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Library to repatriate Potawatomi artifacts

The pottery, axes and jewelry were unearthed from burial mounds at Forest Home Cemetery

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

The Forest Park Public Library will repatriate a collection of Potawatomi artifacts back to a museum operated by the tribe, after the pottery shards, stone axes and spear

points were removed from Potawatomi burial mounds once located on what is now Forest Home Cemetery.

The library’s board of trustees voted unanimously to repatriate the collection to the Forest County Potawatomi Cultural Center, Library and Museum in Wisconsin at a meeting on July 15. The Potawatomi Cultural Center is an

organization focused on preserving the tribe’s history and culture.

“These items are of significant cultural value to the tribal community from which they came,” said Pilar Shaker, library See POTAWATOMI on page 14

PMSA senior visits Rwanda on 25th anniversary of genocide The trip was Micah Baker’s first time out of the country

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

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Summer fun? I decided to partake

’m uncomfortable with leisure but this summer I embraced it. I didn’t just bask in small town charm, I celebrated big city access.

Having a world-class city at our doorstep makes a staycation something special.

We made frequent trips downtown to play tourist. We also explored other neighborhoods, like walking the 606 Trail through Humboldt Park. We took the water taxi from Madison Street to Chinatown. After traveling a stretch of the Chicago River we had never seen before, we docked at Ping Tom Memorial Park, a short walk from the restaurant district. Dumplings anyone?

We also took the water taxi to the Riverwalk. It’s so pleasant to dine, while watching boats, cruise ships and kayaks glide by. The water taxi ends at the Riverwalk but Navy Pier is within walking distance.

The Pier has been greatly improved in every respect.

The tacky shops are gone and the décor has been enhanced. Our favorite new feature is the Offshore Rooftop Bar. The views from the glass-enclosed bar are breathtaking. It sits three-stories above the

lake, with sweeping views of the south and north shoreline.

At 36,000 square feet, it is the largest rooftop venue in the US. The price of food and drink is not outrageous. You can even play bags, with a stunning backdrop of boats and water.

It’s only a short distance from the Pier to Olive Park Beach.

We were standing in the water on a 100-degree day, when the temperature suddenly dropped 30 degrees. Pure relief.

We also swam on the east side of the lake at Union Pier. The public beach is even tinier now, due to the lake’s record high levels but the water is so refreshing. Ten minutes after we arrive, we feel like we’ve been on vacation for a week.

Some family members stayed there for the 4th of July but I hightailed it back to Forest Park.

I found a great seat close to the fireworks. The Forest Park fireworks have a special “in your face” feel that I have not found elsewhere. We didn’t miss going to Groovin’ in the Grove and seeing great bands like Our Gang. The Grove is only a short hike from our home.

When our grandkids visited, they wanted

JOHN RICE

Our grandsons love

coming to Forest Park. They eat at the Junction Diner, bowl at Circle Lanes and top it off with ice cream from Brown Cow.

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to cross the railroad tracks to the Grove.

These tracks are seldom used and we ran into two other families cutting across. We were all transfixed by two male deer who stood unafraid, munching on grass. We see our share of wildlife, including some coyotes who hang out near the Blue Line.

Being close to the train is what facilitates our trips. We also took the Metra downtown with four grandkids and their moms. Even with four adults, it’s a challenge to control four boys, ages 1-7, as we traveled by train, boat and bus to see the sights. Don’t boys ever want to sit quietly, or calmly walk down the sidewalk? Apparently not.

Our grandsons love coming to Forest Park. They eat at the Junction Diner, bowl at Circle Lanes and top it off with ice cream from Brown Cow. I remember equating Forest Park with fun, when I was a kid, swimming at the old pool. They’re soaking in the same vibe at our aquatic center.

As I said, though, I’m not completely comfortable with this degree of fun. I feel I should be working, regardless of how great the weather is. It’s important for me to change, though, because retirement is on the horizon. I have to become accustomed to rest, relaxation and enjoying each day. This summer has made that process painless.

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

Proviso East student named All-American Isaiah Tyler finished fourth in the men’s high jump at the Hershey National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships on July 28. He competed in the 17-18 age group.

Tyler’s final jump was 6-feet, 6.75-inches, earning him All-American status. He runs for the Chicagoland Zephyrs track club in the summer and is also on the Proviso East High School boys track team.

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Public Works installs butterfly gardens around town

can help the cause by adding plantings that help butterflies on their 1,000s of miles migration and by simply not pulling up the milkweed that they find on their property.

Braniff noted that there is milkweed in the flower box at the corner of Circle Avenue and Harvard Street.

“It may look a little strange,” he said with a smile, “but it’s done intentionally.”

He also tipped his hat to McAdam Landscaping, which matches the sale of flowers to the village with lots of advice on which ones to plant and when. er ph gra “I’ve been adding butterfly bushes “[McAdam] even will put together what I call a ‘recipe’ hoto P f ALEXA ROGALS/Sta to some of our plantings in the village of what and how to plant that I just follow,” Braniff said. for more than 10 years,” Braniff said, adding John Doss, director of Public Works, said that, for a long that in the early 2000s he started planting butterfly bushes time, he wasn’t aware of the butterfly plight, but that the around his house. He said he has “always” been aware of threat facing the insects, which are instrumental in pollithe struggles facing monarchs and other butterflies, adding nating plants, seems to now be firmly in the cultural conthat Forest Park is located on what is referred to as a “fly- sciousness. way” for the monarch butterflies in their annual migration He said Public Works’ increased planting of butterflyto Mexico. friendly plants is not due to any one person. The installation The National Wildlife Federation partially credits the de- of this last butterfly garden, for example, he said was due to cline in the monarch population to the rapid loss of milk- conversations between Mayor Rory Hoskins, Commissioner weed along the flyway, as well as to the increased use of Jessica Voogd and a resident named Julieta Aguilera Rodripesticides and climate change. The nonprofit reported that guez, who is responsible for this summer’s traveling “Scithe population of eastern monarch butterflies has declined ence, Art and Trash” art exhibit. by 90 percent in the last 20 years, and is in danger of extinc“We didn’t realize that milkweed is essential to the surtion. vival of monarch butterflies. We might have been pulling The group therefore applauds villages and individuals it up for years, thinking it was a weed,” Doss said. “It’s only who are doing things as simple as not pulling up milkweed been in the last few years that it has been brought to our they find around their homes. Braniff added that residents attention.”

Forest Park is located along monarch butterflies annual “flyway” trek to Mexico

By TOM HOLMES Contributing Reporter

The village’s Public Works department has been quietly installing butterfly gardens around Forest Park, as a way to support the declining monarch population. Butterfly gardens comprise of milkweed and other plants butterflies like to feed on.

Earlier this month, officials installed the second public butterfly garden in the village at 1138 Lathrop Ave., by the entrance to Forest Park Mall. They installed the first butterfly garden at 512 Desplaines Ave., at the park across from Village Hall. They said they plant to continue to plant butterfly gardens around the village.

Patrick Braniff, who has worked as a driver for the Public Works department for almost 30 years, and is responsible for planting and maintaining the flowers along Madison Street and the rest of the village, said he has personally been adding milkweed to the village for a long time.

Davis endorses Kamala Harris for president

By MICHAEL ROMAIN

can’t possibly make any money to pay the child support? That’s kind of an oxymoron.”

Davis was accompanied by 2nd Congressman Danny K. Davis (D7th) has officially endorsed a candi- District Cook County Commissioner date in the crowded race for the 2020 Dennis Deer, who also announced his support for Harris.

Democratic presidential nomination.

“I believe in believing in people who Davis announced his support for California Sen. Kamala Harris during a are fighting for us,” Deer said. “Not only was Kamala Harris press conference held July one of the first black elected 28 at MacArthur’s Restauofficials to hold a particular rant in Chicago. office in California, she is “I think it’s important fighting for what I consider that she be the candidate, to be Black issues. She’s because she’s top flight passionate about criminal and understands the isjustice reform.” sues,” Davis said, referDavis said that the 7th encing Harris’ experience Congressional District as California’s former will have eight delegates attorney general for Calito the Democratic Nationfornia and some of her KAMALA HARRIS Candidate al Convention in 2020 — campaign positions. four men and four women.

Harris was California’s first female, Jamaican-American During his remarks, Deer said that and Indian-American attorney gen- he wants to be one of those delegates.

Harris is one of 25 candidates who eral, and is its first U.S. senator of have announced their candidacy for Jamaican and Indian ancestry.

“She’s demonstrated through her the Democratic nomination. As of work that she agrees with eliminat- July 26, Harris ranked fourth in the ing the cash bail bond system that national polling average, according we’ve been talking about,” Davis to the New York Times. The Califorsaid. “Why should a person sit in jail nia senator was polling at 13 percent for a minor crime or misdemeanor — behind Sen. Elizabeth Warren (14 because they ain’t got no money? percent), Sen. Bernie Sanders (15 Why should a guy behind in his child percent) and former vice president support have to sit in jail when you Joseph R. Biden Jr. (28 percent).

