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Cord cutters will soon be able to watch Riverside TV on Roku New app/channel being developed in partnership with four other towns

By BOB UPHUES Editor

ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer

Riverside-Brookfield High School running back Nathaniel Padilla looks for an opening in the Morton defensive line during the Bulldogs’ 35-28 win in Berwyn on Aug. 26.

If you’re a Riverside resident with cable TV, you’re able to watch meetings of the Riverside Village Board, Riverside Township Board, the village’s Planning and Zoning Commission and Riverside School District 96 Board of Education live. And if you have internet access, you can watch meetings streaming live via YouTube.

In the next few months, however, there will be another way to check in on what

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Anti-poverty activist, author to speak at RBHS

Public invited to attend free lecture by Terence Lester

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Terence Lester, an activist, writer and storyteller, is coming to Riverside-Brookfield High School next week. Lester, who lives in Atlanta, will give a lecture that is open to public at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 7 in the auditorium of the school, 160 Ridgewood Road in Riverside.

Admission to the lecture is free, but you must RSVP to the school in advance in order to attend. You can do so by visiting online at rbhs208.net and clicking on the link on the homepage.

Lester will also spend a portion of the school day at RBHS. He will speak to the entire student body during an all-school assembly and conduct a questionand-answer session with students, according to RBHS Principal Hector Freytas.

Lester’s website describes him as a “speaker, activist, author and thought leader in the realm of systemic poverty.” He has written six books, the latest of which is “When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together.”

He has earned four degrees and is working toward his Ph.D. in public policy and social change at the Union Institute and University.

In 2013, Lester founded Love Beyond Walls, a nonprofit organization that helps individuals experiencing homelessness rebuild their lives. In 2018, Lester led a march against poverty in which he walked from Atlanta to Memphis.

Lester will be paid $9,000 by RBHS for his visit. The money to pay Lester is coming out of federal pandemic relief funding given to schools. Lester will not be reimbursed for travel expenses related to his visit to RBHS. Freytas did not immediately respond to questions about why Lester was invited to RBHS. In the past few years, the RBHS administration has made a more focused effort to promote diversity and equity and serve the needs of students of color.

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D103 board member who’s MIA says he hasn’t moved Last seen at a meeting in April, Campanile claims to still live in Brookfield

By BOB SKOLNIK

When asked if he had moved out of state Campanile replied, “Not yet.”

Campanile was asked if he was planning Lyons-Brookfield School District 103 to move out of Illinois.

“I may be forced to, let’s put it that way,” school board member Vito Campanile has not attended a school board meeting since Campanile said. “It’s all personal stuff April and has only attended five out of 21 which I’m not a liberty to talk about right now.” meetings since June of last year.

Campanile says he still lives Campanile has attended only in Brookfield as he did when he two school board meetings this was elected to the school board year, on Feb. 22 and on April 26. in 2019.

That has prompted some specuIf a school board member lation on social media that Camstops attending meetings, Illipanile has moved out of town. nois law allows the executive When contacted by the Landdirector of the regional office mark by telephone last week, of the Illinois State Board of Campanile had another explaEducation to remove that pernation for why he hasn’t been VITO CAMPANILE son from office. attending many school board That happened in District meetings lately.

“I’ve been out of state for some business 103 in 2018 when Mark Klaisner, the execand some family emergencies,” Campanile utive director of the West 40 Intermediate Service Center, booted Coleen Shipbaugh told the Landmark on Aug. 26.

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from the District 103 Board of Education.

Shipbaugh had attended only six of 25 school board meetings that year.

She, like Campanile, was elected to the school board as part of a slate supported

by Lyons Village President Christopher Getty. However, when Shipbaugh was removed from office, the board majority was not made up of Getty-backed members.

Klaisner told the Landmark he usually only acts to remove a school board member who stops attending meetings if someone complains about it. Klaisner said he does not monitor school board meeting minutes in the 38 school districts and three special education cooperatives that West 40 oversees in west suburban Cook County.

Klaisner said he typically doesn’t act to remove a school board member unless that person has been absent for six months or more and doesn’t have a good explanation for the absences.

“In the cases where I have used that

power it’s absolutely no contact for six months,” Klaisner said. “They haven’t responded to emails, they haven’t responded to phone calls, they haven’t attended meetings, they’ve skipped out on committee meetings or things like that.”

If a school board member moves out of the district, they must resign from resign and the school board must pick a replacement within 60 days of receipt of the letter of resignation.

Campanile’s term expires in April 2023.

As a practical matter, his absence has had very little impact on the school board.

Since the 2021 election all seven members of District 103 Board of Education were elected with Getty’s backing.

Most District 103 school board meetings are perfunctory affairs rarely lasting more than 30 minutes. There is typically little or, more commonly, no discussion or debate before agenda items are voted upon and almost all votes are unanimous.

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Congress Park principal embodies school’s dual-language values West suburban native spent last 8 years in Ecuador as a teacher, administrator

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Working at dual-language school is nothing new for new Congress Park Elementary School Principal Amy Grieve. The 38-year-old spent the last eight years working at a duallanguage school in Ecuador, where she also met her husband, Esteban, a native of Ecuador, and started a family.

“We’re a dual-language family,” Grieve told the Landmark in a telephone interview last week. “If you look at Congress Park, we’re living the vision here. We’re a bilingual family.”

Grieve replaces James Robinette, who led Congress Park School in Brookfield for four years before leaving this summer to take a job as the human resources director at County Club Hills School District 160.

For the last three years Grieve served as the middle school principal for a large private school in Quito, Ecuador, where instruction was both in English and Spanish.

She actually applied for the principal position at Park Junior High School in LaGrange-Brookfield District 102, but that job went to Jerome Green, who had been the assistant principal at Julian Middle School in Oak Park.

However, District 102 administrators were so impressed with Grieve that they hired her to be an assistant principal somewhere in the district, knowing that Robinette was looking for a job, so she would be available if Robinette left Congress Park.

“We anticipated that Dr. Robinette was looking for a position,” said District 102 Superintendent Kyle Schumacher.

When Robinette did get a new job in July, Schumacher slotted Grieve into the job there without interviewing anyone else or even taking applications.

“We actually interviewed her thinking about Congress Park, if a position ever opened up,” Schumacher said.

“I was very attracted to District 102, their mission and their vision and just the value that they put into equity.”

AMY GRIEVE

Congress Park School principal

Grieve’s annual salary is $109,000 for the 11-month position while Green is making $112,000 at Park Junior High in LaGrange Park.

Grieve, who is the older sister of RiversideBrookfield High School social sciences teacher Ryan Grieve, grew up in Elmhurst.

She earned her undergraduate degree from Trinity International University in 2008 and was awarded a master’s degree in educational leadership and administration from the American College of Education in 2016.

Grieve has long had a passion for experiencing other cultures and wanted to live abroad, so she began her career as an English as Second Language teacher in Seoul, South Korea.

After a year there, she came back to the United States and worked for six months as a special education teacher’s aide at Jackson Middle School in Villa Park. Then Grieve

went to Ecuador and worked for seven months as a third-grade teacher before returning to the United States and working for four years as a teacher at a charter school in Orlando, Florida.

She returned to Ecuador in 2014 and worked as a seventh-grade teacher for one year before becoming an elementary instructional facilitator for three years. Then she worked as a sixth-grade language arts and social studies teacher for a year before spending the last three years as the principal of the middle school.

“It was an incredible experience,” said Grieve, who is fluent in Spanish.

But in the back of her mind, she was always thinking about returning to the United States at some point.

“It’s always been in my plan to collect all of these experiences and bring them back here to this area,” Grieve said. “I was very attracted to District 102, their mission and their vision and just the value that they put into equity.”

Grieve is passionate about cross-cultural learning and bridging gaps among students and cultures. While she loved living and working in Ecuador, she wanted her husband and children to experience life in the U.S. Her dual-language experience fits right in at Congress Park School, which is now in its fifth year offering an English-Spanish duallanguage immersion program. According to the most recent Illinois School Report Card, 47.5 percent of Congress Park students are Hispanic while 36.9 percent are white and 8.5 percent are Black.

Although she initially interviewed for the Park Junior High School job, Grieve is happy that she landed at Congress Park.

“I think it’s a perfect fit for me,” Grieve said. “I think it’s a perfect fit for my experience and the skills that I’ve learned and for my passion.”

C O R R E C T I O N

In the story “New student reps t seats at D208 board table,” News, Aug. 24), we misspelled the first name of one of the two new student representatives to the school board. Her name is Aja McKay. The Landmark regrets the error.

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Aug. 31-Sept. 7

BIG WEEK TWS stages ‘Brighton Beach Memories’

The Theatre of Western Springs, 4384 Hampton Ave., opens its 2022-23 season on Sept. 8 with Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical comedy “Brighton Beach Memories.”

