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Lincoln School principal resigns, another non-tendered Robinson principal can come back as a teacher, if he chooses By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
On March 11 at a Committee of the Whole meeting, a closely divided Lyons-Brookfield School District 103 board voted 4 to 3 to accept a resignation agreement with Lincoln School principal Tara Kristoff and also voted 4 to 3 to not to renew the contract of veteran Robinson School principal Al Molina and to reclassify him as a teacher. An audience of more than 100 people, many of them teachers in the district along with about 20 parents and students there to support Molina, packed the cafeteria at George Washington Middle School. Longtime board member Joanne Schaeffer joined regular “no” votes Jorge Torres and Michael Bennett in voting against getting rid of the two principals, who both had difficult relationships with the teachers at their schools. Bennett added a comment after his vote. “No, and I think we have to approve an apology,” Bennett said as he voted against approving the resignation agreement with Kristoff. Bennett and Torres boycotted the roughly 30-minute See PRINCIPAL on page 10
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ON MY HONOR: Joanna Vera, 16, salutes along with other members of the all-girl Troop 90 GT of Scouts BSA during Troop 90’s meeting Feb. 27 at Brook Park School in LaGrange Park. The local Boy Scout troop is one of the first in the area to welcome girls into the fold.
Not just a boys club
Local Boy Scout troops include girls for first time in history By JACKIE GLOSNIAK Contributing Reporter
On Feb. 8, 1910, the Boy Scouts of America was launched to help young
men across the country develop leadership skills, promote patriotism and find an appreciation for the great outdoors. But last month, nearly one week shy of the organization’s 109th birthday,
the organization officially renamed its flagship program from Boy Scouting to Scouts BSA, reflecting the organization’s See SCOUTS on page 14
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Beach Avenue BBQ going whole hog at 8 Corners Popular farmers market vendor to open brick-and-mortar spot By BOB UPHUES
-- like our mole barbecue sauce.” That was the sauce that Beach Avenue BBQ used in their first-place entry at the Forest Park Rib Fest in 2018 in just their second attempt at that event. While they’ll continue to do local events like Forest Park – where Chin works as a police lieutenant – the focus on Beach Avenue BBQ will be on the restaurant and catering. But, if you’d have asked Silva and Chin four years ago whether they’d be opening a restaurant together, they’d likely have looked
ter’s high school graduation party. Then friends started asking him to cater their parties, where he’d hang back and gauge reactions to his food. Beach Avenue BBQ, whose smoked whole “I studied their facial reactions and everyhogs and brisket were huge hits last year at body was really amazed,” Silva said. “Right the Brookfield Farmers Market, will open a then and there I was like, ‘OK, I’m on to bricks-and-mortar location at Eight Corners something.’” in Brookfield later this year. Silva started the business and bought The two partners in the business, Juan himself a competition-style smoker. Around Silva and Chris Chin, have started building the same time, Chin was experimenting out the space at 3453 Grand Blvd. (formerly with barbecuing a whole hog over a pit he’d NutriWorld and Lagori’s) and hope to have dug in his backyard. their fast casual barbecue resThe two started chattaurant and catering business ting about their passion open to the public by somefor barbecue and the time later in the summer. relationship began to “[The farmers market] was morph into something the test bed,” said Chin. “Let’s more than just neighbors see what kind of response we sharing techniques. Chin get. Is this something people and Silva took a road trip want? And if it is something to Georgia where Chin people want, maybe that’s bought himself a smoker. where we branch out.” “It was nothing that we Silva and Chin spent 11 Satplanned,” Silva said. urdays at the Brookfield FarmThe two started smokers Market in 2018, and the reing whole hogs, catered sponse was overwhelming. a party for a neighbor According to Silva, they and decided to enter the smoked a 185-pound hog dur2017 Forest Park Rib Fest, ing their first visit and sold where they smoked a out in an hour and a half. The whole hog and 100 slabs next market they brought in of ribs, finishing sixth. 300 pounds and sold out in ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer “We want who’s ever three hours. Another week, SMOKIN’: Chris Chin (above) and Juan Silva will bring Beach Avenue BBQ tasting our ribs we want Silva introduced farmers maryou to be like, ‘Wow, what ket patrons to the company’s to Eight Corners later this year, opening up a bricks-and-mortar location is that? That’s completely smoked Wagyu beef brisket. at 3453 Grand Blvd. different from anything Four briskets sold out in 45 we’ve ever had. We like to minutes. make people think outside the box of what at you like you were nuts. “People were hooked,” Silva said. The two knew each other as neighbors – traditional barbecue is.” At the Eight Corners location, Beach AvThe Rev. Karl Sokol initially had envienue BBQ will offer a range of selections, they live across the street from each other including staples like pork from whole on Beach Avenue in LaGrange Park – but sioned a Mediterranean-style restaurant at smoked hogs, brisket, ribs, rib tips and hot other than exchanging pleasantries neither the Eight Corners location, which is owned links. Sides will include smoked beans, cole- knew about the other’s passion for food un- by his mother, Linda Sokol Francis. A member of the Brookfield Chamber of Comslaw, cornbread, mac ‘n’ cheese and season- til about 2016. It was that year Silva started Beach Av- merce’s farmers market committee, Sokol al vegetables. And while Silva says Beach Avenue BBQ’s enue BBQ after wrestling to perfect the art said the group had wanted to introduce a food stands on its own without sauce, they’ll of smoking meat after his wife bought him barbecue vendor for a while. “For a long time we were looking for good have their specialty sauces – like cherry chi- an offset smoker a year earlier as a wedding barbecue, and theirs was beyond good,” Sopotle and pineapple mango -- available on anniversary present. He promised his wife the best smoked kol said. the side. He also saw Beach Avenue BBQ as a better Both like to call their version of the genre chicken she ever tasted. It was a disaster. tenant for the Eight Corners space than his “It was the worst thing ever,” Silva said. “out-of-the-box” barbecue, untied to a speWanting to redeem himself, Silva began initial concept. cific regional variety. “We were able to hold off until we found “We don’t paint ourselves into that corner experimenting with various spice rubs, of Texas style, Kansas City, Carolina,” Chin watching barbecue shows on TV and began something that was truly great,” Sokol said. “This is a perfect spot for this. I think it will said. “By not being constrained by those working to master smoking pork shoulder. After winning her seal of approval, Silva bring people to the Eight Corners area. It’s kind of limits we open ourselves to using different spices, using different ingredients tried his skills out on guests at his daugh- a win-win for everybody.” Editor
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No serious injuries in crash involving stolen car A silver Honda that was involved in a crash at the intersection on Harlem Avenue and Cermak Road in North Riverside on March 9 at about 9:05 p.m. had been stolen in Chicago on March 3, police have reported. Nobody was seriously hurt in the crash, which touched off a manhunt northwest of the intersection through commercial and residential properties and the Jewish Waldheim Cemetery. Police were unable to locate either of the two people seen fleeing the scene on foot. The driver of the other vehicle involved in the crash told police he was westbound on Cermak Road and was traveling through the intersection on a green light when the Honda turned in front of him. He was able to drive his vehicle, a Volvo, out of traffic, but when he returned to the Honda, its occupants were gone. Two people were last seen fleeing toward Zeigler Ford, northwest of the intersection. Police set up a perimeter and searched the area with the assistance of neighboring agencies and North Riverside’s K-9 unit, but were unable to locate any suspects.
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Cops: DUI driver armed with pistol A 56-year-old North Riverside man charged with drunken driving had a loaded handgun in his pocket at the time he was pulled over by police on March 3 just before 5 p.m. A motorist waved down a Riverside patrol vehicle to tell the officer that a black Ford Taurus was driving all over the road while southbound on Harlem Avenue near 26th Street. Police located the vehicle on Harlem Avenue near Longcommon Road, where an officer reported seeing it crossing over into the opposite lane of traffic. After being pulled over by police, the driver initially denied drinking. Instead, he reportedly said his erratic driving was due to high blood pressure or because he was still suffering from the effects of the cold after participating in the Polar Plunge at North Avenue beach in Chicago earlier in the day. Police reported that the driver smelled of alcohol and appeared intoxicated. They also recovered a flask containing whiskey in one of his pockets, along with a vaping device with a small amount of cannabis. An open bottle of whiskey was also found inside the car. Finally, police said the driver had a loaded 9 mm handgun in his front pocket. While the man had a valid concealed carry card, police said it is unlawful to carry a loaded weapon if a person is intoxicated.
