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Ex-Review editor appointed to Forest Park village council Council voted unanimously on July 14 to appoint Maria Maxham to fill vacancy left by Dan Novak By MICHAEL ROMAIN Equity Editor

The Forest Park village council voted unanimously to appoint former Forest Park Review Editor Maria Maxham to fill a vacant commissioner seat at a special meeting on July 14. Maxham replaced former commissioner Dan Novak, who resigned his position last month, because his family is moving out of the village. Maxham said she made the decision to take the appointment over the July 10-11 weekend after being asked by Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins, who consulted at least two other board members. “Everything came down to [that weekend],” said Maxham, who effectively resigned her position as editor of the Review on July 12 — before a regular council meeting that took place later that day. Maxham did not cover the meeting. Maxham said she had conversations with Hoskins and Commissioners Joe Byrnes and Jessica Voogd — all of whom indicated that the board would vote in favor of her appointment. “About two weeks ago, after Novak resigned, the mayor said he would prefer to appoint a woman, See MAXHAM on page 13

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Brown Cow ‘sprinkles kindness’ with boost from GoFundMe Pandemic funding campaign saved ice cream shop to do more good By MELISSA ELSMO Oak Park Eats Editor

Two thousand people visited The Brown Cow, 7347 Madison St., on Sunday, July 18 and owner Connie Brown estimates her community minded creamery doled out 1,000 scoops of free ice

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cream. A creative partnership with GoFundMe empowered the small yet mighty ice cream shop to serve up scoops of gratitude in Forest Park. During the pandemic, Brown’s ice cream manufacturer suddenly closed its doors and she had no way to make The Brown Cow’s signature ice cream. Her son created a GoFundMe to help build an in-house creamery. The response was overwhelming — in under 24 hours the campaign was nearly 80% funded and has raised more than $62,000 to date. The campaign saved the shop

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Bell goes for the gold in Tokyo

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uch has changed for Brian Bell and his family since his wheelchair basketball team captured Gold at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio. The changes include moving his family from Italy to Germany, as Brian pursued his professional career. Brian first found salvation playing wheelchair basketball when he was 9 and suffered a below-the-knee amputation in a railroad accident. He went on to play wheelchair basketball for the University of Illinois, where he met his future wife, Diane Burdett. They are raising five children, ranging in age from 9 to nine-months and staying with Diane’s parents, Robert and Kathleen, in Forest Park, while Brian trains in Colorado Springs. Brian will soon be off to Tokyo, as the Paralympic Games run from Aug. 24 to Sept. 5. Brian and his family may be globetrotters, but Forest Park remains their home base. This June, he practiced daily at the Roos Center. The facility was ideal because he could lift weights and shoot hoops. Shooting is what Brian does best. The power forward shoots an astonishing 40% from three-point range! He averages about 14 points a game in a sport that is dominated by defense. His German team, RSV

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SOFT TOUCH: Brian Bell goes up for a shot during a wheelchair basketball game. Lahn-Dill, finished second in their league. Moving from Milan, Italy to Giessen, Germany was quite a transition for the family but it’s been a positive one. Their oldest, Kaylan, who became fluent in Italian, is now fluent in German too. Many Germans, though, speak excellent English, so the family doesn’t feel isolated by language. The city was also home to a U.S. military base, so the streets have American names. Besides feeling at home in Germany, Brian completed his bachelor’s degree in

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Technical Management/Human Resources from DeVry University. He will obtain his MBA in October and plans to work in human resources. He sees HR as the “glue” that holds a company together. His background in team sports will help him create teamwork in a corporate setting. The Bell family certainly functions like a team. Diane can stay home with the kids, while Brian trains. When he’s home, though, Brian cooks mouthwatering meals. Unfortunately, the family will not be allowed to travel to Tokyo, as there is a ban on family members and fans. The Paralympics will also be different because Brian is required to maintain social distance from the other athletes. He is accustomed, though, to such strict safety measures. He was tested for COVID twice a week in Germany. This resulted in a very sore nose but none of the family members came down with the virus. The pandemic, though, took a personal toll, when Brian’s basketball league shut down in March 2020. The family suffered a financial hit but fortunately the German government provided stimulus funds. It was also tough on Diane, homeschooling their young brood. At 32, Brian is still at the top of his game. He’s looking forward to playing in a brand new stadium next season and welcoming back their legions of fans. His contract with the team ends in May 2022 and Brian can see himself retiring from the sport. He has hit most of his athletic goals during his nine-year career. He hopes to go out on top in Tokyo and then move back to the U.S. It was a “leap of faith” when the young family moved to Milan. Returning to the states will be another. Brian can look back at his basketball career with pride. He also uses his status as an elite athlete to advocate for the Black Lives Matter movement. That’s something that should serve him well in his home base of Forest Park.

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Now merged, St. B’s and St. Luke seek common ground St. Bernardine welcomes new associate pastor By TOM HOLMES Contributing Reporter

Rev. Ed Fialkowski presided over his first Mass at St. Bernardine Catholic Church on June 6. That was about a month before Forest Park’s St. Bernardine and River Forest’s St. Luke Catholic churches formally united to form one new parish under the direction of the Chicago Archdiocese’s Renew My Church program. For now the joined churches are called St. Luke and St. Bernardine Catholic Parish. Fialkowski is the associate pastor of the merged parishes, the same role he has held at St. Luke since October 2019. Rev. Stanislaw Kuca is now officially the pastor of the twinned parishes having previously served as pastor of St. Bernardine. Fialkowski, a diocesan priest for 43 years, said the months ahead will focus on members of the two parishes getting to know each other and working to form a trusting relationship. He spent 22 years as pastor of Our Lady of the Wayside, a church in the northwest suburbs with a registered membership of 3,200 families. Having earned an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business, combined with having served as the pastor of a large parish, gives him broad knowledge and experience in administration. He grew up on the Northwest Side of Chicago and has five siblings, 12 nephews and 13 grand-nieces and -nephews. He enjoys