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Police to conduct underage tobacco ‘stings’ The new age to purchase tobacco products is 21, following a law that took effect July 1

By ROBERT J. LIFKA Contributing Reporter

Forest Park police will continue participation in a program aimed at reducing youth access to tobacco, after the village council voted unanimously on July 22 to accept a $2,200 grant from the Illinois Department of Human Services.

Police Chief Tom Aftanas said the village has received tobacco enforcement grants annually for at least 13 years. With the grant, police conduct a comprehensive educational and enforcement program that addresses minimum age tobacco laws.

The minimum age to purchase tobacco products in Illinois is 21 after a new law took effect July 1.

In addition to providing educational material to businesses, the police will conduct three compliance checks at every retailer between Nov. 30 and May 31. In the compliance check, also called a sting, a person who is between the ages of 16 and 20 enters a Forest Park retailer and attempts to purchase a tobacco product, usually cigarettes, with money provided by the police.

A plainclothes officer who is in the business at the same time but not in his or her company witnesses the attempted transaction. If the employee sells the tobacco product to the underage purchaser, he or she is given a local ordinance citation. The business owner is not charged. The fine increases with each additional citation.

Aftanas said underage purchasers are instructed to show their actual identification if asked by the employee.

“They’re told not to lie,” he said.

Aftanas said some employees will make a sale

without asking to see identification. A few have sold cigarettes to the underage purchaser even af after seeing identification that disqualified them as underage.

“They just want to make the sale,” he said.

Aftanas said the underage purchasers are recruited from village employees’ families or friends.

In addition to the age requirement, individuals cannot have a criminal record to be considered. To avoid recognition by retailers, the underage purchasers are replaced on a regular basis. They are paid employees of the police department.

“I think it’s a good idea,” Aftanas said. “The compliance checks keep the retailers in check.

“If we don’t do enforcement, it will only get worse. It would be much worse if we did not continue with the stings.”

Mayor Rory Hoskins said he supports the compliance program.

“We don’t want to live in a community where retailers think it’s OK to sell cigarettes to minors,” he said. “It’s part of our job to protect the health and safety of our residents.”

According to Aftanas, 19 businesses in Forest Park sell tobacco products. He said 19 citations were issued last year, an increase from four in 2017.

Two businesses, the 7-Eleven at 7749 Roosevelt Road and Jimmy’s Tobacco at 315 Harlem Avenue, each received two citations in 2018.

Each year, the Illinois Department of Human Services awards $1 million in grants to communities that are willing to implement its Tobacco Enforcement Program as the state’s lead agency in developing strategies to reduce the illegal sale of tobacco products to minors.

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CROP Walk to distribute nearly $18K to local agencies The Forest Park Food Pantry will receive $1,960

By TOM HOLMES Contributing Reporter

After more than two months of counting, the final numbers are in.

This year’s Hunger Walkathon West—also known as the CROP Walk—raised $70,335, of which $17, 584 will benefit 10 local support service groups working to end hunger in Forest Park, Oak Park, Chicago and elsewhere, according to Ted Despotes, the treasurer of Hunger Walkathon West. The CROP Walk was held May 5 and raises the ninth-most out of the approximately 500 walks in the nation.

The Forest Park Food Pantry is projected to receive $1,960.

Meghan Dowdle, director of the food pantry at the Howard Mohr Community Center, 7640 Jackson Blvd., said that 50 to 60 people come in during this time of year daily for food, and range in age from couples in their 20s to a single man who is 89.

“I don’t refer to the people who come in as ‘clients,’” Dowdle said. “They have names. I know a lot them and they know me. It’s hard to walk in anywhere and ask for help.”

CROP Walks are sponsored by Church World Service, which is “a faith-based organization transforming communities around the globe through just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement and disaster.”

The phenomenon started in 1946 by 17 denominations in the aftermath of World War II “to do in partnership what none of us could hope to do well alone.” The acronym CROP originally stood for “Christian Rural Overseas Program,” which

sponsored “friendship trains” that went across the country, with volunteers picking up commodities like corn, wheat, rice and beans, and shipping them to war-torn Europe, and other locations experiencing hunger around the world.

More recently Church World Service, in recognition that hunger is a local as well as global issue, instituted a policy that states that 25 percent of money raised in CROP Walks could remain in the area where the walk was held and be given to agencies there.

In addition to the Forest Park Food Pantry, the Proviso Food Pantry—which is housed at Cosmopolitan United Church, 1112 N. 9th Ave. in Melrose Park—is slated to receive $2,046. Jerry Hill is the coordinator of this hunger ministry, which is supported by volunteers from River Forest United Methodist Church, which started the program 30 years ago, along with St. Paul Lutheran Church in Melrose Park.

Proviso Food Pantry is an agency of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, which provides canned and boxed “shelfstable” food that is supplied by the federal government, farms, manufacturers and local food retailers.

Hill said that the Proviso Food Pantry serves about 80 clients each week.

“Anyone who lives in the Proviso Township and qualifies due to low income can receive groceries every Saturday from 8 to 10 in the morning. Registration requires only proof of residence and takes just a few minutes,” he said.

For more information, or to volunteer, call the River Forest United Methodist Church office at 708-771-3668, or email

them at rfumchurch@sbcglobal.net.

Other Proviso Township agencies that will receive grants are First Baptist Church in Melrose Park, which will receive $1,889; Housing Forward, $1,234; Vision of Restoration Food Pantry in Maywood, $1,451; and St. Eulalia Quinn Center in Maywood, $1,919.

Cluster Tutoring, a community nonprofit that provides free one-to-one tutoring to 115 students in grades kindergarten through 12, who come from primarily the Austin neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side, will receive $2,207.

Kara Kalnitz, executive director of Cluster Tutoring, said the organization was created in 1990 by several churches in Oak Park “in response to the disturbing statistic that less than half of Chicago Public School students graduate from high school. Each tutor is matched with a student, and the tutor-student pair works together during the school year to prepare the student for a successful academic career.”

The leadership team of the CROP Walk, the mission of which is to feed hungry people, distributes funding to the program because Cluster Tutoring also provides healthy snacks to their students.

Other nonprofits east of Austin Boulevard that will receive funding include St. Martin de Porres Food Pantry, $1,328; and the Pine Avenue Food Pantry, $2,338.

Beyond Hunger—also known as the OP-RF Food Pantry— will receive $1,202.

Tom Holmes was the grand marshal of this year’s CROP Walk.

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Officials urge residents to register for the census

The village of Forest Park has lost approximately $7.5 million every year due to undercounts on the census

By TOM HOLMES Staff Reporter

Over the last 10 years, the village of Forest Park has missed out on approximately $7.5 million from the federal government every year because only 74 percent of its residents were counted in the 2010 census—that was just one message hammered home by almost every speaker at the “Census 2020 Proviso Complete Count Commission Informational” meeting on July 25 at the Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 73 union hall in Hillside.

Elected officials on the dais—including Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough, Commissioner Brandon Johnson, Proviso Township Supervisor Michael Corrigan, Maywood Trustee Nathaniel Booker—repeated the message to the approximately 50 attendees that getting a complete count in the upcoming census could add millions to the balance sheets of every community each year.

In his opening remarks, Corrigan explained that local governments receive about $1,500 per person per year from the $675 billion available in annual funding from the federal government. Therefore, local governments lose $15,000 for every person not counted during the 10-year break between censuses.

In addition to the distribution of federal funding, census data is used to determine how many seats each state is given in the House of Representatives in Washington D.C. Yarbrough warned that Illinois is in danger of losing two seats in Congress if the state does not get a complete count.

The Census Bureau also noted that, in addition to how federal funding is distributed and legislative seats are apportioned, the data collected by the organization influences legislators’ policy decisions and is used by entrepreneurs to decide where to locate businesses.

An informational sheet provided by the Census Bureau

entitled “Why We Ask” explained what questions will be asked on the census and why.

■■“Name”—to ensure everyone in a household is counted.

■■“Sex”—used to evaluate if government programs are meeting the needs of citizens. The only two choices will be male and female.

■■“Age and Date of Birth”—again to evaluate government programs and to “help enforce laws, regulations and policies against age discrimination.”

■■“Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin”—to “monitor compliance with antidiscrimination provisions such as the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act.” ■■“Race”—again to monitor compliance with civil and voting rights legislation.

■■“Where you live”—in order to make sure that each person is counted only once. For example, some children live with their father part-time and with their mother the rest of the time.

■■“Relationship”—to the “central person” in the household to assist in the planning and funding of government programs to provide services for families, single parents and grandparents living with grandchildren.

