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Circus coming to North Riverside Mall in April
Circo Hermanos Vazquez performing daily for most of the month By BOB UPHUES Editor
That enormous purple and blue tent set up behind Olive Garden restaurant in the parking lot of the North Riverside Park Mall, 7501 Cermak Road, isn’t a bouncy house for giant children. It’s the circus – and it’ll be presenting shows daily throughout most of April. Circo Hermanos Vazquez, which has two units that separately tour both Mexico and the United States, will make its first-ever appearance in the Chicago suburbs starting April 5 and running through April 28. According to an event application submitted to the village of North Riverside Circo Hermanos Vazquez is a “big-top family circus … that consists of quality family entertainment, with acts from around the world. [The] show consists of clowns, balance acts, swing act and a horse act and farm animal act.” The big top tent, which can seat close to 1,000 people at maximum capacity, is set up in the parking lot between Olive Garden and the bus stop, with the public entrance on the south end of the tent. Vehicles serving as the living quarters for the circus performers and staff will be located in the former railroad right of way east of the parking lot. Monday through Friday the circus will perform daily at 7:30 p.m. On Saturdays and Sundays, the troupe will perform three shows at 2, 5 and 8 p.m. See CIRCUS on page 12
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Brookfield Library’s plan an easy sell Planning and Zoning Commission enthusiastically recommends preliminary approval By BOB UPHUES Editor
While Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission hearings often can
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Brookfield road projects kick off mid-April Broadway Avenue redo won’t start until late May
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By BOB UPHUES Editor
Road construction season in Brookfield will kick off in the next couple of weeks, though a major reconstruction and resurfacing project planned for the entire length of Broadway Avenue won’t begin in earnest until late May, Village Engineer Derek Treichel told members of the village board at their March 25 meeting. That same night, trustees voted 4 to 0 (trustees Michelle Ryan and Nicole Gilhooley were absent) to award a $4.2 million construction contract to Bensenville-based Lindahl Brothers Inc. and a $344,500 construction management contract to Hancock Engineering for the project. The project is being funded through bond proceeds approved by Brookfield voters in 2016. The low bid by Lindahl Brothers Inc. came in about $400,000 lower than the village’s estimate for the work. In addition to Broadway Avenue, the 2019 project will also see the resurfacing of Park Avenue, Vernon Avenue and Prairie Avenue, from 31st Street to 29th Street; Sunnyside Avenue, from 31st to Bartlett; Forest Avenue, from 31st to 30th; Roach Avenue and Bartlett Avenue, from Maple to Sunnyside; and 30th Street, from Maple to Forest. This year’s project will also include the installation of a 1,300-foot section of 8-inch water main on Vernon Avenue from 31st Street to 29th Street. The new pipe will replace a deteriorating 6-inch main. The village will also install 200 feet of new storm sewer on Grant Avenue from Prairie Avenue to the site of a new apartment building development at 8917 Grant Ave. That storm sewer in being installed as part of a cost-sharing agreement with the developer. Finally, this year’s project will also include repaving the south section of the parking lot at Brookfield’s Department of Public Works complex at 4545 Eberly Ave. The section is presently asphalt but will be reconstructed in finished concrete. Treichel told village trustees that work is
Proposed streets to be improved
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ON DECK: The village of Brookfield will reach the halfway point in its eight-year street improvement campaign next year, which will focus on streets north of 31st Street in addition to the entire length of Broadway Avenue. The repairs will cost a total of about $4.2 million. expected to begin in mid-April and be complete by Oct. 1. No work will begin on Broadway Avenue, said Treichel, until May 20 and the work will be staged to limit the impact as much as possible. Treichel said the goal will be to try to keep two-way traffic and parking on at least one side of the median as much as possible. However, there will be periods of time when an entire quadrant will be closed to traffic. Between May 20 and July 3, work will concentrate on repairs to concrete structures. After July 4, work on pavement improvements will start in earnest. Treichel said that he and other village officials will host an open house in the second half of April to roll out how the work on Broadway Avenue will proceed and
answer questions. Officials will also make personal visits to businesses along the two-block commercial strip to provide information to business owners, Treichel said. Work east of the Veterans Memorial Circle will be the most disruptive, since that block of Broadway Avenue will undergo complete reconstruction. West of the circle, the project is more of a straightforward resurfacing project. The improvements on Broadway Avenue will also include the installation of 18 decorative street lights along the Broadway Avenue median, five new street lights around the circle and one new light on a small traffic island at where Monroe Avenue meets Broadway, opposite Off Broadway Pub.
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North Riverside man arrested in federal drug probe
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A North Riverside man was one of 10 people charged last week in connection with a federal drug and gun investigation centered on Chicago’s West Side. Dionete Dotson, 28, of North Riverside, was charged with possessing, with intent to deliver, at least 28 grams of a mixture containing cocaine. He and his nine codefendants were arrested on March 21 and appeared in U.S. District Court in Chicago on March 25. Judge Jeffrey Cole set Dotson’s bond at $25,000 and ordered him held on home confinement while awaiting trial, allowing Dotson a two-hour visit each week to his grandmother. Federal prosecutors said the multi-year investigation resulted in authorities seizing about 13 pounds of suspected methamphetamines, a half-kilogram of heroin, about 13,000 pills of ecstasy and 18 firearms. Much of the drug trafficking occurred, prosecutors said, in the East Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago.
Felony drunken driving
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Julian Kapone Carrasco, 20, of Chicago faces felony drunken driving charges after a Riverside police officer stopped his vehicle, which he allegedly was driving recklessly while northbound on First Avenue from Forest Avenue at about 8:30 p.m. on March 27. While a police officer followed, he reported that Carrasco’s vehicle crossed the double yellow center lines into southbound traffic, nearly striking a southbound vehicle. After stopping Carrasco at 31st Street, police learned that Carrasco did not possess a driver’s license and that he appeared to be intoxicated. Police reported recovering an open bottle of cognac under the driver’s seat. Cook County Sheriff ’s Police also advised that one of their officers observed the same vehicle driving recklessly prior to entering Riverside, but were unable to stop Carrasco because he was traveling at an “excessive speed.” In addition to aggravated driving under the influence, Carrasco was cited for several traffic offenses, including reckless driving and speeding.
Pepper sprayed North Riverside police responded to an apartment building in the 2400 block of Desplaines Avenue on March 23 at about 2:45 p.m. after a female tenant reportedly pepper-sprayed an employee of the property management company who’d come to show the apartment to a prospective renter. The alleged offender told police she was
wearing headphones, listening to music when she saw someone trying to open the door to her apartment. The door was chained, so it could only open a few inches, and fearing for her safety she sprayed through the small opening and called police. A woman who was the prospective renter told police she went to look at the apartment, which was to become available at the end of April, and was accompanied by a woman from the building’s management company. The employee reportedly knocked on the apartment door, quietly, before opening it. The renter said she’s never been told about the viewing but the employee told police she’s made several calls attempting to inform her, though she hadn’t actually spoken to her. No one was arrested. Police informed the employee to call police before showing the apartment in the future.
