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Illinois National Guard ready for move into Roosevelt Road site
Kiwanis honors Dan Watts, Ken Snyder
Military reserve building was renovated earlier this year
Annual awards recognize service to village youth and to quality of life in Forest Park
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
By JESSICA MORDACQ
After sitting vacant for about four years, the military reserve building at 7402 Roosevelt Rd. officially has new tenants this month. The 234th Electronic Warfare Company and 217th Military Intelligence Battalion of the Illinois National Guard have already started to occupy the Roosevelt Road building. There, they will perform intelligence collection, exploitation and analysis, as well as electronic warfare and cyber operations, according to the organization’s public affairs office. The office said the 217th Military Intelligence Battalion has an activation ceremony on Oct. 18 at far west suburban Cantigny Park to bring them into active existence after, on Sept. 19, Company C, 341st Military See NATIONAL GUARD on page 12
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The old Armed Forces Reserve building at 7402 Roosevelt Road will now be occupied by the Illinois National Guard.
The 103-year-old Forest Park Kiwanis Club, composed of volunteers dedicated to serving the community and its children, will recognize two locals at its annual awards dinner on Oct. 15 at Jimmy’s Place in Forest Park. Dan Watts, president of Forest Park Bank, will be given Kiwanis’ first Commonwealth Award, recognizing him for meritorious service to the quality of life in Forest Park. And Ken Snyder will receive the Ed O’Shea Award, which recognizes meritorious service to young people in Forest Park. “In a commonwealth, all members of the community are able to flourish. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. A rising tide lifts every boat in the harbor,” said Jerry Lordan, incoming Kiwanis president, of the new award. Jill Wagner, circulation and reader engagement manager at the See KIWANIS AWARDS on page 14
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A look back in time: Trout fishing in Forest Park, 1966
Alan Brouilette: The 4 stages of Halloween
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Sendero opens in same spot as Casa Humilde, with same owner Jose Lopez has expanded food, drink and programming at new Mexican restaurant By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
After a year-and-a-half in business, the Casa Humilde brewery at 7700 Madison St. closed in February when the two brothers who owned it went their separate ways. One of them, Jose Lopez, opened Sendero in its place early last month. Sendero will have its ribbon cutting on Oct. 24 at 2 p.m., which will include a mariachi band, churro truck and, in the evening, live Mexican music. Both familiar and new, Sendero has expanded food, drink and programming options since Casa Humilde closed. “It was months of brainstorming and seeing what the right situation would be for the new project, the new brand, and also trying to find the right people, the right concept, and a team that’s in line with what we want to create,” Lopez told the Review. “It wasn’t too far off from what we were doing here with Casa Humilde. It became a community space, a space where we can showcase and highlight our Mexican roots via music, the beers and the food.” Casa Humilde no longer makes beer; the brand neither sells its beer at the brewery collective District Brew Yards in Chicago, nor its standalone Wheeling location. But Sendero will start brewing their own beer off-site in the coming weeks, including a Mexican lager, pale ale and non-alcoholic lager. Though the Madison Street building previously housed Exit Strategy Brewing, which closed in Oct. 2023 and brewed on-site, Casa Humilde beer was brewed at District Brew Yards. And Sendero plans to distribute its beer in local stores, requiring a larger production facility than the Madison Street location could manage. While Casa Humilde only sold beer, seltzers, and food, Lopez said the old restaurant planned to get a different class of liquor license to also sell liquor. Now, Sendero has a full bar with a selection of Mexican wine,
plus agaves and tequilas. “We want to keep it simple, more intentional. Our cocktail list consists of six-to-eight cocktails at a time. And our bartenders are great. If you want something that’s off the menu, they can probably make it for you,” Lopez said. Some of Sendero’s food menu reflects that of Casa Humilde’s, while other items are new. “I kept some of the top-sellers or fan favorites that we knew people liked, and we added a little twist to the menu with a lot of Oaxacan inspiration from one of our chef partners,” Lopez said. The two head cooks at Casa Humilde now work at Sendero. “At the end JESSICA MORDACQ of the day, we want to create a cantina vibe where we still have some of that bar food.” Jose Lopez, owner of Sendero, which opened six months after Lopez and his brother The menu also boasts classics like burritos, closed Casa Humilde at the same location. tacos and birria. Mainstay customer favorites include Mexican street corn, loaded nachos and fries — the menu with quesadillas, tacos and boneless The restaurant offers other regular prolatter seasoned with chorizo spice and topped chicken bites. For dessert, Lopez said chil- gramming, too. On Thursdays from 7 to 9 with queso sauce, guacamole, crema, pico dren have been enjoying the churro sundae p.m., Sendero hosts Lotería, a Mexican game and meat. Also popular are the tlayudas, a with vanilla ice cream and a choice of cara- similar to bingo, with drink deals. On Fri14-inch corn tostada with black bean spread, mel, chocolate, strawberry and guava cara- days starting at 8 p.m., Sendero hosts karaOaxaca cheese, pickled onions and salsa roja mel sauce. oke, and on Saturdays, DJs and live bands. In “We get a lot of families,” Lopez said of — “The most Oaxacan thing we have,” Lopez the back of Sendero, there’s a small stage for Sendero’s clientele. performances. said of the southern Mexican staple. Sendero also changed the restaurant’s inte“We want to build to where, every day of “In Oaxaca, it doesn’t come cut up or sliced or anything, so you just go at it and break into rior, including its color scheme and a new tile the week, something’s happening,” Lopez said. “We’re getting busier every week as it, either with your hands, which is what a lot backsplash around the bar. When Casa people are finding out that we’re open.” of people are Humilde Next month, Sendero plans to start offering really enjoywas open, brunch on weekends, along with Tazita cofing, or with the brewery fee, made with beans from Mexico that are a fork and had 30 pic- processed by Sendero. knife,” Lopez nic tables on Lopez said he hopes that Sendero’s guests said of the tlathe outdoor leave the restaurant both happy and fulfilled. yudas. patio, which “We’re seeing it with the service, the food, “There’s Sendero has and the cocktails, and eventually with the ena lot of good closed for the tertainment,” Lopez said. “I want, six months Mexican food season. Once from now, Sendero to be a place where you in the area,” the weather can go on a date night, stick around for a DJ Lopez added gets warmer set, for some live music, for karaoke. … We’re of Madison next seeing families come in. They’re celebrating Street and beJESSICA MORDACQ again year, Sendero a birthday, they’re coming with their parents. yond, “but we Sendero is located at 7700 Madison St. will have a They get here at 7 p.m., and they don’t leave want to have 16-foot-wide until 11 p.m. or 12 a.m. because they’re hava little bit for LED screen on the patio for sports and movie ing a good time, and we want that.” everyone.” Sendero is located at 7700 Madison St. It is New additions to Sendero’s menu include nights. There are also more TVs in the build- closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, and open chicken wings — tossed in your choice of homemade sauces like buffalo, pineapple ing now, “Because we were doing very well 4 to 10 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays; serrano, mango habanero and passion fruit with sports,” Lopez said. Every Sunday that 3 p.m. to midnight on Fridays; noon to midhabanero. the Chicago Bears play, Sendero shows the night on Saturdays; and noon to 8 p.m. on Sendero, like Casa Humilde, has a kid’s games. Sundays
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Property values, sale prices up in Forest Park, Proviso Township Property assessments went out last month; appeals due by Oct. 27
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
On Sept. 14, Forest Parkers received in the mail a reassessment notice of their properties from the Cook County Assessor’s Office, which included an estimated market value of their property. Every three years, Proviso Township has its property value assessment, which impacts how much homeowners pay annually in property taxes. Often, the higher the assessment value, the higher the property taxes. Data provided by the Cook County Assessor’s Office shows that, this year, sale prices and market values for condominiums, single- and multi-family homes have increased in Forest Park and across Proviso Township — which includes Forest Park as well as Maywood, Bellwood, Melrose Park, Berkeley, Westchester, Broadview and Brookfield. If any Forest Park resident thinks their property assessment is inaccurate, they have until Oct. 27 to appeal their property value assessments with the Cook County Board of Review for free.
