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Village o cials and the Altenheim communi gather for unveilin

By EMMA BRADFORD Intern Reporter

To mark 140 years of the Altenheim building dedication, staf f, residents and members of the Altenheim community were joined by Forest Park officials on Thursday for the unveiling of the ne honorary “Altenheim Way.” It is located at the intersection of Madison Street and Van Buren Street, right in front of the archway into the complex.

In attendance from the village Mayor Rory Hoskins, Commissioner Maria Maxham and Village Administrator Rachell Entler.

“We just want to honor their longtime service to the community,” Hoskins said to the Forest Park Review after the ce emony.

The event was put on not just

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Mayor Rory Hoskins and Altenheim o cials unveil Honorary Altenheim Way street sign at Madison and Van Buren.

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On April 27, Daniel Miller, a lieutenant for the olice Department, was seen dewhile of f

TODD BANNOR

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

CRIME

Woman maced during W y funeral service

Police were dispatched to Woodlawn etery the afternoon of June 18. Multiple witnesses present for a funeral service re that an unknown woman brought bear mac and, along with three other women, battered and maced an attendee before fleeing in tw vehicles. The victim told police that she was previously friends with the offender sprayed her before they had a falling out on a recent spring break trip. She said the other women were the offender’s mother and sisters. The victim said she’d sign complaints against the women once police located them.

Damage to property

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with criminal damage to property and resisting police

Department successfully extinolice responded Randolph for a fire alar m the smell of apartment comthe door of the tment where the fire alarm sounded, the forced entry, ound a small fire on the kitchen stove and med the property

Hit and run

Police responded to Papa Johns on Madison Street the morning of June 25 after a passerby reported that the front window of the business was broken. The store manager told police that nothing appeared to be taken and provided video surveillance, which showed a man walking into the business the previous afternoon and returning around 1:30 a.m. when he hit the front glass window multiple times with an object. The store manager quoted the damage at $900. While on a premise check at the CTA Blue Line station June 25, police saw a man matching the offender’s description and detained him. The offender told police he was at Papa Johns the day before asking for help and nobody helped him, so he broke the window with a metal object he found in a nearby alley. He was charged with criminal damage to property. Police were dispatched to Follicle Hair Salon in the 100 block of Des Plaines on June 21 after the business owner found the front window shattered and a brick on the window ledge The business owner reported that nothing seemed to be missing and said she’d sign complaints if the offender is located Around 11 p.m. on June 20, police were dispatched to the 400 block of Beloit Avenue after someone called to report a screaming man who broke a door. At the residence, a woman told police she heard knocking at her unit door and a man yelling before breaking down the door. A neighbor saw the man through her peep hole. Police saw a man matching the

On June 17, police responded to a parish in the 800 block of Marengo Avenue, where staff showed them a window at the rear entrance that was shattered. Staff said they would contact police if surveillance footage showed possible suspects.

Possession of meth

While on patrol June 23, police pulled over a car in the 200 block of Des Plaines with an obstructed license plate. Police reported loose cannabis in the car’s center console and asked the driver and passenger to exit the vehicle. The passenger appeared to try and conceal something before getting out of the car. Police found a mini bottle of Bacardi, a clear glass jar with off-white, crystal-like substance in it that police suspected to be meth, a backpack with a plastic bag of several tablets of Xanax and other pills, and pipes commonly used to ingest narcotics. The driver and passenger were placed in custody and both were charged with possession of drug parapher nalia and controlled substances. driver was charged with having an expired vehicle registration, and the passenger was charged with possession of meth and d ery of controlled substance.

Fire

Before 11 p.m. on June 26, police responded to a structure fire in the 1500 block of Marengo Avenue. Police reported that there were residents inside, but there was heavy smoke and flames throughout the house. The For-

The morning of June 19, police were dispatched to Crystal Car Wash on Harlem for a hit and run. An Elgin Avenue resident told police he saw a car hit his garbage cans and garage before driving off. Police saw surveillance footage from the car wash of

the offending vehicle, but the owner said he couldn’t supply further footage or assistance due to an ongoing civil legal battle with the resident. Police tried to contact the owner of the offending vehicle, who lives in Oak Park, but was unable to. They sent a letter to the owner requesting their presence at the police department on June 30.