Drove over stop sign Riverside police cited a 19-year-old Berwyn man for several traffic offenses after he reportedly drove a black 2012 Hyundai onto the parkway and over a stop sign at the corner of Harlem Avenue and Lindberg Road while trying to avoid an oncoming vehicle on March 6 at about 8:30 a.m. The driver told police he was northbound on Harlem Avenue waiting to turn left onto westbound Lindberg Road. A southbound vehicle was making a left turn onto eastbound 30th Street and the Hyundai began turning left at about the same time. As he was turning, the driver of the Hyundai saw another southbound vehicle approaching rapidly, so he reportedly accelerated quickly, drove over the curb and struck the stop sign before entering Lindberg Road. Both driver’s side tires were flattened by the impact with the curb. The driver called a tow truck, but a police officer noticed the unoccupied, disabled vehicle parked in the 400 block of Kent Road. A trail of engine fluid led the officer to the downed stop sign at Harlem and Lindberg. A tow truck driver who arrived on the scene was able to identify the driver of the Hyundai for police. Police ticketed him for improper lane usage, damage to public property, failure to notify police of an accident and no proof of insurance.
Light bulb smasher The owner of the property in the 4500 block of Park Avenue, Brookfield, contacted police on the morning of March 5 to report that someone had removed two coach lights on the exterior of her garage and smashed the bulbs on the ground.
Out cold Brookfield police charged a 43-year-old Chicago man with driving under in influence of alcohol after finding him asleep inside of his vehicle, which was parked in the 3700 block of Prairie Avenue on March 9 at 1:30 a.m. According to police, the man admitted to consuming alcohol and appeared visibly intoxicated. These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, March 3-10, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.
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Riverside board sees compromise on term limits Majority appears to favor question allowing 3 consecutive terms
By BOB UPHUES
a new board is seated May 2. Trustees Joseph Ballerine, Scott Lumsden and Michael Sedivy will be leaving the board. All are in favor of term limits. In their final meeting before handing over the Lumsden expressed willingness to assent to the reins to three new trustees, members of the Riv- compromise question, while Sedivy and Trustee erside Village Board will vote on a resolution that Wendell Jisa held firm on their preference for would place a binding referendum two consecutive terms. question on the March 2020 presidenPresident Ben Sells and trustees tial primary ballot asking to limit Elizabeth Peters and Doug Pollock terms for trustees and the village have voiced opposition to term limpresident. its, making Ballerine something of a A majority of the village board swing voter on the issue. on March 7 stated a preference for In agreeing to the compromise questhe resolution containing a refertion, Ballerine said he was did so out endum question that would limit of respect for trustees who oppose both trustees and the village presiterm limits and who will remain on the dent to three consecutive four-year board after May 2. terms. In addition the term limits in “I’m sitting looking at you trustees the question would apply to sitting that have two-and-a-half years of more SCOTT LUMSDEN elected officials. Village trustee meetings and I think out of respect for That question, which represented Trustee Peters and Trustee Pollock, I a compromise between members of think it’s only right that we side with the board who are against term limits the board … that will have to defend and those who wanted to limit elected this tomorrow.” officials to two consecutive terms, could be reMeanwhile, Peters, Pollock and Sells said they vised during its consideration at the regularly would support a resolution containing a question scheduled board meeting on April 18. See TERM LIMITS on page 7 The meeting will be the final full session before Editor
“We need to look at why people are asking some of us to bring this up.”
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Brookfield imposed term limits in 1978 Since 2010, voters in more than a dozen northern Illinois municipalities have voted to impose term limits on their elected officials. Riverside’s village attorney, Michael Marrs, provided the village board with information on those municipalities, several in Cook County, including Harvey, Hazel Crest, Dolton, Calumet City, Tinley Park, Crestwood, Alsip, Oak Lawn, Franklin Park, Broadview, Country Club Hills and Des Plaines. But one of the first Cook County municipalities to adopt term limits may well have been Brookfield, which ushered in the practice of limiting its trustees and village president to two consecutive terms in 1978. When voters went to the polls that year, former village president Philip Hollinger was in federal prison after being convicted of extortion and
tax evasion related to kickbacks he received from a tree-trimming company. Hollinger, whose nickname was “L’il Napoleon,” was first elected president in 1961 and was in the midst of his fourth term as president in 1976 when he was convicted after a seven-day trial in U.S. District Court. A former Brookfield village manager, who testified against Hollinger at the trial, had previously pleaded guilty to tax fraud, according to a Chicago Tribune story from the time. In 1988, Brookfield voters got a chance to rescind that decision when a new referendum asked voters to eliminate term limits. However, residents voted to keep term limits intact. — Bob Uphues
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BIG WEEK March 13-20
Classical Concert in Riverside
Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church, 250 Woodside Road in Riverside, hosts an afternoon of classical music and more featuring the Windsome Quintet on Sunday, March 17 at 3 p.m. The quintet, which features clarinet, flute, bassoon, oboe and French horn, will play selections from Mozart, Saint-Saens, Brahms and Stravinsky as well as Broadway selections and others. A freewill offering will be collected.
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Artist talk at Riverside Arts Center
Join the folks at Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., as they host an artist talk with curator Robert Burnier and artist Gina Hunt in conjunction with the center’s current exhibition “Undiscoverable Country,” featuring the works of Kate McQuillen and Gina Hunt on Saturday, March 16 at 2 p.m. Free and open to the public. “Undiscoverable Country,” in the Freeark Gallery, runs through March 30. While you’re there, visit the exhibit “Nomads,” featuring the work of Lynn Basia in the outdoor sculpture gallery. “Nomads” runs through April 27. Gallery hours Tues.-Sat. from 1 to 5 p.m.
District 103 candidate forum
The League of Women Voters of the LaGrange Area will host a forum for candidates running for seats on the Lyons-Brookfield Elementary School District Board of Education on Wednesday, March 20, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at George Washington Middle School (Door 19), 8101 Ogden Ave. in Lyons. Candidates will make brief presentations on their backgrounds, qualifications and interest in running for office. That will be followed by questions from the audience. The event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Email league@lagrangearealwv.org for more info.
And more North Riverside Parks and Rec continues its monthly movie series with a screening of the Academy Award-winning film “The Shape of Water” on March 15 at 1 p.m. at the Village Commons, 2401 Desplaines Ave. Admission, popcorn and refreshments are free, but call 708-442-5515 to reserve a seat. Compassion Factory Art Gallery and Studio, 9210 Broadway Ave., continues its High School Art Exhibit, featuring work in a variety of media by local student artists through March 30. Free. Gallery hours are Thursdays from 4 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, hosts Understanding the Social Security Disability ■
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St. Paddy’s Day social for seniors
Brookfield Parks and Recreation invites local senior citizens to experience the mighty craic of their St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon on Friday, March 15 at 11 a.m. in the lower-level recreation hall at the Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave.
Come in for corned beef, cabbage, soda bread and other fixings as well as entertainment at this free event. Call 708-485-1527 to RSVP.
Process with attorney Andy Barone on March 14 at 7 p.m. in the Public Meeting Room and Nanoenhanced Hemp Oil; Gold Standard of Health and Wellness with registered nurse Brooke Schwarz on March 20 at 7 p.m. in the Public Meeting Room. Brookfield Public Library, 3609 Grand Blvd., invites older adults to identify fall hazards in their homes and redesign spaces to meet their needs at Fall Prevention on March 14 at 1 p.m. In addition, take in the film “Three Identical Strangers”about triplets separated at birth at the library’s movie matinee on March 16 at 1 p.m. For info call 708-485-6917, ext. 130 or visit www.brookfieldlibrary.info. North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., hosts a Senior Drop-in on March 15 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Meeting Room. Play cards and so■
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cialize every Friday. In addition, Age Options presents a Medicare Fraud Prevention Seminar on March 19 at 2 p.m. and Bingocize (bingo plus light exercise) on March 20 at 2 p.m. Adult Services has invited North Riverside Police Sgt. Gaede to share info about risky teen behavior at Teen Trouble? On March 14 at 7 p.m. and the library’s Writer’s Group will meet to share ideas, encouragement and snacks on March 16 from 1 to 3 p.m. Sign up for all senior and adult programs by calling 708-447-0869 or visiting www.northriversidelibrary. org/events. For kids, there’s Lapsit Storytime (through age 5) on March 14 at 10:30 a.m.; STEM-Tastic Fun (grades K-up) on March 14 at 3:45 p.m.; Bingo/
Teens are invited to a new meetup for youth of pride and pride allies on Sunday, March 17 at 3 p.m. at Brookfield Public Library, 3609 Grand Blvd. Chat everything LGBT, including books, art, music, movies, history and life in general. For more information, contact Youth Services at 708-485-6917, ext. 140 or visit www.brookfieldlibrary.info. Loteria (ages 3+) on March 15 at 4:30 p.m.; Tales and Treats (ages 2-5) on March 16 at 10:30 a.m.; Messy Mornings for Munchkins (ages 2-5) on March 19 at 10:30 a.m.; Bilingual Storytime (ages 2-5) on March 20 at 10:30 a.m.; Questions You’ve Always Wanted to Ask the Police (grades 6-12) on March 16 from 1 to 3 p.m.; Ozbot Mania (grades 5-12) on March 16 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.; and Drawing Robots (grades 5-12) on March 19 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The community is invited through March 22 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. Free. ■
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Early voting begins March 18 at Brookfield Village Hall Voter registration also available at suburban sites
Landmark 2019 election guide now online
By BOB UPHUES Editor
If you live in suburban Chicago and you’re chomping at the bit to cast your ballot for local municipal, library board and school board races up for election on April 2, you can cast an early ballot at any one of more than 50 locations in the two weeks prior to Election Day. Early voting sites in the Cook County suburbs – including one in the council chambers of the Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave. – will be open daily between March 18 and April 1. The village hall will be open to voters Monday through Friday March 18-22 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and March 25-29 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; on Saturday, March 23 and March 30 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; on Sunday, March 24 and March 31 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and on Monday, April 1 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. All early voting is conducted on touch screens, which store every ballot version in the county and allows suburban Cook County voters to cast early ballots at any suburban early voting location. Registered voters do not need to provide an excuse for voting early, nor do they have to provide an ID, though the clerk’s office notes a government-issued ID is helpful if there are questions about a voter’s registration, address or signature.
