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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Referendum is dead … for now

Opponents of video gambling will try again in the spring

By DAVID POLLARD

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here will be no referendum dealing with video gambling on the November election ballot in Forest Park.

At the Sept. 8 Forest Park Electoral Board meeting, the three-member board voted unanimously against putting a binding referendum on the ballot, citing mainly that those who solicited the petitions fell short of the required number of signatures after being challenged. The members of the electoral board are: Mayor Anthony Calderone, Village Clerk Vanessa Moritz and Village Commissioner Tom Mannix.

The electoral board was brought in to make a decision on the referendum issue when the signatures on the petition were officially challenged shortly after they were filed with the village clerk on Aug. 8. The electoral board meeting started at 10 a.m. at Forest Park Village Hall and went on for hours, late into the afternoon, with lawyers representing both sides explaining their views on the issues and citing past legal cases to back up their arguments.

Attorney Adam Lasker of Ancel Glink Diamond Bush DiCianni and Krafthefer represented Patrick Jacknow and fellow supporters who solicited signatures for the petition to get the referendum on the ballot. Burt Odelson, of Odelson and Sterk, See NO REFERENDUM on page 10

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JUST RIBBING YOU: Morgan Ortiz is fed a bit of a rib by her father Juan Ortiz during Rib Fest in Forest Park last Saturday.

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Newly married couple says, ‘Let’s play two’ After ballfield ceremony, Crisham-Seibel marriage declared safe at home

By JOHN RICE Contributing Reporter

You can’t beat fun at the old ballpark.

Just ask Kevin Crisham and Lesley Seibel, who celebrated their nuptials

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on Field One at The Park, Sept. 3. They couldn’t have asked for a more pleasant Opening Day: blue skies and game-time temps in the 70s. Friends and family gathered on the diamond to watch the baseball-themed ceremony. It was the

first wedding of its kind in the Park District’s 78-year history, the other one being rained out.

The couple couldn’t have found a more See WEDDING on page 7

Another week, another scam

D209’s Kevin McDermott charged with battery and assault

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he Thomas Mass, a nontraditional worship service popular in Europe, will be available regularly in Oak Park starting Sunday, September 18, when United Lutheran Church introduces this innovative ecumenical event locally.

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Another week, another scam

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wasn’t planning to write back-to-back columns about guys with Indian accents trying to scam me. But I offer my cautionary tales as a public service to warn other potential victims. This scam involved “pirates” seizing my computer.

I was quietly clicking away at my computer last week. Deleting junk e-mails is my new part-time job. I was careful to click on e-mails and websites that I knew to be safe. Suddenly, this very scary warning popped up on my screen. It said that a deadly virus had invaded my computer. Having suffered catastrophic computer crashes in the past, I was in a panic.

Suddenly, another message said that a certain company could come to my rescue by removing the virus. I made the mistake of clicking on this offer and this allowed the pirates to take control of my computer.

They wanted me to pay them $300 to remove the virus and install virus protection. The next thing I know I’m on the phone with them and the pirate spoke to me with an Indian accent.

I’ve nothing against people with Indian accents but it was eerily similar to the guy who called me from the “IRS” the week before. Though the pirate applied very high pressure, I resisted paying him and instead called my trusted guys at Avenue Computer in Oak Park. An employee named Eden answered and advised me to shut down my computer immediately. He also warned me not to provoke the pirates, because they could do some serious damage to my programs.

After I shut down, my phone continued to ring. The pirates were relentless. I politely

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The “supervisor” came on and said, if I continued shouting, he’d hang up on me.

The next morning, I brought my PC to Avenue Computer. Eden told me they get countless calls like mine. The shop owner, Josh Jennett, of Forest Park, later explained that the pirates use very malicious malware to invade computers through “good” websites and programs. The pirates then offer to remove their virus for a fee.

Once they get in the computer, they won’t leave until they’re paid.

Fortunately, Eden was able to remove the pirates right away. He also upgraded my virus protection and did something to speed up my computer. He charged me a nominal fee for doing this. I would have paid 10 times as much for the peace of mind he provided. He told me of an employee who lost his job because the pirates destroyed all of his work files.

Since that pirate attack, I’ve talked to other victims. One paid the $300 ransom to

get his computer back. So be careful where you click. And if someone offers to fix the problem they’ve created, call someone you can trust.

■ Now, for another public service, here’s an update on Brian Bell and the U.S. Men’s Olympic Wheelchair Basketball team (I wrote about Brian previously because of his Forest Park connections). In their first game, the U.S. beat Brazil 75-38. Brian dominated on both ends of the court, with 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals. His team next beat Germany 77-52, with Brian scoring 13 points. In their 93-44 romp against the Islamic Republic of Iran, Brian scored 13 points in the first quarter alone. Here’s hoping the U.S. team can continue cruising to the Gold.

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tive, who has seen his business and family thrive in Forest Park. He thoroughly enjoys life in the village and still gets a thrill smelling Red Hots, watching softball and strolling through cemeteries.

Council approves major fleet purchases

Fire and Public Works departments get big-ticket vehicles, equipment

By ROBERT J. LIFKA Contributing Reporter

The Forest Park Fire Department will upgrade half its fleet thanks to a grant from the federal government and action taken by the village council Monday.

Purchases of a new fire engine and a new ambulance were approved unanimously by the four elected officials present at Monday’s meeting. Commissioner Dan Novak was absent.

In addition, the council voted unanimous-

ly to purchase a front-end loader, a pickup truck with snowplow, and an asphalt roller with trailer for the Public Works Department for a total cost of $241,323.

The majority of the fire engine cost will be covered by the federal grant, and the village will borrow money to finance the remainder of that purchase and purchases of other vehicles and equipment.

The new fire engine will cost $450,000, with $428,572, or 95 percent, covered by a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Program

grant. The village will pay the remaining 5 percent, $21,428.00.

“This is great,” Commissioner Tom Mannix said. “It’s a really big deal.”

Mannix thanked fellow Commissioner Joseph Byrnes, current Fire Chief Bob McDermott, former Fire Chief Steve Glinke and Village Administrator Tim Gillian for their efforts in obtaining the grant funds.

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New firetruck and ambulance from page 3 Dermott said needs to be replaced, noting the life expectancy for a vehicle of that type is 20 years. He said the 1993 engine has been used primarily as a backup unit.

“It’s definitely time to replace the engine,” Gillian said, citing rising repair and maintenance costs.

To facilitate purchase of the engine, the village also entered into an inter-local for cooperative purchasing contract with the Houston-

“We try to schedule replacements, but the money just hasn’t been there.”

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Galveston Area Council. Gillian explained the contract fulfills terms of the agreement for the grant, which he said village officials have been pursuing “for years.”

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rather than purchase the chassis from one company and the rest from another. The department would receive the engine in 8-10 months.

The new ambulance, which will cost $154,000, will replace a 2005 model, which will be traded in. Gillian and McDermott agreed the situation with their current ambulance mirrors that of the engine with the cost of maintenance and repairs increasing annually. McDermott noted the life expectancy of an ambulance is 5-6 years. Gillian said funding for a new ambulance has been budgeted in each of the previous four years, but funds were needed elsewhere.

McDermott said the village will purchase a demonstration model from Road Response of St. John, Indiana. Since the ambulance will not need to be built to order, he hopes to accept delivery in early October.

The new vehicles join a 2003 truck and a 2007 engine in the department’s fleet.

Public Works Director John Doss explained that he had hoped to replace the pickup truck, front-end loader and roller in previous years but purchases were delayed by budgetary considerations.

“We try to schedule replacements, but the money just hasn’t been there,” he said.

The pickup truck, which will cost $80,023, replaces a 1997 vehicle; the front-end loader, which will cost $133,800, replaces a vehicle from the 1990s; and the roller, which will cost $27,500, replaces a piece of equipment that is broken down and not useable. Doss said he expects delivery of the pickup truck in February and the other vehicle and equipment in October. Gillian noted all purchases followed competitive bidding.

To help finance the purchases, the village council voted Monday to establish a 10-year $750,000 line of credit with Forest Park National Bank. Gillian explained the line of credit will be used to finance the initial equipment and vehicle purchases. After the final purchases are made, the village will refinance with loans, 10-year loans for what he called the “big-ticket items” and five-year loans for the lower-cost purchases.

With a line of credit, the village will not incur interest expenses until each purchase is made, unlike a loan process in which interest payments start immediately. With so many individual purchases being made at different times, the line of credit is more fiscally prudent, according to Gillian. He also said the village will explore financing options with the different vendors, then compare rates with those offered by Forest Park National Bank and choose the lowest rate for each purchase.

Gillian explained that the need to replace outdated vehicles and equipment finally outweighed the budgetary constraints the village has faced in previous years.

“The elected officials understand that it’s time to take out a loan,” he said. “There’s a need. We cannot pay cash and we got great financing.”

Mayor Anthony Calderone was pleased with the purchases.

“Tonight is an exceptional night in being able to purchase so much needed equipment so we can continue to deliver the very best possible service to the community,” he said.

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100 artists, one for each year Library centennial gets the artistic treatment

By THOMAS VOGEL

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orest Parkers this weekend will get the chance to peruse work from 100 local artists.

The free two-day show, organized by the Forest Park Public Library to commemorate its centennial year, will take place at Madison Street’s Bottle Rocket Gallery. The event’s planners, Alicia Hammond, the community engagement librarian, and Elaine Luther, a local artist and resident, settled on “access” as the show’s theme, in a nod to both the changing role of libraries and their continuing role as a hubs of learning.

“As a big library lover, that to me just seemed to be the most relevant way to get people to think about the future of the library and where it is going,” Luther said.

“What we loan is going to change, but what we do is always going to stay the same in being a place for people to come and explore,” Hammond added. “Access really sums it all up.”

Indeed, as technology continues to upend more traditional library services and more information transitions to digital and online platforms, programming and services have evolved. Libraries across the country now overwhelmingly offer Wi-Fi internet access, ebooks, digital audiobooks and online workshops, like job hunting tips. The Forest Park Library is no different, offering Wi-Fi hotspots to patrons and regularly hosting community events like outdoor movie showings, trivia nights, and book swaps.

“We are constantly evolving and changing and learning and trying to find out what our community wants of us,” Hammond said.

“We’re not here to sit and hold a bunch of books in a dusty corner.”

Hammond and Luther have collaborated on projects before, including a public art installation on the library’s lawn last summer.

The pair acknowledged that finding 100 artists was no small feat but Luther tapped her personal artist network and Hammond used her role at the library to get the message out.

“We worked our community connections pretty hard with this one,” Hammond said.

“I really was wishing it had been our 50th anniversary.”

Hammond and Luther were deliberately vague with the show’s requirements, giving each artist wide berth to illustrate what libraries mean to them. Each participant received a small, 11 x 8-inch wooden rectangle with instructions to make sure the artwork could be hung from a gallery wall. The rectangles have rounded edges, mirroring the

Library artistry For its 100th anniversary, the Forest Park Public Library invited 100 artists to create art about community, creativity and libraries. You can peruse the results this Sunday, Sept. 18 from noon to 4 p.m., at Bottle Rocket Gallery on Madison Street. Enjoy snacks and drinks while enjoying art by your neighbors. shape of a library card.

Of the show’s 100 artists, about 40 are from Forest Park with the rest hailing from nearby suburbs like Oak Park and Berwyn, according to Hammond.

Geographic diversity aside, the artists also varied in age, with some as young as 17 and others in their mid-60s. The submissions are unique, too. Some riff on a specific piece of literature, others are more abstract.

Linda DeViller, an artist from neighboring Oak Park, described her love of libraries in an email.

“For me, the library was key to my thesis research,” DeViller wrote. “It was more than just a place to look up information to support my paper — it was also a space to think, to write, to question, to learn, to argue, to doubt, and to see.”

Another participant, Gina Lee Robbins, who works in Forest Park, wrote, “This project challenged me to confront themes that I don’t think I would have had the opportunity to otherwise. And by giving each artist the same sized board, it provided a nice framework that limited us, yet allowed us to make a unique and personal work.”

Hitting the 100 artist quota is success enough for Luther and Hammond and each expressed excitement about the upcoming event, which the pair said will showcase the area’s robust artistic talent and serve as a reminder of the continued importance of libraries.

The work at this weekend’s show will be for sale and all proceeds will go to the artists. All remaining pieces will be relocated to the library and displayed throughout the building.

“People are always saying that libraries are dying, but I don’t see that at all,” Hammond said.

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A barber shop where men can let their hair down

Millionaires is not your average barbershop

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ige Wardlow is a licensed barber/ stylist who cuts hair at the Millionaires Barber Shop located on Beloit Avenue just opposite the entrance to the Park District of Forest Park. He is good at cutting hair. One customer on Yelp used words like “craftsman,” “professional” and “highly skilled” to describe Wardlow’s work, but Tige himself doesn’t see cutting hair as his primary vocation.

“Barbering is way more than cutting hair,” he explained. “Every barber you talk to says that barbering is mostly counseling.

I’ll never forget this guy who told me that a man will open up in one of two places: on a bar stool or in a barber chair.”

Tige said that after the first two haircuts he basically knows everything about a man.

“It’s a privilege to be a barber,” he said, “because men really let their hair down. Men say what’s on their heart. I deal with men who want to leave their families and I deal with kids who are being abused.”

That’s why, he said, barbers have to have their own act together.

“Cutting hair is just part of what we do,” WILLIAM CAMARGO/Staff Photographer he concluded. “The reality is that we help SEEING BOTH SIDES: Tige Wardlow cuts a customer’s hair on Aug. 12. Earlier this month, he gave free haircuts to law enforcement people see that it’s going to be OK and that offi cers in an act of solidarity. they’re not crazy. There are barbers who are very talented, who can out-cut he continued. “I under- aires Barber Shop, it was business as usual. on the outside by getting a great haircut, but any other barber, but what are Tige believes that the fundamental gap he is our purpose is really to transform men from stand that many police you getting from them besides officers are risking trying to help bridge is nothing less than the the inside out.” a haircut?”

When asked what congregation he betheir lives every day. I gap he sees between God and human beings.

Tige acknowledged that most understand that they “I understand that black lives matter. I un- longs to, Wardlow replied that the name of of his customers are black men are doing a very dan- derstand that blue lives matter. I understand the church is Jericho Road, that it meets but was quick to add he serves gerous job, and if some- that all lives matter, but the issue isn’t any right there in the barber shop at 11:15 on men of all races. That point is thing happens here at of that. The true issue is the sin issue and Sunday mornings and that its pastor is Jeff important to him because he the shop, the first people anything beyond that, you’re going to look Russell, the owner of the shop. The Sunday sees his calling in life not only we are going to call are at the symptoms and not the real cause, the following our interview, five African Amerias being a counselor but also a the police.” real infection. can men entered the shop, sat in a circle and bridge-builder between groups To show his apprecia“That’s why we’re not taking sides be- for an hour and half shared what was going who think they are different tion to the Forest Park tween black lives and blue lives,” he said. on in their lives and applied Scripture to from each other. police and fire depart- We’re not taking either side because our their experience.

When the Black Lives Matments, on Monday, Aug. side is the Lord’s side, and it has nothing to Not your ordinary barbershop. Not your ter movement came up, for in1, he started offering do with anything else. average church. stance, he said, “I understand free haircuts to all fire“I think that if we get caught up in race TIGE WARDLOW where they’re coming from. fighters and police offi- or any other issue, we’re going to have probBarber Growing up on the West Side cers who came in. “Part lems,” he explained. “Growing up like I did and then even after I moved to of my motivation is to on the West Side and in Oak Park, you can Oak Park, I’ve been stopped by tear down the percep- be angry as a black man. Trust me, I have the police. I see women clench tion of black against blue,” he explained. felt all those things. But when I discovered Forest Park Review their purses when I step into an elevator.

“We serve in this community just as they do who I am in Christ, he began to change my I see subtle and overt racism, so I identify 141 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302 and although their job is more dangerous heart. He began to change who I am and with them.”