These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated June 17 - 26 and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.

SMALL BITES

Hellos, good-byes and good bites aplenty

‘Arrivederci” to Ciro Parl owner of the self-named restaurant Ciro was at 1048 Pleasant St. in Oak Park. I stopped by on its final day, June 20. He wants everyone to know how happy he was to be a part of this community. “Grazie mille a tutti voi,” he said. He also said if you find yourself near the Amalfi Coast re gion of Italy, please look him up. He hopes to reimagine his restaurant concept there, near his hometown of Corbara. One Instagram post said it best, “Coraggio, Ciro.”

Hopefully it’s not good-bye for Jay’s Backyard BBQ at 5604 W. Division St. In Austin. The restaurant was devastated by fire in the early morning of June 19. According to owner Jay Young, the fire started when an employee turned the grill on. Interviewed by Block Club Chicago, Young said, “People don’t understand how

I had to go through to this place, just trying it going. And for it to … I got a lot of emotions tied into that building, that restaurant, the people I emthe customer base, just the whole community.” are to welcome Oak Prime Steak at 1122 Lake St. in Oak Park. Its estimated opening date is later this year. This venture is from the same owners as Hinsdale Prime Steak, Ignacio Martine z and Antonio Monroy. Nice to see you Joy Tea! Their new brick-and-mortar location just opened at 7773 Lake St. in River Forest. This business first saw success as a mobile tea stand. Touting itself as “The Modern Tea House” and promising, “Tea in America is horrible, we fixed it,” the focus is on simplicity, using tea from estates in Fujian, Yunnan, and Sichuan China. Twisted Cookie, 7401 Madison St. in Forest Park, has a deal for you – if you are a Costco member. On sale at the stock-up store’s Melrose Park, North Riverside and West Loop locations are two $25 gift cards for $39.99. “This past year one of their team members asked if I would cater their employee Christmas party,” owner Joana Fischer said. “They continued to order for their employee events. Shortly after, the general manager asked if I would like to offer Twisted Cookie gift cards in their store.”

Though some blocks on Oak Park Avenue in Oak Park are open again, it’s still construction season for the 100 North and 100 South blocks. I lingered over lunch with old friends at Café Cubano, 113 N. Oak Park Ave., last week and in the 2.5 hours we sat catching up, we were the only customers who sat down to eat. Please support the restaurants on these blocks. If there was no construction, you were going to have to park in the Avenue Garage (entrance at 720 North Blvd.) anyway! The first 90 minutes is free and just $2 for the next hour

July 18 is National Sour Candy Day. Candycopia is celebrating by attempting to set a Guinness Book of World Records’ “World’s Largest Sour Candy Tasting.” T hey will host the free, public event at 1:30 p.m. at Ridgeland Common, 415 La ke St. in Oak Pa rk. It will be a synchronized tasting of three intensely sour candies. Sign up to join in on their website. In other somewhat bitter and sweet news, this is the last column for Small Bites , at least its cu rrent version. I’ll be

saying “see ya” to leading Eats re porting at the end of July. More details will be for thcoming, but in the meantime, I’d like to officially welcome two new Eats re porters, Adam Siemer and Alicia Sams. They both wrote wonderful pieces for Eats Magazine that came out last week. I look forward to reading more from them! Got news, questions or ideas for this column? Email them to us at Eats@oakparkeats.com.

CIERA BELL

Fire at Jay’s Backyard BBQ

GOLD SHIELD

Independent investigation

duty; he was soon placed on administrati leave.

Miller detained 18-year-old Breanna Pantoja while she was stopped and he was wearing plain clothes and driving his personal vehicl toja, Miller didn’t identify himself as he approached her car with a drawn gun.

Miller was wearing a shi dent Donald Trump’s name on the and driving a car with a “Pr plate.

Before this incident, Miller had a long list of complaints made ing from unauthorized use of the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System to racial profiling and use of forc e.

“The county thus far has been unable to do anything with the investigation,” Village Administrator Rachel Entler said. With the need to move things along more quickly, they needed to bring in an independent agency, she added.