Without saying it out loud, the Census Bureau revealed a sensitivity to the controversy over the “citizenship question” by providing two pages on the question of confidentiality. Quotes from the handout include: ■■“Your answers can only be used to produce statistics— they cannot be used against you in any way.”

■■“Every Census Bureau employee takes an oath to protect your personal information for life. Your answers cannot be used for law enforcement purposes or to determine your personal eligibility for government benefits.”

Officials started preparing for the 2020 census last year, with census workers conducting Boundary and Annexation Surveys, updating census addresses, searching for the con-

Ice, Ice Baby Connie Brown, of Brown Cow Ice Cream Parlor, hands Will Hansman an ice cream at Schauer’s Hardware during the firstever “Ice, Ice Baby” summer celebration.

Representatives from Nadeau’s Ice Sculpures displayed how to make a unicorn and star ice sculpture.

Photo by Karen Weinberg

Photo by Nathaniel Booker

COUNT: Proviso officials urge residents to register for the census. struction of new housing and reviewing statistical information. Address canvasing will take place next month through October.

The sense of urgency in the voices of presenters at the event is explained by how quickly deadlines are approaching. Each village, including Forest Park, will be asked to form a Complete Count Committee to enlist partners—faithbased organizations, schools, local governments, individuals, local governments, business owners—to build awareness, educate the public about the importance of sending their census forms in, and encouraging everyone in their community to participate.

In March 2019, 95 percent of Forest Park residents will receive a mailed invitation to respond to the census online.

If internet is unavailable in a household, responses can be sent in by mail or on the phone.

“Only about 1% of households will be counted in person by a census taker, instead of being invited to respond on their own.”

Organizers working for the Census Bureau emphasize how important it is for individuals and groups to become what they call “2020 Census Recruiting Champions,” who will supplement the work of Complete Count Committees in their communities.

One suggestion is to have village councils pass resolutions encouraging a complete count. Another is to share census educational material with church groups. Still another is to volunteer to be a member of the Forest Park Complete Count Committee.

Daniela Martinez, who works at the Maywood Public Library, is working with PASO West Suburban Action Project to educate Spanish speakers about the importance of being counted—even if they are not citizens or lack documentation—and to create trust that, contrary to some of the rhetoric they’ve been hearing, their participation in the census will not lead to any negative consequences.

Nour Jaghama, who came to the event wearing a hijab and long black dress, works for Clerk Mike Porfirio in south suburban Lyons. She said she attended the event to figure out how Lyons could better include its hard-to-count residents.

“We found that some communities in our township are among the hardest to count because they don’t have access to the internet or English is their second language, so we want to learn how to include them,” Jaghama said.

She added: “Personally, just being a citizen, I find myself having the desire to help those around me and give back to the community.”

For those who would like to be paid for doing census work, submit resumes to 2020census.gove/jobs.

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YMCA hosting meetings about possible new location The sessions designed to get community feedback about developing old Melrose Park Menards

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

The West Cook YMCA has launched a series of focus groups designed to gauge the feasibility of opening a second location — and the first outside of its Oak Park headquarters — on the site of a vacant Menards at 8311 W. North Avenue in Melrose Park.

Phillip Jimenez, the West Cook YMCA’s president and CEO, announced in April that the organization was looking to expand. Since then, West Cook YMCA officials have begun a six-month due diligence process.

So far, West Cook YMCA officials have signed a purchase agreement; announced, in partnership with the Proviso Mental Health Commission, the creation of an exploratory committee that will facilitate the six-month vetting process; and conducted a member feasibility study related to the prospective new location.

So far, the West Cook YMCA has held three community stakeholder focus group sessions. The first, on July 23, was at its Oak Park flagship facility while two were held on July 24 and July 25 at the Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview District 89 administrative building, 906 Walton St. in Melrose Park. The July 24 session was in Spanish.

Three more stakeholder focus group sessions are scheduled for the following dates: ■■Tuesday, July 30, 7 p.m., at the Forest Park Middle School Library, 925 Beloit Ave. in Forest Park

ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

NEW HOME: The West Cook YMCA is looking into redeveloping the old Menards.

■■Thursday, Aug. 1, 6 p.m., at Amita Health Center,1414 Main St. in Melrose Park. This session is in Spanish.

■■Friday, Aug. 2, 11 a.m., at the Proviso Township Mental Health Commission, 4565 Harrison St. (third floor), in Hillside Once the focus group sessions are completed, the West Cook YMCA will launch an environmental study on the site.

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Thief gets away with iPhone, but not for long Police arrived at Walmart, 1300 Desplaines Ave., about 5:10 p.m. on July 23, on a call that a man had stolen an iPhone.

A Walmart employee told police that Michael Taylor, 20, of Berwyn, had approached the counter and said he wanted to buy two iPhones. The man took them out of the locked box and put them on the counter. Taylor then told the employee he wanted to apply for a credit card to buy the phones. He handed the employee his state ID and debit card, and allowed him to use the stationary phone on the desk to call Walmart’s credit card company.

Taylor told the employee that the phone cord was broken.

The employee left the desk to get another phone and, when he returned, one of the iPhones was gone. Taylor’s personal information was also deleted from the Walmart computer.

About two hours later, police were dispatched to a home on the 7600 block of Roosevelt Road. A man told police he knew where Taylor was and directed police to the 700 block of Desplaines Avenue.

Police apprehended Taylor and transported him to Walmart, where he was positively identified as the thief who stole the iPhone. He was charged with felony retail theft.

Traffic stop uncovers illegal weapon Police spotted a vehicle traveling with an expired license at 3:35 a.m. on July 25 on the 700 block of Harlem Avenue.

Officers curbed the vehicle and smelled marijuana in the car. They searched the vehicle — along with the driver and passenger — and recovered a folding knife from the driver’s pants pocket. Passenger Brandon Devante Burrus, 26, of Maywood, told police he had a pistol on him. Officers recov-

ered the gun from Buurus’ pants pocket, and Buurus handed them his ID and Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card. He did not have a concealed-carry license. They also found a bag of what appeared to be knotted cannabis located inside a cigarette container in Burrus’ pocket.

Burrus told police he was on his way to his girlfriend’s house on the West Side of Chicago, and that he was carrying his gun because he feels unsafe in that neighborhood.

He received a felony for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, and a local ordinance charge for possession of less than 10 grams of cannabis.

Serial shoplifter charged at Walmart A Walmart loss prevention associate spotted a serial shoplifter enter the store, 1300 Desplaines Ave., at 7:22 p.m. on July 26.

The employee followed Maurice Harris, 28, of Chicago, around the store, watching Harris stuff approximately 31 items in his backpack. Loss prevention stopped him in the store, and determined the value of the items he stole was $338.

Walmart staff also provided police with a restriction-ofproperty form — dated on July 22 — that Harris signed, stating he trespassed on Walmart property. Store employees also told officer he had a history of trespassing at other Walmarts.

Harris told police he remembered signing the trespass order, but that he stole from Walmart to support his heroin habit of 10 bags daily.

He received a felony charge for retail theft, and a misdemeanor charge for criminal trespass to property.

Jimenez said the decision to expand into Melrose Park was the result of a conversation he had in 2017 with Jesse Rosas, executive director of the Proviso Mental Health Commission, according to previous Village Free Press reporting.

“Proviso had just done a comprehensive study with sixthgraders, nearly 900 of them at various school districts and some stark realities started to come through,” Jimenez said at the time. “That got them thinking, how will we build our capacity to address some of this. A lot of it had to do with after-school enrichment and support.”

The roughly 160,000-square-foot building — which is surrounded by some 400 parking spaces, and lumber and gardening areas that could also be redeveloped — is “one of those unique spaces, where no one knows if its Maywood, Melrose Park or River Forest,” Jimenez said in April.

Jimenez said the Menards site is roughly three miles further into the West Cook YMCA’s service area — which comprises 10 communities and extends as far west as Bellwood and Stone Park, and as far north as Franklin Park.

The YMCA’s current Oak Park flagship is located near the easternmost border of its service area.

“At the end of that process, we’re going to come together and say it’s either a go or no-go, and based on that we’ll determine whether or not we actually purchase the property and how long it will take us to build out,” Jimenez said in April. “Before the end of 2019, we’re going to have to know that answer.”

CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

Ulta thief captured at Green Line Officers responded to Ulta Beauty, 7231 W. Lake St. in River Forest, at 3:16 p.m. on July 26, on a call that a woman had just stolen items from the store.

They searched the area and found a Chicago woman, 50, who matched the description of the thief, sitting on the first train on the Harlem/Lake Green Line stop.

The Chicago woman insulted police, then said, “What are you going to do?” They ordered her off the train. The Chicago woman responded by throwing an unknown item across the train car.

Police attempted to place her in custody, but the woman flailed her arms, punching an officer in the lip and spitting on her face.