Hit and run Brookfield police cited a 21-year-old LaGrange Highlands woman for leaving the scene of an accident, improper lane usage and having no insurance after she allegedly sideswiped a tan 2003 Chevy parked in the 8900 block of Southview Avenue at about 12:45 a.m. on March 30 and fled the scene. Several car parts, including a partial headlight and quarter panel from a blue vehicle, were found at the scene. At about 2:20 a.m., Lyons police contacted Brookfield, saying they’d located a blue Dodge with front-end damage consistent with the hit-and-run crash. The vehicle had gotten stuck on a median at Family Dollar, 4165 First Ave., and the driver had passed out behind the wheel. Lyons police had to use a lockout kit to open the door and take the driver to MacNeal Hospital for treatment. Brookfield police went to the hospital to make contact with the driver and tell her to come to the Brookfield Police Department upon her release to talk about the Brookfield crash. She reportedly denied being behind the wheel of the car at the time of the Brookfield crash, but would not say who was, according to police. These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, March 23-31, 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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Brookfield police open Little Free Library By BOB UPHUES Editor
It’s been five years since the first Little Free Library – the pint-size book collections most often found in front of local homes – sprouted in Brookfield. Since then about a half dozen little libraries have popped up, with the latest blooming in an unexpected place. Last week, a very functional blue-andblack Little Free Library perched atop a sturdy, white four-legged base went up outside the entrance of the Brookfield Police Department on the east side of the village hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave. The library structure itself was one of 100 awarded by Little Free Library to police departments nationwide as part of the organization’s Kids, Community and Cops Program to provide a positive way for police to interact with the community at large and kids in particular. The program, according to the organization, supports literacy, forges partnerships between community agencies and residents, affords opportunities for community service and provides opportunities for additional services like books drives and story
times – interactions kids might not otherwise have with police. “When parents go to a station to conduct police business, the Little Free Library can provide an upbeat distraction and a positive reinforcement of reading habits,” the Little Free Library’s website states. Lt. James Mihalik said he learned about the Kids, Community and Cops Program last year when a friend shared a Facebook post with him. He followed up with the organization and Brookfield was selected as one of the 100 departments to receive a library structure along with a box of six books. “My wife was a teacher for 10 years, and in the department about a quarter of the spouses are involved in education of some sort,” Mihalik said. “I read to my four kids every day.” In addition to Milhalik’s family adding books to the library’s collection, other officers’ families pitched in as well as the Brookfield Recreation Department. Mihalik has also reached out to the Brookfield Public Library, who he said is interested in participating in a book exchange with the police department’s Little Free Library. Mihalik said he’s also approaching local schools to see what books they’re hav-
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BOOK IT: Brookfield Police Lt. James Mihalik (above) takes a book from the Little Free Library outside the door to the Brookfield Police Department on April 1. The library was installed last week and the public is free to borrow and/or donate titles as they wish. ing their students read to make those titles available to the public as well. “We’re trying to cover different age groups, trying to manage a bit of a range,” Mihalik said. Mihalik said oftentimes families will come to the police department to file a report or for other business and sometimes bring kids along with them. “I thought it’d be nice to say, ‘Go grab a
book,’” Mihalik said, adding that the Little Free Library would also be a great resource for someone wanting to read something while relaxing during a visit to Kiwanis Park, next door. Mihalik said in the future he may add a binder where people can jot down title suggestions for the Little Free Library. “It’s another way to engage with the community,” Mihalik said.
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“ANYTHING GOES”
BIG WEEK
April 3-10
Naz presents ‘Anything Goes’
Nazareth Academy, 1209 W. Ogden Ave. in LaGrange Park, presents the 1934 madcap musical “Anything Goes” with music and lyrics by Cole Porter April 4-7 in the school’s Romano Family Theater. Performances are at 7 p.m. on April 4, 5 and 6 with a 1 p.m. matinee performance on April 7. All seats are reserved and are $18 and can be reserved by calling 708-387-8528.
WSSRA hosts Flapjack Bunny Hop West Suburban Special Recreation Association (WSSRA) hosts its Flapjack Bunny Hop on Saturday, April 6 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the North Riverside Village Commons, 2401 Desplaines Ave. Bring the family for a pancake breakfast, children’s activity stations, an egg hunt and photos with the Easter Bunny. Tickets are $5 for ages 13+ and $1 for 12-under. To register, call 847-455-2100. Walk-ins welcome.
And more St. Barbara Society of Catholic Women will host its annual flea market fundraiser on April 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Parish Center, 4015 Prairie Ave. in Brookfield. Lunch available for purchase. Call 708485-2502 with questions. Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St. in Brookfield, will host the next of its monthly grief support gatherings on April 9 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The theme of the gathering will grief resources – how and where to find them. Seats are limited. RSVP by April 5 to info@hitzemanfuneral.com or call 708-485-2000. North Riverside Parks and Rec offers a Parent Escape Night on April 4. Schedule a dinner date, pencil in time with friends, go shopping or just take ■
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Two artists on display at Compassion Factory Compassion Factory Art Gallery and Studio, 9210 Broadway Ave. in Brookfield, kicks off a new exhibit, “Exposed Nature,” featuring work by artists Bill Kalnes and Farida Korobova from April 4-27, with an opening reception on Friday, April 5 from 7 to 10 p.m. Kalnes has been photographing nature for more than 20 years all over the U.S., Canada and parts of Europe, and his
a nap. Drop off your kids ages 2-11 for activities of all sorts. Dinner for kids provided. $15 for the first child, $10 each additional. Call 708-442-5515. Lyons Township High School’s math team will host a Trivia Night fundraiser to support Dare2Tri’s physically disabled athletes and mission on April 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the North Campus cafeteria, 100 S. Brainard Ave. in LaGrange. Open to students, staff and the community. Bring your own food/drinks (no alcohol). Table of 8 students is $40. Table of 8 adults is $80. Register at www.lths.net/D2TFundraiser. ■
Riverside-Brookfield High School, 160 Ridgewood Road in Riverside, hosts Water Exercise Techniques (WET), an adult level fitness class on Wednesday nights from April 3 through May 8 at 7:30 p.m. No swimming involved. $36 for six classes. Email Noelle ■
work in this show has him enhancing nature’s colors to explore Mother Nature’s “altered states.” Korobova is a painter who works in various media, combining fluid abstract backgrounds with realistic detailed brushwork. The reception and gallery are free to visit. Hours are Thursdays from 4 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
at bajohrn@rbhs208.net for info. Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., presents “Verdant Visions,” a collection of work by Yva Neal through April 27 in the FlexSpace Gallery. An artist reception will be held April 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. Free and open to the public. Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, hosts a Medicare Seminar with Bill Scanlon and Courtney Erb of Access Benefit Plans on April 4 at 6:30 p.m. in the Public Meeting Room; Be Safe Online with Michael Gershbein from Chicagoland Tech Tutors on April 10 at 7 p.m. in the Public Meeting Room; and a Spring Concert featuring the Hauser Jr. High Orchestra and Choir on April 7 at 2 p.m. in the Great Room. Brookfield Public Library, 3609 Grand Blvd., cel■
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D103 board gives principals 2-year deals
With election looming, officials sought to give administrators job security By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
NOTRE DAME NEW ORLEANS BRASS BAND
Notre Dame jazz, brass bands at LTHS
The University of Notre Dame Jazz Band 1 and New Orleans Brass Band will perform one night only at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 5 at the Lyons Township High School North Campus Reber Center, 100 S. Brainard Ave. in LaGrange. The LTHS Jazz Ensemble will perform an opening set. The concert is free and open to the public.
Piano concert at Ascension Lutheran
Ascension Lutheran Church, 400 Nuttall Road in Riverside, caps its Festival of Music on Sunday, April 7 at 4 p.m. with a concert by pianist John Goodwin, principal accompanist and resident conductor of the Chicago Children’s Choir. Parking is available around the church and Ames School. A freewill offering will be collected.
converse and learn with others in both languages at the new Café y Conversacion/Conversation Café on April 6 at 10:30 a.m. Sign up for adult programs by calling 708-447-0869 or visiting www.northriversidelibrary.org/events. For kids, there’s Lapsit Storytime (toddlers thru 5) on April 4 at 10:30 a.m.; Legos & Magna Tiles (grades 1+) on April 5 at 4 p.m.; Messy Mornings for Munchkins (ages 2-5) on April 9 at 10:30 a.m.; and Bilingual Storytime (ages 2-5) on April 10 at 10:30 a.m. Aging Care Connections hosts a free Memory Café program through September on the second Friday of each month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Young at Heart Adult Day Services Center, 6504 Joliet Road in Countryside and the third Tuesday of each month at Salerno’s Pizzeria & Sports Bar, 9301 ■
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W. 63rd St. in Hodgkins. Call 708-354-1323 for more information. The Brookfield Elks Lodge, 9022 31st St., hosts bingo every Monday night. Doors open at 5 p.m. and games start at 7 p.m. minimum cash payout of $2,275 a night, plus pull tabs, lightning, tic-tac and raffles. ■
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Breaking with past practice, the LyonsBrookfield School District 103 Board of Education voted last week to give two-year contracts to four principals and the two assistant principals at George Washington Middle School. The vote came eight days before the April 2 election that will determine control of the school board. Curriculum Director Darek Naglak also received a two-year contract and Business Manager Sherry Reynolds Whitaker received a one-year extension on her deal, which was due to run out at the end of 2019-20 school year. In the past, principals in District 103 have had one-year contracts. The decision to give the four principals, three of whom are now in their first year at District 103, two-year deals was based on the recommendation of co-interim superintendents Robert Madonia and Patrick Patt said school board President Marge Hubacek. “We don’t want to lose our good principals,” Hubacek said. “It was based on just the recommendation of our superintendents.” It is fairly unusual to award multiyear contracts to administrators a few months before a new superintendent takes charge. Kristofer Rivera will become superintendent on July 1. “When someone has done a good job, it’s a good thing to do,” Madonia said. Madonia said he didn’t believe the two-year contracts will tie Rivera’s hands. “I don’t think so,” Madonia said. “We don’t offer any contracts to any principals who don’t have good performance.” Longtime board member Joanne Schaeffer said that the uncertainty around the election persuaded her to vote in favor of two-year contracts for the district’s returning principals. “This way they’re all secure and the district is secure for two years,” Schaeffer said. “That’s the only reason I would go for a twoyear contract.” Patt also said that the election on April 2 made it more of a priority to give principals added job security. “I think when you find good people you want to keep them around,” said Patt mentioning the election. Receiving two-year contracts were GWMS Principal Don Jones, Costello Principal Mark Antkiewicz, Edison Principal Jan Bernard and Home School Principal Kristen Smith. Jones, Antkiewicz, and Smith are in their first year in their current jobs. Bernard is a veteran principal who has been at Edison for decades.
