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North Riverside police snare 4 for burglary Armed suspects reportedly sought cash and drugs

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Four men apprehended by police following a report of a possible home invasion in North Riverside on Feb. 17 all have been charged with one count each of residential burglary and are being held at Cook County Jail awaiting a Feb. 22 court hearing.

Bond for each suspect -- identified as Sterling A. Boston, 24; Delance Wilson, 27; Adrian Murphy, 33; and Jeremiah Murphy, 25, all Chicago residents -- was set at $100,000 at a hearing in Chicago on Sunday. Jeremiah Murphy was also charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon.

North Riverside Deputy Police Chief Deborah Garcia said investigators believe the four suspects went to the Northgate Avenue home to burglarize it.

“They thought there would be large amounts of cash and drugs in the house,” Garcia said.

Police from North Riverside, Berwyn, Forest Park, Riverside, Broadview, Brookfield Zoo and the Cook County Sheriff descended on the area at about 8:50 a.m. on Feb. 17 after a resident of the 2200 block of Northgate Avenue reported a burglary in progress.

A resident of the home told police he was asleep at the time and was awakened by a loud noise and “a lot of commotion.” The man said he jumped from his bedroom See BURGLARY on page 11

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HERE THEY COME: Warm temperatures and free admission convinced tens of thousands of people to visit Brookfield Zoo from Feb. 18-20, making it the busiest February in the zoo’s 83-year history.

Record temps bring record zoo crowds More than 71,000 visit Brookfield Zoo Feb. 18-20

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Record temperatures brought record numbers of visitors to Brookfield Zoo last weekend and on Mon-

day’s Presidents Day holiday, along with massive traffic jams and long lines to buy entry tickets.

On Saturday, Feb. 18 as the mercury hit 70 degrees, 22,863 people walked through the turnstiles at Brookfield

Zoo – a record number for any day in February in the zoo’s 83-year history.

And then on Sunday, Feb. 19, the zoo set another attendance record with See ZOO CROWDS on page 10

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The Landmark, February 22, 2017

Riverside Fire Dept. to use vacant home for training District 96 delays demo of Repton Road property

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

92 Repton Road, Riverside house though Buckley said firefighters might climb on to the roof of the home. For training exercises the house will be filled with obstacles firefighters will practice maneuvering their hoses around. The house itself will not be set aflame.

Since the Riverside Fire Department is a paid-on-call department, meaning it is not staffed with full-time firefighters, most training will take place on Wednesday evenings or Saturdays, Buckley said.

The school board and administration have not yet make plans as to how to use the prop-

at Concordia

The vacant house next to Ames School that Riverside Elementary School District 96 purchased last year will not be demolished until this summer, so the Riverside Fire Department can use the house for training until the beginning of August.

Riverside Fire Chief Matthew Buckley appeared before the school board on Feb. 15 and told the board that the empty house at 92 Repton Road could be used as a venue for realistic training for firefighters. Last week the District 96 Board of Education voted 6 to 1 to delay demolition of the house “As the fire chief it’s my obligation to get our firefighters to get the best training possible, not only for ourselves, but for the residents,” Buckley told the school board.

Training exercises at the house will allow the department to augment the training firefighters receive at the fire academy and will give them a more realistic training environment, Buckley said. In the past Buckley said the department has conducted training exercises at other vacant homes in Riverside scheduled for demolition.

The training will mostly be done inside the

erty the district purchased for just under $340,000. The land could be used for an addition to Ames School, a separate building, increased playground space or some combination of those uses. Superintendent Martha Ryan-Toye is touring district schools seeking information on options.

No decision on how to use the space at 92 Repton is expected until summer at the earliest, so most of the school board decided that there would be no harm in delaying the demolition of the house until the beginning of August.

Mary Rose Mangia cast the only vote against delaying demolition, saying she thought the house should be demolished as soon as practical.

“My biggest concern is that vacant homes are attractive nuisances,” Mangia said saying that she was concerned about squatters and people breaking into the home.

The house will remain secured with a padlock and Buckley said that the Riverside Police Department will put the house on a special watch and make extra passes by the house.

Board member Rachel Marrello noted that the house has already been empty for nearly a year without issues.

Ryan-Toye holds office hours District 96 Superintendent Martha RyanToye is holding office hours from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on evenings when the Board of Education holds meetings. The next school board meeting is March 1.

Community members who want to talk to Ryan-Toye are welcome to stop by her office at 63 Woodside Road in Riverside during her office hours. Residents can also set up a meeting by emailing the superintendent at ryan-toyem@district96.org.

“That house is not really an eyesore,” Marrello said.

Buckley said the fire department will notify neighbors well in advance of any training sessions at the house.

“We’re going to send them a letter as to what we’re doing and if there are any questions or concerns,” Buckley said. “While we’re out there we welcome anybody to come see what we’re doing or talk about it. If we are disrupting anybody or anything come and tell us and it’s stopped immediately.”

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The Landmark, February 22, 2017

Big pay boost for Riverside’s village manager 17-percent hike pushes salary to $140,000

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Riverside Village Manager Jessica Frances received a major vote of confidence – in the form of a 17-percent pay raise – from the village board on Feb. 16.

Village trustees voted unanimously to increase Frances base salary to $140,000 annually from her previous salary of $119,925.

The increase is retroactive to Jan. 1.

The raise comes on top of a $10,000 cash bonus the village board approved for Frances in December 2016 after “careful consideration to Frances’ performance during this most recent year of employment.”

At the time the board gave Frances the bonus, Village President Ben Sells said he was holding off on a straight-up raise in part because it came during the candidate filing period for the 2017 Consolidate Elections.

That the filing period is over, and Sells

side’s finance director. and a slate of three trustee The raise also put Frances’s candidates are running unopsalary more on par with her posed this spring, ensuring Sells counterparts in Brookfield and would remain in charge of the administration later this spring.

North Riverside.

In approving the salary inBrookfield Village Manager crease, Sells pointed to FranKeith Sbiral had his pay bumped ces’ leadership in establishing 10 percent in 2016 to $150,000 anthe West Central Consolidation nually. He also receives $15,000 Communications (WC3) emerannually in deferred compensagency dispatch center as a partion.

JESSICA FRANCES ticular accomplishment.

Sbiral has been Brookfield’s Riverside Village Manager “Everywhere she goes, she’s village manager since October chosen as a leader,” Sells said in 2014. He was hired to be BrookDecember. “Her performance exceeds the field’s assistant village manager in 2006. job she has. It’s hard for me to imagine a North Riverside Village Administrator better village manager.”

Guy Belmonte’s annual salary for the 2016Frances was named Riverside’s perma- 17 is $147,500, which was a 4.5-percent raise nent village manager in January 2015 after over his 2015-16 salary. He also gets a $1,350 serving about four months in an interim vehicle allowance. capacity. For three years before ascending Belmonte has served as the village adminto village manager, Frances served as River- istrator in North Riverside since 2001.

RBHS principal gets contract extension, raise Bonuses tied to student performance

By BOB SKOLNIK

dents that we have,” Smetana said.

Smetana is in her third year as principal at RBHS. She became principal in 2014 when Kristin Smetana, the principal at River- Pamela Bylsma left the school to become an side-Brookfield High School, has received a assistant superintendent at Hinsdale High two-year contract extension. On Feb. 14, the School District 86. Smetana first came to RBHS in 2012 as assistant prinDistrict 208 Board of Education cipal for curriculum and invoted unanimously to extend struction. Smetana, who began Smetana’s contract until June her career as a math teacher at 30, 2019.

Hinsdale Central High School, Smetana, who currently has been a steady, low-key leadmakes $126,807 a year, will reer as principal who is known for ceive a raise of 3.3 percent next her thoroughness. year. Next school year her an“Kristin as consistently demnual salary will jump to $131,000 onstrated the ability to be the and in 2018-19 fiscal year her salinstructional leader of our ary will increase another 2.2 perschool,” said District 208 Sucent to $134,000 a year.

KRISTIN SMETANA perintendent Kevin Skinkis She is also eligible for bonuses Principal at Riversidein a statement.

“Through her that can reach $14,000 if various Brookfield High School data-driven approach, she is school performance levels for committed to staff developareas -- such as student college readiness, four-year graduation rates and ment and student achievement. She demAP students with passing test scores, among onstrates her dedication to RB and its students through her consistently high work others -- are attained.

“I’m excited to receive a new contract to ethic. The well-being of the students and school community is foremost in her apcontinue to work with the dedicated staff here at RB as well as the phenomenal stu- proach to her position.”

Contributing Reporter

Mike Welch, the president of the District 208 Board of Education, also praised Smetana.

“Kristin has done a nice job during her tenure as an RB administrator,” Welch said in a statement. “She works well with the superintendent, staff, students and parents and is a valuable asset to RB.”

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The Landmark, February 22, 2017

Swan Pond restoration gets off to soggy start

Soft earth postpones effort to level out rough spots

By BOB UPHUES Editor

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Warm temperatures combined with a little rain on Tuesday morning threw a monkey wrench into an effort to begin leveling off areas of Swan Pond Park in Riverside, the first step in a plan to restore the park.

A Public Works Department backhoe began trying to skim uneven clumps of earth in the north end of the park at about 8 a.m. on Feb. 21, but after about 10 minutes, it became clear the ground was too soft to continue.

Almost three years ago to the day, on Feb. 25, 2014, the park suffered a second devastating flood, with enormous sheets of ice chewing up the landscape, particularly on the north end where a lawn area had been created in 2012 by the Army Corps of Engineers to help with drainage.

