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RBHS returns to hybrid learning, cautiously Less than one-third of students back in classrooms as 2nd semester begins By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
The return to hybrid learning at Riverside-Brookfield High School was met with less than overwhelming enthusiasm last week. Only about 28 percent of students went to school in person as classroom instruction resumed on Jan. 5. It was the first opportunity most students had to attend school in person since RBHS switched back to a fully remote learning model after COVID cases skyrocketed across the state in November. See RBHS on page 13
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It may have been chilly on Sunday, Jan. 10, but that couldn’t keep an avid fisherman from wading into the Des Plaines River in Riverside or dog walkers from exploring the banks of the river in Riverside Lawn.
Local congressional reps call for Trump’s removal Garcia calls Capitol assault ‘tragic day for our democracy’
By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
In the wake of an unprecedented assault on the United States Capitol building, members of Congress representing the Landmark’
coverage area are calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office before his term ends on Jan. 20. Congressman Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D-4th District), Congresswoman Marie Newman (D3rd District) and Congressman Danny Davis
(D-7th) said Trump should be removed from office with less than two weeks left in this term for encouraging sedition. Davis, who represents a portion of western North Riverside and a fraction of Brookfield, summed up his view succinctly in a statement
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WC3 director on leave as board looks to replace him Jason Rodgers was removed Nov. 30, former Brookfield chief is interim
By BOB UPHUES
vacation time as of Nov. 30, 2020. Rodgers, whose annual salary is $108,605, has been on paid leave since Dec. 1. The cirThe executive board of West Central Con- cumstances surrounding his removal from solidated Communications (WC3), the agen- the job remain unclear. cy that handles fire and police dispatching As executive director, Rodgers oversaw for the villages of Brookfield, the operations of the agency, Riverside, North Riverside and which has a budget of nearly $1.8 McCook, is looking for a new million and is funded by equal executive director after parting contributions from its three perways with the man who has been manent members and annual at the helm since January 2017. fees paid by McCook. In 2021, On Jan. 6 the executive board, McCook’s annual service fee is which includes the village man$163,909. agers of Brookfield and RivThe agency is headquartered erside and North Riverside’s at the North Riverside Police village administrator, voted Department, where there’s also JASON RODGERS unanimously to accept a resignaa central lockup for processing tion agreement for WC3 Execuprisoners arrested by police oftive Director Jason Rodgers. ficers of the member villages. On Jan. 6, the executive board also extendAccording to the agreement, Rodgers will remain on paid administrative leave ed WC3’s agreement with McCook for three through March 31, during which time no more years, increasing that village’s annual other benefits will accrue. At the time of his contribution by 3, 3 and 2 percent in each of permanent separation on March 31, Rodg- those years. Brookfield Village Manager Timothy Wiers will also receive a lump sum payment of $3,789, representing 72.58 hours of unused berg, who took over as the chairman of the Editor
WC3 executive board on Jan. 1, declined to say what prompted the move. Rodgers did not return a voicemail message from the Landmark left on his cellphone. The executive board has appointed former Brookfield Police Chief James Episcopo as the acting executive director for WC3 while the board searches for as permanent replacement. He is being paid $65 an hour for his services. Episcopo, who was police chief in Brookfield when WC3 was created, will work no more than 30 hours per week as acting director. He has worked full time since retiring as police chief in 2019 as regional planning coordinator for the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS), a police mutual aid network comprising suburban communities throughout northeast Illinois. “Jim has been tasked with carrying on the services of the agency,” said Wiberg. “We thought he was a very logical choice, since he was involved with the formation of the agency.” One matter that has landed in Episcopo’s lap is ongoing union contract negotiations between the agency and its dispatchers.
Many of those employees were brought on board from different police agencies which paid their dispatchers at different rates. They have received no pay raises and continue to make different amounts since being folded into WC3 in spring 2018. WC3 employs 11 full-time and four part-time dispatchers. The executive board in December hired the firm GovHR at a cost of $19,000 to conduct a search for a new executive director for WC3. That same firm conducted the search in 2016 that identified Rodgers, who was a communications supervisor for DuPage Public Safety Communications, a dispatch agency for more than 40 police and fire agencies. WC3’s outgoing executive board chairwoman, Riverside Village Manager Jessica Frances, told her colleagues on Jan. 6 that the GovHR recruiter leading the search for an executive director will be meeting soon individually with stakeholders in each village and probably would also be talking to the agency’s team of dispatchers. While the executive board typically meets quarterly, it will schedule meetings monthly during this transition period.
‘Political’ comments unlikely to abate at North Riverside meetings Trustees hope to weed out anonymous correspondence but it’s a tall order By BOB UPHUES Editor
North Riverside trustees made an attempt Monday to put a lid on partisan politics at village board meetings after a pair of clearly political items of correspondence of suspect origin were entered into the records of the Dec. 14 and Jan. 4 village board meetings – though neither was read aloud. But at a meeting of the village board’s administrative committee on Jan. 11, trustees appeared resigned to the fact that they have little power to control the content of public comment at village board meetings, although there is likely to be some attempt to try and verify the identities of those who submit comments they don’t intend to read personally during Zoom meetings. Mayor Hubert Hermanek Jr. attempted to get trustees to simply agree – an honor system, essentially – to stop submitting such correspondence to be read at board meetings, but that fell on deaf ears. Trustee Marybelle Mandel read a prepared statement blasting those she called “VIP minions” for failing to set written rules for public comment earlier and said that only comments related to “legitimate” village board business should be allowed. Exactly who was going to draw that line or
how it would be drawn was not such an easy matter, however, said committee chairwoman Terri Sarro, and in the end trustees agreed that essentially all correspondence to the board would be accepted in the future,. They also tasked Village Attorney Michael Hayes with drafting language on best practices for accepting public comment and perhaps some language to prevent what Hayes called “John Doe” letters of the type that sparked the committee meeting. Hayes told trustees that the Illinois Open Meetings Act gave them little leeway to censor the content of public comments at village board meetings and even prevented them from requiring those making comments to provide their addresses. “It’s an awfully broad standard,” Hayes said during the committee meeting, which was held via Zoom. Sarro called the meeting a week earlier after a second politically motivated letter was entered into the record of the Jan. 4 village board meeting. Although the correspondence was apparently signed by the resident who dropped it off at the Village Commons, the piece was similar in form and style to campaign materials published in the past by Marybelle Mandel, who is running for mayor in a three-way race against incumbent Hubert Hermanek Jr. and a cur-
rent trustee, Joseph Mengoni. On Dec. 14, the village clerk declined to read a letter dropped off anonymously for comment at that day’s village board meeting. The letter included an Illinois Appellate Court ruling related to Mandel’s husband, who pleaded guilty two decades ago to making a false statement to a financial institution. The Jan. 4 correspondence, signed by Brenda Kohler, complained that Village Administrator Sue Scarpiniti, who was appointed to the position in an interim capacity early last year, is being “illegally” paid to perform those duties because she also serves as the village’s finance director. The Landmark also received, unsolicited, a signed PDF copy of the letter in an email from someone named “Thomas Sapington.” Brenda Kohler’s signature does not match the one on the correspondence delivered to the Village Commons, and the Landmark got no response to a reply asking whether the emailed version of the letter was actually the one delivered to the village board. Mandel claimed she hadn’t seen Kohler’s letter prior to about 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 4, after that night’s village board meeting, when she said it was sent to all members of the village board. That’s about the time the Landmark received the email containing the letter. The Landmark has received other emails
in the past two months from “Thomas Sapington,” all of them complaints or demands related to issues involving Mandel’s political opponents. Kohler’s village board correspondence also uses an unusual typewriter-style typeface and is peppered with sentences that are in bold type or underlined, similar in nature to campaign materials Mandel and her political allies distributed in 2019 during Mandel’s successful run for trustee. The letter delivered to the Village Commons, obtained by the Landmark through a Freedom of Information request, cites a provision in the North Riverside Code of Ordinances that states the finance director “shall not receive compensation for any other office other than director of finance.” When Scarpiniti was named acting administrator last year, she was paid an additional $1,000 per week above her salary as finance director. “It sure looks like Village President Hermanek and his VIP Administration are violating the villages [sic] laws by paying Sue Scarpiniti an extra $1,000 per week,” the letter states, suggesting that Scarpiniti pay back the money. “I am requesting an immediate investigation into this matter.” Scarpiniti took on the additional role due to the retirement of former Village Admin-
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Riverside Foods to install solar panels on roof After numerous ComEd outages, business wants sustainable power backup By BOB UPHUES
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ComEd’s on again-off again power infrastructure in Riverside has been a headache for homeowners and businesses alike in recent years, and despite efforts by the electricity provider to shore up the local system, at least one business is looking for other ways to keep the lights on when the power goes out unexpectedly. Sometime this spring, Riverside Foods, 48 E. Burlington St., will launch a project to install a 28-kilowatt solar panel array on the east half of its roof, which will harness enough energy to provide about 10 percent of the power the grocery store needs to operate on a daily basis, plus enough battery storage to help it get through a power outage lasting more than a day. “This started some years ago with a desire to be more sustainable in our energy use,” said Riverside Foods co-owner Peter Boutsikakis. “We’ve also had a rough experience with [ComEd’s power] infrastructure, and we wondered what we could do beyond [natural] gaspowered generators.” Perhaps the last straw was a power outage following a powerful derecho storm that blew through the area in August 2020. The store was without power for more than a day, forcing the store to rent a refrigerated trailer to preserve perishable food. It wasn’t the store’s first experience with such an outage. “In 2020, we had several outages of varying degrees,” said Boutsikakis. “Most were for a couple of hours, but the one in [August] was more than a day long and we lost product and business. It was a tremendous amount of labor involved to recoup.” So, Riverside Foods turned to Project Green Environmental Solutions, a Forest Parkbased company that provides businesses with everything from energy assessments to contracting services to improve energy efficiency. The company also has expertise in securing grants for sustainable energy projects through ComEd’s small business energy efficiency program. Project Green previously worked with Riverside Foods about a decade ago to upgrade all of its lighting using ComEd’s grant program.