Bernard will be paid $144,532 next year, while Jones will earn $110,000, Antkiewicz $99,910 and Smith $95,790. The two assistant principals at GWMS, Ruby Ortiz and Gary Wheaton who are both also in their first years at District 103, also received two-year contracts. Both Ortiz and Wheaton will make $82,400 next year. The vote to approve each principal’s contract was 5 to 1, with Jorge Torres casting the only no vote. Board member Mike Bennett was not at the meeting. Naglak’s two-year contract was also approved by a 5 to 1 vote, with Torres voting no. Naglak, now in his second year in District 103, will make $115,000 next year. The vote to extend Whitaker’s contract for an additional year was unanimous. Whitaker and Human Resources Director Kim Ontiveros received two-year contracts last year. Ontiveros did not receive a contract extension. “That was her choice, not to take an extension” Hubacek said. “She chooses to negotiate a contract next year.” Lincoln School Assistant Principal Catherine Eichhammer received a one-year contract paying her $88,580. Maintenance Director Mark Galba and Special Education Director Greg Bublitz received new one-year contracts. Joanne Schaeffer joined Torres in voting against those contracts. Galba has been dealing with a serious illness this year. His salary next year will be $90,640. Schaeffer said that she had concerns about Bublitz, adding she wanted to hear a report from him later in April. “There are several questions in directions that he’s going that I have questions about,” Schaeffer said. Bublitz will make $117,420 next year. The district will have new principals at Lincoln School and Edison School next year. Former Lincoln School Principal Tara Kristoff resigned in March and veteran Robinson School principal Al Molina has been reclassified as a teacher for next year after a vote of no confidence in him by Robinson School teachers. “We hope to have someone in place by late spring,” said Madonia of the timeline for hiring new principals at Lincoln and Robinson. Rivera will play a key role in making those hiring recommendations and a group of stakeholders, teachers and parents, will be involved in the interviewing process, Madonia said. The new principals will likely receive oneyear contracts Hubacek said. Preschool Director Chris Newell also got a new one-year contract that will pay her $112,329.
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Brookfield board again delays vote on 8 Corners uses Trustees to discuss issue again on April 8 By BOB UPHUES Editor
The Brookfield Village Board delayed a decision on what kinds of commercial uses ought to be allowed in the Eight Corners business district until at least April 22 after trustees said they couldn’t support the sweeping changes recommended by the village Planning and Zoning Commission in February. If passed by the village board, the amended code would have prohibited daycare businesses, cultural exhibits, parks/recreation facilities, government uses, post offices, libraries, fraternal organizations, artist studios and art instruction, auto service/body shops, religious assembly, and general indoor and outdoor assembly/entertainment. With trustees Michelle Ryan and Nicole Gilhooley absent from the village board’s March 25 meeting, there was no possible way trustees could muster four votes to approve amending the zoning code, especially after trustees Edward Cite and Ryan Evans said they couldn’t support the changes as written. “I think there are very viable businesses
[that would be prohibited] in this list,” Evans said. “There are other uses that I am fully against. … But in an effort to guide tax-generating properties, I can’t support this in its entirety. I think the conversation should be, ‘Which of these things in specific should not be allowed.” Cote called the list of new prohibitions “too vast.” “It’s so vast that I think it would restrict our long-term viability in those areas,” Cote said. “I understand there’s a desire to put limits on things, but if we were to take this in its entirety right now and pass this, the only thing we’re going to do is hurt us going forward in the long term.” The village board voted to table a vote until April 22 and will discuss possible changes to the draft zoning amendment at their meeting on April 8. A moratorium on applications for special uses or rezoning for properties is in effect until April 28. The moratorium has been in place for the past year. One of the goals of the amended zoning code is to promote sales-tax generating businesses, like restaurants and bars, and retail businesses in the area. The amended code also would have allowed amusement arcades as a permitted use in the district. But the change was also recommended to drive away development, particularly any-
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thing that would result in removing property from the tax rolls or anything – like a church – that would run counter to the commercial development goals for the district. The Rev. Karl Sokol has said he wants to build a mixed-use development in the 3400 block of Grand Boulevard that would combine residential condominiums with groundfloor commercial uses along Grand Boulevard and an arts center that would include a theater that could double as a church for his Compassion United Methodist Church. Sokol obtained a special use permit last year for Compassion United Methodist Church to hold religious services inside of the Compassion Factory Art Gallery and Studio, which is owned by the Methodist church, at 9210 Broadway Ave. in the Eight Corners business district. The village board, having set that precedent, is seeking to amend the zoning code as a way not to expand it. The proposed amendment has been blasted by Sokol as short-sighted for the business district and clearly meant to prevent Compassion United Methodist Church from worshipping at Eight Corners. But, on March 25, the recommended changes also were panned by the Brookfield Chamber of Commerce. In a letter read to the village board by a chamber representative,
chamber President Steven Langworthy said the changes “would only serve to stifle the future business opportunities to our bourgeoning community.” The proposed changes were also criticized by Clara D’Onofrio, the owner of Miss Clara’s Joyful Learning Center at 9213 Broadway Ave., whose music school would become a legal non-conforming use under the new code. A letter from D’Onofrio, read by Stephanie Roldan, said the amended code would make it impossible to expand and difficult to sell her business. “I fail to see the benefits of such an amendment and reducing the types of businesses allowed … is a drastic measure with widespread and long-term negative impact to Eight Corners.” A similar complaint was voiced by a representative from Alphabet Learning Center, 9220 Broadway Ave., which would also not be allowed to follow through on a planned expansion of its daycare services in the district. Trustee Michael Garvey downplayed the proposed church’s role in his decision to support amending the use table at Eight Corners. “This is not about a church,” Garvey said. “This is about the future development of that district.”