The flooding uprooted a 10-by-30-yard mat of plants placed by the Army Corps at the mouth of a drainage culvert in late 2013 and moved it, while ice chunks gouged the ground, creating uneven mounds of earth that made the area impossible to mow and difficult to walk on.

Last year, the Riverside Landscape Advisory Commission hired a firm to come up with a plan to restore the park, and the Riverside Village Board earmarked $35,000 for the first phase of that plan, which includes leveling out the rough patches, removing unwanted plants, like cattails, that have sprung up in the drainage swale and replacing them with about 20 different species of native wetlands plants that will thrive in the park.

Public Works Director Edward Bailey told the Landmark on Tuesday that the plant plugs have been ordered and will be planted this year, probably in late July or early August to avoid flood-prone seasons.

The operation will be overseen by the Public Works Department, he said, though the

Olmsted Society gearing up for Golden Jubilee The Frederick Law Olmsted Society will celebrate its 50th anniversary in Riverside in 2018, and to mark the Golden Jubilee the society has announced it will be planting 50 trees during 2017 and 2018 to honor the group’s founder, Robert Heidrich.

On April 29, the first group of trees will be planted in cooperation with the village’s forester in Indian Gardens, which lost dozens of trees in the past couple of years to the emerald ash borer.

The public is invited to grab a shovel and help out at the event, which will take place between 9 a.m. and noon. Tools and snacks will be provided.

For more information, visit www.olmstedsociety.org. village will likely seek volunteers to help with the planting effort.

Prior to Tuesday’s planned leveling off project, the Public Works Department identified the uneven areas on the north end of the park, circling them in white spray paint.

Bailey had figured that February would be a good time to begin skimming the rough spots, since the ground would normally be hard from the cold. However, as the backhoe started working on the first of the uneven spots, it quickly became clear, things were going to have to wait.

“We’ll just keep pecking away at it and keep watching conditions and hopefully reach one where we can get in and not do any more damage,” Bailey said.

FALSE START: Leveling off rough patches of Swan Pond Park was abandoned Tuesday due to soft conditions.

BOB UPHUES/Editor

The Landmark, February 22, 2017 New brick crosswalk

Extend median and add brick pedestrian refuge

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Fairview Ave.

cks Rail Tra Metra Curb bump-outs and expanded pedestrian paving with brick pavers and ADA detectable warnings

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Courtesy of Village of Brookfield

In addition to tuck-pointing the train station and installing new concrete, racks, planters and trash receptacles, intersection improvements will also be part of this year’s project.

Grants fund 2017 Brookfield train station improvements

Downtown area also in line for new LED street lighting

By BOB UPHUES Editor

The Prairie Avenue train station in Brookfield will be spruced up this summer and crosswalks traversing Brookfield and Burlington avenues on both sides of Prairie Avenue will be improved to make them more pedestrian friendly.

The improvements come courtesy of two grants totaling about $230,000 from the West Suburban Mass Transit District, one approved last May and the other approved in November. The total cost for the work is tagged at about $345,000. The village will be responsible for funding the remaining $115,000.

Initially envisioned as a two-year effort, work will be completed during 2017, said Nicholas Greifer, Brookfield director of community and economic development. On Feb. 27, the Brookfield Village Board is expected to approve a $37,400 professional services agreement with Hitchcock Design Group to begin building the bid documents for the improvements.

Once construction begins, it’s expected to take about three months to finish the work, said Village Manager Keith Sbiral.

Improvements to the train station and platforms include tuck-pointing the station, installing bike racks, planters and trash/recycling receptacles on both platforms, pouring new concrete on the north side of the station building to eliminate trip hazards and installing ADA-compliant ramps.

The project will now also include improvements to Prairie/Brookfield and Prairie/ Burlington intersections in order to enhance

pedestrian safety. The improvements have been scaled back from the village’s original plan but still include brick paver sidewalks on the corners immediately adjacent to the train right-of-way, high-visibility crosswalks with ADA-compliant ramps and a brick pedestrian refuge in the center of Brookfield Avenue on the east side Prairie Avenue.

“This really helps with pedestrian safety and provides a clear delineation of where pedestrians are crossing and prioritizes crossings for pedestrians,” Greifer said.

It’s not clear when work will begin, but it’s unlikely to start before July, according to Greifer.

“These will be nice enhancements especially for people utilizing the train station and for pedestrians,’ Greifer said. “It’ll be very noticeable.”

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The Landmark, February 22, 2017

Theft, burglary nudged Brookfield crime higher in 2016 Violent crime incidents down by 46% year over year

By BOB UPHUES Editor

For the second straight year, Brookfield saw an uptick in the number of serious crimes reported to police in 2016. But the 285 incidents referenced in the village of Brookfield’s Uniform Crime Report, released by Police Chief James Episcopo on Feb. 13, are the fourth lowest annual total reported in the village in the past 17 years.

In 2015, Brookfield reported 242 total crimes, resulting in an increase of 18 percent in 2016.

The Uniform Crime Report, which is compiled by the FBI using information provided by law enforcement agencies across the nation, tracks eight major violent and property crime categories. The violent crimes are murder, criminal sexual assault, robbery and aggravated assault/battery; property crimes include burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson.

In Brookfield in 2016, overall violent crime was down by 46 percent compared to 2015, with the largest drop coming in aggravated assault/battery, which fell from 16 incidents in both 2014 and 2015 to six, the lowest total in that category in two decades.

The village did experience its first homicide since 2010, when two people were murdered.

However, police did arrest three men in connection with the January 2016 shooting of Michael Smith. The three are at Cook County Jail awaiting trial.

Reports of criminal sexual assault and robbery, both of which have never topped nine per year in the past 17 years, fell slightly in 2016 from the prior year. There were six reports of criminal sexual assault and two robberies last year.

Violent crimes comprised just 5 percent of all incidents in the 2016 Uniform Crime Report and traditionally represent a very small percentage of crime in Brookfield annually.

What drove the 18-percent overall increase in reportable crimes in 2016 were jumps in both theft and burglary, which are by far the village’s largest crime categories every year.

The 67 burglaries in 2016 represented a 60-percent increase over 2015 and was the largest annual total since 2013, when 74 were reported.

However, that number is far fewer than the more than 180 burglaries reported annually in the village from 2000 to 2003.

Police reported 189 theft incidents in Brookfield in 2016, a 24-percent increase year over year. But the number, again, is far lower than the numbers reported as recently as 2013.

In 2013, there were 278 reported thefts in Brookfield. The highest total in the past 17 years was in 2003, when 310 thefts were reported.

According to police, the 2016 numbers might have been lower if residents simply

TRACKING THE NUMBERS The following table represents crime statistics from Uniform Crime Reporting, which police agencies file with the Illinois State Police on an annual basis. The following eight categories are considered to be major crimes.

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

Murder Criminal Sexual Assault Robbery Agg. Assault/Battery Burglary Theft Motor Vehicle Theft Arson

1 6 2 6 67 189 11 3

0 8 4 16 42 152 19 1

0 8 4 16 46 155 6 2

0 4 5 8 74 278 11 1

0 8 8 13 57 248 8 0

0 1 1 22 58 223 5 0

2 4 1 9 68 245 7 0

Total

285

242

237

381

342

310

336

Source: Village of Brookfield/Illinois State Police

took some simple precautions, like locking their car doors overnight.

Police said that of the 66 vehicle burglaries reported in 2016, 72 percent of the vehicles had been left unlocked.

In terms of crimes involving juveniles, Brookfield police reported 39 incidents that either resulted in a petition to Cook County Juvenile Justice authorities or what’s known as a “station adjustment,” which doesn’t involve county juvenile authorities.

Police also issued 68 local ordinance citations to juveniles, with the vast majority involving curfew violations (22) and underage

drinking (28).

Episcopo also reported that early morning disturbance calls to police have plummeted since Brookfield discontinued issuing 4 a.m. liquor licenses at the beginning of 2015.

Between 2010 and 2014, said Episcopo, Brookfield police responded 105 times between the hours of 2 and 4 a.m. to the three bars that had 4 a.m. licenses.

In 2015, Episcopo said, public disturbance calls between the hours of 2 and 6 a.m. fell 73 percent compared to 2014. That number increased somewhat in 2016, but was still 59 percent lower than the 2014 total.

Lawyer wants out of Riverside pain doc’s case Won’t pay bills or prepare for trial, attorney claims

By BOB UPHUES Editor

The legal saga of Dr. Paul Madison, the downtown Riverside-based pain management doctor whose medical license was suspended by the state in November 2016, took another turn last week, when his attorney filed a notice in U.S. District Court to withdraw from the case.

Madison was indicted by the U.S. government in 2012, accused of submitting more than $3 million in false medical bills to insurance companies and the federal worker’s compensation program between 2005 and 2009.

However, he retained his medical license and was one of two doctors prescribing powerful opioid pain medications at the Riverside clinic until late 2016. The other, Dr. William McMahon, had his license suspended by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in October 2016 for prescribing controlled substances “for non-therapeutic

purposes.” His medical license was made permanently inactive in November 2016.

Madison’s license was suspended on Nov. 29, 2016, the day after McMahon’s was made inactive, also for prescribing controlled substances for non-therapeutic purposes. His license has remained suspended since that time.

The two doctors prescribed pain medications for patients at Riverside Pain Management at 28 E. Burlington St. in Riverside. The office administrator for that clinic is Dr. Joseph Giacchino, whose medical license was revoked by the state in 2011 for improperly prescribing controlled substances and offering medications in exchange for sexual acts with a patient.

