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Zoning code changes reflect new trends Smaller apartments, tighter oversight the goal, says official

By MARIA MAXHAM Staff Reporter

Part of the charm of Madison Street in Forest Park is the variety of businesses, but also the buildings themselves. As the economy fluctuates, and trends change, balancing the desires of commercial investors and the design standards of a busy downtown can present challenges.

At last week’s village council meeting, Steve Glinke, director of health and safety, which includes the building department and code enforcement, said that in order to keep up with changes and fluctuations in the business and social environment, zoning codes must be “living, breathing documents,” that can be amended as need arises.

On Aug. 26, new zoning code amendments were passed with the goal of ensuring that businesses and investors are attracted to Forest Park’s Downtown Business District (DBD) as a market for investment while also making sure there is ample opportunity for Forest Park residents and council members to approve of plans before drastic changes are made.

Two new companion projects on Madison Street, proposing to convert commercial See ZONING on page 5

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TAKING ROOT: Tanya Friese, left, and her wife, Aldona Komendacka, stand for a photo at their home in Forest Park.

A wildflower with deep roots Tanya Friese knows all about planting

By TOM HOLMES Contributing Reporter

As Tanya Friese grew older, her mother sometimes called her “wildflower,” an apt nickname for a woman who has always re-

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in Wisconsin, so this wildflower spent her summers on the farm.

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18TH ANNUAL CAMPIN’ OUT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14- SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 5:00pm-9:00am You don’t have to drive hours to go on a camp-out. The Park District is turning the ball fields into our very own campground! Families are invited to pitch their tents for some overnight fun in the park. Do as much or as little as you like. The Park District will have a chuck wagon set-up, with our world famous hot dogs and beans, and a campfire for roasting marshmallows, and making s’mores. There will also be a late-night movie and time to tell some of your favorite ghost stories. The campout will conclude with a breakfast.

This event is for families only. Parents must accompany children. There is no rain date. Feel free to come anytime after 2:00pm on Saturday to set up your tent and hang out with your family.

The Park District activities begin at 5:00pm.

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You know summer’s over when …

ell-tale signs that our precious summer is over: ■ Just as Lake Michigan finally gets warm enough for swimming, they shut down the beaches.

■ Stores start stocking Halloween masks, after “Back to School” sales have emptied the shelves.

■ Cicadas are making more and more racket, a grim reminder that school is about to start.

■ Tomatoes — lots and lots of homegrown tomatoes.

■ Golfers have to find their ball among the fallen leaves, while tiny holes appear in the greens to make putting even tougher.

■ You have to bundle up to sit on the back deck at night.

■ If your street hasn’t planned a block party yet, it’s not going to happen.

■ You decided it’s best to save that summer reading you never got to for long winter nights.

■ Just the sight of a snow shovel makes you shiver.

■ New fall TV shows replace reruns — can

anyone tell the difference?

■ Parents of college students are making very expensive trips to Target.

■ Mums are blooming like crazy — though it’s too chilly to admire them.

■ When you go on a picnic, nobody likes them more than the yellow jackets.

■ Some start practicing for winter by wearing fleece indoors.

■ Breweries shift to their fall recipes for beer and ale — Cranberry Stout anyone?

■ Families are already arguing about who’s going to host Thanksgiving.

■ German music makes a major comeback.

■ Everyone connected with schools, be they students, staff, or teachers, is completely frazzled.

■ Forest Parkers are sitting around backyard fires in the evening. Why do they get to have so much fun and why wasn’t I invited?

■ You start thinking about adding thermal underwear to your wardrobe.

■ You rustle through the leaves when you

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■ You notice big markdowns on tiny swim suits.

■ You have to explain to Chicago-area transplants that what they think is a winter coat is really a light jacket.

■ You say goodbye to your neighbors and promise to resume saying “Hi” to them in March.

■ After pretending that pre-season games are not practice scrimmages, the NFL starts playing real football.

■ Regular season baseball games actually count.

■ Restaurants start taking in their outdoor seating and closing their rooftops.

■ After scaring us with the heat index, weather forecasters frighten us with frost warnings.

■ The two-month long U.S. Open Tennis Tournament starts in New York, just after the month-long Little League World Series ends.

■ A columnist writes an end-of-summer list, without making a single pumpkin spice joke.

But you know it’s coming.

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Lin Scollard, administrative Park Department of Health and Safety (Building Department) is retiring after serving the residents and businesses of Forest Park for over 25 years. Her reputation for having a keen eye for detail and proof-reading skills extend to the Forest Park Review. She has seen many changes over the years, but her love and appreciation for history has not wavered.

After moving to Forest Park in 1978, she would stroll around town with an old-fashioned buggy and pick up many stories and historical lessons from the people she would meet. Now she has her own archive of stories and a keen understanding of the relationship of Forest Park’s past to its present.

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XXXX Remember Bishop’s Chili, a successful Chicago restaurant opened by Mary “Ma” Bishop in the 1920’s on 18th and Damon?

Her son, George branched off and continued the family business by opening a second location to the west in Forest Park at the intersection of Roosevelt and Elgin in the 1950’s.

Joe Janouch, Vice President of Bishop’s was interviewed in 1992 and said, “I think some of our success comes from the fact that we’ve kept this a family business and we’ve stuck to one recipe all these years.”

Janouch was careful not to reveal the secret mixture that gave Bishop’s chili its spicy kick.

He only shared that the secret recipe included meat, beans, onions and spices. The chili does not include tomato paste, flour or brown sugar.

This favorite restaurant on the south end of town west again in 1970’s to Westmont.

Thisexpanded photo appeared in the first village calendar, circa 1995. Left to right are: Sue Bothie (water In the early 1990s, Bishop’s Chili, after 36 years in billing clerk), Mayor Lorraine Popelka, Marlene Quandt (village clerk), Donna Bruenning Forest Park, was demolished to make way for Wal(accounts and fi nance), Lauri Falbo (cashier in clerk’s offi ce), Darlene Riske (accounts payable), greens, now at the corner of Roosevelt and Harlem, andwhich Lin Scollard inthe clerk’s at the time of this photo). fills the (cashier corner all wayoffi to ce, Elgin.

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Forest Park speeds path for restaurants to open Glinke cites opportunity as Long John Silver’s shutters

By MARIA MAXHAM Staff Reporter

A new zoning amendment, unanimously approved at last week’s village council meeting, will make it easier and quicker for new restaurants to open in Forest Park’s Downtown Business District (DBD).

Steve Glinke, director of health and safety which also includes the building department and code enforcement, said the DBD was created between 2008 and 2010 during a big push for development of Madison Street. At that time, village officials “believed that restaurants had the potential to create adverse impacts, specifically on parking.” As a result, restaurants were added to the “conditional use only” list, which includes mortuaries and bed and breakfast inns and hotels. Village officials never saw the problems associated with restaurants that had been anticipated, but they have remained on the list until now.

“Conditional use” means that special village

government approval is required for the type of businesses on the list to open. This process can take as long as 60-90 days and is an impediment to new businesses, a time period that is unattractive to potential Forest Park restaurant owners.

For years, says Glinke, the issue of striking restaurants from the list has “come up repeatedly.” Taking it off the list is “good for business,” he added, since he gets calls from people “every day” wanting to open restaurants in Forest Park.

Although not part of the DBD, a good example, he said, is the Long John Silver’s restaurant that recently closed on Harlem Avenue, a street, he says, that gets 45,000 cars passing it every day. The property has a drive-through attached to the restaurant that, if not put to use for the same purpose within 180 days, can no longer be used as a drive-through. Allowing restaurants to get quicker approval means that the village will be more attractive to restaurant owners, meaning that Forest Park will generate more revenue and have fewer empty buildings.

Commissioner Ryan Nero said approval of the change “seems like it would be a slam dunk” for the village. The board voted unanimously to pass the ordinance.

Want to build a master suite?

Zoning change might make that possible

By MARIA MAXHAM Staff Reporter

Under a new zoning amendment approved by Forest Park’s village council, it will now be possible for 700 to 1,000 homes in Forest Park that were previously unable to build additions to do so.