E-mail: ktrainor@wjinc.com than ours, we deal with many of the same how I see things. That’s why I don’t look at But in his characteristic way of trying to Fax: 708-524-0047 issues.” race as the problem. I look at it as what it resee all sides of an issue, he added, “I think The two or three officers who came that ally is. We have a sin problem, and the cure Please include name, address and the image of the angry black man is perweek, Tige reported, appreciated the hair- is the Lord and Savior. daytime phone number for verification. petrated by the media. I think it’s also percuts they received but also let their hair “That’s what we’ve been put here to do at petrated by some of our own people, to be down by venting a lot of their frustrations Millionaires,” he concluded, “to be a light honest. about being police officers. For the Million- in a dark world, not just to be transformed “I also understand the other side of it,”

“That’s why we’re not taking sides between black lives and blue lives. We’re not taking either side because our side is the Lord’s side, and it has nothing to do with anything else.”

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WEDDING

Home plate nuptials from page 1 appropriate setting. Crisham has umpired many Little League games on the diamond and there’s baseball in his blood. His bride may not be a sports fan, but she was certainly a good sport. Her planning covered every base, so to speak. For example, the wedding program had a baseball on the cover and announced that Lesley and Kevin were “stepping up to the plate.”

Kevin also helped with the arrangements by inviting Mayor Calderone to throw out the first pitch. The mayor obliged, after making a few remarks at home plate about the many advantages of living in Forest Park. He said he was honored to start the couple’s “first inning.” Then the former catcher tossed a pitch that painted the inside corner. Little League Coach Hector Covarrubias was on the receiving end. This was appropriate because Lesley had chosen his 10-year-old daughter, Mayan, to serve as co-maid of honor & bat girl. Mayan was decked out in her baseball uniform, as she raised her bat to honor the bride. She said the best part about the gig was not having to wear a dress.

The bride wore an ivory, knee-length gown and flats. Kevin’s request for her to wear cleats was the only one she refused.

Kevin’s longtime friend, Brent LaRoche, was perched above home plate in the announcer’s box. He provided the play-by-play, starting with Bridget Kancler, the choral director at Fenwick High School, singing the National Anthem a cappella. LaRoche then played “Put Me in Coach,” by John Fogerty, to honor the “short Irish guy” who was marrying the “tall redhead.”

During the pre-game festivities, Lesley waited in the visitors dugout, while Kevin took the home dugout, a smart move on his part. After the ceremonial first pitch, they both walked to home plate — not to exchange lineup cards but to exchange vows.

The Honorable Young B. Kim, magistrate judge of the Northern District of Illinois and a Crisham cousin, was standing there in his black robe, waiting to go over the ground rules. These included the couple staying together for richer and poorer and in sickness and health.

During their vows, Lesley described Kevin as her “MVP” while he elevated her to “Life Coach.” In addition to Judge Kim, other local dignitaries witnessed the ceremony, including Fire Chief Bob McDermott, Police Chief Tom Aftanas and Park Director Larry Piekarz, who had given permission for the couple to use the field. Park personnel decorated the infield with the chalk outlines of

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FIELD OF DREAMS: Kevin Crisham and Lesley Seibel made their dream come true on the ballfield at The Park, Sept. 3. (Left) Mayor Calderone threw the first pitch. The couple hit a home run. two hearts. Veterans were careful not to step on the white lines.

After the couple kissed, the crowd launched into “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” Then Kevin and Lesley climbed aboard a fire truck. They were whisked to the reception at O’Sullivan’s, with a police escort leading the way. The baseball theme continued at the pub, where the menu included hot dogs, nachos and wings. Boxes of Cracker Jack were given out as wedding favors. Among the 60 guests were the staff of Forest Park Liquors, whom the couple had befriended.

All of this civic involvement was a surprise, considering the couple has lived in Forest Park for less than two years. Lesley is a native of Bakersfield, California, who relocated to Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood nine years ago. She is a higher-education consultant who met Crisham at a workrelated event and “knew she wanted to talk to him.” Kevin is a South Side Irishman, who works as a management consultant.

The baseball in his blood came from his father, Jack Crisham, who was delighted with the wedding festivities. A former member of the legendary Bobcats, Crisham founded the Midway Little League program in 1965 near the family home. He now has a ballfield named in his honor. The groom inherited Jack’s passion and played on the baseball team at Marist High School.

When Kevin moved to Forest Park, a year and a half ago, he was looking for a way to

connect with the community. O’Sullivan’s owner, Dan Watts, who was sponsoring Little League, suggested Crisham become an umpire. He started umping in April 2016 and officiated all of the Forest Park Little League games last summer.

“I met so many nice people at the games and at block parties,” he said. “We can’t go anywhere without seeing people we know.”

Two of these people are Curtis Horras, his favorite Little League catcher and the scrappy 10-year-old Mayan Covarrubias, a standout at several positions, including pitcher.

The couple’s first date was at Café De Lucca. Next, they attended MusicFest. This was a “test” for Lesley, who’s an introvert and not crazy about crowds.

“It turned out to be one of most fun days of my life,” she exclaimed. However, she still prefers the quiet pleasure of taking walks through the community, admiring the abundant wildlife, in the form of rabbits and squirrels. As Kevin and Lesley strolled, their romance grew. The couple fell in love with Forest Park.

They liked the location: only 12 minutes to work by Metra. They dined at local restaurants, like Madison Park Kitchen. On the day they got their marriage license, they celebrated at Parky’s. Lesley and Kevin are the classic “opposites attract” couple. This even applies to baseball. Lesley is right-handed and Kevin is a southpaw. She favors the Cubs, while Kevin is devoted to the White Sox.

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1. A packed house during Rib Fest in The Grove on Saturday, Sept. 10.

2. Ribs being prepared on the grill.

3. Matthew Catthouse throws a ball at bowling pins.

4. R-Gang from Chicago performs.

5. A few rib samplers.

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October 9: Russian born Yana Reznik is known as the “pianist with a voice,” breaking boundaries of the expected and creating innovative programs that bring classical music to a broad, younger audience.

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December 11: Conley Johnson, known for his authenticity, began his piano studies at the American Conservatory in Chicago. Opening this program; guest performers Freya Pang, age 8 and Emmie Guo, age 7. $20 per concert; students with a school ID are free.

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Parenthesis Consignment Sale The annual sale benefitting Parenthesis Parent and Child Center is coming to St. John Lutheran. Drop o consignment and donations at St. John, 305 Circle Ave., starts on Tuesday, Sept. 20. The Fall/Winter Consignment Sale begins Thursday, Sept. 22 and runs through noon on Saturday, Sept. 24.

Maternity Sale (free entry), Sept. 22 from 7 to 8 p.m.

VIP Sale ($10 entry fee): Sept. 23 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Regular Sale (free entry): Sept. 24 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

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Sept. 14-21

BIG WEEK 15th Annual Campin’ Out Bird of the Month Saturday, Sept. 17 at 1 p.m., Trailside Museum, Thatcher and Chicago Avenue, River Forest: Bird of the Month for September is the black-capped chickadee. Learn more about this tiny, but bold, bird and its history. Free.

Saturday, Sept. 17 from 5 p.m. till Sunday, Sept. 18 at 9 a.m. in The Park: You don’t hhave to drive hours to go on a campout. The Park District of Forest Park is turn turning the ballfields into a campground for one night. Families are invited to ppitch their tents. Do as much or as little as you like. The park district ct will have a chuck wagon set-up, with 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 ghost stories. The campout concludes the next morning with breakfast. Families only. Parents must accompany children. There is no rain date. Come any time after 2 p.m. on Saturday to set up your tent. Activities begin at 5 p.m. Fees: $35 per family/tent (limit 6), $7 for each additional participant.

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100 Artists Gallery Sunday, Sept. 18 noon- 4 p.m., at the Forest Park Public Library: For its 100th anniversary, the Forest Park Public Library invited 100 artists to create art about community, creativity and libraries.

Spend the afternoon at Bottle Rocket Gallery. Enjoy snacks and drinks while enjoying art by your neighbors.

Friday, Sept. 16 from 6-8 p.m. in The Park: The Szurko Trio is a local favorite who pride themselves on playing a great variety of music from many di erent eras. Their tag line, in fact, is “Playing Classics and Oldies You Love and Miss … and More!” which suggests their ability to switch hats and play song sets for a variety of audiences.

Szurko began over four years ago playing various venues on Madison Street in Forest Park so they welcome the opportunity to play “where it all started.” Hot dogs, chips and lemonade for the first 125 people.

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“We are not going to quit. We will be recirculating for the spring election. Now I know what to do, and it will not be an issue the next time around.”

from page 1 represented John Hosty, who challenged the petition.

Lasker told the electoral board that the referendum should be placed on the Nov. 8 ballot, citing “estoppel” a legal term which means “the principle that precludes a person from asserting something contrary to what is implied by a previous action or statement of that person or by a previous pertinent judicial determination” (according to Wikipedia).

Lasker said Jacknow followed the rules

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of the Cook County Clerk’s Office on how many signatures from registered voters in the village were needed to get the binding referendum on the ballot. He said they had more than enough signatures at the time of filing and regardless of the challenge, they

did what was required.

“It is an injustice if you hold it against us,” he said to the members of the board.

“We have fulfilled all the elements for an ‘estoppel’ and it should be granted.”

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“Every resident who is a registered voter will be disenfranchised,” he said. “The injustice is substantial if this is left off the ballot.”

Odelson’s argument to the board was that Jacknow and others soliciting signatures should have been more prepared to get enough signatures to survive a challenge and if you don’t have enough, you lose.

“We have a statute that is not ambiguous; it’s clear,” he said.

Jacknow was called as a witness during the deliberations and, when questioned by Odelson, brought up the fact that he is registered to vote at the address where he grew up and not where he currently lives. Odelson questioned Jacknow’s intentions in terms of doing all that was required to get registered voters to sign the petitions.

“You can’t have it both ways,” he said.

“You’re either registered or you’re not.”

Calderone commented that the conventional wisdom is three times the number of signatures are needed in order to withstand a challenge.

According to the Cook County Clerk’s Office, petition signatures need to be for “active” registered voters, i.e. those who voted in the previous election. The number of “inactive” registered voters dropped them below the minimum required for a binding referendum.

In the end, Forest Park Village Attorney Tom Bastian, advised the electoral board to vote on three motions leaving the referendum off the November ballot because the doctrine of “Estopel” did not apply. The votes were unanimous on the motions and the meeting was recessed at 3:27 p.m.

The meeting was scheduled to reconvene at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 13, after press deadline, to make those votes official, at which time printed versions of the passed motions were to be made available.

Bastian said he found it hard to believe that Jacknow and his supporters didn’t know that “active” registered voters (i.e. those who voted in the previous election) were required on the petition.

Jacknow, who was at the meeting, did not comment initially, but his attorney said they would discuss possible options which might include appealing the decision.

“The real decision is whether to spend money to fight an appeal or recirculating for the spring election,” Lasker said.

Later, Jacknow said they have decided to do the latter and will work to put the referendum on the ballot in the spring of 2017.

“We are not going to quit,” he said. “We will be recirculating for the spring election.

Now I know what to do, and it will not be an issue the next time around.”

Martin Sorice, who owns several restaurant/bars in Forest Park and who is in favor of video gambling, attended the meeting and said the board’s ruling went the right way. He is one of many bar and restaurant owners in Forest Park who would like to see video gambling in the village and are determined to make it happen. “[The businesses] will have to prove to the town that we should get it,” he said. “This is far from over.”

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A time of farewells and a time of celebration

backyard. He looks like a ur beloved Zeno sparrow but has a snow white Jacquat is now in head. Kind of looks like a hospice. Georgette, micro-mini-bald eagle. Several Zeno’s wife, said neighbors have tried to find more surgery, tubes, him on their iPads, the closest etc. would be cruel and, in the we have come to finding him end, useless. So our dear Zeno is a bird from — get this — is near the end and we send him New Zealand. But our unsung our love and affection. Zeno did genius here at the Review, Jacmore for the Friends of the Liquinete Baldwin, found him brary than anyone else. His good on the internet. Turns out he is nature kept the friends together a Chipping Sparrow. for many years. We love you, Another neighbor, Gerri Zeno, you will always live for us.

Grant, took a great picture of Jef Anderson and Noel a praying mantis. Eew, makes Eberline just launched their you glad they only get to be interior design website, about 6 or 7 inches long. Geri yearbookstudios.com. Forest ■ tells us they are good guys, so Parkers know them best from don’t kill one if you find him Yearbook Studios on Madison (her, actually).

Street, which just celebrated Remember the Doll Tea Party its fifth anniversary in businext Saturday, Sept. 17 at the ness. Congratulations. You can Women’s Exchange on Oak reach Jef at Jef@comcast.net Park Avenue. or Jef@yearbookstudios.net Belated happy anniversary (Call 847-989-5071) and Noel to Tony and Lois Caldeat Noeleberline@comcast. rone, Lisa and P.J. Walsh, net or 847-269-7735. Good Carol and Dave Novak, luck, men! and Guy and Katina Forest Park said goodMacino. Birthday greetbye to Dolores (Dee) ings go to Rick StephaHolub last week. For a nie, Lily O’Neil, Max woman of 99 years, she White-headed Rus, Nicole Walsh, Diane really filled the room chipping sparrow and Betty Huebner, Brian with friends. There was Foley, Claire Finnegan, no end to the praise and Adam Goetz, Alyssa Neff, lists of accomplishments in Jodi Gianakopoulis, Alex Bafetti, Dolores’ life. She lived her entire Maureen Harnett, Dee Galbraith, Lucy life here in Forest Park. Girl Scouting Gianelli, and Laura McDermott. was so much a part of her life that she even Congratulations and best wishes to started an adult Scout Troop “007.” The ladies went to camp in Wisconsin, made craft Tracy and Colleen Cassiani. items, did all kinds of scout activities. Some women think it would still be a good idea.

■ Jackie is a former Chicago and ElmDiane Collins, reference librarian, has wood Park schoolteacher with an undying recovered from her recent cataract surgery. love for music, friendly pets and a host of Her adult book club will read Silkworm in life’s other treasures too numerous to list.

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She was born on the far southwest side of For about two weeks, I have been watchChicago in a great neighborhood when it ing and waiting for a certain bird in my was a great time to be young.

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The victim stated he arrived home and found his belongings strewn about the residence. Police reported observing pry marks to the door and frame of the unit.

Missing from the unit were two flat-screen TVs, a Samsung sound bar, a Sony PlayStation 4 video game system, a Samsung smartwatch, a Movado watch and a pair of LeBron James basketball shoes.

■ A resident of the 100 block of Elgin Avenue reported on Sept. 6 that sometime between 1 and 4:15 p.m. someone broke into his residence and stole two cartons of cigarettes, $70 in cash and other items of clothing.

According to police, the offender gained entry to the residence by pushing up the screen of a bedroom window and pushing a fan that was behind the screen inside the room.

K-9 used to subdue suspect Forest Park police used a K-9 unit to apprehend a 55-year-old Chicago man who was involved in a fight at the CTA Blue Line terminal, 711 Desplaines Ave. on Sept. 2 at 7:50 p.m.

Police responded to the station after receiving a report of a fight between two men, one of them possibly armed with a knife.

When officers arrived, the two men were observed fighting on the west end of the train platform. One of the two combatants told police he was being held down by the 55-year-old, who was reaching for a knife.

Officers reportedly ordered the 55-yearold off the victim and ordered him multiple times to get on the ground and show his hands. When the man failed to do so, a K-9 officer released his dog, “commanding him to apprehend” the man.

Paramedics transported the man, who suffered bite wounds to his hand and abdomen, to Loyola Hospital for treatment. Police reported recovering a 6.5-inch knife from the man’s waistband and a box cutter from his pocket. An axe handle was recovered from his backpack.