The Broadway hit follows Depression-era teenager Eugene Jerome as he pursues his dreams of becoming a successful comedy writer and deals with conflicts of his squabbling family.

There will be 10 performances through Sept. 18. For more info, show times and to purchase tickets, call the box office at 708-246-3380 or visit theatrewesternsprings.com.

CZS/Brookfield Zoo

Zoo Run registration open

Whether you run like a cheetah or a tortoise, you’ll fit right in at the Brookfield Zoo Run, which takes place entirely within the zoological park at 8400 31st St. on the morning of Sept. 11.

Slow roll with Cycle Brookfield

There’s a chip-timed 5K run followed by a 1-mile Kids Dash. All proceeds from the event benefit the Chicago Zoological Society’s Animal Care and Conservation Fund, which supports education efforts at the zoo and around the world.

Cycle Brookfield invites you to hop on your bicycle – heck, bring the family – and join them on Sept. 2 for their First Friday Ride, a monthly slow roll where you can connect with other cycling enthusiasts and enjoy the Brookfield scenery as you wind through the village.

Participants are asked to meet at Compassion Factory Art Gallery and Studio, 9210 Broadway Ave. at 6 p.m. There are typically two courses you can choose to take, roughly three and six miles in length.

For more information, including pricing, and to register for the event visit CZS.org/ZooRun.

And more

Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., presents “Endless,” featuring the work of Darrell Roberts, in the outdoor Sculpture Garden through Oct. 29. Gallery hours are Thursday through Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. There’s also an exhibition featuring the work of Madelyn Roldan and Oakley McCormack in the lobby of the Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road, through Sept. 29. Regular viewing hours are Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visit riversideartscenter.com for more.

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The Riverside Farmers Market operates each Wednesday through Oct. 5 from 2:30 to 7 p.m. in Centennial Park, at Forest Avenue and Longcommon Road. The Brookfield Farmers Market returns every Saturday through Oct. 15 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave. North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., invites those in grades 6-12 to enjoy a film and snacks during Movies in the Teen Spot on Sept.

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The “Brighton Beach Memories” cast includes (in front) Cooper Brown, (at table, from left), Lola Podoiner, Debbie Sampson, R.J. Cecott, Rich Kropp, Tammy White and Brooke Mummert.

Sept. 6 at 4 p.m. and Story Safari (kids with adult) on Sept. 7 at 10:30 a.m. Register for programs at northriversidelibrary.org/events-new.

Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library, 3541 Park Ave., presents Chair Yoga (virtual) on Sept. 1 at 11 a.m., Legotastic Saturday in the Storytime Room from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Sept. 3, Maker Studio 101 (adult services) on Sept. at 7 p.m. and Chair Zumba in the Meeting Room on Sept. 7 at 1:30 p.m.

Call 708-485-6917 or visit brookfield.evanced.info/ signup to register for programs.

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Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, presents a Saturday Sensory Storytime for kids in grades PreK-2 with caregiver on Sept. 3 at 10 a.m. in the Program Room and Composting 101, a virtual program featuring a master gardener from the University of Illinois Extension on Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. To register for programs, visit riversidelibrary.org/events.

The Brookfield Elks Lodge, 9022 31st St., hosts bingo the second Sunday of every month.

Doors open at 1 p.m. and games start at 2 p.m. with cash payouts.

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Riverside native cycles around Lake Michigan for charity Chris McNally raises funds to distribute bikes to those in remote Africa, Colombia

By JACKIE PISANO Contributing Reporter

On a nice day in Riverside, it’s not uncommon to see cyclists out and about, taking in the sights of the village on two wheels. What’s not as common is setting out for a bike ride in Riverside and traveling hundreds of miles through four states before returning home.

That’s exactly what Riverside native Chris McNally did earlier this month, riding a 1,000-mile loop solo around Lake Michigan to raise money for new bicycles for residents of remote African and Colombian villages in need of transportation.

McNally, an avid cyclist since growing up in the area in the 1980s, is not new to cycling for a cause.

In the 1990s on the East Coast, he participated in the Tanqueray AIDS Rides to raise money and awareness for people living with AIDS, and he helped raise money for charity by riding with thousands of others from Minneapolis to Chicago in 2001.

But with the demands of work life and raising three kids, McNally hadn’t set out on a lengthy bike journey nearly 12 years.

Then, the pandemic hit.

With emptier roads, less time traveling for work and a little more free time on his hands, McNally was able to log more miles biking in the last two years than he’d been able to do in a long time.

It was during those quiet mornings and later nights on the open road that he began reminiscing about the fun he had cycling not just for exercise, but for a good cause.

“Over the past couple of years, I started thinking about making my training miles more purposeful, especially since I don’t race anymore,” McNally said.

Enter World Bicycle Relief, an international nonprofit based in Chicago which specializes in large-scale, comprehensive bicycle distribution programming to aid poverty relief in developing countries around the world, mainly focusing on education, economic development and health care.

“It’s a cause I thought matched up perfectly,” he said. “World Bicycle Relief has been something near and dear to my heart, and I’ve been involved with them to some extent since 2005.”

Last year, McNally decided that summer

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Riverside native Chris McNally stops on Mackinac Island in Michigan along his 1,000-mile charity bike ride route earlier this month. McNally raised $3,300 for World Bicycle Relief, which distributes new bikes to people in need in developing countries.

2022 would be the perfect time to complete his longtime goal of riding around Lake Michigan. However, this time, the ride would not be with hundreds of other cyclists. This time it would be a solo, self-supported “bike-packing” adventure, riding with a tent and sleeping bag for outdoor stops when a hotel might not be nearby.

Full-time training began well over a year ago, involving everything from conditioning and route planning to purchasing new biking gear.

While McNally’s training and prep work leading up to the journey was pretty standard, a serious medical hiccup in the spring really threw into question whether he could even make the trip happen in the summer — or at all.

A muscular injury that pinched his sciatic nerve, resulting in Piriformis syndrome and landing him in a wheelchair for about

two weeks this spring.

“For a while, I couldn’t even walk,” McNally said. “I was able to get back and riding again, but with this syndrome, it’s made me really sensitive to exertion, and I really had to dial in how much effort I’m putting into the pedals to be able to get the amount of miles in I needed and not get other weird side effects of going too slow while not exerting too much effort and inflammation of this new chronic injury.”

Finally healthy enough, McNally set off from Riverside on Aug. 6. Riding 140-plus miles per day around Lake Michigan clockwise, it took him one week to complete the 1,000-mile route through Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana, returning to Riverside on Aug. 13.

“By the injury restricting my exertion, I think that may have been the secret to me doing 140 mile-plus days and getting to do

this in a week,” McNalley said.

Each morning, McNally followed a simple routine of eating, stretching, cleaning up and prepping for the day’s ride, which normally started each day by 11 a.m. and often lasted well past 10 p.m.

With a mix of trails and streets making up his route, McNally’s adventure led him through a variety of landscapes, three rainy nights spent in hotels and four total nights camping outdoors.

Of course, one has to wonder what someone does to keep their mind occupied during all those miles and hours spent alone on the open roads.

During his training back home, McNally ensured he spent hours without music, podcasts or phone calls, practicing breathwork and minimizing distractions to be “one with the ride.”

“I usually ride with music or calls, but on this trip I never put earbuds in once,” he said. “I did play music, but just with my iPhone speaker about 40 percent of the time. Really, time flew by for lots of reasons, but I was listening to different aches and pains and squeaks on the bike. It became pretty consuming.”

Luckily, McNally had zero mechanical issues during his week-long ride, crediting the success to repair shops Gears 2 You in Riverside and The Pony Shop in Evanston for getting his bike in tip-top shape prior to setting out.

A digital strategist by day, McNally’s corporate sponsor for the out-of-office venture was Evanston-based AI company The Intelligence Exchange, which donated two bikes to World Bicycle Relief and covered the hard costs of his venture.

“Cycling is data-rich, and a lot of decision makers in tech happen to be in cycling,” McNally said of the partnership.

Through sharing news of his journey with friends, family and colleagues, McNally was able to meet his fundraising goal of $3,300 for World Bicycle Relief, enough money to fund 20 new bikes for the charity.

“I believe in the power of bicycles and their ability to change the world, and $165 helps put a brand-new bike in the field and change the trajectory of an individual’s life,” he said.

For more information about World Bicycle Relief, visit powerofbicycles.org.

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Riverside shelves downtown business district idea

‘Optics and timing’ not right, says village president

By BOB UPHUES Editor

When the Riverside Village Board first discussed the possibility of creating a formal business district in the downtown area, trustees agreed they would take the temperature of downtown business owners before deciding to move ahead.

