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At long last, police radios to get boost at RBHS High school, Riverside and North Riverside to share cost for interior antennae

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Police radio communication inside Riverside-Brookfield High School will soon get an upgrade through a tentative agreement that’s been hammered out between the school board and the villages of Riverside and North Riverside.

The installation of nearly a dozen repeater antennae, a rooftop antenna and other hardware inside the high school will virtually eliminate communication “dead zones” in the basement and areas of the first floor that have worried Riverside officials for years.

Riverside Village President Ben Sells told the Landmark last week that he expects the Riverside Village Board to approve an intergovernmental agreement to partially fund the $67,750 project on March 5, and that the high school board is expected to do so on March 10. North Riverside trustees voted unanimously to accept the agreement on Feb. 17.

The agreement to be ratified in the coming weeks will state that North Riverside will pay $14,000, Riverside will pay $21,750 and RBHS will pay $32,000.

“Thank you to Ben Sells for taking the lead on coordinating the negotiations and getting a fair joint agreement done,” said RBHS District 208 school board president Wes See RADIOS on page 20

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READY FOR THEIR CLOSE-UP: Hauser Jr. High’s 50th annual food drive earned the attention of the WGN Morning News, who sent “Around Town” reporter Ana Belaval (above) to report live from the auditorium on the drive’s kickoff event on Feb. 26. For more photos, visit online at RBLandmark.com.

Hauser food drive celebrates 50 years School hauls in more than 10,000 cans, $2,400 in cash on first day

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

In December 1970 a postcard arrived at L.J. Hauser Junior High School from the Park Manor Corps of the Salvation Army saying that they were having a food drive and asking if Hauser would be willing to participate.

Secretary Elaine Snyder decided to put the postcard in the mailbox of second-year teacher Cuyler “Butch”

Berwanger, who was the faculty advisor to the student council.

“I thought, ‘Let’s do it,’” Berwanger recalled in an interview with the Landmark.

That first year, Hauser students collected about 5,000 cans of food, which was more than any other school in See HAUSER on page 13

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Brookfield church withdraws expansion plan

Advisory board frowns on proposed building height, lot coverage

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Officials at St. Nikola Serbian Orthodox Church in Brookfield have withdrawn an application seeking several zoning variances after members of the village’s Planning and Zoning Commission signaled on Feb. 27 they were not likely to recommend their plan for a new church as presented.

Planning commissioners suggested that the parish’s architect go back to the drawing board to settle a couple of significant issues they had with the application, including scaling down the height of the proposed new church and solving a lot-coverage issue created by the parish’s failure to consolidate all three church property lots it owns at the southeast corner of Prairie and Shields avenues.

“Even if the parcels were consolidated, I think the mass of the building is just a little too big,” said Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman Charles Grund. “This building design, to me, looks like it could be put on many different parcels … and it seems like they weren’t scaled down to the site.”

St. Nikola Serbian Orthodox Church moved from its former

home in Chicago to 4301 Prairie Ave.in 2010. In addition to the corner lot where the current church, built in the 1950s, stands, the parish owns a large parcel of land in back of the church, which extends all the way to Forest Avenue. The parish also owns the home at 4309 Prairie Ave., which serves as the parish rectory and the home at 4312 Forest Ave. In all, the church owns more than 40,000 square feet of property. Officials have proposed building a larger, traditional style church with a central dome and bell tower in the southeast corner of their property, just north of the home on Forest Avenue.

Since moving to Brookfield, the parish’s congregation has grown and the small mid-century modern church not only doesn’t suit Serbian Orthodox worship traditions, it also is just too small, with standing-room-only Sunday services.

As presented the church’s dome would rise to 41 feet and the bell tower to 48 feet, not counting the 5-foot-tall crosses to be placed on both structures. The property is zoned for residential use and building height is limited by code to 35 feet.

In addition, architect Petko Petrovich told planning commissioners that the parish intended to renovate the existing church and convert it into a parish hall, with classrooms for Sunday school and a large open area for events and for its growing cultural dance club.

Previously, church officials cast doubt on the future of that building, with the parish’s board president telling the Landmark last

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REDO: Village planners balked at the height of the proposed new St. Nikola Church, prompting parish officials to withdraw the application to make revisions. month it could be demolished.

But, the plan clearly appears for it to remain an important part of the church campus.

Grund told church officials that he didn’t think they proved the property posed any hardship that would result in the commission recommending zoning variances.

“I think you could reduce the building slightly, reduce the height slightly,” Grund said. “I think just a little tweak here and there would go a long way.”

Commissioner Jennifer Hendricks agreed that the parish could present a design that met height and greenspace requirements, suggesting that the best way to approach the village would be through the planned-unit de-

velopment process, where village and church officials could work together to come to a consensus on the best solution.

“It gives us a lot more leeway, design-wise with the entire development,” Hendricks said.

Commissioner Patrick Benjamin acknowledged the need for a larger church and its civic spirit, but concurred with Hendricks on using a planned development approach for building a new house of worship.

“I think it’s a good thing [but] I think what we’re struggling with here, is we’re trying to work with a zoning designation, which is single-family, and trying to put an institutional building in it,” Benjamin said.

Officials announce 4th Illinois coronavirus case Riverside officials start taking precautions

By BEN ORNER Capitol News Illinois

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois health officials on Monday announced the state’s fourth case of coronavirus in a Cook County woman who is married to a man who was diagnosed with the virus over the weekend.

Both are in their 70s. The man, whom the Illinois Department of Public Health announced Saturday as the state’s third case

of the virus, is hospitalized and in isolation.

His wife is quarantined inside her home and complying with health officials.

The IDPH said both are in good condition.

“Federal, state, county and hospital-level public health officials are working to actively identify any individuals who were in contact with this couple,” Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday during a news conference in Chicago.

The woman’s test results will be sent to a lab at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to be officially confirmed.

Riverside Village President Ben Sells told the Landmark that he was one of 117 northern Illinois mayors who participated in a

conference call on March 1 facilitated by the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who laid out the city’s response to the virus and where information can be accessed by the public.

Sells said one of the best online sources of information about the virus can be found at Chicago.gov/coronavirus, which includes the latest updates on the virus’ presence in the area, FAQs and links to other online information sources.

All Riverside police and firefighters recently received kits containing masks, eye See VIRUS on page 20

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Landscape workorkdays resumee in Riverside

The Frederick Law Olmsted Society ciety invites volunteers of all ages too join them in kicking off the landscape ape workday season on Saturday, March 7 from 9 a.m. to noon at Big Ball Park, Delaplaine and Longcommon Roads in Riverside.

Volunteers will spend the morning weeding and mulching in the park, which is part of the village’s Long Common, a backbone of Riverside’s land-scape architecture. Come for as long as your schedule allows.

Supervised children welcome. Bring work gloves and a water bottle. All other supplies and snacks provided.

Look ook for the Riverside Public Works dump truck.

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North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., celebrates Women’s History Month with a visit from “Mollie’s War” author Cyndee Schaffer on Wednesday, March 11 at 6:30 p.m.

Schaffer’s presentation “Women in the Army in World War II” explores the contributions by the 150,000 women, like her own mother, who served in the Women’s Army Corps in Europe.

Using her mother’s letters home, Schaffer traces one woman’s path from enlistment to service in England, France and Germany and back home. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

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Did you know that you are allowed to raise ise chickens in Brookfield? Well, you are.

And if you’ve ever had that rural urge to go outside and collect newly laid eggs from your own brood of hens – no roosters, please! – then you might be interested in attending “Backyard Chickens in Brookfield” on Wednesday, March 11 at 7 p.m. at the Brookfield Public Library, 3609 Grand Blvd.

Brook Find out everything you wanted to know about backyard chickens in Brookfield but were afraid to ask.

Register to attend at 708-485-6917 or at brookfieldlibrary.info.

And more The grief support group at Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St. in Brookfield, meets March 10 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. with a presentation on “Grief and Guilt.” To help you better manage guilt, you’ll learn about its different types and what you can do to cope.

RSVP by March 6 to info@hitzemanfuneral.com or 708-485-2000.

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Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., presents “What?” featuring the work of Oli Watt through April 4 in the Freeark Gallery and “Drawing the Lines of Poetry” featuring the work of Deirdre Fox through May 2 in the FlexSpace Gallery. Free. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m.

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Tax appeal seminar

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New art at Compassion Factory

Compassion Factory Art Gallery and Studio, 9210 Broadway Ave. in Brookfield, presents a new exhibition “Face to Face,” featuring the art of Mays Mahew and Juan Sepulveda from March 6-28.

Mahew says she tries to create pieces that are “beautiful, distinctive and empathetic,” including her heromatriarch series, in which she uses graphite pencils to create silver monochromatic environments.

Sepulveda, a graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design, “works primarily with oils and utilizes this large medium to express his images of satire, humor, emotion and nature.”

An opening reception will be held March 6 from 7 to 10 p.m. Gallery hours are Thursday from 4 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

■ Brookfield Public Library, 3609 Grand Blvd., presents “The 2020 U.S. Census: Why is it Important?” with College of DuPage professor Matthew Green on March 4 at 7 p.m. and “Understanding Fake News: Can You Spot It?” on March 10 at 1:30 p.m. Register to attend at 708-485-6917 or at brookfieldlibrary.info.

1:30 p.m.; Tai Chi on March 9 at 6:30 p.m.; Book Club on March 10 at 6:45 p.m.; Bingocize on March 11 at 2 p.m.; and a Movie Matinee featuring the film “Judy” on March 11 at 2 p.m. To sign up for senior and adult events, call 708-447-0869 or visit www.northriversidelibrary.org/events.

■ Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, invites seniors to Bingocize (play bingo while exercising lightly) on March 5 at 1 p.m. and invites kids to Hands On Stories (grades Pre-K and K) on March 10 at 1 p.m.

Registration suggested.

For kids there’s Lapsit Storytime (thru age 5) on March 5 at 10:30 a.m.; Tales & Treats (ages 2-5) on March 7 at 11:15 a.m.; Make a Mini Movie (grades 5-12) on March 7 at 4 p.m. and March 10 at 6 p.m.; Messy Mornings with Munchkins (ages 2-5) on March 10 at 11:30 a.m.; and Family Game Night (all ages) on March 11 from 6-7:30 p.m.

■ North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., invites adults and seniors to Conversation Café/ Café y Conversacion on March 7 at 10:30 a.m.; Crafternoons: Cookie Cutter Bird Feeders on March 7 at

■ Aging Care Connections, 111 W. Harris Ave. in LaGrange, invites seniors to a Hearing Loss Sup-

The Riverside Township Assessor will host a property tax appeal seminar for residents of Riverside Township on Wednesday, March 11 at 7 p.m. and the township hall, 27 Riverside Road in Riverside.

Understand your assessment and tax bill, learn how to appeal your assessment and about the assessment cycle. Attendees may fill out and submit appeal forms at the end of the event. Representatives from the assessor’s office will be on hand to answer questions.

