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After election loss, Joanne Schaeffer sidelined in District 103 By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
For just over half her life Joanne Schaeffer has been a member of the Lyons-Brookfield School District 103 Board of Education. The 79-year-old Schaeffer has served on the school board since 1979, except for a couple of months in 1999 when she was briefly off the board after losing an election. But a couple of months later she was appointed to the board to replace a sick school board member and she served for another 20 years. But her 40 years as a school board member came to an end last week. She was defeated in her bid for another term in the April 2 election. “I’ve enjoyed every minute of it, I really have,” Schaeffer told the Landmark of her four decades on the school board. Schaeffer was one of the longest serving school board members in Illinois, but not the longest. Don Choate a member of the downstate Jonesboro Community Consolidated Unit District 43 has served on that board for 51 years and is the longest active serving school board member in Illinois. The late Henry Vandenberg served for 55 years on two school boards in the south suburbs. See SCHAEFFER on page 17
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A bicyclist navigates the path along the swollen Des Plaines River to the left and flooded Swan Pond Park to the right on May 6 after flood waters receded enough to allow access. Heavy rains the prior week had caused moderate flooding near the river, inundating the park and doing some damage (foreground) to the path itself.
Garcia named North Riverside police chief Current deputy chief takes reins from his wife, Deborah, on May 16 By BOB UPHUES Editor
Carlos Garcia, who has served as deputy police chief in North Riverside since December 2017, will take the helm
as the village’s police chief on May 16, Mayor Hubert Hermanek Jr. has announced. Garcia, 49, will be officially sworn in at the village board meeting on May 20, along with a new police commander and
sergeant, a new fire department lieutenant and two rookie patrol officers. “I’m very humbled to be given this great opportunity,” said Garcia, who See POLICE CHIEF on page 21
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Caledonia rolls out bike rides for seniors First Illinois chapter of Danish organization Cycling Without Age
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Caledonia Senior Living and Memory Care in North Riverside on May 9 officially will become the first Illinois chapter of Cycling Without Age, a Copenhagen, Denmarkbased organization that aims to get senior citizens back on bicycles by offering them free rides on volunteer-powered “trishaws.” The trishaws are three-wheeled bicycles powered by a “pilot” who conveys up to two people in a compartment in front, allowing elderly passengers to feel the wind through their hair and offering leisurely views of the neighborhood and other areas. “It not only gives them access to nature, it gives us an opportunity to keep them connected to the lives they led in the community,” said Gus Noble, president of Chicago Scots, which has operated Caledonia Senior Living and Memory Care, formerly known as The Scottish Home, in North Riverside since 1910. According to Noble, Scotland last year made Cycling Without Age a national initiative, setting aside 300,000 pounds to roll out the program nationwide. It made sense, said Noble, for Chicago Scots, which is also the oldest nonprofit charity in the state of Illinois, to follow up with an initiative of their own. Caledonia Senior Living and Memory Care will christen its two trishaws on May 9, at 9 a.m. when the two people responsible for providing funding the two vehicles – which cost about $10,000 apiece – will take them on their inaugural rides at the campus. Residents, family members of the community are invited to participate in the BYOB (Bring Your Own Bike) event. The honorary first pilots will be Bob Crawford, a longtime Chicago Scots benefactor and founder of Brook Furniture Rental, and Alex Gourlay, the Scottish-born COO of Walgreens Boots Alliance, who was given the Distinguished Citizen Award by Chicago Scots in 2018. “This is a community here [at Caledonia Senior Living] and this is linking them to the community out there,” said John Gremer, director of community affairs for Walgreens. Jim Boyle, recently retired as administrator of Caledonia Senior Living, was chosen to spearhead the rollout of Cycling Without Age at the assisted living and skilled nursing care facility. According to Boyle, there are about a doz-
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EASY RIDERS: Chicago Scots President Gus Noble (above, left) and retired Caledonia Senior Living administrator Jim Boyle take one of the new “trishaws” for a spin on the grounds of the nursing home facility on May 3. Caledonia is the first Illinois chapter of Cycling Without Age, a group that seeks to get senior citizens back on bikes.
en people who have volunteered to serve as pilots for the program. Caledonia hopes to work with local churches, cycle clubs and service organizations to increase the pool of pilots. The trishaws can be driven into Riverside and North Riverside as well as the wooded area around Caledonia itself. Boyle said he is trying work with local businesses that can serve as destinations for the trishaws.
Noble said Caledonia has a trailer that can transport the two trishaws to other locations, so Caledonia residents can get further afield on the bikes, perhaps even to attractions like Brookfield Zoo and other area attractions. “We don’t want to be too prescriptive,” Noble said. “The essence of our philosophy here is to be resident-directed.” While the service right now is limited to residents of Caledonia and their family, the hope is to expand ridership to the surrounding communities. “The plan has always been to go into Riverside and North Riverside,” Boyle said. “That also brings us into the community.”
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Three men face felony charges stemming from a melee inside the Round One entertainment complex at North Riverside Park Mall, 7501 Cermak Road, on May 4 at about 5:50 p.m. Charged with felony criminal damage to property were Rafael Ramos Jr., 29, of Berwyn, and Terry Barber, 31, of Chicago, who were the two principal combatants in the fight, according to police. Barber was also charged with two counts of battery and one count of disorderly conduct. Ramos, meanwhile, was charged with mob action, battery, disorderly conduct and two counts of violating the state’s concealed carry act. Ramos, according to police, was a carrying a tan Glock 19X handgun on his person inside Round One. During the fight, the gun reportedly tumbled to the floor, where it was picked up and handed to Tyshawn Jones, a member of Ramos’ party. Police charged Jones, 20, of Brookfield, with felony unlawful use of a weapon, mob action and disorderly conduct. Jones allegedly was in possession of the handgun outside of the mall, where he was detained when police arrived at the scene. According to police, Ramos, Jones and three others had been drinking at a Berwyn restaurant before going to Round One. Ramos and at least one other member of his party reportedly admitted being intoxicated when they arrived at Round One. Ramos reportedly told police he was standing near the cash register with a pitcher of beer in his hand when he accidentally bumped into a woman. Both Ramos and the woman stated that Ramos had apologized, but the woman’s boyfriend, Barber, confronted Ramos, who responded by allegedly throwing the pitcher of beer into his face. Barber allegedly shoved Ramos into a “Tons of Tickets” amusement game, knocking it over and nearly on top of a child. The machine, valued at about $6,400, made a loud “bang” when it hit the ground, apparently causing some to report that shots had been fired, though that was not the case, according to police. During the scuffle, which involved several men, the handgun fell from Ramos’ person. It was picked up by one man who could been seen on surveillance video, police reported, brandishing the weapon and trying to strike people with it. That man also reportedly dropped the gun once or twice before handing it to Jones, who ran out of Round One through the west entrance before being stopped by police.
Charges in April motorcycle crash Riverside police have charged a 29-year-old North Riverside man with driving under the influence of alcohol and cited him for failure
to yield and for not having vehicle insurance in an April 24 motorcycle crash in which he was seriously injured. A 26-year-old North Riverside woman who was a passenger on the motorcycle was not seriously hurt. Police reported that on April 24 at about 9:50 p.m., the man was driving his red 2009 HarleyDavidson motorcycle northbound in the 3400 block of Harlem Avenue when he tried to make a left turn in front of a southbound taxi cab, which had the right of way. The motorcycle struck the side of the taxi cab, and the motorcyclist sustained severe injuries that required surgery and 10-day stay in the hospital before he was turned over to police to be charged. The taxi cab driver was not injured.
Burglary foiled An alert neighbor foiled an attempt by an unknown teenager to steal a bicycle from the garage of a home in the 3200 block of Maple Avenue on May 5 at about 6:30 p.m. The neighbor told police he was in the alley when he observed a teenager messing around with a bike in the alley. The teen then waved to another, who was on a bike at the end of the alley. At that point, the first teen noticed the neighbor, put down the bike and started walking southbound through the alley. Police later learned the bike left in the alley was taken from the Maple Avenue residence. The bike’s tires were flat, police noted.
Mall intruder North Riverside police responded to the North Riverside Park Mall, 7501 Cermak Road, on two consecutive days, April 27 and 28, after an intruder apparently tripped the burglar alarm at Sears. While police were unable to locate anyone in the vicinity, surveillance video from April 27 showed a man sporting a bandanna over his face inside the store. A witness on April 28 provided a description of a person that appeared to match the suspect in the prior incident. It’s unclear whether anything was taken from the store. Entry was gained through a door in the northeast corner of the store, police reported. These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, April 27-May 5, 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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After 40 years, Riverside commission chair retires William Smith hired every cop in village’s present department
By BOB UPHUES Editor
Every municipality in the state has some sort of police and fire commission, an appointed board that most often operates under the radar — even though what they do is among the most important tasks in small town life. Police and fire commissioners are the folks who are responsible for hiring, firing, promoting and disciplining police officers and firefighters. Every couple of years, they create a list of candidates to choose from by convening examinations and interviewing prospects, ranking them by preference. William Smith was one of those commissioners in Riverside until just last week, when he retired after serving in that capac-
ity for a month and a half shy “He always put the village first.” of 40 years. During that time, he Patrick Layng, a former fedhas been involved in the hiring eral prosecutor who has served of more than 45 police officers, alongside Smith on the Riverside including every member of the Police and Fire Commission for a present police department in Rivdecade, called him “the leader of erside — from the chief on down the commission, the voice of reato the most junior patrol officer. son and experience.” At 72, Smith, who was the comFor his part, Smith said he’s mission chairman, decided it stayed aboard the commission was time to move full time to Key for so long because of the supWILLIAM SMITH West, Florida, where he has famport of the three police chiefs ily business interests. he’s served alongside and the inPolice Chief Thomas Weitzel described dependence they and elected officials have Smith’s approach to the job as “knowledge- ensured. able and compassionate.” “I never once had a call [from anyone “He’s always been a mentor; he’s always asking to favor a police officer candidate],” given his advice to me, especially when it Smith said. “That was the beauty of Rivercomes to discipline issues,” said Weitzel. side government.”
Smith, who attended the University of Iowa, where he played football and ran track, moved to Riverside in 1971. He joined the Riverside Police and Fire Commission at the age of 33 after being asked to join the advisory group by then-Village President Edward Meksto. He replaced John Hoaglund, who had been appointed to the Police and Fire Commission in 1946 and served for 33 years. At the time, said Smith, being on the commission was seen as a stepping stone to the village board, but Smith was never interested in becoming a village trustee. He said he enjoyed close working relationships with police chiefs Donald Doneske, Eugene Karczewski and Weitzel. “The best thing about it was serving under three good chiefs,” Smith said.
