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Federal mediator called in for D91 contract negotiations Unable to strike a deal by the end of the school year for the first time in at least 20 years

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

Contract negotiations between the Forest Park Teachers Association (FPTA) and District 91 have now stretched beyond the school year’s end for the first time in at least two decades.

After eight sessions and about 25 hours of negotiating, both sides have asked a federal mediator to intervene, also for the first time in at least 20 years. The teachers contract determines the salary increases and benefits for the approximately 87 members of the teacher’s union.

“If you feel strongly about the education that your children or future children will receive, or you want to make sure that your tax dollars are being spent to make sure that our staff is adequately compensated and we attract those high-quality professionals, communicate that to the district,” said Susan Bogdan, copresident of the teacher’s association and a fifth-grade teacher at Field-Stevenson Intermediate Elementary School. “I think the district needs to hear that.”

At the center of the debate is D91’s policy of keeping its education fund stocked with at least 12 months of financial reserves, teachers allege. The education fund pays for day-to-day expenses like district employSee TEACHER CONTRACT on page 10

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Aurelia Hill, 2, of Forest Park, builds a car out of Legos on June 17 in the children’s section at the Forest Park Public Library.

Controversy erupts over Forest Parker appointed judge Cara Smith appointed to replace Marianne Jackson in 7th Subcircuit

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

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Making changes, reducing stress, feeling reborn

Part II of my column from last week: ecoming emotionally born again required help from family and friends. My kids urged me for years to take better care of myself. Now I regularly undergo physicals and immediately address health issues.

At my most recent check-up, I received a good report and learned my minor ailments are directly caused by stress.

I made another change. After many years of skipping it, I resumed eating breakfast. I feel satisfied throughout the day, instead of “hangry.” I also changed my sleeping habits.

I’ve long been a late-sleeper who felt sluggish in the morning. Suddenly, I’m springing out of bed at 6 a.m., brimming with energy. I didn’t realize how exhausting it was to feel stressed out.

I received another piece of advice from a therapist friend of mine. He said we invest in certain behaviors, even if they’re not healthy. I was invested in feeling bad for not visiting friends. Now I drive to their homes and we hang out.

My wife gave me another important piece of advice: We can respond to stress, rather than react to it. I was raised to react, or

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over-react, to any adversity that came my way. Responding is a totally different way to face setbacks. Rather than yelling or slamming things, we can calmly respond.

Responding is especially important when people say hurtful things. Rather than immediately taking it to heart, we can evaluate. Is the criticism valid? Does the critic even know us well enough to make the judgment? Was it constructive, or just meant to hurt us? If someone is simply being hurtful, I call them out.

I no longer think the best of everyone, which is not realistic and leads to a lot of heartache.

We are primarily self-interested beings. It’s not a bad thing but a survival mechanism. Some take it into the realm of selfishness.

I’m no longer blindsided by selfish behavior or put-downs.

Criticism bounces off and praise sticks, completely the opposite of the old pattern.

This doesn’t keep people from trying to bring me down. It’s like being a recovering alcoholic but your buddies won’t stop texting you to join them at the bar. They can criticize me, but I laugh it off — or give it right back. The old ways don’t work on the new me.

JOHN RICE

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in certain behaviors, even if they’re not healthy.

I’m no longer reacting to unreasonable demands. I added a tiny but powerful word to my vocabulary. “No.” It’s so liberating to say no. It feels great to live a self-directed life, rather than putting everyone’s needs first.

I also switched from being “nice” to people to being “kind” to them. Nice is what got me in trouble in the first place. Being kind sometimes calls us to confront a loved one about their behavior. I recently read the riot act to a relative, who was destroying her health by watching TV all day.

She needs to be emotionally reborn. I know many people who are being reborn.

Most are in my age range. They finally realize they’re playing the back nine of life.

Some can even see the clubhouse. I know a young woman from Forest Park who left her high-paying corporate job because she was miserable. She’s starting a careercoaching company.

Forest Park is filled with businesses founded by entrepreneurs like her. They took control of their lives and are pursuing a passion rather than a paycheck. I’m also a small business owner and will no longer let my clients run my life.

So watch the Sox (or Cubs) on TV, or stare at your phone.

I’m going to live my life regardless.

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

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L O O K B A C K I N T I M E . . .

XXXX ‘THE BEST CITIZENS OF THE VILLAGE’

The Turneverin of Harlem was an 1897 German-American gymnastics club.

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the Turnverein movement, which started in Berlin in 1811, promoted health and vigor in men and was later used to prepare German youth to defend their country against Napoleonic France.

The village of Harlem (now known as Forest Park) had a large German immigrant population at the turn of the century, as did Chicago. By 1906 the Turneverin group met regularly at Gaden’s Hall at Madison Street and Desplaines Avenue and claimed to have “the best citizens of the village,” and “men of good character.”

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D91 defends handling of air-quality complaint Inspection ‘conclusive’ that middle school, Field-Stevenson air is clean

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

The Forest Park District 91 school board voted unanimously to end the contract of a health service coordinator a regular meeting on June 13, after the employee, Daniel Wilson, emailed every parent in the district alleging there was a growing mold and air-quality crisis at Field-Stevenson Intermediate Elementary School and Forest Park Middle School (FPMS).

Wilson, whose last day on the job will be June 19, said “there’s good and bad results” to sending out his 41-page mold manifesto and that he plans to head south, out of state, to look for another job at another school.

“There’s herbs you can smoke and have a really good benefit, and then there’s stuff you can touch and it will kill you.

So herbs are good and bad, just like molds are good and bad,” Wilson said. “According to the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], anything mold you can see, or something you can smell, is to be taken care of immediately.”

During the past two years, Wilson said staff members at Field-Stevenson and FPMS have experienced “anaphylaxis” and have complained about a peculiar odor at the middle school. Wilson said he tried to come up with a fragrancefree policy, thinking their allergic reactions “had to do with something in the air.”

He said he brought the policy up to Superintendent Louis Cavallo who “shot it down immediately,” telling him the idea would have to go through the school board.

“I was also told that if the staff member cannot handle the environment, they don’t need to work here,” Wilson said.

“That’s inexcusable to me.”

In March, Wilson, who suffers from exercise-induced asthma, then contacted the administration about what he believed was mold in ceiling tiles and a leaky pipe. He said “several” parents, teachers and administrators were also concerned about the presence of mold but were “too scared to bring this up to their own main office administrators, in fear for their jobs.”

He also contacted the Illinois State Board of Education, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), asking for experts to perform an in-person inspection at the schools.

Frustrated he was unable to get anyone to come out to the district, Wilson sent district parents an email titled “Forest Park Middle School: The Battle of Mold and Leaking Pipe” on June 10.

The document outlines his attempt to get D91 to replace a pipe, perform a professional mold inspection, and shows the results of a test he performed using a mold kit from Home Depot.

Wilson’s Home Depot mold test found two types of mold in the nurse’s office: Apergillus, a mold species commonly present in air that can cause asthma, and Chaetomium, a mold species commonly found on water-damaged buildings.

Dressed in a pair of nursing scrubs at the June 13 meeting, Wilson defended his attempts to try and schedule school building inspections and use the district database to email parents, saying, “Just being a nurse in a public setting, it is my job to take care of staff and students and nothing I did was outside of my realm.”

After corresponding with Wilson, federal investigators sent the district a letter on June 5 requiring it to investigate mold, the cracked pipe and the school’s air quality. The next day, D91 submitted to OSHA results of a test conducted on May 28 by the ECS Midwest environmental engineering

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MOLD MANIA: Daniel Wilson’s time at D91 ended June 19. firm. The test found no microbial growth, that the schools’ air quality met federal standards and that airborne fungal spores posed no risk to students and staff.

Wilson said he previously had submitted Freedom of Information requests to the district, asking for copies of any inspections performed. He said he never received any.

“Whether or not there’s mold, there needs to be something in place where staff can freely come and bring their ideas forward without fear of repercussion because, as they all told me, if I fought this I would lose my job, and here I am,” Wilson said.

During the June 13 board meeting, Cavallo outlined the district’s process for maintaining its buildings, saying every year investigators perform a life-safety inspection, where they walk through the buildings and point out everything that needs to be fixed.

This year, D91 also had its state-mandated 10-year life safety survey, where engineers, architects and construction managers surveyed all D91 buildings, looking for anything that could impact the safety of students.

Inspectors determined the district had five years to make an estimated $300,000 worth of repairs. At Field-Stevenson, they recommended minor repairs to the food services area, office and art rooms at a cost of $34,800. Repairs to FPMS’ receiving and delivery room, art and art storage rooms, and science storage rooms were estimated at $36,000. The board approved the repair work at a meeting in January.

“We were actually commended in all the buildings for the condition, overall cleanliness, etc.,” Cavallo said. “No red flags, no mold.”