For more info, call 708-447-7700 or email assessor@ riversidetownship.org.

port Group from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on the second Wednesday of each month. Free. No registration required, Contact Alyson at 708-603-2259 or at AWN@ agingcareconnnections.org with questions.

The Brookfield Elks Lodge, 9022 31st St., hosts bingo every Monday night. Doors open at 5 p.m. and games start at 7 p.m. Minimum cash payout of $2,275 a night, plus pull tabs, lightning, tic-tac and raffles.

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The community is invited to jog, walk or run inside on the indoor track at the Lyons Township High School South Campus fieldhouse, 4900 S. Willow Springs Road in Western Springs from 6 to 7 a.m. on days when school is in session through March 20. Free.

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Lee Phillip Bell, former daytime TV star, dies at 91

Riversider created iconic network soap operas with her husband

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Lee Phillip Bell, a Riverside-Brookfield High School graduate who would go on to fame first as a Chicago TV talk show host and later as co-creator of hit TV soap operas “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful,” died Feb. 25, 2020 in Los Angeles at the age of 91.

Born Loreley June Phillip in Chicago on June 10, 1928, Ms. Bell’s parents owned a small Cicero shop, Phillip’s Flowers and Gifts, which her brother, James, would transform into major enterprise, with seven flower shops around the Chicago area, including one in LaGrange Park.

The Phillip family lived above the Cermak Road flower shop, where customers included Ralph Capone, Al’s brother, and Ms. Bell and her older brother, James, would help around

the flower shop as children.

Later, the Phillip family moved to Riverside.

Ms. Bell reportedly attended Riverside-Brookfield High School for two years before graduating from Monticello Seminary, a now defunct all-girls’ institution sometimes referred to as a “finishing school,” located in Godfrey, on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, just north of St. Louis. She then attended Northwestern University, graduating in 1950.

Within three years, she was hosting shows on WBBM-TV, where “The Lee Phillip Show” (later “Noonbreak”) would be an Emmy Award-winning daytime TV staple in Chicago and in other cities for the CBS network for three decades.

It was at CBS studios in Chicago where she met William J. Bell, a soap opera scriptwriter, whose credit included “As the World Turns.”

The two married in 1955, and in the 1970s they teamed up to create “The Young and the Restless,” which has starred their daughter, Lauralee Bell, for more than 30 years.

In the 1980s, the Bells moved to Los Angeles and created another soap opera, “The Bold and the Beautiful.”

Mr. Bell preceded his wife in death in 2005.

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North Riverside looks at building department overhaul Planning consultant brought aboard to assess situation

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Sue Scarpiniti is not officially slated to assume the role of interim village administrator in North Riverside until next week, but she’s already started making changes inside village hall.

Her first task has been to begin reshaping the village’s Community Development Department by hiring longtime municipal planner Robert Kallien on a part-time basis to perform an in-depth assessment of the department and make recommendations for its future structure.

Kallien, who retired in 2017 after a 40-year career as a municipal planner in places like Naperville and Oak Brook, came aboard officially in late January, said Scarpiniti. North Riverside last year had used Kallien’s services to produce a commercial area study to give local officials a clearer sense of existing conditions, describe commercial opportunities and recommend how the village can foster future redevelopment.

On the heels of that report, delivered to the village board last summer, North Riverside engaged Kallien to begin leading a comprehensive planning process, which should ben-

efit from his presence inside village hall in his new role as interim village planner. “[Kallien] is part of the transition plan,” said Scarpiniti in an interview in late February. “The village board directed staff to evaluate the function of the building department and to come up with an in-depth recommendation for how we were going to move the department forward.

“Mr. Kallien was hired on a contractual basis to help us with that assessment as well as act as the village’s planner until we’re able to transition to a more permanent resolution.”

Scarpiniti said Kallien is being paid $85 per hour and that the village has $10,000 left in its 2019-20 fiscal year budget, which ends April 30, to fund that position. The cost for Kallien’s services after that date will be included in the 2020-21 fiscal year budget, which is being formulated.

Karyn Byrne, who had been serving as the de facto head of the Community Development Department on a contract basis for the past decade, ended her employment with North Riverside on Dec. 31, 2019, said Scarpiniti.

Among the things Kallien will look at during his time as the village’s planner will be leading a comprehensive revision of the village’s zoning code and land-use plan.

“We’re also going to look at all of the procedures in the building department and the way we’ve been currently handling those to see what efficiencies and improvements can be made,” Scarpiniti said.

Kallien will also take a look at and assess future staffing levels in the Community Devel-

opment Department and recommend whether or not North Riverside can support its operation on a contractual basis or whether the village should look to hire in-house staff.

North Riverside hasn’t had an on-staff

building director since the retirement of David Skurkis in 2010.

“We anticipate that entire assessment is going to be about a year-long process,” Scarpiniti said.

Village looks to combine health inspection, rodent control services In the wake of an uptick in complaints from residents about rat infestations last year in scattered sites throughout the village, North Riverside Interim Village Administrator Sue Scarpiniti is seeking to expand the village’s contractual health inspection services to include animal control as well.

“The village has reached out to seek competitive pricing for a combined health inspection/animal control program,” said Scarpiniti in an email. “We are looking for licensed health inspectors who also have experience overseeing a comprehensive pest control program within our commercial districts.”

The village presently contracts with a firm called LEHP Management to perform health inspections at businesses that sell and prepare food, and last year sought out the services of First Illinois Systems to perform rat abatement in residential neighborhoods on an asneeded basis.

However, Scarpiniti said she would like to take a more comprehensive approach to rat control after realizing that a scattershot approach to rodent control wouldn’t work long term.

“We had someone look at the commercial areas, identify areas of weakness that the village needed to concentrate on that would feed into the animal control type of program and work out some recommendations,” Scarpiniti said.

The village board will get a look at a formal proposal for the new combined health inspection/pest control plan soon as part of the budget planning process, according to Scarpiniti.

“I plan to present my recommendations to the village board within the next few months with hopes that the program can be implemented by late spring/early summer,” Scarpiniti said. “Right now I am researching options and obtaining numbers for budgetary purposes.”

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An 18-year-old Brookfield man suspected of being under the influence of drugs reportedly drove his black BMW X5 off the roadway and through the front yards of four properties on the north side of the 8500 block of Washington Avenue, crashing into three vehicles parked in driveways before barreling into a tree on Feb. 29 at about 9:15 p.m.

The driver was not seriously injured but exhibited signs of drug use, according to the police report, which noted that officers recovered a plastic bag containing cannabis from the BMW’s center console along with a “glass instrument used for smoking cannabis.”

Police described the driver as conscious, swaying back and forth in his seat and not responding to commands when they arrived. Shortly after the BMW crashed into the tree just outside the home at 8415 Washington Ave. nearby residents rushed to the vehicle, whose engine compartment began to smoke, and broke out the windows to get the driver out of the locked vehicle.

A short time later, after police arrived, the engine burst into flames and officers were able to remove the driver from the BMW and take him to safety while firefighters put out the blaze.

Paramedics transported the driver to Loyola University Medical Center, where he reportedly told police and medical staff he couldn’t remember what had transpired.

According to the police report, the BMW was headed east when it left the roadway in front of 8536 Washington Ave. and continued through the front yard before striking a car in the driveway of 8524 Washington Ave., pushing it up against the home there.

The BMW continued east, striking two more cars in the driveway 8514 Washington Ave., forcing one into a support post of the overhang above the home’s front entrance and the other into house itself.

Police charged the driver with driving under the influence of drugs, illegal possession of cannabis and cited him for several traffic offenses. His court date is April 14.

Man with a gun North Riverside police responded to the food court of the North Riverside Park Mall, 7501 Cermak Road, on Feb. 29 at about 12:05 p.m. after someone called 911 to report a man with a gun.

A witness told police that he was near the food court with his family when he observed a group of about five people engaged in a verbal altercation. At some point, one of the men pulled out a firearm and pointed it at the others.

At that time a group of men ran up the stairs from the food court and into the mall with the alleged gunman chasing them briefly before heading back to the food court. Police did not locate a suspect matching the description given by the witness.

The armed man was described as a Hispanic male wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and red St. Louis Cardinals baseball cap cocked to the side. He was between 20 and 30 years old, about 5-foot-5 and 250 pounds with face tattoos near his eyes.

Package theft A resident of the 9400 block of Congress Park Avenue, Brookfield, went to police on the evening of Feb. 26 to report that a package delivered by Amazon had been stolen from his front porch a day earlier.

The package, which reportedly contained two winter coats valued at $1,800 had been delivered at 7:15 a.m. on Feb. 25 but that it was gone when he returned home that day at 9 p.m.

Crowds of kids at mall prompt mutual aid call North Riverside police called upon police from Riverside, Berwyn, Brookfield, Lyons, Stickney and Forest View on the night of Feb. 29 to respond to the area in and around the North Riverside Park Mall to help with crowd control after large groups of unescorted juveniles starting congregating inside the mall, 7501 Cermak Road, and at Round One, in addition to Urban Air, 7401 25th St. The call went out at about 7:25 p.m. after North Riverside police reported mall security advised it did not have the manpower to enforce its youth escort policy at all exits.

Police assisted security in escorting groups of youths out of and away from the mall and patrolled the parking lots and commercial area near the mall. No major incidents were reported and no one was arrested.

The mutual aid units were released from the callout and normal police patrols resumed at around 10 p.m.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Feb. 24-March 1, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime.

These cases have not been adjudicated.

— Compiled by Bob Uphues

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Burglary crews targeting ATM machines continue to plague the Chicago suburbs, with at least three taking place overnight on Feb. 24-25, including one in Brookfield, according to Police Chief Edward Petrak.

Officers responded to Leo’s Liquors, 9154 Broadway Ave., at about 1 a.m. on Feb. 25 after someone called 911 to report a suspicious noise. Police arrived to find two dark-colored SUVs, a Mercedes-Benz and a Ford Explorer, parked in front of the business.

As police arrived, the offenders ran back to the vehicles and sped off. The Ford Explorer sped away with its rear hatch still open and was last seen northbound on 17th Avenue crossing Cermak Road.

The Mercedes-Benz, which the responding officer attempted to block in, reversed into the Veterans Memorial Circle and then led police on a chase that went from southbound Maple Avenue to westbound Lincoln Avenue and then back east on Broadway and around the circle to northbound Park Avenue at 31st Street.

Police pursued the Mercedes to Golfview Road and First Avenue, where the Brookfield officer terminated the chase. North Riverside and then Broadview police continued the pursuit until losing sight of it near I-290.

The 2018 Mercedes-Benz GLS had Indiana license plates and had been reported stolen out of Franklin Park on Feb. 23.

Back at the liquor store, investigators found the glass front door to the business shattered.

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SMASH AND GRAB: A man knocks over the ATM inside Leo’s Liquors while another jumps over the service counter during a burglary in Brookfield during the early morning hours of Feb. 25.