Initially, said Boutsikakis, the latest conversation with Project Green started with questions related to retrofitting older coolers instead of simply replacing them. That discussion led to something more ambitious, solar power. Boutsikakis did not reveal how much the store is investing in the solar panel, but he said the decision makes made financial sense. Panels will have a useful life of 20 to 25 years and the savings on energy costs will return that investment, he said, within 10 years. The business can also benefit from federal and state tax incentives for implementing solar energy in addition to ComEd’s incentives. The solar array will be located atop the east half of the roof, which is supported by metal trusses instead of the wood that supports the older west half. Boutsikakis is particularly happy that the solar panels will be mounted on skids and not affixed to the roof structure itself, allowing the panels to be moved around in order to allow any future maintenance to be done on the roof. Tom Odena, who owns his own company,
Hummingbird Electric, but also serves as supervising electrician for Project Green, said the Riverside Foods project will integrate the solar system with a natural-gas generator that will not only augment the solar system’s power supply during outages but will also be able to recharge the battery so the business can endure through lengthy power outages in the future. This will be the first commercial solar array installed in Riverside and Odena said he hopes it spurs other small and mid-sized businesses to seek sustainable energy solutions. What may help the most is an innovative financing option called “pace financing,” in which businesses partner with a municipality or county to issue a bond that is paid off over a period of years through a line item on the business’ property tax bill. “There’s been a lot of interest, but the problem is once they hear how much capital is involved up front, they’re not so interested anymore,” Odena said. “This kind of financing makes sense for small and medium-sized businesses.”
istrator Guy Belmonte, who had been paid $158,000 plus benefits annually. At the time, Hermanek sent a memo to village trustees explaining that the move, along with other personnel changes initiated by Scarpiniti, would achieve a cost savings of around $30,000. The move received no public criticism at all until Jan. 4. Hermanek said the provision being cited in the code referred to other duties the village’s finance director has taken on since being named to that post almost 20 years ago.
In addition to serving as finance director, Scarpiniti is the village treasurer and sits on both the North Riverside Police Pension Board and North Riverside Fire Pension Board. Scarpiniti is also the village’s authorized agent to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund and is the village’s alternate delegate to the Intergovernmental Personnel Benefit Cooperative, which is the village’s self-insurance pool, and the Municipal Insurance Cooperative Agency, which is the village’s risk management program. Scarpiniti is not paid any additional sti-
pends for carrying out those duties. According to Hermanek, the code “didn’t take into consideration another [staff] position.” “This is an interim thing,” said Hermanek, whose choice for administrator is limited by village code to serve only through end of the mayor’s term this spring. Hermanek said that if he is reelected in April, his plan would be to hire Scarpiniti as the permanent administrator and hire someone else to fill the finance role.
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BIG WEEK January 13-20
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago
North Riverside Public Library invites you join radio personality Clarence Goodman as he leads you along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s path through and legacy Chicago in the during the Zoom presentation “In the Belly of the Beast: Dr. King in Chicago” on Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 6:30 p.m. RSVP to bodenl@northriversidelibrary.org or visit northriversidelibrary.org/events for adult Zoom meeting access info.
Brookfield, get ready to read!
Brookfield Public Library invites families to participate in a new program called “Brookfield Reads – Together,” where special guest readers throughout the winter months present stories of strength and positivity on Facebook Live. Readers and their titles will be announced on the Monday before the event on social media and the library’s website. The first event will be on Thursday, Jan. 14 at 6 p.m. Dennis and Linda Tischler from Tischler Finer Foods will read “Strictly No Elephants”by Lisa Mantchev and “Time to Roar”by Olivia A. Cole. More info is available at brookfieldlibrary.info or facebook. com/BrookfieldPublic Library.
Zoo patron feted in new lecture series
This winter, Chicago Zoological Society offers a virtual lecture series on an array of topics about Brookfield Zoo’s history, animals and innovative programs which you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home. The series kicks off Thursday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. with Andrea Friederici Ross, author of “Edith: The Rogue Rockefeller McCormick.” The book recounts the tumultuous life of the woman who donated the EDITH ROCKEFFELLER land that made Brookfield MCCORMICK Zoo possible. Local character actress Ellie Carlson will join the presentation by portraying the fiercely intellectual, opinionated and cantankerous Edith Rockefeller McCormick. Online reservations are required and can be made at CZS.org/Lecture Series.
And more Riverside American Legion Post #488 will host a resume workshop for veterans on Jan. 15 at 6 p.m. The program will be streamed free to the public via Facebook Live on the Legion’s Facebook page (facebook.com/AmericanLegionRiverside) and will presented by Shannon Deamer CEO of the Georgiabased talent consulting firm The Deamer Group. ■
The League of Women Voters of the LaGrange Area and the CommUNITY Diversity Group of LaGrange will co-sponsor a webinar with local police departments and community groups in a discussion of police policies and practices via Zoom on Thursday, Jan. ■
Two new exhibitions at RAC
Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., presents two new exhibitions. “Softening Space” featuring constructions, installations and paintings by Camille Silverman, who rethinks assumptions about form, boundaries and the rollercoaster of our lives due to the constant trickery of human perception. It is on view in the Freeark Gallery through Feb. 11. An artist talk is TBA. In the FlexSpace Gallery is “Invisible Visible,” a collaboration between artist Colleen Plumb and writer Katherine Kassouf Cummings. The site-specific installation is designed to be seen through the gallery’s storefront with video projected between 4:30 and 11 p.m. It invites the viewer to witness the lives of chickens and workers, together subjected to the suffering created by the industrial food system. It is on display through Feb. 22. There’s an artist talk via Zoom on Jan. 16 at 2 p.m. The gallery is open by appointment. Visit riversideartscenter.com for more information. 14 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Register at tinyurl.com/ y98zcra4. Chicago Zoological Society’s animal care staff presents “Bringing to Zoo to You” Facebook Live chats each weekday at 11 a.m. through February. If you can’t tune in at 11 a.m., you can watch the videos later on Brookfield Zoo’s Facebook page or YouTube channel. North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., offers a number of virtual programs through Facebook Live, conference calls and the teleconferencing app Zoom. Programs include Game Night Wednesdays on Jan. 13 and 20 at 7 p.m. via Facebook Live on North Riverside Public Library’s Facebook page. ■
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This year, the Frederick Law Olmsted Society’s annual meeting won’t be held in person at the township hall. With COVID-19 resurgent, the group’s leadership has decided to conduct the meeting online via Zoom on Friday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. Join FLOS for the election of new officers and board members, committee reports and a special presentation by Riverside Village Forester Michael Collins, who will talk about his 2019 exchange activity in Shanghai, China. Collins will review his week-long trip and provide a pictorial journey, insights and observations into MICHAEL COLLINS forestry in China. A link to the annual meeting on Zoom will be provided in an email to FLOS members. To join the organization or for more information, visit olmstedsociety.org.