In most of Forest Park, the median sale price for a multi-family home last year was $405,000, compared to $365,000 in the last assessment. Of 14 multi-family home sales last year, the minimum sale price was $165,000 and the top was $475,000.
year homes were built is 1919, the median building size is 2,285 square feet, and the median lot size is 4,539 square feet. In the part of Proviso Township that includes most of Forest Park, in 2025, the median condo sales price was $145,000. In
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Median housing sale prices and property values In a subsection of Proviso Township that includes most of Forest Park, the median sale price for a single-family home last year was $350,000. In the 2023 assessment, it was $315,000. Of 58 single-family homes sold in the area last year, the minimum sales price was $150,000, and the top was $787,000. The 2026 median assessor’s property value for over 1,200 single-family homes in the area is $334,000 — up from $296,000 in the last assessment. In the most-recent assessment of these single-family homes, the median building size is 1,226 square feet, and the median lot size is 4,029 square feet. The median year they were built is 1923.
erty value for 197 condos in the area is $125,000, up from $101,000 in 2023. The median year this assessment’s condos were built is 1972. The median building size is 16,368 square feet, and the median lot size is just over 24,000.
This year, the median assessor’s property value for 341 multi-family homes in the area is $416,000, compared to last assessment’s $350,000. In this group, the median
2023, it was $104,000. Of 15 condo sales last year, the minimum sale price was $86,000 and the top was $207,000. This year, the median assessor’s prop-
In Proviso Township, sale prices have gone up the most for multifamily homes. The median sale price for multi-family homes last year was $449,000, up from $400,000 the year before, $383,000 in 2023, and $376,000 in 2022. Across Proviso Township, the median assessor’s estimated market value for multi-family homes this year is $379,000, a 22% change from the last assessment. The median sales price of singlefamily homes in Proviso Township also increased last year to $326,000, up from $312,000 in 2024. Prices also increased over the prior two years, from $280,000 in 2022 to $286,000 in 2023. This year, the estimated market value for single-family homes is $286,000, a 19% change from the last assessment. Unlike multi- and single-family homes, the sale price of condominiums decreased last year — from $177,000 in 2024 to $155,000 in 2025. The median sale price in 2023 was $154,000, up from $145,000 the year prior. But the market value for condos this year shows a 23% change from the last assessment at $172,000. According to Cook County Tax Appeal, a law firm that specializes in property value assessment appeals for the area, the last assessment in 2023 garnered over 10,300 residential appeals in Proviso Township. File your property value assessment appeal free of charge at https://appeals.cookcountyboardofreview.com/ or in person at the Cook County Board of Review office Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at 118 N. Clark St. in Chicago.
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Celebrating the life of Jackie Schulz
Family, friends, and all those whose lives were touched by Jackie are warmly invited to gather in remembrance, to honor her life, and to share in this final farewell. Service Details Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. Calvary Cemetery 667 W. Jackson Street, Woodstock, Illinois
All are welcome.
A graveside memorial service will be held at Calvary Cemetery in Woodstock, Illinois. A Catholic deacon from St. Mary Church will offer a brief prayer service as Jackie’s ashes are laid to rest at the gravesite of her mother.
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It’s official: Brenda Powers is community center director
She’s been acting director since Karen Dylewski retired earlier this year By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
In January, Karen Dylewski retired as director of the Howard Mohr Community Center after nearly 20 years in the role. As director, Dylewski helped provide services for seniors, host childcare programs, and organize resources for locals. When Dylewski took a step back from the community center last year, Assistant Director Brenda Powers and the center’s four other staff members filled in. Though she’s been acting director since, Powers was announced as the community center’s official new director after the village council unanimously approved a resolution for her appointment at a Sept. 28 meeting. Owned and operated by the village, the community center offers its food box and
many locals booked part pantry program for any Forof the community center est Park resident with proof of residency, hosts regular for birthday parties, famhealth fairs and provides ily reunions, meetings for childcare before and after disabled veterans, Cub and school for kids in kinderBoy Scouts and local orgagarten through sixth grade. nizations. It also hosts senior services “It’s an interesting job. and programming — seniors It’s never the same, and meet at the community center that’s why I’ve stayed so every Tuesday from 9 a.m. to long,” Powers said. noon. Powers has been a part “A lot of people don’t know of the community cenBRENDA POWERS what we do here,” Powers ter since 2005, when she told the Review. “We want to started as the after-school encourage everybody that, if care coordinator. She then they need answers to anything, just give us served as after-school care director for seva call. We never say, ‘No.’” And if the com- eral years and, after Covid, became assismunity center doesn’t have the answer, “let tant director of the community center as a us find out because the more information whole. we know, the better it is for the commu“I had worked here for so long that I nity.” knew the day-to-day operations of everyAs director, Powers said she wants to thing,” Powers said. bring back programming the community As assistant director, Powers planned center had before Covid, including more senior trips and events, helped people with rentals of their space in the evenings and benefit access to get discounts on license on weekends. Powers said, before Covid, plates and free rides on public transit, and
worked every day with the kids who attended after-school care — along with Meghan Dowdle, who’s worked at the center for over a decade and became assistant director when Powers became interim director. “Everyone here is cross-trained,” Powers said of the community center’s five staff members. “If I were not here, Meghan knows what to do. If Meghan’s not here, the rest of us pick up.” Though Dylewski was a pillar of the community center for nearly two decades, the community center will still operate the same without her “great personality. She’s a great person,” Powers said. “Even though she’s retired, I want [people] to know they can still come here for services.” Powers said her favorite things about the community center are the variety and the people. “Some days it’s so busy, you’re going, going, going, and you don’t realize what time it is,” Powers said. She added, “You learn so much from the people because they’re from all walks of life — they’re seniors, they’re young parents. It’s very interesting to get everybody’s perspective.”
