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Riverside Library eyes more lower-level improvements Village board allows library to keep $248,000 balance of $1.5 million bond issue

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By BOB UPHUES Editor

Riverside Public Library officials will press ahead with further capital improvements next year after village trustees on Oct. 6 voted unanimously to allow the library to keep nearly $250,000 left over from a $1.5 million bond issuance used to complete a comprehensive renovation of the building’s lower level.

After voters approved a referendum in 2020, the village oversaw the bond issuance which included an agreement that if there was any money left over when the renovation was complete,

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Wright Building Conservancy honors Riverside couple Owners of Coonley House’s south wing to receive Spirit Award

By LACEY SIKORA Contributing Reporter

Next week, the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy will be hosting its annual conference in Chicago. Running from Oct. 19 through Oct. 23, this year’s theme is “The Progressive City,” reflecting the spirit of the city around 1900 when Wright was gaining notoriety in the Chicago area.

“Wright was working at a time in Chicago when there were so many ideas about living in a city that were taking hold,” said Barbara Gordon, executive director of the conservancy.

From progressive reforms addressing social inequality and public health crises to lack of access to education, nature and affordable housing, the conference’s education sessions will focus on the efforts of Wright, his peers and his collaborators to improve the city through innovations in architecture, urban planning, parks, public health, education, social services and housing.

During the gala, the Wright Spirit Award Winners will be presented, with one being presented to Riverside resident Fanie Greef, who with his late husband, John Farneda, rescued and renovated the south wing of the main home at Wright’s sprawling Coonley Estate, which had been subdivided into several separate residences in the 1950s.

The home was originally designed for Avery Coonley and his wife Queene Ferry Coonley from 1908 to 1912 and set on a 10-acre parcel at the southern tip of Riverside.

The south wing had been vacant for several years, was in poor condition and had been damaged by vandals who had gained entry to the home at one point. Greef and Farneda

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Fanie Greef (left) and his late husband, John Farneda, purchased the south wing of the Coonley House in 2015 and restored Wright’s neglected Prairie-style masterpiece guided by the original blueprints and historic photographs. purchased the property in 2015.

“It was abandoned,” Greef said. “There were a lot of problems.”

Chief among these was a leaking roof, and clogged gutters and downspouts, which were causing serious water damage inside the historic home.

After Greef and Farneda completed a historically accurate replacement of the roof and gutter system, they turned their attention to the rest of the house, replacing the plumbing system and knob-and-tube wiring and repairing stucco and damaged wood trim.

Working with original blueprints and old photographs, they also restored the primary suite’s fireplace to what it looked like originally, and Greef says they tackled the upkeep and maintenance needed to protect the home’s 108 fragile art-glass windows.

“It was a labor of love,” Greef said. “It’s

been an honor to work on this house. John and I were able to see the potential of this house. We loved the lines of this house and the connection to Frank Lloyd Wright, but we knew it was not just about our love of the house. It was about stewardship and doing this for future generations.”

Greef says winning the award is “a total honor” and lamented that Farneda, who died in 2021, is not there to see the accolades for their years of meticulous restoration. In 2017, the Frederick Law Olmsted Society presented the couple with its Restoration Award for the work they completed on the once-endangered home.

Gordon said Greef and Farneda, as well as the other award winners, were worthy of accolades.

“Normally, we are looking at extraordinary effort in preservation,” Gordon said.

“For instance, in the professional category, these are people who have a huge portfolio of working on Wright properties around the country. For the private owners, these are often people who took a difficult situation and invested their time, talent and treasure to preserve a Wright home.”

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BIG WEEK

New art at Riverside Town Hall

Riverside Arts Center presents the exhibition “The Art of Seeing,” featuring the work of Shilin Hora through Dec. 29 in the lobby of the Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road in Riverside.

Hora explores ideas about our relationship to place and the natural environment through installations, prints and sculpture. She is widely known for her botanical boxes, inspired by natural history museum displays and 19th-century cases used by botanists to import foreign plant species to Europe.

Viewing hours are Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Shilin Hora, “Michigan Lakehouse Tour,” 2022, Botanical box.

Midwest seeds harvested from highlighted city locations, Lake Michigan black sand, dandelion thread, reclaimed wood frame, 22.5by- 18.5-by-4 inches

Chalk it up during Oak-tober

FLOS presents ‘At Home in Chicago’

Pitch in at Project NICE Join the Brookfield Beautification Commission and help beautify the village’s parks and public spaces during its fall Project NICE on Oct. 15 from 8:30 to noon.

Meet at the Kiwanis Park pavilion (Arden and Brookfield avenues) at 8:30 a.m. to pick up a worksite assignment, gloves and a free T-shirt. You’ll weed and plant in garden beds, mulch trees, pick up small branches, sweep walkways, pick up litter and other tasks.

Volunteers under 18 years of age who are not part of a pre-registered group must bring a waiver signed by a parent or guardian. Visit brookfieldil.gov/local-government/bbc for more.

And more Tallgrass Sudbury School, 85 Kimbark Road in Riverside, is hosting a play day for children ages 2-6 on Oct. 13 from 10 a.m. to noon. Parents can use these hours to enjoy coffee with friends, run errands, or just enjoy time to themselves.

They are also welcome to stay. RSVP at tinyurl. com/25255b6h.

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The Frederick Law Olmsted Society hosts the presentation “At Home in Chicago: A Living History of Domestic Architecture” on Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road.

PATRICK CANNON Author Patrick F. Cannon and photographer James Caufield, who combined to publish the book “At Home in Chicago,” will present an inside look at some of the Chicago area’s most distinctive and architecturally significant residences, including the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Coonley Estate in Riverside.

of Riverside will hold a Landscape Workday on Oct. 15 from 9 a.m. to noon on Longcommon Road (exact location TBD). Come for as long as you like. Supervised children welcome. Bring work gloves and a water bottle. All other supplies and snacks provided.

Look for the public works dump truck.

Brookfield Zoo, 8400 31st St., hosts its annual Boo! at the Zoo event on Oct. 15-16 and 22-23. The Halloween-themed event features photo opportunities throughout the park, a corn maze and giant ■

The Riverside Landscape Advisory Commission invites kids and adults alike to get acquainted with the village’s trees through “Chalk It Up for Oak-tober” this month.

To participate, pick up a bag with chalk and directions at the Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, locate your favorite parkway tree in the online tree viewer, type the address into the viewer and draw your tree and some info about it on the sidewalk.

Take a picture of your art and send it by Oct. 31 to LAC@ riverside.il.us or post to Facebook and Instagram using the hashtag #RSideOaktoberChalk2022. All posts must be public to be entered into the contest.

inflatables. Kids receive a sweet treat as they exit.

Regular zoo admission and parking rates apply. Visit CZS.org/booatthezoo for more.

The Brookfield Chamber of Commerce continues its 60-to-Win raffle drawings every Thursday through Nov. 17 at 4:30 p.m. at Joe’s Saloon, 9220 47th St. in Brookfield. You can also watch a livestream on the Brookfield Chamber of Commerce Facebook page (facebook.com/BrookfieldIllinois).

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Lions Club Candy Days

Riverside Township Lions Club volunteers will be out on street corners and in shopping areas, giving away candy and accepting donations to benefit their charitable initiatives, during Lions Candy Days on Oct. 13-14.

Held each year nationwide, the event raises more than $1 million annually to help visually and hearing-impaired individuals, including screenings, eyeglass collection drives and Camp Lions for children and adults. presents “Semblance: Unfolded and Brought to Life,” by Chicago photographers Alice Hargrave and Barbara Diener in the Freeark Gallery and “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. Visit riversideartscenter.com for more.

The Brookfield Farmers Market wraps up its season Oct. 15 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave. ■

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Tom-n-Lou’s owner says property could be redeveloped Village pulls liquor license, ending video gambling concept

cludes Ogden Avenue from Custer Avenue to Deyo Avenue. The zoning code allows a wide variety of commercial uses for the site.