These homes, which have non-conforming side-yard setbacks, can now increase building area under specific conditions.

The code requires a side-yard setback on a 25-foot lot, for example, that the building be at least 10 percent or three feet (whichever is greater) from the lot line.

Owners of houses that did not meet this requirement were prohibited from making any additions or enlargements to the building area of their home.

The new amendment changes this, allowing additions or enlargements. According to Steve Glinke, who oversees building and code among other duties, it’s too restrictive to automatically disallow all these property owners from

making improvements, whether they’re homeowners or developers looking to enhance a property.

For example, he said, lately he’s seen a lot of homeowners wanting to add master suites to their homes on the first floor.

People “want to stay in their house,” he said.

He added that this change in code “supports home ownership and development” by allowing property owners with nonconforming buildings and structures to seek approval for additions that do “not specifically impact light and air rights of adjacent properties.”

Village Attorney Nick Pepper said shadow studies are one way to determine if light or air is being impacted.

“Behind everything there is a person,” said Glinke.

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Proposals spur changes from page 1 properties into mixed-use properties by adding residential units above the ground floor, spurred the changes in Forest Park’s zoning code. Property taxes for mixed-use buildings come with lower property tax rates.

Previously, if a property owner wanted to add second story residential units above an existing commercial building, he or she could do so by right. The code amendment passed by the council on Aug. 28, however, makes such an arrangement a conditional use. That means the developer must obtain site plan approval for the project, involving a public hearing before the Plan Commission, which evaluates aesthetics, design, and the potential impacts of a project, as well as approval of the village council.

That process, said Glinke, gives the public “two bites of the apple.”

The Review has learned that at least one of the two properties proposed for development – the former home of Jayne at 7423 Madison St. – is owned by Hook Line & Sinker LLC, according to the Cook County Recorder. The manager of that corporation is Arthur P. Sundry Jr., according to the Il-

linois Secretary of State records.

Both properties are single-story commercial properties in the DBD that are “requesting build-outs on the second floor,” said Glinke. The proposal for Jayne property involves some “non-standard building materials,” said Glinke, who declined to state on the record what the non-standard building materials were.

The second code amendment allows property owners to reduce the size of a residential dwelling unit to 600 feet in Downtown Business District. The Zoning Board of Appeals had recommended 400 square feet as the minimum size of a residential unit in the downtown district, but council members disagreed, voting unanimously instead to increase it to 600 square feet.

Glinke said this doesn’t automatically allow any developer to start building smaller residential units. Such a request would require evidence of “substantial and substantive improvement” to the property. At the village council meeting, Glinke said there is currently a “trend toward tinier dwellings” and allowing property owners to reduce the size of rental units fits that trend.

In this case, the unique circumstance is part of one of the two aforementioned projects, in which the developer wants to “incorporate into the design a nice second story deck,” said Glinke. “Therefore he’s reducing the footprint” of the dwelling area itself.

But he reminded the council that all such

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ON TAP: Although the details aren’t clear, a proposal to add residential units above the commercial property at 7423 Madison St. spurred the village council to make such conversions a conditional use, triggering a public hearing. requests would still come before them.

It gives developers the “ability to make a case” to reduce the square footage, but doesn’t automatically give them the right to do so.

Nick Peppers, village attorney, said this

zoning change is about “being proactive” and gaining “proactive control.” Like Glinke, he talked about zoning codes needing to be flexible, to respond to social and economic fluctuations. “The code needs to be adapted” as times change, he said.

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Forest Park lawyer enters judicial race

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sation Commission (IWCC) and also has experience in civil law, as well as personal injury and family law. She has worked for both plaintiffs and the defense and estimates she has made thousands of court apBy MARIA MAXHAM pearances. She loves public speaking. But Staff Reporter this is her first “dip into the pond” when it To Forest Parker Kristen Lyons, who is comes to politics, she says.

Because she lives in Forest Park, she’s running for a position in the 7th Judicial Subcircuit in Cook County, individual peo- already using local vendors and venues for ple are at the heart of every matter. “Even her campaign, including Forest Printing though I may have hundreds of cases,” says on Madison Street for campaign materials and the Brown Cow and the Lyons, an attorney, “for that inAmerican Legion Hall for dividual client, to that person, it events on Sept. 9 and Oct. is their one and only case.” She 19 respectively. One of her wants to bring that mindset to favorite parts so far about the court if she is elected to the making the decision to run position in 2010. has been “getting to meet Lyons, who has aspired to be neighbors.” But she also likes a judge since she was a student educating people about what at John Marshall Law School in it means to be a judge and Chicago, will run against a still teaching people “about how undetermined number of oppothe system works.” With her nents for the one seat [out of 10 current clients, too, she finds total] in the 7th Subcircuit availit important to explain how able upon the retirement of the KRISTEN LYONS their individual cases fit into Marianne Jackson. The Cook Judicial Candidate the workings of the bigger County 7th Judicial Subcircuit picture. includes the towns or parts of Although she has received encouragethe towns of Forest Park, Berwyn, Cicero, River Forest, and some Chicago neighbor- ment from several current judges who have hoods, including Austin, Lawndale, Little It- applauded her decision to run, this will be aly, and the Medical District. Circuit judges, a “grassroots campaign.” Unlike political as opposed to associate judges, are elected campaigns for other positions, she says, by the general public. The primary election there are rules in place for judges that prowill be on March 17, 2020 and the general hibit criticizing opponents.

“I know I can help people in an even bigelection in November 2020.

Lyons has represented hundreds of work- ger capacity than I do now,” she says of her ers before the Illinois Workers’ Compen- decision to run for judge.

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“We have loved publishing Chicago Parent all these years,” said Dan Haley, publisher of the Journal and its sister publications the Austin Weekly News, Forest Park Review and Riverside-Brookfield Landmark.

“Now as we turn our focus completely to our four community publications, we’ve delivered Chicago Parent into the passionate and innovative hands of our long-time colleagues in Detroit, Alexis Bourkoulas and Julia Elliott. They’ll be joined by several of our now former colleagues including Tamara O’Shaughnessy, our terrific editor, and Karen Skinner and Lourdes Nicholls, two long-time Oak Park and River Foresters.”

In the weeks ahead, Wednesday Journal Inc. will announce additional changes which will strengthen and expand the strong role it plays in each of the seven neighborhoods it currently serves.

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Ring around the park Park’s worn out paths will be rebuilt this fall

Celebrating our 12th Anniversary i Oak Park!

By MARIA MAXHAM Staff Reporter

The worn out paths in and around the park will be rebuilt this fall as the Park District of Forest Park speeds a plan for bidding and then remaking the Harrison Street path between Circle Avenue and Des Plaines Avenue, as well as all the connecting paths with the park.

The district put out an invitation to bid notice this week looking for a contractor to undertake the project this fall.

Jackie Iovinelli, park district executive director, said this project was already about three months underway when she took over her position in May 2018. The park district had applied for and was awarded a grant from Cook County to have the main path redone. Local park officials decided to also fix the interconnecting paths that connect to Harrison Street.

Since the park is so heavily used in the summer, the project will begin and be completed this fall. Bids will be accepted until 10 a.m. on Sept. 6, and at a September park

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board meeting the contract will be awarded to the “lowest and most qualified bidder,” said Iovinelli. At that time, there will be more details available. But she is excited to “be moving forward” on this project. It’s something that’s “needed to be done for a long time, and it lays out the foundation of the park. Once it’s done, it won’t need to be redone for another 30 years.” Iovinelli is looking forward to “putting out all the details to the community” later this month.

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Jazz player delights Stoop Sessions #2 Front yard crowd grows.

Mark Sept. 16 on your calendar Dozens of Forest Park residents brought folding chairs and set up outside the home of Todd and Rina Petersen last Thursday evening for the second Stoop Sessions event, a free night of music sponsored by the Forest Park Arts Alliance (FPAA).

