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July 14, 2021

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Metra increases weekday commuter service on BNSF line PAGE 6

No new COVID cases in Brookfield, Riverside for 2 weeks PAGE 8

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Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library ready for its close-up Grand opening ceremony, events planned for July 31 By BOB UPHUES Editor

Almost 16 months to the day a backhoe excavated the first bucketful of earth from the vacant lot at 3541 Park Ave. in Brookfield, the general public will be able to walk through the doors of the new Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library. While a formal, celebratory ribbon cutting and grand opening is planned for Saturday, July 31, the new library officially will welcome patrons back on Monday, July 26 at 10 a.m. See LIBRARY on page 11

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Scarlet Serio, of North Riverside, is hurled from the slide at the newly renovated Riverside Swim Club, which reopened its doors in late June. For more photos, visit online at RBLandmark.com.

Local college students recount their pandemic year abroad COVID-19 made life ‘infinitely more difficult’ but they’ll be back next fall

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Going to college during a pandemic wasn’t easy for anyone this year, but imagine doing

it in a foreign country more than 3,000 miles from home. That’s what Kenna Howorth and Brianna Murray did this past year. Both graduated from Riverside-Brookfield High School in

2020 and went to college overseas. Howorth, 18, is a student at Jacobs University, a private international university located in Bremen, Germany, where classes are conducted in English. Murray, 19, is a student at the

University of Glasgow in Scotland. At Jacobs, classes were mostly online during the first semester and hybrid in the See ABROAD on page 9

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The roots of comics in Riverside and Chicago now on display

Chris Ware both curator and artist at companion exhibits By MICHELLE DYBAL

Arts Editor

or anyone drawn in by comics – whether it’s kicking back with the Sunday newspaper section, going to the latest superhero movie, picking up an entertaining or thought-provoking graphic novel or chuckling at the latest political cartoon – their history is on display at two exhibits in Chicago. One, “Chicago: Where Comics Came to Life (1880-1960)”, is at the Chicago Cultural Center, and “Chicago Comics: 1960 to Now” is at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Involved in both is Riverside resident, Chris Ware. A longtime resident of Oak Park, he is known for books such as “Rusty Brown, Part 1”, a New York Times 100 Notable Book of the Year in 2019; “Building Stories,” a Top 10 Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review and set largely in Oak Park; and for creating 25 covers for The New Yorker. Ware curated the Chicago Cultural Center exhibition, along with support from friend Tim Samuelson, and not only has work on display in the MCA exhibition, but played a part in getting it off the ground. The local links do not end there. “Where Comics Came to Life” features three cartoonists with hyperlocal connections – two from Oak Park and one from Riverside. Ware is connected to both towns, too, splitting his time between his Oak Park home and another house in Riverside.

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Chris Ware self-portrait

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EARLY EXAMPLE: Riverside resident Clare Briggs created “A. Piker Clerk” (above) in 1903-04 for the Chicago American. It is considered the first regular daily newspaper comic strip. But first – how the exhibits came to be. by Black cartoonists. The first woman cartoonists and ediWare had previously been approached by the Chicago Cul- tors are revealed, along with what is believed to be the first tural Center to create an exhibit on Frank King, “Gasoline same-sex relationship in comics, published in 1905. And the Alley” cartoonist, though the timing never seemed right, he art and comics of Frank King are featured; as the “Gasosaid. line Alley” characters aged and their stories played out over “But when Michael Darling, the now-former chief cura- time, it became a kind of first graphic novel. The first sutor at the MCA contacted me to perhero, Hugo Hercules, which ran come in and discuss the possibility in 1903, is also addressed. of a show devoted to the history of The artifacts on display come Chicago’s role in the development from Ware’s own collection as well of comics, it seemed the ideal ciras Samuelson’s and other those Experience Chris Ware creating his cumstance to consider it again,” from other collectors, such as Peter art on Friday, July 16, 10 a.m., in the Ware said. “His original idea was Maresca, the publisher of Sunday Commons at the MCA. to cover everything from the very Press Books. Items such as Buck The MCA is located at 220 E. Chicago beginnings, but after I gave him a Rogers toys, original art, books Ave., Chicago. $15; $8, seniors; free, 18 list of artists going back as far as I and Raggedy Ann and Andy can be and under, military/veterans, members. seen. could trace, it became clear that the More: mcachicago.org. Now back to those local connecMCA could appropriately cover the The Chicago Cultural Center is lotions. ‘contemporary’ end of things and a cated at 78 E. Washington St., Chicago. M.T. “Penny” Ross lived in Oak companion show could be mounted Free. For more, visit chicago.gov/city/ Park during his cartooning days in at the Cultural Center about everyen/depts/dca/supp_info/comics.html. the early 20th century. He created thing that came before.” Both exhibits run through Oct. 3. “Mamma’s Angel Child” in 1908 and Darling said Ware and Ivan Bruhad a hand in the creation, with netti, Chicago cartoonist and comfriend Richard Outcault, of Buster ics scholar, helped find guest curator and comics historian Dan Nadel who steered the MCA Brown. Ware said Ross was here creating “groundbreaking show. Ware said he was supported in curating the Cultural stuff in the 1910s.” “His fine work was among the greatest of revelations for Center show by researchers and collectors in addition to Samuelson “since doing an exhibit is as much about finding me, certainly as far as composition and color goes,” Ware things out as it is about showing them.” said. “There’s a strange, almost nightmarishness to his “Where Comics Came to Life” covers a lot of ground. work that’s not in any other early comics.” There is the start of the genre in papers such as the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Defender, whose art was created See COMICS on page 13

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Riverside distillery to resume serving cocktails on weekends Quincy Street Distillery’s bar, shuttered since March 2020, reopens July 24 By BOB UPHUES Editor

For craft spirit enthusiasts who have gone more than a year without ordering up a specialty cocktail from J.T., the bartender at Quincy Street Distillery, 39 E. Quincy St. in Riverside, your wait is almost over. Derrick Mancini, owner of the 9-year-old boutique distillery, will reopen the cocktail bar for Friday and Saturday service, for now, on July 24, ending a 16-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bar and table service will be open from 4 to 10 p.m. on Fridays and 3 to 10 p.m. on Saturdays, said Mancini, adding that to at least begin with it’ll be reservations-only in order to limit numbers inside the small cocktail bar space. Reservations can be made through the company’s website at quincystreetdistillery. com. Maximum capacity between the tables and the bar will be a little more than 20 people in order for people to maintain some physical distance, said Mancini. There will be a minimum number of people required to reserve a table, said Mancini, and those who are not vaccinated must book a table. “I’m hoping with those provisions we can meet hygiene requirements suitable at this stage.” Mancini said. “With the new [COVID-19] delta variant, I feel we still need to be a little bit vigilant.” Having lost the income from the cocktail bar, which could draw standing-room crowds on weekends before the pandemic, for more than a year was a blow, and reopening it even on a limited scale is important for the business. “The bar not being there was a big deal,” Mancini said. Early on during the pandemic, Quincy Street Distillery pivoted to making hand sanitizer as a way to bring in some income and keep employees on staff. While the distillery still continued to make its products – vodka, gin, whiskey and bourbon, among others – it also saw a major interruption in retail distribution, which put a further strain on the business. While that distribution channel is now slowly recovering, Quincy Street Distillery maintained steady sales through its retail

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SHAKE IT UP: Derrick Mancini (above) will once again serve up handcrafted mixed drinks at the Quincy Street Distillery’s cocktail bar beginning July 24 on a reservation-only basis, for now. The cocktail bar has been out of commission since March 17, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. store, which is open on Wednesdays from 4 to 7 p.m. “It’s now about the same as it was prior to the epidemic,” said Mancini, who added that many more people have moved from the city into Riverside and other nearby suburbs, and he’s seeing a growth in new customers who are only now learning that there’s a craft distillery nearby. Quincy Street Distillery restarted tours/tastings for small, separate groups last October and in May began offering cocktail making classes for groups of six to 10 people, which proved popular enough that there will be more coming in the future. “I’m trying to be optimistic,” Mancini said. He also hopes some new offerings at the cocktail bar will draw more customers in. Quincy Street Distillery will be rolling out a new “pimento dram” – made with Quincy Street Distillery’s own Jamaican-style rum,

allspice and sugar, which will allow the bar to serve authentic Tiki-inspired drinks. Quincy Street Distillery is also in the process of obtaining a new license that will allow it to use vermouth as a mixer – the cocktail bar previously was prohibited by law from serving any alcoholic liquor other than its own. The new license offers an exception for vermouth only – which is key if you want to serve cocktails like manhattans and martinis. “That means the number of things we can do is growing,” Mancini said. Of course, with an expanding set of options, there’s a decision to make on whether to expand what the bar stocks or go another route. In Quincy Street Distillery’s case, said Mancini, he intends to reduce the size of the printed menu and rotate cocktails on offer, though if the ingredients are there for a certain cocktail, the bartender can mix one up. One effect of the pandemic customers can probably expect is that drink prices will be higher than they were in March 2020. “We want to pay our people better and there’s inflation in the cost of ingredients used for cocktails,” Mancini said. “Plus, we’ll be running [the cocktail bar] with smaller numbers of people coming through.”

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BIG WEEK

Job fair at North Riverside Mall North Riverside Park Mall, 7501 Cermak Road, will host a mall-wide job fair, with many of the shopping center’s stores and businesses looking to fill a wide variety of positions, both part time and full time, on Friday, July 16 and Saturday, July 17 from noon to 4 p.m. Two dozen participating stores will have a table outside their storefronts to accept applications, schedule interviews and conduct interviews. No appointments are necessary.