Cavallo also noted that the schools’ air filters are changed every three months, outside units are cleaned once a year and that the district had always planned to replace the corroded pipe.

On May 28, the district also had ECS Midwest test the schools’ air quality and mold levels, and “the tests came back very conclusive that the air quality inside the building is much cleaner than it is outside,” Cavallo said. “There is literally mold everywhere … you’re breathing mold right now. But the level of mold, and whether or not it’s harmful mold, is what determines whether or not there is a problem.”

Cavallo said the district chose ECS Midwest, “just in case there is concern that we found somebody that is going to fudge things,” after a referral from its architect, Wight & Company. The district publicly posted ECS Midwest’s test results on the D91 website on June 10, in an effort to be as transparent as possible, Cavallo said.

“We are very sorry that a lot of people were alarmed for nothing, because there was no concern. There never was,” he said.

In regard to the smell at the middle school, Cavallo said there has been an “ongoing investigation” all year about what is causing the odor. At first, he said the district thought it was chemicals the district used when it waxed the floor over the summer, since the smell started then. Later, they thought it might be a waste pipe. Recently, a plumber went through the building and determined there was stagnant water. Cavallo said the district plans to flush the pipes this summer.

“Hopefully that will take care of it,” Cavallo said. “It’s been tough to track down what this smell is, but it is not harmful. Even the ECS engineer who came to do the testing said, ‘That’s not mold, it’s not harmful. Don’t worry, it’s just smelly.’”

School board member Eric Connor noted that “there aren’t too many molds that are actually harmful” and said he felt confident that ECS’ investigation was done thoroughly.

“You know, there’s a mold out there that has saved more lives than it has killed, and it’s penicillin. If you like cheese, you like mold,” Connor said. “So it sounds scary, but it generally isn’t.”

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Village hires collection agency New firm expected to address ticket, fine backlog that dates back to 2017

By ROBERT J. LIFKA Contributing Reporter

After operating without a debt collection agency for over a year, the Forest Park Village Council voted 5-0 June 10 to hire Municipal Collection Services Inc. (MCSI) of Palos Heights to collect fees from overdue traffic tickets and other outstanding fines.

In addition to overdue traffic tickets, MCSI will collect unpaid parking citations, vehicle sticker citations, past due utility billing accounts, ordinance violation fines and other miscellaneous debts.

Under terms of the three-year contract, MCSI will be paid a percentage of any overdue fines or fees that the firm collects.

MCSI was one of four firms considered by the village, according to Village Administrator Tim Gillian. Also considered were Armor Systems Corp., ICS Collection Service Inc. and Sonnenschein Financial Services.

Gillian explained that the village is already using MCSI for similar services in the police and building departments, which he called “a big plus” in making the decision, but noted that MCSI’s proposal also offered the lowest rates. For the police department, MCSI provides software for the vehicle

sticker and parking processes and, for the building department, for permits and general record-keeping, according to Gillian.

He also noted that MCSI previously provided debt collection services for Forest Park but the relationship between the firm and the village predates his tenure.

Mayor Rory Hoskins also cited MCSI’s “unique understanding of Forest Park’s systems” as a factor in making the decision.

“It’s important for a village like us to have a collection agency,” he explained. “We’re leaving money on the table.”

When asked if he could estimate how much money was being left on the table, Hoskins said, “It’s hard to say. Probably hundreds of thousands of dollars.”

Commissioners Ryan Nero thanked the Village Council and Gillian for “moving quickly” on the collection agency contract.

“I know it’s something that’s been discussed not only throughout the campaign process but certainly for the past year or so,” said Nero, who did not physically attend the meeting but participated by telephone.

“Let’s get started,” Commissioner Dan Novak said.

The village has not had a collection agency since early 2018, when it ended its relation-

ship with Genesis Business Group. The firm served as the village’s collection agency for at least five years.

Gillian said in January that the village had “parted ways” with Genesis Business Group because village officials “just didn’t feel they were giving us the service we needed.”

In February, Commissioner Joseph Byrnes estimated the village had traffic tickets from October 2017 that it has not collected on.

The matter came to light in January during a presentation by Crowe Horwath, the village’s auditors, to the Village Council.

According to the audit for fiscal year 2018, fine revenue was budgeted at $1,330,000 but actual revenue was $972,811.

Leticia Olmsted, village finance director, then cited the pending change to a new collection agency as a contributing factor to the fine shortfall. Fiscal year 2018 stretched from May 1, 2017 to April 30, 2018.

In addition, the village reportedly missed a second opportunity to collect fees from overdue traffic tickets.

When overdue traffic tickets are not collected, the village must alert the Illinois Comptroller’s Office in order to participate

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“We’re leaving money on the table.”

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in the comptroller’s Local Debt Recovery Program, which deducts unpaid municipal fines from state income tax refunds.

The village reportedly missed the deadline to report violators to the state for the last two years.

Gillian said the amounts collected varied annually but were in a range of between $100,000 and $200,000.

In addition to collecting fees from overdue traffic tickets and other overdue fines moving forward, Hoskins said MCSI also will address the backlog.

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Clark launches campaign with party

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CONGRESS: Clark is the founder of Suburban Unity Alliance.

Oak Park and River Forest High School teacher and community activist Anthony Clark formally launched his second bid for Congress with a kickoff party in Forest Park on June 15.

Clark had already informally announced his candidacy back in April, in a written statement and a video uploaded to his campaign website.

Clark, the founder of the nonprofit Suburban Unity Alliance, ran against Congressman Danny K. Davis for the 7th Congressional District seat in the Democratic primary on March 20, 2018. Davis, the 22-year incumbent, defeated Clark 74 to 26 percent.

Clark had the support of Brand New

Congress and Justice Democrats — two political organizations affiliated with Sen. Bernie Sanders. On June 17, Clark announced that Brand New Congress officially endorsed him again. He’s also received the endorsement of Cori Bush, whose unsuccessful campaign for a congressional seat in Missouri was featured in the Netflix documentary Knock Down the House.

Clark is one of at least two candidates thus far who have announced their intention to succeed Davis. Last month, Kina Collins, a gun violence prevention advocate who lives in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, announced that she would also run for the 7th Congressional seat.

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D209 board son hired as Village recycles nearly five tons of electronics head Proviso West coach During a regular meeting on June 11, the Proviso Township High Schools District 209 Board of Education voted 3-0 in favor of hiring Dwon Kelly to replace Anthony Longstreet as the Head Varsity Boys Basketball Coach at Proviso West High School.

Kelly, the son of longtime D209 board member Theresa Kelly, was an assistant coach under Longstreet. Citing her conflict of interest, Theresa Kelly abstained from voting.

Board President Ned Wagner, along with members Rodney Alexander and Della Patterson voted in favor of the hire while board members Sam Valtierrez and Amanda Grant abstained.

Board member Claudia Medina was absent.

During the public comment portion of the meeting, Longstreet spoke for three minutes about why he should continue in the head coaching position.

In addition, two former players and a fellow coach spoke favorably of him.

According to MaxPreps, the Panthers had an overall record of 4-21 during the 2018-19 season. They went 0-12 in conference play.

Longstreet was hired to coach at West in 2017. Before coaching at West, he was a coach at Crane and Manley. At Crane, Longstreet went 268-100 over the course of 13 years, according to the Chicago SunTimes.

Michael Romain

Almost five tons of small computers and other plastic-covered household mix electronics were collected during Forest Park’s annual electronics recycling and cleanup week last month.

The effort, initiated by former Commissioner Rachell Entler, was held from May 20 through 25.

“All in all, I would say the event was a huge success,” Village Administrator Tim Gillian said at the June 10 Village Council meeting.

“I’m not sure that an event this size and scale is offered anyplace else in the western suburbs.”

In addition to thanking Entler for starting the annual event, he also thanked the village public works crews for “making it happen.”

In addition to the plastic-covered household mix electronics, the effort recycled television sets, paint, batteries and light bulbs.

Gillian said 9,927 pounds of plastic-covered household mix electronics were collected, along with

1,150 pounds of television sets, three full recycling bins of batteries and two full bins of light bulbs.

He added that 757 gallons, 126 quarts and 22 five-gallon buckets of regular paint was collected, along with 118 gallons, 127 quarts,

two pails and 103 spray cans of oilbased paint.

In addition, miscellaneous trash picked up by public works crews from residents’ alleys and front yards filled 14 20-yard dumpsters.

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The Heritage gets shout-out

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The Chicago Sun-Times called out The Heritage on June 12, praising the Forest Park restaurant’s commitment to seasonal ingredients and ability to entice city dwellers to the suburbs.

The Heritage, which opened at 7403 Madison St. three years ago, changes its menu every 6-8 weeks.

As for dishes available right now, the newspaper recommended the Poached Duck Egg and Norwegian Trout Belly Crudo as appetizers; Heritage Roasted Chicken as a main; and Honey Pie as dessert. The honey is sourced from a

beehive maintained on the roof of the restaurant. “[The Heritage] caters to the people in our community with appreciation for food and atmosphere without having to drive all the way to the city,” Owner Mischa DeHart told the Sun-Times.