The performer was Elio Adriano, a 23-yearold from Indonesia. He came to the United States three months ago to start his degree in music at Harold Washington College. He’s been playing piano since he was four years old. He entertained the Forest Park crowd with jazz pieces on the keyboard, sometimes singing along. Forest Parkers Sam Whalen and Rina Petersen, accompanied by Adriano, sang two songs each as well.

Rina Petersen, who is also from Indonesia, met Adriano through the local Indonesian community. She said once she heard him play, she knew she had to have him perform at Stoop Sessions. It’s unusual, she said, to see someone so young with so much talent.

Porch Sessions, which began this summer with a performance by Daniel and Sarah Gasse on Aug. 19, is already growing in popularity. The crowd was bigger this time, according to organizer Lin Beribak. She said that Stoop Sessions was one of the ideas the FPAA came up with during a brainstorming session two years ago. The first year of the organization’s existence was spent primarily applying for and establishing their nonprofit status, she said. Now, they’re up and ready to go, and one of their first projects is Stoop Sessions.

At first, she said, she solicited musical performers. Already, though, she has musicians reaching out to her, and there are Stoop Session events booked through the end of October, after which the weather will be too iffy to continue until next summer.

Planning next year’s Garage Galleries will begin in January, and in the upcoming year the FPAA will push for more membership, so they can accomplish more goals in the effort to bring art to the community and encourage local artists.

The next Stoop Sessions concert will be at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 16 at 540 Ferdinand.

Maria Maxham

ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

JAZZED UP: Indonesian jazz musician Elio Adriano plays piano for attendees on Thursday, Aug. 29, during the second Stoop Session Porch Concert in Forest Park. Session 3 will be held Sept. 16 at 540 Ferdinand at 7:30 pm.

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BIG WEEK Belly up to the BBQ The village of Forest Park hosts Ribfest 2019 on Saturday, Sept. 7 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at the Forest Park Picnic Grove, 7824 Madison St. Bring the family and enjoy samplings from the competitors (small fee), and other treat like fried Snickers and Milky Ways, loaded baked potatoes, roasted corn, hot dogs, burgers, Robinson’s Ribs, Chase root beer, and more, including a beer, wine and vodka tent. Live entertainment starts at

1 p.m. with the Latin soul/pop of Caliente, followed at 3:15 p.m. by Everette Dean & the Lonesome Hearts (Elvis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison); at 6:30 p.m. by the Motown and R&B sounds of R-Gang; and at 8:45 p.m. by the disco/ dance music of The Shagadelics. And, of course, cheer on your favorite lords of pork, competing for one of three cash prizes and bragging rights of best ribs around.

For more info, call 708-771-7737.

Cemetery scavenger hunt The Historical Society of Forest Park hosts a Cemetery Scavenger Hunt onn Sunday, Sept. 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. near the Haymarket Martyrs’ y yrs’ monument at Forest Home Cemetery, 863 Desplaines Ave. in Forest e est Park. This year there are two scavenger hunt options, one with a limited search area geared more for kids and another that will take in the entire cemetery (bring a bike or car). Take a picture with each item and show it to a volunteer to receive a stamp. Those with completed scavenger books will receive a prize.

Tickets are $8 at bit.ly/2Zn2obH.

Library programs forge on Despite much of the Forest Park Public Library being closed while renovations are completed, its programming continues offsite. For kids, there’s Storytime Open House on Sept. 6 at 10:30 a.m.; Babybugs Lapsit Storytime at 9:30 a.m. every Tuesday, beginning Sept. 10; Toddler Storytime on at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesdays, beginning Sept. 10; and Hello Amigos!

Storytime on at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesdays, beginning Sept. 11. All storytime programs will be at the Howard Mohr Community Center, 7640 Jackson Blvd For adults, there’s Device Advice on Sept. 10 at 11 a.m., also at the Howard Mohr Community Center.

Walk this way The Animal Care League invites all dogs and their owners to their Mutt Strut 5K Run/Walk to benefit homeless animals on Saturday, Sept. 7 from 9 a.m. to noon at Maple Park, 1105 S. Maple Ave. in Oak Park. The registration fee for runners/walkers is $40 ($25 for kids 6-12) and dogs can register for free. The first 150 dogs get a free dog bandanna. Participants get a Mutt Strut T-shirt and a reusable tote bag with giveaways. Awards for the top male and female runners.

Stay after the race for an after party with food, music, lawn games, contests, and giveaways.

Register by visiting animalcareleague.org and following the link on the home page.

Meet the press Centuries and Sleuths Bookstore, 7419 Madison St. in Forest Park, invites you to a session with some sage reporters from the Chicago Tribune, talking about their life and times working for the World’s Greatest Newspaper Speakers include Jim Elesner, Bob Goldsborough, Mike Conklin and possibly others. The event takes place Sunday, Sept. 8 at 2 p.m.

Free and open to the public.

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YOUR LOCAL RELIGION GUIDE

2019

Welcome to Worship

Special Advertising Section

St. John Lutheran Church 305 Circle Ave., Forest Park Rev. Leonard R. Payton, Pastor Rev. Roney Riley, Assistant Pastor

708-366-3226 www.stjohnforestpark.org

Sunday Education Hour 8:30 a.m.

Worship 9:30 a.m.

2nd Adult Bible Class 15 minutes after the service ends.

St. Bernardine:

To Unite as One Community

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ounded in 1911, St. Bernardine is the only Catholic church in Forest Park.

In the spirit of our patron, Saint Bernardine, who was so in touch with the needs of his time, we recognize our responsibility to nurture the growth of the parish, to unite as one community and to enthusiastically and respectfully gather in praise of our Lord Jesus Christ.

St. Bernardine acted with sincerity, courage and humility. With these same qualities, and with the Lord as our Shepherd, we set out on our journey: • To sincerely welcome others into our community – old and young, those from our community and those from afar. As we have been fed we reach out to feed others; in doing so, joyfully share our love of the Lord.

• To grow in our faith by sharing the Word of God through catechesis and education.

• To share our time, treasures and talents for the good of all. We are enriched by our diverse histories and traditions.

Mass times: Saturday – 8:30 am, 5:00 pm Sunday – 8:00 am, 10:30 am Monday – Thursday – 6:30 am Communion Service: Friday – 6:30 am Call our rectory at: 708-366-0839 for more information

Celebrating Our 108th Year!

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The Neighborhood Church: St. John

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et’s get out an old idea we’ve forgotten – Church is a great place to be together!

Of course, we would love you to join us in worship and Bible study. But, if you aren’t ready for that, we still want to get to know you, our neighbor.

Join us in our community garden.

It is our gift to our neighborhood. In addition to providing garden plots, we also host events such as the free Annual Corn Boil and Ice Cream Social.

These are great times to meet our neighbors.

Like to sew? We make quilts to give to people locally and world-wide in our quilting group Sew What! Can’t sew – we’d be glad to teach you. Best of all, there is time to talk and get to know each other.

Do you like music? St. John hosts a number of concerts during the year.

Some are free. Like to sing? We have several adult and children’s choirs. Our neighbors are welcome to sing with us.

We are happy to share our space with other neighborhood organizations such as Housing Forward, Alcoholics Anonymous, Boy Scouts - including a charter female troop, and other nonprofit groups. In partnership with the West Cook YMCA, St. John provides space for children’s summer and after-school programs. We share our space with the Still Waters Preschool Co-Op. We also host several blood drives each year.

Just want to take a peak inside our Byzantine style sanctuary? We’d love to have you!

If you just want someone to talk with.

We are here.

Why? For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Galatians 5:22 Give us a call, or just stop in. We’d love to meet you!

St. John Lutheran Church is a member of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

If you just want someone to talk with.

We are here.

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Welcome to Worship

Jesus, Justice and Joy!

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irst United Methodist Church of Oak Park is a diverse group of people of all ages, multiple ethnicitiese and traditions -- united in a commitment to open hospitality and welcome, and growing in faith and love for Jesus.

work with both Community of Congregations and The Leader’s Network.

Joy. We find joy in each other, in our physical home, and in service. From the art glass windows to the grandeur of our sanctuary and the magnificence of our organ, we share the joys of art, culture and music.

