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Lathrop house not declared a nuisance property — yet

A er complaints from neighbors, sta explores restrictions for short-term rentals

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

This year, residents in the 900 block of Lathrop began re gularly speaking during public comment at village council meetings, airing complaints about a short-term rental property on their block. As they attempt to get village-wide restrictions for short-term rentals, other Forest Park residents have spoken in support of such properties.

Forest Park resident Samantha Treadman Blaga has shared re peated concerns about the guests who stay at the rental property at 905 Lathrop Ave. She said village staf f and commissioners have told her that, if she re ports bothersome activity at the house to the Forest Park Police Department six times in six months, it could be considered a nuisance property. Now she’s done that, but to no avail.

“Six 911 calls have been placed in six months, but nothing has been done. You have provided a solution that does nothing,” Blaga said in an emailed public comment at a July 13 village council meeting. She provided the Review with a log of six 911 calls since February from herself and her neighbor re porting 905 Lathrop to police. They re ported public urination, four calls for excessive noise — one which also included littering and another that included multiple vehicles parked on the street — a re port of a loud argument in front of the property, and the property owner placing garbage into neighboring residents’ trash cans.

According to Forest Park’s chronic nuisance property abatement, a residence is considered a nuisance if three nuisance activities are re ported to police within a six-month period. But Police Chief Ken Gross told the Review that, at this time, he doesn’t see 905 Lathrop fitting into the nuisance ordinance.

“If all of a sudden there’s a spike in instances that constitute that being a nuisance, then absolutely the process could start,” said Gross, adding that he pulls up stats for 905 Lathrop monthly. “I’m not downplaying that the residents on that block are disheartened by that property and some of the occupants that do short stays there. If there was enough there for us to start that process of nuisance, I definitely would either do it personally — because right now I don’t have a crime free housing officer — or I’d assign it to someone.”

According to the ordinance, nuisance activities include: unlawful use of weapons, mob action, discharge of a firearm, gambling, possession or delivery of controlled substances, public indecency, assault or battery, sexual abuse, prostitution, criminal damage to property, illegal possession or delivery of cannabis, illegal consumption or possession of alcohol, disorderly conduct like false 911 calls or bomb threats, plus various violations of the village building code.

“When we use that ordinance, we want to make the neighbors happy. But I also have an obligation to protect the homeowner, too, and not violate any of their rights or mischarge them,” Gross said.

If police receive re ports of nuisance activity for a property, according to the ordinance, Gross would need to notify the owner in writing and meet with them to implement a plan to prevent future nuisance activity. If police receive another re port of nuisance activity within 60 days of the meeting, the property can be declared a chronic nuisance property. This can be done through a village administrative hearing, where a property owner can be fined up to $750, or in the Cook County circuit court, which can order a property to close between 30 and 180 days, or until

nuisance activities stop.

“I respectfully ask the village council to continue evaluating stronger oversight and enforcement for short-term rentals so that neighboring homeowners are not left bearing the consequences,” Blaga said in her emailed public comment. “Residents should not have to sacrifice their privacy, peace or property because of a business operating in a residential neighborhood.”

Shor t-term rental restrictions

At the July 8 budget meeting, Mayor Rory Hoskins said he’s suggesting the village pursue restrictions for short-term rental properties and require owners of such properties to re gister with the village.

“The village will be coming out with some proposals very soon. We’re talking to our law firm about this, but we want to look at how we can improve revenue from

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short-term rentals,” Hoskins said.

While short-term rental restrictions could place limits on rental properties, they won’t necessarily be a money-maker for the village

“The short-term rentals we’ve talked about are not going to go directly to the general fund. That money, and please correct me if I’m wrong, is only going to be used for tourism and conventions and stuf f like that,” Commissioner Maria Maxham said during the budget meeting. “It will in a trickle down way help the general fund, but it’s not directly coming to offset anything that we have going on here.”

“I think we’re all in ag reement that re gulation is the way to go,” Village Administrator Rachell Entler said at the meeting. “This isn’t really a revenue generating por tion for the re gulation, but the fees that we charge for that will allow us a couple things. It’ll cover the costs that staf f has to put into registration and any inspections.”

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Controversial short-term rental house on Lathrop

Outdoor Shakespeare hopes all’s well that plays well

Forest eatre Company performs annual summe play for 1st time in Oak Park, beginning Aug. 7

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

For the sixth year, Forest Theatre Company is hosting an outdoor production of a Shakespeare play. But for the first time, the performance will take place at the MooreDug al House in Oak Park, instead of at the Altenheim in Forest Park

Starting Aug. 7, the company will put on three free weekend productions of “All’s Well That Ends Well” on the front lawn of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed private residence at 333 Forest Ave.

