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A divine partnership Living Word celebrates its 20th anniversary owning Forest Park Plaza this year

By TOM HOLMES

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his year marks the 20th anniversary of the purchase of Forest Park Plaza by City Services, a for-profit arm of Living Word Christian Center. Rev. Bill Winston and Living Word bought the mall property from the Illinois Teachers Retirement System in 1998, taking out a mortgage for $13.2 million.

Over the years, Living Word has grown from a storefront church to a 20,000 member megachurch. It has opened a business school, mall and bank, although the latter of which ultimately failed.

“I don’t think anyone knew what the end game was when we purchased the mall,” said Melody Winston, property manager of the 33-acre campus at Forest Park Plaza, 7600 Roosevelt Rd. She is also the daughter of Rev. Bill Winston, the pastor and entrepreneur who put the mall purchase into motion all those years ago.

Bill Winston grew up in Tuskegee, Alabama, where he graduated from the Tuskegee Institute in 1967. Having been a part of the ROTC program in college, he moved into Air Force flight school after graduation, and went on to fly fighter jets in the Vietnam War. After being discharged from the Air Force, he eventually got a job at IBM. But in 1985, he received a call to become a preacher See LIVING WORD on page 11

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In 1998, their senior year, Kelly and Sledge had both transferred into Proviso Township High School District 209 after

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A Child’s Christmas in Brookfield

ne Christmas was so much fun like the other in that snowfilled suburb. I reach into the snow bank of memory and pull out a gingerbread man. We carved their shapes on a flour-dusted table.

After they were baked, we slathered them with frosting and sprinkles. We hung them with string from the tree. Edible ornaments we could grab any time for a snack.

In that gingerbread world, we decorated the fresh-cut spruce. The strings of lights were tangled into a Gordian knot and if just one bulb was out, the whole string didn’t work. After we found enough lights that worked, we wound them around the tree. Then we hung tinsel and delicate glass ornaments. The glorious tree was ready for presents.

There were the practical presents: the blankets, hats and mittens. Scratchy wool sweaters we had to wear for Christmas pictures. There were also a few impractical presents: board games, electric football and jigsaw puzzles. My mother feared the puzzles because my dad would get so obsessed, he’d stop going to work.

When he did go to the office, he brought large quantities of booze to give out to

lawyers, insurance adjusters and the other clients who made presents possible. We prayed for money to come in but not many payments were processed during that season of office parties.

Our family always had its own Christmas party because there were so many of us, we were never invited anywhere.

Cleaning and decorating the house for Christmas was exciting in those flax soap days. Polishing the silver candlesticks and cleaning the glass of our hurricane lamps. Setting out the red-patterned china that we used for every holiday.

The best part was the aroma from two ovens, as we baked a turkey in each one.

Not that we were inside much to enjoy it. Playing outside was mandatory. Snow would fill our boots and soak our mittens. When we couldn’t stand it anymore, we shivered our way into the house.

Feeling the warmth return to our fingers and toes almost made the suffering worth it. To warm our insides, there was marshmallow-melting cocoa. As we thawed, we not only thought of the presents we’d get but also of the presents we had made in school. Homely creations of paper, sparkles and glue. We prayed our parents would be pleased.

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Our family

always had its own Christmas party because there were so many of us, we were never invited anywhere.

At the Christmas dinner, there were no aunts, uncles or grandparents. They had their own parties. We gorged on turkey, mountains of mashed potatoes and rolls hot from the oven.

On Christmas morning, there was a frenzy, as we ripped open packages. We didn’t take turns, or even acknowledge the gift-giver. We just ripped. The younger ones were convinced that all of these gifts were from Santa and no blasphemer could shake their faith. After the frenzy subsided, we painfully posed for pictures in our scratchy sweaters. Then we had the Christmas bonfire, burning the packaging and wrapping in the backyard.

We slept deeply that night, knowing we had new toys to play with in the morning. We’d wake up early to find my father, unshaven — his hair sticking up, fitting another piece into the puzzle. It was a letdown, after the excitement of Christmas.

But the tree stayed up for a few days, and the decorations hadn’t yet returned to their attic prison. Among these, were a set of figures. Crowned men on camels, a rough wooden stable with a cow, a young couple watching over their tiny baby.

They were fun to play with and must have had something to do with Christmas.

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

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Park district employee runs for commissioner Russ says he was inspired by those who came before

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

Ryan Russ is running for village commissioner, campaigning on the issues of unity, economic development and supporting the public high schools. A lifelong Forest Parker, he works as maintenance foreman at the Park District of Forest Park.

“The divide over the video gaming vote is huge, and it just needs to be gotten over and we need to start moving forward. Unfortunately, it’s going from that into an election, which will either compound it or somebody has to step up and smooth it over. I feel like I can be that kind of person,” he said. “I want to bring people together; I think that’s one of my strong suits. I don’t take myself too seriously.”

When it comes to video gaming, Russ said he feels residents should have let elected officials decide on the practice, but understands those who campaigned for a vote. A majority of residents voted video gambling out of Forest Park in November. The vote was historic — Forest Park is the first village to publicly vote the practice down after the machines had already been installed.

Russ cited his “high energy” personality as a positive trait that could bridge the gap between those who voted for, and those who voted against, the practice.

“We need to talk about it, we need to figure it out; one side needs to talk to the other side instead of Facebook messaging and going and being internet warriors,” he said. “That’s what Forest Park is — it’s always been a community. Even if you don’t like somebody, we’re neighbors. That’s life. It’s gotten to a point where people are just so upset about this; let’s do something about it. Let’s turn negative energy into positive energy.”

Now that the revenue from video gaming is gone, Russ said, the village will need to find a new revenue source to fill the void.

But the village needs to come together, he said, before any economic development can occur. If elected to the post, he promised he will not force issues down residents’ throats.

“We can’t just say, ‘This is how it has to be,’ because that’s the problem. ... We need to listen to each other and talk and figure out as a collective group what can be done.”

Russ was inspired to run by those who came before him, naming Mayor Anthony Calderone, Commissioner Rachell Entler,

St. Bernardine’s awaits word from Renew My Church It’s been hurry up and wait for the Catholic churches in Forest Park, Oak Park and River Forest regarding the Renew My Church initiative underway by the Archdiocese of Chicago.

The initiative is a consolidation of parishes in the Chicago area to address declining membership within the Catholic faith. A recent newsletter from St. Luke Parish, 528 Lake St., notes that the initiative also is a result of a “declining number of priests, which is projected to drop from 770 to 240 diocesan priests by 2030.”

The parishes are being placed in subgroups; the Oak Park, River Forest, Forest Park sub-group includes: Ascension, 808 S. East Ave., Oak Park; St. Bernardine, 7246 Harrison St., Forest Park; St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy, 38 N. Austin Blvd., Oak Park; St. Edmund, 188 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park; St. Giles, 1045 Columbian Ave., Oak Park; St. Vincent Ferrer, 1530 Jackson Ave., River Forest; and St. Luke.

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Archdiocese spokeswoman Susan Thomas said in an email that “no decisions have been made at this time,” concerning the Renew My Church initiative for local parishes. St. Bernardine referred all questions to Ascension’s pastor, Rev. James Hulbert, who said that: “Mass attendance has taken a steep dive over here in the last 10 to 15 years” and that the Renew My Church initiative will likely result in fewer priests serving area parishes, resulting in consolidated administrative teams.

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and former commissioner and mayoral candidate Rory Hoskins as a few examples.

He said he will not run with a slate.

“If I get elected to be on the village council, I will work with whoever I’m elected with. I kind of have an issue with the slatey thing, personally. You should vote for the best person, not just ‘I vote for this group,’” Russ said.

As the father of two young children, he said he’s also concerned about the quality of Proviso Township District 209 High Schools, and “enjoyed the energy” of the Proviso Together campaign last election, saying that he found candidates Nathan Wagner, Theresa Kelly and Claudia Media “very, very positive.” They are running for re-election this election cycle.