Brook Park Council hits fundraising goal for playground Community has contributed more than $100,000 toward project
By BOB UPHUES
includes excavating the site to install a storm water drainage system, buying and installing the equipment and pouring the synthetic surface will come to around $250,000, Kuzniewski said.
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The Brook Park Council, the parent organization serving the LaGrange Park school, has reached its fundraising goal of $100,000, which will go toward the installation of a new playground on the south end of the newly expanded campus. And they’re not quite done, yet. Following their second very successful annual walkathon and painting party on May 3, the BPC is planning a golf outing in June. “This project has been years in the making, and it will be very exciting when it all comes together,” said Brook Park Council board member Ann Heinl. “It’s been a community effort and that’s the most exciting part of it.” The BPC unveiled renderings of the playground plans in March to the BrookfieldLaGrange Park School District 95 Board of Education and more recently to the students. Installation tentatively is scheduled for late June/July and will be ready when school opens on Sept. 3. The roughly 140-by-40 foot playground site will be topped with a poured-in-place synthetic rubber surface and divided into separate play areas for kids ages 2-5 and 5-12. The smaller structure for younger children will have two slides, stairs, canopy and bridge, while the larger structure for older kids will feature two double slides, a roller slide, fire pole, several climbing elements, including monkey bars and a zip line. In between the two structures will be a
Building projects on target
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NEW LOOK: The Brook Park Council unveiled this rendering of the planned playground at Brook Park School to students recently. The BPC has raised a little more than $100,000 to help fund the playground, whose total cost will be in the range of $250,000. web-like rope-climbing structure. On the periphery of the playground area there will be benches and areas for quiet play as well as a “drop-shot” hoop. If the fundraising continues to go well, said Heinl, there could be a “phase two” of the project, which could include things like purchasing soccer goals or a GaGa Ball pit and other play equipment. “We need to get in the new space and figure it out,” Heinl said. Even before students left the building to participate in the May 3 walkathon, the
fundraiser had reached $44,500. That’s on top of the $59,000 the walkathon raised last year, in addition to the $8,000 raised by the golf outing last summer. “The Brook Park Council has done a tremendous job of raising funds, but the work they’ve done to get community feedback is so much further than I’d have been able to do within the scope of this [building expansion] project,” said District 95 Superintendent Mark Kuzniewski. “It’s going to be a great space.” The total cost of the playground, which
Meanwhile, Kuzniewski said that the expansion and renovation projects at both Brook Park School and S.E. Gross Middle School in Brookfield are still on course to be substantially complete by mid-summer. The target date for S.E. Gross is June 15; for Brook Park July 15. Much of the interior work being done now is finish work, he said. Furniture is slated to be delivered to S.E. Gross School on June 21. While construction has been relatively problem-free, the district has been notified by its roofing contractor that there is an issue with some of the insulation sprayed beneath the roofs of new structures at both schools. The insulation, which was sprayed into the area between the roof and joists was supposed to expand to fill the space. In some areas, the insulation did not fully expand, leaving gaps. According to Kuzniewski, the roofing contractor has accepted responsibility for the flaw and the school district will not be on the hook for the cost of repair. Officials are trying to determine whether or not the roofs need to be reinstalled or can be fixed in sections. “They’re doing sampling to gauge the extent of the problem,” Kuzniewski said. “This will not delay the opening of school.”
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BIG WEEK
May 8-15
Lions host renowned comic book artist
Award-winning comic book illustrator Phil Hester will be the guest speaker at the Riverside Township Lions Club meeting on Tuesday, May 14 at 6 p.m. at Caledonia Senior Living, 2800 Desplaines Ave. in North Riverside. Hester, who draws for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, will describe his journey from near blindness to full PHIL HESTER restoration of his sight thanks to the Iowa Lions Eye Bank. Hester received donor tissue for his damaged corneas in 2016. Following successful surgery, he has resumed his career drawing superheroes such as Superman, Batman, the Green Hornet and others. Tickets, which include dinner, are $20. Call Gerry Stutz at 630-426-4693.
LTHS dance company show
The Lyons Township High School Eurythmics dance company will perform “Ignite,” its spring dance concert, May 9, 10, and 11 in the North Campus Reber Center, 100 S. Brainard Ave., LaGrange. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins promptly at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door; no discounts or activity passes are applicable. Tickets are available by contacting the athletic office at 708-579-6393.
And more Lyons Township High School hosts Media Arts Night of Entertainment (MANE), its annual student film festival, on May 14 at 6 p.m. in the North Campus Reber Center, 100 S. Brainard Ave. in LaGrange. Admission is free. All are welcome. Brookfield-Riverside Rotary Club invites community members to attend its membership event on May 8 at 6 p.m. in the party room at Sebastian’s Ale & Whiskey House, 8900 Fairview Ave. in Brookfield. Learn about and get involved with the local chapter of this international service club. Free appetizers. Contact club president Chuck Ezell at jaezell@msn.com with questions. Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St. in Brookfield, will host the next of its monthly grief ■
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support gatherings on May 14 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The theme of the gathering will be managing grief. Seats are limited. RSVP by May 10 to info@ hitzemanfuneral.com or call 708-485-2000. Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., presents “Sound Textures for Intimacies of Space” featuring work by Monica Rezman and Beth Bradfish in the Freeark Gallery thru June 15; “Passing hours, space in between: I am breathing you air,” an installation by artist Yoonshin Park in the FlexSpace Gallery thru June 11; and “stay out come in stay in come out,” featuring the work of Jordan Martins in the outdoor sculpture gallery thru Aug. 3. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. Free and open to the public. Lyons Township High school paraprofessional Mary Ann Rivera is collecting school supplies for ■
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those impacted by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico throughout the month of May. Supplies (crayons, markers, pens, pencils, glue sticks, notebooks, folders, scissors, erasers and index cards) can be dropped off at the main office of either campus. Monetary donations are welcome at paypal.me/ Maryann26. Email mrivera@lths.net for more info. Brookfield Public Library, 3609 Grand Blvd., hosts Device Tech Help of smartphones and tablets on May 8 at 1:30 p.m. When registering include the name of the device you’re bringing. On May 13 at 7 p.m., historian Sarah Okner, a descendant of Japanese internees during World War II, presents Life in a Japanese Internment Camp, featuring photos and details of family life. Call 708-485-6917, ext. 130 or visit www.brookfieldlibrary.info to register for programs. ■
Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, hosts Brush Calligraphy with artist Audrey Ko on May 11 at 1 p.m. in the Public Meeting Room. Beginners welcome. Registration required at www.riversidelibray.org. North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., hosts a Senior Drop-in on May 10 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Meeting Room. Play cards and socialize every Friday. Senior Services hosts Bingocize (exercise lightly while playing bingo and winning prizes) on May 15 at 2 p.m. and a screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece “Vertigo” starring James Stewart and Kim Novak on May 8 at 2 p.m. Drop-in only. Adult Services hosts How to Sell on eBay on May 15 at 6 p.m. To register for senior and adult programs call 708-447-0869. ■
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Brookfield changes way it pays its attorneys Law firm will get monthly retainer, more for work outside general services By BOB UPHUES
‘Ocean’s 8’ in North Riverside
North Riverside Parks and Rec continues its free Popcorn and a Movie series on Friday, May 10 at 1 p.m. with a screening of “Ocean’s 8,” starring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway in the council chamber of the North Riverside Village Commons, 2401 Desplaines Ave.
After getting released from prison, Debbie – the sister of legendary con man Danny Ocean – puts together a team of criminal masterminds for the heist of the century. Admission is free, but registration is required. Call 708-442-5515.
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Art of Alfred Hitchcock
North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., presents “The Art of Alfred Hitchcock” on Thursday, May 9 at 2 p.m. Bob Burton presents an original video of Hitchcock’s own comments and clips from the famed director’s finest films. Free. To sign up, call 708-447-0869 or visit www.northriversidelibrary. org/events.
For kids, there’s Lapsit Storytime (toddlers thru 5) on May 9 at 10:30 a.m.; STEM-tastic Fun (grades K+) on May 9 at 3:45 p.m.; Family Yoga with Bee (ages 3+ with adult) on May 10 at 10:15 a.m.; Bingo/Loteria (ages 3+) on May 10 at 4:30 p.m.; Messy Mornings for Munchkins/Open Play (ages 2-5) on May 14 at 10:30 a.m.; Bilingual Storytime (ages 2-5) on May 15 at 10:30 a.m.; and Wii Play Games and Watch Movies (grades 6-12) on May 11 from 1 to 3 p.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 W. 63rd St. in Hodgkins. Call 708-354-1323 ■
Spaghetti dinner and raffle
Boy Scout Troop 111 hosts its Spaghetti Dinner and Raffle on Saturday, May 11 from 4 to 7:30 p.m. in the Colonnade Room at St. Louise de Marillac Parish, 1112 Raymond Ave. in LaGrange Park. Tickets ($8 per person/$6 seniors and kids 6-11/$25 for family of four) include homemade meatballs and sauce, ice cream sundae bar and raffle. Take out available. 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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that year’s financial audit. That figure spiked to $356,309 in 2016 and jumped the flowing year to $367,372. The In a bid to contain fees it pays to attorneys 2019 budget estimated spending $413,000 for representing the village of Brookfield, the legal services. “We can’t afford to keep paying that kind board of trustees voted unanimously on April 22 to change the way it pays the law of money,” Wiberg said. The monthly retainer fee will cover roufirm Storino, Ramello & Durkin. Instead of paying a straight hourly fee tine legal representation, including atfor all legal work done for the village, the tendance at regular board meetings and village will now pay a flat monthly rate of responding to elected officials and staff ask$12,500 for general legal services ing for general legal advice. plus $1,200 per month for prosThe fee also covers preparing ecuting cases in Cook County ordinances and resolutions, reCircuit Court. The agreement viewing bid documents and condoes not cover all types of legal tracts, reviewing extraordinary representation, such as defendFOIA requests of 100 pages or ing federal lawsuits, which will less, monitoring litigation and increase payments beyond that reporting to the board and village amount. manager on pending litigation. “We’re trying to achieve more The retainer fee does not incontrollable, consistent costs on clude attendance at special meetgeneral legal services, and we ings of the village board, meetthink this accomplishes that,” ings of advisory commissions, said Village Manager Timothy negotiating union contracts, litiWiberg. gation in state or federal courts, TIMOTHY WIBERG Brookfield has seen its legal prosecuting matters before the Brookfield village manager fees rise consistently over the local adjudicator, legal services past four years, with the village related to special assessments, paying out just a hair under TIF districts or zoning and other $500,000 in 2018. typically infrequent matters. According to Finance Director “With the hourly billing arDoug Cooper, the 2018 legal fees rangement, there was kind of a were high for a couple of readisincentive for staff to call the sons. Significant staffing changes required attorney, because they didn’t want to get additional legal work, said Cooper, and the billed for it,” Wiberg said. “That model did village also expended a larger amount in not work to encourage collaborative work 2018 in prosecuting code violation cases. between the attorney and staff.” In addition, the village incurred legal Village Attorney Richard Ramello told costs related to the establishment of two village trustees on April 22 that the $12,500 special assessment areas related to paving monthly figure was arrived at by looking at alleys. monthly trends. He also said that monthly “These were the significant items, but giv- figure could go up or down in the future. en any year, sudden and unexpected situaBoth sides will sit down in six months to tions can occur which would increase attor- review how the agreement is working. ney involvement,” Cooper said in an email. “If the village is only consuming $10,000 While 2018’s legal fees were particularly per month we’ll make a reduction,” Ramello high, those charges had been trending up- said. “If it’s more than that, I’ll sit down ward in recent years. In 2015, the village with [the village manager and village presipaid $267,471 for legal services, according to dent] and work out an equitable agreement.” Editor
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Brookfield manager hires top assistant George Issakoo, assistant to Skokie DPW director, will start May 13
By BOB UPHUES Editor
Brookfield Village Manager Timothy Wiberg last week announced he’s hired George Issakoo to fill the new role of assistant village manager after a three-month search that drew more than 80 applicants. His first day on the job will be May 13, when he will also be introduced to elected officials at that evening’s village board meeting. His salary is $110,000. The 31-year-old Issakoo (pronounced eeSA-ko) has spent the past two years as assistant to the public works director for the village of Skokie. Prior to that he served as a budget analyst and assistant to the county administrator for Lake County. He comes to the village of Brookfield with a particular experience implementing technology initiatives, and that will be a main focus of attention for Issakoo, according to Wiberg. “What I’ve come to realize is that there’s a lack of any type of IT strategy here,” said Wiberg, who came aboard as village manager last September. “There are technology needs throughout all departments that need to be implemented.”