timism. We are going to make this new parish a great success.” For now, the Mass schedule at the St. Bernardine location will remain the same as it has been in the past, and when you call the phone number for that location listed online, someone physically at the Forest Park church will answer. Members of St. Bernardine who served on the Community Discernment and Planning team leading up to the merger, along with seven people from St. Luke, were Kuca, Michael O’Brien, Della DeSonia, Julia Doloszycki, Deb Michalak and Mary Richie. After doing their research, the team proposed two scenarios to the archdiocese, each of which would “focus on the future, but also build on the strengths of the past and present.” Scenario 1 was eventually adopted: It established St. Luke and St. Bernardine as one parish “while continuing to maintain both churches so that liturgies would conProvided tinue to be offered at both locations.” Scenario 2 would have created St. Luke TWINNED: Rev. Stan Kuca is the new pastor of St. Luke and St. Bernadine Parish. and St. Bernardine Parish but shift all liturgies to St. Luke Church. spending time with that extended family locations in one parish. When asked, for exThe team’s report reasoned, “Merging St. and friends and enjoys sports and watching ample, if he will be in effect the pastor of St. Luke and St. Bernardine parishes presents old movies. Bernardine and Kuca the pastor of St. Luke, us with two decidedly different communiSt. Bernardine members who have spo- he said they are both priests of the one parties, each with strengths that should not be ken to the Forest Park Review over the ish called St. Luke and St. Bernardine. forfeited in the merger since they hold the long process which led to the consolidation While acknowledging that both faith comroots of our faith. Though the demographoften frame the merger in terms of a loss. munities have their own narratives of the ics of the two parishes, which serve a 4.5 Fialkowski is trying to look at it as an oppor- past, Fialkowski said, “All of us are looking square mile area, are different, the faith tunity, focusing on two aspects of merging forward to the future with optimism. Whatcommitment of parishioners served by each ever happened in the past happened in the the two faith communities into one parish. parish is a strong foundation for the future.” He resisted any language about St. Ber- past. All of us — the parish staff, the priests, nardine or St. Luke as individual parishes and the archdiocese — are saying that we’re and kept repeating that they are two church going forward with this new parish with op-

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Glorious gardens return Visitors explored gardens throughout Forest Park at the Historical Society’s fourth annual Garden Walk this past Saturday, July 17. 1) Katie Roberts, left, and John Roberts, walk through the backyard garden on Marengo Avenue. 2) Plants grow from a tree stump. 3) The side and front yard of 504 Marengo. 4) From left, homeowner Susie Cahill, Rose Lubarski, Judith Wilke and Pat Murray check out plants. 5) Judith Wilke, of Oak Park, tries an edible plant. 4

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New chairlift makes Forest Park Aquatic Center accessible for differently abled swimmers By TOM HOLMES Contributing Reporter

Forest Park pool patrons are used to seeing children with disabilities around in the summer. “The Park has always been an active member of WSSRA (West Suburban Special Recreation Association)” said Rachell Entler, the park district’s recreation supervisor. “We also work with Opportunity Knocks. We work closely with both organizations to make sure we are providing access to people with disabilities [so they] can enjoy the pool.

This pool season there is a new way into the pool for those with different abilities who need access. The park district has purchased and installed a chair lift in the deepwater end of the pool. The lift is still waiting for its first user. “When the pool was built back in 1994, the zero-depth entrance was one of the biggest changes that was made to the pool. We also have the water-proof wheelchair, and the play structure and Splashpad also have features at various levels.” Pool staff members Maria Garcia and Georgiana Gomorczak demonstrated for the

Review how the chairlift works while Olivia Mott photographed the demonstration. Larry Piekarz, former park director, had floated the idea for several years, but it was not until Jackie Iovinelli followed Piekarz as director that Entler recommended to the park board the purchase of the equipment and helped come up with ways to fund the $8,400 cost. The purchase was made in March. “We hope,” said Entler, “that anyone who wants to swim laps or enter or exit the water in the deep end but cannot use the ladders or stairs will now have the option of using

the lift. The remote that operates the chair is accessible to the person using the chair so they can have total control of lowering or raising themselves in and out of the water. Staff is also able to assist if needed.” She said no one has yet used the new chairlift partly because WSSRA made the decision earlier in the year not to use the pool this summer, even though they were consulted in the process leading up to the purchase. She expects that the lift will be used more frequently once the word has gotten out.

Alvarez explains need for 2 principals to replace Brunson Middle schools have unique needs, especially after COVID year, she says By F. AMANDA TUGADE Contributing Reporter

A search for two principals at Forest Park School District 91 is now underway. School officials are looking to hire a pair of principals, one that will serve at Field-Stevenson Intermediate School and another that will take on Forest Park Middle School. Just months before the coronavirus pandemic began last March, Field-Stevenson and the middle school shared one principal, said Elizabeth Alvarez, the district’s new superintendent. Alvarez said that after Forest Park Middle School Principal Joseph Pisano resigned last year, Tiffany Brunson, Field-Stevenson’s principal, was appointed to a dual post as principal of both schools. The two schools share a campus at 925 Beloit Ave. Brunson resigned from the district in June. Alvarez said she received support from school board members to hire two principals, one for each of the schools.

“A middle school should not be treated like a K through 8 school, (which) should not be treated like a 3 through 8 school,” she said. “It’s a whole different model. There is a middle school philosophy that needs to be honored. “And if we want to do this right, right after the pandemic, there are social-emotional learning needs, healing considerations for our middle school students emotionally, behaviorally and intelligently.” The positions were posted earlier this month, immediately following Brunson’s announcement, and at this point, district administrators are gearing up for secondround interviews, Alvarez said. The hiring process is being done in-house, not with a search firm, she added. Alvarez said she and her colleagues sifted through dozens of resumes from applicants and are working alongside school administrators, faculty, parents and community members to find the ideal candidates. The district plans to fill the positions by the end of July.

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On finding the right principals, Alvarez said she is looking for people who are “data-informed” and “data responsive.” She is looking for two people who can provide teachers constructive feedback and room for growth, as well as praise them for the work they do. “I particularly want them to look at students’ work, look at the tasks at hand and see what are our gaps – what is it that we’re missing,” Alvarez said, adding she is on the hunt for a pair of educators who are dedicated to empowering students. “I want them to be accepting of student voice, allow children to speak for themselves and see that they have power over their own learning,” she said.

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Cook County mass vax site closes But health experts worry about vaccination rate, Delta variant By MICHAEL ROMAIN Equity Editor

Roughly four months after opening, Cook County’s mass vaccination site at the former Hobo store, 7630 Roosevelt Rd., is closing. The Forest Park site was one of three Cook County mass vaccination sites still open. Three others, including the mass vaccination site at Triton College in River Grove, closed in May. Dr. Israel Rocha, the CEO of Cook County Health, said that at their height, the mass vaccination centers were administering 4,000 doses a day — a number that, by midJuly, had declined to fewer than 150 doses. July 20 was the last day for residents to get vaccinated at the Forest Park site. During a special meeting on July 14, Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins said a “clap out” — a ceremony of appreciation for the people who helped open and operate the site — was scheduled for that day. The mayor also expressed disappointment that, given the site’s presence in the community, more Forest Park residents were not vaccinated. “The Cook County statistics indicate that only 53.4% of Forest Park residents are fully vaccinated,” he said at the Friday meeting. “I thought that would’ve been a little higher, especially given the proximity and the price of the vaccination, but let’s still encourage our neighbors to do the smart and responsible thing.” Roughly 65% of Forest Park residents have gotten at least one vaccine dose, ac-