They bent the Chicago woman over a storage bin on the CTA platform in an effort to restrain her. She kept spitting at police, lifted her foot and “mule” kicked officers from behind. She used her other foot to stomp on officers’ feet.

She was charged with aggravated battery.

Thief rides off with bikes ■■Sometime between 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on July 24, a bike, valued at $400, was stolen from the Forest Park Blue Line stop, 711 Desplaines Ave. The victim said he locked his bike at the rack using a cable and key lock.

■■Sometime between 6:50 a.m. and 4 p.m. on July 24, someone stole a bike from the Forest Park Blue Line stop, 711 Desplaines Ave. The victim told police she locked her bike.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, July 22-28, 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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July 31 - Aug. 7

BIG WEEK Garage Galleries Call for Artists Don’t forget to submit your application to feature your artistic work in this year’s Garage Galleries. Submit your application by August 1 at tinyurl. com/garagegalleries. The event will be held on August 24.

Library Tag Sale

Discover Your Business Idea Strengths Learn how to use a strategic planning tool that helps prospective and current business owners identify their personal and professional strengths and weaknesses, from 6 to 8 p.m. on August 6 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.

In preparation for the Forest Park Public Library’s upcoming renovation, the library will hold a tag sale from 12 to 7 p.m. on August 2 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd. Visit fppl. org/librarysale for a list of some of the bigger items for sale. Email ahammond@fppl.org or call 708689-6123 if you are interested in purchasing something. Cash only.

Buyers must move and transport purchases on or before the date of the sale.

Stoop Sessions

Music in the Park

The Forest Park Arts Alliance will hold its first-ever “Stoop Sessions” concert on the porch of 1529 Elgin Ave. on August 19. Daniel and Sarah Gasse, owners of the Gasse School of Music, will perform for a crowd. Attendees are encouraged to bring a blanket or chair to the concert.

Enjoy a free performance by band Circle of Fifths, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on August 1 at the Roos Recreation Center pavilion, 7329 Harrison St.

Mystery Tour Travel with officials from the Howard Mohr Community Center to a destination unknown, from 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on August 7. Lunch included. Cost $95 for residents, $99 for non-residents.

Rise N’ Learn

Wordsmith Forest Park resident Terry Keshner is a finalist in this week's "The New Yorker" caption contest for its cartoon, which features two bicyclists--one dressed in a shirt and slacks, another in a suit of armor--biking down what appears to be a city bridge.

"It started as a crusade, now it's just a com-

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mute," Keshner suggested the knight say to the plain-clothes commuter.

This is the magazine's 670th caption contest. Residents who want to support Keshner's contribution can log in to www.newyorker.com to vote.

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An official from the Illinois Collaboration on Youth will discuss the impact of trauma on those in caring professions, as well as how to develop self-care techniques, from 9 to 11 a.m. on August 2 at Riveredge Hospital, 8311 W. Roosevelt Rd.

TLC Tips for Your Family’s Hair Stylist and advocate Tamekia Swint offers tips on how to style hair and celebrate children’s cultural identities, from 2 to 4 p.m. on August 4 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Author Discussion & Signing Read and discuss author Julia Buckley’s latest novel “Death in a Budapest Butterfly,” from 1 to 3 p.m. on August 4 at Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore, 7419 Madison St.

Housing Forward Trivia Night Housing Forward will host its ninth annual trivia night at 7 p.m. on August 22 at Healy’s Westside, 7321 Madison St. The nonprofit’s goal is to raise at least $20,000 to support programs and services designed to end homelessness. Visit housingforward.org/events/ trivia-night.

Peer Support and Art Share stories of personal disability and produce artwork, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on August 8 at the Progress Center for Independent Living, 7521 Madison St.

Yard Sale and Bake Sale Enjoy a yard sale and bake sale from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on August 3 at St. Paul Thai Lutheran Church, 7416 Dixon St.

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Village orders partial demolition of Circle Avenue warehouse Someone called village to report roof trusses apparently giving way

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

The front portion of a brick warehouse at 1433 Circle Ave. has been demolished after the property’s roof fractured on July 25, according to Steve Glinke, director of the village’s Department of Public Health and Safety.

“It was well done by all parties,” Glinke said. “No one was injured, there wasn’t any unpredictable building damage to either side of the adjacent properties.”

Glinke said the property owner called him about noon that day, saying that he was in the building and that the front of the brick warehouse had bowed out. The building is owned by a company called 10 Sixty Technologies LLC, which purchased the property in March 2014 for $300,000, according to Cook County property records. 10 Sixty Technologies did not respond to an interview request.

Glinke, along with Fire Chief Bob McDermott and Public Works Director John Doss, visited the site and saw a fracture in the ceiling truss. They called a truss repair company to make an assessment, and that firm determined “there wasn’t much we could do in terms of temporary relief to the fracture.”

Photo by Jill Wagner

EMERGENCY DEMO: The owner of a warehouse on Circle Avenue noticed the building’s front was “bowed out” on July 25.

“As we were standing there, the front wall came to push out more and more. Termination had to be made,” Glinke said, adding that the building was also “creaking and making noises, which is an early indicator of catastrophic failure.”

“How this could happen on a sunny day

with no wind, no snow on the roof, isn’t something I’m qualified to comment on,” he added.

The village turned off the building’s gas and electrical service, evacuated neighboring businesses and ordered Quality Demolition to complete a partial demolition of the

front portion of the building. Either 10 Sixty Technologies or its insurance firm will pay for the demolition.

Glinke estimated approximately 2,000 square feet of the approximately 21,000-square-foot building was demolished. He said that portion was leased by a separate company whose identity he didn’t know. He said there was a trailer, some car parts and a car inside the space, along with “a lot” of boxes on pallets.

“Anything as detailed as damage estimates are going to be a function of the insurance settlements,” Glinke said.

Friday morning, Glinke said a structural engineer from the village’s engineering firm, Christopher B. Burke Engineering, inspected the building’s existing ceiling trusses, and said they felt “comfortable with their integrity.” Glinke said the condition of the building is currently stable.

The next step will be for the owner to “pretty quickly” construct a temporary wall or diagonal bracing to reinforce the property.

“It’s going to be a long time before this issue gets resolved with insurance claims.

They’re going to have to get rid of rubble, remove contents [and] put temporary shoring in,” Glinke said. “It’s going to be a while.”

d91 back to school celebration!

Thursday, august 15, 2019 • 5-8 pm

Field-Stevenson/Forest Park Middle School Playground • 925 Beloit Ave, Forest Park Join us for an evening of fun and registration as we celebrate the return to school in District 91. Families will enjoy arts and crafts, food, free dental checkups, games, music and other fun activities.

• Arts and crafts • Bounce house • DJ/Music

• Video Game Truck • And more…

Participating organizations include: • Beyond Hunger (formerly Oak Park River Forest Food Depository)

• Forest Park Public Library

• Rush Oak Park Hospital

• H&R Block

• Southside PTO

• Brown Cow

• Mathasium

• Village of Forest Park

• Children’s Clinic (Infant Welfare Society)

• Northside PTC

• West Cook YMCA

• Creativita DIY Art Studio

• Park District of Forest Park

Plus, if you haven’t already done so, you can register your student(s) the same evening In case of inclement weather, the Back to School Celebration will be moved inside the school.

For more information contact Scott Dunnell at sdunnell@fpsd91.org.

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BAKER Rwanda from page 1 Baker, of Melrose Park, landed in Rwanda on June 25. The international trip was the culmination of Baker’s experience in the Peace Builder Leadership Development Program — an initiative operated by the Peace Exchange, which is a leadership development program sponsored by several Chicago area organizations. Each nonprofit sponsors one young person, or Peace Builder, in each cohort.

The young participants are required to complete 80 hours of education and leadership development in a variety of topic areas, including the Holocaust and genocide, child sexual abuse, trauma, domestic violence and conflict mediation, among others, according to the organization’s website.

Once the Peace Builders complete their 80 hours of training, which took place between January and April this year, they were off to Rwanda, where they studied peace, healing and reconciliation from June 25 to July 8, during the 25th anniversary of the genocide.

“This was my first time out of the country,” Baker said during an interview on July 26. “I was really excited. I finally got to see something different besides America. Going to Rwanda was definitely a culture shock.”

Baker said that the African country’s food culture took some getting used to.

Photo courtesy Peace Exchange

PEACE: Micah Baker, third from right, arrives in Rwanda with her fellow Peace Builders in June.

“In America, you’re used to being able to eat different foods — pizza, Chinese, chicken — whenever you want,” Baker said. “In Rwanda, they have variety, but the average plate was beans, rice, vegetables, fruit and your choice of meat (goat, chicken, sometimes fish).”

But what it lacked in culinary diversity, Rwanda more than made up for in moral sophistication, Baker said. The country is less than two decades removed from one of the bloodiest civil wars in human history, and yet women now make up more than 60 percent of the country’s lower chamber of parliament — the highest rate of female parliamentary representation in the world, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, an international

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Baker said that she saw Rwanda’s sophistication for herself during its Liberation Day ceremony.