Once more, remembering the wonderful Jackie Schulz
Join a graveside ceremony for Forest Park’s scribe By JILL WAGNER Contributing Reporter
For nearly 50 years, Jackie Schulz documented the spirit of Forest Park in a weekly column in the Review called “Talk of the Town.” Her charm and warmth convinced people she met to share their stories about their gardens, graduations, promotions, births, vacations, welcomes, visitors, special events and every birthday she recorded on her note cards. Armed with a radiant smile, infectious giggle, and always a bit flustered, she would share little gifts and a joyous enthusiasm that lightened any space. She was a public school teacher who loved working with children and was a delight to many generations of Forest Park children who grew up near her. She started at the Review office on Madison in 1970 when she was hired by Bob Haeger to write a friendly column
each week as part of the “Paper with the Personal Touch.” Each week she sat at the typewriter clicking little chirpings from life in Forest Park and included her home phone number in the headline to make it easier for readers to connect with her. She continued writing her Talk of the Town after she retired from teaching and was often seen with her curly, white-haired dog, Callahan (and later, Barkley). The pups would help her meet new faces and friends especially on her way to Century & Sleuths bookstore, Schauer’s and the beauty salon. Jackie’s cousin, Cliff Rau, reached out last week to let us know that there is a graveside memorial being held this Saturday, Oct. 17 at 1 p.m. at Calvary Cemetery in Woodstock as Jackie’s ashes are laid to rest at the gravesite of her mother. All whose lives who were touched by Jackie are invited to come and honor and remember her life in this final farewell. Surely those who look for a cup of good cheer, lighthearted company and a twinkle of joy will enjoy fondly sharing remembrances of Jackie Schulz with friends and family.
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Gruesome fire at World’s Fair took 17 lives in 1893
he eyes of the world were on Chicago during the summer of 1893. The Columbian Exposition, or Chicago World’s Fair, changed the reputation of Chicago from a “cow town” to a world-class metropolis. The fair was a wondrous, oncein-a-lifetime experience for many. But on July 10, 1893, it was a fatal tragedy for 17 men and their families and a traumatic experience for the fair goers who witnessed the event. Louis J. Frank, buried in Concordia Cemetery, was one of those ill-fated men. The Chicago World’s Fair was incredibly ambitious with over 200 buildings constructed over 686 acres on the South Side in Jackson Park. It was a massive undertaking built over the course of little more than two years. It would have been impos-
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sible to build permanent structures in such a short period of time, so wood buildings were erected which were then covered in staff, a mixture of powdered gypsum, glycerine, dextrin, jute fiber, and water, which could be molded and painted to look like marble. Only one building on the grounds was meant to last, the Palace of Fine Arts, which now houses the Museum of Science and Industry. All kinds of marvels were presented at the fair – engines, trains, automobiles, light bulbs, appliances, jewelry, produce, art, china, furniture, the zipper – a seemingly endless list of innovations and inventions were displayed. One of the massive buildings at the fair was the Cold Storage Building, called the “Greatest Refrigerator on Earth.” The structure was built and owned by the Hercules Iron Company, and the exhibits were run by the West Side Artificial Ice Company of Chicago. It stretched a whopping 130 by 255 feet and was six stories tall. The first floor stored the massive amounts of food served at the fair. Ice was also made on the premises and the top floor had an ice skating rink. Its neo-classical design was by Franklin Burnham (no relation to Daniel Burnham, director of works at the fair), and it fit in with the other impressive white structures which earned the fair its nickname “The White City.” The building had a 191-foot-tall iron chimney that initially looked out of place atop its gleaming white exterior. A wooden structure, topped off by a cupola, was built to cover the chimney. Tragically, the cupola was very close to the flue, with the steel smokestack shorter than the wooden structure, leaving it exposed to heat and cinders. A “thimble” had been designed to protect the woodwork, but in the hurry to finish the building, it was never installed. There was also an open space between the smokestack and the wood exterior, leaving a void between the two. On Tuesday, July 10, 37,264 people bought tickets to the fair. At around 1 p.m., a fire was spotted on the cupola of the Cold Storage Building. At first it looked to be a small fire. The World’s Fair See QUIETEST NEIGHBORS on page 8
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QUIETEST NEIGHBORS World’s Fair fire from page 7 firefighters (they had their own force) had already handled a similar fire earlier in the season. Firefighters, both from the fair and the City of Chicago, accessed the roof of the building. They climbed the tower using cleats that had already been embedded in the wood instead of using ladders to get to a platform just below the cupola. The plan was to pull up firehoses to douse
but they failed, ropes that were tossed up burned and broke apart in the intense flames. An estimated 25,000 people watched. “Strong men turned their heads away and women fainted by the score.” Guards had to keep the crowd back from interfering with rescue attempts. Some said it was so packed, that they couldn’t leave even if they had wanted to. The spectators were transfixed as the trapped firemen embraced each other, saying their goodbyes. Some then jumped into the inferno. Men below put together makeshift nets from articles of clothing, but they couldn’t get close enough to catch anyone.
