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Street and Roosevelt Road in are occupied, you may or may not know that a handful are for sale.

Roosevelt Road properties

clude McGaffer’s Saloon and ABC Automoti housing

and the strip mall near Van Buren Street are on the market — along with Brown Cow at 7347 Madison St.

Connie Brown, owner of Brown Cow Ice Cream that she’s putting the ness up for sale.

“With a lot of thought year, and with the mortg

By AMARIS E. RODRIGUEZ Contributing Reporter

Park’s elementary school superintendent will be making the transition to the high school level, as Elizabeth Alvare z, now for mer head of District 91, was hired as Proviso Township High School District 209’s new deputy superintendent of operations.

The hiring of Alvare z was approved by Proviso’s board of education during its July 8 meeting as part of the personnel re port.

Nicole “Molly Bee” Molinaro, board member, said the board unanimously approved of her

“We are absolutely elated to have Dr. Alvare z

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Bloyd-Peshkin looks to ‘be useful and do good’ in her new role

Columbia prof joins nonpro t to promote solutions-based journalism

By ELIZABETH SHORT

Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin, a Forest Park resident who lived in Oak Park for 28 years, was first drawn to journalism because she loved to tell stories that benefit people. After many years as a professor of journalism at Columbia College Chicago’s School of Communications and Culture, and before that as editor of Chicago Parent Magazine, she will begin a new position at the Solutions Journalism N ment for a jour

nization that advocates for solutions-based journalism, i.e. journalism that centers on resolving problems

Bloyd-Peshkin has worked with SJN since 2019 when she attended an Educator Academy sponsored by the organization.

“I was smitten by [solutions journalism] because I realized this is the way to do rigorous reporting that centers responses to problems and doesn’t just focus on the problems themselves,” she said. In the classroom, she found that solutions journalism also helped her to engage and energize students who were discouraged by focusing on “bad news.”

Bloyd-Peshkin introduced solutions journalism to the Columbia College curriculum and also worked with SJN as a certified solutions journalism trainer of other journalists and newsrooms

owned by Wednesday Jour nal). She joined Columbia’s journalism program as an assistant professor in 2002. During her time at Columbia, Bloyd-Peshkin made an impact on the university community by introducing solutions journalism to the curriculum and also through her voter engagement advocacy.

In 2018, she realized that while 83% of Columbia students were registered to vote, only 56% had actually voted in the 2016 election.

“I thought, OK the problem is not voter registration, which is what most colleges do,” she said. “The problem is voter engagement.”

In true solutions-based fashion, BloydPeshkin started Columbia Votes. The initiative has seen great success; in 2020, the voting rate at Columbia was 72%.

Columbia Votes works to “educate and motivate students” to vote and checks in on students throughout the registration and voting process. This work was incorporated into the college’s first-year curriculum and became an important aspect of the university. She has also hired and trained students to work with her on the project.

“That’s just been a really joyful thing, both because it’s been effective but also because I get to work with these amazing students who really care about civic engagement,” she said.

As Bloyd-Peshkin prepares to leave Columbia, the college has yet to find a new leader for Columbia Votes. However, three student workers will be staying on during the transition, which will provide some continuity. She is working on an initiative playbook and said she hopes to see the project grow and evolve under new leadership.

“Sharon had a tremendous impact on Columbia as a college, and for journalism students in our school, thanks to her entrepreneurship with curriculum. She created Columbia Votes, mentored a bunch of college students through that program, and made some real social change, I believe,” said Betsy

Edgerton, associate professor of journalism in the School of Communication and Culture at Columbia College. “She also brought this really encouraging genre of journalism called solutions journalism to our students

No one else had the expertise to do both those things at Columbia College.”

Bloyd-Peshkin said she loved “everything” about teaching at the college

In her new position at SJN, she will continue her work in education. As Project Manager for Training and Curriculum, she will be responsible for leading the Educator Academy, overseeing SJN’s relationship with five university hubs, and leading the Student Media Challenge, among other duties.

In her free time, she is an avid kayaker and sometime kayak coach.

“It’s just been a wonderful way to be a little boat on big water and be out in natural areas that you can’t get to any other way,” she said.

Throughout her career, Bloyd-Peshkin has had a variety of roles and responsibilities.

“The thing that unifies them,” she said, “is probably just a desire to be useful and do good.”

Proviso celebrates community wellness with free event

Step Into Summer will be held at the East campus

By AMARIS E. RODRIGUEZ Contributing Reporter

Proviso Township High School District

209 is helping families stay healthy and active this summer with a free community event aimed to keep the community moving forward.

Step Into Summer: Community Wellness

Day will be held on Friday, July 18 from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Proviso East High School Track and Field.

“This isn’t just an event -- it’s a reflection of our district’s deep commitment to wellness and community building,” said Cori Hobbs, a parent engagement coordinator with the district. “We want our families to feel supported, connected and ready for the school year ahead.”

The event is designed to “unite the community through movement, local resources and fun for all ages,” said district officials via a press release.

The day will include a community walk starting at 4 p.m. with various other events such as a “beginner-friendly” yoga session and dance aerobics to get everyone moving. A kid zone featuring games, face painting and other activities will also be onsite for the younger members of the Proviso community.

Community partners and health and wellness vendors will also be attending to bring not only resources but also free school physicals to Proviso.