Jesus. Our center is an understanding of the radical We find joy in community: hospitality and transforming First United gathering with each other over love of Jesus. Jesus’ welcome Methodist meals and conversation. Everyone of all people and belief that is welcome here. We cherish new each person has a place is Church friends and old ones, working central to our understanding together to serve our community in of Oak Park of community. The more sharing the love of Jesus, the work difference we experience, the for justice, and joy in working together for a more we find the presence of Jesus among positive difference in the world! us.

Worship and Sunday School are Sundays Justice. God’s concern for justice rings beginning at 10:00 am. Contemplative throughout the scriptures, and echoes prayer is Mondays at 6:30 pm. Bible/ in our worship, our outreach, and our book study is Mondays at 7:00. Choir is action. Advocacy and compassion are Wednesday evenings at 7:00 pm. PADS is both important, so we work on wells for Thursday evenings, beginning at 7:00 pm. safe water – but also push for policies that Youth and children’s events are posted on reduce pollution. our website.

We partnered with Housing Forward We are at 324 N. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, in the first year of PADS and we remain IL 60302. 708-383-4983. churchoffice@ the Thursday evening PADS site, serving firstumcoakpark.org.

52 guests. We support,, a variety of website: www.firstumcoakpark.org community service organizations and

Grace Church ministers through worship, music and education

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Come and visit!

Sunday worship

David R. Lyle, Senior Pastor David W. Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Lauren Dow Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Bill Koehne, School Principal 7300 Division Street River Forest, Illinois 60305 708-366-6900 www.GraceRiverForest.org

8:30 and 11 a.m.

EducaEon hour for children, teens and adults at 9:45 a.m.

Oktoberfest

October 6, 4–7 p.m.

Tickets online at GraceRiverForest.org

Bach Cantata Vespers September 29, 3:45 p.m.

ur world has no end of evil, no shortage of suffering. So what do we do, people of God? We wait for the Jesus who has already shown up and we respond as if he’s already here. Because he is.”

These words are from Pastor Dave Lyle’s on Sunday, August 25, at Grace Lutheran Church in River Forest. Preaching at Grace is grounded in God’s word and centered on the cross of Christ. These gifts from God bring hope to our everyday lives.

Word and sacrament are at the heart of the Grace community’s life together.

The congregation gathers for worship on Sunday mornings at 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.

Grace’s liturgical worship is enlivened by vibrant congregational singing and a tradition of musical excellence. Children’s sermons ensure that there is a take-away message even for young worshipers.

The 9:45 a.m. education hour on Sunday mornings offers classes for children age 3 and up, as well as Teen Talk and programs for adults. Child care is available in the church nursery during the education hour as well as during worship services.

Grace’s Bach Cantata Vespers offer additional opportunities for worship enriched by music. The first cantata of the 2019-20 season, on Sunday, September 29, is Bach’s festive “They Sing With Joy of Victory,” BWV 149. The instrumental prelude to the service at 3:45 p.m. is a concerto by Bach’s contemporary George Frederick Handel.

Grace Lutheran School serves children from three-year-old preschool through 8th grade, offering students excellence in faith-based education, as well as a wealth of extracurricular opportunities. Beforeschool and after-school care is available for children age 4 and up.

Grace Church celebrates its German heritage every fall by inviting the community to its annual Oktoberfest. This year’s festivities take place on Sunday, October 6, 4–7 p.m. Tickets (available online at GraceRiverForest.org) include all food and beverages, including local craft beer. There will be music, a sing-along, and fun for the whole family. All are welcome!

Grace Church is at the southwest corner of Bonnie Brae and Division in River Forest.

Call 708-366-6900 for more information.

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Small Church. Big Heart.

Fair Oaks is a neighborhood church that hopes to meet people of all ages where they are and to live our lives together in community.

The best example of this is our weekly intergenerational program called LOGOS. Each Wednesday during the school year, adults cook a meal together while children learn, play and create, and a sense of family is built between neighbors. We carry that sense of family throughout the rest of the week, including into our Sunday service where young children and seniors alike are genuinely involved in leading worship each week.

LOGOS begins Wednesday, September 25, and we’d love for you and your family to join us!

The schedule looks like this: Grades 1-5 4:00 pm - 6:15 pm Grades 6-8 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm Grades 9-12 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Fair Oaks is a neighborhood church that hopes to meet people To learn more about LOGOS and register for the year, join us onof all ages where they are and to live our lives together in Wednesday, September 11 atcommunity.

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The best example of this is our weekly intergenerational To learn about our church, email onecalled LOGOS. Each Wednesday during the school program of our co-pastors: Hailey@fairoakspres. year, adults cook a meal together while children learn, play and org or Ben@fairoakspres.org create, and a sense of family is built between neighbors. We that sense of family throughout the rest of the week, They really like meeting newcarry people, including and they really like buying new peopleinto our Sunday service where young children and seniors alike are genuinely involved in leading worship each coffee!

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Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church LOGOS begins Wednesday, September 25, and we’d love for Worship on Sundays @ 10am you and your family to join us! The schedule looks like this: Grades 1-5 4:00 pm - 6:15 pm fairoakspres.org Grades 6-8 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm 708.386.4920 Grades 9-12

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To learn more about LOGOS and register for the year, join us on Wednesday, September 11 at 7:15 pm.

To learn about our church, email one of our co-pastors: Hailey@fairoakspres.org or Ben@fairoakspres.org They really like meeting new people, and they really like buying new people coffee!

Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church Worship on Sundays @ 10am fairoakspres.org 708.386.4920

on the corner of Thomas St. & Fair Oaks Ave.

Open Doors. Open Minds.

Open Hearts.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

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hat remains when the church building is stripped away? Good Shepherd has learned that lesson in the past year after a fire made the structure unusable in September 2018. Worship and daily operations moved to the large building north of Scoville Park, First Baptist Church at 820 Ontario in Oak Park.

While it takes a little more work to find us, new people continue to be drawn to Good Shepherd. A value of diversity and inclusivity, welcoming all into the church community regardless of race, sexual orientation, gender identity, and socioeconomic status are not just words on the website, but lived-out practices that are found upon entering the faith community.

Worship may look and feel different in the rented space, but a vibrancy continues to be felt. Whether a teenager playing an Irish jig on the violin, a college student playing an original composition on the marimba, or a small jazz band riffing on familiar hymns, new life and energy continue to fill the worship programming. This same life and energy are found in the 80+ children who participate in Sunday school and Vacation Bible School.

Since social ministry and justice advocacy weren’t dependent upon the building, it continued after the fire without skipping a beat. Good Shepherd is active in local, national, and global ministries. This year members began attending immigration court under the AMMPARO program to help migrant children find a lawyer. Tutors continued to work with over 40 students at Kidz Express, a program in the south Austin neighborhood started by Good Shepherd over 25 years ago. Members support CROPWalk, Housing Forward, United Power for Action and Justice, and Beyond Hunger, among others.

Sustainability has been a lens in the many choices for the rebuild and gardens.

As a member of Faith in Place, a group of local congregations committed to green practices and striving to make our events zero waste, we value doing things in a way that retain God’s vision for creation.

Visit www.goodshepherdlc.org to know more and keep up with our progress. We return to our building in 2020.

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611 Randolph, Oak Park (corner of East and Randolph)

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Welcome to Worship

We won’t ask you to change who you are.

We will challenge you to change how you live.

Sunday Service and Religious Education 9:00 & 10:45am / 875 Lake Street, Oak Park 708 848 6225 / www.unitytemple.org / www.facebook.com/UTUUC

photo: Dustin Halleck

Our Values Connection Unitarian Universalism is a convenantal religion that lives the beauty and challenge of building relationships and community.

Tranformation Our congregation provides worship, learning, and small group opportunities for change and growth.

Justice We work in partnership to turn our beliefs into action with a vision of love for all.

Acceptance We celebrate people in all their glorious diverse identities and expressions.

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United Lutheran Church Welcomes All!

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ade one in Christ Jesus, United Lutheran Church welcomes all, regardless of race, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, relationship status, family structure, physical or mental health, legal status, or socioeconomic status.”