The restaurant sources its ingredients from a network of 60 farmers. Every month, one of the farmers visits The Heritage to participate in a Q&A session with diners during a five-course dinner.

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Diversity Commission to host Pride event Celebration in Constitution Court on June 22

By TOM HOLMES Contributing Reporter

According to the 2010 Census, Forest Park came in second in Illinois for the highest density of gay couples — 13.26 per 1,000. Oak Park recorded 15.70 per 1,000.

The Forest Park Diversity Commission will acknowledge that statistic and celebrate it by holding a Pride Event in the Constitution Court parking lot on Madison Street this Saturday, June 22 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. The village council voted unanimously on April 22 to support the event.

The celebration will include ice cream from the Brown Cow and free hot dogs from Joel Albright (Smokey Joel’s). The Lakeside Pride Theater Collective will perform, the Forest Park Public Library will offer a reading list of relevant titles, the Forest Park Historical Society will host a table with information on LGBTQ history in this village and community groups like OPALGA+ (Oak Park Area Lesbian and Gay Association) will be available for conversation and information. Other groups providing information at tables include the Howard Brown Center on Halsted, Lakeside Pride, Echo Theater Collective, Julieta Rodriguez (local artist), and Rush Oak Park Hospital.

The Diversity Commission hopes to educate attendees by posting 11x17 boards around Constitution Court with information on topics like History of the Pride Flag, Identity-Orientation-Behavior, History, and What Do All Those Letters Mean?

Cecilia Pina Boyd, the recently appointed chairperson of the Diversity Commission, said the objective in staging the event is “to educate and celebrate Pride Month in the community and make sure we are acknowledging it in Forest Park.” That fits with the mandate given to the commission when it was created three years ago and stated on its website: “The Diversity Commission will be a resource for experience and information on diversity issues and serve in an advisory capacity to the Mayor and Village Council.

They shall help to enrich the social and intellectual life of all residents through educational and social programs.”

Recognizing that June is Gay Pride Month, the commission was careful to calendar Forest Park’s Pride event on a day other than the day Chicago’s Pride Parade is scheduled, June 30. Boyd said, “I want for people to know about the Diversity Commission, that we care about Pride and that we are making efforts to provide a version of Pride in our community.”

Boyd added that the commission has decided to step out and host events without worrying about having every detail worked out perfectly.

“We are hoping to connect with the LGBT community through this celebration and see how they would like to do it in the future,”

she said. “We’re not taking a shot in the dark because we’ve had some good input and planning, but what we are going to do is learn. I feel like we have to take on that challenge. If the event doesn’t work out perfectly this year, we’ll learn from it. Hey, we’re going to bring Pride to Forest Park and we’ll figure it out.”

In the commission’s three-year run, members have not been afraid to try different things. They participated in the discussion over the welcoming resolution in 2017, hosted an event at the Community Center titled, “Guests or Family: When Diversity is Inclusive,” and worked with the library on hospitality to Muslim students.

One learning experience involved mem-

bers of the Diversity Commission approaching adult leaders of the local Boy Scout troop requesting their participation as volunteers. Unfortunately, Ned Wagner (troop committee chair) explained, the Boy Scouts won’t be able to participate in the Pride event because they’re “triple booked.”

One outreach to a local group that did work out is the commission’s invitation to OPALGA+. A Forest Park resident for 21 years, Roger Wilson is co-chair of the OPALGA+ board of directors, a group with a 30year history of advocacy for LGBTQ rights, which now “provides scholarships for graduating high school seniors and those already in college who are either themselves

on the LGBTQ+ spectrum, or in a family that is LGBTQ+, or are strong allies of their LGBTQ+ fellow students.”

Wilson said his organization’s current emphasis is on youth and gender, but he is also “very interested in making sure other minority groups — people of color, people with disabilities, anyone who is feeling marginalized — are made to feel welcome and supported in Forest Park.”

Although not able to have staff members present this year at the Pride event, the library has put together a list of books and films celebrating LGBTQ+ lives for kids, teens, and adults and will also be featuring displays within the library.

Low-cost vaccinations available to village cats, dogs Humane Society helps bring discounted vaccinations for Forest Park’s pets

By ROBERT J. LIFKA Contributing Reporter

The Millstein Vaccination Program will provide Forest Park dog and cat owners with low-cost vaccinations for their pets from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday June 29 at the Forest Park Fire Station, 517 Des Plaines Ave. The program is being offered to village residents through a partnership with the Hinsdale Humane Society and the Irving and Phyllis Millstein Foundation for Animal Welfare.

Village Administrator Tim Gillian said he and Tom Van Winkle, director of the Hinsdale Humane Society, worked together when Van Winkle was the director of the Animal Care League in Oak Park.

Gillian said Van Winkle approached him to offer a low-cost vaccination clinic in Forest Park when grant funding from the Millstein Foundation became available.

Van Winkle, who has been director at the Hinsdale Humane Society for two years, said his organization first partnered with the Millstein Foundation last year when the foundation helped the humane society open an in-house clinic in the organization’s new facility.

He said Millstein “helped us get the clinic going” when the new facility opened at 21 Salt Creek Lane in November.

“The long-term goal of Millstein is to provide vaccinations,” Van Winkle said. “They asked me if we wanted to partner with them. I reached out to Tim and we worked it out.”

A four-person team from the humane society will staff the clinic. In addition to a veterinarian, the team will include two technicians and an assistant.

In addition, Gillian said the village will have staff on hand at the clinic to sell dog park permits and pet tags.

Van Winkle said he is familiar with the concept of a low-cost vaccination clinic from his time at the Animal Care League, having provided similar clinics in Berwyn and Cicero.

“It’s a pretty quick process,” he said.

Gillian said he does not believe such a clinic has ever been offered in Forest Park.

Fire Chief Bob McDermott said the clinic will be offered on the upper apparatus bay floor of the fire station.

“We’ll just put the engines on the street for the day,” he said, noting that has been done before for such events as the annual pancake breakfast.

No appointments will be taken.

Pets and their owners will be assisted on a first come, first served basis.

Since the program is limited to Forest Park residents, each pet owner will need to provide a form of identification showing his or her Forest Park address.

Each cat must be in a carrier and each dog must be on a leash no longer than six-feet.

Dog vaccinations offered include DHPP (distemper, hepatitis, parainfluenza and parvovirus), $15; rabies, $10;

and Bordetella, $10. In addition, a heartworm test will be available for $5 and a six-month supply of heartworm preventative for $10.

Cat vaccinations offered include FVRCP (feline viral rhinotracheitis, calicivirus and panleukopenia), $20, and rabies, $10.

In addition to the vaccinations, pet owners can have a microchip implanted for $10.

As an animal-centered social philanthropy, the mission of the Millstein Foundation addresses the protection of vulnerable at-risk animals as well as the human-animal connection and bond. Described as avid animal lovers, Irving Millstein died in 1998 and his wife Phyllis in 2009.

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BIG WEEK Pride Celebration The Forest Park Diversity Commission will celebrate Pride month with an event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 22 in the Constitution Court parking lot on Madison Street.

Juneteenth, rescheduled Don’t miss the 11th annual Juneteenth party from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on June 22 at the Park District of Forest Park, 7501 Harrison St.

Progressive Storytime Children ages 5 and under can enjoy storytime on the go with the Forest Park Public Library on June 24. Meet at 10:30 a.m. at Counter Coffee, 7324 Madison St., for the first reading; head to Constitution Court, 7430 Madison St., for the second reading at 10:45 a.m.; stop for a lunch break at 11:15 a.m. at Subway, 7328 Madison St.; and then end at 12 p.m. at Twisted Cookie, 7401 Madison St. Registration required. Register online at fppl.org.

Great Chefs Recipe for Success Join the nonprofit 209 Together for a scholarship fundraiser for Proviso grads, from 7 to 10 p.m. on June 27 at Urban Pioneer Group, 7503 Madison St. A $65 ticket purchase includes snacks from The Heritage, Small Batch Barbecue, Mexican Republic, Zesty Catering, Big Guys Sausage and Azucar Rococo, plus wine and beer donated by Half Acre Brewery and Tenzing Wines and Spirits. A special pre-event with champagne and the Heritage chef doing an exclusive cooking demo costs $125. The event also features a silent auction and live music. Buy tickets online at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/great-chefsrecipes-for-success-tickets-62043387442

Ronald McDonald Mobile Clinic

Join the Forest Park Public Library for a vigorous Plalking session—or, pick up litter while walking—from 10 to 11 a.m. on June 22 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Sunday, June 23, 2 p.m., Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore: The Oak Park author will be reading and signing copies of her new book, This is Really War: The Incredible True Story of a Navy Nurse POW in the Occupied Philippines. 7419 Madison St., Forest Park.