Attendees will include the Loyola SchoolBased Health Center, NAMI Metro Subur-

ban, Proviso Partners for Health, and Oak Street Health among others.

Superintendent Krish Mohip said events like this help strengthen the “bridge” between the schools and the Proviso community.

“When families come together around shared values like health and connection, everyone benefits,” he said in a press release

D209 welcomes residents from all neighboring communities to attend the free event, where the first 50 participants in the community walk will take part in a wellness giveaway.

‘Strength

Oak Park library hosts third annual event bringing together local organizations and families

By ELIZABETH SHORT Contributing Reporter

Battling against the stigmas attached to those with disabilities, the third annual Disability Pride March and Rally came to the Oak Park Public Library on July 12 with 100 people proclaiming the strength they find in a disability and rejecting coming cuts to federal health care that many rely on.

“Be proud of yourself no matter what you have,” said Jillian Hummel from Oak Leyden. Staff and clients of Oak Leyden, which serves local children and adults with developmental disabilities, gathered at the tables to work on posters. As she worked on hers, Hummel said disability pride means finding strength in yourself.

The event occurs every year during Disability Pride Month and celebrates those living with disabilities. It is also an opportunity for disabled people in this area and allies to build community. This year’s event was bigger than in the past, with roughly 100 people attending.

The event started at 9 a.m. on a busy Sat-

in disability’ is core to Disability Pride March

urday morning at the Main Library on Lake Street. Organizers set up tables with craft supplies outside of the Idea Box, decorated in honor of Disability Pride Month. Participants created posters for the march and made ribbon wands using the colors of the disability pride flag (red, gold, white, blue, and green).

Several local organizations set up infor mation tables outside of the library in the morning, including Disability Lead, Disability Access Commission, Alliance for Community Services, Progress Center for Independent Living, Chicago Disability Pride Parade, Community Mental Health Board, and Rush University and Medical Center.

At 11 a.m., organizers led demonstrators of all ages through every floor of the library. Library employees and patrons cheered for the group and waved ribbon wands. “We can yell in the library?” said one demonstrator

A rally outside the library followed the march. Shelley Harris, children’s librarian who organized the event, was first to speak: “I am so proud of my neurodivergence,” she said. Later she promised the crowd to be her “full, proud neurodivergent self.” She opened the microphone for other attendees and organizers to speak about disability pride.

Finally, Alyssa Stone and Jessica Benjamin from Dynamic Lynks, a music therapy center in Oak Park, performed a disability pride version of Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club.” The crowd passed around lyric sheets and joined in for the chorus: “Disabled and proud,” they sang. “I’m gonna keep on jammin’ I’m disabled and proud!”

Kruti Parikh Shah first had the idea for the Disability Pride Parade in 2022 while collaborating with Harris. “I think (the parade) is a very meaningful way of bringing people together,” she said. Parikh Shah, who has hearing loss, said she grew up feeling that disability was very stigmatized. At the first annual pride parade, held in 2023, she said she “felt seen” and that she “belonged.”

“There’s so many signals out there that send a negative message about disability, and we’re taught that … disability is something to overcome,” said Gary Arnold, chairperson of Oak Park’s Disability Access Commission. “But for so many people, disability is permanent and it’s part of our lives. In many ways, the disability enhances our lives, adds more texture and color to our lives, and exposes us to things that we would not have had the chance to experience otherwise. … This is a chance for people who feel that way to come together and express that.”

Celebrations during Disability Pride

Month this year are clouded by the passing of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was signed by President Donald Trump on July 4.

The act includes deep cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, which will lead to benefit losses for many disabled Americans.

The Alliance for Community Services, a coalition uniting poor people, people with disabilities, and front-line workers, posted a banner displaying “Faces of Medicaid and Medicare” across the windows on the library’s first floor. The Alliance has used similar banners to protest cuts to Medicaid across the state, in an effort to highlight the

real human lives impacted by these policies.

“Having access to basic healthcare, rather than being at the whim of what disease or what accident or what disability somebody’s born with, puts people in a state where human beings have the opportunity, we can have the ability to achieve our goals as humans In my own case, I had to have emergency surgery that was paid for because I had Medicaid insurance,” said Fran Tobin, coordinator for the Alliance. “Without insurance, it wouldn’t have happened. I might have died.”

While challenges continue to emerge for disabled Americans, Disability Pride Month gives a reason to celebrate the disability community and honor its history.

“I’ve always loved the Disability Pride Parade,” said Guadalupe Pizon, a 2025 Disability Lead Fellow. “I love that we get the opportunity to come together and celebrate something that society has done a great job of trying to shut down and make it not a part of the world. So I think there’s a lot of strength in disability and I just feel proud.”

The Oak Park Public Library is hosting events throughout July to celebrate Disability Pride Month. Remaining events include a showing of “Out of My Mind” on July 16 at 1 p.m.; Neurodivergent Nerdout! and Disability Pride Ice Cream Social on July 27 at 1 p.m. and 2:15 p.m.; and a Hidden Disability Peace Circle on July 23 at 7:30 p.m. The Idea Box inside the lobby is also decorated with resources on disability, including a wall of disabled celebrities, a “Let’s Chat” section to help with non-verbal communication, and information about autism.

assume the role of Proviso 209’s Deputy Su perintendent of Operations,” Molinaro told Forest Park Review. “The vote was a unani mous yes to hire her. All seven of us agreed.”