cording to the county statistics. That’s compared to 59% of suburban Cook County residents with at least one vaccine dose and roughly 48% of suburban Cook County residents who are fully vaccinated. “Walgreens has indicated that they will continue to have vaccinations on site,” the mayor said. “Additionally, Walmart has reached out to the village. So, we’ll still have an abundance of available vaccinations.” Meanwhile, county officials are sounding the alarm about the growing prevalence of the COVID-19 Delta variant, which they said was first identified in March. The variant “accounts for more than half of the cases in the U.S. and is taking hold here in Illinois and throughout Cook County,” county officials explained in a statement released July 16. “This variant, which mutated from the original strain, is highly contagious and causes more severe illness,” officials said. “Unvaccinated individuals continue to be most at-risk for serious illness, hospitalization and death.” “We have accomplished our first goal— vaccinate as many people as possible against COVID-19 with a large-scale strategy, but our work continues,” said Rocha. “However, there is no doubt that demand for vaccines is waning.” Dr. Claudia Fegan, Cook County Health’s chief medical officer, tried dispelling some of the concerns people may have about the vaccines. “We’ve been taking vaccines for years,” she said. “The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are built on new molecular technology that we have been developing for years which makes them safer and more effective than any vaccine we’ve used before. I wish the vaccines we use for measles, mumps, rubella and the flu were as effective as the vaccines we have now for COVID-19. This vaccine is a life-changer.”

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BIG WEEK Get started with nature journaling

Progress Center offers support programs Progress Center for Independent Living, which “works to provide people with all types of disabilities the tools and resources to be independent in their own homes” invites you to join a weekly virtual meeting, on July 22 from 10 to 11 a.m., where participants share art and connect with others. Bring art to the meeting to share over Zoom screen or send a picture of the art to the garnold@progresscil.org ahead of time. There’s also Dynamic People with Disabilities, a monthly support group open to all people with disabilities through the Progress Center. The group’s meetings are on the fourth Tuesday of each month, next on July 27, from 1 to 3 p.m. For more information and to register, contact Kim Liddell at kliddell@progresscil.org

Join the Trailside Museum of Natural History, 738 Thatcher Ave. in River Forest, on Thursday, July 22 at 6 p.m. to learn the essentials of keeping an illustrated nature journal, to deepen your observations and connection to nature wherever you find it. No drawing or journaling experience is necessary. The program is presented by Maureen Clare Murphy, University of Illinois Extension master naturalist and geared for all ages over 13. Registration required. Call 708-366-6530 or visit online at fpdcc.com/ places/locations/trailsidemuseum-natural-history/#events.

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Author event at Centuries & Sleuths Centuries & Sleuths bookstore, 7419 Madison St., invites you to an afternoon with Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo: A Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery on Saturday, July 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. One of BuzzFeed’s highly anticipated mystery novels of 2021, it’s Manansala’s first book in a culinary series of sharp humor and delectable dishes — one that might just be a killer. Tracy Clark, author of the Cass Raines Chicago mystery series, will interview Manansala and both will sign books afterward.

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Madison Street Sidewalk Sale Hunt for bargains while enjoying a stroll down Forest Park’s downtown during the Chamber of Commerce’s Madison Street Sidewalk Sale from July 23-25. Bring your friends and browse our unique boutiques and specialty shops and grab a bite to eat at one of the local eateries. Participating businesses are Jayne, Scratch Kitchen, Todd & Holland Tea Merchants, Play It Again Sports, Centuries & Sleuths, Model Esteem and Shanahan’s.

Forest Park Public Library invites families to search for interesting things in the natural world and hone your nature photography during their family scavenger hunt, which runs through July 25. The library will provide a map and a list of what to look for, as well as access to a Padlet for sharing pictures of what you found on your walk. Children of all ages and their families are welcome. Maps are available in the Youth Services Department at the Forest Park Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd., or by downloading through the library’s website at fppl.org/2021/07/11/ naturescavengerhunt.

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Shoe repair man needs kidney transplant, can’t afford time off Customer starts GoFundMe account for Salo Gutierrez By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

A group of Forest Parkers is trying to raise $40,000 to allow Salomon “Salo” Gutiérrez, owner of Salo’s Shoe Repair, Dry Cleaning & Alterations, 7231 Roosevelt Rd., the time he needs to get a kidney transplant and then recuperate. Gutierrez has been on dialysis since December 2018. Because his business is his only source of income and he would need to take 4-6 months off work to recuperate if he gets a transplant, he hasn’t put himself on the transplant list. The campaign, which was launched by regular customer Selene Lopez, is trying to raise money to allow him to take time off while still paying his bills. According to Lopez, Gutierrez grew up in the Mexican state of Guerrero. He learned to repair shoes when he was 12, and immigrated to the United States in 1990, when he was 24 years old. Gutierrez bought a business that would become Salo’s Shoe Repair in March 2006. Lopez first met Gutierrez in 2019, shortly after moving to Forest Park with her fiancé, Gio Salazar. Salazar runs the Ruck and Field Fitness program, which uses sandbags as weights during some workouts. “We needed to reinforce our sandbags,” Lopez recalled. “We went to Salo’s, and [Gutierrez] was so nice to us. He even washed the sandbags.” She said she appreciated the quality of the work and kept coming back to get clothes fixed and dry-cleaned. “We talked about the shoes he fixed and he offered to teach me how to fix shoes for free,” Lopez said. “At the time, I just couldn’t take up the offer.” She first realized something was amiss later that year, when she noticed that Gutierrez lost “a lot” of weight. But he didn’t open up to her about the toll the dialysis took on him until 2020. Dialysis is a treatment that does what kidneys would normally do – purifies blood. Gutierrez goes in for dialysis 3 times a week, with each session lasting 4 hours. Lopez said that each session usually leaves him “tired, weak, and suffering from abdominal pain.” While Gutierrez has several relatives, none of them live in the United States. Because his business is his only source of income, Lopez said that he pushes himself to keep working, even on days when he has dialysis. “After treatment, he takes about one hour to rest before opening the store,” she said. “After dialysis, he has fatigue, and gets so

hungry and sometimes [has] an upset stomach.” Without a kidney transplant, Gutierrez will have to continue relying on dialysis. But because he can’t afford to take months off work, Lopez said, he hasn’t even tried to get on the transplant list. While raising the money wouldn’t, in and of itself, get him a transplant it would at least open that option

for him. Lopez said that she mulled starting the campaign for months. In May 2021, she spoke to Gutierrez again, and started the campaign after getting his blessing. “Upon hearing [that I wanted to do a GoFundMe campaign for him], his eyes got watery,” Lopez said. “He said he wasn’t expecting for me to help him.”

The campaign launched on July 5. As of July 17, the campaign has raised $2,480. Lopez hopes that Gutierrez’s struggles and history of hard work will resonate with the community. “Salomon is a very kind, humble, hardworking man and he likes to sing karaoke,” she said. “Even though you don’t know him, we are all part of the same family of God.