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the flames. What the men didn’t know was that bits of burning debris had been dropping down the space between the chimney and the wood casing, starting a larger fire underneath them. Soon, smoke from below alarmed the men. Some made a split-second decision and were able to escape, but the flames soon intensified. One firefighter jumped for the hose, was able to catch it, and slid down to the roof as his clothes caught fire. Flames then burnt the hose in two before others could do the same. Frantic attempts were made to rescue the men,
Finally, only two men remained on the platform, Captain Fitzpatrick tried to get his fellow firefighter to leave first, but he refused. The captain then grabbed a rope that had been burnt short, slid down the 20 feet of it that remained, pushed out away from the tower, and fell. Three firemen climbed a ladder to the roof to grab Fitzpatrick and lowered him to the ground – the crowd cheered in relief as the three others made it down. Sadly, Fitzpatrick did not survive the fall. The last man remaining also tried to use the rope, but as he grabbed it, the tow-
er collapsed. The papers reported, “Men who had shouted a warning the moment before stood dumb before the awful sight, the women in the multitude alone found voice. Their shrieks rose above the roaring and crackling of the flames, and as they died away a vast moan swept over the crowd – a pitiful cry from strong men who knew that death in its most awful form had claimed those whose forms were just visible through the smoke.” By 4 p.m. the fire was out. A nearby horse stable burnt to the ground and a statue of a sphynx was destroyed, but other buildings were protected with minimal damage. A large copper statue of Christopher Columbus that stood at the entrance had been dragged out of the way of rescue equipment and survived. It was slow work finding all of the remains in the charred rubble. Most were burned beyond recognition. (At one point, there were rumors of bodies at the bottom of an elevator shaft, but those turned out to be sheep that had been stored in the warehouse). There were differing accounts of the total dead, but the official toll is four civilians and 13 firefighters. (Nine of the firefighters were from the World’s Fair Fire Department, the rest were from Chicago’s Fire Department). One of the bodies is still unidentified and assumed to be a civilian. The cause of the fire was never detemined. Louis J. Frank was a pipeman with the World’s Fair Fire Department. He was one of the men who leapt from the tower to the roof. He did not die on the day of the fire and was taken to the emergency hospital on the fairgrounds in a “precarious state,” badly burned and with a broken right arm. He was delirious in the hospital, calling out for his companions. He lingered for 30 hours and then passed from his injuries at 4 a.m. on July 12. He was 30 years old. The Cold Storage Building had been known to be a fire hazard, and in fact, insurance carriers canceled coverage on the building just a month before the inferno. A Coroner’s inquest found four men at fault: Daniel Burnham of the World’s Fair Construction Department, Marshal Murphy of the fire department, and from the Hercules Iron Works, John Skinner and C.A. McDonald. But a subsequent grand jury did not make any indictments and those four men were absolved of any blame. The owner of the rescued statue of Christopher Columbus donated it as a memorial to those who had lost their lives. After being in various locations, the statue was moved in 2001 to the Fire Museum of
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Memorial at Oak Woods Cemetery Greater Chicago where it currently resides. There is also a memorial for the fallen men at Oak Woods Cemetery. The fair continued through the summer. The Cold Storage building was never rebuilt. After the fair closed, the fairgrounds fell into disrepair. Ironically, two suspicious fires took out the majority of the remaining buildings – one on Jan. 8, 1894 and another on July 5-6, 1894, the latter believed to have been part of the violence during the Pullman Strike. The beautiful White City laid in ashes. References: Chicago Eagle, Chicago Daily Socialist, Chicago Tribune, Chicagoology. com, Digital Research Library of Illinois History, Firefighter Close Calls, Firehero. org, Fiery Tales YouTube Channel, The Inter Ocean, Harper’s Weekly, Minneapolis Journal, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Worldsfairchicago1893.com
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New transit agency open house Wednesday
The newly formed Northern Illinois Transit Agency, NITA, is hosting an open house to gather input from interested citizens and answer their questions. The open house will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Oct. 14 in the Burlington Room at Union Station, 225 S. Canal St. Officials say the event is designed for citizens to explore and walk through the rider journey on the regional transit system, discuss pain points and future improvements, and learn more about what the Northern Illinois Transit Authority will do. “This open house is the start of a broader series of public engagement opportunities, including additional in-person and virtual events,” the agency said in a press release. “Tell us what’s working, where you see opportunities for improvement and what matters most as NITA plans for the years ahead.” Feedback gathered throughout the public meetings series will inform NITA’s
budget, service planning, capital, and rider-experience work. There will also be tables on doing business with the regional transit system and applying to work at the agencies. NITA is developing its first-ever regional budget for fiscal year 2027 for operations of the CTA, Metra and Pace. Survey responses will help NITA better understand public priorities as it develops the 2027 Regional Transit Budget and plans for future transit improvements. Officials will review the results alongside other public input and consider them as part of the broader budget development process. NITA will release its proposed 2027 Regional Transit Budget on Nov. 3. Riders and residents will have additional opportunities to review the proposed budget and provide feedback during the formal public comment period before the NITA Board considers its adoption in December.
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A successful new chapter for a long-time neighborhood staple How Elmwood Park’s Old World Pizza is thriving under new ownership By JACKIE PISANO Staff Reporter
For six decades, Old World Pizza has made its home inside an Elmwood Park strip mall near the bustling crossroads of North and Harlem Avenues. While ownership has passed through a few hands since its humble 1960s beginnings, one goal remains the same, yet with deeper dedication than ever before — delivering authentic, Chicago-style Italian food that feeds both hungry appetites and satisfies neighborhood camaraderie. In September 2024, Forest Park resident Danielle Michelon and her fiancé, Patrick Sumara, jumped at the opportunity to pur-
chase the business, something Michelon says was a shared dream of taking a struggling pizzeria and rejuvenating it into a thriving and delicious community cornerstone. With Michelon’s background in sales and marketing and Sumara’s experience in the finance world, both were new to the world of restaurant ownership. But Sumara, who was a longtime patron of Old World Pizza, decided with Michelon that the time was right to take the plunge into purchasing the business and helping restore the restaurant in jeopardy of completely closing
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The restaurant may have changed hands over the years, but one thing has remained the same: Old World Pizza’s beloved thin-crust pizza recipe with an in-house cheese blend and sauce described as “perfectly in the middle of sweetness.
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Fan-favorite pasta dinners include homemade lasagna, which can be ordered either with meat or meatless.
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OLD WORLD PIZZA Chicago’s No.1 Pizza! Take a journey back to the Old World with us. JACKIE PISANO
One of the only double deck pizzas available locally — a pie featuring two thin-crust pizzas stacked atop each other and finished with a braided crust. its doors into a classically-driven village staple with some modern marketing. “Patrick’s dream was always to find a business that was failing and get into the restoration of it,” Michelon said. “It’s been awesome taking this restaurant that was about to close and bring it back to being a profitable business and restoring it.” With cosmetic interior updates and upgrades to the quality of ingredients purchased for its homemade menu items, Michelon says she’s proud of two things that have remained the same after so many years: staying true to the restaurant’s original thin-crust pizza recipe, and the kitchen leadership of Amadeo Montalvo, who has worked in the kitchen at Old World Pizza for more than 30 years. “I would say what makes our pizza so special is our blend of cheese, which we mix ourselves,” she said. “It’s a housecheese blend, and our sauce is perfectly in the middle — it’s not too sweet, it’s not too acidic, it’s not too tomato-ey. Our dough is simple and made in-house, and people rave about it.” In addition to delivering the same tavernstyle thin crust the restaurant was always known for, Michelon says Montalvo helps guide the couple with ensuring all menu items are fresh and cooked to perfection. As homage to the restaurant’s long-time chef, Michelon and Sumara have added a new fan-favorite to the menu — the Amadeo sub.