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Wiberg said it will be Issakoo’s job to nity for the village of Brookfield to respond to spearhead initiatives like the village joining those things.” the GIS Consortium, installing a new phone Wiberg said he see the assistant village system, digitizing paper records to make manager as the “operations director,” dealing them indexable and searchwith internal issues that bubble able. up daily. “We’re not in the 1980s anyHaving an assistant in place, more,” Wiberg said. Wiberg said, will allow him to In Skokie, Issakoo spearinterface with the village board headed the implementation of and community leaders, get fleet management software for more involved in economic dethe public works department velopment by reaching out to and rolled out an app, much the development community like the one used by the village and establish a strategic plan of Riverside, where residents with the village board, particuGEORGE ISSAKOO can submit requests and report larly infrastructure mainteBrookfield assistant problems directly to staff in the nance and replacement. village manager field. “This is a critical piece that
“[city managers] educated me on the impact you can have at the local level.”
“Technology is a big part of my job here,” said Issakoo in a phone interview. In addition, Wiberg said he wants Issakoo to create a visible and responsive presence on social media, something lacking right now. “That’s the way the public now communicates,” Wiberg said. “If there are factual misstatements or legitimate questions being raised about public policy, there’s an opportu-
needs to be filled,” Wiberg said. Issakoo, who lives in the north suburbs with his wife and 2-year-old daughter, is a graduate of Glenbrook North High School who earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from DePaul University before getting his master’s degree in public administration at Northwestern University. While he entered college thinking he wanted to be a diplomat, his focus changed in grad-
uate school, where his professors were local city managers. “They educated me on the impact you can have at the local level,” Issakoo said. “That really appealed to me.” Brookfield has not had an assistant village manager since 2014, when Keith Sbiral was promoted from that position to village manager. Sbiral did not have an assistant, although just before he resigned in March 2018 he announced that longtime administrative assistant Theresa Coady was being promoted to assistant village manager. That promotion does not appear to have ever been made official. Coady’s position was officially director of administrative and residential services. In February, Wiberg announced he was eliminating Coady’s position effective April 30 and undertaking a search for an assistant manager. Coady was on leave from the time of the announcement until April 30. Back in February, attorney Stacey Vucko confirmed Coady had filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over the elimination of her job. There has been no word on the status of that complaint. Vucko did not respond to emails from the Landmark about the matter.
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North Riverside violated labor law, judge rules Village disagrees with ruling over firefighters, will file exceptions
By BOB UPHUES Editor
An administrative law judge for the Illinois Labor Relations Board has concluded that the village of North Riverside violated the law when it failed to offer three new firefighters a health insurance plan consistent with the union contract. The judge also ruled that Mayor Hubert Hermanek violated the law when he threatened to fire the firefighters unless the union withdrew a labor complaint over the health insurance issue and then terminated a probationary firefighter who’d been unable to work for a period of time due to an injury he sustained on the job. The ruling was in response to a February 2018 unfair labor practice complaint filed by North Riverside Firefighters Union Local 2714. In her recommended decision and order, Administrative Law Judge Anna HamburgGal called on the village to extend the terminated firefighter’s probationary period and pay him back pay plus 7-percent interest. She also called on the village to offer the three new firefighters the health insurance coverage outlined in the most recent union contract. Hermanek told the Landmark that the village intends on filing exceptions to the recommended decision and order by the end of May. Those exceptions will be taken into account by the Illinois Labor Board before it files a final order.
“We feel it was the wrong decision,” Hermanek said. Chris Kribales, the president of North Riverside Firefighters Union Local 2714, praised the ruling. “It is one of the strongest rulings I’ve ever read as a union member. I believe the judge got it perfect,” said Kribales, who is also a resident of North Riverside. “As a taxpayer it amazes me we can continue to find money to pay this law firm to lose time after time, yet due to budget restraints, we are cutting positions in the police station and fire station. When will this stop?” The April 26 ruling was the latest in a series of labor actions filed with the state labor board by union firefighters against the village. The two sides remain locked in arbitration more than a year after the Illinois Supreme Court refused to consider the village’s claim that it had a right to unilaterally terminate the union contract after reaching an impasse in negotiations. Both sides continue to wait for a state labor arbitrator to rule on the question of the village’s right to terminate the contract. Both sides last appeared before the arbitrator in mid-2018. “I don’t know why it’s taking so long,” said Hermanek. “The union is just as frustrated as we are.” North Riverside firefighters have been working without a contract since April 30, 2014. That summer the village proposed privatizing firefighting services by contracting with the same company that pro-
vides the village’s paramedics. The village filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court seeking a ruling that allowed the village to terminate the union contract because negotiations had reached an impasse. The village went so far as to issue termination notices for union firefighters, but delayed action until the lawsuit was decided. In the end, the courts sided against the village and ultimately referred the matter to a labor arbitrator. The latest union complaint against the village stemmed from the hiring of three new firefighters in January 2018 upon the recommendation of then-Fire Chief Tom Gaertner, who believed it would enhance safety, improve morale and reduce overtime costs. Gaertner also considered hiring new firefighters as an “olive branch” from the village, which had been trying to eliminate the union for the prior four years. Hermanek, though apparently reluctant to hire anyone until a new contract was in place, agreed to hire Robert Gill, Christopher Johnston and Dimitri Tountas. According to labor law, the village was obligated to offer the new firefighters benefits consistent with the most recent contract, which had expired in 2014. That contract called for firefighters to be offered a PPO health insurance plan with very low employee premium contributions and deductibles. However, the village in 2016 had moved away from that plan for all new employees, offering them instead a different PPO plan
as well as an HMO plan that were of less cost to the village. It was those plans which were offered to the new firefighters. The village argued the new plans were substantially equal to the old plan. A month after the new firefighters were hired, the union filed a grievance over the failure to offer them the old insurance plan. In March, according to the recommended decision and order, Hermanek expressed his displeasure to Gaertner, reportedly saying, “You need to have those guys pull the grievance and if they refuse, I’ll begin firing people, these guys probably within the next week.” Hermanek did not fire anyone and both sides continued to negotiate a new contract and met with the arbitrator in June 2018. Also in June 2018, firefighter Gill injured himself while working out on a patio adjacent to the firehouse workout room. A barbell fell on his back, fracturing a vertebra and requiring surgery and time in intensive care. A doctor ordered 32 weeks of recovery, rehabilitation and conditioning. In January 2019, Hermanek terminated Gill, citing the most recent union contract. At the close of the termination meeting, Hermanek reportedly made a comment to the effect of “I hired three guys and get this bull---- with the insurance … things have consequences.” Firefighters Johnston and Tountas remain employed by the village of North Riverside.
‘BioBlitz’ seeks to create natural record for Riverside Volunteers, scientists to team up to log flora, fauna
By BOB UPHUES Editor
As the village celebrates the 150th birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted’s General Plan of Riverside, the landscape architect’s namesake organization and the Riverside Landscape Advisory Commission are enlisting the help of scientists and residents to create a biospheric record of the community. During a two-day “BioBlitz” on May 10 and 11, the hope is to compile a record of mammals, plants, birds and insects that inhabit the wooded areas of Riverside along the Des Plaines River from the railroad bridge just west of the Riverside Swim Club to Miller Road. “It will be hugely important for the future,” said Cathy Maloney, who is president of both the Landscape Advisory Commis-
sion and the Frederick Law Olmsted Society. “It will be a useful record, describing the natural features of Riverside today.” Using an app called iNaturalist, scientists and volunteers will log their findings by taking photographs of flora and fauna and uploading them and identifying information to create a digital record that can be continuously updated. Because this is the inaugural effort, said Maloney, there likely will be some trial and error. But, she said resident volunteers are welcome to participate in both days of the project, with the main effort taking place, Saturday, May 11. People wishing to participate on May 11 are asked to register online at tinyurl.com/ yyaa6ocz. Residents are welcome to participate on a drop-in basis for what’s being called the Owl Prowl on Friday, May 10 from
8 to 11:30 p.m. According to Maloney, the Owl Prowl on May 10 is being led by Matt Mulligan, a wildlife researcher at Lincoln Park Zoo; Melinda Pruett-Jones, a Riverside resident and ornithologist; and Jill Mateo, a Riverside resident and mammalist at University of Chicago. “A lot of scientists were interested in this and intrigued by the fact that it’s the first time it’s being done in Riverside, and that it’s so close to the city but still has all of this nature,” Maloney said. Mulligan said he will be trapping and identifying small mammals that appear overnight on May 10-11. “I will handle the captured mammal and the volunteers could take a photo and log information on the species captured before we release the individual back into the wild,”
Mulligan said in an email. Mulligan will also set up motion-triggered cameras that can record the presence of mammals, from squirrels to coyotes and deer. Pruett-Jones, meanwhile, will guide volunteers that night to places where they might be able to spot nighthawks, owls and bats. On May 11, volunteers can sign up to participate in one of three sessions – at 7 a.m., 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. – where scientists will lead three-hour nature walks along the river to document the flora and fauna. The 1 p.m. session on May 11 is open to children under the age of 14 who are accompanied by an adult. People are asked to meet for the Owl Prowl and the three-hour nature walks at the Scout Cabin, 417 Fairbank Road. Street parking is available on one side of the street.