Emma Bradford is an intern for NEWS-

Daniel Miller, a lieutenant for the Forest Park Police Department, in 2020

ALTENHEIM

A sign of the times

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140th anniversary, but also to reco gnize Altenheim’s le gacy and celebrate recently reaching 100% occupancy.

“For more than a century, this community has been a place of dignity, comfort and connection for older adults and their families,” Mark Zinni, a member of the Al-

The Altenheim “has grown to be intertwined with Forest Park, and we plan on being a part of the village for another 140-plus years,” Dawn Sanchez, who has been with Altenheim for five years, said. “[All by] just honoring the mission, building a partnership with our village government and providing housing that really does make people feel at home.”

Initial development of the Altenheim was spur red by years of ef fort by the Frauenverein des Deutschen Altenheims, a German Women’s Society dedicated to humanitarian service and caring for the

Mayor Ror y Hoskins and Daw n S anchez st bump before the unveiling of “Altenheim Way”

tenheim board, said during the ceremony. “What makes the Altenheim special isn’t just its long history, but the countless lives that have been shaped here, the friendship, the care, the tradition and the people that make it feel like home.”

In 1884, construction started on the Altenheim and the next year, the first building was erected.

Later in May 1886, then-Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison attended the building’s dedication.

Now, the Altenheim has several different buildings, serves senior living community in Forest Park and is celebrating 140 years since the building dedication.

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elderly.

“The Altenheim is a very special place,” Hoskins said after the ceremony. “It’s some of the best real estate in Cook County, right along Madison Street, between Forest Park [and] River Forest.”

“The honorary designation of Altenheim Way serves as a lasting tribute to an institution that continues to enrich the Village through its commitment to seniors and its deep community roots,” according to the Village of Forest Park newsletter.

Emma Bradford is an intern for NEWSWELL CHICAGO through Re port for America’s Local News Internship Program.

EMMA BRADFORD

OUR QUIETEST NEIGHB OR S

Mabel, a spiritualist of many tricks, a few trades

Seances, frauds and outright the s marked her ‘beliefs’

In the mid to late 1800s, many Americans were swept up in a religious movement based on the belief that the dead could communicate with the living. It was called Spiritualism. Services were not conducted in churches, rather, séances were held in homes or special rooms. There was no clergy, instead, mediums claimed to be able to reach across the veil between the living and dead to convey messages. Spirits would communicate by moving items, knocking on walls, writing on slate tablets, materializing, etc. It was a phenomenon with many true believers and,

of course, charlatans looking to take advantage of g rieving and desperate people.

It’s difficult to know when Mary “Mabel” Lang Aber-Jackman converted to Spiritualism, but by 1889, she was married to spiritualist William Aber and together they ran “materializing séances” in Kansas for paying guests. William would enter a cabinet after which a spirit would appear and communicate with those present. One night, a client decided to test the “materialization” and threw an egg shell full of red ink at the “spirit.” When William later emerged from the cabinet stained with red ink, mayhem ensued. Mabel became “frantic and wild.” She roamed the town with a revolver under her cloak looking for the egg thrower saying he “ought to have the top of his head blowed of f.” Mabel was ar rested, tried and released. The couple didn’t last much longer in Kansas, as soon afterwards their property was auctioned of f at a Sherif f’s sale.

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body’ would fall with her.” Unsurprisingly, the spirit soulmate changed her mind and told the man to drop the suit.

Newspaper reporters occasionally snuck into Mabel’s sessions, one detailed the illusions he witnessed: white figures, ‘Hindoo’ guides, glowing faces that peeped out of curtains. At one séance, the faces did not particularly glow and the reporter speculated that the “cabinet chemist” had run out of phosphorescent paint.

Soon, William Aber was out of the picture and Mabel was married to Eddie Jackman. The Jackmans set up shop in Chicago. Mabel added the titles “Reverend” and “Shepherdess of Paradise” to her name. She carried a staf f or crook to “beat back disease.” In 1902, she was part of a scheme to fleece a man out of $8,000. Working along with two conspirators, they convinced the mark to invest in a device that could wiretap lines and make money at horse races and in the stock market.