Though the Moore-Dugal House had been vacant for years, last spring Michael Roush moved in. Roush is the stepson of Jim Dugal, whose parents bought the home in 1962. Now, Roush is working to restore the house to its state in 1923, when Wright designed it.

When Roush moved to Oak Park from California, he reached out to Richard Corley, who founded Forest Theatre Company as Forest Park Theatre in 2021. Though Corley said his goal from the start was to develop a year-round professional theater company with performances by a variety of playwrights, last year was its first year-round season. In 2021, the company launched with a free, outdoor Shakespeare play in the summertime.

Forest Theatre Company’s outdoor Shakespeare is performed without any microphones or lighting, “the way Shakespeare wrote these plays,” Corley said. “You can’t make a moment by lighting. … If the actor doesn’t do it, it isn’t happening. I consider that radical in a way theater isn’t anymore.”

Roush himself is a fan of Shakespeare and Corley’s work

“Rick and I go way back,” Roush told the Review. Roush studied classical theater at the University of Minnesota. After he graduated, he connected with Corley in Arizona, where he casted Roush in multiple shows, including as Romeo and Hamlet in Shakespeare performances.

“I really trust him as a director and storyteller,” Roush said. “The way directs is, especially with the classics and Shakespeare, to find the clarity of the story and communicate it as clearly as possibl

A lot of the time, I feel like things get layered on to moder nize it, but he really es on bringing clarity to the words to bring the story through.”

Corley said “All’s Well That Ends Well” is the lone work by Shakespeare that opens with a speech by a woman. He added, “It’s the only Shakespeare play that has a woman’s desire for a man at the center of the story, in a situation where the man is the one being pursued.”

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To emphasize the woman-centered story, Forest Theatre Company’s performance of “All’s Well That Ends Well” has a predominantly female cast — with CC Meade playing the heroine Helen and Megan Wells playing the Countess.

Mead’s character often takes on the role of a man — one of the reasons Corley said the play, in the Victorian era, was so rarely produced, because people thought Helen was “distasteful, very forward and doesn’t act like a woman should.”

Corley said he chose “All’s Well That Ends Well” for this year’s outdoor Shakespeare because of how it asks relevant questions about women’s agency in today’s society, “placing the mystery of power in the center of the play and challenging the notion that power is always centered in male authority,” Corley said. “Right now, we’re in a reactionary patriarchal mode where the progress we felt like we’ve been making over the last 50 years has been basically suf focated. I think we need stories of female empowerment to challenge this notion.”

The name of the play — a common phrase during Shakespeare’s time — also poses the question about whether the ending is actually a resolution.

“He’s asking you to think about what that means. When stories end well, does it always end well for everyone? Who gets left

out of the story? Who is denied the good ending?” Corley said.

Partnership

in plays

Corley said something he’s looking forward to when performing outdoor Shakespeare at a new venue is the acoustics. The Moore-Dugal House faces another Frank Lloyd Wright home, built so residents of both properties could hear each other from their balconies.

“I think there’s going to be an intimacy because you’ re surrounded by a neighborhood, rather than in a field,” Corley said, comparing the location to the Altenheim in Forest Park. He added that Forest Theatre Company changed venues because he knows there are eventual plans for Forest Park to develop the village-owned portion of the property where the company has performed and “We are wanting to be a theater company that is serving all of these villages around the near western suburbs,” including Oak Park

Both Corley and Roush said outdoor Shakespeare at the Moore-Dugal House will be an annual event. Roush said Jackie Dugal, the mother of the Dugal family,

“was always a real lover of the arts. This is such an artistic, iconic, historic house for the neighborhood, and we always felt that we really needed to try and open it up and share it with everyone.”

Though the house was open for public tours until the ‘80s, Roush said it won’t be available for tours or private events until after rehabilitation ef for ts are completed. He hopes the first floor will be finished by next summer.

“A lot of this structure is so old, you want to match the paints correctly and you don’t want to damage it by trying to rehab it.

Finding the right people to help is sometimes time consuming,” Roush said. “We want to share this with people, so I’m really looking forward to doing that and making it a place of art,” starting with outdoor Shakespeare performances.

“We hope that everybody around the neighborhood will walk by, see this incredible thing and join us,” Corley said. “It’s free, so just walk in.”

Free performances of “All’s Well That Ends Well” on August 7–9, 14–16 & 21–23 at 5 p.m. at 333 Forest Av enue, Oak Park Reserve your tick et at https://www.foresttheatre.org/plays.

