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September 15, 2021

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Brookfield Zoo docs begin COVID vaccines for animals PAGE 3

Cross country duo pace strong RBHS boys team PAGE 16

RBHS relaxes student dress code seen as too restrictive

PROSIT!

Hats, hoodies, bare midriffs are now OK, no more width rule for straps By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer

Kristian Bonde, a bartender at Imperial Oak Brewing, 9526 Ogden Ave., serves up another craft brew during the business’ inaugural Oak-toberfest event at their new Brookfield location on Sept. 11. For more photos see page 10 and visit online at RBLandmark.com.

For years, wearing baseball caps inside Riverside-Brookfield High School would get you a quick reprimand and demand to remove it. But this year students having bad hair days or who just like wearing ball caps can do so, just one of the changes under a new liberalized student dress code implemented this year. See DRESS CODE on page 13

North Riverside cops to be equipped with body cameras 5-year lease agreement bundled with deal to buy new Tasers

By BOB UPHUES Editor

The North Riverside Police Department will become the second agency in the Landmark’s coverage area to implement a body

camera program after trustees voted 5-0 on Sept. 7 to approve spending $201,000 over the next five years to lease 21 body cameras. In addition to the Axon body cameras, which will eventually be worn by all North Riverside police officers who are patrolling

the streets, the lease deal includes the purchase of 21 Taser side arms, which are also manufactured by Axon. The Tasers, also known as “conducted electrical weapons,” will replace the police department’s current inventory of Tasers,

which are more than seven years old and nine of which are inoperable, according to a memo submitted to the village board by Police Chief Christian Ehrenberg. See BODY CAM on page 13

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Riverside man charged after 3-hour police standoff Landlord-tenant dispute over money reportedly triggered altercation By BOB UPHUES

When police arrived, Glowacki was inside the building and officers set up a perimeter around it, blocking East Quincy Street from just east of the downtown to Herbert Road. A SWAT team from the Northern Illinois Police Alarm SysA man who barricaded himself in a Riverside apartment building on Sept. 8 and surrendered peacefully after a three- tem (NIPAS) arrived to secure the scene. Police repeatedly and-a-half hour standoff with police in the 100 block of East called to Glowacki by name over a loudspeaker, ordering him to come out with his hands up, eventually adding a warning Quincy Street has been charged with two felonies. that they might force entry, which “could result in The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office apserious injury or death.” proved charging Frank Glowacki, 71, with aggraGlowacki reportedly surrendered without vated battery with a deadly weapon and unlawful further incident at around 3 p.m. Police later use of a weapon by a felon, both felonies, in addiobtained a search warrant for Glowacki’s aparttion to two misdemeanor counts of aggravated asment, according to Buckley, and recovered a loadsault with a deadly weapon. ed handgun and a shotgun from the residence. The Glowacki as of Sept. 13 was being held at Cook handgun, said Buckley, was the one Glowacki used County Jail on $50,000 bond. He has a hearing at to strike the tenant. the Maybrook courthouse on Sept. 29. Schools in Riverside were placed on soft lockOfficers responded to the apartment building down during the incident as a precaution. The at 100 E. Quincy St. about 11:30 a.m. and located lockdown was lifted when the incident ended, a man who was bleeding from the forehead. That FRANK GLOWACKI right around school dismissal time. person reportedly told police he was moving out At the time of his arrest, Glowacki was also of his apartment when his landlord pistol-whipped him and then pointed the weapon at the victim’s girlfriend and threat- wanted on a felony warrant by Cook County Sheriff ’s Police for manufacture/delivery of methamphetamine. Buckley ened her. At no point were shots fired, said Matthew Buckley, River- said he wasn’t certain where the initial arrest in that case ocside’s director of public safety and emergency management. curred. The online news source Patch reported in January 2020 that According to Buckley, the altercation stemmed from a dispute over the tenant owing Glowacki money. Glowacki reportedly Glowacki had been charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, as well as possession of meth both owns and lives at the building. Editor

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SWAT team members from the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System gather at the intersection of Cowley Road and East Quincy Street during a barricade situation in Riverside on Sept. 8. and drug paraphernalia. In the January 2020 incident, police reportedly found the drugs inside Glowacki’s car which was parked in the lot at Walgreens, 4101 First Ave. Officers responded to the location for a well-being check on a man, later identified as Glowacki, who was unconscious inside a vehicle there. According to the Cook County Jail website, Glowacki is scheduled for a hearing at the Bridgeview courthouse, where Lyons cases are heard, on Sept. 17.

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Brookfield Zoo rolls out vaccine program for animals

Large primates, big cats, bears and ‘ambassadors’ among those first in line By BOB UPHUES Editor

It turns out that humans aren’t the only species on this planet at risk for COVID-19. Certain species of animals have also been infected by the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease, so the medical staff at Brookfield Zoo is taking action by vaccinating at-risk animals in the collection. Over the past week or so, veterinarians and support staff have begun giving COVID-19 inoculations manufactured by a company called Zoetis, which produces other vaccines for domestic animals. Dr. Mike Adkesson, vice president of clinical medicine for the Chicago Zoological Society, which operates Brookfield Zoo, said the team of five vets, 10 support staff and 50 to 100 animal care staff have been preparing animals for their shots and then administering them in a systematic fashion. “It’s been a huge team effort to get to this point,” Adkesson told the Landmark in a phone interview. When the vaccine effort is complete, said Adkesson, some 300 animals will have been vaccinated. Like the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for humans, the animals will receive two doses of the vaccine, three weeks apart, which means this effort will take some time to complete. On Sept. 7, for example, the staff administered doses to 17 animals, and those are some of the easier species to vaccinate. “A lot of the bigger primates are trained for injection behavior,” said Adkesson, adding that gorillas, for example, will present their arms by walking up to the habitat’s outer mesh to be inoculated and some smaller primates are crate trained. It’s also relatively easy to vaccinate small mammals that can be handled more easily. “The best case situations are where they are fully cooperative,” Adkesson said. “These animals have trusting relationships with their care teams.” While there have been no COVID-19 cases among animals at Brookfield Zoo, Adkesson said, cases have popped up at other zoos among certain species. Among those susceptible are larger primates, big cats such as lions and tigers, bears and small

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Kyan, one of Brookfield Zoo’s servals, receives a COVID-19 vaccine from Dr. Mike Adkesson, vice president of clinical medicine for the Chicago Zoological Society. He is assisted by Maggie Chardell, a lead animal care specialist. carnivores like otters and minks. Also among those animals first in line to receive vaccines are Brookfield Zoo’s “animal ambassadors,” which come into direct contact with zoo visitors both onsite and at offsite events. COVID-19 symptoms in animals are similar to those experienced by humans, upper respiratory issues including coughing and sneezing. Veterinarians are still learning how COVID-19 is spread in animal populations, whether that’s animal-animal or human-animal transmission. “We know it’s not spreading wildly,” said Adkesson. Because of the uncertainty, said Adkesson, Brookfield Zoo early on masked up the medical staff and tried to maintain physical distance from animals. When zoo collections include endangered species, like Amur leopards – where there are less than 200 left in the world – it’s imperative to protect them from preventable diseases like COVID-19.

“We immediately put precautions in place,” Adkesson said. “We’ve been very cautious with this. It’s hard because staff have strong, tight relationships with the animals.” Zoetis is providing the vaccines to zoos and aquariums (some of which have animal ambassadors that are small mammals, said Adkesson) at no cost. Two weeks after an animal’s second vaccine, it is considered fully protected against COVID-19. Getting animals like big primates and the zoo’s Rodrigues fruit bats inoculated will also mean that the Tropic World: Africa and Australia House exhibits, which have been closed to the public since March 2020, can reopen their doors. As we gained knowledge about COVID-19, we strategically opened our buildings back up,” said Adkesson. “But with exhibits like Tropic World: Africa and Australia House, where the bats fly freely, we didn’t feel like we could maintain enough distance between those areas and people.”

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September 15-22

BIG WEEK Who will win the big bucks?

The Brookfield Chamber of Commerce will once again be giving away $1,000 every Thursday, beginning Sept. 16 (after the chamber’s first after-hours meetup of the year) through Nov. 18 at 4:30 p.m. to those who bought tickets for its annual 60-to-Win raffle. You can hear you name announced in person at the weekly raffle drawing at Joe’s Saloon, 9220 47th St. in Brookfield, or you can watch a livestream on the Brookfield Chamber of Commerce Facebook page (facebook.com/ BrookfieldIllinois). Winners’ names will be posted each week at brookfieldchamber.net.