There’s also Deeply Rooted Book Club via Zoom on Jan. 14 at 6:30 p.m. The book club explores inequality and civil rights in America. The book this month is “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas; Stretching and Meditation on Jan. 18 at 6:30 p.m. via conference call (800-747-5150, code 1453322); and WITS Workout for some fun, social brain health activities via Zoom on Jan. 19 at 11 a.m. RSVP to bodenl@northriversidelibrary.org or visit northriversidelibrary.org/events for adult Zoom meeting access info. Brookfield Public Library offers virtual classes and programs for patrons of all ages throughout ■
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the week. Most youth activities will be presented live on the library’s Facebook page at facebook.com/ BrookfieldPublicLibrary. For adults, there’s Chair Yoga via Zoom on Jan. 14 at 11 a.m. and Friday Reads on Facebook Live every Friday at 2 p.m. Hear librarians read aloud sections of new and exciting titles. Visit brookfield.evanced.info/signup to register for Zoom programs. Riverside Public Library presents the following programs via Zoom. On Jan. 14 at 6 p.m., Gina Barsotti leads Sunset Meditation and the library invites you to Family Game Night on Jan. 15 at 6 p.m. To obtain Zoom access info, visit the library’s online calendar at riversidelibrary.org/calendar.html. ■
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North Riverside vape shop burglarized North Riverside police responded to Vaperz, 7309 25th St. at the North Riverside Park Plaza shopping center, on Jan. 7 at about 1:15 a.m. after a being notified that the burglar alarm had been tripped. When they arrived, officers observed that the glass front door had been broken, along with four glass display cases inside the business. As officers conducted a search of the business, they also received word that Berwyn Tobacco and Vapes at 2825 S. Harlem Ave. in Berwyn had been burglarized as well. Police said they are unsure whether the two break-ins were related. Several items appeared to have been taken from the store, but police did not immediately have a complete inventory from the owner.
Criminal damage spree Four residents on the south end of Brookfield called police last week to report an unexplained one-person criminal damage spree that occurred between 9:50 to 10:30 p.m. on Jan. 7. A resident of the 4100 block of Forest Avenue first called at 9:50 p.m. to report that a man exited a blue Honda that had pulled up to the curb. He then reportedly ran up to her home, dragged a snowman decoration across the grass and then tossed it to the ground, breaking the light inside, before running back to the car and driving away. At 10:02 p.m. a resident of the 4600 block of DuBois Boulevard called to report that a man exited a blue Honda and damaged her fence before fleeing the scene. At 10:24 p.m. a resident of the 4300 block of Maple Avenue called to report damage to his fence. After hearing a loud bang, the victim said he saw a darkcolored sedan driving away. A fourth apparent victim, a resident of the 4600 block of DuBois Boulevard, called police on the afternoon of Jan. 8 to report that someone had damaged a fence at an unknown time.
DUI suspect going 70 mph Riverside police charged a 44-year-old Chicago man with drunken driving and cited him for other offenses after an officer on patrol reported seeing a blue Chevy traveling northbound on First Avenue from Forest Avenue traveling between 64 and 70 mph on Jan. 7 at about 4 a.m. A portable breath test reportedly revealed the man’s blood-alcohol content to be .178, which is more than twice the legal limit of .08.
Just running late, officer North Riverside police charged a 23-yearold Cicero man with misdemeanor aggravated speeding after an officer on patrol
reportedly clocked his silver Chevy Malibu traveling at 77 mph in a 35 mph zone while westbound in the 7500 block of Cermak Road on Jan. 6 at about 3:55 p.m. The officer curbed the Chevy at Westover Avenue and took the driver into custody. The driver reportedly told police he was driving so fast because he was running late for work.
Secure those bikes Riverside police responded to a residence in the 500 block of Selborne Road on the afternoon of Jan. 6 after a resident called to report that someone driving a vehicle had just stolen a bicycle from the front lawn. The resident said her daughter had left the bike leaning against a tree in the parkway near the curb. A witness reportedly told the resident that he saw a blue Ford Escape pull up to the curb and then saw an older man get out and put the bike in the back of the vehicle. Police noted that the following day was a trash pickup day in Riverside, and that many other residents had rubbish containers at the curb line.
Habitual revoked driver arrested again A 33-year-old Berwyn man who had been charged six times previously for driving on a revoked license due to a prior drunken driving conviction was arrested again in Riverside on Jan. 6 at about 1 a.m. after an officer on patrol clocked his 2005 GMC traveling at 60 mph in a 30 mph zone while southbound on Harlem Avenue from Olmsted Road. Riverside police charged the man with a misdemeanor charge of aggravated speeding, a felony count of driving while revoked and a citation for having no vehicle insurance. According to police, the man had been charged with driving while revoked six times between June 2007 and December 2013. Police Chief Thomas Weitzel said the department has filed paperwork to seize the man’s vehicle. “Considering his six prior driving while revoked arrests based off of a DUI, his action to continue to drive is appalling,” Weitzel said. “If we are awarded the vehicle by court order, we will sell the vehicle and use the profits to fight impaired driving.” These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Jan. 3-10, 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 Bob Uphues
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Developer plans fourth rental project in downtown Brookfield Michael Gatto seeks to build 9-unit building at 3727 Sunnyside Ave. By BOB UPHUES Editor
Real estate developer Michael Gatto, who has completed two apartment building projects in downtown Brookfield and has a third under construction in the 3700 block of Grand Boulevard, has submitted plans for a fourth building at 3727 Sunnyside Ave. The Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider the plans at its meeting scheduled for Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. in the council chamber of the Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave. Gatto’s company closed on the property on Dec. 22, 2020, purchasing it for $129,500 from Steven Campbell, who has owned the 8,500-square-foot parcel since 2004. The property sits directly north, across the alley, from Gatto’s first development in Brookfield, a nineunit apartment building at 8934 Fairview Ave., completed in 2017.
In a phone interview last week, Gatto told the Landmark that he is proposing a nine-unit apartment building – three two-bedroom and six one-bedroom units. Like his finished buildings on Fairview Avenue and at 8917 Grant Ave., which emphasize clean lines and a modern aesthetic, this one would be similar in style. “The materials will be a little different,” Gatto said. “There will be tongue-and-groove, flush-mounted wood on the front of the building. It’s the same modern design, but based on the village’s zoning modernization materials guide, it’ll be a slightly different product [than the cement lapboards used for earlier projects].” The long, narrow, irregularly shaped lot, which measures roughly 50-by-180 feet, means the three-story building will be arranged in two wings that are set back from one another to avoid “a big blank wall on Sunnyside,” Gatto said. Parking for the development will
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IN THE WORKS: A 9-unit apartment building is being pitched for the property at 3727 Sunnyside Ave. in Brookfield, the fourth such project by developer Michael Gatto in recent years. be at the rear of the lot, but its arrangement will be unusual due to the shape of the lot. While the development will not need a zoning variation for the number of spaces – plans show parking spaces for 10 vehicles – the development will need a variation because Gatto is asking for what are essentially two separate parking areas with access from the side alley. Gatto will need a second variation related to a lot coverage issue. He also expects the unpaved east-west alley that runs from Sunnyside Avenue between his two properties to the paved alley that runs behind the Grand Boulevard businesses to be a subject of discussion during his hearing before the Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission. When he won approval for the Fairview Avenue apartments in
2016, Gatto had told planning and zoning commissioners that having to pave that stretch of alley would be a financial deal-breaker for him. Although commissioners had expressed a desire for him to pave the alley, it was not made a condition for approving the Fairview building. Now that the alley runs between two Gatto properties and will provide access to parking for both, that could change. “I think that’s going to be something we’ll have to work through,” said Gatto, though he called any prediction on what direction the village take “premature.”
Grand Blvd. project inching ahead Meanwhile, Gatto’s mixed-use commercial/residential develop-
ment under way at 3704 Grand Blvd. in the heart of downtown Brookfield remains on track, if taking a bit longer to get vertical. The building will house a ground-floor commercial space on Grand Boulevard, covered groundfloor parking facing Sunnyside Avenue and 17 one-bedroom apartments. The project broke ground in late October 2020. The concrete foundation has been poured and structural steel is ready to go, but Gatto said lumber supplies have been a challenge since the pandemic began, with prices still 50 percent higher than normal and somewhat difficult to source. However, Gatto said he has found a lumber supplier for the project and work will be continuing throughout the winter.