Megan Wells, who plays the Countess, Richard Corley, and CC Meade, who plays Helen.

Signature stuns Whale, wins 58th No Gloves Softball Tournament

Rallies from seven runs down to win title

By MELVIN TATE Contributing Reporter

Having lost in Saturday’s winners bracket semifinals at the 58th annual No Gloves softball tournament, Signature not only needed

to win three straight games in the losers bracket on Sunday to advance to the final round, but they would’ve also needed to defeat the tournament’s sole ing unbeaten team twice if fortunate enough to there.

The task was

Signature got the job done The team knoc Flashback, and Iron in tha order to ad loser’s brack

NEWS FLASH!

In the final game, Whale looked poised to

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Hoskins on new transit board

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins has been appointed to a new board that will oversee upcoming transit reform in the Chicago area.

After the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act took effect June 1, NITA replaced the Regional Transit Authority in governing CTA, Metra and Pace. In his five-year ter m starting Sept. 1, Hoskins will help implement changes to local transit, including in Forest Park

The Cook County Board approved Hoskins, along with four other candidates who have experience in oversight and transportation, to the NITA board on July 16 after they were appointed by the Toni Preckwinkle, county board president. The gover nor’s office and Chicago mayor also make five appointments each to the NITA board. Five surrounding counties also get an appointment each.

“It’s humbling to be appointed and have her trust me to represent the interest of Cook County,” Hoskins said of how honored he was for Preckwinkle’s appointment. “I’m really excited about the opportunity to make an impact.”

“I feel like we have a lot of insight to offer from our first responders and our riders,” Hoskins said of the Forest Park perspective he will contribute to the NITA board, adding that he hopes firefighters will get the chance to talk with those who are helping transition from the RTA to NITA. “It’s one thing for me to articulate it. It’s another thing for them to articulate it.”

After NITA was created at the start of June, the Illinois Department of Transportation hired a transition consultant to help make recommendations to the new board. For example, they’ll help implement an ambassador program which will address social services and rider safety concer ns.

“And that’s a big deal. How do you implement something like that on a regional scale that impacts CTA, Pace and Metra? Hoskins said. “NITA will have authority to own land and work with construction and development of housing. The vision is to incentivize transit-oriented development, which I think is something that’s also important to Forest Park.”

Pace board

Of Preckwinkle’s five appointments, two each will sit on the boards for Metra and Pace, and one on the CTA board. Preckwinkle also separately appointed three people to each board.

Hoskins was also appointed to the Pace board — a position that he said can only be awarded to mayors or for mer mayors

“Every day, hundreds of millions of residents depend on reliable, accessible transit to get to work, school, health care and other commitments,” Preckwinkle said July 16. “I am confident these appointees will bring the experience, leadership and collaborative approach needed to strengthen our transit systems. Together, they will help ensure we can build more reliable, equitable and financially sustainable systems that serve the needs of Cook County residents and the entire service region.”

For years, Hoskins has advocated for more resources at the end of the CTA Blue and Green Lines in Forest Park and been in touch with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office about the village’s challenges near those locations This year, Hoskins applied for the NITA board and interviewed with Preckwinkle and her team, where he discussed how Forest Park is impacted by local transit, his career as an attorney and his background in social services and mental health.

“They want a de gree of what they consider to be relevant experience that is beyond politics,” Hoskins said. “Some of [Preckwinkle’s] pillars in transit reform are refor ms that are responsive to the riders. That includes a level of social services for some of the more vulnerable, unhoused people who frequently ride the trains,” plus to address prevalent drug use around the Blue Line terminal, said Hoskins.

“There’ll certainly be things for me to continue to learn about Pace, but I’m very familiar with what their work is and what they’ve been doing,” Hoskins said.

In addition to Pace buses running throughout Forest Park, and Pace using the Blue Line ter minus at 711 Des Plaines Ave., Forest Park contracts directly with Pace to use its paratransit vehicles to get people to and from the Howard Mohr Community Center

“I hope to take the mandate of the NITA board — because NITA ultimately has authority over capital improvements and operations on a very large scale — to the service board, which is the traditional PACE board, for adoption and eventual implementation,” Hoskins said. “I don’t expect there to be a change over night. What I’ve learned from serving as mayor in this community is our people have real concerns over safety on the trains, and I think there’s always a capacity to make improvements in safety. And a big part of why I wanted to serve was to address safety concer ns.”