The ATM taken from the business was found lying in the street.

Surveillance video from cameras inside and outside the business show a vehicle driving up and then several people entering the business through the shattered glass door. One man can be seen knocking over the ATM and then ripping out the cord while another man pulls the machine through the door.

Another man can be seen jumping over the service counter and rummaging around behind the counter in the vicinity of the cash register before the short video clip ends. The police report states that all three cash drawers had been opened and the rear counter area ransacked.

Police reported that the cash drawers had been emptied prior to the store closing and that nothing appeared to be missing, expect for the ATM, which was found with its cash still inside, in the street.

Petrak said that in addition to the incident in Brookfield, similar burglaries were reported overnight that night in Hodgkins and Forest Park.

At about 10:40 a.m. on Feb. 25, in response to an anonymous tip, police responded to the alley behind the 600 block of Legion Street in Maywood where three ATMs had been dumped.

One of the ATMs had been stolen from a Forest Park business that same morning, police confirmed.

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Early voting opens March 2 in Brookfield Early voting for the Illinois Presidential Primary Election starts Monday, March 2 and will continue through Monday, March 16 at more than 50 locations in suburban Cook County, including the Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave. The polling location in Brookfield will be open seven days a week during the two-week early voting period.

The village hall will be open to voters Monday through Friday March 2-6 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and March 9-13 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; on Saturday, March 7 and March 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; on Sunday, March 8 and March 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and on Monday, March 16 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Early voting is offered only on touchscreens, which store every ballot style and allow any voter in suburban Cook County

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the opportunity to vote at any suburban early polling location.

Other nearby early voting locations include the following: ■ Berwyn City Hall, 6700 W. 26th St. ■ Cicero Community Center, 2250 S. 49th Ave. ■ Cicero PSO Building, 5410 W. 34th St. ■ Hodgkins Village Hall, 8990 Lyons St. ■ Stickney-Forest View Library, 6800 W. 43rd St., Stickney You do not need to provide a reason for voting early and you do not need to show an ID to vote, although having a state-issued ID can help if there is a question about voter registration, address or signature, according to the Cook County Clerk’s Office.

Anyone not yet registered to vote can register or file a change of address at any early voting location. To do either, you’ll need two

forms of identification, one of which shows your present address.

More information on types of identification accepted can be found on the Cook County Clerk’s website at cookcountyclerk. com/service/when-voters-do-and-dontneed-identification-id.

Early voting has proven popular in recent elections. Although turnout was low all around for the 2019 Consolidated Election, when just 1,806 ballots were cast early at Brookfield Village Hall, more than 6,000 people cast early ballots in Brookfield for the November 2018 mid-term election.

The early voting record in Brookfield was in October-November 2016, when 6,600 people dropped by the village hall to cast ballots in that year’s presidential election.

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Big red pig clears first hurdle for approval

Photo by Bob Uphues

PIG PRAISE: Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commissioner Patrick Benjamin enthusiastically endorsed a zoning variance for a large red Fiberglas pig on the roof of Beach Ave. BBQ, displaying a star-spangled pig figuring in front of him to emphasize his support.

Village board has final say on Beach Ave. BBQ’s eye-catching roof sign

By BOB UPHUES Editor

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The owners of Beach Avenue BBQ, a porkcentric restaurant poised to open perhaps later this month at Eight Corners in Brookfield, cleared a significant hurdle last week in their quest to keep a large, red Fiberglas pig on the roof above the front entrance at 3453 Grand Blvd.

The Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission on Feb. 27 voted 4-2 to recommend granting a variance from the village code, which prohibits rooftop business signs, with commission Chairman Charles Grund and Karen Miller voting against the proposal.

The commission’s recommendation is advisory only. The Brookfield Village Board is expected to discuss the recommendation at its March 9 committee of the whole meeting, with a formal vote on the recommendation likely to take place at their March 23 regular meeting.

Grund and Miller pointed to the extensive work recently completed to revamp the village’s sign code, which included a discussion about roof signs and outlaws them, as a reason to not make an exception in this case.

But commissioners Patrick Benjamin – who cast an enthusiastic vote in favor by placing a small, star-spangled pig figurine on the dais in front of him – Jennifer Hendricks, Christopher Straka and Todd Svoboda argued that the location and shape of the property did, in fact, present a hardship worthy of a variance.

“I think it is a hardship,” Hendricks said.

“I think it is a difficult site and it’s a smart solution, and it’s a fun pig.”

The building sits at one of the eight “points” of the intersection that frame the Veterans Memorial Circle where Grand Boulevard, Washington Avenue, Broadway Avenue and Maple Avenue converge.

Beach Avenue BBQ owners Christopher Chinn and Juan Silva, both LaGrange Park residents, said that they placed the pig atop the restaurant after getting what they thought was a verbal green light from Nicholas Greifer, the village’s former community and economic development director, though admittedly without obtaining a permit first.

The pig has stood on the roof since the beginning of the year, and Village Planner Elyse Vukelich said staff believed it was better to work with the owners on moving through the planning process rather than summarily order the pig taken down or fining them for the permit infraction.

Chinn told commissioners that the location of the business on a difficult-to-navigate traffic circle made it difficult to spot.

“The solution was to add something easily identifiable as a landmark,” Chinn said.

That assessment was supported by five members of the public who spoke in favor of allowing the pig monument.

Lynn Daugherty, who also sits on the Brookfield Beautification Commission, said the business would help out-of-towners find what could end up being a destination business and a feather in Brookfield’s cap.

She also read letters from two Eight Corners district business owners, who also voiced support for the pig.

Nancy Lisowski, president of the BrookfieldRiverside Rotary Club, also supported the variance, saying, “Anything we can do to keep this business in Brookfield should be considered.”

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Audubon Society: Riverside is for the birds Des Plaines corridor through village named Important Bird Area

By BOB UPHUES Editor

It’s official: Riverside is for the birds. Literally.

Earlier this year, the Audubon Society informed Village President Ben Sells that the Des Plaines River corridor through Riverside has been designated an Important Bird Area after a two-year effort by local volunteers to identify more than 60 species of migratory birds in that area.

“The Riverside Des Plaines River Corridor provides crucial migratory stopover habitat for an abundance of woodland bird species,” said Stephanie Beilke, the Illinois Important Bird Area coordinator and conservation science manager for Audubon Great Lakes, in a letter to Sells in late January.

The campaign to get the village designated an Important Bird Area was spearheaded by local biologist Jill Mateo; her husband, Sells; and Melinda and Steve Pruett-Jones.

Mateo is an associate professor and small

mammal biologist at University of Chicago.

Melinda Pruett-Jones, a former vice president for applied research at Brookfield Zoo, is executive director of the American Ornithological Society. Steve Pruett-Jones is a professor of ornithology at University of Chicago.

Together with 20 volunteers, the group spent more than 340 hours combined during April and May of 2018 and 2019, observing sections of the Des Plaines River bank from the Riverside Swim Club all the way to Ogden Avenue, identifying and counting migratory birds on a daily basis during their spring migratory period.

According to Mateo, the volunteers “documented 30 critical species in significant numbers, including over 33 warbler species, and documented 62 migratory species overall.”

“This designation is an important part of Riverside’s efforts to conserve and promote our natural areas,” said Mateo in a February press release announcing the news.

“The time and expertise put into this process by local birders over two years made it possible. The commitment from the village of Riverside to preserve and expand that native plantings along the corridor also contributed to the IBA designation.”

Mateo was referring to efforts by the vil-

lage’s Public Works Department as well as volunteers from the Frederick Law Olmsted Society over the past decade to remove invasive species, like buckthorn, from the riverbank and reintroduce native species like milkweed, native sedges, wild rye and wildflowers.

In addition to opening up views to the river, the plantings attract pollinators, including birds.

“Conserving migratory stopover habitat is absolutely critical for ensuring the future of many of our native songbirds and [Riverside’s] work is a true testament to how residential areas can play an active role in supporting conservation,” Beilke said in the press release.

Part of the species documentation effort in 2018 was a celebration of World Migratory Bird Day, featuring guided walks along the riverbank.

The village will reprise that celebration this year on World Migratory Bird Day, May 9, when officials will formally dedicate the Riverside Des Plaines River Corridor Important Bird Area.

The event, which is open to all ages and birding skill levels, will kick off at 9 a.m. near Swan Pond by the library slope along Burling Road.

Nat Miller, acting executive director of

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Yellow-rumped warbler

Photo by Dan Pancamo

Audubon Great Lakes and director of conservation for Audubon Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi Flyway, will join local officials is making the designation official.

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Illinois House passes partial red-light camera ban

Bill would outlaw devices in non-home rule communities

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House advanced a partial ban of red-light cameras in the state on Feb. 26 with strong bipartisan support, but some said the bill was a “piecemeal” approach because it does not apply in several communities.

House Bill 322, sponsored by Barrington Hills Republican Rep. David McSweeney, would prohibit non-home rule units of government from enacting or enforcing red light camera ordinances starting Jan. 1, 2021.

Home rule is a status that state law confers to any municipality with more than 25,000 residents or other municipalities that choose to adopt it by referendum. Those municipalities have greater authority to control their own local affairs.

According to the Illinois Municipal League, 217 of Illinois’ 1,298 incorporated municipalities have home rule powers.

Per state law, however, red-light cameras are currently only allowed in municipalities within Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, Madison, McHenry, St. Clair and Will counties, so opponents of the bill said only 20 municipalities that currently have red light cameras would be affected.

Non-home rule communities that have red-light cameras in operation include North Riverside, River Forest and Westchester.

McSweeney’s bill advanced amid growing opposition to the red-light camera industry as Safespeed LLC, one of the state’s main companies that supply the machines, has been the subject of ongoing federal investigative activity.

North Riverside, Berwyn and River Forest all have red-light cameras operated by SafeSpeed.

McSweeney said the measure was similar to one he passed in the House in 2015. He alleged that bill was killed in the Senate at the time by now former-Sen. Martin Sandoval, a Chicago Democrat who recently pleaded guilty to bribery and tax fraud charges and admitted in court that he viewed himself as a “protector” of red-light cameras.

McSweeney said his bill was about fighting corruption and a program that targets low-income Illinoisans.

“I am fighting hard to end the corrupt Illinois red-light camera program,” McSweeney said in a statement. “These cameras are not about safety. They are all about produc-

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ing revenue and lining the pockets of political insiders. It is wrong; it is corrupt and it must stop.”

Like the 84-4 vote to advance the bill on the House floor, criticism of red-light cameras has been largely bipartisan in recent weeks.

State Comptroller Susana Mendoza, a Democrat, echoed that sentiment in January when she announced the state would no longer assist municipalities in collecting red light camera fines.

Among those voting in favor of the bill were state representatives LaShawn Ford (D-8th), Edgar Gonzalez Jr. (D-21st) and Elizabeth Hernandez (D-24th). All three represent part of the Landmark’s coverage area.