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The joy of a handwritten letter + a lovely cocktail Spritzers with Pritzker creator launches Dive Bar Letter Writers By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

Kimberly Adami-Hasegawa, who shot to Chicago area Internet fame last year for tweeting about making and drinking cocktails during Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s daily COVID-19 press conferences is launching something a great deal less online. On July 25, she will host the first monthly Dive Bar Letter Writers meet-up at Goldyburgers Beer Garden, 7316 Circle Ave., from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Adami-Hasegawa said she wanted to create a meet-up for people who shared her love of handwriting letters and greeting cards. Interested residents can stop by and bring their own writing supplies. Adami-Hasegawa said she wanted to start the meetup in 2020, but the pandemic got in the way. Due to ongoing concerns about the Delta variant and the fact that not all attendees may be vaccinated, she plans to stick to bars with outdoor seating for the time being. While Adami-Hasegawa said she plans for the meetings to be at Forest Park bars at first, she hopes to take the series to Chicago and the other suburbs in the future. During the early weeks of the pandemic in March 2020, when the state was under a stay-at-home order and Pritzker

was on TV daily, Adami-Hasegawa started of my own, just to get together with my lethaving spritzers, some alcoholic, some ter-writing friends in the Chicago area, and not, while she watched. She’d post recipes meet some new people,” she said. “I am a big and photos on Twitter with the hashtag fan of cocktails and dive bars, so I thought it #spritzerswithpritzker. The tweets caught would be fun to have meet-ups at dive bars.” on, and gained a further boost when PritzThe pandemic waylaid those plans, but as ker referenced the tweets during an April 9 capacity restrictions eased and the number press conference. of vaccinations increased, Adami-Hasegawa Adami-Hasegawa previously told the Redecided to launch the meet-up. She said that, view that her love of letter writing grew out for July 25 meet-up, she got “8-10” RSVPs of the stylized stationery, typewriters, and from her letter-writing friends and 3 or 4 stamps she collected when she was young. writers she never met. Kimberly Adami-Hasegawa She couldn’t buy the materials and not use Adami-Hasegawa said she is still working them, so she started recruiting pen pals. out the details for the future events, includAdami-Hasegawa has 15 pen-pals across the ing what days and times they will take place. globe – ties that remained strong during the “I plan to do it once a month,” she said. “At pandemic. the beginning, [it would] probably be traveling around the “It’s just sort of a fun way to connect to people,” she said in a recent interview. “I hate talking on the phone, and I find Forest Park bars that will have us, and then hopefully exthat sharing cards and letters is just a tangible way to stay pand into the city and the [other] suburbs.” For now, Adami-Hasegawa welcomes anyone interested to connected. And it’s just fun to open your mailbox and restop by the July 25 meet-up. ceive mail.” “People can bring their own stationary, stamps and letters Adami-Hasegawa added that she liked that she could write to write and thank you notes to write, and, hopefully, it goes and read letters at her leisure, without worrying about each well,” she said. “Even if you are not an avid letter writer, other’s schedules and time differences. just stop by. Once you start and experience the joy of sendAdami-Hasegawa said she previously participated in the meetups organized by the Letter Writers Alliance, which ing mail, maybe you’ll be hooked, too.” For more information about Dive Bar Letter Writes meetshuttered in 2020. “I missed that connection, and I wanted to start a meet-up ups, visit divebarletterwriters.com

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A 31-year-old Forest Park woman called police on July 9 at about 4:35 p.m. to report that sometime after 9 p.m. the previous day someone had fired a bullet through the fender of her car, which had been parked in a spot behind her building overnight. The victim told police she went outside to take her vehicle to the car wash when she noticed a hole in the right side of the vehicle’s fender, just below the hood. The responding police officer noted that damage and then opened the hood, revealing more damage. Police also recovered a small bullet jacket fragment from underneath the hood near the radiator of the vehicle. A neighbor told police that during the nighttime hours of July 8, he heard what he believed to be two gunshots coming from the alley and saw a newer model Mercedes-Benz sedan speed away southbound through the Harlem/Elgin alley.

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■ Someone from Forest Park Foreign Car Repair, 7400 Harrison St., contacted police on July 8 to report that someone had burglarized a vehicle in the lot during the overnight hours. According to the police report, the offender broke out the passenger side window of the Mercedes-Benz 300 Series vehicle and removed the radio. ■ Forest Park police responded to the 300 block of Desplaines Avenue on July 13 at about 10:20 a.m. after someone called to report a burglary to a vehicle that had just occurred. The witness told police he was on his patio when he observed an unknown man looking into vehicles in the parking lot. The witness then saw the man use a brick to break the driver’s side window of a vehicle, enter it and remove something from the front pas-

senger seat. The victim said that a wallet containing identification, credit cards and about $420 in cash had been taken from the seat. ■ A resident of the 1000 block of Harlem Avenue called police on the morning of July 14 to report that during the overnight hours someone entered her unlocked vehicle, which was parked in the rear lot, and removed her purse. When the victim woke up in the morning, she saw a text message from her bank stating that someone had attempted to use a credit card to purchase items at the Shell gas station at 7143 W. Roosevelt Road in Berwyn. ■ A resident of the 800 block of Elgin Avenue called police on the morning of July 14 to report that someone had entered her vehicle, which had been left unlocked, and ransacked the interior, removing two charging cables and a set of headphones. A security camera captured partial video of someone inside her vehicle at about 2:50 a.m. that morning.

Minivan stolen Police responded to the 1400 block of Circle Avenue on July 13 at 5:30 p.m. after a 67-year-old Oak Park man called to report that someone had stolen his tan 2006 Toyota Sienna minivan, which had been parked on the west side of the street at the north end of the block. The victim said he parked the vehicle there at about 4:20 p.m. and that when he returned about an hour later, the van was gone. The victim also told police he keeps the keys to the vehicle under the driver’s seat. Taken with the van was softball equipment, including Dimirini bats and a new Rawlings glove.

Gargoyle statue stolen Police responded to the 1000 block of Marengo Avenue on the evening of July 12 after a resident called to report that someone had stolen a 50-pound gargoyle statue from his front yard. The victim said he had three such statues, and the one that was stolen was the biggest of the trio. These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, July 8-14, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.