Man throws horchata at Macho Grill waitress

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

Before 11 a.m. on July 26, police were dispatched to Macho’s Grill, 7300 Roosevelt Road, for a battery. A waitress there told police that a man, woman and two kids came to the restaurant, and she greeted them and offered them drinks Shortly after delivering the drinks, the man said they were unsatisfied and that they were leaving. The woman and children left, as the man walked toward the counter to pay, then threw horchata at the waitress. The incident was captured on video surveillance, which got a picture of the black pick-up truck’s license plate as the family drove off.

Burglary

Police were dispatched to a residence in the 1000 block of Des Plaines Ave. after 8 a.m. on July 24 for a burglary. The property owner told police that his last tenant moved out a month before and he ar rived at the property that day to find an open window and water in the upstairs bathtub. He reported that no items were missing from the residence but wished to sign complaints if an offender is located

Battery

Police responded to 400 Harlem Ave. on July 24, where a man said he was involved in a verbal altercation with an unknown offender on the Pace bus. The man alle gedly started punching him in the face. The bus driver confir med the interaction and said the offender exited the bus and fled north down Harlem. The victim said he’d sign complaints if the offending man was located.

Assisting police

Around 8 a.m. on July 23, an off-duty Forest Park police officer was in a semimarked squad car, stopped at a red light at St. Charles Road and Elizabeth Street in Lombard, when he heard a car crash. He reported that a Lombard village vehicle appeared to have T-boned an SUV. The police

officer called in the crash, activated his car’s lights, and approached the crash site, according to the police report. The driver of the village vehicle was out of the pickup truck, and the driver of the SUV told police he was OK but couldn’t open the car door Forest Park police left the scene after Lombard police and an ambulance arrived.

Criminal damage to property

The evening of July 21, police responded to Forest Park Baptist Church, 133 Harlem Ave. after someone saw through surveillance cameras that a man was stealing downspouts and damaging landscaping bricks. Police found the man on church property and detained him. They later found he had tried to pry open one of the church’s doors, that the door frame was cracked and the lock was broken off --- a total damage of $550 to church property Police discovered him to have three warrants for his arrest out of Cook County, which he was arrested for, and charged with criminal damage to property.

Reckless driving

The after noon of July 17, police were monitoring a funeral traveling through town, from Harlem to Roosevelt, then the 800 block of Desplaines Ave. to the Forest Home Cemetery entrance. While monitoring the funeral, police saw cars in the procession drive recklessly, take up multiple lanes, swerve into oncoming traffic, and passengers hang out open windows. Police sent citations to drivers of five vehicles who violated village ordinance.

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

ummer indulgence at the mwood Park

, dance and play at the annual family-friendly festival

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hosted by ESPN 1000’s Car men DeFalco. T he Mayor’s Bocce Cup Tour nament r uns all four days.

Thirty-one food vendors of fer up an amazing variety of delicious dishes, everything from pizza to barbecue; tacos to gyros; pasta to fried rice; sausages to kebobs; with ice cream, Italian ice, funnel cakes and more sweets to top it all of f. Serving up their best, in alphabetical order, are: Angelo Caputo’s Fresh Markets, Ar mand’s Pizza, Ava’s Italian Ice, Big Daddy Donuts, Blue Fire Restaurant, Circle Tavern, Donny G’s Ristorante, Elmcrest, Johnnie’s Beef, Ethos Taver na, Fit to Be Fried, Grecian Kitchen, Gringo & Blondies, Jimmy’s Red Hots, La Michoacana, Maria’s Mexican Restaurant, Massa Cafe Italiano, Massa Pizza Company, New Star

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FIREFIGHTERS

Bunk room health concerns

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vided contact information for a state consultation program, which visited the fire station July 15, assessed the complaint, and offered advice on how to mitigate it. During the visit, consultants sampled the air around the fire department and will re port results to the station 30 days after the visit

But the air quality tests didn’t include fiberglass, so Hankus is waiting for the village to approve her request for a separate air quality test that measures that. Once someone tests for fiberglass, Hankus said results will likely follow a couple weeks after. And the station may have to get new duct work

“We’ll just cover all our bases, and in the meantime the guys aren’t sleeping up there,” Hankus said. Instead, firefighters have pulled beds into two TV rooms and an office and replace bedding when they’re on shift, like they did in the bunk room. “Everyone has a place to sleep.”

Hankus said the OSHA complaint has led to better communication within the fire department. That includes an inter nal complaint form, plus a Google Doc with the department’s short- and long-term projects that Hankus updates multiple times a day and has sent out access links to the department’s

three shifts of firefighters.

“I don’t want anybody to feel like they can’t voice their concer ns,” Hankus said.