Four vie for three seats on District 102 school board
Races in several school district will go uncontested By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
There are four candidates running for three seats this spring on the LaGrangeBrookfield Elementary School District 102 Board of Education. Three incumbents are running, although one of them, Dorren Gertsen-Briand, has only been on the D102 school board since being appointed in November to replace Michael Thomas, who resigned to fill a vacancy
on the Lyons Township High School District 204 school board. Gertsen-Briand faces a bit of an uphill battle in the April 6 election, because she was not endorsed by the District 102 Delegate Assembly. By the time Gertsen-Briand was appointed to the school board, the Delegate Assembly was well into its endorsement process. The Delegate Assembly has endorsed school board President Michael Melendez, Vice President Ed Campbell, and Jessica Mandra who is running again after finishing last in a fiveperson race two years ago. Mandra, 46, is a LaGrange Park resident who works as a communications designer and team manager at Harper Community College. She is the mother of a third-grader at Forest Road School and has a son who will start kindergarten next year. Mandra lived in
Brookfield for nine years before moving to LaGrange Park four years ago. If elected, Mandra said that she wants to the work on the district’s racial equity policy and to improve communication from the district to residents. Mandra has a bachelor’s degree in political science and German from the University of Michigan and another bachelor’s degree in graphic design from Columbia College. She also earned a master’s degree in higher education management and administration from Robert Morris University. Gertsen-Briand, 52, is a 14-year LaGrange Park resident. The mother of two is a former member of the LaGrange Park Public Library Board of Trustees and a member of the community diversity group. She also wants to work on diversity issues
on the school board. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Queens College in Kingston, Ontario, and has a master’s degree in museum science from Texas Tech. Melendez and Campbell both live on the same block in Brookfield and were first elected the school board four years ago when they ran unopposed. A lawyer for the University of Illinois, Melendez has been school board president for the last year. He earned his law degree from the University of Iowa and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago. He is the father of four children, including three students at Congress Park School. Melendez said that he wants to get through the pandemic and then take a hard look at the district’s curriculum. Campbell is a professor of microbiology and
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North Riverside woman, 67, is village’s 4th COVID fatality New cases continue to appear at a steady rate
Some regions of the state could see loosened COVID-19 restrictions as early as Friday as some counties have already By BOB UPHUES transitioned to the next phase of vaccine Editor distribution, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced on Jan. 11. A 67-year-old woman who died on Jan. 11 Although the state remains in Phase 1A became the fourth North Riverside resident of its vaccine distribution plan, some comto die from complications of COVID-19, the munities which have substantially comCook County Medical Examiner reported on pleted Phase 1A have moved to the early Monday, and the first since last July. stages of Phase 1B. Meanwhile, the Cook County Depart“We want to make sure any available vacment of Public Health reported 15 new cine is administered quickly to the priorconfirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 ity groups that we’ve laid out,” Pritzker said. in North Riverside for the “Let’s get those out to Phase week ending on the morning 1B people. ... Even though we of Jan. 12, bringing the total haven’t moved everybody into number since the pandemic the next phase, we don’t want began last March to 426. any of these vaccines sitting That weekly total was less around.” than the 23 reported the week Those in Phase 1A, who are rebefore, but North Riverside ceiving vaccines, include health has seen its cases numbers care workers and residents of seesaw during the past month, long-term care facilities. Phase giving no clear indication 1B would extend vaccine priorof which way numbers are ity to non-health-care essential trending. workers and residents age 65 or J.B. PRITZKER In Riverside, the number older. Illinois governor of new cases remained alThis early transition has been most flat, with 28 reported authorized by the Illinois Departfor the week ending on the ment of Public Health, but local morning of Jan. 12, comhealth departments determine pared to an average of 27.6 the phase transition on a countycases during the three-week by-county basis, depending on period preceding it. Phase 1A progress. It is not clear which counSince the pandemic began, 701 Riverside ties have already started Phase 1B. residents have been reported confirmed or Pritzker said he expects to make a formal probable for COVID-19 and three residents announcement later this week regarding have died from the disease. when the entire state will move into Phase The number of confirmed or probable CO- 1B. VID-19 cases swelled to 1,455 in Brookfield “But I want to urge patience,” Pritzker after 82 new cases were reported by the Cook said. “Phase 1B will take many weeks to County Department of Public Health for the complete.” week ending on the morning of Jan. 12. Tier 3 mitigations will begin to be lifted Eleven residents of Brookfield have died come Friday in regions that meet certain from COVID-19 since the pandemic began metrics. The timeline represents a 14-day last March, according to the Cook County incubation period following New Year’s Day. Medical Examiner, with seven of those faIn order to transition from Tier 3 to Tier talities coming since Nov. 26, 2020. 2, a region must experience a positivity
rate below 12 percent for three consecutive days. It must also have greater than 20 percent available intensive care unit and hospital bed availability and declining COVID hospitalizations for 7 of the last 10 days. Regions began hitting Tier 2 restrictions in November, with statewide Tier 3 mitigations announced on Nov. 20. No region has been able to move back to Tier 1 restrictions after reaching Tier 2. Even in Tier 2, bans on indoor dining and drinking at bars and restaurants will continue, although locally the ban has been flouted widely with few apparent consequences. Local officials continue be reluctant to impose any enforcement action on establishments who defy the ban, but some have also been cited by the Cook County Department of Public Health. “The village of Brookfield, along with most other Chicagoland suburbs, have taken the approach that there should be no strict enforcement of such an order,” Brookfield Village President Kit Ketchmark said in an email. “Instead in our case, when our police department witnesses or receives a complaint of restaurants/bars operating in violation of the order, we issue a notice to the restaurant/bar of the order, and in the case of repeat cases, the village notifies the county and state health departments informing them that certain businesses are violating the order.” All of those receiving citations from the county are in Brookfield and include Sebastian’s Ale and Whiskey House, Brookfield Breakfast, Phil’s Sports Bar and Grill, Ryan’s Public House, Cordial Inn, Gosia’s Coffee Shop and Mary’s Morning Mix-up. According to Don Bolger, a spokesman for the Cook County Department of Public Health, penalties for establishments that continue to defy the ban “may include fines and other actions following due process.” Four of the seven establishments, said Bolger, have received violation notices via certified mail. If an establishment is found to be out of compliance after a re-inspection, Bolger said, “We will send a second notice to the facility and refer the matter to
other incumbents, board President Scott Encher and Rebecca Zoltoski have decided to not run. Newcomer Jessica Filbey is the third candidate who has filed. Filbey, 41, has lived in Brookfield for almost four years. She is the mother of an eighth-grader and a fifth-grader. As the single parent and the parent of a special-needs student, Filbey said she thinks she can offer the school board those different perspectives. Active in Indivisible Brookfield, Filbey said she was encourage to run by school board member Meghan McAteer, who is also active with that organization. Filbey works in sales for Gordon Food Service, a food supplier to restaurants. She
earned has a bachelor’s degree is hospitality management from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Riverside Elementary District 96 and Lyons-Brookfield School District 103 also do not have competitive races this year. Incumbents David Barsotti, Dan Hunt, Joel Marhoul and newcomer Stephanie Basanez Gunn are running for four seats in District 96. In District 103, Lyons residents Sara Andreas, Slagjana Aleksikj and Mario Ramirez will be the only candidates on the ballot as the three members of the school board’s minority bloc, Sharon Anderson, Marge Hubacek, and Shannon Johnson all decided to not run for reelection.
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“I want to urge patience. Phase 1B will take many weeks to complete.”
immunology at Loyola who created the school district’s saliva testing program. Campbell earned a Ph.D. from UIC in 2004.
No competition in D95, 96, 103 In Brookfield-LaGrange Park School District 95 there are only three candidates running for four seats, so unless a write-in candidate is elected the school board will appoint a member sometime after the April election. The deadline for a write-in to certify a candidacy is Feb. 4. Unless a write-in candidate is certified by the Cook County Clerk, no votes for that candidate will be counted. Two incumbents, Barbara Garvey and Kyle Wood, are running in D95 while two
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New executive director in place at Riverside Arts Center Chilsen steps up as Silverman departs to focus on her own work By BOB UPHUES Editor
As 2020 drew to a close, Riverside Arts Center announced a changing of the guard at the top of that nonprofit organization, which is dedicated to exhibiting the work of local and Chicago area artists and fine arts education. Camille Silverman, who has led RAC as its executive director for nearly four years, made her exit to concentrate on her own art. Her replacement is no stranger to the organization. Liz Chilsen, who was hired in November 2019 as director of RAC’s FlexSpace Gallery, stepped into the role as executive director on Jan. 1. “I’ve been in arts administration and the arts for a long time,” said Chilsen, who is past executive director for a nonprofit peace and justice organization and a working artist. “One of the things I enjoy is supporting artists and sharing art in the broader community. I’m thrilled to take on the role.” It was no surprise that Chilsen was chosen to lead the nonprofit. Silverman informed RAC of her intention to leave back in October 2019, before RAC hired Chilsen as FlexSpace director. At the same time RAC hired Stephanie Brooks as director of the Freeark Gallery and Outdoor Sculpture Garden. Silverman formally gave notice of her resignation last June, allowing for a smooth transition of Chilsen into the role. “When we hired [Chilsen], we were eyeing for her to step into this position,” Silverman told the Landmark. “We definitely saw her
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NEXT UP: Liz Chilsen (left) has taken the reins as executive director at Riverside Arts Center, following the long-planned departure of Camille Silverman (right), who has led the nonprofit arts organization for nearly four years. potential right away as FlexSpace Gallery director.” Silverman joined RAC in April 2017, chosen from a field of 10 candidates and with a track record of success as an arts administrator. As director of the Western Colorado Center for the Arts in Grand Junction, Silverman was credited with growing that organization’s profile as a regional arts center, curating thought-provoking exhibitions
featuring both regional and national artists. She came to Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., during a transitional period for the organization, whose first experience hiring an executive director left its future uncertain and its volunteer board members struggling to operate it. An artist with an MFA in painting from Cranbrook Art Academy, Silverman and former gallery director Claudine Ise be-
gan improving the quality of exhibitions at RAC, created the FlexSpace Gallery and partnered with local organizations to broaden its reach in the community. In late 2019, Silverman was instrumental in the creation of the Ruth and Robert Freeark Endowment Fund, which provides RAC with a financial safety net it lacked in the past. “It’s huge for us,” Silverman said. “It gives us some security; it’s there for the long term.” With a desire to leave administration for her own art creation, Silverman said the time was right to hand over the reins. “I wanted RAC to be financially sound and have a stronger backbone of structure, but I also wanted to keep it loose and fun, a place for staff to experiment just as much as our artists and students,” Silverman said. Chilsen enters as executive director after an extraordinary year dominated by a pandemic that forced RAC to be creative in serving students, artists and those who enjoy visiting exhibitions. One exhibition last year pivoted from a traditional gallery layout to one that could be enjoyed from outside the building, something being repeated this month with a sitespecific installation collaboration “Invisible Visible,” in the FlexSpace Gallery featuring artist Colleen Plumb and writer Katherine Kassouf Cummings. The Freeark Gallery, meanwhile, features an exhibition of constructions, installations and paintings by Silverman. Delivering art creatively is something Chilsen expects to continue for the foreseeable future. “To me, we’re going to be dealing with social distancing and mask wearing for the next year, and then we’ll slowly expand things,” Chilsen said. “We’ll find fresh ways to keep art experiences going while we keep each other safe.”
