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March 2, 2022
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Gov. Pritzker issues new order easing COVID rules
All local schools drop mask mandates
Mask mandates come down in most public places By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois
time in a long time.” The twins were not the only ones. Central School Principal Pete Gatz estimated that only about 25 percent of Central School students wore masks on Feb. 28. At Ames School in Riverside, Principal Todd Gierman also estimated 70 to 75 percent of students were
Facial coverings are now optional in most public places in Illinois, including schools, after Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued new guidance Monday to comply with new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. “Across the state, Illinoisans are taking their masks off today knowing that most eligible adults are boosted, and our hospitals have much more capacity to save lives,” Pritzker said in a statement Feb. 28. “I’m proud that Illinoisans have done the hard work that has made our state a leader in the Midwest, with more of our residents vaccinated than any other state in the region.” Under a new executive order issued by Pritzker, masks are no longer required in most indoor public places, including K-12 schools and day cares. But schools and private businesses can continue to require masks at their own discretion. Face masks are still required in health
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Riverside District 96 reverses course in email over the weekend
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Students walk through Riverside-Brookfield High School between classes on Feb. 28, the first official day of the school’s “mask-recommended” policy. No local school districts are requiring staff and students to wear masks for the first time in two years. By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
Monday, Feb. 28 was the first day since the COVID-19 pandemic hit nearly two years that all kids attending local schools did not have to wear face masks, as all area school districts have now adopted mask-optional policies. Monday was also the first day that
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Illinois did not have a requirement to wear face masks indoors in most public places. Jennifer Fournier’s twin fourth-graders who attend Central School in Riverside were ecstatic when they learned on Sunday they would no longer have to wear masks in school. “They were super-excited,” said Fournier “They wanted to go to school for the first
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Mexican cuisine coming to Brookfield Avenue storefront Taco Hero owners hope to open doors of new restaurant in April By BOB UPHUES Editor
Less than a year after opening their “Mexican ghost kitchen” filling delivery orders through smartphone apps and building a catering clientele, Taco Hero owners Roger Diaz and Jorge Cuadra, will soon debut a bricksand-mortar business in Brookfield. Diaz told the Landmark in a phone interview last week that he and Cuadra hoped to open the doors to Taco Hero, 8420 Brookfield Ave., in April. The dining room will be open for eat-in and carryout service. The menu is still being finalized. Meanwhile, Taco Hero has been operating as a straight catering operation since December after closing up their “ghost kitchen,” a rented commercial kitchen space in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood, which they rented in July. Taco Hero offered Mexican fare for delivery
through smartphone apps like Grub Hub and Door Dash but steadily started leaning more heavily into catering. Through their website (mytacohero.com) there are $12 per person (chicken/pork) or $14 per person (steak/chicken/pork/seafood) catering options for groups of 20 or more. “The business started at my house,” said Diaz, whose first catering customers were family members looking for Taco Hero to provide food for a graduation party. “The same day, five other catering orders came through and that’s when we decided to open the [commercial] ghost kitchen.” While Diaz did not have a background in the food service industry – he left his corporate job of 14 years during COVID – but Cuadra did and both shared a love of food. “He’s been in the restaurant business for 30plus years,” Diaz said of Cuadra, whose father owned a restaurant for many years in the Archer Heights neighborhood of Chicago. “We just have a passion for cooking and we started putting ideas together.” Taco Hero’s catering arm now has a handful of large corporate clients – including Diaz’s former employer, which has six locations that order food from the business. Diaz said he and Cuadra signed the lease on
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Jorge Cuadra (left) and Roger Diaz started Taco Hero as a “ghost kitchen” using delivery apps to get food to customers. They have since built a catering clientele and now plan to open a restaurant in Brookfield next month. the building at 8420 Brookfield Ave. in November, but the partners have plans to purchase the property, which is owned by a corporation called Prairie Grass 8420 LLC and was last sold in December 2003 for $425,000. The desire to buy the property, said Diaz, shows they intend to stick around, which would be welcome news for a building that has seen a parade of tenants and long periods of vacancy in the past 20 years. From 2003-06, the building was home to The Paw/Cyberdog Café, a Riverside-Brookfield
High School special education initiative. From 2008-12, a bar called The Station and a restaurant named Mind Your Own Business occupied the space. After lying vacant for two years, a trainthemed family eatery called The Blue Caboose opened in September 2014 before closing six months later. The space was most recently occupied by a coffee shop/bakery called Café Tere, which rented the space in late 2018 but did not open its doors to the public until November 2020. It closed last September.
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After 2-years, there’s music in the air on Broadway Avenue
Brookfield Academy for Mini Musicians reopens doors March 1 for in-person classes By JACKIE PISANO
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Ten years ago, Clara D’Onofrio came to Brookfield with a simple vision — introducing young children and their families to the joy of music through whimsical songs and interactive programming. Originally a one-woman traveling act, “Miss Clara” D’Onofrio hopped from location to location throughout the area, hosting classes at the Hollywood Community House, Brookfield Public Library and local park districts. “It’s always been really important to me to make sure my business is a community,” she said. “I really love that my classes foster friendships — especially for young families who may have just moved to Brookfield.” A decade later, D’Onofrio is celebrating with a slight rebranding of her business, now named Brookfield Academy for Mini Musicians. Pre-pandemic, D’Onofrio, the daughter of two symphony musicians who has a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy from Northwestern University, created a solid business model teaching children from infants through age 5 the fundamentals of music concepts like rhythm, pitch and singing. But, as the pandemic upended lives and business models two years ago, D’Onofrio’s pivoted overnight from an in-person music school to one entirely dependent on technology for parents to keep their kids engaged in learning activities. “The last day I was open in-person was March 17, 2020,” she said. “I ended up painting the studio, adding a green screen, and doing Facebook Live and YouTube videos. Luckily, I had thousands of views on my videos, with the highest on YouTube with over 93,000 views.” At first, she said, seeing the high numbers of virtual engagement was encouraging. “In the beginning, it was fun and exhilarating, but then everyone else in the entire world started doing online videos,” D’Onofrio said. “As beneficial as they were to some degree, most young children are not really loving virtual classes.” The pandemic also affected her D’Onofrio’s family life, when her husband, Dennis, was laid off from his job. After finishing classes in spring 2020 session virtually, D’Onofrio and her husband took advantage of their newfound free time traveling cross-country during the summer of 2020 in their RV.
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Clara D’Onofrio reopened the doors to her Brookfield Academy for Mini Musicians, 9213 Broadway Ave., for in-person programs for the first time in nearly two years on March 1. Later that summer, her husband ended up reconnecting with an old friend in Indiana, who was able to help him network and find a new job out-of-state. With that new opportunity, the D’Onofrios packed their bags and moved from Brookfield to Indianapolis. Since then, D’Onofrio has been running her business from 190 miles away. “It’s certainly been tricky, because I know so much of my business has always been about the personal connection I’ve had with my families and the students, so I’m just doing everything I can to maintain that connection,” D’Onofrio said. As health measures changed last year, D’Onofrio began traveling back and forth from Indianapolis to Brookfield, adding outdoor classes throughout the spring, summer and fall of 2021. She kept the class structure virtually the same as before the pandemic, with families enrolling in either six-, sevenor eight-week long sessions. However, she said, outdoor classes in area parks were tricky because they were totally weather dependent. But, as people became more comfortable with once again meeting in-person indoors, D’Onofrio decided there was no better time to reimagine her business model and reintroduce her business to the community. Though D’Onofrio no longer lives in Brookfield, something compelled her to continue operating her business in town. “I spent 10 years growing this business — I feel very connected to it,” she said. “I haven’t yet started anything in Indianapolis, but that’s on the radar. [The Brookfield business] just kind of feels like my baby, and it would feel really strange to just up and walk away and try someone else.” Rebranded the Brookfield Academy for
Mini Musicians, 9213 Broadway Ave., school is back in session full swing, with four new teachers all trained by D’Onofrio to lead instruction and with credentials including degrees in theater performance, music therapy and early childhood education. Though D’Onofrio is no longer around every day to teach classes, she says personalized education and curriculum remains at the forefront. “My thumbprint is still very much in my business. I’m still invested and very much still a part of things,” she said. D’Onofrio was back in town in mid-February, hosting in-person demo classes for new families to prepare for a full grand-reopening on March 1. She also aims to return to Brookfield the first week of every month for classes and to reconnect with area families. Because many of D’Onofrio’s former students have aged out of the program since 2020, she hopes new families will check out the music school to see why the personalized classes are different from other children’s music offerings. “Each child is going to get such a personalized experience, not only from a music and movement perspective, but making connections with the other children and families in the class, and making connections with the teachers,” she said. “This really is a program that grows with you.” While D’Onofrio may no longer have a home in Brookfield, she says she is still proud to call it home for her business. “Brookfield is such a wonderful town with so much to offer, and it often feels like we are one of the best kept secrets of the western suburbs,” she said. For more information about Brookfield Academy for Mini Musicians, visit brookfieldminimusicians.com.
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March 2-9
BIG WEEK
Nazareth Academy, 1209 Ogden Ave. in LaGrange Park, invites the public to the school’s Spring Band Concert on March 9 at 7 p.m. in the Romano Family Theater. The concert features performances of John Philip Sousa’s “The Thunderer” and Andrew Boysen’s “Symphony No. 4 for Winds and Percussion.”
American History and Today
The Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library kicks off the two-part series “American History and Today” by John LeGear on March 9 at 6:30 p.m. The program, presented via Zoom, touches on significant events and pop culture milestone from 1914 to the present using photographs, documentary film footage, film clips and music. The three-hour program is split into two 90-minute segments. There will be a brief Q&A session after each segment. Register to attend at brookfield. evanced.info/signup.
RBHS theater presents the musical ‘Chicago’ The Riverside-Brookfield High School theater department presents its spring musical “Chicago” on March 3-6 in the auditorium of the high school, 160 Ridgewood Road in Riverside. Student actors will be performing the high school edition of the hit musical, written by Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb with music by John Kander. Tickets at $15 for adults and $10 for students and senior citizens are available by cash or check at the door.