Hankus said OSHA does station-wide safety inspections every few years. She added that the person who led the last inspection at the Forest Park Fire Department called her following the recent OSHA complaint and said he doesn’t remember there being any hazards, but that OSHA inspectors don’t usually get into the duct work. Hankus said an air duct cleaning company cleaned the bunk room HVAC system in early 2025 and the HVAC unit was likely replaced in 2022.

Firehouse repairs coming

The village has received a $1.5 million grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Though the money won’t be delivered until next spring, it will finance a remodel of the station’s second floor — including the bunk room.

In renovating the one-room sleeping quarters, Hankus aims to create more private spaces for firefighters, especially for any future female firefighters. Hankus is currently the only female who works at the Forest Park Fire Department.

Other needs for the department include a new fire truck. Though the station has two fire engines, which carry water and hoses, it’s currently without a fire truck, equipped with a ladder to extinguish fire from high levels, plus help with ventilation and rescue

e re station bunk room in July 2026 a er re ghters moved beds to

follow ing HVAC issues in the sleeping quar ters.

efforts. Hankus said she’s ordered the new truck and is hoping it’s delivered by the end of the year

“We’re short everything. I’m really hoping that next year we’re in a better spot with vehicles and staff,” Hankus said.

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“The village has done a good job of pulling back; our costs go up, but we approach things in a very measured manner.”

The council held its last budget meeting on July 22, where commissioners were able to ask specific questions about the budgets for each de par tment.

“The budget is the guide for which village staf f work from,” Village Administrator Rachell Entler said. “It cer tainly doesn’t mean that everything that is in the budget is going to be spent during the year.”

While the village includes what it wants to purchase or utilize during the year, Entler assured that Finance Director Letitia Olmsted will continue to keep a watchful eye on incoming revenue and how much

money the village has left in the bank.

The 2027 fiscal year general fund budget will see almost an 11% increase in spending from last year and will include a deficit of over $3.7 million, bringing the ending fund balance deficit to over $5.3 million, Olmsted said in her overview of the budget.

The draft budget provided by the village on its website is not the most updated version and will show dif ferent figures than what was discussed at the meeting; those will be uploaded at a later time, according to Entler.

“We’ve lost revenue, and we’ve not been able to re place it with new revenue,” Olmsted said.

Olmsted also mentioned the village will be reco gnizing grants from prior years for village vehicles and equipment, as well as rolling out some facade grant programs over the next few months.

None of the items brought up for discussion under each de par tment’s budget were contested; commissioners only had a

After renovating the second-floor sleeping area, offices, TV rooms and kitchen, Hankus plans to redo the downstairs, too, where the station keeps the engines and gear

“We’re outgrowing space, so we might have to reconfigure thing We also ha to

e v illage council and department heads discuss the nal proposal of the budget for scal year 2027 at the budget meetin g.

couple of clarifying questions and moved forward after they were answered.

While a few residents showed up to the budget meeting, none had anything to say

during the public comment. Emma Bradford is an intern for NEWSWELL CHICAGO through Re port for America’s Local News Inter nship Program.

JESSICA MOR DACQ

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EMMA BRADFORD

OPINION

On the verge of 80, taking stock

Tomorrow I will turn 79 years old

To put that in context, Lindsey Graham was 71 when he died, my father was 50, my mother was 99 and the average age of death for white males in this country is 76.5.

To put it another way, I’m a lot closer to saying good-bye to this world than I was when I said hello in Holy Family Hospital in Manitowoc, Wisconsin in 1947.

HOLMES

One of the things I like about writing columns is that I never know what I’m talking about when I begin the process a week ahead of my deadline the next Monday. So knowing that my name will be on the byline and a headshot of me next to it at the top of the page, I am highly motivated to wrestle with the subject I pick until I’ve moved from not knowing what I’m talking about to at least deserving credit for giving it a good shot, even though readers might still think I don’t know what I’m talking about.

The subject I’ve been wrestling with this last week is mortality — in general and in my particular case

So what is it like to approach the Big Eight-Oh?

To put that one in context, have you heard of Natalie Grabow? In 2025, the 80-year-old completed a run-bike-swim, 140.6-mile-long Ironman challenge in 16 hours, 45 minutes, and 26 seconds.

To put that in context, the electric scooter I use to get around would run out of power at the 15mile mark. If I ate better, took creatine peptides, if I had a better attitude about aging or visited the gym more often — if I did all that, would I too be running marathons?