He was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, battery and resisting police.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, Sept. 2-11, 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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OPEN SUNDAY 12 - 2 P.M. 1115 THOMAS AVE

FOREST PARK

4BR, 3BA .......................................$499,900 Mark Hosty • 708-514-5624

OPEN SUNDAY 11 - 1 P.M. 7000 16TH AVE

BERWYN

5BR, 3.1BA ...................................$349,900 Pauline Sharpe • 708-785-1895

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FOREST PARK

4BR, 2BA ......................................$299,000 Cory Kohut • 708-476-8901

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LIBERTYVILLE

3BR, 2.1BA ...................................$554,900 Pauline Sharpe • 708-785-1895

OAK PARK

2BR, 2BA .......................................$207,000

4BR, 3BA ....................................................................................................................... $525,000 Nick Fournier • 708-762-0099

Steve Scheuring • 708-697-5946

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OPEN SUNDAY 12 - 2 P.M. 111 BISHOP QUARTER LN

OPEN SUNDAY 1 - 3 P.M. 311 SOUTH BLVD

2 BR, 2.1 BA ..................................$325,000

4BR, 2.1BA ....................................$398,000

OAK PARK

Steve Scheuring • 708-697-5946

OAK PARK

Steve Scheuring • 708-697-5946

OAK PARK

2 BR, 2.1 BA ..................................$490,000 Steve Scheuring • 708-697-5946

NEW PRICE!

OPEN SUNDAY 1 - 3 P.M. 110 S MARION #408

OAK PARK

4BR, 2BA .......................................$499,000 Ramona Fox • 708-363-3394

OAK PARK

2 BR, 2.1 BA ..................................$545,000 Bob Royals • 312-607-0801

OAK PARK

2BR, 2BA ....................................................................................................................... $495,000

OAK PARK

3 BR, 2.1 BA ..................................$549,000 Jane McClelland • 312-504-1146

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7375 West North Avenue River Forest, Illinois 60305 708.771.8040

Greer Haseman or Patty Reilly-Murphy 708-606-8896 or 312-316-2564

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Distinctive Properties

OAK PARK

4 BR, 4 BA .....................................$595,000 Mike O’Neill • 708-267-8995

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OPEN SUNDAY 1 - 3 P.M. 623 N KENILWORTH AVE

OPEN SUNDAY 12 - 2 P.M. 711 N OAK PARK AVE

4BR, 1.1BA ....................................$598,000

3 BR, 3.1BA ...................................$624,900

OAK PARK

Steve Scheuring • 708-697-5946

OAK PARK

Jeanne Fagan • 708-435-9392

NEW PRICE!

OAK PARK

2BR, 2.1BA .................................................................................................................... $499,000 Greer Haseman or Patty Reilly-Murphy 708-606-8896 or 312-316-2564

OAK PARK

3BR +1 below grade, 2BA ............$625,000 Gagliardo Realty Associates • 708-771-8040

OPEN SUNDAY 1 - 3 P.M. 222 CLINTON AVE, #2S

OPEN SUNDAY 1 - 3 P.M. 320 S GROVE

3BR, 2.1BA ....................................$628,000

5BR, 2.2BA ....................................$728,000 Lisa Grimes • 708-205-9518

OAK PARK

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OAK PARK

7375 West North Avenue River Forest, Illinois 60305 708.771.8040

7375 West North Avenue River Forest, Illinois 60305 708.771.8040

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OAK PARK

6BR, 2.1BA ....................................$769,000 Susan Abbott • 708-305-4039

OAK PARK

4BR +1 below grade, 3.1BA..........$865,000 Gagliardo Realty Associates • 708-771-8040

OAK PARK

6BR, 4.1BA ....................................$990,000 Steve Scheuring • 708-697-5946

7375 West North Avenue River Forest, Illinois 60305 708.771.8040

OAK PARK

OAK PARK

5BR, 3.1BA .................................$1,175,000 Anne Ferri or Lynn Scheir 708-267-2113 or 708-267-8748

5BR, 2.1BA .................................................................................................................... $929,000

OAK PARK

5BR, 3.1BA .................................$1,175,000 Laura Talaske • 708-473-7125

OAK PARK

Greer Haseman or Patty Reilly-Murphy 708-606-8896 or 312-316-2564

6BR, 3.2BA .................................$1,995,000 Laura Talaske • 708-473-7125

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RIVER FOREST

3BR, 2BA .......................................$379,000 Tagger O’Brien • 708-456-6400

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6BR, 4.1BA .....................................................................................................................$949,000

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RIVER FOREST

4BR, 2.1BA ..................................................................................................................$1,000,000 Greer Haseman or Patty Reilly-Murphy 708-606-8896 or 312-316-2564

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RIVER FOREST

semoh 4BR, 3.1BA ....................................$985,000

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RIVER FOREST

4BR+1 below grade, 2.2BA .......$1,489,000 Ramona Fox • 708-363-3394

RIVER FOREST

4 BR, 4.2BA ................................$1,900,000 Tagger O’Brien • 708-456-6400

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OPEN SUNDAY 12-2PM 223 BLOOMINGBANK RD

3BR, 3.2BA ..................................................................................................................$1,245,000 Greer Haseman or Patty Reilly-Murphy 708-606-8896 or 312-316-2564

RIVER FOREST

5BR, 5.1BA .................................$2,649,000 Ramona Fox • 708-363-3394

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RIVERSIDE

4BR, 3.2BA .................................$1,195,000 Sheila Gentile • 708-220-2174

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Generations of Excellence since 1958

708.771.8040 • 7375 W. North Ave., River Forest Donna Barnhisel Cibula 7375 West North AvenueJoe Dan Bogojevich Don Citrano MANAGING Anne Brennan Julie Cliggett BROKER/OWNERS River Forest, Illinois 60305 Karen Byrne Alisa Coghill Kevin Calkins JoLyn Crawford 708.771.8040 Tom Carraher Andy Gagliardo Maria Cullerton Pat Cesario

Tom Poulos

Karen Doty

Julie Downey Kurt Fielder Yvonne Fiszer-Steele Ramona Fox Chris Garvey Lisa Grimes Dan Halperin Sharon Halperin

Greg Jaroszewski Vee Jaroszewski Joanne Kelly Michael Kinnare Sherree Krisco Jack Lattner Susan Maienza Vince McFadden

Charlotte Messina Kathleen Minaghan Colleen Navigato Rosa Pitassi Katie Possley Michael Roche Sue Ponzio-Pappas Jenny Ruland

Laurel Saltzman Rob Sarvis Meg Sullivan Laurie Shapiro Tom Sullivan Debbie Watts George Wohlford Nancy Wohlford

1433 KEYSTONE • RIVER FOREST OPEN SUNDAY 13

838 N HARLEM • RIVER FOREST OPEN SUNDAY 10:3012:30

320 S GROVE • OAK PARK OPEN SUNDAY 13

PR ICE R ED UCE D!

PRI C E REDUC ED!

PRI C E REDUC E D!

BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED HOME features a detailed LR, DR and kitchen with east facing sun/breakfast room on 1st FL. 2nd FL features sun filled library w/fireplace, large master suite. Finished basement includes a family room with a fireplace and a game room........................................................................................$985,000

BEAUTIFUL, MOVEIN READY REHAB in River Forest. Large open kitchen with all brand new SS. New 3/4 inch Brazilian Koa wood floors throughout. Designer baths. Wood burning fireplace.

Master suite. Full basement. Great backyard with covered patio.

Close to great schools! ...........................................................$412,900

BEAUTIFUL, SPACIOUS, MOVEIN READY VICTORIAN. Enjoy an inviting open front porch, rich oak floors, beautiful natural woodwork, pocket doors between LR and DR, and stunning, original leaded glass windows. Eat-in kitchen, expansive finished basement.

Two garages. ..........................................................................$728,000

1141 N EUCLID • OAK PARK OPEN SUNDAY 13

ATTRACTIVE BRICK COLONIAL HOME recently painted and hardwood floors redone, offers the modern updates you want! Huge Liv Room with Fireplace, open and updated kitchen floor plan, 1st fl office, four BRs. Attached 2 car garage, LL Family Room, Laundry and Storage....................................................................................$724,500

ADDITIONAL OPEN HOUSES SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2016 OAK PARK 1008 S HIGHLAND • OPEN SUNDAY 13

ELMWOOD PARK 1812 N 79TH • OPEN SUNDAY 13

BEAUTIFUL THREE BEDROOM BUNGALOW with large rooms, double living area and nice location. Oak floors, well maintained, freshly painted and easy to move into! Spacious pantry, enclosed back porch and/or mud room, inviting front porch, many additional storage areas. .............$244,900

MANOR BRICK COLONIAL HOME sits on an over sized lot w/ mature, professional landscaping. Expansive family room with hardwwod floors and vaulted ceiling, generous sized bedrooms with ample closet space, finished basement with separate laundry room. Many updates! ...............$419,000

N E W L IS T ING!

FOREST PARK 227 ELGIN UNIT 6E • OPEN SUNDAY 122

BEAUTIFUL ESTATE HOME in Historic Oak Park with a perfect blend of modern and vintage details including hardwood floors, leaded glass windows and a grand staircase. Large rooms, tall ceilings and a lot of windows make this 5BR, 3-1/2 BA home spacious and bright. ............................................................................$949,500

BRIGHT AND SPACIOUS top floor unit with TONS of closets, split bedroom floor plan, 2 bathrooms, eat-in kitchen, delightful west facing balcony, and 1 heated garage parking space. Coin laundry and additional storage on the building’s main level....................................................................$150,000

RIVER FOREST HOMES

PRICE REDUCED SO MANY IMPROVEMENTS in this 5 BR, 4 full, 5 half BA Victorian.

Classic charm w/original wdwk, bullseye trim & soaring ceilings combined w/ modern amenities including the stone fireplace in the 1st FL family rm. Four car garage, beautiful grounds...$939,000 PRICE REDUCED. STUNNING RENOVATION of 5 bedroom, 3 full and 1 half bathroom Georgian with attached two car garage. LR, DR, bedroom, office, fam rm and kit flow beautifully on the first floor. The basement boasts a fifth BR, full BA, finished rec. rm and workout area..$874,000 GREAT COLONIAL HOME on a great block! Move in condition with 3+ bedrooms, 2-1/2 baths.

Eat in kitchen, den/office space, mudroom, sun/Florida room and screened in back porch. Partially finished basement. Coach house with 2 car garage. You will love the available space! .......$699,000 WELL MAINTAINED center entrance brick & stone colonial with 4 BRs/4BAs. Spacious first floor family room. Travertine marble entry with winding staircase. Refinished hardwood floors. Two fireplaces. 2nd floor office. Finished LL with plenty of storage and pantry areas. .................$664,000 CHARMING, SPACIOUS QUEEN ANNE BUNGALOW in pristine condition. Art glass windows, French doors, wood trim, hdwd flrs. Granite kitchen, breakfast nook. Family room and 1st floor bedroom. 3 bedrooms on 2nd floor. Finished basement, enclosed porch, 2 car garage.$649,900 CHARMING, SUNFILLED DUTCH COLONIAL on beautiful corner lot. Formal living rm with fireplace, separate dining, sunrm, family rm eat-in kitchen and office all on the first floor. 4 bedrooms on the 2nd floor with spacious master bedroom suite + bath..............................$649,000

A ONE OF A KIND HOME! Impeccable restoration of original home with a fabulous addition surrounded by lush professional landscaping. Gorgeous decor & architectural detail throughout, yet warmly welcoming, house is perfect for intimate or grand scale entertaining...................$3,750,000 BURMA BUILT BUHRKE HOUSE combines Tudor revival & chateau style architecture elements. Gorgeous décor and impeccable attention to detail and care found in house and landscaped grounds, extends to fabulous in ground pool and patios. Perfect for entertaining............$2,649,000 HANDSOME AND BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED traditional brick home for those who appreciate tradition and elegance. Distinctive home offers 5BRs, 2 full/2 half baths. Professionally landscaped fenced yard with in-ground pool and spa. Ample storage in basement. .......$1,489,000 NEW LISTING RESTORE THIS HOUSE with fabulous curb appeal or Build your dream home on this 100’ x 184’ lot. .....................................................................................................................$1,400,000 GEORGOUS FRENCH NORMANDY with 5 bedrooms, 5 full & 5 half baths sits on a 75 foot corner lot. Gleaming hdwd flrs and fireplace in LR, simply stunning eat-in kitchen with adjoining family room. Lower level rec room with gas fireplace. Beautifully landscaped grounds. ..$1,189,000 BEAUTIFUL STYLISH UPDATED HOME with 4 BRs, 3.2 BAs on four floors of living space.

Includes LR w/ frpl, new high end kitchen, Breakfast Rm, 1st FL office. LL has Fam Rm, Rec Room, Laundry, Wine Cellar and Full Bath. 2 car garage with extra storage and rooftop deck....$1,049,000 PRICE REDUCED MAGNIFICENT 3STORY HOME with a bright and open flr plan, grand sized rms, gracious foyer, spectacular staircase, amazing millwork, inlaid floors and high ceilings.

First flr fam rm overlooks fenced in yard. Three car garage, walk up storage/loft area......$1,039,000 PRICE REDUCED COMPLETELY RENOVATED 4 bedroom home is move-in ready. First floor features a spacious open floor plan. Large, high end kitchen. Full finished bsmt consists of a family room, a wet bar and a bonus room with its own bath. Deep backyard with a large patio and fire pit......................................................................................................................................................$959,000

OAK PARK HOMES UNPRECEDENTED ESTATE in the Frank Lloyd Wright Historical district of Oak Park! This meticulously renovated 5 BR, 5 full / 2 half bath property offers exquisite details and refined finishes that boast timeless materials and over the top custom millwork. This is a showcase home! ............... ..............................................................................................................................................................$2,525,000 CLASSIC BRICK COLONIAL has it all! Move right in to this 4BR, 2BA home. Tastefully decorated, updated gourmet kitchen that opens to family room, and hand turned French doors that open to DR. Addl fam room on lower level. Great house for entertaining! ........................................$865,000

2646 N 72ND CT UNIT 1 • OPEN SUNDAY 13 PRICE REDUCED THIS IS IT!! Stunning unit with four extra large bedrooms, new designer kitchen with all exquisite cabinetry, appliances and quartz island! Family room and living room with beautiful lighting opens up to 2 balconies. Bath updated with ceramic tile and glass shower. 1 parking space. ................................................................................................$195,000 PRICE REDUCED SO MUCH TO SEE, LOVE & ADMIRE in this renovated 4BR/3.5BA American 4 Square. You will love the renovated the 3rd flr w/a MSTR suite featuring a high end bath, plus an office. Features include a new back porch retreat, Fin LL Rec Rm, 3 plus car gar. .....$765,000 ROOM FOR EVERYONE and stunning finishes throughout. Newly finished kitchen features 2 dishwashers and a built in bar with beverage center. Top end bathrooms. Master Suite features a deck, walk-in closet and a redone bath. Beautiful decorating. Beautiful landscaping ..........$745,000 BEAUTIFUL KENILWORTH PARKWAY! 3 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath Classic Colonial. Brick, slate roof, curb appeal galore and move in ready!!! Walk up attic, lower level playroom, screened porch overlooks exquisite landscaped backyard. Ideal location. All you need to do is move in!....$694,900 CLASSIC CHICAGO STYLE BUNGALOW with modern day updates, art glass windows and plantation shutters. Remodeled kitchen, 1st FL private back office. Mudroom off back door. MBR has remodeled full bath and fabulous built-ins. Professionally landscaped ..................................$625,000 CHARMING, BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED 4 bedroom, 2 bath home. Tasteful updated décor blends seamlessly with original details which include natural wood and art glass windows.

Cooks kitchen, family room, spacious finished basement, three car garage...........................$499,000 PRICE REDUCED QUINTENSSENTIAL OAK PARK HOME! This 3BR, 1-1/2 BA home offers lots of space to grow. Enter thru the substantial light filled Living Room, proceed to the DR with coved moldings. 1st floor fam rm located right off the kitchen. Generous sized BRs..$485,000 LARGE, HANDSOME 4 BR, 41/2 BA HOME. Leaded glass windows, hardwood floors, updated bathrooms, master bathroom, two heated sun rooms. Den/family room on third floor.