Alvare z spoke with Forest Park Review and shared a letter to the D91 community, where she expressed how much thought went into the transition.

“After much reflection, I have made the difficult decision to step away from my role,” she said. “I leave D91 proud of wh we have built together. The systems, protocols, and structures we put in place ha

In a previous story re garding D91’s owth in proficiency in the 2023 Illinois port Card, Alvare z commented on the district’s growth, which included a 3.9% owth in English language arts.

“Good things take time,” Alvare z said. “Right away you can dismantle something that is good pretty quickly, but in order to build something, the pyramids were not built in a day, so this is going to take time. I am giving it grace, I am being patient.”

William Fisher, a D209 board member and a parent of future Forest Park D91 students, said the board did not have any concern on hiring Alvare z, however he knows the Forest Park community will miss her.

“I’m excited she’s coming to Proviso,” Fisher said. “A little sad as someone from rest Park that she’s leaving, but excited for her future at Proviso.”

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newal and my three children now adults, I have decided it is time to find new owners who will continue to grow the brand and retire from the ice cream business,” Brown said in an email.

The announcement follows 22 years of Brown owning the Brown Cow. She quit her marketing job in 2003 and, the following year, launched Brown Cow Ice Cream Parlor to follow her dream of creating a family, community-centered shop on Madison Street.

When the small-batch manufacturer, who made Brown Cow’s ice cream using Brown’s recipes, discontinued offerings during the Covid-19 pandemic, Brown decided to make her own ice cream. She bought the 4,200-square-foot building in 2019, and received over $60,000 from a GoFundMe campaign to help with renovations. After being closed for six months, Brown Cow reopened in the spring of 2021 with an in-house creamery.

“I’m so proud of the company I built and beyond grateful to have been embraced by our community. The Brown Cow has grown to become a beloved brand in the Midwest and named best ice cream in America,” Brown said. “The company has grown to a point where it requires increased time and resources to allow it to continue to grow Essentially, the business I started 22 years ago when I was just 28 years old has outgrown me.”

For example, what started as an ice cream shop now sells cakes, pies, cookies and brownies and has an event team to help organize birthday parties and catering opportunities for Brown Cow.

“This community has been my chosen family,” Brown said. “Thank you for being a part of our lives.”

Rober t’s Westside and o ce tenants, 7321 Madison St.

Another building long for sale on Madison Street is the one that houses Robert’s Westside. Donnie Biggins, owner of Robert’s Westside, leases space for his music venue that opened in Nov. 2023. Steve Glinke, director of the village’s building department, said the building has been on the market for years.

Andy Sokol, president of The Sokol

Group real estate development and brokerage, said he’s had the building that Robert’s Westside is housed in listed since the middle of 2023.

Sokol said his group also owns the building at 7417 Roosevelt Rd., which is also for sale. It currently houses Blue Cab and C&P Auto Express.

Shanahan’s, 7353 Madison St.

A mainstay on Madison Street for 35 years, Shanahan’s will soon be closing with its owner’s retirement.

“My partners and I have decided it is the right time to retire,” said Tim Shanahan in an email. “The customers, my staf f, as well as all of my neighbors and the entire village of Forest Park have made for a very special place to be in business.”

“Most independent, individually owned businesses are continually up for sale,” Shanahan added. “As such, timing and price are the constant two determining factors. Prime locations, such as 7353 Madison St. in Forest Park, will continue to evolve and grow to meet the needs of our ‘Big City Access, Small Town Charm’ Madison St. business environment.”

Strip mall, 7736-7748 Madison St.

As the owner of the 12,000 square-foot strip mall is no longer able to manage the building near Van Buren Street, his family is in the process of liquidating his assets, according to Glinke.

Today, the strip mall’s occupants include Empowering Gardens, Elite Fitness, TraciDani Beauty and Grooming Agency Studio, Papa John’s Pizza, Candio-Med and Pain Center and Zesty Catering.

7525 W. Madison St.

A U.S. Bank branch sat at the corner of Madison and Des Plaines Ave. before it closed in 2020. According to a previous interview with the Review, the closure was a part of a wider company plan to optimize their branches. The 6,000-square-foot building has been on the market since.

Glinke said, though he’s had developers interested in the lot, the alley behind the building, of f of Des Plaines, can get busy. There’s often 18 wheelers and food trucks accessing the alley for nearby businesses.

“That makes it extremely challenging for developing the corner,” Glinke said. “I don’t think it’s beyond development, but in this environment, filling 6,000 square feet is a really, really big challenge.”

McGa er’s, 7737 Roosevelt Road

On Roosevelt Road, McGaffer’s closed indefinitely in October after its owner, Pat Malone, was pushed and fell at the bar. Though Malone is now doing well – and had a street named after him in May – his 0.72 acre lot is now on the market.

ABC Automotive and Electronics, 7213 W. Roosevelt Road

ABC used to be located at Harlem and Cermak, Glinke said, and is moving from its Roosevelt Road location to a larger space to have more room to focus on upfitting squad cars for police departments.

Glinke said he’s had interested people call about the 5,600-square-foot Roosevelt Road building, but a lack of parking in the area has made the property difficult to sell.

Running and attracting businesses in Forest Park

The village has a handful of Tax Increment Financing districts, where the village can use property tax revenues generated by development to make improvements along the thoroughfare. Roosevelt Road Corridor is one such TIF district, as is Harlem Avenue and the intersection of Circle Avenue and Harlem.