State Rep. Michael Zalewski (D-23rd), of Riverside, voted present.

But, much of the floor discussion on Feb. 26 centered on why McSweeney’s bill exempted home-rule municipalities.

“My question, ultimately, is why not wait and run a bill that actually bans them in their entirety, because what this does is a piecemeal approach,” Rep. Grant Wehrli, a Naperville Republican said in floor debate, adding that it could be misinterpreted as a complete ban by news consumers.

McSweeney said he would be ready to support a complete ban if the bill got as far as a floor vote, but no such measure has done so.

Rep. Diane Pappas (D-Itasca) argued the bill takes aim not at red-light cameras but smaller communities that are already restricted on what safety measures and revenue streams they can put in place.

“What we’re doing by passing this bill is not banning evil red-light cameras, we are depriving non-home rule communities of rights that home rule communities will continue to have,” she said.

Rep. Anthony DeLuca (D-Chicago Heights) suggested that taking away red-light ticket revenue might cause affected municipalities to raise property taxes, but McSweeney said those communities should cut costs.

DeLuca said the red-light camera program should be reformed rather than partially banned.

“I believe you’re doing this bill to create a headline, you’re not doing this bill to solve corruption,” Rep. Thaddeus Jones (D-Calumet City) said.

Rep. Rita Mayfield (D-Waukegan), however, strongly supported the measure, saying red-light cameras “have been a crux in the black and brown communities for years.”

“Red-light cameras have not helped anyone in the communities,” she said.

While only four representatives voted against the measure, five voted present and 17 did not vote on the matter. It will head to the Senate for debate in committee before it can come to a vote in the full chamber.

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RBHS officials talk vision, goals for future

School and village officials, parents and students review priorities

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Nearly 30 members of the RiversideBrookfield High School community spent three hours the school’s Alumni Lounge on Saturday, Feb. 25 talking their visions for the future and about the school’s strengths and weaknesses.

The invited group included school board members, administrators, a couple teachers, leaders of parent groups and four students The purpose of the session, which was led

by Lori Grant of the Illinois Association of School Boards, was to get community input and learn about community expectations.

The school board is reviewing its goals and priorities as it decides whether to create a formal strategic plan.

“I thought the event was great,” said Wes Smithing, the president of the District 208 Board of Education. “I thought it was a great start to really take the school through the next decade, so to speak. All of us on the board ran with this agenda of a strategic

plan and a forward-thinking model, and we got great participation from stakeholders.”

It is not yet clear whether the school board will adopt a formal strategic plan or just review the goals and mission at the school.

“I think the takeaways are we are going to review the mission statement further,” said school board member Deanna Zalas. “We’re going to review the goals further.”

School board member Tom Jacobs said he supports moving beyond reviewing goals.

“Personally, I would very much support that we take this to an actual strategic plan,” Jacobs said.

The people at the meeting split into six groups, each with one school board member, one staff person and at least one community member.

Invited to the meeting were representatives from local government and elementary school boards. North Riverside Mayor Hubert Hermanek, Riverside Village Trustee Edward Hannon, Riverside Elementary District 96 school board President Dan Hunt, Brookfield-LaGrange Park District 95 board member Jacqueline Jordan and Komarek School District 94 board member Carolyn Lach participated in the discussions.

The village of Brookfield was invited to send a representative but did not respond to the invitation, and no one from the Brook-

field village government attended the meeting, District 208 Superintendent Kevin Skinkis said.

Skinkis said he thought the meeting was valuable.

“This feedback will provide a roadmap for the school board to work within while establishing goals and priorities for the district,” Skinkis said in an email.

As each group reported its findings, some common themes emerged. Many said that while RBHS does a good job of serving its best students and providing supports for one who are struggling, average students can sometime get lost and need more attention.

Most groups praised the atmosphere at RBHS and the dedication of the teachers.

Addressing educational equity and the social and emotional needs of students were also common themes.

Many participants praised the input from the four students who participated in the discussions: seniors Taylor Jurgens and Brianna Murray, junior Omar Padilla and sophomore Madison Lester.

“I would say I learned the most from the comments from the group of students,” Jacobs said.

Jurgens, the president of the RBHS Student Association’s Executive Board, said in her report -- representing a table that

included Skinkis, Hermanek, District 208 school board member Bill Durkin and RBHS special education teacher Danielle Delzotti -- that she could have used more help with college counseling.

Afterwards, the students said that it had been a worthwhile meeting and thought it was good for the adults to hear from students directly.

“At least we know we’re being listened to,” Padilla said. “They don’t know what it’s like being under those rules and those policies, so it’s really good to be able to tell them what’s going on and how things are running.”

Murray said she thought that the students brought a valuable perspective to the session.

“I thought today was a very, very progressive day, just with discussion about school climate and education and social matters,” Murray said. “I thought it was amazing that the students were able to come in and voice their opinions.”

The students got to interact with the adults as equals and see another side of them.

“It was really cool and it was also kind of nice to kind of see that they were like humans too,” Jurgens said.

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Ends April 4 from page 1 Illinois collected for the Salvation Army that year.

Fifty years later the Hauser food drive is still going strong.

This year’s drive got off to rousing start on Feb. 26 when Berwanger, who retired in 2006, came back to Hauser for the kickoff of the food drive, which also attracted WGN TV Morning News “Around Town” reporter Ana Belaval who did a few live shots from the school during the morning news interviewing Berwanger, two students, and food drive co-chair Lisa Gaynor.

To add to the excitement, Hauser Principal April Mahy and Assistant Principal Christine Mullin braved the cold and snow and sat throughout the day on the roof above the main entrance in a bid to attract donations.

With the help of parents and community members, 10,111 cans of food on the first day.

The food drive also collected $2,400 in cash donations Wednesday, including a $1,000 donation

by Paisan’s Pizza of Brookfield.

The food drive has already raised $10,700 and the school is well on the way to its goal of collecting $15,000.

“It was a great day Wednesday at Hauser,” Gaynor said.

The cash is used to purchase ingredients for macaroni-and-cheese meals from Feed6, a non-

profit organization founded by Bill Kanatas of Riverside, which packages meals for needy people throughout the Chicago area.

The goal is to pack 50,000 of the meals on April 4 during a packing event at the Hauser cafeteria than will end the food drive. Each meal costs 30 cents in ingredients, so the Hauser hopes to raise at least $15,000. Donations can be made through the Hauser PTO website at hauserpto.org.

The non-perishable food collected is donated to both the Riverside Township Food Pantry and the Salvation Army Red Shield’s Food Pantry in the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago, continuing the relationship that began 50 years ago.

Gaynor said the Riverside Township Food Pantry serves about 40 families who live in the township.

One reason for the impressive first day haul was that Berwanger appeared at Hauser on Feb. 16 to talk about the history and meaning of the food drive. Hauser parent Terri Hickey, who knows Belaval, convinced them to feature the kickoff of 50th annual drive.

“We had to get the kids excited to bring cans before the TV thing,” Gaynor said.

Not that the students needed much encouragement. From the start, Berwanger organized the food drive as a competition between the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades.

Last year, the sixth-graders won, led by Cole Rubio who collected about 900 cans of food by himself. After being interviewed on live TV by Belaval, Rubio spoke to the Landmark. He said he hoped to collect even more food this year.

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BIG HAUL: Aiden Pankros, a seventh-grader, carries in boxes of non-perishable food on Feb. 26, during the kickoff event for the 50th annual food drive at L.J. Hauser Junior High School in Riverside. The school collected more than 10,000 items and $2,400 in cash the first day. The food drive continues through April 4.

“I might put some of my own money in this year so I can get a few more cans,” said Rubio, who makes money by shoveling snow, cutting grass, and raking leaves.

While Rubio says that he just wants to help feed the hungry, there is another inducement.

“If we win the competition I think we get a free Friday where we can just like do whatever, but I also feel like they want to help out people in need too,” Rubio said.

Berwanger, whose father was the first recipient of the Heisman Trophy, said that he is not surprised that the food drive is still go-

ing strong.

“The kids just rallied around it; they loved doing it,” Berwanger said. “It’s become a tradition.”

Berwanger is glad the food drive has continued to grow after his retirement. Gaynor was a student of his and one of his reporters for the school newspaper. Another of his former students, Marella Harrington, now teaches seventh-grade science at Hauser.

“These are the greatest kids in the world, and if I was the general, they were the army,” Berwanger said. “They have new generals now.”

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Retiring LTHS choral director recognized for excellence

L

yons Township High School’s choral director Connie Lyda is this year’s recipient of the Mary Hoffman Award for Excellence in Education.

Conferred by the Illinois Music Education Association at the organization’s allstate conference held last month in Peoria, the award is the association’s highest honor.

Award criteria states the nominees must demonstrate excellence in teaching and the characteristics of an outstanding music educator.

In addition to being a musician and educator, Lyda has accompanied the All-State Choir in front of thousands of parents and students for more than 25 years at the Illinois Music Educators Conference. This is her last year at LTHS, as she is retiring from teaching.

“Connie is well known and respected by staff, students and the LT community” said Paula Nardi, Fine Arts Division chairwoman in a press release. “She has been the face of LT choir for so long, the two are synonymous. She has touched the lives of

from a crash involving a drunk driver to a vehicle falling off the lift at a mechanic’s shop.

“This is the circumstance we met the family and ever since we have always wanted to go above and beyond for them,” said Luigi Scola, Carstar Scola’s owner. “Thankfully, this repair was not the product of an accident, but we were still thrilled to surprise them by paying for it.”

It’s the second year of Carstar’s Free Repair February program.

Connie Lyda so many, and many owe their love of music and singing to Connie.”

It’s a gift A Riverside couple got a pleasant surprise on Feb. 14, when the picked up their vehicle at a Brookfield collision repair business and learned that the repair had been paid for.

According to the folks at Carstar Scola’s Collision Center, it’s been tough year for vehicles owned by Ken and Malinda Brom,

Julia Brom and her father, Ken, react to having their bill paid by Carstar Scola’s on Feb. 14.

On campus Carson, of Brookfield, was among those receiving degrees at the winter commencement ceremony at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio last December. Carson graduated with a Master of Arts degree in biology.

■ Gina Corona, of Brookfield, was named to the 2019 fall semester dean’s list at the University of Findlay (Ohio) for attaining a semester grade-point average of at least 3.5 on a 4-point scale.

■ Brookfield resident Lydia Olson was named to the 2019 fall semester president’s list (4.0 GPA), while Brookfield residents Brittney Paeth and Kyle Paeth and Riverside resident Caden Vais were among those named to the 2019 fall semester dean’s list (3.5+ GPA) at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

■ Jeremy Heer, of Brookfield, was named to the 2019 fall semester dean’s list at Quincy University for earning a semester GPA of at least 3.5.