Band concert at Nazareth Academy
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LTHS Hall of Fame nominations
The Lyons Township High School Hall of Fame is seeking nominations of graduates and friends of the district who have accomplished great things. If you know someone worthy of induction, contact the 2022 Hall of Fame committee at 708-579-6483 for a nomination form. Forms are also available in the main offices at both North and South campus and may be downloaded off the school website. Go to www. lths.net and click on Alumni. Self-nominations welcome. The nomination deadline is April 1.
Seed starting class/Community Seed Swap Riverside Public Library in partnership with the Riverside Community Garden will host a Seed Starting class/Community Seed Swap event on Saturday, March 5 in the Community Room of the library, 1 Burling Road. The Seed Starting class begins at 11 a.m. and will show you when, why and which seeds to start indoors or direct sow, when and how to harden off your plants for transplanting and more.
The Community Seed Swap starts immediately after the class at 12:30 p.m. and runs until 2 p.m. If you have spare seeds, bring them; if you need some, take them. For more info and to register for the Seed Starting class, visit riversidelibrary.libcal.com/calendar.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on March 3, 4 and 5 with a 2 p.m. matinee performance on Sunday, March 6.
And more Riverside School District 96 hosts a virtual kindergarten information presentation on March 9, beginning at 5p.m. If your child will be 5 years old before Sept. 1 you are invited to visit their website at district96.org for details. Learn about the new full-day kindergarten program and take advantage of early registration. Throughout March, the Riverside Department of Parks and Recreation will be collecting pop-tabs outside its headquarters at 43 E. Quincy St. They will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House Charities. The box will be out front from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. AARP Tax Aid is back at Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, and the Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library, 3541 Park Ave., to provide free tax assistance for those 60 and older. Volunteers ■
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will be at the Riverside Public Library on Wednesdays through April 6 and at the Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library on Fridays through April 8. You must register for appointments in person at the respective libraries. Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., presents “Unseen Things Are Still Here” featuring the work of Alexandra Antoine, J.B. Daniel, Kate Ingold, Esau McGhee and Elsa Munoz in the Freeark Gallery and outdoor Sculpture Garden through April 9. “The Bigger the Fear and Despair …” a two-person show featuring the work of Mayumi Lake and Stacia Yeapanis is in the FlexSpace Gallery through March 19. Proof of vaccine required. Hours are Thursday-Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., presents Stretching & Meditation via conference call (800-747-5150, code 1453322) on March 7 at 6:30 p.m.; Pajama Storytime for all ages via ■
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Zoom on March 7 at 6:30 p.m.; and Telephone Book Club via conference call (800-747-5150, code 1453322) discussing “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou on March 8 at 6:45 p.m. Kids ages 4-up can participate in the programs Lapsit Storytime (Zoom only) on March 3 at 10:30 a.m.; After School Art Escape (in person or Zoom) on March 3 at 3:30 p.m.; Travel with Lester the Llama on (Zoom only) on March 5 at 10:30 a.m.; ABCs and 123s (Zoom only) on March 7 at 10:30 a.m.; and Story Safari (Zoom only) on March 9 at 10:30 a.m. Register for programs at northriversidelibrary. org/events-new. Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library, 3541 Park Ave., invites you to Chair Yoga via Zoom on March 3 at 11 a.m.; Family Craft: Painting with Fruit on in the Maker Studio on March 3 at 4 p.m.; ■
An Unfinished Journey: African American Music in Its Pivotal Decades featuring stories and songs by Clarence Goodman (via Zoom) on March 7 at 6 p.m.; and join the Film Discussion Series on March 8 at 6:30 p.m. in Meeting Room 1 for a screening of the Irish film “Rose Plays Julie” Visit brookfield.evanced.info/signup to register for programs. Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, hosts Friday Storytime for all ages in the Program Room on March 4 at 10 a.m.; Friday Flix for teens on March 5 at 3:30 p.m.; First Saturday Storytime in the Program Room on March 5 at 10 a.m.; Mini-Movers Storytime on March 7 at 9:30 a.m. 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; Preschool/Kindergarten Storytime on March 8 at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; and After School DIY for teens on March 9 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Visit riversidelibrary.libcal.com/ calendar. ■
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Concert sound, lighting equipment taken in burglary Brookfield police are investigating the burglary of roughly $150,000 in concert sound and lighting equipment stolen from a pair of transit vans parked in a storage garage in the 9300 block of 47th Street sometime prior to Feb. 21. Among the items stolen in the burglary, said police, were amplifiers and stage lighting which are rented out to concert venues. The equipment had been stored inside two vans that had been padlocked shut. According to police, someone appears to have used an electric- or battery-powered saw or grinder to saw off the locks to gain entry to the vans, which had been stored in the garage for about three weeks. There were no signs of forced entry to the storage garage, whose overhead door can only be opened from inside. Police did report recovering a set of bolt cutters, which were unfamiliar to the victims and were found on the floor of the storage unit next to one of the vehicles. It is unclear if that device may have been used to gain entry to any area or vehicle.
Traffic stop ends in felony charges A man on parole for armed robbery faces new felony charges for aggravated fleeing and eluding and being an armed habitual criminal after he allegedly blew through
five stop signs on Riverside’s southeast side and refused to stop for police during a pursuit at modest speeds of around 32 mph on Feb. 24 at about 9:40 a.m. Demarcus L. Franklin, 29, of Chicago, reportedly told police he didn’t stop because he knew he had a warrant for his arrest, did not have a driver’s license and was on parole. He reportedly told police the car he was driving belonged to a friend whose name he did not know. In the vehicle, police reported recovering a suitcase with an airline tag bearing Franklin’s name. In the suitcase, police said, was a Glock 21 handgun with a laser sight and an extended 25-round magazine loaded with 23 rounds. Franklin allegedly claimed no knowledge of the contents of the suitcase.
DUI crash Riverside police charged a 47-year-old LaGrange Park woman with driving under the influence of alcohol after she allegedly crashed her 2012 Volvo into an embankment at Groveland Avenue and Park Place on Feb. 20 at about 11:30 p.m. A police officer reported observing the still-running vehicle off the roadway and the driver passed out behind the wheel. An open can of hard seltzer was in the center console, police said. When the driver tried
to put the vehicle in gear to drive away, the officer reportedly broke out a window to remove the keys from the ignition. Paramedics transported the driver to hospital due to her level of intoxication, according to police.
Catalytic converter thefts ■ A manager at the restaurant Skadarliya,
9237 Ogden Ave., called Brookfield police on Feb. 22 to report that sometime after 3 a.m. that morning someone had removed the catalytic converter from a business van parked in the restaurant’s lot overnight. According to police, security cameras were able to capture video of the theft, which took place right around 3 a.m. and involved three men in a blue Mitsubishi SUV that are also believed to have been involved in a catalytic converter theft in Elmhurst on the same day. Security video shows the Mitsubishi circling the Skadarliya property before entering the parking lot and stopping next to the restaurant’s vehicle. After one person from the Mitsubishi gets out and shines a light under the work van, another person gets out and walks to the rear of the Mitsubishi to retrieve something. The two people are then seen using a truck jack to raise the work van off the ground to cut off the catalytic converter with a Saw-
Brookfield Chamber of Commerce Business Spotlight Ricky D’s Off Broadway Pub 9048 Monroe, Brookfield 708-485-4553 www.offbroadwaypub.com/ Owner: Rick Dahms Number of years in business? I bought Off Broadway Pub 20 years ago
Friday Night Fish Fry. We also have a great Catering Menu. What is something that no one knows about your business The one thing people probably don’t know about OBP is that it was built in 1925 Our roof was built to support helicopter traffic.
What inspired you to open the business? I have been been in the restaurant business for 34 years. I opened another bar in Lyons 34 years ago when I was 23 years old.
What is the best part about being in Brookfield? Brookfield is a great place to open a business. The local officials and the people of Brookfield are very very loyal! Throughout Covid I was amazed how much support we got from our customers. I really appreciate all of the carry out and gift certificate business.
What’s the best selling product or service ? Off Broadway is known for their award winning Hot Wings, Ribs, and wide range of tasty burgers. Check out our
Your favorite thing about your business My favorite part of being in business is the many friends I’ve made through out the years!
Monday through Saturday 11:30 AM till 10:30 PM Sunday 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM
zall. The Mitsubishi is later seen exiting the parking lot and heading eastbound on Ogden Avenue. ■ A 30-year-old Cicero woman called North Riverside police on Feb. 22 to report that someone had removed the catalytic converter from her vehicle, which had been parked in the parking garage at North Riverside Park Mall, 7501 Cermak Road. The victim said she parked her car in the garage at about 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 21 and did not return to it until 8:30 a.m. the following morning. Security camera video showed that a gray Toyota SUV pulled up next to the victim’s vehicle on Feb. 21 at about 7:25 p.m. A passenger is seen exiting the Toyota and ducking down under the victim’s vehicle with an unknown tool. That person then gets back into the SUV, which leaves eastbound. These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Feb. 2027, 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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Unable to attract building inspector, Riverside hires outside firm Village inks $135,000 contract with TPI Building Code Consultants By BOB UPHUES Editor
Riverside trustees moved to shore up the village’s understaffed community development department last month, approving a two-year contract with TPI Building Code Consultants to provide plan review and building inspection services. The contract calls for TPI to be paid $135,000 annually for providing a certified building plan reviewer or master code professional onsite two days per week. Contractors from TPI will carry out building, mechanical, plumbing, electrical and property maintenance inspections as needed, and a TPI employee will be responsible for carrying out inspections related to Riverside’s new rental registry program for 2022. “It’s extremely common in the region to use a service like this,” Assistant Village Manager Ashley Monroe, who oversees the community development department, told trustees at their Feb. 17 meeting. Monroe said the village interviewed four firms who responded to a request for proposals last December, calling TPI “the best fit for the village both in general cost of services and the flexibility and quality of
services that they’re able to provide to us.” paid Lakeside Consulting about $120,000 for The agreement allows Riverside to extend building code review and inspection serthe contract for one year twice, but the vil- vices. There was not a formal agreement lage has the ability to discontinue using TPI between the two parties, but Riverside used contractors during the term of the firm’s services three days a the deal if it hires an in-house week. plan reviewer or inspectors in While the help was essenthe future. tial, the arrangement wasn’t Riverside has been attemptperfect and led to complaints ing to fill those positions, withabout slow turnaround times out success, for more than a for building permit applicayear. The village has not had tions. a building inspector on staff Last December, Monroe since December 2020 and essenmade a presentation about the tially had no one on staff in the situation upon the request of department during nearly the elected officials at a meeting ASHLEY MONROE first half of 2021. of the village board. A pair Riverside assistant Monroe arrived in mid-June of charts Monroe shared with village manager to lead the department and trustees showed that it took work on getting it staffed. The more than a week to approve department hired Francisco most permit applications, but Jimenez as its first-ever vilmore complex, higher-value lage planner in August but was projects could take three frustrated in repeated attempts months or more. Last fall, Lakeside Consultants informed to hire staff to perform permit reviews and Riverside it would be discontinuing those building inspections. In the meantime, Riverside has used a services after mid-February 2022, promptthird-party contractor called Lakeside Con- ing village officials to seek an alternative. The reliance on third-party consultants sultants to plug the gap. In 2021, Riverside
“It’s extremely common in the region to use a service like this.”