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MAXHAM A new gig from page 1 because as far as he knows, there have never been two women commissioners serving at once,” Maxham said. “He gave me the name of somebody he was considering and he said I’d be a good candidate, because I’m intimately knowledgeable about the village. I thought about it, but it wasn’t any serious consideration until [that] weekend,” she said. Moments after her swearing in, Maxham was selected to become the commissioner for public health and safety, which means that she’ll work with the village’s building department on issues like code enforcement, the issuance of building permits and restaurant inspections. “We felt like the person we selected needed to have an understanding of the village’s issues and Maria certainly covers the issues for the paper and she meets the statutory requirements to serve,” Hoskins said during an interview on Friday. “In this case, her knowledge and understanding of the village and its current operations was the decisive factor.” Hoskins said this is the first time “we’ve ever had two women on the council at the same time,” adding that “in the history of the village, there’s only been, maybe five or six women who have served [on the village council].” Hoskins also laid out the process for appointing someone to a vacant council seat.

“It doesn’t happen often,” he said. “If Novak had resigned after a year of service, there would have been time for a special election, but because he resigned past the midpoint of his term, the law allows the mayor to make an appointment with the council’s approval. So in this case, I had a 60-day window to make an appointment and then it required approval at a full board meeting from a majority of the commissioners attending that meeting.” Maxham, an 18-year resident of Forest Park, was hired to edit Forest Park Review in September 2019. Before that, she had built a reputation as a well-regarded romance novelist. During her tenure with the Review, Maxham earned several journalism awards and accolades, including the Top Journalist award from the Illinois Association of Park Districts. The award, which Maxham received in January after being nominated by Jackie Iovinelli, the Park District of Forest Park’s executive director, is given to a news entity or individual journalist who “has provided responsible and comprehensive coverage of Illinois park districts, forest preserves, conservation, recreation, and special recreation agencies at the statewide or local level.” While at the Review, Maxham was a fixture at Duffy’s Tavern in Forest Park, where she would go on Tuesday afternoon, once she had finished deadlines. “I’ll still go to Duffy’s every Tuesday afternoon, so people will know where to find me,” Maxham said. “I plan to keep that tradition alive.”

BROWN COW

GoFundMe to the rescue from page 1 that has called Madison Street home since 2004. The online fundraising platform reached out to Brown and four other ice cream shops across the nation who had benefitted from successful GoFundMe campaigns. GoFundMe noted “thousands of acts of kindness on GoFundMe made a difference for these beloved ice cream shops” and wanted to “sprinkle back” that kindness on National Ice Cream Day. GoFundMe partnered with the shops to help them provide a free scoop of a new ice cream flavor, Sprinkle Kindness, to anyone stopping by. Brown developed a custom-crafted ice cream for the free scoops event. The Brown Cow’s version of Sprinkle Kindness is a super-premium sweet cream ice cream with butter cream frosting, Aunt Laura’s sugar cookies and colorful sprinkles. She put the new in-house creamery to grand use and whipped up 100 gallons of her frosted sugar cookie ice cream in advance of National Ice Cream Day. “I think GoFundMe was impressed by the immediacy of community support our campaign received,” said Brown. “They

foot the bill to make the special flavor and provided everything we needed for the event including cups, napkins and signage.” GoFundMe contracted with local printers to produce the signs for the event. Brown had already arranged for Aubrey Jacknow, owner of 99 Haus Balloons, to install a balloon display outside the shop on National Ice Cream Day, but a representative from GoFundMe reached out to Jacknow to increase the budget and scope of the project. The elaborate, pastel-hued, two-story balloon installation on the building façade greeted an impressive number of customers who lined up for a free scoop of ice cream. “If we had not had the GoFundMe I am almost 100% certain we would not be here today,” said an emotional Brown. “To be able to say thank you without words, to be able to give away free ice cream to anyone who walked through the door and celebrate with the whole community — it was just an awesome party.” The Brown Cow is donating 100% of proceeds from sales of their Sprinkle Kindness ice cream to the District 209 scholarship fund throughout the month of July. GoFundMe will match up to $25,000 in donations. Direct donations and online ice cream purchases can be made at www.browncowicecream.com. How sweet is that?

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Customers enjoy free scoops of ice cream outside of Brown Cow in Forest Park.

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OPINION O U R

V I E W

A good but awkward pick

wo years ago we hired Maria Maxham to be a reporter, and shortly after, the editor of the Forest Park Review. We made that hire not based on her experience in community journalism, because she was a rookie, but rather because she has a strong affinity for Forest Park. That made her a good editor for the local paper. And it will make her a good village commissioner now that she has been unanimously approved to fill out the term of Dan Novak. He resigned recently because he is moving out of town. Maxham is smart, empathetic, curious and not particularly political. Good qualities in a small town official. That said, it is an awkward transition, from our point of view, to go from being an observer, a neutral third party, reporting on a community directly to being an insider sitting in all the meetings. This transition happened fast and we want to tell our readers that we worked quickly to separate Maxham from our newsroom, as was appropriate. When she first informed the publisher on Monday, July 12, that she had been asked to take the post, was open to accepting it but that nothing would be official until a special meeting possibly later last week, she was told that she would have to separate immediately and could not cover that evening’s village council meeting. She offered her letter of resignation on Wednesday, July 14. She was voted onto the council, July 16. Decades ago, our friend Bob Haeger was the editor and publisher and owner of the Review. He made the dubious decision to run for mayor and campaigned on the slogan, “The Next Best Thing to Being Mayor Yourself.” Catchy line. But it ignored what are two vital and distinct roles in a democracy — a free press with a respectful but adversarial approach to government, and the government itself which has awesome responsibilities, among them being held accountable by that free press. Voters wisely rejected Haeger as a mayoral hopeful but continued to embrace him as the proprietor of the independent local paper. Forest Park can be an insular town where the typical lanes are not always recognized. Here at the Review we will do our best to find a strong and independent reporter to cover Forest Park with affection and with skepticism. And we wish our former colleague, Maria Maxham, success as a village commissioner.

Garden Walk grows in beauty and in size

ith peach trees bearing their summer fruit, snap dragons proudly flashing their soft summer color and tomatoes ripening, the Historical Society Garden Walk took place over the weekend featuring 8 gorgeous gardens in the village. The walk, maturing in its own rite, in its fourth year, attracted 300 neighbors near and far to the intimate spaces created throughout the village. The legacy of the Troost monument company family homes along Troost Avenue and the century old stone patio with fireplace took the attendees back in time. Redefining the uses of a small garden space with the height of vertical plantings and horticultural curiosities with ecologically sustainable natives, even a rare Kankakee mallow provided the bookends of the tours on the south and north ends of town. The Marengo row of homes included a detailed garden experience tour with a hot tub under the canopy of peach and pear trees. Water features, nooks for reading, entertaining and sipping were created in the spaces unexpectedly. The honor of best in show was selected from the attendees who narrowly selected the cottage

style garden of the most elder of the tour. Donna Kruse – her garden was featured in the 1990’s tour -- has been an avid gardener at that corner for 50 years. Although originally declining the invitation to be on the walk, because “as I get older it is hard to keep up, I am 87 years old, it’s hard to bend down for those weeds.” She changed her mind when her granddaughter, Halley Rodden offered to help with the garden to have it showcased for the weekend. Together they worked to add new colors and depth to the long-established garden. This garden not only attracts native insects, birds and butterflies, it also attracts a new generation of neighbors from homes and apartments in the area who come to enjoy the comforts of the corner cottage and the fellowship that the space. With over 25 volunteers the walk was arranged by Kristen Lyons, board member of the historical society and is the most significant fundraiser of the year for the group. The interconnections between the distinctive personal styles, passions and spaces created a layer of beauty and inspiration to the guests and showcased the charm that is uniquely Forest Park.