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Storytime in the woods Brookfield Public Library’s Youth Services Department will host a special Into the Woods Storytime on Saturday, July 17 at 11 a.m. at the Oak Savanna in Kiwanis Park, Arden and Washington avenues in Brookfield. In addition to the story, there will be a scavenger hunt. Registration and face coverings are required, but the program is free to attend. Call 708-485-6917, ext. 140 or visit online at brookfield.evanced.info/signup to register.

Holocaust Museum program on Zoom Brookfield Public Library invites you to join Bernadette Marty of the Illinois Holocaust Museum for “They Shall Be Counted: The Theresienstadt Ghetto Art of Erich Lichtblau-Leskly,” a special Zoom program on Wednesday, July 14 at 6 p.m. Even while imprisoned in the Theresienstadt ghetto, Lichtblau-Leskly managed to express himself through illustrations as a tribute to ghetto residents. He cut his art into pieces out of fear for his safety, hid them under the floorboards of his barracks and retrieved them after liberation,

Canine massage workshop

North Riverside Public Library invites you to join canine masseuse JoAnne for a Zoom workshop exploring the physical and psychological benefits of canine massage on Wednesday, July 21 at 7 p.m. Pets need R&R, too, but their options in a human world are limited. That’s where canine massage comes in. Register to attend by visiting northriversidelibrary.org/events-new.

And more Brookfield Parks and Rec continues its Concerts in the Park series on July 16 at 7 p.m. with The Neverly Brothers onstage at the band shell in Kiwanis Park, 8820 Brookfield Ave. Admission is free. Beer and wine available for purchase. Cancellations due to weather will be made at 3 p.m. on concert day. ■

Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., presents its annual RAC Members Show in the Freeark Gallery and “From Here to There: Young Adult and Teen Volunteers”in the FlexSpace Gallery through July 31. Admission is free. RAC is open Thursday through Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. Walk-ins welcome. ■

The Riverside Farmers Market continues every Wednesday from 2:30 to 7 p.m. at Centennial Park, 10 Pine Ave., in downtown Riverside. The layout ■

will remain the same as 2020, with an entrance and exit and one-way traffic along with social distancing. Face coverings are required for those who are not vaccinated and no pets are allowed. The Brookfield Farmers Market continues every Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave. Face coverings are required and please practice social distancing. Enter and exit at Brookfield Ave. via the northeast corner of the market. No pets allowed. Park in front of or behind village hall or along Brookfield Ave. North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., offers a number of virtual programs through Facebook Live (facebook.com/NRPL2400), conference calls and the teleconferencing app Zoom. Adults can get a Wits Workout Grab and Go Bag with new puzzles to keep your mind sharp every ■

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week of the summer. There’s also the Writers Group via Zoom on July 15 at 6 p.m. and Stretching and Meditation on July 19 at 6:30 p.m. via conference call (1-800-747-5150, code 1453322). For kids, there’s ABCs & 123s in the Parks (location will be emailed no later than Sunday) on July 19 at 10:30 a.m.; Story Safari in the Great Outdoors in the library’s outdoor space or via Zoom on July 20 at 10:30 a.m.; and Jackbox Game: Champ’d Up (grades 6-12) via Zoom on July 17 at 3 p.m. Visit northriversidelibrary.org/events-new for more info. Brookfield Public Library offers virtual classes and programs for patrons of all ages throughout the week. Most youth activities will be presented live on the library’s Facebook page at facebook.com/ BrookfieldPublicLibrary. ■

“They Shall be Counted” Illustration by Erich Lichtblau-Leskly reworking the illustrations into full-size watercolors. Registration is required. Call 708-485-6917, ext. 130 or visit brookfield.evanced.info/signup. For adults, there’s Chair Yoga via Zoom on July 15 at 11 a.m.; Girls Night Out Book Club on July 19 at 7:15 p.m. via Zoom to discuss “The Dutch House” by Ann Patchett; and the Facebook Live program Passport to Our Stories, focusing on immigrant stories from people around the world on July 14 and 21 at 1 p.m. Call 708-485-6917, ext. 130 or visit brookfield. evanced.info/signup to register for programs. Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, invites kids to Friday Outdoor Storytime on July 16 at 10 a.m.; a Nailed It! Challenge (for kids grades 5+) via Zoom on July 15 at 2 p.m.; and a Book Discussion of Magic Tree House” by Mary Pope Osborne outside the library (via Zoom in case of bad weather) on July 20 at 11 a.m. Visit riversidelibrary.libcal.com/ calendar more info. ■

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P O L I C E

R E P O R T S

Backseat Uber romance has unhappy ending Brookfield police charged a 43-year-old Riverside man with battery and criminal damage to property after he allegedly attacked an Uber driver, kicked the side of his vehicle and shattered the car’s rear windshield after the Uber driver told him repeatedly to stop passionately making out with a 37-year-old Riverside woman during the seven minutes it took for the car to drive from Riverside to its destination in Brookfield. The Uber driver, a 26-year-old Elmhurst man, told police he picked up the couple in Riverside at about 11:25 p.m. on July 7. The couple sat in the backseat of the driver’s black Nissan and “became intimate” during the ride, with the man reportedly kissing the woman’s neck and breasts. When the driver requested the two knock it off because it was making him uncomfortable, the man reportedly told him, “I should beat your ass for talking to me like that.” The driver continued to plead with the couple to stop, but they reportedly “did not stop moaning and being intimate” throughout the ride. After the two exited the vehicle, the man reportedly began kicking the rear driver’s side door and then walked around to the rear passenger side door and did the same. When the Uber driver got out of the vehicle, the man reportedly approached in an aggressive manner and threw a punch, which the driver ducked. The driver then grabbed the man’s hands and yanked him to the pavement facedown before reentering his car and pulling away. At that time, the driver reported seeing the man sprinting toward his car and then hearing the loud bang of his rear windshield breaking. The man then ran into a nearby house as the driver called 911. Police went to the residence and interviewed the alleged offender, who was bleeding from his right hand. Paramedics were called to bandage him up, but he refused transport to the hospital. He reportedly refused to answer police questions before being charged with the two misdemeanors. He has a hearing at the Maybrook courthouse on Aug. 10.

Burglary to vehicle A North Riverside officer on patrol on July 9 at about 4:10 p.m. at Veterans Park, 7600 26th St., reported observing glass fragments next to a Jeep Compass parked in the lot there. The officer noted that the driver’s side window was shattered and the door frame damaged. The officer located the vehicle’s owner, who was at the park. She said she had arrived between 11:30 a.m. and noon and went to the north field to play softball. Missing from the vehicle was a backpack with clothing, her wallet and a digital camera.

Road rage An unidentified motorist called Riverside police at about 6:05 a.m. on July 6 to report that a man in another vehicle had pulled out a knife and made a slashing motion across his throat after the two vehicles had repeatedly cut each other off in traffic while southbound on First Avenue from 31st Street. The victim told police he did not want to file a complaint against the other man, but was frightened so he called police.

Catalytic converter thefts continue After police in North Riverside and Brookfield reported the theft of catalytic converters from vehicles in June, those thefts continued last week. North Riverside police responded to the 8500 block of Cermak Road on the morning of July 7 after a resident called to report that sometime during the overnight hours, someone had cut the catalytic converter from his Honda CR-V, which was parked in the rear lot of his apartment building. Earlier that morning, at about 2:55 a.m., an officer on patrol noticed a dark gray Infiniti parked in the middle of the street of the 2200 block of 13th Avenue. The three people who were outside of the vehicle appeared to be attempting to remove a catalytic converter from a vehicle. When the officer put on his vehicle’s emergency lights, the three people quickly entered their vehicle and sped away. The officer gave chase but eventually terminated the pursuit. The following morning, on July 8, a resident of the 3200 block of Sunnyside Avenue, Brookfield, went to police to report that during the overnight hours someone had removed the catalytic converter from his 2007 Toyota Prius.

A cheesy mystery Brookfield police responded to the 3100 block of Madison Avenue on July 9 after a resident called to report that sometime during the overnight hours someone put slices of what appeared to be American cheese on the windshields of two vehicles that belonged to him. A similar complaint was called in on July 8 on the same block, according to police. These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, July 4-11 and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.

— Compiled by Bob Uphues

Brookfield man injured when SUV strikes motorcycle It’s the fourth vehicle vs. motorcycle crash in the village in 2021 By BOB UPHUES Editor

A 62-year-old Brookfield man sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries July 7 when a 2017 Honda CR-V driven by a 44-year-old Brookfield woman crashed into his motorcycle in the intersection of Grant and Prairie avenues. According to the police report, at about 4:20 p.m. the Honda was eastbound on Grant Avenue when it entered the intersection and collided with the motorcycle, which was southbound on Prairie Avenue. There are no stop signs controlling north/south traffic at that intersection, but there are stop signs for Grant Avenue traffic in both directions at Prairie Avenue. The woman driving the Honda reportedly told police she had stopped at the Prai-

rie Avenue stop sign and did not see any other approaching vehicles, so she drove forward into the intersection. The crash victim, who suffered injuries to his ankle and head, said that as he was driving southbound a vehicle approached from his right, striking him. Emergency personnel found him lying near the curb at the southeast corner of the intersection. He underwent surgery the following day, according to police. Neither drugs nor alcohol played a role in the crash, police said. The woman driving the Honda was cited for failure to yield the right of way. Police shut down the intersection to traffic for nearly three hours while detectives processed the crash scene. It was the fourth motorcycle versus vehicle crash in Brookfield this year, one of which was fatal but all of which resulted in serious injuries. The first was a fatal crash on April 3 at 47th Street and Plainfield Road. The others were on May 24 at 47th Street and Maple Avenue and on June 17 on Ogden Avenue just east of Eberly Avenue.