Emily Egan, the village’s community development director, said a strictly residential project in the C-1 district would require a zoning variance, although multifamily residenBy BOB UPHUES tial would be allowed as part of a mixed-use Editor development.

“To get that site to where that would be When Lacey Mizell opened Tom-n-Lou’s 34 Drive-In in February 2021, she knew running feasible, it’d be quite an investment, but I’m a successful restaurant out of the 700-square- happy to talk about it with her,” Egan said.

Fairly early on, Mizell made it clear what foot space at 8819 Ogden Ave. was she really wanted to make Tomgoing to be a tall order. n-Lou’s work as a profitable But she also knew the Ogden business was a license for video Avenue corridor brought tens of gambling machines, something thousands of vehicles past the Brookfield allows in restaurants building each day and that the and bars that have held a liquor restaurant probably wouldn’t be license for a year. what eventually would succeed She got that liquor license in there. late June 2021. At the time, she Last week, Mizell told the Landtold the Landmark, “I would like mark that after getting a clear LACEY MIZELL to make it a cool lounge area, a message from the village that her hip spot to do gaming.” wish to obtain a video gambling Mizell then almost immediately closed license was not going to be granted, she may look at demolishing the existing building and Tom-n-Lou’s for renovation, scaling back the redeveloping the property, ideally as multi- kitchen to allow room up front for video gambling machines. family residential.

The one-year anniversary for Mizell ob“I’m going to pursue a different highest and best use of that property,” said Mizell, who taining a liquor license would have come this hoped to meet with village planning staff in summer. Mizell applied to the Illinois Gaming Board in May for a video gambling license. the near future.

She followed suit in Brookfield in July, and The property at 8819 Ogden Ave. is part of the C-1 commercial zoning district, which in- she had hoped to get before the Brookfield

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Tom-n-Lou’s Drive In, 8819 Ogden Ave., Brookfield Village Board in September or October to put her local application to a vote.

The village, however, has made it clear that’s not going to happen. Since allowing video gambling in 2012, village officials have been clear that they will not allow standalone video gambling cafes.

While gaming cafes are not specifically banned in the village code, any business seeking a video gambling license must operate without one for at least one year after being granted a liquor license, reasoning that a business must be viable without gambling as its primary source of revenue.

In a letter sent to Mizell on Sept. 26, Village President Michael Garvey informed her that because Tom-n-Lou’s had not sold any liquor for more than 30 days, the village had termi-

nated her liquor license for dormancy, effectively killing her gambling license quest.

Mizell says she was never explicitly told that her plan to obtain a video gambling license was fruitless and said she was clear to village officials about her desire to get one.

“It’s been no secret,” Mizell said. “No one said, ‘Don’t waste your time and money on this.’”

Garvey told the Landmark that the village’s position on gaming cafes has been clear. In 2015, village trustees amended the village code to add the one-year wait for new liquor license holders in response to inquiries about opening gambling cafes in vacant storefronts.

“We made it clear that we wanted to limit it,” Garvey said. “We don’t want any storefront type [gambling cafes].”

Mizell said she hoped to continue the process of obtaining a video gambling license from the state, though she’ll have to find another location for that business.

Tom-n-Lou’s has operated sporadically since it closed for renovation in summer 2021.

It reopened with a new menu last April, but hours were irregular, and it eventually gave way. In September, a breakfast/lunch/coffee concept called Kurb, run by one of Mizell’s employees and serving up a vegan menu, started operating out of the space.

Kurb doesn’t appear to have much of a future. After virtually no sales last week, Kurb’s owner was expected to shut down for at least a week to rethink the concept, according to Mizell.

Brookfield trustees OK liquor license for Danny’s Pizza Request breezes through after facing opposition in 2018

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Four years after getting the cold shoulder from the Brookfield Village Board, Mario Zavaleta, the owner of Danny’s Italian Pizza & Beef, was granted a license that allows him to sell beer and wine to customers at his small fast-food stand at 9123 Ogden Ave. The vote by village trustees on Sept. 26 was unanimous as part of the board’s con-

sent agenda and was approved without discussion.

The liquor license allows Danny’s to sell beer and wine for consumption on-premises and they also can sell alcohol to-go in the original packaging.

Zavaleta’s last attempt at obtaining a liquor license didn’t go so smoothly, but the difference this time, according to Village President Michael Garvey is that Zavaleta wasn’t tying the license to also obtaining a video gambling license.

In 2018, Zavaleta told trustees of his request, “That’s why I want it, to have the gambling machines in there.”

But after at least three trustees at that time indicated they wouldn’t support a video gambling license for Danny’s Pizza &

Beef, Zavaleta withdrew the request.

When he and his attorney appeared before the village board at their committee of the whole meeting on Sept. 12, Zavaleta indicated the reason he wanted a liquor license was that some customers were requesting to drink beer with their meals.

Garvey responded that receiving a liquor license was no guarantee of receiving a video gambling license after a year.

“Our policy is not to grant any gaming licenses to anyone unless they’ve had a [liquor license] for at least one year, and that fact that if the board does create a liquor license … doesn’t mean that we’re saying you’re going to get a gaming license down the road,” Garvey said.

That does not mean Zavaleta could not

choose to submit an application for a video gambling license in a year’s time.

La Cabanita awarded state gaming license Meanwhile, another Ogden Avenue eatery, La Cabanita was awarded a video gambling license by the Illinois Gaming Board at their Sept. 15 meeting.

The restaurant’s owner has not yet appeared before the village board to make a pitch to allow machines inside the Mexican restaurant, which has been located at 9438 Ogden Ave. since the 1990s.

The restaurant has had a liquor license since 2005, when it was granted a beer/ wine license.

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Riverside man charged with setting his home on fire Cops: Video, phone records placed owner at scene when blaze started

By BOB UPHUES

reported that the accelerant was a “petroleumbased product.”

Fire destroyed the garage and heavily damaged the ranch-style home, where the floor colA 46-year-old Riverside man remains in cuslapsed into the basement. Firefighters concentody at Cook County Jail after being arrested trated the efforts on making sure a home that last week for allegedly setting fire to his West sits immediately east of the garage did not catch Burlington Street home in March. fire, though that home did sustain some minor A Cook County judge on Oct. 7 set Anthony damage.

Barker’s bond at $150,000 after the Cook County When police first contacted Barker to inform State’s Attorney charged him with two counts him of the fire, he reportedly told them he was of arson. Riverside police arrested Barker on ANTHONY BARKER downstate, but Buckley said police used surveilthe morning of Oct. 6 when he went to the polance camera video and cellphone records to lice station to pick up a copy of the police report place Barker at the scene around the time the fire started. about the fire.

Firefighters responded to Barker’s residence at 170 W. Bur- When police called him that morning, he reportedly was lington St. at 3:40 a.m. on March 19. Riverside Public Safety still in the Riverside area.

Barker purchased the home in 2020 through a corporaDirector Matthew Buckley, who was the first to arrive at the tion called Rekrab LLC, according to Illinois Secretary of scene, said he believed the fire was suspicious immediately.

Both the home and the detached garage were on fire, said State corporation records and Cook County Clerk property Buckley. The side service door to the garage was open and records. That LLC was involuntarily dissolved by the state basement windows of the home were broken, as if someone in October 2021.

The property has been fenced off but remains a ruin as had thrown something through them.

Buckley said he ordered firefighters not to enter the home, the insurance company works through its investigative because the odor of an accelerant was evident. Investigators process.

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The March 19 fire gutted the home at 170 W. Burlington St. (above) and destroyed the detached garage.