Riverside police nab man for alleged car burglary spree Parolee also connected to Nov. pepper spray incident on Longcommon Road
By BOB UPHUES
to report someone attempting to break into cars in the area. Rivera, who is on parole after convictions in 2016 and 2017 for Riverside police have arrested residential burglary and aggraa 26-year-old Berwyn man they vated battery, is believed to have say is responsible for not only a broken into more than two dozen rash of vehicle break-ins at the vehicles in Riverside in the past turn of the New Year, but for a two weeks. He was charged with November incident in which he eight counts of burglary. allegedly pepper-sprayed two As a police officer transported Longcommon Road residents JOSHUA RIVERA Rivera to the central lockup, he who tried to stop him from burreportedly remarked, unsolicited, glarizing their vehicle. Officers apprehended Joshua Rivera in “I was doing so good. I’m almost off parole.” In addition, police charged Rivera with the vicinity of 35th Street and Maple Avenue in Berwyn on Jan. 9 at about 6 a.m. af- one count of theft for allegedly stealing a ter a Robinson Court resident called police bicycle from a residence in the 300 block of Editor
Herrick Road on Jan. 9. He was reportedly riding that bicycle when police detained him. According to police, at the time of Rivera’s arrest he was in possession of a large amount of coins, two large Sharpie markers, cash, pepper spray and a cellphone in addition to a small amount of cannabis and drug paraphernalia. Rivera was also wearing multiple layers of clothing, said police, which he would reportedly peel off while moving from location to location if he felt his actions had been caught on a surveillance camera. During their investigation, police connected Rivera to a Nov. 29, 2020 incident in the 400 block of Longcommon Road. A home-
owner, whose wife was alerted by the Ring doorbell app on her cellphone, confronted a man in the driveway at about 4:30 a.m. Police say that Rivera pepper-sprayed the homeowner, causing him to drop a baseball bat he’d carried out of the house with him. As the two men struggled over the bat, the victim’s wife joined the melee, reportedly hitting Rivera over the head with a broom handle before Rivera allegedly peppersprayed her and ran away. Rivera has been charged with battery related to the Longcommon Road incident. He is being held without bond at Cook County Jail, and the Illinois Department of Corrections reportedly has issued a parole violation warrant for Rivera.
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CAPITOL ASSAULT Impeachment pending from page 1 On Jan. 11, House Democrats introduced one article of impeachment against Trump for “incitement of insurrection” and giving Vie President Mike Pence 24 hours to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove the president from office. A vote on the article of impeachment was to take place either Jan. 12 or 13, after the Landmark’s print deadline. Garcia and Newman blamed Trump for inciting a mob of his supporters on Jan. 6 by speaking to them near the White House before they entered the Capitol as Congress was preparing to recognize the results of the Electoral College vote in the presidential election. Congress was debating objections raised by some congressional Republicans to Electoral College votes in Arizona when both the Senate and House abruptly recessed Wednesday afternoon as Trump supporters entered the Capitol. “It was a tragic day for our democracy and the worst aspect of it is that it was incited by the President,” Garcia told the Landmark on Thursday. “I watched the rally. I saw his relatives, his sons, give speeches with vile rhetoric and of course the president just topped it all off.
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“It was very clear that he was inciting them to step up their aggressiveness, to fight harder, and of course he did it when both chambers of Congress were deliberating on the Electoral College. It can only be construed as an attempt at a coup.” Garcia, who represents most of North Riverside, almost all of Riverside and Brookfield north of Southview Avenue, said that he hoped members of the president’s Cabinet and Vice President Mike Pence would invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, which provides for the removal of a president who is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Newman, who represents the very southern tip of Riverside and Brookfield south of Southview Avenue, said the 25th Amendment should be invoked or Congress should impeach Trump. “However it can happen in the quickest way possible,” Newman said. “We don’t have the luxury of letting this guy loose for another couple weeks.”
Newman, who has just been a member of Congress for four days, had already moved from her Congressional office to an undisclosed secure location on the Capitol grounds when Trump supporters swarmed the Capitol. MARIE NEWMAN She said she was not concerned for her own safety but did worry about Congressional colleagues who were on the floor of the House of Representatives. “I had great confidence in all the security forces that were in place, so I was more concerned for my colleagues and other people in D.C. than I was certainly for my staff and myself,” Newman said. Garcia said he was in his Congressional office in the Longworth House office building watching the floor debate on television building when the Capitol was breached. His office was told to lock down. He and two aides stayed in the office until Congress reconvened Wednesday evening after the Capitol had been cleared. “We were instructed to not to be out in the hallways, to lock our doors, to find the gasmasks that are available to office staff, and to wait for further instructions, and to stay away from windows,” Garcia said. Both Garcia and Newman were outraged by the assault on the Capitol that they
watched on television. “What happened was disgusting,” Newman said. “A breach of our Capitol is an act of sedition, and I just want to be clear that these people that broke into the Capitol with the intent to hurt and pillage. “And then further, to make it more troublesome, this president has egged them on, affirmed them, confirmed them, called them special. It is disgusting. The overall emotion yesterday was sadness. … I can’t tell you the depth of sadness. It was just almost disbelief in the dystopic nature of what was occurring.” Newman said she supported censuring the Republicans in Congress who she said incited the riot by challenging the Electoral College vote in some states. After the Capitol was finally cleared, Congress reconvened in the evening and, after hours of debate, finally voted a little after 3 a.m. on Jan. 7 to ratify the Electoral College victory of President-elect Joe Biden. “I was very proud to make that vote to certify this election and to vote against these opposition forces that objected to the certification,” Newman said. Newman is looking forward to Biden being inaugurated on Jan. 20. “In 10 or so days we are going to have a president that is competent, that is compassionate, innovative, and willing to work with everybody and govern everyone and that is an absolute 180-point turn from where we were with President Trump so we do have brighter days ahead,” Newman said.
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Opinion KOSEY CORNER
THE LANDMARK VIEW
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Get it together
f there’s an election in North Riverside, it seems to bring out the most juvenile instincts in political partisans – from the inevitable social media misinformation to campaign sign theft and damage. In past elections where temperatures have run high, there have been lawsuits filed alleging libel and protracted petition challenges arguing the most arcane technicalities. None of that has happened yet, but the 2021 election has brought with it a new wrinkle. In an era where people attend meetings via Zoom, there’s now an opportunity to drop off a comment and ask that it be read for you at the appropriate time of a village board meeting. This, of course, allows proxies to submit correspondence they either don’t want to put their real names to or don’t want to read themselves, because they really didn’t write them. At the past two village board meetings, there have been dueling letters of this nature, one clearly submitted under a fictitious name and another submitted by a real person, but one that looked and read more like a campaign speech than a resident comment to the board. The correspondence has led to trustees questioning their colleagues’ motivations and claiming they are victims of inappropriate political attacks during village board meetings, where such remarks should be off limits. The trouble is, First Amendment protections are broad and deciding what is and is not “village business” is a minefield for anyone trying to do so. Once you start prohibiting public comment for content reasons, you expose yourself to a protest to the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor. We’re guessing that such a protest would be taken seriously by that office and that the village would be told to stop limiting free speech at public meetings. So, in the absence of a blanket ban on “political” comments at board meetings, how about this: How about those involved in election campaigns – either surrogates or candidates themselves – have the courage of their convictions. If candidates have a problem with the actions of their opponents, put your names to those complaints and air them openly. If your concerns are legitimate, why are you hiding from them? Instead of burning energy with notes suggesting inappropriate behavior and nefarious motives, how about those involved in running for mayor, clerk and trustee provide the community with actual platforms of what policies they intend to pursue and how they intend to accomplish them? We’re nearly a month into this campaign and less than three months from the election, and the community has seen precious little in the way of how any of the candidates propose to substantively govern North Riverside. Just spit-balling here, but that might be an actual focus for an election. This is an important election for North Riverside, which has embarked on a comprehensive planning process that includes large-scale rewrites of its municipal and zoning codes to help guide future development in a village where non-property tax revenue is critical. North Riverside needs adults at the helm, so it’d be nice for the adults running for election to reveal themselves to voters.