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McCook quarry shifts to underground mining Letter to residents lays out 6-day-per week blasting schedule By BOB UPHUES Editor
swapped out the front screen door three times, Garrison said, and is impossible to close completely because nothing is plumb. While the blasting is noticeable, said Jerry Mei of the 4600 block of Arthur Avenue, “it used to be worse. Years ago they really shook the building.” Mei, who has lived on the block for 36 years, said you can feel the blasts “every day” and that recently the vibrations feel like they’re rolling from east to west under the ground. Both Mei and Garrison say the worst thing about living close to the quarry is the dust, which can coat vehicles, plants and shrubs if
Hanson Material Service, the company that runs one of two limestone quarries just south of the village of Brookfield, sent a letter to residents of the village living in close proximity on April 16 describing a change in operations and announcing a six-day-per-week underground blasting schedule. The company, which operates the Federal Quarry between Plainfield Road and East Avenue immediately south of 47th Street, informed residents that its mining operations, which have shifted from surface mining to underground mining, were moving closer to Brookfield. “During the past two decades, mining was progressing to the south, away from Brookfield,” stated plant manager Ryan Murphy in the letter. “The design of the underground mine requires mining under our entire property and we are currently progressing north, toward Brookfield, from the middle of our property.” In addition, the letter stated, Hanson was expecting to blast underground daily, Monday through Saturday, FILE between 1 and 3 p.m. “The underground min- Hanson Material Service, 9101 47th St., McCook ing activities include drilling and blasting approximately six times per week in order to dislodge there are long stretches without rain. “It’s just terrible,” Mei said. “If there’s no the limestone deposits for further processing,” Murphy stated. “As we refine our inter- rain for two or three days, cars are coated with nal process related to underground activities, quarry dust. It’s just pitiful.” The letter from the Hanson quarry stated this schedule may be adjusted. We are not mining under your house, we are only mining that residents with questions and concerns can call the Lyons Township Quarry Advisory on our property.” Noise, vibrations and dust related to the Committee at 866-934-3278. The committee is comprised of officials quarry’s mining activities are a fact of life for anyone who lives on the south end of Brook- from Hanson Material Service; Vulcan Materials Company, which operates a large quarry field. Debbie Garrison, whose family has lived on in McCook south of 55th Street; and representhe 4600 block of Madison Avenue since 2007, tatives from nearby communities, including said she’s complained about the blasting mul- Brookfield. Brookfield Village Manager Timothy Witiple times. “It’s bad between 1 and 3,” she said. “I call berg is a member of the committee, which meets quarterly to update the group on operaevery time it’s bad.” According to Garrison, the blasts shake her tions, track complaints and talk about issues brick raised ranch, saying they’re “like really and areas of concern. Since the letter from Hanson Material Serbad thunder.” At Christmastime, the blasts shake the or- vice went out, Wiberg said he’s received two naments on the tree and cracks have appeared complaints from residents, who he’s directed in the walls of the home. The family has to the hotline number.
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French students get taste of USA at RBHS 17 teens from school outside Paris spent 2 weeks with local families
By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
Seventeen teenagers from France visited Riverside-Brookfield High School during the last two weeks of April. They came to RBHS to work on their English and learn more about America and Americans. The program was organized by RBHS French teacher Laurence Forberg through a company she discovered at a conference. The French students, ages 15 and 16, all attend Jeanne d’Arc School, a small Catholic high school in Etampes, a town with a population of about 25,000 located about 30 miles south of Paris. Forberg was anxious to have students from France visit RBHS, because she wanted her students to learn about French people and French culture up close. During her 15 years teaching at RBHS, Forberg, who grew up in France, has taken students on summer trips to France to every few years, but she felt something was missing. “I wanted more of a connection,” Forberg said. “It’s really nice to go visit, but you really don’t have much interaction.” Each student from France was paired with an RBHS student and shadowed their American partners for five different school days, staying at their partner student’s home for the entire two weeks. In French class, students worked collaboratively, researching and comparing aspects of culture and life in the United States and France. They delivered their findings in group presentations on their final day here before flying back to France on April 30.
The French students noticed some big differences between their school and RBHS. At their school, a class stays in the same classroom all day while teachers of different subjects come and go. They also have a college-type block schedule and don’t have the same classes every day. The French students were amazed at the wide range of classes and activities at RBHS, such as music and photography and the many sports and activities. The French students also were surprised by the casual dress and atmosphere at RBHS. “I like the school in the United States because there are a lot of people, and they can wear whatever they want to and they can use their cellphones, whereas in my school we are not allowed to do that,” said 15-yearold Jeanne Gros. “I can’t wear shorts; I can’t wear jogging [suits].” The French students said that the teachers at RBHS tend to be friendlier than teachers at their school and were struck by the less formal interactions some RBHS students have with their teachers. They were also struck by the noise level at RBHS. “In France, we don’t speak in class,” said Paul Gros, Jeanne’s twin brother. And they were impressed by the choice of food at lunch offered to RBHS students. “In France it is the same food for everyone,” said Anton Gatimeau. “Here you can choose.” The RBHS students, and the host parents, were impressed by the manners of the French students.
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PARLEZ VOUS? Students in Laurence Forberg’s French class at Riverside-Brookfield High School hosted 17 students from a school located just south of Paris for two weeks in April. “They’re so polite,” said RBHS senior Elizabeth Johnston, who hosted Paul Gros. “They will not ask you for food, they don’t want to inconvenience you. At the same time, they want to help you. They want to help you with your groceries; if something’s broken they want to help you fix it. They’re very considerate.” When they weren’t shadowing their hosts,
French students took in some of the sights in Chicago. They went on the boat architectural tour downtown, went to the Willis Tower, and visited museums. They were impressed by the Chicago skyline. “In Paris there are maybe two big buildings,” Gatimeau said. See FRENCH on page 21
Smithing named RBHS school board president Superintendent thanks departing members for contributions
By BOB SKIOLNIK Contributing Reporter
Shortly after four people elected earlier in the month were sworn in on April 30, members of the Riverside-Brookfield High School District 208 Board of Education voted unanimously to elect William “Wes” Smithing the new board president. Smithing, a 50-year-old resident of Hollywood who works as a facilities design and construction manager for United Ground Express, replaces Garry Gryczan as president. Gryczan and Tim Walsh both decided not to run for third terms in the April 2 election. Elected to the school board only two years ago, Smithing lead a fairly inexperienced school board. Laura Hruska is, by far, the experienced member of the board, having just been elected to her fourth term. No other board member has more than two years of
experience in the job. But Hruska could not turn that experience into the board presidency. Hruska did not directly address whether she wanted to be president, saying that she was fine with Smithing as president. Hruska has never been a board officer in her 12 years on the school board. “I feel completely comfortable,” said Hruska said noting that she is the board’s delegate to meetings of the Illinois Association of School Boards. Smithing said he reached out to Hruska before the biennial reorganization meeting and told her that he was seeking to become school board president. “I had reached out to Laura and asked for her support,” Smithing said. Smithing was a member of the school district’s contract negotiating team. In that role he worked closely with superintendent
Kevin Skinkis. “I really think that kind of set the stage for everything else,” Smithing said. The president of a school board works with the superintendent to set the agenda at each meeting and sometimes serves as the spokesperson for the board. After Smithing was elected board president, board member Gina Sierra nominated Ramona Towner for vice-president, a motion that seconded by new board member Thomas Jacobs. Hruska suggested that one of the three new board members be selected as vicepresident of the board as a way bringing the board together. But the board voted 6 to 1, with Hruska casting the only no vote, to make Towner vice president. The newly constituted board plans to have a retreat this summer and to reexamine board and district goals and perhaps com-
mission a strategic plan for the district. The reorganization meeting was the last one for Gryczan, Walsh, and John Keen, who were all first elected eight years ago. While Gryczan and Walsh did not seek a third term Keen did. However, he finished fifth in a race for four seats, 93 votes behind Hruska. Skinkis, who took over as superintendent a few months after Gryczan, Walsh, Keen, and Hruska were sworn in 2011, thanked the departing members, noting they came into office at a tough time, following a failed referendum and facing unpopular budget cuts. But, Skinkis said, over the past eight years the board worked to improve finances at RBHS, restoring many of the things that were cut. “I appreciate all the support and hard work that you put into that and helping rebuild our financial structure here,” Skinkis said.
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Spark Joy This Mother’s Day By Carmen C. Rivera
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nless you’ve been sleeping under a rock, you know that Sunday is Mother’s Day. Hopefully, you’ve devised a plan to avoid not being seated at your favorite local brunch spot or overspending on something that mom really doesn’t need. Hat’s off to you if your day is all set! No one enjoys spiraling from panic when you realize that you’ve completely forgotten to honor the one person who’s always taken care of the family or that woman who has given you life (whether you were born to her or chosen by her). Time is fleeting and life is short so it’s time to drop everything and begin assembling the special day for your own Queen of the castle, the way she wants and deserves. In Oak Park, we are surrounded by so many great communities, local merchants and original places to visit. So, if your perfect gift for mother
equals tangible goods, shop right in town. Buying local means, you’re buying one of a kind, sometimes handcrafted goods and supporting our local economy. Our town and neighbors, including the Austin community, Brookfield, Riverside, Forest Park, Berwyn and River Forest, along with so many others, feature the most adorable independent shops that you’ll encounter. You definitely want to peruse the beauty and originality that exists within a 5-mile radius of your own home. There is an abundance of dining options, so you can please every palate preference. Have a craving for some fine dining, want a dog friendly bar, farm focused dishes, or tacos out on the patio? Be sure to make a reservation, today! With so many specialty restaurants that exist nearby you have the opportunity to treat mom to whatever craving she may have or simply treat her to a custard cone.