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Motorcyclist hurt in crash during police pursuit A 17-year-old boy who attempted to flee a North Riverside police traffic stop on a motorcycle at speeds of up to 90 mph sustained non-life-threatening injuries after being thrown from the motorcycle when it hit a center median while trying to go around downed Canadian National Railroad crossing gates on Desplaines Avenue on Oct. 9 at about 8:15 p.m.

The incident started minutes earlier when an officer on patrol heard squealing tires and saw a “cloud of smoke” coming from the intersection of Cermak Road and Desplaines Avenue. The officer reported seeing a 1988 Suzuki Intruder motorcycle speed eastbound on Cermak Road to Northgate Avenue where it went south and entered an alley.

The motorcycle went east through the alley, blowing two stop signs before heading north on Lathrop Avenue and then east again on Cermak Road.

The police officer caught up to the motorcycle at 26th Street and Harlem Avenue and attempted to make a traffic stop, but the motorcycle again sped away westbound on 26th Street, hitting 90 mph before turning north on Desplaines Avenue where the pursuit ended in the crash.

Paramedics took the driver to Loyola University Medical Center for injuries described as deep contusions and abrasions.

The driver was wearing a helmet, police said. The motorcycle, according to police, was last registered in Colorado in 1999 and the driver did not possess a motorcycle license.

Police charged the driver with fleeing and eluding and about a dozen traffic violations.

Burglary North Riverside police are investigating a residential burglary that took place on Oct. 6, apparently around 1 p.m., at an apartment building in the 2300 block of 17th Avenue.

The victim told police that she arrived home at about 3:35 p.m. and observed damage to her apartment’s door and door frame. Upon entering the apartment, the victim noticed a 50-inch Samsung TV missing from the living room. In her bedroom, another TV had been moved and a dresser rummaged through.

A witness told police she saw a man in the building’s common area around 1 p.m., saying he was there to see the victim. He

went back and forth from the apartment building at least twice the witness said.

The man was described as a Hispanic male in his 20s, about 6-foot-3 with a thin build, a full beard and mustache and wearing a red T-shirt and baseball cap. He reportedly arrived in a newer model, small SUV or van with chrome trim around the windows.

The victim told police she didn’t know anyone matching that description nor how he would have known her name or that she was not at home at the time.

■ North Riverside police were called to North Riverside Park Mall, 7501 Cermak Road, on Oct. 7 at about 10:35 p.m. after a patron at Round One called to report that his vehicle had been burglarized.

The victim told police he had lost his keys while inside Round One at about 10:20 p.m. and notified security. When he went to check on his vehicle in the parking lot, he found it was open and that his new iPhone 12 Pro Max, his car keys and an expired driver’s license were missing.

Theft ■ A resident of the 8600 block of Washington Avenue, Brookfield, called police last week to report that during the overnight hours of Oct. 3-4 someone had entered his possibly unlocked vehicle, which was parked in the driveway, and removed a Glock 42 handgun with an extended clip and loaded with nine rounds.

The handgun, according to the police report, was located under the driver’s seat and not in its gun case. Police reported observing no signs of forced entry to the vehicle.

■ Riverside police responded to a Pine Avenue home on Oct. 6 after a resident called to report that power washing equipment was missing from his backyard.

The victim said two hoses, a sprayer and a circular sprayer attachment were missing. He had last seen them on Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. and noticed them missing them missing the following morning at 7 a.m.

■ A representative from St. Paul VI Parish in Riverside went to police last week to report that three signs placed on the front lawn of St. Mary Church, 126 Herrick Road, on the afternoon of Oct. 1 were taken later that same day.

The signs were in support of the Respect Life movement, according to the police report.

Drone alert Riverside police received a call from Federal Aviation Administration traffic control on Oct. 7 at about 8:10 a.m. that a pilot reported seeing a drone flying in the area of Riverside-Brookfield High School near First Avenue.

A police officer responding to the scene reported not observing any drones in the area during the roughly 15 minutes he re-

mained on scene.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Oct. 3-9, 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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North Riverside trustees OK license plate reader system Flock cameras will be integrated into the company’s nationwide database

By BOB UPHUES Editor

North Riverside trustees on Oct. 3 voted unanimously to waive a formal RFP process and purchase seven automatic license plate reader cameras, which will be placed at high-traffic locations in the village.

The village will pay Atlanta-based Flock Safety $24,950 to purchase the seven Falcon cameras, a total that includes costs for “advanced implementation” of a feature called Flock Safety Advanced Search, which allows police to upload any digital image – including doorbell camera video, closed-circuit TV stills and cellphone pictures – to conduct a vehicle search.

The advanced search function will also allow North Riverside police to access Flock’s entire network of cameras across the area to connect crimes in different locations to a specific vehicle. It also has the ability to determine vehicles traveling together to identify those who may be committing organized crimes, like vehicle thefts and carjackings.

“The importance of these cameras cannot be understated in terms of solving crimes,” said Police Chief Christian Ehrenberg in a phone interview.

Police have used license plate readers to solve numerous crimes, Ehrenberg said, but they’ve also been useful locating missing persons, such as a resident with dementia who drove away from home. License plate readers were able to track her vehicle’s direction of travel to a location out of state.

“We knew where she was going because of license plate readers,” he said.

In addition to the upfront costs to acquire the cameras and associated technology, the village will pay Flock Safety an annual $19,700 subscription service fee that allows the camera system to interface with other databases, like LEADS, where police from across Illinois pool information, and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database, among others.

Ehrenberg said it will likely take a few months before the camera system goes live in North Riverside, since the village may need to get permission from agencies like the Illinois Department of Transportation or private property owners to place cameras on their poles and structures.

Other neighboring communities that have adopted the Flock camera system include Berwyn, Cicero, Oak Park, LaGrange, Broadview and McCook, according to a

bumper stickers, giving police a “vehicle fingerprint.”

The cameras, which can be moved from location to location, can process up to 30,000 vehicles a day. Flock says images are stored for 30 days.

According to a March 2022 report by the American Civil Liberties Union, Flock Safety’s cameras had been installed in roughly 1,400 communities across the country.

The company has also rolled out audiorecording technology, which it markets as a gunshot-detection device, along the lines of the controversial ShotSpotter technology.

Private organizations, such as homeowner associations or neighborhood associations are also able to purchase Flock cameras, which they can then integrate into the overall database, sharing their private information with police. Flock Safety’s aggressive expansion and forays into other technologies is troublesome, according to the ACLU report.

“Those who purchase Flock cameras are effectively buying and installing surveillance devices not just for themselves, but for the authorities as well, adding their cameras to a nationwide network searchable by police,” the ACLU report said.

memo to trustees from Ehrenberg. The technology is also used by Morton High School District 201. Morton West High School in Berwyn sits directly east of North Riverside along Harlem Avenue.

That kind of coverage, said Ehrenberg, will provide North Riverside police immediate notice that a vehicle which may have been involved in a crime was nearby or in town.

“If the plate is put into the system, it kind of gives us an early warning system,” said Ehrenberg. “If there’s a carjacking in Chicago and that car passes into North Riverside, it alerts our officers directly, so they know a vehicle involved in a carjacking just entered the village at Harlem and Cermak.”

Flock has also partnered with Axon, the company North Riverside uses to outfit its police officers with body cameras and its squad cars with dashboard cameras, so the data is integrated.

The small, solar-powered cameras are motion-activated and are not dependent on reflective license plates for information.

The Flock cameras analyze not only license plates (including temporary paper plates), but the state of issuance, a vehicle’s color and make and any objects that also help identify the vehicle, such as roof racks and

Man gets 14 years for 2019 Riverside home invasion Joshua Noah also sentenced in two other unrelated cases

By BOB UPHUES Editor

A Buffalo Grove man charged with multiple felonies for forcing his way into a Riverside home in 2019, kidnapping a man who lived there and then beating him before dumping him in a Chicago alley pleaded guilty Aug. 31 to one count of home invasion and is serving his sentence at Centralia Correctional Center.