Village Administrator Rachell Entler said in the coming months, she’s putting together a facade program for businesses in those TIF districts, so they can get some financial assistance to update their buildings’ exteriors.

“Without strong economic, reliable current businesses, it can make it hard to sell Forest Park,” Entler said.

Entler and Glinke are discussing strategies to attract businesses to Forest Park, including in TIF districts.

Glinke said he’s cold called several businesses to gauge interest. Entler has been extensively networking, constantly looking for insight and leads when she attends continuing education classes and conferences.

“How do we sell Forest Park and get people to come here?” she said.

Because the village doesn’t have staf f specifically dedicated to economic development, Entler and Glinke often bring in Financial Director Letitia Olmsted to help recruit businesses. They’re also calling on the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce, which supports and promotes existing businesses. In this way, Entler said she’s trying to create an in-house economic de-

velopment program for the village.

“While we figure out our financial situation, we don’t have hundreds of thousands of dollars to spend on a consultant to help us do this,” Entler said. “We’ re a little naive in what we’re doing, but I don’t know that that’s necessarily a bad thing.”

Entler wants to create a list of resources in the village that she can share with business owners looking to move in. For example, she said Forest Park Bank frequently works with small businesses and could be a potential asset to new village shops. She also mentions David King and other commercial real estate agents who know Forest Park well.

“What is it that they offer that I can speak to?” Entler says.

Entler and Glinke have also considered packaging certain properties in the village into a single parcel for redevelopment.

“We’ re really aggressively trying to pursue these revenue-generating businesses, and it’s tough. In a competitive environment where other towns have money to throw at people, we’re at a distinct strategic disadvantage,” Glinke said. “We’ re depending on hustle mixed with a little bit of good for tune. So far, we’ve done a lot of good things, things the residents should be proud of.”

Glinke said, though he’s seen businesses come and go over the years, Forest Park’s commercial climate is in a solid spot right now, especially on Madison Street.

“I’ve seen the street go from nothing to something to nothing to something to nothing to something,” Glinke said. “Having the institutional memory to recall the good times and the bad times, we’re in a pretty good position right now.”

He partially chalks that up to a “new group of young movers and shakers” that have come to Madison Street, like the owners of Robert’s Westside, Babs Comedy Club and Play it Again Sports. “They bring fresh energy to the street.”

But it’s no easy feat running a small business in 2025.

“This is a very challenging environment to run a small business,” Glinke said. He added that those who own commercial buildings have steep real estate taxes, and those who rent in those buildings often see that reflected in monthly payments to landlords. “I think you need a different level of liquidity to open a small business these days.”

Silvia Avila’s way honored with Sylvia Avila Way

Part of Harrison Street named for Ferrara Candy Shop employee who retired in May a er 45 years

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

Those who have frequently visited the Ferrara Candy Shop inside the sweets factory on Harrison Street know Silvia Avila well. The for mer Ferrara Candy employee always has a smile and often remembers which candies customers like

“We love you, so we made you into a scarecrow,” Naoto Hasegawa told Avila during an interview with the Review about how he and his wife, Kimberly Adami-Hasegawa, constructed a scarecrow in Avila’s likeness for Forest Park’s annual Invasion of the Scarecrows. “We wanted to honor you. You’re like a town icon.”

To further recognize Avila for retiring in May after 45 years with Ferrara Candy, the

Village of Forest Park named a street after her on a stretch of Harrison Street that runs in front of the candy shop. Officials and residents gathered outside the store entrance on July 9 to recognize Avila for her dedication to Ferrara and its local patrons.

Avila started working at the Ferrara Pan factory in 1983, when she packed candy with two dozen other women.

“We were like family back then,” Avila previously told the Review of her favorite part of working for the company. While she still speaks with many of her past co-workers, most no longer work at Ferrara.

Avila worked at the Ferrara Candy Shop for 25 years, where there were once tubs of freshly made candy that she scooped into plastic bowls for customers. But following the Covid-19 pandemic, the store’s displays are now full of bags of gummy worms, boxes of Red Hots and Nerds Gummy Clusters – which have skyrocketed sales for the company

Managing the Ferrara Candy Shop for decades, Avila has served generations of local candy lovers, who are likely to miss the face of the Forest Park staple.

Ferrara Candy Shop is open at 7301 Har rison Street from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and until 2:30 p. Saturday.

TODD BANNOR

Silv ia Avila and coworkders gather under the street sign on Harrison Street honoring her 45-year career at Ferrara Candy Company.

TODD BANNOR Unveiling the sign on Harrison Str

Birds, bees & butter flies

West Cook Wild Ones’ Native Garden Tour comes to Forest Park and River Forest on July 26

WBy LACEY SIKORA Real Estate Reporter

est Cook Wild Ones will be showcasing native gardens on Saturday, July 26 with the return of its Birds, Bees & Butterflies: A Native Garden Walk.” This year’s tour includes 12 native gardens in Forest Park and River Forest.

According to Beth Fiorrito, one of the org anizers for this year’s native garden tour, the purpose of the walk is to teach home gardeners about the beauty and utility of the native plants that have for med the basis for Northern Illinois’ ecosystems for millennia.

As a designer of native landscapes, Fiorrito says people wanting to go native in their gardens often don’t have a great way of envisioning what that will look like. She recalls a conversation she had with someone in an online garden discussion group, “He was frustrated about not being able to see great examples of native gardens on-line. I was able to share that we have this great tour here so that you can see native gardens in person.”