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Two former Mater Christi priests named as abusers Report accuses nearly 400 Illinois clergy of sexual misconduct
By BOB UPHUES Editor
Two priests who in the 1970s and 1980s were assigned to Mater Christi Parish in North Riverside were among the nearly 400 Catholic clergy in Illinois identified as having been accused of sexual misconduct in a report issued by a Minnesota-based law firm on March 20 in Chicago. The report, issued by Jeff Anderson & Associates, names priests who they say have been credibly accused of sexual misconduct in dioceses throughout the state, including Chicago, Joliet, Belleville, Rockford and Springfield. “We’ve chosen to reveal this information because the Catholic bishops and the religious orders who are in charge and have this information and hold it secret have chosen to conceal it,” Anderson said at a press conference on March 20 at the Marriott Residence Inn in downtown Chicago. “We have chosen to reveal it.” In addition to containing the names of 395 clergy, the report includes their photos and lists where they were assigned. Many of those listed in the report have been named previously and are listed in the Archdiocese of Chicago’s List of Clergy with Substantiated Allegations. In a statement issued in response to the report, the Archdiocese of Chicago defended its actions, saying it “reports all allegations to the civil authorities, regardless of the date of the alleged abuse, whether the priest is a diocesan priest or religious order priest, and whether the priest is alive or dead.” The archdiocese stated that its Indepen-
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dent Review Board, which was established in 1993, conducts its own investigation after civil authorities have completed their investigations. That board “is the primary adviser to the archbishop on issues of risk to children and fitness for ministry.” In their statement, archdiocesan officials also accused Anderson & Associates of conflating “people who have been accused, but may be innocent, with those who have substantiated allegations against them.” Among those listed in Anderson & Associates’ report are the Rev. Thomas Carroll Crosby and Rev. Michael Weston, both of whom served as associates at Mater Christi Church and whose assignments overlapped at the North Riverside parish. The archdiocese added Crosby’s name to its List of Clergy with Substantiated Allegations in November 2018. Weston’s name has been on the list since 2014, though his connection to Mater Christi was not publicly available at that time. In 2014, the Landmark reported the names of five priests credibly accused of sexual misconduct who were connected
to parishes in Brookfield, LaGrange Park and North Riverside. Those priests were Russell Romano, St. Barbara Parish (1980-91); David Braun, Mater Christi (1990-92); John Hefferan, St. Louise de Marillac (1956-62); Joseph Fitzharris, St. Louise de Marillac (1962-67) and Michael Hogan, St. Barbara (1984-92). The circumstances that led to those priests being removed from ministry, often after years of being shuffled around the diocese after allegations first were reported, were documented in thousands of pages of records released that year by the Archdiocese of Chicago to settle a lawsuit filed by Anderson & Associates on behalf of sexual abuse victims. Crosby served at Mater Christi from 1975 to 1982. Documents related to allegations against Crosby are not publicly available at this time. He was ordained a priest in 1949 and spent 22 years at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago before being placed at Mater Christi. He retired upon completion of that assignment and died in 1987. Weston was assigned to Mater Christi Parish from 1981 to 1986, after he was first accused of sexual misconduct in the late 1970s, according to documents released by the archdiocese in 2014. Immediately prior to his assignment at Mater Christi, Weston was at St. Julie Billiart Parish in Tinley Park from 1977-81. While there, according to archdiocesan documents, the first allegations of sexual misconduct against Weston surfaced. In 2003, the mother of a survivor of Weston’s alleged abuse approached the archdiocese to inform officials of allegations she’d made against Weston to an as-
sociate pastor at St. Julie Billiart in the late 1970s. The documents indicate that the associate told a superior at the parish, who “didn’t want to hear about it” and informed the associate that nothing would be done “unless there were ‘pictures [evidence of Fr. Weston sexually abusing] the victim.’” It’s unclear if the archdiocese confronted Weston about the allegations in the 1970s or if St. Julie Billiart officials informed the archdiocese. But later documents seem to imply it. While Weston was at Mater Christi, the archdiocese’s Vicar for Priests, jotted down notes from a conversation he’d had with Mater Christi’s pastor, Father Tom Kaveny, in April 1984. Church officials clearly were concerned about Weston’s behavior. The vicar wrote that Kaveny believed that “Mike [Weston] is doing well with the teens. Tom doesn’t think there is cause for alarm.” Kaveny also told him that “we will have a parish forum soon to surface needs. Perhaps something will surface about Mike.” In 1988, Weston was transferred out of state to St. Thomas More Catholic Student Parish in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1992, an allegation of abuse from that assignment was reported, and that Weston “faced up to it immediately.” Weston resigned from ministry in 1993 and was laicized in 2009, when the archdiocese was investigating an allegation that Weston had sexually abused a child between the ages of 5 and 7. The timeframe and place of that alleged offense is unknown.
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Riverside chief renews call for safety measures on First Ave. Crashes nearly doubled in 2018 year over year By BOB UPHUES
through with their assignments by 3:45 p.m. Crashes involving vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists are not rare at First and Forest/ Riverside’s police chief has renewed his Ridgewood. While numbers weren’t available calls for the Illinois Department of Trans- for the first three months of 2019, the year portation to fund pedestrian safety improve- opened with a violent crash just north of the ments at the intersection of First Avenue intersection on New Year’s morning, when and Forest Avenue/Ridgewood Road after a a car driven by a suspected drunken driver car struck an 11-year-old Riverside girl who spun out of control and slammed into a fence was crossing First Avenue on the afternoon protecting a cellphone tower utility building. But Police Chief Thomas Weitzel said that of March 22. The girl was not seriously injured. She was the number of crashes at that intersection taken by paramedics to Loyola University nearly doubled year over year from 2017 to 2018. Last year, Medical Center Riverside police for treatment and responded to 26 released that same crashes at First day. According to and Forest/Ridgepolice, multiple wood. In 2017, powitnesses said the lice reported 14 victim tried to run crashes. across First AvIn February, enue from west to Weitzel sent a leteast against a red ter to Matt Magas, light. acting secretary of Those accounts the Illinois Departare backed up by ment of Transsurveillance video portation, urging that police obfunding for safety tained from Rivimprovements erside-Brookfield Courtesy Riverside Police Department and emphasizing High School and that the intersecreleased to the Riverside police released surveillance video from tion serves as Riverside-Brook- Riverside-Brookfield High School, which shows the school crossing field Landmark. 11-year-old girl crossing First Avenue against a red not only for RivThe video can light on March 22. erside-Brookfield be viewed along High School stuwith this report at dents but for middle school students from the www.RBLandmark.com. At the start of the video, the girl is seen Hollywood sections of Riverside and Brookstanding on the west side of First Avenue field who attend Hauser Junior High, which as southbound traffic comes to a halt due to is east of First Avenue. “These grade school children are crossing the heavy volume. Meanwhile, northbound traffic continues to pass through the intersec- First Avenue to and from school,” Weitzel wrote to Magas. There are many evening tion. With the southbound traffic stopped, the events held at Riverside-Brookfield High girl walks east to the middle of First Avenue School too; students are crossing for sportand pauses briefly behind a vehicle in the left- ing, social and other late afternoon/evening turn lane before darting out into the north- events at the high school.” Weitzel suggested that IDOT consider enbound traffic lanes. The girl is then seen being struck by a car hanced crosswalk markings and signage, driven by a 35-year-old Midlothian woman. flashing lights on the northbound and The driver slammed on the brakes of her 2012 southbound approaches to the intersection, Buick Regal, but the car did not stop in time safety bollards protecting pedestrians at to prevent it from striking the victim. each corner and improved roadway markPolice described the victim’s injuries as ings indicating drivers are approaching a scrapes on her right arm. They also noted a school crossing. “scuff mark” across the hood of the vehicle. It’s not the first time Weitzel has appealed The driver was not cited for any traffic of- to IDOT to calm traffic at the intersection. fenses, since eyewitness and video evidence Back in 2015, Weitzel urged IDOT to approve demonstrated she wasn’t at fault. installing flashing speed signs on the apWhile the incident happened at about 4 p.m. proaches to the intersection, and said the vilon a school day, Weitzel said crossing guards lage of Riverside would bear the cost of the assigned to the intersection are typically signs and their installation. Editor
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Candy Cane Park renovation back on radar Brookfield to seek state grant to help fund improvements
By BOB UPHUES Editor
A plan to renovate Candy Cane Park in Brookfield that has been on ice since 2015 has new life, the village’s recreation director told members of the village board at their meeting on March 25. Later this year, said Recreation Director Stevie Ferrari, she plans to submit an application for an Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development (OSLAD) grant for up to $340,000 through the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for the project. Applications can be submitted to the state in the fall. Awardees will be notified in spring 2020. Fortunately for Ferrari, the village already has a fully realized project to submit to the IDNR. A plan to renovate Candy Cane Park, which is located at 28th Street and Park Avenue, was fleshed out in 2015 by the village after a series of meetings with residents of the area and an online survey to gather their input. “This project stood out to me, because the park hasn’t been touched in quite some time,” Ferrari said. Brookfield had contemplated going for an OSLAD grant back in 2015, when the plan was finalized but held off when then-Gov. Bruce Rauner froze OSLAD funds. The program, which is funded through real estate transfer taxes, has since been restored. “Knowing that OSLAD grants will be released, we felt it was time to look at projects that were ready to go,” Ferrari said. The 2015 plan for Candy Cane Park called for installing a new play structure for children ages 2-12, a climbing structure, spinners, swings (including two ADA-accessible) and a 20-by-20 foot pavilion in the northeast quadrant of the park. The southeast quadrant, where there’s now a makeshift ballfield, would remain a T-ball field. The hard-surface tennis court, play area in the southwest corner of the park would be reconstructed and somewhat reduced in size. The tennis court would be
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ON THE DRAWING BOARD: Hitchcock Design, the consulting firm used by the village of Brookfield to design its park improvements over the past decade or so, drew up plans in 2015 (above) for improvements to Candy Cane Park, based in part on input from neighborhood residents. Now the village will seek a state grant to make the plan a reality. rebuilt and a “sport court” area added with a pair of basketball half-courts to the east of the tennis court. A bioswale with native plantings would run along the western edge of the northwest corner of the park, which would remain a largely passive recreation area. New paths would wind throughout the park, improving pedestrian access to all areas. Before submitting a grant application, however, Ferrari said she would again reach
out to residents in the vicinity of Candy Cane Park to have another look at the 2015 plan and make sure it still ticks the boxes residents want it to. “I want to make sure these [amenities] are still the relevant needs for the park,” Ferrari said. Ferrari said she hoped to meet with neigh borhood residents – anyone from the village would be welcome – in late April or early May. “The sooner the better,” Ferrari said. “That
will give us enough time for notice and make sure we get the volume of community input.” Back in 2015, the estimated cost for the improvements was pegged at just about $602,000. The last time any major improvements were made to Candy Cane Park was about 20 years ago. Ferrari told the village board that if the village succeeds in obtaining a grant, the plan would be to split the cost between fiscal years 2020 and 2021.