Cook County Judge Ramon Ocasio sentenced 25-year-old Joshua Noah to 14 years in prison for home invasion.

Noah was also sentenced to three years for a felony weapons case out of Cicero dating from 2019 and one year for another felony weapons case out of Chicago in

pulling out a gun and firing it 2022. Noah is serving the home into the air in the parking lot. invasion sentence and the 2019 He crashed his vehicle while sentence concurrently, while fleeing the scene and was apthe 2022 sentence will be served prehended by Chicago police, consecutively, according to a who charged him with aggraspokeswoman from the Cook vated unlawful use of a weapCounty State’s Attorney’s Ofon, reckless discharge of a firefice. arm and five weapons-related Noah has been credited with misdemeanors. serving a little more than three On Jan. 25, 2019, Noah and years in Cook County Jail reJOSHUA NOAH two other men forced their way lated to those offenses, meaninto a home on West Quincy ing he’ll be eligible for parole in Street in Riverside to collect on an unpaid January 2027.

In March, Noah was free on bond in the drug debt, police said. The men pistolRiverside case when was last arrested whipped a woman inside the home and kidshortly after becoming irate at a Mexican napped her son, driving off with him in his restaurant on Chicago’s Southwest Side, mother’s car.

The son was later found badly beaten in an alley in the 4300 block of West 47th Street, where he’d been dumped. Riverside police were able to connect Noah to the home invasion using cellphone data and other physical evidence. They took him into custody on Aug. 5, 2020 at the Maybrook courthouse where Noah had appeared that day for a hearing related to a misdemeanor gun offense out of Berwyn.

A grand jury would later charge Noah with six more felonies related to the Riverside case, including kidnapping, vehicular hijacking and armed robbery. In pleading guilty to the home invasion charge and two separate weapons offenses in the other cases, prosecutors agreed to drop the other charges.

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North Riverside hosts catalytic converter marking event Cops hope to deter skyrocketing thefts by spray painting devices

By BOB UPHUES Editor

The North Riverside Police Department is inviting residents to sign up to have their vehicles’ catalytic converters spray painted with heat-resistant paint to make them less attractive to thieves at a special catalytic converter marking event set for Saturday, Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the police department parking lot at 2359 Desplaines Ave. The service is free to North Riverside residents only, vehicles must have a North Riverside vehicle sticker and registration is required.

“The real problem is the unscrupulous junkers who will take these [devices] from the guys stealing them,” said Police Chief Christian Ehrenberg.

By spray painting the word “police” or something similar in brightly colored heatresistant paint, the hope is that it will make those recyclers less prone to take a chance

buying what is likely a stolen catalytic converter.

“The purpose … is to make them have no value,” Ehrenberg said. “If it has the word ‘police’ on it, it’s clear, it makes it harder [for a seller] to deny the fact that they didn’t get it from some place legitimately.”

Ehrenberg said he spoke with a colleague in Evanston, where a similar event was held in the past, and not one of the spraypainted catalytic converters had been removed from a vehicle.

“It’s just like a burglar who sees a sticker outside a house that there’s an alarm system,” Ehrenberg said. “It’s risk versus reward.”

Residents can call 708-762-5431 to receive a time to have their vehicle’s catalytic converter marked. There are 15 spots available in each one-hour block, said Ehrenberg, so the event will be limited to 45 vehicles, unless there’s an overwhelming demand that may lead to extending it by an hour.

Not all cars are susceptible to catalytic converter theft, but some makes and models are widely targeted, including the Toyota Prius, Tundra and Tacoma, Honda Accord and CR-V, Nissan NV 200, GMC Acadia and Terrain, Chevy Equinox and Traverse and Buick Enclave.

Thefts of catalytic converters have spiked this year all over the Chicago area and nationwide as thieves sell off the stolen devices, which reduce motor vehicles’ toxic emissions, to recyclers for quick cash.

According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, thefts of the devices have skyrocketed in the past few years, from about 4,000 in 2019 to more than 52,000 in 2021.

That trend was also reflected locally. According to North Riverside police records, there were 21 catalytic converters stolen in 2020, but only seven came from vehicles parked in residential areas. Fourteen were stolen in one night from vehicles parked outside at the Zeigler Ford car dealership.

There were just 12 total catalytic converters stolen in North Riverside in 2021, but through nine months this year a total of 29 catalytic converters been reported stolen.

Thieves target the devices because they are easy to steal in a short amount of time and because they contain precious metals like palladium and platinum, which are worth thousands of dollars an ounce, and rhodium, which is worth about $20,000 an ounce.

According to the NICB in March, thieves get between $50 and $250 for each device.

“As the value of the precious metals remains high, so do the number of thefts of these devices,” the NICB concluded in a March report. “There is a clear connection between times of crisis, limited resources, and disruption of the supply chain that drives these thefts.

Catalytic converters are also expensive to replace, costing victims $1,000 to $3,000 depending on their insurance coverage, NICB reported.

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Riverside tries again for downtown streetscape grant Village failed to land funds in 2020 for Riverside Road, East Quincy St.

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Riverside officials will take another stab at obtaining grant funding through the state of Illinois to complete the third phase of a project to improve the streetscape in the village’s downtown.

On Oct. 6, village trustees voted unanimously to officially ratify the submission of an application seeking a $693,000 grant through the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program (ITEP) to fund 75 percent of the cost to improve 700 feet of streetscape on both sides of East Quincy Street east of Riverside Road with decorative brick paver sidewalks and 190 feet of streetscape on the east side of Riverside Road south of East Quincy Street with brick pavers, raised planting beds and new

trees.

The estimated total cost for the improvements is about $924,000, leaving the village to fund the remaining 25 percent or $231,000.

Illinois is making $125 million in grant funding available through ITEP this year, with a maximum request of $3 million per project. ITEP grants are reimbursable,

meaning municipalities must pay for the work up front.

The ITEP funds come from a combination of federal and state sources. The last time Illinois made ITEP grant funding available was in 2020. Riverside submitted a grant application at that time for the Quincy Street/Riverside Road streetscape project, but the village was not awarded

one.

Since that time, the estimated cost of construction has gone up by 15 percent.

The village estimated the total cost for the Quincy Street/Riverside Road work at $803,000 in 2020, with the village’s share of the cost coming around $161,000.

The state will review grant applications through the next six months and announce grant awards in spring 2023.

Riverside began making over the streetscape in its downtown business district in 2016, when the village used ITEP and a federal street improvement grant to overhaul the streetscape along East Burlington Street and Longcommon Road north of the tracks.

That was followed in 2019 by a streetscape improvement project along Riverside Road south of the railroad to East Quincy Street.

That effort included making over the area immediately in front of the train station along Bloomingbank Road and creating a brick paver plaza area east of the train platform with bike racks and a large raised planting bed.

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Referendum asks voters to hike levy for Forest Preserves County agency seeks $43.5M in funding for preservation efforts

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

A referendum question will appear on the ballot in November that is as unassuming as the wetlands and prairies and woodlands many commuters pass by without so much as a nod.

The Nov. 8 ballot measure will ask voters in Cook County if they’d be willing to increase their property taxes so that the Forest Preserve District of Cook County — which is tasked with protecting nearly 70,000 acres of natural and recreational land across the county — might bring in another $43.5 million a year in revenue.

More than 300 miles of trails, 40 lakes and ponds, 274 picnic groves, 10 golf courses, the Chicago Botanic Garden and Brookfield Zoo are located on the district’s property.

If the referendum passes, the average homeowner in the county would pay an additional $1.50 per month toward the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, according to informational material the district has created ahead of the referendum.

Homeowners already pay an average of $3 to $4 a month toward the district. According to the Forest Preserves’ 2021 budget documents, the owner of a median-priced home pays $35 to $45 a year toward the Forest Preserve, depending on the municipality they live in. Less than 1 percent of a homeowner’s property tax bill goes to the Forest Preserve District.