Large basement with another full bath. New first floor windows. This is a lot of space! .....$425,000 CLASSIC OAK PARK HOME ready to move right in. Spacious LR with brick fireplace, formal DR and hardwood floors throughout. Updated kitchen, 3 nicely sized BRs on the 2nd fl and enclosed porch off the back. Finished fam rm in bsmt, enclosed backyard.............................................$409,000 VALUE MAY BE IN THE LAND. Major renovation needed. Being sold “As Is”...........$250,000 GREAT CHARM in this lovely 2 bedroom, 2 bath home on a quiet street. Why own a condo when you can own a cute house with a backyard. Hardwood floors, Enclosed front porch, Side drive. Walk to everything: Transportation, shops and restaurants..................................................................$219,000

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METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED BRICK GEORGIAN. Features 3 bedrooms, 1 full bath, 1 powder room. Updated kitchen, 1st floor family room, generous sized living and dining room. Partially finished basement with laundry and storage room. Beautiful yard, 2 car garage. ..............................................................................$312,000

FOREST PARK HOMES JUST MOVE IN!! Meticulously maintained new construction built in 2006. Open floor plan. High end kitchen. 4 generously sized BRs. Open basement ready to finish......................................$489,000

ELMWOOD PARK HOMES PRICE REDUCED GEORGIAN STYLE HOME boasting three levels of living space. Solid brick home sits on double lot. Basement has eight ft ceilings and is finished with BR and family rm.

Home has all new ss appls. 2.5 car detached garage with driveway and alley access...........$417,650

CONDOS/TOWNHOMES/2 FLATS RIVER FOREST 2 Flat...................................................................................................................$499,000 RIVER FOREST 1BR, 1BA. Entertainment area..........................................................................$99,000 OAK PARK 3BR, 3-1/2 BA. Large corner unit. ...........................................................................$489,000 OAK PARK 3BR, 2-1/2 BA. Finished basement..........................................................................$325,000 OAK PARK 2BR, 1BA. Art glass windows. ................................................................................$225,000 PRICE REDUCED OAK PARK 2BR, 1BA................................................................................$149,999 OAK PARK 1BR, 1BA. Convenient location ...................................................................................$89,900 FOREST PARK 2BR, 2BA. Spacious corner unit........................................................................$295,900 FOREST PARK 2BR, 2BA. Large balcony. ..................................................................................$178,000 FOREST PARK 1BR, 1BA. Wonderful floor plan. .......................................................................$95,000 ELMWOOD PARK 2BR, 1-1/2 BA. Remodeled corner unit. .................................................$169,900 NEW LISTING ELMWOOD PARK 1BR, 1BA........................................................................$85,000

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Accidental caretakers Dawn McGee remembers that she and her husband did not set out to buy an architecturally significant home when they were moving to the Chicago area in 2004. In spite of their best intentions, however, they fell in love with a home that not only dated to 1901, but also garnered plenty of attention for being a Wright design.

“We had narrowed down our search to Oak Park and Evanston, and we ended up looking at this house purely by chance. We didn’t have the time to take on a fixer-up-

per, and our real estate agent recommended we see the house. Sure enough, we got inside, and it was pristine.”

McGee credits the previous owners, architect Bill Dring and his wife Jan with the condition of the home. McGee said her father-in-law is a huge Frank Lloyd Wright fan, but she didn’t share his enthusiasm at first.

“My first thought, besides ‘What a beautiful house!’ is that I didn’t want to be responsible for this landmark. I was very stressed about it and had to get over that just to purchase the home. When you move into this kind of house, you are aware that more people look at it more critically than other houses.”

But once they decided to take the plunge, the McGees embraced historic home living. Encouraged by their neighbor, one of the leaders of

the Wright Home & Studio restoration effort, John Thorpe, the couple agreed to have their house be a part of Wright Plus. McGee recalled that was a motivating factor in taking care of some needed maintenance.

“The house was built in 1901,” she said, “and she’s a woman of a certain age. With stucco, things are constantly dripping off. When we agreed to be part of Wright Plus, we realized that maybe we should spruce up the house. It’s 3,000 people tromping through, so you think, ‘I need to up my game.’”

Fortune smiles The previous owners of the Fricke House had used Fortune Restoration for their maintenance work, and the McGees turned to the family-owned business as well. Tom Fortune, who founded the company with his brothers Robert and Peter in 1979, said their relationship with the house spans decades.

“We had the pleasure to work on the house for 20 to 25 years for the current and former owners,” Tom said. “We’ve done the stucco, replaced rotten wood, repaired stucco, painted the wood trim and window casings. We always maintained the original color scheme and made sure we protected the leaded windows. Bill Dring really appreciated the value of hiring one company to do all of these things.”

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BACK AND FORTH: The McGees and Fortune documented the restoration project with before and after shots.

Dawn and Ed McGee brought Fortune back to the house for painting and plaster work and also asked their help when they rebuilt the wall between the garage and the house.

Fortune noted that his company’s years of working on architecturally significant homes has created a certain skill set that homeowners and preservationists alike appreciate.

“We make sure we do the work in the right order,” he said, “and we train our guys to treat these places like museums. They sand carefully so they don’t damage wood or glass; they don’t put ladders up on copper gutters. We take care and respect.

It’s like preserving history.”

Experience with Frank Lloyd Wright homes has prepared the company to work on some of the area’s most architecturally significant homes, including Chicago’s Charnley House, designed by Louis Sullivan with help from his draftsman, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Chicago’s oldest structure, the

Noble Seymour Crippen House, which dates to the 1830s.

While the famous homes are certainly great advertising, Fortune said he and his brothers treat every home they work on with the same respect. “In Oak Park and River Forest alone, we’ve worked on hundreds of homes. Using one company for your painting, stucco and carpentry needs really takes the coordination of various trades out of your hands.”

More than 10 years here has led to a certain comfort level for the McGees, who have come to love living in their Wright home.

“We realize that stucco needs a facelift every now and then,” McGee said, “and we love that the crew from Fortune is comfortable with everything that we need done.

Living in this house is a little like living next door to Madonna. You realize that all of the excitement has nothing to do with you. A lot of Frank Lloyd Wright fans really do care about how these houses look.”

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511 Lathrop, River Forest 3 BR, 2.5 BA • $549,000 Charming Tudor, walk-to-everything location! Light and airy home, great for entertaining. Updated kitchen feat granite counter tops, a casual dining area and high-end appls. Lovely living and formal dining rooms. East facing sunroom, the perfect spot for your morning coffee! Master suite has generous closet space, and a large BA with double sinks. Two other nice sized BRs and full bath round out 2nd flr. Finished basement is perfect for family and kids.

Landscaped, backyard has newer paver patio. Don't pass this one by!

1024 S. Highland, Oak Park 5BR 4.5BA • $750,000

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GREAT VALUE! You won’t find a better 4000sf home with great finishes & low taxes anywhere in Oak Park! Open layout with kit, fam. rm, and DR. Master Suite has shower, sep BA. 2nd Flr Lndry, Fnshd bsmnt 9’ ceilings, guest suite, storage, rec rm, flood protection. Fnshd 3rd flr. Backyard patio.

Deck over garage!

David Gullo, Managing Broker

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1526 Clinton Pl, River Forest

Great Opportunity for Business!

130 Chicago Avenue is a commercial property that has served the community for nearly 60 years. Built of brick and stone, the property has five studio apartments on the second level, a ground floor commercial unit and a full basement.

Over the past few years, this area has seen tremendous investment. The block has beautifully restored buildings and landscaping with many long term independent businesses from car care to health care, home repair, veterinary services, and more.

With approximately 2,700 sf, this commercial space has two bathrooms and two overhead doors. It has great visibility and convenient street parking.

The space is adaptable to many types of uses and would be delivered ready for new improvements.

The large second floor studios each have enormous window lines that fill the apartments with natural light.

This is a well-built building needing thoughtful improvements that would result in a very eye catching addition to the neighborhood. Because it has both residential and commercial components, the property taxes are lower than would apply to a commercial property with no residential component.

To find out more about this unique opportunity to have both a great location for a business and additional income to cover expenses, contact Theresa Jurgus at Baird & Warner, 773.851.5479.

4BR 3.5BA• $775,000

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GORGEOUS STONE Georgian. Modern amenities! Fully renovated in 2014. Open layout on 1st flr perfect for family, entertaining. Sep office space. 2nd flr feat 4 BRs, laundry, balcony, master suite. Finished Bsmt has full BR.

823 S. Harvey, Oak Park 4BR, 2.5 BA, 3 Car Garage • $579,900 Call Laura!

BEAUTIFUL REHAB Almost everything is NEW! Gorgeous finishes, spacious rooms, incredible layout make this the ONE!

Laura Maychruk 708.205.7044

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7616 Vine St., River Forest 3BR, 2 Full BA • $599,900

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BUNGALOW with many upgrades, like new! Fabulous state-of-the-art designer kit and fam rm addition. Baths have been completely updated. Basement is fully finished.

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230 S. Scoville, Oak Park New Listing! • 5BR, 3.5BA • $849,000

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Margaret Jones 708.804.0368

Mark Finger 708.990.8115

INCREDIBLE REHAB! Newer windows, HVAC, Electric, Rf, Kit, BAs etc. Kit with center island, applncs. Large fam rm.

Master Ste, walk-in closet, BA. 3rd flr + 5th BR, BA. Front/back porches, landscaped grounds. Walk to everything!

FOR RENT!

Price Drop! • $2,100/mo 230 S Kenilworth #2 Oak Park

LOCATION, LOCATION!! Beautifully updated spacious unit, freshly painted and floors refinished. Eat-in kitchen with pantry PLUS separate dining room. Tons of closets, storage and laundry in basement. Includes 2 garage spaces at back of building. Walk to schools, trains, parks, downtown OP etc... Don't miss this one!

905 South Lombard Ste. 2 Oak Park, IL 60304

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Quality

(qual i’ ty) noun The basic nature, the degree of excellence, the best available when compared to others.

Sunday, September 18, 2016

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1357 Highridge Pkwy, Westchester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $235,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:30-2 1646 Harvey Ave, Berwyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $239,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1008 S . Highland Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $244,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1640 Scoville Ave, Berwyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $269,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1405 Marengo Ave, Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $269,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:30-2 834 N . Austin Blvd, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $270,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 3309 N . Newcastle Ave, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $294,800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1710 N . 75th Ave, Elmwood Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $299,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30-3:30 1177 S . Elmwood Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Classic Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $310,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1101 Beloit Ave, Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $315,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30-4 2021 N . 77th Court, Elmwood Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$327,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1:30 311 South Blvd, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $398,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1318 Elgin Ave, Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $399,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30-3:30 838 N . Harlem Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $412,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30-12:30 1812 N . 79th Ave, Elmwood Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $419,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 916 Pershing Ave, Wheaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $425,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 1030 S . Kenilworth Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $479,800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 431 Greenfield, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $489,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30-4 300 S . Oak Park Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $499,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-4 1115 Thomas Ave, Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $499,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 847 S . Kenilworth Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$527,750 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:30-2 6106 N . Leader Ave, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $535,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 511 Lathrop, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gullo & Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $549,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30-3:30 9416 Natchez Ave, Morton Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $589,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 623 N . Kenilworth Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $598,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1223 Franklin Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $609,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 711 N . Oak Park Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $624,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 527 Thatcher Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $649,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1141 N . Euclid Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $724,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 320 S . Grove Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $728,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1200 N . Oak Park Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Classic Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $759,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 939 N . Oak Park Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $875,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 402 Lenox St, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $919,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 204 S . Scoville, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $925,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1433 Keystone Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $985,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1206 Lathrop Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,089,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2

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214 S . Oak Park Ave . Unit 1, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $86,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-12:30 227 Elgin Ave . Unit 6E, Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 2646 N . 72nd Court . Unit 1, Elmwood Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $195,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1019 Washington Blvd . Unit 301, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $197,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30-3:30 7753 Van Buren St . Unit 316, Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 222 Clinton Ave . Unit 2S, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $628,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Showroom At 139 S . Oak Park Ave ., Oak Park, Il . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $649,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 Showroom At 139 S . Oak Park Ave ., Oak Park, Il . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $664,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 Maple Place Showroom At 139 S . Oak Park Ave . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gloor Realty Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $684,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2

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REALTY CO.

LISTING PRICE

TIME

111 Bishop Ln, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $325,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 318 Pennsylvania Way, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $539,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 1025 Walnut Way, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $549,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2 319 Chestnut Ln, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $554,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2

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REALTY CO.

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7000 16th St, Berwyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $349,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sat . 11-1

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IF YOU ARE LOOKING to renovate a home, this 3 BR Dutch Colonial is the one for you! Hardwood floors, living room brick, woodburning fireplace & many original lighting fixtures. . . . . . . $270,000

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P R O P E R T Y

T R A N S F E R S

225 S. Euclid Ave. home sells for $775,000

The following property transfers were reported by the Cook County Recorder of Deeds from July 1 to July 31, 2016. Where addresses appear incomplete, for instance where a unit number appears missing, that information was not provided by the recorder of deeds.

OAK PARK ADDRESS

PRICE

SELLER

BUYER

1531 N Harlem Ave 410 N Kenilworth Ave 718 N Grove Ave 303 Linden Ave 225 S Euclid Ave 314 S Cuyler Ave 603 Woodbine Ave 237 Clinton Ave 704 S Kenilworth Ave 645 Forest Ave 1034 Home Ave 1112 N Elmwood Ave 164 N Elmwood Ave

$6,790,000 $1,334,500 $850,000 $845,000 $775,000 $775,000 $735,000 $715,000 $659,000 $650,000 $645,000 $621,500 $600,000

Oak Tree Plz Inc Pain George H Quek Choon Aun Nohalty Jeanne Maloney Allison B Showalter David Korrison Paul Garnett John Iv Powers Lawrence O Nevels Philip L Sylvester Jessica L Odonnell Philip C Rodriguez Valerie

1138 Wisconsin Ave 531 S Grove Ave 903 Fair Oaks Ave 532 N Marion St 719 Wisconsin Ave 718 Wesley Ave 711 Superior St 636 N Grove Ave 719 N Elmwood Ave 151 Le Moyne Pky 616 Gunderson Ave 847 Home Ave 203 N Ridgeland Ave 847 N Cuyler Ave

$602,000 $589,000 $585,000 $585,000 $580,000 $561,500 $560,000 $560,000 $530,000 $525,000 $521,000 $512,500 $510,000 $500,000

700 S Harvey Ave 1016 Wenonah Ave 831 Mapleton Ave 420 S Grove Ave 1110 N East Ave 806 Linden Ave 311 S Ridgeland Ave

$505,000 $491,500 $478,000 $475,000 $470,500 $465,000 $460,000

Ng Plz Llc Goeden David Arcturus Cap Mgmt Llc Gracie Elizabeth L Powers Lawrence O Tasset Anthony G Gayes Richard Amaya Eduardo J Bahl Kenneth Young Vered Corona Investments Llc Horwich Lynne J Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 0000001106894 Alexander Patrick S Gajilan Anette Christine Nagjee Wikramaditya R Lomasney Laurie Mcadams Tr Bertucco Margaret W Tr Swanson Robert D Stolte Keith Hyde Elaiine U S Bk Merrill Alina V Vanlinden James J Knebel Zak Gerlach Mark G Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 0008002355549 Davis Thad W Stelter Matthew B Bly Elizabeth Torre Rodrigo Alfonso De La Fannie Mae Rohlfing Harold T Tr Bowling Christohper J

Bell John T Blesch Cara S Johnson Tricia J Foster Trevor Saam Robert C Lindberg Ryan Tr Davis Chad Vora Pallav Buczek Michael A Pangonis Bradley Burton Steven C Shaw Peter M Bosco Michael S Ritchie Shailushi Kavanaugh Diane E Butler Brett Brown Scott S Dias Elizabeth Mccarthy Ryan Petty Nicholas Gellman Michael

ADDRESS

PRICE

SELLER

BUYER

154 N Taylor Ave 929 Belleforte Ave 832 S Elmwood Ave 800 Wesley Ave 729 S Cuyler Ave 829 N Humphrey Ave 632 S Humphrey Ave 412 Clinton Ave 1001 S Elmwood Ave 609 Wenonah Ave 523 S Scoville Ave 840 N Humphrey Ave 946 N Humphrey Ave 814 Home Ave 843 N East Ave

$460,000 $455,000 $448,000 $430,000 $427,000 $427,000 $422,500 $420,000 $409,000 $395,500 $395,000 $390,500 $387,000 $385,500 $385,000