Riverside Township Senior Exercise Class Returns Wednesday July 7, 2021 12:00 pm

Riverside Town Hall 27 Riverside Rd, Riverside Second Floor auditorium Welcome Back!

Classes will be held every Wednesday throughout the summer Questions? Call 708-442-4400

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Effective July 12, number of inbound, outbound trains roughly double By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

Metra is increased weekday service levels on all of its lines effective July 12, bringing the service levels in the western suburbs closer to the pre-pandemic normal. According to a Metra press release, the transit agency wants to step away from the more rush-hour oriented pre-pandemic schedules and offer more off-peak options, while also increasing service as more companies welcome employees back for in-person work and vaccinations become more widespread. The Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad line, which has one station in Riverside and three in Brookfield, will see the biggest increase of Metra’s three lines that serve suburbs west of Chicago, though Brookfield’s non-downtown stations will see their off-peak and evening service reduced. Metra Executive Director Jim Derwinski stated the transit agency expects the ridership to rebound in the coming months. “These new schedules are intended to help our customers transition back to a regular work commute, providing them with more choices and flexibility,” he said. “We expect ridership to continue to increase as the summer progresses and will continue to monitor conditions and make schedule adjustments that are responsive to our customers’ needs.” The BNSF line has Metra one stop in the village of Riverside, the downtown station at 90 Bloomingbank Road, and three stations in Brookfield – the downtown station

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NOW BOARDING: Metra has increased the number of daily inbound and outbound trains along its BNSF line, which runs through Riverside (above) and Brookfield, as pandemic restrictions lift and more people head back to the office. at 858 Burlington Ave., the Zoo Stop at Hollywood Avenue and the Congress Park station at Dubois Boulevard. Out of all west suburban Metra lines, BNSF lines will see the largest expansion of service, going from 24 inbound trains and 23 outbound ones to 46 inbound trains and 48 outbound ones. The changes mostly have to do with the rush hour express services and off-peak trains. For rush hour express trains, the new schedule creates more consistent service frequency, so that most inbound morning express trains and outbound afternoon express trains stop at the Riverside and Brookfield stations around once every half hour, while doubling the number of rush hour trains serving those stations.

It also increased the number of off-peak and evening trains in both directions, so that they run once an hour instead of once every two hours, while also adding late evening trains so that the line runs longer in both directions. But while the rush hour changes benefit all stations equally, the changes reduce offpeak and evening service to Hollywood and Congress Park stations in Brookfield. None of the new off-peak trains stop at those stations. And while under the previous schedule some evening trains served them, all evening trains under the new schedule bypass them. For the most up-to-date information on Metra schedules, visit metrarail.com/mapsschedules/train-lines/BNSF.

Second installment property tax bill delivery to be delayed Assessors in Riverside Township and Lyons Township announced last week that the second installment of 2020 property tax bills will be delayed at least a month, initially indicating that complications from the COVID-19 pandemic were at least partly to blame. However, on July 9, Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough weighed in, saying her office won’t calculate municipal tax rates until “major errors” related to improper assessment freezes given to some senior citizens are fixed. Yarbrough’s announcement came in the wake of a Chicago Sun-Times report stating that the Cook County Assessor’s Office had “incorrectly calculated the value of the senior assessment freeze for many of the 144,904

homeowners receiving the tax break.” The second installment of property taxes is typically due to be paid in early August, but delays mean the bills won’t be mailed to property owners until at least the end of July, according to Riverside Township Assessor Fran Sitkiewicz. If the county holds to that timetable, second installment taxes would be due in early September. All of the 2020 property assessment appeals have now been completed by the Cook County Assessor and Board of Review, and the Illinois Department of Revenue has released the state equalization factor, Sitkiewicz said in an email. Now, the Cook County Assessor must calcu-

late the correct 2020 exemptions so the Cook County Clerk can calculate local tax rates. Only then will the Cook County Treasurer be able to post amounts online and print and mail the 2020 second installment tax bills. While it could take more than a month to get everything together, Sitkiewicz said she’s hopeful the delay won’t be extended. “It really looks like they’re putting in the effort to get tax bills out by the end of July,” she said. You can visit the Cook County Treasurer’s website at cookcountytreasurer.com for updates on when tax bills may be posted online and mailed. — Bob Uphues

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Not your mother’s garden

West Cook Wild Ones showcase native gardens in July 24 tour By LACEY SIKORA

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he West Cook chapter of Wild Ones, is holding its annual garden walk on Saturday, July 24 from 1 to 5 p.m. The walk, which celebrates, birds, bees and butterflies, will include eight gardens in Oak Park, River Forest, Forest Park and Berwyn. During the walk, host gardeners will be on hand to give guided overviews of their gardens and answer questions about native gardening, sustainable landscaping, edible gardening, DIY versus professional designers and urban homesteading. This year, West Cook Wild Ones is celebrating the year of the butterfly, and the walk aims to give participants practical information they can use in their own yards to attract and nurture butterflies, create yearround beauty, grow their own food and fight climate change. One of the gardeners, Candace Blank, says her garden is living proof that anyone can grow a native garden. When she moved into her home in Berwyn in 1990, she says that all she did was mow her lawn. Around 2006, she said, “I finally decided to do something. I always liked plants, so I hired a landscaper who recommended an English garden and a butterfly garden because they looked pretty. I didn’t know anything then about natives.” She joined the national chapter of Wild Ones, a nonprofit formed “to promote environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities,” and learned about the importance of planting native pollinators one garden at a time. Shortly thereafter, the West Cook chapter of Wild Ones opened. “I learned more from their programs, added more natives to my garden and became a convert,” Blank said. Since then, she’s served on the board of West Cook Wild Ones and has transformed her yard. What started out as a plan to make her yard pretty turned into something with more meaning. Climate change and the collapse of habitats for insects and birds mean her garden has more purpose while looking good, too. As she looks out into her yard to see a nesting Cooper’s Hawk with a baby, she says seeing the birds and insects enjoy her garden makes her happy and fulfills West Cook Wild Ones’ mission of healing the earth one yard at a time. In Forest Park, Gretchen Jankowski has a garden that was inspired by her aunt and uncle’s field of wildflowers in rural Illinois. She grew up loving visits to their farm. When her parents purchased a home on a lot and a half that received full sun, she knew that she wanted to create her own wildflow-

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BUZZING WITH WILDLIFE: Gretchen Jankowski (above) said her Forest Park garden was inspired by her aunt and uncle’s field of wildflowers in rural Illinois. She planted seeds from her aunt and uncle’s property and plants from her grandmother’s home, creating a garden full of native species that attract birds and insects.

Before you go The garden walk cost $10 for West Cook Wild Ones members and $15 for nonmembers. Children can attend for free. Tickets can be purchased at westcook.wildones.org/birds-bees-butterflies-a-nativegarden-tour. Tour participants will receive a map of the gardens two days before the event. To encourage social distancing, each garden will have a separate entrance and exit. As garden locations are spread among four communities, participants are encouraged to bike or drive between gardens. er prairie in a more urban setting. An art teacher a Governors State University, Jankowski says that gardening and art have a lot of similarities. “I like organized chaos, and I like native plants because they do their own thing but also benefit from a bit of structure,” she said. She’s populated her garden with seeds and plants from her aunt and uncle’s property, with plants from her grandmother’s home and with shared plants from those in the gardening community. After a few years of nurturing the landscape, she is learning that like art, nothing ever works out exactly as planned with a garden, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. While the end result might not be the same was the vision in your head, it might end up being even better. Oak Park gardener Judy Klem helped or-

ganize this year’s walk for West Cook Wild Ones, and while she has been a native gardener for years working with the Oak Park Temple on their gardens, this is the first time she’s opening up her personal garden. Klem got her start with native gardening when she was raising four children and looking for a way to avoid chemicals in her landscaping. Visits to Lurie Gardens, with its masses of native plants and pollinators, inspired her. “It was close enough to Oak Park to visit,” Klem said. “I pulled up their plant list, got a book and then I was this crazy lady asking for native plants at the garden store.” At that point, it was challenging to find native plants at big-box retailers, but she got involved with West Cook Wild Ones and learned from other members and began attending seed swaps and plants sales. She started small, and eventually converted her yard and the entire parkway along Division Street. What started with one plant has evolved into an escape for the entire neighborhood. “Once you step out on the parkway, you can just get lost,” she said, adding that neighborhood children can walk through and look for caterpillars or enjoy the section devoted to berries. At the end of the day, Klem says that native gardening is something that’s attainable for other home gardeners and has brought her joy. “It’s been really rewarding,” Klem said. “When you make a commitment to plant with a purpose, you start to look at gardening through a whole different lens. It’s not just about how it looks but about what it does. This is not your mother’s garden.”