Autumn Fest & Chili Cook-Off

North Riverside Parks & Rec invites the community to welcome fall during the 2021 Autumn Fest and Chili Cook-Off on Friday, Sept. 17 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the parking lot behind the Village Commons, 2401 Desplaines Ave. Enjoy live music by Hello Weekend, vote for your favorite chili, enjoy carnival games, a petting zoo, food and beverages, live pumpkin carving and cap the evening off with a spectacular fireworks display. Free admission. No outside food, beverages or coolers allowed. Some vendors accept cash only.

Latin Dance Lessons

Olmsted 200 Seed Hunt

North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., invites you to grab a partner and celebrate Latinx Heritage Month by taking Latin Dance Lessons, an in-person event on Thursday, Sept. 16 at 5 p.m. Join Professora Corazon as she teaches you a combination of traditional dance styles. Registration is limited at northriversidelibrary. org/event-new/latin-dance-lessons.

The Frederick Law Olmsted Society invites you to help celebrate the 200th birthday of the village’s renowned designer during its Olmsted msted 200 Seed Hunt on Sunday, Sept. 19 at noon. Each Seed Hunt meets at a different area in Riverside too ensure that the seeds reflect Riverside’s full native species diversity. Each also features a guest nature guide. The Sept. 19 guide is Scott Stewart, executive ve director of the Millennium Park Foundation, who is passionate aboutt the value and role of public space and has published extensively on topics ics ranging from the evolving roles of public parks to rare plant species propagation opagation and conservation. Though free of charge, advance registration is required. RSVP by visiting olmstedsociety.org/events/olmsted-200/olmsted-200-seed-collection-events.

And more The Frederick Law Olmsted Society continues its series of guided walking tours of Riverside, highlighting the village’s design, history and architecture on Sept. 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. The tour will cover the area north of the railroad tracks. Tours are $20 per person ($15 seniors/Olmsted Society members) and depart at 2 p.m. from the Riverside Train Depot, 90 Bloomingbank Road. Email tours@olmstedsociety. com or visit olmstedsociety.org for more. The Frederick Law Olmsted Society and village of Riverside will host their next Landscape Workday on Sept. 18 from 9 a.m. to noon at Indian Gardens. RSVP required at least 24 hours in advance by email■

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ing to workdays@olmstedsociety.org or calling 708447-0226. Wear a face covering and bring work gloves and a water bottle. All other supplies and snacks provided. Look for the public works dump truck. Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., hosts two exhibitions through Oct. 16. In the Freeark Gallery and Sculpture Garden there’s “Coded: Coated” featuring the work of Jonathan Castillo, Hannah Givler and Paul Somers. The FlexSpace Gallery hosts “Proposals and Speculations” featuring the work of Shir Ende and Lancer Livermont. Free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Thursday-Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Habakkuk Theatre and Open Door Theater present an outdoor production of “Coastal ■

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Disturbances” at Ehlert Park, 4338 Congress Park Ave. in Brookfield, on Saturdays and Sundays through Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. Tickets are $18 at the door or online at habakkuktheatre.org. The Riverside Farmers Market continues every Wednesday from 2:30 to 7 p.m. at Centennial Park, 10 Pine Ave., in downtown Riverside. Social distancing encouraged. 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. for locally sourced fruits, vegetables, meats, cheeses, baked goods and artisan ware. Live music and a picnic area. Social dis■

tancing is encouraged and face coverings are required for non-vaccinated guests. North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., invites adults to meet virtually or in-person for the Writers Group on Sept. 16 at 6 p.m. You can also take part in the library’s Virtual Immigration Series on Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. with “Immigration 101: Overview of Immigration Benefits.” Kids ages 4-up can choose either in-person or Zoom attendance for Lapsit Storytime on Sept. 16 at 10:30 a.m., ABCs and 123s on Sept. 20 at 10:30 a.m., Every Child a Reader on Sept. 20 at 5 p.m., Story Safari on Sept. 22 at 10:30 a.m. and Builders Club 2.0 on Sept. 22 at 4 p.m. Visit northriversidelibrary.org/events-new to ■

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Lovely Lustrons

Riverside Arts Center presents “Porcelain Utopia: Mid-Century Lustron Homes in Illinois and Beyond,” an exhibit of photographs by Brookfield resident Dirk Fletcher in the lobby of the Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road, through Dec. 31. Over the past three years, Fletcher has photographed more than 300 Lustron homes, the postwar brainchild of industrialist Carl Strandlund to provide prefab enameled stainless-steel homes for GIs returning from World War II.

More than just rum and Coca-Cola

Riverside Public Library invites you to join food historian Cynthia Clampitt for a special Zoom presentation “The Rule of Rum” on Thursday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. Clampitt will share the history of rum, including how pirates got involved, who really said “Yo, ho, ho,” and how it helped unite the 13 colonies and became an issue that led to the Revolutionary War. Registration required. Visit riversidelibrary. libcal.com/calendar.

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Touch-A-Truck in Riverside Riverside Parks and Rec invites families to its annual Touch-A-Truck event, allowing participants to interact with village vehicles and other large vehicles, on Thursday, Sept. 16 from 3 to 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot west of the main Riverside Fire Station, 31 Riverside Road. Police and fire department personnel as well as those from public works can show you around the vehicles they use around town and tell you how and what they are used for.

register for all programs. Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library, 3541 Park Ave., 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. Learn to turn outdated threads into something fashionable during Upcycling Apparel 101, an in-person program on Sept. 17 at 5 p.m. Then on Sept. 20 at 6 p.m. image consultant Nancy Plummer shares how to develop your personal style during the Zoom program Fashion Styling Basics. Visit brookfield.evanced.info/signup to register for programs. ■

Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, invites you to a Lyric Opera Lecture and Discussion of Verdi’s “Macbeth” presented by Rick Grennman in the Community Room on Sept. 16 at 6:30 p.m. and a Medicare Seminar on Sept. 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room. Registration required. Visit riversidelibrary.libcal.com/calendar to register for programs. Riverside Chess Club, open to anyone age 5 through adult, meets in person each Wednesday at 5 p.m. in Guthrie Park, Riverside and Bloomingbank roads in downtown Riverside. Players of all levels welcome. Children under 7 require caregiver over 13. Email sean@riversidechessclub.org for more info. ■

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Brookfield garage destroyed by fire Brookfield Fire Department officials said a preliminary investigation into a Sept. 8 garage fire behind a home in the 9100 block of Sheridan Avenue could not determine the cause of the blaze, which destroyed the garage and damaged two others. At this time, however, no foul play is suspected. The owners of the property were inside their home when the fire started at about 4:40 p.m., according to the police report, and learned about the blaze from a neighbor who called 911. The homeowners used the garage for storage and the last time they had been inside it was Sept. 6, according to the police report of the incident. A neighbor told police he was in and out of his backyard for about two hours prior to the fire starting and didn’t see or hear anything suspicious. He told police he first saw smoke emanating from the garage’s side service door. When emergency personnel arrived, they observed the detached garage to be fully engulfed in flames. There was also “excessive damage” to the garage immediately west and damage to the garage and fence immediately east. Due to the extent of the fire, police evacuated four homes – two on each side of the alley in the immediate vicinity of the fire, which also caused a power line to come down. Police closed Maple Avenue from the railroad track to the Veterans Memorial Circle to accommodate the large fire response. Maple Avenue reopened to traffic just after 6 p.m.

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resident of the 300 block of Longcommon Road flagged down a police officer on the morning of Sept. 9 to report that someone had entered his unlocked vehicle, which was parked on the street, and rummaged through the interior. Northing was reported missing. ■ Riverside police responded to a home in the 400 block of Uvedale Road last week after a resident called to report that during the early morning hours of Aug. 31 someone entered his unlocked vehicle, which was parked in the rear of the property, and stole his iPhone.

DUI crash Riverside police charged a man, whose age and address were not provided, with drunken driving and other traffic offenses after he allegedly crashed his 2004 Dodge into the rear of a 2011 Mazda that was stopped at a red light in the left-turn lane on Harlem Avenue at East Burlington Street at about 9:15 a.m. on Sept. 6. A portable breath test revealed the offender’s blood-alcohol content to be .174, which is more than twice the legal limit of .08, according to police, who also reported finding a can of beer inside the offender’s vehicle. No one was injured.

Bus shelter shattered North Riverside police responded to Cermak Road and Lathrop Avenue on the morning of Sept. 7 after receiving a report of a shattered glass at a Pace bus shelter on the southeast corner of the intersection. Public works was contacted to remove the broken glass and police notified Pace of the damage.