Saved by Riverside officers in 2017, sheriff ’s deputy killed in second crash A Cook County Sheriff ’s police officer whose life was saved by two Riverside police officers following a 2017 crash on Harlem Avenue in Bridgeview was killed on March 30 in a high-speed crash in Chicago Ridge. James Koch, who was an electronic monitoring investigator for the Cook County Sheriff, was killed shortly after midnight when a 2015 Nissan, allegedly driven at a high rate of speed by a 16-year-old without a license, slammed into Koch’s 2002 Chevy in the 10100 block of Virginia Avenue. The juvenile, according to a Chicago
to know him.” Ridge police press release, was On July 14, 2017, Koch was the charged with reckless homicide victim in another crash at the and cited for traffic offenses. intersection of Harlem Avenue The Cook County Sheriff ’s and 73rd Street in Bridgeview, Department in a statement on according to Riverside Police its official Facebook page said Chief Thomas Weitzel. Koch, 51, had been employed At about 9:40 a.m. that day, with the department for 28 Koch was perched atop his moyears. torcycle waiting for a traffic “He was an incredible collight to change when a BMW league and friend to so many,” JAMES KOCH struck the motorcycle, critically the statement read. “Our hearts injuring Koch, who suffered are broken for his family, his friends, and all who were fortunate enough a compound fracture of his arm and was
bleeding profusely from his head. A pair of Riverside police detectives, Leo Kotor and James Lazansky, were sitting in an unmarked squad car at the same traffic light at the time. The two were on their way back to Riverside, transporting prisoners they’d picked up in the south suburbs. Seeing the crash, they pulled the squad car into the intersection to block traffic, grabbed a bag of medical supplies and rushed to Koch. They placed a tourniquet on his right arm and bandaged his head, caring for him until paramedics arrived. — Bob Uphues
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CIRCUS
Revenue generator from page 1 Tickets, which can be purchased online at www.circovazquez.com, are $15 for kids ages 2-10 in all seating areas. Adult ticket prices vary depending on proximity to the central ring, with VIP area seats at $60, preferred at $50 and general admission for $40. Discounts are available by entering a promo code online. North Riverside Village Administrator Guy Belmonte said he’s been told that the circus likely will draw between 250 to 350 people for shows Monday through Thursday. Shows on Friday night and each show on the weekend are expected to draw 500 to 700 people, Belmonte said. Asked if the village would be providing people to direct traffic, Belmonte said the circus has its own security staff that can also direct traffic, if needed. “We don’t expect anything [required from the village],” Belmonte said. The circus is a first for North Riverside Park Mall and for the village. Belmonte said that the village is approached almost annually by carnival operators, but the village takes a pass on them.
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Lost vote ‘a blessing’ from page 1 in a contest library officials have fought for more than a decade. “We worked very hard to make it a wonderful public space,” said Dianne Duner, who has served as a library trustee for the past 18 years. “And the idea behind a great public space is that it strengthens the whole community, because it brings people together in common purpose.” Folding chairs set up in the lower-level recreation hall – the council chamber being otherwise occupied as an early voting site – were populated by library trustees, staff and supporters. Nine of those at the hearing commented publicly on the plan for a new library at 3541 Park Ave. Unlike the library’s two-year odyssey to gain approval for its previous plan from 2014-16, there was not a word of dissent. There was, however, recognition that the defeat of a 2016 referendum to fund the construction of that building had been a fortunate circumstance – one that forced library officials to reevaluate its strategy and hire an architectural firm that has delivered a superior product. “I think it was a blessing in a way that the first approval didn’t go through,” said longtime library volunteer Sandra Baumgardner, who had knocked on doors trying to whip up votes in support of the 2016 refer-
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BIG TOP: The Circo Hermanos Vazquez will perform one show daily Monday through Friday and three shows each Saturday and Sunday during its run in the parking lot of the North Riverside Park Mall from April 5 to 28. A family circus, however, was worth a shot, he said. “You have to pay to get in, and it’s familyoriented,” Belmonte said. “I think carnivals would be more challenging.” The village also stands to collect a bit revenue from the circus. In addition to business license, inspection and plan review
fees the village will bill the circus, North Riverside will collect its 2 percent placesfor-eating tax on food items – hot dogs, cotton candy, churros, popcorn, pizza, snow cones, chicken wings and soft drinks -- sold at the circus concession stand inside the big top. The village will also receive 5 percent of
the total amount of gross ticket sales during the month-long event via its amusement tax, which was updated in 2018 to expand the definition of “amusement,” which in the past was limited to movie theater ticket sales at the mall. “This will bring revenue to the village,” Belmonte said.
endum, “because this new design is so much more ‘Brookfield’ in my mind and complementing the environmental values, the educational values, the public service values that I’ve experienced at the library.” The preliminary planned development application will now go to the Brookfield Village Board for consideration, likely later this month, for discussion. Depending on how quickly the board can get the matter on an agenda, a vote on the preliminary plan could take place as early as April 22, but more likely will come in May. If the village board OKs the preliminary plan, the library will go back to the Planning and Zoning Commission for a recommendation on a final planned development application. The village board will need to also sign off on the final plan for the project to move ahead to construction. Library officials are hopeful construction can begin in spring 2020. If the reaction of planning and zoning commissioners is any indication, their hopes are well-placed. Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman Charles Grund echoed Baumgardner’s suggestion that perhaps the village dodged a bullet when the building initially approved fell through. “Two or three years later [plans] get pulled out the drawer and you scratch your head and say, ‘Wow, what was I thinking?’ I think that’s kind of what happened here.” Grund and other commissioners praised the new library design, though Commissioner Jennifer Hendricks, who was absent but whose comments were read into the record by Village Planner Elyse Vukelich, was less excited what she called an “angular”
and “stark” design. Her fellow commissioners were enthusiastic, though Commissioner Karen Miller and Hendricks urged the architects to perhaps seek LEED certification and employ as many environmentally sustainable features as possible into the final design. Grund summed up most commissioners’ feelings about the design. “This is, by and large, a wonderful building to have in Brookfield,” Grund said. “It’s welcoming, it allows for the use of both the interior space and the exterior space. “I’m fully supportive of the building,” he added. “It’s just far and away so much better.” The intention of the design – set back on the Park Avenue property and featuring broad expanses of glass – was to put the library on display, said architect Dan Pohrte of Product Architecture and Design. Warm tones, from the bronze-tinted metal panels of the upper story to the buff-colored masonry of the first floor and the pavers of the entry plaza to the wood-tone metal fins accenting portions of the upper floor windows, dominate. The 21,000-square-foot interior, spread over three levels, provides a 100-seat meeting room, separate areas for children and adults, a teen room, a maker space, a quiet reading room and study rooms. Staff offices would be located in the basement level, along with the main meeting room. The present library at 3609 Grand Blvd. would be demolished after the new building is completed and replaced with a 24-space parking lot and small park. The new library, if approved, will be named the Linda Sokol
Francis Brookfield Library in recognition of the woman who donated $1 million toward the project. Grund also noted the difference in attitude of the crowd gathered for the March 28 hearing compared to the hearings held from 2014-16 prior to the referendum when there was “a lot of negativity.” “I sense an energy in this room that I didn’t sense three or four years ago,” Grund said. “I think the commissioners here are more excited about this, the whole process.” One of the more poignant comments, however, came from the Rev. Karl Sokol, whose mother made the $1 million donation, and who lives with his family in the Lincoln Avenue residence that served as Brookfield United Methodist Church’s parsonage. The church itself once occupied the land where the library will be built. Sokol admitted still feeling resentment over the loss of the church, where he was baptized and played hide-and-seek as a child, but said the new library would be its own balm. He blamed the village, and particularly then-Assistant Village Manager Keith Sbiral, for leading the congregation to believe it would be able to build a new structure incorporating a church at Eight Corners. Sbiral would recommend against the proposal, which was shot down by the village board. “To see something beautiful [on the former church property] would be such an act of healing for the entire community,” Sokol said. “I think this is an opportunity to truly have the type of building that can reflect on the whole character of the community.”