“The sandwich is his invention, like a kitchen-sink of Italian sandwiches,” she said. Crafted with cuts of ham, pepperoni and Italian beef, the Amadeo is generously loaded with toppings including lettuce, tomatoes, onions, American and mozzarella cheeses, and the customer’s choice of hot giardiniera or jalapeños. Another new menu item Michelon says quickly rose to fan-favorite is the double deck pie pizza — a thin-crust pizza layer with toppings and cheese stacked with another thin-crust pizza on top and the two crusts braided together. “The double deck pizza definitely makes us stand out,” she said. Other hot dishes include pasta dinners, like the lasagna (fresh pasta stuffed with imported cheeses, blended with fresh spinach and herbs, and draped with their homemade marinara sauce) and chicken wings (available in a variety of flavors including barbecue, lemon pepper, hot Buffalo sauce, garlic parmesan, mango habanero and citrus explosion). Despite the dozens of pizzerias scattered across Elmwood Park and the surrounding area, Michelon says Old World Pizza isn’t in the business of competition, but being a friendly neighbor. “I love having other pizza spots in the neighborhood that we can play off of, and other businesses and the Village of Elmwood Park have been awesome,” she said.
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tastes better,” she said. Throughout the month of October, Old World Pizza will be featuring specialty menu items for National Pizza Month, including their invention of a “witches brew pizza,” made with hot giardiniera, mushrooms, garlic, spinach and ricotta cheese. Be on the lookout for additional fun menu items celebrating National Sausage Day, National Pasta Day and National Dessert Day. Old World Pizza, 7230 W. North Ave., is open seven days a week. For more information including hours, the full menu and catering options, visit originaloldworldpizza. brygid.online.
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Roosevelt Road building upgraded from page 1 Intelligence Battalion cased its colors and was divested from because of the U.S. Army’s modernization efforts. The 341st Battalion was positioned to move into the Forest Park facility this year, but now many of its members will transfer to the 217th Battalion. Every day, some National Guard employees will work from the building. And on drill weekends once or twice a month, no more than 300 soldiers in the 234th Electronic Warfare Company and 217th Military Intelligence Battalion will train and work there. “These are traditional National Guard soldiers who drill one weekend a month and two weeks a year,” Lt. Col. Brad Leighton, Illinois National Guard’s public affairs director, told the Review in an email. “These are fellow Illinoisians, mostly from the Forest Park or Chicagoland area.
We are talking about people who have and fencing around the property. civilian jobs in addition to their military Completed by June, the recent buildjobs — teachers, college students, doctors, ing renovations would’ve costed the Illilawyers, carpenters, plumbnois National Guard up to ers.” $418,000 had they contractOver the last several ed it out, according to its months, the Illinois Napublic affairs office. tional Guard has been “The work they did both making improvements to trained them for their the building’s interior. war-time mission and will In May, the Macombhave a lasting impact on based 616th Engineer Utilithe organization through ties Detachment and 661st improved facilities,” said Engineer Construction Co. Brig. Gen. Lenny Williams — which do electric, water, in a statement. He’s Assissewer, carpentry and matant Adjutant General of sonry work for the Illinois the Army of the Illinois National Guard — started National Guard and Comrenovating the building. mander of the Illinois This included replacing Army National Guard. ceiling tiles, installing rail“We had a really good ings and LED lighting, plus time,” said Sgt. Seth MiLENNY WILLIAMS replacing doorways and the chaels, a carpentry and Brigadier General building’s heating system. masonry specialist who The Illinois National worked on the Forest Park Guard public affairs office facility, in a statement. He told the Review that it’s readded that the long-vacant questing federal funding to further reno- building needed the work. “We really vate the building and planning separate, flipped it.” Last year, the Army Corp of Engineers smaller projects to repair the parking lot
“The work they did both trained them for their war-time mission and will have a lasting impact on the organization through improved facilities.”
licensed the property to the Illinois National Guard indefinitely. The Illinois National Guard’s public affairs office told the Review that soldiers will work and drill at the site for the foreseeable future, and the Illinois Army National Guard plans to be in Forest Park for decades. Before the Illinois National Guard acquired the building, it was the Navy Reserve Center, where local Naval and Marine Corps reservists trained. The Navy moved out of the property about two decades ago, and the U.S. Army Reserve Command took over the building in 2007, when it started training and deploying units for Army missions at the property. The Army moved out in 2022. At various times over the last two decades, the Village of Forest Park has expressed interest in acquiring the property from the federal government. Redevelopment concepts have ranged from commercial uses to residential projects. Mayor Rory Hoskins once suggested shifting all village government services onto the property. Last year, Hoskins told the Review that the Illinois National Guard coming to Forest Park would be “a good thing for the village” and that “the state is a great partner.”
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Man repeatedly trespasses Forest Park Public Library By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
Police responded to a trespasser at the Forest Park Public Library on Oct. 8 at 11 a.m. The caller told police that, last year, a man was issued a three-year suspension from the library and was notified then by police. Since then, she said he’d returned 12 times, including on Oct. 8. The woman said the trespassed man has thrown books at and made threats toward employees. After watching the library’s surveillance footage, police found the man on Harlem Avenue. As police handcuffed the man, he pulled away and resisted arrest. At the police department, police searched the man’s bag and found two debit cards with names that were not his. The man told police that he is homeless and usually stays in Chicago, according to the police report. He said he went to the library to talk to one of the librarians he had previous interactions with and was aware he had a suspension. The man was charged with criminal trespassing, resisting an officer, two counts of possessing a lost debit or credit card, and an in-state warrant.
In-state warrant While on patrol the morning of Oct. 7, police saw a vehicle in the 8200 block of Roosevelt with a child in the backseat who was hanging out the window. According to police, the driver then turned onto Des Plaines Avenue into the wrong lane. Police pulled the driver over and ran his name, which revealed he had a warrant for his arrest out of Cook County for contempt of court. He was charged with the warrant and received a traffic violation for violating the Illinois Vehicle Code.
Missing person Police were dispatched to the 400 block of Marengo at 4 p.m. on Oct. 7 for a lost child. On scene, police found a youngster about 3 years old who was crying and asking for his mom. When police asked the child where he lived, he pointed toward Madi-
son. As police were walking toward Madison, the child’s father came out of a Marengo residence. He said he just got home from picking up his daughter and couldn’t find the boy. The man told police that his wife was inside and supposed to be watching the child. Police reported the incident to DCFS, but no one was charged.