When my car hit the 150,000 mile mark, I started sinking more money into brakes, the transmission, a new battery, the exhaust system. Even if it was a Honda, it was time to trade my faithful import in for new wheels

My computer was having lots of problems, so I took it to my young tech — they’re always young — and listed all the symptoms.

His reply—“We can fix some of the problems but the main issue is that it’s old.”

“Funny/strange,” I thought. “That’s what my doctor tells me at my annual checkup.”

On the way up the mountain of life, I’ve

concluded, it’s all about lear ning, growing, achieving, acquiring, winning, producing, … On the way down it’s about losing — memory, agility, strength, productivity, friends, ability to perform sexually, health, spouses, the house we bought 40 years ago, work that gave meaning to my life

If that’s all true, then how do I explain why I’m happier at 79 than at any other time in my life?

A one-word response might be “surrender.”

The Serenity Prayer: Lord give me the serenity to accept what I cannot change; courage to change what I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.

I look back at my life — a project Eric Erickson says is appropriate for an “almost octogenarian” — I make judgments regarding the time and energy I invested in each aspect, and three things come to mind.

Ecclesiastes 2:11: Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent doing it, and again all was vanity and chasing after wind

Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) proverb: Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while, a great wind carries me across the sky.

The Beatitudes:

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled;

Blessed are the merciful for they will receive mercy;

Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called children of God

The advantage of being almost 80 is that from the perspective of an “almost finished” race, I know that the above are true. From my own experience. Not always the way I wanted them to be true. Often because when I did not follow where the compass was pointing, I got lost.

One of the spiritual tasks in life is discer nment. Lear ning how to separate wheat from chaff, figuring out the difference between babies and bath water, understanding that those who are disillusioned are those who start out with illusions, that being wise is better than being smart.

“So soon you get old,” my Grandma Mary liked to say, “and so late you get smart.”

As an almost 80-year-old I say, “Better late than never.”

Person missing from Aperion

Le Roy Barber discharged himself, July 7

By JESSIC A MORDACQ Staff Reporter

An elderly man is missing from Aperion Care in Forest Park

On July 7, Le Roy Barber discharged himself from Aperion Care, an assisted living facility at 8200 Roosevelt Rd. Barber’s social worker called police July 17 to report the man missing and said she was unable to do so earlier because of a high case load

Barber, 79, has schizophrenia, dementia and diabetes, which require daily medication that he has not had, according to a missing person police report provided to the Review by the Forest Park Police Department.

Barber is a 5-feet, 8-inches, 260 pounds with brown eyes and gray hair. He was last seen wearing a blue button-up shirt and shorts.

According to a July 17 police report, Barber has no living family or next of kin and is homeless

If you see Barber, call the Forest Park Police Department at (708) 366-2425.

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ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING LEVY OF AN ADDITIONAL TAX FOR MAINTENANCE REPAIRS AND ALTERATION OF THE LIBRARY BUIDLING AND EQUIPMENT

WHEREAS, ss35-5 of the Public Library District Act of 1991 (75 ILCS 16/35/5) authorizes the levy of an additional tax of .02% of the value of all taxable property in the District, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue for the maintenance, repairs and alterations of the Library building and equipment.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE Board of Library Trustees of the MAYWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT, Cook County, Illinois, that it hereby determines to evy an additional tax of .02% of the value of all taxable property in the District, as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue for the maintenance, repairs, and alterations of the Library building and equipment.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that within fifteen (15) days after the adoption of this Ordinance, the Secretary shall publish it at least once in one or more newspapers published in the District, or if no newspaper is published therein, then in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within the District.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that ifno petition is filed with the Board of Library Trustees by August 15, 2026, thirty (30) days after the aforesaid publication, the District shall then proceed with the levy of said additional tax. However, if within the thirty (30) day period, a petition is filed with the Board of Library Trustees, signed by electors of the District equal in number to 760 or more of the electors (being 10% or more of the registered voters of the Library District) in the Library District, asking that the question of levying such a .02% tax be submitted to the electors of the District, the question shall be submitted at the end of the consolidated election. If a majority of votes cast upon the question are in favor thereof, the Board of Library Trustees may evy an additional tax. The Secretary of the District shall provide a petition form to any individual requesting one.

ADOPTED and effective the 15th day of July, 2026, pursuant to a roll call vote as follows:

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Notice of Public Hearing

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Education of School District No. 91, in the County of Cook, State of Illinois, the tentative budget for said School District for the Fiscal Year 2026 will be available for public inspection at the District Office, 424 DesPlaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois, after 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. Notice is hereby given that a public hearing on said budget will be held at 6:30 p.m. on the 10th day of September, 2026, at Grant-White School, 147 Circle Avenue, Forest Park, in this School District No. 91.