Chapman Clayton Liechty Karl Edmund Gibbs Patrick G Perros Tom Racine Mica Heneghan Brendan John White Courtney D Hathaway Jesse W Fullerton Andrew Hahs Christopher Conanan Virgilio Brinson Remer Young Iv Meunier-Jones Perrine Murad Sohail Exodus 1 Llc

523 S Lombard Ave 624 S Highland Ave 130 S Lombard Ave 1015 S Kenilworth Ave

$384,500 $383,000 $379,000 $377,500

Elwood Philip R Weykamp Gregory J Simpson Fergus Palermo Mark J Afable Walter P Tragos James J Bailey Cornelius Bolchert John P Decd Icic Il Rehabs Inc Wilcoxon Sandra K Rossetti Mary E Tr Schnizlein Ryan Schepp Casey J Claud James Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 0000000000743 Kamper Derek G Best Neil A Tr Conn Merle K Ilcewicz Sally A Tr

Ballado Katrina Guzman Damian Welsh Paul A Gullette-Jonson Sarah

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T R A N S F E R S

OAK PARK ADDRESS

PRICE

SELLER

BUYER

1048 N Austin Blvd

$365,000

Jackson Kamal H

729 Clarence Ave 615 Gunderson Ave 940 N Oak Park Ave 723 S Taylor Ave 126 Wright Ln 1115 S Elmwood Ave 948 S Elmwood Ave 743 S Harvey Ave 1142 Wesley Ave 1013 S Ridgeland Ave 707 N Ridgeland Ave 1219 N Taylor Ave 538 Harrison St 130 Wright Ln 260 Iowa St 1120 W Thomas St 205 847 N Lombard Ave 221 N Kenilworth Ave 202 1156 S Lyman Ave 600 S Scoville Ave 1156 Wesley Ave 814 S Taylor Ave 840 N Humphrey Ave 1039 Garfield St

$359,000 $355,000 $350,000 $350,000 $350,000 $345,000 $340,000 $335,000 $325,000 $300,000 $300,000 $292,500 $289,000 $286,000 $277,000 $275,500 $270,000 $269,000 $265,500 $250,000 $244,000 $223,000 $221,000 $215,000

6340 Roosevelt Rd 318 -320 N Maple Ave 2N 1183 Wenonah Ave 949 Pleasant St 4BW 1160 S Harvey Ave 408 S Lombard Ave 1272 436 Lombard St 4361 1121 N Harlem Ave 500 Washington Blvd 307 1042 Washington Blvd 10423

$220,000 $203,500 $185,000 $185,000 $182,000 $172,500 $158,500 $151,000 $149,000 $110,000

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228 N Oak Park Ave 3R 950 Washington Blvd MANY 300 Chicago Ave 2N 9 Randolph St 5A 109 S Elmwood Ave 30 1146 Washington Blvd 11461 727 S Maple Ave 301 833 Wisconsin Ave 1017 N Humphrey Ave 1017 N Humphrey Ave 126 S Scoville Ave 1102 N Taylor Ave 826 N Taylor Ave 1233 N East Ave 1114 Woodbine Ave 1156 S Grove Ave 910 S Kenilworth Ave 951 Garfield St 951 Garfield St 645 Garfield St 6433 845 Chicago Ave 181 Linden Ave 1813 1114 S Lombard Ave

$133,000 $99,000 $83,000 $80,500 $70,000 $61,000 $57,000 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown

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615 Gunderson Ave., Oak Park

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331 N Ridgeland Ave 643 Madison St 129 S Scoville Ave 222 N Grove Ave 3G 934 S Grove Ave 1043 S Elmwood Ave 1200 Linden Ave 604 S Lombard Ave 905 Wenonah Ave

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Shirk Sarah H Judicial Sales Corp Broadie Stephen W Teclaw Norbert M Hutson Charles A Leark William Campbel Richard T Rinder Carl T Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr

439 S Taylor Ave 2C 232 S Euclid Ave 232 S Euclid Ave 220 N Elmwood Ave 315 S Euclid Ave 1035 Mapleton Ave 220 S Maple Ave 38 415 S Maple Ave 703 319 N Oak Park Ave 12 803 S Highland Ave 1124 S Oak Park Ave 806 Hayes Ave 200 S Maple Ave 8 1212 Woodbine Ave 541 N Lombard Ave 741 N Marion St 1011 N Harlem Ave 930 Ontario St 3F 930 Ontario St 3F 930 Ontario St 3F 426 S Elmwood Ave 845 S Lyman Ave

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165 N Kenilworth Ave 5J

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Judicial Sales Corp Hillman Linda H Hillman John B Morris John P Zardkoohi Omeed Ginsberg Gail C Tr Bodach L Barrett Rezai Kurristynne Hennessey Michael F Hustad Marcia Obis Paul L Kelly Maureen R Walker Fred G Iii Norris David Alexopoulos Peter Vilarino Francisco Javier Toubes Beloz Alejandro Firth Nancy Clauss Robert A Clauss Douglas Lee Lyle Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 0000000007836 Judicial Sales Corp

Shirk Sarah Harlow Tr Bank New York Tr Broadie Stephen W Tr Teclaw Norbert M Tr Hutson Charles A Leark William H Campbell Richard T Tr Rinder Carl T Tr Hd Mabss 14 Llc-72 0008002361152 Nationstar Mtg Llc Hillman Linda H Trust Hillman Linda H Morris John Paul Tr Zardkoohi Omeed Ginsberg Deobrah I Bodach Lester B Tr Rezai-Al Waraqi Deborah Tr Hennessey Michael F Tr Glonek Thomas Tr Obis Paul L Tr Kelly Maureen R Tr Walker Fred G Iii Tr Norris Laurie A Tr Papd Prop Inc Vilarino Francisco Javier Toubes Tr Beloz Alejandro Tr Carlson Barbara Carlson Barbara Carlson Barbara Lee Lyle Eastgate Prop Oak Pk Llc

7600 Augusta St 1519 Bonnie Brae Pl 1351 Keystone Ave 515 Monroe Ave 1402 Monroe Ave 931 Clinton Pl

$2,300,000 $1,450,000 $1,407,500 $1,015,000 $935,000 $875,000

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RIVER FOREST Rosseau Richard L Lightfoot Janet J Tr Tonino Gwen M Tr Kustka Milan Gullo Gregory J Freitag Fred G

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Continued from page Bxx

509 Thomas Ave., Forest Park

ADDRESS

PRICE

1130 Park Ave 807 Keystone Ave 143 Keystone Ave 211 Park Ave 527 Park Ave 907 Keystone Ave 301 Forest Ave 918 Park Ave 339 Franklin Ave 815 Franklin Ave 313 Thatcher Ave 830 N Harlem Ave 1005 Bonnie Brae Pl 4F 1009 Bonnie Brae Pl 2A 230 Park Ave 615 Forest Ave 1020 N Harlem Ave E3 407 Franklin Ave 4FS 407 Franklin Ave 5AS 424 Park Ave 206 424 Park Ave 306 8033 Lake St 80331 1553 Monroe Ave 15533 7200 Oak Ave 72102NW 409 Lathrop Ave 4091A 1531 Bonnie Brae Pl P9 7200 Oak Ave 72063NE 1102 Franklin Ave 753 Jackson Ave 714 Ashland Ave 726 Monroe Ave 633 Park Ave 501 Edgewood Pl 839 Ashland Ave 342 Lathrop Ave 409 Lathrop Ave 4092E 409 Lathrop Ave 4092E 530 Forest Ave 405 Lathrop Ave 4051C

$842,500 $795,000 $715,000 $672,000 $670,000 $613,500 $570,000 $557,500 $540,000 $530,000 $510,000 $495,000 $450,000 $442,500 $435,000 $395,000 $230,000 $201,500 $185,000 $179,000 $175,000 $140,000 $125,000 $87,000 $85,000 $80,000 $43,000 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown

515 Monroe Ave 103 Gale Ave

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BUYER

Boen Jonathan C Koch Donald F Blaha James F Nijensohn Paul Cibula Linda M Friedrich Thomas K Gaebler Kenneth Oconnor Rosemary K Tr Cook Jason Follett Ross Tr Venturi Robert F Greendyke Robert D Schlafer Dale L Tr Georgiou Peri P Tr Newman Kevin J Lennon John J Tr Mullin Patrick J Tr Prescott Richard W Tr Schmitt Audrey Foley Matthew J Pusuoglu Gulcin Tr Agar Prop Llc Slezak Pawel Af Re Seris Llc 7210 Oak Brown Jeffrey D Mcgann Shawn F Mtglq Investors Lp Philippi Peter Wade Steven Ciserella Michael P Kane Amy H Madden Patrick J Loos Belen Tr Manne Jerry Tr Lynch Michele Obrien Tr Ramos Gema Gonzalez Pedro Rodriguez Cook Vincent Tr Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr 0008002363587 Kustka Milan Filosa Johns C

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1053 Troost Ave 509 Thomas Ave 834 Beloit Ave

$472,500 $409,000 $386,000

Shekhem Heidi Barker Sa Scott Kelly Ellliott Kristen

532 Ferdinand Ave 7638 Monroe St 929 Harlem Ave 637 Marengo Ave

$390,000 $369,000 $343,000 $349,000

1002 Thomas Ave 925 Harlem Ave 1133 Marengo Ave 143 Des Plaines Ave 7521 Brown Ave 401 7658 Adams St

$339,500 $325,000 $312,500 $309,000 $290,000 $300,000

7240 W Franklin St 2D 830 Lathrop Ave 828 Circle Ave 510 Ferdinand Ave 235 Marengo Ave 6CN 1316 Circle Ave 1400 Elgin Ave 1135 Ferdinand Ave 235 Marengo Ave 2AN 211 Elgin Ave 2C 7314 Randolph St 6C 1518 Marengo Ave

$272,000 $260,000 $255,000 $240,000 $230,000 $225,000 $220,000 $215,000 $205,000 $190,000 $188,000 $190,000

235 Marengo Ave 6FN 310 Circle Ave 840 Hannah Ave 1507 Elgin Ave 1510 Circle Ave 7251 Randolph St MANY 1047 Ferdinand Ave 1041 Marengo Ave

$182,500 $181,000 $179,000 $174,000 $152,000 $127,000 $121,000 $115,000

215 Marengo Ave 5G 1037 Des Plaines Ave E101 1029 Des Plaines Ave D408 235 Marengo Ave 5DN 315 Des Plaines Ave 301 300 Circle Ave 6K 7443 Washington St 610 1029 Des Plaines Ave D506 1021 Des Plaines Ave C403 300 Circle Ave 4I 1101 S Harlem Ave 302 251 Marengo Ave 4DS 444 Marengo Ave 628 Beloit Ave 1026 Lathrop Ave 1327 Harlem Ave

$112,000 $108,500 $104,000 $95,000 $90,000 $77,000 $75,000 $74,000 $70,000 $57,000 $43,500 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown

140 Marengo Ave 301 1021 Harlem Ave 1020 Elgin Ave 215 Marengo Ave 3C 1021 Des Plaines Ave C102 940 Ferdinand Ave 516 Marengo Ave

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From his vantage point, Vantage looks pretty good

inally a steel-and-glass, 21-story residential tower worthy of its ink, now completed at the corner of Lake and Forest. This piece of architecture raises the bar for dense housing in the middle of our downtown.

The target market is 30-somethings or empty-nester singles or couples who are interested in modern living in an urban village like they would find in the city. This unique option for 270 apartment units with floorto-ceiling glass take advantage of the spectacular views of the city skyline and the charming village scale.

The development also seems to have provided the amenities these renters expect, such as a hotel-like lobby with a fireplace; a business center and conference center; a fitness center, community center and spectacular roof terrace; storage and parking; pet facilities and in-unit washers and dryers.

Gensler Chicago, the architect, took cues from the rich context to sculpt this interesting new tower. The plan did not reveal a hint of the 588-car parking garage, parking being such a common problem in the typical towers in the Loop with their exposed ugly parking bustles.

The glass and aluminum skin of the building is like a layered collage that breaks down the visual bulk of the mass. The east and west elevations are intentionally interrupted with small cantilevered “zipper balconies,” vertically arrayed. The rails are gold-colored glass which produce an almost too-subtle contrast.

The extreme south glass façade has butt-glazing, producing the most transparency in the most desirable units as noted by the architect. The design envisioned the materials becoming more and more solid, mimicking the double-hung windows of the private residences as it approached the traditional residential neighborhood to the north.

In theory, this is interesting and does help to reduce the scale through transitioning. In reality the changeover could have been more effective and less harsh by repeating the brick walls and tying in to the masonry walls that face the garage on the east and north.

I was pleased to see those facades are completely faced in a beautiful iron-spot Roman brick, recalling the Prairie school. Spectacular use of the brick is seen in angular storefront bay windows facing Lake Street. These rhythmic volumes tie beautifully into the scale and variety of the storefronts along the main street and as a dramatic modern extension.

I met three interns who had recently moved into the project’s one-bedroom units.

I asked them what were the compelling reasons that temped them to rent at Vantage? I assumed architecture would be the answer.

Without hesitation they agreed the parking garage and ease of getting to the hospitals, plus, oddly enough, the convenience of an in-unit laundry.

Practicality reins over aesthetics!

Shocking!

The Lake Theatre managers were delighted at the thought of all these new patrons, just steps from their marquee. The real estate brokers seemed mostly interested in the food and drinks. Appalling! The architects were occupied by the beautifully landscaped courtyard — something for everyone it seems.

I was focused to the eloquent green space anchored in the center by a perfect, manicured lawn. Space for outdoor dining, lounging and partying is apparent, a space in which all the tenants would be proud to entertain. The landscape plan is simple, with little wasted space and a decidedly urban vibe. Modern steel frames and defining wood trellis seating areas are attractive and compelling without being predictable.

This outdoor room is magnetic, worthy of wedding receptions, retirement parties or

GARRET EAKIN

ARCHITECTURE

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spectacular Air and Water Show gatherings. I predict this beautiful public space will see its share of use.

Gensler has completed a quality high-rise that will be a benchmark and enduring asset to our community. I am proud that our Preservation and Planning commissions were effectively engaged in this substantial project.

Garret Eakin is an architect, an adjunct professor at the School of the Art Institute, and an architectural journalist.

MODERN VANTAGE: 1) A view of the complex from the southeast, showing the brick, glass and aluminum exterior wall and the brick and glass storefront on Lake Street.

2) The residential lobby feels like a hotel with its fireplace and elegant furnishings.

3) The landscaped courtyard is a great asset for the tenants and perhaps the community.

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1710 N. 75th Avenue 3BR, 2.1BA $299,900

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Updated 3 bed, 1.1 bath American 4-Square features remodeled 3 season enclosed front porch, wood burning fireplace, pristine wood floors, detailed trim, colorful leaded glass, Frank Lloyd Wright inspired light fixtures, mission style radiator covers, dining room with beamed ceiling, nursery and full unfinished walkout basement.

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Beautiful 4 bedroom, 1.1 bath Oak Park Victorian on corner lot in the heart of it all! Grand foyer with built-in bench, vintage detail throughout....pocket doors, hardwood floors, natural oak woodwork and two fireplaces. Newer high-end kitchen, Updated baths, Central air, newer boiler and hot water heater, 3 car garage and MUCH More!

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834 N Austin

$270,000

Completely remodeled 3 bed,1.1 bath with enclosed front porch, hardwood floors, new laminate floor, kitchen features all new stainless steel appliances and new porcelain floor. Basement has new led fixtures and new stairs, roof 7 years, GFA/CA 5 years and Parking for 2 cars.

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Elmwood Park

$327,900

Beautiful 3 bed, 1.1 bath Georgian in River Forest Manor. Many recent improvements include refinished hardwood floors, granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances, new second floor spa like bathroom, breakfast area, family room, finished basement with a separate work/utility area and landscaped yard.

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NEW LISTING

$325,000

Beautiful, 2 bed, 2.1 bath private townhome with 18x11ft. private garden patio. Large family room with fireplace, huge living room with fireplace, wood floors, skylights, kitchen with thick granite and loads of cabinetry, and pass-through to dining area. Balcony is off the dining room. Attached two car garage and so much more!