Scrap steel swiped from yard A resident of the 3100 block of Cleveland Avenue, Brookfield, called police on the evening of Sept. 9 to report that someone had stolen three pieces of scrap stainless steel valued at $200 and a “temperature gauge” from his backyard on Sept. 3 at about 9:30 a.m. The victim told police he’d placed the items along the side of his garage, and security cameras captured the theft. Police reported that the camera footage showed a red Ford conversion van stop in the alley behind the garage. The driver is then seen entering the victim’s yard, which is not fenced, and taking the items and then loading them into the van. The van then departed northbound through the alley.

Catalytic converter stolen A woman went o Brookfield police on Sept. 9 to report that sometime between the morning of Sept. 4 and the morning of Sept. 7, someone sawed off the catalytic converter from the undercarriage of a 2005 Hyundai Tucson parked at the southwest corner of Maple and Rochester avenues. It’s the latest in a string of catalytic converter thefts in Brookfield. The devices were sawn off four vehicles in Brookfield overnight on Aug. 31-Sept. 1 and several others have been stolen in the past two months.

Bike stolen in Brookfield A 14-year-old LaGrange Park boy went to police on the evening of Sept. 12 to report that someone had stolen his bicycle from the alley behind the 3300 block of Elm Avenue. The boy told police he’d left his bike leaning against the garage at about 6 p.m. When he returned 20 to 30 minutes later, the dark green Trek mountain bike valued at about $300 was gone. These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Sept. 6-12 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

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‘Emergency’ prompts N. Riverside to OK new ambulance FD borrowed ambulance from Berwyn in April when village’s two vehicles went down

By BOB UPHUES Editor

The North Riverside Village Board voted 5-0 on Sept. 7 to approve spending a little more than $174,000 to purchase a new ambulance for the fire department after Fire Chief Bob McDermott said the questionable reliability of the department’s two ambulances had reached “the point of an emergency.” McDermott in a memo to the village board said that “on multiple occasions the past several months both units were out of service at the same time due to ongoing maintenance issues.” The problem has become so acute that McDermott has made arrangements with the fire departments in both Berwyn and Forest

Park to loan North Riverside an ambulance on a temporary basis if both of the village’s vehicles are unavailable. In April, he said, Berwyn loaned the village an ambulance, which became North Riverside’s frontline medical response vehicle for 24 hours. Even after one of the village’s ambulances returned to service, the Berwyn ambulance remained at the North Riverside fire station for a few more days as an insurance policy. “It’ll be a huge relief,” McDermott said of the arrival of the new ambulance sometime during the first half of 2022. “The ability to know when you get in the ambulance that you’ll get out the door and get where you need to be is better for our patients.” Even with the new ambulance purchase approved, it’ll take months before the new ve-

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The newer of North Riverside’s two ambulances, No. 804 bought in 2009, has just returned to service after a two-week stretch in the repair shop.

hicle will be placed into service. With supply chain issues due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other variables, it can take as long as a full year to build out an ambulance, said McDermott. North Riverside is hoping to take possession of the new vehicle by next May. The new vehicle will be a 2021 Ford F450 Type III with a traditional combustion engine. McDermott described the new vehicle as a stock unit with some modifications being made to accommodate a power stretcher loading system that the village received via a grant. “We’ll be able to take [the loading system] off the purchase price and also tweak the ambulance to make it more usable for us,” McDermott said. Although the issue has come to a head this year, the questionable reliability of the village’s two ambulances has been a concern for more than two years, but the village board had not budgeted funds for a new ambulance, instead hoping for grant funding. The village is awaiting word on its latest grant application for ambulance funding, through FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant program. Village Administrator Sue Scarpiniti said she did not know when FEMA might announce new grant recipients, but Mayor Joseph Mengoni said on Sept. 7 that the village could no longer afford to wait for grant money to appear. According to Scarpiniti, the village is postponing about $50,000 in scheduled capital projects and redirecting those funds toward the purchase of the new ambulance. She said she is also exploring financing options to see if the village can get good terms on a loan. If a loan proves too expensive, the balance of the funding will come out of the village’s general operating fund reserve. If a FEMA grant does come through, Scarpiniti said the village will see if it can

Most teachers in local schools are vaccinated Holdouts must submit to regular testing as of Sept. 19

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

The overwhelming majority of teachers and staff at area schools have received their COVID-19 vaccines, but there are a few holdouts who will have to submit to weekly testing beginning next week under the terms of an executive order issued by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois State Board of Education. At Riverside-Brookfield High School, 10 staff members are not yet fully vaccinated, with eight of those people having informed the school administration that they do not currently intend to get vaccinated, according to Assistant Superintendent Kristin Smetana.

Citing privacy concerns Smetana declined to say how many of those eight staff members are teachers. The unvaccinated RBHS staff members will be tested weekly for COVID-19 at the school’s health office. Six teachers in Brookfield-LaGrange Park School District 95 are unvaccinated, District 95 Superintendent Mark Kuzniewski said at the Sept. 9 school board meeting. Kuzniewski said that he had to follow up with four to six other staff members. Unvaccinated staff members will likely be required to get their weekly COVID-19 tests on their own. In Riverside Elementary School District 96 all classroom teachers and 94 percent of all staff have been vaccinated, said Superinten-

dent Martha Ryan-Toye. Test procedures for unvaccinated staff have not yet been decided upon, Ryan-Toye said. Pritzker’s order takes effect on Sept. 19. Ryan-Toye welcomed the vaccine or testing mandate. “A mandate to me is very, very encouraging,” Ryan-Toye said. “Hopefully it will encourage just the few remaining employees that are not vaccinated to move forward with it.” More than 90 percent of staff in Komarek School District 94 in North Riverside are vaccinated, said Superintendent Todd Fitzgerald. One student has tested positive See COVID-19 on page 8

retroactively be put toward the ambulance purchase approved on Sept. 7. “Depending on the grant outcome, we will either try to see if this [recently approved ambulance] qualifies under the award if granted or purchase a second one to replace the backup to ensure both ambulances are new,” Scarpiniti told the Landmark in an email. “A future goal of the department is to look at expanding the ambulance services as we look at our manning levels as a whole.” The newer of the two ambulances in the North Riverside fleet is a 2009 Ford F450, which is diesel powered but has experienced significant maintenance issues. Until late last week, the ambulance was out of service for two weeks while a service station waited for parts to come in to replace a fuel injector, cooling fan and diesel glow plug module. During that time, the department relied on its backup ambulance, a 2001 Navistar, whose air-conditioning failed during a stretch of 90-degree weather while the Ford was in the shop and needed emergency repairs from the fire department’s mechanic to keep it in service. “Our mechanic is great, but he’s not a magician,” McDermott said. “We were fortunate the last time they both went down he was able to fix it.”

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North Riverside bar owner pleads for late last call Mayor says closing time limits will remain through 2021

By BOB UPHUES

times for the two extended-hours bars in town. The earlier closing times will remain in place at least through the end of 2021. Mengoni told the Landmark that the village board would most likely discuss whether or not to make the earlier closing times permanent during a committee meeting in November before making a final decision at their board meeting in December. He said he has met once already with Womack and plans another meeting that will also include Village Administrator Sue

Scarpiniti soon. “Part of the issue is [Womack] hasn’t been able to be there very often, and he’s relying on what other people are telling him,” said Mengoni, regarding the number of complaints about noise and other incidents earlier this year. Womack during his plea Sept. 7 to the village board to resume regular closing times downplayed any issued related to the bar. “To my knowledge, we’ve had no problems or anything this year,” said Womack,

who added the bar’s manager requested police reports on Sept. 3, but hadn’t obtained them yet. “I don’t think there’s more than one or two police reports. There were about 20 calls, probably for noise or something, but not anything serious at all.” But it was police who requested that the village board consider rolling back the late closing times, said Mengoni, due to the number of responses they made to the two late-night bars. “It was one of the first things that shift asked for,” said Mengoni who was elected mayor in April and brought the request to trustees the following month. “Why are we the last-call community?” Police argued that a five-year study found 60 percent of all calls to the late-night bars occurred between 1 and 3 a.m. and that the number of calls appeared to be increasing. As of May 23, police had responded to 23 calls for assistance, compared to 24 total during 2020 (when bars were shut down for long stretches due to COVID-19) and 31 total calls in 2019. Among the responses to the Sweet Spot in 2021 was an April incident in which a man who reportedly had been drinking at the bar used a spare tire to extensively damage a vehicle, which he also allegedly tried to enter, parked outside. That man also reportedly got into a physical altercation with another motorist and eventually was arrested later that morning several blocks away trying to break into another vehicle. The village board’s action came in the wake of Forest Park’s decision earlier this year to significantly curtail bar hours, a decision that has been eased somewhat in the past month or so.