TERM LIMITS from page 5 that limited trustees and the president to three consecutive terms because they felt a two-term limit wasn’t in the best interest of the village. “If we’re going to put it on the ballot, I want it in a way that does the least amount of damage to the village,” Pollock said. “Because, as I’ve said before, I have yet to hear a good reason why we need term limits.” Board members, meanwhile, disagreed on the just how widespread the call for term
If you’d like to know more about candidates running in contested races for village trustee and school boards in Riverside, Brookfield, North Riverside, we’ve put together a one-stop shop on www.RBLandmark.com. The link will remain in the left rail on the Landmark’s homepage through Election Day, April 2. Our 2019 Election Headquarters includes links to articles we’ve written about specific races as well as answers sent in by candidates in response to questionnaires sent to them by the Landmark. If you don’t find a questionnaire response from a candidate, it means we didn’t receive one. We sent question-
naires to each candidate listed online. Among the races for which you’ll find candidate information are Brookfield Village Board, North Riverside Village Board, Brookfield-LaGrange Park Elementary School District 95, LaGrangeBrookfield Elementary School District 102, Lyons-Brookfield Elementary School District 103 and Riverside-Brookfield High School District 208. When we publish our endorsements for the April 2 election, we will post those on the HQ page as well. Those endorsements will run online beginning March 19 and in print on March 20. Rebuttals from candidates we don’t endorse will be published the following week.
In addition, people can register to vote at early voting sites, including Brookfield’s. Anyone registering to vote for the first time or filing a change of address must present two forms of identification, one of which shows the voter’s current address. For more information on which forms of ID are acceptable, visit the Cook County Clerk’s website at www.cookcountyclerk. com/service/when-voters-do-and-dontneed-identification-id. Since it may be more convenient for area voters to cast early ballots near their workplaces or for other reasons, a full list of suburban early voting sites can be found at www.cookcountyclerk.com/service/earlyvoting-locations. However, there are several locations near Brookfield that local voters may find just as convenient, including 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. Each election, more and more people are choosing to vote early. The Brookfield location saw a record number of people vote early prior to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, with 6,600 people casting ballots there prior to Election Day. While the gubernatorial election of 2018 saw some fall off, there were still 6,017 ballots cast at the Brookfield early voting location. And that location saw its busiest single day ever on Nov. 5, 2018 – the day before Election Day – with 759 ballots cast. The single biggest day for the 2016 election, also on the day prior to Election Day, was 702 ballots cast.
limits was among residents. Some, like Lumsden said he’d been approached by residents to broach the subject because they were concerned about Riverside government’s transparency. “We need to look at why people are asking some of us to bring this up,” Lumsden said. “And I think that has to do a lot with whatever perception or reality of us of confidence in transparency.” Both Jisa and Sedivy in the past have said they’d heard near universal support for a referendum on term limits, though there has been some pushback more recently, according to Jisa. Sells, however, said he’d been approached
by no one advocating for term limits. Nevertheless, Sells said he’d favor a referendum question allowing three consecutive terms “given the choices that we have.” With respect to frustration about the village board’s performance, Sells said, “If you’re frustrated with us up here, run for office.” There are three trustee seats up for election on April 2. There are three candidates in the race. If the term-limit resolution passes on April 18, the newly seated village board could opt to take no action – which would result in a referendum being placed on the March 2020 ballot – or that board could vote to overturn the resolution and kill the referendum effort.
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Downtown Riverside projects kicking off soon Commuter parking lot redo could start in the next week or so
By BOB UPHUES Editor
Despite the miserable cold of late, Riverside residents can expect the spring construction season to commence in the next week or so at the main commuter parking lot just west of the downtown train station. Put off last fall, work will soon start on the construction of a permeable paver parking lot, which is being funded in part by a grant from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Riverside’s portion of the cost will also be lower than expected after bids for the work came in significantly below the estimated $900,000 budget. MWRD awarded the job to Chicagoland Paving Contractors Inc., which submitted the low bid of $739,900. MWRD has promised $560,000 toward the work to replace the existing asphalt with permeable pavers that will help divert storm water runoff from the village’s sewer system. Officials estimate that the lot’s drainage system should be able to detain about 224,000 gallons of water, slowly releasing it into the ground instead of the water being directed to local sewers. Immediately east of the 37,000-square-foot
parking lot will be a roughly 6,600-square-foot rain garden planted with native species that will also help contain storm water runoff. The paving project includes the main portion of the commuter parking lot. Metered parking spaces that extend west behind Riverside Swim Club will remain paved with asphalt. Both the main lot and the extension, however, will be offline during construction, said Public Works Director Edward Bailey. The tentative completion date is May 17, but that could be affected by weather. During construction, the 75 commuter lot permit holders will be using the parking lot at the Riverside Swim Club, next door to the west. While the club is not charging the village for use of the lot, the village has agreed to restripe and number the parking spaces there, said Riverside Finance Director Karin Johns. As for the metered spaces in the commuter lot extension, Johns said the village will provide 42 temporary metered spots on Bloomingbank, Burling, and Riverside roads. “I am currently developing a map to outline this, which will be distributed via the website, e-flash and being placed on cars in the metered spots on the days leading up to construction,” Johns said in an email.
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Metra pedestrian access project coming Another major project in the train station area will also be getting started this spring and could overlap somewhat with the commuter parking lot project. Also a holdover from last year, the pedestrian safety improvements slated for Bloomingbank and Riverside roads near Metra’s south train station platform will begin “as soon as possible,” said Riverside Community Development Director Sonya Abt. The $669,000 project is being funded in part by a federal Surface Transportation Program grant of $468,355. The village’s share of about $200,000 will be paid using its motor fuel tax revenues. Since the federal grant funds are being administered through the Illinois Department of Transportation, that agency was in charge of the bid process. The company awarded the contract for the work to Coal City-based D Construction Inc. Abt did not have a firm start date for the project as of last week, saying she was waiting on IDOT to complete paperwork related to the job. “We want to get started as soon as pos-
sible, because we want to be substantially complete by the Fourth of July,” Abt said. Work will include extending the curb line along the west side of Riverside Road from the tracks farther south to shorten the crosswalk and prevent cars from stopping on the tracks to wait for pedestrians to clear the existing long crosswalk. Extending the curbing will also create a brick paver plaza area east of the train station, which will sport raised planting beds. The plaza will taper to the west into a raised sidewalk along the north side of Bloomingbank Road in front of the train station, separating vehicles from pedestrians near the train station entrance. The streetscape on the east side of Riverside Road from the tracks to East Quincy Street will be redone to match the streetscape north of the tracks on Longcommon Road. Pedestrian access to the train platform should be uninterrupted during construction, said Abt, but westbound vehicular traffic on Bloomingbank Road at some point is likely to be shifted to Burling Road for a time. “The idea is to keep [Bloomingbank Road] open as much as possible,” Abt said.