■ Brookfield residents Justin Lohmeier ■ Rachel

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Members of North Riverside Firefighters Union Local 2714, including Austin Nicholl (far left), Chris Kribales (second from left) and Richard Gray (far right) recently participated in the American Lung Association’s “Fight For Air Stair Climb” at the Oakbrook Tower. Local 2714 took home first place team honors, climbing 30 flights in full firefighting gear and raising more than $15,000 to help those who struggle to breathe. Also pictured is Tanner Atchison, a former North Riverside paramedic who is now a firefighter in Freeport and was part of Local 2714’s climb team.

(business administration), Jane McLaren, James Taylor (aviation flight management), Megan Troesch (marketing) and Casey Vileta (physics) and Riverside resident Danny Zontos (aviation flight management) were named to the 2019 fall semester dean’s list at Lewis University in Romeoville for attaining semester GPAs of at least 3.5.

■ Among those named to the 2019 fall semester dean’s list at Elmhurst College were Brookfield residents Kevin Engstrom, Emily Hanna, Brittany Whigam and Laura Furmanski; North Riverside residents Madeline Ackerman and Taylor Schmitt; and Riverside residents Mattia Amodio, Karina Burke, Natalie Pierce and Daniel Somers.

■ Riverside resident Nicole LaBelle was named to the 2019 fall semester dean’s list at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, for ranking in the top 20 percent of undergraduate students in her academic division for the semester.

■ North Riverside resident Alivia Ranieri and Riverside residents DiAngelo Gonzalez and Sylvia Harvin were named to the fall 2019 semester dean’s list at Augustana College in Rock Island for maintaining at GPA of at least 3.5.

■ Student artists at Lyons Township High School were recognized for the artwork, winning several awards in recent competitions.

Brookfield senior Mila Matejcek won an Award of Distinction at Elmhurst College’s 21st Annual High School Art Exhibition.

Meanwhile, 38 LTHS artists were recognized at this year’s Scholastic Art Awards, with 17 students and their 25 Gold Key-winning pieces advancing to the national competition in New York.

Among those heading off to nationals are Brookfield senior Daniel Jelinek (Gold Key, painting); senior Beth Lemerand (Gold Key, ceramics and glass); and senior Mila Matejcek (Gold Key, painting and honorable mention in drawing and mixed media). Others recognized at the Scholastic Art Awards were Brookfield senior Donna Guevara (honorable mention, photography) and senior Adalya Rodriguez (Silver Key, photography).

■ Lyons Township High School sophomore Nate Rulich, of Brookfield, a member of the school’s Model United Nations Club, earned an honorable mention/third place award at the Francis Parker tournament.

■ Patrick Hickey, of Brookfield and a member of the Lyons Township High School robotics program, was part of Robotics Team 23880E, which won the Fox Valley Vex Tournament where students drove robots the designed, built and programmed using an integrated system of motors, wheels, metal and sensors.

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Baker, LTHS Winter Guard wow at state finals

Brookfield resident Kaila Baker placed second in the Miss IDTA Flag Soloist category at the Illinois Drill Team Association State Finals on Feb. 15 in Springfield and was part of the Lyons Township High School Winter Guard team named state champion in the AAA Tall Flags competition.

It was the first state championship for the Winter Guard. The Tall Flag category requires the use of any flag with a staff longer than 3.5 feet as the focal point of the performance.

Baker is one of the Winter Guard’s cap-

Brookfield residents Cyrus Almanza (construction trades), Jari Bates (nursing assistant training), Michelle Diliberto (emergency medical technician), Destiny James (cosmetology), Ryan Martin (computer science principles), Samantha Ruiz (nursing assistant training) and Julie Sklenar (early childhood education and care) were among the 20 Lyons Township High School students named to the Technology Center of DuPage A-Team for their outstanding achievement in their respective programs.

Brookfield resident Ahmad Ayyeh, a junior at Lyons Township High School, was

tains.

“Kaila not only is a wonderful performer, she is a great leader,” said the team’s coach Bridget Dominick, an alumni member of the LTHS drill team. “She knows how to push the team in a positive direction and make everyone feel like a star.”

At the same competition, for the third consecutive year, the varsity poms team were state champs in the AAA Lyrical Dance category and placed fourth overall in the Pom/Dance category. The JV poms took second in Lyrical Dance as well.

one of four members of the Congressional Debate Team to win individual awards at the Wheeling High School tournament in January, which featured more than 400 students from more than 20 schools.

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Finally, a fix

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ord came down last week that, four years after Riverside’s police chief called for a radio signal boost at Riverside-Brookfield High School, antennae will be installed inside the school to eliminate communication “dead spots.”

That’s all great news and hopefully, with elected officials in Riverside and RBHS voting to ratify an intergovernmental agreement over the next week, the new hardware can be installed this spring. North Riverside trustees voted to approve the agreement last month.

For the life of us, however, we can’t imagine why such a glaring public safety gap wasn’t plugged four years ago when it was first brought to everyone’s attention. It’s not like the fix was an insurmountable expense. The total cost will be around $67,000.

And the problem was real. Last summer when a juvenile discharged a fire extinguisher in the basement of the school, triggering fire alarms, emergency personnel there reportedly had trouble communicating with the outside world It turned out to be a false alarm, but it illustrated the peril.

It still took almost a year to get the problem solved.

The bottom line is that the communication problem stemmed from radio signals not being able to penetrate the basement and part of the first floor of the school building. It wasn’t the new radios, which are an upgrade over the old ones, where the problem lay.

That school officials continued in their recalcitrance as late as February, when some still argued that somehow the police inability to communicate inside their building was not their problem to solve.

According to a New York Times report published just after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in January 2018, which took the lives of 17 people and wounded 17 more, there had been 239 documented shootings at schools across the nation since 2012.

During that time, nearly 140 people had died as a result, with hundreds more wounded.

In March 2018, students at RBHS and at other high schools across the country staged a walkout to protest the gun violence.

The message could not have been clearer. You need to protect us.

RBHS hired a retired police chief to serve as an onsite, armed school resource officer. But they didn’t move to fix the communication problem, because it wasn’t their problem.

Riverside police radios – which worked inside every building in the village save the high school – were the problem. It’s simply astounding.

Until just recently, public officials were afraid to talk on the record about a possible cooperative agreement for fear of killing it. Brookfield officials, upset they had to pay anything at all and believing the high school should pay for the whole fix, suddenly backed out at the eleventh hour, leaving it in doubt.

It was the wrong decision by Brookfield. Ensuring public safety is worth $14,000 and would be again if it came to that elsewhere.

Riverside and RBHS have agreed to pick up Brookfield’s share, which is great, but it never should have taken so long to get this deal done. It’s not like there weren’t object lessons available – according to Riverside’s police chief, poor police communication plagued the Marjory Stoneman Douglas response.

When it comes to public safety, we need to get out of our silos and see the bigger picture.

Opinion KOSEY CORNER

Lee Phillip, hometown girl who made good

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he was the local girl who made it good. Growing up, I knew the name Lee Phillip, mainly through her family’s flower shop and that she lived not too far from us in Riverside.

It has been reported that she graduated from Riverside-Brookfield High School, but she only attended two years at the school before attending Monticello Finishing School.

She continued her education graduating from Northwestern University. Aside from working at Phillip’s Flowers she also worked at Bramson’s, a high end women’s store in Oak Park.

It was through the flower shop that I first saw her on WBBM-TV, as she did small segments on floral arranging. It was fun to see a TV star who was a neighbor, although we did not know each other. I was and still am a friend of her brother, Russ, who still lives in Riverside.

Her popularity grew on TV and her 10 minute segments expanded with “Miss Lee” doling out homemaker news. She expanded her TV work with interviews and specials. She became known as a first-class journalist, doing it all with the style and class for which she had been known. We watched her because of her quality of work and as if we knew her.

While at the TV studio in Chicago, she met a young writer

named Bill Bell and in 1954 the couple were married at the Riverside Presbyterian Church, ever the hometown girl.

The two began collaborating on writing soap operas, creating an award-winning empire with serials like “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful.” Their careers took them to California where they remained and raised three children.

Russ and his wife often visited with Lee and her family, I’m sure keeping her in touch with her former hometown. It was nice to hear from her brother how she was, made me feel as if I almost knew her.

The house on Southcote where the Phillip family lived will still be referred to as the Phillips’ house, although they had long moved from the home.

I can only believe Lee Phillip had fond memories of her hometown, but I can also believe that many of the stories on her “soaps” did not come from local happenings in Riverside. Remember, the soaps are pure fiction.

So another Riverside memory -- Lee Phillip with her blond hair and bright smile, who made it big on Chicago TV and on to California, who just happened to be a neighbor. And yes, the Phillip’s floral business is still in the family and going strong.

JOANNE KOSEY

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Voting no on Riverside Library referendum After 60 years of Riverside living, I am voting no on the library referendum, and not without several good reasons.

I defy anyone using an aluminum walker not to be in fear of their lives or falling trying to get into the library.

First, the handicapped spots in from of the library are unsafe because of the two-land traffic whizzing by as you try to exit your car and retrieve your walker.

Second, the ramp is in decrepit shape and you are in danger advancing up or coming down. And the bike racks are a joke. Shelves are too high or too low without taking your life in your hands while using a walker.

Shame on you, Riverside.

Elizabeth Taus Riverside

Legion mourns loss of John Storcel On Tuesday morning, Feb. 25, a dear friend to the Topinka family and American Legion Post #488 passed away. His name was John Storcel.

John was born in what is now Slovakia, formerly part of the now dissolved Czechoslovakia and immigrated with his family to the United States. The family settled in Chicago when he was 6 years old. He had four siblings, but one sadly died at only 18 months old shortly after the family arrived.

His father served in the Austria-Hungarian Army during World War I, an experience he didn’t discuss with his children. Storcel’s father was badly injured in the war and forbade the discussion of war at the family’s tavern. Unfortunately, Storcel’s father died at 49 in 1940, leaving him to help his mother run the family business.

Despite being the breadwinner of the family, support-

ing his mother and contributing to the war effort building valves for Navy ships, Storcel was drafted in 1943. He was sent to Fort Custer in Michigan for basic training and later to Pine Camp, where they conducted mock battles and trained officers. He performed several other duties stateside, including traffic control, evening patrol and controlling other service members while on night leave.

During and after D-Day, Storcel performed various duties, but none more gruesome than collecting dead soldiers at Normandy beach, Saint-Lô and the Battle of the Bulge.

To ensure fallen soldiers in body bags could be identified, John and his fellow military police (MPs) members would leave one dog tag with the body and another on top of the body bag. Often, though, the bodies were missing limbs.

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OBITUARIES

Charles F. Kuehn, 82 Brookfield resident

Charles Frederick Kuehn, 82, of Brookfield, died on Feb. 20, 2020. Born on July 20, 1937, he worked as a material handler/ telephone equipment operator.

Mr. Kuehn was the brother of Mary Helen Kuehn and was preceded in death by his parents, Charles CHARLES F. KUEHN H. Kuehn and Pauline M. Kuehn (nee Spraetz).