be,” Kuzniewski said. Most of the positive cases at Brook Park appear to be among children who have had close contact with a parent who tested positive, Kuzniewski said. Two students in District 96, one at Ames School and one at Blythe Park School, have tested positive for COVID-19 since school began last month. Three students at Blythe Park have had to quarantine. Fourteen students and one staff member at Lyons Township High School have tested positive since the school year began on Aug. 19. At Riverside-Brookfield High School, seven students have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of classes in August and 15 have had to quarantine. Only unvaccinated students are required to quarantine if they are considered close contacts.

ter seeing a spike in new cases early August. In Brookfield the number of new cases has been anywhere between 20 and 30 for the past six weeks, with one death from COVID-19 reported during that time period, on Aug. 9. Since the pandemic began in March 2020, there have been 14 Brookfield residents who have died from COVID-19, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. In Riverside, where 81.3 percent of the population is fully vaccinated, according to the Cook County Department of Public Health, there have been 24 new COVID-19 cases reported over the past two weeks (ending on the morning of Sept. 14), a slight increase over the previous two-week period, when there were 19. There has not been a death from COVID-19 reported in Riverside since Dec. 17, 2020. The Landmark has identified a total of three Riverside residents who have died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. North Riverside has not seen much of a

change in the rate of new cases during the most recent two-week period, with 21 reported since Aug. 31. During the prior two-week period the village reported 19 new cases. The Landmark has identified four North Riverside residents who have died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, with the most recent fatality reported on Jan. 11. While Riverside’s vaccination rate is far above the state’s rate, according to county officials, the percentage of fully vaccinated eligible individuals (age 12+) in Brookfield remains slightly lower than the state as a whole, while North Riverside is far below the state as a whole. According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, 60.9 percent of the state’s 12+ population has been fully vaccinated. The Cook County Department of Public Health is reporting that 58.9 percent of Brookfield residents are fully vaccinated and just 39.4 percent of North Riverside residents are fully vaccinated. Bob Uphues contributed to this report.

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The owner of the Sweet Spot, one of two bars in North Riverside that once were allowed to close at 3 a.m. daily, pleaded with village officials on Sept. 7 to reverse their decision in June that set closing time at 1 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and at 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Randy Womack, who has owned the Sweet Spot at 2531 Desplaines Ave. for 16 years, said the reduction in hours has “affected us tremendously” and that while he hadn’t yet laid off any staff, he would soon be forced to. “I wanted to really beg you to try and reconsider,” Womack said. “There’s only two bars, myself and Bar-Tini [about a block north] that have this late license, and if something happens that’s bad at one of these two bars, you can suspend our license. … Believe you me, I take my license as a privilege.” Womack said that receipts at his bar were down by a good deal, using sales taxes his business pays to illustrate the decline. He said that in May, his sales tax receipts were about $950. In the months since the order to close early, those have fallen steadily – to just under $900 in June and to about $305 in July. While he didn’t have final figures for August, Womack said he expected the amount of sales tax produced by his bar that month to be less than $300. Video gambling tax revenue that goes to the village has also been impacted, he added. But, Mayor Joseph Mengoni indicated it will still be some time before village trustees revisit their decision to roll back closing

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Student positives from page 7 for COVID-19 since the start of the school year. The number of unvaccinated staff at Lincoln School, Congress Park School and Lyons Township High School was not immediately available. Brook Park School in LaGrange Park appears to have had the most COVID-19 cases among students so far this school year. According to District 95’s online COVID-19 dashboard last updated on Sept. 10, five Brook Park and two S.E. Gross Middle School stuydents have tested positive so far, with three of the positive cases coming in the week of Sept. 6. Twenty Brook Park students and eight S.E. Gross students have been forced to quarantine for various amounts of time. “We’re kind of where we expected we would

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The Sweet Spot, 2531 Desplaines Ave., is one of two bars in North Riverside that had their 3 a.m. closing times dialed back an hour on weekends and two hours on weekdays by the village board in June.

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The BNSF is planning work that will shut down the Longcommon Road grade crossing completely from Sept. 15-22. A separate railroad tie replacement project will close the Delaplaine Road and Hollywood Avenue grade crossings overnight on Sept. 17-18 and Sept. 18-19.

BNSF work will shut Longcommon crossing for a week

Night time railroad tie replacement also slated in Riverside, Brookfield this weekend By BOB UPHUES Editor

If you use the Longcommon Road railroad grade crossing to catch your morning train into the city or have kids who cross the tracks there to get to and from school, the next week or so is going to be a big headache as the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad plans to close down the crossing completely from 9 a.m. on Wednesday Sept. 15 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 22. In addition, overnight work on Sept. 17-18 and Sept. 18-19 will shut down two vehicle grade crossings and one pedestrian grade crossing in Riverside and Brookfield. In Riverside, the Delaplaine Road crossing and the Herbert Road pedestrian crossing will be closed from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. on those dates. In Brookfield, the Hollywood Avenue grade crossing will also be closed between 7 p.m. and 8 a.m. on Sept. 17-18 and Sept. 18-19. The weeklong Longcommon Road grade crossing closure will affect everyone who uses that crossing, including motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians. All traffic during the closure is being rerouted to the Cowley Road crossing via East Quincy Street and

East Burlington Street. Because the closure will also make it more difficult for commuters to either reach the train or their vehicles, depending on their direction of travel and what side of the tracks they park on, the village is suggesting you seek to board and exit the train elsewhere along the line, for example the Harlem Avenue or Oak Park Avenue stops in Berwyn or the Prairie Avenue stop in Brookfield. The BNSF did not respond to an email from the Landmark asking them to describe the scope of the improvements being made to the Longcommon Road grade crossing. The overnight work on Sept. 17-18 and Sept. 18-19 is part of the BNSF’s “tie blitz” project, which involves replacing 6,800 railroad ties along the line on those nights. According to a memo sent by the BNSF to municipalities affected by the work, the tie blitz will involve quite a bit of on-track equipment and there will be increased noise at night from not only the construction but from the whistles of trains passing through the construction zones. Portable lights will also be in use during the tie blitz work.

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Riverside Township trustee appointed Cook County judge Elected to local office in April, Morrissey will don judicial robe next month By BOB SKOLNIK