Steve Scheuring – ID# 09320118

Elmwood Park

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

Forest Park

$215,000

North facing TOP floor 1 bed + den unit with private balcony! Open concept living with hardwood floors, granite counters and in-unit laundry. Huge master bedroom complete with access to private balcony. High-end kitchen and huge dedicated storage. Fitness center and community room in building. Indoor heated parking included!

Kara Keller - ID# 09335306

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

$299,000

4 bed, 3.1 bath 2 story home features a 2nd floor master suite with sitting room, gas fireplace, spa tub and steam shower! New full bath on the 1st floor with walk in shower, updated kitchen, den with attached full bath could be 4th bedroom, zoned heat and air, lower lever family room with fireplace, office, kitchen and 1/2 bath.

Anne Keeney – ID# 09225391

Berwyn

$628,000

Welcome to this beautiful show-stopping duplexed condo in the heart of downtown Oak Park. The ultra-high-end professionally decorated space offers a 2-story living room, pristine oak floors and all the modern amenities you can imagine! This home features a glorious living room with wood burning fireplace and brick surround, formal dining area, chef’s kitchen with marble counter tops, high-end stainless appliances, stainless farm sink, custom cabinetry and crisp marble backsplash. Two large bedrooms share a beautiful Jack N’ Jill bath on this level along with 1st level laundry! A grand staircase leads you to the master suite with luxurious details and a master bath fit for royalty! You can also find a family room, office, 1st floor den, private porch, back yard, 2 garage parking spaces, central AC and heat.

Steve Scheuring – ID# 09278966

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$210,000

Beautiful 3 bed, 1.1 bath Bungalow with formal dining room, hardwood floors, spacious kitchen with Spanish tile backsplash and walk in pantry, updated full bathroom, partially finished basement with family room and den/office. Windows have been updated in last 2 years. Garage roof and A/C unit are new.

Sandra Lopez – ID# 09336394

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Oak Park Westchester

$195,000

Completely updated in 2015 2 bed, 1 bath home with hardwood floors, eat in kitchen with newer stainless steel appliances, cabinets, flooring, and granite counters (2015).

Luxury bath with jacuzzi tub and walk in shower. Partially finished basement. 2 car garage, big backyard with deck.

Roof, furnace, a/c, and water heater replaced in 2015.

Meredith Conn and Lisa Andreoli – ID # 09338172

Oak Park

$180,000

Classic EE Roberts Prairie school style 2 bedroom unit with private 17 ft rooftop deck, central gas fireplace, both bath and kitchen both remodeled recently, cross hatched windows, 2 Coveted parking spaces- one deeded garage space and one extra outdoor assigned space. FREE LAUNDRY! Meredith Conn and Lisa Andreoli – ID # 09338009

Oak Park

$179,900

Spacious 2 bed, 2 bath condo in Oak Park’s Frank Lloyd Wright Historic District! Southern exposure and private balcony, eat in kitchen, newer windows, balcony door and air conditioning units. Building has new roof and sun deck! Building also features an elevator, laundry, covered parking, visitor parking spaces. and bike storage.

Ann Keeney- ID# 09335540

Forest Park

$64,500

Nice 1 bedroom 2nd floor condo features newly painted, new carpeting installed in the living room, bedroom, hallway and closet. In-unit washer/dryer!

Parking included!! Walking distance to restaurants, shopping and transportation. Oven-range as is not in working condition. Unit can be rented.

Mary Ann Bednarke – ID# 09168022

Starting At: $529,9000

The Oak Park Oasis, 22, 4 level townhomes with a fresh new approach to townhome living. Sleek and modern with a downtown flair, featuring versatile 3 or 4 bedroom layouts, 3.5 baths, open kitchens with large center island, balcony off kitchen for grilling, 1st floor office/bedroom that features an en-suite full bath, beautiful master suite, 4th level has cozy loft space - plumbed for wet bar, large private roof deck and 2 car attached garage. Many great cabinet selections with quartz closets, marble bathrooms, oak flooring, and stainless steel appliances! Buy now and pick your finishes! Great center of town location! Delivery Spring 2016! Call for details.

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RIVER FOREST MAGNIFICENT HOME! 5BR, 4.2BA Tudor built on massive 200 x 188 lot. Rehab & addition offer modern amenities. x........................$2,999,000 NEW PRICE! SPECTACULAR 6 BR, 3.2 BA on amazing block.

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SPECIAL! x ...........................................................................................$1,225,000 QUEEN ANNE Victorian w/open frt porch on lrg lot! 6BRs, 2.2BAs. Dble parlor. Frplc. Great location near train, schools, park. x ................$649,000 ATTRACTIVE HOME. 4 BRs, 3 baths. Completely updated. 3 levels of living space. Large, private yd. x........................................................$625,000 REDUCED! FANTASTIC RANCH w/open floor plan. 3 BRs, 2.2BAs. WBFP. Large MBR ste. 1st flr lndry. C/A. Att garage. x ..................$609,000 IMMACULATE & UPDATED 2-story brick home on deep lot.

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CONDOS/TOWNHOUSES RIVER FOREST ATTRACTIVE CONDO in desirable bldg 2BR, 2BA, den, in-unit laundry, 2 pkg spaces...............................................................................................$449,000 LIKE LIVING IN A TREE HOUSE. Beautiful 2BR, 2BA condo. Newer BAs & kitchen w/lrg brkfst area. Elevator bldg. x...........................$179,000

CONDOS/TOWNHOUSES FOREST PARK NEW LISTING! RARE 3 BEDROOM at the Grove with balcony & patio. Granite & SS applnces. 2-car garage. x ................................$349,000 WHERE THE ACTION IS. Beautiful 2BR, 2BA w/open flr plan. SS applncs, in-unit lndry, storage & great amenities. x ....................$286,500

CONDOS/TOWNHOUSES OTHER AREAS LOMBARD. GREAT KITCHEN, tons of storage, well-maintained 3 bedroom, 2 bath condo. x ..................................................................$317,000 WHEELING. LIGHT-FILLED 3-STORY townhouse with many fantastic upgrades. Recently decorated, hdwd flrs. C/A. x ...............$299,900

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Marion Street Market - A Valiant Effort in a Difficult Industry

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By CATHY YEN, Executive Director

mall business is hard – especially the restaurant business.

So sorry to see Marion Street Market close this week.

No one likes to see any establishment go out of business.

This one in particular was created by local folks with mission and intentionality. The owners’ vision was no less than to support an earth-friendly but foodie-grade culinary experience, provide jobs, extend support to the community, contribute tax dollars and prove that business could have a heart and be successful at the same time. Good stuff. Good people. But small business is hard.

The cold beauty of capitalism is profit, pure and simple. All the best intentions do not guarantee success unless revenues exceed

expenses. On the journey toward profitability, are there enough investors willing to provide the capital required until that bottom-line turns day-glo green? For how long?

I don’t know why Marion Street Market closed. I do not know what set of circumstances forced the owners to make this heart-breaking decision. I assume investors did not foresee a near-term future in which revenues exceed expenses and they were no longer able to fund shortfalls. That’s usually how these things go. You plug the losses with additional cash infusions up until the moment when you can’t. It happens that quickly. One day you are full of hope and the very next day it’s over. Welcome to the independently-owned restaurant industry.

otic about kale and we pretty much expect a sashimi-grade tuna appetizer, expertly prepared and flown in fresh. Yet despite educated consumers, the business model is less profitable than it used to be.

All the best to the owners and staff of the former Marion Street Market. Thank you.

They gave it a go and gave it their best.

Here’s hoping that another entrepreneur with similar community-minded values will set up shop in this prime location and beautiful venue.

Indie-restaurants can be successful. Lots of local examples. But it is hard. Margins are thin. Rent is higher than ever. Customers are more demanding. Not only do we expect good value and phenomenal service, but our culinary I.Q. is growing. There is nothing ex-

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016 Riveredge Hospital 8311 Roosevelt Rd, Forest Park, IL 60130 Cost: $25 11:30pm – 4:30pm Roundtable Discussions led by prominent female community and business leaders

4:30pm – 6pm Cocktail Hour hosted by Riveredge Hospital

Space is limited. RSVP is required!

Sponsorship opportunities are available and benefits include a vendor table.

Contact Kristen Benford for sponsorship details: (708) 613- 3306 or Reserve your seat at: 2016WomenInLeadershipConference.eventbrite.com

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Forest Park Review, September 14, 2016

Carjacking suspect dead after leap from I-290 ramp Two suspects arrested after police chase near Harlem Ave., two others at large

By BOB UPHUES Senior Editor

A 17-year-old boy involved in an alleged carjacking in Hillside died after jumping onto the Eisenhower Expressway from the eastbound Harlem Avenue exit ramp while trying to run from police on Sept. 9.

Tyrece Coleman, of the 7400 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue in Chicago, was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he was pronounced dead at 9:09 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner.

According to police, Coleman was one of five subjects who hijacked a black Jaguar in Hillside and fled eastbound from that suburb on the Eisenhower Expressway.

Police apprehended two suspects, both juveniles, as they attempted to flee on foot.

Two others were able to evade capture, with one subject reportedly hijacking a smaller black SUV stopped in traffic on I-290.

At about 8:30 p.m., Forest Park police were alerted that other agencies were pursuing a black Jaguar that had been hijacked in Hill-

side and was headed east on I-290.

The Jaguar exited the expressway at Desplaines Avenue and headed south, the wrong way, down Troost Avenue to Roosevelt Road, where it headed west, cut through the 7-Eleven gas station parking lot and sped north on Desplaines Avenue.

The Jaguar continued north to Jackson Boulevard, where it headed east, cut through the lot at Thorntons Gas Station and then south on Harlem Avenue before crashing into three vehicles stopped in traffic at the entrance to I-290.

All five suspects jumped out of the car at that point, with one heading north on Harlem Avenue. He was apprehended by a Bellwood police officer. Another subject fled westbound down the I-290 exit ramp. He was not apprehended by police.

Three others, including Coleman, ran down the eastbound ramp to I-290. A state trooper pursuing the three subjects tried to use a Taser to stop one of them, but the weapon failed to hit its mark.

As the subjects ran eastbound down the ramp, Coleman suddenly leapt over the con-

crete side wall of the ramp into the eastbound lanes of traffic. He was unresponsive when emergency personnel reached him, police said.

The two others waded through heavy traffic stopped on I-290, according to police, attempting to get into vehicles. One of the subjects was able to open a passenger door of a black SUV and enter it. The SUV was last seen eastbound on I-290.

The remaining subject climbed through a fence onto the railroad tracks south of the expressway and fled west under the Harlem Avenue bridge. A Forest Park Police K-9 unit later found the subject hiding in some bushes in the area along the railroad right of way between Harlem and Circle avenues.

He was taken to Oak Park hospital for treatment of injuries sustained during his flight from police.

Illinois State Police assumed jurisdiction of the death investigation, while Hillside police took custody of the black Jaguar and the two subjects apprehended by police.

A call to Hillside police seeking information on charges against the two suspects who were apprehended was not returned.

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Proviso D209 board member faces charges over scuffle McDermott charged with battery, assault

By BOB UPHUES Senior Editor

A veteran member of the Proviso Township High School District 209 Board of Education has been charged with battery and assault for his alleged role during an altercation with another board member after a school board meeting on Aug. 9.

Kevin McDermott, 62, surrendered to Forest Park police on Aug. 26 after police advised him that board member Theresa Kelly, 73, wanted to press charges against him. He will appear in court for an initial hearing on Sept. 20 at the Maybrook courthouse.

According to a report obtained from Forest Park police, discharge papers from Oak Park Hospital indicated that Kelly suffered a sprained shoulder and cuts to her hand during the scuffle, which took place in a small room adjacent to the board room at Proviso Math and Science Academy, where the board’s Aug. 9 meeting took place.

Reached by phone Tuesday, McDermott referred questions to his attorney, Thomas Durkin, who could not be immediately reached.

Kelly said Tuesday that she had not been charged in the incident.

According to one witness interviewed by police, McDermott and Kelly entered the small room following a brief but contentious exchange at the board table about videotaping school board meetings.

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Kevin McDermott

Both that witness and another reportedly told police that McDermott had his fists clenched as if he were going to throw a punch. Someone stepped in to break up the scuffle before it escalated further, McDermott told police that during the tugof-war over the box of chicken, Kelly flailed her arms, hitting him in the face and knocking off his glasses. McDermott reportedly suffered a cut lip. He reportedly admitted to grabbing Kelly’s right arm at the bicep during the scuffle.

Kelly, who wore a sling on her right arm when she came to Forest Park for an interview with police on Aug. 19, said McDermott grabbed her right hand and “jerked” her shoulder around during the scuffle.

The Proviso District 209 school board was scheduled to meet Tuesday night after the Forest Park Review’s press time.

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OPINION O U R

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here will be no citizen referendum on video gaming on this November’s ballot. That is now clear after two related decisions made last week after another long and costly gathering of the Forest Park Electoral Board.

That board, duly constituted, by statute, with Mayor Anthony Calderone, Commissioner Tom Mannix and Village Clerk Vanessa Moritz, unanimously voted against the petitioners seeking a binding vote on the issue. This was a confounding situation on several fronts. Ultimately, the electoral board decided the petitioners had not gathered enough valid voter signatures to place the question on the ballot.

Agree with that or not, the trio needed to land somewhere and they did.

The second decision came quickly from the dedicated citizens seeking a referendum vote. They chose not to take the current case to appeal but instead to regroup immediately and seek to get the same issue on the ballot in the spring 2017 elections.

That is a wise decision. An appeals process on a quirky interpretation of electoral law, on a very short election timeline is nothing but an expensive crapshoot. And even if petitioners won, there would be room for gaming supporters to cast doubt on the outcome.

What is clear to us is that, through its incomprehensible inaction on video gaming over the past 18 months, the mayor and village council have created a deep fissure in our village. There are tensions between bar owners and other business people over the impact of video gaming on the retail community. There is a wide and deep percentage of voters who now want a say in the outcome of this debate.

They want a referendum.

And with every aspect of petition gathering now placed in sharp relief by this sad, political spectacle of the petition challenge, we’re clear that referendum proponents will take advantage of the expansive window of time, the legal head whacking they just absorbed to come through with plenty of signatures to make the ballot.

So that leaves open the question of what will, what should, the village council do in response to this self-created mess they have made — in response to the political maelstrom they’ve created ahead of the next village election.

Since sitting on their collective hands has been their choice till now, we’d urge the village council to maintain that posture for another six months, allow another run at a referendum in the spring and await the verdict of Forest Parkers on this topic.

We’d reiterate our point from past weeks. This mess did not have to happen. A mayor and village council with the strength of their convictions would have simply voted video gaming up or down a year ago. They flubbed that chance.

To intervene now in a situation they have lost control of would risk creating a permanent antagonism in town.

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used to live in Florida. I ever mention that? For a few years consistently, and now off and on. Still have business interests there, so I get down with some regularity. One of the things I learned just about immediately when I moved was that, in Florida even more than in Chicago, it behooves a person to speak Spanish. This is true with the exception of South Beach, where it is more important to speak Russian.

But I only visited South Beach. I lived in the Keys. So I tried to learn some Spanish. And there were cuatro reasons why it did not go well: Reason number one: I am about half deaf, which I did not know at the time but which causes me to struggle with speakers of English, especially those with accents and those who do not enunciate like they are reading Dr. Seuss aloud while their students struggle to follow along.

It’s a little easier with hearing aids, but I still hear the world as if through a couple of warm wollen ski hats tugged down over my ears.

Reason number two: I am an adult person of reasonable intelligence, and I figured, when I decided to move, that learning Spanish would be no problemo because I already spoke halfway-decent French. And I was right: That I didn’t speak Spanish when I got there was, in fact, no problemo.

The problemo was I do speak halfway decent French. So what happens is that I would go into the Publix, where they have terrific cafe con leches. And I had my part memorized. I would say, “Dos cafe con leches, no azucar, por favor.” And the coffee-lady says “Hokay.”

And I say “Gracias.” And that works great.