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Brookfield Library plan public hearing this month
Planning and Zoning Commission to review application on March 28 By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
Plans for a new public library building in Brookfield were submitted to the village for review last month and will be considered by the village’s Planning and Zoning Commission at the commission’s March 28 meeting. At a special meeting on Feb. 18 library trustees approved the final details of the plan for an approximately 21,000-square-foot, two-story building to be built at 3541 Park Ave., across Lincoln Avenue from the existing library. The application for a planned unit development permit was submitted to the village on Feb. 27. “We feel great about the application that we submitted, and we look forward to the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on the 28th,” said Brookfield Public Library Director Kimberly Coughran. The plan must ultimately be approved by the village board. If all goes well construction could start in the spring of next year, Coughran said. A $1 million gift for the library made last year by Brookfield investment advisor and
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COMING INTO FOCUS: Brookfield Public Library officials will appear before the village’s Planning and Zoning Commission later this month seeking approval for a proposed new library (above) at 3541 Park Ave. businesswoman Linda Sokol Francis in exchange for naming rights made a new library building, a long-sought goal by trustees and Coughran, possible after a bond referendum was defeated in 2016. The new library building will be called the Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Public Library in acknowledgement of the donation. The new building is expected to cost around $10.5 million. The library has just under $6 million set aside in a special reserve fund for the new building and has received $1,173,050 in gifts toward the new building. The Foundation for the Brookfield Public Library is now 86.57 percent of the way towards its goal of raising $1,355,000 for the new building. In addition, the library expects to borrow a little over $3 million from the First National Bank of the Brookfield. “We are exceptionally grateful for our supporters,” Coughran said. Hitzeman Funeral Home, a family business in operation for 115 years – and on 31st Street in Brookfield since 1963 -- recently pledged to donate $50,000 to the library’s capital campaign administered by the foundation. The funeral home is now owned by Charles
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“Chuck” Hitzeman and his wife, Danielle. The gift will be made over a period of years. The foundation is offering naming rights in exchange for large contributions. The donation from Hitzeman Funeral Home will result in the new library’s lobby being named in honor of the Hitzeman family. Chuck Hitzeman has fond memories of going to the Brookfield Public Library as an adolescent with former funeral home employee Cliff Eckart, a retired postal worker, who taught young Chuck about investing in the stock market. “He’d bring me to the library and show me all the different periodicals and publications where you could get all the stock data and all the current information about the companies and how to research them,” Hitzeman said. Hitzeman said that having a strong library is vital to Brookfield. “It’s giving back to the community,” Hitzeman said of his gift. “Every viable and strong community has a strong library.” Steve and Susan Berthel, who owned Berthel Lewis Electric until shutting down the business in 2016, recently donated $20,000 to the library’s capital campaign. A six-person meeting room and the Children’s Activity Area will be named after the Berthels in appreciation of their gift. Sue Berthel said she has used the library a lot in the 31 years that she and Steve have lived in Brookfield. “We’re doing this because we think that Brookfield needs the library expansion,” Sue Berthel said. “Brookfield uses the library a lot and we need a lot more room. And I support Kim, who’s worked very hard.” Earlier the Brookfield Chamber of Commerce and First National Bank of Brookfield teamed up for a $50,000 gift in exchange for the naming rights of the 110-person meeting room in the new library. Additional naming opportunities are still available. In exchange for a $25,000 your or your business’ name can be memorialized on the wall of the children’s classroom, the
makerspace, the outdoor plaza or the quiet reading room in the new library. For $10,000 you can name the café area, the library director’s office, or the teen space. Gifts of $5,000 will get you the right to name a four-person or two-person meeting room, staff work offices, audiovisual support for the children’s area, or collaborative technology for study rooms. A $2,500 gift will get you a plaque on an outside bench, naming rights to service kiosks or the public access computers and laptops. All naming decisions must be approved by the library board. Donations can be made to the Foundation for the Brookfield Public Library and are tax deductible. Library and foundation officials have begun hosting micro events, such as an Oscars party at the home of the foundation’s president, Jo Ann Day, last month, to reach out to potential donors. The library has been courting large donors for the past year. Later the library will offer a program where small donors can purchase brick pavers outside the new library. At its Feb. 27 meeting, the library board extended its contract with its fundraising consultant for four more months but reduced the monthly fee it is paying to HUB Philanthropic Solutions to $4,000 a month from the previous $6,500 a month as the major gift solicitation component of the capital campaign begins to wind down. At the same meeting library trustees voted unanimously to give Coughran a 4-percent pay raise, increasing her annual salary to $105,900. “She has an excellent relationship with her staff and very progressive programs,” said library board president Linda Kampschroeder. “We’re on the cutting edge of technology.” Coughran has played a key role in the fundraising campaign and in developing plans for the new library. “She’s done so much above and beyond your usual library director,” Kampschroeder said.
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AG sides with Brookfield trustee candidate seeking documents Brookfield improperly shielded list of manager’s goals, Public Access Bureau rules By BOB UPHUES Editor
The Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Bureau has sided with a Brookfield trustee candidate whose Freedom of Information request seeking information about the village manager’s employment goals was denied by village hall as being exempt from disclosure. Laura S. Harter, the deputy bureau chief of the attorney general’s Public Access Bureau, on March 5 requested that the village disclose that information to Mark Rogers, one of three candidates on the Brookfield Community Party slate, which is challenging the PEP Party’s slate in the April 2 election. In January, Rogers had submitted a Freedom of Information request seeking “proposed employment goals and objectives of the village manager that would form the basis of his employment performance evaluation.” At the village board’s March 11 meeting, President Kit Ketchmark disclosed the information in a prepared statement that also defended the village’s initial decision. “We did not feel it was in the best interest of the village to immediately politicize the
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Molina: Union chief aimed to ‘destroy’ him from page 1 closed session held before the vote. Schaeffer declined to comment about her votes immediately after the meeting, saying that she had to attend to a medical emergency in her family. Voting to terminate the two principals were board members Sharon Anderson, Shannon Johnson, Tom Weiner and board President Marge Hubacek. Kristoff has been on paid administrative leave since Feb. 14 after being accused of insubordination. She is the third Lincoln School principal to resign in three years. Kristoff ’s resignation is effective immediately. Co-interim Superintendent Patrick Patt declined to reveal any details about the resignation agreement, saying that the Land-
hiring of our new village manager, to politicize what we wanted our manager to achieve in the short term and to politicize his subsequent evaluation,” Ketchmark said. Rogers’ FOIA request referred to a section in the employment contract of Village Manager Tim Wiberg that states within 30 days of the execution of the contract, the village board will set specific goals for him. If those goals are reached during the first nine months of Wiberg’s tenure as village manager, he will receive a raise in his base pay of $10,000. The village board hired Wiberg as village manager in September 2018 at a base salary of $165,000. If Wiberg attains goals set for him by the village board by July 1, his salary will increase. The village denied Rogers’ request for the stated goals and objectives, claiming they were exempt from examination according to the Personnel Records Review Act. Rogers appealed that decision to the Public Access Bureau in February. “The $10,000 bump is forever,” Rogers told the Landmark. “So although it looks like ‘achieve the goals and receive $10,000’ it’s a permanent addition to the base salary. … So
the goals could cost significantly more than $10,000. If there’s nothing to hide, then they should provide the document.” In her recommendation that the village turn over the records to Rogers, Harter stated that the village’s determination that the goals and objectives were protected was faulty. “This office … determines that the village manager’s list of goals, by itself, is not a performance evaluation,” Harter wrote. “This record primarily reflects a set of tasks to be completed without regard to how they are completed. … It does not evaluate him in any manner.” Harter’s recommendation that the village disclose the village manager’s set of goals and objectives, however, was not binding and the village could have delayed its response or forced Rogers to sue them for it. Instead, the village chose to make the information public, with Ketchmark reading the eight goals and objectives set for Wiberg last October. Wiberg handed a document listing those goals to the Landmark at the meeting. The goals are: ■ Review and provide recommendations to the village board concerning staffing levels
and general organizational structure. ■ Complete a manpower benchmarking study to compare Brookfield’s organization structure to other similar municipalities. ■ Revamp the village board meeting packet process to create more user-friendly and informative packets for the village board and the public’s use. ■ Oversee the creation and subsequent adoption of the Fiscal Year 2019 budget, focusing on incorporating more strategic planning elements. The goal is to provide the public with a better understanding of the village’s fiscal condition and fiscal issues. ■ Provide recommendations to the village board on how to incorporate audio/visual capabilities in the council chambers. ■ Hire a new public works director and orientate the successful candidate into village operations. ■ Subject to board approval, oversee the village’s administration of new development projects including the bowling alley site and Congress Station. ■ Develop an implementation plan for the recently approved comprehensive plan. Rogers called the list “giving [the manager] an extra $10,000 for doing his job.”
be more than 50 teachers stood in mark would have to file a Freesupport of his statement. dom of Information Act request Molina also addressed the to get the details. The vote to not renew Molina’s school board during the public contract was preceded by an excomment portion of the meettended period of public comment ing. Without mentioning her by that mostly concerned Molina. name, Molina clearly accused On Feb. 25 teachers’ union Jackman of orchestrating the efpresident Toni Jackman told fort to oust him. the board that there had been an “She came here to assassinate overwhelming vote of no confimy character, to destroy my charTARA KRISTOFF dence in Molina by the staff at acter, destroy my career and hurt Robinson School which is located my family,” Molina said. in Lyons. Molina and Jackman were once colleagues Monday night Geoff Needleman, a speech as teachers at George Washington Middle pathologist at Robinson, addressed the School. board during the public comment period. He He further accused Jackman of sending an thanked Patt, who had the primary respon- email full of charges against him to all Dissibility for supervising Molina this year, for trict 103 teachers on their private email aclistening to the concerns of teachers. counts and submitting a detailed memo full “This year you have helped alleviate our of charges against him to the school board. fears as a staff, fears that we have had for Jackman declined to comment when asked many, many years,” Needleman said. “For about the email that she allegedly sent to the first time we feel that our teachers are re- teachers about Molina. spected, our voices are heard, and most im“There’s no proof,” Molina said. “No one portantly we feel that our students are safe.” has never come forward and written me up When Needleman spoke, what appeared to for this or that or written me up for these
allegations.” Four current or former Robinson School parents spoke in favor of Molina during the public comment portion of the meeting while about 20 parents and students stood in support of Molina. One former Robinson parent who spoke was critical of Molina. Molina taught in the district for six years before becoming the principal at Robinson 14 years ago. As a result, Molina has tenure and has the right to return to the district next year as a teacher if he so chooses, although he will likely seek a principal’s job elsewhere. “We’ll find a place for him,” Hubacek said. “He’ll have to decide what’s best for him and his family.” Johnson said that her vote to not renew Molina’s contract as principal was based on his treatment of his staff at Robinson. “There was never any concern about student safety,” Johnson said. “It had to do with the treatment of students and staff.” Jackman said that she was happy with the board’s actions. “Teachers were listened to,” Jackman said. “It’s a nice thing to happen.”