In the state’s petition for temporary suspension of Madison’s medical license in November 2016, Laura E. Forester, chief of medical prosecutions for the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation stated that DEA investigators in 2014 interviewed one of Madison’s patients at the Riverside clinic.

That patient alleged that “she had sexual contact with Giacchino at [Madison’s] Riverside Clinic and she believed that [Madison]

was aware of Giacchino’s sexually inappropriate conduct with the patient.”

The Riverside clinic remains in operation.

According to the clinic’s website, the person now serving as the clinic’s primary physician is Dr. James E. Kolar, whose principle office, according to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, is in Sycamore.

In a court filing dated Feb. 15, attorney William J. Stevens stated that he wanted to withdraw as the attorney representing Madison in the 2012 federal case because his relationship with the physician had suffered “an irreparable breakdown.”

Stevens will formally present his motion to withdraw to Judge Robert M. Dow Jr. at a status hearing scheduled for March 1 at the Everett M. Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago.

Among the reasons Stevens gave in the filing was that Madison had refused to pay attorney’s fees and had failed “to provide for appropriate expert consultation and trial preparation support.”

Stevens said in the filing that one of Madison’s defenses in the 2012 case was that “disloyal employees” had inflated bills and stole

the money. Madison told his attorney, according to the filing, that he would hire a forensic accountant and an investigator to develop that defense, but never did.

Also at issue in the case is computer evidence, about which issues were raised regarding admissibility. Madison also failed to hire a computer consultant to prepare a report for a pre-trial hearing, Stevens said in his filing.

In addition, another attorney Madison hired to assist in trial preparation has not returned Stevens’ phone calls, resulting in “a complete breakdown in the attorney client relationship,” Stevens wrote.

Meanwhile, Madison surfaced as an unindicted co-conspirator in a federal lawsuit filed in November 2016 in Massachusetts against executives of a company marketing a fentanyl spray that’s supposed to be prescribed to cancer patients to treat breakthrough pain.

The lawsuit identified Madison as one of 10 doctors identified by the company to aggressively prescribe the powerful opioid drug, often to non-cancer patients, in exchange for tens of thousands of dollars in fees for what federal prosecutors termed “sham” speaking engagements about the drug.

The Landmark, February 22, 2017

Garden Club hosts Seed Swap, guest speaker

The Brookfield Garden Club invites all to its Seed Swap and Guest Speaker event on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 9:30 .m. at the Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave. The club will hold its general meeting, followed by a seed swap and a presentation by Carolyn Ulrich titled “Shade Can Be Stunning.”The club meets the last Saturday of the month January through October. More info? Call Annette at 708-207-3335 or visit brookfieldgardenclub.weebly.com.

Sokol hosts Paint Night

Unleash your inner artist at Sokol Spirit’s first-ever Paint Night in the lower hall of the Sokol building, 3909 Prairie Ave. in Brookfield on Friday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m.

All ages are welcome. The event is BYOB and BYOS and the cost is $40 per person. The price includes paints, canvas, instruction from Becky Davis of RAD Canvas and a small donation to Sokol Spirit.

Reservations are required. Call Kathy Barcal at 708-485-3269.

BIG WEEK

February 22-March 1

It’s Mardi Gras!

Feb. 25 is Fat Tuesday and the congregation at Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church, 250 Woodside Road in Riverside, are celebrating with a Mardi Gras and Talent Show Night.

Food (available for purchase) will be served from 6 to 7:45 p.m. followed by the talent show at 8 p.m. There will be a piñata for kids and entertainment will be provided by The Blue Ridge Strangers.

BBuy tickets ($10 adults/$5 10 and under) in advan vance by contacting Ramona Suffern at 708-44799084 or the church office at 708-442-5250 or by emailing to pastor@stspeterandpaulriverside. em org org. Tickets will also be available at the door.

The pub public is welcome to attend. Proceeds support summer youth service projects.

And more The Scottish Home, 2800 Desplaines Ave. in North Riverside, invites the public to two events this week, which will be held in the Heritage Hall. The first is Integrating Aromatherapy in the ‘Vintage’ Population on Feb. 23 from 6 to 7 p.m. Then on Feb. 25 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. the Alzheimer’s Association presents Caregiver Stress relief, Acceptance and Empowerment. To RSVP call 708-447-5092.

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The Brookfield Chamber of Commerce will hosts Business After Hours on Feb. 23 at 5:30 p.m. at Cantata Adult Life Services, 8700 31st St. in Brookfield. Non■

members welcome.

Join radio historian and “Those Were the Days”host Steve Darnall for an audio-visual presentation on how radio changed the way America heard and sold music and the role it played in shaping “The Great American Songbook” in the Great Room of the Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m.

North Riverside Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., hosts Messy Mornings for Munchkins (ages 2 and up) on Feb. 28 at 10:30 a.m.; Lapsit Storytime (adults with babies/ toddlers) on Feb. 23 at 10:30 a.m.; Lego Club (1st grade+) Feb. 22 at 3:30 p.m.

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hosts bingo every Monday night. Doors open at 5 p.m. and games start at 7 p.m. minimum cash payout of $2,275 a night, plus pull tabs, lightning, tic-tac and raffles.

North Riverside Parks and Recreation hosts a supervised open gym for teens every Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Village Commons, 2401 Desplaines Ave. Concession available. $5 fee at the door.

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Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St. in Riverside, presents the group exhibition, “A Certain Slant of Light,” through Feb. 25. Admission to the Freeark Gallery of Arts inside the RAC is free. Hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. and Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m. Closed ■

Sports gear resale event

The Congress Park School Parent Teacher Organization will host a Sports Equipment Resale event on Saturday, Feb. 25 from 8 a.m. to noon in the gym at Congress Park School, 9311 Shields Ave. in Brookfield.

Sports and outdoor equipment – shoes, balls, sports gear, camping equipment, bicycles and more will be available for purchase. Cash sales only; no pre-sales or late discounts. Admission to the event is free.

Got stuff you want to sell? Email to cpptoresale@gmail.com.

Now hear this

The Riverside Township Radio Players present “Little Miss Marker” from The Damon Runyon Theater and “Seeing Ghosts” from My Friend Irma at their next performance on Friday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road in Riverside.

Admission is free. For information visit www. riversidetownshipradioplayers.com or call Ellie Babka at 708-442-8810.

Sunday and Mondays. www.riversideartscenter.com.

The village of North Riverside provides $6 haircuts for seniors at the Village Commons, 2401 Desplaines Ave. Open to residents and non-residents. Call the Recreation Department for details and appointments at 708-442-5515. Upcoming date Feb 27.

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Make your plans for St. Patrick’s Day parties now. North Riverside recreation is taking reservations now for their St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon and Blarney Bingo on March 16 at the North Riverside Village Commons, 2401 Desplaines Ave. at 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $14 ($16 non-residents). Call 708-4425515.

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Two Brookfield homes near each other burglarized Two homes within a few blocks of each other were burglarized during the daytime hours of Feb. 16, according to Brookfield police.

The two break-ins, one in the 3600 block of Arthur Avenue and the other in the 3800 block of Harrison Avenue happened between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., police said, and involved forcing open the rear doors to the homes.

Police were called to the 3800 block of Harrison Street at about 3:15 p.m. by a witness reporting that two unknown people were seen leaving the property at about 11 a.m. At the time, the witness didn’t observe that the rear glass door to the home had been shattered, so no call was made to police at that time.

After getting the homeowner’s permission, police searched the home and found several rooms ransacked. Among the items missing from the home were pieces of jewelry, police said.

While officers were processing that scene, police were dispatched to the 3600 block of Arthur Avenue for a similar burglary.

According to police, the rear glass door had been shattered and police observed numerous cabinets and closets appeared to have been disturbed. Jewelry was also missing from that home. Police said gift cards were also missing from one of the houses, but did not specify which one.

Attempted burglary On the morning of Feb. 18, police responded to a residence in the 3600 block of Prairie Avenue after a resident reported that someone had attempted to break in to his apartment.

At about 6 a.m., the resident noticed that a window screen appeared to be damaged and observed fresh pry marks on the apartment’s entry door and door frame. The resident reported hearing a noise coming from the kitchen area at about 1 a.m. and that sometime between 1 and 5 a.m. the resident heard someone walk quietly down the main stairwell of the apartment building and leave the building.

Police confirmed seeing fresh pry marks on the apartment door and said the screen appeared to have been damaged by someone’s shoes, which left an impression in the dirt on the window.

Egging spree Someone appears to be on an egging spree in Brookfield. Brookfield police have reported 32 such incidents in the past month – 20 of which happened overnight on Feb. 19-20.

Brookfield residents south of Burlington

Northern-Santa Fe Railroad tracks woke up on Feb. 20 to find that someone had thrown eggs at their vehicles, which were parked on the street along Maple, Forest, Deyo, Madison, Raymond, Sunnyside and Ogden avenues.

Many of the vehicles had been hit with multiple eggs, according to police.

Car strikes tree in Riverside Riverside police said alcohol may or may not have been a factor in an incident early on Feb. 19 where a blue minivan left the roadway in the 3500 block of Harlem Avenue and struck a tree, slighting injuring the driver.

Police responded to the scene at about 5:10 a.m. and found the driver out of his vehicle.

The driver, a 29-year-old Chicago man, told police that a northbound vehicle entered the southbound lanes of traffic, forcing him to make a quick evasive maneuver and lose control of the van.

An officer reported a very faint odor of alcohol, but said the driver, a musician who had played with his band earlier that night, passed field sobriety tests. Police said the man admitted to being tired.

He was cited for improper lane usage, failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash, damage to village property and having no proof of insurance.