With that feedback in hand, on Aug. 18 Village President Joseph Ballerine announced that the business district initiative was being put on ice.

Ballerine said he had personally talked to a couple of business owners in the downtown, and he also received an opinion from the Riverside Economic Development Commission giving the idea a thumbs down.

At issue was the imposition of a 1-percent tax on sales within the business district,

which would create a fund that could be drawn upon for property acquisition, economic incentives, public infrastructure improvements and other initiatives to retain existing businesses and attract new ones.

“Due to a number of economic factors including record-setting inflation, worker and supply line shortages, and the fact that many of our small businesses just barely survived COVID, the commission feels unanimous that the timing is not right to pursue an additional 1-percent tax in the central business district,” wrote Jennifer Fournier, the chair of the Riverside Economic Development Commission, in an Aug. 11 letter to the village board.

Fournier suggested that even bringing up the subject of a business district at this time was not a great idea.

“We feel the risk of merely asking at this time holds the potential to lose confidence from the very businesses we are actively working to support and retain,” Fournier wrote.

Peter Boutsikakis, co-owner of Riverside Foods at 48 E. Burlington St. in the down-

town, formally protested the business district idea in a letter he sent to the Board of Trustees in late June after seeing a news article about the proposal in the Landmark.

In his letter, Boutsikakis pointed to measures by the state to combat inflation by freezing the state grocery tax and to a steep rise in the store’s costs for electric and natural gas service, increased competition with a new Amazon Fresh store opening in North Riverside and power outages that have resulted in food spoilage.

“An additional 1-percent new tax on business would have an impactful negative effect, and we would have to pass on that sales tax as a line item to our customers, causing us to be even less competitive,” Boutsikakis wrote.

Since 2017, Riverside trustees have created three business districts – all along Harlem Avenue – and imposed a 1-percent sales tax in each to create funds to spur economic development.

Business districts are created by statute and last for 23 years, like a tax-increment financing district. The key difference be-

tween the two tools is that a TIF district sequesters any incremental new property taxes into a special fund to pay for redevelopment initiatives, whereas a business district uses the 1-percent sales tax to create a fund for redevelopment initiatives within the district’s boundaries.

The village would have to hire a consultant at a cost of between $15,000 and $21,000 to manage the process, which includes public hearings and takes months to complete.

“I concurred with the EDC and a majority of the trustees to oppose doing this,” Ballerine told the Landmark in a phone interview. “The optics and timing just weren’t right.”

While the idea of creating a business district might be dead, Ballerine hinted that he had other ideas for addressing economic development in the downtown that likely would surface during the village board’s budget discussion this fall.

“The goal is to fund rejuvenation for the downtown business district,” Ballerine said. “If we can’t do it this way, how can you do it?”

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Two nabbed after stolen car pursuit ends in Riverside

Riverside police say two people were apprehended after bailing out of a stolen vehicle during a pursuit in central Riverside on Aug. 29 at about 6:15 p.m.

Stickney police initially radioed that they were pursuing a stolen vehicle, which was headed north in the 3400 block of Harlem Avenue and requested assistance from Riverside and other agencies.

Police attempted to curb the vehicle at Longcommon Road, but the driver swerved around them through a parking lot and then west on Berkeley Road and south on Byrd Road before heading west on Longcommon Road at what police termed an “excessive” rate of speed.

The driver and a passenger abandoned the still-running vehicle Delaplaine Road, where a police officer saw it “coasting” through Big Ball Park after it left the roadway. According to police, an officer ran after the vehicle and was able to bring it to a stop.

The passenger of the stolen vehicle surrendered to police, while the driver ran off and attempted to hide. Police located him in the backyard of a residence in the 200 block of Shenstone Road. Both were turned over to Stickney police. There was no further information on the identities of the alleged offenders or charges.

DUI crash in Brookfield A 37-year-old Lyons man who reportedly walked away from the intersection of Prairie and Ogden Avenue after crashing his black 2007 Honda truck into a concrete trash can and signal post on the sidewalk on Aug. 22 at about 1:55 a.m. has been charged with drunken driving and leaving the scene of a crash, among other offenses.

When police arrived at the scene, they observed a vehicle crashed into the trash can and signal post in front of 8863 Ogden Ave., but the vehicle’s driver was not present. Witnesses identified the driver who reportedly walked away after the crash, and police took him into custody in the 4200 block of Prairie Avenue.

The driver reportedly admitted drinking at a Brookfield tavern before getting behind the wheel. Paramedics transported the man to LaGrange Hospital to treat nonlife threatening injuries and due to his level of intoxication, according to police.

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Police said the vehicle passed others in a reckless fashion in a residential section of Cermak Road and finally braked hard and veered right when an officer caught up to him in the 7300 block of Cermak Road.

The driver reportedly failed field sobriety tests and the arresting officer reported that the driver’s breath smelled faintly of alcohol, but he denied drinking any alcohol. The driver also reportedly told police he was on his way home from Aurora and didn’t think he was driving too fast. He reportedly refused to submit to a breath test.

Theft from vehicle A woman called North Riverside police on Aug. 22 to report that someone had removed the reflective glass portion of her vehicle’s passenger side mirror sometime that day between 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

The vehicle was parked in the northeast corner of the upper parking deck outside Entrance 4 of the North Riverside Park Mall, 7501 Cermak Road, on the east side of the mall just north of J.C. Penney.

The exterior of the mirror housing and the electrical connections to it were otherwise undamaged, indicating that someone was specifically looking to remove just the mirror itself.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Aug. 2229, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.

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Brookfield bar changes hands, but vibe remains ‘The Cordial Inn will always be the Cordial Inn,’ says new owner

By MELISSA ELSMO Food Editor

When veteran bar owner Joe Kenny went in search of an establishment to purchase, he knew what he was looking for and The Cordial Inn, 9207 31st St., Brookfield, proved to be the perfect fit.

After months of negotiation, Kenny and his business partner, Ronnie Milchhoefer, took over ownership of the long-standing neighborhood bar on August 1.

Kenny spent months visiting The Cordial Inn in advance of the purchase -- he was attracted to the number of regular customers and longtime loyal staff. He qualified it as a place that catered to people from all walks of life, where anyone could feel comfortable.

“When I came into the bar after the purchase went through, one of our staff members looked at me, wagged her finger and called me a stinker,” said Kenny with a laugh. “I had been coming in so much she could put my face to the name of the bar’s new owner.”

Kenny brings 25 years of experience to the new endeavor, including 22 years owning and operating Finley Dunne’s in Chicago. Milchhoefer was the proprietor of R Place in Forest Park for 16 years before selling the property and closing the bar in January 2020.

Though both men had left the business behind, they missed the people who made up their regular clientele and the sense of community that came along with owning a bar.

Looking to re-enter the hospitality industry, the two teamed up to purchase the Cordial Inn from the Volpe family, who had owned the watering hole since at least 1965.

In the 1940s, the Cordial Inn was owned by Frank Kvasnicka before being sold to the Volpe family.

“This is a legacy business that had been owned by one family for a long time,” said Kenny. “They were no longer living in the

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Bartender Nancy Barry (left) stands behind the bar with Cordial Inn owner Joe Kenny.

Joe Kenny, owner of the Cordial Inn wants the Brookfield bar he bought to stay the same. area and our ownership will allow new local families to oversee the business and honor what they built.”

Kenny, who oversees operations, resides in LaGrange Park and his children attended Riverside-Brookfield High School, while Milchhoefer, who is in charge of the physical plant, is raising a family in North Riverside. Their proximity means both are capable of being onsite in minutes, though Kenny has been working at the bar from open to close since the sale went through.

“People were really afraid we’d turn this into some kind of lounge,” said Kenny.

“But we are never going to be a place that has bottle service. We are a shot-and-a-beer kind of place and always will be. The Cordial Inn will always be the Cordial Inn.” Top of mind was retaining veteran bartender Nancy Barry, who has been pouring drinks and grilling burgers for 29 years.

“We love Nancy -- this place is full because Nancy is here,” said longtime customer Steven Hundrieser, who is also a professional bartender. “This is a working-

MELISSA ELSMO/Food Editor

Cordial Inn regulars Donna Cook and Steven Hundrieser have been enjoying drinks and camaraderie at the 31st Street bar for 20 years. class bar where we’re going to see people that we like.”

“It’s just easy to be here because nothing is over complicated,” chimed in Donna Cook. “It’s a gem. We can sit outside, have

a bucket of beer and something to eat. It’s like one of the last little neighborhood places.”

Kenny says being onsite tending bar, taking out the trash and cleaning tables has helped build trust among both longtime staff members and skeptical patrons.

Kenny and Milchhoefer are committed to making improvements to bring the building up to code. They have already fixed the plumbing, replaced the water meter, upgraded the bar stools, and completed a tuck-pointing project.