Crosstown Cup Join other Forest Park Public Library fans for hot dogs, sports trivia and the Cubs vs. White Sox game, from 7 to 9 p.m. on June 19 at Urban Pioneer Group, 7503 Madison St. Registration required. Register online at the Forest Park Public Library site, fppl.org.

Playlot Storytime Series

The Ronald McDonald Mobile clinic will offer students free vaccinations and physical examinations from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 27 at the Park District of Forest Park, 7501 Harrison St. Students will be seen on a first come, first serve basis.

Join the Forest Park Public Library for a children’s storytime session from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on June 20 at Popelka Park, which is at the intersection of Thomas Avenue and Adams Street. Appropriate for children ages 5 and under.

Under the Story Tree

The Blue Gate Theater Join the Howard Mohr Community Center for a trip through the back roads of Shipshewana and Elkhart County in Indiana, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on June 26. Enjoy a culinary journey through Amish countryside, and head to The Blue Gate Theater for the musical, “A Simple Sanctuary.” End the day at Blue Gate’s buffet for dinner. Cost is $140 for residents and $144 for non-residents. Reservations required. Call the Howard Mohr Community Center at 708-7717737 to sign up.

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Movies in the Park Enjoy a free screening of “Sing!” at dusk, between 7:45 and 8:30 p.m. on, on June 28 at the Park District of Forest Park, 7501 Harrison St.

Still Waters Preschool Co-Op will read stories about trees and people from 3:30 to 5 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday at the community gardens, St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, 305 Circle Ave. All ages invited.

After Hours Ice Cream Tween Trivia and Social Games Enjoy free ice cream Tweens can play teamwork games, go on a scavenger hunt, test their trivia knowledge and more, from 6 to 8 p.m. on June 21 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.

at the St. John Lutheran Church Ice Cream Social, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. on June 22 at St. John Lutheran Church, 305 Circle Ave.

Interactive Movie Enjoy a sensory-friendly screening of “Mary Poppins Returns,” with partial lighting, lower sound, fidget toys and more, from 2 to 4 p.m. on June 23 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd. Appropriate for children of all ages.

Reading Awake Book Group Join fellow graphic novels lovers for a discussion of author Allison Bechdel’s “Fun Home” and author Tee Franklin’s “Bingo Love,” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on June 26 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Vaccination Program The Millstein Vaccination Program will provide Forest Park dog and cat owners with low-cost vaccinations for their pets from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday June 29 at the Forest Park Fire Station, 517 Des Plaines Ave.

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Forest Parker rocks national anthem at Sox park Mark Grzelak said Friday was his first time playing at the park solo

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

Mark Grzelak strummed the national anthem at Guaranteed Rate Field on June 14, rocking for a crowd of Chicago White Sox and New York Yankee fans at the park’s annual “Rock ’n’ Roll” night.

“It’s beyond awesome,” Grzelak said. “You stand on the field. When you play the anthem, everyone stands up, focusing on you, closing their eyes, putting their hand on their chest. You have to deliver. It’s our nation’s anthem; it’s a big deal.”

Grzelak, 51, of Forest Park, said he has played at Sox park several times before, with various bands, including during the World Series in 2005 when the Sox took home the championship. But Friday represented his first time playing at the park solo. Afterwards, he came back to Forest Park and played a solo acoustic set at Murphy’s.

Grzelak said he was connected to the Sox gig through a mutual friend in the Chicago rock ’n’ roll scene. He had to submit a video of himself playing the national anthem to be considered. When he found out about two weeks before

that he had been chosen to play the tune, he immediately felt anxious about hitting every note.

“The challenge is that I cannot miss a note because everybody knows it,” Grzelak said. “It is the national anthem; everyone knows the melody, even if you don’t know the words.

So for me, there ain’t going to be no faking it.”

Every day beforehand, he picked up his 1976 Les Paul Black Beauty “heirloom guitar that I got when my brother passed away” and strummed “The Star Spangled Banner” a few times. Grzelak said he focused on where his left hand was positioned on the guitar’s neck, reflected on what to do it he lost his place in the song and vowed to keep his rendition pretty traditional.

“I’m not going to go Eddie Van Halen on it,” Grzelak said.

Grzelak said he fell in love with rock ’n’ roll when he was about 9 years old, after he first heard the Boston song, “More Than A Feeling.” His brother had been taking guitar lessons at the time and Grzelak would pick up his brother’s guitar and strum a few notes when his brother wasn’t playing, gradually teaching himself to play.

“It’s not a story that other people don’t have; it’s just my story. I loved it,” he said. “I pick up it as a solace, a place to go

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Out-of-control driver hits car wash Police watched as a car sped down Madison Street at 12:46 a.m. on June 14. They attempted to curb the Chevrolet Cruz but the driver slammed into the southeast corner of Spotless Carwash, 7802 Madison St., “causing significant damage to the structure wall,” according to the police report.

The driver turned onto Forest Avenue in River Forest and then struck the curb, leaving the vehicle “irreparable.”

Officers approached the car, where driver Kiana Olivia Boyd, 24, of Oak Park, yelled that her mother had just died.

Police asked Boyd how much she drank that night, and she responded “two shots.” Inside the Chevrolet Cruz, officers spotted an empty tequila box and a solo cup containing alcohol. A name check revealed that Boyd’s driver’s license was suspended for driving under the influence (DUI).

She was transported to the police station, where she became belligerent, aggressive and erratic. She took off her wig and threw it on the floor and then reportedly stripped naked, yelling, “whatever you want to see.” After putting her clothes back on, Boyd told police she was going to “Facebook Live and show all her followers what we were doing to her.”

She then took her shirt off and attempted to choke herself with the item, spat and kicked officers, and yelled several obscenities, including, “When I kill myself, I will haunt you.”

She pulled violently on her wrist, which was handcuffed, attempting to hurt herself. She was given a paper coverall suit to wear, but tore a portion of her coveralls and attempted to choke herself with the paper. Officers handcuffed both wrists to a bench in the station’s detention cell.

Boyd was charged with aggravated DUI with a suspended license, aggravated battery to a police officer, aggravated attempt to flee and elude, as well as charges for leaving the scene of an accident, driving while license is suspended, operating an uninsured vehicle and speeding.

Crowded car includes gun Police observed several passengers crammed into the

back seat of a car that was heading west on the 7300 block of Madison Street at 1:09 a.m. on June 10.

Officers followed the Toyota Corolla as it sped along several streets, and they finally curbed the car on the 500 block of Harlem Avenue. Police smelled cannabis as they approached the vehicle, and saw four passengers crammed into the back of the Toyota’s three-person back seat. Passengers said they had smoked marijuana earlier in the car but there were no drugs or weapons in the vehicle.

They exited the Toyota and officers searched the car, revealing a destroyed cannabis blunt in the door. When Darryl Jovante Hill, 19, of Berkeley, exited the car, he held a leather satchel close to his chest. When police asked to see what was inside the satchel, Hill became argumentative and began to back away. Eventually he let officers search the satchel.

Police found a semi-automatic pistol inside the bag, which was revealed to have been stolen from a location in Chicago. Hill received felony charges for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by an individual under 21, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon without a firearm owners identification card.

Two of the passengers also received local ordinance citations for possession of marijuana.

Police uncover gun during traffic stop Police watched a car turn without using its signal about 7:10 p.m. on June 12 on the 600 block of Harlem Avenue.

Officers checked the vehicle information on the GMC and found its owner, Juan Gonzalez, 27, of Hillside, had been arrested several times before, including for unlawful use of a firearm and manufacture and delivery of cannabis. Police approached the GMC, which had parked in the middle of the alley that runs between Harlem and Desplaines avenues, and asked the driver what he was doing. Gonzalez said he

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HE’S GOT THE BEAT: Grzelak played at Sox Park during the World Series. when I am by myself. It has always been a good thing for me.”

Grzelak said he’s since toured 40 of the 50 states, opening for musicians like Smash Mouth, Dead Milkman and Dick Dale. When he started, he used to be shy about performing for crowds. Now, he said, he’s more self-assured.

“Thirty-five years of gigging around the country helps build up confidence,” Grzelak said. “You can be cocky and not confident, you can try to showboat, but confidence means you know your instrument and you feel at one with your instrument. That’s how I feel when I play guitar.”

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was picking up a friend and continued to talk to a woman on his cellphone. He was unable to provide an ID and handed police an expired insurance card, explaining that he was on probation for marijuana but did not have any in his possession. He denied having any guns in the vehicle.

Police searched the vehicle and found a handgun, six bags of cannabis and a gram of THC oil.

Gonzalez was transported to the Forest Park police station, where he told police he bought the gun for $200 about a week ago for protection because of “people getting shot everywhere.” He was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, as well as charges for possession of cannabis, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, failure to signal, illegal parking and unlawful possession of firearms and firearm ammunition.