Fiorrito says the tour is great for people just getting started with native gardening and also offers ideas for people who are well-versed in planting with natives. The walk features some gardeners who are just starting out and others whose gardens are more established.

David Hoyt’s River Forest garden was featured on the West Cook Wild Ones walk in 2022, when he had just transformed his front yard into prairie from seed. This year, tour participants will see the transformation of three years.

Turning his yard into prairie was the culmination of several years of learning about native landscaping and ecological gardening. Hoyt says he star ted with small areas of native plantings and then, “[I] thought why not tackle that conventional suburban lawn, and why not go for a bigger area?”

Today, his prairie-filled front yard not only lets passerby enjoy the fruits of his labors, but Hoyt also gets to enjoy the space every day. “It’s lovely. It’s just wonderful,” he says. “Throughout the growing season, it’s constantly changing. A new plant blooms every week.”

Hoyt, who enjoys taking wildlife photos in his garden, appreciates the changing nature of his garden over time. “It changes year-to-year as well. The dominant plants change. The mix changes. It’s not static; it’s a dynamic system,” he says.

Beyond their beauty, another benefit of native gardening is that native landscapes can serve as habitats for local plant and animal species and as way stops for migratory animal species.

Hoyt’s garden is home to chir ping birds and the occasional

deer, and he has seen a huge uptick in invertebrates in his yard. Butterflies and moths are both more numerous and more diverse than ever before. In the spring and fall, he sees more migratory birds.

Another added benefit? Along with not needing to spend money on petroleum-based fertilizer, his water bill has plummeted as he hasn’t had to water the prairie in front of his River Forest home in years.

In Forest Park, gardener Katie Pittman has been working on her garden since she and her husband bought their house

Katie Pittman’s Forest Park native plant garden (le ). Purple poppy-mallow (above).

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Katie Pittman in her Forest Park native plant garden.

loves the garden

he created over three years in River Forest.

in 2022, when there was just “blank grass” in the front. Her home’s unique style — it was for merly a carriage house and the entire yard is in the front of the property — lends itself to an overgrown cottage garden.

Pittman, who planted all of the plants herself, says she was going for an English garden look. She used plenty of flowers of varying heights and notes that every spring and every fall, she replaces a bit of grass with native plants.

“There’s not a lot of rhyme or reason to it,” she says. “I’m just on a mission to bring as many native plants to my garden as I can.”

She calls her first planting of milkweed her “gateway drug,” and says she was trying to pull in as many insects as possible. Now, she maintains a list of birds that she spies in her garden and says the bees are another favorite side benefit of all of her plants

Along with Hoyt and Pittman’s gardens, this year’s garden roster includes three groups of gardens: mature gardens, young gardens and a mix of natives and ornamentals. Homeowners and gardeners will be present to answer attendees’ questions about plant names, favorite plants, and their approach to native gardening.

Fiorrito says funds raised from the walk and from West Cook Wild Ones’ annual native plant sales help raise funds for the grants that West Cook Wild Ones offers to schools or places of worship. She notes that the Forest Park Library and Har Zion Temple are two previous recipients who developed native gardens

Before you go

The native garden walk takes place on Saturday, July 26 from 1 to 5 p.m.

Tickets costs $12 for West Cook Wild Ones members and $15 for nonmembers. Children attend for free. Ticket holders will receive a tour map two days before the event. West Cook Wild Ones recommends biking or driving.

Visit http://westcook.wildones.org for more information and to re gister.

Forest Park Historical Society Garden Walk

Kurt and Abby Hansen sit in front of a very active vermicompost in their cozy secret garden which is lled with plants collected or representing di erent parts of their lives.

Arif Dav is stands in front of his home, which showcases the life of Dr. Jacob Bieger (on the Wall of Renow n) and his wife O ttillia.

Native milkweed was one of the friends found in the whimsical cottage garden lled with many paths maintained by Raj and Kristen Sakay.

with the help of West Cook Wild Ones At the end of the day, Fiorrito says that tour is primarily about showcasing people planting native gardens and encouraging people to plant more native plants, “We want to get native plants in the ground,” she says.

Connie Brown records her daughter, Cassidy Brown, one of the performers who added a mesmerizing acoustic glow to the walk.

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‘IT ’S LOVELY’: David Hoyt

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Oak Park home sells for $1,109,000

The following property transfers were reported by the Cook County Clerk from April 2025. Where addresses appear

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Wenzel Gary E Tr Pett Carl

Butler James T Anderson Douglas

S Harvey Ave $625,000 Gri n Je ery Neil Jendusa Michael Francis 546 N Lombard Ave $620,000 Chaudhry Vivek Tr Allen Je ry Scott

N Taylor Ave

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Rademacher William Westschotte Arica Marie

Marx Kari Zamula Sergiy

S Taylor Ave $570,000 Talley Steven C Conley Shon 1018

207 Linden Ave., Oak Park

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OUR VIEW

Brown Cow’s legacy

NNot often would we call a local business iconic. But Brown Cow is just that. The Review re ports this week that Connie Brown, who launched the ice cream parlor more than 20 years ago, is looking to sell both the business and the Madison Street building that houses it. She is candid in saying that the business has become more complex and has outgrown her ability to grow it.