They are in the process of repaving the parking lot, aim to update the front entry and hope to transform the back alley into an outdoor beer garden, but beyond maintenance projects, Kenny says they are committed to keeping the spirit of the business exactly has it has been for decades.

“The Cordial Inn is a true old-fashioned Chicago-style tavern,” said Kenny. “It’s a place for the neighborhood and that’s how we want it to stay.”

The Cordial Inn is open from Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., Friday and Saturday from 7 a.m.-2:30 a.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 1:30 a.m.

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IDOT earmarks $59 million for Harlem/BNSF crossing project But planner says any project is still years away and not a certainty

By BOB UPHUES Editor

When the Illinois Department of Transportation rolled out its $34.6 billion Proposed Multimodal Multi-Year Improvement Program for 2023-28 earlier this month, it included $59 million in Rebuild Illinois funding for a long-talked-about Harlem Avenue/BNSF grade-separation project.

But before you either start jumping for joy or screaming with fury, Tom Murtha, the senior planner for the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning who is leading that agency’s feasibility study for the busy rail crossing, says a grade-separation project – if it ever happens at all – is years from

happening.

“We still have to go through a lot of planning-level work, then on to preliminary engineering before any kind of real commitment to the project,” said Murtha, who added he viewed the $59 million appropriation as more of a “measure of support” from IDOT about the idea, but that any such project “is very far down the pike.”

He said the IDOT appropriation amount for a Harlem-BNSF grade-separation project was not based on any of the planning work CMAP has done so far.

“I don’t think it’s a done deal that we’re going to get to a project that the communities will support,” Murtha said.

A BNSF grade-separation project has been talked about for Harlem Avenue for

decades, but in 2019 CMAP began putting out feelers to Berwyn and Riverside officials about the agency doing a grade-separation feasibility study.

In 2021, that effort inched ahead when CMAP conducted an online survey, with more than 500 people – 90 percent of them residents of either Riverside or Berwyn --completing it. CMAP published an executive summary of the survey results in June.

The survey asked for feedback on more than the Harlem Avenue crossing, with the study area stretching from Delaplaine Road in Riverside to Ridgeland Avenue in Berwyn. There are seven at-grade crossings in that area.

Those responding to the survey offered

feedback on pedestrian/bicycle safety, travel delays due to extended gate closures and environmental issues such as flooding.

They also suggested solutions including eliminating conflicts between vehicles and trains at one or more locations, including either elevating the tracks at Harlem Avenue or creating a roadway underpass.

The full executive summary can be found online at engage.cmap.illinois.gov by clicking the “Projects” tab and selecting the “Berwyn-Riverside Railroad Grade Crossing Study” link.

“We are making progress,” said Murtha, who last appeared before the Riverside Village Board in August 2021 to announce the online survey. “We’ll circle back with the community soon.”

Brookfield trustees approve study for community rec center Public engagement coming in early 2023, with final report next May

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Brookfield trustees on Aug. 22 voted unanimously to award a contract to Itascabased Williams Architects to conduct a feasibility study for a community recreation center in the village.

Williams Architects, which specializes in municipal design and has completed numerous rec center projects in Chicago and the suburbs, will be paid roughly $88,300.

The study will explore where in Brookfield a multipurpose, multi-generational community recreation center might be located and what the options and cost would be for building a new facility on either purchased or leased property or renovating an existing municipal building for such a purpose.

The action follows a discussion of the matter at the village board’s July 25 committee of the whole meeting, where trustees expressed support for the idea. At that meeting Recreation Director Stevie Ferrari laid out the need for dedicated recreation space for the village.

Brookfield’s recreation department operates out of the basement of the village hall

and has used intergovernmental agreements with local school districts to provide venues for much of its programming.

While those agreements have worked well, there are no guarantees those agreements will continue in the future, and they require coordination and transportation that would not be necessary if the department had an appropriate site for its programming.

Brookfield, Ferrari told trustees in July, was “the only community among our surrounding cities and villages that does not provide a dedicated community space for our residents.”

Trustee Brian Conroy called Brookfield’s lack of a community recreation center “the greatest deficiency we have in our offerings. … Frankly, it’s an embarrassment.”

In July, Village Manager Timothy Wiberg said “there would be no option that is off the table” with respect to either identifying a site for a new rec center or repurposing an existing building for one.

While there have been no cost estimates suggested for such an initiative, this feasibility study would provide such figures after Williams Architects determines what it is Brookfield is looking to offer its resi-

dents.

The village’s contract with Williams Architects lays out a timeline for the study, with the firm gathering data this fall before engaging the public directly in early 2023. That engagement will include an online survey and other unspecified “inperson opportunities to provide feedback.”

A call by the Landmark to Andy Dogan, principal at Williams Architects who appeared before the village board during their discussion of the feasibility study in July, to get more information on public engagement was not returned.

In July, Dogan told trustees, “We like to go far beyond the traditional open house … and really try to meet people where they are in the community. … We want to experiment with different ways to reach people in Brookfield, let them know about the project, truly and intentionally get their feedback on any concerns they may have so those can be addressed and the community knows that we’ve listened.”

Following the public engagement, Williams Architects will work up three options for village officials to consider, and the firm is tentatively scheduled to present preliminary findings in February.

Williams Architects will calculate cost estimates and present the feasibility study publicly at a village board meeting next April or May, according to the contract.

Whether or not the feasibility study will result in any action by elected officials is unknown. When Williams Architects did a similar feasibility study for renovating/ expanding municipal offices for the village of Riverside in 2018, elected officials there decided to put plans on hold indefinitely after the study indicated that the cost to simply renovate existing spaces would be between $7 million and $9 million, while price tag for expanding the municipal campus would be more than $20 million.

Williams Architects also did a feasibility study for the Park District of Forest Park as it sought to build a new recreation center, which the firm also designed.

That was a years’ long effort that involved convincing voters to approve a referendum to fund the project in 2010, the park district acquiring an industrial property in 2013, remediating the site and landing $2.5 million in state grant funding for the $6 million rec center, which opened its doors in 2018.

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Registration for 3rd Annual Tour de Proviso now open Bike riders across the west suburbs are gearing up for the annual Tour de Proviso, a tradition since 2020. This year, the ride will be hosted by and course through the historic suburb of Riverside.

The ride will take place on Saturday, Oct. 1, and will start and end at Guthrie Park, across from the downtown Metra station at 90 Bloomingbank Road in Riverside. Riders will gather at the park at around 7:30 a.m. The ride will start sometime between 7:45 a.m. and 8 a.m., organizers said. The ride lasts for about an hour.

Participation in the Tour de Proviso is free and community members can register at visitoakpark.com/tourdeproviso. Anyone who registers by Sept. 14 will receive a free Tshirt. Parking is also free and available at the Riverside commuter Parking Lot 1, just west of the Metra station Those who participate in the ride will receive a medal made of chocolates from Aunt Diana’s Old-Fashioned Fudge in Riverside. A

community expo in Guthrie Park will follow the event.

Those interested in sponsoring the tour or having a booth at the expo should contact Ron Malchiodi, the director of Riverside Parks and Recreation, at 708-442-7025, ext. 221 or by email at rmalchiodi@riverside.il.us by Sept. 14.

The Tour de Proviso is a play on the famous Tour de France race that courses through the Pyrenees and the Alps before ending at the Champs-Elysées in Paris.

The event was created in 2020 by Maywood Trustee Miguel Jones and Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson.

In the first Tour de Proviso, participants rode from Broadview through Bellwood and into Maywood. The second annual event included more suburbs — including Bellwood, Maywood, Melrose Park, Oak Park, River Forest and Riverside — and went from Broadview to River Forest.

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Opinion

THE LANDMARK VIEW

KOSEY CORNER

AWOL is NBD, apparently

School’s back in session – a couple of weeks too early

W

hile the absence of Lyons-Brookfield School District 103 Board of Education member Vito Campanile for the past four months hasn’t made any difference in any policy decisions the school board has made – it’s a lockstep board – the fact that no one on the board seems to care speaks volumes.

Rumored to have moved out of town – out of state, actually – Campanile spoke to our reporter, Bob Skolnik, to say he still resides in Brookfield. But he certainly has not been in town very much, and it doesn’t seem like he’s much interested in getting back to the board table any time soon.

Representing the public interest on a school board isn’t particularly glamorous. And after you get done clearing the field of any opposition with the backing of powerful, well-funded politicians, there’s not a whole lot of “fun” left. It was all about the pursuit of power in the first place.

This isn’t the first time a Christopher Getty-backed elected official in District 103 has simply decided to take a pass on fulfilling their duties.

In 2018, the head of West 40 gave a Getty-backed board member the heave-ho after she failed to show up for six months.