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New COVID-19 cases flat lining locally in July No new cases reported in Brookfield or Riverside for two weeks running

By BOB UPHUES Editor

New cases of COVID-19 in Brookfield, Riverside and North Riverside have come to a virtual halt in recent weeks, with both Brookfield and Riverside reporting no new cases for the second week running as of the morning of July 13. Meanwhile, there has been just one new case of COVID-19 reported in North Riverside since June 29 and only three total since June 8, according to data published on the Cook County Department of Health’s COVID-19 website. All three villages reported no new cases during the period from June 30 through July 6, marking the first time since March 17, 2020 that none of the three villages reported at least one new case in a one-week period. In fact, in recent weeks the Cook County Department of Public Health has subtracted two cases previously reported as Brookfield residents, bringing the total number of those contracting COVID-19 in Brookfield to 1,929 people, where the figure continued to stand on the morning of July 13. As of that date, the number of people reported as having contracted COVID-19 in Riverside remained at 987, while in North Riverside, it had increased by one to 618. Meanwhile, the seven-day rolling positivity rate for COVID-19 has remained virtually unchanged for the past two weeks. As of July 9, the most recent date available, the seven-day rolling positivity rate in Region 10, which includes all of suburban Cook

County was 1.1 percent, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, up a fraction from July 4 when it was 0.8 percent. The Northwestern School of Medicine’s online COVID-19 dashboard, meanwhile, indicated that, as of July 12, both the seven-

day and 14-day COVID-19 positivity rates in Brookfield were 0 percent. In the 60546 ZIP code, which includes both Riverside and Brookfield, the seven-day rolling positivity rate was 0.38 percent. The IDPH is also reporting as of July

12 that 55 percent of all Illinoisans 12 and older have been fully vaccinated, with 70.3 percent having had at least one dose administered. For the 65+ age group, 74.5 percent See COVID-19 on page 15

Trustees question parking for proposed Burlington apartments At least 2 trustees skeptical of providing less than 1 onsite space per unit By BOB UPHUES Editor

The developer proposing to construct a 14unit apartment building at 8845 Burlington Ave. in downtown Brookfield may still have a little work to do in getting village trustees to approve the plan after at least two elected officials criticized what they considered a lack of onsite parking. The village board is expected to give the project, which requires a zoning variance for the building type, an up-or-down vote at their next meeting on July 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave. In the meantime, the developer and his consultants have said they will provide village officials with data from other similar, suburban transit-oriented developments that prove it’s not necessary to provide at

least one vehicle parking space per unit. The proposed 14-unit development comes with 13 onsite spaces along with 27 long-term bicycle parking spaces. The developer used a provision in the zoning code, which allows one vehicle parking space credit per six bicycle parking spaces, to arrive at 13 spaces. The zoning code calls for developments to have 1.5 vehicle parking spaces per unit, meaning the one at 8845 Burlington Ave. would have needed 17.5 spaces. By taking advantage of the bicycle space parking credit provision of the code, the developer is able to avoid seeking a zoning variation for parking. But, that didn’t sit well with trustees Brian Conroy and Edward Cote, who insisted there wasn’t enough onsite parking provided. “I understand your compliance with the letter of the law. I disagree that you’re in

compliance with the spirit of the law,” Conroy told Mike Mallon, the land use planning consultant hired by developer Jason Huang, who owns the property at 8845 Burlington Ave. and, according to Mallon, intends to maintain ownership after the building is constructed. “I have a hard time going below one [parking space] per unit.” Cote, meanwhile, said that while he appreciated the developer’s investment in the village and praised the building design by architect Mario Cruz, providing less than one onsite parking space per unit was problematic. “Having an apartment in Brookfield and having an apartment in [Chicago’s] Lake View [neighborhood] are two different things,” Cote said. “I find it hard to believe that we would have that many people moving into this complex without any kind of vehicle.”

Mallon, however, insisted that providing less than one space per unit – some transit-oriented developments provide a half space per unit, he said – was adequate for these types of developments. “This is a different customer that we’re going after,” Mallon said, encouraging trustees not to look at the development through the eyes of a single-family homeowner. “I’m telling you that the customer that we are going after, which is a millennial, somebody that is probably working in the Loop … they’re saying, ‘I don’t need a car. I don’t want a car.’” Mallon told trustees that before the July 26 vote, he would provide examples of other projects that are successful despite providing fewer parking spaces. “We’re not about to go ahead and build a project that’s not going to work,” Mallon said.

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Lured by scholarships, several RBHS students are ‘Bama bound University of Alabama finds Illinois fertile recruiting ground By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Lured by generous merit based academic scholarships, six members of the RiversideBrookfield High School Class of 2021 will be heading about 770 miles south this fall to attend the University of Alabama, which offers academic scholarships to strong students with good test scores. These scholarships can make attending Alabama significantly cheaper than going to the University of Illinois. RBHS grad Eric Watson is receiving a full tuition scholarship at Alabama, while Quinn Van Nice said that he will only have to pay about $1,000 to $2,000 in tuition at year to attend Alabama. “I wanted to avoid student loans; that was a big thing for me,” Van Nice told the Landmark. “And I know all the other five kids who are going to Alabama, and every single one is getting at least $20,000 a year off, so I think for all of us it’s probably a pretty big reason why we’re going.” No other school came close to offering the kind of scholarship Alabama offered,

ABROAD

Navigating shutdowns from page 1 second semester, while Murray had to quarantine in her dormitory for 14 days after arriving in Scotland in September. Early in her quarantine she found out that classes were be entirely online. Going to college in a foreign country during a pandemic was not what they had envisioned, but they tried to make the best of it and got to travel a bit in the early fall and late spring. “It was difficult to adjust my expectations from when I was in the college planning stage and had imagined traveling in Germany and really getting to know the culture well,” said Howorth, who is back home in Brookfield for the summer. “Germany was in lockdown for several months, meaning that almost everything was closed so there was no traveling and most of my classes were online.” The strict lockdown made social life in Germany “infinitely more difficult,” said Howorth, who is hoping for a more typical experience next academic year. “I was able to learn a lot and still make a lot of friends within my major, but I am looking forward to next semester when hopefully things are a bit more normal and I can experience things more fully.” Howorth said many of her classes were held in large buildings to promote social

Van Nice said. “Alabama offers generous scholarships, “It was $15,000 cheaper than going to has warm weather, and has one of the naU of I,” Van Nice said. “My financial aid tion’s best football teams,” Marrs said in a there was so much higher than anywhere text message to the Landmark explaining else. Everyone that I know [going to Ala- why he decided to go to Alabama. “Another bama] are getting big scholarships.” reason is that I knew they would be less reVan Nice first started strictive when it comes to COthinking of going to AlaVID than many northern and bama the summer before west coast schools.” All six members of the eighth grade when he RBHS Class of 2021 who will learned of someone getbe going to Alabama -- Watting a generous financial son, Van Nice, Marrs, Alex aid package to attend Barrido, Catherine Glawe, Alabama. As a freshman and Jackson Fields -- were adat RBHS, Van Nice menmitted to Alabama’s Honors tioned this to his best QUINN VAN NICE College. friend, Owen Marrs, and RBHS graduate Elliot Royer, who graduthey decided that they ated from RBHS in 2019, and would go to Alabama toMarlena Barrido, the sister gether. of Alex Barrido, put AlaVan Nice and Marrs will bama on the map for RBHS room together as freshmen as will Watson and Jackson Fields, students. For the last decade more and more, Illianother RBHS student heading to Alabama nois students have been heading down to this year. Marrs was so set on Alabama that he ap- Tuscaloosa. Last year 1,535 undergraduates at the University of Alabama were plied to no other schools.

from Illinois. Only Alabama itself and Georgia sent more undergraduates to the University of Alabama. Only 39.7 percent of students at the University of Alabama are from Alabama, and the university has found suburban Chicago to be a good source of academically strong students as it seeks to boost its academic profile. The University of Alabama is ranked tied for 143rd among national universities by the U.S. News Best Colleges rankings. To get the kind of generous scholarships the RBHS students are receiving, you need good grades -- at least a 3.5 GPA -- and high test scores. Marrs got a 1430 combined score on his SAT while Van Nice scored 1420. Watson had a 32 composite ACT score. Schools in the south seemed particularly attractive to many members of the RBHS Class of 2021. Other graduates are heading to Georgia Tech, University of Mississippi, Mississippi State University, University of Georgia, University of Florida, University of Tampa and Vanderbilt. “There’s a general sentiment in our class, like, I kind of want to get out of Illinois,” Van Nice said.

distancing. “They basically converted every big building into a lecture hall, so a ton of my classes were in a movie theater,” Howorth said. Murray and Howorth wanted to go to university abroad for a number of reasons. They wanted to live outside of the United States and meet people from different countries, and they said attending college abroad is often less expensive than going to a school here. Howorth said she will be able to graduate with a degree in international relations, politics and history in three years while Murray said it will take her four years to earn a degree in psychology. Jacobs is smaller, residential university with an enrollment of about 1,500 students located about 10 miles from the city center of Bremen, a city in northern Germany with a population of approximately 550,000. The University of Glasgow was founded in 1451 and is the fourth oldest university in the English speaking world and has an enrollment of about 29,000. Life in both places was relatively open in early fall but then shut down in November as COVID cases skyrocketed. “Hotels were shut, hospitals were shut, nothing was open,” Howorth said. “I got to kind of see things when I first got there, in the middle not at all, and then towards the end I was able to go on a small vacation to the province above Hamburg.” After going home to LaGrange Park for Christmas, Murray wasn’t able to go back to Glasgow until mid-March as the United Kingdom would not allow many foreigners

apartment with girls from Rwanda, Greece, India and Denmark. “We joke that we got the whole United Nations in one apartment,” Murray said. “One of the most rewarding things about studying abroad so far is that not only obviously I meet a lot of Scottish people, but just a lot of people from entirely different backgrounds and cultures.” While in Thailand, Howorth met a boy from Germany who is now her boyfriend. He lives in Hamburg, which is 77 miles northeast of Bremen. Having him around helped a lot, especially over the Christmas holidays and in January when things were nearly totally shut down. During that time Howorth spent a month living at her boyfriend’s family home. Murray said professors were very accommodating to the struggles some students had. “There were a lot of accommodations for mental health, and a lot of teachers were extremely supportive if you couldn’t make deadlines,” Murray said. “They were extremely understanding with coursework and grades.” She noticed some similarities and differences compared to college life in the United States. There are no fraternities or sororities at the University of Glasgow and bigtime college sports does not exist. Neither Howorth nor Murray were able to get vaccinated against COVID while abroad as both Germany and Scotland rolled out vaccines at a slower pace than in the United States, but both got vaccinated in June after returning home for the summer.