In 1895, Mabel was on the road, performing in a four act “medium drama” where she presented full form materializations in Akron, OH. In Buffalo, she perfor med a séance to raise money for a kindergarten fund. She took out ads for her services stating, “Skeptics invited.” A man in Pottsville, NY said he had received letters from Napoleon telling him to visit Mabel. When he spent night after night at Mabel’s séances, his wife complained, “My husband is being ruined by these spiritualists.”

That same year, Mabel and another spiritualist had a spat over a client. The lonely man had come to both of them, saying he wanted to find his “soul mate.” Each woman conjured a spirit for the man, but he preferred the one Mabel produced. The “soul mate” who Mabel materialized told the man he should sue the other spiritualist to get his money back. It didn’t take long for that first spiritualist to confront Mabel, threatening to reveal her secrets She told Mabel that if she fell, “‘some-

Of course, the “device” kept breaking down, requiring more and more money. Finally, the mark complained to the authorities. When the police arrived to ar rest her, Mabel asked, “Do you want a reading?” And they replied “We want to read a warrant to you.” After the trial, Mabel was again released. And even though he knew it was a scam, the man continued to return to Mabel for advice only to be fleeced again. Perhaps he returned because she was “a tall, dark woman, with a pair of snappy black eyes.” Throughout it all, Mabel held that she was being unfairly targeted because she was able to spiritually heal people, cutting into the business of traditional physicians

In 1902 Mabel bought an abandoned church in Chicago at 3538 Indiana Ave. and established the “Paradise Temple of Scriptural Truth.” She also started the “Church of Scientific Christianity” newspaper where she advertised her healing powers, inviting people to come live with her to receive treatments. Not

long after, neighbors complained of the “cult” on the property and police were called when screams were heard. A young woman who was under Mabel’s care was found inside, emaciated and in pain. When police tried to remove the girl, her mother, also living with Mabel, protested. Eventually the girl was taken to a hospital where she re gained her health, only to return to Mabel.

In 1905, after a woman died in her care, Mabel and Eddie went missing along with all of the church’s money -- $50,000. Eventually, the couple contacted the cong re gation saying they had left because a “good spirit” told them where gold was located in Nevada but they had to ke ep it a secret. Traveling with them on private train cars was a “rich companion.” Mabel said she was building a town in Nevada where there would be homes for Chicago’s poor. It was to be called Paradise. Unsurprisingly, Mabel, Eddie, and the mysterious “rich companion” soon returned to Chicago where the “rich companion” was subsequently robbed at the church. In 1914 Mabel fell in love with an 80-yearold man. (Or perhaps she fell in love with his position and his property.) She divorced Eddie and moved into the “house of seven baths” at 5242 Michigan Ave. with her betrothed. Headlines read, “‘Shepherdess’ Jackman Frees Herself of Obscure Husband for Princess Title.” Mabel explained that she was to become a princess because when her fiancé, Dr. Claflin (brother of Lady Tennessee Claflin Cook) had previously been married to the Princess of Wales, he received a title through marriage which meant she was to be the next princess. Sadly, World War I delayed their nuptials (the law also required Mabel to wait a year after her divorce to remarry). Dr. Claflin, a “Gay Old Bird” died before they wed. Fortunately for Mabel, she inherited the “house of seven baths” where she continued to run her church. (When the building at 5242 was listed on Redfin a few years ago, it was said to have 5.5. baths.)

One newspaper noted “Man-made mediums make much misery. But Mabel makes money.”

1918 was a tumultuous year for Mabel. Undercover police attended a séance and when a “spirit” appeared, an officer tackled it and a brawl erupted. The “ghost” – actor Charles Mar row – ended up with a broken nose. Mabel escaped during the melee and hid at a friend’s home but ended up under custody. During the trial, Marrow exposed Mabel’s tricks of the trade,

but she was again released to continue her shenanigans. As she had shown in the past, Mabel did not think kindly of people who exposed her. She hired a man, Warren Stephens, to shoot Marrow. Luckily for Mar row, police spotted Stephens lurking around with a gun in his pocket. Stephens confessed all, saying “the only spirits Mrs. Jackman had any dealings with were the spirits sold in pint bottles…” Once again, slippery Mabel did not serve time

Mabel’s brother must have been distressed by these antics. In 1922, he had Mabel declared “feeble minded” and received letters of conservation. Mabel was institutionalized at Dunning Asylum where she died only a few months afterwards at the age of 67. For a woman who made a living apparating, Mabel has performed a disappearing act in the end. Her death certificate states that she is buried in Waldheim Cemetery (now Forest Home), but the location of her grave is unknown. Perhaps she is in a cabinet somewhere, just waiting to reappear

Revisioning America’s birthday party

We got to talk about this birthday party of yours, America.