“We sat behind the presidents and prime ministers of more than 11 neighboring African countries,” she said. “The military marched through the whole stadium and it was so liberating. The women in the Rwandan military are celebrated and some are in command and in very important positions.”

Rwanda’s economic sophistication was also apparent. The country boasts one of the most developed, fastest growing economies on the continent and is renowned for its cleanliness. (One reason? Umuganda, a mandatory community cleanup that’s held

on the last Saturday of every month, according to National Public Radio).

During her stay, Baker said she lived in the home of a medical doctor and his wife for three days and two nights.

“They were very welcoming and taught me how to wash my laundry by hand,” she recalled. “We made donuts and went to a smoothies shop. They also took me to the market and to an art gallery. We did so much in so little time. They were very welcoming and it was very heartwarming.”

Baker said that her first trip outside of the country has made her want to leave again.

“It’s not the last time Africa is going to see me,” she said. “I want to visit Congo or Burundi or South Africa next. I actually made a lot of friends in Rwanda, so I want to go back sometime soon.”

In the meantime, Baker said, she’ll savor a lesson she learned from a student who attends a prestigious girl’s academy in Rwanda that Baker and her fellow Peace Builders visited. During their visit, Baker said, the young people talked about the 1994 genocide and the meaning of reconciliation.

“We discussed what being a leader and what peace means to us. What are three things we should live by? One girl stood out to me,” Baker recalled. “She told me that her motto is, ‘Know your truth,’ because if you know your truth nobody can tell you differently. During the genocide, people were taught that killing Tutsis was a good thing.

If you know your truth, then you can stand up — even in the face of evil.”

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OBITUARIES

Ed Lambke, 84 Former Forest Park commissioner Edward R. Lambke, 84, a longtime Forest Park resident who later resided in Wheaton, died on July 19, 2019. Born on Sept. 30, 1934 in Forest Park, he was a member of the Lions Club for over 50 years, a member of St. Bernardine and St. Michael parishes, and a former Forest Park commissioner.

Ed Lambke was the husband of Barbara for 62 years; the father of Ed (Michele), Barbie (Kirk) Guthrie, and Jerry (Martha); Papa to Zach, Justin “JJ”, Michael, Erin and Carolyn; and brother of Hank (Tina), Eleanore Dennison, and Dorothy.

Funeral prayers were held on July 24 at the William-Kampp Funeral Home in Wheaton, followed

by Mass at Wheaton’s St. Michael Catholic Church, with interment at the church cemetery.

Tito’s 45’s tops No Gloves Nationals for third time

Cecilia Consalvi, 91 Longtime Forest Park resident Cecilia Gloria Consalvi (nee Rizza), 91, of Forest Park and more recently of Rancho Santa Fe, California, died on July 20, 2019. Born on Jan. 14, 1928 on a farm in rural Dawson, Pennsylvania, she was a middle child with 13 siblings, all of whom have preceded her in death except her sister, Dorothy Dylewski. She married Felice Constantino Consalvi of Fara San Martino, Italy on May 18, 1957 and lived in Forest Park for many years and raised her children here.

Cecilia is survived by her daughter Mary (husband Anthony Alario); her daughter Antonette and grandchildren Zachery and Nicole (husband Amar Patel) and great-grandchildren Phoebe, Ezra and Pierce; her son Mauro (wife Mareida) and grandchildren Megan (husband Derek) and Luca; her son Salvatore; her son Paul (wife Yuriko) and grandchildren Felicia-Mirei and Victorio-Kai; and her son John (wife Flora Amelia, nee Melly) and grandchildren Emilia and Diego.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, Aug. 12 at 10 a.m. at Forest Park’s St. Bernardine Church, followed by interment service at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.

Softball superstars Tito’s 45’s placed on top in the 51st annual No Glove Nationals Tournament on July 28 for the third year in a row, defeating the Chicago Dynasty team for at least the second year in a row, winning two out of three games, 6-5 and 6-5.

“Thank you everyone for your support this weekend and for helping to make the tournament a success,” No Gloves posted on Facebook on July 29.

Chicago Dynasty came in second in the 46-game tournament and Flashback came in third.

The tourney included 24 teams.

Started in 1969, the tournament began as an “All Star” 16-inch softball tournament, a single-elimination affair, played during Labor Day weekend on the Park District of Forest Park’s

only lit field. It was restricted to suburban teams and only 10 teams competed. The heavily-favored Maywood Agents defeated the Cinderella Forest Park All Stars on Sept. 1, 1969, becoming the first champions.

Popularity certainly increased the second year, when Chicago teams were invited. The competition later evolved into the acclaimed No Gloves Nationals Tournament, with attendance reaching 15,000 for the championship-round games.

In 2016, the Forest Park Review received the Media Award from the 16-inch Softball Hall of Fame, recognizing the newspaper’s coverage of the tourney throughout its lifetime.

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(Top to bottom) Mark Holstein of Tito’s 45’s gets high-fives after he is announced as the tournament MVP. Mike Alongi, Chicago Dynasty third baseman, makes an off-balance throw during their game against Tito’s 45’s in the 51st No Glove Softball Nationals Tournament. Chicago Dynasty catcher Joe Napoli shows the ball to the umpire after he tagged out Tito’s 45’s Danny Villarreal. Tito’s 45’s first baseman Adam Hoss stretches to catch a ball.

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OPINION O U R

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V I E W

Things we like

here’s a lot to like in Forest Park. That might be especially true as July gives way to August and Forest Parkers gather up in ways that go back 51 years and in ways that are just being invented. It is all about growing community.

■ The village’s public works department is quietly adding butterfly friendly plants to the gardens it tends in the village. As our Tom Holmes reports this week, the second butterfly garden was planted earlier this month on Roosevelt Road near the entry to the Forest Park Mall. The first butterfly garden is on Desplaines across from village hall.

Butterflies are in danger and growing plants which attract and nurture them is a critical step in preserving monarchs. Forest Park’s efforts are a healthy step.

Those involved are eager to share the credit for this effort. Patrick Braniff is a near 30-year employee in public works and has been adding milkweed to local gardens for almost 10 years. He thanks McAdam Landscaping for their expertise. John Doss, director of public works, says his consciousness has been fully raised about the importance of monarchs. He points to Mayor Rory Hoskins, Commissioner Jessica Voogd and resident Julieta Aguilera Rodriguez for supporting the newest garden.

■ Speaking of raised consciousness, the library board voted this month to repatriate its small collection of Potawatomi artifacts to a Wisconsin cultural center which fosters the heritage of the Potawatomi tribe.

This goes way back in Forest Park’s history from its Native American roots to the arrival of white settlers in the mid-1800s. And this being Forest Park it is tied up in burial rites. Bones, ornaments and other artifacts of Potawatomi residents buried near what is now Roosevelt and Desplaines, part of Forest Home Cemetery, were casually disinterred by new arrivals.

Eventually, many of these items were donated to the library in 1968, reports our Nona Tepper. Now as the library begins its major remodeling it is taking a closer look at its collection. Director Pilar Shaker consulted experts who agreed repatriating the relics to guardians of the tribe’s heritage was the right step. We agree.

■ What a weekend. The 51st annual No Glove Nationals played out at the park. Always a great event. Brown Cow hosted its annual ice cream Trough Eating Contest. What’s to say! And the Sidewalk Sale on Madison Street.

■ The Historical Society hosted its second annual House and Garden Walk a week back. Seven lovely gardens were featured. Honored were Rob Abernathy and Peter Vamvakas who, over their four years in town, have built welcoming front yard and back yard gardens at their two-flat/ coach house combo on Thomas Avenue. We like Abernathy’s description of their casual garden approach. “It’s not wild, it’s maintained.” Just like Forest Park.

■ Coming up is another in the Forest Park Arts Alliance’s inspired Stoop Sessions of front porch concerts. Be there at 1529 Elgin Ave. on August 19 to hear the Gasses perform. This may be the ultimate in growing community.

Editing the Forest Park narrative

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hen you travel out of town and the people you visit ask you what Forest Park is like, what stories do you tell them?

I assume that you do not give them a list of statistics: population 14.196; 45.1 percent males and 54.9 percent females; median age 39.2 years; median income $54,400; median house value $219,150; 49.7 percent white, 31.8 percent black, 9.9 percent Hispanic, 5.9 percent Asian. And, more dead people than alive!

All of that data is true, but the statistics don’t get at the personality, the soul of our community. No, if you want to describe the way our village feels, you tell stories.

The concept of narrative is being used a lot these days—e.g. Donald Trump’s narrative versus Robert Mueller’s. Author Dan McAdams in “The Stories We Live By” writes about how we as individuals use stories or myths to get at and communicate who we are. He writes, “If you want to know me, then you must know my story, for my story defines who I am. And if I want to know myself…then I, too, must come to know my own story.”