A funeral service was held Feb. 24 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Brookfield, followed by interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Stickney.

Memorials appreciated to St. Paul Lutheran Church, 9035 Grant Ave., Brookfield, 60513.

Hitzeman Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements.

Paul V. Massey, 66 Carpenter

Paul Victor Massey, 66, of Brookfield, died on Feb. 22, 2020.

Born on April 9, 1953, he was a 35-year member of Carpenters Local 1185 Flooring Installers and a devout member of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas.

Mr. Massey was the husband of Linda Massey (nee Jarvis); PAUL V. MASSEY the father of Paul

(Jennifer) Massey Jr., Simon (Melissa) Massey, Jon Massey and Todd Massey; the brother of Roy (Mandy) Massey, Gary (Jillian) Massey, and the late Carol (Jeff) Brown; and the uncle of many nieces and nephews.

Interment was Private. Memorials are appreciated in Mr. Massey’s name to the Dragonfly Society of the Americas, 355 Mary Harmon Bryant Dr., Box 870340, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487.

Hitzeman Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements.

Elizabeth Parsaee, 73 School secretary Elizabeth Parsaee (nee Falasz), 73, of Brookfield and formerly of Chicago, died on Feb. 27, 2020. Born on Nov. 11, 1946, she worked as a school secretary.

Ms. Parsaee was the sister of Frances (the late Samuel) Salvato, Albert (Jane) Falasz, Michael (Angelina) Falasz and the late Peter (Dawn) Falasz; the aunt of Mark (Christine) Salvato, Nicole (Denis McCarthy) Salvato, Amy (Brian) Peterson, Kristin (John) Przekota, Michael (Abbey) Falasz, Anthony (Leslie) Falasz and Nick (Annie) Falasz; and the great-aunt of many.

Interment is on Saturday, March 14 at Resurrection Cemetery, 7201 Archer Road in Justice. Anyone wishing to attend is asked to meet promptly at 10 a.m. at the main office where the group will be led to the gravesite.

Hitzeman Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements.

John A. Storcel, 97 Jan Electric Company chairman John Andrew Storcel, 97, of North Riverside and St. Germain, Wisconsin, died on Feb. 25, 2020.

Born in Kos, Czechoslovakia on June 25, 1922 to Adam and Suzanne, he came to the United

Continued from facing page John and the other MPs would have to find the dead soldiers to which the body parts belonged and place the body parts in their respective soldiers’ body bags.

John was blunt, and his stories about D-Day caught the attention of his fellow American Legion members who nagged and nagged (and nagged) him to be interviewed by the Pritzker Military Museum and Library (PMML). The complete interview is pending, but the link below is an excerpt used for the D-Day exhibit at the PMML: bit.ly/39cjlXb John’s stories and his life will live on for our post and our youth. To the Storcel family, American Legion Post #488 and Sons of the American Legion (SAL) Squadron #0488 are here for you during this time of sorrow.

Our final salute to John Storcel. We will miss you John.

Joseph Baar Topinka, commander Jason Hinsley, vice commander

Riverside American Legion Post #488

States with his family in 1926 and settled in Chicago. At age of 6 he, with his younger brother, peddled newspapers sold firewood to neighbors in the Lawndale-Crawford area of the city.

They also rode the streetcar and walked to the western suburbs where they caddied at the Indian Head Golf Course, earning 62 cents for a round of 18 holes. They spent many Saturday nights sleeping under the stars in the Lyonsville Cemetery at Joliet and Wolf Roads to avoid having to make the long trip back to the course on Sunday morning. He JOHN STORCEL attended the Blessed Agnes School and Farragut High School.

Mr. Storcel served his country in World War II, first stateside guarding prisoners of war, then in England, France and Belgium. He was assigned to the 783rd Military Police Battalion and attached to the 5th and 6th Special Engineer Brigade.

His ship left England on June 6, 1944 and Mr. Storcel saw action in Normandy and also fought in the Battle of the Bulge After completing an apprenticeship after the war, Mr. Storcel co-founded and served as president of Cortland Electric Company. Later he co-founded Jan Electric Company with his wife, Geraldine, and served as its chairman until the time of his death.

A longtime businessman, he served as a director on various boards related to the banking industry and he was active in his community as well as local and national politics.

Mr. Storcel was a former Riverside Township precinct captain and attended inaugural events in Washington, D.C., and Springfield.

As an avid golfer and fresh water and deep-sea fisherman, he enjoyed his many trips to fish the waters of the Florida Keys and to golf its

beautiful courses.

He had a log home in Northern Wisconsin, where he enjoyed watching the wildlife, especially the deer who grazed on the property nightly. Mr. Storcel faithfully watched the Blackhawks, the Packers and the PGA. Mr. Storcel was a longtime member of the Riverside Golf Club and past president of the Ceska Beseda Social Club. He served as delegate director of Tabor Hills Healthcare Facility (formerly, the Bohemian Home for the Aged).

He was also a member the Riverside Masonic Lodge No. 862, the Dobrovsky Masonic Social Club, the Riverside Township Lions Club, American Legion Post #488, the Riverside-North Riverside Veterans of Foreign Wars No. 6869, and Lodge Jan Hus-Cesky Lev No. 91of CSA. Mr. Storcel was preceded in death by his parents and his wife of nearly 64 years, Geraldine (nee Jelinek). He was the father of Marilyn (Joseph) Moore, Susan, Janet (Frank) Podczerwinski and Deborah (Scott) Korinek; the grandfather of Joseph (Stephanie) Moore, Megan (Chad) Ziller, Caroline (Brandon) Klingenmaier, Matthew (Korrin) Moore, Cecilia Podczerwinski, Scotty Korinek, Adam Korinek, Clare Podczerwinski, Mark Korinek and Mary Korinek; great-grandfather of Garrett Ziller, Zane Moore, Colton Ziller, Kaylee Moore, Veronica Ziller, Matthew Moore Jr., Samuel Moore and Lucas Klingenmaier and the late Victoria Grace Ziller; brother to Margaret (late Col. James) Kucera and the late Ann Dunleavy, Anton and Joseph; and the uncle of many nephews and nieces.

Family and friends will be received at Conboy Westchester Funeral Home at 10501 W. Cermak Rd. in Westchester on Friday March 6 from 3 to 9 p.m. A funeral Mass with military honors will be celebrated at Mater Christi Church, 2401 10th Ave. in North Riverside at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 7. Entombment is at the family mausoleum at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside. A Ivins/Moravecek Funeral Home, Riverside, handled arrangements.

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Be proactive defending against coronavirus With confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) now reported in Cook County, it is important for all of us to be proactive in defending against the spread of this illness. That means implementing practices to avoid getting sick and, if you do get sick, to avoid infecting others.

At this point the best defense is practicing good hygiene and preventative measures. Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or, if soap and water are not available, use hand sanitizer. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands. Avoid close contact with people who are sick. Stay home if you are sick (except to seek medi-

cal care). Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.

Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.

Schools, businesses, and employers should encourage all employees to practice the above preventative measures. Also take time to review emergency operations plans, including identification of essential business functions, teleworking, and flexible sick leave policies.

Travelers should be alert to changing conditions. Before traveling, check travel health notices at https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/ travel/notices. If you are returning home from countries with Travel Alert Levels 2

or 3 take the appropriate measures. You can find that and other valuable information at the City of Chicago’s website at chicago. gov/coronavirus.

Riverside’s Police and Fire Departments are coordinating with surrounding communities to provide emergency services in a safe and professional manner. Help them out – if a responder asks you to wear a mask or use hand sanitizer please do so. They are only trying to keep you, and themselves, healthy. Together we can help manage the effects of COVID-19 on our community.

Ben Sells, president

Village of Riverside

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RBHS boys hoops finishes season with win on senior night Bulldogs win conference for third straight year

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Coming off two close and painful road losses the Riverside Brookfield High School boys basketball team was raring to go at the start of their final regular season game against Ridgewood on Wednesday evening on Senior Night.

“Senior night is always a night when you see a little extra energy,” said RBHS head coach Mike Reingruber said. “Coming off two losses, so guys were chomping at the bit a little bit to get back out there.”

It didn’t take long for the Bulldogs (20-10) to come out with 65-47 win over Ridgewood.

RBHS started fast and raced out to a quick 7-0 lead on their way to a 28-point offensive explosion in the first quarter. After Ridgewood pulled to within two points at 10-8, the Bulldogs went on a 14-0 run to essentially put the game away early as they never again led by less than double digits and had a 28-14 lead at the end of the first quarter.

“We were really fired up because we know we shouldn’t have lost those two games,” said senior Paul Zilinskas, who hit four three-pointers on his way to a career-high 31 points.

Zilinskas, who transferred to RB from Richards for his senior year, has been a key to the Bulldogs all season. Not only has he led the Bulldogs in scoring, he has meshed with and led an inexperienced team to a successful season.

“Paul’s had a tremendous impact,” Reingruber said. “More than anything he’s come in and he’s just meshed really well with all the guys which has helped in that aspect.”

Senior Dylan Meehan scored 15 points for the Bulldogs who were coming off tough road losses to Aurora Christian and Lyons Township High School. Perlat Velaj scored 15 points on five three-pointers to lead Ridgewood (14-14). The Rebels hit 11 threepointers against the Bulldogs.

A 73-69 loss to Aurora Christian on Feb. 21 cost the Bulldogs an outright conference championship as the Bulldogs, Aurora Christian, and Chicago Christian shared the Metro Suburban Conference Blue Division title with identical 9-3 conference records.

Point guard Luke Gentile hurt his ankle in the second quarter against Aurora Christian and missed most of the rest of the game as well as the Bulldogs 56-49 loss at LTHS on Feb. 22. But the gritty Gentile was back in the starting lineup against Ridgewood. Sharpshooting reserve guard

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COURT VISION: RBHS senior Nate Schoditsch (No. 25) looks to pass versus Ridegwood on senior night.

Ryan Gaynor suffered a concussion against Aurora Christian and did not play against LTHS or Ridgewood. Gaynor’s status for the state tournament is uncertain.

Getting back on the winning track in the regular season finale against Ridgewood was important as the Bulldogs seek to capture their second straight regional title.

“I think it is huge to have a little momentum going into the state tournament,” Reingruber said.

The Bulldogs, who are seeded fourth in the Hinsdale South Class 3A sectional, host

their own regional and open play Tuesday against 13th seeded Goode Stem Academy.

The Bulldogs rebounded from two December conference losses to Chicago Christian and Immaculate Conception to earn a share of the conference title. It is the third consecutive conference championship for the Bulldogs under Reingruber. They shared the conference title with Wheaton Academy in the 2017-18 season and won it outright last year.

“We hit a slump where we lost a bunch of close games which obviously we wish we

had back but it made us tougher for the rest of the year,” Reingruber said.

The Bulldogs rebounded to defeat Chicago Christian and IC in rematches. A highlight of the season was a 66-59 home win over Fenwick.