Friends of Thomas A. Morrissey contributed $200 to Citizens for Steve Landek. “I’m a loyal member of the Democratic Thomas A. Morrissey, who was elected Riv- Party,” said Morrissey when asked about his relationship to Landek. “I do some pro bono erside Township trustee in April as part of an unopposed slate of candidates will soon be work with the Lyons Township Democrats and have for years.” leaving that post after he was appointed one of There’s some belief Landek helped get 22 new Cook County Circuit Court associate Morrissey on the Riverside Township Board judges on Sept. 9. Morrissey and the other new associate as a way to boost Morrissey’s expected run for judge. Traditionally, Republicans have judges were chosen by a vote of run unopposed for Riverside the 249 current Cook County judgTownship offices, but this year es from a field of 44 finalists who a new bipartisan “unity party” themselves were chosen from a slate ran unopposed. Morrissey field of 225 applicants. was the only Democrat and nonSome judges in Cook County are incumbent on the slate. elected while others, such as MorMorrissey, the sixth of seven rissey, are appointed. Appointed children, was just 3 years old associate judges have the same when his father died. He began powers and hear the same kind of caddying at the Riverside Golf cases as elected judges, but they Club when he was 13 years old. are paid just a little bit less. Much of his earnings went to Morrissey and the other new THOMAS MORRISSEY pay for tuition at Fenwick High appointed judges will be paid an School. annual salary of $205,482, while He caddied at the Riverside Golf Club for elected judges are paid $216,297 a year. He’ll about a decade, rising to the position of caddy assume his new role as judge next month. In April, Morrissey was elected a Riverside master. He was awarded Chick Evans ScholTownship trustee as part of the Riverside arship and graduated magna cum laude from Marquette University in 1981 with a degree Unity Party slate. He is now in the process of resigning that position. The remaining mem- in history. Morrissey graduated from DePaul bers of the township board will pick a replace- University Law School in 1985. After four years with the Illinois Attorney ment. Morrissey has lived in Riverside for about General’s office, Morrissey went into private 25 years. He has operated a solo law practice practice did medical malpractice, product liin LaGrange since 2002 and primarily does ability and general negligence defense work plaintiff ’s personal injury cases. Morrissey, for two law firms, Peterson & Ross and Gard62, grew up in south Oak Park as one of sev- ner Carton & Douglass. In 1998 Morrissey switched to plaintiff ’s en children. His younger brother, Rick, is a sports columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times work at the law firm of Arnold and Kadjan, a firm that specializes in representing unions and a resident of Brookfield. Thomas Morrissey, who began his legal and workers. Morrissey opened his own solo career as an attorney in the Illinois Attorney law firm in 2002. Morrissey served for four years as the head General’s office, said that he began seriously thinking about trying to become a judge ap- of the St. Mary’s Parents Sports Club and helped bring soccer and track and field to the proximately five years ago. “It’s something I’ve always aspired to,” Riverside parish. He also coached basketball Morrissey told the Landmark. “I really like at St. Mary’s. As part of the selection process for appointthe public service aspect of being a lawyer.” In 2019, Morrissey created a political com- ed judges, Morrissey and the other 43 finalmittee, Friends of Thomas A. Morrissey, and ists created a short video and did interviews he tentatively planned on running for judge with the circuit court judges. The initial 225 applicants were winnowed to the 44 finalists in next year’s elections. “I probably thought I was going to do it by an 11-judge nominating committee led by this year if I didn’t get this,” Morrissey said. Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans. All the “Since I’ve gotten this, I will not be running.” applicants were evaluated by a number of bar Morrissey has ties to state Sen. Steve associations. Morrissey is pleased to be selected and be Landek, (D-Bridgeview) who also serves as the mayor of Bridgeview and is the Lyons spared the cost and uncertainty of running Township Democratic Committeeman. On for judge. “I just pursued it,” Morrissey said of beJan. 5, 2021 Friends of Thomas A. Morrissey donated $600 to the Lyons Township Demo- coming a judge. “There’s a lot of different cratic Party in return for a spot in the Lyons ways to try to do this. I never thought I’d get it Democratic Organization’s ad book. In 2019 via this route.” Contributing Reporter

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DRESS CODE Still some limits from page 1 The changes to the dress code were implemented after a joint administration and student committee led by Assistant Principal for Students Affairs Dave Mannon reviewed the rules last year as part of its annual review of the student handbook. Committee members thought the old dress code was overly restrictive, with some believing the old dress code targeted toward minority and female students. Mannon said the committee thought the changes could be made without affecting the educational process. RBHS students now can wear hats, headscarves, bandannas and hoodies -- with the hoods up -- at school. But some restrictions remain. Hats cannot be worn at an angle; they must be worn straight forward or straight backward. While wearing a hooded sweatshirt up over your head is allowed, a student’s face must remain visible. And the revised dress code states that headwear in the instructional environment, i.e., classrooms, is under the sole discretion of the teacher. In a change that mostly affects girls, the new dress code also eliminated the requirement that sleeveless attire must have straps that are

at least two inches wide. Now there is no minimum width requirement on straps. Language that required students to wear opaque clothing from the shoulder to the midthigh was also eliminated. The new dress code still prohibits “clothing that is deemed vulgar, inappropriate, unsafe or disruptive the educational process (e.g., advertising/display of alcohol, drugs, sexual innuendo).” RBHS school board President Deanna Zalas said that while the dress code changes came from the administration, the school board supported the changes. “The administration brought the changes forward and the board looked at them and didn’t have any issue with them,” said Zalas. “It was just the right thing to do. Let the kids focus on learning.” Teachers at RBHS seem unfazed by the changes, saying they have more important things to do than police the clothing worn by students. Veteran English teacher Larry Forberg said the only change he has noticed this year is students wearing baseball caps in the classroom. “It doesn’t really matter to me,” Forberg said. “It has not interfered with my ability to teach or to communicate with my students, so I don’t really feel strongly one way or another. I’m just going into my classroom trying to teach, and hopefully they can learn

with a baseball cap on and learn with a baseball cap off.” One teacher said the only downside to the dress code he has seen is that allowing hoods to be worn in class can make it difficult to see if students have ear buds plugged into their ears and might be listening to music instead of listening to the teacher and classmates. RBHS senior Claire Harrison, who was part of the activity leadership forum that discussed changes to the student handbook last year, supports the dress code changes. “I think it’s a really great change that’s really important for the students at our school,” Harrison said. “It reminds people that they are more than the way they dress and that people have the right to wear whatever they feel comfortable with.” Other than baseball caps, Harrison said that she has noticed more students wearing tank tops which has been nice with the hot weather over the last month. “I think it’s great that that is now allowed because there is no reason that anyone’s shoulders should be considered a political issue on the educational experience,” Harrison said. “Students probably also see more self-expression through the way people dress. Fashion is a big thing for some people, so I think it’s a great opportunity for them to dress how they want without anyone making comments that are uncomfortable.”

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Deal includes upgrades from page 1 By bundling the body cam lease with the Taser purchase, said Ehrenberg, the village will save about $35,000 compared to making separate lease/purchase deals. North Riverside will pay Axon about $40,100 per year over the next five years to finance the purchase of the Tasers and lease the cameras as well as secure iCloud storage of video during that time. The cost of the iCloud storage is included in the annual lease cost. Because body camera technology is constantly changing, said Ehrenberg, leasing the cameras appeared to be the more practical option. As a result, in years two and five of the program, Axon will provide new body cameras plus any technology upgrades at no additional cost. In approving the body camera lease agreement, North Riverside joins Brookfield in adopting the technology for police officers. Both municipalities are founding members of West Central Consolidated Communications (WC3) joint emergency dispatch center, along with Riverside. Late last year, Riverside trustees decided to postpone any body cam purchase until after 2021, but a five-year plan to equip Riverside police officers with the devices has been included in the 2022 capital improvement plan, said Riverside Public Safety Director Matthew Buckley. Brookfield trustees in April voted to spend

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about $112,000 over five years to purchase 16 body cameras along with the computer hardware, software and technical support for the system. But, if the Brookfield experience is any indication, it will take some time before the body cameras are in operation in North Riverside and Riverside. Brookfield Police Chief Michael Kuruvilla had hoped the body cameras would be operational in July, but it’ll still be some time before officers start wearing them on duty. “This is one of the single greatest changes to our operations technologically,” Kuruvilla said. “Certainly it’s more nuanced than slapping them on the front of everybody’s vest. I want to make sure all of the little things are

ironed out correctly.” Brookfield took possession of the body camera equipment this summer and underwent a day of training with an Axon representative last month. Kuruvilla said the department is still finalizing its body camera use policy and is working through a timeline for implementation. Although he said he could not give an exact date when the body cameras will start being used, he said it would be before the end of 2021. All police agencies in Illinois are required to equip their officers with body cameras by 2025, after the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill calling for the adoption of that technology earlier this year.

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Of body cams and ambulances

lthough a town as small as North Riverside has some time before it must outfit its police officers with body cameras, we’re supportive of the village board’s approval last week to enter into a five-year lease with a body cam manufacturer to provide 21 body cams and the secure storage for video obtained from them. Mandated earlier this year by the Illinois General Assembly to implement use of body cameras by Jan. 1, 2025, it’s inevitable that North Riverside would have made this expenditure, but it’s still not cheap. The cost is about $40,000 a year for the next five years, a figure that also includes the purchase of new Tasers, the electronic weapons police use to apply less-than-lethal force, if a situation calls for it. A number of the police department’s current inventory of Tasers are inoperable, and while there appear to be enough working to cover every shift, you don’t want to get to a point where officers have only their side arms as an option if events escalate to the point where officers may feel their lives are being endangered. It’s unclear when the body cameras will be placed into service on officers working the streets, but it’s bound to take some time, if Brookfield is any example. That village approved buying body cameras in April and took possession of the equipment this summer. Command staff are still working through the department’s policy for using body cameras and while officers know that there’s no way around having to equip themselves with the devices, this is a major change for them. We feel body cameras, if they are used according to department policy, will benefit both police officers and the public, providing another window into how police encounters unfold. It is protection for police against false charges of force but also provide a layer of accountability for incidents where, until now, the only official accounts of how incidents unfold and how both the officers and citizens acted are written by the police officers themselves. For those reasons, we think body cameras will prove useful in both criminal investigations and in cases where police need to be held accountable for their actions. It’s a lot of money, but well worth it. Also well worth it was the North Riverside Village Board’s approval of an emergency expenditure to buy a new ambulance. The younger of the village’s two ambulances is 12 years old, and the backup is 20 years old. Both ambulances have been maintenance problems for at least the last couple of years, but the village has put off buying a new one in the hopes of getting a grant to fund it. That proved to be a risky strategy that has resulted in both ambulances being out of service at the same time. While mutual aid agreements with neighboring towns provide a backup in emergencies, in April, the fire chief was forced to get a loaner from Berwyn when both ambulances were down for a 24-hour period. Given the fact that ambulance calls are what the fire department responds to the vast majority of the time, that’s really inexcusable. Fire department vehicles are the most expensive any village will buy and the planning for such expenditures has to be baked into budgeting.