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WAGNER

Too low on vaccinations Just more than half of Forest Parkers are fully vaccinated against COVID. That despite having had a county-run mass vaccination site in town these past four months. That facility, in the former Hobo store on Roosevelt Road, closed for good on Monday. Mayor Rory Hoskins expressed his disappointment at that number last week. We join in that frustration. There’s only one way through this pandemic and it is with a much higher number of vaccinated neighbors.

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CONGRATS: Hailey Rodden (left) and Donna Kruse, the 2021 Historical Society Garden Walk “Best in Show” winners.

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O B I T U A R I E S Tom Tripp, 83 Served in the Marines and Coast Guard

Thomas Roy Tripp Sr., 83, of Forest Park died at home on July 2, 2021. He was a proud Marine and also served in the Coast Guard. Tom was the husband of the late Clara Tripp; the dad of Terri Sansone (Roy Sansone) and Tom Tripp Jr.; Grampy of Amy Hochheimer Dionne (Matt Dionne), Emmaly Shanahan (Matt Shanahan), Kathryn Sansone and Cory Sansone, and Kyle and Jason Tripp; Great Grampy of Kaylee Zavala and Mason and Jackson Dionne; brother of Robert Tripp and the late Jon Tripp; brother in-law of Ginny Tripp (Jordan Fugate); and uncle of many nieces and nephews. He will be dearly missed by his best friend, Steve Cetranarowitz. He was in hospice with his daughter Terri

for eight weeks, and she and the family want to thank his CNA, Cindy, who came every morning to help her, and his hospice nurse, Sara, who also visited regularly.

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Level the playing field If Forest Park prohibited Thai restaurants from staying open as long as Italian restaurants, that would be weird, right? What if Forest Park not only did such a thing, but let Italian restaurants stay open 36 hours longer each month? If you owned a Thai restaurant you’d not be too happy, and neither would your customers. Analogies are seldom perfect, but this is what’s happening in Forest Park with establishments that possess liquor licenses. I never would have predicted that a good number of Forest Park residents would come to know the differences between A and A1 liquor licenses, but here we are, in the middle of an odd summer after a truly odd 2020. For those who don’t know the difference, it’s easy to understand: A licenses require 50% of gross sales to be food-related; an A1 license has no such requirements. (And yes, many A1s do not serve food, but some do.) What’s not easy to understand is why establishments with A licenses are currently allowed to serve alcohol for 36 hours longer each month. A-licensed establishments may

serve until 1 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday; A1licensed establishments cannot serve past midnight seven days each week. There are no requirements that A-licensees actually serve food during those 36 additional hours; they can become, in effect, a bar just like any other bar. The people of Forest Park are many things: liberal, conservative, wealthy, struggling. I’d wager it’s safe to say that among our differences, one of the concepts we believe in is the concept of fairness. And there’s nothing fair about allowing one type of bar to have -- by village ordinance -- an unfair competitive advantage. It’s up to me as the owner of Duffy’s Tavern to run my business as successfully as I can, but it’s up to the village to provide a level playing field between all the other businesses like mine. Competition is good, but the current climate is anti-competitive, and should give everyone pause for thought.

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The Park District of Oak Park will accept sealed bids for the Pleasant Home Geothermal HVAC system install at 217 S. Home Ave. in Oak Park. The project consists of the full installation of all hvac equipment and necessary ductwork, electrical work, geothermal wells and components. The Park District of Oak Park will receive individual sealed Bids until 11:00 a.m. (Central Daylight time) on Friday, August 13, 2021, at 218 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois. The bidding documents and requirements will be available on the Park District’s website as of 2:00 pm Thursday, July 22, 2021. A non-mandatory pre-bid walk-thru is scheduled for Thursday, July 29 at 11:00 a.m. (Central Daylight time) at 217 South Home Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302. Bid bonds will be required by bidding contractors. Copies of the bidding speciﬁcations are available via the Park District of Oak Park website at: http://www.pdop.org/bids-and-rfps/ For additional information, contact Chris Lindgren at chris.lindgren@ pdop.org or (708) 725 2050. Only the bids prepared in compliance with the bidding documents will be considered. This project must adhere to the Prevailing Wage Act of 2021. The Park District of Oak Park encourages minority and women owned business ﬁrms to submit bids for this project.

The Park District of Oak Park will accept sealed bids for the Building Demolition at 228-230 Madison St. in Oak Park. The project consists of the removal and disposal of the building, and of all appurtenances relating to electrical, plumbing including any plumbing underneath the building, fixtures, heating, cooling, boilers, water-heaters, and all other remaining related building appurtenances remaining in the building shall be removed. The Park District of Oak Park will receive individual sealed Bids until 10:00 a.m. (Central time) on Friday, August 13, 2021, at 218 Madison St., Oak Park, IL. The bidding documents and requirements will be available on the Park District’s website as of 5:00 pm Thursday, July 22, 2021. A non-mandatory pre-bid walk-thru is scheduled for Wednesday, July 28 at 10:00 a.m. (Central Daylight time) at 228-230 Madison St., Oak Park, IL 60302. Bid bonds will be required by bidding contractors. Copies of the bidding specifications are available via the Park District’s website at: http://www.pdop.org/bids-and-rfps/ For additional information, contact Chris Lindgren at chris.lindgren@ pdop.org or (708) 725 2050. Only the bids prepared in compliance with the bidding documents will be considered. This project must adhere to the Prevailing Wage Act of 2021. The Park District of Oak Park encourages minority and women owned business firms to submit bids for this project.

PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: APPLICATION FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PERMIT DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD, RIVER FOREST, ILLINOIS Public notice is hereby given that on August 5, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. in the First Floor Community Room at the River Forest Village Hall, 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, Illinois, the Village of River Forest Development Review Board (DRB) will hold a public hearing on the following matter:

Once the DRB concludes the public hearing, its members will make a recommendation to the Village Board of Trustees that a planned development permit be granted, with or without conditions, or that it be denied. The Village Board of Trustees has up to 60 days to begin consideration of the DRB’s recommendation.