C O R R E C T I O N S ■ In the story “Little ground given on commercial uses at 8 Corners” (News, March 6), there’s reference to someone whose last name is Durkin but otherwise unidentified.
That person is Adam Durkin, the village’s attorney who was present at the February meeting of the Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission.
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e’re not sure what was so top secret about the Brookfield Village Board’s list of goals and objectives for their newly hired village manager that the board went to the trouble and expense of trying to keep them under wraps before releasing the information on March 11. Looking at the eight goals listed in a “confidential” memo from Village Manager Tim Wiberg to the village board dated last October, all we can think of is that residents might have been surprised to learn that achieving that list would result in a permanent $10,000 addition to the manager’s salary. Don’t get us wrong, the list is a perfectly reasonable enumeration of what a village manager ought to be doing. These are objectives the village manager should indeed be pursuing, and we have no doubt Wiberg will hit those benchmarks. He’s hit many already, which is great. Whether they merit a permanent 6 percent salary boost could be argued, but that was the deal negotiated by the village board last September. That the village board didn’t trumpet the list of goals last October when they were agreed to probably isn’t a huge surprise. It’s the kind of pro forma thing that often gets short public shrift. When clauses like that are written into contracts, our expectation is that they are sort of selffulfilling prophecies. The head-scratcher remains why keep that info from the public after the info had been FOIA’d? Village President Kit Ketchmark on March 11 said the board didn’t want to politicize the hiring of the manager, his goals or his eventual evaluation on those goals. But that’s sort of naïve considering that the whole endeavor is a political one and that the hire and goal setting was being done just as candidates were lining up to run for office this spring. In any case, the political fallout – if indeed there’s any to see at all – would have been far less of a bother back in October than it’s likely to be now, less than a month before the election. Somehow, the village still argues it was in the right to deny the record citing some sort of privacy laws related to personnel evaluation, but we find it hard to argue against the ruling of the Illinois Attorney General’s public access counselor that a mere list of goals and objectives sheds any light on an evaluation that won’t take place for another four months. Of course, now that the goals and objectives are out there, the public will be able to judge for itself whether those goals have been accomplished and the village ought to make sure that it can clearly document achievement of those goals. That’s not invading the privacy of the manager. It’s holding him and the village board to account, as they should be, for the manager’s performance on behalf of taxpayers. This isn’t a bad thing. It’s a good thing. Good on the person who submitted the FOIA request, Mark Rogers, currently a candidate for the village board, for being persistent.
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Students and faculty of RBTV direct cameras trained on the talent at the annual RBEF Telethon from the control room at Riverside-Brookfield High School on March 9. The telethon supports the mission of the RBEF, which provides grants to students and teachers seeking specialized extracurricular education opportunities. For more photos, visit online at www.RBLandmark.com.
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Riverside filmmaker’s latest awaits national release
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didn’t make it to walk the red carpet at the Oscars, but I did make it by Uber to the Landmark Theater for the screening of the documentary “Hesburgh” directed by Patrick Creadon and produced by his wife, Christine O’Malley, and friend, Jerry Barca. Creadon, born and raised in Riverside, is an award winning director and cinematographer, whose works include “Word Play” and “Catholics and Converts.” His latest work, “Hesburgh,” tells the story of the renowned Father Theodore Hesburgh of the University of Notre Dame. The film tells the story of Hesburgh’s place in history, not only as an educator at the famed university but as a man whose efforts helped the civil rights movement and who was as an adviser to presidents. It is also the story of the Hesburgh’s personal life and his many public contributions. Attending the screening as the guest of Creadon’s aunts, Kathleen Sullivan and Mary Ellen O’Donnell, I immediately knew I was among a family who knew far more about Notre Dame than I ever will, so I was there to learn. The film kept me mesmerized as I found out that here
was a man who gave his life not only to his faith, but to all mankind. His love of family remained a strong influence in his life. Aside from the story, I was impressed by Creadon’s editing. I can only imagine there must have been miles of film that wound up on the cutting room floor before getting to the finished project. It is obvious that “Hesburgh” as well as Creadon’s other film are labors of love, which one can tell from the subjects he chooses. “Hesburgh” has already garnered awards at the Heartland International Film Festival in Indiana. Creadon originally felt the film would have a limited distribution, but as they rethought their distribution efforts with the help of marketing and distribution companies, the film is scheduled to be in theaters with a national release on April 26. Plans are for it to be shown around the world and translated into five languages. I give the film 5 stars for its technical aspects and concise storytelling. It’s a good see for all ages and not just Notre Dame fans. I’ll let you know where it will be shown locally when I find out. In the meantime have a big bag of popcorn ready as you will enjoy the show.
JOANNE KOSEY
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RBHS volunteers pack kits for homeless vets Riverside-Brookfield High School sponsored a service day on Friday, Feb. 15 wherein student and staff volunteers packed essential daily need items for our homeless veterans in the area. Our student volunteers came in on their day off and packed 771 full kits. We’d like to thank the volunteers from the PTO, boys lacrosse team, girls lacrosse team, and girls soccer team. They worked very hard and packed all of the 771 essential needed kits with 15-25 items in less than 2 hours. What a great team effort! Students in the Helping Paws Club and members of the girls soccer team set up for the event on Feb. 14 after school, and on Friday, 30 more students woke up early on their day off to
help fill the kits. The event included Tom Day in his full military uniform playing “Taps” and speaking to RBHS students about the history of taps. Guardian Corps of America President Anthony E. La Piana also spoke about the purpose of the organization and the kits assembled. This is part of a larger operation that Guardian Corps of America is engaging in called “Operation EDDA”. For more information please visit www.usaguardian.org to learn more. We are sending a huge thanks to all who made this event possible: ■ Kristin Smetana, principal ■ Tammy Mollo, principal’s office ■ Ivek Halic, soccer coach
■ Sam Styler, lacrosse coach ■ Ian Robbins, Helping Paws Sponsor ■ Tom Day, bugler ■ Anthony E. La Piana, president of Guardian Corps of America ■ RBHS PTO ■ Ms. Julie Laube, RBHS PTO president and event chairman
A big thank you to A-Available Movers and Riverside Foods for donating boxes and Minuteman Press for the donation on the flyers for the event. RBHS District 208 should be proud of this community service project helping so many in need. The RBHS PTO is planning to continue hosting these events in the future.
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cars. Maple Avenue is loaded with cars on Sundays between Eight Corners and the Burlington Railroad. The lots around Eight Corners are also fairly small parcels. You need a real comprehensive plan to assemble these smaller parcels into larger parcels, which will most likely require the acquisition of adjacent residential homes. Who will want to give up their homes? The types of uses that could only survive are your neighborhood uses that serve the immediate area. How about a neighborhood bakery at Eight Corners? I would love to be able to walk to neighborhood businesses. The one way that the village may also be able to implement something that would work for this unique area is an overlay district. With an overlay district, the zoning of the properties would remain the same, but would allow for increased flexibility in zoning since it would tailor needed requirements
to areas within the community which share certain characteristics. It could also prohibit certain uses from locating there, like payday loan establishments, pawn shops and video gaming parlors. Eight Corners needs to be branded with its own unique identity and not look like every other suburban commercial district. Brookfield has a revitalized Grand Boulevard that is really becoming a destination for outside visitors with ample parking up and down the street. Ogden Avenue will eventually get there as well, once the many small parcels are assembled and outdated commercial buildings are leveled for new development. Leave Eight Corners for the residents of Brookfield. The village has a lot of flexibility to work with and if they put the right plans forward, I think the entire community will stand behind them.