Armed violence While on patrol near 1 a.m. on Oct. 6, police saw a man riding a bike in the street near Madison and Harlem. The bike didn’t have a front headlight on it, which is required by the Illinois Vehicle Code and a Forest Park local ordinance. Police pulled the bike over on Madison. The young man riding the bike said he didn’t have an ID and paused before providing a fake name and birthday. The man asked to get his birth certificate from his backpack, and police said he was not allowed. Then the man ran away. Police chased him, then tased him. The man repeatedly tensed his body and kicked to resist arrest, causing abrasions and cuts to multiple officers’ hands, according to the police report. Oak Park and River Forest police helped detain the man. Police found a loaded semi-automatic handgun in the man’s backpack, along with plastic bags of cocaine and cannabis, and a debit card with his name on it. The 20-year-old was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, armed violence, delivery and possession of controlled substances, three counts of resisting an officer, obstructing identification, driving without lights, and an in-state Warrant for aggravated battery with a firearm. These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated Oct. 5 - 8 and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.
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KIWANIS AWARDS Honoring involvement from page 1 Forest Park Review, is the outgoing president. “One of the things which makes our community special is the presence of locally owned and operated businesses,” Lordan said. “The Forest Park Bank is an important factor in this success story.” The Ed O’Shea Award is named after a longtime Kiwanian and village attorney. Lordan said Snyder received the award largely for his role as scout leader in Forest Park and in helping launch the Proviso 209 Scholarship.
Commonwealth Award When Lordan called Watts to tell him he won Kiwanis’ inaugural Commonwealth Award, Watts said, “I was honored, and I was kind of taken aback. There are a lot of people who do a lot of great things for Forest Park, so I feel very honored to accept that award.” Watts has been a member of Kiwanis for over 25 years. Now a River Forest resident, he previously lived in Forest Park and was a Forest Park village commissioner for two terms. Around that time, Watts said he started vol-
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Forest Park Bank President Dan Watts, a former village council commissioner, earned this year’s first Commonwealth Award.
unteering with Kiwanis. “We did a lot of very good things for the community during those years, and Kiwanis continues to do a lot of good things for the community,” Watts told the Review. One of those good things that sticks out to Watts is when a Kiwanis member dressed up as Santa and brought bags of toys to local children. “It was a really wonderful Christmas Day surprise for a number of needy and deserving families.” As recipient of the Commonwealth Award, Watts has helped improve quality of life in Forest Park, through leading Forest Park Bank and his time on the village council. “The bank is the lender to most of the businesses in Forest Park,” Watts said. Bank staff also helps locals with mortgages and deposit services — all while competing with larger banking institutions. “I think what we bring is high touch while maintaining the technology that’s necessary to operate in today’s environment,” Watts said. “Our technology is good, but our high touch for those of our depositors and borrowers who don’t have the knowledge or ability to handle the technology is very helpful to a large portion of our population, many of which are older.” Watts also served on the village council. “While I was commissioner, we did a lot of aggressive and forward-thinking things,” Watts said. He was a part of the council that created Forest Park’s first TIF district for the area around Walmart, and which helped provide grants to local businesses on Madison Street. The council he was on also acquired some of the pocket parks that the park district now operates. And improved the housing stock through more-focused zoning and property inspections. Watts is also a co-owner of O’Sullivan’s Public House with his brother, Jim. “That’s a very social networking spot for a large portion of the people who are in Forest Park,” Watts said. “People love Madison Street, and we, among many of the restaurants, really cater to the sense of community within the boundaries of Forest Park.” As he’s honored after more than 25 years with Kiwanis, Watts said he hopes a new generation joins the organization. “I’m on the older side of the people who have participated in many of these social and fraternal organizations, but I think they’re an important component to a well-rounded community,” Watts said. “I would encourage participation within those fraternal and social organizations for younger people who are interested in keeping the culture and the community feel of the town itself.”
Ed O’Shea Award When Snyder found out he’d be recognized for his service to Forest Park youth, he was surprised and flattered. “I’m not the most well-known person in the community,” Snyder told the Review. “I know that I’ve done a lot of things for the youth, so I’m very proud of that, but I think it’s an indication that people can have a really big impact on kids in our community by stepping up in ways that aren’t the most public.”
or college. “Proviso doesn’t have the same resources that our neighboring communities have,” Snyder said. “Our students didn’t have access to scholarships that are kind of taken for granted in other places, so a lot of us felt the need to support the students and our community members in that way.” Funding for the scholarship comes entirely from Proviso residents and community organizations.
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Ken Snyder will receive Kiwanis’ Ed O’Shea Award at this year’s annual awards dinner, largely because of his role with local scouts. Here, he prepares the Tiger Den of first graders for their first hike at Thatcher Woods in 2017. Snyder credits those he worked with in scouts and on the 209 Scholarship for Proviso students for his recognition. “There are dozens of other people who volunteer as scout leaders, for the scholarship and other things. I did that stuff as part of a group,” he said. Though he’s not a member of Kiwanis, for many years, Snyder led Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts in Forest Park, which are sponsored by Kiwanis. He helped with local scouts from the time his two boys were in first grade through early high school. Snyder has assisted Cub Scouts with learning about outdoor skill building, civics and their responsibilities as members of the community. And in Boy Scouts, he helped boys understand how to be leaders. A decade ago, Snyder helped launch the 209 Scholarship, of which Kiwanis is a fiscal sponsor. The scholarship has funded more than $150,000 for 96 Proviso Township high school graduates as they pursue trade school
“That’s one of the really special things about the scholarship is that money isn’t coming from wherever. It’s people in the community supporting students,” Snyder said. Every year, there are two scholarships awarded. “One, which we call ‘Overcoming Adversity,’ is for students that might have lower GPAs but have shown that they have what it takes to succeed,” Snyder said. The other one is for students with higher GPAs, “who have excelled throughout high school.” Previous Ed O’Shea Award recipients include, but are not limited to: Joe Byrnes, Scott Entler, Dave Novak, Larry Piekarz, Karen Dylewski, Tony Calderone, Sharon O’Shea, Mike Mohr, Dorothy Gillian, Pat Malone, Richard ‘Chubbs’ Polfus, and Jackie Schulz. The annual Kiwanis awards dinner is Oct. 15 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Jimmy’s Place, 7411 W Madison St., Forest Park. Buy tickets at www.eventbrite.com/e/kiwanis-award-dinner-tickets-1997983160417.