Park District of Oak Park By: Chris Wollmuth, Secretary Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison St. Oak Park, IL 60302 Published in Wednesday Journal July 21, 2021

Application # 22-005: The property owner wishes to convert an ofﬁce space and a portion of adjacent ofﬁce space into a studio apartment. Address: 400 Ashland Avenue, which is located at the northeast corner of Ashland and Central Avenues. A legal description of the property/properties is provided later in this notice. Applicant: 400 Ashland, LLC River Forest, IL Residents are welcome to review the application, to send correspondence, attend the public hearing, submit evidence, and provide testimony at the public hearing. For comments to be considered by the DRB and the Village Board of Trustees in their decision, they must be included as part of the public hearing record. The public may attend the public hearing or submit written comments to Jon Pape no later than 12:00 Noon on the date of the public hearing at jpape@vrf.us or by mailing them to 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, IL 60305. The public is asked to discuss whether or not the application meets the standards that the DRB must consider when reviewing the application. Those standards are available on the Village’s website at www.vrf.us/DevelopmentGuide. A copy of the application is available to the public at Village Hall and on the Village’s website at http://www. vrf.us/DevelopmentGuide. Elements of the application may be amended during the course of this process and interested persons are encouraged to stay apprised of the progress of the application by also viewing DRB meeting agendas and packets, which are also available at the Village Hall and online at www. vrf.us/meetings, and are published no less than 48 hours prior to any public meeting.

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Any questions regarding this application or the planned development process may be directed to: Jon Pape, Assistant to the Village Administrator, 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, Illinois 60305, jpape@vrf.us, (708) 714-3563. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 8 (EXCEPT THE NORTH 3 FEET) IN BLOCK 4 IN PART OF RIVER FOREST, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, SURVEYED FOR SUBURBAN HOME MUTUAL ASSOCIATION ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 23, 1890 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 1291334, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Published in Wednesday Journal July 21, 2021

PUBLIC NOTICE 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: Y21007299 on July 1, 2021 Under the Assumed Business Name of JOYFUL NOISE MUSIC STUDIO with the business located at: 256 WASHINGTON BLVD #2, OAK PARK, IL 60302, 411 PARK AVE #3, RIVER FOREST, IL 60305. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: OLIVIA MULLINS 256 WASHINGTON BLVD #2, OAK PARK, IL 60302, USA. Published in Wednesday Journal July 7, 14, and 21, 2021

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given to all persons concerned that on the 13th day of July 2021, the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the Village of River Forest, Illinois, voted to amend its Rules and Regulations. Printed copies of the Rules and Regulations, as amended, may be obtained from the Ofﬁce of the Village Clerk, 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, Illinois. The rules shall be operable as of July 25, 2021, or 10 days from the date of publication of this notice, whichever date is later.

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR HIS ASSET SECURITIZATION CORPORATION TRUST 2007OPT1, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-OPT1; Plaintiff, vs. CHARLES T. GRANT; JUANITA J. GRANT AKA JUANITA LACOURT; PRAIRIE PLACE AT 6436 ROOSEVELT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 14415 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-18-428-043-1019 & 16-18428-043-1064. Commonly known as 6436 Roosevelt Road, Unit 311, Oak Park, IL 60304. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455. W18-0641 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3171912

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District 90 is seeking qualified and experienced applicants for the following positions:

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• English Language Learners Teacher (Full-time at Roosevelt Middle School and Part-time FTE 0.50 at Lincoln Elementary School) • Grade 4 Teacher (Willard Elementary School) For detailed qualifications requirements and job duties, please visit our website at https://www.district90.org/about/ employment for our complete list of employment opportunities. Interested candidates should complete the online application available at www.district90.org. Please do not send hard copies of supporting documentation, i.e. cover letters, resumes, licensure, etc. to River Forest Schools District 90; instead, upload these materials onto the online job application system for proper processing. BAND SAW WELDER TECH, GENL LABORER OPENINGS Local sharpening service has two openings: Band Saw Welder Technician and General Laborer position. Apply at 1233 Circle Ave. Forest Park, IL 708-209-1636 VAN DRIVER Part-time/2-3 hrs per day, M-F, 2:15 pm start time. No weekends or holidays. Safety, reliability, punctuality are the gold standard. Cell phone and clean driving record required. Dependability is a must. Drive an easy, local 3-mile route. You’ll make 2-4 stops, pick up less than 10 children and drop them all off at the same place at the same time. Pleasant conditions and appreciation! $18-25/hour depending on experience. To schedule an interview, email seedMontessori@gmail.com or leave a message at (708) 613-5860 with contact information and best time to call.

MAINTENANCE Hiring one Maintenance position at private health club in Oak Park. Hours will be variable between 20 and 32 per week and may include some night and/or weekend hours. Adult applicant should be out of high school and able to work with common power tools, including snow blowers, lawn mowers, drills and sanders. Applicant should be competent in painting, basic repairs and janitorial duties. This job requires climbing ladders and some heavy lifting- please do not apply if you cannot do physical work. Interested parties, please email your skills and contact information to: Lisa Tanzer at: LisaT@tenandfit.com

PART-TIME ELECTRICIAN’S HELPER Must have own transportation. For more information CALL 708-738-3848

CLASSROOM CLEANUP AND SUPPORT Afternoon Classroom Clean-Up and Support, Part-time/2-4 hrs per day, M-F, 2:15 pm start. No weekends or holidays. Spend late afternoons in our beautiful Oak Park classroom and be home in time for dinner. Kids will be learning all around as you work around them, dusting seashells, cleaning glue caps, putting out the trash. Oops, a spill to help with! Everyday is something new. One flight of stairs to the storage area, no heavy lifting or equipment. Seek reliable, flexible, and willing to train. Proof of Covid-19 vaccination required. Pleasant conditions and appreciation! $1519/hour plus bonuses. Interviews Thursday, July 22. To schedule, email seedMontessori@gmail.com or leave a message at (708) 613-5860 with your contact information and the best time to call. TEACHER AND TEACHER AIDE MINI ME BUNCH seeks teacher and teacher aide to enhance and expand daycare serving children ages 6 weeks to 5 years. Teacher must have at least Associates’ degree in Early Childhood Education. Minimum 1 year experience preferred in each position. Must love children and be outgoing, patient, flexible. Contact 773-521-9499 CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Customer Service Representative II in the Development Customer Service Department – Parking Division. This position provides customer service to the public by providing a variety of responsible customer service and receptionist work including high volume telephone traffic; and to perform the more complex customer service duties including but not limited to service requests, permits, parking passes, block party permits, accounts payable processing and vehicle stickers. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http://www.oak-park.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application. First review of applications is July 27, 2021.