But when I go in and say “Dos cafe con leches, no azucar, por favor,” and she says something like, “No cafes; machine no trabajo, Spanish/Spanish/Spanish,” then I get lost, and get them confused, and kinda panic, and start speaking a weird hybrid, like Spanglish, except Spench. It’s a terrible trilingual pidgin, like “Oh, um, then, uh, por favor, deux regular cafes. Au lait. Com-

prendez-vous ‘regular’? No-no, no Cubano.

Reg-you-lar. Con ‘Sweet and Low.’ Beaucoup.”

I’m like Christian Bale this way — a tremendous jerk without memorized lines.

Reason number three: I tend to get caught up in details. Let’s go back to the previous example. If I were working at a coffeeshop in Chicago, and someone came in and ordered “Two coffee with milks also sugars,” I’d probably figure it out. But me, I obsessed for days over whether it was “dos cafe con leches” or “dos cafes con leche.” I tried to ask, but when I said, “Is it dos cafe con leches ou dos cafes con leche?” the woman looked at me sympathetically like I had maybe had a stroke and said “Jes, two coffee. Ju wai’ here two minute.”

Reason number four: In my deepest heart of hearts, I believe that, when speaking Spanish to people who already speak Spanish, I sound like a complete idiot. That when I have walked away from the conversation, the people who have listened to me butcher their native tongue stop stifling their giggles and begin doing unkind impressions of me. Or worse, that they are annoyed by my murderous pronunciations and inadvertent substitutions of French articles, and I will catch them rolling their eyes when next I approach and be embarrassed.

But I’m trying to get over it. So I’ve learned some basic Spanish phrases, useful in Florida, which I will, in the interest of public service, now pass along to you: “Which way is the bathroom?”

“Donde esta el bano?”

“Margarita, with salt, please.”

“Margarita con sal, por favor.”

“At home it’s cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.”

“En mi pais, se congelan las bolas de mi mono.”

“Please feel free to hijack the comments to argue about video poker, as I don’t read comments.”

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Peggy Jasper, 83 Former Forest Parker Peggy Jean Jasper, 83, of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, formerly of Forest Park, died on Aug. 30, 2016 following a long-term illness. Born on June 12, 1933 to the late Charles and Thelma (Pritchett) McDaniel, she and her husband owned and operated their own restaurant business.

Peggy Jasper is survived by her four children and her five grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. She was supported and cared for by her daughter and family, Pam (Dan) Ash and their daughter Taylor. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon J. Jasper; her parents; and her siblings, Floyd, Bob, Mary, and LaVerne.

Interment took place at the Bayside Cemetery Columbarium. Huehns Funeral Home & Cremation Services assisted the fam-

ily with arrangements. Condolences, guestbook signing, and sharing of memories may be offered at www.huehnsfuneralhome.com.

Dolores Holub, 99 Lifelong Forest Parker and community activist

Dolores “Dee” Crowe Jacob Holub, 99, a lifelong resident of Forest Park, died on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016. Dolores was born to Elsie (nee Heller) and Bruce Crowe at Oak Park Hospital in 1917. She was a tremendous supporter of everything “Forest Park.” Reassigned as a child to the brand new Betsy Ross School, her teacher complimented her on making the most accurate map of the village in the many years she had assigned that project. Dolores reminded the teacher that Jacob’s Pharmacy, her stepdad’s business, had two locations in town, and with her mother driving, she would deliver prescriptions and medical supplies seven days a week.

Dee was the owner of the Glamour Box beauty salon during World War II. She was a

Sunday School teacher, a Girl Scout leader, a 50-year member of adult Girl Scout Troop “007,” a District 91 school board member, a representative of the United Way, and one of the founding members of the Forest Park Historical Society.

“On Proviso” was one of the last songs she could sing during the progression of her Alzheimer’s disease.

She joins her husband of 54 years, the late Emil Holub and her son, the late James Mudra. She is survived by her son, Dean Holub of Forest Park; her daughter, Debbie (Harry) Vander Krabben of Peachtree City, Georgia; her daughter-in-law, Pat Hopson of Chicago; and her niece, Joy Bandemer of Scandia, Minnesota.

Memorials to her church of many years First United Church of Christ, Forest Park, are welcome.

Services were held at Hursen Funeral Home in Hillside.

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Religion Guide Methodist

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First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

First Congregational Church of Maywood

Kiwanis Club President Steve Knysch

Meets every 2nd & 4th Tuesday at 6:45 pm

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.

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SERVICE LOCATION Forest Park Plaza 7600 W. Roosevelt Road Forest Park, IL 60130

William S. Winston Pastor (708) 697-5000 Sunday Service 7AM, 9AM & 11:15AM

LIVE Webcast - 11:15AM Service Believer’s Walk of Faith Broadcast Schedule (Times in Central Standard Time) Television

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West Suburban Temple Har Zion

1040 N. Harlem Avenue River Forest Meet our new 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

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. Jenny Weber, Pastor Professionally Staffed Nursery Fellowship Time after Worship Presbyterian

Fair Oaks

Lutheran—ELCA

United Lutheran Church 1 5LGJHODQG *UHHQ¿ HOG Oak Park Holy Communion with nursery care and Children’s Chapel each Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

Dennis Bushkofsky, Pastor Handicapped Accessible www.unitedlutheranchurch.org 708/386-1576 Lutheran-Independent

Grace Lutheran Church

7300 W. Division, River Forest David R. Lyle, Senior Pastor Phyllis N. Kersten Interim Associate Pastor Sunday Worship, 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

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

Childcare Available

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

744 Fair Oaks Ave. Oak Park 386-4920 Rev. Daniel deBeer, Interim Pastor Sunday Schedule Christian Education for All Ages 9:00am Worship Service 10:00am

Roman Catholic

St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

CELEBRATING OUR 105TH 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–Friday 6:30am Church Office: 708-366-0839 CCD: 708-366-3553 www.stbern.com Pastor: Fr. Stanislaw Kuca Traditional Catholic

Child care available 9-11am

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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

The Traditional Catholic Latin Mass

Our Lady Immaculate Church 410 Washington Blvd Oak Park. 708-524-2408 Mass Times: Sat. 8:00am Sun. 7:30 & 10:00am Operated by Society of St. Pius X. Confessions 1 hr. before each mass

Third Unitarian Church 11am Service: “Celebration of Life� thirdunitarianchurch.org (773) 626-9385 301 N. Mayfield near Austin and Lake

Grace Lutheran School

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

Christ Lutheran Church

607 Harvard Street (at East Av.) Oak Park, Illinois Rev. Robert M. Niehus, Pastor Sunday Bible Class: 9:15 am Sunday School: 9:10 Sunday Worship Services: 8:00 and 10:30 am Church Office: 708/386-3306 www.christlutheranoakpark.org Lutheran-Missouri Synod

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

305 Circle Ave, Forest Park Sunday Worship, 8:30 am and 11:00 am Adult Bible Class, 10:00am Wheelchair Access to Sanctuary Leonard Payton, Pastor Roney Riley, Assistant Pastor 708-366-3226 | www.stjohnforestpark.org

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 Holy Hour 6:00 pm Third Thursdays

Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor

Roman Catholic

St. Edmund Catholic Church

188 South Oak Park Av. Saturday Masses: 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.

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

Weekday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

Holy Day Masses: As Announced Reconciliation: Saturday 4:15 p.m.

Parish Office: 708-848-4417 School Phone: 708-386-5131

Unity

UNITY CHURCH OF OAK PARK 405 North Euclid Ave.

Wherever you are, God is!

And all is well.

Sunday Services 9 am & 11 am Youth Education 11 am 708-848-0960 — unityoakpark.org

Upcoming Religious Holidays Sept 6-15 Paryushana Parava Jain 11-14 Eid al Adha * Islam 14 Elevation of the Life Giving Cross (Holy Cross) Christian 22 Equinox Mabon * Wicca/Pagan n. hemisphere Ostata * Wicca/Pagan s. hemisphere

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Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 General Production Staff Position Description POSITION:

General Production Staff

DEPT/PROGRAM: Food Service

SUMMARY OF JOB DUTIES JOB TITLE: SPANISH SPEAKING BILINGUAL PART TIME CAREGIVER COMMUNITY ORGANIZER r Part-time c Exempt c r Non-exempt STATUS: c Full-time c

AgeOptions is committed to improving the quality of life and maintaining the dignity of older adults and those who care about them – through leadership and support, community partnerships, comprehensive services, accurate information and powerful advocacy. AgeOptions is recognized nationally as a leader in developing and helping to deliver innovative community-based resources and options to older populations in transition and through our network of community agencies, serves approximately 200,000 people annually. AgeOptions receives federal, state, private, foundation, and individual charitable contributions. Our offices are conveniently located in downtown Oak Park near the Lake Street L Green line and Union Pacific west Metra train station. We offer a casual work environment with competitive salaries and strong benefit packages.

To learn more about what we do, please visit our website at: www.ageoptions.org.

BASIC FUNCTION Under the leadership of the Caregiver Coordinator, the Caregiver Community Organizer will be the primary liaison to a number of Caring Together Living Better (CTLB) partners and coordinate the community outreach and communications activities of CTLB. Caring Together, Living Better is an innovative, community-based partnership in Chicago’s south and west suburbs focused on expanding and improving supportive services for informal (unpaid) caregivers of older adults. AgeOptions originally developed a south suburban CTLB partnership and has expanded the partnership into the west suburbs. The Caregiver Community Organizing Specialist will work with select CTLB partners to develop, expand and sustain their caregiver support programs, develop caregiver outreach materials and conduct outreach to caregivers, volunteers and referral sources.

SUPERVISOR:

Director of Food Service, Assistant Director and Department Heads/Coordinators (Where Appropriate)

QUALIFICATIONS/ EXPERIENCE: A minimum of a High School Degree. Must complete Food Handler Training within two (2) weeks of being hired. Must be able to comprehend detailed oral and or written instructions from supervisory staff. He/ she must be able to work cooperatively with other staff members and be able to work independently on regularly assigned or special tasks.

Responsibilities: Oak Park and River Forest High School 1. Performs the advance and daily food preparation for meals served to Dist #200 and/or Dist. #97 District 200 students and staff.

General Production/Cashier Staff Position Description Works with otherServices serving area staff to place DEPT/PROGRAM: 2.

Food and Nutrition orders with the Department Leads for specific POSITION: General Staffmenu (hot and cold itemsProduction for each day’s (Satellite program support/Cashier) sandwiches, hot entrees, etc.) to be served the following day.

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE • Must complete Handler Training within two levels (2) weeks of 3.Food Assists in monitoring the stock of regularly being hired. stocked meal components and supplies and advises the office of the need to rebuild the in• A minimum of a High School Degree. ventory, giving adequate advance notice in order • Prior experience as a cashier. to satisfy the menu each day.

• Able to understand and carry out detailed oral and or written instructions from staff. the food components of the 4. supervisory Assists in preparing day’s menu byother operating equipmentstudents such as, and but • Able to work cooperatively with staff members, not limited to, the slicer, steamers, grills, ovens, community members tilt skillet, steam-jacketed kettles and fryers.

• Able to work independently on regularly assigned or special tasks.

Assists in the set-up and service meals If you or anyone you5.know is interested in applying pleaseofvisit ourto webemphasizing high-quality customer site at: www.oprfhs.org.customers, Go to About Us and Employment Opportunities service. to be directed to our online application system.

6. Closes down and cleans the serving area and  equipment, leaving the area ready for the next day’s meal service.

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7. Returns to the Main Kitchen from serving areas by the designated time in order to begin advance Bachelor’s Degree and two years experience in communications, social preparation work for the next meal service. services, community organizing, volunteer coordination or related area or  FACILITIES ASSISTANT five years of related experience. Experience working in Latino commu8. Assists the Department Heads by assuming a nities highly preferred. Verbal and written fluency in Spanish and English share of the responsibility of the department’s  required. Ability to travel locally with valid driver’s license and proof of The facilities assistant is responsible for daily the general care,orders maintenance work in satisfying and special and  auto insurance required. and security primarily ofgeneral the Frank Lloyd Wright production needs.Home & Studio muse um, administrative office building, and museum shop.

Assistance may be This position will be located in Oak Park, IL but will involve extensive trav- required at other Trust coordinates collaborates 9. sites.

AssistsThe the position Department Heads byand learning all el among the towns of Berwyn, Cicero, Melrose Park and other western with the caretaker to accomplish assigned facilities duties.

Carry out astasks in the department and demonstrating the  suburbs. signed duties describedability in thetohousekeeping, perform them. maintenance and preserPlease visit our website at www.ageoptions.org. Interested persons,vation manuals. The facilities assistant is also designated as one of the 10.

Communicates regularly with the scheduled Departmentdays please e-mail resume with cover letter to: HR@AgeOptions.org or primary respondents on the emergency plan. Regularly   Heads to review production needs and matters Fax to: (708)524-0870. EOE. Please put PT Community Organizer in include weekends.  of quality in order to maintain a well-run departheader. Older persons encouraged to apply. Please include salary  QUALIFICATIONS: ment. history in cover letter. No phone calls please.  • Associate’s Degree equivalent trade experience. and 11. or Assists the Department Heads in Mechanical monitoring the   technical skills as demonstrated by a minimum of 2 years of prior work condition and operation of department equip experience and/or certified training. Experience with housekeeping ment in order to advise the office of the need for  preferred. Ability to learn and apply special procedures related to hisrepair or replacement of these.  toric houses and museum environments.

12. Assists thebe Department • Travel to off-site locations may necessary.Heads by assuming a   share of the responsibility for the implementation  • Ability to lift loads of 75 pounds.

Frequently moves,practices. loads, delivers, of all prescribed food sanitation  or adjusts supplies and property weighing 35 to 75 pounds. On rare The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates  13. Helps to monitorloads conditions in the production occasion, may move with assistance weighing over 100 pounds. for the position of Records Coordinator. This is a single areas and assists in the routine daily cleaning of   class position which performs a wide variety of challeng• Frequently required to climb ladders, work onand roof,storage and in areas. tight spaces the preparation, service  (crawlspaces, etc.). ing clerical work in support of managing and maintaining  14. Shares in the deep cleaning of all production and the Village’s complex document system; coordinating room • Weekend and evening hours areas required.  serving periodically as the need arises and usage for Village meetings, assisting with the special event  the work schedule permits.

• Ability to conduct visual, auditory, olfactory inspections. process and providing support to the Finance Department

as needed.

Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/.

Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

  15. Performs other duties as assigned by the Director Send Resume to: mcampbell@flwright.org  of Food Service, Assistant Director, Satellite

Coordinator or a Department Head.

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  (35) pounds alone; fifty (50) pounds with assistance.   Physical Demands: Significant physical demands such as; lifting,

pushing and pulling heavy items. Must be able to

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FOREST PARK 1 BR UNIQUE & BRIGHT Forest Park 1 br apt in vintage building.

Bedroom w/ walk-in closet. Small office/computer rm off living rm.

Large kitchen w/ 4 stool breakfast island and walk-in pantry.

Steps from Blue/Green lines. 1 blk to Madison St. restaurants, shops, etc. Includes parking, heat & water. $925/mo.

Call 708-771-9997.

902 S. 3RD AVENUE (behind Aldi) Tired of renting? Why not consider buying an affordable 2BR condo w/ 1000 sq ft of living space on this historic site at less than market rents?

Savings are built in from a unique 12 year tax freeze plus lower utility costs from energy saving systems and appliances. Onsite pkg, exterior lighting and enhanced security systems included. Be among the first to benefit from this unique project in which the buyer can have input into the individual unit(s).

Call 708-383-9223.

BEAUTIFUL HOME Completely Rehabbed Quality Home. Four Plus Bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths on extra large corner lot. $675,000. Contact 312-560-9464.

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OPEN HOUSE 730 S KENILWORTH SUN 9/18 1:30PM TO 3:30PM Great Family Home!

Lincoln School Dist.

4BR, 2.1BA. Large LR & DR, eat-in kitchen, cozy den. Central A/C, Hardwood floors, Cherry Cabinets, Granite Counters, Large Deck.

Move in Ready! $599,000.

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OAK PARK SMALL 1 BR Downtown Oak Park. Hardwood floors throughout. All utlities included. $800 per month.