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s people begin to file their 2021 tax returns, taxpayers are reminded to avoid unethical ghost tax return preparers. A ghost preparer is someone who doesn’t sign tax returns they prepare. Unscrupulous ghost preparers often print the return and have the taxpayer sign and mail it to the IRS. For e-filed returns, the ghost will prepare but refuse to digitally sign as the paid preparer. By law, anyone who is paid to prepare or assists in preparing federal tax returns must have a valid Preparer Tax Identification Number. Paid preparers must sign and include their PTIN on the return. Not signing a return is a red flag that the paid preparer may be looking to make a quick profit by promising a big refund or charging fees based on the size of the refund.
Ghost tax return preparers may also: • Require payment in cash only and not provide a receipt. • Claim fake deductions to boost the size of the refund. • Direct refunds into their bank account, not the taxpayer’s account. It’s important for taxpayers to choose their tax return preparer wisely. Do not go to a Tax business that hires temporary help during tax season. Go to a preparer that known in your community.
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in 2021 resulted in community development department expenditures exceeding its budget by almost $60,000, according to general fund budget summary report from the end of 2021. Riverside hired two people to fill the staff roles of “residential services representative” to do permit data entry and inspection scheduling to shorten the time it takes to process permits. TPI personnel will respond to those seeking information about building and code issues either when they’re onsite or via phone and email. “The village as a whole will benefit from the availability of these services and extension of a technical knowledge base, because this supplement will allow village staff to focus on their everyday responsibilities,” Monroe wrote in a memo to the village board regarding the use of a third-party service last month. While the amount of the contract is notable, fees the village charges for building permits and inspections cover most of that cost, Monroe said. The expense may also be reduced as the village brings any staff inspectors aboard and when building permit activity wanes during different times of the year.
Hauser Jr. High kicks off 52nd annual food drive
Community drop-off day slated for April 6 By BOB UPHUES Editor
L.J. Hauser Junior High, 65 Woodside Road in Riverside, kicked off its 52nd Annual Food Drive on March 1 to benefit the Salvation Army Red Shield Center, the Riverside Township Food Pantry and Share Food Share Love Food Pantry in Brookfield. The annual charitable effort through the decades, now organized and run by the Hauser PTO, has resulted in the donations of hundreds of thousands of non-perishable food items, both store-bought and packaged personally by volunteers. This year, the school hopes to collect 15,000 cans/boxes of non-perishable food items. Community members can drop off any donations (or checks made out to the Hauser PTO) at the school office on any school day between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. The school will also host a community food drop-off day on Wednesday, April 6 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in front of the school.
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If you’d like to make a monetary donation online, you can do so by clicking the Hauser Food Drive-Donate button on the home page of the Hauser PTO website at hauserpto.org. Due to the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, there won’t be a community food packing day this year, but students and school families still hope to pack 50,000 macaroni and cheese meals in addition to collecting items from residents. The food drive runs through April 8.
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LTHS board, community weathers contentious months Anti-mask protests, alleged racist comments toward student add to rancor
harassment is not what we what we are accustomed to seeing at LT,” Waterman said. “And, quite frankly, the anger directed towards schools in our country has never been at the level that it is at now. Emotions are raw, people are hurting emotionally and this negatively impacts every single person: staff, By BOB SKOLNIK parents, community and, of course, most imContributing Reporter portantly, our students.” Waterman said all members of the LTHS It’s been a tough months at Lyons Town- community must respect each other. ship High School. The face mask issue has “The last few weeks remind us that it’s been a flashpoint during public comment at more important than ever to double down on school board meetings, which have regularly kindness, on compassion and on tolerance,” featured anti-mask speakers harshly criticiz- Waterman said. “We need to double down ing the school board. on cultivating an environment On Feb. 8 in the wake of a that’s conducive to learning downstate court ruling that and as adults to double down on threw the governor’s executive making sure that our actions, order on masking in question, not our words, but our actions, more than 100 students refused send a message of hope to our to wear masks and were forced to community and a message of leave classrooms, some of them respect to every single person chanting when confined to the we interact with.” school’s cafeteria. A rally was Molly Voigt, a 17-year-old seheld afterward at school, attendnior from LaGrange Park has MOLLY VOIGT ed by students and adults. personally experienced the Lyons Township High School senior Also in February, according rancor – which often has come to a report on Channel 7 news, a from adults -- at LTHS. Black LTHS sophomore received “It’s been a little bit crazy,” racist responses to a Civil RightsVoigt said. era photo she posted with the Voigt, who attended the Feb. message “Happy Black History 22 school board meeting, got Month and don’t forget to keep advocating for a taste of the anger during the school board Black lives” on Snapchat. meeting. Voigt said was wearing a mask and That racist response a few days later sitting in the Reber Auditorium watching the sparked a student protest against racism in meeting when a man who was not wearing a the hallways of the school’s South Campus face mask directed an obscene gesture toward that created enough concern for the South her. Campus to be briefly placed on soft lockdown. “I actually had grown adults in there flipAt the Feb. 22 meeting of the school board, ping me off,” Voigt said about the Feb. 22 which was attended by more than 100 people, school board meeting. “I just looked over District 204 Superintendent Brian Waterman and there’s this man who is sticking out his made a public statement addressing the inci- tongue at me and he starts giving me the middle finger, and I was just sitting there nordents. “The divisiveness, the disrespect, the rac- mally. I didn’t say anything. It was a little bit, like, wow.” ism, the examples of anger in the form of
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he Golden Apple Foundation announced on Feb. 15 that Amelia Garcia, a teacher at Nazareth Academy in LaGrange Park, was among 30 high school teachers named finalists for the 2022 Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching. The Golden Apple Awards honor outstanding teachers for having lasting, positive effects on students’ lives and school communities. Garcia has been on the faculty at Nazareth Academy for 15 years and teaches AP AMELIA GARCIA English Language and English 2 Honors. She is an alumna of DePaul University with a bachelor’s degree in secondary education and English and a master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies. She was named Nazareth Academy’s Educator of the Year in 2016. Those selected as 2022 Golden Apple Award recipients will be surprised in the spring. Northwestern University provides a spring sabbatical to award recipients at no cost. Each recipient also receives a $5,000 cash award. Award recipients become fellows of the Golden Apple Academy of Educators, a community of educators who play an important role in preparing the next generation of teachers in the Golden Apple Scholars and Accelerators programs, which are dedicated to addressing the teacher shortage in Illinois.