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aybe there was a time back before the mid-20th century that First Avenue between Cermak Road and Ogden Avenue was more of a country lane than a busy state highway. If that was ever the case, no one can probably remember it, and it certainly isn’t the case now. Whatever the past history, at some point someone felt it appropriate to plop down a high school right next to it and then shoehorn a zoo right next door. The state of the situation as we hurtle toward 2020 is that First Avenue is busier than ever and Brookfield Zoo now draws roughly 2 million people to its gates every year. On many days of the year, often six days a week, students, athletes and families flock to Riverside-Brookfield High School at all hours of the day. On beautiful fall and spring days thousands also flock to Brookfield Zoo, many of them to the smaller parking lot by the South Gate, which takes their cars right past the high school. Even without the zoo, however, First Avenue is a major road and obstacle for pedestrians. Throw in high school and grade school students crossing during the morning rush and in early afternoon when traffic begins to build and you’ve got a very dangerous situation. At off-peak hours it’s still dangerous, and according to Riverside’s police chief the number of crashes at the intersection of First Avenue and Forest/Ridgewood – the one right by the high school – almost doubled from 14 to 26 year over year from 2017 to 2018. In the past year there have been three instances where pedestrians or bicyclists struck by cars have miraculously escaped serious injury. But there have been fatal crashes there in the past and eventually another will follow. We urge the Illinois Department of Transportation to take safety concerns of local residents and officials seriously and work to come up with solutions to help safeguard pedestrians and bicyclists at First and Forest/Ridgewood. If an overpass is impossible (and we have no reason to believe it is) then other more immediate steps need to happen before we have a tragedy on our hands.
Eyes forward
Election Day is behind us now, but for those who won their races – and congratulations to all of you who did – the hard work is just beginning. Getting elected is one thing. Serving residents of villages and the students, parents and taxpayers who make up school districts is quite another. It’s really the concept of public service that ought to drive the decision-making of elected officials, and most of the time does. Being on village boards and school boards is largely thankless work, requiring long hours and careful attention. In most cases the service comes gratis. For incumbents who have won re-election, most know the investment in time and headaches they are taking on. For newcomers, it’ll be a role reversal. No longer will it be enough to point out flaws. It’ll be time to deliver policy and live with the consequences. What it’s going to take is the best everyone can give. That’s why elections are so important. They truly do have consequences.
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Got those spam phone call blues
hank goodness for caller ID. If you want to call us, I hope your name will show up or else I am not answering the phone. The reason? We have been besieged of late with calls insisting that we have health problems and are in need of back or leg braces or anything else that we are entitled to, which doesn’t seem to include peace of mind. They also insist we are suffering from some kind of pain; of course, I would like to tell them where the pain really is. So we have taken to not answering the phone when we see “unavailable,” an out of town location or an unfamiliar name, although just the constant ringing is annoying enough. However, there are times when a familiar name appears, so I answer the phone and it is not who it says it is, it is THE CALLER. They have even gone so far as to send us braces which we now have to go through the trouble of returning or they will charge Medicare. There’s time out of my life I will never get back. So I did the logical thing and called the phone company.
Ever try to communicate with a communication company? That’s another story. I followed procedure and finally got to a person only to be told we have been on the do-not-call list since 2016. Someone didn’t get that message. I am following instructions to try to get this taken care of. Change our phone number? Are you kidding! I would have to contact too many places and people with a change of number. So I will keep on keeping on until I get some sort of remedy, but I do feel better having vented my frustrations. I’ll tell you a secret: Sometimes I will answer the call and give some goofy replies and question them until I drive them crazy and they hang up. It can be fun! But when you call me, make sure I see your name because I like to hear from you. By the time you read this column the elections will be over, and we will know who is who and what is what. Good luck to all those who have chosen to serve. To those who will be leaving their positions, thank you for your time. Well, got to go, the phone is ringing. Maybe I will answer it. I did, and I shouldn’t have. Goodbye.
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OBITUARIES
Rose Bergles, 98 Longtime Western Electric employee Rose Frances Bergles, 98, of North Riverside, died on March 30, 2019. Born on Oct. 1, 1920, she was an industrial machine operator prior to retirement and a longtime employee of Western Electric. Ms. Bergles was the sister of William “Bill” Bergles; the aunt of many nieces and nephews; and the special friend of Joanne Pikush. Visitation is on Wednesday, April 3 from 10 a.m. to time of service at noon at Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St., Brookfield, followed by a private entombment at Resurrection Cemetery in Justice. In lieu of flowers, the family appreciates memorials be made to your favorite charity.
Warren Egger, 92 Worked in tool and die industry Warren Howard Egger, 92, of Brookfield, died on March 25, 2019. Born on Feb. 11, 1927, he was served in the U.S. Army during World War II and worked in the tool and die industry. Mr. Egger was the husband of the late Lois L. Egger (nee McNamara) and of Annie G. Egger (nee Miller); the
father of Debra (Bill Zaksas) Egger, Mark (JoAnn) Egger, Marilyn (Ron) Scarbeary and the late Barbara Egger and Cynthia Egger; the grandfather of April (John) Nguyen, Carolyn Egger, Bryan Scarbeary and Kelsey Egger; and the great-grandfather of Lucas Nguyen. Services have been held. Interment was at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside. Hitzeman Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements.
Dorothy Foulis, 88 Lived in Brookfield for 83 years Dorothy Foulis, 88, of Downers Grove and formerly an 83-year resident of Brookfield, died on March 7, 2019. Ms. Foulis was a retired employee of Grayhill Inc. in La Grange. She loved cooking, collecting teapots, traveling with friends, and watching Cubs games. She will truly be missed. She was the wife of the late Thomas R. Foulis; the mother of Katherine (Joe) McDonagh, Richard (Tara) Foulis and Karen (James) Kucera; the grandmother of Matthew, Kelly and Mark McDonagh, Rob and Lauren Kucera and Amy and Lindsay Foulis; the sister of the late Robert A. (Patricia) Murphy; and the aunt of many nieces and nephews. A celebration of life will be held in late April with the See OBITUARIES on page 16
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It’s a numbers game for RBHS badminton Burgeoning program has generated buzz with more participants
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Coach: James Tsenes Top players: Abigail Swiatek (Sr.); Claire Kutay (Sr.); Jane McLaren (Sr.), Isabel Hughes (Sr.) Newcomer: Alexandria Manning (Jr.) Outlook: RBHS has more than enough talent and experience to continue the program’s recent success. The Bulldogs are off to a fast start again this season; however, a handful of difficult matches remain plus a loaded sectional featuring several high-quality teams.
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he Riverside-Brookfield High School badminton team has already notched lopsided victories over Fenton, Argo and Lemont and won the Leyden Invitational plus its own invite this season. However, for all their early success this spring, the Bulldogs are self-aware. “We’ve always had a pretty good record since I’ve been here, but it’s not like we are playing the toughest teams and invites,” third-year coach James Tsenes said. “We’re the type of team that should be able to beat all the teams like us, but we still can’t compete with the best teams in the area. That’s a whole different ballgame.” Nevertheless, the RBHS program has shown steady progress under Tsenses. Interest in the program is trending up. “We had 12 girls at tryouts my first year, then 40 the next year, and we had in the 70s this season,” Tsenes said. “The competition at practice gets better when the numbers are up. Our freshman class this year is very good, too, so the future looks bright.”