MARKETPLACE FLEA MARKET Maywood

WEST SUBURBAN CHURCH THE SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH 436 S. 13TH AVE, MAYWOOD LARGEST FLEA MARKET FRIDAY, JULY 23, 2021, 12 PM - 7 PM SATURDAY, JULY 24, 2021, 8 AM - 6 PM Great Deals on: • Household items • Tools • Music • Male and Female accessories • Snow blowers • Lawn mowers • Furniture • Much, much more! PLUS: Food • Hourly rafﬂe • Give-Aways For more information, please contact Obra Barrow at 224.315.2868

WANTED TO BUY WANTED MILITARY ITEMS: Helmets, medals, patches, uniforms, weapons, ﬂags, photos, paperwork, Also toy soldiers – lead, plastic – other misc. toys. Call Uncle Gary 708-522-3400 Lost & Found, Items for Sale, and To Be Given Away ads run free in Wednesday Classified. To place your ad, call 708-613-334

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ROOMS FOR RENT

DOWNTOWN OAK PARK 1BR

OFFICE /RETAIL FOR RENT

Large Sunny Room with fridge, microwave. Near Green line, bus, Oak Park, 24 hour desk, parking lot. $125.00. New Mgmt. 312-212-1212

LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION FOREST PARK HIGHLY VISIBLE OFFICE/STORE AVAILABLE FOR LEASE 1350 SF w/ AC & HIGHLY VISIBLE MADISON STREET EXPOSURE. 7607 Madison Street. Village parking lot next door. Bright, clean ofﬁce. Great Madison Street exposure! Call Francis 708-3838574.

Small 1BR apartment in DTOP. Renovated and freshly painted. Harwood ﬂoors. Walking distance to El. No pets. $850/mo, utilities included.

708-657-4226

SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Find your new apartment this Saturday from 10 am – 4pm at 35 Chicago Avenue. Or call us toll free at 1-833-440-0665 for an appointment.

STUDIOS, 1, 2 & 3 BR Best Selection & Service

RIVERSIDE 3 FLAT FSBO Three above grade 2BR apts. Unﬁnished basement w/ laundry & 1/2 BA. 4 car brick garage. Zoned for residential and ofﬁce, if desired. Well maintained. $529,000 BY APPOINTMENT ONLY 708-446-1324

OAK PARK & FOREST PARK

708-386-7355

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CITY RENTALS AUSTIN RENAISSANCE APARTMENTS

A HUD subsidized affordable Apartment property announces the opening of its waiting list for both One and Two Bedroom Apartments! Resident rent is approximately 30% of gross household income, some restrictions apply. Our property is located on Washington Blvd in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. Apartments offered with an occupancy of one to four persons. Properties feature modern kitchens, include appliances, and offer onsite maintenance. Austin Renaissance will accept requests for application packages by U.S. Mail postmarked no later than , September 15, 2021. Send or email a written request for an application package that includes your name, mailing address. Daytime telephone number, Email address, and the number of persons in your household to: Town Center Realty Group LLC, PO Box 64, Huntley IL 60142-0064 or Email requests to mrpaul.tcrg@gmail.com Application packages available by mail or email delivery only. No walk-ins accepted.

Town Center Realty Group LLC

OFFICE /RETAIL FOR RENT RIVER FOREST–7777 Lake St. * 1116 sq. ft. * 1400 sq. ft. Dental Office RIVER FOREST–7756 Madison St. * 960 sq. ft. OAK PARK–6142-44 Roosevelt Rd. * 3 & 5 room office suites FOREST PARK–7736 Madison St. *2500 sq. ft. unit Strand & Browne Strand & Browne 708-488-0011 708-488-0011

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT THERAPY OFFICE OAK PARK Free wifi; flexible leasing, and offices nicely furnished right down to the Kleenex. Secure building & friendly colleagues, often giving referrals to other office mates. Shared Waiting room, Conference room & option to join Peer Supervision Group. Ideal for new practice or 2nd location. 708-383-0729

COMMERCIAL/RETAIL SPACE FOR RENT 2 SPACES FOR RENT IN SHOPPING CENTER: From 1,000 Sq. Ft.(END CAP) TO- 1,635 Sq. Ft. BOTH: Very good Condition. Recently Updated. *Heavy trafﬁc area; Serious inquires ONLY. **Special Discounted Rates-Limited Time! If Leave message, Include: Your Name, Phone Number and Type of Business. TEXT or CALL: (708)828-6491

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We install plugs for battery-operated vehicles We fix any electrical problem and do small jobs We install Surge Protectors • Home Re-wiring • New Plugs & Switches Added • New circuit breaker boxes • Code violations corrected Service upgrades,100-200 amp • Garage & A/C lines installed Fast Emergency Service | Residential • Commercial • Industrial Free Home Evaluations | Lic. • Bonded • Ins. • Low Rates • Free Est.

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AIR CONDITIONING AIR CONDITIONING AND APPLIANCE EXPERT Air Conditioning Automotive A/C Refrigerators Ranges • Ovens Washer • Dryers Rodding Sewers

FLOORS

LANDSCAPING

KLIS FLOORING INC.

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New hardwood ﬂooring installation & pergo. Sanding, re-ﬁnishing, staining. Low prices, insured. Call: 773-671-4996 www.klisflooring.com

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HANDYMAN Roofing Repairs Concrete Repairs • Drywall All types of handiwork Call For Free Estimates

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773-637-0692

FREE SERVICE CALL WITH REPAIR AND SENIOR/VETERAN DISCOUNT.

Mike’s Home Repair

708-785-2619 or 773-585-5000

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Drywall H Painting H Tile Plumbing H Electric H Floors Windows H Doors H Siding Ask Us What We Don’t Do

708-296-2060

CURT'S HANDYMAN SERVICE Drywall Repair • Painting Fans Installed • Carpentry Trim Gutter Cleaning • Window Repair

FREE ESTIMATES Excellent References No Job Too Small

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HAULING BASEMENT CLEANING

Appliances & Furniture Removal Pickup & Delivery. 708-848-9404

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NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN UP

Evergreen trimming & more. Clean-ups. Garden weed removal. Storm Branch Tree Removal.

708-447-1762

PAINTING & DECORATING CLASSIC PAINTING

Fast & Neat Painting/Taping/Plaster Repair Low Cost

708.749.0011

PETS While you’re away, your pets are okay . . . at home

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Oak Park’s Original Pet Care Service – Since 1986

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PLASTERING McNulty Plastering & Stucco Co.

Small & big work. Free estimates. Complete Plaster, Stucco & Re-Coating Services

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(708) 366-8989 7342 MADISON ST, FOREST PARK, ILLINOIS 60130

320 Circle Ave Forest Park $111,400 Fourth floor unit with balcony facing east. Great building within walking distance to Madison St. shopping and bus transportation. coin-op laundry in building. Covered parking space!

1039 Troost Ave Forest Park $350,000 Huge three bedroom home in need of rehab. Three car plus garage! Enormous 75 foot lot.

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337 Marengo Ave Forest Park $655,000 Completely remodeled four bedroom three and a half bath home! August delivery!

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189 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302 (708) 386-1400

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