“Whether it’s East or PMSA, students should have the confidence to know they’re going to get a good education, no matter where you go. High school should not have to be a kid’s worry or parent’s worry,” said Russ, who grew up on the 500 block of Hannah, hanging out with the same group of 10 friends from first grade to high school. He hopes his kids can grow up in the same vein, creating lifelong friends and learning the

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INDEPENDENT: Russ said he feels passionate about unity, development and the schools. values of respect and collaboration.

“The real people who know they’re going to stay here and have equity in this town, they’re the ones I’m concerned about,” he said. “We need to be able to have our kids grow up and go to their friend’s weddings.

If you meet someone in Forest Park, you know them your whole life. It’s through and through; it’s thicker than politics for me.”

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Calderone says goodbye Mayor Anthony Calderone officially an- identity, appointing volunteers to serve on nounced he will not seek another term on Dec. boards and commissions as accomplish6, naming his personal and professional life as ments he’s proud of.

He named the village’s staff — includreasons he’s leaving office after 20 years. The ing its legal, engineering, land Review broke the news on Nov. 30 planning and financial team — that Calderone would not seek a as “by far the finest anywhere.” sixth term as mayor.

But he said finances continue to “This decision was a difficult be a challenge for Forest Park. one to make; and a heavy-hearted “The challenges of zoning one,” Calderone wrote Dec. 6 in a regulation in a mature village, reflective Facebook post. unfunded mandates, and lim“I will fulfill and complete the ited finances will continue to be balance of my term with the challenging,” he wrote. same passion and earnest desire A lifelong resident of the vilthat I so did when I began this lage, Calderone’s family first journey.”

ANTHONY CALDERONE settled in Forest Park more than Calderone was elected mayor in Mayor 100 years ago. Growing up, he 1999, after serving as village comdelivered newspapers. When missioner for eight years. He succeeded the late Lorraine Popelka, who served the time came, he attended Proviso East for 12 years and was the village’s first female High School.

Calderone served in various volunteer mayor. Calderone said he used his professional skills to change the culture at village hall, roles in the village, including president of as well as how it delivered its services, when the Kiwanis Club of Forest Park, president he first entered office. He is the owner of Il- of the West Central Municipal Conference, volunteering with the Lions Club. linois Alarm Service, a security alarm firm.

“Forest Park runs through my veins and “I never imagined serving as mayor for 20 years, but it was a calling that I felt needed I will always love this community and its to be answered as our village was faltering, people,” he wrote. “I wish the very best for and it took enormous effort to get it on track a bright and vibrant future for our amazing community. The good people of our town for the future,” he wrote.

Calderone named ushering in new busi- will always remain in my heart.” nesses, helping the village create its own Nona Tepper

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WORK IN PROGRESS: After a devasting fire, Charlie’s staff were forced to strip and gut the restaurant.

Charlie’s plans February grand opening The crew at Charlie’s Restaurant, 7427 Roosevelt Road, now aims to re-open by February 2019, after a fire totally destroyed the interior of the space nearly a year ago.

Formerly named Andrea’s Restaurant, staff decided to revamp and rename the eatery after the longtime owner Charlie Philippou, according to his daughter Maria Philippou.

“The support from the town and all of our customers is much appreciated,” Philippou said. “We are all eager to get back to work and can’t wait to see everyone soon!”

Philippou called updating the restaurant “a struggle and a long process” following the fire, but she said most of the major work is complete, including installing new plumbing, electric, roofing and mechanical systems. The fire destroyed the entire restaurant; the entire building had to be cleared.

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She added that many things needed to be brought up to code, including creating larger bathrooms that are in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

“The theme is still going to be a cozy little diner, but just a little more modern looking,” she said. “We’re going to try and make it look as cute as we can.”

Charlie’s is scheduled to be open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., 365 days a year, and include such specials as a free glass of wine with every dinner purchase, a free meal for kids with the purchase of an adult entrée, and 10 percent off for all Forest Parkers every Thursday, according to the restaurant’s website.

“We’re really excited to see everyone and we’ll definitely post an exact date to open when we’re close to knowing for sure,” Philippou said.

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Green townhomes proposed for Burkhardt Court Plan Commission continues hearing on development into January

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

Two years ago, Brightleaf Homes built the most energy-efficient house in Forest Park.

Now the green construction firm is looking to expand its local footprint and has proposed building three detached townhomes on the 300 block of Burkhardt Court.

“I started off as a little tree hugger when I was a kid,” said Scott Sanders, partner at Brightleaf, “I would always recycle, turn the lights off, always want to do Arbor Day stuff — and I guess it conveyed into the business.”

He bought a vacant, single-family home at 315 Burkhardt Court for $221,000 in October, according to property records. Before he bought the home, he said people had been illegally renting its rooms out as a boarding house, with tenants leaving their cars parked along the street and on the oversize lot at all hours of the day. Neighbors constantly complained about the home’s residents; eventually the property fell into foreclosure and lay vacant.

Sanders, who has been renting an apartment for the past two years on the 600 block of Marengo in Forest Park, saw the site for sale and immediately bought it, thinking he might be able to build another local green project.

Two months later, on Dec. 3, he presented his building plans for the first time to the Forest Park Plan Commission. Because of the small lot size and lack of alley, Sanders said the townhomes will be situated from front to back on the property, rather than left to right along Burkhardt, as would be typical. Three garages will join the townhomes.

Sanders is not seeking any zoning variances on the project; because of this, he said he expected plan commission members to approve the project at the initial meeting. But the three members present instead made a motion to continue the hearing into January, requesting that Sanders look into landscaping adjustments — particularly, ways

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GREEN SCENE: Townhomes would face front to back, rather than left to right. to incorporate more greenspace and plants on the property — and covenants with the townhome association regarding snow and storm water removal and mailboxes. They also had questions about the aesthetics of the development, particularly why the side of the townhomes will face the street.

“My perspective is, you will never be looking at the townhomes straight on. You will also be looking at them from the side of the block; it’s not going to ever look two-dimensional,” Sanders said.

Neighbor Kelly Gundlach, who was present at the meeting, said she believes there should be more green space on the development. As it stands, the main green space proposed is a turf ground cover on the back

of the property, which will face Desplaines Avenue.

“It sounded to me that green space wasn’t a high priority by the developer,” Gundlach said. “Trees are important. They are good for the environment, help with pollution, help mask maybe the high-rises around it and they create a neighborly setting.”

Sanders said he’s happy to substitute grass in place of turf if that’s what the village requests.

In the application, he wrote that he expects the project to win “multiple design awards,” as well as an award from the U.S. Department of Energy for innovation in housing, due to the development’s compact heating-and-cooling system, all-electric con-

struction and rooftop solar panels.

The plan commission will discuss the project again on Jan. 7, a month after Sanders hoped to already have the village council’s blessing to build. He originally hoped to have the project ready by spring; now he thinks the project will be completed by the summer. Once it’s done, he plans to live in one of the townhomes and pre-sell the other two for more than $220,000 each.

“It’s in the best interest of the village to get this done,” Sanders said. “Neighbors don’t want an empty lot with construction tents set up and I obviously don’t want to pay the loan on the construction tents either.”

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D209 board approves 2-year contract for asst. supt.

Nicole Howard, hired in 2017, gets 5% pay increase

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

During a regular meeting last month, the Proviso Township High Schools District 209 Board of Education unanimously approved a contract extension for a top administrator.

The board approved a two-year contract for Nicole Howard, assistant superintendent for Academics and Student and

Family Services, during a regular meeting on Nov. 13.

Howard was hired in that role in 2017 at a salary of $156,960. This most recent contract features a salary of $164,902, a 5 percent increase.

Before coming to Proviso, Howard worked as a chief academic officer and math department chair at North Lawndale Preparatory High School for 10 years. She has also worked at Academy of Urban School Leadership and Chicago Public Schools. She has a doctorate in Education

from the University of Illinois Chicago.

According to the job description, the assistant superintendent for Academics and Student and Family Services is responsible “for working collaboratively with instructional leaders to ensure that the district is offering a rigorous curriculum aligned with state and national standards,” among other responsibilities.

CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

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Breakfast with Santa Enjoy breakfast with Santa from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 15 at the Park District of Forest Park’s Roos Recreation Center, 7329 W. Harrison St. Registration required. Cost $9 residents, $15 nonresidents. Bring your own camera. Visit the Park District’s main building, Roos Recreation Center or pdofp.org to register. Call 708-3667500 for more information.

Explore Forest Park: Kagan & Gaines Music Company Join Forest Park Public Library staff in learning the history of and touring Kagan & Gaines Music Company from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 20 at 7655 W. Roosevelt Rd. Meet at the music store.

Fiddler on the Roof Join the Howard Mohr Community for a rendition of Fiddler on the Roof, from 2 to 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 19 at The Cadillac Palace in Chicago. Tickets $85 resident; $89 non-resident. Includes dinner at Reza’s Restaurant. Reservations required. Please call the Howard Mohr Community Center at 708771-7737 to sign up.

Grown Up Game Night Enjoy an evening of Scrabble, Exploding Kittens and Flash Point from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 17 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Teen Karaoke Teens can pick a song and perform like no one’s watching from 4 to 5 p.m. on Dec. 14 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.

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BIG WEEK Grinch Days for Teens Teens can celebrate the classic, rhyming tale of the Grinch from 4 to 5 p.m. on Dec. 17 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Winter Wonderland Festival

Mayor Anthony Calderone’s Community Toy Drive

Families can decorate a candy house, hold an indoor snowball fight, enjoy a live show by the Animal Farm Band from 2 to 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 16 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Bring a new, unwrapped gift or giftcard at the drive from 6 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 12 at R Place, 1527 Harlem Ave. Enjoy free appetizers and soft drinks. A cash bar will be available.

Call the Howard Mohr Community Center at 708-771-7737 with questions.

New Year’s Eve Gala Extravaganza

Reading Awake Book Group

Join the Howard Mohr Community Center in ringing in the new year, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 31 at 7640 Jackson Blvd. Enjoy an elegant meal, music, raffles, champagne toast and more. Tickets $46 resident; $50 non-resident. Reservations required. Please call the Howard Mohr Community Center at 708-771-7737 to sign up.

Discuss author Rebecca Traister’s “Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 19 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd. Copies of the book are available at the library’s patron services desk.

Library Renovation Community Information Session Learn about the exciting plan for redesigning the Forest Park Public Library from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 17 at 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Re-thinking the Electoral College Join the League of Women Voters for a brief history of the Electoral College and its impact on democracy, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 12 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Mystery Discussion Group Join fellow mystery lovers for a reading of “What She Knew” by author Julie Jezuit, from 2 to 4 p.m. on Dec. 15 at Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore, 7419 W. Madison St.

Former Village Administrator named to governor’s committee Mike Sturino, president of the Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Association (IRTBA), has been appointed to serve on Governor-elect J.B. Pritzker’s “Restoring Illinois’ Infrastructure Transition Committee.” Sturino served for three years as the village administrator of Forest Park, resigning from the post in 2008 to head the IRTBA, a statewide organization that represents contractors and designers in the transportation industry.

“Illinois’ role as a transportation hub for the nation is a critical component of our economy,” Pritzker said in a statement. “My administration will prioritize a comprehensive 21st-century capital bill to build the infrastructure we need to re-

store Illinois’ place as an economic leader.”

Sturino joins representatives Dan Lipinski (3rd), Cheri Bustos (17th), Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (4th) among others on the committee. The group will meet this month to develop a report on the state’s infrastructure needs, and present their findings to Pritzker on Jan. 14, Inauguration Day. “State-of-the-art transportation infrastructure will make Illinois more competitive and improve its citizens’ quality of life,” Sturino said in a statement. “We look forward to working closely with the Pritzker administration to make that happen.”

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Leaning into a car, making furtive motions A woman called police about 12:10 p.m. on Dec. 6, saying she saw a man breaking into a Pontiac Torrent and Nissan Rogue parked at 303 Desplaines Ave. When police arrived, they saw a man leaning into a car, making “furtive motions to the center console and glove box areas.” The man exited the car and started to walk south down Desplaines. Officers told him to stop.

The man began to run, turning east on Madison Street. As he ran, loose change fell

from his pockets. Police caught the man and performed an emergency take down.

When they searched Deshaun Lopez, 19, of Chicago, they discovered two Ventra cards, a debit card, a $1 bill and $2.52 in loose change. Officers found $8.39 in loose change on the streets and sidewalks where he had fled. Lopez said the loose change was “that guy’s, whoever’s car it was.”

He told police he had been walking from the 7500 block of Brown to McDonald’s when

he decided to start checking car handles to see if they were unlocked. He apologized, said he would never do it again and that he was looking for money to feed his family.

Lopez received two felony counts of burglary.

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The Nissan turned north on Elgin, nearly struck a parked car and then pulled to the side of the road. The driver took the keys out of his ignition and locked the door. He refused to identify himself to officers.

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An elderly Forest Park woman received a call at 3:53 p.m. on Dec. 6, from a man claiming to be her grandson.

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The woman purchased the cards and called the man, telling him the card numbers and their pin. A short time later, she called her grandson, who said he wasn’t in trouble and had no idea what she was talking about.

Police informed her this was a common scam technique.

Two cars broken into ■■Sometime between 6 p.m. on Nov. 29 and 9 a.m. on Nov. 30, someone stole a catalytic converter from a Pontiac Sunfire parked on the 500 block of Marengo.

■■Between Nov. 30 and Dec. 3, someone stole the spare tire from a Ford parked in the rear Riveredge lot, 8311 Roosevelt Road. The thief caused at least $1,200 worth of damage to the Ford.

Wallets stolen ■■A Bellwood man dropped his Malibu off at Currie Motors about 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 1 for diagnostics. When he returned to 8401 Roosevelt Rd. around 2:30 p.m. that day, he discovered the wallet was missing. It contained his driver’s license, social security card, birth certificate, PayPal visa, debit card and $860 cash.

■■Sometime between 11:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. on Dec. 4, a Broadview man said someone cut the lock from his locker at Planet Fitness, 7530 Roosevelt Road, and stole $40 cash and the wallet inside. The wallet contained four credit cards, a debit card and his Illinois driver’s license.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, Dec. 3-11, 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.

Compiled by Nona Tepper

Forest Park Review, December 12, 2018

Pediatric therapy clinic to come to Madison Street Power of Play will open in January

By LUCIA WHALEN Contributing Reporter

Thirteen years ago, Danielle Lemon served as a therapist, working under Nancy Ruggles. Now, the two are planning to open their own therapy and mental health services clinic together in January 2019, which they name as the first of its kind in Forest Park. Power of Play (POP) Pediatric Therapy Services, 7421 W. Madison St., will offer occupational, physical and speech therapy, as well as mental health services, for children and families in the community.

“There’s a big need for this type of therapy in the community; we will be the only occupational therapy clinic in Forest Park” said Lemon, adding that the other clinics within a three to 10 mile radius of the village have waiting lists.

Pediatric occupational therapy is focused on helping children grow into independent adults by developing their fine, sensory and visual motor skills. The therapy addresses physical impairments and injuries that prevent a child from fully progressing through the stages of cognitive and social development. Children with certain medical conditions, including ADHD, cerebral palsy, and autism, and sensory processing disorders can benefit from the therapy.

“Most of the kids we see have sensory processing challenges, and a lot of families

opportunity to develop friendcome to us if their child is struggling or if their school has recships and build skills related to ommended it,” said Ruggles. peer interactions among people While POP will primarily ofin their age group. fer occupational therapy serLemon has been a practicing vices, the clinic will also offer pediatric occupational theraspeech therapists and mental pist for 13 years in a variety of health professionals. settings, from schools, to state“Mental health and social and funded early intervention proemotional support for families is grams, to clinics and homes. not always thought about in the Prior to POP, she owned her own DANIELLE LEMON most appropriate manner,” Lempractice in Oak Park.