Dated this 29th day of July, 2026

Board of Education School District No. 91 County of Cook State of Illinois

Monica Angelo Secretary

Published in Forest Park Review July 29, 2026

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on 17 August 2026, at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 517 Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois, the Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider a request for relief to Title 9 Section 9-2-3(H) of the Forest Park Zoning code to construct an accessory structure in a R-1 zoned district not to exceed 24’ in height at the following subject location LOT 15, IN BLOCK 2, IN CARNEY’S ADDITION TO HARLEM, A SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as 444 Marengo Ave. Forest Park, IL PIN 15-13-206-017-0000

The applicant is Matt and Pamela Jacknow

Signed: Marsha East, Chair

Planning and Zoning Commission

Published in Forest Park Review July 29, 2026

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION MATRIX FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Plaintiff vs. GINA M. BRADEN

Defendant 20 CH 3059 CALENDAR 60 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 September 1, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s ofﬁce, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-19-101-065-0000.

Commonly known as 1207 DEGENER AVE., ELMHURST, IL 60126.

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% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certiﬁed funds, balance within 24 hours, by certiﬁed funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Ofﬁces of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Suite 201, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. 20-00801 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3291248

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

CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS. JOSE M. AVILA; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS.

CASE NO.: 2025CH09175

ration, will at 10:30 AM on August 26, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 41 N LIND AVE, HILLSIDE, IL 60162

Property Index No. 15-18-231-0020000

The real estate is improved with a single-family residence. The judgment amount was $140,255.78.

Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 100% of the bid amount shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale. The certified check must be made payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g1).IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

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

For information, contact Johnny Dale Frevert, Jr., KELLEY KRONENBERG, P.A. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 20 N CLARK STREET SUITE 1150, CHICAGO, IL, 60602 (312) 2168828. Please refer to ﬁle number 3549.001029. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

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

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

Johnny Dale Frevert, Jr., Kelley Kronenberg, P.A. 20 N Clark Street Suite 1150

Chicago IL, 60602

312-216-8828

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

COMPUTERSHARE DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF PRET 2025-RPL3 TRUST

Plaintiff, -v.-

DEQUINCY L. HAMLET, LAURA HARRISON-HAMLET, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendants 2025CH10615 1501 NORTH WOLF ROAD 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 April 24, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 31, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1501 NORTH WOLF ROAD, BERKELEY, IL 60163

Property Index No. 15-08-111-0460000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of thehighest 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).

NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA-

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

SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com

Attorney File No. 14-25-06128

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Attorney Code. 21762

Case Number: 2025CH10615

TJSC#: 46-1033

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 # 2025CH10615

I3291353

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

New American Funding, LLC Plaintiff vs Elena Korkuchanskiy; Leonid Korkuchanskiy; The United States of America, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Defendant 25 CH 6701

CALENDAR 60 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 September 1, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-20-405-028-0000

Commonly known as 1636 Stratford Avenue, Westchester, IL 60154

The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a common interest community unit, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding.

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

Freedom Mortgage Corporation

Plaintiff vs Helen Tate; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants Defendant 22 CH 9984

CALENDAR 57

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE s hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on August 17, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-15-112-033-0000 Commonly known as 1009 S 24th Ave., Bellwood, IL 60104 The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a common interest community unit, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE L AW For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527. (630) 794-5300. 14-22-07537 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3290311

29, 2026

41 N LIND AVE HILLSIDE, IL 60162

CALENDAR: 57 NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 22, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corpo-

E-Mail: jfrevert@kelleykronenberg. com

Attorney File No. 3549.001029

Attorney ARDC No. 6305960

Attorney Code. 49848

TJSC#: 46-1635 I3291281

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE L AW For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Suite 1250, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 25013866

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3291229

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff vs JOSE ANTONIO MARRUFO; JOSEPHINE C MARRUFO A/K/A JOSEPHINE CRYSTAL MARRUFO; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, Defendant 25 CH 12969 CALENDAR 59 NOTICE OF SALE

Commonly known as 1912 South 3rd Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153 The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a common interest

community unit, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 of the Condominium Property Act.

Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered n the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property s sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP, 333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820, Chicago, Illinois 60606. 312-3469088. 25-24008IL INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3290321

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING, INC. Plaintiff, -v.-

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ANNIE J. WILLIAMS, DECEASED, RONNIE WILLIAMS, DANNY WILLIAMS, JULIE FOX, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ANNIE J. WILLIAMS, DECEASED, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendants 2025 CH 01328 4919 CYPRESS DR HILLSIDE, IL 60162 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 11, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 17, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 4919 CYPRESS DR, HILLSIDE, IL 60162 Property Index No. 15-07-420020-0000

The real estate s improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $228,061.03.