That person decided it wasn’t fun any longer after Getty’s group was driven from the board majority, and she was removed when others on the board complained directly to West 40.

No complaint has been lodged with West 40 this time around, because there’s no opposition left to care. And while replacing Campanile on the board wouldn’t result in any sort of challenge to the majority – they’d pick the replacement – we guess they’re content to wait until next spring when Campanile’s term is up to worry about that.

In the meantime, you wonder what voters who elected Campanile in the first place think of being abandoned. Maybe they really don’t care either.

Wanna bet?

Earlier this month the Illinois Department of Transportation unveiled its 2023-28 capital spending plan and included in it was $59 million for a grade-separation project at Harlem Avenue and the BNSF tracks.

That’s the first time we’ve ever seen a number associat ed with the long-rumored project and certainly the first time anyone’s given it a time frame to happen.

But we’ve learned that the funding promise may be more symbolic at this point than real. The initiative is still in the very early stages and planners may never come up with a feasible project.

By including funding in the 2023-28 plan, IDOT certainly is signaling an interest in the project. However, we wouldn’t want to have to place a wager on during whose lifetime such a project will become a reality.

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hey’re back with their bright shiny faces, ready to face a new year of learning. I couldn’t let the first week of school go by without commenting on it.

Hopefully we are back at almost fully operational from the pandemic after all of the adjustments families and faculties have had to make. They all look like they are ready to go.

Now I don’t know about you, but I still think school should start after Labor Day, which I consider to be the final summer fun day, but every year I am given the numerous reasons for the change. In reality, it doesn’t affect me at all.

How many of you remember the first day/ week of school? You had made the shopping trip for all the supplies – No. 2 pencils, folders, lined paper (correct line space) erasers, crayons, and whatever else would make you an A1 student.

All of those supplies went into a school bag, which made you look like a mini accountant. You name was carefully placed on everything so everyone would know it was yours.

Today’s students go off with backpacks so full I’m not sure if they are going to school for a day or leaving home for good. I somehow feel we are growing a generation that will be depending on a lot on physical therapy and Bengay.

I remember looking forward to who my teacher would be, which in my case would have been a nun, since I attended St. Mary School. I was jealous of my friends who attended the public schools because they had gym. We just had recess.

My physical training was short, but I was good at the praying. Now St. Mary’s has a gym which I prefer to call the “churchagymatorium” since it is used for all three purposes, but they still have recess.

The rest of us, whether we have children in school or not, are part of the teaching process but not in a formal manner. The kids learn from us as part of the community and how we treat each other.

So, kids and parents, here’s to another good year. Teachers, you are to be commended, but I still think classes should wait until after Labor Day.

JOANNE KOSEY

LETTERS

Mark street to direct sugar plant delivery trucks The currently installed traffic sign for sugar plant truck traffic on Kemman (“Wayward semis a headache for Brookfield neighborhood,” News, Aug. 24) reminds me of an optician’s eye chart and accurate, but too small lettering.

Paint the intersection on Kemman at Southview, left lane: SWEETENER, (next line) DELIVERY, (next line) ARROW pointing to Shawmut Avenue.

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Mildred K. McNally (nee Kostka), 91, a lifelong resident of Lyons, died Aug. 19, 2022, at her home. She was a retired banker.

Ms. McNally was the wife of Thomas N. McNally; the mother of Holly McNally and the late Lori Campbell; the sister of the late Marie (late Martin) Drechen and the late Grace (late Art) Grahnke; and an aunt to many.

Services have been held.

Johnson-Nosek Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements.

Online condolences, memories and photographs may be shared at JohnsonNosek.com.

her two beautiful granddaughters. She graciously donated her body to the Anatomical Gift Association of Illinois so that others may learn more about the human body.

Ms. Parratt was wife of Michael; the mother of Michael Jr. (Jenny) and Marty (Carrie); the Nana of Dani and Lexi; the sister of Mike (Natalie), Larry, Patti (Sameah Ja Rose), Marge, Jack (Judi), Vince, Priscilla (Ron Harris) and Tom (Carole); the sister-in-law of Judi Hutchinson, Donna (Jim) Schroeder, Terry (Phil) Cavaliere, the late Mary Jo Parratt and the late Pat (David) Zeno; and an aunt to many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Margaret Ella (nee Sweeney) and Laurence A. Nelson.

A celebration of life will be hosted by the family on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, from noon to 3 p.m. at The Elm, 23 W. Harris Ave., LaGrange.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the American Cancer Society are appreciated.

Mary Parratt, 75

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Mary Parratt (nee Nelson), 75, of Riverside, died Sept.

18, 2021.

Ms. Parratt served as an Andy Frain usher while in high school and never missed a reunion in the years since.

Her love of children led her to an early career at St. Vincent DePaul Orphanage in Chicago and later as a volunteer for more than 20 years at the Loyola University Medical Center Pediatric Unit.

Her many interests included researching family genealogy, making many trips to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. She also enjoyed a good round of bingo.

In recent years, her greatest joy was spending time with

Marie Trankina (nee Cikanek), 77, of Elmhurst and formerly of Indian Head Park and Berwyn, died Aug. 26, 2022.

Ms. Trankina was a retired longtime math teacher Lyons Township High School and was active in the Lyons Township High School Retired Teachers group as well as Al-Anon, WoW, Chicago Croquet Club and St. John of the Cross Parish.

She was the wife of the late Frank R. Trankina; the daughter of the late Edward and Mildred Cikanek; the sister of the late Edward (the late Gwen) Cikanek; the aunt of Chanda (Bryce) Oliver; the cousin of Robert (Jane) Cikanek; and the great “auntie” of three.

OBITUARIES

Mildred K. McNally, 91 Retired banker

ROKU

Cross-community content from page 1 elected officials are considering in real time when the village unveils its Roku channel, allowing those who have cut the cable TV cord to watch meetings on their TV anywhere they wish.

“Currently if you want to watch the station live as it broadcasts, you have to either have AT&T U-verse and live in Illinois or you have to have Comcast and live in the village,” said Colin Hughes, chairman of the Riverside TV Commission. “We’re seeing cable subscriptions drop and, as someone who never had cable, I never was able to watch it.

YouTube has certainly helped that, but this is sort of like that last leg, to let it be accessible to pretty much everyone.”

The Roku channel will allow residents to select not only Riverside TV content. The

initiative is a collaboration between members of the West Central Cable Agency, which also includes LaGrange, LaGrange Park, Western Springs and Indian Head Park.

Riverside Village Manager Jessica Frances is the chair of the WCCA and brought Hughes to one of the agency’s meetings early in 2022 to pitch the Roku channel idea.

In addition, Riverside-Brookfield High School has already agreed to offer content (like football games) for the channel, and Lyons Township High School is also expected to be part of the channel.

As a result, each of those municipalities and schools will provide content that can be accessed by anyone, giving viewers insights into businesses, events, recruitment efforts and municipal government.

“Those living in Riverside visit LaGrange, LaGrange Park and Western Spring, so there is interest in knowing what’s going on in those communities, what stores and restaurants you may have,” said

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Visitation is Thursday, Sept. 1 from 3 to 8 p.m. and Friday, Sept. 2 from 10:30 a.m. to time of service at 11 a.m. at Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St., Brookfield. Interment is at Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are appreciated to a charity of your choice.

Sympathy cards can be sent to Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St., Brookfield, 60513, c/o Marie Trankina family.

Eric L. Zeitlin, 29 Riverside-Brookfield High School graduate Eric L. Zeitlin, 29, of Westmont and formerly of LaGrange Park, died Aug. 19, 2022.

Mr. Zeitlin graduated from Riverside-Brookfield High School in 2011 and from St. Mary’s University in Minnesota in 2015.

He was a lover of all sports, especially the Chicago Blackhawks and White Sox, and he was a devoted hockey player and coach for youth hockey. He loved the outdoors, hiking, swimming and playing basketball. He was also an active member of the St. John Vianney Parish Young Adult Group.

Mr. Zeitlin was the son of Lee (Brookfield Zoo Police Department) and Jeannie (nee Riordan) Zeitlin; the brother of Emily Zeitlin; the grandson of Gertrude (the late Bob) Zeitlin; the nephew of Michael (Bea) Riordan, Theresa (Mike) Geimer and Bill Riordan; and the cousin of Megan, Matthew, Tomm, Kevin and Kelly Riordan.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Aug. 24 at St. John Vianney Church, followed by interment Mt. Carmel Cemetery.

Memorial donations are appreciated to St. John Vianney Church, 64 N. Wolf Road, Northlake, 60164.

Arrangements were handled by the Original Kuratko Family, Brian D. Kuratko-director.

Frances. “So, making sure we’re featuring our businesses on the Roku channel, that then creates interest among the other communities that may not be aware of new stores coming to town.”