OPINION

Where both the dinos and the ick are cloned

ot often would we call a local business iconic. But Brown Cow is just that. The Review re ports this week that Connie Brown, who launched the ice cream parlor more than 20 years ago, is looking to sell both the business and the Madison Street building that houses it. She is candid in saying that the business has become more complex and has outgrown her ability to grow it. Certainly, though, she has achieved her original goal of creating a community-centered destination on Madison. Brown Cow is every bit of that. From the hundreds of young people who have worked a season or more in the shop, to the families that have grown up with celebrations big and small in the shop, to a bold transition from being an ice cream buyer to becoming an ice cream maker, Brown has made a positive mark on Forest Park

TTCertainly, though, she has achieved her original goal of creating a community-centered destination on Madison. Brown Cow is every bit of that. From the hundreds of young people who have worked a season or more in the shop, to the families that have grown up with celebrations big and small in the shop, to a bold transition from being an ice cream buyer to becoming an ice cream maker, Brown has made a positive mark on Forest Park.

All that is true. But our lasting memory of Brown Cow is the role of both Brown and her space as the starting place for the reform movement in the Proviso high schools. Seems remarkable and a bit magical, but the ice cream shop was home base for the conversations that be gan around how the dismal and politically corrupt District 209 high schools could be reborn.

It became home to the so-called Brown Cow 20, an enthused, naïve and thoroughly decent group of citizens. It is where they coalesced, planned and mounted a campaign that brought these critical schools back from the precipice. They wound up electing a nar row board majority who steadily changed the trajectory of the district.

he first Jurassic Park movie, from 1993, is a great concept and a great movie. A great movie from a better book, a book brought to life on screen in ways that are still compelling now. The sequels have increased in ridiculousness exponentially, so much so that the wheels came of f the suspension of disbelief very, very quickly. I fell out of touch with that whole outfit.

The most-recent-until-now movie, in what I assume is called the “Jurassic-verse,” was among the most memorable cinematic events of my adult life. It was so cartoonishly ludicrous and manipulative that we laughed uproariously the whole way through it. One of us, who may have had an edible, laughed so hard that she had to use her inhaler several times, and I suspect the people sitting behind us still reminisce about her from time to time. (Those folks themselves went out and picked up an entire pizza at some point during the movie, so the memorableness is reciprocal.)

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sion does, but this is the first movie I have seen that I thought, “This was written by a really good AI.” It is for mulaic, and pleasingly ridiculous, and the quips are the right kind of quips. The people act in a humanlike and so do the dinosaurs. It wasn’t written by an AI, exactly, but it was clearly written with the aid of so many groups and marketing wizards that there might not be a big difference beyond how many people were involved. The movie hits all the beats it’s supposed to hit, and neatly. You can almost sense that the studio knew exactly what percenta ge of the time the child should be in peril and precisely how much of the movie should be dedicated to setting up the sequel and the cor rect order in which to reveal the dinosaurs to get the best reactions, just the same way they know how to maximize the revenue and minimize the spending.

It wasn’t written by an AI, exactly, but it was clearly written with the aid of so many groups and marketing wizards that there might not be a big difference beyond how many people were involved. The movie hits all the beats it’s supposed to hit, and neatly. You can almost sense that the studio knew exactly what percenta ge of the time the child should be in peril and precisely how much of the movie should be dedicated to setting up the sequel and the cor rect order in which to reveal the dinosaurs to get the best reactions, just the same way they know how to maximize the revenue and minimize the spending.

We were so committed to seeing the next film in the series, Jurassic World Rebirth, that we realized upon arriving at the theater in a state of high excitement on Sunday that none of us actually knew the correct name of the movie. We all just thought of it as “the next Jurassic movie,” and gosh did it live up to that anticipation.

Sure, it has been a bumpy road since, even with a recently renewed board sweep and a new superintendent with an actual vision.

But it started in Forest Park. It started on Madison Street. It started at Brown Cow.

Sure, it has been a bumpy road since, even with a recently renewed board sweep and a new superintendent with an actual vision.

Altogether remarkable.

But it started in Forest Park. It started on Madison Street. It started at Brown Cow.

We hope Brown Cow has a next chapter with a new owner, more capital and fresh energy. But in this moment, it is enough to say thanks to Connie Brown for all she has done.

Altogether remarkable.

We hope Brown Cow has a next chapter with a new owner, more capital and fresh energy. But in this moment, it is enough to say thanks to Connie Brown for all she has done.

I have begun to g auge things that are for mulaic now by the possibility that they were written by an AI. During the winter, my re gular golf group gets together every couple of weeks to play a round at an indoor simulator. The Spotify station they play there is known among us as “AI country.” It hits all the high points — lost woman, lost truck, unfaithful man, drowning in cheap whiskey, etc. — but without playing one single reco gnizable tune. It is next-gen Muzak.

I have seen movies that felt like this, and most televi-

Scarlett Johansson is given top billing and is the biggest star who is not a dinosaur, but she is not treated ter ribly dif ferently than any of the other performers. Given that her star has not fallen precipitously for a reason of which I am unaware, the other obvious possibility is that they just knew that they needed a bankable star and she happened to be the one who was willing to do the work they needed for the check they of fered. It’s not dissimilar to the idea that baseball and basketball have now also been reduced to math g ames. The thing is, it’s fine. The movie makes no claim to be anything other than the piece of manufactured entertainment that it is, and it is a beautifully made piece of manufactured entertainment. It’s not a handassembled Bugatti sports car, it’s a really nice Toyota. It’s not a piece of art, it’s a craft and a science. Which, interestingly, makes it kind of like cloning dinosaurs. I just wish I thought that was a point they had been trying to make on purpose.