I think what McAdams is saying applies to villages as well as to the individuals who live in them. So, what stories do you tell about Forest Park to others and to yourself ?

I find myself telling stories about Claudia Medina, Ned Wagner and Gaetano di Benedetto.

When I moved to Forest Park in 1982, one story I heard over and over was how bad Proviso East High School was. Then, four years ago Claudia Medina and Ned Wagner decided to rewrite the story about Proviso East from what Andrew Lester calls a narrative of despair into what he refers to as a narrative of hope. The story those two told about possibilities in the future is now becoming the story of what is happening in the here and now.

About 10 years later a chef named Gaetano Di Benedetto opened an upscale Italian restaurant on Madison Street. Most Forest Parkers predicted that Gaetano’s restaurant would not survive. You see, the narrative they were telling themselves was that Forest Park is a shot and a beer town. You know, we’re the village where Oak Parkers came to drink since their town was dry, but they would never want to live here.

Surprise. Like Claudia and Ned, Gaetano was writing a future narrative which had a wider focus than just on the town where his business was located. If he served a quality product, he believed that patrons from River Forest, Oak Park, Riverside and even Oak Brook would drive the extra mile or two to enjoy his gourmet cuisine. The award-winning chef did not buy the old narrative.

What narrative script do you read from when think-

ing about this town’s identity?

I find myself telling a story about Patrick Braniff planting milkweed and butterfly bushes around town as part of what he does in his job at the Department of Public Works. When you talk to him about it, he’ll say that he just likes gardening and started planting “butterfly bushes” around his home almost 20 years ago after hearing about the declining numbers of monarch butterflies.

He’s not motivated by a conservative or liberal ideology. It’s just what caring people do.

I find myself telling a story about Kate Webster, who for the first 30 years of her life pictured herself as “straight as straight could be,” had the courage to go down into the depths of her soul, and discovered that her sexual identity did not conform to the narrative she had been reading for three decades.

Kate and her wife Marcia moved to Forest Park, because they found that, in its own unique and unpretentious way, the community was welcoming of LGBTQ people. But here’s the thing about Kate.

She accepted the appointment as chair of the newly-created Diversity Commission because she wanted our village to go to the next level of acceptance.

It wasn’t a conservative or liberal thing.

Her motivation came from her own experience and a trust that her neighbors would follow her lead. She did not frame her activism as a battle in a culture war. It’s just what we do and aspire to be as a community.

When I try to describe Forest Park to myself and to folks who have never been here, I tell the story of my Muslim friend who was in the shallow end of the Forest Park pool with her children and waved when she spotted me coming out of the locker room.

She was dressed conservatively from head to toe in what looked like one of those scuba diving suits. And not one of the black, brown and white kids splashing in the water around her thought anything unusual was going on. It wasn’t a blue or red thing. None of those kids were ideological warriors. It’s just what we do here.

And another story I tell is the one about video gambling. I like the story, because, at least in the way I tell it, there is nuance. On the one hand, I’ve learned from hanging around business owners in the Chamber of Commerce that most merchants on Madison Street are not getting fabulously wealthy. They saw video gambling as one way to keep their bottom lines in the black.

On the other hand, it’s a story of how residents mobilized—a second time—to have their will respected.

Unpretentiousness is not the same thing as passivity.

Let this be an occasion to examine the stories we tell to see if they faithfully communicate what is really going on.

TOM

HOLMES

So, what

stories do you tell about Forest Park to others and to yourself. yourself

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POTAWATOMI

Library Repatriation from page 1 director. “By ensuring that those individuals will have access to these items, we’re helping to strengthen their cultural identities and providing opportunities for future generations of Potawatomi to learn about the traditional practices of their own ancestors.”

Shaker said she believes this is the first time the library has ever repatriated items.

The wood fragments, ceramic and metal vessels, textiles and silver ornaments will be on display at the library until August 11, when they will be packed into archival boxes for safety until transfer. Shaker said she has not yet confirmed an exact date to transfer the items with the director of the museum.

In 2010, an archaeologist from the University of Illinois inventoried the Potawatomi artifacts and photographed them. A display with photographs and descriptions of the Potawatomi items will remain at the library.

“I think there is a component of this that is Forest Park history, and a component of Potawatomi history, but I think anybody would agree anything that represents a specific group’s culture and religion and burial ceremonies really are best represented by the culture from which they came,” Shaker said. “I think if you look at it from that context, that it came from somebody’s burial ground. They should have it.”

She added that the museum is also accessible to the public to visit.

ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

GIVING BACK: An iron with a wood handle from the late 1700’s is seen in the Potawatomi collection inside the Forest Park Public Library on Des Plaines Avenue, which will remain on display until Aug. 11.

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Forest Park’s land to the Potawatomi but, just three years later, the tribe was forced to move west after the Black Hawk War of 1832.

Leon Bourassa, a French-Native American trader, and his Potawatomi wife, Margaret, remained on the land. According to popular legend, Margaret’s family had left the area but she remained on the site to care for her relatives buried there. Two Potawatomi burial mounds were located at Forest Home Cemetery.

Then, a German immigrant named Ferdinand Haase came to town, and purchased the land from Bourassa in 1851, with the intent of farming it and making it his homestead.

In 1869, he established Forest Home Cemetery. Haase leveled the ground to turn it into a burial space for whites—the first white people buried there were three of Haase’s relatives—and disinterred the remains of some 13 Native Americans in the process. He kept the artifacts and ornaments he found.

Haase’s grandson, Wilbert, apparently “amused himself by dragging about in a gunny sack, a collection of the dried bones of the noble red man which he had disinterred from Indian Hill,” according to the 1926 Review. A school principal used two Native American skulls to teach anatomy.

As late as 1886, the Review reported that “a few” Potawatomies remained on the land, writing that they were “law-abiding and peaceful, who mingled with the whites in perfect freedom, although they always remained curiosities to the natives of this community.”

In 1942, a boulder was erected in Forest Home Cemetery to commemorate Potawatomi origins at the site.

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Library receives items

Native Americans in Forest Park According to a 1926 edition of the Forest Park Review, the first settlers of Forest Park were the Weanamees tribe, who it is believed came directly to the village in 1783, after the Revolutionary War. “The site at Roosevelt Road and Desplaines Avenue marked the top of the elevation and was chosen by the Indian because of its exceptional height and natural beauty,” according to the Review.

The Weanamees were eventually driven westward by the powerful Potawatomies, who came down from southern Wisconsin. The Treaty of Prairie du Chien in 1829 guaranteed

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In 1968, the library received the Potawatomi artifacts from Forest Home Cemetery, where they had essentially been kept in offices on semi-permanent display since Haase excavated them.

Over the years, Shaker said she and the board periodically discussed repatriating the items so they could be more easily accessible to their tribal descendants. The library’s interior renovation project—which will start September 3; the library will remain open during regular hours during the approximately four-month renovation—also led staff to rethink keeping the Potawatomi items as part of its permanent collection. In June, Shaker also attended a meeting with

library professionals, where a discussion of repatriation and decolonization came up.

“The group discussed the role libraries often play as local history centers and how important it is to keep in mind that we aren’t always the most appropriate place for many of the items that end up in our facilities,” Shaker said.

She consulted officials at The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, along with The Newberry Library’s D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies.

Both groups told her about the 1990 federal “Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,” which requires organizations like the Forest Park library to identify qualifying Native American artifacts in their collections and return them if requested by a tribe.

While the Potawatomi did not specifically request the items, library staff and board members decided the restructuring presented the “opportune moment” for repatriation.

Shaker said that, if presented with Potawatomi or other native items again, the library would politely decline the goods and help the donor find a tribal organization to accept them instead. She added that the Forest Park library cannot offer temperature-controlled display cases, archival staff and other professional features necessary “to provide appropriate context and care for them.”

“I think records of local history more than anything else belongs in the library, keeping a record of the history of community is more along the lines of stuff we should have,” Shaker said. “Other places like museums and cultural centers, even historical societies, are probably better places to have actual artifacts.”

CONTACT: ntepper@wjinc.com

L E T T E R S

We got litter and traffic About the article in the Forest Park Review on July 10, “A Pretty Picture of An Ugly Truth,” about Ms. Rodriguez’s garbage portrait and the statement that it will be displayed at Exit Strategy—welcome to my alley, the 7700 block between Monroe Street and Madison Street. If there was a contest for Forest Park pollution—litter and noise—our alley would be right up there.

This has been going on for years to no avail.

Once, just before an election, the village sent a street sweeper through the alley.

Our neighbors were in such shock they almost had to call “911.” After the election, no more sweeper—just litter.

Once many years ago, Officer Michael Harrison visited us and other neighbors regarding alley complaints. A sign went up “Local Traffic Only.” It’s still there and it’s still being ignored. Michael received an award. We got litter and traffic.