The WCCA, which collects franchise fees from cable TV customers, is funding the capital cost as well as the personnel costs for creating the Roku app, which is being spearheaded by Riverside TV staff.

“I have to give a shoutout to our [Riverside TV] crew that’s actually doing all this work – Joe Doria, Lorenzo Cordova and Zach Cameron, especially,” Hughes said.

Once it’s rolled out, those who own Roku boxes will be able to download the Village Stream app for free and watch Riverside TV’s live feed as well as other selected programming in high definition. The app will also be available on the Riverside TV page on the village’s website, so even if you don’t have Roku, you can watch the Riverside TV livestream via the internet.

“One other cool thing our new HD playback system will let us do in real time on

our live channel is show tweets from the village,” Hughes said. “So if, say, there’s inclement weather and the village tweets about it, it will instantly show up on the live channel. And that’s true across village stream, Comcast, and AT&T, and that’s all thanks to [Riverside TV production assistant] Zach Cameron.”

While it might have been possible to also create apps for other platforms such as Firestick or Apple TV, Hughes said that the Roku platform was the easiest one to create an app for and also provided the widest coverage.

“Roku has one that’s really user-friendly to use – you don’t need much code experience – and they also have the biggest market share as far as streaming platforms go,” Hughes said. “So, we can do this and hit the most amount of people for the least amount of work. Any of the other platforms, we would’ve needed to hire somebody.”

Hughes said there was not yet a release date confirmed for the Roku channel, but that it will happen before the end of 2022.

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P R O P E R T Y

T R A N S F E R S

Brookfield gut rehab on Fairview fetches $687,000

The following property transfers were reported by the Cook County Clerk from July 2022.

Where addresses appear incomplete, for instance where a unit number appears missing, that information was not provided by the clerk’s office.

Brookfield ADDRESS

PRICE

SALE DATE

3905 Maple Ave. 3340 Maple Ave. 4631 Deyo Ave. 4409 Vernon Ave. 8648 Rockefeller Ave. 3209 Prairie Ave. 4607 Arthur Ave. 3617 Sunnyside Ave. 8912 Southview Ave. 3833 Raymond Ave. 3340 Maple Ave. 9029 Fairview Ave. 9111 26th St. 3831 McCormick Ave. 9026 28th St. 3500 Park Ave. 3707 Blanchan Ave. 4504 Oak Ave. 9237 Burlington Ave. 945 Maple Ave. 3533 Oak Ave. 9219 Shields Ave. 8544 Greenview Ave. 3442 Oak Ave. 8802 45th Pl. 4405 Madison Ave. 3804 Rosemear Ave. 8939 Monroe Ave. 3811 Park Ave. 4122 Vernon Ave. 4130 Park Ave. 3210 Madison Ave. 4157 Blanchan Ave. 9448 47th St. 4222 Blanchan Ave. 4511 Arthur Ave. 4215 Elm Ave. 8911 Monroe Ave.

$165,000 $190,000 $350,000 $51,500 $680,000 $373,000 $490,000 $550,000 $310,000 $279,000 $240,000 $687,000 $382,000 $367,000 $345,000 $140,000 $290,000 $390,000 $300,000 $392,000 $325,000 $475,000 $385,000 $243,000 $102,500 $165,000 $159,500 $315,000 $467,500 $300,000 $308,000 $225,000 $400,000 $600,000 $550,000 $452,500 $160,000 $306,000

6/15/2022 5/24/2022 6/13/2022 6/10/2022 6/29/2022 6/29/2022 6/21/2022 6/02/2022 6/20/2022 6/14/2022 6/30/2022 6/30/2022 6/28/2022 7/05/2022 6/23/2022 6/29/2022 7/11/2022 7/15/2022 6/28/2022 7/13/2022 7/06/2022 6/30/2022 6/24/2022 7/18/2022 7/15/2022 6/23/2022 6/22/2022 6/07/2022 7/11/2022 7/20/2022 7/22/2022 7/25/2022 7/14/2022 7/11/2022 7/11/2022 7/28/2022 6/24/2022 7/02/2022

SELLER Gall, Kevin E Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp Bilek, John J Dziewinski, Brian Sobczak, Robert Russo, Angela Cleary, Matthew J Reiling, John Kenning, Mark TR Heuer, Thomas J 1st Midwest Fin Inc Zopher LLC Briones, Tracy TR Mihas, Deno N TR Drabant, Michael J TR Struck, Nancy TR Viscariello, James V Hubacek, James G Gniadek, Andrea Romero, Juan Carlos Jones, Lindsey A Guhr, Theodore A Sr TR Trainer, Daniel Johnson, Melody J Matl, Jennifer A DeRoss, Scott L The Judicial Sales Corp Baker, Christopher TR Driscoll, Margaret Sytko, Daniel W Zambrano, Daniel Winike, Linda TR Golden, Eli C TR SP Holdings LLC Kammes, Amanda ChicagoTitle LandTrust CoTR 8002378051 Hillyard, Barbara J Larson, Cheryl LTR

BUYER Manuele, Dominic 1st Midwest Fin Inc Elfaiq, Khadija Hesik, Kevin T Westrich, Joseph T Abella, Paul Phillip Lindstrom, Eric N Asbury, Joseph Sample, Emily A Lupia, Aaron Sarjan, Ventures LLC Betley, Miles John, Manju Osowski, Beth A Karonis, Anastasia Vasilis LLC Bolanos, Rosalia Vurdecvic, Milos Isasi, Valentin G Nunez, Javier Jr Scott, Matthew R Koziol, Kevin M Coombs, Kelly Brewer, Lindsey Mazur, Emily P Skydan Equity Partners LLC Homekey Prop 2017 Inc Miska, David M Pappas, Poter M Carrera, Ambrosio Decker, Michaela RCI Rentals Inc St. John, Kevin DMJ Valdez Prop LLC Tolle, John A Jeffries, Jeffrey F Nabasny, Joshua Fore, Bryce

9029 Fairview Ave., Brookfield

North Riverside ADDRESS

PRICE

SALE DATE

2532 6th Ave.

$500,000

6/21/2022

Rydz, Gregory TR

SELLER

O’Connor, Michael

BUYER

2353 7th Ave.

$393,000

6/30/2022

Bradshaw, Jacob D

Kos, Thaddeus C

2400 2nd Ave.

$290,000

6/13/2022

Fortuna, David

Leal, Ernesto Chavez

2558 5th Ave.

$489,000

6/22/2022

Pineda, Allan

Senese, Frank

7704 26th St.

$250,000

6/22/2022

Kayastha Bharati J

MRE Portfolio One LLC

8130 26th St.

$110,000

6/22/2022

Mrazek, Nancy J

Bnettles, Braxton J

2224 10th Ave.

$218,000

4/18/2022

The Judicial Sales Corp

Garrett, Torience

2417 6th Ave.

$167,000

7/14/2022

Ostrowski, Judith L

Vacek, Margaret Mary

2335 14th Ave.

$225,000

6/09/2022

Advanta IRA Services LLC Gdn

Legacy Homes Grp LLC

2932 Desplaines Ave.

$220,000

7/11/2022

Du-Rac, Therese G

Chapman, John K

8926 Forestview Ave.

$270,000

7/13/2022

Lid, Christopher R

Gonzalez, Estrella A

2522 Park Ave.

$450,000

7/21/2022

Brey, David Joseph

Sandoval, Luz M

2421 Keystone Ave.

$365,000

6/13/2022

Centomani, Michael J TR

Ortega, Franky

Riverside 310 Shenstone Rd.

$430,000

6/23/2022

Breter, Trevor A

Wiederrecht, Thomas M

431 Selborne Rd.

$606,000

6/28/2022

Svaicer, Jack D

Armstrong, Brian Michael

233 Millbridge Rd.

$495,000

6/29/2022

BMW Props LLC

Peacock, Amanda D

363 Uvedale Rd.

Unknown

6/10/2022

The Judicial Sales Corp

Wilmington Sav Fund Soc FSBTR

76 E. Quincy St.

$275,000

7/08/2022

FNBC Bk And Trust Co TR

Creedon, Daniel B

265 Herrick Rd.

$390,000

7/05/2022

ChicagoTitle LandTrust CoTR 8002347047 Kozie, Jay J

297 Scottswood Rd.

$545,000

7/14/2022

Broadford, Mark

Hoker, Kyle G

379 Blythe Rd.

$473,000

7/14/2022

Sheehy, James J

Fominaya, Cory E

404 Selborne Rd.

$495,000

6/28/2022

Gatlin, Todd Adam

Santana, Leticia A

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Novak powers RBHS running game to win opener Senior rushed for 125 yards, 3 TDs as Bulldogs overcome Morton

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporting

A banged-up ankle wasn’t going to stop Ryan Novak when his team needed him.