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Making a deductible contribution will help you lower your tax bill this year. Plus, your contributions will compound tax-deferred. It’s hard to find a better deal. If you put away $5,000 a year for 20 years in an investment with an average annual 8 percent return, your $100,000 in contributions will grow to $247,000. The same investment in a taxable account would grow to only about $194,000 if you’re in the 25 percent federal tax bracket (and even less if you live in a

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To qualify for the full annual IRA deduction in 2016, you must either: 1) not be eligible to participate in a company retirement plan, or 2) if you are eligible, you must have adjusted gross income of $61,000 or less for singles, or $98,000 or less for married couples filing jointly. If you are not eligible for a company plan but your spouse is, your traditional IRA contribution is fully deductible as long as your combined gross income does not exceed $184,000.

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Just getting some rays Brookfield paramedics transported a 59-year-old Brookfield man to the hospital after he was found to be highly intoxicated while sunning himself in the unseasonably warm temperatures at Ehlert Park on Feb. 18 at about 4 p.m.

Someone called to complain of a man taking his shirt on and off and drinking something from a bag. Police responded to the scene and found the man sitting on some bleachers; he appeared to be intoxicated.

The man told police he was “just sitting in the sun and getting some rays.”

The man fell over when police asked him to stand, and he had to be caught to prevent him from hitting his face on the ground, according to the police report. Due to his high level of intoxication, paramedics took the man to LaGrange Memorial Hospital.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Feb. 13-Feb. 20, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime.

These cases have not been adjudicated.

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RBHS mulls passing along credit card fees School would like to recoup some of $17,400 it was charged last year

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

It appears that soon parents will have to pay a fee to use a credit card or debit card to make payments to Riverside-Brookfield High School.

The District 208 school board appears poised to approve a small convenience fee on credit card and debit card transactions as soon as this summer.

Last year the district paid $17,400 in credit card processing fees on credit card revenue of $519,000. The district is paying an average credit card processing fee of 3.49 percent and would like to recoup at least some of that cost.

At the Feb. 14 school board meeting, RBHS Business Manager Scott Beranek submitted a proposal to add a credit card processing fee of 3.49 percent to bills to

ZOO CROWDS Traffic jams from page 1 27,531 visitors.

“This is the busiest February in the zoo’s history,” said Sondra Katzen, director of public relations for the Chicago Zoological Society, which operates Brookfield Zoo. The crowds were not just unusual for a weekend in winter – combined attendance on Feb. 18 and 19, 2016 was about 5,000 people – it would have been a big crowd in the peak of summer, according to Katzen, when daily weekend crowds average around 15,000 to 20,000 visitors.

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recoup the credit card processing fees the district pays.

However Superintendent Kevin Skinkis suggested that a small, flat convenience fee on credit card transactions would be easier to implement.

The board will likely consider such a proposal at a subsequent meeting.

The administration would like to have a convenience fee in place in time for registration for summer school and summer athletic camps.

Recently, RBHS has allowed parents to pay registration fees online and wants to further encourage online payments.

“We’re a pretty high collection rate now that we allow people to pay online,” Skinkis said. “We want to get to point where parents can pay for anything online. I think our fee collections have improved since we’ve added the convenience of paying online.”

Beranek surveyed seven other school dis-

tricts to see how they handle credit card transactions, and he reported that only one of those districts charged a convenience fee.

Auditing firm retained Also at the Feb. 14 meeting, the District 208 school board renewed its contract with its auditing firm for another three years.

The board voted unanimously to rehire the firm of Evans, Marshall & Pease to conduct the required annual audits of the school district. The firm has audited the district’s books for the past six years.

The board will pay Evans, Marshall and Pease $55,875 over the next three years.

The firm was not the low bidder for the auditing contract. Its bid was the third lowest bid among the six firms that responded to the district’s request for bids and $2,360 higher than the low bidder.

But district officials say they’ve been very

satisfied with the work of Evans, Marshall and Pease and saw no reason to change firms for such a small savings. Governments in Illinois are not required to accept the low bid for professional services and are not even required to put professional service contracts out for bid.

Some consider it good practice to change auditing firms periodically to get a fresh set of eyes on the books and to ensure that auditors don’t get too cozy with employees of the organization they are auditing.

But board members told the Landmark that with three members of the District 208 board having strong accounting backgrounds -- President Mike Welch, Tim Walsh and Garry Gryczan -- they were not concerned about having the same auditing firm for nine years.

Walsh, especially, is known for closely examining bill lists and questioning payments.

sion prices several days per week during February in anticipation of small crowds. That thinking also leads to low staffing levels, making an unexpected crush of visitors a real handful for employees who are working.

“We ask people to be patient,” Katzen said, “because we’re not fully staffed yet.”

And while there was no free admission Monday, the crowds kept coming, lured by a school holiday and temperatures again approaching 70 degrees. By the end of the day on Feb. 20, another 21,371 visitors had walked through the gates at the zoo.

As the weekend dawned, the Chicago Zoological Society posted messages on Brookfield Zoo’s website and Facebook page warning visitors to expect big crowds and to “plan ahead and arrive early.”

But by early on Saturday and, JIM SCHULZ/CZS in particular, on Sunday, traffic backups were mounting and EARLY BIRDS: Visitors to Brookfield Zoo on Saturday, Feb. 18, were treated to an early outdoor appearBrookfield police were redirectance of the collection’s giraffes, who usually don’t venture outside until April. ing eastbound traffic on 31st Street to southbound Prairie Avenue in order to alleviate a traffic Construction on 31st Street east of Prai- and Zoo Woods along First Avenue as well jam that stretched all the way west to Maple Avenue. Northbound traffic on Prairie rie Avenue narrowed eastbound traffic to as the Brookfield Woods parking lot on 31st Avenue backed up all the way to Jackson just one lane, making the situation worse. Street near the entrance to the Salt Creek Avenue, according to Brookfield Police Of- Police received calls of near collisions as Trail and then walking along both sides of vehicles jockeyed for position approaching First Avenue and 31st Street to the zoo’s ficer Daniel McCarthy.

“We were sending people south to Wash- the zoo entrances, and there was at least north entrance.

Once inside, visitors packed the zoo’s ington Avenue and Ogden and then back one report of motorists getting out their malls and crowded around outdoor exhibaround, any way to ease up the flow of traf- cars and exchanging words. fic [on eastbound 31st Street],” McCarthy On Monday, Feb. 20 there were anecdotal its to glimpse animals, such as the giraffes said. “Sunday was much worse than Satur- reports that some visitors were avoiding at Habitat Africa, which don’t usually get day. It was backed up but not so bad.” the zoo parking lots and were parking in to stretch their legs in the sunshine until But Sunday, he said, “was just insane.” forest preserve lots at McCormick Woods April.

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BURGLARY from page 1 window and ran to the north end of the alley, where he was met by a police officer.

The man told the officer that he believed two other people were still in the house.

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Police found Jeremiah Murphy hiding in some bushes in the 2200 block of Lathrop Avenue. He, too, ran toward the wall and hopped over the fence before being apprehended near the Sears Auto Center at about 10:15 a.m.

Officers combing the area during the pursuit and after the incident reported recovering four weapons, at least three of which were loaded. Three guns were recovered on the ground in the 2200 block of Northgate Avenue. It’s unclear where the fourth weapon was found.

It’s not the first time police have had cause to visit that Northgate Avenue home. In the past year, they’ve gone to the address several time to boot vehicles and check out suspicious vehicles.

Police also responded to the home during the early morning hours of Jan. 1, 2016 after receiving calls of men firing handguns into the air to celebrate the New Year. Police charged two of the home’s tenants with reckless discharge of a firearm in that case.

Officers responding to the scene on that New Year’s Day morning reported recovering 23 spent shell casings, most of them in the backyard.

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Opinion

THE LANDMARK VIEW

KOSEY CORNER

Getting Riverside public facilities up to snuff

Riverside distillery combines spirits, history

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ne of the more interesting bits of policy construction this year in Riverside is just beginning to take shape with a decision by the village board to give the go-ahead for a “facilities assessment.”

When it comes right down to it, apart from its parks and trees, Riverside doesn’t have a heck of a lot in the way of “facilities.” Apart from the beautiful library, which is governed by a separate board of trustees, there’s not much.

Village government, for example, chugs away inside a set of small offices in a building owned by another government agency, Riverside Township. And while the village eventually built a police station (fashioned, it is said, partially out of a war time bomb shelter) and a couple of buildings to house its fire engines and ambulances, the rest is kind of a hodgepodge of repurposed structures.

In Centennial Park, there’s the water tower and pump house that now house the recreation department and a couple of old well houses serving the Riverside Historical Commission.

Next to the main fire station is the old public works garage, which is stuffed with surplus vehicles and other equipment, and the “Youth Center,” which is a tattered 1950s-era brick block that hasn’t welcomed “youth” in decades and instead is where firefighters go for training and a place the village uses to store things they don’t have room for elsewhere.

The most modern facility the village has is the public works garage in Riverside Lawn, built almost 20 years ago now. That awesome suspension bridge? That’s owned by the township, too.

As Riverside moves further into the 21st century it’s appropriate to take stock of exactly what Riverside has in terms of facilities to provide the services residents want, whether that’s recreation, better public safety, and opportunities to address tourism and economic development.

Until now, looks into the future have all been tentative, partial examinations of what might be possible. This spring, the village will hire a firm to take a deep dive into its facilities and see if they can come up with ideas the community can support.

Because, make no mistake, whatever solutions are arrived at, getting them supported by residents and then funded by taxpayers – these will not be cheap, quick fixes – will take years.

