said, “know they’re going to be here for a long time and that gives a different mindset. They begin realizing that this is not just something I need to make it through. If I’m going to do this, I actually need to really begin changing my life
“So when people begin establishing that sobriety [or release from obsessive gambling], they actually begin doing things like eating three meals a day, you know, and maybe actually going to a doctor
To that end, said Bisaga, the day at WBI is very structured.
7:00 - Get up, make the bed, tidy the room
Breakfast (self-serve)
8:00 - Off to work or job search
5:00 - Community meeting with devotions
Dinner Together with staff, clients and employees
6:00 – 12-step meeting and/or counseling
Regarding eating dinner together, Bisaga said that addicts tend to isolate and that the opposite of addiction is connections. Using his own experience as an example he said, “When gambling was in control of me
instead of the other way around, I didn’t want to be with anyone. I just wanted to be locked in my room and left to my own devices.”
Eating dinner together draws clients out of that isolation, as does working with a team to prepare dinner on a rotating basis
In our interview, Bisaga frequently used the word “surrender.”
“Growing up,” he recalled, “I was told never to be a quitter, never admit that you are defeated, to keep fighting. But when it comes to addiction, I had to wave a white flag and say ‘I’m not gonna win this battle.’ I need to give up and stop fighting this.” He says he is not a religious person but maintains that spirituality is part of surrendering. “There’s a conception of your own higher power,” he explained, “God according to your own understanding. I needed to find something greater than myself
At WBI, recovery is facilitated through a residential treatment program with two houses for 23 men in Maywood and a house in Oak Park with 10 beds for women. Bisaga explained that one reason people get hooked on gambling is that it can have much the same effect on the brain as cocaine does. The WBI website reported that the nonprofit was “started by two guys who were in recovery themselves. They got together in 1973 and said, we want to start a sober home
“Are You Really Winning? is the state of Illinois’ official problem gambling awareness campaign, created in partnership with the Way Back Inn. Gambling, especially sports betting, is the focus and of fers resources for help. It urges individuals to evaluate whether their betting is a harmless hobby, or if it is causing distress and financial har m.”
“If you are questioning your habits,” the ad says, “chasing losses, struggling to cut back, needing to gamble with more money to keep gambling exciting, feeling irritated or restless when trying to cut back on gambling, you are not alone, and free help is available.”
When I googled “Are You Really Winning,” I received a customized response, “You can get confidential, 24/7 support right in the Forest Park area through these official resources:
Call: Reach the statewide support line at 1-800-GAMBLER
Text: Send the message “ILGAMB” to 833234. Online: Visit the Illinois Department of Human Services for more resources.
Check out the fictional spiritual adventures of Pastor Walter Mitty @ https://tomholmes10.substack.com.
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A LOOK BACK IN TIME
News from Harlem, June 1897
The Harlem Post was a local weekly newspaper printed in German for the local German population. Its first edition was published on Sept. 12, 1895. The paper’s June 3, 1897 edition included the following news about a Special Meeting of the Harlem Village Board:
‘On Saturday evening, the village board held a special meeting to award contracts for laying water pipes and sewer lines in various streets of Harlem. E.A. Barker and W. Tobin were the lowest bidders for the sewer work. After both contractors had committed to using only Akron pipe and to providing satisfactory security, the board unanimously decided to entrust them with the work. The firm of Thatcher and Burke was awarded the contract for laying the water pipes under similar conditions. E.A. Barker will receive $4,500 for his work, Tobin $1,800 and Thatcher and Burke $4,100.”
I wonder how these prices compare to the water main re placement on Jackson Avenue currently underway. And L. Zimmerman, located at 34 Franklin Street with a “Stock of dry goods and notions larger than anywhere else in Harlem” advertised finely trimmed and extremely inexpensive summer hats as well as the arrival of spring fabrics with modern patterns, at prices as low as anywhere.
Translated by Uli Leib
An ad from Philipps General Passage and Travel Agency at Sherman House, 62 S. Clark St. in Chica go, promises low cost ship tick ets to and from Europe.
PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICES
VILLAGE OF FOREST PARK
NOTICE OF TAX INCREMENT
FINANCING REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT AREA INTERESTED PARTIES REGISTRY
Pursuant to section 5/11-74.4-4.2 of the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-4.1 et seq.) (the “Act”), the Village of Forest Park (the “Village”) is required to establish an Interested Parties Registry (“Registry”) for each Tax Increment Financing (“TIF”) Redevelopment Project Area created pursuant to the Act, whether existing as of the date of this notice or hereinafter established. The Village has adopted an Ordinance authorizing the establishment of such registries by the Village Clerk (“Clerk”) and adopting Registration Rules for such registries. The purpose of this notice is to inform Interested Parties of the Registries and Registration Rules and to invite Interested Parties to participate in the Registry of a Redevelopment Project Area(s) in Forest Park.
Any individual or organization interested in obtaining information pertaining to activities within a particular Redevelopment Project Area(s) is entitled to register in the appropriate Registry. Organizations include, but are not limited to, the following: businesses, business organizations, civic groups, not-for-profit corporations and community organizations.