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RB’s Isabel Hughes (top) and Avianna Velasquez (above) hit the birdie during a varsity badminton match against OPRF at Oak Park and River Forest High School. A senior-laden group anchors the varsity end of the program. Abigail Swiatek and Claire Kutay are the No. 1 and No. 2 singles players, respectively, while Jane McLaren
and Isabel Hughes are the top doubles teams. All four players are seniors with multiple years of varsity experience. Junior Alexandria Manning is another
solid singles player in the lineup. “Our strength is definitely our experience,” Tsenes said. “The girls have played in a lot of varsity matches, at times against some of the best girls in the state of Illinois. They know what it’s like to compete. None of these girls had badminton experience before high school, but they work hard and they are great girls, super students.” Many of the varsity players are also good all-around athletes. For example, Swiatek and Manning play volleyball and Hughes was a sectional qualifier in golf last fall. The Bulldogs won their own tourney on March 30 as all nine players earned a medal. “The girls played really well,” Tsenes said. “I think after winning the Leyden Invite, the girls had expectations of winning our home invite. It’s a nice situation because we push our players hard, but we want them to have fun and enjoy badminton.” The Bulldogs’ approach is working well based on first- and third-place finishes at the conference tournament the past two years. Although the conference has disbanded this year, RBHS remains focused on winning as matches as possible during the regular season and state playoffs. “We have tough matches coming up against OPRF, Glenbard South and Wheaton North,” Tsenes said. “We’ll know more about our team after those matches. I hope we can also qualify some players in our sectional to go downstate, but it won’t be easy. We are in one of the toughest sectionals with the Naperville and Hinsdale schools, plus Oak Park and Lyons Township every year.” RBHS host Glenbard South and Wheaton North in a triangular on Wednesday, April 3. The Bulldogs’ only other remaining home match is against Morton on Monday, April 8 at 4:30 p.m.
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Friars’fun and games in the South Fenwick softball team bonds over spring break at Tennessee tourney By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor
Sarah James’ first decision as the new softball coach at Fenwick High School was to take the Friars on the road. “When I found out I got the head coaching job this year, I decided to plan for a team trip over spring break,” said James, who served as an assistant coach at Fenwick for three years before her recent appointment. “We had six games scheduled last spring, and only played one, with the rest cancelled due to weather. We were able to play a lot of games this spring and develop team bonding as well.” After researching tourneys on the Internet, James chose one in Clarksville, Tennessee. Ironically, Fenwick opened the tourney against Bartlett (another Illinois school all too familiar with cold and rainy conditions). The Friars, who went 3-2 overall at the tourney, also faced schools from Tennessee and Kentucky. Fenwick beat Bartlett 3-1, Rossview (Tenn.) 6-2 and Montgomery (Ky.) 5-4, but lost a pair of international tiebreakers 2-1 and 3-2 against Dickson County (Tenn.). “It was a good trip,” James said. “We played five full games, I was able to juggle the lineup around and a lot of girls got playing time. The focus wasn’t just on winning but rather team development. “We took a full day for driving, the players went out to eat together, and we also spent about six hours in Nashville before our first game.” James’ learning curve should be relatively seamless since she’s been coaching in the program multiple years and the
Be Like Mike RBHS junior Michael Schicker in one of the best catchers in the area. He has committed to Purdue University for college baseball. The Bulldogs are 5-3 this season. Along with Schicker, the team is led by senior Ryan Cermak and talented freshman Owen Murphy.
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Friars return multiple varsity veterans. Senior pitchers Cassie Lee and Alyssa Stramaglia make up a solid 1-2 punch at the top of the rotation. “They have different styles but both are very successful,” James said. “You can see the difference in their mechanics. Alyssa has a really long and slow delivery while Cassie is like a whip.” Lee, who has committed to Barry University in Miami, Florida, also plays center field. Stramaglia will handle first base when not in the pitcher’s circle. Senior shortstop Rachel Martinez is one of the team’s top returners as well. Although the Southern Indiana recruit missed the trip to Tennessee, she went 8-for-8 in wins against Ridgewood and Nazareth Academy. Senior Alex Medina is extremely versatile as the Friars’ top utility player and slap hitter. “Alex has been on varsity three years and has moved all around the field,” James said. “She had some timely hits in Tennessee and adjusts well at the place. She has really come along well.” Other notable contributors include senior third baseman/ outfielder Caitlin Cruse, senior outfielder Mariela Nevarez, junior outfielder Ciara Herbert and junior catcher Tess LoGiudice. “Mariela is a great outfielder and our most improved player over the last three years,” James said. “Ciara is a young returner who is batting around .500 this season. Tess worked hard last year to beat out our senior catcher toward the end of the season. She’s really made strides.” The Vaccaro twins, Ava and Elena, have also made an im-
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Fenwick senior shortstop Rachel Martinez has committed to the University of Southern Indiana. pact. Ava plays second base but may join her sister in the outfield at some point this season. “They both hit so well,” said James, “and they have great attitudes.” James feels the Friars are equipped to fare well in conference play. “The GCAC always provides really good competition,” she said. “We have Trinity right down the street and Resurrection is not too far away. I think we can come out of conference games with a pretty good record. “There’s a lot of chemistry on this team,” she added. “I think our biggest asset is our hitting. We have spent a lot of time in batting practice and it’s showed. Our pitching and defense have been strong as well, keeping our opponents’ scoring very low.”
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OBITUARIES Continued from page 13 date to be announced. Interment was private at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. The family would like to express heartfelt appreciation to the staff at Oak Trace in Downers Grove and Angels Grace Hospice. The family appreciates memorials to Angels for Hospice Charity, 325 W. Huron St., Suite 200, Chicago, 60654 or www.angelsgracehospice.com/donate or to the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance, P.O. Box 32141, New York, New York 10087-2141 and www.give.ocrahope.org.
Dolores Hrody, 81 Worked for Replogle Globes Dolores Hrody (nee Kernan), 81, of North Riverside, died on March 29, 2019. Born on Aug. 11, 1937 in Chicago, she was a customer service representative at Replogle Globes, Inc. Ms. Hrody was the wife of the late Richard; the mother of James (Michelle) and Robert (Claudia); the grandmother of Alexander, Morgan and Daniel; the sister of Betty (late Ray) Kuba, Jack (Beata), Tom (Sandy), late Bob (late Marlene), late Mary (Frank) Koskosky and late Dennis (Loretta); the sister-in-law of Eleanor Hrody; and the aunt of many nieces and nephews. Visitation is on Wednesday, April 3 from 3 to 9 p.m. at Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home,
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Location: Various locations throughout the Village of North Riverside Proposed Improvement: Hot-mix asphalt surface removal; curb and gutter removal and replacement; sidewalk removal and replacement; pavement patching; strip reflective crack control treatment; HMA surface course installation; thermoplastic pavement marking; drainage structure adjustment and reconstruction; and topsoil and sod parkway restoration. 1. Plans and proposal forms will be available in the office of John Fitzgerald, P.E., Novotny Engineering, 545 Plainfield Road, Suite A, Willowbrook, IL 60527, (630) 887-8640, for a non-refundable fee of $100.00. 2. T Prequalification If checked, the 2 low bidders must file within 24 hours after the letting an “Affidavit of Availability� (Form BC 57), in duplicate, showing all uncompleted contracts awarded to them and all low bids pending award for Federal, State, County, Municipal and private work. One original shall be filed with the Awarding Authority and one original with the IDOT District Office. 3. The Awarding Authority reserves the right to waive technicalities and to reject any or all proposals as provided in BLRS Special Provision for Bidding Requirements and Conditions for Contract Proposals. 4. The following BLR Forms shall be returned by the bidder to the Awarding Authority: a. BLR 12200: Local Public Agency Formal Contract Proposal b. BLR 12200a Schedule of Prices c. BLR 12230: Proposal Bid Bond d. BLR 12325: Apprenticeship or Training Program Certification e. BLR 12326: Affidavit of Illinois Business Office By Order of: PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES VILLAGE OF NORTH RIVERSIDE By: Kathy Ranieri, Village Clerk
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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y19000971 on April 1, 2019. Under the Assumed Business Name of SCOVILLE BLOCK NUMBER 1 with the business located at: 120 N. OAK PARK AVE. #432, OAK PARK, IL 60301. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: TRUST NUMBER 3702 26 ELMWOOD AVE LA GRANGE PARK, IL 60526.