But the journey has to start somewhere, and 2017 might as well be the place to kick it off. Anyone who honestly assesses Riverside’s public facilities (even the “restored” water tower is going to need another look to fix the paint-peeling problem) can see that they’re just not adequate for today. They weren’t adequate when 2000 dawned.

We look forward to getting a possible glimpse of the future later on this year. It may take many years for any of it to come to fruition but it can’t hurt to see the possibilities.

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othing like a stop at the Quincy Street Distillery on Quincy Street in downtown Riverside. It’s a very unique place billed as a “speakeasy cocktail bar and retail shop” where one can partake in some locally distilled libations, learn about the beverages and some Riverside history along with it.

The proprietor and founder of Quincy Street Distillery is Riverside resident Derrick Mancini, who chose the location because he felt the history of the town would blend in with the character of the business.

Knowledgeable in Riverside history, Mancini relates many facts about the town including that Quincy Street was once known as Auto Alley because of automobile dealerships once there. It still has a somewhat auto-focused flavor with Metal Mites and Jeff ’s Auto Repair operating on the street.

Formerly a physicist at Argonne Laboratory, Mancini is a man of many interests and says he always had an interest in food and drink as well as history, but the establishment is not just another bar.

It is a place where spirit brands and their label-

ing tell a story of Riverside. A young bottle of whiskey – the distillery’s “white lightning” -- bears a label depicting the original water town in the town. A more recent offering – a zippy, cinnamon flavored whiskey –has a label depicting the smoking water tower the day after it burned down in 1913. I can see the bottles becoming collectibles. As Mancini said, “We are selling nostalgia”.

The drink menu is extensive, with cocktails from the classic to specialty and original drinks. I was pleased to see a gimlet, which was my cocktail of choice before marriage. I liked them so well I even named my pet schnauzer Gimlet.

Quincy Street Distillery spirits are also sold at retail stores and served at restaurants and bars. However, I strongly recommend stopping in at the distillery for a nice cocktail and a look at the other related items that make good gift items to go along with a nice bottle of spirits.

Located at 39 E. Quincy St., the hours are Wednesday from 5 to 9 p.m.; Friday from 4 to 9 p.m., Saturday from 2 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. The distillery also offers tours. Check out the website at www.quincystreetdistillery.com.

I, for one, will be returning to have that gimlet and make it a nostalgia trip for myself.

JOANNE KOSEY

OBITUARIES

Scott T. Barrett, 59 Owned Brookfield auto shop Scott T. Barrett, 59, of Willow Springs, has died.

Mr. Barrett owned B&H Auto on Ogden Avenue in Brookfield. He enjoyed riding his Harley and was a devoted White Sox fan. He will be remembered for his kindness and generosity and will be greatly missed by his family and many friends.

He was the husband of Maureen; the father of Rose; the son of Rosemary and the late Thomas; and the brother of Duke and the late Brad.

Visitation 3 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at Hallowell & James Funeral Home, 1025 W. 55th St., Countryside. Funeral service will be held 8 p.m. on Wednesday evening.

Theodore Christoff, 86 Veteran, accountant Theodore Christoff, 86, of LaGrange Park, died on Feb. 19, 2017.

Mr. Christoff was born on March 8, 1930 in Evla, Macedonia and immigrated to Chicago with his family. He served in the U.S. Marines during the Korean War, and graduated from the University of Illinois.

He worked as an accountant for a financial group and was an active member of St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, LaGrange Park where he served as an elder and Bible study teacher.

Mr. Christoff was the husband of Jeanne Louise Christoff (nee Berg); the father of Timothy Christoff; the brother of Blanche (Thomas) Stavretis and the late Rev. Dr. Nicholas Christoff; and the son of the late Boris Christoff and Sarah Christoff.

Visitation is on Feb. 22 from 3 to 8 p.m. at Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St., Brookfield. Lyingin-state is on Feb. 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., followed by a funeral service, at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, 500 E. 31st St., LaGrange Park. Interment is at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.

Memorial donations are appreciated to St. Michael’s Lutheran Church.

See OBITUARIES on page 14

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OBITUARIES Continued from page 12

Donna Krems, 55 Brookfield homemaker Donna Krems, 55, of Brookfield, died Feb. 12, 2017. Born March 10, 1961, she was married to George Caithamer, who survives his wife, and was the mother of five.

Ms. Krems was the mother of George “Robby” Caithamer, Lauren (Johnny) Caithamer-Belcher, Michele Caithamer, Karen Caithamer and Katie Caithamer; the grandmother of Jordan Belcher; DONNA KREMS the sister of Debra (John) Hursh, Doreen (Michael) Mangano and Denise Krems; and the aunt of Johnny Hursh, Diane Hursh, Chrissy Hursh, Brittany (Mike) Apa, Rachel Mangano, Mallory (Joe) Borsellino, Amber Pierce, Brendan Krems, Mark Caithamer and Melissa Caithamer.

Services have been held. Interment was private.

Hitzeman Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements.

Slavica Ljubicich, 87 Restaurant owner Slavica M. Ljubicich, 87, of Riverside, died on Feb. 18, 2017 at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital after a lengthy illness.

The daughter of Matija and Leposova Ljubicich, she was born on Dec. 29, 1929 in Jabukovac, Croatia, and was raised in Belgrade, Serbia.

In her early 20s, Slavica packed up her determination and strong will and immigrated to the U.S. to establish a better life for herself. Chicago became her home for her entire adult life.

Ms. Ljubicich was an entrepreneur and

restaurateur.

For 15 years, she owned and managed Blue Danube in Berwyn.

Her greatest joy in life was serving others. She was instrumental in helping family and friends immigrate to the U.S. and was extremely SLAVICA LJUBICICH generous with her resources to enable her family and friends to be blessed with the same great opportunities and life she built for herself.

She is survived by her sister, Jovanka Abramovich of Pula, Croatia; her brother, Branko (Alexandra) Ljubicich of Riverside; her niece, Slavica “Sylvia” (John) Castaldo of Carol Stream; her nephews, Aleksandar Abramovich of Pula, Croatia, Mladen “Mike” (Brenda) Abramovich of Cincinnati and Slavko Ljubicich (Amanda Gray) of Riverside, IL; her great nephew, Alex Abramovich of Cincinnati; and her great nieces, Kristina and Nicole Abramovich of Cincinnati.

Ms. Ljubicich was preceded in death by her parents and brother, Slavko Ljubicich.

A funeral service will be held Feb. 22, 11 a.m. at Most Holy Mother of God Monastery, 35240 Grant Ave., Third Lake, Illinois. Interment will follow at New Gracanica Serbian Orthodox Cemetery in Third Lake.

Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home, North Riverside, handled arrangements.

Mack; the mother of Jennifer (Arthur) Mack Perry, Joshua Charles (Cersei) Mack and Katharine Tillotson; the grandmother of Rebecca Perry and Ewan Perry; the sister of John M. (Ruth) Holt Jr., Thomas L Holt, Joan Asdal and Lettie (Samuel) Mallia; and the aunt of John M. Holt III and Dawn Holt.

Memorial gathering will be held Feb. 24, from 3 p.m. to the time of a service at 8 p.m. at Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 West 31st St., Brookfield. Interment is private.

Memorials donations are appreciated to Brookfield Library Building Fund, 3609 Grand Blvd., Brookfield, 60513, or Planned Parenthood, Administrative Headquarters, 18 S. Michigan Ave., 6th Floor, Chicago, 60603.

dren, Penny Roberts, Paul (Sandy) and Pat (Tina) Stelmack; her grandchildren, Patrick and Ashley Stelmack, David (Crystal) Vicha; and her great-grandchildren, Shelby and Alex. She was preceded in death by her husband, Casmere Stelmack, on April 9, 2012.

Visitation is on Feb. 24 from 3 to 8 p.m. at Johnson Funeral Home, 3847 Prairie Ave., Brookfield. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Feb. 25 at 10 a.m. at St. Barbara Church, 4008 Prairie Ave., Brookfield, followed by entombment at Resurrection Cemetery Garden Mausoleum in Justice.

Mariam Mamlouk, 83

Linda Mack-Tillotson, 69

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Museum administrative assistant

Helen J. Stelmack, 97, of Brookfield, died on Feb. 17, 2017 at Plymouth Place Senior Living in LaGrange Park.

Ms. Stelmack lived in Brookfield since 1956 and was a retired line assembly worker at Lever Brothers in Chicago, where she worked for more than a decade. She liked to cook, play card games and games of chance with friends.

Ms. Stelmack is survived by her chil-

Muriel P. Wachter (nee Piedfort), died on Feb. 16, 2017.

Ms. Wachter was born on Aug. 4, 1929 and was a retired Chicago Public Schools teacher. She was also a volunteer for religious education (CCD) and a communion minister to the sick at St. Mary Church in Riverside and volunteered in the chaplain’s office at MacNeal Hospital.

She was a member of Chicago Teachers Union (Retired Teachers Association), Theta Phi Alpha Sorority, AAUW Riverside Chapter and St. Mary Altar and Rosary Society.

Ms. Wachter is survived by her children, Mary (Mark) Walker, Margaret Wachter and John (Laura) Walker, and her grandchildren, Sarah, Molly, Erin and Rachel Walker.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerome J. Wachter.

Visitation is on Feb. 23, from 2 to 8 p.m. and Feb. 24 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at Ivins/ Moravecek Funeral Home, 80 E. Burlington St., Riverside.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated Feb. 24 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church in Riverside. Private entombment is at Queen of Heaven Cemetery.