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Go back in time and ‘Picnic Like It’s 1969’

ne can only imagine early Riverside. A place lush with green and a simpler way of life, no technology. Coming out to Riverside was like going out to the country to spend a pleasant family day, picnicking and enjoying family life. In an effort to celebrate the village’s early days as a resort area, the Riverside Landscape Advisory Commission has planned a “Picnic Like It’s 1869” event on Sunday, Sept. 19 from noon to 3 p.m. on the bluff overlooking Swan Pond Park west of the Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road. You’re invited to bring the family, some blankets and a picnic basket and stake out a spot along the bluff. There will be no food sold and alcohol will not be allowed. Try to imagine what might have been in the picnic basket in 1869. Beginning at 12:30 p.m. flautist Toria BurrellHrencecin will perform at the top of the sledding hill, followed at 1 p.m. by the Riverside Suzuki Strings, under the direction of Kristine Boike. Children Services librarians from Riverside Public Library at 1:30 p.m. will lead a nature-themed storytime at the outdoor reading circle, and at 2 p.m. docents will lead a tour of the Guthrie Park Arboretum. In addition, local historians will display 1869-era

picnic artifacts and there will be a children’s nature craft station throughout the event. In the event of rain, there is no rain date, so hope for good weather and relive an early time of our village. Happy 40th: There was plenty of activity at Riverside Foods on Sunday, Sept. 12 when the store celebrated 40 years of business in Riverside. Co-owner Peter Boutsikakis put together the thank you to his customers who have helped keep the store vital and an important part of the community. Specials will continue throughout the week. And if you would like to show your appreciation for Boutsikakis, honor him by your presence at the Riverside Golf Club on Sept. 23, when he will receive his 2020 Person of the Year Award. Tickets are available at the Riverside Library, Riverside Bank and Aunt Diana’s. Our village has been fortunate to always have had a grocery store of some type in the central business district from national chains like Jewel to independents like Riverside Foods and Jansky’s, run for many years on East Burlington Street by Bill Jansky. Many of the services once provided by Jansky are now being provided by Riverside Foods.

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OBITUARIES

Martha V. Klybert, 86 Retired elementary school teacher Martha V. Klybert (nee Vacha), 86, of LaGrange and formerly of Brookfield, Riverside and St. Petersburg, Florida, died Sept. 8, 2021. Ms. Klybert was born in Chicago to the late John G. Vacha Jr. and Martha T. Vacha, (nee Kratochvil). She graduated from St. Petersburg High School in 1952 and studied at St. Petersburg Junior College, Eastern Illinois and Elmhurst College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in education and 36 graduate hours. She taught at Scott School in Melrose Park for 25 years. Martha loved her family, friends, teaching, travel, literature, music and art. Ms. Klybert was the mother of Lynette (Hollis) Hutto of St. Petersburg and Diana (dear friend Eric York) Klybert of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; the grandmother of Kevin (Pilar Smith) Plaiske of Tarpon Springs, Florida; the great grandmother of Jacob and Diego Plaiske; the divorced wife of Douglas Klybert; the sister of John (dear friend Sunda Ingersol) Vacha; the sister-in-law of Arlene (the late Douglas) Wade of Texas; and the aunt of Paula Scott, Steven Wade and Keith Wade. Martha would like to extend a special thank you to her friends who were always the wind beneath her wings, Norma and Jacque Novak of Darien; Steve (Jackie),

Mike and Steffany Orech of Brookfield; Debbie Brancato of Brookfield and others now moved throughout the U.S. and deceased. Services have been held. Interment was at Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago. Hitzeman Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements. You can send sympathy cards to the family to Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St., Brookfield, 60513, c/o Lynette Hutto or Diana Klybert.

Frances M. Ostler, 58 Nursing assistant Frances M. Ostler (nee Levato), 58, of Cicero, died Sept. 3, 2021. Ms. Ostler was a nursing assistant in the healthcare industry. She was the wife of William Ostler; the mother of Stephanie (Jose) Magallon, Kelly Ostler and Emily Ostler; the grandmother of David, Hailey and William Magallon; the sister of Ann Franklin, Joseph (Angela) Levato and Theresa (Joseph) Romano; and the aunt of many nieces and nephews. Services have been held. Interment was private. Hitzeman Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements. You can send sympathy cards to the family to Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St., Brookfield, 60513, c/o Frances M. Ostler family.

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BUYER Larocco, Joe Stephani, Edward Jeffrey Busse, Matthew R Baisden, Megan A Kneer, Kathleen R Ortega, Brian Safe And Sound Investments LLC Martinez, Rafael Bucio Mike, Brian Turczak, Matthew C Stevens, Joseph Heidt, Kelly Kent, Taylor Seymour, Joseph F Diaz, Omar A Duncan, Jovanta Leung, Sarah M Kinser, Ralph Cassell, Christopher Feczko, Susan L St Nikola Serbian Orthodox Ch Gonzalez, Andrew Cortes I Hovar, Samantha Osterman, Jessica Schick, Meghan E Filip Services Inc Guzman, Antonio Armbruster, Karl Pulido, Patricia Moron, Jonathan Plioplys, Rasa O Buczynski, Marek Nelson, Bradley P Jr Kokoszka, Amanda Bertucci, Amy Sosin, Nathan Alexander Granados, Jose G Junia, Christine Sloan, Lynsey M Healy, Pamela Lambert, Jake Ryan Rodriguez, Diana B O’Rourke, Murphy M Volland, Carl O Jasien, Leo

159 Bloomingbank Rd., Riverside ADDRESS

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4154 Oak Ave. 3612 Woodside Ave.

$300,000 $392,000

7/16/2021 7/01/2021

Soukup, Zak Benedetto, John

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Rodriguez, Porfirio Watkins, Danielle Charniece

4018 Blanchan Ave.

$40,000

7/27/2021

Mya Grp LLC

Twistar Grp LLC

7222 Cermak Rd. 2337 15th Ave. 2251 Park Ave. 2429 Northgate Ave. 2511 Burr Oak Ave. 2510 Hainsworth Ave. 2257 Desplaines Ave. 2216 10th Ave. 2520 Burr Oak Ave. 2232 Park Ave. 2309 7th Ave. 2229 Northgate Ave. 2216 17th Ave.

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2201 Hainsworth Ave.

$314,000

7/20/2021

Walinski, Jessica

Andeino, Nancy

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RBHS boys cross country eyes top 3 state finish Bulldogs’ Proteau, Marrs lay down marker at tough Peoria invite By BILL STONE Contributing Reporter

Senior Paul Proteau and sophomore Cooper Marrs are just two reasons the RiversideBrookfield High School boys cross country team has big-time goals. That success will occur again in IHSA Class 2A. Briefly during the preseason, the Bulldogs were listed as moving up to Class 3A for the largest enrollment schools. When the IHSA discovered an error involving some enrollment totals, RBHS returned to 2A. “Honestly [after that], there was a little bit of motivation,” Marrs said. “Because we’re 2A, we really have an end-of-the-season goal that we want to achieve of at least [top-three] podium-ing in the state.” The Bulldogs showed they’re among the contenders on Sept. 11 after finishing fourth in the Class 2A race at the First to the Finish Invitational at Peoria’s Detweiller Park, the annual site of the state meet. Marrs (15:05.8) and Proteau (15:22.8) placed third and fifth, respectively, on the 3-mile course in a 55–team field with six of the topseven ranked teams by MileSplit IL or ILXCTF. com. The websites rank RBHS No. 5 and 7, respectively. “This race we definitely paid a lot of attention to. We were just really looking forward to this and were ready to go,” Proteau said. “I think state at the 3A level would have been challenging but I have been in this for three

ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer

RBHS cross country runners Paul Proteau (left) and Cooper Marrs placed fifth and third, respectively, at the prestigious First to the Finish Invite in Peoria on Sept. 11, leading the Bulldogs to a fourth place overall finish. years. I know we’re up for a challenge [in 2A].” Thanks to each other, Marrs and Proteau have seen significant progress. They could give the Bulldogs multiple top-25, individual all-staters for the first time since 1973, when RBHS finished a program-best second in what was then a one-class state meet. “Cooper challenges me a lot. He motivates and pushes me. He’s made me a better runner and he’s definitely made me a better teammate,” Proteau said. “I couldn’t ask for a better right-hand man. We’ve had that quiet competition. We have

ever since the first day of the 2020 season. He’s a very good person and a terrific athlete.” Due to COVID-19, there was no 2020 IHSAsanctioned state cross country meet. At the ShaZam Championships, an unofficial inviteonly event with most of the state’s top-rated performers, Proteau was 10th and Marrs 23rd in Division II. In June, both qualified for the IHSA Class 3A state track meet in the 1,600-meter run. Proteau (13th, 4:20.76) and Marrs (20th, 4:25.35) both posted personal bests. “The mile times we put down in track really

gave me some goals to look at,” said Marrs, who hopes to break 15 minutes by the state meet on Nov. 6. “It’s been great to have Paul. I don’t think I’d be anywhere close to the times I have without training with him every day and racing against him,” Marrs said. “It’s just his dedication he puts in every single day. He’s probably the hardest worker. I can’t ask for a better teammate.” Sophomore Jack O’Brien (19th, 16:03.1) also earned a top-50 medal in Peoria. RBHS’ No. 4 and 5 finishers were sophomores Hayden Marrs (59th, 16:35.4), Cooper’s brother, and William Kallas (135th, 17:31.3) in his varsity debut. On Sept. 4, the Bulldogs were fifth as the best 2A finisher at Lyons Township’s Mike Kuharic Invite. Marrs (15:40.7) and Proteau (15:54.1) were fifth and 10th in the 5-kilometer race. First-year head coach Jack Brady retired seven years ago after being Glenbard East’s head coach for 33 years. He was hired days before the official start of the season after Anthony Enright accepted a full-time teaching and coaching position closer to home at Marian Central Catholic in Woodstock. Brady was asked about coaching by O’Brien’s father, a longtime friend. “It kind of moved pretty quickly,” Brady said. “They’re some really hard workers and there’s some talent involved as well. I would say the kids have pretty high expectations.” The RBHS boys and girls play host to their annual invitational Saturday. The girls team finished 20th in Peoria and 10th at the LTHS invite. Junior Bryce Pacourek was sixth at LTHS and 26th in Peoria (19:13.0), followed by sophomores Lily Kocourek (107th, 20:45.5) and Maria Dalton (109th, 20:47.4).

Hinsdale Central continues its mastery over LTHS

Red Devils’ 35-16 win is eighth straight over Lions By BILL STONE Contributing Reporter

When Lyons Township High School senior linebacker John Tobin intercepted the football deflected by lineman Sumner Julian early in the second quarter Friday at Hinsdale Central, it looked to be a good omen. It was one of a couple of big plays for the Lions in their West Suburban Conference Silver Division opener, but they couldn’t sustain the momentum.

LTHS (1-2) lost 35-16 after training 35-10 at halftime when the Red Devils (2-1) scored 21 points in the final three minutes of the second quarter. The last two touchdowns followed turnovers in LTHS territory. “We just have to work on bending but not breaking. You get put in a tough position, we’ve got to do the best we can to get off the field,” Tobin said. “The first three games, this game specifically, the second half I thought we played a lot better. We’re so tense in the beginning of games. We’re so hyped up. We’re so in with the crowd. We’ve got to relax. We’re a great defense. We fly around. We’re fast. We just have to get to playing how we know best.” The Lions lost to their rivals for the eighth

straight season following their 31-10 defeat to complete last season’s abbreviated campaign in the spring. “I know our guys played hard. I know it means a lot to them,” LTHS coach Jon Beutjer said. “We prepared and we thought we had a really good chance to beat [Hinsdale Central], but I think when you turn the ball over that much [it’s harder]. And hats off to them. They had a good game plan.” The Red Devils scored on the opening possession, but the Lions responded in a big way when senior quarterback Joey Antonietti darted 62 yards to the 14-yard line. Antonietti scored from the 2 and Lions tied the game 7-7. However, Thomas Skokna returned the

ensuing kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown that put the Red Devils ahead for good. Tobin’s interception led to Marko Dubak’s 28-yard field goal that cut the deficit to 14-10. But, the Red Devils answered with a 23-yard touchdown drive after an end zone punt and two more quick scores after a fumble recovery at the Lions’ 25 and a 34-yard interception return to the 6. Antonietti rushed for 127 yards and passed for 95. Noah Pfafflin (46 yards) and Cullen McManaman (26 yards) caught four passes. Danny Pasko added an 8-yard touchdown run with 5:23 left. Reserve quarterback Aidan Sullivan completed passes of 12 and 27 yards during the 73-yard drive.

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

• English Language Learner Teacher (Lincoln Elementary School) • Physical Education Part-time Teacher (Lincoln Elementary School) For detailed qualifications requirements and job duties, please visit our website at www.district90.org/about/employment for our complete list of employment opportunities. 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.

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Local company looking for part time driver/warehouse. Must be drug free & have valid IL DL. Must be able to lift 75lb. $13/hr Email resume to HR@SIEVERTELECTRIC.COM

PAID-ON-CALL FIREFIGHTER Job Title: Paid-on-Call Firefighter Description: The Village of Riverside Fire Department is seeking applicants for the position of Paidon-Call Firefighter. Additional Status Information: This is not a full-time position. Qualifications: - In good physical condition - Reside within 1.5 miles of the boundaries of the Village of Riverside at time of appointment - Be 18 years of age at the time of application - Possess a high school diploma or GED - Possess a valid driver’s license with a good driving record Miscellaneous Applications are reviewed in October 2021. Application deadline is Friday, October 8th, 2021. The Village of Riverside is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Hephzibah Children’s Association offers after school day care on site at each of the Oak Park elementary schools. The Day Care Program is accepting applications for a Site Supervisor for the 2021-2022 school year to provide supervision to childcare staff as well as care and supervision of 5-11-year-old children. Regular days and hours are Monday through Friday from 2:30 - 6:00 PM, Wednesday 1:30 – 6:00 PM. Additional hours on school closing days, in coordination with the school district calendar. May work other hours during school holidays and for staff meetings. Associate degree in child development or early childhood education, or the equivalent in child development or education desired. Previous experience working with children required. Program starts mid-August and runs through the school year. Additional hours for staff meetings and on school closing days in coordination with the school district calendar.

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The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Budget and Revenue Analyst in the Development Customer Service Department. This position will Serve the public with professional administrative and analytical duties in the areas of budget preparation, purchasing, payroll, data analysis and process improvement. Provides, prepares and maintains records, and financial and statistical reports and analysis which assist in the Village’s ability to improve business processes and gain efficiencies through better use of technology. Budget duties include assisting in the development, analysis and application of performance measures with regard to Village services and resources; preparing, modifying, tracking and monitoring Village expenses and transfers; and conducting budget-related research and analysis. 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. First review of applications September 24, 2021.

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ITEMS FOR SALE PIANO FOR SALE

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS AND INVITATION FOR BIDS VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD WATER METER UPGRADE PROJECT

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING VILLAGE OF OAK PARK ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING DATE: October 6, 2021 TIME: 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the Agenda permits CALENDAR NUMBER: 15-21-Z APPLICATION: The Zoning Board of Appeals (“Board”) will conduct a public meeting on a special use permit application filed by the Applicant, Ruth Dorsey, to operate a massage service establishment, pursuant to Section 8.3 (“Table 8-1: Use Matrix) of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance at the property located at 816 S. Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois, Property Index Number 16-18-224-005-0000, in the NC Neighborhood Commercial Zoning District. A copy of the application and applicable documents are on file and are available for inspection at Village Hall, Development Customer Services Department, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The Board will conduct the public meeting remotely with live audio

available and optional video. The meeting will be streamed live and archived online for on-demand viewing at www.oak-park.us/ commissiontv as well as cablecast on VOP-TV, which is available to Comcast subscribers on channel 6 and ATT U-Verse subscribers on channel 99. The remote public meeting is authorized pursuant to Section 7(e) of the Open Meetings Act. The Village President has determined that an in-person public meeting is not practical or prudent due to the COVID-19 outbreak during Governor JB Pritzker’s current disaster proclamation. It is also not feasible to have a person present at the public meeting due to public safety concerns related to the COVID-19 outbreak. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at the public meeting. Interested persons may provide written evidence, testimony and public comment on the application by email to Zoning@ oak-park.us or by drop off in the Oak Park Payment Drop Box across from the main entrance to Village

Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, to be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 6, 2021. An individual’s name and their testimony or comment will be read aloud into the record at the public meeting if received no later than 30 minutes prior to the start of the public meeting. Interested persons may also sign up to participate in the meeting to cross examine the applicant and its witnesses, present evidence, testimony or public comment by emailing Zoning @oak-park.us before 5:00 PM on the day prior to the public meeting to sign up. Individuals who sign up to participate in this manner will receive an email from Village staff with information about how to join the meeting online through Zoom web-conference means or by phone. The public meeting may be adjourned by the Board to another date without further notice by public announcement at the meeting setting forth the time and place thereof.