Off into the sunset The Brookfield Village Board and police department on Feb. 14 honored longtime police records supervisor Lori Webb for her 28 years of service to the police department. Village President Michael Garvey read and presented Webb with a proclamation re-
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On campus ■ Desiree Valadez, of Brookfield, was among the nearly 1,300 students receiving their degrees from Northern Illinois University last year. Valadez earned a Master of Science in literacy education. ■ Lydia Olson, of Brookfield, received a Bachelor of Science degree in education during the fall semester commencement ceremonies last December at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. ■ Riverside resident James Greenwell was among the approximately 4,900 undergraduate students awarded diplomas during commencement exercises in December at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Greenwell was awarded his Master of Science degree in computer science. ■ Erik Casillas, of North Riverside, and Lauren Paisker, of Brookfield, were among those awarded degrees in December at the close of the 2021 fall semester at the University of Iowa. Casillas earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance while Paisker earned a Bachelor of Science degree on sport
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and recreation management. ■ Brittany Ruiz, of Brookfield, a student at Elmhurst College was among those recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. ■ The Dads Association at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign recently announced the recipients of the 2022 Dads Association Scholarship. Six students from a field of 90 who applied were chosen to receive $2,000 scholarships, including North Riverside resident Ruby Pelayo, a sophomore majoring in early childhood education. ■ Mia Giurini, of North Riverside, was named to the president’s list for the 2021 fall semester at Trine University in Angola, Indiana. Students on the president’s list must attain a grade-point average of at least 3.75 on a 4-point scale. ■ Joshua Valentino, a computer science major from North Riverside, was named to the 2021 fall semester dean’s list at Aurora University for earning a GPA of at least 3.6. ■ Concordia University Wisconsin, located in Mequon, has named Brookfield resident Aidan Lewis, a freshman political science major, to the 2021 fall semester dean’s list for achieving a GPA of at least 3.6. ■ Among those named to the 2021 fall semester dean’s list at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, was Riverside resident Charlie Buh (accountancy). Dean’s list students rank in the top 20 percent of undergraduate students in each division. ■ Brookfield resident Raymond Greco, who is studying engineering and computer science, was named to the dean’s list for the 2021 fall semester at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. ■ Sophie Bowie, of Brookfield, earned the distinction of faculty honors for the fall 2021
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semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. The designation is awarded to those earning a 4.0 GPA for the semester. ■ Riverside resident Trevor Bork and Brookfield resident Autumn RajcevichSchwer were named to the 2021 fall semester dean’s list at Carthage College in Kenosha for achieving a GPA of at least 3.5 for the semester. ■ North Riverside resident Jamie Fernandez was named to the 2021 adult undergraduate fall semester dean’s list at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights for earning a GPA of at least 3.8. ■ Among the nearly 900 Elmhurst University students named to the 2021 fall semester dean’s list for attaining semester GPA of at least 3.75 were North Riverside resident Kimberly Graf, Riverside resident Abigail Salamanca and Brookfield residents Madison Darcy, Amelia Huebner, Cassidy Melone and Ashley Staley. ■ Riverside residents Jack Jameson and Marshall Palmer-Jones were both named to the 2021 fall semester dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ■ Daniel Sessler, of Brookfield, and Amy Kulaga, of Riverside, were named to the 2021 fall semester dean’s list at St. Mary’s University in Winona, Minnesota, for earning a GPA of at least 3.6. ■ Olivia Janunas, of Riverside, was named to the 2021 fall term dean’s list at Knox College in Galesburg for earning a semester GPA of at least 3.6. ■ Brookfield resident Jacob Rodriguez was named to the school’s fall 2021 academic excellence list. Equivalent to the dean’s list and requiring a semester GPA of at least 3.5, the academic excellence list is for students who have not declared a major. ■ Fiona Hamilton, a chemistry major from Brookfield, was named to the 2021 fall semester dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls for earning a semester GPA of at least 3.5. ■ Marquette University in Milwaukee has named its 2021 fall semester dean’s list students, who include Brookfield residents Jordan Gatsos (environmental engineering), Elina Kunickas (biomedical sciences) and Noah Osowski (psychology); North Riverside resident Reagan Hosty (accounting); and Riverside residents Maya Diaz (political science), Haley Legan (biomedical sciences), Ben O’Bryan (mechanical engineering), Nina Tomas (nursing) and Maeve White (journalism). ■ Brookfield residents Olga Orszulak (meteorology) and Justin Spaargaren (history) and Riverside resident Marcie Ruiz (elementary education) were named to the 2021 fall semester dean’s list at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb for earning GPAs of at least 3.75. ■ Sydney Lindenberg (civil engineering), of Brookfield, and Isabelle Legan (global resource systems), of Riverside, were named to
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Troop 111 elevates 3 to Eagle Scout Three members of Boy Scout Troop 111 received their Eagle Scout badges during a ceremony Feb. 6 at the at Holy Guardian Angels Parish center, becoming the 101st, 102nd and 103rd Eagle Scouts the troop has produced. As part of their promotion process, each scout was required to organize and carry out a public service project. Brookfield resident Nick Marchese, a senior at Riverside-Brookfield High School, constructed and emplaced log benches with bases in the oak savanna at Kiwanis Park
the 2021 fall semester dean’s list at Iowa State University in Ames for attaining a semester GPA of at least 3.5. ■ More than 6,000 undergraduates at the University of Iowa were named to the 2021 fall semester dean’s list, including Brookfield residents Angelica Aranda (criminology), Lauren Paisker (sport and recreation management) and Katelyn Malikowski (elementary education) and Riverside residents Gianna Calderon (nursing), Lizbeth Casillas (psychology) and Isabella Mullins (sustainability science). ■ Brookfield residents Jordan Crespo and Megan Sroka were named to the 2021 fall semester dean’s list at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, for attaining a semester GPA of at least 3.5. ■ Grace Knowski, of Brookfield, was named to the 2021 fall semester dean’s list Millikin University in Decatur for earning a GPA
in Brookfield. Dean Papadogianis, a former Brookfielder who now lives in LaGrange Park and is a junior at Lyons Township High School, created an honor garden for those who have served in the Armed Forces in front of the Riverside Masonic Lodge at 40 Forest Ave. LaGrange Park resident David Sabeckis, a senior at RBHS, built fish habitats for the Saganashkee Slough, a man-made lake in the Palos Forest Preserves. He constructed the habitats out of PVC pipes and fivegallon buckets.
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Ex-Brookfield police chief named RBHS security head Takes over from former North Riverside Chief Niemann, who has retired
By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
Now only one former police chief works at Riverside-Brookfield High School. Last month, School Safety Liaison Lane Niemann, the former police chief of North Riverside, left his job after four years at the high school and was replaced by former Brookfield Police Chief Ed Petrak, who had been hired last August as a school security officer. “Lane Niemann did an excellent job establishing the school safety liaison position at Riverside-Brookfield High School,” said RBHS District 208 Superintendent Kevin Skinkis. “He did a great job building relationships with our faculty, staff, students and families. He really set the foundation for this position and we wish him the best of luck in retirement.” Niemann was hired in 2018 as the first school safety liaison. Skinkis said Niemann had been talking of retiring for some time. “Lane had talked about maybe retiring at the end of last year, and I told him that I needed some assistance with all the kids coming back and having a full student body,” Skinkis said. “We talked about him possibly
Niemann said in a text message. chief and he worked in our security staff Petrak, 54, retired as the Brookfield po- this first semester,” Skinkis said. lice chief last year after a 32-year career, Since Petrak knows Niemann well and the final two years as police chief. For 20 worked at RBBS for six months as security years he was the Brookfield officer it has been a smooth tranPolice Department’s liaison to sition for him. local schools. He served as a ju“Just being part of building sevenile officer for more than 20 curity, Lane would work directly years, was the DARE anti-drug with us so [we] would talk every program officer and started the day about different things,” PeLet’s Win anti-drug program at trak told the Landmark. S.E. Gross Middle School. Petrak said he views his job “I’m excited,” Petrak said of as one of building relationships this new position. “It’s a new with students and their families. learning opportunity for me. “It’s getting to know and help ED PETRAK It’s something I’m comfortable kids and families, problem solve RBHS school safety liaison with.” and work in the best interests of Petrak began his new role on kids here,” Petrak said. Feb. 7 after being sworn in as an Petrak said that he enjoys the auxiliary police officer on Feb. 4. atmosphere at RBHS. In his new role Petrak will carry “I’ve enjoyed the energy in the a gun, as did Niemann. His salbuilding, positive energy, kindary is $48,000 annually, prorated for the re- ness,” Petrak said. mainder of the school year Although Petrak grew up in Riverside, he “It happened pretty quickly,” Petrak said. did not attend RBHS. His father insisted on Skinkis said that Petrak was an easy sending him to a Catholic school, so he atchoice to replace Niemann. tended Quigley South in Chicago. “The building administration and I have “I’m happy to finally be Bulldog,” Petrak worked closely with Ed when he was a police said.
“I’m happy to finally be Bulldog.”
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going at the end of the semester, and he went a little longer just to help get through some transitions, but I think he was looking not to be working every day.” When contacted by the Landmark to comment about his time at RBHS and his retirement, Niemann didn’t have much to say. “Just that I feel Ed will do a great job,”
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Brookfield flower shop to live on in spirit Local online florist buys Christopher Mark customer list, phone number By BOB UPHUES Editor
full-service florist for weddings, sympathy arrangements, specialty bouquets and flower arrangements for all occasions and seasons. They also host flower arranging classes. “Julie is a very fun lady,” Borzym said. “Her designs are wonderful.” While Sister Squared might be a new venture, Procich is not a rookie florist. She owned the candy store Sweetness in downtown LaGrange, which concocted complicated candy buffets for weddings that often included flowers. A graduate of Riverside-Brookfield High School and a Brookfield resident for 32 years, Procich also worked at Phillip’s Flowers in LaGrange Park and was department manager and buyer for Standard Market in Westmont. Procich says Sister Squared Florist hopes to open a bricks-and-mortar location in the future, but there’s no timetable for when or where that might happen. In the meantime,
Christopher Mark Fine Flowers may have closed its doors for good at 3742 Grand Blvd. in downtown Brookfield on Feb. 28, but the business will live on, at least in spirit. Last week, longtime Brookfield resident Julie Procich and her sister, Diane Magno, who own the online business Sister Squared Florist, purchased Christopher Mark’s customer list and phone number from owner Chris Borzym. In a phone interview last week, Procich said Sister Squared doesn’t intend on operating out of the Grand Boulevard storefront or continue to use the Christopher Mark name. The value is in the clientele Borzym has built during his 16 years in business. If Borzym’s former clients call the old Christopher Mark phone number, they’ll be connected to Sister Squared. “[Borzym’s] business has PROVIDED an absolutely wonderful following,” said Procich, Julie Procich (right) hands a check to Chris Borzym, ofwho added she had done ficially buying his customer list and phone number and freelance flower arranging in the past for Borzym and starting new chapters in both their lives. has known him since he opened the Brookfield shop the business will remain predominantly onin 2005. “I’m so excited about this opportunity. line with possible pop-up shops on occasion. I’m thrilled.” “I’ll let the business lead the way,” Procich Borzym retired Feb. 28 in order to focus on said. his health. For the past year-plus he’s been reAs for Borzym, he’s still processing what is ceiving treatments to combat prostate cancer. a huge change in his life with the sale of his “I just want Chris to be OK,” Procich said. customer list and the shop’s phone number. “I love him dearly.” “It’s absolutely surreal, but it’s also been The move is also an opportunity for Procich a big sigh [of relief],” Borzym said. “It keeps and Magno to raise the profile of Sister getting more and more emotional every day, Squared Florist, which began in mid-2019 and but I’m ready.” operates out of Procich’s home in Brookfield. Procich has purchased some florist supplies Procich is the floral designer, while Magno as Borzym shuts down operations and other handles the business end. florists, including Brookfield businesses, have According to Procich, her arrangements bought his cooler and display furniture. are one-of-a-kind pieces where flowers and the “My stuff is all over town and I’m very hapcontainer are equally important. py about that,” Borzym said. “I don’t ever put flowers in a plain glass The past couple of weeks have seen a pavase,” Procich said. “The containers are as rade of customers coming into Borzym’s shop important as the flowers themselves. I always to wish him well in the next chapter of his life. try to make the container as integral to what Borzym will be at the shop through the end of I’m doing as the flowers.” the month clearing it out. Procich describes Sister Squared, whose “If people walk by they can knock on the website can be found at s2florist.com, as a door and come in [to visit],” Borzym said.