“My financial aid there was so much higher than anywhere else.”

into the country during the winter lockdown. During her time at home Murray attended classes online from LaGrange Park which was challenging due to time difference. Despite having all of her classes online, Murray was able to meet and befriend fellow students, especially those who lived in her residence hall. “I got really close to the people that lived in my hall because we all ate meals together, so making friends during COVID wasn’t nearly as challenging as I thought it was going to be,” Murray said. “I connected with a lot of people who had the same major as me so that when lockdown was lifted we all got to meet for the first time. … Facebook and Facebook Messenger have brought me some of my closest friends.” Howorth loves to travel and spent her junior year of high school as a foreign exchange student in Thailand. She loves meeting people from different countries and Jacobs is full of students from all over the world. Her roommate was from Morocco and she made friends with a student from Nablus in Palestine. “It’s really so cool to get to know people,” Howorth said. Ironically, the first Jacobs student that Howorth met when she arrived in late August was from LaGrange. And then she met a girl from west suburban Geneva. “It’s just so weird that the three of us kind of somehow ended up in the same college,” Howorth said. Murray also met a number of foreign students. In fact, next year she will share an

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Michael Kuruvilla was sworn in as Brookfield’s new police chief during a ceremony July 12 that drew an overflow crowd at the Brookfield Village Hall, the largest gathering in the council chamber in a year. He replaces Edward Petrak, who was also honored for his 31 years of service to the village as he retires from the police department. Village President Michael Garvey read a proclamation noting Petrak’s achievements as a police officer, and the village’s Citizens Police Academy also presented a token of appreciation. In remarks following the presentation, Petrak, who wore civilian clothes for the occasion, thanked village officials and residents for their support throughout the years, but made a point of shifting the spotlight away from himself. “This night is about Mike [Kuruvilla],” Petrak said. “I’ve been around many leaders in my long career and Brookfield has found one of the very best in law enforcement.” Kuruvilla’s wife, Sibil, and two young children stood beside him as Village Clerk Brigid Weber swore in the new chief. Afterward, Kuruvilla revealed that his wife who like her husband has a master’s degree in

social work, encouraged him to pursue being a caseworker for the Brookfield police department, which turned out to be his entrée into the police profession. “You were the one who attended Brookfield’s [case worker] orientation with me and told me after the meeting that this is where you thought I would flourish,” Kuruvilla said. “Boy, was that an understatement.” Kuruvilla reiterated that becoming a police officer was not necessarily what he set his sights on when choosing a career path in social work. But, there was one particular aspect that appealed to him, he said. “I believe in public service,” Kuruvilla said. “I knew from childhood I wanted to do something that would serve people. I just didn’t know or think that pursuit of law enforcement was really an option for me. “But, not coincidentally, it provided me the pathway to pursue my education to a master’s degree in social work that my wife also shares and in some ways brought us together.” Kuruvilla is the first person of color to lead the Brookfield Police Department and one of the very few Indian-Americans to lead a police agency in the United States. His appointment to the position made headlines in India, including an article in the popular Indian weekly news magazine India Today and the nation’s daily newspaper of record, The Times of India. A half dozen Indian-American officers from area police departments including Chicago, Palatine, Bensenville and others were among those attending Kuruvilla’s swearing-in ceremony on July 12.

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GETTING READY: Construction is largely complete at the Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library at 3541 Park Ave. Officials are planning a ribbon cutting ceremony on July 31, though the “soft open” will be on July 26.

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Asked what her favorite aspect of the new library is, Coughran said that for her it was the views from the glass wall of second-floor windows, facing west overlooking Brookfield. from page 1 “We knew some of the views would be great, but it turned out to be absolutely stunLibrary staff have been moving the col- ning,” said Coughran, for whom opening the lection over and setting up the new spaces door of a new library caps a 14-year journey. since June 14, but as next week’s grand “As we looked out for the first time, it was opening-related events approach, things are breathtaking for all of us. To experience falling into place, according to Library Di- that as we open up out of a pandemic it’s exrector Kimberly Coughran. tremely fortunate for us in Brookfield.” “It’s gone exceptionally well,” Coughran The other, even bigger difference between said of the move from the the old library and the Linda old library across the street Sokol Francis Brookfield Liat 3609 Grand Blvd. “It takes brary is the amount space and a long time to move a library. the variety of uses, which inIt’s been grueling and tiring, clude a quiet reading room, but what a privilege.” study rooms, separate areas Library officials begin their for children, teens and adults, celebration of the new facila maker space and a large pubity on June 23 and 24 during a lic meeting room. pair of “sneak peek” evenings “The other thing that strikes hosted by the Foundation for me is how completely differthe Brookfield Library, foundent it is in terms of spaces ed in late 2017 to raise funds designated for the various KIMBERLY COUGHRAN for the construction of the constituencies in Brookfield,” Library director new library. Coughran said. “Just having The single largest gift acthose spaces for our residents cepted by the foundation was will be so wonderful for every$1 million from local businessone.” woman Linda Sokol Francis, Library officials welcome for whom the new building is named. everyone to their grand opening celebration The July 23 sneak peek event is an invita- on July 31, which begins at 9 a.m. with a ribtion-only for VIPs and donors, who will tour bon cutting. The library doors will open to the building and learn about remaining the public at 10 a.m., and special events will naming opportunities being offered by the take place throughout the day. foundation. Members of the public ages 21 There will be a STEM challenge, maker and older can buy tickets to attend the July studio demonstrations, a fairytale story24 sneak peek event, which includes wine, time, a scavenger hunt, craft activities and hors d’ouevres and tours of the new build- virtual reality trips. There is no cost to ating for $35. Tickets can be purchased online tend the grand opening event on July 31. at brookfieldlibrary.info or in person at the Light refreshments will be served throughBrookfield Farmers Market on July 24. out the event, which ends at 2 p.m.

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“It takes a long time to move a library. It’s been grueling and tiring, but what a privilege.”

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P R O P E R T Y

T R A N S F E R S

Riverside home sale in April topped $1 million

The following property transfers were reported by the Cook County Clerk in May 2021. Where addresses appear incomplete, for instance where a unit number appears missing, that information was not provided by the clerk’s recording division.

Brookfield ADDRESS

PRICE

SALE DATE

SELLER

BUYER

3413 Park Ave.

458,000

3/03/2021

Fritsch, Scott A

Wright, Sean C

4618 Blanchan Ave.

$435,000

4/01/2021

Delgado, Saul

Torres, Mirella C

4441 Maple Ave.

$350,000

4/21/2021

Barajas, Fernando

Coronado, John

4308 Maple Ave.

$554,500

3/22/2021

Fisher, Calvin

Bond, Adam R

4129 Oak Ave.

$200,000

3/05/2021

Miller, Jan TR

Evans Acquisitions LLC

3604 Arthur Ave.

$365,000

3/17/2021

Davis, Edward J

Panu, Jamie

ADDRESS

PRICE

SALE DATE

3312 Grand Blvd.

$250,000

1/26/2021

Cardenas, David

Garza, Randy

2347 3rd Ave.

$306,000

4/22/2021

Chicago Title Land Trust Co TR 910972 Hendrickson, Claire

4437 Arthur Ave.

$306,000

4/24/2021

Kulinski, Amy L

Truszkowski, Joanna

2309 2nd Ave.

$320,000

4/27/2021

Murphy, Timothy

King, Lauren Jade

4009 DuBois Blvd.

$240,000

4/13/2021

Grandview Cap LLC

Neer LLC - Peaceful Homes Series

2358 3rd Ave.

$319,000

4/28/2021

Preite,Vincenzo

Taddeo, Charles P Jr

3201 Park Ave.

$369,000

4/01/2021

Komliauskas, Kestutis

Hendzel, Kevin D

2237 15th Ave.

$300,000

4/23/2021

West Subn Bk TR 14339

Demark, Gary

4240 Vernon Ave.

$300,000

4/19/2021

Fronczak, Joseph

Panosh, Derek

8519 Cermak Rd.

$687,500

4/30/2021

1447 Homestead LLC

8519 W Cermak LLC

8867 Plainfield Rd.

$265,000

4/14/2021

Rosas-Landa, Gisela

Aguilar, Maribel

2300 7th Ave.

$335,000

4/28/2021

Jaime, Leticia

Perez, Fernando

3500 Blanchan Ave.

$251,000

4/20/2021

Boburka, Evan

Riggio, Richard James Jr

2310 11th Ave.

$320,000

5/06/2021

Bomo Inc

MacArthur, Anthony

4122 Sunnyside Ave.

$269,000

4/27/2021

Caster, Laura

Tinucci, Nickoli

2312 3rd Ave.

$369,000

5/03/2021

Gorny, Jonathon

Myers, Alan Reed

4144 Custer Ave.

$245,000

4/28/2021

Loftus, Samantha R

Alvarez, Juan Carlas Almanza

2218 2nd Ave.