ALAN BROUILETTE

July 4th, as holidays go, is fine. That being said: I think at 250 years old it’s high time for America to outgrow throwing itself the same party every year. I am no longer sure how I feel about celebrating anyby giving the sensory impression that we are taking heavy enemy Rockets’ red glare and bombs bursting in air and all that other outdated horsecrap is a lot less funny hen a firework goes off when you’re standing on the train platform and eryone thinks, “Is this it? Is it time to take shelter? Is it some kid with a black cat? If you heard the shot, it didn’t hit you, right?”

The risk of injuring oneself from fireworks would seem to take some of the excitement and joy out of the whole thing. Interspersed with all of the exploding around July 4th is a lot of sirens and some very crowded emergency rooms.

All right, I’m going to confess that this is the part that makes me maddest. Fireworks are inhumane. A decent country should not celebrate its birthday with lavish and prolonged acts of animal cruelty. The number of tranquilizers I had to pour into my friend Leia so she could survive the July 4th weekend with anything approaching sanity — even by the standards of a Staffy — is a dose that should give anybody pause. Hunter Thompson wouldn’t take this many drugs passing a couple weeks in Vegas.

The degree of misery that we visit on beloved friends who do not have the slightest idea what is going on, what America is, and why we celebrate its birthday by being mean to them is beyond even my ability to describe in metaphor I understand that this is a nation that gives annual thanks for all of the blessings visited upon us by engaging in the greatest ritual animal slaughter in the history of the world (a slaughter in which I enthusiastically and greedily participate, mind you, this is not some sort of PETA screed), but doing something entirely optional that makes dogs beyond miserable is increasingly something I find unconscionable. I should not have to coax my trembling bestie out from under the bed with cookies after a holiday weekend so we can go to the park. This is — there is no other expression for it — not OK. I don’t want to be shrill at people who are setting off fireworks over their lack of safety or sense. Those frailties are their business. But I do want to go to them with video footage of cowering pets and say, “I just want you to know, this is what your ‘harmless fun’ is doing to my friend.”

This being America, of course, I am pretty confident most of them wouldn’t care. But we do what we can.

Happy birthday, America.

Grow up

OPINION

Madison banners & replacement religion, part II

This village for the last 146 years has had what I will call a laissez faire approach to ideology, and I will use our neighbor Oak Park as a foil. Oak Park has a history of village gover nment supporting Ideology with an upper-case “I”.

Perhaps the most striking example of how the two villages differ is in their approaches to creating multicultural communities. Bobbie Raymond, who was instrumental in creating the Oak Park Strategy as a way of achieving racial balance, wrote, “It has been demonstrated that stable, integrated communities require careful planning and organization.”

HOLMES

That approach, which included village promotion of DEI, resulted in the transformation of their community from what Er nest Hemingway allegedly characterized as having wide lawns and narrow minds into a model of racial and to some extent, economic diversity beginning in 1972.

In contrast, Forest Park has evolved into a diverse community with village gover nment maintaining pretty much a laissez faire, hands-off approach to the process with the following result:

The Harlem (precursor to Forest Park) village government put up no resistance to the Jewish Waldheim Cemetery being founded in 1870, and the German Waldheim Cemetery, established in 1876, was advertised as the only “Ger man, non-denominational cemetery in the Chicago area.”

Talk about non-sectarian and multi-cultural! “Residents” of our cemeteries include such unlikely bedfellows as Native Americans, Roma, Haymarket martyrs, Odd Fellows, Druids, evangelist Billy Sunday, anarchist Emma Goldman, Er nest Hemingway’s parents, and James Fletcher Skinner, partner in Sears Roebuck & Co

Here’s the present racial breakdown of students in D91.