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LaGrange-Brookfield District 102 went mask optional on Feb. 9 and Kuzniewski announced on Feb. 10 that District 95 would go mask optional on Feb. 28. Riverside-Brookfield High School announced on Feb. 16 that it would go mask recommended on Feb. 28, but then moved up that date a week to Feb. 22. The school boards of Lyons Township High School and Lyons-Brookfield School District 103 both voted on Feb. 22 to go mask optional. Riverside Elementary District 96 was the last local school district to go mask optional, announcing its change in an email to parents on Feb. 26, less than 24 hours hours after sending an email to families saying that masks would be required until at least
after the March 2 school board meeting. On Feb. 16, the District 96 school board voted unanimously to keep its mask requirement in place until at least the March 2, when it would reevaluate the issue. Superintendent Martha Ryan-Toye’s email to families on Feb. 25 reiterated that position. But right about the time that email was going out, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced that he was lifting his statewide school mask mandate. The Illinois State Board of Education repeated that new guidance Friday evening, with the federal Centers for Disease Control shifting its guidance to no longer recommending masks in most of the country. Those developments fueled an angry re-
sponse to Ryan-Toye’s email on Feb. 25. “I received a lot of emails from parents on Friday night and Saturday morning, people feeling confused, frustrated, angry,” RyanToye told the Landmark. “I think people thought that my message was coming out to coincide with the governor and the state board of ed almost to defy and contradict.” Although they had voted to continue masking until at least March 2, school board members quickly concluded that that they could not wait to change their policy. “Essentially the state and the feds made the requirements a lot harder to enforce,” board member Joel Marhoul said. “They made it impossible considering the greater political sentiment.” School board President Dan Hunt agreed. “We found ourselves pretty much in an untenable spot,” Hunt said. On the morning of Feb. 26, Ryan-Toye conferred by telephone with each board member individually and the decision was made to go mask optional immediately. A resolution passed by the school board last summer gave Ryan-Toye the power to change policy on her own subject to a vote of the school board to affirm or reject her decision at a subsequent meeting. When they meet again March 2, school board members are expected to vote to continue the new mask-optional policy. Face masks have been a divisive issue the entire school year as some argued that they were ineffective and interfered with learning, with some parents arguing they should be able to choose whether their children wore masks. “I think that in the past two years that the sense of community has very much been damaged in lockdown and everything else,” Marhoul said. Most superintendents hope that the face mask issue is behind them. “I’m happy to be done talking about masking, at least for the time being, and maybe getting focused on things that are non-COVID that’s for sure,” Kuzniewski said.
ministrative Rules voted Feb. 15 not to renew them. Because the issue of the TRO was moot, the state’s high court said Feb. 25, the order itself was vacated and the case was remanded back to Sangamon County to be heard in its entirety. “We are pleased the court acted quickly to vacate the TRO, as the state requested,” Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office said in a statement. “However, as the case is returned to the circuit court, we will continue to defend the governor’s executive orders to protect all Illinois residents and mitigate the spread of COVID-19.” The Supreme Court’s ruling, however, was one that left both sides in the dispute claiming victory. “I’m gratified that the Supreme Court vacated the lower court’s restraining order, meaning that if a school mask mandate needs to go into effect in the future, we continue to have that authority,” Pritzker said in a state-
ment released by his press secretary. But Republican lawmakers who have questioned Pritzker’s use of executive orders and criticized the Democratic majority in the General Assembly for not exercising oversight, said the ruling will serve as a check on the governor’s powers. “The Illinois Supreme Court found the governor’s mask mandate moot and not enforceable thanks to a bipartisan group of legislators who decided to strike it down earlier this month,” Senate GOP Leader Dan McConchie, of Hawthorn Woods, said in a statement. Pritzker had previously announced that the general statewide mask mandate would expire Feb. 28 if the state’s hospitalization usage and other metrics continued on a downward trend. He had previously planned to leave school mask mandates in place, however. Since he made the announcement at the beginning of the month, the governor’s of-
fice said in a statement Friday, the number of people in the hospital with COVID-19 has been cut in half and the number of intensive care beds available increased by 24 percent, while the state’s weekly COVID-19 case rate has also decreased by 70 percent. While previous guidelines were based on metrics such as case counts and test positivity rates, the new guidelines are based on factors such as the number of hospital beds being used, hospital admissions and the total number of new COVID-19 cases in an area. According to CDC data, most counties in Illinois are considered low or moderate transmission areas. Counties designated as high transmission areas are located mainly in southern Illinois and in pockets along the state’s eastern and western borders. The status of individual counties throughout the United States is available on the CDC’s website, cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019ncov/your-health/covid-by-county.html.
D96 changes course from page 1 unmasked on Monday. In Brookfield-LaGrange Park School District 95 a greater percentage of students apparently wore masks. District 95 Superintendent Mark Kuzniewski estimated that maybe half of kindergarteners through second-graders wore masks and perhaps 60 to 70 percent of third- through fifth-graders wore masks. Kuzniewski estimated that 85 percent of students at S.E. Gross Middle School started the day wearing face masks and 70 percent still had them on by the end of the school day. “I think the number of students wearing masks has probably decreased as the day has gone on,” Kuzniewski said. “It does vary by grade.” Riverside-Brookfield High School District 208 Superintendent Kevin Skinkis estimated that about 70 percent of RBHS students wore masks on Feb. 28 and one student estimated that only about 10 to 20 percent of students were not wearing face masks. Most but not all teachers wore masks at area schools. In North Riverside, Komarek School Principal Diane Michelini said she thought the majority of Komarek students wore masks. “Right now, we have more masked than unmasked, it appears” Michelini said. “But what I’ve learned from other districts is that as the days go on, that shifts.” Michelini said she would have preferred that masks were still required. “I can say I’m sad to see the mask thing go,” Michelini said. “We shall see.” Over the past few weeks local school districts have all decided to go to a maskoptional or mask-recommended policy as COVID cases plummeted.
COVID RULES TRO vacated from page 1 care settings and on public transportation such as buses, trains and airplanes, as well as transportation hubs like airports and bus stations. Those developments came after the Illinois Supreme Court on Feb. 25 declined to hear the state’s appeal of a temporary restraining order issued Feb. 4 by a Sangamon County judge, calling the issue “moot.” In its ruling late Friday, the court, in a 5-2 vote, echoed a 4th District Court of Appeals decision from a week earlier that said the issue was moot because the emergency rules that the Illinois Department of Public Health had issued in September had expired and the legislative Joint Committee on Ad-
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Masked and unmasked students walk through Riverside-Brookfield High School during a passing period on Feb. 28, the first official day of the school’s mask-optional rule.
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Rays of light in winter Changes on the way at Blythe Park School?
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ebruary may be the dreariest month in the calendar from a weather perspective, but in Riverside elected officials managed to inject a couple of rays of light. At the same meeting of the village board on Feb. 17, trustees voted to both approve Juneteenth as a paid holiday for village employees and OK a contract with Amita-Presence Behavioral Health to provide crisis intervention services through the village’s public safety department. In a way, both issues are linked in that they had their origins, at least in Riverside, in the events of summer 2020. While the village largely escaped the direct turmoil, violence and disruption experienced by its neighbors to the east and north, the Black Lives Matter protests targeting police violence against people of color did spark some introspection and frank conversations about race and mental health as well as how local governments can help change attitudes in responding to those questions. In the wake of a Black Lives Matter demonstration at Guthrie Park on June 19, 2020, this newspaper commented on the significance of that date, which was not lost on the organizers of the demonstration, which included a reading for the Emancipation Proclamation. We suggested at the time that it would be absolutely appropriate to mark June 19 – Juneteenth – as a pivotal moment in American history, as significant as any other, by ending once and for all the institution of slavery. That most white Americans were essentially clueless about the date underscored the need to confront a centuries’ long shame largely glossed over as some sort of aberration instead of a foundational sin. The issue dovetailed with historic police violence against Black Americans, often in response to mental health crises. Speaking publicly and frankly about the need to change the way police respond to mental health crises in Riverside during that summer of 2020 was new and welcome. Last month’s partnership with PBH is the first step in changing that approach. There’s a long way to go, of course. There is presently a convoys of trucks seeking to shut down the nation’s capital because people are upset about wearing masks and getting vaccinated against a plague and craven senators and congressional representatives openly root against America in favor of a Russian dictator attacking a neighboring country. Locally, at least, we seem to be making progress.
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lythe Park School is a neat little building in a quiet residential area of Riverside. While there’s a Blythe Road nearby, the school’s main entrance is actually on Leesley Road. The school takes its name from the small park immediately to the west. The school has been on my mind of late, since there has been talk of repurposing the little theater in the lower level. Having had children and grandchildren attend the school it brings back memories of pleasant times and events held on that stage. Holiday programs were held there, with each class having rehearsed (and rehearsed) a program to make all parents and grandparents proud. It seems there was one child in each class during the holiday program who had no interest in entertaining the audience and would stand there quite still waiting for the agony to be over. There is one of my readers who I believe will see himself in that remembrance. There were other children’s productions, many of them teacher-produced or student-created. Some were presentations from outside groups or speakers, anything that brought more life to school and education. However, probably the most memorable productions were the PTA Halloween plays dating back to the 1970s and early 1980s. Some were original and some were
adapted from children’s stories. It’s hard to say who had more fun, the parents or the children. Backstage was where much of the fun happened. Parent actors would sometimes speak lines while at others, parents would pantomime to backstage narration. Parents tried all kinds of creative ways to produce sound effects, like crushing macaroni close to the microphone to recreate the sound of walking through leaves. The stage set artwork by parents Dale and Lavone Brown was recycled often for other shows for years to come. Eileen Grimm sewed many a mom’s costume which were also reused for years. Perhaps the changes will help make new memories for another generation or two; time will tell. If you’re interested in finding out more about what may be coming, District 96 is inviting community members to an informal “conversation and coffee” about possible renovations. Superintendent Martha Ryan-Toye, members of the district’s Facility Advisory Committee and the school district’s architect will be there. You can choose to attend one of two sessions at 8:15 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. on March 8 in the Blythe Park School library. Contact Cathy Perino at perinoc@district96.org with any questions.