Men push, rob woman Two men knocked a woman to the ground and stole her purse about 2:40 p.m. on June 11 at Walmart, 1300 Desplaines Ave. The woman, 63, told police she was exiting the store when two men came up to her, yelled, “I got you,” and yanked the handbag from her hand. They also pushed her to the ground.

The bag contained her wallet, four credit cards, and a phone charger.

Fire escape burglar lifts laptop, jewelry Between 9:44 and 10:30 a.m. on June 12, someone stole a laptop and antique rings and watches from an apartment on the 7500 block of Madison Street. A surveillance video showed a man climbing the building fire escape and, about 45 minutes later, coming back down the structure carrying several items. The victim said it was possible her balcony doors were left unlocked.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, June 10-16, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.

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TEACHER CONTRACT Salary increases from page 1

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ee salaries and benefits.

School board President Kyra Tyler and board member Mary Win Connor are representing the district in negotiations, along with the school district attorneys, Assistant Superintendent Ed Brophy and Superintendent Louis Cavallo.

In a statement, the D91 board said it “is committed to collaboratively negotiating with the FPTA to reach a fair and reasonable contract, and will continue to do so until an agreement is reached.”

Last fiscal year, the education fund ran a $9,000 deficit, although it still held more than $15.8 million in cash reserves, according to its 2018 audit. Two months after the end of that fiscal year, the D91 board updated its policy of keeping its education fund flush 12-months in advance.

At a board meeting on June 13, Brophy said D91 expected to end its fiscal year with 12.5 months of cash reserves in its education fund. As of May 31, the education fund held approximately $15.2 million in cash reserves.

“This is not a policy that is required by the state board; it’s not something that anyone is telling them that they need to do. It is a collective decision that they want to keep that reserve,” Bogdan said. “We all want to remain fiscally responsible. We are by no means asking them to deplete it -- to go from 12 months to zero -- because we understand the hard work that they have done for the village and the community to retain that fiscal responsibility. But we don’t believe that 12 months is necessary.”

Nicole White, co-president of the Forest Park Teachers Association and a fourthgrade teacher at Field-Stevenson, said the D91 policy was approved without the input of teachers. Teachers believe such a policy places a limit on what they can be paid.

“We couldn’t implement a union or association policy saying we have to get this much money and have that be upheld at the bargaining table,” White said.

White said that D91 and the teachers association have been negotiating the terms of their new contract since January. Both the D91 board of education and teachers union will have to approve the new agreement.

If the teachers union and district fail to

agree on a new cause we want to be contract before the able to capture that current agreement first choice.” expires on Aug. She said a “hand19, teachers will ful” of staff are not continue to work returning to D91 under the terms of this year because the old contract. they’ve found teachBogdan said that ing positions elseboth the district where that offer and teachers union higher pay.

KYRA TYLER MARY WIN CONNOR agree that a salary At the board of School Board President Board member increase is neceseducation meetsary but called disagreements over how ing on June 13, teacher Vanessa Reyes said much the increase should be a “sticking she left her position as an English language point.” She declined to specify exactly what learner instructor at Betsy Ross Elementaincrease the union is seeking. ry School this year because “the pay hasn’t After the last negotiating session on May been enough for me to pay my bills and live 28, the district and union jointly called the well.”

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Reyes said that, when she came to D91 for a mediator to assist with contract nego- seven years ago, she took a 50 percent pay tiations. cut from her former position at The mediator will help deChicago Public Schools (CPS). termine how to compare the “I believed that I could furdistrict to others in the state. ther my career and I could grow Teachers are comparing in the community I was living their salary to instructors in,” she said. with similar education levReyes said her D91 salary still els and are looking at state hasn’t caught up to what she averages for teacher pay. was making at CPS. In 2018, the average D91 “I’m very sorry to have to teacher salary was $62,000, leave,” Reyes said. “I’m movbelow the state average of ing to a community that’s close $65,700, according to the Illiby where I work, and where I nois School Report Card. can be compensated better for “More 70 percent of our my work, and I hope that’s not teachers have master’s dea trend that happens with the grees or higher and that’s teachers here, especially with very special for a district equity. I would like to see this this small,” White added. district grow and for me not to Not having a teachers be the only other [Latinx] percontract makes it tricky for son in the school.” administrators to fill open Reyes won D91’s 2016 Cryspositions in their buildings, tal Apple Award and offered since the district does not weekly adult ESL classes for SUSAN BOGDAN have an accurate salary and students’ family members.

Forest Park Teacher’s Association benefits package it can share In addition to helping to rewith applicants for the next tain staff members like Reyes, school year, Bogdan said.

White said offering a higher sal“What we’re hearing is aries would attract teachers cathat administrators go through the process pable of supporting D91’s educational goals. of interviewing several candidates, identify “If you have your first choice, you’re getthe first person that they think would be a ting the teacher that is the most well pregood fit and we’re hearing that often -- not pared, the most learned, the most able to every time -- but there are times when can- work with students of all needs to achieve didates will find out how much they’re mak- what our district is setting forth for scores,” ing and unfortunately turn us down because White said. “Those goals that we dove in our they can go somewhere else and make more strategic plan for test achievement are only money,” Bogdan said. “That’s one of the driv- going to be possible with a capable and taling forces behind our efforts with salary, be- ented faculty.”

“We understand the hard work that they have done for the village and the community to retain that fiscal responsibility. But we don’t believe that 12 months is necessary.”

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HELLO IN THERE: John Prine, award-winning songwriter, answered questions about his long music career on Thursday, June 6, during a private event at Val’s halla Records in the Oak Park Arts District.

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It’s no secret that Val’s Halla Records, 239 Harrison St. in the Arts District, has been struggling. Val Camiletti (1939-2018), the long-time proprietor, was one of Oak Park’s most beloved figures for over four decades.

For 46 years Val sold new and used records while sharing her warmth and wisdom about music ranging from ragtime to rock.

She died of cancer while in hospice care nearly a year ago.

Through the decades, while developing a large number of devoted customers, Val had also got to know many musicians, especially those with local roots. One who was especially significant was John Prine, a Proviso East graduate from Maywood. Val actually helped John choose his first pressings for his records.

Shayne Blakely, who spent half of his 38 years working at Val’s Halla, continues to manage the store. He pays the bills, builds relationships, and sells new and used vinyl, cassettes, and CD’s, ever hustling to keep the place afloat. John Prine contacted Shayne a while ago “out of the blue” and offered to appear at the record store, talk to folks’ interview-style, and then sign books and his new album. Prine, a long-time friend of Val’s, hoped an appearance might provide a boost to the store. He was in town from his home in Nashville to appear at Ravinia on Saturday night.

Folksinger/songwriter, two-time Grammy-winner Prine, now 72, has survived two kinds of cancer; his voice now has a slightly more gravely edge. But he’s more popular than ever.

When I arrived in Maywood in 1968 for my first year of teaching at his former high school, Proviso East, John was released from the Army. His family rented a house on 1st Ave., just south of the high school.

John was my mailman on 5th Avenue in Maywood before his musical career took off.

John is the third of four sons born to William and Verna Prine who were natives of western Kentucky. They came north so William could escape the drudgery of coal mining. I taught the youngest son, Billie Prine, in American Lit at Proviso. During the Viet

Nam War era Billie had a shirt made out of an American flag. When I was out with the flu once, Billie wore it to school and an overzealous, uber patriotic substitute tried to get him expelled. Billie now has a substantial musical career, too.

At Val’s Halla, John was quite funny and told many off-the-cuff stories about growing up in Maywood and his early days performing on the North Side. He was a central figure in the Chicago folk revival. I often went with friends to hear him at the Earl of Old Town, The Bulls, and The Quiet Knight.

John’s debut album appeared in 1971. I played it so much I wore it out. There were such great songs as “Illegal Smile,” “Sam Stone,” and “Hello in There.” The latter, about the loneliness of an old couple, is truly haunting. John is exceptional at articulating the thoughts of ordinary people.

I am always amazed that he could write so insightfully about the elderly while only in his early 20s. “Sam Stone” is about a heroinaddicted Viet Nam veteran with a Purple Heart. A poignant line from Sam’s little daughter: “There’s a hole in daddy’s arm where all the money goes…”

John Prine is one of the most influential songwriters of his generation. His first new album of original material in 13 years, “The Tree of Forgiveness,” was a hot item at Val’s Halla the other night. John never seemed to tire of signing copies or chatting with his fans.

Prine’s stories were fun. He talked of a “dirty magazine store” that was across the street from the library and post office in Maywood. He admits he was a terrible student. He also spoke of lately missing foods, like Chicago hot dogs, pizza, and Italian beef sandwiches. He still thinks “Johnnie’s” on North Ave. has the best of the latter.