Novak carried the ball on seven of nine plays during a fourth-quarter, 78-yard touchdown drive that gave the RiversideBrookfield High School a 35-28 win over Morton in Berwyn on Aug. 26.

Novak, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound senior, rambled into the end zone from five yards out with 3:15 remaining for the winning touchdown. The season-opening win was also the first for Sam Styler, the Bulldogs’ new head coach.

“I just knew we had to make plays, push the ball down the field and score,” said Novak of the final drive. “I banged up my ankle a little bit but had to shake it off and run forward, run straight, run them over.”

Novak gained 125 yards on 17 carries and ran for three touchdowns in the game, in-

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Quarterback Diego Gutierrez threw the ball just nine times against Morton, as RBHS relied on its power running game in its Aug. 26 opener at Morton.

cluding a 47-yard dash in the first quarter to open the scoring. He also scored on an eight-yard run with 8:54 left in the second quarter to put the Bulldogs up 210. Novak, who also plays linebacker, has added 30 pounds of muscle since last year, making an already rugged runner even stronger.

“I just put my shoulder down and try to run them over,” Novak said.

Styler and new offensive coordinator Brad Vojcak have tweaked the Bulldog offense to emphasize the running game. Under former head coach Brendan Curtin, the Bulldogs (1-0) often emphasized a precision short-passing game. But at Morton junior quarterback Diego Gutierrez only threw only nine passes and the Bulldogs relied on power inside running behind an experienced offensive line.

“We got a new offensive coordinator this year and he loves to run the ball,” Novak said. “I would prefer to have the ball in my hands, so I’m enjoying it a lot.”

Like most running backs Novak gave credit for his big night to his offensive line.

“They create the holes,” Novak said. “I just run through them.”

Although the Bulldogs ran out to a 21-0 second quarter lead, Morton fought back in the second half to tie the game 28-28 with 7:54 left in the fourth quarter before the Bulldogs put together their game-winning drive.

Even after Novak’s score, it took an interception by senior defensive back Iggy Bielobradek at the Bulldogs’ 13-yard line with 28 seconds left to assure the win.

“When I saw the ball in the air, I knew it was mine,” Bielobradek said. “It was coming my way. I messed up before. It wasn’t going to happen again.”

The mistake Bielobradek was referring to was dropping what would have been a sure touchdown pass that would have given the Bulldogs a 28-0 lead in the second quarter after Gio Gonzalez had recovered an onside kick. Bielobradek beat his defender on a streak pattern down the right

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RBHS linebacker Drew Swiatek stops a Morton ball carrier during the Bulldogs’ 35-28 win over the Mustangs in Berwyn on Aug. 26. Swiatek was one of the team’s leading tacklers before leaving the game with a leg injury during Morton’s final drive. sideline but dropped Gutierrez’s pass.

Gonzalez recovered a fumble in the first quarter to set up a three-yard touchdown run by Jack Grivetti that gave the Bulldogs a 14-0 lead with 2:34 left in the first quarter. Gonzalez, a 5-5, 168-pound senior defensive end, epitomizes the Bulldogs’ small but quick defense.

“One of the smallest guys on the field, but he has one of the biggest hearts you can ever imagine,” Styler said of Gonzalez.

Another undersized defender, Drew Swiatek, a 5-11, 170-pound linebacker, made tackles everywhere before a lower leg injury kept him on the sideline during Morton’s final drive.

“He’s one of the leaders we lean on, the dude is all over the field, he’s unbelievable,” Styler said.

The Bulldogs’ 3-5 defensive alignment

emphasizes swarming to the football rather than brute strength.

“Want to beat them with speed, that’s our goal,” Styler said.

Styler, an intense, fiery young coach, was thrilled to win his first game as the varsity head coach.

“We’ll take it any way we can,” Styler said. “It wasn’t perfect, but the kids battled. If you look at the injuries our kids were going through, our kids battled their asses off all night. It was awesome to see.”

Getting Styler a win in his first game as head coach was important to the players and they knew that it was important to get the season off to a good start before traveling to Wauconda on Sept. 2.

“It’s huge,” Bielobradek said. “We’re happy for our coach and it’s obviously a rivalry, so it feels great.”

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Cheney powers LTHS attack in win over Buffalo Grove Junior running back rushes for 228 yards, four touchdowns

By BILL STONE Contributing Reporter

After a season-ending injury following the 2021 Lyons Township High School football opener, junior running back Jack Cheney returned with a flurry during the 2022 season opener on Aug. 26 at Buffalo Grove.

The Lions also enjoyed quite a comeback collectively.

Cheney’s four touchdowns and 228 rushing yards on 35 carries helped the Lions prevail 38-35 after trailing 21-10 with 5:00 left in the first half.

“It felt pretty awesome,” Cheney said.

“It felt good to get the win but also to go out there and perform the way that I

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was able to perform for the first time in a year.”

Cheney had a touchdown run of seven yards for the game’s first score and then three straight five-yard touchdown runs.

His back-to-back scores put the Lions

ahead 24-21 in the third quarter.

LTHS quarterback Ryan Jackson (17 of 23 passing, 230 yards) then threw a 30yard touchdown pass to Travis Stamm (6 catches, 105 yards) for a 31-21 lead. After Cheney’s fourth score, the Bison closed to 38-35 with 4:34 left, but Graham Smith recovered the ensuing onside kick and the Lions managed to run out the clock.

“I’m really proud of our players because we were down 21-10 and the kids kept battling and fighting and executing,” LTHS coach Jon Beutjer said. “The fact that we were able to stay together and get a win there was a really nice start.”

David Wright converted a 38-yard field goal to give the Lions a 10-7 lead in the

second quarter.

The Lions amassed 461 total yards behind the offensive line of Cooper Komsthoeft, Mikey Nunez, Kevin Cruz, Eddie Tuerk, Aidan Hallett and tight ends Smith and Jack Falls.

Defensive tackle leaders were Quinn Farnan (5) and Quinn Magee (4, one for loss). Linemen Tuerk, Luke Wehling and Kellen Knop and linebackers Danny Pasko and Cooper King also starred.

“We scored first and we knew we could score. The defense got a couple of key stops and we just pulled it out,” Cheney said. “We can rally as a team and if we put it together even more, we can be one of the better teams in the conference.”

RBHS boys, girls cross country poised for Class 2A glory Boys named No. 2, girls No. 13 in preseason rankings

By BILL STONE

torious Bulldogs (51 points).

Contributing Reporter

RBHS girls cross country

Another year together should help the Riverside-Brookfield High School boys cross country team all the way around.

Besides returning six runners from last season’s fifth-place finish at the IHSA Class 2A state meet (235 points), Jack Brady was a late hire as head coach in 2021.

The Bulldogs were ranked No. 2 preseason to Grayslake Central in 2A by MileSplitIL and No. 3 by ILXCTF. “I know that their expectations of themselves is pretty high,” Brady said. “They’ve got some pretty lofty goals.”

Besides the lifetime-best, third-place state race by graduated Paul Proteau, junior Cooper Marrs (22nd, 15:18.01 for 3.0 miles) earned top-25 all-state honors by overcoming exhaustion to stagger past the finish line.

Junior Jack O’Brien (30th, 15:39.90) was 14.87 seconds from 25th, followed by juniors Hayden Marrs (139th) and Will Kallas (142nd), senior Zack Gaynor (158th) and junior Brennan Lester (195th).

The Riverside-Brookfield High School girls cross country team advanced senior Bryce Pacourek and sophomore Gianna Gelb as individual qualifiers for the 2021 IHSA 2A girls state meet.

With their entire sectional lineup returning, the Bulldogs are poised to take the next step.

In the preseason 2A polls, they were ranked No. 13 by ILXCTF and a team to watch by MileSplitIL. In her state return to Peoria last fall, Pacourek was 72nd (18:58.33 for 3.0 miles) and Gelb was 151st (19:45.42). She ran a season best at state and missed her lifetime best by just nine seconds.

At the 2021 Class 2A Fenton Sectional, Gelb (31st) and Pacourek (37th) were the final two state-qualifying individuals. The Bulldogs were 10th (227 points), three places and 58 points from the last state team-qualifying berth.

Juniors Maria Dalton and Lily Ko-

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Key varsity newcomers include sophomore Brady Norman and juniors Evan McMullen and Misaael Herrera. Kallas currently is recovering from a stress fracture.

At the season-opening Trial on the Trail on Aug. 24 at Elmwood Park, the Bulldogs were edged by Glenbard South 30-34 for the title.