The referendum question comes as the district has noticed an unprecedented number of visitors to their various properties, mostly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which made access to the outdoors much more critical.

“Trail Watch volunteers reported nearly twice as many trail users in 2020 from March through August than in 2019,” according to

Forest Preserve District budget documents.

The increased demand for outdoor spaces is also happening as the Forest Preserve District shoulders a heavy pension obligation and a laundry list of deferred maintenance projects.

If the referendum passes, about 21 percent of the anticipated $43.5 million of additional revenue would go toward paying pension obligations, 17 percent will go toward acquiring new open land and 14 percent will go toward ecological restoration, among other areas.

Brookfield Zoo will get 9 percent, or an extra $4 million a year, to fund urgent capital work, such as building and storm water mitigation initiatives.

Benjamin Cox, the executive director of the Friends of the Forest Preserves, a nonprofit that advocates for forest preserves in Cook County, said there’s a coalition of roughly 170 institutions, including museums and nonprofits like his, that are educating the public about the referendum, which could be the most significant since the one in 1914 that created the Forest Preserve District.

“If these lands are to survive, we’ve got to make them as healthy as possible,” Cox said. “The more we can do to get invasive species out and native species in and ecosystems thriving the better. And when they’re healthier they do a better job of cooling and cleaning the air, cooling and cleaning water and slowing water down.”

Cox said the additional funds will be a serious shot in the arm for the Forest Preserve District, whose total budget last year was about $130 million, with about $63 million going toward general operating expenses.

Cox said the coalition and other referendum advocates have bought ad spots on TV and radio. The Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune have endorsed the ballot measure, which has garnered largely bipartisan support.

The Cook County Board of Commissioners, which also comprises the Forest Preserve District board, voted unanimously last year to place the referendum on the ballot.

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OBITUARIES

Rev. James Beath, 69 Former St. Barbara Parish assistant pastor

Rev. James D. Beath, 69, associate pastor of Divine Savior Parish in Norridge and formerly an assistant pastor at St. Barbara Parish in Brookfield, died Sept.

29, 2022.

Father Beath was born on Sept. 3, 1953, in Chicago. He attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, Niles College in Niles and the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein.

He was ordained to the priesthood on May 9, 1979, by Cardinal John Cody and celebrated his first solemn Mass on May 20 of the same year at St. Benedict Parish in Chicago.

Father Beath served as assistant pastor at the following parishes: St. Gertrude Parish in Franklin Park, St. Mary of Celle Parish in Berwyn, St. Peter Parish in Skokie, St. Albert the Great Parish in Burbank, St. Barbara Parish in Brook-

field, Divine Infant Jesus Parish in Westchester and Divine Savior Parish in Norridge. He also served in the same role at a number of parishes in Chicago.

Funeral services will be held Oct. 14 at St. Eugene Church, 7958 W. Foster Ave. in Chicago. Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. to noon., immediately followed by the funeral Mass. Interment will take place at St. Joseph Cemetery in River Grove.

William F. Chmelik, 76 U.S. Army veteran William F. Chmelik, 76, of Riverside, died Oct. 3, 2022.

Mr. Chmelik was a U.S. Army veteran and worked as a materials manager.

He was the husband of Susan (nee Norris), the brother of Mary Alyce (Robert) Passarelli and the late John Chmelik, the brother-in-law of Elizabeth Chmelik and the uncle of 45 nieces and nephews.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Oct. 10 at St. Mary Church in Riverside. Interment was at Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside.

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Scammers even claim to be working for or on behalf of the IRS. The thieves say they can help victims file casualty loss claims and get tax refunds.

Disaster victims can call the IRS toll-free disaster assistance line at 866-562-5227. Phone assistors will answer questions about tax relief or disaster-related tax issues.

Taxpayers who want to make donations can get information to help them on IRS .gov. The Tax Exempt Organization Search helps users find or verify qualified charities. Donations to these charities may be tax-deductible.

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Edward J. Jaeky Sr., 83 Real estate broker Edward Joseph Jaeky Sr., 83, of Glen Ellyn and formerly of Indian Head Park and Brookfield, died Oct. 7, 2022 in Downers Grove.

Mr. Jaeky was a real estate broker whose office was located for many years in downtown Brookfield.

He was the husband of Carol Ann (nee

LIBRARY

Spring 2023 start planned from page 1 the library would return it to the village for early debt repayment.

Village and library officials concluded that the money would be better spent on additional lower-level improvements that would benefit library patrons.

“We realize we were so lucky the referendum passed, and we don’t want to have to go for another referendum for a million years,” said Library Director Janice Foley.

“This will allow us to do what we need to get done and it will last for a long time.”

Courtney Greve-Hack, vice president of the Riverside Public Library Board of Trustees, told elected officials on Oct. 6 that the institution benefited from lower-thanexpected construction bids and, ironically, from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Renovations began in September 2020 and the building didn’t fully reopen to the public until July 2021.

“Being able to have the library closed meant that we were able to do the entire lower-level renovation simultaneously, and we didn’t have to close it down in sections, which would have taken longer,” GreveHack said. “Overall, we think that the funds that are remaining should be used to further improve the lower level.”

The renovations came in $248,817 under the $1.5 million budget.

The planned added improvements include the creation of a permanent Maker

Bostedo); the father of Laura (Mark) Glaser, Ed (William O’Brien) Jaeky Jr. and Matt (Brooke) Jaeky; the grandfather of Madeline, Julia and Liam; the brother of the late Mary Lou Chisholm; and the uncle of many nieces and nephews.

Memorial visitation is on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 10:30 a.m. until time of memorial Mass at 11 a.m. at St. Barbara Church, 4008 Prairie Ave., Brookfield.

Johnson-Nosek Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements.

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

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Space area along the perimeter of one half of the Community Room. According to Foley, the Maker Space will have regular hours for patrons to use the devices it now stores out of view in a nearby closet.

A staff member will be assigned to the Maker Space and the library will bulk up its programming around STEM subjects.

Riverside Public Library has two 3D printers, two button makers, a Cricut machine, an embroidery sewing machine, a traditional sewing machine, a mold maker and a Glowforge laser cutter.

Once the equipment is moved from the storage closet to the new Maker Space, the closet will be converted into a Quiet Study Room, which library patrons can reserve.

“We get frequent requests for an individualized study room, a space where people can come and have a closed-off area, quiet and separate from the rest of the learning spaces,” Greve-Hack told trustees.

Foley said there’s also a plan to build a half wall to partition the genealogy area from the entrance to the lower-level bathrooms and install more storage for genealogy materials. They also want to custom build a mobile display unit to match a stationary unit in Children and Youth Services.

“That may seem like a lot of money [for those improvements], but costs have all gone up,” Foley said. “We hope we can get it all done.”

The library’s architect, from StudioGC Architecture and Interiors, is drawing up preliminary plans for those improvements, Foley said. Ideally, work will begin in spring 2023 after obtaining bids and awarding a construction contract.

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KOSEY CORNER

Eyes all over

Street corner fundraisers are all around us

here doesn’t seem to be any question that surveillance cameras generally and, increasingly, license plate reader cameras have helped police gather critical evidence leading to high-profile arrests.

Their use has been credited in helping Riverside police quickly identify the man suspected of a double homicide last November and they might have been useful in identifying suspects involved in a homicide at North Riverside Park Mall during the day of civil unrest on May 31, 2020.

Arguably license plate readers have proven more useful than red-light cameras – their use as an investigative resource was trotted out as justification for those devices in the past – and can be moved around if needed and placed at important intersections that might not make enough revenue as red-light camera locations.

North Riverside trustees voted unanimously last week to go ahead with purchasing seven of the license plate reader cameras, which will be placed at the most heavily trafficked intersections of the village.