Zilinskas said that maintaining mental focus late in games will be a key to advancing in the state tournament.

“Down the stretch when we get fatigued, we get tired, we need to stay mentally tough, play defense and just make plays,” Zilinskas said.

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LTHS boys race to sixth place at state swim meet Bulldog diver Nolan places second overall

a leader of this group of swimmers.

“The state meet didn’t go as well as I would have hoped my sophomore year,” said Thorell. “Quite honestly, it was a bit overwhelming having to step up [as a sophomore] so it was awesome seeing how these guys step in and fill those spots [at the state meet]. I hope I did a good job as a leader making sure [his teammates] weren’t too nervous.”

Rodriguez has seen substantial growth from the senior since his sophomore season and has watched Thorell blossom into a twotime state champion. “[Thorell] has turned himself into a great competitor and leader for this program,” said Rodriguez. “He has gained a lot of confidence from what I have seen from him over the last four years. We are so proud of him.”

By JAMES KAY Sports Editor

By the time Lyons Township High School finished in sixth place at the IHSA state meet for boys swimming, head coach Erin Rodriguez had lost her voice from yelling by the side of the pool.

There was plenty to celebrate as the Lions followed up their fifth-place finish from last year with another top-six placement at state - -the fourth year in a row the program has accomplished that feat.

After not having most of their team together until mid-January, Rodriguez had an inkling that her team could get back on track once everyone came together.

“This year, I knew they had a chance to do well, but they swam lights out on Friday,” said Rodriguez. “After [preliminaries], they came out pumped up and ready to go. It was remarkable to be a part of that and watch them put in everything they had.”

The 20- yard freestyle relay team placed first, racking up 32 points, as seniors Jack Thorell, Bryson Breitenbucher, Jack Wanless and junior Michael Schoneman put up a time of 1 minute, 22.70 seconds.

The 400 freestyle relay team of Thorell, Wanless, Breitenbucher and junior Tomas Samuolis placed fourth at 3:06.91, missing third place by 0.18 seconds to Oak Park and River Forest (3:06.73).

Thorell finishes strong Thorell made the most of his final trip to

RBHS diver takes second

Courtesy Erin Rodriguez

IN THEIR ELEMENT: The 400 yard freestyle relay team poses after they placed fourth with a 3:06.91 time. state as a member of the LTHS swim team.

The senior placed third in the 50 free with a time of 20.61 and then followed that performance with a fourth-place finish in the 100 free (45.42).

Last season, Thorell placed 11th in the

state in the 50 free (21.11) and placed 34th in the event when he was a sophomore (21.84).

He credits his sophomore campaign, which he says didn’t reach his preseason expectations, for how he bounced back the last two years and how he has conducted himself as

St. Charles (North) ended up winning the state meet with 137 points. Loyola Academy (135), Glenbrook South (128), Oak Park and River Forest (98) and Waubonsie Valley (85) rounded out the top five. LTHS tallied 82 points on the day.

Fenwick tied for 13th place with Plainfield North with 32 points, while RiversideBrookfield High School placed 28th with 13 total points on the day.

All of those points for RBHS came via diver Harrison Nolan, a sophomore who followed up his sectional championship performance a week earlier with a second-place finish at the state meet on Feb. 29.

Nolan’s 522.95 points trailed only senior Jack Williams from Homewood-Flossmoor, whose 544.20 points earned him a second straight state title in diving.

WHAT COACH SAID...

This week in RBHS Wrestling (Quarterfinals) The Riverside-Brookfield High School wrestling team made history this weekend by participating in the IHSA dual-team quarterfinals for the first time in school history.

Unfortunately, the Bulldogs had a tough draw for its quarterfinal opponent - fourtime state champion Washington. Mateo Costello tallied RBHS’ only points with a 2-1 decision over Josh Biagini at 113 pounds.

Despite displaying tremendous effort, RBHS fell to the Panthers 65-3 at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington. Here is what Bulldogs head coach Nick Curby had to say.

On knowing the uphill battle going NICK CURBY RBHS

up against Washington…

“When we saw the draw, we knew it would be tough,” he said. “But I was actually happy with how the kids wrestled. The score doesn’t really show how well they competed. When you’re a program in the state quarterfinals for the first time and you face a four-time state champion, the nerves are different. But the kids came out and wrestled hard.”

On letting final match not take away from the year’s overall success RBHS enjoyed…

“We had nine kids stepping into the varsity lineup for the first time,” Curby said.

“Going in, I thought we were going to be building; we were young and inexperienced, and I was getting ready to talk about progressing through the year, setting our sights for a couple of years down the road. But the

kids bought into everything we did with them, and they worked hard. You want to be peaking in February; that’s when you want to be wrestling at your best. We had our ups and downs, but overall, the month of February was really good for our program, and we reaped some of the rewards.”

On three returning seniors in the lineup and how they set the tone for the season.

“Corey Dishmon has been in the lineup the last three seasons. He knew what was expected of him as a senior; he displayed a strong work ethic in practice and didn’t take any days off. That set the tone with the younger kids. Garrett Weimer was a bit undersized for his weight class, but he fell in love with lifting weights and became a vocal leader. He was always matside encouraging

his teammates. And Jake Stewart, who was our heavyweight, came out with a demeanor that displayed a lot of confidence. He would pin a lot of guys. They each had their own little roles, and during my four years as a head coach, they’ve bought into everything that we’re doing. And it was nice to send them off by being part of the first RBHS team to go Downstate in wrestling.”

On the experience gained this season and how it’ll impact next year’s team…

“We’re going to be back,” he said. “To be one match away from getting a state trophy, the kids are going to be definitely motivated as we head into the offseason. I’m excited to see how much progress we can make between now and next season.”

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VIRUS

‘Help them out’ from page 3 protection and gloves, said Sells, village officials are also moving to protect employees.

Sells said plastic glass will be installed at the reception windows at the village offices inside the Riverside Township Hall and that hand sanitizing stations will be placed at the train station and just outside the village offices, once the village can source the stations, which are sold out and for which there are already waiting lists.

“Schools, businesses, and employers should encourage all employees to practice the above preventative measures,” wrote Sells in an email. “Also take time to review emergency operations plans, including identification of essential business functions, teleworking, and flexible sick leave policies.”

On March 2, Sells said he met with Village Manager Jessica Frances, Police Chief Thomas Weitzel and Fire Chief Matthew Buckley to make sure the village’s first responders have the equipment they need to combat contracting the virus.

“Riverside’s police and fire departments are coordinating with surrounding communities to provide emergency services in a safe and professional manner,” Sells said. “Help them out – if a responder asks you to wear a mask or use hand sanitizer please do so.

RADIOS

Brookfield rejects deal from page 1 Smithing in an email. “Thank you to the village of North Riverside for their contribution to the project.”

News of the deal comes after village trustees in Brookfield rejected paying $14,000 for the project and blasted high school officials for resisting responsibility for paying the entire amount to solve the communications problem, which Riverside Police Chief Thomas Weitzel first made public in 2016 but said existed prior to that year.

“To know for six years now that you have a safety hazard in your school and not doing anything about budgeting even $10,000 a year, it is absolutely ridiculous,” said Brookfield Trustee Ed Cote, who has a son who is a wrestler at RBHS and spends a lot of time in the basement-level wrestling room. “[The total amount of] $67,000 is nothing once an incident happens. … And to go this long without doing anything about it is unconscionable.”

Sells said Riverside and the high school have agreed to split Brookfield’s share of the cost to get the deal done.

Other Brookfield trustees argued they didn’t want to set a precedent by using village funds to solve safety issues at schools

They are only trying to keep you, and themselves, healthy.”

The coronavirus, which originated last year in Wuhan, China, has been given the official name COVID-19 by the World Health Organization. Illinois’ two previous cases of COVID-19, a married couple in January, have since fully recovered. All four cases have been in Cook County.

The IDPH began a “sentinel surveillance” program on March 2 in northern Illinois to test for possible community spread of the virus. People with flu-like symptoms who test negative for the flu or other common respiratory illnesses can choose to be tested for COVID-19.

“It is with that kind of surveillance that we will be able to see if we have circulating virus in our communities,” said Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of IDPH. “The risk to the communities of Illinois is low,” Ezike said, “and we will continue to work collaboratively with our local health departments and our federal partners to ensure that we’re doing everything we can to be ready for whatever is around the bend.”

Illinois was the first state to test for COVID-19 when it opened a lab in Cook County last month. Pritzker said Monday that two labs in Springfield and Carbondale will open in “the next few days.”

“The best thing that the general public can do at this time is to continue taking the same precautions you take during flu season with renewed vigilance,” Pritzker said.

They include covering your coughs and and other buildings. Brookfield is served by two high school districts and four elementary school districts.

Brookfield Trustee Brian Conroy, who has two children attending RBHS, complained that the school district is carrying $8 million in its working cash fund and another $2 million in its life-safety fund, and could easily afford to fund the project, which is to ensure the safety of students, staff and visitors to the school.

“It’s been disturbing to me to know that it’s been on their radar but not addressed,” Conroy said. “They have the money to do this.”

Riverside and Brookfield officials have both insisted the communications problems stem from the way the high school is built.

The solid construction means radio signals have trouble penetrating into the basement and some inner hallways on the first floor.

The firm being used to install the radio repeaters, Chicago Communications LLC, has tested police communications at RBHS three times – in 2016, 2017 and 2019 – all showing radio dead spots inside the school.

The latest survey, paid for by Riverside and completed after the West Central Consolidated Communications (WC3) went live, again showed the same problem.

“Until these coverage issues are resolved, this facility would be considered not meeting current radio coverage requirements,” stated Dennis Ondriska, of Chicago Communications, in his survey report, obtained

Photo courtesy of Illinois.gov

UPDATE: Gov. JB Pritzker and Dr. Ngozi Ezike (right), director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, announce the state’s fourth case of coronavirus during a news conference on March 2 in Chicago. sneezes with a tissue, washing your hands for 20 seconds with soap and water, avoiding touching your face, staying home when you are sick and cleaning frequently-touched surfaces.

As of Monday evening, more than 90 people across 12 states had been diagnosed with COVID-19. Six people have died in Washington, the only state with fatalities. Five of those who died ranged in age from the 50s through 80s, some with “underlying medical condi-

tions” that made them more vulnerable.

The death toll worldwide surpassed 3,000 on Monday, with more than 89,000 people infected across 58 countries.

Illinoisans who think they might have the virus may call the state’s COVID-19 hotline (1-800-889-3931) or email dph.sick@ illinois.gov.

Bob Uphues contributed to this report.

through a Freedom of Information request by the Landmark.

High school officials, meanwhile, continue to believe that a change in police radio frequencies in the recent years, not the school building, parts of which have been standing for a century, is at the root of the problem.

At the school board’s meeting on Feb. 25, Superintendent Kevin Skinkis repeated the implication that the problem was related to that radio frequency change and the creation of the WC3 dispatch center, which went live in May 2018 and handles police and fire emergency calls for Riverside, Brookfield, North Riverside and McCook.