His older brother Dave still lives in Maywood so John always enjoys touring the area when he gets back for a visit. When John was 14, Dave taught him some basic chords and got him “going” on the guitar. At first John seemed to be more interested in impressing girls than making a mark in music.

The future of Val’s Halla may still be insecure but the other night when her old pal John Prine was there, it was quite an occasion.

Forest Park Review, June 19, 2019

Your Water Quality Report Is Now Available Online Each year, Forest Park, Illinois provides its customers with an Annual Water Quality Report to let them know how our water quality stacks up against established federal and state drinking water standards. We encourage you to review this report as it provides details about the source and quality of the drinking water delivered to your community in 2018.

In an effort to be more environmentally responsible, we are no longer printing these reports, but have made them available online. Visit us on our website at http://www.forestpark.net/dfp/waterqualityreport2018.pdf to view the report. If you wish to have a paper copy, you can print one directly from our website. You can also receive a printed version by contacting Village Hall at 708-366-2323.

Attention landlords, businesses, schools and other groups: Please share this information with tenants, students and other water users at your location who are not billed customers of The Village of Forest Park.

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7th Subcircuit from page 1

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Park, as well as west suburbs like Forest Park, where Smith lives.

Jackson, who retired last year, was appointed to the bench in 2014 to replace Judge Anthony Burrell, who died that year.

On June 14, the group of African American leaders, most of whom are from the West Side, gathered outside of the downtown office of Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne M. Burke to demand that Burke rescind Smith’s appointment. Burke is the wife of indicted Ald. Ed Burke (14th), who for years headed up the Cook County Democratic Party’s Judicial Slating Committee.

In January, after Ald. Burke was charged with attempted extortion, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, the chair of the county Democratic Party, removed him from that post. Burke has pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Ald. Burke’s indictment didn’t stop ministers and other leaders gathered outside of his wife’s downtown office from attaching him to the current controversy over Smith’s appointment.

“To see [Jackson], this black woman from the West Side, put on a judicial robe was so inspiring and comforting,” said Rev. Ira Acree, the pastor of the Greater St. John Bible Church in Austin and a co-chairman of the Leaders Network, a faith-based social justice organization based on the West Side.

“We will not sit idly by and allow the Burkes to once again disrespect our community and stagnate progress in Chicago and hinder race relations like they have in a history of doing.”

Anne Burke is one of three Supreme Court justices representing Cook County. The justices take turns nominating people to subcircuit vacancies. When Jackson retired, the decision to nominate her replacement turned to Justice Burke, who announced in February that applications were open for the position.

According to a statement her office released on June 14, Justice Burke posted a vacancy notice on the Supreme Court’s website seeking applicants. Those applicants then submitted their applications to attorney Kevin Forde, the chairman of Burke’s Judicial Selection Committee.

The committee checked the candidates’ bar association evaluations and interviewed them before making a recommendation to Justice Burke, who also interviewed the qualified candidates.

“Once I make a selection, I nominate the qualified candidate to the full Supreme Court,” Burke explained in the statement. “Each member of the Supreme Court then submits a vote on the candidate.’

Burke said that Smith, who was found “qualified” by the Chicago Bar Association and “highly qualified” by the screening committee, garnered the vote of six Supreme Court Justices. Supreme Court Justice P. Scott Neville did not participate, Burke said.

According to Injustice Watch, Forde said

“The cultural experience you bring to the bench matters and determines the measure of justice we can expect.

We’ve seen in this town the incestuous relationship between the police and the justices on the bench.”

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that the committee had evaluated 12 applicants and interviewed five for the Jackson vacancy. He said that candidates — “a number” of whom were white — were evaluated based on their abilities and personal and professional histories, but he added that the selection committee is not “colorblind.”

The main evaluating criteria for the position was that nominees live in the 7th subcircuit, be attorneys in good standing and be licensed to practice law in Illinois. According to Injustice Watch, Forde acknowledged that the “the committee was ‘fully aware’ of Smith’s lack of recent courtroom experience.”

In her statement, Justice Burke called the appointment process “fair and open.”

Opponents of Smith’s appointment, however, said that her ascension to the bench flies in the face of why the subcircuit system was created in the first place. Formed in the early 1990s, the subcircuit system is the result of an attempt to ensure that African Americans have more representation in judgeships within Cook County.

“Our experience with Justice Burke is that she has been a fair woman normally, but in this case, I think all of us feel that these subcircuit positions were created for diversity,” said Rev. Marshall Hatch Sr., the pastor of the New Mt. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church in Garfield Park.

“The face of justice matters,” Hatch said.

“The cultural experience you bring to the bench matters and determines the measure of justice we can expect. We’ve seen in this town the incestuous relationship between the police and the justices on the bench.”

“As a judicial person who practices and has been in state and federal court, it matters who wears the robe,” said African American attorney Mable Taylor, a lifelong resident of the West Side. Taylor said that she didn’t apply for the subcircuit position, because she found out about the vacancy too late.

“We need diversity [on the bench], because we don’t want to see so many of our young, Black men locked up, when a person may be able to understand what goes on in the community,” she said.

“We are looking for diversity and someone who is among us to represent us,” said Ald. Jason Ervin (28th), the chair of the Democratic Party’s 7th District subcircuit committee. “To say that there are no qualified individuals on the West Side of Chicago to take this seat … is a false narrative.”

In her statement, Justice Burke seemed to indicate that Ervin’s frustration with Smith’s appointment may be related to the fact that his preferred candidate, attorney Pamela Reaves-Harris, did not get the post.

Reaves-Harris won the 10th District Illinois House seat in 2014, but decided against running for reelection two years later. She was succeeded by Ald. Ervin’s wife, Melissa Conyears-Ervin, who held the House seat until she was elected City Treasurer this year.

Justice Burke said that Ald. Ervin came to her office in October 2018 and “asked me to appoint Pamela Reaves-Harris to an upcoming 7th Subcircuit vacancy.” Burke said that she let Ervin know that Reaves-Harris “was welcome to apply,” but that she would need to be reviewed by the screening committee.

When she applied, however, Reaves-Harris was found “Not Recommended” for the subcircuit seat due to her “limited practice and court experience,” which “would make it difficult for her to effectively serve as a Circuit Court judge.”

At the June 14 press conference, Ervin put the spotlight on Smith’s apparent lack of courtroom experience.

“What is Cara Smith’s record? What has she done [other than work for Tom Dart and Lisa Madigan as policy advisor]? It’s our job to bring people we feel are qualified, not that they feel are qualified.”

Attorney Patrick Dankwa John, an African American Austin resident who also applied for the 7th Subcircuit seat, said that he was found “qualified” by the Chicago Bar Association “and by most of the other ones,” but that he didn’t get a “call or an interview and I’ve been practicing law for 21 years.” Dankwa John added that Judge Jackson married him and his wife in 2014.

“I found out on the news that Smith was appointed,” John said, adding that he’s poised to become the first Black, Christian president of the Jewish Bar next year. “How qualified do we have to be? There’s always a plus-one with us.”

Smith’s term was scheduled to begin on June 17 and ends next year. The activists and ministers at the June 14 press conference vowed to run a candidate against her in the 2020 election.

In a recent blog post about the Smith appointment, longtime Cook County attorney Jack Lehayne wrote that Springfield lawmakers could also jump into the conversation.

“Demographics have shifted in many parts of the county since 1990, including, in particular, in the 7th Subcircuit. But the subcircuit boundaries have remained unchanged since the subcircuit system was put in place,” Leyhane wrote. “These population shifts spurred the Illinois General Assembly, just this month, to pass HB 2625, requiring that the subcircuit boundary lines be redrawn after the 2020 census.”

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OPINION O U R

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A plan for Altenheim

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emolition is a good start to a necessary reimagining of the village government-owned property at the Altenheim. So it is good news that, as one small component of the state of Illinois finally snapping into focus and adopting both a budget and an infrastructure plan, Forest Park will receive funds to demolish the four derelict buildings remaining on the property.

Like others, we’re disappointed that the old chapel will be among the buildings razed. It has both historical and architectural virtue. But the ravages of weather and time have made the building unreclaimable, and like the others, is an active threat to safety.

Good work by state Senator Kimberly Lightford, state Rep. Chris Welch, and Mayor Rory Hoskins in bringing home these funds. Truth is that after a long and purposeless drought in state funding, there is now money falling from the sky. Glad Forest Park got this share. Earlier efforts by the village to find other funding sources for the demolition were doomed to fail in a gridlocked political era.

Hoskins said he hopes to see demolition take place this fall with those sites converted to grass as an interim step.

Here’s the real issue now. What will Hoskins and the new village council do next to make a genuine plan for the future use of this valued open space? The village has now owned these 11 acres for 18 years and has nearly paid off the money borrowed to make this visionary purchase.

Earlier development plans — a new YMCA, a private high school athletic facility — came and went. A citizendriven music and cultural park concept remains an option. But village government sputtered in its effort to drive a planning process. We want to see this new administration make headway, and fast, on evaluating options for this site and crafting both a timeline and a funding mechanism to make something wonderful happen here.