Memorial donations to AAUW (www.

AAUW.org) are appreciated.

Linda L. Mack-Tillotson (nee Carter), 69, of Brookfield and formerly of Oak Park, died on Feb. 19, 2017.

She was born on April 11, 1947 and worked as an administrative assistant at a museum.

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Homemaker Mariam Mamlouk (nee Mohammad), 83, of LaGrange Park and formerly of Chicago, died on Feb. 14, 2017.

Ms. Mamlouk is survived by her children, Joanne (Steven) Russo and Ronald Mamlouk. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kane Mamlouk, and daughter, Jeanette (Ron) Root.

Visitation is on February 25 at 11:30 a.m. until time of service at 12:30 p.m. at Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St., Brookfield.

Interment is private.

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enwick freshman Jacob Kaminski has already accomplished more in six months than most high school athletes could even imagine over four years.

The precocious Kaminski earned fourth place at 195 pounds at the IHSA Class 2A individual state tournament in Champaign over the weekend. Previously, he starred as a defensive end/linebacker with 7.5 sacks and 35 tackles (including 5 for loss) in 13 games on the Friars’ state semifinalist team that finished 11-2 during the fall.

If anybody deserves a spring break, it’s this kid.

Then again, that’s not really in the young Riverside resident’s DNA. Kaminski has an athletic “motor” that Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin would admire.

Highly touted as a youth football player and wrestler pre-Friar Nation admittance, freshman sensation and phenom are now commonly tossed around to describe his athletic prowess.

“I’m really not paying much attention to it,” Kaminski said regarding the hype about his athletic ability.

“It’s always good to know I’m a topic of conversation, but it really comes down to hard work and dedication.

“Even if I’m regarded as one of the best, it doesn’t change much. I still have to go against the guy in front of me in either football or wrestling and get it done.”

Kaminski’s first endeavor in sports was actually swimming. His older sister, Paulina, won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.40) and took second in the 200yard individual medley (2:03.67) as a senior at Fenwick during the 2013 IHSA state meet. When she was a sophomore in 2011, she claimed the 100-yard breaststroke state title by touching the wall at 1:03.96.

“Following in my sister’s footsteps, I started as a swimmer but I didn’t like it very much,” Kaminski said. “Then, I started wrestling and fell in love with it. It was a great to have my sister to look up to and see what levels of success she reached and how hard she always worked.”

At Yale now, Paulina Kaminski is a key member of the Bulldogs’ swim team.

Kaminski’s younger brother, Gabriel, is a very accomplished youth wrestler who attends Central Elementary in Riverside.

“I would like Gabriel to attend Fenwick, but it’s up to him,” Kaminski said. “Gabriel is tough and competitive. We like to see who places higher between us at tournaments but it’s all good.”

While Kaminski considered other high schools like Riverside-Brookfield, Nazareth and Brother Rice, Fenwick felt like home.

“I really like the people that go to Fenwick,” Kaminski said. “It’s a very academic school. The classes are pretty small so you get to know almost everybody. And I’ve met a

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Fenwick freshman Jacob Kaminski is enjoying a terrific debut with the Friars, highlighted by semifinal appearances in the football and individual wrestling state playoffs.

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lot of upperclassmen through varsity sports.”

Kaminski particularly enjoyed playing on defense with senior stars like linebacker Brett Moorman, defensive end Ellis Taylor and nose tackle Adrian Nourse. All three will play college football next season.

“Our defense was a really tight-knit group,” Kaminski said. “They were very accepting of me as I think I proved myself during summer camp.”

With two seasons of football under his belt before high school, Kaminski’s entry into the starting lineup went smoothly.

“I felt really confident entering high school because I played nationally through my previous youth team, the Naperville Patriots,” he said. “I also played in the 8th Grade Under Armour All-Star football game at right tackle and linebacker.”

Looking ahead to next season, Kaminski has plenty of sources of motivation.

“I’ve got my work cut out for me in both sports,” he said.

Aside from his own fierce competitive streak, Kaminski and his returning varsity football teammates won’t soon forgot the Friars’ 18-17 loss to Plainfield North in the semifinals of the Class 7A state playoffs.

The Friars were on the verge of becoming the first in program history to make a state final. Instead, the officials ruled incorrectly on the final play in regulation setting the

stage for an improbable Plainfield North victory. The “Travesty at Triton” will never be forgotten.

“After the game, it quickly got around that the officials made a mistake and the wrong call was made. The game should have been over,” Kaminski said. “We thought we could turn the call around and make things right. The IHSA wouldn’t take our appeal and then Fenwick took the IHSA to court. We thought for sure we could get it overturned but it just didn’t happen.”

Kaminski’s semifinals loss in wrestling was a bit easier to digest considering he was beaten on a fall at 1:07 by threetime state champion Jacob Warner of Washington.

Warner finished 41-0 this season.

In the third-place match, Oak Forest’s Eric Brenner defeated Kaminski by fall at 4:55.

Kaminski, who finished 22-2 for the season, also won Chicago Catholic League tournament, regional and sectional titles and became the first freshman in program history to earn All-State accolades.

“I knew I could do great things going into the state tournament,” Kaminski said. “It was just a question of how high I could make it. I was pretty nervous my first match but then I felt sure of myself.

“I knew it would be tough going against Warner in the semis. He’s the top-ranked wrestler (at 195) in the country. Just to see how he wrestles, his style and his strength was a good learning experience. I want to be like him my senior year.”

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Lions take second in swimming sectional

LTHS qualifies all relays and swimmers in each individual event for state meet

By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor

Lyons Township and Hinsdale Central have one of the best high school boys swimming rivalries in the state. The defending state champion Lions and Red Devils squared off again at the Downers Grove Sectional Feb. 18.

Hinsdale Central won the team title with 299 points, followed by LTHS (283).

The Lions placed second in all three relays behind the Red Devils. In the 200-yard medley relay, the LTHS quartet of junior Spencer Walker, sophomore Michael Walsh, junior Jeff Vitek and senior Ryan Hammond recorded a time of 1 minute, 33.21 seconds. In the 200-yard freestyle relay, Hammond, senior Matt Linden, senior David Rak and junior Henry Claesson posted a time of 1:25.86, while Hammond, Linden, Walker and Claesson went 3:11.20 in the 400 free relay.

Winners for LTHS in individual events included: Walker in the 500-yard freestyle (4:38.38) and 100-yard backstroke (50.73) and senior diver Seamus Scotty (535.10). The Lions also had several runner-ups like Claesson (200 free/1:43.15), Rak (200 IM/1:56.71) and Vitek (100 butterfly/51.56).

LTHS wrestling Senior Johnny Mologousis lost a 9-4 decision against Mount Carmel’s David Riojas in the championship round at 170 pounds in the IHSA’s Class 3A Individual State Tournament. Mologousis closed out his stellar high school career with a 45-1 record this season.

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JOEY ROSA RBHS senior

While Hinsdale Central (299 points) and defending champion Lyons Township (283) predictably dominated the Downers Grove Sectional, the Bulldogs finished fifth with a score of 141.

Senior Joey Rosa qualified for the state finals in the 50-yard freestyle (21.86 seconds/4th) and 100 free (47.24/2nd). Sophomore Michael Rosa also advanced to state by placing fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 59.09.

Fenwick edges St. Joe in OT

Peck fills in for Malnati as Friars win third straight CCL title, 10th game in a row

By LAUREN RECCHIA Contributing Reporter

With the exception of head coach Rick Malnati missing Friday’s Chicago Catholic League title game due to appendicitis, everything else went memorably well for the Fenwick basketball team.

Fenwick defeated St. Joseph 65-58 in overtime at Loyola Academy in Wilmette. The victory earned fill-in head coach Staunton Peck his first varsity win and the Friars their third straight CCL championship and 10th win a row.

Clearly more than a one-man team, Fenwick proved the same along the bench as Peck filled in admirably for his mentor Malnati, one of the premier coaches in the Chicago area.

The Friars visited Malnati before Friday’s game to wish him well and pick up some pregame pointers.

“It was a shock to us when we got the text saying (Malnati) had to go into surgery,” Fenwick freshman guard DJ Steward said. “Once we got to practice, we were able to stay focused on our game plan.”

With the playoffs starting Feb. 27, Fenwick (23-4) is the No. 1 seed in its own sectional and pegged as a top contender to bring home a state championship.

Ironically, St. Joseph was the team who ended the Friars’ bid for a state title last season in a thrilling sectional final. The Friars have won four of five games against the Chargers, however, over the past two seasons.

In their most recent game, St. Joseph junior guard Ahmad Muhammad tied the game at 54-54 on a long 3-pointer at the buzzer to force overtime.

The unfazed Friars responded with a decisive 11-2 run in overtime to secure the win. Junior guard AJ Nixon triggered the run with a 3-pointer and

Steward made a pair of free throws on the back end of the scoring flurry.

“We stayed focused and limited our turnovers,” Steward said. “We came together as a team and took care of the ball in overtime.”

Earlier in the game with the score tied at 25-25, Fenwick went on a 7-0 run to establish a 32-25 lead with five minutes left in the third quarter. Fenwick senior point guard Jacob Keller produced the highlight of the third quarter when he stole the ball and broke free for an emphatic right-handed dunk.

“We were playing hard,” Jamal Nixon said. “We couldn’t let getting tired get in our way. I knew we had to win that game and I was going to do whatever it took to win it.”

Steward and senior swingman Jamal Nixon scored 19 points apiece.

Keller added 14 points before leaving the game with an injury midway through the fourth quarter.