“In 2014-15, the [Riverside] police department shifted from a wide-band radio frequency to a narrow-band radio frequency when they combined it for the WC3,” Skinkis told school board members on Feb. 25.

“That shift over to that frequency caused some issues in, primarily, the basement.”

Skinkis wondered about the school board setting its own precedent.

“Just the same concern the [Brookfield village] board had, is if every time they change their frequency, are we going to be on the hook to buy new repeaters?” Skinkis asked.

The frequency change Skinkis referred to, said Weitzel, occurred in 2013 when a federal grant allowed Riverside, North Riverside and a handful of other towns to upgrade their portable police radios and connect

them to an 800 MHz trunk system operated by the Cook County Sheriff ’s Police.

Those radios, said Weitzel, did not create new problems communicating within the high school. Those problems already existed with the police department’s older 5 MHz portable radios, which not only had trouble penetrating RBHS but couldn’t always communicate directly with the dispatch center.

Officers typically had to use in-car radios, which are no longer needed, to reach dispatchers.

“This new system is much better,” Weitzel said. “Communication is not worse because of the current system.”

Weitzel told Brookfield trustees at their meeting on Feb. 24 that RBHS was the only building in Riverside where police experienced such communication problems.

The urgency to install radio repeaters inside RBHS was not driven by the radio issue, which existed previously, but a greater awareness of school safety due to the newer phenomenon of repeated mass shootings at schools nationwide in recent years.

“We can no longer make excuses,” Weitzel said. “I worry about it right now.

“I just wanted to solve the problem. I’m not blaming anyone. I just want to get it done.”

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y20003235 on February 20.

2020 Under the Assumed Business Name of TERRY MITCHELL & ASSOCIATES FOR ENGAGING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES with the business located at: 4825 W 31ST ST UNIT 1W, CICERO, IL 60804.

The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: TERRY A. MITCHELL, 4825 W 31ST ST UNIT 1W, CICERO, IL 60804.

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Published in Wednesday Journal 2/26, 3/4, 3/11/2020

NOTICE TO BIDDERS Beverages and Equipment The Northern Illinois Independent Purchasing Cooperative will be receiving offers on its Request For Proposals for: Beverages and Equipment. RFP’s must be received

by Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at 9:00 A.M. in the Business Office, Room 270A, of Oak Park and River Forest High School, 201 North Scoville Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois.

RFP documents may be obtained by contacting Micheline Piekarski at mpiekarski@oprfhs.org or (708) 434-3142. RFP’s should be placed in a sealed envelope marked: Beverages and Equipment, ATTENTION: Micheline Piekarski, Food Service Director.

Published in Wednesday Journal 3/04/2020

NOTICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 Time: 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Location: Oak Park, Main Library, First Floor - Community Engagement Space, 834 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60301 Subject Property Address(es): 261 Washington, Oak Park, IL Proposed Development: New construction, 5 story, 28-unit apartment building with 28 on-site parking spots Purpose of Meeting: Pre-Planned Development Submittal Discussion Contacts: Tim Pomaville, Ambrosia Homes, 312-437-8292, Tim.Pomaville@AmbrosiaHomesInc.com Published in Wednesday Journal 3/04/2020

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: Y20003280 on February 26, 2020 Under the Assumed Business Name of CONTEMPO H I with the business located at: 7300 W 25TH STREET SUITE 1501, NORTH RIVERSIDE, IL 60546. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: ANGELIQUE GONDEK 3707 ROOSEVELT 1R FOREST PARK, IL 60130.

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SCOTT J. LEVY (32596) Attorney for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street, Suite 504 Chicago, Illinois 60615 STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the marriage of JUAN RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner and LILIA CASTANEDA BRITO, Respondent, Case No. 2019D-000973.

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

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before March 27, 2020, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT EFFECTIVE APRIL 14, 2020, THE MONTHLY MEETING DATE OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION WILL BE PERMANENTLY CHANGED AS FOLLOWS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION 2ND TUESDAY, 7:00 PM ********************** UNLESS OTHERWISE DESIGNATED, MEETING ABOVE IS SCHEDULED AT VILLAGE HALL, 123 MADISON ST., OAK PARK, IL. – FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CALL (708) 383-6400 ******************* VICKI SCAMAN, VILLAGE CLERK Published in Wednesday Journal 3/4/2020

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Community Design Commission, acting as the Design Review Commission, of the Village of Oak Park on Thursday evening, March 19, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. in Room 101 of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter:

VILLAGE OF NORTH RIVERSIDE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Cal. No. 02-20-DRC: 1011 Lake Street, Rush Oak Park Physician’s Group

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Rush Oak Park Physician’s Group seeks variances from the following sections of the Sign Code of the Village of Oak Park, to permit the installation of one (1) wall sign on the rear elevation (south) of the building where there is no street frontage at the premises commonly known as 1011 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL.

The Village of North Riverside will receive sealed proposals at the North Riverside Village Commons located at 2401 S. DesPlaines Avenue, North Riverside, IL 60546 until 4:30pm on March 30, 2020 for the following project:

Detailed specifications for the above named project may be obtained from the Administration Office by calling 708-447-4211, via email pamf@northriverside-il.org, on the Village's website at www. northriverside-il.org or in person at the North Riverside Village Commons, 2401 S. DesPlaines Avenue, North Riverside, IL 60546 between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm Monday - Friday, and 9am to Noon on Saturdays.

The Village of North Riverside reserves the right to issue proposal documents and specifications only to those vendors deemed qualified. The original RFP and any subsequent Addendum will be posted to the Village's website.

It is the responsibility of the vendor to obtain these changes and Addendum from the website.

Successful vendors will be selected and contacted for oral presentations to the Village Board by April 15, 2020. The Village President and the Board of Trustees reserve the right to reject any and all proposals.

The Village of North Riverside Village Administrator's Office Published in Landmark March 4, 2020

1. Section 7-7-15 (D) (1) (b), which section requires that wall signs for buildings located on corner lots shall only be placed along the front or corner lot line.

The proposal features a “Rush” sign for Rush Oak Park Physician’s Group located on the south elevation of the building facing a parking lot where there is no street frontage.

2. Section 7.7.15 (D) (5), which section requires that wall signs shall be located on the sign frieze or the sign band of the building immediately above the first floor window and below the second floor window sills in the case of a two-story building. The proposal shows the “Rush” sign located on the ground floor advertising a tenant located above the second floor window sill.

All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Administrator at 708.358.5449.

DATED AT OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, this 4th Day of March, 2020 Published in Wednesday Journal 3/4/2020

The Village of Oak Park will hold an open house public meeting to discuss and seek input on resurfacing improvements being studied for Oak Park Avenue from Roosevelt Road to North Avenue: DATE: March 26, 2020 TIME: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Oak Park Village Hall Room 101 123 Madison Street Oak Park, IL 60302 Exhibits will be on display showing current information regarding the project related to resurfacing.

Members of the public are invited to attend any time during the two hour time period to view project information and speak with Village of Oak Park staff and the consultant team working on the planning and design project. For more information, please contact Byron Kutz, Village of Oak Park Assistant Village Engineer, at (708) 358-5729 or bkutz@oak-park.us.

The meeting is accessible to individuals with disabilities. For questions about accessibility or to request an accommodation, please contact the ADA Coordinator at (708) 358-5430 or by email at adacoordinator@oak-park.us at least 48 hours before the meeting.

Persons planning to attend who will need a sign language interpreter or similar accommodations can call the TTY/TTD number at (800) 526-0844 or 711. TTY users who speak Spanish may call (800) 501-0864 or 711. For Telebraille, dial (877) 526-6670 or 711. Requests should be made at least five days prior to the meeting.

More information about the project is posted at www.renewthe avenue.com.

THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Published in Wednesday Journal 3/4, 3/18/2020

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: Y20003301 on February 26, 2020 Under the Assumed Business Name of PNYX CONSULTANTS with the business located at: 340 E. NORTH WATER ST. 2302 CHICAGO, IL 60611. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: F. SCOTT WINSLOW 340 E NORTH WATER ST #2303 CHICAGO, IL 60611, SHANDO VALDEZ 3334 N OKETO AV CHICAGO, IL 60634.

Published in Wednesday Journal 3/4, 3/11, 3/18/2020

PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Village of Oak Park Community Development Citizens Advisory Committee will be holding an Introductory meeting, three meetings for applicant Presentations, a funding recommendations determination meeting and a Public Hearing on Program Year (PY) 2020 project proposals submitted to the Village for federal Community Development Block Grant Program funds. PY 2020 will run from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021. All meetings will be held at 7 p.m. in Room 101 of Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park unless noted otherwise, and are as follows: Introductory meeting, March 18, 2020 (Room 201); Presentations I, April 7, 2020; Presentations II, April 9, 2020; Presentations III, April 14, 2020 (Room 201); Meeting to determine funding recommendations, 6:30 p.m., April 22, 2020 (Room 201); and a Public Hearing to receive comments on proposed funding recommendations, April 28, 2020 (Room 201).

If another presentation meeting is needed, it will be held April 16, 2020. All meetings are open to the public; all meeting rooms are accessible. Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and non-English speaking persons, as needed.

Meeting specifics are subject to change; please visit Village Hall or call Mark Dwyer, Village Grants Supervisor at (708) 358-5416 to confirm details.

Published in Wednesday Journal 3/4/2020

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION NEW RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, LLC Plaintiff, -v.SARA DANKER, CORNERSTONE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, THE CORNERSTONE CONDOMINIUM, CITY OF OAK PARK Defendants 18 CH 08348 846 WESLEY AVE APT 2 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 July 11, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 27, 2020, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606,

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sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 846 WESLEY AVE APT 2, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-18-226-0361012 The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The judgment amount was $125,856.02.

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, HEAVNER,

BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL, 62523 (217) 4221719. Please refer to file number 402910.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR IL, 62523 217-422-1719 Fax #: 217-422-1754 E-Mail: CookPleadings@hsbattys. com Attorney File No. 402910 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 18 CH 08348 TJSC#: 40-983 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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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. 14-19-07968 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019 CH 10436 TJSC#: 39-7845 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 # 2019 CH 10436 I3146723

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.PATRICK K. KIRCHER, ISABELLA HART, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Defendants 2019 CH 10436 836 WISCONSIN 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 December 4, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 13, 2020, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 836 WISCONSIN AVE, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-18-128-0110000 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR ARGENT SECURITIES INC., ASSET BACKED PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-M2; Plaintiff, vs.

DARNELL M. FLETCHER; LISA D. FLETCHER; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; ILLINOIS HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY SERVICES; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF DARNELL M. FLETCHER, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF LISA D. FLETCHER, IF ANY UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 11812 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 Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-08-222-025-0000.

Commonly known as 212 46th Avenue, Bellwood, IL 60104.

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 Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455. WA17-0355 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3146363

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