Owner on said. But “mental health serRuggles, who has been pracvices can support families dealticing for 17 years, also owned ing with the diagnosis of their child, help her own practice prior to POP, where she with daily routines and setting the child up focused on early intervention and worked to be successful, and help the child and parwith patients in their homes. POP will offer ents connect,” she said. both in-clinic and in-home services, dependLemon and Ruggles both have advanced ing upon the need of the child. training in the Developmental, IndividualNew clients can expect a thorough intake differences, Relationship-based model, process, which begins by providing an inwhich is a child and family-based approach take over the phone and an in-office evaluto therapy focused on relationships and play ation with the child. Evaluations include rather than behavior, which helps create a dynamic support system. That way, when standardized testing; informal observation parents do challenge their child to meet of how they move, explore and problem their goals, they have relationships to sup- solve; and a conversation with the parents about how the child functions at home and port the challenge.

Both therapists serve a wide variety of pa- in the community. Following the evaluation, tients, with ages ranging from infancy to 21 the therapist will develop a treatment plan.

Above all, the team at POP is focused on years old. developing a clear, collaborative relation“Our goal is to offer families a variety of options,” said Ruggles. “As kids grow their ship with parents, starting with the evaluation. needs might change.”

“We are both big on serving the communiWhile many sessions are individual, with either the child, parent and therapist or ty that we live in. We want to build a bridge child and therapist, POP will also offer so- between our clinic and the community,” cial groups, which allows young people the Lemon said.

A guide to nonprofit giving in Forest Park

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

This season of giving, take a break from browsing Amazon.com and remember the local nonprofits that work daily to make life better. If you donate to these few places on #GivingTuesday, every dollar is matched by Facebook and PayPal. Other organizations are stepping up and helping out too. Giving Tuesday runs through the end of December.

Global Citizen USA Founded this year by resident Beti Atilano, Global Citizen USA is a nonprofit that provides long-term survival and disaster relief services to devastated areas. Atilano’s work has taken volunteers to Puerto Rico, Florida and other locales. Now, Global Citizen aims to expand its work to Colombia, where the nonprofit plans to help Venezuelan refugees.

“I chose to help Venezuela because the

president has been very harsh on his people.

People are starving to death, and people are leaving by the thousands and they’re walking from one country to the other; their shoes have worn out,” Atilano said.

This holiday season, she hopes to raise $20,000, which she will spend primarily for transportation and logistics costs for moving crates of supplies to needy areas. Containers hold shoes, clothes, medical supplies, and food — “anything you need to survive.”

Often the value of the items in the crates supersedes the cost of shipping them, she said.

Visit https://bit.ly/2Er7LLU to donate.

Empowering Gardens

This nonprofit, which provides people with disabilities meaningful, long-term employment, is participating in Giving Tuesday for the third year, with the Coleman Foundation agreeing to match donations up to $10,000. The Chicago-based Coleman Foundation is a nonprofit that focuses on cancer care, developmental disabilities and

entrepreneurship education.

“For people with disabilities, at a certain age they lose a lot of benefits,” said Ana Solares, co-founder. “They graduate from high school, become adults, and by the age of 22 most of them have nothing to do anymore.

It’s very difficult to find a job in this time for anybody but even more difficult for people with disabilities. They need to be active; they need to gain independence and feel like they can learn like everybody else.”

Solares said donations will be used to pay employees, insurance, rent and other operating costs. During the summer, Empowering Gardens is located at an outdoor garden center; in the winter, the nonprofit relies on friends who let them use space for a nominal fee.

This winter, Art Sundry, owner of caffé DeLuca, is allowing the traveling garden center to use a space he owns at 7415 Madison St. Visit empoweringgardensinc.org to donate.

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FLEE CLUB

Designer sneakers from page 1 we transferred,” Kelly recalled in a recent interview. “He went to Proviso West and I went to Proviso East.”

Kelly, the son of longtime District 209 school board member Theresa Kelly, said that he remembers the game as a “near sellout.” East, which was stocked with talent that year (the team included future NBA player Steven Hunter), won.

The late 1990s were heady days for Kelly, a native of Maywood, and Sledge, a native of Chicago’s Austin community.

One night, the two friends went to Chicago to celebrate with their good friend Corey Maggette, a Fenwick star who had just gotten a scholarship offer to play basketball at Duke University.

That’s when they spotted the singer R. Kelly, who noticed the young men looking awestruck in his direction. He approached them and singled out Sledge, telling the hooper that he looked more like a rapper.

“He said, ‘You sure you don’t rap?’” Sledge recalled during a recent interview. “I was like, ‘No.’ Then he said, ‘I’m sure you know about rap,’ and he asked me to rap one of my favorite songs. I rapped a Mase verse and he took me to the studio that night. Eight months later, I was on his double album, R.,

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SWEET KICKS: Scottie Pippen, Akiem Hicks, Bobby Portis and more are fans of Flee Club. and had a record deal the next year.”

Sledge, whose best known as Boo, would become one-half of the rap duo “Boo & Gotti. The duo’s career peaked with the 2001 Billboard Hot 100 hit “Fiesta (Remix),” which featured Jay-Z and R. Kelly.

“He gave me a pen and told me to write every day,” Sledge said of the R&B mogul.

“That was the best advice he ever gave me.”

Sledge would apply that advice to his second career, which he launched with the last chunk of money he’d gotten from rapping.

“We went to two sneaker conventions where you can buy, sell and trade shoes and from there, I got the gist of the business,” Sledge said. “From there, we started our own brand and tried to get accounts with Nike and Brand Jordan, but that was super hard.”

So, the friends researched stores like Flight Club and Stadium Goods that deal in rare and limited edition sneakers that regularly rival the price of MacBooks.

“We always wanted to have a key fourletter word that has street terminology, that’s catchy and that will sound nice,” Kelly said, adding that the second part of the store’s name was added “as icing on the cake” and is something of an homage to Flight Club, the famous sneaker retail and consignment store in New York City.

Kelly said that he and Sledge complement each other. Sledge, the seasoned entertainer, has an innate sense of style and knows what’s hot and what’s not. Kelly, on the other hand, knows business.

“I had a great upbringing,” Kelly said.

“My mom always tried to get me everything I wanted and she made sure that education was important, so after high school, I got a basketball scholarship to Savannah State, where I got my degree in business.”

Kelly said that he’s always had an entrepreneurial mind, but things really started to click after “I flipped my first shoe and made double what I paid for it — I knew I was in my lane.”

For the last two years, Flee Club has been located on the West Side of Chicago, around the corner from the apartment, which has since been razed, where Maywood native Fred Hampton was assassinated. Like Hampton, Kelly is putting his hometown on the map.

“We’ve got a good relationship with the whole city,” said Kelly.

Currently, Flee Club has more than 12,000 Instagram followers and celebrity clients that include Scottie Pippen, Bears defensive end Akiem Hicks and Bulls power forward Bobby Portis, among many others.

In addition, homegrown stars like Dee Brown and Shannon Brown, among many others, depend on Flee Club to get them the rare kicks that they don’t have time to hunt down.

In the future, Sledge and Kelly said, they hope to manufacture their own line of apparel.

They’ve already branded t-shirts, hats, sweaters and other merchandise. Kelly said that they’ve slowed production a bit recently, but plan on ramping it back up sometime soon.

“Right now, it’s so hard to manufacture your own stuff,” Sledge said. “A lot of times, it’s easier for us to make our own rather than wait on China,” he said. “Some of us are so creative that we can do it.”

In the meantime, he’s focused on manufacturing the same kind of lifechanging advice that R. Kelly (who Sledge said he still supports despite the singer’s current controversies) gave him all those years ago.

“I try to tell young rappers, ‘Sit down and write for a minute. Take two hours out of your day to write and rap. Sit down and sketch. You never know what that can come to,’” Sledge said. “‘Stop always thinking what you’re not getting. Think about what work you’re putting in. Take an hour devoted to your craft and it will come back to you.’”

For Kelly, the advice is much the same. In so many words, focusing on producing and less on consuming. Know your lane and learn how to navigate it. Never give up.

“If you really want to do something you like, you really have to be knowledgeable,” Kelly said. “Any time you jump into something, you want to know everything about it—the ins and outs of it. Anybody who puts their mind to something can accomplish it, but it all depends on how hard you want it.”