Steven Sabourin
Brookfield
Two visions for Eight Corners Five years from now I can imagine our Eight Corners two different ways. One vision is a smattering of individual, independent, mixture of small businesses and services amongst underutilized or closed store fronts with the village still wrestling with what to allow to come into the area. Another vision is a unified, modern, architecturally impressive, developed two additional corners at Eight Corners
with small businesses and service providers vying for the other few properties still available. Let’s get behind a proposal that reflects compromise and keeps us from postponing development. I don’t know what kind of tax base money the proposed multipurpose project will bring. I am sure there are fantasies of development for a strong tax base income kind of development. But that has not surfaced or shown
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y name is Deanna Zalas and I am asking for your support of my candidacy for District 208 school board. District 208 and RBHS have a strong tradition of excellence and I am looking forward to contributing to both their continued success and continuous improvement. As a member of the District 208 board, I would support a strategic planning effort to address operational and capital priorities and allow for an informed discussion between students, parents, residents, educators and other stakeholders. Residents of Brookfield and Riverside should be proud of the school in our community, and actively engaged in making decisions around its future success. With a 20-plus year career in the public sector, I understand the need to balance competing priorities using limited resources. I graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1994 and have a master’s degree from University of Illinois-Springfield. I have worked in a number of compliance, operations and human resource positions and am currently employed as the director of risk management for Cook County government. In this position I manage employee benefits, workers compensation and insurance matters, prepare budgets including the self-insurance budget for all of Cook County, and assist with labor negotiations and the implementation of various strategic initiatives. My background and experience in effectively managing public resources and promoting sound public policy will allow me to quickly become an asset to the District 208 board. My husband, Michael Marrs, and I have lived in Riverside for the last 13 years. Before that we lived in Chicago and Berwyn but chose to make District 208 our home. I have served on the Riverside Little League Board, the Riverside Economic Development Commission and have volunteered regularly across classrooms and in our community. Our three sons are attending or will attend RBHS, and I firmly believe that varied opportunities to engage in service to these communities as well as participate in music, arts and athletics are as important as the academic skills they need to succeed in this rapidly changing world. With your support, I look forward to being part of a board that prioritizes the hiring of strong educators, dedicated administrators and qualified support staff in support of the shared goal of allowing all students to fulfill their potential. Deanna Zalas is a candidate for the Riverside-Brookfield High School District 208 Board of Education.
DEANNA ZALAS
Right call on Eight Corners uses Kudos to the Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission for their recommendation on commercial uses at Eight Corners. While it seems that welcoming large amounts of people to Eight Corners is a good idea for both the community and its tax base, you have to look at what it would do to the vehicular traffic circulation around Eight Corners. People neglect to stop their cars at the stop signs at Eight Corners and with people being in such a rush, you’re waiting for an accident to happen. I believe the key criteria that needs to be considered in the Eight Corners area is minimum lot size for certain uses. An example of a use given in the article was a movie theater. Given the way most movie theaters are developed, bigger is better. The only type of movie theater that would be able to operate is a one-room theater that holds no more than 20 people. Where would all of the cars park? The streets would be overloaded with
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movement towards reality. Having something that looks good and serves a wide range of our residents of all ages, will show that the village is on the move. I would think that would attract more valuable development than waiting for the perfect project to come along. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Sandra Baumgardner
Brookfield
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OBITUARIES
Advocating for all stakeholders in District 208
Eleanor Brousil, 89
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y name is Bill Durkin and I am a candidate for RBHS 208 board. First, it is important to note that there are six qualified candidates running to be elected to the four open seats on April 2. I commend them all for their willingness to serve. My wife, Erin Flanagan Durkin, and I have lived in Riverside for nearly 20 years. We are proud parents of Jack, Molly and Joey. Molly is a junior at RBHS and I have three nieces there as well. I need to mention, as well, I am proud of my wife in so many ways – one of which is her occupation as a school teacher. I deeply respect the role and influence that teachers serve in the development of our children. Public service and improving the communities we live and work in has been in my family for generations. My grandfather, Patrick Durkin, emigrated from Ireland at the age of 15 and eventually served in the Navy during World War I. He and his wife, Mary, stressed education to their three children despite neither having more than a fourth-grade education themselves. My parents, Tom and Colette, raised our family of eight boys in Westchester. My father served in the Army during the Korean War. He and my mother worked tirelessly to make sure that all eight of their boys had college degrees. In 2018, my parents were honored by the village of Westchester for their lifetime service to the community and beyond. In addition, several of my brothers have, or are currently, serving in prosecutorial, judicial and legislative roles. To our family, it’s an honor and privilege to serve the many communities we live in. For almost 30 years, I have been in the insurance industry. I currently serve on my firm’s executive and budget committees and am one of three partners charged with overseeing operations for our 190 person privately owned firm. Every day in my role as an executive I negotiate, compromise, listen to needs and seek solutions. I am part of a group that works on creating a balanced budget and to live within our firms means. My role with my clients is to provide the best possible protection and broad-based offerings at a sustainable affordable cost. Advocacy for the good of my clients’ best interests is something I have always worked hard for. When elected to the RBHS 208 board my role will be as an advocate for the students, families, taxpayers, teachers and staff in providing the best educational experience at a sustainable financial level. As your elected member of the RBHS 208 board, I will be an approachable and objective listener to all stakeholders. On April 2, I sincerely ask for your support and vote. Bill Durkin is a candidate for the Riverside-Brookfield High School District 208 Board of Education.
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Brookfield homemaker Eleanor F. Brousil (nee Pospichal), 89, of Brookfield, died on March 10, 2019. Born on July 5, 1929, she was a homemaker and a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters Court No. 443. Ms. Brousil was the wife of the late Joseph F. Brousil; the mother of Robert Brousil, Carol (Larry) Anders, Michael (Jeanette) Brousil, Edward Brousil, Nancy Bechtold and Ellen (John) Reichler; the grandmother of Jeff, Tim, Joel, Charles (fiancé Deanna), Staci (fiancé Logan) and Jack; the great-grandmother of Gannon; step-grandmother of four; the sister of Robert (the late Clara) Pospichal, the late Evelyn (the late Richard) Jirsa, and the late Daniel (the late Louise) Pospichal; and the aunt of many nieces and nephews. Visitation was on Tuesday, March 12 from 3 to 8 ELEANOR BROUSIL p.m. and on Wednesday, March 13 from 9 to 9:30 a.m. at Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St. in Brookfield. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on March 13 at St. Barbara Church, 4008 Prairie Ave. in Brookfield, followed by interment at Resurrection Cemetery in Justice.
Eileen Zubaty, 92 Homemaker Eileen E. Zubaty (nee Patek), 92, of Naples, Florida, and formerly of LaGrange Park, died on March 8, 2019. Born on September 29, 1926, she was a homemaker. Ms. Zubaty was the wife of the late William P. Zubaty; the mother of Lizabeth (Henry) Whitbeck, Lois Johnson, Laura (Craig) Miller, Lynne (James) Woulfe and Leslie (Bradley) Lien; the grandmother of Brigitte (Derek) LaSalle, Henry (Karen) Whitbeck, David Whitbeck, Alayna Lien, Michael Lien, Elise Woulfe, Emily Lien, Devon Whitbeck, Abygail Miller, Katya Miller, James Woulfe, Alex Lien and the late Jillian Johnson; the great-grandmother of Mazie LaSalle and Esme LaSalle; the daughter of the late Stanley F. Patek and Elizabeth A. Patek (nee McCullough); the sister of the late Francis Roger Patek, Stanley (Stacey) Patek, James (Elinor) Patek, Margaret Genevieve (Raymond) White, Rosemarie “Pat” (William) Purl and Joseph “Buddy” (Gertrude) Patek; and the aunt of many nieces and nephews. Visitation is on Thursday, March 14 from 5 to 9 p.m. and on Friday, March 15 from 9 to 9:30 a.m. at Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St. in Brookfield. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on March 15 at St. Louise de Marillac Church in LaGrange Park. Interment will be at St. James at Sag Bridge Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family appreciates memorials to Avow Frances Georgeson Hospice House, 1095 Whippoorwill Lane Naples, Florida, 34105.