ALAN BROUILETTE

CRIME

Shots red after men steal backpack from car

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

On July 5, police responded to the 7200 block of Madison Street for shots fired just before 7 p.m. In the Chipotle Mexican Grill parking lot, the witness who called police told them that he saw two men running down Harlem Avenue and a third man chasing them with a firearm, which he discharged. Oak Park police detained one of the men in the 200 block of Harlem Avenue, and Forest Park police detained the other in the same area. Forest Park police made contact with the man who reportedly had a gun, who told them that he was napping in his car with the windows down and awoke to one of the men reaching in to steal his backpack – its contents totaling nearly $1,500. The man said he has a valid FOID card/concealed carry license, was armed with his handgun and started chasing the offenders. He said he accidentally fired one round into the ground near Chipotle while re-holstering his gun and was not shooting at the other two men. One of the two offenders told police they were homeless and intended to pawn the backpack’s contents for money. Both were charged with one

count of robbery each, and one was also arrested for a warrant out of Cook County.

Person down

Police were dispatched to Desplaines and Roosevelt Road on July 4 after a report of a person lying in the road. Police found a man next to a motorized bicycle in the westbound lanes of traffic in the 7700 block of Roosevelt Road around 10 p.m. According to the police, he had a laceration on his forehead, appeared to be intoxicated and couldn’t tell them what had happened. The motorized bike had a flat tire, broken mirror and battery pack. The man was taken to Loyola University Medical Center and was not charged.

Pedestrian on public way

On July 6, police were dispatched to the 1000 block of Desplaines Avenue just after 5 p.m. after hearing that a 77-year-old man was beaten up in a nearby alley. Upon arrival, police noticed the man had actively bleeding lacerations on his forehead and hands, saw broken glass on the ground and saw a bottle of Jack Daniel’s in the man’s pocket. The

woman who called the police told them that the man is her friend, lives nearby and frequents her residence. She told police she exited her condo to see him lying on the ground, bleeding, with hundred-dollar bills around him. The man told her four men had beaten him up and stolen his casino winnings. The man was taken to Loyola University Medical Center, where he told police he was heavily drinking at a gaming cafe, won $4,000 and got on a bus home. He said he got off the bus at an unknown stop, where four men approached him. He told police he gave each man $1,000 because he felt sorry for them, then they beat him up. None of the offenders have been identified.

These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated July 4 - 10 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

Johnny ‘Tarzan’ Weissmuller drops by for lunch

In 1965, the world famous Johnny Weissmuller, stopped by Homer’s Restaurant (7340 Madison St.) for lunch with some friends. Weissmuller emigrated from Austria-Hungary and was raised in Chicago. After contracting polio, his physician recommended swimming to help in the recovery, which he did at Fullerton Beach. He was a natural swimmer who went on to set world records, and won five gold medals and one bronze in the 1924 and 1928 Olympics. In the 1930s, he began his acting career and gained notoriety for his role as Tarzan. His distinctive undulating call as Tarzan the Ape Man was inspired by his yodeling Ger man neighbors.

Jill Wagner

PHOTO: Forest Park Review, July 1, 1965, Johnny Weissmuller, the world famous “Tarzan” of the movies is pictured above with his wife [Maria Gertude Baumann] while lunching at Homer’s Restaurant Weissmuller is associated with a Chicago area swimming pool firm. He was passing through town last week and decided to look up some friends here They are Chief Elmer Schnurstein (left) and Hugh Donnelly of the Forest Park Reserve Police.

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STATE OF ILLINOIS

COUNTY OF COOK

VILLAGE OF FOREST PARK

I, VANESSA BELMONTE, CLERK OF THE VILLAGE OF FOREST PARK, DO HEREBY STATE, that on Monday, July 28, 2025, at 6:45 PM at the Forest Park Village Hall, 517 Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois, a public hearing will be held to consider the proposed adoption of the Appropriation Ordinance for fiscal year 2025-2026 for the Village of Forest Park. At the public hearing, all interested persons may provide comments concerning the appropriation of the sums of money the Village of Forest Park deems necessary to defray all its necessary expenses and liabilities. The appropriation document will be available for public inspection no later than July 18, 2025, in the Village Clerk’s Office at the Village of Forest Park, 517 DesPlaines Ave., Forest Park, Illinois.

Dated this 16th day of July, 2025

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District, 401 Thatcher Avenue, River Forest, IL 60305, Attention: Mike Sletten, Executive Director. Bids will be received until 2:00 P.M. on August 13, 2025, at which time the bid proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud at 401 Thatcher Avenue, River Forest, IL 60305.

The Park Board reserves the right to waive all technicalities, to accept or reject any or all bids, to accept only portions of a proposal and reject the remainder. Failure to make such a disclosure will not result in the accrual of any right, claim or cause of action by any Bidder against the Park District. Bids shall not include federal excise tax or state sales tax for materials and equipment to be incorporated in, or fully consumed in the performance of, the Work. An Exemption Certificate will be furnished by the River Forest Park District on request of the Bidder, for use in connection with this Project only.