CONTACT: michael@austinweeklynews.com

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LIVING WORD

20th Anniversary from page 1 of God’s Word.

“It was all predestined,” Bill Winston told the Review in January 2015. “Viewing my life from hindsight, I think it’s the grace that God puts on you for the call that he has for your life. I just happen to have a call for a large multinational mega church with a number of entities that are going on.”

He opened a ministry called the Living Word Center at the corner of Lake and Pulaski in Chicago. Five years later, he moved his small congregation to 7306 Madison St. in Forest Park. After outgrowing that facility, the ministry moved to the old Chez Roue Banquet Hall in 1994 and stayed there until December 1997. Then, “a rapidly growing membership, faith, and obedience to God’s Word enabled the church to purchase the retail mall” at 7600 Roosevelt Rd. The mall was once a torpedo factory.

After buying the mall, Living Word spent the next four years million prepping the facility, Clay said. When Winston purchased the mall, it was mostly empty and considered an economic blight by the village.

Then-Forest Park Mayor Lorraine Popleka cited a vacancy rate of 90 percent in Chicago Tribune accounts of the sale. The mall was lined with vacant stores and a movie theater had just moved out.

The movie theater underwent a $13 million repurposing, and was converted into a megachurch, a 3,500-seat space designed by Chicago architects Teng and Associates.

In the meantime, Walmart purchased the parcel of land where its store and parking lot are situated, Clay said. Portillos and Taco Bell, although not contiguous with the main building, pay rent to City Services, she added. The mall opened for business in 2002.

Two years later, the village crafted an 11year agreement that would pay half of all sales tax revenue generated by new mall businesses to Winston’s Living Word.

This agreement covered a rebate in sales taxes “from everything but Kmart.” The agreement expired in 2015, or after the village’s payments reached $4.9 million, whichever came first. Along with the sales tax rebate, Living Word receives half the revenue generated by the Roosevelt-Hannah tax increment finance (TIF) fund, which must be used to for infrastructure, McKenna said.

Living Word paid $4.9 million to contractors between 2004 to 2009 to remodel the mall.

Winston explained that legally City Services, the for-profit arm, owns the Forest Park Plaza, and is separate from the church, although both are wholly owned by Living Word Christian Center.

The physical layout of the facility is a metaphor for how the arrangement works.

In the basement of the church is the Joseph Business School, a nonprofit that was founded in 1997, according to its tax returns.

Across the long corridor, on the north

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FOREST PARK PLAZA: Twenty years ago, Living Word purchased the mall from the Illinois Teacher’s Retirement system. side of the mall is the for-profit side which currently is occupied by businesses like a dentist office called 28 To Brush, the recently-opened Harvest 365 Restaurant and the Royal Christian Bookstore.

Winston confessed that are days when she doesn’t get much sleep. Clay is currently trying to add staff to her office in order to keep pace with the ever-changing situation.

She thought she had a stable anchor store in place at the west end of the mall in Homeowners Bargain Outlet (HOBO), which is moving out after less than a year. One thing she is attempting to pull off is to attract some major national brands to the mall, one of which is Starbucks.

In February 2013, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) also seized and closed Lawndale’s Covenant Bank, whose director and CEO was Rev. Bill Winston. Covenant’s closure wiped out investments from approximately 3,000 shareholders, many of whom were members of Winston’s Living Word Christian Church.

“Being saved is foundational, but you can be both a sharp business person and a follower of Jesus,” said Melody Winston.

Clay said more than 400 jobs have been created and that, between 2004 and 2015, City Services has paid more than $3.8 million in sales tax revenue to the village and more than $10.2 million in real estate tax revenue to the village and county.”

Village Commissioner Joseph Byrnes, who heads the village’s finances, pointed out how important the mall is to the vil-

lage’s bottom line by estimating that with Hobo closing Forest Park will lose around $90,000 in annual sales tax.

“When stores in the Mall close, we have Forest Parkers that lose their jobs,” he said.

Living Word, Joseph Center by the numbers Living Word reported $23.9 million in total assets during the 2015 tax year, which is the most recent year for which full data is available, according to ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer.

David Lowenthal, partner at Plante Moran, who prepared Living Word’s taxes, said Living Word earned $749,081 from its Christian book store that year. No employees or salary information is listed on the return.

During the 2015 tax year, the Joseph Center reported $1,320,948 in total revenue, with the majority — more than $1 million — coming from private contributions and grants. That year, the business school received $80,000 in government grants and $947,596 in private gifts and grants.

The Joseph Center generated $1,196,882 in total expenses that year, with the majority — more than $801,000 — coming from staff salaries and benefits. Thirteen employees and 97 volunteers are listed on the tax return; Kim Clay, director of communications, said employees could be professors and administrators. The total allotted for the 13 employee salaries was $557,856

that year.

“A volunteer could help with classes in terms of registering students who come in, helping out volunteers; there are a lot of ways to help out,” she said.

The tax return did not list the salaries of any employees. It only offered a list of “officers, directors, trustees, key employees and highest compensated employees” which consisted of six individuals. The only one who worked full-time and took a salary was Vice President Deloris Thomas, who earned $180,806.

Bill Winston was listed as president, working eight hours per week; Ivy Bennet, secretary, worked five hours per week; Belinda Whitfield, treasurer, worked five hours per week; Lawrence Bettendorf, director, worked six hours per week; and Shalita Williams, controller, worked five hours per week.

Forty students enrolled in two, ninemonth, in-campus courses that year; 43 students enrolled in online courses at the Joseph Business School. Tuition from these students totaled $252,120.

Nona Tepper

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Continuity, its limits and benefits

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wo of the four incumbent commissioners on the Forest Park Village Council have now announced plans to seek re-election. Joe Byrnes and Dan Novak will stand as independents in the April 2019 election.

We welcome their decision and we never underestimate the value of some level of continuity on an elected board. There is always a steep learning curve and having been through budget cycles, union negotiations and personnel decisions has value.

That said, we are struck by comments each has made in stepping up for re-election. In an interview last week in the Review, Byrnes said he looked forward to another term with different leadership and a different mix so that the council can move beyond what he called its current stagnation. He has ideas he wants to move forward that didn’t occur in the first term.

Novak, in a letter to the editor today, says, “Our town … is at a crossroad” and the next council will need to be “fiscally innovative and take an aggressive approach to municipal business.”

We agree with both gentlemen. But in the campaign ahead, both will need to explain why they were so ineffective these past four years in raising issues, in engaging in more open discussion of complex issues, in not being sleepy-headed in the perpetually short 30-minute board meetings.

Yes, Forest Park needs some continuity. More than that, though, it needs some gumption — to take on the chronic financial challenges the village government faces, to actively repair the divide, which these two had a hand in creating, over video gaming and the right to vote.

We look forward to hearing more from both candidates.

Deserved honor

Is it possible to consider the recent recognition that the Let Forest Park Vote group earned without mentioning video gaming? We’d like to try because, honestly, let’s look forward.

So our congratulations to these community activists for the Citizen Initiative Award recognition bestowed on the group by the Citizens Advocacy Center. This award does not come out of the blue. The CAC has been advising, cajoling and supporting the effort of Let Forest Park Vote over several years now.

“Their perseverance in getting the video gaming issue on the ballot was just so incredible. It took so much organization and dedication,” said a CAC leader.

We agree. And all the balderdash that was heaved up against this grassroots group makes their final win last month the more remarkable.

That said, local government is not designed to be operated by endless referendums. The Review is not a fan of this method of governing. We have elections for a good reason.

Vote good people in after a robust campaign and the vetting that goes with it. Vote them out in the next election if they have not performed.

Governing is hard. Maybe especially in small towns. We have great respect for the people who put themselves forward to run for office. We are embarking now on what looks to be a humdinger of a local election for the village council and both our school boards. Let’s make this democratic process all that it can be.

OPINION Christmas:

the antidote to pointless economizing

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celebrate the spirit of Christmas by insisting on shopping in person. Amazon is fine for staples, but if I don’t get elbowed in the kidney by someone trying to beat me through a Magnificent Mile revolving door, I don’t really feel like I’m giving Christmas everything I’ve got.