Demolition is good. Creating what comes next is really the point though.

A mold contretemps

After a whirlwind of charges and intense social media response to those charges, here’s what we know and believe about the issue of mold at Field-Stevenson elementary and Forest Park middle school. District 91 did an adequate job of responding to internal allegations by a district nurse that there was a mold issue in the school.

Bringing in outside testing firms to monitor both mold and air quality, the district promised parents and the community that the building is within federal standards.

We’re satisfied.

An unrelated odor problem in the middle school is still to be addressed. The district will work this summer to assess and repair a possibly corroded pipe that may be the source of an offensive odor.

Our experience in covering this district is that it actively invests in its infrastructure. We expect that the odor issue will be resolved by fall.

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Schauer’s Hardware matriarch dies

By CARMEN C. RIVERA Contributing Reporter

As quietly as she oversaw the day-to-day operations at the hardware and Hallmark stores, longtime owner, bookkeeper and matriarch Sandra “Sandy” Lynn Schauer passed away on June 10 due to complications from a stroke at the age of 76.

“People said they would try not to break things when they found out why we closed this past week,” her son Richard said. “But, thankfully stuff still breaks, so here we are.”

Schauer held a degree in teaching but only worked in the profession for about a year. When her husband, Wayne and his younger son, Richard, decided to move the family hardware store to Forest Park, Schauer assumed the role of secretary and bookkeeper.

The family acquired the Schauer Hallmark store building several years after opening the hardware store, as a way to give the hardware store more workspace in the basement. Their eldest son Scott moved over to manage the Hallmark store. He said that his mother was responsible for all the merchandising at Hallmark and worked directly with the corporate offices at Hallmark about what she thought was unfair pricing.

“Sandy ordered ornaments, did the merchandising and kept a watch on what was popular,” he said, adding that Schauer completed all the bookkeeping by hand.

“She knew all the in’s and out’s of the business, except the technology, she did not like technology,” Scott said, adding: “Every day she wrote her notes about what was here. That was her system, it was her way and it worked.”

Her younger son Richard said that, until her passing, she would process time cards and staff Photo provided by Olivia Schauer payroll every week the old school way.

HARDWARE PAIR: Sandy Schauer with her granddaughter “I tried to shove the newest technology at her but she wasn’t having it,” Richard said.

Olivia Schauer.

Wayne and his sons took charge of the day-today operations at the stores while their mother wanted.” stayed behind the scenes, which they said is where she They said Schauer was always there to listen and help liked it. They said she could walk through the store and other small business owners, offering her honest opinno one really knew who she was but that she was chari- ion, even if it what was not what clients wanted to hear. table and kept the family grounded.

They said they will do their best to keep things running “Sandy insisted that the popcorn machine popped ev- the way she did. ery weekend because it helps the food pantry in town, “You couldn’t fill my father’s shoes when he passed, so those traditions will continue,” Richard said. “It was he was larger than life and Sandy was the heart and one of the little things she made sure stayed in place soul of these businesses,” Richard said. “So now, we just and it will continue to stay in place.” want to combine the two to keep moving. We will suck it No matter how dedicated Schauer was to the stores, up and keep going. We will find a way to get it done. We her great love was spending time with her family, es- are here fix things and we will keep fixing them, so we pecially her granddaughter, Livi. After her husband’s will keep going. Ultimately, it’s all about the family. You death in June 2011, Schauer threw herself into work and want to be a business but you can’t lose touch of how spending time with Livi, cooking, taking her places and you got here.” hanging out at the store.

Over the last 60 plus years of being in the business, Sandy also loved Forest Park. She would attend events the Schauer sons can’t recall the stores closing a day and helped create the annual Schauer Hardware’s La- other than when their father and mother died. Richard dies Night Out. She was always welcoming to those who said a pile of papers has stacked high on his mother’s knew who she was. empty desk.

“She was the backbone to both businesses,” Scott “I find myself numb, putting up a front to get things said. “She was well liked in the community of aging done,” he said. “So every day, I will tackle a little bit at a population. The new, younger generation didn’t know time to get it done as she would have done. It’s all I can her as well. They know Richard but that’s what Sandy do.”

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O B I T U A R I E S

Shirley Jacobitz, 95 Forest Park resident Shirley J. Jacobitz, 95, a longtime Forest Park resident, died on May 31, 2019.

Born on July 9, 1923, she was an active participant at the Forest Park Community Center for Seniors and a faithful member of St. John Lutheran Church.

Shirley was the mother of Nancy (late Steve Gehrke) and Jim (Catherine); the grandmother of Jeff, John, Scott and Amanda, Michelle and Jillian; and the great-grandmother of six. Interment was private.

ther, Bruce Paugh.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, June 19, from 3 until 8 p.m. with a service at 8 at the Beidelman-Kunsch Funeral Homes & Crematory, 516 S. Washington St. in Naperville. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials in his name be made to the Salvation Army, 5040 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago, 60630. Additional information is available at 630-355-0264 or www.beidelmankunschfh.com.

Bruce Paugh, 48 Former Forest Parker Bruce Roy Paugh, 48, of Naperville, formerly of Forest Park, died on June 16, 2019. A 1988 graduate of Nazareth Academy in La Grange, he worked for 30 years at Flexco in Downers Grove.

Bruce is survived by his wife, Heather Paugh (nee Brennan); his son, Brandon; his mother, Dixie, who still resides in Forest Park; his brother, David (Annette) Pardun; and his many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his fa-

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RELIGION GUIDE Presbyterian

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

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United Lutheran Church

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

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West Suburban Temple Har Zion

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

Interfaith families are welcome.

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

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

744 Fair Oaks Ave. Oak Park 386-4920

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

Roman Catholic

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Grace Lutheran Church

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

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

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Grace Lutheran School

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

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

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

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

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

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

Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor

Roman Catholic

St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

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

Roman Catholic

St. Edmund Catholic Church

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

Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.

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

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

St. Giles Family Mass Community

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

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

Our Mass is family-friendly.

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

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

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

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

Jun19 New Church Day Swedenborgian Christian 20 Corpus Christi Catholic Christian 21 Solstice Litha Yule Wicca/Pagan 22 First Nations Day Canadian Native People 23 All Saints Orthodox Christian

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Reserve your own affordable 2 or 3 BR condo unit of 1000+ sq ft of living space being built on this historic site. You’ll benefit from a unique 12 year tax freeze and lower monthly living expenses from energy saving systems/appliances, and you can help design your own individual unit.

Plans also include building 5 new townhomes onsite. For details Call 708-383-9223.

SUBURBAN RENTALS 2 BED APT W/OFFICE $1285 Spacious 2 bed w/office/den in the No. Oak Park Area, Like having your own tree house, 2nd fl surrounded with pine trees sunshine and a park view. Great layout, spacious with your own entrance. New Metra Station is a “stone’s throw away”, great for commuters. The building is immaculate, well kept and beautifully landscaped. Area has great shopping and restaurants. Inc: heat, hot water, fr. parking, dishwasher, new aircond, new paint, gorgeous hrdwd flrs.

Avail: July 2019-$1285.00 month 708-215-1555 FOREST PARK 1BR Newly remodeled,spacious top floor of 3-flat 1 BR 1BA apartment with parking. $1000 per month.

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CITY RENTALS AUSTIN VILLAGE 5937 W MIDWAY PKWY Clean 1BR apt, 1/2 blk from OP Green Line & shops. 3rd flr. $785/ mo. Heat not included.

708-383-9223 REMODELED 2BR & 3BR Beautifully remodeled 2 & 3 bdrm apts in quiet, clean & maintained bldgs. 933 N. Leamington St., & 5256 W. Fulton: $825-$1200 (Sect 8 welcome!). Apts. incld hrdwod, ceramic & new carpet. On-site laundry appliances incld. Credit/bkgrnd ck req’d. Call 708-307-8178 for a private showing.

ROOMS FOR RENT AUSTIN CLEAN ROOM With fridge, micro.

Nr Oak Park, Super Walmart, Food 4 Less, bus, & Metra. $116/wk and up.

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CHURCH SPACE CHURCH IN MAYWOOD HAS SPACE AVAILABLE First Congregational Church of Maywood. Corner of 5th and Erie.

Our current space share friends, Rose of Sharon Church, have found a new and permanent home. The Worship space they have used for the past 18 months, in the lower level of our church, will be available beginning mid July. Large, multi use space with kitchen use available.

Please send email inquiries to pastorelliot52@gmail.com.

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Call 773-774-1791 evenings 6pm to 8pm.

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT THERAPY OFFICES FOR RENT Therapy offices for rent in north Oak Park. Rehabbed building. Nicely furnished. Flexible leasing. Free parking; Free wifi; Secure building; Friendly colleagues providing referrals. Shared Waiting room; optional Conference room. Call or email with questions. Shown on Sundays.