JOANNE KOSEY
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IHSA can stop cheering success of Title IX So many celebrations around the 50th anniversary of Title IX – how far we’ve come. Really? Sixty years ago, I refused to play high school basketball because girls could only play half court and were required to dribble five times and then pass. While very different today, one thing is still the same – the disrespect toward female athletes. Riverside-Brookfield High School’s girls basketball team recently lost their regional game. Trailing throughout the game, they played with incredible intensity and determination, not wanting their season to end. RB was up by three with 5.9 seconds remaining. Simeon hit a three to tie the game to go to overtime. I guess it helped that Simeon had six players on the court. After huddling, the three officials decided they didn’t want to call a technical so late in the game. Can any reasonable person imagine such a travesty if it were a boys game? Could this have been corrected? A boys team would have reconvened the next night and the game would have proceeded from the point of the technical, RB would have the ball and the game would be over.
What actually happened is the perfect example of the disrespect toward female athletes. Their season ended because the opposing team was allowed to defeat them with an extra player, and I guess that was OK with the IHSA. After all, it was only a girls game. An RB player sent a respectful e-mail to the IHSA and she got no response. If Title IX was the success people are led to believe, girls’ facilities would be comparable to boys (not even close), girls wouldn’t be playing during school nights while boys play on weekends, and girls would have officials who were comparable to boys. Officiating is not easy, but the above example is just one problem. People say they don’t go to girls’ games because they are not as exciting. A major reason for that is officiating that penalizes girls for playing aggressive ball. Officials should call fouls the same for boys and girls. Maybe officials should be paid more for doing girls games – even things out a bit. Media coverage, or lack thereof, speaks for itself. In any event, my suggestion to the IHSA is to stop promoting Title IX if your support is meaningless. And when a student-athlete sends you an e-mail, it would be nice of you to reply.
Patti Marino
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RBHS diver wins state meet with record score Harrison Nolan becomes the 2nd state champ in program history
By BILL STONE
every dive.” Phillips praised Nolan as a role model for a mostly non-senior roster, including freshman diver Nate Kissel, who scored a personal-best 329.95 at sectionals. RBHS sophomore swimmer Drew Rosa also enjoyed a breakthrough season, reaching the state meet and finishing 25th in the 200 individual medley in 1 minute, 56.30 seconds, breaking the sophomore school record of 1:56.70 he swam at sectionals. “It was really nice to see a time drop,” Rosa said. “I think that there’s still room to improve, so I’ve got to just keep putting in the work, especially this offseason.”
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As a youth diver, Riverside-Brookfield High School senior Harrison Nolan watched from the New Trier stands as Marian Catholic’s Joey Cifelli captured the 2015 IHSA boys swimming and diving state championship with a record-setting score. “I looked up to him as a hero,” Nolan said. After Nolan completed his 11th and final dive at the state finals on Feb. 26, he realized his ultimate dream. Nolan captured his first state title and his 569.50 points broke Cifelli’s still-standing record of 555.40 in the first boys state finals held at the FMC Natatorium in Westmont. “I’m going to remember hitting the water on that last dive, knowing that I hit the record, looking up to people in the stands screaming and then running over to give my best friends, my coaches hugs. I was under water and I was like, ‘I just did it,’ ” Nolan said. Nolan is believed to be the 10th individual state champion in RBHS sports history. The University of Kentucky recruit is the Bulldogs’ first diving state champion and joins 50-yard freestyle champion John Scheda, who won in 1964, as their only state champ in the sport. Nolan also is the first three-time, top-six all-state finisher for RBHS swimming or diving, doing that without a 2021 state series due to COVID restrictions. As a sophomore,
LTHS 3rd at state meet
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Nolan finished second and was fifth in 2019. “I think he was excited, a little nervous,” RBHS diving coach Amy Phillips said. “He wanted to have a really good meet and he might have been a little nervous about not performing as best as he could so we’re happy that he did as well as he did. He nailed
The Lyons Township High School boys swimming and diving team began officially celebrating its third-place trophy at the state finals Saturday with a group jump into the pool. The only one missing was senior Jack Wanless, whose final contribution was a memorable one. “I knew I had to do a belly flop,” Wanless said. “I was talking to my parents (in the lobby). It was kind of a big deal for our family. I’m the last swimmer and after 12 years, I’m finally done.” Wanless and the Lions rode quite a wave of success. LTHS earned its first trophy since back-to-back championships and second place from 2016-18.
Led by the second-place 200-yard medley relay of junior Quinn Collins and seniors Aidan Foley, Colin Bade and Wanless (1:31.49), LTHS had five first-team all-state, top-six performances and one second-team seventh-to-12th finish. Collins and Wanless had four all-state performances. Foley and seniors A.J. Vitek and Graeme Gantt had two. The 200 freestyle relay of Vitek, Collins, Gantt and Wanless was third (1:23.62) and the 400 free relay of Collins, Vitek, Gantt and Wanless was fourth (3:06.24) after a season-best 3:05.90 in Friday’s preliminaries. Individually, Foley was fourth in the 100 breaststroke (55.65), Collins was sixth in the 100 backstroke (50.32) and Wanless was seventh in the 100 free (46.23). The Lions (99 points) were 14.5 points ahead of fourth-place Loyola Academy and only finished behind Stevenson’s first state title (167) and second-place rival Hinsdale Central (117.5). “It went about as well as I could have hoped for and they could have hoped for. To come out of this tough meet with a trophy, just unbelievable,” LTHS coach Erin Rodriguez said. Bade tied for 26th in the 100 breast (51.08). In diving, Paras (16th, 217.10 points) reached the top-16 semifinals, sophomore Matt Adler was 23rd (203.30) and Nazareth Academy freshman Cooper Kosanovich was 41st (169.75).
Bulldogs keep cool, beat OPRF for regional hoops crown RBHS boys hit 15 of 16 from free-throw line in 4Q to keep late lead safe
By MELVIN TATE Contributing Reporter
The Riverside-Brookfield High School boys basketball team starts four seniors -Joe Gilhooley, J.P. Hanley, Joevonn McCottry and Brady Vaia – and their experience has been essential for the Bulldogs, who defeated Oak Park and River Forest High School 67-62 to win their own IHSA Class 4A regional title on Feb. 25. “They deserve this for how hard they’ve worked and what they mean to the culture of our program,” said RBHS coach Mike Reingruber. Gilhooley had a game-high 24 points and added 7 rebounds. Afterwards, he was emo-
tional about winning his final high school home game. “This is the best feeling I’ve ever had in my life,” he said. “We knew it was going to be Keyed by strong efforts from Gilhooley and sophomore Will Gonzalez -- who each scored 10 points -- RBHS (23-5) closed the first half on a 10-0 run to take a 33-26 halftime lead. But OPRF (16-11) rallied in the third quarter, outscoring the Bulldogs 24-17. The Huskies’ Sam Lewis poured in eight of his team-high 21 points to tie the game at 50 after three quarters. In the fourth quarter, RBHS went 15-of-16 from the free-throw line.
“We work on them every single day in practice and we put them in pressure situations,” Reingruber said. “We’ve got great shooters and confident kids, and that showed tonight.” A layup by McCottry (12 points) with 2:02 remaining broke a 57-57 tie and put the Bulldogs ahead to stay. It was their only basket of the quarter. OPRF’s Justin Mullins (17 points) made one of two free throws with 1:24 left to cut RBHS’ lead to 59-58. The Huskies then let nearly 50 seconds elapse before fouling Vaia. He calmly sank two free throws to give the Bulldogs a 61-58 lead. After a timeout with 29.3 seconds left, OPRF’s Keaghan Elmiger’s three-point at-
tempt hit the side of the backboard and was rebounded by Gilhooley, who was then fouled. He hit two more free throws to give RBHS a 63-58 advantage with 21.4 seconds left. Mullins scored twice on layups inside 20 seconds, but Gonzalez (14 points) and Vaia each made two more free throws to keep the Bulldog’s lead out of reach of the Huskies. Hanley added 10 points, five rebounds, and four assists for the Bulldogs, who advanced to the IHSA sectional semifinal round at Proviso West on March 1, after the Landmark’s press time, to face Whitney Young. The Dolphins won the Chicago Public League championship and are considered a top contender for the Class 4A title.
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Brookfield’s Flynn wins twice at state swim meet Fenwick senior splashes to first place in 200, 500 freestyle
By BILL STONE Contributing Reporter
Fenwick High School senior Mike Flynn had an outstanding boys swimming mentor in 2019 graduate Liam Hutchinson, the IHSA state champion in the 500-yard freestyle. Flynn took that achievement one step further on Feb. 26. The Brookfield resident not only captured the 500 title but also earlier won the 200 free during the first boys state finals held at the FMC Natatorium in Westmont. “It’s just awesome to swim two events, get two state titles. I’m so humbled to be here in the first place and just to have this competition,” Flynn said. Flynn won the 200 free in 1 minute, 37.03 seconds to break his school record of 1:37.42
which he set during the Feb. 25 preliminary heats. Flynn won the 500 at 4:27.66 in the finals after his second-best 4:29.90 in the prelims. In Fenwick’s rich swimming history, two individual titles at one state meet only had been achieved twice before – Ed Pierce in 1991 and Robert Ramoska in 1979 both also in the 500 and 200 free. Ramoska also won the 500 free in 1978. “It definitely puts him in special company,” Fenwick coach Steve Thompson said. “Going into the meet and looking at Mike’s experience overall, we knew it was a possibility. We knew if Mike was on his pace that he would be hard to beat.” Flynn also was part of the Friars’ 400 free relay with junior Sam Kulisek and sophomores Tomas Adomaitis and Code Podgorski that placed 11th (3:09.46). The
three finals performances gave Fenwick 10th as a team with 36 points. Even with no 2021 state championships, Flynn brought significant state experience with seven finals or consolation finals races. Individually, Flynn was third in the 500 free and ninth in the 200 free in 2020 and 11th in both as a freshman, when Hutchinson won his 500 (school-record 4:24.47) and was second in the 200 (1:38.16). Flynn’s 200 time in the state prelims on Feb. 25 broke the school record held by Hutchinson. “I made sure to text him right afterwards that I broke it. But he was happy for me,” Flynn said. Flynn and Hutchinson will be reunited next year at University of Notre Dame where Flynn plans to swim and study busi-
ness analytics. “I took an official visit there with him and I loved it. I told him I was committing there, so he was real happy,” Flynn said. Like Hutchinson did for him, Flynn said he tried to be a role model and encourage younger Friars to further state success. Thompson said Flynn set the standard well, as senior Lindsey Drumm did during the girls season. “Lindsey and Mike were the only seniors on deck at state and just really got involved, made the kids feel relaxed,” Thompson said. “Mike is an established swimmer so hopefully I just helped him understand what he was capable of doing. Mike was primed for this and really took ownership of it. I’m just proud of have been a part of it.”