Calendar’s flipped but we’re still homebound
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ere we are 2021 and we’re still spending more time at home than we had thought we would be spending. Excess time has led us to be creative in how we are spending that time, whether alone or with others. Crafts have been a solution for some. My granddaughter Elena Duve made a wreath out of wine corks, which was very pretty. I did not dwell on where all the corks came from. Some people are doing puzzles, and I bought one myself. It is still in the box. There are also many books to be finished or started. However, it seems cooking has been something that has consumed the creative sides of many. I am one of those people who is always collecting recipes from many sources and cutting them out with the best intentions, so I applaud those who really have been putting on their aprons and going for it. Of course, by now we have completed the holiday baking, although I’m not the baker -- I’m the recipient. Thank you Pam Talancon, Pam Kosey, Cousin Josephine and Teresa Hall. There are some real, honest-to-goodness cooks around
here! I was amazed when our podiatrist, Dr. Nicholas Anderson here in Riverside, told us he and a few of his male relatives made 60 pounds of Italian sausage. Now that’s impressive. I saw pictures as proof. I could make all kinds of jokes, but I will refrain after all this is the man who tends to my toes. Then there is Dina Merola Kraus who posts pictures and recipes on Facebook (probably the best thing to come from Facebook). I get inspired and hungry just looking at the pictures -- that big pot of sauce, yum-o! Many of her meals are family recipes. Frankly, I think she should have her own cooking show on Riverside TV. It could be “Dina’s Cocina” or “Dina Does Dinner.” I could go on and get cornier, but I won’t. So Riverside TV, give it a thought. Me? I’ve been cooking some, but also supporting local eateries. Have to do my part. So it goes as we try to keep sane, safe and busy. It is amazing what we can do if we have to when called upon, even if it means spending more time at home. How you spend the time it is up to you, but do your best, because nothing lasts forever.
JOANNE KOSEY
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Trump, congressional enablers not alone in blame
Elizabeth F. Brown, 77
After watching the news and reading the headlines, it is obvious that most people blame President Trump and his enablers in Congress for the Jan. 6 insurrection in the Capitol. Yes, they are to blame for inciting the violence by repeating lies and refusing to follow our statutory or constitutional laws. But nowhere did I hear blame given to the 73 million voters that gave these people the power to do the damage that they did for the last four years. Wednesday’s riot was a not-surprising culmination of four years of condoning illegal acts. In the 1960s, Donovan released a song titled “Universal Soldier” in which he blames those who carried out murderous orders in the name of their nations. Voters for Trump are to blame for the disasters that occurred during the last 4 years. Seventy-three million voters also have blood on their hands for our lack of a national response to COVID that made America the most disease- ridden nation on the planet. We are approaching the number of deaths equal to those lost in World War II. These voters need to accept the fact that the South lost the Civil War (plenty of Confederate flags could be seen in the riot), that the Reconstruction period was meant to teach all Americans the ideals of our founding and that our Constitution is the law of the land.
Jan Goldberg Riverside
Budget analyst Elizabeth “Betty” F. Brown, 77, of Brookfield, died Jan. 6, 2021. Ms. Brown worked as a budget analyst for a telecommunications company. She will always be remembered for keeping in touch with her extended family and always being at and making gatherings a priority. Her lifelong love for the Chicago Cubs and Pepsi will always be celebrated. She was the sister of Thomas Brown and Michael (Margaret) Brown, the late Robert (Mary) ELIZABETH F. BROWN Brown and the late Marge (Joseph) Smith; the daughter of the late Robert Brown and the late Elizabeth Brown (nee Burke); the aunt of Jenny (Frank) Soehn, Stephan (Renee) Brown, Michael (Nicole) Brown, Matt (Leah) Smith, Kelly (Joel) Jackson, Andrew Smith, Kevin (Hannah) Brown and Elizabeth (Kevin) McGuire; a great aunt of many; and a dear friend to many extended family. A funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 9 at St. Bar-
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OBITUARIES bara Church, Brookfield. Interment was at St. Joseph Cemetery, River Grove. A video of the Mass is available to be viewed at memorialslive.com/ brown. Memorials are appreciated to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave. Floor 17, Chicago, 60601. Hitzeman Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements. If you wish to send a sympathy card to the family, send it to Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St., Brookfield, 60513, c/o Elizabeth Brown family.
Clifford R. Eckart, 92 Retired mail carrier Clifford “Cliff ” R. Eckart, 92, of Brookfield, died Jan. 9, 2021. Mr. Eckart served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and was retired longtime mail carrier in Berwyn. He was the husband of the late Lorraine CLIFFORD R. ECKART L. Eckart (nee Neumann); the father of Dale Eckart and Cheryl (Matthew Sauvageau) Eckart; the brotherin-law of Dolores (John) Ziola and Arliss Kennedy; predeceased by Grace (the late Don) Munro, Laverne (the late Ed) Cichy, Jim Neumann, John (Sharon) Neumann, David Neumann, Dorothy (the late Robert) Kitching, Norma Gross, Art (Myrna) Neumann and Paul (Gerry) Neumann; and an uncle and great uncle of many. Visitation is Wednesday, Jan. 13 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St., Brookfield. Due to COVID regulations, a maximum of 10 people are allowed in the funeral at a time. Face coverings are required, the lounge facilities are closed and no food or beverages are allowed inside. Services and interment are private. If you wish to send a sympathy card to the family, send it to Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St., Brookfield, 60513, c/o Cliff Eckart family.
Jacqueline Herbst, 90 Owned Riverside realty business Jacqueline “Jackie” Herbst died at the age of 90 of advanced Alzheimer’s while in residence at Belvedere Nursing Care in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on Jan. 3, 2021. She was preceded in death in 2013
by her husband of 62 years, Clifford “Skip” Herbst. Both were born and raised in Rock Island and married there in 1950. They moved to suburban Chicago in 1959 and raised their family in Wilmette and Riverside, where Ms. Herbst was broker/owner of First Service Realtors before retiring to Hot Springs Village in 1992. Jackie and Skip enjoyed over 20 retirement years in Arkansas playing bridge, traveling and as golf members of Diamante Country Club. She stayed active with hobbies including genealogy, DAR, sewing, quilting, handcrafts and serving two terms as village garden club president. Ms. Herbst is survived by three children and their spouses, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, including her son Larry (Judy), granddaughter Alison (Rick) Espinoza (great-grandchildren Ryan and Keira) and grandson Brad (Sabrina) Herbst (great-granddaughter, Emma); her daughter Lisa (Bill) Noirot and grandson Rob; and her son Rick (Sarah) and grandsons Ben, Alex, Jack and Charlie Herbst. Due to coronavirus, there will be no celebration of life at this time. Their remains will be interred later this year in the garden mausoleum at Kirk in the Pines Presbyterian Church.
Louise E. Hargreaves, 91 Accountant Louise Emily Hargreaves (nee Schwarz), 91, of North Riverside, died Jan. 6, 2021. Ms. Hargreaves served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was an accountant. She was the wife of the late George F. Hargreaves; the mother of Patricia Jean (JoLOUISE HARGREAVES seph) Doll and Catherine Ann Mestousis; the grandmother of Dr. Emily Doll, Daniella Doll, Michael Mestousis and Johnny Mestousis; the sister of the late Lois E. (the late Archie) McKinnon; and the aunt of Carol Blair and Eileen McKinnon. Funeral and interment are private Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood. Hitzeman Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements. If you wish to send a sympathy card to the family, send it to Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St., Brookfield, 60513, c/o Louise Hargreaves family.
Caroline A. Johnston, 83 Bernadette L. Kolinski, 89 Legal secretary Caroline A. Johnston (nee Wawra), 83, of Brookfield, died Dec. 13, 2020. Ms. Johnston worked as a legal secretary and was a longtime delegate for CSA District Council, past vice president of the Cultural Division and Lodge Rovnost treasurer. She was the wife of the late Jerome J. Johnston; the mother of Kenneth Johnston and Julie (Matthew) Woodman; and CAROLINE JOHNSTON the grandmother of Arianna Woodman and Zachary Woodman. Carol will also be missed by her loyal companion, Daisy, and all of her granddogs. A service will be held at a later date. Interment was at Woodlawn Cemetery in Forest Park. Memorials are appreciated to Czechoslovak Society of America, Scholarship Fund, 2050 Finley Road, Lombard, 60148. Hitzeman Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements. If you wish to send a sympathy card to the family, send it to Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St., Brookfield, 60513, c/o Caroline A. Johnston family.