Twin brothers Jalen and Jordan Boyd scored 17 and 15 points, respectively, to lead St. Joseph. The Char-

Sarah JnoBaptiste are back next season to anchor the lineup.

RBHS boys basketball

RBHS girls basketball The Class 4A regional host Bulldogs lost to Argo 76-61 in the semifinals. RBHS senior guard Sam Bloom capped off her stellar career with the Bulldogs by scoring 21 points.

Fellow seniors Lyndsey Hoyd and Maggie Shereck chipped in 12 and 11 points, respectively.

While the Bulldogs graduate seven seniors from this year’s 21-10 team, Maddie Meehan, Vasara Kulbis, Leah Rettke and

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The Fenwick basketball team celebrates its third straight Chicago Catholic League championship after a 65-58 win against St. Joseph at Loyola Academy High School in Wilmette Feb. 17.

SAM BLOOM RBHS senior

The Bulldogs split a pair of road games over the weekend with a 68-64 loss against Lyons Township and a 76-70 win over Glenbard South.

Senior guard Jalen Clanton turned in a terrific performance against LTHS Saturday with 26 points, seven rebounds, six assists and four steals.

gers (15-11) also feature highly touted players Joffari Brown and Marquise Walker. Legendary St. Joseph coach Gene Pingatore recently won the 1,000th game of his career in the first round of the CCL playoffs.

Nevertheless, the short-handed Friars found a way to win as they seemingly always do.

“It’s tough to play with a lead when a team is pressing you late in the game, especially when your point guard is hurt,” Peck said. “But our young guys in Steward and (sophomore guard) Damari Nixon did a great job. Our senior leader Jamal Nixon was great too.

“They all did well trying to break pressure while we were missing Keller late in the game. I’m impressed that our guys were able to push through, especially in overtime.”

Fenwick closes out the regular season at home against Lincoln Park on Wednesday, Feb. 22. The Friars will celebrate Senior Night and tip-off is 7 p.m.

Junior guard Ryan Cicenas contributed 21 points.

On Friday, RBHS earned an impressive victory against Glenbard South as Clanton and fellow senior Jalen Brooks dominated the action. Brooks (27 points, 9 rebounds) flirted with a double-double while Clanton had 22 points, four assists and four steals. Sophomore guard Zach Vaia chipped in 12 points, six rebounds and four assists.

The Bulldogs (10-15, 5-6 Metro Suburban Conference) faced host Wheaton Academy Feb. 21 (past deadline) in their regular season finale.

RBHS is the No. 15 seed in the Proviso East Sectional of the Class 4A playoffs.

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ITEMS FOR SALE FINE CHINA

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Lucien Piccard Fine China. Cream with platinum rim. 12 place settings. $150. Call 708-488-8755.

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in OAK PARK. Perfect for a congregation.

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708-848-5460 MAYWOOD COUNTRY CHURCH Lovely, old fashioned country church in Maywood, on corner of Fifth and Erie is looking for a roommate or tenant. We are willing to work out a flexible arrangement if you are an appropriate tenant. Various size spaces. Call 708 344-6150, leave a message.

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FUTON

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Ryan Grass Aerator Milwaukee Buffer Cars for Sale.

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WANTED MILITARY ITEMS: Helmets, medals, patches, uniforms, weapons, flags, photos, paperwork, Also toy soldiers-lead plastic-other misc. toys. Call Uncle Gary 708-522-3400

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS STEINWAY GRAND PIANO 7 ft reconditioned refurbished Steinway Grand Piano “L”. Very excellent condition. $19,000. Call 708-488-8755

AUTOS FOR SALE 2007 FORD FOCUS WAGON 2007 Ford Focus SE Wagon. Clean straight car. No rust or body damage. Everything works. $5500.

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PY 2017 will run from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018.

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STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT KEWAUNEE COUNTY Case No. 16CV105 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $10,000.00

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

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 14221 Dallas Parkway, Suite 1000 Dallas, TX 75254, Plaintiff vs.

TODD L. LOHENRY and JANE DOE, unknown spouse of TODD L. LOHENRY E5922 10th Road Algoma, WI 54201; AND 210 Clark Street Algoma, WI 54201 CAROL J. SHANNON-LOHENRY and JOHN DOE, unknown spouse of CAROL J. SHANNON-LOHENRY 47â&#x20AC;&#x201C;49 Washington Boulevard Oak Park, IL 60302 MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., c/o Electronic Data Systems Corporation, 1901 East Voorhees Street, Suite C Danville, IL61834;

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Registration Number: D17149641 PUBLIC NOTICE on February 10, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of PETITION FOR UNDERGROUND WEB LAB with CHANGE OF NAME the business located at:3605 In the Circuit Court of Cook County, FOREST AVE, BROOKFIELD, Illinois, County Department, County IL 60513. The true and real full Division. In the matter of the petition name(s) and residence address of Eric C. Kelleher for change of of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: Small & big work. Free estimates. name to Eric C. Rooney, Case No. ANTONIO PASSARIELLO 3605 Complete Plaster, Stucco 17M3000453.

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FORTY DAY SUMMONS THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TO : CAROL J. SHANNON-LOHENRY 47â&#x20AC;&#x201C;49 Washington Boulevard Oak Park, IL 60302 You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. The complaint, which is also served upon you, states the nature and basis of the legal action.

Within 40 days after February 22, 2017, you must respond with a written answer, as that term is used in Chapter 802 of the Wisconsin Statutes, to the complaint. The court may reject or disregard an answer that does not follow the requirements of the statutes. The answer must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is: Clerk of Circuit Court Kewaunee County Courthouse 613 Dodge Street Kewaunee WI 54216 and to Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dess and Associates, S.C., Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorneys, whose address is: Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dess and Associates, S.C. 1414 Underwood Avenue, Suite 403 Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53213 You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper answer within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff By: M. ABIGAIL Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;DESS Bar Code No. 1017869 POST OFFICE ADDRESS: 1414 Underwood Avenue, Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (414) 727-1591 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt.

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LEGAL NOTICE

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

In re the marriage of Marisela Ramirez,Petitioner and Jose Luis Ortiz, Respondent, Case No. 2016D-011584.

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

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before March 13, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

Published in Wednesday Journal 2/8, 2/15, 2/22/2017

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

In re the marriage of Oluwatosin C. Ikumonisan,Petitioner and Evard David Ruf, Respondent, Case No. 2017D-001131.

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

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before March 20, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

Published in Wednesday Journal 2/15, 2/22, 3/1/2017

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Mechanicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lien.

Notice is given that a 1981 Mercedes Benz 300SD sedan, VIN #WDBCB20A6BB010307, belonging to Luke Russell, amount due and owing on this vehicle for repairs is $3101.81, is subject to enforcement of a mechanicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lien pursuant to Chapter 770 ILCS 45/1 et. seq. and 90/1 et. seq. Vehicle will be sold to the highest offer on or after April 1, 2017 at 435 Madison Street, Oak Park IL 60302.

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VILLAGE OF RIVER FOREST INVITATION TO BIDDERS

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: D17149402 on January 24, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of M MEJIA CONSTRCTION with the business located at: 7829 RUTHERFORD AVE APT 1NW, BURBANK, IL 60459. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: MACEDONIO MEJIA SILVAS 7829 RUTHERVORD AVE APT 1 NW BURBANK, IL 60459.

PUBLIC NOTICE INVITATION FOR BID Mills Park Tower, Accessible Units 2A and 2F

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

In re the marriage of Adijat Folake Rosiji,Petitioner and Babajide Olugbenga Rosiji, Respondent, Case No. 2017D-001132.

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

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before / bMarch 20, 2017, /rdefault may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

The Village of River Forest is accepting bids for the Parkway Tree and Stump Removal throughout the Village of River Forest.

Detailed specifications for the above may be obtained by contacting John Anderson, Director of Public Works at 708-714-3550, via email janderson@vrf.us or through the “Bids & RFPs” section of the Village’s website www.vrf.us and can also be obtained at the office of the Director of Public Works Department, 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, Illinois, beginning Wednesday, February 22, 2017. A certified check or Bid Bond of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid, made payable to the Village of River Forest, must accompany all proposals.

Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 is accepting bids for an Auditorium Sound Reinforcement System. Sealed bids are due by Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 1:00 p.m., at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud.

The Village President and the Board of Trustees reserve the right to reject any and all bids.

Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 Attn: Ron Johnson, Director of Purchasing and Transportation Welcome Center Auditorium Sound Reinforcement System 201 North Scoville Avenue Oak Park, Illinois 60302

John Anderson Director of Public Works Village of River Forest Published in Wednesday Journal 2/22/2017

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

VILLAGE OF RIVER FOREST INVITATION TO BIDDERS

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

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before / bMarch 20, 2017, /rdefault may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Invitation to Bid–Auditorium Sound Reinforcement System

Proposals must be submitted before 10:00 AM on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at the office of the Director of Public Works, 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, Illinois 60305, and will be publicly opened and read at that time in the Community Room, 400 Park Avenue, Illinois. All envelopes must be clearly labeled “2017 Tree and Stump Removal Program.”

Published in Wednesday Journal 2/15, 2/22, 3/1/2017

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

In re the marriage of Jesus Del Cid Flores,Petitioner and Martha Lidia Pichilla Pineda Respondent, Case No. 2017D-001130.

Published in Wednesday Journal 2/8, 2/15, 2/22/2017

The Village of River Forest is accepting bids for the Tree Trimming Program throughout the Village of River Forest.