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Single-sex troops from page 1 new policy of allowing girls to join its flagship program for the first time. The historic change for the organization began in late 2017, when Boy Scouts of America announced it was allowing girls to join its Cub Scouts program (for children in grades K-5) before totally enacting membership for girls in Scouts BSA (for children 11-17). However, it is up to the discretion of individually chartered troops to decide whether they would like to open their troops up to girl membership. For an organization which saw membership drop by nearly a third since 2000, the change has been perceived as an effort to both bring in new children and families into the program as well as promote the organization as a viable 21st century outlet for strong youth development for both boys and girls. Now, as visitors head to the homepage of Scouts BSA’s website, the new initiative is front and center — showcasing a new slogan, “Scout me in,” along with photos and videos of both boys and girls participating in scouting including rock climbing, canoeing and camping. ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer To begin including girls into already WELCOME ABOARD: McKenzie Monahan (from left), Joanna Vera and Laura Geisert pass a candle to one another during their induction well-established and organized scouting ceremony into Troop 90 on Feb. 27 at Brook Park School in LaGrange Park. programs, two Boy Scouts of Americachartered troops in Brookfield/LaGrange Park and Riverside are among the hundreds Though girls are now considered mem“I don’t want to say that Girl Scouts is bad two sons are members of the troop, said the across the country welcoming girls to their bers of Scouts BSA, the organization has at all — I did the Girl Scout program for a discussion for including girls came up afranks. designated that girls and boys, though mem- little while growing up as well,” she said. “I ter hearing feedback from families of boys Brookfield/LaGrange Park’s Troop 90, bers of the same home base, will remain just know my daughter and what she is truly, whose sisters were interested in working which was formed in 1954 and run out of divided into single-sex troops. For Troop 90, really interested in is figuring out how to be a with the troop. Brook Park Elementary School, recently this means that there is now Troop 90 boys leader, and cooking her own meals and going Though Flaherty does not have a daughwelcomed six girls to its program. and Troop 90 GT, or girls troop. on campouts, and she wants to get her whit- ter, he says Troop 24 sees value in bringing Brookfield mom Jessie “We will hold meetings on tling kit so she can have her knife on her all girls on board. Tamburello, whose son the same day, and some days the time — just those things that make it a “I think the Boy Scout program offers a participated with Troop 90, will do programs together little bit different than Girl Scout troops.” lot of opportunities to explore leadership, said her 11-year-old daughand camping together, but Ella agrees with her mom, saying the explore the outdoors, to go through the girls will always be in their Boy Scouts model seemed more interactive rank advancements and learn about differter, Ella, is among the girls own patrol,” Tamburello overall. in the inaugural female ent skills in life, and the individual scouts said. Troop 90 program. She says “You go camping, like, a lot, and you get to themselves and have exposure to a lot of Tamburello said what she work on cool merits,” the fifth-grader said. different opportunities through the merit there was never a huge Girl and her daughter like about “I’m really excited to work with my brother badge programs [and] through trips,” he Scout troop for girls her the Boy Scouts model is because he’s in the same troop that’s with said. “It’s just a fantastic opportunity that daughter’s class out of Linthat unlike the Girl Scouts, me, and most of my friends are joining, too.” we’re just opening the door and hopefully, coln Elementary School in which designates different Though a new initiative, Tamburello says there’s interest there.” southeast Brookfield and, troops for girls in roughly reception from the community has been ultimately, her daughter On March 14, at Riverside Presbyterian JESSIE TAMBURELLO two-year age periods (ages positive. and other area girls were Church, 116 Barrypoint Road, Troop 24 will Brookfield mom 7-9, 9-11), the Boy Scouts al“I think people have been a little appre- host an informational session for area girls looking for an opportunity lows scouts to consistently hensive first because it’s a new program — and their parents to gauge interest in the to go camping, hike and collaborate between chil- nobody knows how this is going to go, but formation of a girls troop. participate in other outdren of various ages. we’re just trying to figure out the best way door activities like the boys “There’s nothing to say that a girl can’t be “It’s a mixture of age to integrate the boys and the girls and we’re involved in both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, in their families. “The whole reason why Boy Scouts want- groups and you’re allowing your kid to have just going to take their lead of what works it’s just a different opportunity,” Flaherty ed to offer this to girls was for families like the leadership of being a mentor or having a and what everybody is comfortable with,” said. “[Boy Scouts provides] more opportuus, where we have both a son and a daugh- mentor,” she said. “I really like that and I’ve she said. “So far, everybody is just really ex- nities for outdoor exploration and the stepcited and happy.” ter interested in doing the Boy Scout pro- seen a growth from that.” merit badge program.” Tamburello says while six girls were cerNext door in Riverside, Troop 24 — which gram and to make it ultimately easier on For information about Brookfield/Lafamilies,” Tamburello said. “That’s why tainly enough to create a new Girl Scout was formed in 1917 and chartered by its Grange Park’s Troop 90, visit their website, we went back to Troop 90 and the commit- troop, ultimately, the girls and their families current home base, Riverside Presbyterian troop90bsa.org. For more information about tee and talked to them trying to figure out wished to establish a troop within the Boy Church, in 1939 — is actively exploring the Riverside Troop 24, visit troop24riverside. exactly what was needed [to include girls in Scouts model because of how they’ve seen it possibility of forming a girls troop. com or contact leader Carrie Staubus at Troop 24 volunteer John Flaherty, whose committeechair@troop24riverside.com. run in the community. the troop].”
“We’re just trying to figure out the best way to integrate the boys and the girls and we’re just going to take their lead.”
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Girls hoops stars align on court Stritzel chosen as Player of the Year; RBHS nets 3 All-Stars By MELVIN TATE
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or all of Annie Stritzel’s individual accomplishments, the best attributes regarding the Nazareth Academy senior star are she’s a winner and she makes teammates better. Stritzel, a Harvard recruit, capped off her remarkable high school career by leading Nazareth to a thirdplace finish in the Class 3A state playoffs this year. The team finished second in 2018. Over the past two seasons, the Stritzel-led Roadrunners won 63 of 70 games while quickly establishing the program as a state power. In her last game, Stritzel scored a game-high 30 points and pulled down a team-best eight rebounds to power Nazareth past Sacred Heart-Griffin 61-54 in the third-place game of the state tournament. “Annie is going to go down as one of the all-time winners,” said Nazareth coach Ed Stritzel, also Annie’s dad. “She’s been downstate three times now in her career. She just wins games and I wouldn’t trade her for anybody. I think we’ve got the best all-around player in Illinois on our team.” Teammate Jovanna Martinucci added: “Playing with Annie is really great. Once you get her the ball, she opens up so much for everyone else and it’s really exciting.” File photos
(Above) RBHS forward Brenna Loftus is a dynamic player who can score in multiple ways. (Left) Nazareth Academy senior Annie Stritzel led the Roadrunners to a 63-7 record over the past two seasons. Strtizel, the Landmark Player of the Year in girls basketball headlines the first team. Martinucci, a heady senior point guard known for her leadership, joins Stritzel as a first-teamer, along with standout players Brenna Loftus (Riverside-Brookfield), Lily Courier (Lyons Township) and Kaylen Evans (Nazareth). Loftus, a high-scoring sophomore forward, led the Bulldogs to 20 wins and a Metro Suburban Conference championship. She also earned MVP honors in conference. The selfless Loftus prefers to talk about her team. “I’m so proud of all the girls for being able to pull out a conference title,” Loftus said. “The thing I’ll remember most about this season is how much fun we had together as a team. “I’m extremely excited about what’s in store for us next season,” she added. “I think we have a lot of potential to keep playing well. We have some promising years ahead of us.” Courier is the Lions’ best all-around player, while Evans bolstered the Nazareth lineup this season after transferring from Marian Central Catholic. RBHS players Sarah JnoBaptiste and Mary Maloney lead the second team, along with Fenwick freshman Elise Heneghan, LTHS guard Elli Kasonovich and Trinity forward Makiyah Williams. JnoBaptiste is a versatile player who can score, rebound and defend, while Maloney directed the RBHS offense efficiently with an excellent assists-to-turnovers ratio.
Girls Basketball Player of the Year: Annie Stritzel, Nazareth guard/forward First Team: Lily Courier, LTHS guard Kaylen Evans, Nazareth guard Brenna Loftus, RBHS forward Jovanna Martinucci, Nazareth guard Second Team: Elise Heneghan, Fenwick forward Sarah JnoBaptiste, RBHS guard Elli Kosanovich, LTHS guard Mary Maloney, RBHS guard Makiyah Williams, Trinity forward LTHS coach Meghan Hutchens praised the contributions of Kasonovich. “Elli was such an influential factor in our preparation for each game,” Hutchens said. “She had to defend some of the toughest girls in the area.” Williams is regarded as one of the state’s best players in the Class of 2021. “Williams is a fantastic player,” Oak Park and River Forest coach J.P. Coughlin said. “She can do everything. And she’s only a sophomore which is scary.”
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S P O R T S Boys Basketball Player of the Year: Zach Vaia, RBHS guard First team: Bryce Hopkins, Fenwick forward Patrick Hanley, RBHS guard Nolan Niego, LTHS guard Solomon Oraegbu, Fenwick guard Andrew Veon, RBHS forward Second team: Josh Berry, LTHS guard Reggie Loury, RBHS guard Tagen Pearson, Nazareth guard Tyrese Shines, LTHS guard Charles Terry, RBHS forward
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RBHS point guard Zach Vaia is one of the best players in the area. The two-time Metro Suburban Conference MVP led the Bulldogs to a 28-5 record. (Below) Fenwick sophomore Bryce Hopkins (#23) averaged 22 points and 6.5 rebounds this season.