As I’ve mentioned before, the commercial pageantry of Christmas is my favorite thing about the jolly holiday, especially now that I’ve aged out of overdoing the eggnog. Midway airport has wonderful decorations. I love Michigan Avenue with lights. I find Oakbrook and Woodfield and 900 North Michigan somewhere between tedious and excruciating 11 months a year. But not in December. In December they are the glorious sparkling chaotic bloodsport arenas they were meant to be.

I don’t shop much, really. I usually need to get between five and eight gifts total. I’m just happy to participate in the happy prospects of Christmas; browsing, speculating, imagining, treating myself to my annual eggnog latte or maybe a nice dinner and a long cold walk while it snows. Watching for the folks who’re either hoping to see Santa or who just did and it was maybe not precisely the magical family memory they were led to expect because Santa smelled like Scotch and the twins cried in tandem terror.

I love all of this. I love the Salvation Army band pounding out carols and people wearing Christmas sweaters and Santa hats and special redand-green bags.

What I don’t love is Black Friday. Black Friday isn’t something I understand especially. If actual literal sleeping bag camping outside a store for 48 hours in order to save $100 on a TV is the only way you can afford the TV, I got bad news for you. If you are willing to climb into the octagon with 50 people to save $50 on anything, you gotta change your priorities. I know. I was raised in this church. I was taught from an early age to understand that no act of economizing was too pointless or counterproductive. All situational markups — airport, movie theater, etc. — are ripoffs on a par with buying a share of the Brooklyn Bridge. An expired coupon remains negotiable if you are fearless enough. And above all else, there is no distance too far to go in pursuit of even an extra two pennies a

ALAN

BROUILETTE

If I don’t get

gallon on gasoline saved.

The scales fell from my eyes over that very issue some years ago when I realized that a markup of even a quarter a gallon — an extraordinary amount — represented a maximum sum total surcharge of $2.50 on a full tank of gas for my Subaru. While writing once a month for a newspaper read by 14 people has not made me the wealthy man one might expect, I do have $2.50, and driving out to Kane County to save $2.50 is nuts.

Since this realization, I have started to aggressively question my learned habits of scrimping, and what I have learned is that my scrimping is nearly always more effort than it is worth. I can afford to pay an extra quarter for milk at the gas station where I have already stopped instead of going to Jewel, too.

I don’t need to buy seven dozen eggs at Costco just to knock the price down from $3 per dozen to $2 per dozen. (Especially because I will for sure spend more at Costco.)

I can even enjoy sleeping in a hotel room without needing to be assured that I am sleeping in the very cheapest hotel room to be had wherever I am.

I don’t need a 200-source spreadsheet comparison of options. I can just settle on a price that seems fair to me and pay it. This may not seem revelatory to you, but for those of us raised in the Church of Pointless Economizing, I promise you it is a staggering revelation to learn that the point of life is not to spend the least money possible on everything.

This might be why I like the shopping culture of Christmas so much, come to think of it: The one month a year America unites and with one voice cries “F--- it. Let’s spend some money.” Because isn’t that what Christmas is really all about, giving in to temptation? Cookies! Cocktails!

Sweaters! Presents! Unleash those wants and throw caution to the wind!

“Peace on Earth” is fine as a motto, but “Let’s spend some money!” is catchy too, and it is surely much, much more fun.

elbowed in the kidney by someone trying to beat me through a Magnificent Mile revolving door, I don’t really feel like I’m giving Christmas everything I’ve got.

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Novak announces re-election run

t has been an honor to serve the Village To be a successful leader you need to listen, of Forest Park the last four years. It is to be open minded, and to think outside the the town that raised me and the town box; rather than focus on the way things where I continue to reside 41 years have “always been done”. As a leader you later. The same town my father served need to be prepared to make the best decias Executive Director of the Park District sion to benefit the entire community and for 35 years, where my wife and sister-in- not just because it is the popular choice. I law work (School District 91), and the place plan to continue an open-door policy, enwhere my three young children have and couraging discussion and the sharing of will continue to grow up. I believe in Forest ideas so that we can build community trust and work to make our village the Park. best it can be. It is important as With nearly two decades of an elected official to engage resimunicipal government agency dents in person, whether it be at experience for the Wheaton Ed’s Way, my front yard, a youth Park District, I am confident in sports game, or on the streets my abilities to serve the public. at our special events. Over the The last four years have been last four years I have met many eye opening as to the true state people this way that I would now of our Village. We had some call friends. I truly enjoy the great successes in four years: face-to-face conversations getthe Roosevelt Road- 2017 Street ting to know the people I serve Scape Project, resurfacing of DAN NOVAK and learning what they need and numerous alleys and streets, continuous infrastructure improvements, want as residents. These interactions with the welcoming of many new small busi- the public result in making your ideas and nesses, and capital asset acquisitions such concerns known and set Forest Park apart from other towns, where social media ruas emergency response and police vehicles.

I believe our town though is at a cross- mors and hearsay tend to divide their citiroad, now more than ever we need sound zens. I believe in continuously improving leadership that is passionate about ground- and enhancing our community and its coming our Village and willing to push to be fis- merce. We need to be an efficient and effeccally innovative and take an aggressive ap- tive place of public service and business to strive toward excellence for our citizens. We proach to municipal business.

On April 2nd voters will find my name, need to always aim to be a professionally deDaniel J. Novak, on the ballot again. I am veloped and values driven commission. Our asking for residents to believe in me as the village council needs to be accessible and best candidate for Village Commissioner. I accountable to our community. In a governbelieve in being the Independent choice and ment agency (especially in today’s world) we plan to run again without affiliation to a need to apply best business practices, make slate. I firmly believe that the Independent sustainable decisions to pave the way for the candidate has a chance to make a difference, future of our Village.

Municipal government transparency and and I hope you do too. I take this responsibility and the future of our Village very seri- sustainability is essential. We work with Deously and encourage you to take action on partment Heads annually reviewing the operational budget and over the last few years April 2nd to do what is best for Forest Park.

If elected, my number one priority is to have pushed staff to consider cost cutting remain true to my original platform. To use programs, staffing, overtime, and to use othmy values as a guide toward making a posi- er creative approaches to reduce expenditive impact on the community and giving tures. Yet, no matter how many expenses are our residents and business owners a voice. cut or scaled back, the need for new revenue

remains. Our Commission has researched and analyzed rates and fees assessed by the Village taking into consideration consumer price index (CPI). Even with these minor increases, our Village desperately needs new creative, non-traditional revenue sources in order to operate without a deficit in the future. This means that the next four years will be crucial in continuing to cut expenses, to explore other revenue source possibilities and to take action when opportunities are presented.

I assure you that I am driven to succeed in this election in order to serve the people of our community. I am an independent candidate and will continue to offer the citizens of Forest Park an independent, fresh voice.

My professional success combined with my deep personal ties to Forest Park provide me the best perspective to produce, provide, and positively impact our village. There are four factors that can ensure success and I plan to run on that platform: ■■ Engage the residents and business owners of Forest Park ■■ Ensure satisfaction and excellence ■■ Continually seek ways to do things better ■■ Make sustainable decisions paving the way for the future of the Village I would be remiss without offering a heartfelt thank you to our outgoing Mayor, Anthony Calderone. He has served our Village for two decades and has been integral in making Forest Park the town we call home. With my experience in government service and my commitment to Forest Park I am confident in my ability to bring together the old and new to continue to make our town the best place to live. It would be an honor to serve my hometown alongside our next Mayor. I can only hope that many of the children of Forest Park will be in my shoes someday, raising their families here. We need to make sure all residents are satisfied so we can continue to develop the community we have all come to know and love.

Thank you in advance for your support on April 2nd.

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the Park, being everyone’s dogs best friend by giving them a dog biscuit as they walk in front of the Park are just a few of the things that Joe does. This doesn’t even include all the volunteer hours Joe puts in at the Park. (Anyone who has gotten a sandwich at the softball tournament knows Joe).

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RELIGION GUIDE Presbyterian

Check First.

First Congregational Church of Maywood

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

Refreshments and fellowship follow the service.