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).

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

For information, contact CHAD LEWIS, ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325, ROSEMONT, IL, 60018 (561) 241-6901. Please refer to file number 24-225141. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

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

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

CHAD LEWIS ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325 ROSEMONT IL, 60018 561-241-6901

E-Mail: ILMAIL@RASLG.COM

Attorney File No. 24-225141

Attorney ARDC No. 6306439

Attorney Code. 65582

Case Number: 2025 CH 01328 TJSC#: 46-446

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

Case # 2025 CH 01328 I3290326

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

ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC S/B/M NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC

Plaintiff, -v.DENESE VINSON, EDNA R. WELCH A/K/A EDNA R. WELCH, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRA-

TION SYSTEMS, INC., FXI TWG HI FINANCE CO I, LLC

Defendants 25 CH 8344

437 FREDERICK AVENUE

BELLWOOD, IL 60104

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-

EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 14, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 17, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

Commonly known as 437 FREDERICK AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104

Property Index No. 15-09-301024-0000

The real estate is mproved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $202,777.39.

The subject property s 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 S’’ 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.

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 par t 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).

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 25-103626.

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. 25-103626

Attorney Code. 42168

Case Number: 25 CH 8344

TJSC#: 46-942

Case # 25 CH 8344 I3290327

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

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST Plaintiff, -v.-

MONIA L. CONNERS, MONJAI M BROWN

Defendants 2025CH09551 753 CROMWELL AVE WESTCHESTER, IL 60154

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 11, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 17, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

Commonly known as 753 CROMWELL AVE, WESTCHESTER, IL 60154

Property Index No. 15-16-309026-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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).

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

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

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

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100

BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com

Attorney File No. 14-25-03270

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Attorney Code. 21762

Case Number: 2025CH09551

TJSC#: 46-1167

Case # 2025CH09551 I3290401

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

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-KS3 Plaintiff, -v.LARRY BROWN, PATRICE LOVE-COLEMAN, STATE OF ILLINOIS - DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendants 2024CH10706 218 SOUTH 15TH 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 May 30, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 17, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

Commonly known as 218 SOUTH 15TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153

Property Index No. 15-10-401023-0000

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com

Attorney File No. 14-24-07262

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2024CH10706 TJSC#: 46-1597

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CITIZENS BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.SUSAN BEARD, JOHN BEARD, UNITED STATES OF AMERICASECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Defendants 2023CH09980

1325 WESTCHESTER BLVD WESTCHESTER, IL 60154

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 14, 2024, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 17, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1325 WESTCHESTER BLVD, WESTCHESTER, IL 60154 Property Index No. 15-21-107-0090000, 15-21-107-010-0000 The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in

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which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. 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 s 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).

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

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

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com

Attorney File No. 14-23-07574

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Attorney Code. 21762

Case Number: 2023CH09980

TJSC#: 46-1598

Case # 2023CH09980 I3290571

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

ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC Plaintiff, -v.-

BRANDI CELEBRE MEANY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Defendants 2023CH08406

2236 S 22ND AVE BROADVIEW, IL 60155

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-

EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 15, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 24, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2236 S 22ND AVE, BROADVIEW, IL 60155

Property Index No. 15-22-102084-0000

The real estate is improved with a residence.

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.

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

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).

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building

and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE

100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

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

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

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

630-794-5300

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com

Attorney File No. 14-23-03478

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Attorney Code. 21762

Case Number: 2023CH08406

TJSC#: 46-1601

Case # 2023CH08406 I3291134

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

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF LBFL AT SERIES VI TRUST Plaintiff vs. CHICAGO TITLE L AND TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED MAY 18, 1972 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 59930; UNKNOWN TRUSTEES OF TRUST AGREEMENT DATED MAY 18, 1972 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 59930; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendant 26 CH 2559 CALENDAR

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 31, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-22-115-010-0000; 15-22115-011-0000. Commonly known as 2341 South 18th Avenue, Broadview, IL 60155. The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for in-

spection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE L AW

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Ghidotti Berger LLP, 2700 Patriot Boulevard, Suite 250, Glenview, Illinois 60026. 949-427-2010. 25006400-3

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

intercountyjudicialsales.com I3291130

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on age, race, color religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination.

The Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

Restrictions or prohibitions of pets do not apply to ser vice animals.

To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll free at: 1-800-669-9777.

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