Recently Madison Street was beautified. We got more traffic and litter.

Twenty eight years ago, my next neigh-

bor, Cora, moved in. She’s been cleaning up litter ever since. Her son complained to Domestic Li quors, as have I. They are more concerned about neighbors putting garbage in their dumpster. Most of the litter comes from them and their customers.

There is enough litter for many portraits by Ms. Rodriguez.

Our alley is also a race track and especially during rush hour—from Madison Street through the Domestic Liquors parking lot to Jackson Boulevard, they are honking their horns all the way.

Before the last election, a candidate’s mother came to my door. I told her my story. She wrote it down. I voted. He won.

So far no change.

Come and visit our alley any time. You are welcome to pick up litter. Be careful you don’t get run down. You might become part of the litter.

Arlene Troike Forest Park resident on the 7700 block of Monroe Street

Forest Park Review, July 31, 2019

RELIGION GUIDE Presbyterian

Check First.

First Congregational Church of Maywood

400 N. Fifth Avenue (1 block north of Lake St.) Come join us for Sunday Morning Worship at 11 am Pastor Elliot Wimbush will be preaching the message.

Refreshments and fellowship follow the service.

708-344-6150 firstchurchofmaywood.org When you're looking for a place to worship the Lord, Check First.

You’re Invited to A Church for All Nations A Church Without Walls SERVICE LOCATION Forest Park Plaza 7600 W. Roosevelt Road Forest Park, IL 60130

William S. Winston Pastor

ELCA, Lutheran

Good Shepherd

Worshiping at 820 Ontario, Oak Park IL (First Baptist Church) 10:30 a.m.—Worship

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

Sunday Service 7AM, 9AM & 11:15AM Believer’s Walk of Faith Broadcast Schedule (Times in Central Standard Time) Television DAYSTAR (M-F)

3:30-4:00pm

Nationwide

WJYS-TV (M-F)

6:30-7:00am

Chicago, IL.

WCIU-TV (Sun.)

10:30-11:00am

Chicago, IL.

Word Network

10:30-11:00am

Nationwide

(M-F)

www.livingwd.org www.billwinston.org

West Suburban Temple Har Zion

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

Interfaith families are welcome.

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

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

744 Fair Oaks Ave. Oak Park 386-4920

Summer

Worship Service Lutheran—ELCA

United Lutheran Church

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

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

Roman Catholic

Ascension Catholic Church

www.unitedlutheranchurch.org

708/386-1576

(708) 697-5000 LIVE Webcast - 11:15AM Service

Fair Oaks

Lutheran-Independent

Grace Lutheran Church

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

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

Childcare Available

Grace Lutheran School

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

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

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

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

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

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

Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor

Roman Catholic

St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

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

Roman Catholic

St. Edmund Catholic Church

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

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

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

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

St. Giles Family Mass Community

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

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

Our Mass is family-friendly.

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

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

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

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

Aug 1 Lammas Christian Lughnassad/Imbolc Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres Fast in Honor of Holy Mother of Jesus Orthodox Christian 6 Transfiguration of the Lord Orthodox Christian 10 Tish’a B’av Jewish

To place a listing in the Religion Guide, call Mary Ellen: 708/613-3342

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NETWORK SPECIALIST The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Network Specialist in the Information Technology Department. The ideal candidate will need to be knowledgeable and capable to apply the principles and procedures of computer systems, such as, data communication, hierarchical structure, backups, testing and critical analysis. Hardware and software configuration of computers, servers and mobile devices, including computing environments of Windows Server and Desktop OS and applications, Unix/Linux OS, VMware, IOS/Android. Network protocols, security, configuration and administration, including firewalls, routers, switches and wireless technology. Cabling and wiring, including fiber network, telephone, serial communication, termination, and punch-down. Telecommunications theory and technology, including VoiP, serial communication, wireless protocols, PBX, fax, voicemail and auto-attendant.

Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application position opened until filled.

Teacher Assistant Dominican University seeks fulltime Teacher Assistant for Early Childhood Center. Associates degree in early childhood required.

Dominican University is an equal opportunity employer. View full description and apply at www.dom. edu/jobs.

QUALIFICATIONS: Valid CDL license with passenger endorsement and school bus permit required; required to pass a background check and comply with all required state testing applicable to school bus drivers RESPONSIBILITIES: Safely transport students on a defined route on a strict time schedule, Safely transport students and staff to athletic events and field trips, Enforce the school district’s behavior management system for student behavior, Ensure passenger safety at all times, Prepare a variety of daily reports in a timely manner, Perform basic daily maintenance of vehicle, Comply with traffic regulations in order to operate vehicle in a safe and courteous manner, Any other duties as assigned by Lead Bus Driver or Asst. Supt. of Operations Please apply at : https://www.fpsd91.org/domain/71 Data Science Solutions Consultant Sr. sought by Anthem, Inc. in Chicago, IL to program processes for data setup and enabling advanced analytic capabilities.

Apply at www.jobpostingtoday.com, ref #18382.

HEPHZIBAH DAY CARE PROGRAM SITE SUPERVISOR Hephzibah Children’s Association offers after school day care on site at each of the Oak Park elementary schools.

The Day Care Program is accepting applications for a Site Supervisor for the 2019-2020 school year to provide supervision to childcare staff as well as care and supervision of 5–11-year-old children.

Regular days and hours are Monday through Friday from 2:30 - 6:00 PM, Wednesday 1:30 – 6:00 PM. Additional hours on school closing days, in coordination with the Oak Park School District 97 calendar.

May work other hours during school holidays and for staff meetings.

Associate degree in child development or early childhood education, or the equivalent (defined as 64 semester hours in any discipline with a minimum of 21 semester hours of college credit in child development or education) required.

Previous experience working with children required.

Contact Amy O’Rourke, Director of Day Care at: aorourke@hephzibahhome.org

Sr. Software Engineer III sought

by Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association in Chicago, IL. Code, test, debug and install Java software application. Apply @ www.jobpostingtoday.com #81802.

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VETERINARY ASSISTANT OR TECHNICIAN Part time position: Opening for veterinary assistant or technician.

Experience preferred. Call 708-5249720 for information about applying.

SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE NEW CONCEPT FOR MAYWOOD In this quiet residential neighborhood

902 S. 3RD AVENUE (2 blks W of 1st Ave & 1 blk N of Madison)

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

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

SUBURBAN RENTALS OAK PARK ROOSEVELT/OAK PARK AVE CORRIDOR 2 BR 4 ROOMS. Close to Blue Line. Onsite Laundry. Parking, Heat, Water included. $1175/month 708-383-9223

Wednesday Journal is seeking a full-time Print & Digital Designer WJ, Inc., based in Oak Park and a ½ block from the Green Line, is seeking a full-time Print and Digital Designer.

Full time, more hours possible on a freelance basis. Print news production on Monday, Tuesday and Fridays with digital work Wednesday and Thursday. We produce 4 weeklies that cover Oak Park, River Forest, Riverside, Forest Park, and Brookfield.

2 years of design experience helpful but a background in journalism not necessary.

Send a cover letter and resume with samples: Claire Innes at claire@oakpark.com

CITY RENTALS AUSTIN RENAISSANCE APARTMENTS.

A HUD subsidized affordable Apartment property announces the opening of its waiting list specifically for Two Bedroom Apartments only! 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 two to four persons permitted. Properties feature modern kitchens, include appliances, and offer onsite maintenance and laundry facilities.

Austin Renaissance will accept requests for application packages by U.S. Mail postmarked no later than August 31, 2019. Send 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. You may also email a request to: mrpaul2u70@aol.com Application packages available by mail or email delivery only. No walk-ins or phone calls will be accepted.

Town Center Realty Group LLC

ROOMS FOR RENT AUSTIN CLEAN ROOM With fridge, micro.

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

773-637-5957

ROOMS FOR RENT

CHURCH SPACE

ITEMS FOR SALE

Large Sunny Room with fridge & microwave. Near Green line, bus, Oak Park, 24 hour desk, parking lot. $101.00 week & up.

New Mgmt.

773-378-8888

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

CAMPING & TAILGATE ITEMS

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

Please send email inquiries to pastorelliot52@gmail.com.

PULL HANDLE COOLER Used once.

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT

CRAFTERS & VENDORS

* RIVER FOREST

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1116 sq. ft. suite

7740 Madison – 1200 sq. ft.

Strand & Browne 708-488-0011 THERAPY OFFICES FOR RENT Therapy offices for rent in north Oak Park. Rehabbed building. Nicely furnished. Flexible leasing. Free parking; Free wifi; Secure building; Friendly colleagues providing referrals. Shared Waiting room; optional Conference room. Call or email with questions. Shown on Sundays.