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alloween is one of the few holidays that has the decency to change its expectations of you as you age. Christmas keeps demanding that you experience wonder. Thanksgiving expects gratitude. New Year’s Eve insists you have fun, which is the surest way to prevent anyone from having any. Halloween, on the other hand, understands that a 7-year-old, a 17-year-old, a 27-year-old and a 57-year-old have very different ideas about what constitutes a successful evening. It accommodates all of them, although not necessarily with the approval of law enforcement. Stage One: The Golden Age of Free Candy For children, Halloween is the greatest possible arrangement of human affairs. You put on a costume, walk up to the homes of strangers, and they give you candy. Not because you’ve been good, or done your chores, or successfully endured a haircut. Just because you showed up dressed as Spider-Man. It’s a beautiful system. The costume is important, but only as a means to an end. The real business is acquisition. Routes are planned. Neighborhoods are evaluated. The house distributing full-size Snickers is identified and its location treated as classified intelligence. At the end of the evening, the haul is dumped on the living room floor and sorted with the ruthless efficiency of a commodities trader. Candy corn is regarded with suspicion. Almond Joys are treated as a personal insult. Parents impose a candy tax, introducing their children to
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The four stages of Halloween the fundamental injustice of government. Stage Two: The Criminal Years At some point, usually around 13, you become too old to trickor-treat but too young to have anything resembling good judgment. Halloween becomes an opportunity to roam around after dark in groups, doing things you would be embarrassed to explain to your parents, assuming you were foolish enough to get caught. There are eggs. There is toilet paper. There are elaborate plans involving shaving cream that sound brilliant at 8:30 p.m. and considerably less so when a police cruiser appears. The costume becomes optional (for the kids, not the police. The police keep their costumes on). The important thing is being outside, unsupervised, with people whose collective intelligence drops a *lot* in groups. (Here again I am speaking of the kids. Mostly.) Stage Three: The Sexy Years Eventually, Halloween becomes an adult holiday, which means alcohol, questionable sexual decisions, and the opportunity to dress in ways that would ordinarily invite a conversation with Human Resources. This is the era of elaborate parties, expensive costumes, and the joyous tradition of making everything slutty. Slutty doctor. Slutty vampire. Slutty Cookie Monster. I invite you to imagine a Slutty Donald
Trump costume (send this week’s therapy bill to Growing Community Media). The costumes are increasingly less about disguising your identity than advertising your availability. The men are dressed as pirates, pimps, and various characters from Pulp Fiction. The women have somehow transformed occupations like firefighter, librarian, and prison guard into lingerie categories. Everyone is drinking from a red plastic cup, and nobody is making the kind of decisions that will look good in daylight. For a few glorious years, Halloween is basically New Year’s Eve without the pretense of self-improvement. You go to three parties, kiss somebody you shouldn’t, lose a piece of your costume, and wake up somewhere unfamiliar with glitter in places glitter should never be. There’s always a photograph taken at 2:30 a.m. that everyone agrees must never be seen again. Naturally, it’s on the internet by breakfast. (Take a moment, my fellow Olds, to appreciate having gotten some of this out of our systems before everyone carried a camera everywhere.) Eventually, though, Halloween starts to acquire a certain respectability. You host parties where people bring appetizers instead of mystery substances. You coordinate costumes with a romantic partner, which is a sign that one of you has surrendered. Perhaps the questionable sexual decisions even backfire to such a degree that you find yourself pulling a wagon
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full of exhausted princesses and sobbing superheroes while carrying a plastic pumpkin and wondering whether anyone has remembered to put the garbage out. This is the beginning of the end. Stage Four: The Porch Years Finally, you arrive at the Halloween of late middle age, when you have absolutely no interest in dressing up, going out, staying up late, or being anywhere that requires you to shout over music. You buy candy. You turn on the porch light. You sit in a chair. And it’s wonderful. You get to see the little kids practically vibrating with excitement. You get to see the teenagers pretending they’re not having fun, which is how teenagers have fun. You see the young adults heading toward parties, dressed in costumes that must have required either tremendous confidence or a substantial amount of vodka. You recognize every stage because you’ve occupied every stage. You remember the candy, the mischief, the parties, the children. And now you’re content to watch. This might be the best Halloween stage of all. No costume to assemble, no party to attend, no candy to negotiate with your siblings over, no explaining to the police why there are six rolls of toilet paper in your backpack. Just a chair, a bowl of miniature chocolate bars, and the annual parade of people enjoying a holiday that once belonged to you. At 8:15, you turn off the porch light, eat three leftover Reese’s cups, and go to bed. Happy Halloween, everybody. Don’t egg my house.
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Trout fishing in Forest Park
n October of 1966 more than 500 children and adults angled their way into the pool for trout fishing. The park board and Supt. James Sarno stocked the pool with 250 pounds of Wisconsin trout. The first day, 175 fish were caught by local residents with bait ranging from worms to cheese to fancy flys. The weeks of fishing in October were open to residents only and there was a daily limit of two trout per person. Grade school children were charged 50 cents and high-schoolers and adults were charged $1. Some of the fish were tagged and were eligible for special prizes from local merchants. On opening day, Mayor Howard Mohr was out fishing for an hour, but had no success while the children around him hauled them in.