From getting pampered to painting while sipping libations, to visiting a Frank Lloyd studio and a walk through a beautiful park to catching a flick at the classic movie house, momma should benefit from the existence of the vibrant communities of beauty and the ease of access to it all. Whatever it is you do for mom try not to spend too much money. With all she does or has done, this is the one day that she wants to feel special. But the last thing mum wants you to do is break the bank. Without much planning or thought and the one thing that won’t cost you a dime, is to give mom the gift of your time. Take time for mom this year, especially if you haven’t in a while. Sit with her for tea, talk trash about whatever it is she loves to gripe about, and laugh. Take her for a drive and chat while helping her pick up the house. Hang outside on the front stoop and
The best gift you can give to your mom this Mother’s Day is you. Regardless of what you do, listen to your mother. She’s telling you what she needs daily by asking you to pick up your socks, take out the garbage or her best attempt at trying to understand what’s going on during the Billboard Awards (me the other night). She’s trying to spend time with you, then give it to her.
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New D103 school board majority settles in Jorge Torres named school board president
By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
Power shifted on the Lyons School District 103 Board of Education last week as the four winners of the April 2 election were sworn in. The four candidates of the Parents for Student Excellence slate -- incumbent Jorge Torres and newcomers Vito Campanile, Oliva Quintero, and Winifred Rodriguez -- were backed by Lyons Village President Christopher Getty. They took their seats on the school board on April 30 and promptly elected Torres as the new school board president, replacing Marge Hubacek, who was elected two years ago. Hubacek remains on the school board. Torres, who is beginning his second term on the school board, works as a building inspector for the village of Lyons. Sitting in the audience watching the change in power was former Lyons Village President Ken Getty, father of the current village president. The vote to make Torres president was unanimous, with Hubacek, Sharon Anderson and Shannon Johnson voting for him as well. “They have the majority,” Hubacek said.
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Strong opinions from page 1 At her final meeting, Schaeffer was thanked and praised by eight people during the public comment portion of the meeting. “Joanne has shown us what perseverance is,” said Brookfield resident Krystal Steiner, noting that Schaeffer was on the school board when she attended Lincoln School. “You have been honest, a warrior for our children,” said parent Gloria Medina. “And always you have been fiscally and financially responsible.” Longtime District 103 custodian Jerry Przyzycki thanked Schaeffer for helping him get his job. “Even when there was something we didn’t see eye to eye on, we could always agree to disagree,” Przyzycki said. “You never once ever held a grudge, and that’s the quality that I will always admire the most about you.” Schaeffer received flowers and gifts, including a clock, from the school district in honor of all the time she spent on the school board. She was a little embarrassed by all the praise and got emotional at times. “Wow, all these flowers, I’m not dead am I?” Schaeffer said. Former board member Deanna Viti-Huxhold gave Schaeffer a bouquet of flower cupcakes and also gave her a case of White Castle sliders in honor of the late-night meetings they had when a fellow board member, the late Stephen Mazur, would make a run to the fast
events,” Torres said. The new majority exercised its power in what could be the first of many 4 to 3 votes, changing the meetings to Tuesdays. The next meeting will take place May 14. At the start of the meeting, before the new board members were sworn in, teachers’ union President Toni Jackman, backed by approximately 50 union members standing behind her, made a public comment that could be interpreted as a warning and a show of strength to the new board. Jackman vowed that the union would work with the new board, but implicitly warned them not to bring politics into the schools. “We stand with the newly created board tonight and will continue to stand with you as long as you as you are committed to being a school board that makes decisions that represents best practices in education, a board that has the best interests of students always in the forefront, a board that has a respect for our educational perspective and expertise as well as for our collective bargaining agreement and a board that acts in fiscally responsible manner and a board that allows us all to do our jobs with continuity, consistency and
pride,” Jackman said. The meeting was the final one for outgoing board members Joanne Schaeffer, Tom Weiner and Michael Bennett. Schaeffer, who had served on the board for 40 years, and Weiner were defeated by the Getty-backed candidates on April 2. Weiner, who was appointed to the board in December after board member Coleen Shipbaugh was booted off the board for not attending meetings, made a brief final statement from the board table before the new members were sworn in. “There were some tough decisions made and some that were not popular,” said an emotional Weiner. “As I look back, I know I did what I felt was best for the students and staff of the district.” At the start of the meeting Weiner cast the only vote against certifying the results of the April 2 election in a symbolic protest that was an indication of the bitterness of the campaign. And Weiner made a plea to the new majority. “Please keep the pay-to-play politics out of the district’s business,” Weiner said.
food restaurant when the hour got late. you’re a rubber-stamp board.” “Everyone is going to miss you keeping us No one ever doubted that Schaeffer voted here late,” Viti-Huxhold said to Schaeffer re- the way she thought best for the students in ferring to Schaeffer’s penchant for asking lots District 103. of questions and talking a lot. “Stand up for what you believe is right for Perhaps no one has observed Schaeffer lon- the children and for the district,” Schaeffer ger than Marge Hubacek. Although Hubacek advised the three new board members. has only been on the school board for the past Schaeffer was a particular target of her two years, she worked for 33 years as a secre- opponents in the April election. A political tary in the district, including 10 years as the action committee, started by an ally of Lyons Village President Christorecording secretary of the school pher Getty, put out a mass mailer board. that described Schaeffer as “exHubacek started attending tremely combative, opposed to board meetings as a parent about the same time Schaeffer began technology in the classroom” and serving on the school board. “lack[ing] understanding of mod“She’s strong-willed and she’s ern durriculum, [being] dismistough,” Hubacek said. “She’s not sive to students who need help, afraid to take you on head on if and [being] offensive to parents she has a disagreement.” and teachers.” Schaeffer showed her toughSchaeffer made no secret of her JOANNE SCHAEFFER disdain for “new math” or as she ness late last year, returning to the board table 32 days after undergowould say, “this crazy math that ing open heart surgery. we’re doing.” She also doesn’t think much of Former Interim Superintendent Patrick the new Common Core state standards and Patt described Schaeffer as the toughest per- has a disdain for the current state of politics son he has ever known. in Illinois. Schaeffer was a rubber stamp for no one. “She’s got strong opinions,” Hubacek said. She made up her own mind on issues and “Since she’s had children, grandchildren, sometimes exasperated even those who were and now great-grandchildren go through the allies. Just this year she voted against reclas- district, she’s very dedicated and protective sifying Robinson School Principal Al Molina of the school district. We’ve haven’t always as a teacher and against accepting the resig- seen eye to eye on a lot of things, but she is nation of then Lincoln School Principal Tara protective of the kids in 103.” Kristoff, who was forced from her job by the Schaeffer will freely tell you that she often interim superintendents. talks too much, but made no apologies for “You’re not supposed to always agree up always speaking her mind and often telling here,” said Schaeffer in her final comments board members how things used to be done. from the board table. “If you always agree, She was never afraid to speak her mind and
tell you what was going on and what she thought about it. “She’s opinionated, strong-willed, but fair,” Hubacek said. “For the most part she listens to the other side but does what she thinks is right no matter what other people think.” Schaeffer, who grew up in Berwyn and moved to Lyons in 1966, has worked with 10 superintendents and four interim superintendents over her 40 years on the school board. She said she is proud of many accomplishments in her time on the school board including establishing a middle school, creating a preschool, being one of the first elementary school districts to serve hot lunches, helping establish all-day kindergarten, and requiring school uniforms. She’s seen her children and grandchildren graduate from District 103 and is only disappointed that she won’t be on the school board when her great-granddaughter, who is now a third-grader at Lincoln School, graduates eighth grade. Schaeffer says she plans to continue to attend board meetings “as long as the crypt don’t rise.” She admits that it will be hard to stay quiet in the audience but she always has the public comment period to share her opinions. But will she be able to abide by the three-minute time limit for public comment? Hubacek acknowledged that meetings will probably be briefer without Schaeffer. “I think they’ll be shorter and I don’t think that’s necessarily a positive all the time either, because she certainly made us talk things out, whether we wanted to or not,” Hubacek said.
“Everything is not a fight. I’m going to try and make the best of it and get along.” But it didn’t take long for first fight to break out. After Rodriguez was unanimously elected board vice president and Campanile elected board secretary there was a tussle over what day board meetings should be held. The Getty-backed board members wanted to switch the twice monthly board meetings to Tuesday nights from Monday. “Monday tends to be stressful; Mondays are the worst,” Torres said. “Tuesday seems to be a better day for us.” Torres also pointed out that some federal holidays are celebrated on Mondays, requiring the board to reschedule some meetings. Anderson, Hubacek and Johnson pointed out that District 103 board meetings have traditionally been held on Mondays, except from 2015 to 2017 when the a Getty-backed majority switched the meetings to Thursday evenings. Johnson said other school events are typically not held on Mondays and that switching board meetings to Tuesday might cause conflicts for parents and teachers. But Torres brushed off that criticism. “We are not going to be in the way of any
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ynn Janik, an eighth-grade English language arts teacher at L.J. Hauser Junior High in Riverside has been awarded a summer institute grant from the National endowment for the Humanities to study the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama, for three weeks in July. “The eighth-grade advanced English language arts classes study the Civil Rights Movement, so I’m very much looking forward to supplementing the curriculum with what I learn this summer,” said Janik in an email. The program runs LYNN JANIK from July 7 to 27 and includes 30 teachers from across the country who will take part in an interactive field study on Alabama’s role in the modern Civil Rights Movement. IN addition to hearing lectures by scholars, the participants will interact with the leaders and foot soldiers of the movement, travel to key sites and review archival footage and other primary source documents. This isn’t the first time Janik has earned a prestigious grant to further her education. In 2011, she was selected to participate in a Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad for a month in Mexico, studying social and cultural diversity in 21st century there. She spent the 2016-17 school year in Scandinavia after winning a Fulbright scholarship to study in Norway.
Well done! L.J. Hauser Junior High School music teacher James Colombo was one of six teachers receiving a Chicagoland Outstanding Music Educator Award. Colombo was nominated by one or more of his peers and selectJAMES COLOMBO ed by a committee of previous winners. Colombo will receive the award at a presentation ceremony in June in Burr Ridge.