An Interested Parties Registry has been or shall be created for the following proposed TIF Redevelopment Project Area: Franklin Avenue/Brown Street Redevelopment Project Area
An individual or organization seeking to register as an Interested Party with respect to the abovelisted Redevelopment Project Area must complete a registration form, available at the Office of the Village Clerk located at the Forest Park Village Hall, 517 Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois 60130. Completed forms may be returned by mail or in person to the Office of the Village Clerk.
Upon registration, Interested Parties will be entitled to receive all notices and documents required to be delivered under the Act and the Village’s Registration Rules with respect to the Redevelopment Project Area. The Clerk will provide written notice to the registrant confirming such registration. If the Clerk determines that a registrant’s registration form is incomplete or does not comply with the Registration rules adopted by the Village, the Clerk will give written notice to the registrant specifying the defects. The registrant will be entitled to correct any defects and resubmit a new Registration Form.
An Interested Party’s registration will remain effective for a period of three years. Rules for the renewal or amendment of an Interested Party’s registration are included
with the Registration Form that may be obtained as described herein.
Interested Parties will be sent the notices and other information to which they are entitled under the Act and the Village’s Registration Rules with respect to the applicable Redevelopment Project Area.
Registration forms can be picked up at the Office of the Village Clerk, 517 Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois 60130. Registration forms will not be mailed, emailed or faxed. For more information, please call the Office the Village Clerk at (708) 366-2323.
Dated: June 17, 2026
/s/ Carla Taylor Village Clerk Village of Forest Park
Published in Forest Park Review June 17, 2026
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION
Plaintiff,
-v.JACQUELINE DESHANA GILES, DEBRINA TARINA RANSON, RICKY R GILES, HELEN GILES, OSCAR GILES, NAPOLEON GILES, JR, CHERYL GILES, VICTOR GILES, RODNEY GILES, PATRICIA GILES, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF NAPOLEAN GILES, DECEASED, DAMON RITENHOUSE, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ESTATE OF NAPOLEON GILES, DECEASED, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS
Defendants 2022 CH 04195 1916 S 17TH AVE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 21, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 8, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1916 S 17TH AVE , MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-15-315023-0000
The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $179,796.99.
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 ac-
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
cepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.
The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition.
The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.
Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.
If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.
For information, contact CHAD LEWIS, ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ
SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325, ROSEMONT, IL, 60018 (561) 241-6901. Please refer to file number 22-022095. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION
One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE
You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.
CHAD LEWIS
ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ
SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC
6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325 ROSEMONT IL, 60018
561-241-6901
E-Mail: ILMAIL@RASLG.COM
Attorney File No. 22-022095
Attorney ARDC No. 6306439
Attorney Code. 65582
Case Number: 2022 CH 04195
TJSC#: 45-3024
NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
Case # 2022 CH 04195 I3288496
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FREDDIE MAC SEASONED CREDIT RISK TRANSFER TRUST, SERIES 2024-1 Plaintiff vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS OF TONY MORTON A/K/A TONY A. MORTON A/K/A TONY ANTHONY MORTON, JACQUELINE L. MORTON A/K/A JACQUELINE MORTON, AMERICAN FIRST C.U., TRUIST BANK SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO SUNTRUST BANK, JAMAL MORTON A/K/A JAMEL MORTON, JAZMIN MORTON, AMIR MOHABBAT AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant 25 CH 8659 CALENDAR 58 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 20, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-16-116-114-0000. Commonly known as 1024 PARK PLACE, 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, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Suite 201, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. 2501123
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 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
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
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
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - 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) 453-6960. 1496-222157 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3288287
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. 15-08-117-028-
0000
The real estate is improved with a single family residence.
Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.
If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 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
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCAF ACQUISITION TRUST
Plaintiff,
-v.-
M. C. WINBUSH JR., CALMIDY K. WINBUSH-SMITH
Defendants 2024CH03976
1305 S 7TH AVE
MAYWOOD, IL 60153
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 14, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 20, 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 1305 S 7TH AVE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-14-126002-0000
The real estate is improved with a single family residence.
Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.
The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition.
The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.
Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.
For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876
THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION
One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE
You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.
CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300
E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com
Attorney File No. 14-24-02108
Attorney ARDC No. 00468002
Attorney Code. 21762
Case Number: 2024CH03976
TJSC#: 46-954
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 # 2024CH03976 I3288979
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The Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest presents
From Oak Park to Shrubtown: A 35 year cartoon journey
Come join us as the Oak Park River Forest Historical Society presents cartoonist Marc Stopeck reflecting on 35 years of his iconic local cartoon, Shrubtown, in the Wednesday Journal. Stopeck will share cartoons spanning his career and discuss the recurring themes in his work, his creative process, and the role of satire in a community newspaper.
June 25, 2026 • 7pm
Oak Park River Forest Museum
129 Lake Street in Oak Park
Audience members are encouraged to bring copies of their favorite cartoons (if they still have them). You will also have the opportunity to ask Stopeck questions, offer up angry criticisms and demand explanations for cartoons that left you confused, baffled and/or offended. Find out