Nazareth girls power past Fenwick into state semis Roadrunners lead wire to wire with tough defense, hot shooting
By MELVIN TATE Contributing Reporter
The Nazareth Academy girls’ basketball team scored the first nine points in its IHSA Class 3A supersectional game against Fenwick High School on Feb. 28 at De La Salle in Chicago, propelling the Roadrunners to a 4630 win and a trip to the state semifinals. “The kids wanted this,” said Nazareth coach Eddie Stritzel. “We knew what Fenwick was going to do on offense. We’re very athletic and long, and I thought our defense was sensational.”
Besides playing stellar defense, Nazareth junior guard Grace Carstensen hit all three of her three-point attempts in the opening quarter to give the Roadrunners a 12-2 lead. “We’ve just been working for this all year, and I’m grateful we were able to pull it off,” said Carstensen, who finished with five threepointers and a game-high 19 points. “We knew [Fenwick] was going to play zone, so we knew what we were going to get and shot really well.” The Roadrunners led 25-15 at halftime and continued their intense defense into the second half, making it difficult for Fenwick to
get the ball inside where it had the height advantage. The pressure resulted in several Friar turnovers as Fenwick ended up with 21 on the night. “We played hard and stuck to our game plan,” said Nazareth sophomore forward Olivia Austin. “We played good defense and that always carries over to the offensive end.” Nazareth opened up its’ biggest lead at 3823 with 6:44 remaining in regulation, and Fenwick could come no closer than 12. “Our kids weren’t going to be denied. They’ve worked hard for this from day one of practice,” Stritzel said.
Sophomore Danni Scully had 10 points, five rebounds and three steals for the Roadrunners. Austin turned in an all-around performance with six points, four rebounds, four assists, and two steals, while senior forward Caroline Workman added six points for Nazareth, which advances to a Class 3A state semifinal against downstate Morton, which won 49-40 winner over Marian Catholic in the Lewis University Supersectional. The Roadrunners and Potters meet March 4 at Redbird Arena on the Illinois State University campus in Normal. Tipoff is set for 11:45 a.m.
OBITUARIES
Barbara J. Girzynski, 65 Worked for UPS Barbara Jolanta Girzynski (nee Szymelfenig), 65, of Lyons and formerly of Poland, died Feb. 15, 2022 at her home Born Jan. 13, 1957 in Szczecin, Poland, Ms. Girzynski worked as a clerk for UPS. BARBARA J. GIRZYNSKI Ms. Girzynski was the wife of the late Eugeniusz Adam Girzynski; the mother of Sylvia (Jon) Obrochta, Simon Girzynski and Paul Girzynski; the grandmother of Jona-
than, Julianna, Joseph and the late Jessymae; the daughter of the late Henryk and late Zofia (nee Komasa) Szymelfenig; the sister of Elzbieta (Roman) Rybczynski and the late Stanislaw Szymelfenig; sister-in-law of Wladyslaw (late Janina) Girzynski, Wieslawa (Charles) Olczyk and the late Zenon (Halina) Girzynski; and fond aunt of goddaughter Marta (Lubos) Kouril and her children Nelly and Natalia, Mirek, Grzegorz, Ania, Basia, Elzbieta, Damian, Piotrek, Mateusz, Edyta, Lukasz, Nicole, Kelly and the late Piotrek Szymelfenig. A funeral Mass was celebrated Feb. 19 at St. Daniel the Prophet Church, Chicago, followed by interment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside. Johnson-Nosek Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements. Online condolences, memories and photographs may be shared at JohnsonNosek.com.
Lorraine M. Lotz, 92 Brookfield homemaker was mother of five Lorraine M. Lotz, 92, of Brookfield, died Feb. 27, 2022. She was a homemaker. Ms. Lotz was the wife of the late Erwin W. Lotz; the mother of Martin Lotz, Eileen (Robert) Pusateri, WilLORRAINE M. LOTZ liam (Carol) Lotz, Kathleen (Bruce) Wollensak and Bernard (Heather) Lotz; the grandmother of Robert (Michelle)
Pusateri, Adam (Caitlin) Pusateri, Connor Wollensak, Kelsey Lotz, Justin Lotz and Paige Wollensak; the great grandmother of Nicholas Pusateri, Marin Pusateri and Rowan Pusateri; and the loving sister of Jeannie (Bruce) Stamp. Visitation is Thursday, March 3 from 9 to 10 a.m. at Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st Street, Brookfield, followed at 10:30 a.m. by a funeral Mass at St. Louise de Marillac Church, LaGrange Park. Interment is at Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside Memorials are appreciated to St. Anthony’s Guild, 144 W. 22nd Street, New York, New York, 10001. Express your condolences online at HitzemanFuneral.com. Send sympathy cards to the family at Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St., Brookfield, 60513, c/o the Lorraine M. Lotz family.
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HELP WANTED • NETWORK SPECIALIST Class specifications are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed by employees in the class. Specifications are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job. DEFINITION To perform various network/system administration, computer support, and operational activities for the Village including computer system setup, configuration, and testing. SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED Reports directly to the Information Technology Services Director. EXAMPLE OF DUTIES: Essential and other important duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following: Essential duties and responsibilities 1. Ensure that best in class customer service is provided to both internal and external customers and also embrace, support, and promote the Village’s core values, beliefs and culture. 2. Configure, test, and deploy network systems, such as, firewalls, routers, switches, wireless equipment, network servers and storage arrays. 3. Configure, test, and deploy system servers, such as, file, print, Internet, e-mail, database, and application servers. 4. Configure, test, and monitor server and end-user systems for security, such as, user accounts, login scripts, file access privileges, and group policy management. 5. Configure, test, and deploy end-user systems, such as, workstations, laptops, mobile devices, printers, and software. 6. Test, configure, deploy, and support security systems, such as, facility access system, video & audio system. 7. Monitor and auditing of networks, systems, and user activities to ensure security and efficiency of systems. Create scripts and reports of detail activities for regular review. 8. Perform and participate in disaster recovery activities, such as, backup procedures, data recovery, and system recovery planning. 9. Assist end-users with computer problems or queries. Troubleshoot systems as needed and meet with users to analyze specific system needs. 10. Ensure the uniformity, reliability and security of system resources including network, hardware,
software and other forms of systems and data. 11. Prepare, create and update user/technical procedure documentations and provide computer training. 12. Assemble, test, and install network, telecommunication and data equipment and cabling. 13. Participate in research and recommendation of technology solutions. Other important responsibilities and duties 1. Train users in the area of existing, new or modified computer systems and procedures. 2. Participate in the preparation of various activity reports. 3. Travel and support remote facilities and partner agencies. 4. Operate, administer and manage the Village and Public Safety computer systems, including E-911 center, in-vehicle computer systems. 5. Prepare clear and logical reports and program documentation of procedures, processes, and configurations. 6. Complete projects on a timely and efficient manner. 7. Communicate effectively both orally and in writing. 8. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work. 9. Perform related duties and responsibilities as required. QUALIFICATIONS Knowledge of: Principals and procedures of computer systems, such as, data communication, hierarchical structure, backups, testing and critical analysis. Hardware and software configuration of. computers, servers and mobile devices, including computing environment of Windows Server and Desktop OS and applications, Unix/Linux OS, VMware, iOS/Android. Network protocols, security, configuration and administration, including firewalls, routers, switches and wireless technology. Cabling and wiring, including CAT5/6, fiber network, telephone, serial communication, termination, and punch-down. Telecommunications theory and technology, including VoiP, serial communication, wireless protocols, PBX, analog, fax, voicemail and auto-attendant. Principles and methods of computer programming, coding and testing, including power shell, command scripting, macros, and
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PART-TIME SEASONAL OPPORTUNITY
The Riverside Department of Public Works is seeking energetic, responsible, and motivated applicants who enjoy working outdoors. This is a part-time, seasonal position lasting from approximately May through September. Applicants will be expected to work up to 40 hrs. per week or as scheduled by staff. Primary tasks will include, but not limited to: cutting grass, maintaining athletic fields, general facilities maintenance, flushing hydrants, reading water meters, installing water meters, assisting full-time employees, and other duties as assigned. Applicants must be 18 years old, possess a valid Illinois driver’s license and high school diploma or equivalent. Applicants will be subject to a criminal background check, pre-employment physical and drug/alcohol screening. Applications can be downloaded from the Village website at www.riverside. il.us or picked up at the Riverside Village Hall located at 27 Riverside Rd, Riverside, IL 60546. Completed applications should be submitted to the Riverside Village Hall or the Riverside Public Works Department, 3860 Columbus Blvd, Riverside, IL 60546. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled. Pay rate is $15/hr. The Village of Riverside is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
PART-TIME FORESTRY INTERN
The Riverside Department of Public Works is seeking energetic, responsible, and motivated applicants who enjoy working outdoors. This is a part-time, Forestry intern position lasting from approximately May through September. Applicants will be expected to work up to 40 hrs. per week or as scheduled by staff. Primary tasks will include monitoring of Village Trees for disease and insect issues, updating tree inventory records, maintaining woody and perennial plantings in parks and parkways, record keeping and administrational duties related to forestry operations, and assisting the Forester with various forestry related activities and ecological restoration. Applicants must be 18 years old, possess a valid Illinois driver’s license and high school diploma or equivalent. Course work and/or experience pertaining to urban forestry or a related field are desirable for the position. Applicants will be subject to a criminal background check, pre-employment physical and drug/alcohol screening. Applications can be downloaded from the Village website at www.riverside. il.us or picked up at the Riverside Village Hall located at 27 Riverside Rd, Riverside, IL 60546. Completed applications should be submitted to the Riverside Village Hall or the Riverside Public Works Department, 3860 Columbus Blvd, Riverside, IL 60546. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled. Pay rate is $15/hr. The Village of Riverside is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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ACCOUNTANT CLERK
The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Account Clerk II. This position which performs a variety of accounting clerical duties involving financial record keeping and/or transactions including accounts payable and receivable and to provide a variety of accounting support to the Development Customer Services Department. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/.