Detailed specifications for the above may be obtained by contacting John Anderson, Director of Public Works at 708-714-3550, via email janderson@vrf.us or through the “Bids & RFPs” section of the Village’s website www.vrf.us and can also be obtained at the office of the Director of Public Works Department, 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, Illinois, beginning Wednesday, February 22, 2017. A certified check or Bid Bond of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid, made payable to the Village of River Forest, must accompany all proposals.

Proposals must be submitted before 10:00 AM on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at the office of the Director of Public Works, 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, Illinois 60305, and will be publicly opened and read at that time in the Community Room, 400 Park Avenue, Illinois. All envelopes must be clearly labeled “2017 Tree Trimming Program.”

The Village President and the Board of Trustees reserve the right to reject any and all bids.

John Anderson Director of Public Works Village of River Forest Published in Wedensday Journal 2/22/17

Bids are to be submitted to:

Failure to comply with these bid requirements may lead to disqualification of your bid.

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference and Walk-through will be held on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 7:00 a.m. at Oak Park & River Forest High School. Attendees are to gather and obtain ID badges at the Welcome Center located at Scoville Avenue Entrance 4 near Ontario Street.

All bidders are encouraged to visit the project site by scheduling appointments through the Office of the Director of Buildings & Grounds at (708) 434-3698. Site visits will not be permitted prior to 3:30 p.m. daily. Unscheduled visits will not be permitted.

Sealed proposals will be received by the Oak Park Housing Authority at 21 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Il, 60302 until 2:00 p.m. local time on Monday, March 13, 2017 at which time they will be opened and read.

The sealed bids will be received for the following project: Remodeling of apartments Unit 2A and 2F at Mills Park Tower 1025 Pleasant Place, Oak Park, Illinois, including selective demolition, gypsum board partitions, doors and frames, ceramic tile flooring, cabinets, counter tops, toilet fixtures, toilet accessories, light fixtures, painting and other work described in the Bid Documents.

Prospective bidders must obtain Bid Documents, which will be available at Heitzman Architects, 111 North Marion Street, Oak Park, IL 60301 telephone (708) 848-8844, or Imperial Reprographics and Supply, 823 South Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60304, telephone (708) 8481030. Bidders are urged but not required to attend a pre-bid meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, February 27, 2017 at 1025 Pleasant Place to familiarize themselves with the project. Bids must be in a sealed envelope and clearly marked with job being bid.

The Oak Park Housing Authority reserves the right to award the contract in its best interests, to reject any or all proposals, to waive informalities in bidding, and to hold the three lowest proposals for a period of sixty (60) days after bid due date.

This project is assisted with funds received from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and is subject to Federal Regulations including Fair Labor, Prevailing Wage and Equal Opportunity requirements. Bid Security in the amount of 5% of the bid is required. A Performance Bond will be required for the general contractor to whom the project is awarded if the contract sum exceeds $100,000.

James R. King Director of Elderly and Disabled Housing (708) 306-1792 Published in Wednesday Journal 2/22/2017

Interested firms can may access the bid documents on the Districts solicitation website located at www. oprfhs.org,”About Us”, “Services”, “Business Office”, “Bids and RFP’s” or by contacting Ron Johnson at rjohnson@oprfhs.org.

Published in Wednesday Journal 2/22/2017

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR CARLSBAD FUNDING MORTGAGE TRUST Plaintiff, -v.WILLIAM M. LAWRENCE, ANNAMARIE POPLAWSKA AKA ANNA POPLAWSKA AKA A. POPLAWSKA, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EMPLOYEE’S CREDIT UNION Defendants 10 CH 21202 1017 South Harlem Ave. Forest Park, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 19, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 21, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1017 South Harlem Ave., Forest Park, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-13-423-020-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $244,072.49. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted.

The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twentyfour (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS

605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid.

The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 606064650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 4221754 CookPleadings@hsbattys. com Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 10 CH 21202 TJSC#: 3614591 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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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 twentyfour (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 15-2716. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 606064650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 152716 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 15 CH 16132 TJSC#: 3614542 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.WYNONA REDMOND, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Defendants 15 CH 16132 521 SOUTH BLVD. Oak Park, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 14, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 16, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 521 SOUTH BLVD., Oak Park, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-403-059-0000 Vol. 142. The real estate is improved with a townhouse. The judgment amount was $293,186.61. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted.

The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund,

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION CITIZENS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION F/K/A RBS CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR

BY MERGER TO CHARTER ONE BANK, F.S.B SUCCESSOR

BY MERGER TO HINSDALE FEDERAL BANK FOR SAVINGS Plaintiff, -v.CARL T. GROESBECK, LEIGHTON HOLDINGS, LTD., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 009347 331 N. TAYLOR AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 15, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 17, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 331 N. TAYLOR AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-109-011-0000. The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation

as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-1608522. 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. 14-16-08522 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 009347 TJSC#: 37-47 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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real estate: Commonly known as 430 HOME AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 1607-324-033-1047. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-1608579. 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. 14-16-08579 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 009406 TJSC#: 36-14055 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

CEDRIC K. MORRIS; TARIA M. MORRIS; MONIQUE MORRIS; CARRIE WILLIAMS; STATE OF ILLINOIS; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY; Defendants, 13 CH 26038 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, March 13, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-15-314-007-0000.

Commonly known as 1925 South 19th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 13-038680 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122

Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-15-210-008-0000.

Commonly known as 1217 South 16th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Ms. Kimberly S. Reid at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077.

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twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 4221754 CookPleadings@hsbattys. com Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 15 CH 08586 TJSC#: 37353 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.GLENVILLE H. WALKES, OAK PARK PLACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 009406 430 HOME AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 29, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 28, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF MULTI-CLASS MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES OF CHASEFLEX TRUST, SERIES 2007-2 Plaintiff, vs.

WILLIAM H. FARLEY, JR. AKA WILLIAM H. FARLEY,GALE FOSTER FARLEY AKA FARLEY G. FOSTER, CITIBANK, N.A, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 09 CH 9575 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on September 16, 2016 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, March 13, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-06-119-019-0000.

Commonly known as 1023 North Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Ms. Kimberly S. Reid at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077.

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I714705 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECURITIES, INC. MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-OA3 Plaintiff, vs.

CESAR HERNANDEZ, JANE DOE, CURRENT SPOUSE OR CIVIL UNION PARTNER, IF ANY, OF CESAR HERNANDEZ, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 14 CH 13338 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on August 8, 2016 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, March 13, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison

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I714708 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF MARIAN P. GORE AKA MARIAN PICKETT, DECEASED, UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND LIENHOLDERS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF MARIAN P. GORE AKA MARIAN PICKETT, DECEASED, UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND LIENHOLDERS AGAINST THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF MARIAN P. GORE AKA MARIAN PICKETT, DECEASED, CHERYL BAKER, ACCESS CREDIT UNION, THE ELMS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, WILLIAM BUTCHER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF MARIAN P. GORE AKA MARIAN PICKETT, DECEASED Defendants 15 CH 08586 404 S. Elmwood Ave., Unit 1N Oak Park, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 5, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 6, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 404 S. Elmwood Ave., Unit 1N, Oak Park, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-423-039-1001 fka 1607-423-001. The real estate is improved with a residential condominium. The judgment amount was $53,321.33. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted.

The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2005-HE1, ASSET BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES Plaintiff, -v.RICHARD H. BOYD III, AMERICAN EXPRESS CENTURION, ASSET ACCEPTANCE LLC, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF CAROLYN M. BOYD, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, GERALD NORDGREN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CAROLYN M. BOYD (DECEASED) Defendants 16 CH 010645 633 S. OAK PARK AVENUE 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 December 5, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 3, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 633 S. OAK PARK AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-18-117-021-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted.

The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee

shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 1416-08694. 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. 14-16-08694 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 010645 TJSC#: 36-14290 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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real estate 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 or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 1415-06149. 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. 14-15-06149 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 15 CH 006388 TJSC#: 37-424 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY Plaintiff, -v.STANLEY A. HUBBARD, III. A/K/A STANLEY A. HUBBARD, A/K/A STANLEY ALLEN HUBBARD, III., A/K/A STANLEY HUBBARD, JULISA MICHELLE HUBBARD Defendants 15 CH 14398 2033 SOUTH 6TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 3, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 29, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2033 SOUTH 6TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-14-319-0100000. The real estate is improved with a brown, brick, single family, two car detached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of

the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce. com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number 13411. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@ pierceservices.com Attorney File No. 13411 Attorney Code. 60489 Case Number: 15 CH 14398 TJSC#: 37-601 I714984

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE (CWALT 2004-2CB) Plaintiff, -v.CHARLES J. NOVAK, KATHLEEN A. NOVAK A/K/A KATHLEEN ANN NOVAK, BEERMANN SWERDLOVE LLP, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., FIRSTMERIT BANK, N.A. S/B/M TO MIDWEST BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, GERALDINE M. REDMOND, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 15 CH 09899 1537 SOUTH ELGIN AVENUE FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 22, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 28, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1537 SOUTH ELGIN AVENUE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-24-215-034-0000.

The real estate is improved with a tan, vinyl siding, single family, two car detached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of

title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number 8255. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@pierceservices. com Attorney File No. 8255 Attorney Code. 60489 Case Number: 15 CH 09899 TJSC#: 37-1454 I715302

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT–CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST Plaintiff, -v.JAMES A. BROWN, NATASHUR S. BROWN, NATASHUR S. BROWN, AS TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO THE DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 8/4/2005, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Defendants 15 CH 006388 174 N. HUMPHREY AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 5, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 7, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 174 N. HUMPHREY AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-123-003-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted.

The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential

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