Weitzel to make keynote address Riverside Police Chief Thomas Weitzel was the keynote speaker at the 2019 Campus Security and Life Safety Summit in Alsip on May 7. The Campus Security Summit is a one-day event for security and education officials to learn THOMAS WEITZEL about new solutions and technologies for campus security, emergency response and management and public and life safety. Weitzel was invited to speak because of his mandated directive to his sworn and nonsworn personnel to read the complete 300page after-action report issued by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. Weitzel convened a departmental meeting to discuss the outcomes. “I wanted to discuss what we could learn from this incident to improve Riverside’s response to schools, purchase the appropriate equipment, train our officers in the correct way and ensure we have proper personnel assigned to schools who will take action if an event like this unfolds,” Weitzel said in a press release.
Welcome aboard Six new members have joined the Riverside Township Lions Club. Susan Storcel and Jean Zajac were inducted at the club’s February meeting; Jason Hinsley and Harold and Joanne Tram at the March meeting; and Keri Nekovar, the April meeting. Storcel is sponsored by JoAnne Kosey; Hinsley by Alex Gallegos; Zajac and the Trams by Olga Sylvester. Nekovar was sponsored by the late Lou Heine. The Riverside Township Lions Club was founded in 1948 and meets monthly. Involved in civic activities in Riverside and North Riverside, the club also provides annual financial support to charities and community organizations.
On campus Martinson, of Riverside, has received a Bachelor of Science degree summa cum laude in psychology from Alma (Michigan) College. ■ Adam
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QUALIFIERS: Eleven Komarek School students qualified for the national finals of the U.S. History Bee and/or the U.S. Geography Bee, which will be held in June, including (from left) Left to right: Jacob Jicha, Bestaida Arias, Xavier Mrozik-Dejesus, Sam Egan, Isabelle Moron, Iggy Bielobradek, John Bielobradek, Jake Tyler, Tommy Bogdan, Brynn Gizewski and Erica Brown.
Komarek students head to History, Geography Bee nationals Nine students from Komarek School in North Riverside qualified for the History Bee Nationals and six qualified for the U.S. Geography Bee Nationals at the Chicago-South regional event in April held at Komarek. Both national finals will be held June 7-10 at the Hyatt O’Hare in Rosemont. About 120 students in grades four to eight participated in the regional event in North Riverside last month. Among those Komarek students qualifying for the History Bee were fourth-
■ Erin Engstrom, a Brookfield resident and junior at Ripon (Wisconsin) College delivered an applied innovation presentation during Catalyst Day on April 24, which served as a capstone event for student completing a seminar in applied innovation. ■ North Riverside resident Camilla Davila (pre-medicine), Riverside residents Moira Dunn (vocal music performance) and DiAngelo Gonzalez (biology) and Brookfield residents Christina Rossetti (English education) and Evan St. Paul (applied mathematics) were all named to the 2018-19 winter term dean’s list at Augustana College in Rock Island for attaining grade-point
graders Bestaida Arias, Brynn Gizewski, Erica Hill and Isabelle Moron and fifth-grader Jacob Jicha. Qualifying for both the History Bee and Geography Bee nationals were fifthgraders John Bielobradek, Tommy Bogdan, Xavier Mrozik-Dejesus and eighth-grader Iggy Bielobradek. Eighth-graders qualifying solely for the Geography Bee were Sam Egan and Jake Tyler. The events are run by International Academic Competitions.
averages of at least 3.5 on a 4-point scale. ■ Elijah Ourth, of Riverside, a junior at Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin, has been named to the dean’s list for outstanding academic performance during the winter 2018-19 term for attaining a GPA of at least 3.5. ■ Nico Herrera, of Brookfield, is one of 24 Lyons Township High School students heading to the Science Olympiad state tournament. Herrera, an alternate, competed at the regional tournament, which was a hands-on event encompassing all areas of science combined with engineering and technology.
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Longtime Riverside resident turns 100 old, moved to Riverside in As many Riversiders 1949. In 1951, she gave birth know, the village is celto their son, Lawrence, ebrating the 150th birthwho attended Riverside day of Frederick Law Olschools and graduated msted’s General Plan of from Riverside-Brookfield Riverside. But that might High School in 1969. not seem so impressive to Initially, Marianne and Marianne Petersen, who Harold rented an aparthas lived in the village ment on Forest Avenue. for almost half that time They then purchased a and turned 100 herself on home on Pine Avenue in April 30. 1957. Petersen was born in During her lifetime, Chicago in 1919 and atMarianne has been an tended Chicago Public Schools. Prior to marriage, avid bridge player, and she worked at Carson Pirie she golfed well into her Scott, the Chicago Bar As70s, participating in ladies MARIANNE PETERSEN sociation, Schwimmer and leagues at the Oak Brook Scott advertising Agency Golf Club and the nowand the Borg Warner Corporation. defunct Timber Trails Golf Course. As a resident of Riverside she worked at an And, she was able to bowl into her early Eaton Yale and Towne Sales Office, then lo- 80s participating in a ladies league origicated in the Arcade Building. nally at Rolling Lanes in Countryside that After living in the Hyde Park neighborhood later moved to the now-defunct Willowbrook of Chicago, Petersen and her husband, Har- Lanes in Willowbrook.
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Half a chance
Spring rites of passage have commenced
iverside doesn’t get many chances at commercial redevelopment, and when they do come about, there always seems to be some sort of roadblock. Whether it’s St. Mary’s swooping in to buy the former PNC Bank and taking it out of play for a larger downtown redevelopment, the inability to assemble parcels at Harlem and Longcommon or Loyola Medicine continuing to sit on an enormously valuable parcel at the corner of Harlem and Ogden, it never seems to come together. So, it’s breath-holding time now at Harlem and Burlington, where two separate parcels, across the street from one another, are about to come on to the market. Bank of America is shedding its branch at 3300 Harlem Ave., and with that move it will also seek to sell the parking lot south of East Burlington Street. Both are ripe for redevelopment. The parking lot site, perhaps paired with the property immediately to the east, which has sat vacant and deteriorating for the past four years, is an even more inviting redevelopment target. Of course, there would be some site remediation involved at the parking lot site. There’s benzene in the soil, perhaps indicative of a former gas station, and it’ll have to be removed if the site is dug up. But if any sites are perfect for transit-oriented, mixed-use development the parcels at Harlem and Burlington come pretty darn close. Is this Riverside’s shot at starting to remake its Harlem Avenue commercial districts? Only time will tell.
Boom goes the dynamite Residents of Brookfield’s south end know too well the impact of living near a limestone quarry. The intermittent dynamite blasts, the odd earthquake and the pervasive dust all lend a certain patina to life near 47th Street. You have our sympathies. Recently, residents near the Hanson Material Service quarry, which sits just south of 47th Street west of Prairie Avenue in McCook, were notified that operations there had shifted. For the past two decades, the quarry had been engaged in surface mining and the blasting done to dislodge the limestone bedrock had been moving southward, away from Brookfield. But, recently, the quarry began underground mining operations. And the blasting is now moving northward, toward Brookfield. A letter sent to residents on April 16 made clear that the blasting is being contained to the quarry property; no one is mining under residences in Brookfield. In other words, we’re not blasting under your home, it may just feel like it. There is a complaint line residents can call at 866-934-3278, and those complaints are supposed to be discussed at a quarterly meeting of a committee that includes quarry and local officials. Is there much residents can do to affect mining operations, which are federally monitored? Probably not, but at least have your voice heard by calling the complaint line. And, if that fails, you can urge local officials to put whatever pressure they can to maintain quality of life. Enduring dynamite blasts six days per week is a lot to ask.
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t’s that time of the year -- it is the ending and the beginning. Graduation, prom, finals, parties, communion, confirmation, hoping for some warm weather, looking forward to pools opening, year-end school programs, and so much more. We had a first communion in our family this past Sunday: granddaughter McKenna Mary Kosey. It was so nice to see the girls in their white dresses and boys in suits and hair combed. As McKenna stood on the steps of St. Mary Church for family photographs, I remembered that that was me many years ago in my white communion dress; some traditions do not change, thank goodness. I remember the excitement of getting everything for the big day: dress, veil, rosary, prayer book and medals. We were able to purchase the items from Mrs. Bednarz (no, not at the hardware store) who had all the religious items a first communicant could need or want. Somewhere in my treasure troves, I am sure I still have some of those items. How about prom? Remember? My Nazareth prom was held in the gym, with the nuns peering over the balcony to make sure we were not dancing too close. Sure is different now. The venues are more elaborate and the modes of transportation have changed. Limos have been replaced
by buses, nice ones, to insure safety of prom goers. I did go to Fenwick’s prom in a limo. We were ahead of our time. Besides, my date’s uncle had a funeral home, so he arranged it. It seems the place to take prom pictures is in the amphitheater behind Blythe Park School. It does allow for a good setting with the tiered rows. Not sure who started that tradition, but it’s a good idea and parents can get a good shot all at once. That amphitheater was always the spot for the spring gym exhibit, or whatever it was called, where classes would “perform.” My favorite was the routine with a parachute. Some kid always seemed to get stuck under it. Kids loved it! Then there was the Maypole dance performed artistically by the fifth-grade girls. The girls always looked forward to it. Wonder if they still do it? Yep, there’s a lot going on this time of year to enjoy, along with -- I hope -- nice weather.
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OBITUARIES
Thomas Alioto, 72 Worked in HVAC sales Thomas E. Alioto, 72, of Brookfield, died on May 5, 2019. Born on Sept. 16, 1946, Mr. Alioto was a U.S. Army veteran and worked in sales in the HVAC industry. Mr. Alioto was the husband of 53 years to Eileen Alioto (nee Murrin); the father of Christopher (Heather) Alioto and Keri Alioto; the papa of Ryan, Kaitlyn, Kyle
and Sunday; brother of Karen (Richard) Marcheschi; a proud member of the Murrin family; an uncle of many nieces and nephews; and the friend of Pat and Joan VanHuysse, Bill and Terri Kelly and Tommy and Ann Kelly. Visitation is on Wednesday, May 8 from 3 to 9 p.m. and on Thursday, May 9 from 9 to 9:30 a.m. at Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St. in Brookfield. A funeral Mass will be celebrated May 9 at 10 a.m. at St. Louise de Marillac Church in LaGrange Park. Interment is private.
THOMAS ALIOTO
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POLICE CHIEF Bilingual from page 1 started as a North Riverside police officer in 2002 and is the husband of Deborah Garcia, whom he’ll replace as police chief. “I love serving this town. It still has a smalltown feel.” He also becomes the village’s first Hispanic police chief. Garcia reads, writes and speaks Spanish fluently, something he said is an advantage in a place like North Riverside, whose Hispanic population continues to grow. The 2010 census reported that 32 percent of North Riverside’s population identified as Hispanic. Meanwhile, the 2018 school report card from Komarek School, which serves the village west of First Avenue, indicates Hispanic students make up 47 percent of the enrollment. “[Speaking Spanish] has been a great advantage in my career here,” said Garcia, who was one of only two Spanish-speaking officers on the force when he was hired.