Homemaker and mother
Ber nadette Loyola Kolinski (nee Grigals), 89, of LaGrange and formerly of Brookfield, died Jan. 3, 2021 in Hinsdale. Ms. Kolinski was born May 10, 1931 in Chicago. She was BERNADETTE L. a homemaker KOLINSKI and mother of six children. She was the wife of the late Peter Kolinski; the mother of Janet (George) Goeppner, David (Susan) Kolinski, Susan Kolinski, Laura (Michael) Millsaps, Jennifer (Vince Pecis) Kolinski and the late Peter Kolinski; the grandmother of Rachel, Jill, Billy, Kristin, Peter, Stephanie, Christopher, Danny, Adam, Katie, Abbey, Jacob, Hannah, Adeline, Henry; the great-grandmother of Sophie, Benjamin, Arlo, Hazel, Noah, Autumn, Genevieve, Brodin, Maxine, Damon, Andrew, Ivy and Archer; the sister of Rita, Mary and the late Lillian; and an aunt to many nieces and nephews. Private cremation services have been held. A celebration of life will be announced at a later date. Johnson-Nosek Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements. Online condolences may be offered at JohnsonNosek.com.
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Better in-class experience from page 1 “The numbers are close to what we expected for our first week back,” said District 208 Superintendent Kevin Skinkis in an email. “I would anticipate that in-person attendance will continue to improve as we continue under the 50-percent model. Our teachers did a great job.” School board President Wes Smithing, who has pushed hard for a return to in person learning, said that he thought in-person attendance would increase as the semester wore on. “I’m actually excited that that many kids came,” Smithing said. “I think next week you’ll see more, and after the MLK holiday I think we’ll see a pickup. I think there’s some apprehension with coming back and I understand that.” Students at RBHS can now attend class in person twice a week. On Jan. 5, 206 students were in school, with 233 on Jan. 6 and roughly 220 the two days following that. Those whose last names begin with the letters A through K can attend school in person on Tuesdays and Thursdays, while L through Z can attend Wednesdays and Fridays. One student who attended class in person said the experience was better than it had been when classrooms were open for a few weeks in October, one day a week. “I didn’t see a drastic difference in the amount of students who were there,” said RBHS senior Michael Ciszewski. “It was still like two to three students in all of my classes. “I think that what changed a lot was how the teachers are educating us now,” he added. “They’re focused more on the students in class. … We’ll be able to see what the teacher is showing us instead of us having to be on our Chromebooks and having our earbuds in. It’s a lot more engaging, I would say.” Senior Tess Obuchowski stayed home last week and is staying home this week. “It was just safer for me to stay at home,” said Obuchowski, who does come to school in the afternoon to practice for her role in the spring musical. “Especially after New Year’s Eve, there were a lot of people who were out and about, and I wanted to make sure I avoided that spike, because going to school is just another thing that might risk exposure.” Obuchowski said she feels safer coming to school for play rehearsals because it’s involves a relatively small group of students who, she says, are careful about wearing masks and maintaining social distancing. She hopes to return to school later in the semester if positive tests go down. “There is pretty high likelihood that I will go back,” Obuchowski said. Skinkis made the decision to return to the hybrid model even though the metrics were conflicting. The test positivity rate in suburban Cook County (9.9 percent) and the new cases rate (302 cases per 100,000) were still in the substantial range, but new cases and youth cases have dropped into the minimal category. Three RBHS students have already tested positive for COVID-19 since the second semester started earlier this month. Skinkis said it is up to individual students and families to decide whether to attend school in person. “We provide families an option so that they can do what they feel comfortable [with],” Skinkis told the Landmark in a telephone interview. Smithing said his two children, a senior and a freshman, both went to school in person last week. “All the educators will tell you that in-person learning is the best environment,” Smithing said. Smithing said he was pleased that teachers are trying to engage the students who are there in person and not just presenting a Zoom class to them. “Some of the most vocal teachers within the [teachers’ union] about not coming back have turned around and are doing it the best,” Smithing said. “It just shows that they are stepping up to the plate. We’re at least getting the engagement that we’ve been asking for.”
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PUBLIC NOTICES
LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed bids from qualified contractors at the Public Works Center, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302 Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. local time until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 for the following: Village of Oak Park 2021 Stone & Sand Materials Bid Number: 21-112 Bid documents may be obtained from the Village’s website at http://www.oak-park.us/bid. For questions, please call Public Works at (708) 358-5700 during the above hours.
PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION JANUARY 28th, 2021 at 7:00 PM NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, January 28th, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois for the purpose of considering a request for a special use for a curb cut at 4302 Maple Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513 (PIN 18-03-306013-0000). Legal Description: Lot 24 in Block 3 in Oliver Salinger and Company’s Bungalow Park Subdivision, being a part of Section 3, Township 38 North, Range 12, East of the third principal meridian. The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/ or written comments. There will also be opportunities to offer public comment and participate in this meeting virtually. Please check this webpage one week before the meeting for more information: https://brookfieldil.gov/meeting-packets/ The application may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours. Written comments may be provided prior to the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Mike Schwarz, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513 at mschwarz@brookfieldil.gov. Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall. By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman. Published in RB Landmark 1/13/2021
Published in Wednesday Journal January 13, 2021
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PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION JANUARY 28th, 2021 at 7:00 PM NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, January 28th, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois for the purpose of considering a request for variations at 9219 Broadway Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513 (PINs 15-34-307-005-0000 & 15-34-307-006-0000). Legal Description: Parcel 1: Lots 4, 5, 6, and 7 in Block 1 in Portia Manor, being Frederick H. Bartlett’s Subdivision in the Southwest Quarter of Section 34, Township 39 North, Range 12, East of the Third Principal Meridian, according to the plat thereof recorded February 6, 1915 as document number 5573274, in Cook County, Illinois. Parcel 2: That part of the 16 feet vacated alley lying southeasterly of Lot 7 in Block 1 in Portia Manor, being Frederick H. Bartlett’s Subdivision in the Southwest Quarter of Section 34, Township 39 North, Range 12, East of the Third Principal Meridian, described as follows: Lying northeasterly of the southwesterly line of Lot 7 extended southeasterly to the southerly line of the northerly ½ of said alley; Lying northerly of the southerly line of the north ½ of said alley and lying southwesterly of a line drawn from the southwesterly corner of said Lot 7 to a point in the southerly line of said alley 65 feet northeasterly of the southeasterly corner of Lot 10 in Block 1, all in Portia Manor, being Frederick H. Bartlett’s subdivision in the southwest quarter of Section 34, Township 39 North, Range 12, East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois. The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/ or written comments. There will also be opportunities to offer public comment and participate in this meeting virtually. Please check this webpage one week before the meeting for more information: https://brookfieldil.gov/meeting-packets/ The application may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours. Written comments may be provided prior to the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Mike Schwarz, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513 at mschwarz@brookfieldil.gov. Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall. By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman. Published in RB Landmark 1/13/2021
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday 01 February 2021, at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 517 Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois, the Village Plan Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider a request for an amendment to the PUD to construct an approximately 8,600 sq ft. addition on the following described property. PARCEL 1: LOT 1 IN THE FINAL PLAT OF FRANKLIN SUBDIVISION, BEING A PART OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 1602544024, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 2: NON-EXCLUSIVE DRIVEWAY EASEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF PARCEL 1, AS CREATED BY DEED FROM CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY TO E. W. KNEIP, INCORPORATED RECORDED DECEMBER 9, 1966 AS DOCUMENT 20018802, OVER THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE: THAT PART OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT A POINT ON THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF CIRCLE AVENUE, 183.00 FEET WEST OF, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE CENTERLINE OF HARLEM AVENUE; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID CIRCLE AVENUE, A DISTANCE OF 490.70 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF SAID EASEMENT, SAID POINT OF BEGINNING ALSO BEING THE MOST SOUTHERLY CORNER OF A TRACT OF LAND, AS CONVEYED BY QUIT CLAIM DEED DATED JULY 5, 1963 FROM THE CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY TO MAX GOLDSTEIN, EVA GOLDSTEIN AND BESSIE GOLDSTEIN, AND RECORDED AUGUST 23, 1963 AS DOCUMENT 18893094; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE OF 109 DEGREES, 58 MINUTES MEASURED COUNTER CLOCKWISE FROM A STRAIGHT LINE DRAWN FROM THE POINT OF COMMENCEMENT TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, A DISTANCE OF 90.5 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT 72.00 FEET SOUTH OF, AS
MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST; THENCE WEST ALONG A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST, TO A POINT 1140.00 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF SAID HARLEM AVENUE, AS MEASURED ALONG A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG A STRAIGHT LINE, A DISTANCE OF 97.7 FEET TO A POINT 84.00 FEET SOUTH OF, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG A STRAIGHT LINE, A DISTANCE 0F 76.1 FEET TO A POINT 102.00 FEET SOUTH OF, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST; THENCE SOUTH ALONG A LINE DRAWN AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE NORTH LINE OF FRANKLIN STREET TO A POINT 43.00 FEET NORTH OF, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE NORTH LINE OF THE PROPERTY AND EXTENSION THEREOF, AS CONVEYED FROM SAID RAILWAY COMPANY TO THE CITIES SERVICE OIL COMPANY BY QUIT CLAIM DEED DATED FEBRUARY 25, 1963 AND RECORDED MARCH 8, 1963, AS DOCUMENT 18737524; THENCE WEST ALONG A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF THE PROPERTY CONVEYED BY SAID DEED DATED FEBRUARY 25, 1963 TO A LINE DRAWN AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST AND DISTANT 1707.00 FEET WEST OF, AS MEASURED ALONG SAID SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE FROM THE CENTERLINE OF SAID HARLEM AVENUE; THENCE SOUTH ALONG A LINE DRAWN AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE PROPERTY CONVEYED BY SAID DEED DATED FEBRUARY 25, 1963, EXTENDED WESTERLY; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE PROPERTY CONVEYED BY SAID DEED DAT-
ED FEBRUARY 25, 1963 AND THE WESTERLY EXTENSION THEREOF (BEING ALSO THE NORTH LINE OF PARCEL 5 AND THE EASTERLY EXTENSION THEREOF) TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY CONVEYED BY SAID DEED DATED FEBRUARY 25, 1963; THENCE NORTH ALONG A LINE DRAWN AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE NORTH LINE OF SAID FRANKLIN STREET TO A POINT 8.5 FEET SOUTH OF, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE CENTERLINE OF SPUR TRACK I.C.C. NO. 367 OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, AS NOW LOCATED AND ESTABLISHED; THENCE EAST ALONG A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE CENTERLINE OF SAID SPUR TRACK, A DISTANCE OF 162.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH ALONG A LINE DRAWN AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST, TO A POINT 102.00 FEET SOUTH OF, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST; THENCE EAST ALONG A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST, A DISTANCE OF 230.00 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT 50.00 FEET SOUTHWESTERLY OF, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE TRACT OF LAND, AS CONVEYED IN SAID DEED DATED FEBRUARY 25, 1963; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID TRACT OF LAND, A DISTANCE OF 81.00 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID CIRCLE AVENUE; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID CIRCLE AVENUE, A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 7419 Franklin Street, Forest Park, Illinois. P.I.N.: 15-12-400-032-0000 The applicant is Farmington Foods Inc. Signed: Forest Park Plan Commission
Published in the Forest Park Review 13 January 2021
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION JANUARY 28th, 2021 at 7:00 PM
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION JANUARY 28th, 2021 at 7:00 PM
NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, January 28th, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois for the purpose of considering a request for special uses and variations at 3423 and 3427 Hollywood Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513 (PINs 15-35-103-016-0000 & 15-35104-018-0000).
NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, January 28th, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois for the purpose of considering a request for variations at 3727 Sunnyside Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513 (PINs 15-34-420-011-0000).
Legal Description: Lots 9, 10 and the South 45 feet of Lot 8 (except the East 45 feet thereof) all in Block 1 in the Second Addition to Hollywood in the Northwest Quarter of Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois. The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/ or written comments. There will also be opportunities to offer public comment and participate in this meeting virtually. Please check this webpage one week before the meeting for more information: https://brookfieldil.gov/meeting-packets/ The application may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours. Written comments may be provided prior to the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Mike Schwarz, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513 at mschwarz@brookfieldil.gov. Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall. By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman. Published in RB Landmark 1/13/2021
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: Y20005512 on December 29, 2020 Under the Assumed Business Name of PANDA STUDIOS with the business located at: 1913 S. MANNHEIM RD, WESTCHESTER, IL 60154. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: PATRICIA ANN REIS 10518 CANTERBURY ST, WESTCHESTER, IL 60154, USA. Published in RB Landmark 1/13, 1/20, 1/27/2021
PUBLIC NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE STATE OF ILLIONIS, CIRCUIT COURT COOK COUNTY. Request of Dylan Stephen Weinand Case Number 2020CONC000687 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Dylan Stephen Weinand to the new name of: Dylan Stephen Weinand-Flannery The court date will be held: On March 17th, 2020 at 9:30 at Daley Center, 50 W Washington Street, Chicago, IL, 60602 in Courtroom # 1706. Published in Wednesday Journal 1/13, 1/20, 1/27/2020
Legal Description: Lots 47 and 48 in Block 19 in Grossdale, a Subdivision of the Southeast ¼ of Section 34, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois. The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/ or written comments. There will also be opportunities to offer public comment and participate in this meeting virtually. Please check this webpage one week before the meeting for more information: https://brookfieldil.gov/meeting-packets/ The application may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours. Written comments may be provided prior to the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Mike Schwarz, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513 at mschwarz@brookfieldil.gov. Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall. By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman. Published in RB Landmark 1/13/2021
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR OPTION ONE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-3, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-3 Plaintiff, -v.CHARLES T. GRANT, JUANITA J. GRANT, THE PRAIRIE PLACE AT 6436 ROOSEVELT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 2019CH14912 6436 ROOSEVELT RD, 413 OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 5, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 9, 2021, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6436 ROOSEVELT RD, 413, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-18-428-0431030, Property Index No. 16-18428-043-1054 The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF OAK PARK ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS HEARING DATE: February 3, 2021 TIME: 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the Agenda permits CALENDAR NUMBER: 18-20-Z APPLICATION: The Zoning Board of Appeals (“Board”) will conduct a public hearing on an application filed by the Applicant, Lois Platt, as Trustee of the Lois M. Platt Trust, seeking a variance from Section 4.3 (Table 4-1: Residential District Dimensional Standards) of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance, which requires a minimum rear yard setback of 18’ – 5 ½”, to permit the construction of a two-story addition featuring a rear yard setback of 15’ – 5 ½” at the property located at 412 Iowa Street, Oak Park, Illinois, Property Index Numbers 16-06-418-022-0000 in the R-2 Single-Family Zoning District. A copy of the application and applicable documents are on file and are available for inspection at Village Hall, Development Customer Services Department, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The Board will conduct the public hearing remotely with live audio available and optional video. The meeting will be streamed live and archived online for on-demand viewing at www.oak-park.us/commissiontv as well as cablecast on VOP-TV, which is available to Comcast subscribers on channel 6 and ATT U-Verse subscribers on channel 99. The remote public hearing is authorized pursuant to Section 7(e) of the Open Meetings Act. The Village President has determined that an in-person public
hearing is not practical or prudent due to the COVID-19 outbreak during Governor JB Pritzker’s current disaster proclamation. It is also not feasible to have a person present at the public hearing due to public safety concerns related to the COVID-19 outbreak. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at the public hearing. Interested persons may provide written evidence, testimony and public comment on the application by email to Zoning@oak-park.us or by drop off in the Oak Park Payment Drop Box across from the entrance to Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, to be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on February 3, 2021. An individual’s name and their testimony or comment will be read aloud into the record at the public hearing if received no later than 30 minutes prior to the start of the public hearing. Interested persons may also participate in the hearing to cross examine the applicant and its witnesses, present evidence, testimony or public comment by emailing Zoning @oak-park.us before 5:00 PM on the day prior to the public hearing to sign up. Individuals who sign up to participate in this manner will receive an email from Village staff with information about how to join the meeting online through Zoom web-conference means or by phone. The public hearing may be adjourned by the Board to another date without further notice by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof.
Published in Wednesday Journal January 13, 2021
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE
THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 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. 14-19-11626 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019CH14912 TJSC#: 40-2378 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2019CH14912 I3162077
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112.5 Lincoln Ave, 2H, Riverside $109,900
7001 West 71st Place, Burbank $249,000
3608 Wenonah Ave, Berwyn $289,900
2034 73rd Ct, Elmwood Park $374,900
873 N Larabee St, #701, Chicago $415,000
192 Waubansee Rd, Riverside $539,000
1317 N Larabee #304, Chicago $589,999
815 N May St, #3, Chicago $599,000
178 Maplewood Rd, Riverside $625,000
4441 Wolf Rd, #401, Western Springs $699,000
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144 Scottswood Rd, Riverside $799,000
45 Longcommon Rd, Riverside $975,000
58 Lincoln #3, Riverside $1,700/mo
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38 S Waiola Ave, La Grange $1,665/mo
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622 Robinhood Ln, LaGrange Park $2,200/mo
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