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: Y19000910 on March 25, 2019 Under the Assumed Business Name of YANNI PANTS with the business located at:7444 WASHINGTON, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: KESHONA BROWN 7444 WASHINGTON FOREST PARK, IL 60130
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The Park District of Forest Park (“Park District� or “Owner�) will receive bids for the Aquatic Facility Bathhouse Flooring Project, located at the 7501 West Harrison Street, Forest Park, Illinois 60130. Bid Documents, including Instructions to Bidders, Drawings, Technical Specifications, General and any Special Conditions, and Bid Forms, including required Contractor Certifications and Prevailing Wage Determination and Supersedes Notice, are available at Park District of Forest Park Administration Building, 7501 Harrison St., Forest Park, Illinois 60130 commencing on March 27, 2019 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. A Pre-bid Meeting will be held at Administration Building, 7501 Harrison St., Forest Park, Illinois, at 10:00 a.m. on April 3, 2019. This meeting will be used to review the Specifications and give any Bidders the opportunity to discuss any concerns with the Owner and Architect. Attendance at this meeting by all persons desiring to bid on this Project is highly recommended. Each bid shall be placed in an opaque sealed envelope and clearly marked “Park District of Forest Park, Aquatic Facility Bathhouse Flooring Project.� The envelope shall be addressed and delivered to and received by the Park District at the following location: Administration Building, 7501 Harrison St., Forest Park, Illinois 60130. No responsibility shall be attached to any person for premature opening of a bid not properly identified. Bids will be received until 10:00 a.m. April 10, 2019. Immediately thereafter, the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids received after that time or at a different location will be rejected and returned to the Bidder unopened. The Park District of Forest Park reserves the right to waive technicalities, to accept or reject any or all bids, and/or to accept only portions of a bid and reject the remainder. Owner will award the Contract to the lowest most responsible and responsive Bidder, as determined by Owner. In considering the Bidder’s responsibility, the Owner may evaluate, among other factors, the ability of the Bidder to
provide experienced labor sufficient in numbers to timely and properly complete the services, the financial capability of the Bidder, and the performance of the Bidder on other projects. Bids shall not include federal excise tax or state sales tax for materials to be incorporated in, or totally consumed in the prosecution of the Work. A tax exemption certificate will be furnished by the Park District at the request of the Bidder. The Park District’s tax exemption number shall only be used by the successful Bidder for the Work of this Project. After the bid opening time, no bid shall be withdrawn or canceled for a period of sixty (60) calendar days. The Work of this Project is subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/0.01 et seq. A prevailing wage determination has been made by the Park District, which is the same as that determined by the Illinois Department of Labor for public works projects in Cook County. The Contract entered into for the Work will be drawn in compliance with said law and proposals should be prepared accordingly and provide for payment of all laborers, workmen, and mechanics needed to perform the Work at no less than the prevailing rate of wages (or the prevailing rate for legal holiday and overtime work) for each craft, type of worker, or mechanic. The Contractor(s) selected will also be required to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations and executive orders, including but not limited to those pertaining to equal employment opportunity. All bids must be accompanied by cashier’s check or bid bond payable to the order of the Park District of Forest Park for ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid as provided in the Instructions to Bidders. No proposals or bids will be considered unless accompanied by such bond or check. Direct questions to Jackie Iovinelli, Executive Director, Park District of Forest Park, jiovinelli@pdofp.org, 708-366-7500.
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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y19000927 on March 25, 2019. Under the Assumed Business Name of THREE BEARS FITNESS with the business located at: 949 LAKE ST G1, OAK PARK, IL 60301. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: JON BRUEN 949 LAKE ST G1, OAK PARK, IL 60301 Published in Wednesday Journal 4/3, 4/10, 4/17/2019
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For: Construction Services for the Carroll Center Addition & Remodeling. Owner: Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison St., Oak Park, IL 60302 The Park District of Oak Park will receive separate sealed Bids until 10:00am (Chicago time) on Friday, May 3rd, 2019 at 218 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois. The Park District is taking a construction manager approach and is looking for bids from individual trades. This breakdown is available on Tuesday, April 9th at 5:00pm online along with the drawings. A pre-bid walk-thru is scheduled for 1:00pm on April 18th and 19th at Carroll Center, 1125 S. Kenilworth, Oak Park, Il 60402. Copies of the bidding specifications are available via the Park District of Oak Park website at: http://www.pdop.org/bids-and-rfps/ For additional information, contact Chris Lindgren at chris.lindgren@ pdop.org or 708-725-2050. The Park District of Oak Park reserves the right to reject any or all bid or to accept any bid, which, in its judgment, will be to the best interest of the public. Only the bids in compliance with the provisions of the bidding specifications will be considered. Park District of Oak Park By: Kassie Porreca, Secretary Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison Street Oak Park, IL 60302 Published in Wednesday Journal 4/3/2019
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 ABFC ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005WMC1 Plaintiff, -v.DARYL SATCHER, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., OAK PARK TERRACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 2018 CH 08851 914 NORTH AUSTIN BOULEVARD UNIT #C-8 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 February 7, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 9, 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 914 NORTH AUSTIN BOULEVARD UNIT #C-8, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-320-0401025. The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of
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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 14-18-07459. 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. 14-18-07459 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 08851 TJSC#: 39-1009 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. I3116286
Defendants 2018 CH 14590 116 N AUSTIN BLVD 1S 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 March 11, 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 to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 116 N AUSTIN BLVD 1S, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-317-0251001; 16-08-317-025-1024. The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real
estate after confirmation of the sale. 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 14-18-12446. 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. 14-18-12446 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 14590 TJSC#: 39-1658 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. I3115890
on May 6, 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 1043 ELGIN AVE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-13-422-0320000. 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 14-18-10679. 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. 14-18-10679 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 12339 TJSC#: 39-71 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. I3115517
Defendants, 18 CH 10503 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 Tuesday, May 7, 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. 15-09-102-032-0000. Commonly known as 128 MORRIS AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 18-023878 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3116473
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE OF CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2015-RP2 Plaintiff, -v.KELLY NEAL, SAMUEL LEWIS JR., 116-22 NORTH AUSTIN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO USA HOLDINGS, INC. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL ILLINOIS, INC. Plaintiff, -v.EDWARD BRINK, FRANCES W. BRINK Defendants 2018 CH 12339 1043 ELGIN AVE FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 31, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF SHAROL D. UNGER AKA SHAROL UNGER AKA SHAROL DENISE UNGER AKA SHAROL D. UNGER-STEWART; LILLIE UNGER AKA LILLIE M. UNGER; PAMELA DAVIS; COLETTE UNGER-TEASLEY; JOSEPHINE UNGER; GERALD NORDGREN, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SHAROL D. UNGER-STEWART, DECEASED; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 9905 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 Friday, May 3, 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: Commonly known as 1076 Des Plaines Avenue, Forest Park, IL 60130. P.I.N. 15-13-311-041-0000. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g) (1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Ms. Michelle Breitzman at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC, 2121 Waukegan Road, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015. (847) 291-1717. 18-088570 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3116009 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs. JOETTA WILLIS; MORRIS WILLIS; STATE OF ILLINOIS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P.; Plaintiff, vs. BARBARA J. JONES FKA BARBARA RUSSO; MANOR CARE OF HOMEWOOD IL LLC AKA MANORCARE HEALTH SERVICESHOMEWOOD; VILLAGE OF FOREST PARK; UNKNOWN OWNERS GENREALLY, AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 18 CH 1019 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, May 13, 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. 15-13-402-012-0000. Commonly known as 824 S. Beloit Ave., Forest Park, IL 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 Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 981-7385. SMSF.0315 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3117072
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294 Northwood Rd, Riverside $685,000
239 Scottswood Rd, Riverside $825,000
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322 Northwood Road, Riverside
FRONT PORCH ENTRANCE WELCOMES YOU to this lovely Colonial filled with architectural detail, charm, and character in great Riverside location across from Olmsted Park. Spacious sun filled first floor features living room with fireplace, opens to delightful sun room, a formal dining room, a kitchen with newer appliances including Viking stove, breakfast room which opens to charming back porch/deck, cozy family room with fireplace, beamed ceiling. Beautiful staircase leads to second floor with 4 BR including master and 5th BR/office. Also 3 full baths & one half bath. Updates include Hardie Siding, gutters,downspouts (2015), roof (2012), many new windows (2015-2016), and A/C (2018). Front yard professionally landscaped & large fenced backyard is filled with perennials plus 2 car garage. Basement has laundry area & great storage & workroom. Close to schools, grocery, restaurants, & Metra. ......... $550,000