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

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

William S. Winston Pastor

ELCA, Lutheran

Good Shepherd

Worshiping at 820 Ontario, Oak Park IL (First Baptist Church) 9:00 a.m.—Education Hour 10:30 a.m.—Worship

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

Lutheran—ELCA

United Lutheran Church

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

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

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West Suburban Temple Har Zion

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

Interfaith families are welcome.

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

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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

Child care available 9-11am

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

Roman Catholic

Ascension Catholic Church

www.unitedlutheranchurch.org

708/386-1576

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

Fair Oaks

Lutheran-Independent

Grace Lutheran Church

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

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

Childcare Available

Grace Lutheran School

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

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

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

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

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

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

Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor

Roman Catholic

St. Edmund Catholic Church

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

Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m.

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

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

St. Giles Family Mass Community

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

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

Our Mass is family-friendly.

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

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

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

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

Roman Catholic

St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

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

Upcoming Religious Holidays

Dec 2-24 Advent Christian 12 Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Christian 16-25 Posadas Navidenas Hispanic Christian 21 Yule Christian

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

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PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D18155967 on November 20, 2018. Under the Assumed Business Name of GOLD COAST RESTORATION with the business located at: 1212 N LAKE SHORE DR 33BS, CHICAGO, IL 60610.

The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: PIERCE EDWARD JOHNSON 4731 TOPEKA DR, LOS ANGELES, CA 91356.

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Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615 STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the marriage of OMOTAYO A. OLORUNDARE, Petitioner and KAMARDEEN OLORUNDARE, Respondent, Case No. 2018D-006150.

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 January 2, 2019, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing on the 2019-20 school year calendar will be held at 7:30pm on Thursday, December 20, 2018 at the School District’s Administration Building located at 201 North Scoville Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois in the Board Room (Room 213). This hearing will be for the consideration of District 200’s school calendar for the 2019-2020 school year. In accordance with Illinois School Code, the district is required to notify the public that the district’s proposal is to hold school on Columbus Day, October 14, 2019. As we did during the 20182019 school year, this additional day of student attendance during the Fall Semester of 2018 will allow practice SAT tests to be administered to our 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students such that teachers will be able to use results to inform their classroom practices during the 2019-2020 school year. Testimony regarding this proposal will be taken from both educators and parents.

PUBLIC NOTICE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE Special Warrant No. 359

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, ssCircuit Court of Cook County, County Department Domestic Relations Division In re the Marriage of KORNELIA ERDELYI, Petitioner, and LEO RIVERA, Respondent.

No. 2018 D 010236 The requisite affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, Leo Rivera, Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, Kornelia Erdelyi, 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, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before January 9, 2018, 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 BROWN, Clerk.

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NOTICE OF DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Oak Park’s Draft Program Year 2017 Comprehensive Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (Draft CAPER) will be available for public review and comment during business hours from December 13 to December 27, 2018 at the Oak Park Village Hall (Neighborhood Services Division) 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302; at all three public library branches in Oak Park; and on the Village’s website.

Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and non-English speaking persons, as needed. Program Year 2017 ran from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018.

As a recipient of federal funding under the Community Development Block Grant, Emergency Solutions Grant and Section 108 Loan Guarantee Programs, the Village is required to submit annual performance reports to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Any comments concerning the Draft CAPER should be submitted in writing to Mark Dwyer, Grants Supervisor, at the Village Hall address listed above, or by calling 708.358.5416, by 5 p.m., December 27, 2018.

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SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS, VILLAGE OF OAK PARK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE SCHEDULE OF REGULAR MEETING DATES OF THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK AND ITS BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES IS AS FOLLOWS FOR THE YEAR 2019 VILLAGE BOARD (REGULAR MEETINGS) VILLAGE BOARD SPECIAL MEETINGS FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD* PERSONNEL COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD REINVENTING GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD BOARD OF HEALTH BUILDING CODES ADVISORY COMMISSION CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT COMMISSION CITIZENS POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CIVIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMMISSION COMMUNITY DESIGN COMMISSION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION DISABILITY ACCESS COMMISSION* ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY COMMISSION FARMERS’ MARKET COMMISSION FIRE & POLICE COMMISSION FIREMEN’S PENSION BOARD HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE EDUCATION COMMITTEE HOUSING PROGRAMS ADVISORY COMMITTEE LIQUOR CONTROL REVIEW BOARD PLAN COMMISSION POLICE PENSION BOARD TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

1ST & 3RD MONDAYS, 7:30 PM 2ND & 4TH MONDAYS, 7:00 PM IRREGULAR, NOTICE POSTED 48 HRS. BEFORE MTG. IRREGULAR, NOTICE POSTED 48 HRS. BEFORE MTG. IRREGULAR, NOTICE POSTED 48 HRS. BEFORE MTG. IRREGULAR, NOTICE POSTED 48 HRS. BEFORE MTG. 4TH TUESDAY, 7:00 PM 3RD THURSDAY, 5:30 PM 1ST WEDNESDAY, 7:00 PM 3RD TUESDAY, 7:30 PM 2ND THURSDAY, 7:00 PM 4TH WEDNESDAY, 6:45 PM IRREGULAR, NOTICE POSTED 48 HRS. BEFORE MTG. 3RD WEDNESDAY, 7:00 PM 4TH WEDNESDAY, 7:00 PM 1ST TUESDAY, 7:00 PM 2ND WEDNESDAY, 7:00 PM (No Meeting in December) IRREGULAR, NOTICE POSTED 48 HRS. BEFORE MTG. IRREGULAR, NOTICE POSTED 48 HRS. BEFORE MTG. 2ND THURSDAY, 7:30 PM 4TH WEDNESDAY, 7:30 PM 3RD WEDNESDAY, 7:30 PM 3RD WEDNESDAY, 7:00 PM 4TH TUESDAY, 7:30 PM (No Meeting in December) 1ST THURSDAY, 7:00 PM IRREGULAR, NOTICE POSTED 48 HRS. BEFORE MTG. 4TH MONDAY, 7:00 PM 1ST WEDNESDAY, 7:30 PM

UNLESS OTHERWISE DESIGNATED, MEETINGS ABOVE ARE SCHEDULED AT VILLAGE HALL, 123 MADISON ST., OAK PARK, IL. – FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CALL (708) 383-6400 * LOCATIONS VARY VICKI SCAMAN, VILLAGE CLERK Published in Wednesday Journal 12/12/2018

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D18155987 on November 26, 2018. Under the Assumed Business Name of HEYSTEEV with the business located at: 7449 WARREN AVE APT 1R, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: STEVEN M WILLIAMS 7449 WARREN AVE APT 1R, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Published in Forest Park Review 11/28, 12/5, 12/12/2018

PUBLIC NOTICE Request for Proposals Request of Proposals for Recreation Management Software (RMS) Owner: Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison St, Oak Park, IL 60302 The Park District of Oak Park will accept proposals for Recreation Management Software. The Park District of Oak Park will receive proposals until 2:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on Thursday, January 10th, 2019 at 218 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois. The proposal documents and requirements will be available on the Park District’s website as of 10:00 am Wednesday, December 12th, 2018. Copies of the proposal specifications are available via the Park District of Oak Park website at: http://www.pdop.org/bids-and-rfps/ For additional information, contact Kyle Cratty at kyle.cratty@pdop.org or (708) 725 2015. The Park District of Oak Park encourages minority and women owned business firms to submit bids for this project.

Park District of Oak Park By: Kassie Porreca, Secretary Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison St. Oak Park, IL 60302 Published in Wednesday Journal 12/12/2018

NOTICE is hereby given that the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, County Department, County Division has rendered judgment for a special assessment upon property benefited by the following improvement: the public alley in the 4100 block between Deyo Avenue and Dubois Boulevard in the Village of Brookfield, as will more fully appear from the certified copy of the judgment on file in my office and that the warrant for the collection of this assessment is in my possession.

All persons interested are hereby notified to call and pay the amount assessed at the collector’s office of the Village of Brookfield, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513 within 30 days from the date hereof.