Notice is hereby given to potential Bidders that the River Forest Park District will be receiving sealed bids for the Site Improvements at Constitution Park located at 7715 Greenfield Street, River Forest, IL 60305.

The scope of this project is as follows and identified in the document.

The Work of this Project is subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/0.01 et seq. A prevailing wage determination has been made by the River Forest Park District, which is the same as that determined by the Illinois Department of Labor for public works projects in Cook County. The Contract entered for the Work will be drawn in compliance with said law and proposals should be prepared accordingly and provide for payment of all laborers, workers, and mechanics needed to perform the Work at no less than the prevailing rate of wages (or the prevailing rate for legal holiday and overtime work) for each craft, type of worker, or mechanic. The Contractor selected will also be required to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations and executive orders including but not limited to those pertaining to equal employment opportunity.A Certified or Cashier’s check payable to the Owner, or a Bid Bond in an amount equal to Ten Percent (10%) of the total bid amount must accompany each bid. In addition, each Bidder shall submit a proof of insurance demonstrating the Bidders insurability. Failure to provide a Bid Bond or proof of insurance shall render the bid incomplete and rejected. The Owner will require the successful bidder to furnish a satisfactory Performance and Materials Bond for the total contract amount. Once submitted, no bids will be withdrawn without written consent from the Owner’s Attorney.

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PARTICIPATION

Specifications may be obtained beginning at 10:00 AM on July 25, 2025 through the BHFX planroom, https://www.bhfxplanroom.com between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., Monday through Friday. A non-refundable fee will be charged for each requested bid package. See BHFX’s planroom for the cost of both a printed copy and PDF download, or $90.00 for only a PDF download.

Each bid must be placed in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Sealed Bid: Constitution Park” and addressed to the River Forest Park

The Park District encourages minority contractors to submit bids for this project. The successful contractor is encouraged to utilize minority businesses as sub-contractors for supplies, equipment, services, etc. Questions will be answered in the form of written addenda and provided to all Bidders, as per State of Illinois statutes. Submit questions regarding the bid in writing to sarah.dreier@jsdinc. com, no later than 3:00 p.m. on August 6, 2025

Published in Wednesday Journal July 16, 2025

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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: M25000637 on June 26, 2025 Under the Assumed Business Name of THE PINWHEEL LAB with the business located at:1545 MONROE AVE APT 2, RIVER FOREST, IL 60305. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: JESSICA MO 1545 MONROE AVE APT 2, RIVER FOREST, IL 60305, USA

Published in Wednesday Journal July 2, 9, 16, 2025

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE ON BEHALF FOR CSMC 2018-RPL12 TRUST

Plaintiff vs. THOMAS EVANS, VEORIA EVANS, STATE OF ILLINOIS, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. Defendant 19 CH 13708

CALENDAR 57 NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on August 6, 2025, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-10-123-039-0000. Commonly known as 316 22ND AVE., BELLWOOD, IL 60104. The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Suite 201, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. 1904973

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3268790

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR RENAISSANCE HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-3 Plaintiff, -v.-

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR LEGATEES OF HENRY C. FLOWERS A/K/A HENRY FLOWERS A/K/A HENRY CALVIN FLOWERS, DECEASED, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/ OR LEGATEES OF HENRY J. FLOWERS, JR., RITA ROBINSON, FRANCES PERRY, GLADYS MANCE, ANNA TOLBERT, ANNA WHITE, CAREL ROBINSON, LENNEL ROBINSON, JOHN LYDON, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF HENRY C. FLOWERS A/K/A HENRY FLOWERS A/K/A HENRY CALVIN FLOWERS, DECEASED, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendants 24 CH 10945

833 SOUTH 21ST 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 18, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 12, 2025, 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 833 SOUTH 21ST AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153

Property Index No. 15-10-328011-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $130,452.34.

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 condomini-

um unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

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

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact The sales clerk, LOGS Legal Group LLP Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 2801 LAKESIDE DRIVE, SUITE 207, Bannockburn, IL, 60015 (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm - 3pm.. Please refer to file number 24-101013. 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.

LOGS Legal Group LLP 2801 LAKESIDE DRIVE, SUITE 207 Bannockburn IL, 60015 847-291-1717

E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com

Attorney File No. 24-101013

Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 24 CH 10945 TJSC#: 45-1681

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

Case # 24 CH 10945 I3269405

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.FELICIA DEGRAFFENREID, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Defendants

20 CH 01174 1540 N. ROHDE AVE. BERKELEY, IL 60163

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 6, 2023 and amended on June 12, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 11, 2025, 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 1540 N. ROHDE AVE., BERKELEY, IL 60163

Property Index No. 15-08-113050-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $137,055.10.

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, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 601 E. William St., DECATUR, IL, 62523 (217) 4221719. Please refer to file number 403024. 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.

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. 403024

Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 20 CH 01174

TJSC#: 45-1639

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Create Your Own Good Trouble

Tomorrow, July 17, marks the John Lewis Day of Action in honor of the congressman and civil rights leader who died five years ago. He advocated for peaceful, nonviolent action to challenge injustice, urging followers to “get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.”

Rallies in Chicago and across the nation are in support of his fight for justice, voting rights and dignity. Join the League downtown tomorrow at Daley Plaza beginning at 5:30 pm. Speakers include Justice Marcia Johnson of the US League and Becky Simon, president of the Illinois League.