$265,000

4/23/2021

Villalobos, Jesus

Hernandez, Alma

3916 Sunnyside Ave.

$215,000

4/26/2021

Bruce, Judith Y

Baylan Investments LLC

2308 Westover Ave.

$255,000

2/14/2021

Ryan, Stana

Ocampo, Carlos E

3842 Harrison Ave.

$222,000

4/29/2021

Bowden, Daniel B

Waters, Janice

2522 Burr Oak Ave.

$182,000

3/15/2021

Filec, Francis Gerald

Carranza, Juan Carlos Lopez

3827 Hollywood Ave.

$238,000

4/19/2021

First Amer Bk TR 156

Fuller, Scott TR

2212 Burr Oak Ave.

$260,000

2/24/2021

Agne, Andrew

Perez, Lisset Quintana

9536 Monroe Ave.

$200,000

5/07/2021

Milivojevic, Vesna

Aleksic, Diana

3804 Park Ave.

$462,000

2/04/2021

JMG Real Estate Grp Inc

Carpenter, Edmund H

3320 Vernon Ave.

$280,000

3/16/2021

Earixson, Maria

Stefano, Phillip

33 Northgate Rd.

$665,000

4/15/2021

RFLF 3 LLC Marzillo, Matthew C

3641 McCormick Ave.

$320,000

4/24/2021

Senn, Matthew T

Dear, Gregory

130 Southcote Rd.

$480,000

4/28/2021

McGarry, Patrick J

Gabel, Michael

9446 Lincoln Ave.

$350,000

4/27/2021

Carroll, Karie A

Doyle, Anthony

418 Repton Rd.

$625,000

4/30/2021

Rocco, John P

Kuhn, William Leo III

4031 Prairie Ave.

$381,500

5/03/2021

Grimmenga, Scott

Lamberson, Andrew W

251 Lawton Rd.

$470,000

3/26/2021

Mega, Daniel R

Iwersen, Kathleen G

4405 Raymond Ave.

$260,000

4/30/2021

Ehrenhaft, Tonya M

Sanchez, Manuel

175 Southcote Rd.

$695,000

4/22/2021

Aldape, Robert

McGarry, Elizabeth M

3837 McCormick Ave.

$365,500

4/10/2021

McJacobson, Daniel

Martinez, Manue Jr

571 Selborne Rd.

$435,000

4/17/2021

Hertogs, Jennifer L

Yanz, Silja K

3421 Sunnyside Ave.

$355,000

5/17/2021

Errico, Mariesa Ann

Koepsell, Justin

354 Longcommon Rd.

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4/23/2021

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COMICS

‘Incredibly sophisticated’ from page 2 “Mamma’s Angel Child” ran for 15 years and was syndicated in 25 major newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune. He moved to California in 1926 where he worked at RKO. Ross also worked with Walt Disney. Another Oak Parker, Russell Stamm, created the first female superhero strip, “Invisible Scarlet O’Neill,” which debuted in 1940. Scarlett used her superpowers to help children and the less fortunate. Stamm was previously an assistant to Chester Gould, creator of the popular Dick Tracy series. Ware said that is evident in Stamm’s drawing and he thinks Gould influenced “a generation of cartoonists in the mien of newsprint crime-fighting. Bob Kane, the creator of Batman, was clearly ripping off Gould.” In 1955, Stamm discontinued his comic, which had evolved to be named “Stainless Steel” after one of the charCLARE BRIGGS acters and started Russ Stamm Productions in Chicago. He created some of the first animated television commercials with the Jolly Green Giant and Charlie the Tuna. Stamm is buried in Concordia Cemetery in River Forest. Herrick Road in Riverside was the home of Clare Briggs by the 1910s. Briggs is credited with the first daily comic strip, “A. Piker Clerk.” The horserace-themed comic ran in the sports pages of Chicago’s American starting late in 1903 to 1904.

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A “Mamma’s Angel Child” comic and book, originally created by Oak Parker M.T. “Penny” Ross in 1908, from the exhibit “Chicago: Where Comics Came to Life” at the Chicago Cultural Center. While it was short lived, a similar and more successful strip followed by another cartoonist, Bud Fisher – “Mutt and Jeff ” – in 1907. Briggs went on to create several successful comics, his most popular and longest lasting, the domes-

tic humor comic “Mr. & Mrs.,” which continued for 33 years after Brigg’s death, running from 1919 to 1963. These are just a few of the many cartoonists included. At the Museum of Contemporary Art, the exhibit is organized by decades and presents some “pre-history” before launching into “1960 to Now.” As such, Dale Messick’s “Brenda Starr” and Black female cartoonist Jackie Ormes are seen at both exhibits. Ware has a room plus dedicated to his art. He, along with some of the other cartoonists, made his exhibit area his own. “I adapted the space that [exhibit designer] Norman Kelly passed along to me,” Ware said. “They patiently and tolerantly indulged my preference for using all of the space rather than the standard eye-level wide-white-wall placement that contemporary art museums usually deploy. … Comics use the whole space of the page, so I wanted to use the whole space of the walls so that visitors, hopefully, wouldn’t feel ripped off.” One section in Ware’s space is an immersive “Rusty Brown” environment. There’s also a work-in-progress “God” sculpture at the center of the space, 3D versions of his characters, New Yorker cover art and rarely seen creations. “When folks see this exhibition, they’ll recognize on one hand how much incredible skill [and] craft goes into these works,” Darling said. “They’ll recognize the whole grasp of history that these artists have -- they know what’s been done prior to their work and how they’re pushing those traditions forward. And it’s incredibly sophisticated, in terms of visual representation and it’s not a stepchild or second cousin to other visual art forms. “This is work that just needs to be appreciated and seen and recognized for what it is and that these artists are incredibly serious and incredibly dedicated. So, I hope that a show like this makes people think about comics in a more serious way.”

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Changing of the guard

here have been an awful lot of police chief retirements around these parts recently, the latest coming in Brookfield, where Ed Petrak is saying so long after a 31-year career that saw him rise through the ranks to the top spot in 2019. A local guy who grew up in Riverside, Petrak displayed an affinity for the people he served in Brookfield and his softspoken demeanor and openness to dialogue ran counter to the tough-guy cop stereotype. He was similar in that way to his immediate predecessor, Jim Episcopo, who was on hand July 12 to see the village board give his protégé a proper sendoff. Both men were calming presences in the village – Episcopo has lived through his career and in retirement in Brookfield – and that kind of steady leadership is valuable in times of uncertainty such as now. While Petrak lives further out in the suburbs, he’s always maintained close ties to this area and we’re hearing he’ll continue to be a presence locally. That’s good news. More on that next week. Brookfield’s next chief will be Mike Kuruvilla, also a thoughtful, disarming man whose very presence is unlike most police officers you’re likely to meet. His parents are Indian immigrants and he has a master’s degree in social work that served as his point of entry into policing as a crisis case worker. He was early to recognize the changes under way in policing and has embraced the challenge of understanding the part mental health crises play in incidents to which police respond -- that police work isn’t something boiled down to a simplistic question of good guys vs. bad guys. Policing is complicated because people are complicated and often troubled. If there’s anyone around this area who can bring a sense of compassion to policing, we’d argue that person might look a lot like Mike Kuruvilla. At 38 years old, Kuruvilla still has a long career as a leader ahead of him. That’s a lot of pressure and also a lot of opportunity. We wish him and Petrak the best as they embark on their new journeys.

Fair’s fair

Homeowners can expect their second installment of 2020 property taxes to be delayed about a month. That’s not so much of a surprise. In past years, we’ve seen delays in mailing bills delayed longer than that, and other than causing taxing bodies a little heartburn due to cash flow issues, one thing’s for certain – those bills will eventually be sent. This time around Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough says her office won’t calculate tax rates until the county assessor fixes errors in assigning senior homestead exemptions. That’s all fine, you don’t want people getting exemptions improperly. We just hope the same goes for making sure owners of modest residential properties stop having to bear the burden of being over-assessed compared to big time commercial and luxury residential and multifamily properties, who always seem to get their assessments ratcheted way down. There’s fair and then there’s fair. Are we going to have the political will to stand up to the donor class, too?

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Looking back on a (fire)cracking Fourth

opefully, the last firecracker has been blown off and we can quietly begin a recap of July 4. A celebration that was long coming, people were able to gather and celebrate freedom in more than one way. Beginning in Riverside, we began the party on the night of July 2 with the Concert in the Park with plans done in a hurry. But, the music from the train station had them dancing in the streets. Up early for the parade on July 3, I met up with my cohort Jacob Palka as we readied to do the play by play of the parade for Riverside TV. We saw the politicians -- even Chuy Garcia was there (tried to get his attention to find out where our mail is) -- local and otherwise proudly marching down Longcommon. The Masons, St. Mary and Mater Christi churches under the new banner of St. Paul VI Parish, Shriners on those cute flying carpets, Chicago Bears drum line and so many others. Kudos to Dr. Hector Freytas, principal at RiversideBrookfield High School, who marched with his family ahead of the marching band, led by James Baum, the band director in his RB blue suit. Audubon Road did it again with their float -- an American eagle designed by Jon Jansky. I also waved to

Peter Boutsikakis, Riverside’s Person of the Year. Since there was no party after the Riverside parade, we drove over to Brookfield to see their parade and got “primo” parking at Eight Corners. Dr. Freytas and family marched there also. Lots of residents in the parade good to see. North Riverside celebrated on The Fourth, and while we skipped that parade we did see the firecrackers the evening from the Riverside Golf Club. Had another good parking space. Give it up to the golf club and North Riverside -- you lit up the skies and had the crowds oohing and aahing. I missed having my bratwurst in Guthrie Park but Husband Joe “burned” them at home, which along with my Friends of the Fourth beer (sold at Riverside Foods) made me a happy camper. The local celebrations were slightly different this year, but everyone said it was the best ever and it was. Why? Because we were able to be together and celebrate. Putting differences aside, we all know what it means after a year of not knowing what to expect and what we can do together, and isn’t it great when we do. So keep waving the flag and celebrating us, but no more fireworks, please.