(Statement adopted by United Lutheran Congregation Council on May 13, 2019.)

After an extended time of considering the many ways that Jesus welcomed everyone to follow him, several members of United Lutheran Church met during the early months of 2019 to express through one brief statement words of welcome to people in our community.

When you consider that so many events in daily news cycles are about the inability of people to travel or trade across boundaries of one kind or another, or that many communities seem closed to people from different backgrounds, we believe it is imperative that our congregation embody this central Christian teaching about being broadly inclusive now.

Regardless of your background, you are most welcome to attend worship and to participate in all other activities at United Lutheran Church.

The full statement adopted by the congregation council is: As a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), United Lutheran Church welcomes you to participate in our worship, community, service to others, and fellowship with each other.

Embracing our faith tradition, we believe that we are saved by God’s grace through faith. It is not a result of anything that we have done. It is simply a precious gift from God. Our response to that redeeming gift is to share the message of God’s love through our hands and feet and voice in the community and world.

As Jesus reached out to and loved and cared for people no matter their gender, occupation, age, or infirmities, United Lutheran Church strives to reflect the love of Jesus with a spirit of welcome. We welcome all, regardless of race, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, relationship status, family structure, physical or mental health, legal status, or socioeconomic status.

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United Lutheran Church Providing a welcoming place for you in northeast Oak Park

Holy Communion each Sunday at 9:30 a.m. with child care for younger children 409 Greenfield Street (at Ridgeland) Oak Park, Illinois 60302-1143 708-386-1576 www.unitedlutheranchurch.org

St. Edmund Catholic Parish Love of God and Love of Neighbor

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faith-filled and diverse St. Edmund community gathers weekly to be nourished by Christ in Word and Eucharist. So strengthened, we are sent forth into the world to love our neighbor.

St. Edmund parishioners participate in many outreach ministries, such as: weekly staffing of Housing Forward homeless shelter (formerly P.A.D.S.), ongoing support of the OPRF Food Pantry with food drives, monetary contributions, diaper and adult undergarment collections, and fresh produce from our parish Peace Garden.

Other ministries involve: Respect Life, clothing drives, domestic violence awareness and support, peace and justice outreach, ministry to the homebound and hospitalized, monthly vigil to end gun violence, and a Green Team to implement Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, to name only a few.

We welcome the influx of new residents in our downtown area, and new people who may be looking for a vibrant Catholic Faith Community. We are walking distance from these new developments and look forward to welcoming our new neighbors.

We are excited that the Chicago Architecture Foundation again has chosen St. Edmund Church as a site for this year’s Open House Chicago, on October 19 & 20.

St. Edmund Church, designed

by Henry J. Schlacks, with magnificent stained glass F. X. Zeittler windows from Munich, Germany and a stunning ceiling designed by John Mallis is worth visiting. We have one of the most beautiful interior spaces in Oak Park.

All are welcome at St. Edmund Parish. Join us for liturgy. For more information log on to our website at stedmund.org!

St Edmund

Oak Park’s Downtown Catholic Parish Reaching out from the heart of Oak Park since 1907!

188 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302 708-848-4417 • stedmund.org Reverend John McGivern, Pastor Worship Schedule Monday–Friday: 8:30 am • Saturday: 5:30 pm Sunday: 9:00 & 11:00 am; 5:00 pm The people of St. Edmund Catholic Parish are a diverse community of Christians whose beliefs are rooted in sacred scripture and the traditions of the Catholic faith.

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RELIGION GUIDE

Roman Catholic

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 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

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

Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m., 5:00 p.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

Good Shepherd Worshiping at 820 Ontario, Oak Park IL (First Baptist Church) 9:00a-Worship 10:30a-Education Hour

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

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.

on the corner of Thomas St. & Fair Oaks Ave.

worship on Sundays @ 10am nursery care available fairoakspres.org 744 Fair Oaks Ave. • 708-386-4920

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

St. Edmund Catholic Church

ELCA, Lutheran

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

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

Sep 8 Nativity of Virgin Mary Christian 10 Ashura Islam 14 Elevation of the Life Giving Cross (Holy Cross) Christian 23 Equinox Mabon - Ostara Wicca 27 Meskel Ethiopian Orthodox Christian

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

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Common-sense zoning

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orest Park has something of a love-hate relationship with zoning. Underzoned, nearly unzoned, for decades, Forest Park’s north side has a certain laissez faire, “who says an apartment building needs to front an actual street” sort of turmoil going on.

And all across town there are hundreds of residential properties formally declared as “non-conforming” because they resemble the old Nat Cole song with two-flats masquerading as single-family with a coach house on the side. Forest Park has a boatload of chafafa going on. (No, don’t Google chafafa. You don’t want to know. Would ruin this editorial for you.)

In recent decades Forest Park has become an increasingly desirable town for new homeowners.

But Realtors and bankers, and homeowners who want to upgrade our aging, sometimes rickety housing stock, haven’t liked the uncertainty around “non-conforming.”

So the previous administration of Anthony Calderone made a game effort of putting some definition to the undefinable. Maybe that was better.

Maybe it offered clarity.

Now a new administration is taking its own tack and returning to a combination of “make us a proposal and we’re inclined to go along as long as you leave your neighbor some sunlight.” This will put the onus back on local zoning and plan commissioners to interpret the rules and make reasonable judgments.

We like the comments coming out of village hall, generally, on zoning. The view that zoning must adapt to changing trends makes sense. One example we hear: People want master bedrooms on the first floor. They want to age in place. Let’s help make that happen, says village hall. We’re all in.

On Madison Street, village hall has finally come to the realization that restaurants are the primary and maybe only potential tenants for about every storefront on the street. Several years ago when restaurant uses began to rise, the village worried about the impact on parking and chose to make restaurants a special use. Turns out restaurants are a great use — they don’t clog parking, particularly with their evening focus. So the council has now changed gears to make it simpler for restaurants to gain necessary permits to get open. Smart move.

Recently-OK’d zoning amendments also focus on controlling, but not shutting down, inevitable efforts by commercial property owners on Madison Street to add a residential housing component to their structures. Nice to add a few new residents to the street. But the primary motivation for property owners in creating mixed-use buildings is to take a deep slice out of raging property taxes. It’s legal.

It’s a good gambit. But the village has now added some process to the process to make sure that what gets added makes sense for the street and the village.

Another smart move.

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Ego, luck and priorities

ally did get American football,” she began as Mitty ll week long, Pastor Walter Mitty’s and Michael sipped their lattes. “Never got boxing friends in town have been giving him a either. I played soccer in high school, and, sure, hard time because of the Bears-Packers there would sometimes be collisions and bumps game at Soldier Field, Thursday night. and bruises, but they were never intentional.”

It’s become one of the rituals in Mitty thought a moment and said, “You know, Poplar Park to mark the turning of the seasons when I played football in the youth league — I — the pool closes on Labor Day, the kids go back think it was in seventh grade — the boys who were to school, and everyone teases the pastor of the bigger than me were also not very agile. They grew Poplar Park Community Church about being a so fast, and I was a little quicker, so that evened cheesehead. things out a little. And I have to say that tackling This year, however, the teasing has quickly another player felt kind of good.” segued into folks asking each other, “What do you Zaphne, winking, said, “Testosterone! Men! think about Andrew Luck?”

Dominance!”

Some parents at Mitty’s church, in fact, have Mitty feigned defensiveness and Zaphne continmade it known that they will not allow their ued. “When I think back to the girls on my high middle school kids to go out for football when they school soccer team, it was like we weren’t out to get to high school and instead are enrolling them beat the other team so much as wanting our team in the soccer programs at the park district which to win. Does that make sense?” are growing in popularity.

“I’m not sure,” Michael replied. “Say more.”

When Pastor Mitty and his good friend Michael “Well, I think it was more about the joy of Rosenthal learned that Zaphne had her Retro working together. I remember the time we played coffee shop open even on Labor Day, and since neither one had anywhere else to go, they decided the high school that won the state championship to stroll over, grab a couple of lattes and catch up the year before, and they beat us 5 to 1. But after with each other. the game, we didn’t feel like we’d lost. We felt like After filling Michael in on what is new with going against one of the best teams in the state his sister-in-law and two nephews in Manitowoc, brought out the best in us, and that feeling was Mitty changed the subject and asked, “Michael, really, really satisfying.”