Black/African American: 41.4%

Hispanic/Latino: 26.1%

White: 23%

Two or More Races: 7.4%

Asian: 2%

The 2010 census reports that Forest Park ranks No. 2 in Illinois for same-sex households per capita.

All of this DEI happened organically without pretentious self-promotion as a city on a hill and a model for other communities to emulate.

“So,” you might respond, “since both the careful planning and organization approach and the laissez faire approach seem to have worked, why are we worried about our village promoting values the vast majority of residents already hold, with banners that advocate what we already believe in?”

The reason I worry is because careful planning and

organization ironically inhibited DEI in Oak Park until the 1970s, and that story should be a cautionary tale for us who live in this village with small-town charm.

Exhibit 1: Oak Park’s village gover nment put the Temperance leanings of its WASP residents into law by outlawing the sale of liquor in 1872, while Forest Park tavern owners made a lot of money by serving beer to those who crossed the ideological border of Harlem Avenue to quench their thirst. Putting temperance into law reflected the values of the WASP residents 150 years ago and that legislation had staying power, affecting the community long after it represented what the residents believed in

Exhibit 2: Perhaps the most striking example of trespassing the boundary between village gover nment and replacement religion is Oak Park’s attempt to exclude Jews from participating in the life of their “model” community

Last April, Rabbi Adir Glick and Rabbi Max Weiss wrote in Wednesday Journal,

“About 70 years ago, the synagogues in Oak Park and River Forest had to use straw buyers in order to purchase land to build our places of worship. The leaders of the Jewish community at the time did so because it was clear to them that there was latent and active antisemitism endemic to the community, including village ordinances that would make openly purchasing land for synagogues difficult, if not impossible.”

In contrast, Harlem (aka Forest Park) village gover nment put up no resistance to the Jewish Waldheim Cemetery being founded 100 years before Oak Park saw the light.

So back to my worry about the banners. The line is thinly drawn between the banners being a statement about the village’s identity and the promotion by the “state” of the establishment of “replacement religion.”

A year ago, I approached a Republican voter whom I knew was not a MAGA and asked him for an interview in which he would share what center-right traditional conservatives believe in. He declined, explaining that he did not want a brick thrown through the window of his business or his family harassed

“Oh, progressives wouldn’t do that,” we reply. Maybe, maybe not. We progressives are concerned about minority rights. Except when we are not.

What began as privately funded events, the Drag Performance and the Juneteenth Pool Party now receive taxpayer funding from the village. The banners are all designed, produced and installed with our tax dollars. The separation between ideology and village is narrowing.

No red line has been crossed. Maybe a pink one.

I counted eight rainbow flags just on homes on Circle Avenue between Roosevelt Road and Madison Street. That, I believe, is the right place for them.

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A LOOK BACK IN TIME

Military and Police Supply manager Bill Campbell and his cat, Surplus, pose in the store for a photo in 1993.

Gas masks … just in case

“Before the Gulf War broke out, operational gas masks sold for $15 at Military and Police Supply, 7351 Madison St. Seventy purchases later, the price is up to $35 though demand has diminished. Store manager Bill Campell says demand for gas masks seems to fluctuate with the number of Scud missile attacks launched by Iraq.”

In 1991, the Review re ported on the increased sales at the

local Military and Police Supply store – which included an increase in demand for American flags, lapel pins and brown and tan “camo” camouflage for the desert. Operation Desert Storm was one of the military moments that has shaped the national identity and impacts us today as America reflects on its 250-year history.

Jill Wagner

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ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

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GIVEN that a public hearing on the adoption of the proposed Annual Budget and Appropriations Ordinance of the Park District of Forest Park, County of Cook, Illinois for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2026 and ending April 30, 2027 will be held at the Administration Building, 7501 Harrison Street, Forest Park, IL 60130 on July 16, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 14, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 20, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1305 S 7TH AVE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

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

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527

630-794-5300

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.