That’s welcome news for police investigators, who will now have that information at their fingertips and, apparently, for officers on the street, who will know when a vehicle flagged as being used in a crime is in the area.

That’s because North Riverside’s cameras will be connected to a vast network of cameras – both publicly and privately owned – that can process tens of thousands of vehicles per camera per day.

There are scores of Flock Safety cameras throughout the Chicago area and thousands of cameras throughout the nation, all of which can draw information from regional and national law enforcement databases.

They are valuable to police because they can identify vehicles not just by license plate, but also by unique characteristics, such as roof racks, spoilers and even bumper stickers. Flock has also ventured into audio-activation, touting a ShotSpotter type of technology.

Unlike ShotSpotter, Flock cameras are closer to the ground in order to read license plates, meaning that those audio recorders might also be able to capture conversations.

What we’re getting at here is that while all of this investigative technology is a plus, Flock’s proliferation is a bit unnerving for those who might be wary of such a wide-ranging surveillance network.

While there’s nothing inherently nefarious about the cameras, we shouldn’t discount the possibility that one day an unscrupulous government agency might use such technology in not so benign ways.

After all, specific vehicles could be tracked to determine who people associate with and where. Might political bumper stickers be used to identify those people an agency might want to monitor? It’s chilling.

Surveillance cameras are not a panacea, and elected officials ought to keep in mind that their decision to employ surveillance technology may have unintended consequences. Those shoudn’t be discounted when making those decisions.

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ust a few weeks ago at an intersection in Riverside was a young lady smiling as she held up a Tootsie Roll while looking for donations to the Knights of Columbus to benefit their charitable work.

On Oct. 13 and 14, you’ll see Riverside Township Lions Club volunteers strategically placed with mints that you will get in exchange for a donation. This, my friends, is how many organizations raise money for their philanthropies. There are no rain dates, so they are out there on the assigned day.

Did you realize that all of what they collect does not go directly to the charity?

The organizations, of course, must first pay the items they are passing out. I know not many people carry cash anymore but be ready with some singles for just these instances.

During recent summers children on Lawton Road set up a lemonade stand to raise money for childhood cancer research -- good for you and thank you parents who promote this. Kids are never too young to learn the joy of giving.

Sometimes I don’t find out about the fundraisers

in time, which is a shame since I’d like to support the efforts in some way. There’s nothing like a cool glass of lemonade or a Tootsie Roll or some mints.

Which brings me to something else. It is now election time, and we are being asked to support different candidates through monetary donations and there are some big requests. Personally, I seldom give to political candidates; I give my vote, which in my mind is more important. Think of all the good that could happen with some of that money. All we have to do is look to Florida and see how homes have been ravaged and lives destroyed and know it could help.

What I’m saying is think about your giving and what it means. Watch for the Lions when it is Candy Sale time, and it’s not too late to send a donation to the Knights of Columbus. Looking ahead, the RBHS band will be selling cheesecakes.

Thanks to all those who volunteer for whatever charity you may choose you. You do it for all the right reasons and are appreciated. To those who haven’t volunteered for something, the rewards are endless.

Try it, you’ll like it.

JOANNE KOSEY

LETTERS

OBITUARIES

Article on election workers worked

Marcia L. Mrazek, 66

After reading the “Cook County Clerk calls on veterans to be election workers” article in the Landmark (news, Sept. 28), I was inspired to do my part and apply to be one.

I would be happy to be of service in this way for years to come. Thank you.

Marcin Bogacz Riverside

Catnap from the Heart volunteer Marcia L. Mrazek, 66, formerly of North Riverside, Berwyn and Justice, died Aug. 22, 2022.

Ms. Mrazek attended Komarek School and Riverside-Brookfield High School. She worked in her father’s jewelry store and later volunteered with Catnap from the Heart.

She was the daughter of the late George and Blanche Mrazek, the sister of the late Carol Mrazek, a cousin and friend to many and wonderful cat mom.

Interment private on Oct. 21 at Mt. Auburn cemetery in Stickney. A coffee and bakery reception is Saturday Oct. 22, from 10 to 11:20 a.m. followed by a memorial service at 11:30 a.m. at Cornerstone Community Church, 9008 Fairview Ave., Brookfield.

Donations are appreciated to Catnap from the Heart, 1101 Beach Ave., LaGrange Park, 60526.

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Tovar caps RBHS soccer career with league title Multidimensional 4-year varsity starter a possible all-state selection

By BILL STONE Contributing Reporter

Riverside-Brookfield High School senior midfielder Manny Tovar significantly added to his four-year varsity soccer achievements on Oct. 5.

The Bulldogs earned a share of the Metro Suburban Conference Blue championship, the program’s first conference title since 2015.

“To be on the walls of RB, it will be something that we’ll remember forever,” Tovar said. “Especially since I’ve been [on varsity] for four years, this was like my last chance, and I finally got it.”

Another historic honor may be coming soon.

Tovar hopes to become the Bulldogs’ first all-state player. If not, he should become what is believed to be their first multiple all-sectional player. “[All-sectional in 2021] was a great feeling, but I feel like I’m more of a team-based player,” Tovar said. “I would love team achievements at the

same time. An individual thing also represents the team. I couldn’t have done that without the other guys from last year.”

Tovar especially would love to replicate the Bulldogs’ 2019 regional title run. An attacking central midfielder, Tovar (7 goals, 10 assists) often is in the middle of the action for the Bulldogs (11-8).

“He’s just one of those special players that players gravitate to, coaches love,” RBHS coach Ivek Halic said.

“Just his work ethic, his leadership, his quality on the ball, off the ball, reading the game.”

Tovar has had different roles each season. His experience and talent have given him the ability to “free roam” this season.

“Having the ball at your feet is one of the best feelings and just dribbling it, feeling the cold breeze, usually, especially during the fall season,” Tovar said. “Having good teammates with you, it’s just a fun experience.”

As a freshman, Tovar played forward and delivered a season-best 15 goals.

Tovar became a playmaking forward as a sophomore and a defensive-focused central midfielder in 2021.

“Coming in as a freshman, it was pretty scary,” Tovar said. “But a bunch of the seniors, the entire team was really cool, really welcoming.”

Tovar was raised with soccer. His fa-

ther, Manuel, is the freshman B coach at Morton and on the Wall of Fame at Morton’s east campus. Uncle Abelino Tovar coaches Morton’s freshman A team.

“It’s funny because I’ve lived [in North Riverside] across the street from Morton,” Tovar said.

Another uncle was among Tovar’s coaches for the Mayas FC club team with many former and current Morton players. In 2018, Tovar played for the Mayas 04 team that captured a U.S. Club Soccer national championship.

Tovar hopes to play in college and eventually coach.

“That’s probably my dream,” Tovar said. “I feel like I get a lot of lessons from [my father and uncles], not only on the field but off the field, how to become a better player but also a better person. That’s the message I want to send as a coach, life lessons.”

Of Mexican heritage, Tovar participates in OLAS (Organization of Latin American Students) and the Spanish Club at RBHS. He grew up rooting for Mexico’s national team and the U.S. as its team improved internationally. Both nations qualified for the World Cup finals in November.

“I’ll just root for all of North America to represent – Canada, Mexico, the U.S. It’s good that all three could qualify,” Tovar said.

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RBHS senior Manny Tovar has proven versatile during his four years at the varsity level, playing forward, defensive midfield and attacking midfi eld for the Bulldogs.

LTHS cements football playoff berth downing Leyden Tough tests await Lions to close out regular season

By BILL STONE Contributing Reporter

The Lyons Township High School football team clinched a return to the IHSA Class 8A state playoffs with a 48-7 home victory over Leyden on Oct. 7.

In the Lions’ eyes, the playoff atmosphere begins this week.