DAVID BROOKS what do you think about Andrew Luck?”

“So I’m wondering how that story applies to Author of ‘The Second “The football player?”

Andrew Luck’s decision,” said Mitty.

Mountain’ “Yeah. I’ve been thinking a lot about him. Did I “Maybe,” Michael replied, “Luck has this tell you I got a brain concussion playing football competition thing in perspective. I can think of a in ninth grade? It happened in practice. I was lot of guys right here in Poplar Park who, because small, slow and weak and we bench warmers would run the of their ego, need to win so they keep repeating the same upcoming opponent’s offense in practice against our firstbehaviors over and over even though everyone can see that string defense. So the coach told me to take the handoff and what they’re doing isn’t good for them, their loved ones, or the run around the left side of the offensive line, and suddenly all village itself for that matter.” my blockers disappeared and this first string linebacker had a “Or,” Zaphne added, “our national politics.” clear path between him and me. It was ugly.”

The conversation turned to Mitty and Michael telling “Well, that explains why you can’t remember what you had stories to their younger friend about the good old days, and as for breakfast this morning,” Michael said with a mischievous they got up to leave the Retro, Pastor Walt said, “Thank you, grin.

Zaphne.”

“Thanks a lot old friend! I get teased about being a cheeseh“For the coffee?” ead by everyone in town, and now my best friend is diagnos“That too, but mainly for giving me a good story to start my ing me with dementia.” sermon next Sunday.”

“Two lattes for Walt and Michael — my favorite customers,” shouted Zaphne with an affectionate smile from behind the counter.

“Favorite customers?” Michael returned the young, attractive entrepreneur’s smile.

Forest Park Review “Well, to be honest,” Zaphne replied, “you’re the only cus141 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302 tomers in the place, so I really didn’t risk offending anyone.”

E-mail: ktrainor@wjinc.com After the laughter died down, Zaphne asked, “What were Please include name, address and you two talking about?” daytime phone number for verification.

“Football. I was telling Michael about my short football career in middle school back in Manitowoc.”

“No offense, Walt, but you don’t have a football player’s body.”

“It took me till the ninth grade to figure that out,” Mitty said, shaking his head. “That’s when I let go of the dream of starting at quarterback for the Packers, and began to think about a future vocation that matched the gifts God gave me instead of living in a fantasy world.”

Zaphne pulled up a chair and joined her elders. “I never re-

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Rugby teammates in scrum, crash through window

Forest Park police cited a 27-year-old Chicago man for fighting and public intoxication after he and a rugby teammate crashed through a plate glass window while fighting outside Team Blonde, 7442 Madison St. on Aug. 24 at 9:22 p.m.

When officers arrived on the scene, they saw the two men, shirtless and covered in blood, walking toward Constitution Court.

According to a witness, a group of rugby players and their dates were socializing at a bar on Madison Street. The alleged offender reportedly mistakenly thought one of his teammates had kissed his girlfriend, prompting an argument that escalated into shoving and then a tumble into the front window of Team Blonde.

The alleged offender suffered cuts to his hands, arms, face and head. He was taken to Rush Oak Park Hospital for treatment. The other person’s injuries were not detailed in the police report.

enue contacted police on Aug. 27 to report that sometime between Aug. 19 and Aug. 21 someone entered the residence and removed 30 boxes of floor tiles and a cooking range hood. The total value of the items stolen was about $1,100, according to the police report.

Police reported no signs of forced entry to the home, which was locked but accessible via a key in a lock box.

Car taken in residential burglary

Vending machine damaged

Police responded to a residence in the 400 block of Thomas Avenue on the afternoon of Aug. 23 after the homeowner discovered that someone had stolen a 2010 Nissan Versa from the rear parking area next to the garage.

According to the police report, the vehicle theft followed in the wake of someone breaking into the victim’s home to steal the keys to the Nissan sometime between 7:30 a.m. and 4:40 p.m.

The offender gained entry to the rear porch of the home by removing a screen, which was found leaning against the airconditioning unit at the rear of the house.

The keys to the Nissan and another vehicle were taken from the kitchen. The other vehicle was not taken from the property.

An agent for Redbox, the DVD movie rental vending machine company, contacted Forest Park police on Aug. 26 to report that the screen on its machine outside 7-Eleven, 205 Harlem Ave., had been smashed.

Police said the machine was damaged between Aug. 21 and Aug. 24. The cost to replace the screen was estimated at $800.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, Aug. 23-27, 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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“I would say I grew up in Forest Park,” she explained, “because my brother and I spent a majority of our time at our grandparents’ house at 1032 Elgin even while going to school in Berwyn and then Hinsdale. from page 1 My grandparents bought the house in 1938.

My mother was born there, and my wife and I are living there now.” playing rugby and soccer. After losing her Friese has good memories regarding 1032 scholarship because of a change in the Pell Elgin.

Grant program, she adapted to life’s chang“Easter egg hunts and decorating the ing circumstances and got a job in a store in front porch with lights and greens during Hinsdale that sold stereo components. the winter holidays, the scent of a turkey or From there she moved to a job at the First goose in the oven and adding leaves to our National Bank of LaGrange where the presdining table to welcome those who may have ident appreciated her work enough to send not been able to make it home to celebrate her to DePaul University to study accountan occasion with their family. My mother ing part time. She enjoyed accounting but told me about her first kiss with her first quickly became bored because “honestly, I boyfriend on our front porch.” had it figured it out.”

She remembers how her grandmother Ever the wildflower thriving in any enviVi and her mother would garden with their ronment, Friese then enlisted neighbor, Myra Rehor. “When in the Navy as a corpsman my grandmother died,” Friese (medic), which in the days recalled, “Myra was at the house of the Gulf War meant you with flowers from our mutual served, for all practical purgarden and prayers. We held the poses, as a Marine. Of her 11 memorial service at the house and years as a corpsman, the mathe whole village showed up with jority were served alongside food, flowers and, of course, beverMarines in Afghanistan, reages.” calling “those were some of It was her grandparents who the best years of my life.” supported her when she decided Though officially desigto enlist in the Navy and when nated a non-combatant by the she told them that her “special Geneva Conventions — her friend” was a woman. job was to “fix people, not kill After her grandmother died, people” — her life was on the Friese bought the house at 1032 line many times.

Elgin from her mother and broth“When we hear ‘Marine er, and she and Komendacka have down’,” she explained, “then planted almost every square inch it’s corpsman up. We would of their yard with wildflowers, run out there, sometimes unearning their property the desder fire, and try to patch them ignation of “habitat” by the NaTANYA FRIESE up or go out in a helicopter, tional Wildlife Federation. take them to a field hospital In 2014, the year same-sex marand fly them to Germany to riage became legal in Illinois, Frisave their lives.” ese proposed to Komendacka, who “I am an official Gulf War had been her partner since 2000, at Syndrome person,” she added, Gaetano’s and the couple married “have to deal with neurological and GI isdowntown. sues to this day.”

Nuanced, enigmatic, “unstereotypable,” a Following her years in the military, Friese wildflower with deep roots, Friese explains, earned a bachelor’s degree in public health “My Nana taught me to always be true to at Central Michigan University, worked in myself, yet I can be whatever I need to be at HIV prevention for DuPage County and with any time.” incarcerated women who were victims of sex trafficking. She then worked for a clinic that did in vitro fertilization and as a research scientist for Abbot Laboratories. She worked with people with intellectual disabilities at the Lighthouse in Chicago where she met her wife, Aldona Komendacka, and is now a professor in community mental health and systems nursing at Rush University.

While doing all that, she managed to find the time and energy to earn a master’s degree in nursing and a doctorate in nursing practice, both from Rush University.

Lest you think this wildflower a dandelion seed tossed to and fro by the changing winds of circumstance, Friese also has deep roots in Forest Park.