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MULTI-FAMILY SALE 8 PLEASANT STREET SAT 6/22 7AM TO 1PM

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MULTI-FAMILY BLOCK SALE 500 BLK S SCOVILLE SAT 6/22 9AM TO 2PM

NEW kitchen/bathroom home goods. Ton of kids items: clothes (3mos–teenage), toys (indoor/ outdoor), books, games, sand-table, slide. Tools, women clothing, jewelry, home decor, housewares.

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WANTED TO BUY WANTED MILITARY ITEMS: Helmets, medals, patches, uniforms, weapons, flags, photos, paperwork, Also toy soldiers-lead plastic-other misc. toys.

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD Notice is hereby given by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Brookfield, Illinois that bid proposals will be received for the following projects: 2019 SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT This project includes the installation of approximately 11,000 square feet of sidewalk at various locations throughout the village.

Sealed bids will be received by mail or other delivery up to the hour of 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 in the Office of the Village Manager, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513, and will be publicly opened and read at that time. Bids delivered in person will be accepted weekdays between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM only.

Bidding documents are available at the office of Edwin Hancock Engineering Co., 9933 Roosevelt Road, Westchester, Illinois 60154, upon payment of a non-refundable charge of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) per set of bidding documents. No bidding documents will be issued after 4:30 P.M. on Friday, June 28, 2019.

All bid proposals offered must be accompanied by a bid bond in an amount not be less than Five Percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid or a cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s check or certified check, made payable to the Order of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Brookfield and in an amount not less than Five Percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid, as a guarantee that if the bid proposal is accepted, a contract will be entered into and the performance of the contract properly secured. No bid proposal shall be considered unless accompanied by such bid bond or check.

All bidders must provide proof that they are prequalified with the Illinois Department of Transportation to perform at least 50% of the value of the work before being issued bidding documents.

Any bidder in doubt as to the true meaning of any part of the bidding documents may request an interpretation thereof from the Village. The bidder requesting the interpretation shall be responsible for its prompt delivery.

The Contractor and Subcontractor shall comply with all regulations issued pursuant to Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130), and other applicable Federal Laws and regulations pertaining to labor standards.

The Village of Brookfield reserves the rights to determine the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder, to waive irregularities, and to reject any or all bid proposals.

BY ORDER THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD, ILLINOIS Published in RB Landmark 6/19/2019

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Village of Oak Park Draft Program Year (PY) 2019 Action Plan is available for public review & comment during business hours Monday-Friday, effective June 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 19, 2019 at the Oak Park Village Hall, Development Customer Services Department; at both public library branches in Oak Park; and on the Village Grants webpage. Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and non-English speaking persons as needed.

Comprising year 5 of the Village PY 2015-19 Consolidated Plan for Housing & Community Development (Con Plan), the Draft PY 2019 Action Plan contains goals and objectives for implementing the Villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Con Plan, as well as a description of proposed projects to be undertaken in PY 2019 as part of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) & Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Programs for the period October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020. An open-house Public Hearing on the Draft PY 2019 Action Plan will be held from 3-5 p.m. on July 19, 2019 in Room 215 of Village Hall, 123 Madison St, Oak Park. Attendees can arrive at any time within this 2-hour period.

Any comments concerning the Draft PY 2019 Action Plan can be submitted in writing and by phone

by July 19, 2019 to Mark Dwyer, Grants Supervisor, 123 Madison St, Oak Park, Illinois 60302 at 708.358.5416.

Published in Wednesday Journal 6/19/2019

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,â&#x20AC;? as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y19001535 on June 12, 2019. Under the Assumed Business Name of CIRCLE F PROPERTIES with the business located at: 922 S. GROVE, OAK PARK, IL 60304. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: JAMES LUKE FLANAGAN 3020 WOODCREEK DR. SUITE C1 DOWNERS GROVE, IL 60515, TIMOTHY SEAN FLANAGAN 1408 ELGIN FOREST PARK, IL 60130.

PUBLIC NOTICES Public Notice For any person who was a student at Oak Park and River Forest High School and had an expulsion or discipline hearing between 2003 thru 2008, you will have 25 days to contact Deloris Collins at dacollins@ oprfhs.org to request your records.

On July 15, 2019 student expulsion and discipline hearing records will be destroyed.

Deloris Collins Administrative Assistant Office of the Principal Published in Wednesday Journal 6/12, 6/19/2019

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF NORTH RIVERSIDE NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE PROPOSED APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AND OF HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING THEREIN Notice is hereby given that copies of the Proposed Appropriation for the Village of North Riverside for the Fiscal Year commencing May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2020 are available for public inspection during normal business hours at the Village Commons, 2401 South DesPlaines Avenue, North Riverside, Illinois or on the Villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at: www.northriverside-il.org.

Notice is hereby given that a Public Appropriation Hearing shall be held by the Mayor and the Board of Trustees for the Village of North Riverside: Date: Monday, July 1, 2019 Time: 6:00 PM Place: Village Commons 2401 South DesPlaines Avenue North Riverside, Illinois All interested persons may attend the meeting and shall have the right to present oral and written comments and suggestions regarding the proposed appropriation. After the public hearing and before final action is taken on the proposed annual appropriation ordinance, the Mayor and Board of Trustees may revise, alter, increase, or decrease any line item contained in the proposed annual appropriation ordinance.

Final action on the proposed annual appropriation ordinance will occur on July 15, 2019.

KATHY RANIERI VILLAGE CLERK NORTH RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS Published in RB Landmark 6/19/2019

Published in Wednesday Journal 6/19, 6/26, 7/3/2019

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION; Plaintiff, vs.

DEENA I. RAWLINGS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; HARVARD PLACE TOWNHOMES ASSOCIATION INC.; Defendants, 18 CH 13846 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, July 22, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-13-309-029-0000.

Commonly known as 7718 Harvard Street, Forest Park, IL 60130.

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

spection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 18-032447 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3123293

2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 30, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 341 S. HUMPHREY AVE., UNIT #1N, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-316-0301013.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

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

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

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

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

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(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. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-11497.

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. 14-18-11497 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 13242 TJSC#: 39-1858 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO HOME EQUITY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES 2005-2 TRUST, HOME EQUITY ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-2 Plaintiff, -v.ANGELICA LOVAAS, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., HUMPHREYWASHINGTON CONDOMINIUMS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ANDREW G LOVAAS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, JULIE FOX, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ANDREW G. LOVAAS (DECEASED) Defendants 2018 CH 13242 341 S. HUMPHREY AVE., UNIT #1N OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 20,

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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.

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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: 1-800-6699777.

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121 ELGIN AVENUE

317 ELGIN

This home has abounding charm throughout. Immediately when you step into the enclosed porch you can feel the summertime possibilities of open windows and enjoying the evening looking out onto the tree lined street. Once inside you will find 100 year old oak flooring unfolding from room to room. Starting in the office, living room, large dining room, and 1st floor bedroom you make your way to the back of the house and into the huge, open, eat in kitchen, complete with new appliances, plus granite counter tops, white carrera marble back splash, and w/i pantry. A bonus, off of the kitchen is the sunlight drenched laundry room complete with front loaders. Heading upstairs with the sun from the skylight over head, you find two bedrooms and the master bedroom, which has a very nice walk in closet and en suite. The fully finished basement with its exposed beam ceiling is one of the highlights of the home, including a fully integrated wet bar! Two car garage and gorgeous yard.

Ideal FP local! ........................................................................................ $495,000

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

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

D L O S

1338 MARENGO

9346 LANDINGS LN

631 MARENGO

Bright two bed two bath on 4th. fl. with balcony in gated community w 24 hr. security guard. Ceramic tile fl. in kit and dinette.

Complex offers outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts and clubhouse. Elevator building w/inside heated garage. coin laundry on 1st.fl. In Des Plaines, close to shopping, schools and highway ........................................................................................ $149,900

Choose your home adventure with this move in ready American four square style home in the heart of Forest Park! The traditional layout will work for many living situations and provides an ideal space to raise a growing family, host an Airbnb or allow extended family to spend the night.Walk in and see the attention to detail for yourself featuring top quality finishes and unbeatable walkability to downtown Forest Park and Oak Park. Every single detail is done from the new Pella windows to the 4 enormous bedrooms, this place is move-in-ready! The spacious eat in kitchen has 42" cabinets, granite counter tops, beautiful ss appliances and ample counter space. Walk up the extra wide staircase to a perfectly designed suite of bedrooms. The master bedroom retreat has sound proof windows, a huge walk in closet and relaxing rain shower for a spa like experience.2nd floor laundry, a 1st floor bonus room and a waterproof basement provide all of the extra amenities needed to call 631 home. ....................................................................................................................................................$499,000

DER T N U RAC T N O C

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

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Forest Park Review, June 19, 2019

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