FRENCH EXCHANGE from page 11 Host families tried their best to give their French charges a taste of American life. They took them to many different kinds of restaurants. Some went to Six Flags Great America, a few went to shows
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“The town is changing and there are more WC3, which also includes Riverside, BrookHispanic families. When you’re able to field and McCook. speak to residents on calls, it makes them Garcia was the deputy chief in charge of more at ease being able to communicate. It’s patrol operations while Ehrenberg focused been a big plus.” on administrative systems, budgeting and Hermanek said that being bilingual was a payroll. “They’re both qualified and factor in his decision to promote did tremendous jobs as deputy Garcia over Christian Ehrenchiefs,” Hermanek said of Garberg, who also has been serving cia and Ehrenberg. “It was a as a deputy police chief since Detough decision, but at this point cember 2017. Carlos was a better fit. But we “It was a consideration,” said were blessed to have two qualiHermanek. “The village has fied people.” changed a lot, and I think it sets a Asked to describe his approach good precedent. He’s very much to policing, Garcia said he was a people person.” CARLOS GARCIA an advocate for community poEhrenberg will be the departlicing, especially in a place like ment’s only deputy chief in the future. The department operated with two North Riverside, where officers can get to deputy chiefs during the past year and a know residents and business owners. “That’s kind of how we operate day to half due to a number of large projects inside the North Riverside Police Department, day,” Garcia said. “There’s a great connecincluding the launch of the West Central tion between officers and residents, which Consolidated Communications (WC3) joint is kind of rare.” Like Brookfield Police Chief Edward Pedispatch center. In addition, the interior of the police sta- trak, Garcia is a graduate of Quigley South tion has undergone a major renovation to High School in Chicago. He served in the accommodate a central lockup and process- U.S. Coast Guard and was hired as a Brooking area for other departments involved in field Zoo police officer in 1999 before joining
North Riverside three years later. His wife, Deborah Garcia, is retiring as police chief of North Riverside after a 30year career. Carlos Garcia has a 20-year-old daughter, Nadia, who is finishing up her specialized training to become a U.S. Navy corpsman. She will be stationed at a naval hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. Sgt. David Kopka will be promoted to the rank of commander, replacing Dion Bobo, who is retiring. Kopka, who was the first officer Hermanek promoted to sergeant back in 2013, will be responsible for patrol operations, while Ehrenberg will continue to handle administrative duties. Being sworn in as a sergeant, taking Kopka’s spot, on May 20 will be Officer Terri McCarthy. Also being sworn in on May 20 as probationary patrol officers are Marisa Mangiantini and Brian Terpstra. Mangiantini, who formerly worked for the Hinsdale Police Department, was hired Feb. 11. Terpstra was hired Dec. 16 and graduated from the police academy in April. Finally, North Riverside Firefighter David Rajk will be promoted to lieutenant on May 20, replacing Lt. Russ Perez, who retired May 2.
Paul Gros said that he thought his English improved during the trip. “I think I improved my vocabulary,” Paul Gros said. “I think I make mistakes now, but I think I make less mistakes than when I come.” Most of the French students have been studying English since the fourth grade. RBHS senior Nadia Kaczmarz said that hosting Jeanne Gros has made her want to
travel more. “It’s great to get to meet somebody from a different country,” Kaczmarz said. “I definitely want to travel more, because before I just originally wanted to stay in the U.S.” Forberg said she would like to arrange a regular exchange program with a French school, perhaps having RBHS students visit France in June and then the French students coming to RBHS in the fall.
downtown. Johnston’s family took Paul Gros to a Chicago Cubs game on Easter Sunday. Four of the students, including Paul and Jeanne Gros, even attended the RBHS prom. “It was like a movie for me, because every girl were wearing beautiful dresses and it was very cool,” Jeanne Gros said. “I danced with my brother.”
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lthough he’s never discussed hitting with Riverside-Brookfield High School catcher Emily Noel, Chicago rapper Polo G deserves a shout-out for the latter’s prowess at the plate this season. Polo G’s “Pop Out” is Noel’s walk-up song for each at-bat. The musical selection has worked well for the hard-hitting junior who has a .484 batting average, nine home runs, 36 RBIs, .541 on-base percentage and .984 slugging percentage. “Each of us has our own walk-up song,” said Noel, a Riverside resident. “The Polo G song really helps and makes me feel confident. Before I get in the batter’s box, I tell myself, ‘Emily you’re good at softball, so be confident.’ Then, I’m just thinking about getting base hits and swinging at my pitch and not any others.” The combination of Noel’s approach and talent makes her arguably the best hitter on a team loaded with offensive differencemakers like Nadia Ranieri, Ashley Lynch, Isabella Garcia, Abigail Favela and Kailyn Ngo. “I’ll always remember these RB DOUG SCHULTZ teams because we have such great RBHS coach chemistry,” Noel said. “We have grown very strong as a team and our goal is to go far in the state playoffs. Personally, I’m having a great season and have learned so much from this team.” Defensively, Noel is also flourishing as the latest backstop star for the Bulldogs following in the footsteps of former standout catchers Cameron Shaw and Lana Herrmann. Shaw, who graduated in 2017, served as mentor for Noel. “Cameron was always there for me and made me feel very welcomed on the team,” Noel said. “Whenever I was catching, she would always be there to cheer me on and help me if I was making mistakes. There’s a very strong connection between us.” Noel also credits head coach Doug Schultz for improving not only her but the team’s mindset this season. “This year we are really focusing on our mental approach to the game, which was a problem for us in the past,” Noel said. “We talk about how we need to be confident going into every at-bat and how we can’t let one bad play affect us.” In her third year on varsity, Noel is having her best season in terms of not only stats but intangibles. Noel provides leadership and handles the Bulldogs’ pitching staff of Ranieri, Emily Bloom, Jacqueline DiMonte and Hannah Organ. “Our assistant coach [Emma] Jarrell, her dad [Paul Jarrell] is the one that calls the pitches,” Noel said. “We talk a lot and communicate with each other. If he calls a pitch and I think it should be different, he lets me call it. The pitch-
“Emily has meant a great deal to our current success.”
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RBHS catcher Emily Noel makes contact during a game. The junior is hitting .484 with nine home runs and 36 RBIs this season. ers communicate with him as well so we are all on the same page.” Ranieri added: “Emily is a player who rises up when we need her most. Every time we are down, she has clutch hitting and blocking behind the plate. I’ve pitched to Emily for almost three years now and she understands how to keep my confidence up and my frustration low.” While Noel’s focus is on this season, she hopes to play softball at the next level. During the offseason, she plays for the Orland Park Sparks. “I would like to play college softball,” she said. “Right now, one of the schools I’m talking with is Detroit Mercy, which is a very nice Division I school in Michigan.” Regardless of what the future holds, Noel is savoring life as a sweet-swinging catcher on one of the area’s most explosive teams. The Bulldogs (18-3) have scored double-digit runs in 11 games, highlighted by four games of 20 runs. While cliché sports wisdom suggests defense wins championships, scoring runs at will goes a long way, too. “Emily has meant a great deal to our current success,” Schultz said. “Emily is an all- state caliber catcher which
gives our pitchers an added boost of confidence when they are pitching. “Teams know Emily and the strength of her arm,” he added. “No one even attempts to steal on her anymore. Emily’s ability to hit for average and power is amazing. There isn’t a soft spot in the strike zone that she can’t hit.” RBHS has notched several impressive wins over well regarded opponents like Oak Park and River Forest, York, Lyons Township and Nazareth Academy. “We really have taken it game by game and try not to think about the big games,” Noel said. “Once we get to the big games, we hit them with confidence and believe we can win.” The Bulldogs’ 9-5 win over OPRF on April 3 was the signature win of the season. “OPRF won two state titles in a row [2016, 2017], but we really thought we could beat them and we did,” Noel said. “Since I was a freshman if we beat OPRF, Coach Jarrell promised us she would jump off the diving board into the pool fully clothed. She did that last week, which is one of my favorite memories this season.”
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Roadrunner baseball rolls over opponents Nazareth sweeps UIC Prep, Marian Central by combined 18 runs
By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor
The Nazareth Academy baseball team has won convincingly with balance all season. The Roadrunners’ combination of pitching, defense and hitting were all on display during a sweep of UIC Prep and Marian Central on May 4 in La Grange Park. The host Roadrunners (20-4) outscored their opponents by a combined score of 24-6. In the opener, Nazareth coasted to an 11-1 victory over UIC Prep. Pitchers Jack Doss and Gunnar Hendrix held the Firecats to one hit over five innings. Teddy Olander and Davey Hertogs also pitched well in the second game, a 13-5 win against Marian Central. Offensively, Eric Kramer (2 hits, 2 runs scored) and Wylger Guido (triple, 2 RBIs) led the way against UIC Prep. Against Marian Central, Nate Smith hit a three-run homer, Zach Carmignani had three hits and scored four runs, Andrew McKenna drove in five runs, and Olander added two hits as the Roadrunners compiled 16 hits overall. “This team has a nice mix of veteran leaders and youth,” coach Lee Milano said. “We have a lot of options on the mound, a lot of good hitters, and we possess excellent team speed.”
LTHS baseball The Lions swept a conference doubleheader against Downers Grove North by scores of 5-1 and 7-0. Pitching was the name of the game for LTHS as Eric Steensma and Mike Walsh each earned a win against the visiting Trojans. Steensma scattered
five hits and struck out nine in the opener, while Walsh tossed a three-hitter with 10 punchouts in the second game. Thomas Remijas powered the offense with four hits in eight at-bats. Patrick Machaj went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs in Game 1. Charlie Brizz drove in two runs in Game 2.