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Public Health Nurse in the Health Department. This position will provide professional public health nursing services including health education and promotion which includes disseminating information, making referrals, and counseling as well as managing caseloads, and performing a variety of tasks relative to assigned area of responsibility. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http:// www.oak-park.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application. This position is open until filled with first review of apps 2/2/22. Ecommerce & Java Architects sought by Avionos LLC in Chicago, IL. Assist ObjectWaves clients with development of customized software for their business purposes. Requires 30% travel to client sites. Apply @ www.jobpostingtoday.com #70351 Software QA Tester sought by Coyote Logistics LLC in Chicago, IL respbl for ovrl qlty of sftw in a hgh ownrsp wrk envir. Apply @ jobpostingtoday.com #48374
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Parking Enforcement Officer in the Police Department Field Services Division. This position will perform a variety of duties and responsibilities involved in the enforcement of Village parking regulations; and to provide general information and assistance to the public. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www. oak-park.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.
SEASONAL FARMERS’ MARKET MANAGER
The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Seasonal Farmers’ Market Manager in the Health Department. This position manages the Oak Park Farmer’s Market including the vendors that sell directly to the public within established guidelines. This is a part-time seasonal position with work from January-mid November and work required on Saturday’s from May through October. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http:// www.oak-park.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application. Open until filled.
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER
The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Community Service Officer in the Police Department. This position will perform a variety of public service, customer service and law enforcement related duties and responsibilities that do not require the services of a sworn police officer; and to perform a variety of administrative duties. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oakpark.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.
POLICE RECORDS CLERK
The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Police Records Clerk in the Police Department. This position will perform a wide variety of specialized clerical duties in support of the Police Department including processing and maintaining documents, correspondence and coding reports; and to provide information and assistance to the public. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http:// www.oak-park.us/jobs.
SANITARIAN
The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Sanitarian in the Health Department. This position will perform a variety of duties including education and enforcement activities for the promotion and protection of the public health environment. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http:// www.oak- park.us/jobs.
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LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive bids from qualified roofing contractors to repair various roof leaks at Village Hall located at 123 Madison St. in Oak Park, IL. Bids will be accepted at the Public Works Service Center, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 10:00 a.m. local time on Friday, March 18th, 2022. Oak Park Village Hall Roof Repairs Bid Number: 22-102BM Issuance Date: 3/2/2022 There will be a pre-bid meeting at Village Hall on Wednesday, March 9th, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. Bid forms may be obtained by calling 708-358-5710 or by e-mailing vics@oak-park.us between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. M-F. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents and specifications only to those contractors deemed qualified. No proposal documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of proposal opening. THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Published in Wednesday Journal March 2, 2022
PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Village of Oak Park Community Development Citizens Advisory Committee will be holding a meeting for applicant Presentations, a funding recommendations determination meeting and a Public Hearing on Program Year (PY) 2022 project proposals submitted to the Village for federal Community Development Block Grant Program funds. PY 2022 will run from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. All meetings will be held on Zoom and are as follows: Presentations, 5:30 – 8:30pm, April 13, April 20, and tentatively April 27, 2022; Meeting to determine funding recommendations and receive public comments on proposed funding recommendations, 5:30pm, May 2, 2022. All meetings are open to the public and reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and non-English speaking persons, as needed. Meeting specifics are subject to change; please send a message to grants@oak-park.us to confirm details and/or received the Zoom link. Published in Wednesday Journal March 2, 2022
PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y22008592 on February 2, 2022. Under the Assumed Business Name of KNOTTIE GYAL WIGS with the business located at: 805 LAKE STREET PMB #119, OAK PARK, IL 60301. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: RHENESHA J EAGINS 801 VAN BUREN APT 202 OAK PARK, IL 60304, USA Published in Wednesday Journal February 16, 23, March 2, 2022
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: Y22008651 on February 15, 2022 Under the Assumed Business Name of RHJ STRATEGY & MARKETING CONSULTING with the business located at: 609 GROVE LANE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: RHONDA HUMPHREY-FINKLEA 609 GROVE LANE FOREST PARK, IL 60130, USA Published in Wednesday Journal February 23, March 2, 9, 2022
PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE/PUBLIC NOTICE UCP Seguin is soliciting bids for a GENERAL CONTRACTOR to replace the existing front porch structure at one of our residential homes located in the Village of Oak Park, Illinois. Complete Bid Packet can be obtained by contacting Inga Sandoval at: Isandoval@seguin.org Pre-bid site inspection is mandatory, and is scheduled to occur by appointment only. Please contact Inga Sandoval at (708) 222- 5641 to schedule an appointment. Bid Deadline is 10 am on 3/18/22 This is a Federally-Funded (Community Development Block Grant) Project and is subject to all applicable Federal rules, regulations and guidelines, including but not limited to payment of Prevailing Wage. MBE and WBE contractors are encouraged to bid on this project. Published in Wednesday Journal March 2, 2022
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. Plaintiff, -v.MARIA C. RIVERA Defendants 2019CH05114 1024 S RIDGELAND AVE 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 January 17, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 4, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1024 S RIDGELAND AVE, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-17-308-0110000 The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the high-
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE est bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-03763 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019CH05114 TJSC#: 42-797 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2019CH05114 I3188285
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC DBA CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY; Plaintiff, vs. THOMAS QUINN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR MARGERY L. NEFF; ARTHUR NEFF; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MARGERY L NEFF; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 12930 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 21, 2022 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. 16-18-130-020. Commonly known as 831 Clinton Ave., Oak Park, IL 60304. 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. Kathryn Bodanza at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Marinosci Law Group, PC, 134 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. (312) 940-8580. 19-08226 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3186993
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, The sales clerk, LOGS Legal Group LLP Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL, 60015 (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm - 3pm.. Please refer to file number 19-091229. 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. LOGS Legal Group LLP 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn IL, 60015 847-291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 19-091229 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 19 CH 9209 TJSC#: 42-495 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 19 CH 9209 I3187122
the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential 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, The sales clerk, LOGS Legal Group LLP Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL, 60015 (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm - 3pm.. Please refer to file number 20-094050. 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. LOGS Legal Group LLP 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn IL, 60015 847-291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 20-094050 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 20 CH 5941 TJSC#: 41-3442 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 20 CH 5941 I3187184
NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, GERALD NORDGREN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR MARILYN F. HAYES (DECEASED), IMPERIAL MANOR OF OAK PARK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, ELLEN YOPCHICK, JULIE HAYES, SUE BARRETT A/K/A SUSAN BARRETT Defendants 2019CH12263 425 HOME AVENUE UNIT 2B 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 16, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 18, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 425 HOME AVENUE UNIT 2B, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-323-043-1012 The real estate is improved with a condo/ townhouse. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential 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, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-08274 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019CH12263 TJSC#: 42-209 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2019CH12263 I3187191
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, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-20-06459 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2021CH04435 TJSC#: 42-403 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2021CH04435 I3187429
Property Index No. 16-07-415-0271007 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 the 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, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-02481 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019CH09264 TJSC#: 42-421 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2019CH09264 I3187480
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION MIDFIRST BANK Plaintiff, -v.TAKYRICA Q. STYLES A/K/A TAKYRICA STYLES, TAYLOR LAKE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC. A/K/A TAYLOR-LAKE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 19 CH 9209 118 NORTH TAYLOR AVENUE UNIT 1 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 22, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 17, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 118 NORTH TAYLOR AVENUE UNIT 1, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-122-038-1005 The real estate is improved with a condominium. The judgment amount was $153,280.44. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential 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
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CITIZENS BANK, N.A., FORMERLY KNOWN AS RBS CITIZENS, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHARTER ONE BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.JOEL A. VERHOFF, RAELIN M VERHOFF, RANDOLPH CROSSING CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS Defendants 20 CH 5941 612 RANDOLPH STREET, UNIT 2 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 17, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 18, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 612 RANDOLPH STREET, UNIT 2, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-408-026-1012 The real estate is improved with a condominium. The judgment amount was $62,179.24. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST Plaintiff, -v.MICHAEL J. HAYES, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MARILYN F. HAYES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, ROBERT J. HAYES JR., PATRICK J. HAYES, MARY TERESE BUDGE A/K/A MARYTHERESE BUDGE A/K/A TERRY BUDGE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST Plaintiff, -v.ROLAND HERRERA, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF GEORGE HERRERA, LUKAS’S CONTINENTAL CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, CARY ROSENTHAL, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GEORGE HERRERA (DECEASED) Defendants 2021CH04435 403 N MARION ST APT 3 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 11, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 24, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 403 N MARION ST APT 3, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-101-017-1009 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 the 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
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff, -v.AMIN SAHTOUT, SCOVILLE COURT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 2019CH09264 500 WASHINGTON BLVD, UNIT 107 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 7, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 17, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 500 WASHINGTON BLVD, UNIT 107, OAK PARK, IL 60302
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