Published in Wednesday Journal September 15, 2021

RECEIPT OF BIDS The Village of Brookfield will receive sealed proposals for the Water Meter Upgrade Project until 11:00 A.M. Central Time, Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at the Office of the Village Manager. Bids will be opened and read in the Edward Barcall Hall in the Municipal Building, located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois, on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at 11:00 A.M., Central Time. The Project includes upgrading approximately 6,771 water meters and other related work. CONTRACT DOCUMENTS Electronic copies of the bidding documents are available from the office of the Municipal Engineer, Edwin Hancock Engineering Co., via email request to info@ehancock.com. A non-refundable fee of Thirty dollars ($30.00) will be required. No bidding documents will be issued after 4:00 P.M. on Thursday, September 23, 2021. Bid proposals must be submitted on the forms provided. Only contractors that have been issued bidding documents by Hancock Engineering Company, the Village Engineer, will be allowed to submit proposals. 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 of the requirements for 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 Village of Brookfield will, in no case be responsible for any costs, expenses, losses or changes in anticipated profits resulting from such failure or neglect of the bidder. The bidder shall not take advantage of any error or omission in the plans or proposal. Sealed envelopes or packages containing bids shall be addressed to the Village Manager and plainly marked “Village of Brookfield – Water Meter Upgrade Project” on the outside of the envelope. QUESTIONS, CHANGES, CLARIFICATIONS Any questions that arise must be made in writing and shall be directed by electronic mail to Carl Muell, Director of Public Works, Village of Brookfield at cmuell@brookfieldil.gov. The written questions, along with the Village’s response, shall be circulated to all known potential bidders without identifying the party submitting the questions. The cut-off for receipt of additional questions shall be 12:00 Noon, Central Time on Friday, September 24, 2021, in order to facilitate preparation of any addenda. No inquiry received after that time will be given consideration. Replies and/or addenda will be mailed and faxed to all known potential contractors by 4:00 P.M., Central Time on Monday, September 27, 2021. Receipt of any addenda must be acknowledged in writing as part of the Bidder’s Proposal. Bidders shall be responsible for ensuring that they have received any and all addenda. The Village of Brookfield shall not assume responsibility for the receipt by the Bidder of any addenda. BID SECURITY Each proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty in the form of a bid bond, executed by a corporate surety company, a bank cashier’s check or a certified check payable to the “Village of Brookfield” for not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the proposal. The proposal guaranty checks of all, except the two responsive, responsible proposers which the Village determines in its sole discretion to be the proposers with whom the Village desires to commence negotiations for a contract, will be returned after the proposals have been checked and tabulated. The proposal guaranty checks of the two responsive, responsible proposers will be returned after the contract and the contract bond of the successful proposer have been properly executed and approved. Bid bonds will not be returned. RIGHT TO REJECT BIDS The Village of Brookfield reserves the right to waive technicalities and to reject any and all proposals for any reason deemed in the best interest of the Village of Brookfield.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING VILLAGE OF OAK PARK ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING DATE: October 6, 2021 TIME: 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the Agenda permits CALENDAR NUMBER: 16-21-Z

123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

APPLICATION: The Zoning Board of Appeals (“Board”) will conduct a public meeting on an application filed by the Applicant, Ryan D’Aprile, seeking a variance from Section 8.3 (Table 8-1: Use Matrix) of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance, which section prohibits office uses from being located within the first 50 feet of the street lot line at grade level or on the ground floor of any building within the DT-1 and DT-2 Sub-Districts of Downtown, to allow D’Aprile Properties LLC, a full-service Residential Real Estate Company (office use) on the ground floor within 50 feet of a street line at the premises commonly known as 193 N. Marion Street, Oak Park, Illinois, Property Index Number 16-07-118-0500000 in the DT Downtown Zoning District.

The Board will conduct the public meeting remotely with live audio available and optional video. The meeting will be streamed live and archived online for on-demand viewing at www.oak-park.us/ commissiontv as well as cablecast on VOP-TV, which is available to Comcast subscribers on channel 6 and ATT U-Verse subscribers on channel 99. The remote public meeting is authorized pursuant to Section 7(e) of the Open Meetings Act. The Village President has determined that an in-person public meeting is not practical or prudent due to the COVID-19 outbreak during Governor JB Pritzker’s current disaster proclamation. It is also not feasible to have a person present at the public meeting due to public safety concerns related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

A copy of the application and applicable documents are on file and are available for inspection at Village Hall, Development Customer Services Department,

All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at the public meeting. Interested persons may provide written evidence, testimony and public Published in Wednesday Journal September 15, 2021

comment on the application by email to Zoning@oak-park.us or by drop off in the Oak Park Payment Drop Box across from the entrance to Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, to be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 6, 2021. An individual’s name and their testimony or comment will be read aloud into the record at the public meeting if received no later than 30 minutes prior to the start of the public meeting. Interested persons may also participate in the meeting to cross examine the applicant and its witnesses, present evidence, testimony or public comment by emailing Zoning @oak-park.us before 5:00 PM on the day prior to the public hearing to sign up. Individuals who sign up to participate in this manner will receive an email from Village staff with information about how to join the meeting online through Zoom web-conference means or by phone. The public meeting may be adjourned by the Board to another date without further notice by public announcement at the meeting setting forth the time and place thereof.

AWARD OF CONTRACT Unless all bids are rejected, the contract award will be made to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder that the Village of Brookfield in its sole discretion determines to be in the best interest of the Village. In determining who the lowest responsive, responsible bidder is, the Village of Brookfield will consider all factors that it, in its discretion, deems relevant in determining who the lowest responsive, responsible bidder is. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS The general prevailing rate of wages in Cook County, Illinois, for each craft or type of worker or mechanic needed to execute the contract or perform the work, also the general prevailing rate for legal holiday and overtime work, as ascertained by the Illinois Department of Labor, shall be paid for each craft or type of worker needed to execute the contract or to perform the work. Work performed under this contract shall be in accordance with Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (Illinois Compiled Statutes, Ch. 820, Act 130, Sections 1-12), Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works Act (Illinois Compiled Statutes, Ch. 30, Act 570, Sections 1-7), Drug Free Workplace Act (Illinois Compiled Statutes, Ch. 30, Act 580, Sections 1-11). Village of Brookfield, Illinois Timothy C. Wiberg, Village Manager Published in RB Landmark September 15, 2021

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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. To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll free at: 1-800-669-9777.

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE

STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT COOK COUNTY.

Request of SANDRA ANNE CASTILLO-MEZA Case Number. 2021CONC001308

Request of VICTOR CRISTIAN ENCISO Case Number. 2021CONC001309

There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: SANDRA ANNE CASTILLO-MEZA to the new name of: SANDRA MEZA

There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: VICTOR CRISTIAN ENCISO to the new name of: VICTOR CRISTIAN CASTILLO-MEZA

The court date will be held: On November 19, 2021 at 10:30am at VIA ZOOM- Meeting ID: 958 9492 1843/Password: 226532 Cook in Courtroom # 1707 Published in Wednesday Journal September 8, 15, 22, 2021

The court date will be held: On December 6, 2021 at 9:00am at VIA ZOOM- Meeting ID: 965 2561 6475/Password: 553663 Cook in Courtroom # 1704 Published in Wednesday Journal September 8, 15, 22, 2021

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205 E Quincy St, Riverside $290,000

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7401 N Sheridan Rd, #401, Chicago $279,000

500 Phillips Ct, Lombard $279,900

84 Riverside Rd, Riverside $2,100,000

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312 Downing Rd, Riverside $899,000

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3125 Madison Ave, Brookfield $334,900

9841 S Hoyne Ave, Chicago $529,000

3137 Kenilworth Ave, Berwyn $329,000

229 Park Ave, #308, Clarendon Hills $3,125/mo

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