RBHS girls track & field The Bulldogs’ Tara Janney, Brenna Loftus and Olivia Beener placed well in multiple events at the Metro Suburban Conference Blue Division, hosted by Elmwood Park over the weekend. Janney finished third in the 3,200-meter race with a time of 12 minutes, 12.33 seconds and seventh (5:45.63) in the 1,600. Loftus fared well in long jump at 14 feet, 5-5 inches and triple jump 31 feet, 1-25 inches to record a pair of fourth-place finishes. She also took sixth in the 100 at 13.60, finishing just behind teammate Sylvia Harvin at 13.50. In other field events, Beener was a runner-up in discus with a throw of 87-0.5. She notched fifth in the shot put with a measurement of 26-11.50. Harvin also earned fifth in the 400 with a time of 1:04.05. In other notable results, senior Nadia Kaczmarz was fifth in the 1,600 (5:44.84) and freshman Remy Hilpp took fourth in the pole vault (7-1). Junior Selena Axinte led the Bulldogs in hurdles, finishing eighth in the 300 hurdles (57.23) and ninth in the 100 hurdles (20.69).
Fenwick girls soccer Juliana Giuffre scored the game-winning goal off an assist from Anissa Nourse to lift the Friars past visiting Oak Park and River Forest 1-0. Goalkeepers Audrey Hinrichs and Mary Heneghan combined to post the Friars’ 10th shutout this season. Led by senior captain Margaux Shearer, the defense also excelled against the Huskies. Since a 4-4 start, the Friars are unbeaten in seven matches with six wins and a tie against Mother McAuley. “We’ve been playing quality soccer as a team,” Nourse said. “We want to continue to improve our communication as a team so we can connect more passes and make the correct runs. Our team has been working very hard at practice and we hope to finish the season strong.”
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RBHS senior Nadia Kaczmarz took fifth (5:44.84) in the 1,600 at the Metro Suburban Conference meet.
LTHS girls soccer The Lions capped off the regular season with a West Suburban Conference Silver Division championship. LTHS went 6-0 in
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(Top) Nazareth’s Zach Carmignani had three hits and four runs scored against Marian Central. (Above) LTHS senior Eileen Murphy is an All-State player. conference play, outscoring its opponents by a combined score of 20-1. The Lions, the No. 1 seed in the Glenbard East Sectional, begin postseason play against the winners of Hubbard vs. Kennedy at home on Wednesday, May 15 at 4 p.m. With a victory, the Lions will advance to their own regional final on Saturday, May 18 at 10 a.m.
Fenwick boys water polo The Friars defeated Loyola Academy 1311 in the championship game of the Metro Catholic Aquatic Conference tourney on Saturday in Oak Park. Payton Comstock, who will attend the U.S. Naval Academy in the fall, scored six goals and Nate Fisher added four to power the Friars’ offense. Dan Badja, Alex Figus and Ramses Flores scored a goal each. In the semifinals, Fenwick (27-3) cruised to a 10-4 win over St. Patrick. The Friars established a 6-0 lead at halftime and never looked back as Comstock scored a teamhigh four goals. Dan Lynch and Jack Nettleton scored twice and Diego Sahagun dished out two assists.
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PUBLIC NOTICE Public Meeting Notification Village of Brookfield Candy Cane Park Master Plan The Village of Brookfield conducted a planning initiative to identify improvements for Candy Cane Park in 2015 and developed a Master Plan for the park. The Village is now looking to apply for a grant from the State of Illinois to assist with funding the planned improvements. A community open house will be held to review the Master Plan from 2015 with the public on Wednesday, May 15th, between 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM. The open house will take place at the Village of Brookfield’s Council Chambers, Edward Barcal Hall, located at 8820 Brookfield Ave. Brookfield, Il 60513. All members of the public are invited to stop in anytime during the open house advertised time period to view the plans and provide comments. The purpose of the open house is to inform the community about the project and to collect additional community input on the Master Plan for Candy Cane Park prior to submitting for the State grant. Attendees will learn more about the project, have the opportunity to ask questions, and provide written comments. For questions, please contact Stevie Ferrari, phone 708485-1527 or email sferrari@brookfieldil.gov We look forward to hearing from you. Published in RB Landmark 5/8/2019
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The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/or written comments. The application materials may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall. Comments, if any, should be provided in writing prior to the date of the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Elyse Vukelich, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513, or in person during the public hearing. Please reference PZC Case 19-03 9037-49 Monroe. Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access may be granted through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall. By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman. Published in the RB LANDMARK 5/08/2019
LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION May 23rd, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting The Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 in Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Illinois for the purpose of considering and hearing a request for a map amendment to change the zoning of the property located at 3650 Grand Boulevard, Brookfield, IL 60513 (PIN 15-34-410-043-0000). The properties proposed to be rezoned are as follows: Address
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The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/or written comments. The application materials may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall. Comments, if any, should be provided in writing prior to the date of the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Elyse Vukelich, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513, or in person during the public hearing. Please reference PZC Case 19-04 3650 Grand. Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access may be granted through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall. By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman. Published in the RB LANDMARK 5/08/2019 NOTICE OF 2019-2020 BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING DATES FOR RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 208 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 30, 2019, a resolution was passed establishing that the 2019-2020 meetings of the Board of Education, Township High School District 208, Cook County, Illinois, will be held in Room 201 at the hour of 7:00 p.m. in the Riverside Brookfield High School building, 160 Ridgewood Road, Riverside, IL 60546. The Regular Meetings will be held on the second Tuesday of each month. The Committee of the Whole Meetings will be held on the fourth Tuesday of each month with the exception of June, July, August, November, December, and March. Meeting dates can be found on the Riverside Brookfield High School website (www.rbhs208.net). Published in RB Landmark 5/8/2019
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PUBLIC NOTICE 2019 Keystone Metal Fence Installation Sealed written bids for the River Forest Park District’s 2019 Keystone Park Metal Fence Installation shall be received until 10:00 a.m. local time, June 5, 2019, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Specifications are available at www.rfparks.com or may be picked at the River Forest Park District office, 401 Thatcher Avenue, River Forest, Illinois, starting May 1, 2019 between 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday. This is a State of Illinois/Cook County prevailing wage project with a certified payroll to be turned into the Park District. The Board of Commissioners of the River Forest Park District reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any technicalities or formalities which it deems to be in the best interest of the District. Published in Wednesday Journal 5/8/2019
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LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed proposals at the Office of the Village Engineer, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 10:00 a.m. on Friday May 24, 2019 and at that time will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following Village Project: 19-17, Water and Sewer Main Improvements. In general, the improvements consist of the installation of ductile iron water main, including valves, domestic services lines, fire hydrants, and precast valve vaults; installation of sewer main, precast manholes and drainage structures; restoration of street pavements, pavement patches, curb and gutter, sidewalks, pavement markings, and restoration of landscaped parkway areas; and all appurtenant work thereto. Plans and proposal forms may be obtained from the office of the Village Engineer starting on Friday May 10, 2019, at noon. A non-refundable deposit of $50 is required for each set of plans and specifications. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue plans and specifications only to those contractors deemed qualified. No bid documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of bid opening. All prospective bidders must prove they are pre-qualified by the Illinois Department of Transportation before receiving bid documents. The work to be performed pursuant to this Proposal is subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/0.01 et seq. THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Bill McKenna Village Engineer Published in Wednesday Journal 5/8/2019
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ADVERTISEMENT OF BIDDING 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 24th, 2019 at 218 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois. The Park District is taking a construction manager approach and is looking for bids for Plumbing, Masonry, Concrete, Carpentry and Landscaping. This breakdown is available on Wednesday, May 8th at 5:00pm online along with the drawings. A pre-bid walk-thru is available by appointment only. Contact Chris Lindgren at chris.lindgren@pdop. org. Copies of the bidding specifications are available via the Park District of Oak Park website at: http://www.pdop.org/bids-andrfps/ 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: Chris Wollmuth, Secretary Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison Street Oak Park, IL 60302
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CLASSIFIED PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME In the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, County Department, County Division. In the matter of the petition of Marisa Lynn Voss for change of name to Sammy Hayden James Voss, Case No. 2019CONC000481 Notice is given you, the public, that I have filed a Petition For Change of Name in this Court, asking the Court to change my present name of Maris Lynn Voss to the name of Sammy Hayden James Voss. This case will be heard in courtroom 1707 on June 21, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.. Published in Wednesday Journal 4/24, 5/1, 5/8/2019
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs. HENRY MCDONALD; Defendants, 18 CH 5656 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 Thursday, May 30, 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. 15-18-211-047-0000. Commonly known as 302 North Wolf Way, Hillside, IL 60162. 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. 18-016593 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3118464 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC. Plaintiff, -v.DEXTER M. CRAWFORD AKA DEXTER M. CRAWFORD, JR., CRYSTAL R. CRAWFORD, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY-INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, EMERGENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, LTD. Defendants 17 CH 06828 452 N. JACKSON BLVD. HILLSIDE, IL 60162 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 13, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 17, 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 452 N.
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JACKSON BLVD., HILLSIDE, IL 60162 Property Index No. 15-08-329-0200000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $98,482.50. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 Please refer to file number 2120-13631. If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The
Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 2120-13631 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 17 CH 06828 TJSC#: 39-2247 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. I3118565
The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-18077. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-18077 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 18 CH 00566 TJSC#: 39-2476 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. I3118880
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. 17-027765 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3119649
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 14-16-08522. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-16-08522 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 009347 TJSC#: 39-1818 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. I3119183
single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for 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 14-18-06406. 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. 14-18-06406 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 08189 TJSC#: 39-1794 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. I3118826
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CITIZENS BANK NA F/K/A RBS CITIZENS NA SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHARTER ONE BANK, F.S.B. Plaintiff, -v.EDNA R. MCCOY, CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE U/T/A DATED 10/17/1990 A/K/ A TRUST NO. 1182-CH, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 18 CH 00566 205 S HARVEY AVE 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 October 1, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 24, 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 205 S HARVEY AVE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-307-0160000. 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.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs. WILLA M. SPENCER AKA WILLA SPENCER; Defendants, 17 CH 11395 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, June 12, 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. 16-07-420-004-0000. Commonly known as 420 Wesley Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds,
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CITIZENS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION F/K/A RBS CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHARTER ONE BANK, F.S.B SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO HINSDALE FEDERAL BANK FOR SAVINGS Plaintiff, -v.CARL T. GROESBECK, LEIGHTON HOLDINGS, LTD., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 009347 331 N. TAYLOR AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 19, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 21, 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 331 N. TAYLOR AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-109-0110000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/ B/A MR. COOPER Plaintiff, -v.ERNEST BROWN, MELENA ASHER, DANIELLE BRIDGES, ERNEST BROWN, III, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF VERA BROWN, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, JULIE FOX, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR VERA BROWN (DECEASED) Defendants 2018 CH 08189 1114 NORTH AUSTIN BLVD OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 14, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 17, 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 1114 NORTH AUSTIN BLVD, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-307-0300000. The real estate is improved with a
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