Cooper Marrs (9:49.7) won the 2.0-mile race by 22.1 seconds with O’Brien (10:28.2) and Gaynor (10:34.5) third and fourth and Hayden Marrs 11th (11:08.3). Norman (10:45.4) won the frosh-soph race for the vic-

BRYCE PACOUREK

GIANNA GELB

courek, seniors Jojo Rodriguez and Mia Wagner and junior Maiana Nelson return from the sectional lineup. Others to watch include senior returnee Ava Connerty and freshman Abby Ford.

At the season-opening Elmwood Park Trial on the Trail on Aug. 24, RBHS (45) was second to Nazareth (36). Pacourek took second (12:25.4 for 2.0 miles) and Kocourek (10th), Dalton (11th) and Rodriquez (14th) also were top 15. Gelb was third in the frosh-soph race (13:36.3) with the 16th fastest time overall.

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PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER

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PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE OF MINOR CHILDREN STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT COOK COUNTY. Request of Nayeli Blanco Case Number 2022CONC000654 TO CHANGE NAMES OF MINOR CHILDREN. Current Names of Minor Children: Amahni Jacqueline AbuSumayah, Amaris Yazmeen AbuSumayah Proposed new names of children: Amahni Jacqueline Herrera, Amaris Yazmeen Herrera

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The court date will be held: On October 31, 2022 at 9:30am at via Zoom Meeting ID: 977 2570 0908 Password: 821555

Woodwork Restoration On-site refinishing of wood

Published in RB Landmark August 24, 31, September 7, 2022

and fiberglass since 1977.

Includes doors, woodwork, windows, staircases and new woodwork etc. All work done by hand. NO sanders. Your unfinished project my specialty!

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Contact Terry Seamans at 630-379-7148 or terryseamans@yahoo.com

PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT COOK COUNTY.

Publish Your Assumed Name Legal Notice in • Austin Weekly News Wednesday Journal • Forest Park Review • Riverside/Brookfield Landmark Call the Experts Before You Place Your Legal Ad! Call Stacy for details: 773/626-6332

Request of Andrea Jean Hibbler Case Number 20224004286.

There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Andrea Jean Hibbler to the new name of: Siri AndreaJean Hibbler The court date will be held: On November 1, 2022 at 11am at 1500 Maybrook, Maywood, Cook County in Courtroom # 111 Published in Forest Park Review August 31, September 7, 14, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE INVITATION FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Mayor and the Council of the Village of Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, that sealed bids will be received for the following Improvement(s): 15 th Street Sewer Separation Project from Circle Avenue to Marengo Avenue.

Said bids will be received up to the hour of 10:00 a.m. Central Daylight Savings Time, on the 13 th day of September, 2022 at the Village Clerk’s Office in the Village Hall, 517 Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois, and will be publicly opened and read at that time.

The bidding forms and documents are available from Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd., at www. questcdn.com using login #8181404, upon payment of the sum of Thirty and 00/100 DOLLARS ($30.00), which is not refundable. Proposals must be submitted on the forms provided. No proposals will be issued to bidders after 10:00 a.m., on the 13 th day of September, 2022.

Dated at Forest Park, Illinois this 23rd day of August, 2022.

Mayor and Council Village of Forest Park By: Rory E. Hoskins, Mayor Attest: Vanessa Moritz Village Clerk Published in Forest Park Review August 31, 2022

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby given by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Brookfield, Illinois that bid proposals will be received for the following project:

velopes or packages containing bids shall be addressed to the Village Manager and plainly marked “Village of Brookfield – Public Works Building Roof Truss Repairs Project” on the outside of the envelope.

VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD, ILLINOIS PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING ROOF TRUSS REPAIRS This project includes improvements to the Village of Brookfield Public Works Building located at 4545 Eberly Avenue consisting of structural repairs to the existing building roof truss system.

Sealed bids will be received up to the hour of 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, the 14 th day of September, 2022, in the office of the Village Manager in the Village Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois. All sealed bids received will be publicly opened and read at 11:00 A.M. on the same day, Wednesday, the 14 th day of September, 2022, at the Village Hall.

Electronic copies of bidding documents, consisting of the bid proposal, project specifications, and project plans are available from the Edwin Hancock Engineering Co., 9933 Roosevelt Road, Westchester, Illinois 60154. Bidding documents can be requested by emailing info@ ehancock.com and a non-refundable fee of Fifteen dollars ($15.00) will be required to obtain bidding documents. Proposals must be submitted on the forms provided and will only be accepted from bidders that have obtained bidding documents from the Edwin Hancock Engineering Company. No bidding documents will be issued after 4:30 P.M. on Wednesday, the 7 th day of September, 2022. A mandatory site inspection will be required between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 11:00 A.M. on Friday, the 9 th day of September, 2022 for all potential bidders interested in submitting a proposal for the work. Submission of a bid shall be conclusive assurance and warranty that the bidder has examined the plans, the site of the work, and the local conditions affecting the contract and understands all the requirements for the performance of the work. The bidder will be responsible for all errors in its proposal resulting from failure or neglect to conduct an in-depth examination. The bidder shall not take advantage of any error or omission in the plans or proposal. Sealed en-

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All bid proposals offered must be accompanied by a bid bond, cashier’s check or certified check in an amount not less than Five Percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid, as a guarantee that if the bid proposal is accepted, a contract will be entered into, and the performance of the contract properly secured. Checks shall be made payable to the Order of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Brookfield. No bid proposal shall be considered unless accompanied by such bid bond or check.

Any bidder in doubt as to the true meaning of any part of the bidding documents may request an interpretation thereof from the Village. The bidder requesting the interpretation shall be responsible for its prompt delivery. At the request of the bidder, or in the event that the Village deems the interpretation to be substantive, the interpretation will be made by written addendum issued by the Village.

In the event that a written addendum is issued, either as a result of a request for interpretation or the result of a change in the bidding documents issued by the Village, a copy of such addendum will be emailed to all prospective bidders. The Village will not assume responsibility for receipt of such addendum. In all cases it will be the bidders’ responsibility to obtain all addenda issued.

The Contractor and Subcontractor shall comply with all regulations issued pursuant to Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130), and other applicable Federal Laws and regulations pertaining to labor standards.

The Village of Brookfield reserves the rights to determine the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder, to waive irregularities, and to reject any or all bid proposals.

BY ORDER THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD, ILLINOIS Published in RB Landmark August 31, 2022

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs.

CARLA L. NIETO AKA CARLA NIETO; ALVARO M. NIETO AKA ALVARO NIETO; PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES LLC; Defendants, 20 CH 1035 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, September 19, 2022 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. 16-17-322-023-0000.

Commonly known as 1113 South Humphrey Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60304.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 20-001990 ADC F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3200592

TION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 18 CH 12736 14 DIVISION STREET, # 14 OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 16, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 4, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 14 DIVISION STREET, # 14, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-127-0480000 The real estate is improved with a brown brick, three story townhouse, attached one car garage.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

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

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 20-04687IL_613739 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 18 CH 12736 TJSC#: 42-1079 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 18 CH 12736 I3199199

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE ON BEHALF FOR CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2021-RP4; Plaintiff, vs.

SCOTT SCHEMMEL; SVETLANA KAPLIN AKA SVETLAN KAPLINA; VILLAGE OF OAK PARK; TUDOR ROSE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, STATE OF ILLINOIS; US BANK NA SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO REGENCY SAVINGS BANK; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 22 CH 1440 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, September 27, 2022 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-07-323-052-1003 AND 1607-323-052-1007.

Commonly known as 424 S. WISCONSIN STREET, UNIT 3N, OAK PARK, IL 60302.

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 Mr. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 3571125. 22-00544 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3201083

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION SELENE FINANCE LP Plaintiff, -v.LARSENIA HORTON, NEIL SMITH, ASSURANCE RESTORATION & CONSTRUTION, INC., PRAIRIE HOUSES OWNERS ASSOCIA-

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on age, race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination.

The Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

Restrictions or prohibitions of pets do not apply to service animals.

To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll free at: 1-800669-9777.

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157 Southcote Rd, Riverside $549,000

242 Delaplaine Rd, Riverside $850,000

84 Riverside Rd, Riverside $1,475,000

9 Woodridge Dr, Oak Brook $899,900

9327 Jefferson Ave, Brookfield $319,900

410 N Stone Ave, LaGrange Park $625,000

359 Longcommon Rd, Riverside $450,000

838 Wesley Ave, #3, Oak Park $165,000

3303 Grove Ave #408, Berwyn $214,000

1813 Elmwood Ave, Berwyn $339,000

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7722 Madison St, River Forest $18/sq ft

5143 S Lockwood Ave, #1, Chicago $1,300/mo

1235 Kenilworth Ave, Berwyn $2,400/mo

151 Barrypoint Rd, Unit A, Riverside $2,950/mo

4534 Arthur Ave, Brookfield $169,900

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