For LTHS (6-1, 3-1 in West Suburban Silver), the last two regular-season games are against fellow playoff-bound teams – on Oct. 14 at Glenbard West (6-1, 3-1) and Oct. 22 at home against Downers Grove North (5-2, 2-2).

There remains a chance to share the WSC Silver title if York (7-0, 5-0) is upset in Week 9

by Oak Park and River Forest (4-3, 1-3).

“We’re going to have to play our best to win

both games,” LTHS junior quarterback Ryan Jackson said. “They’re two good teams that’ll prepare us for the playoffs.”

Jackson passed for three more touchdowns on Oct. 7 in going 12 for 14 for 187 yards. On the season, Jackson is 86 for 120 for 1,268 yards and 17 touchdowns. He began seeing varsity action as a sophomore and started the team’s playoff game against 2021 Class 8A state champion Lockport.

“Last season to now I think I’ve been read-

ing defenses better, making the right decisions, taking what the defense gives me,” Jackson said. “It was good to see how the competition would be, how it would look to get me prepared for this year. I thought it was humbling, motivated me a lot.”

A 60-yard touchdown strike to Travis Stamm (3 catches, 86 yards) opened a 41-0 lead in the third quarter against Leyden. Stamm also caught a 12-yard touchdown pass 53 seconds before halftime for a 28-0 lead after Noah

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RBHS golfer improves on 2021 state debut

Covarrubias makes second-round cut, finishes 70th overall

By BILL STONE Contributing Reporter

Riverside-Brookfield High School junior girls golfer Mayan Covarrubias was eating at Texas Roadhouse on Oct. 7 and waiting, two hours after playing, when the official tee times finally were posted.

In her second trip to the IHSA Class 2A state meet, Covarrubias had advanced to the second round on Oct. 8.

“I wasn’t really stressed out. I was just kind of hoping,” Covarrubias said. “It was kind of like happiness. I wouldn’t say relief. I made it to state either way.”

Covarrubias tied for 70th overall with a 167 (84-83) for 36 holes at Hickory Point Golf Course in Decatur.

In her 2021 state debut, Covarrubias missed the cut for the second day after shooting 101.

“I think it was just good to move on to the next day and to try keep getting better,” Covarrubias said. “I didn’t play well the year before. I just wanted to make it farther than I did last year, which is what I did.”

In her state debut, Lyons Township High School junior Addison Watanabe tied for 89th after shooting an 86, one stroke from Saturday’s cut.

Covarrubias shot 79 at the Hinsdale South Sectional and earned the individual final qualifying spot in a four-hole playoff.

She again earned All-Metro Suburban Conference honors and helped the Bulldogs to second, their highest conference finish in recent memory. RBHS came one stroke from advancing to sectionals as a team. “[Next season] I’m just going to try to get Pfafflin made the score 21-0 with his 6-yard reception.

Six receivers caught between one and three passes.

“I love to have those talented receivers. I’m blessed to have them on my team,” Jackson said.

Dylan Rickman (4 carries, 81 yards) had an electrifying 58-yard touchdown run with 7:00 left after Leyden (1-6) scored on the final play

back to state and get back to the second day and be in more of contention,” Covarrubias said. “I think we had a really good team. It just showed in tiny spurts, but I think next year we’ll be even more competitive.”

Watanabe shot 78 at the Hinsdale South Sectional and was part of the Lions’ strong lineup with just two seniors that was second in the West Suburban Conference Silver to state champion Hinsdale Central and at regionals.

Naz girls gain experience at state finals

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR THE VILLAGE OF RIVERSIDE, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS FOR YEAR 2022 I. A public hearing to approve a proposed property tax levy increase for the Village of Riverside for 2022 will be held on October 20, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in Room 4 of Township Hall located at 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois 60546.

Any person desiring to appear at the public hearing and present testimony to the taxing district may contact the Village Treasurer at 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois 60546, phone number 708-447-2700.

After some rough holes at the IHSA Class 1A Rosary Regional, Nazareth Academy junior girls golfer Gigi Montoro of North Riverside approached the No. 13 tee on the verge of giving up mentally.

She parred the hole.

“I realized I just needed to keep going. I wanted to keep going and to win. I really wanted to make it to sectionals and to state,” Montoro said. “[Head coach Nicole Jeray and assistant Brian Shields] really helped me to get that mentality to start a new game every single hole.”

Montoro and the Roadrunners’ determination took them farther than they even imagined – the program’s first team state berth since 2015 and only their second ever.

The Roadrunners (12th, 395 on Oct. 7) missed the top-eight team cut for Oct. 8 at Red Trail Run in Decatur, but they graduate only two from the lineup.

Junior Kacey Hughes (tied for 51st, 175) and sophomore Maryssa Zielinski (tied for 68th, 188) played 36 holes.

Montoro (102) tied for 99th in missing the individual cut on Oct. 7. Other scorers that day were senior Caroline Kelly (106), sophomore Anna Bukovac (110) and senior Megan Kornafel (127).

II. The corporate and special purpose property taxes estimated to be extended or abated for 2021 are $6,857,564.

of the third quarter. Jackson rushed for the game’s first touchdown, a 4-yarder, and Danny Pasko followed with a 1-yard scoring run.

Jack McQueeney had a 19-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter.

Defensive standouts included Pasko (5 tackles, 2 for loss), Kellen Knop (3 tackles, 2 for loss), Quinn Magee, Quinn Farnan, James Georgelos and Cooper King (3 tackles each) and Pfafflin (2 tackles, 1 for loss).

VILLAGE OF RIVERSIDE Ethan Sowl Village Clerk

The proposed corporate and special purpose property taxes estimated to be to be levied for 2022 are $7,419,865. This represents a 8.20% increase over the previous year.

III. The property taxes estimated to be extended for debt service and public building commission leases for 2021 are $762,197.

The estimated property taxes to be levied for debt service and public building commission leases for 2022 are $729,728. This represents a 4.26% decrease over the previous year.

IV. The total property taxes estimated to be extended or abated for 2021 were $7,619,761.

The estimated total property taxes to be levied for 2022 are $8,149,592. This represents a 6.95% increase over the previous year.

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The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Grants Coordinator in the Development Customer Service Department. This position assists the Village’s Grant Supervisor in developing, coordinating, and administering various grants programs for the Village of Oak Park. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oakpark.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Attention VICTOR SOTELO & SANTANDER CONSUMER USA, you are the last indicated owner or lienholder on file with the Illinois Secretary Of State. Our records show, your 2017, CHEVY, TRAVERSE with the following VIN 1GNKRFED5HJ144475 was towed to our facility.

The current amount due & owing is $1965.00. If payment is not received within 30 days, Nobs Towing Inc. will intend to enforce a mechanic’s lien pursuant to Chapter 770 ILCS 50/3. Sale of the aforementioned vehicle will take place at 1510 Hannah Ave, Forest Park, IL, 60130 on 11/18/2022.

the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours. Public hearings may be continued from time to time without further notice, except as otherwise required under the Illinois Open Meetings Act.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Attention KELILA MAUREEN BOWEN, you are the last indicated owner or lienholder on file with the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Our records show, your 2015, CHEVY, MALIBU with the following VIN 1G11B5SL6FF312597 was towed to our facility. The current amount due & owing is $1965.00. If payment is not received within 30 days, Nobs Towing Inc. will intend to enforce a mechanic’s lien pursuant to Chapter 770 ILCS 50/3. Sale of the aforementioned vehicle will take place at 1510 Hannah Ave, Forest Park, IL, 60130 on 11/18/2022.

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PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD Notice of Public Hearing Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission October 27, 2022 at 7:00 PM NOTICE is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village of Brookfield on Thursday, October 27, 2022, at 7:00 PM in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois to consider a request by the Village of Brookfield, as petitioner, to amend the text of the Village of Brookfield Zoning Ordinance in Chapter 62 Zoning for land uses of personal improvement service to include tattoo parlors.