JOANNE KOSEY

LETTERS

Stop signs needed on Prairie Avenue at Grant

Riverside Friends of the Fourth say thanks

On Wednesday, July 7 there was yet another tragic accident on the corner of Prairie and Grant in Brookfield (“Man injured in SUV, motorcycle crash in Brookfield,” July 7, RBLandmark.com). Longtime residents have seen accidents and near misses over and over. Prairie is a 30 mph road through downtown Brookfield. There is no stop sign one block before the train tracks as there is on Grand Boulevard. This is an absolutely dangerous intersection. Anyone trying to turn from Grant cannot see because of the parked cars lining the street. With Grand Boulevard closed on the weekends, the odds are increasing for yet another accident. No survey is needed to install a stop sign; the numerous accident reports are proof enough. The stop sign needs to be installed now. When accidents can be prevented, choosing to do nothing is clearly irresponsible.

The Riverside Friends of the Fourth would like to thank all those who helped Riverside celebrate their annual July 4 festivities this year. Without Ron Malchiodi and his staff at the Parks and Recreation Department we would not have been able to put together such a great celebration in a shortened period of time. Thanks also to the police and fire departments, public works and village staff and personnel for all their support. This is an event that normally takes much planning and given a shortened time frame, we pulled it off. To all who supported the Friends of the Fourth by purchasing a T-shirt, you all looked good while doing your part to monetarily support the celebration. The Friends of the Fourth are looking forward to next year when we again help our village celebrate with pride July 4, Riverside style. Thank you again for your continued support.

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OBITUARIES

Robert A. Dziura, 77 Retired purchasing manager Robert A. Dziura, 77, of Mount Prospect and formerly of Naperville, Lisle, Downers Grove and Brookfield, died July 5, 2021 at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. Mr. Dziura was born in Chicago on ROBERT A. DZIURA Oct. 26, 1943 and was a retired purchasing manager at Powell Industries. He was the husband of Lucy (nee Smith); the father of Anthony (Lauren Tolliver) Dzuira, Amanda (Evan) Connell and stepfather of Ken (Jackie) Whalen, Jeff (Chika) Whalen and Kim (Kris) Kozlowski; the grandfather of Presley, Tommy, Timmy, Shannon, Jessica, Alison and Carrie; the brother of Jeff (Marianne) Dziura, the late Chet (late Judie) Dziura and the late Rich (late Sharon) Dziura; the uncle of Betsy, Debbie, Scott, Mark, Craig, Jordan and Jennifer; the son of the late Chester and late Mary (nee Tuzim) Dziura; and the former spouse of Linda (nee Jennings) Dziura. Services have been held. Johnson-Nosek Funeral Home, Brookfield,

handled arrangements. Online condolences may be offered at JohnsonNosek.com.

Linda L. Smith, 71 Retired Brookfield postmaster Linda Lee Smith (née Frana), 71, of Oak Lawn, died July 2, 2021 at Advocate Hinsdale Hospital. Ms. Smith was born on June 17, 1950 in Chicago, to Gloria and Edwin Frana (née Bade). She attended Evergreen LINDA L. SMITH Park public schools. She marked her 50th wedding anniversary with her beloved husband, David J. Smith Sr., on May 1, 2021. After raising her children to school age, she went on to spend most of her career with the United States Postal Service, most recently serving as postmaster in Brookfield until her retirement in 2016. In her short-lived retirement she cherished spending time with her family including six precious grandchildren. Ms. Smith lived her life to the fullest. She loved to spend time with her family and travel. Her laugh was contagious, she radiated positivity, taught others not to take life too serious-

LETTERS

Flabbergasted in Naperville Unlike most men, I am not shy about asking for directions. While admitting this, I must also reveal that I am direction challenged. Even my GPS confuses me. While attempting to get to a friend’s home in Naperville, the GPS continually directed me toward a street that was closed for repair. Driving around and around, I finally stopped at a home where a man was tending to his landscaping endeavors. I expressed my frustration and asked for directions. Knowing his neighborhood, he said, “Follow me.” He proceeded to mount his motorcycle and began the hunt for my requested location. I followed him as instructed. Around and around we drove, and we eventually reached my destination. Sheepishly I pulled a $20 bill from my wallet. I knew he would refuse any money, so I said, “Donate it to a charity.” His response, “No, you donate it.” Here is more of what makes this story so remarkable and poignant. His comment to me was, “I just sold my company for $15 million dollars. I am a simple man. You made my day. With my undying gratitude, I aim to pay it forward.” I sat in my car absolutely flabbergasted. Did I just dream this experience? Is it possible that he actually took me where I was expected to arrive? Did he say I made his day? Did he acknowledge his wealth and his thankfulness? It has been 24 hours since this encounter and I continue to be astounded. I have already shared this story with a multitude of family members and friends. I choose now to share it with my community.

Barbara E. Silvestri North Riverside

ly, and rarely turned down a chance to be silly. She is survived by her husband, David J. Smith Sr.; daughters Tammy (Angelo) SmithGandullia, Shelly (Peter) DeRousse and Renae (Patrick) Smith-Ray; son David J. Smith Jr.; sister Gale Sammon; and brother James Frana. Ms. Smith was the grandmother of Georgia DeRousse, Lillian DeRousse, Abraham Smith-Ray, Laurel Smith-Ray, Delia Smith-Ray and Eleanor DeRousse. She was a dear aunt to many nieces and nephews. The funeral was held on July 9 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Oak Lawn with interment immediately following at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.

Rosemarie Wagner, 96 Owned Riverside petroleum business, Berwyn tavern Rosemarie Wagner (nee Smetana), 96, of LaGrange Park, died July 7, 2021 at her home. Ms. Wagner was born Oct, 31, 1924 in Chicago and lived in Berwyn, graduating from St. Odilo grammar school in 1938 and St. Mary’s High School in Chicago in 1942. After graduation she worked as a switchboard operator for Illinois Bell Telephone. She married Jim Wagner at his parents’ home in 1948. They enjoyed spending their

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Vaccinations slow from page 8 have been fully vaccinated, with 90.4 percent having had at least one dose. Closer to home, the vaccination rates of local municipalities still vary widely, with Riverside listed among those suburbs having the highest vaccination rates in Cook County. As of July 12, 76.3 percent of Riverside residents had been fully vaccinated, with more than 90 percent having received at least one dose of the vaccine. In Brookfield, 54.4 percent had been fully vaccinated, with 65.4 percent having had at least one dose. North Riverside continues to report vaccinations rates at a much lower level, with 35.7 percent fully vaccinated and 42.8 percent having had at least one dose. That puts North Riverside roughly on par with Hodgkins (38.3 per-

summers up at Torch Lake in Michigan. The two of them owned Berside Petroleum on 26th Street and Harlem Avenue in Riverside. With homes being converted from oil heat to natural gas, Rose and Jim sold Berside Petroleum in 1968 and purchased Wagner’s Lounge on Cermak Road in Berwyn. In 1987, their daughter, Randi, took over the business upon their retirement and the business is still in operation today. They moved in with their daughter Debbie in LaGrange Park. Jim Wagner passed in 1993. Rose was an avid bowler. She enjoyed her Thursday afternoons with her T.A.L.K. league at the Berwyn Rec for over 30 years. She ROSEMARIE WAGNER also enjoyed good books, gardening and spending time with her beloved dogs, Elle and Cody. Services have been held. Interment was at Resurrection Cemetery in Justice. Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home, North Riverside, handled arrangements. Online condolences may be offered at KuratkoNosek.com.

cent fully vaccinated), Bridgeview (37.3 percent), Justice (32.4 percent), Maywood (34.7 percent), Stone Park (36 percent) and Schiller Park (38.6 percent) as Chicago suburbs lagging far behind state averages for vaccinations. In Lyons, 41.5 percent of the population had been fully vaccinated as of July 12. Statewide the number of daily reported administered vaccine doses continues to slide, even as state health officials warn of the very contagious COVID-19 Delta variant, which originated in India and has been reported in Illinois. The rolling seven-day number of daily doses of vaccine administered in Illinois of July 11 was 17,288, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. That pales in comparison to earlier this year. On April 13, the rolling seven-day number of vaccine doses administered in the state was 131,453. By May 13 that number was 76,018 and by June 13 the rolling seven-day number of vaccine dose administered was down to 40,341. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said in a late June news briefing that he expected the Delta variant “to dominate our cases statewide by the fall.”