Her rootedness comes courtesy of her advertise • 708-524-8300 grandparents, Jim and Vi Melich.

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Required Certification: Current State of Illinois Professional Educator License or Substitute License Certificate must be registered in West Cook Region 06.

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ESTATE SALE GREAT FINDS OLD AND NEW 815 LINDEN FRI 9/6 & SAT 9/7 9AM TO 2PM

50+years of stuff! We have: furniture - vintage and modern, trinkets from all over the world, art, tools, books, cookware, glassware, crystal, sterling silver flatware, silver plated flatware and trays, jewelry and much more!

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Miscellaneous electric/tronic materials, Household items, books, VHS tapes, 1 ladies mountain bike in good condition, dog items, etc.

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MOVING SALE TOOLS 1223 CIRCLE AVE SAT 9/7 8AM TO 4PM

Construction company moving sale.

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MULTI-FAMILY YARD SALE 500 BLK S CUYLER SAT 9/7 8AM TO 12PM

Huge variety of items. Downsizing and clearing space. Furniture, clothing, dishes, games and puzzles, toys, household goods. Baseball cards, stained-glass craft, camping, sports gear. Handmade doll house, vhs, dvd, some free items and some name-your-price.

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MULTI-FAMILY BLOCK SALE 500 – 600 BLK FOREST SAT 9/7 8AM TO 2PM

Multiple families participating.

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TWO BLOCK SALE 900 & 1000 BLKS HOME SAT 9/7 9AM TO 1PM

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RAIN DATE 9/14 Something for everyone, priced to sell! Tons of girl clothes mostly size 4 to 5T, shoes, Boys clothes 11+, women’s clothes, XBox games, books, office chair, counter height stools, American girl doll accessories and horse, stuffed animals, toys, housewares, wall decor, cookware, costume jewelry, games, etc Oak Park

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RAIN DATE 9/14 Something for everyone, priced to sell! Tons of girl clothes mostly size 4 to 5T, shoes, Boys clothes 11+, women’s clothes, XBox games, books, office chair, counter height stools, American girl doll accessories and horse, stuffed animals, toys, housewares, wall decor, cookware, costume jewelry, games, etc Lost & Found, Items for Sale, and To Be Given Away ads run free in Wednesday Classified.

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Tons of Boys’ clothes infant to middle school, housewares, furniture, books for all ages, and toys.

ITEMS FOR SALE CERTIFIED WIND SURFER Full Size, with cover and sail $100.00.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, September 19th at 7:00 p.m. in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois for the purpose of considering a request for a final planned development application regarding a property located at 3609 Grand Boulevard and 3541 Park Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513 (PINs 15-34-401-016-0000; 15-34-401017-0000; 15-34-401-018-0000; 15-34-401-019-0000; 15-34-401020-0000; 15-34-401-021-0000; 15-34-411-001-0000).

Legal Description: Lots 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 43, 44, 45 and 46 in Block 12 together with Lots 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 in block 6 in Grossdale, being a subdivision of the southeast Âź of Section 34, Township 39 North, Range 1 2 east of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/ or written comments.

The application including the proposed final development may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours. Written comments may be provided prior to the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Elyse Vukelich, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513. Please reference PZC Case 19-06.

Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall.

By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman.

Published in RB Landmark 09/04/2019

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Invitation to Bid The Park District of Forest Park (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Park Districtâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ownerâ&#x20AC;?) will receive bids for the Shared use Path Project, located at the 7501 West Harrison Street, Forest Park, Illinois 60130. Bid Documents, including Instructions to Bidders, Drawings, Technical Specifications, General and any Special Conditions, and Bid Forms, including required Contractor Certifications and Prevailing Wage Determination and Supersedes Notice, are available at Park District of Forest Park Administration Building, 7501 Harrison St., Forest Park, Illinois 60130 commencing on August 26, 2019 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Each bid shall be placed in an opaque sealed envelope and clearly marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;Park District of Forest Park, Shared Use Path Project.â&#x20AC;? The envelope shall be addressed and delivered to and received by the Park District at the following location: Administration Building, 7501 Harrison St., Forest Park, Illinois 60130.

No responsibility shall be attached to any person for premature opening of a bid not properly identified.

Bids will be received until 10:00 a.m. September 6, 2019. Immediately thereafter, the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bids received after that time or at a different location will be rejected and returned to the Bidder unopened.

The Park District of Forest Park reserves the right to waive technicalities, to accept or reject any or all bids, and/or to accept only portions of a bid and reject the remainder. Owner will award the Contract to the lowest most responsible and responsive Bidder, as determined by Owner. In considering the Bidderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s responsibility, the Owner may evaluate, among other factors, the ability

of the Bidder to provide experienced labor sufficient in numbers to timely and properly complete the services, the financial capability of the Bidder, and the performance of the Bidder on other projects.

Bids shall not include federal excise tax or state sales tax for materials to be incorporated in, or totally consumed in the prosecution of the Work. A tax exemption certificate will be furnished by the Park District at the request of the Bidder.

The Park Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tax exemption number shall only be used by the successful Bidder for the Work of this Project.

After the bid opening time, no bid shall be withdrawn or canceled for a period of sixty (60) calendar days.

The Work of this Project is subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/0.01 et seq. A prevailing wage determination has been made by the Park District, which is the same as that determined by the Illinois Department of Labor for public works projects in Cook County. The Contract entered into for the Work will be drawn in compliance with said law and proposals should be prepared accordingly and provide for payment of all laborers, workmen, and mechanics needed to perform the Work at no less than the prevailing rate of wages (or the prevailing rate for legal holiday and overtime work) for each craft, type of worker, or mechanic.

The Contractor(s) selected will also be required to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations and executive orders, including but not limited to those pertaining to equal employment opportunity.

Direct questions to Jackie Iovinelli, Executive Director, Park District of Forest Park, jiovinelli@ pdofp.org, 708-366-7500.

Published in Forest Park Review 8/28 and 9/4/2019

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VILLAGE OF RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given to all interested persons that a public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village of Riverside will be held on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the business of the Planning and Zoning Commission may permit, in Room 4 of the Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois, to consider an application for variations from Sections 10-73(E)7.B.2 (Prohibited Driveway Materials), 10-7-3(E)(8) (Existing Residential Gravel Driveways) and 10-10-7 (Nonconforming Residential Driveways) of the Village of Riverside Zoning Ordinance for the shared driveway located at 124 and 128 Barrypoint Road, Riverside, Illinois, in the R1-A Single-Family Residence District to allow for an existing gravel driveway to remain.

Application No.: PZ19-002 Petitioners: Unmaish Jindal and Mary Schlesser Properties commonly known as: 124 and 128 Barrypoint Road PINs: 15-35-418-018-0000 and 15-35-418-019-0000 The variations are sought from the following Sections of the Riverside Zoning Ordinance: Section 10-73(E)7.B.2 (Prohibited Driveway Materials), which prohibits gravel as a driveway material; Section 10-73(E)(8) (Existing Residential Gravel Driveways), which only allows an existing residential gravel driveway to continue provided the existing driveway complies with certain maintenance standards; and from Section 10-10-7(A) (Nonconforming Residential Driveways) which requires gravel driveways that do not conform with Section 10-7-3(E) (8) to comply with the code.

The Petitioners seek these variations to maintain an existing shared gravel driveway.

The above application is available for inspection at the office of the Village Clerk, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois 60546. Persons wishing to appear at this meeting may do so in person or by attorney or other representative and may speak for or against the proposed driveway variation. Communications in writing in relation thereto may be filed at such hearing or with the Planning & Zoning Commission in advance by submission to the Villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Building Department at 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois prior to 4:00 p.m. the day of the public hearing.

Dated this 7th day of August, 2019.

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LEGAL NOTICE LAW OFFICE OF LINDA EPSTEIN Attorney for Petitioner 722 W. Diversey Parkway Ste. 101B Chicago, IL 60614

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Notice is hereby given to all interested persons that a public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village of Riverside will be held on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the business of the Planning and Zoning Commission may permit, in Room 4 of the Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois, to consider an application from the Village of Riverside for Special Use Permits to allow government offices and indoor recreation facility (Riverside Parks and Recreation Department) in the B-2 Mixed Use Periphery Subdistrict for the property located at 43 E. Quincy St.

STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the matter of MARIA ELENA DOMINGUEZ ROMERO, Petitioner and ANGEL ANTONIO RIVAS, Respondent, Case No. 19 D 79048.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the Angel Antonio Rivas, Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, Maria Elena Dominguez Romero, for Allocation of Parental Responsibilities and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending.

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Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before September 18, 2019, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

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LEGAL NOTICE LAW OFFICE OF SCOTT LEVY Attorney for Petitioner 1525 E. 53RD STREET CHICAGO, IL 60615 STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the matter of ARMANDO LOPEZ-SANCHEZ, Petitioner and ALMA ROSA ALBARRAN REYES, Respondent, Case No. 2019D005910.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before September 23, 2019, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

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Request of MARIO LOPEZ VALESQUEZ Case Number 2019CONC000987 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: MARIO LOPEZ VALESQUEZ to the new name of: MARIO LOPEZ. The court date will be held: on OCTOBER 25, 2019 at 10:00 A.M. at 50 W. WASHINGTON CHICAGO, COOK COUNTY, IL in Courtroom # 1707.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SEPTEMBER 19th, 2019 at 7:00 PM NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, September 19th at 7:00 p.m. in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois for the purpose of considering a request for a variance regarding 3518 Oak Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513 (PIN 15-34-401-0290000).

Legal Description: Lot 10 in Block 6 in Grossdale, a subdivision of the southeast quarter of Section 34, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/ or written comments.

The application including the proposed final development may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours. Written comments may be provided prior to the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Elyse Vukelich, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513. Please reference PZC Case 19-07.

Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall.

By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman.

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Application No.: PZ19-005 Petitioner: Village of Riverside Property Commonly Known As: 43 E. Quincy Street PIN: 15-36-302-055 Proposed Special Uses: To open a government office (Parks and Recreation Department administrative offices) and indoor recreation facility (Parks and Recreation Department programming facility) in the B-2 Mixed Use Periphery The above application is available for inspection at the office of the Village Clerk, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois 60546. During the Public Hearing the Planning and Zoning Commission will hear testimony from and consider any evidence presented by persons interested to speak on these matters.

Persons wishing to appear at this hearing may do so in person or by attorney or other representative and may speak for or against the special use. Communications in writing in relation thereto may be filed at such hearing or with the Planning and Zoning Commission in advance by submission to the Village’s Building Department at 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois prior to 4:00 p.m. on the day of the public hearing.

The Public Hearing may be continued from time to time without further notice, except as otherwise required under the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Dated this 4th day of September, 2019 Jill Mateo, Chairperson Planning and Zoning Commission Published in RB Landmark 9/04/2019

NOVENAS NOVENA TO ST. JUDE Oh, Holy St. Jude, Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracle, near kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need. To you I have recourse from the depth of my heart and humbly beg to who Gad had given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present and urgent petition. In return I Promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked. Say 3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Mary’s and Glories for 9 consecutive days. Publication must be promised. St. Jude pray for us all who invoke your aid. Amen.

This novena has never been known to fail. Thank you. R.R.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.SPANISH L. BUSH, SANDRA J. BUSH, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR CWHEQ HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-S7, STATE OF ILLINOISDEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Defendants 19 CH 01405 2010 S. 19TH 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 June 19, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 4, 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 2010 S. 19TH AVE., BROADVIEW, IL 60155 Property Index No. 15-15-321-0210000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $140,556.54.

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(g1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN

POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 4221719 Please refer to file number 2120-15624.

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. 2120-15624 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 19 CH 01405 TJSC#: 39-3900 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.

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property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. F18090107 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3128906

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. 14-18-07459 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 08851 TJSC#: 39-5062 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 # 2018 CH 08851 I3129322

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION HOME POINT FINANCIAL CORPORATION; Plaintiff, vs.

ERIC A. NEWSON AKA ERIC NEWSON; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 18 CH 12518 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, September 24, 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. 15-07-214-117-0000.

Commonly known as 5633 Murray Drive, Berkeley, Illinois 60163.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 ABFC ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-WMC1 Plaintiff, -v.DARYL SATCHER, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., OAK PARK TERRACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 2018 CH 08851 914 NORTH AUSTIN BOULEVARD UNIT #C-8 OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 7, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 17, 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 914 NORTH AUSTIN BOULEVARD UNIT #C-8, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-320-0401025 The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse.

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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.J. MICHAEL BRUNO, BARBARA BEST, CODY STEPHEN BEST, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2018CH15199 812 CIRCLE AVE. 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 July 1, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 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 812 CIRCLE AVE., FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-13-405-0110000 The real estate is improved with a

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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, 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. 14-18-13204 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018CH15199 TJSC#: 39-4227 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 # 2018CH15199 I3129648

ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF CARL L. CONNER, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2018CH16094 826 CIRCLE AVE 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 July 11, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 15, 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 826 CIRCLE AVE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-13-405-0160000 The real estate is improved with a 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, 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. 14-18-13776 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018CH16094 TJSC#: 39-4444 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 # 2018CH16094 I3130529

AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 18, 2006 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 8002347911, CELTIC BANK CORPORATION, A UTAH STATE BANK, AVENUE LAKE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, AN ILLINOIS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, AJAY A. BHATIA , AN INDIVIDUAL, SONIA A. BHATIA, AN INDIVIDUAL, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2018 CH 05979 107 N. OAK PARK AVENUE, UNIT 107C OAK PARK, IL 60301 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 13, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 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 107 N. OAK PARK AVENUE, UNIT 107C, OAK PARK, IL 60301 Property Index No. 16-07-129-0361003 The real estate is improved with a commercial property.

The judgment amount was $1,232,999.44.

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, Michael D. Leifman, CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 30 S. WACKER DRIVE, STE. 2600, CHICAGO, IL, 60606 (312) 444-9300. Please refer to file number 19918-64905.

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.

Michael D. Leifman CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C. 30 S. WACKER DRIVE, STE. 2600 CHICAGO IL, 60606 312-444-9300 E-Mail: mleifman@chuhak.com Attorney File No. 19918-64905 Attorney Code. 70693 Case Number: 2018 CH 05979 TJSC#: 39-5384 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.

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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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 267782 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 18 CH 12274 TJSC#: 39-3072 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 # 18 CH 12274 I3130604

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION DITECH FINANCIAL LLC F/K/A GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, -v.TANISHA FLORENCE, AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF CARL CONNER, TANISHA CONNER A/K/A TANISHA FLORENCE, CARLA CONNER, CAILA FLORENCE CONNER, CARNELL CONNER, PORTFOLIO RECOVERY

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION BYLINE BANK, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO RIDGESTONE BANK Plaintiff, -v.107 N. OAK PARK, LLC, AN ILLINOIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, AB DISTRIBUTORS, INC., AN ILLINOIS CORPORATION, OAK PARK NUEVA ERA, INC., D/B/A ALTIRO, AN ILLINOIS CORPORATION, SKSM INC., AN ILLINOIS CORPORATION, RSS AMES, LLC, AN IOWA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, RSS BOONE, LLC, AN IOWA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, RSS KT CL, LLC, AN IOWA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, RSS IOWA SC, LLC, AN IOWA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY,

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.EVELYN CULBERSON, TERRA COTTA CONDOMINIUM, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 18 CH 12274 237 WEST WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, UNIT 1B OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 6, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 16, 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 237 WEST WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, UNIT 1B, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-319-0461005 The real estate is improved with a yellow brick, three story condominium with no garage.

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

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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

2,450 S.F. OF LUXURY! Center unit! 4 floors of living! Enormous master with a soaking tub and enclosed shower, walk in closet, and a private balcony. 2nd fl. offers 2 additional large bedrooms, walk in closet, storage, and full bath. 1st fl is all oak flooring, living room with a fireplace and eating area, and an eat in kitchen.

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