The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/ or written comments.

Written comments may be provided prior to 4:00 PM on the day of the meeting to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Kate Portillo, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513 and at kportillo@brookfieldil.gov. Oral or written public testimony may be given during the public hearing.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations in order to participate in any meeting may contact the Village of Brookfield at (708) 4857344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front (south) entrance of Village Hall.

By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman.

Notice of Public Hearing Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission October 27, 2022 at 7:00 PM NOTICE is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village of Brookfield on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 7:00 PM in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois to consider an application from Pawel Czauderna for a special use permit to operate a Day Care and an application for variances from the Village Code Chapter 62 Zoning, Article III-Off Street Parking and Loading related to existing commercial space at 9046 31st Street.

Legal Description: Lots 25, 26 and 27 in Block 8 in Brookfield Homesites, a Resubdivision of Bartlett and Roach Addition to Grossdale, Being a Subdivision of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 27, Township 39 North, Range 12, East of the Third Principal Meridian, (Excepting Therefrom the Following Lots Which Are Not Included and Are Not Part of the Resubdivision, Lots 25 to 37, Both Inclusive and the West Half of Lot 38 in Block 2, Lots 26 and 27 in Block 4, Lots 9, 10, 37, 38, 39, 40, 45, 46, 47 and 48 in Block 6, According to the Plat of Said Brookfield Homesites Filed in the Office of the Registrar of Titles, June 30, 1922 as Document LR157442, in Cook County, Illinois.

The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/ or written comments. Written comments may be provided prior to 4:00 PM on the day of the meeting to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Kate Portillo, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513, kportillo@brookfieldil.gov, or 708-485-1445. Oral or written public testimony may be given during the public hearing.

The application may be viewed at

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR NOTIFICATION OF BID FOR PROVISO SCHOOL DISTRICT 209 – CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PHASE 2 – SEQUENCE 2 Gilbane Building Company, PROVISO WEST (See specific Construction Manager, for and bid packages listed below) acting on behalf of The Board of • Furnish and install a new air Education of Proviso TownshipFOR NOTIFICATION conditioning system for the 1st ADVERTISEMENT OF BID High School District 209, is FOR floor classrooms receiving lump sum proposals • Misc. Demolition PROVISO SCHOOL DISTRICT 209 – CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PHASE 2 – SEQUENCE 2 from interested contractors for • New curtainwall 1st floor south Gilbane Building Company, for and acting on behalf of The Board of Education of Proviso the Proviso SchoolConstruction DistrictManager, Capital side.from interested contractors for the Proviso School Township High School District 209, is receiving lump sum proposals Improvements Project.

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Company via Compass at https:// current prevailing wage rates, please compass-app.com/auth/register. The refer to the Illinois Department of bid proposals are to be completed Labor’s website at: https://www2. online at www.ibidpro.com. illinois.gov/idol/Laws-Rules/CONMED/ All contractors Bid security in the form of a bid bond in Pages/Rates.aspx. an amount equal to ten percent (10%) and subcontractors rendering services of the base bid is required from all under this contract must comply with bidders. Guarantee Bonds in the form all requirements of the Act, including of a Performance Bond and Labor and but not limited to, all wage, notice and Material Payment Bond in an amount record keeping duties. equal to one hundred percent (100%) The Proviso Township High School of the bid will be required from the District 209 and Gilbane Building awarded Bidder.

Company reserve the right to reject any The work will be done in accordance or all bids. All information submitted as with the Contract Documents. part of this process shall be considered “FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH public information under the State THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS Freedom of Information Act unless INVITATION TO BID MAY RESULT specifically disclosed on the applicable IN THE DISQUALIFICATION OF THE information by the Bidder. Challenges to such exemptions shall be defended BIDDER”. solely by the Bidder.

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The application may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours. Public hearings may be continued from time to time without further notice, except as otherwise required under the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations to participate in any meeting may contact the Village of Brookfield at (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front and side (south and east) entrances of Village Hall.

By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman.

Published in RB Landmark October 12, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE VILLAGE OF RIVERSIDE’S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested parties that the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Riverside, Illinois will hold a public hearing on Thursday, October 20, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. in Riverside Township Hall Room 4, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois, 60546 on the Tentative Annual Budget for the 2023 fiscal year of the Village of Riverside, Illinois, commencing January 1, 2023, and ending December 31, 2023.

Public comments on the Proposed Annual Budget are welcome at the public hearing. Emailed comments may be sent to Village Clerk Ethan Sowl at esowl@riverside.il.us. Written comments may be submitted to the attention of the Village Clerk at 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois.

Emailed or written comments should be submitted prior to 5:00 on October

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF OAK PARK ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS HEARING DATE: November 2, 2022 TIME: 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the Agenda permits CALENDAR NUMBER: 20-22-Z APPLICATION: The Zoning Board of Appeals (“Board”) will conduct a public hearing on a variance application filed by the Applicant, OP Office Partners, LLC, seeking a variance from Section 10.4 (A) (Table 10.2: Off-Street Parking Requirements) of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance that requires 37 off-street parking spaces located on a lot within 250 feet of the Subject Property, to reduce the number of required off-street parking spaces from 37 spaces to zero (0) parking spaces at the premises commonly known as 1010 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois, Property Index Number 16-07-120064-0000 (“Subject Property”) in the DT Downtown 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 hearing remotely with live audio available and optional video. The hearing 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 hearing is authorized pursuant to Section 7(e) of the Open Meetings

Act. The Village President has determined that an in-person public hearing 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 hearing 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 hearing. 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 entrance to Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, to be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on November 2, 2022. An individual’s name and their testimony or comment will be read aloud into the record at the public hearing if received no later than 30 minutes prior to the start of the public hearing. Interested persons may also sign up to participate in-person in the hearing 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. Individuals who sign up to participate in-person will receive an email from Village staff with information about how to join the hearing online through Zoom web-conference means or by phone.

The public hearing may be adjourned by the Board to another date without further notice by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof.

Published in Wednesday Journal, October 12, 2022

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The Proposed Annual Budget will be available for public inspection on and after, October 13, 2022 at the Finance Department of the Village of Riverside, Illinois, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois, 60546 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for any day being a legal holiday.

Disabled persons needing assistance to attend said hearing should contact the Office of the Village Clerk before the hearing by calling (708) 447-2700.

Said hearing may be continued without further notice except as required by the Illinois Open Meeting Act. The tentative annual budget may be further revised and passed without any further notice or hearing.

PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES VILLAGE OF RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS By: Ethan Sowl Village Clerk Published in RB Landmark October 12, 2022

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC.; Plaintiff, vs.

ALAN F. SEGAL; KATHLEEN W. SEGAL; VILLAGE OF OAK PARK; PARK ERIE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; Defendants, 21 CH 6085 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, November 7, 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. 16-07-206-019-1009.

Commonly known as 304 NORTH OAK PARK AVE., UNIT 2, 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. 21-02147 ADC INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3203916

OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 11, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 14, 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 1187 SOUTH HIGHLAND PARK, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-17-325-0470000 The real estate is improved with a one story, two unit brick building with no 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. 20-05419IL_615363 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 12 CH 25204 TJSC#: 42-3533 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 # 12 CH 25204 I3204043

ING, THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK Defendants 2022 CH 02884 115 S RIDGELAND AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 18, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 18, 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 115 S RIDGELAND AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-405-0180000 The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit,

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 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.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-22-02626 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2022 CH 02884 TJSC#: 42-2725 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 # 2022 CH 02884 I3204837

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.RASHINDA PLUMP, WAVERLY CLARK, JR, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, WAVERLY CLARK, JR., INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR Defendants 12 CH 25204 1187 SOUTH HIGHLAND PARK

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.HENRY K. CUSHING, MARY KAY O’GRADY, MARGUERITE HOLD-

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