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Katie Corrigan, 52 Who loved fiercely
Mary Kathleen (McNulty) Corrigan, 52, died peacefully, surrounded by friends and family, on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. “Katie,” as her late husband Kevin adoringly called her, fought bravely through multiple strokes and cancer. After showing exemplary strength for the couple’s three children, she was welcomed home and reunited with Kevin. Born on Feb. 20, 1974 to Thomas C. McNulty and Mary Jane (Scanlon) McNulty in Des Plaines at Holy Family Hospital, she attended Hatch Elementary, Emerson Middle School and OPRF High School in Oak Park. She worked as an endodontic assistant and office manager at Cameo Endodontics and as
a preschool aide teacher at Garfield Elementary in Forest Park. Her biggest accomplishment, however, was marrying the love of her life, Kevin Corrigan (who preceded her in death in 2021), and fiercely loving their three children, Molly, Maeve and James Thomas “JT” Corrigan. She rarely minced words, was assertive, clever and hilarious, and as loyal as she was loving. She was that friend — the one with whom you laughed until you cried or ran out of breath. She is deeply missed and leaves an unfillable void. Mary Kate is survived by her three children, Maeve, Molly and JT; her mother, Mary Jane (Scanlon) McNulty; her brother, Sean P. McNulty; her mother-in-law, Kay (Mannell) Corrigan; her brother-in-law, James B. Corrigan; her sisters-in-law, Carol (Corrigan) Falasz and her companion, EJ Stern, Mary Kay (Corrigan) Ross and her husband, John, Beth (Corrigan) Peloquin and her husband, Mark, and Ann (Corrigan) Bath and her husband, Jamey; her four nieces and three nephews: Lauren (Falasz) Laughlin (Aaron), Ashley (Falasz) Carpenter (Alex), Katie Ross, Alice Bath, Brian Falasz, Charlie Bath and
Jeremiah Peloquin; and her dear friends, Chris and Erin Leahy and their daughters, Maeve and Kendall and a whole “village” of extended family, neighbors, co-workers and friends near and far who will forever feel her absence. She was predeceased by her husband, Kevin S. Corrigan; her father, Thomas C. McNulty of Oak Park; and her father-in-law, James B. Corrigan. Memorial visitation will be held at Zimmerman-Harnett Funeral Home in Forest Park on Oct. 14 from 4 to 7 p.m. A funeral Mass will be held at St. Odilo Catholic Church, 2244 East Ave., Berwyn on Oct. 15, at 9:30 a.m., interment private. Kate’s family would like to thank all the doctors, nurses and medical staff at Lutheran General Hospital and Loyola Medical Center for their care and expertise and Trinity High School and St. Pat’s High School for their unending love and support. In lieu of flowers, please email anncorriganbath@gmail.com to learn about ways to assist with the creation and funding of a health and education trust for the benefit of the children.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCAF ACQUISITION TRUST Plaintiff, -v.SANDRA MATTHEWS, STATE OF ILLINOIS - DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF CLEO MATTHEWS, SHAKIRA JADE MATTHEWS, KIMBERLY JOYCE MATTHEWS, NICOLE DENISE ROSS A/K/A NICOLE MATTHEWS, DIAMANTE DAVIS, DESTINY DAVIS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, JOHN LYDON, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CLEO MATTHEWS (DECEASED), PARADISE MARIE MATTHEWS Defendants 2024CH05104 1831 S 8TH AVE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 28, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 9, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1831 S 8TH AVE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-14-301008-0000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium
unit which 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 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-24-02921 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2024CH05104 TJSC#: 46-2187 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2024CH05104 I3295320
Commonly known as 441 Geneva Ave., Hillside, IL 60162 Property Index No. 15-08-432020-0000 The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence. The judgment amount was $150,015.28 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www. auction.com by entering 441 Geneva Ave. into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www.auction.com prior to placing a bid. 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)(l) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: Diaz Anselmo & Associates, LLC (630) 453-6960 please refer to file number 6710-217934. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 6710-217934 Case Number: 2025CH04803 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. I3294941
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE, LLC, Plaintiff, -v.JUAN M. ORTIZ; SANDRA GARCIA; Defendants. 2025CH04803 441 Geneva Ave., Hillside, IL 60162 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 8/6/2026, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 11/16/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on November 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION Wintrust Bank, N.A., Plaintiff Vs Jeronimo Maldonado; City of Chicago; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants. Case No. 2026CH00837 Property Address: 3412-3416 W. North Ave. Stone Park, IL 60165 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on September 23, 2026, and order authorizing the Receiver, Ryan McNaughton of Ryan McNaughton Holdings, LLC, to enter into a listing agreement with George Toscas of ACO Commercial, as the Court Appointed Selling Officer (“Selling Officer”), entered September 23, 2026, Selling Officer has listed for sale, and is seeking offers to purchase, the following described mortgaged real estate property: Parcel Identification Numbers: 15-04-106-046-0000; 15-04-106052-0000; and 15-04-106-0530000. Commonly known as: 3412-3416 West North Ave., Chicago, IL 60614 The mortgaged real estate consists of a commercial building used by defendant/mortgagor as a recording studio. The court has directed that the real estate be sold via traditional sale. The Property will be available for inspection and will be listed and marketed for sale. The Property will be sold AS IS/ WHEREAS WITH NO REPRESENTATIONS For more information, or to schedule a tour, contact: AOC Commercial George Toscas (312) 638-9950 George.Toscas@acocommercial. com October 29, 2026 I3295200
Buckthorn Lane into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www. auction.com prior to placing a bid. 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)(l) 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. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES PC (630) 794-5300 please refer to file number 14-26-01494. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 14-26-01494 Case Number: 2026CH03524 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. I3295338
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR FREDDIE MAC SEASONED LOANS STRUCTURED TRANSACTION TRUST, SERIES 2021-1 Plaintiff vs. CIRENIO SOLIS; ALICIA SOLIS; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 26 CH 2840 CALENDAR 59 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on November 9, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-10-235-044-0000. Commonly known as 135 S. 10th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153. The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Diaz Anselmo & Associates P.A., 1771 West Diehl Road, Suite 120, Naperville, IL 60563. (630) 453-6960. 1496-230707 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3295007
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee on behalf of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust and for the registered holders of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-HE3, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Plaintiff, -v.Yolanda Pozos; Jaime Pozos; Defendants. 2026CH03524 412 Buckthorn Lane, Hillside, IL 60162 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 7/21/2026, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 11/16/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on November 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate. Commonly known as 412 Buckthorn Lane, Hillside, IL 60162 Property Index No. 15-08-326023-0000; 15-08-326-024-0000 The real estate is improved with a Residential Property. The judgment amount was $255,674.72 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 412
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.JACQUELINE DESHANA GILES, DEBRINA TARINA RANSON, RICKY R GILES, HELEN GILES, OSCAR GILES, NAPOLEON GILES, JR, CHERYL GILES, VICTOR GILES, RODNEY GILES, PATRICIA GILES, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF NAPOLEAN GILES, DECEASED, DAMON RITENHOUSE, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ESTATE OF NAPOLEON GILES, DECEASED, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2022 CH 04195 1916 S 17TH AVE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 21, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 4, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1916 S 17TH AVE , MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-15-315023-0000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $179,796.99. Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which 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 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
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You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact CHAD LEWIS, ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325, ROSEMONT, IL, 60018 (561) 241-6901. Please refer to file number 22-022095. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CHAD LEWIS ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325 ROSEMONT IL, 60018 561-241-6901 E-Mail: ILMAIL@RASLG.COM Attorney File No. 22-022095 Attorney ARDC No. 6306439 Attorney Code. 65582 Case Number: 2022 CH 04195 TJSC#: 46-2139 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2022 CH 04195 I3295021
Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which 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 JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 30 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 3650, Chicago, IL, 60602 (312) 541-9710. Please refer to file number 26 2045. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 30 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 3650 Chicago IL, 60602 312-541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 26 2045 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 2026CH02988 TJSC#: 46-1878 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised
that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2026CH02988 I3295621
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff, -v.THEODORE LARKIN, FATIMA BOLO LARKIN, SECRETARY OF VETERAN AFFAIRS, MV REALTY OF ILLINOIS, LLC, SERVICE EXPERTS HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING LLC Defendants 2026CH02988 2251 S 10TH AVENUE BROADVIEW, IL 60155 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 11, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 17, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2251 S 10TH AVENUE, BROADVIEW, IL 60155 Property Index No. 15-22-207-0070000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $239,552.25.
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