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Publish your assumed name legal notice here Call Mary Ellen for details: 708/613-3342

SUBURBAN RENTALS

M&M property management, inc.

708-386-7355 • www.mmpropmgt.com 649 Madison Street, Oak Park Contact us for a complete list of available rentals throughout Oak Park and Forest Park.

Apartment listings updated daily at:

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Find the best employees with Wednesday Classified!

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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.

POP UP CANOPY TENT 10 x 10. Green & white stripes.

Comes with carry case.

Best offers. 708-745-2986 CERTIFIED WIND SURFER Full Size, with cover and sail $125.00.

WATER SKIS $10.00 HOME CARE HEALTH EQUIPMENT HYDRAULIC LIFTER New in box. ArjoHuntleigh Sara Plus.

Christ Episcopal Church Fall Bazaar

COMMODE SEAT W/ HANDLES Brand new.

Sat, Nov 9 • 9:00am-2:00pm 515 Franklin Av, River Forest $35 per table Light Lunch Provided Call Julie at 708-366-7730

HANDICAP BARS Brand new.

GARAGE/YARD SALES Oak Park

EMPTY NESTER SALE 343 S HARVEY SAT 8/3 9AM TO 12PM

We’re clearing things out! Toys, games, sports equipment, furniture, garden supplies, pet supplies, housewares, office supplies. Items in good condition at great prices.

Come by and check it out.

Oak Park

GARAGE SALE 519 S EUCLID

(In alley near the intersection of Euclid Ave and Madison St.)

SAT 8/3 7AM TO 2PM

Key Items include: Patio furniture and other small furniture pieces, household/kitchen items, books, games/toys, clothes.

Equal Opportunity Employer Lead Software Engineers sought

by Enova Financial Holdings, LLC in Chicago, IL. Leads development efforts with TechOps & IT to address, diagnose, and fix productions issues. Apply at www.job postingtoday.com Ref# 55688

2 FOLDING ROUND CHAIRS Brand new.

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1 to 5 room suites

IGLOO MINI REFRIGERATOR Dual power. Used once.

Have your day in the sun with a summer yard sale.

Call to advertise: 773/626-6332

WALK-IN SCALE Nearly new WHEELCHAIR Brand new. Adjustable back, headrest, and footrest. Accommodates patients who can’t keep head upright.

Best offers. 708-745-2986 FILE CABINET High quality file cabinet, 2 drawers.

3.5 ft high x 1.5 ft wide.

708-848-8755 LEATHER SOFA FOR SALE Beautiful, almost new, dark brown leather, 3 seater sofa for $1000.00 (originally $4500). Call 708-5240291 for evening appt. only.

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 WILL BUY OLD INSTRUMENTS Is an old instrument taking up space in your closet? I’m interested in buying your old acoustic folk instrument! Guitars, mandolins, ukuleles, banjos, fiddles, dulcimers, etc...

Phone (708) 488-9280, or email, ukekev1955@gmail.com CASH FOR YOUR RECORDS!!!

We buy records!! Cash for your jazz, soul, punk, metal, rock, blues and other records!!

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PUBLIC NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE Invitation to Bid The Park District of Oak Park will accept sealed bids for Bus Transportation Services. The bid specifications will be available on the Park Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website as of 10:00 am Wednesday, July 31, 2019. Copies of the bidding specifications are available via the Park District of Oak Park website at: http://www.pdop.org/bids-andrfps/. Bids must be placed in a sealed envelope marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bus Transportation Servicesâ&#x20AC;? and must be delivered on or before 1:00PM CST on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 to the Hedges Administrative Center. Immediately thereafter, bids will be opened and read.

For further information, contact Maureen McCarthy at Maureen.

McCarthy@pdop.org.

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By: Maureen McCarthy Park District of Oak Park, 218 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL, 60302

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

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.SHARI D. HERRON, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Defendants 18 CH 12928 2316 S. 23RD AVE. BROADVIEW, IL 60155 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 22, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 26, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2316 S. 23RD AVE., BROADVIEW, IL 60155 Property Index No. 15-22-109-0520000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $52,348.05.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund,

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD Notice is hereby given by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Brookfield, Illinois that bid proposals will be received for the following project: PRAIRIE AVENUE METRA STATION BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS This project consists of improvements to the building including replacing the roof shingles, replacement of deteriorated sections of roof deck as needed, replacement of the gutters, repairs to the façade consisting of replacing deteriorated sections of the trim and fascia; repainting the trim, and other related work at the Metra Station Building located at 8858 Burlington Avenue.

Sealed bids will be received by mail or other delivery up to the hour of 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, August 15, 2019 in the Office of the Village Manager, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513, and will be publicly opened and read at that time. Bids delivered in person will be accepted weekdays between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM only.

Bidding documents are available at the office of Edwin Hancock Engineering Co., 9933 Roosevelt Road, Westchester, Illinois 60154, upon payment of a non-refundable charge of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) per set of bidding documents. No bidding documents will be issued after 2:00 P.M. on Monday, August 12, 2019.

A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on the project site at 8858 Burlington Avenue at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, August 12, 2019.

All bid proposals offered must be accompanied by a bid bond in

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

Any bidder in doubt as to the true meaning of any part of the bidding documents may request an interpretation thereof from the Village.

The bidder requesting the interpretation shall be responsible for its prompt delivery.

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

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

BY ORDER THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD, ILLINOIS

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which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in â&#x20AC;&#x153;AS ISâ&#x20AC;? 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 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 is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

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For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 4221719 Please refer to file number 2120-15421.

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

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.

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 2120-15421 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 18 CH 12928 TJSC#: 39-3918 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.

I3124661

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.ALADJI SECK, FATOU DIOUF, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Defendants 2018 CH 15754 2305 S 17TH AVE BROADVIEW, IL 60155 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 29, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 3, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2305 S 17TH AVE, BROADVIEW, IL 60155 Property Index No. 15-22-208-015.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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

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

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

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

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

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-12894.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-12894 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 15754

TJSC#: 39-3511 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.

I3125754

August 30, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7652 WILCOX ST, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-13-108-0030000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle

the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

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

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

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

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

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

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

WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, 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) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-05151 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018CH05973 TJSC#: 39-4692 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 # 2018CH05973 I3127639

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

RODRIGO L. SALVADOR, AKA RODRIGO SALVADOR; EVELYN E. SALVADOR, AKA EVELYN SALVADOR; THE SPAULDING HOUSE IN OGDEN AND JONES CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants, 18 CH 15065 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 Friday, August 30, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-07-418-024-1010.

Commonly known as 431 SOUTH EUCLID AVENUE, UNIT 6B, OAK PARK, IL 60302.

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 Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 18-035094 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3126609

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.KATHLEEN A RYAN, TIMOTHY M RYAN JR, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Defendants 2018CH05973 7652 WILCOX ST FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 19, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on

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

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

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

Restrictions or prohibitions of pets do not apply to service animals.

To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll free at: 1-800-6699777.

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

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This is a perfect starter home or a great option for down sizing! A sprawling living room with open views of the South, West, and North allow for sunshine to pour into the room.

Two very large bedrooms and a third cozy bedroom for the little one or an office! Oak Hardwood floors running through the home up to the carpeted living room. Large open basement ready for your finishing touches. The lot is extra wide measuring out at 40 feet versus a standard 25. Plenty of grass and room to play. Possible second floor expansion at this price! .........................................................................................$295,000

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

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

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

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In The Village, Realtors® 526 ASHLAND AVE OPEN SUN 1:30-3 PM

1230 N TAYLOR AVE OPEN SUN 1-3 PM

1146 SCHNEIDER AVE OPEN SUN 12-2 PM

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1136 ONTARIO ST 2C OPEN SUN 12-1 PM

River Forest • $658,000 4BR, 4BA Call Marion x111

Oak Park • $439,800 4BR, 3BA Call Kyra x145

Oak Park • $314,000 2BR, 2.1BA Call Roz x112

Oak Park • $229,800 3BR, 1BA Call Kyra x145

Oak Park • $149,000 2BR, 1BA Call Marion x111

ReMax in the Village is proud to introduce its newest broker, Sharon O’Mara.

“I am excited about my new opportunity to work as a real estate broker for this respected and established company.

I consider myself lucky to have lived, worked and raised my 3 children in this amazing community of Oak Park and River Forest. My goal is to bring a sense of trust and comfort to individuals interested in buying, selling or renting properties.

I’m passionate about establishing caring relationships with others and my strengths are listening to the needs of people, providing education, frequent communication and exceptional service. It would be my privilege to represent you.”

Oak Park • $559,000 4BR, 3.1BA Call Jane x118

Oak Park • $462,500 5BR, 3BA Call Joe x117

Oak Park • $350,000 4BR, 3BA Call Laurie x186

Forest Park • $245,000 2BR, 1BA Call Patti x124

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Sharon can be reached at 708-516-8613 or at somara@comcast.net.

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