The assessment may be paid in ten (10) equal annual installments at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum payable beginning on January 2, 2019, and on the 2nd day of January of each of the nine successive years. Each installment is to be calculated as follows: ten percent (10%) of the total amount assessed against the tax parcel of property plus interest at the rate of six (6%) percent per annum on the unpaid balance due.

Dated: November 30, 2018.

Doug Cooper Village Collector, Village of Brookfield Published in RB Landmark 12/5, 12/12/2018

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D18156001 on November 26, 2018.

Under the Assumed Business Name of THE RUSTIC WINDOW SHOP with the business located at: 1116 WASHINGTON BLVD APT 305, OAK PARK, IL 60302. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: CICELY V. FORD 1116 WASHINGTON BLVD APT 305, OAK PARK, IL 60302.

Published in Wednesday Journal 12/5, 12/12, 12/19/2018_

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CITIZENS BANK NA F/K/A RBS CITIZENS NA SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHARTER ONE BANK, F.S.B. Plaintiff, -v.EDNA R. MCCOY, CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE U/T/A DATED 10/17/1990 A/K/ A TRUST NO. 1182-CH, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 18 CH 00566 205 S HARVEY AVE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 1, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 8, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 205 S HARVEY AVE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-307-0160000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance 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, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-18077.

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.

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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. 14-17-18077 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 18 CH 00566 TJSC#: 38-7973 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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special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 259194.

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.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce,

LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 259194 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 16 CH 15592 TJSC#: 38-8909 I3105166

estate after confirmation of the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-05365.

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. 14-18-05365 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 06228 TJSC#: 38-8099

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 and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.,

15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-17633.

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. 14-17-17633 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 16675 TJSC#: 38-8087 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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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. Plaintiff, -v.ELISABETH MUSSLEWHITE, THE HERITAGE MANOR CONDOMINIUMS ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 15592 441 SOUTH TAYLOR AVENUE UNIT 1C 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 October 9, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 10, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 441 SOUTH TAYLOR AVENUE UNIT 1C, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-321-0311008.

The real estate is improved with a gray vinyl siding, two story townhouse with an attached garage.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS TRUSTEE FOR CIT MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-1 Plaintiff, -v.JOYCE PILLOW Defendants 2018 CH 06228 1118 N AUSTIN BLVD 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 October 4, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 9, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1118 N AUSTIN BLVD, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-307-028.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance 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

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.AGNIESZKA KRYCZKA, BEATA I. WAKULINSKA Defendants 17 CH 16675 1020 LATHROP AVE FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 4, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 9, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1020 LATHROP AVE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-13-416-0100000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance 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

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE FDIC 2013-R2 ASSET TRUST Plaintiff, vs.

DIANA R. DEGORI, AKA ROSE DEGORI; KENNETH P. DEGORI; BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; JOHN WILLIAM LEVINE, AKA JOHN LEVINE Defendants, 18 CH 7120 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY

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In print • Online • Available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year ForestParkReview.com | PublicNoticeIllinois.com REAL ESTATE FOR SALE GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-07-323-052-1006.

Commonly known as 426 WISCONSIN AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g) (1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 18-014935 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3106357 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WINTRUST MORTGAGE A DIVISION OF BARRINGTON BANK AND TRUST Plaintiff, vs.

SARAH GULLETTE-JOHNSON; AARON N. JOHNSON; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 10102 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 Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-18-313-020-0000.

Commonly known as 1015 S. Kenilworth Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60304.

The mortgaged real estate is 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: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier’s or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. James M. Crowley at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Plunkett Cooney, P.C., 221 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601. 312-670-6900.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3106349

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

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

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

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

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

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Historical Society of Forest Park Alexis Ellers, director of the historical society, said the group this year is focusing on raising money through small sponsorships.

Donations will help pay the group’s tour guide for its bicycle tour, the individual who runs the to-be-determined “hands-on” quilting event the historical society will hold in January, transcriptions of local veterans’ history, and more.

“We’re preserving Forest Park history.

We have a lot of good mementos now, we’re doing a lot of great events, and the support helps us keep going with it,” she said. Visit forestparkhistory.org to donate.

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Housing Forward Janet Gow, director of development and communication, said the organization aims to raise approximately $1 million in private donations this year.

“What Housing Forward is trying to do is make sure everyone focuses on not just crisis resolution homelessness, which people see in shelter places, but making sure there’s a community solution to end homelessness,” Gow said. “That comes in the form of not just financial support, but being aware of the issues and making sure affordable housing is at the forefront of government decisions.”

Private donations often allow Housing Forward to be more flexible in its giving, like funding emergency assistance, when people need help with rent, utilities, transportation costs and more. “Sometimes our public funding can be more restrictive in their eligibility requirements,” Gow said.

Visit https://bit.ly/2UDhkfA to give.

Opportunity Knocks The nonprofit that serves young people

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SEASON OF GIVING: This holiday season, why not donate to a local nonprofit? with development disabilities will be participating in Giving Tuesday this year.

“It helps us raise money to help out the Forest Park, River Forest and Oak Park communities,” said Jarvis Hart, a volunteer and social media advisor at Opportunity Knocks.

“I’ve had autism since I was a little kid; I’m an advocate for those with disabilities and helping others focus on the future. You can do anything you want. Don’t be afraid to be

yourself and don’t be scared.”

Opportunity Knocks raises funds and has fun doing it through its annual Chili Cook Off, Night of Opportunity Gala, OK Classic Softball Tournament, and more. The group is also known for its signature Knock Out Pickles, which they sell in jars to local restaurants. Chicago’s Best Host Elliott Bambrough is involved with the organization.

Visit opportunityknocksnow.org to donate.

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Although the Bedrock Movement is not a registered nonprofit yet — “an attorney is working on the paperwork for us, and we hope to have that ready in probably February,” said founder John Netherly — the organization is accepting donated sleeping bags, comforters, tents and more, which will be distributed to those who prefer to live on the street. Netherly said he collects items all year, saves them in a storage unit and waits for winter.

“When it’s starting to get cold I go to the storage space. The wintertime is so hard, they stay outside, they get frostbite and they have to be amputated. It’s the worst epidemic in Cook County,” he said.

Call 773-567-5110 for information on how to donate.

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NEW LISTING! Two bedroom, One bath A vintage cottage set on a country like lot with it's mature pine trees and decorative tile work on the front columns and decorative corbels. This one owner home has withstood the test of time. Meticulously maintained, the home was converted to all electric in 1960.

At this time, unlike almost all bungalows, every wall was opened up and insulated. A modern touch of space pac central air was installed. The present owner maintained a temperature of 72 degrees in the winter and 70 degrees in the summer. The average bill for heat, AC, hot water domestic elect. was $161 per month. It is understood from the current owner that there is oak flooring throughout the living room, dining room, and of course the bedrooms. The basement has surprisingly high ceiling height and is ready for the finishing touch. Also ready to be finished is the large open attic space. ...........................................................................................................................$ 239,900

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TWO BEDROOM 1.1 BATHROOMS. Kitchen remodeled 4 years ago, baths were updated with ceramic floors and tub surround bedrooms and living room are carpeted. Two sleeve A/C units .

Newer kitchen appliances. Covered parking. Close to Madison business district restaurants and shops. .......................................................................$121,000

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

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D L O S WELL MAINTAINED 2 FLAT with a 5 room and 4 room apt. Separate gas forced air furnaces with C/A on the 1st. floor. Separate hot water heaters, 100 amp circuit breaker panels. Coin operated washer & dryer. Refinished hardwood floors in both apartments. Parking for four cars .............................................$279,900

631 MARENGO IT DOES NOT GET MUCH BETTER than this home! A true Forest Park gem that checks everything off of your wish list. Highlights include: walkable to everything the area has to offer, seemingly endless storage options, 4 large bedrooms on the 2nd floor, high ceilings, wide staircase, second floor laundry, full basement, brand new wood windows, brand new over-sized garage, hardwood floors, crown molding, granite, marble, stainless steel appliances, and 42" kitchen cabinets in eat in kitchen! This home is turn key and ready for new owners! $549,000

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Forest Park Review, December 12, 2018