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Riverside 10-U falls in District 9 Little League finals After getting thumped earlier in the week, Western Springs wins twice to take title

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

The Riverside 10-Under Little League baseball all-star team came up just a bit short July 11 in their attempt to win a district championship. Needing the beat Western Springs just once on Sunday to win the double-elimination Little League District 9 championship, Riverside dropped a pair of the games to Western Springs. They lost the first game 8-2 and then got nipped 10-9 in a back-and-forth, winnertake-all championship game that was mostly played in a steady rain. “The craziest thing is the momentum in Little League,” said Riverside coach Ryan Sherman. “They came out with their best player [a pitcher] and they took it to us the first game, which we were comfortable with because we had our best pitchers in Game 2, but they just had the momentum and they got their first guy on every single inning.” What made the defeat even tougher to take was that Riverside had clobbered Western Springs 25-10 on Friday to hand Western Springs their only loss of the tournament which was played at Veterans Park in North Riverside. “It’s just one of those things with 10-yearold kids, it’s just like they’re either way up and they’re way down, and when they’re down it’s like every break goes against you,” Sherman said. In the final game, Western Springs

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FIRE AWAY: Quinn Simmons gets ready to uncork a pitch during the Riverside Little League 10-U All Stars’ 25-10 win over Western Springs on July 9, which turned out to be Western Springs’ only loss of the tournament. jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning against Riverside starting pitcher Gavin Sweetser. Riverside struck back with one run in the second when Tommy Martin singled to center to drive in Garrett McBurney. But after Western Springs scored three runs in the bottom of the second to take 5-1

lead things looked as bleak as the gray sky for Riverside. But as the rain fell harder in the top of the third inning Riverside roared back, batting around and scoring five runs to grab the lead. McBurney drove in Sweetser with the tying run and then scored the go-ahead run on an error to put Riverside ahead 6-5. But

Western Springs struck back immediately scoring twice in the bottom of the third to take back the lead. Riverside wasn’t finished and came right back with two more runs in the top of the fourth to grab the lead once again but Western Springs responded with three runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 10-8 lead. Catcher George Kirsch hit a sacrifice fly to center field to pull Riverside within one in the top of the fifth but Riverside couldn’t score in the sixth and Western Springs took home the championship banner. “It’s disappointing because Riverside doesn’t win many districts, but we’re still very proud of them and they’re still a ton of fun,” Sherman said. Up until Sunday Riverside had stormed their way to the championship round, clobbering LaGrange Park 19-4 and LaGrange 20-8 before ambushing Western Springs with a 15-run first inning on July 9. Riverside’s powerful lineup was led by shortstop Bryce Sherman who had a .645 on-base percentage and belted four doubles in the five tournament games; outfielder Brady Wahl, who drove in 10 runs in the five games and had a .609 on-base percentage; outfielder Jack Rooney, who had 12 hits and a .545 on base percentage; and first baseman/pitcher Sweetser, who scored 11 times and drove in 7 runs. Western Springs also captured the 12-yearold division, defeating LaGrange Park in the championship game.

Brookfield softball all-stars win Little League district title After opening round loss, 10-U team storms back to prevail

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

The Brookfield Little League 10-Under softball all-star team won the Little League District 9 championship the hard way. Brookfield lost on the first night of the tournament falling 14-5 to LaGrange on July 7 and then battled back with two wins in the losers’ bracket before matching up with LaGrange again on Saturday in the finals, held at Ehlert Park in Brookfield. Brookfield defeated LaGrange twice on July 10 to win the double-elimination championship and qualify for the Illinois state finals which will be held in Beard-

stown beginning July 23. “It’s an incredible feeling,” said coach Michael Melendez. “Very proud of these girls, especially dropping the first game and having to fight your way back knowing that you can no longer lose.” On July 10, Brookfield exploded for 10 runs in the fifth inning to clobber LaGrange 19-3 in five innings in the first game. That set up a championship game for all the marbles, and Brookfield again scored 19 runs to win 19-10 and take the title. In the second game, LaGrange scored seven runs in the bottom of the second inning to take an 8-4 lead, but Brookfield

responded with five runs in the top of the third to regain the lead. Brookfield put the game away scoring four runs in both the fifth and sixth innings. Leadoff hitter and pitcher/first baseman Eleanor Kowynia let the Brookfield attack in the final game with four hits and five RBI while also scoring three runs. Bella Nasti earned the win after coming on in relief with two outs in the second inning. Nasti also had two hits and three RBI. Amelia Pytel earned the save allowing just one run over the final three innings while not allowing a hit and striking out eight while walking three. Pytel also went one for three at the plate in the final game.

She also drew two walks and scored two runs while driving in one. Nineteen seemed to be the team’s lucky number. Not only did Brookfield score 19 runs in both games Saturday, they also scored 19 runs in defeating LaGrange Park 19-7 on July 8. On July 9, Brookfield edged Riverside 12-9 to advance to the final matchup with LaGrange. Melendez said the team managed to stay relaxed despite facing win or go home pressure after their opening round loss. “They really kind of almost coach themselves at a certain level, they help each other out they kind of repeat what the coaches say to each other,” Melendez said.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certiﬁcation was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y21007299 on July 1, 2021 Under the Assumed Business Name of JOYFUL NOISE MUSIC STUDIO with the business located at: 256 WASHINGTON BLVD #2, OAK PARK, IL 60302, 411 PARK AVE #3, RIVER FOREST, IL 60305. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: OLIVIA MULLINS 256 WASHINGTON BLVD #2, OAK PARK, IL 60302, USA.

I, VANESSA MORITZ, CLERK OF THE VILLAGE OF FOREST PARK, DO HEREBY STATE, that on Monday, July 26, 2021, at 6:45 PM at the Forest Park Village Hall, 517 Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois, a public hearing will be held to consider the proposed adoption of the Appropriation Ordinance for ﬁscal year 2021-2022 for the Village of Forest Park. At the public hearing, all interested persons may provide comments concerning the appropriation of the sums of money the Village of Forest Park deems necessary to defray all its necessary expenses and liabilities. The appropriation document will be available for public inspection no later than July 16, 2021, in the Village Clerk’s Ofﬁce at the Village of Forest Park, 517 DesPlaines Ave., Forest Park, Illinois. Dated this 14th day of July, 2021 Vanessa Moritz Clerk, Village of Forest Park Published in Forest Park Review July 14, 2021

PUBLIC NOTICE Cellco Partnership and its controlled afﬁliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) is proposing to install two new light pole telecommunications facilities within River Forest, Cook County, IL 60305 near the following addresses: (1) approx. 36ft light pole near 1022 Harlem Ave (6121004576) and (1) approx. 32ft light pole near 435 Williams St (6121004577). Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Project 6121004576and 6121004577- MW c/o EBI Consulting, 6876 Susquehanna Trail South, York, PA 17403, mwiginton@ebiconsulting.com, or via telephone at (678) 481-6555. Published in Wednesday Journal July 14, 2021

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR HIS ASSET SECURITIZATION CORPORATION TRUST 2007OPT1, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-OPT1; Plaintiff, vs. CHARLES T. GRANT; JUANITA J. GRANT AKA JUANITA LACOURT; PRAIRIE PLACE AT 6436 ROOSEVELT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 14415 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-18-428-043-1019 & 16-18428-043-1064. Commonly known as 6436 Roosevelt Road, Unit 311, Oak Park, IL 60304. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455. W18-0641 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3171912

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District 90 is seeking qualified and experienced applicants for the following positions:

• English Language Learners Teacher (Full-time at Roosevelt Middle School and Parttime FTE 0.50 at Lincoln Elementary School) • Social Worker (Roosevelt Middle School) • Speech and Language Pathologist (Roosevelt Middle School) • Physical Education Teachers, ( Full-time at Roosevelt Middle School and Part-time FTE 0.77 at Willard Elementary School) • STEM Teacher, Grades 6-8 (Roosevelt Middle School) • Instructional Specialist (Roosevelt Middle School) • Kindergarten Teacher Part-time FTE 0.50 (Willard Elementary School)

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General Qualifications: Valid Illinois Professional Education License with endorsement in field of study, a Master’s Degree is preferred and successful teaching experience with students in a classroom setting is preferred. General Duties: Provide excellence in education by developing and implementing activities that encourage students to be life-long learners. Possesses knowledge of District policies and regulations relating to areas of responsibilities. Create an environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the developmental maturity and interests of each student. Application: Apply online at www.district90.org. Application Procedure: Interested candidates should complete the online application available at district90.org. Please do not send hard copies of supporting documentation, i.e. cover letters, resumes, licensure, etc. to River Forest Schools District 90; instead, upload these materials onto the online job application system for proper processing. BAND SAW WELDER TECH, GENL LABORER OPENINGS Local sharpening service has two openings: Band Saw Welder Technician and General Laborer position. Apply at 1233 Circle Ave. Forest Park, IL 708-209-1636 GRANTS SUPERVISOR The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Grants Supervisor in the Development Customer Services Department. This position will perform a variety of responsible for developing. Administering and coordinating activities related to Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and other grant-funded programs for the Village. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oakpark.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application no later than July 16, 2021. POLICE RECORDS CLERK The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Police Records Clerk in the Police Department. This position will perform a wide variety of specialized clerical duties in support of the Police Department including processing and maintaining documents, correspondence and coding reports; and to provide information and assistance to the public. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http://www.oak-park.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application no later than July 16, 2021. OFFICE COORDINATOR The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Office Coordinator in Information Technology. This position will perform a variety of responsible and complex administrative duties for the IT Department; provide information and assistance to Village staff regarding requests for service; and provide administrative support to the IT Director and the IT staff. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application no later than July 16, 2021.

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CAREGIVER SERVICES WANTED HOME HEALTH ASSISTANCE River Forest family seeking overnight in-home healthcare assistance. Nursing students, Respiratory Therapists, CNAs, LPNs, RNs, etc. welcome. For more information, contact kpatterson10@gmail.com.

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A HUD subsidized affordable Apartment property announces the opening of its waiting list for both One and Two Bedroom Apartments! Resident rent is approximately 30% of gross household income, some restrictions apply. Our property is located on Washington Blvd in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. Apartments offered with an occupancy of one to four persons. Properties feature modern kitchens, include appliances, and offer onsite maintenance. Austin Renaissance will accept requests for application packages by U.S. Mail postmarked no later than , September 15, 2021. Send or email a written request for an application package that includes your name, mailing address. Daytime telephone number, Email address, and the number of persons in your household to: Town Center Realty Group LLC, PO Box 64, Huntley IL 60142-0064 or Email requests to mrpaul.tcrg@gmail.com Application packages available by mail or email delivery only. No walk-ins accepted.

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