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

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Plaintiff, -v.-

other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For information, contact HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 601 E. William St., DECATUR, IL, 62523 (217) 4221719. Please refer to file number 2065747.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

ADRIAN TAYLOR JR, SAVANNAH SAVOY HOME COUTURE L.L.C.

Defendants 25 CH 11800 2109 S 12TH AVE MAYWOOD, IL 60153

NOTICE OF SALE

Jackie Iovinelli Park District Board Secretary Dated June 29, 2026

Published in Forest Park Review July 1, 2026

Property Index No. 15-14-126002-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com

Attorney File No. 14-24-02108

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Attorney Code. 21762

Case Number: 2024CH03976

TJSC#: 46-954

Case # 2024CH03976 I3288979

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

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.-

MAMIE MAY, MERS, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR AEGIS WHOLESALE CORPORATION, AEGIS WHOLESALE CORPORATION, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

AUTHORITY

Defendants

16 CH 11376 3411 MADISON ST. BELLWOOD, IL 60104

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 20, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 21, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3411 MADISON ST., BELLWOOD, IL 60104

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

For information, contact HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 601 E. William St., DECATUR, IL, 62523 (217) 422-1719.

Please refer to file number 240702. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

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

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 21, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 22, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2109 S 12TH AVE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153

Property Index No. 15-15-429004-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $65,291.45.

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

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC

601 E. William St. DECATUR IL, 62523 217-422-1719

Fax #: 217-422-1754

E-Mail: CookPleadings@hsbattys. com

Attorney File No. 2065747 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 25 CH 11800 TJSC#: 46-971

Case # 25 CH 11800 I3289135

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

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, -v.-

MIGUEL A. TINAJERO AKA MIGUEL ANGEL TINAJERO; ILLINOIS HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT

AUTHORITY; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; Defendants. 2025CH11380

905 Joyce Ave., Melrose Park, IL 60164

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 3/19/2026, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 8/3/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on August 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate. Commonly known as 905 Joyce Ave., Melrose Park, IL 60164 Property Index No. 12-29-317009-0000

The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence. The judgment amount was $219,678.74 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 905 Joyce Ave. into the search bar. If

sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www.auction.com prior to placing a bid. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property, prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: Diaz Anselmo & Associates, LLC (630) 453-6960 please refer to file number 6766-224946. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 6766-224946 Case Number: 2025CH11380 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. I3289795

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on age, race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination. The Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. Restrictions or prohibitions of pets do not apply to service animals. To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll free at: 1-800-669-9777.

WJ/FPR/LMK/AWN

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

JRT COMPANY LLC, IRA CLUB, ADMINISTRATOR AND MERIDIAN BANK, CUSTODIAN FBO DANIEL

WYNN SOLO 401K #4000060

Plaintiff, -v.YOUNG STAR LEGACY, LLC

Defendants 2026 CH 02095

226 13TH AVENUE

MAYWOOD, IL 60153

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 4, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 27, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

Commonly known as 226 13TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153

Property Index No. 15-10-403029-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $90,719.48.

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.

For information, contact Noah Weininger, THE WEININGER LAW FIRM LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 11757 SOUTHWEST HIGHWAY,

PALOS HEIGHTS, IL, 60463 (312) 796-8850.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

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

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

Noah Weininger

THE WEININGER LAW FIRM LLC

11757 SOUTHWEST HIGHWAY

PALOS HEIGHTS IL, 60463

312-796-8850

Fax #: 312-248-2550

E-Mail: nweininger@weiningerlawfirm.com

Attorney Code. 63307

Case Number: 2026 CH 02095

TJSC#: 46-1413

Case # 2026 CH 02095 I3289865

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

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC

Plaintiff vs. ESTELA PATINO DE SANCHEZ AKA

ESTELA PATINO DESANCHEZ; CESAR P. IZURIETA; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendant 25 CH 7385

CALENDAR 63

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial

Sales Corporation will on August 10, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-05-214-019-0000.

Commonly known as 312 East Le Moyne Avenue, Northlake, IL 60164.

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

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Diaz Anselmo & Associates P.A., 1771 West Diehl Road, Suite 120, Naperville, IL 60563. (630) 453-6960. 6706-220643 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3289955

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