Call 708-657-4226.

OAK PARK XTRA LARGE 2 BR Decorative fireplace, hardwood floors, walk-in closet, granite in kitchen plus dishhwasher. Back porch. Parking available, garage space extra. Pets OK. Heat & water incl. Near I290 and Blue Line. $1395/mo. plus security. Avail. immediately. Call 708-359-1440.

OAK PARK FOREST PARK Studio, 1, and 2 BDRM. Heated.

Dining room. Parking available.

Walk to El. $625-$1250.

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OAK PARK 1 BR 1 Bedroom, LR, DR, hardwood floors, tile bath, heat included. $875 + 1 mo security. Call 708-717-3975.

CONDO 1 BRM FOREST PARK Affordable luxury and convenience of in town living , wood floors, full granite kitchen, balcony, laundry ,elevator, utility only light,parking available! Rent $$1100 Call 708 602-7175

OAK PARK 2 BR 2 Bedrooms, LR, DR, hardwood floors, tile bath, heat included. $1,250 + 1 mo security.

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OAK PARK 3 BR Oak Park - 3 Bedrooms, LR, DR, hardwood floors, tile bath, heat included. $1,450 + 1 mo security.

Call 708-717-3975.

OAK PARK STORE OR OFFICE 350 TO 400 sq ft for store or office. 131-133 N. Ridgeland. $1200/mo.

Call Nick 630-212-0509 or Al 773-600-6867

CITY RENTALS AUSTIN VILLAGE 5939 W. Midway Parkway Remodeled 2 BR. Half block from Oak Park, Green Line & shops.

1st Floor. $875/month. Heat not included.

708-383-9223 or 773-676-6805.

SPACIOUS! Beautiful and sunny 3BR apt. Near Oak Park. $1050/mo. plus security.

Tenant pays utilities, including heat.

312-852-2814.

CHURCH FOR RENT BEAUTIFUL CHURCH FOR RENT

in OAK PARK. Perfect for a congregation.

Other potential uses. Corner of Scoville & Adams. rentalinquiry542@gmail.com 708-848-5460

SPACE FOR RENT OAK PARK SPACE Suitable for not-for-profit. Varied uses possible such as school, office spaces, community services center, clinic, etc. Please call 312-810-5948

ROOMMATE WANTED LAGRANGE HOUSE TO SHARE M or F to share ranch home in LaGrange. Features own 14 x 12 bedroom, laundry room off kitchen and nice yard with parking space. $700 per month and share of utilities. Must have source of income and transportation. Call 630-7688321.

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT * RIVER FOREST 7777 Lake St. - 3 & 4 room suites * RIVER FOREST 7756 Madison St. - STORE 926 sq. ft. * OAK PARK 6955 North Ave. - 3 & 6 room office suites $675 to $1200 * OAK PARK 6142-44 Roosevelt Rd. - 4 & 5 room office suites * OAK PARK 115 N. Marion St. - 2 room office $573

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DOWNSIZING GARAGE SALE 3701 MADISON SAT 9/17 9AM TO 5PM

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YARD SALE 7657 WILCOX SAT 9/17 8AM TO 1PM

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BIG GARAGE SALE 629 N BELLEFORTE SAT 9/17 9AM TO 1PM

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MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE 700 BLK N ELMWOOD SAT 9/17 8AM TO 3PM

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Vintage furniture. Brand name teen girl & boy clothes & sneakers, Huge selection books. Nice bed linen & curtains. Leather Couches. King Bed. Barstools. DBL stroller. Baby Gates. Lawn Mower. Lg picture frames. Excellent household items.

Toys. MUCH, MUCH MORE! Forest Park

MOVING SALE 7307 ROOSEVELT Top Floor Alley Entry SAT 8/17 8AM TO 1PM

Living Room, Bedroom & Kitchen Furniture; Small (rarely used) kitchen appliances; household items; Electric Piano works but needs minor repair; PlayStation2 w/games included (works well); many miscellaneous items, EVERYTHING MUST GO BY 1:00 P.M.!!!!

Oak Park

BACKYARD SALE 907 N LOMBARD SAT 8/17 8AM TO 12PM

Unusual items, something for everyone priced to sell. Books, movies, kitchen items, furniture, jewelry, clothes, and more.

ESTATE SALE Forest Park

304 S LOMBARD SAT 9/24 9AM

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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday evening, October 5, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter:

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Community Design Commission, acting as the Design Review Commission, of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday evening, September 28, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in Room 101 of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter:

Cal. No. 23-16-Z: 6049 North Avenue, Hunter

Cedrick

Cal. No. 03-16-DRC: 460 Lake Street, Deborah Kent

David King, Agent, on behalf of Cedrick Hunter, Applicant, is seeking a variation from Section 3.8.1 (C) (1) of the Village of Oak Park, which section requires that lots devoted to a combination of uses permitted in the B-1/B-2 District shall be landscaped to provide 25% open space for the absorption of moisture, to permit the redevelopment of an existing all commercial use building into a mixed-use development containing a residential unit on the second floor at the premises commonly known as 6049 North Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois.

Deborah Kent, Applicant, on behalf of Pilgrim Congregational Church, is requesting that a variation be granted from Section 7.7.14 (Table 2) of the Sign Code of the Village of Oak Park, which section requires that pole signs located in Residential Sign Overlay Districts shall not exceed five (5) feet in height and shall not exceed a maximum sign area of 24 square feet, to permit the installation of a pole sign that would be approximately 12 feet in height and approximately 50 square feet in area at the premises commonly known as 460 Lake Street.

Those property owners within 500 feet of the Subject Property and those persons with a special interest beyond that of the general public (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Interested Partiesâ&#x20AC;?) wishing to crossexamine witnesses must complete and file an appearance with original signatures with the Village Clerk not later than 5:00 PM on the business day preceding the public hearing.

All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Administrator at 708.358.5449.

DATED AT OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, this 14th Day of September, 2016 Published in Wednesday Journal 9/14/2016

All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Administrator at 708.358.5449.

DATED AT OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, this 14th Day of September, 2016 Published in Wednesday Journal 9/14/2016

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on the part of the bidder shall excuse the bidder or entitle it to a return of the aforementioned amount. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and payment bond in the amount of 100% of the contract amount, as well as certificates of insurance as required by the specifications.

INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given by the Board of Library Trustees of the Riverside Public Library (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Libraryâ&#x20AC;?) that sealed bid proposals will be received for the Libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;HVAC Design and Installation Projectâ&#x20AC;? (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Projectâ&#x20AC;?).

The Project generally consists of an upgrade to the existing HVAC System of the Library through the design and installation of a new HVAC unit and complete functioning â&#x20AC;&#x153;turnkeyâ&#x20AC;? system at the Riverside Public Library building located at 1 Burling Road, Riverside, Illinois. A more specific description of the required design, construction, services and equipment for the Project is set forth in the Mechanical Design Criteria for the Project included in the bid documents.

A full set of bid documents for the Project will be available for pick up by interested contractors at the office of the Library Director of the Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, Riverside, Illinois 60546, during regular Library hours (Mâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;TH 9 AM to 9 PM and F 9 AMâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 PM). A mandatory pre-bid meeting and site walk-through for this Project will be held at 10:00 a.m. on September 23, 2016 at the Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, Riverside, IL 60546.

Bidders are required to submit PreQualification documents on or before 4:00 p.m. local time on September 30, 2016. Bidders who fail to submit such documents or do not meet the Pre-Qualification requirements set forth in the Instructions to Bidders shall not be eligible to bid.

This Project is subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/ 1 et seq.).

Sealed Bid Proposals titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sealed Bidâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Riverside Public Library HVAC Design and Installation Project.â&#x20AC;? will be accepted before 4:00 p.m. local time on October 13, 2016, at the office of the Library Director located at: Riverside Public Library Attn: Janice Foley, Library Director 1 Burling Road Riverside, Illinois 60546 The sealed bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in the Libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Public Meeting Room on the lower level of the Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, Riverside, Illinois 60456, on October 17, 2016 at 12 p.m. No oral, telephone, facsimile or e-mail bid proposals will be allowed. Bidders, their authorized agents and interested parties are invited to be present.

The Riverside Public Library reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to waive any technicalities and irregularities in the bidding and to hold the bid proposals for a period of 60 days from the date of opening set forth above.

Dated September 14, 2016 Board of Trustees of the Riverside Public Library By: Janice Foley, Library Director Published in Landmark 9/14/16

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PUBLIC NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday evening, October 5, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter: Cal. No. 24-16-Z: 177 S. Oak Park Avenue, Adam Doe Adam Doe, Applicant, requests a variation from Section 3.9.3 (F) (2) (e) of the Transit-Related Retail Overlay District use restrictions, which Section prohibits general office uses (State Farm Insurance office), which are considered to be incompatible with retail uses at grade level or on the ground floor of any building or structure unless located at least 50 feet from any street line in areas adjacent to and in close proximity to mass transit stations.

The applicant seeks to allow the tenant space at 177 S. Oak Park Avenue, a tenant space located at grade or ground level and less than 50 feet from the street line, to be used as a State Farm Insurance office within the TransitRelated Overlay District.

Those property owners within 500 foot notice area and those persons with a special interest beyond that of the general public (“Interested Parties”) wishing to cross-examine witnesses must complete and file an appearance with original signatures with the Village Clerk not later than 5:00 PM on the business day preceding the public hearing.

All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Officer at 708.358.5449.

DATED AT OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, this 14th Day of September, 2016 Published in Wednesday Journal 9/14/2016

LEGAL NOTICE Attention Jumekia R Starkes & Titlemax Of Illinois, you are the last indicated owner or lienholder on file with Illinois Secretary Of State. Our records show, your 2002, Jaguar, X-Type with the following VIN SAJEA51D92XC60302 was towed to our facility. The current amount due & owing is $1925.00.

If payment is not received within 30 days, Nobs Towing Inc. will intent to enforce a mechanic’s lien pursuant to Chapter 770 ILCS 50/3. Sale of the aforementioned vehicle will take place at 1510 Hannah, Forest Park, IL, 60130 on 10/17/2016.

Published in Forest Park Review 9/14/16

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

In re the marriage of Adewale Olayeni, Petitioner and Uche Olushola Olayeni, Respondent, Case No. 2016D-008174.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the above named 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 October 18, 2016, 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.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

Published in Wednesday Journal 9/14, 9/21, 9/28/2016

PUBLIC NOTICE PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME In the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, in the matter of the petition ofJennifer Catrice McGhee for change of name to Jennifer Catrice Young, Case #2016CONC000916.

Notice is given to you, the public, that on August 26, 2016 I have filed a Petition For Change of Name in this Court, asking the Court to change my present name of Jennifer Catrice McGhee to the name of Jennifer Catrice Young.

This case will be heard on October 26, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at 50 W. Washington, Chicago, Cook County, IL in courtroom #1707.

Published in Wednesday Journal 8/31, 9/7, 9/14/2016

PUBLIC NOTICE Attention Ivan A Nino, you are the last indicated owner or lienholder on file with Illinois Secretary Of State. Our records show, your 1998, Dodge, Dakota with the following VIN 1B7FL26XXWS687311 was towed to our facility. The current amount due & owing is $1925.00.

If payment is not received within 30 days, Nobs Towing Inc. will intent to enforce a mechanic’s lien pursuant to Chapter 770 ILCS 50/3. Sale of the aforementioned vehicle will take place at 1510 Hannah, Forest Park, IL, 60130 on 10/17/16.

Published in Forest Park Review 9/14/16

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PUBLIC NOTICE Attention Melvin L Young II, you are the last indicated owner or lienholder on file with Illinois Secretary Of State. Our records show, your 2003, Buick, Lesabre with the following VIN 1G4HP52K33U160408 was towed to our facility. The current amount due & owing is $1925.00. If payment is not received within 30 days, Nobs Towing Inc. will intent to enforce a mechanic’s lien pursuant to Chapter 770 ILCS 50/3. Sale of the aforementioned vehicle will take place at 1510 Hannah, Forest Park, IL, 60130 on 10/17/2016.

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: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number 8661. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@pierceservices. com Attorney File No. 8661 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 12 CH 24561 TJSC#: 36-8620 I699237

described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-13-301-013-0000.

Commonly known as 7641 York Street, Forest Park, IL 60130.

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 property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Frederic Deraiche at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. File Number SPSF.2424 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122

real estate: Commonly known as 1307 ASHLAND AVENUE, River Forest, IL 60305 Property Index No. 15-01-113-009.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $943,691.71.

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 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, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm–3pm fax number 312-372-4398 Please refer to file number 10-048882. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 2911717 Fax #: (312) 372-4398 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 10-048882 Attorney Code.

42168 Case Number: 10 CH 54095 TJSC#: 36-10508 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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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC., SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP, INC., Plaintiff, -v.MELISSA J ABATE A/K/A MELISSA ABATE, THE 254 W. CHICAGO AVENUE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 12 CH 24561 254 CHICAGO AVENUE UNIT A 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 July 7, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 11, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 254 CHICAGO AVENUE UNIT A, Oak Park, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-322-030-1001. The real estate is improved with a condominium. 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 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR HSI ASSET SECURITIZATION CORPORATION TRUST 2005NC1, MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-NC1; Plaintiff, vs.

BRODERICK MCKINNEY; HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION III; URBAN PARTNERSHIP BANK, TRIA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 15 CH 17415 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on June 27, 2016 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 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

I701940 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR J.P.MORGAN ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-A3 MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES Plaintiff, -v.ROBERT P. ALLEN A/K/A BOB ALLEN, LISA C. ALLEN, THE PRIVATEBANK AND TRUST COMPANY, CITY OF CHICAGO, AN ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, THE INDECOR GROUP D/B/A J.C. LICHT COMPANY Defendants 10 CH 54095 1307 ASHLAND AVENUE River Forest, IL 60305 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 30, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 3, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described

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

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WELL MAINTAINED PROPERTY with coach house and two flat. Each unit has its own heating system. 1st floor front has central A/C. Electric services are 100 amp C/B. Front building has open front porch. Buildings are situated on a 50 x 125 ft. lot. Close to Madison Street shopping, Restaurants, and night life. Front building the basement is has sprinkler system which result in lower insurance rates. Coach house is owner-occupied. ...................................................$299,000

A GREAT LITTLE COTTAGE for anybody.

First floor offers a formal DR, living room, small full bath, large eat in kitchen, two bedrooms, and enclosed back porch with a huge built in storage system. Finished basement offers a perfect in law arrangement with a full walk out entry. Family room, large full bath, bedroom, and of course laundry facility, plus tons of storage. LOADS of upgrades: new rubber roof(50 yr. warranty), new large front porch, newer vinyl windows, overhead sewers for a totally dry basement, new ejector pump, 2 year old 50 gallon hot water heater, 6 year old furnace, new liner for chimney + chimney tuck pointed! The final touch is the quaint private backyard perfect for Fall with it's very own fire pit! ........................................................................................................................ $215,000

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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY on State Street with great potential for mini mart or any similar business .Property has no further remediation letter on file with the E.P.A. There is a small exsisting bldg. in poor condition. Could be rehabbed. ............. .......................................................................$65,000

GREAT FAMILY HOME with large garden & backyard. Tri-level with 4000 sq. ft. of living area.

Spacious rooms throughout. Two wood burning fireplaces. Heated Florida room off first floor den, living room, formal dining room, kitchen with breakfast area, and family room overlooking yard. 3 BR, 2.5 BA’s. Lower level features huge family room with fireplace. 2 car attached garage with mud room.

Multiple heating units & central air systems. Living room, dining room & bedrooms have hardwood floors. Entrance foyer and den feature terrazzo floors. Offered at .......................................................................................................................$650,000 Call Jerry Jacknow at (708) 366-8989

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A COZY HOUSE at a great price! Beautiful corner with a large yard. This bungalow offers two first floor bedrooms and one on the second floor. A cozy all white kitchen in the back of the house sits next to a large dining room with vintage windows to let the light into your dinner parties! The basement is an unfinished space. At this price you can go in and rework the whole space! .......................... $169,500

READY TO MOVE IN. Completely re-decorated, new carpeting throughout.

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