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Vaia is Player of the Year while rest of RBHS boys starting lineup picked as well By MELVIN TATE Contributing Reporter
Five Riverside-Brookfield High School boys basketball players (out of 11 overall) made the Landmark All-Stars team this year. No player is more deserving than RBHS point guard Zach Vaia. The two-time Metro Suburban Conference MVP averaged 15 points, five assists and four rebounds this season in leading the Bulldogs to a 28-5 record, highlighted by Thanksgiving, conference and regional championships. A steady floor general, Vaia also guided the Bulldogs to a school record for most wins in a regular season with 26. “Zach has been an instrumental player in our program the past few years,” RBHS Mike Reingruber said. “When you have a three-year starter at point guard, it makes you sleep easier as a coach, knowing he is an extension of you on the court.” Vaia is regarded as a clutch player, too, sinking game-winning baskets against Immaculate Conception and Fenwick during
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his junior year. “As a kid you always picture yourself in
those last-second moments,” Vaia said. “I just love those types of games. That’s when
the game of basketball is so much fun. Whether it’s to shoot the ball or find the open person, I want the ball in my hands in those situations. I feel very confident in my ability to make something happen.” Vaia’s leadership and talent should translate well to college basketball if he chooses to continue his athletic career. “Zach is one of the top small-college point guard prospects in the area,” Reingruber said. “He has a ton of interest from Division III and NAIA schools, and I know he is in the process of narrowing down his list. I think Zach would be a tremendous college basketball player.” Although Vaia was clearly the best player in the Metro Suburban Conference, RBHS won with balance at both ends of the floor this season. Consequently, the Bulldogs’ best big man, Andrew Veon (13.2 ppg, 8.7 rpg), and sharpshooter, Patrick Hanley (13.2 ppg), join Vaia as first-team All-Stars. Sophomore Bryce Hopkins and senior guard Solomon Oraegbu (17 ppg) from Fenwick and guard Nolan Niego (14.1 ppg, 4.1 apg) from LTHS are the other picks. The 6-5 Hopkins (22 ppg, 6.5 rpg) is a big-time Division I prospect who earned All-Chicago Catholic League honors and first-team recognition at the Proviso West Holiday Tournament. Hopkins already has scholarship offers from Nebraska, Miami (Ohio) and Loyola Chicago, with growing interest from Big 10 schools like Ohio State and Northwestern. Considering Fenwick started freshmen guards Trey Pettigrew and Kaden Cobb along with Hopkins, the future is bright for the Friars who won 18 games this season. “We are a young team, but I believe in our guys,” Hopkins said. “I know what we can do and we are not backing down from any challenge.” The second team is guard-oriented with Josh Berry and Tyrese Shines (LTHS seniors who each averaged 12 points) and Reggie Loury (RBHS) leading the way. Nazareth sophomore guard Tagen Pearson, the son of former Nazareth star/Kansas University product Sean Pearson, and versatile swingman Charles Terry (8.8 ppg, 6 rpg) from RBHS were also selected. Marty Farmer contributed to this story.
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Notice is hereby given by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, that sealed bids will be accepted for:
Notice is hereby given by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, that sealed bids will be accepted for:
2019 Street Patching Program
2019 Curb and Sidewalk Replacement Program (Various Locations)
NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, March 28th, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois for the purpose of considering a request for a preliminary planned development application regarding a property located at 3609 Grand Boulevard and 3541 Park Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513 (PINs 15-34-401-016-0000; 15-34-401-017-0000; 15-34-401018-0000; 15-34-401-019-0000; 15-34-401-020-0000; 15-34-401021-0000; 15-34-411-001-0000). Legal Description: Lots 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 43, 44, 45 and 46 in Block 12 together with Lots 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 in block 6 in Grossdale, being a subdivision of the southeast ÂŹ of Section 34, Township 39 North, Range 1 2 east of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois. The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/ or written comments. The application including the proposed planned development may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours. Written comments may be provided prior to the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Elyse Vukelich, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513. Please reference PZC Case 19-01.
OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT 97 LINCOLN & LONGFELLOW ADDITION & RENOVATIONS 1111 S. GROVE AVE. & 715 S. HARVEY AVE. OAK PARK, IL 60304 BID GROUP–AUDIO/ VISUAL EQUIPMENT OWNER: Board of Education–Oak Park Elementary School District 97 260 Madison Street Oak Park, IL 60302 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID The Board of Education of Oak Park School District 97 is accepting sealed bids for audio visual equipment and the installation of said equipment. Bid packages are available for pickup from the District’s Administration Center, located at 260 W. Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302 or by emailing the District’s Senior Director of Technology, Michael Arensdorff at marensdorff@op97.org. Sealed bids must be submitted on or before Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. to the District’s Administration Center, located at 260 W. Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Faxed or electronically submitted bids will not be accepted. Any faxed or electronically submitted bid will disqualify vendors.
By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman.
The equipment and scope of work shall be more thoroughly described in the bid packet. No pre-bid meeting will be scheduled for this project. Bidders wishing to visit the project site, or with any questions about the bid process may contact the District’s Senior Director of Technology, Michael Arensdorff at marensdorff@op97.org or by telephone at (708) 524-3015. Those questions will be documented and answers will be shared with all interested vendors submitting bids.
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Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall.
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This project consists of the patching of approximately 3,350 square yards of existing, defective asphalt pavement at various locations throughout the Village, as designated by the Department of Public Works. The bidding documents are available for download starting Monday, March 11, 2019 at: www.vrf.us/bids Bids must be submitted by Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at: Public Works Department, 2nd Floor Village of River Forest 400 Park Avenue River Forest, IL 60305 The bid proposals will be publicly opened and read at that time. Proposals will be considered not only on the basis of cost, but also on past performance, experience and ability to perform the work. No bid shall be withdrawn after the opening of the Proposals without the consent of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of River Forest for a period of thirty (30) days after the scheduled time of the bid opening. Bidders shall be prequalified by IDOT for: HMA Paving The Village of River Forest reserves the right in receiving these bids to waive technicalities and reject any or all bids. Published in Wednesday Journal 3/13/2019
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: Y19000779 on March 8, 2019. Under the Assumed Business Name of LIFE IS AN OCCASION EVENTS with the business located at: PO BOX 220856, CHICAGO, IL 60622. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: MELISSA KIRK 1029 N KEYSTONE AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60651 Published in Wednesday Journal 3/13, 3/20, 3/27/2019
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This project consists of the installation of approximately 4,750 square feet of PCC sidewalk, 350 linear feet of PCC curb/gutter, 150 square yards of driveway apron and other work incidental thereto. The bidding documents are available for download starting Monday, March 11, 2019 at: www.vrf.us/bids Bids must be submitted by Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at: Public Works Department, 2nd Floor Village of River Forest 400 Park Avenue River Forest, IL 60305 The bid proposals will be publicly opened and read at that time. Proposals will be considered not only on the basis of cost, but also on past performance, experience and ability to perform the work. No bid shall be withdrawn after the opening of the Proposals without the consent of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of River Forest for a period of thirty (30) days after the scheduled time of the bid opening. Bidders shall be prequalified by IDOT for: Concrete Construction The Village of River Forest reserves the right in receiving these bids to waive technicalities and reject any or all bids. Published in Wednesday Journal 3/13/2019
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED THE 17TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1997 KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 1104974, MARY JANE SCHENN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Defendants 18 CH 02340 1140 WESLEY AVE. OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 22, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 23, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1140 WESLEY AVE., OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-18-416-0140000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $282,590.46. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS� condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C)
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OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 Please refer to file number 2120-14605. If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 2120-14605 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 18 CH 02340 TJSC#: 39-470 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. I3111906
Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 12-31-207-007-0000. Commonly known as 506 JEROME DRIVE, NORTHLAKE, IL 60164. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 17038322 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3115030
60130. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 18037762 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3115051
real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.
For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-03859. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-03859 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 004465 TJSC#: 39-491 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. I3114373
Commonly known as 520 N. OAK PARK AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-06-419-006. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS
AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-04360. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-04360 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 18 CH 05417 TJSC#: 39-187 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. I3112799
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, vs. LAURA SALGADO; WILLIAM DURAN Defendants, 17 CH 15294 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC DBA MR. COOPER; Plaintiff, vs. DANIEL RILEY; ACCUBANC MORTGAGE CORPORATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 18 CH 10533 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 24, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-13-429-024-0000. Commonly known as 1125 Marengo Avenue, Forest Park, IL
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. Plaintiff, -v.ANGELA FOSTER–WOODS, BARTHOLOMEW WOODS, STATE OF ILLINOIS– DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Defendants 17 CH 004465 817 BELOIT AVENUE FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 17, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 22, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 817 BELOIT AVENUE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-13-401-019. 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
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO BANK SOUTHWEST, N.A. F/K/A WACHOVIA MORTGAGE, FSB F/K/A WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB Plaintiff, -v.JOHN E. STROTH, VILLAGE OF OAK PARK, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Defendants 18 CH 05417 520 N. OAK PARK AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 3, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 5, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:
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