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Cell data shows her phone traveling near Brookfield morning after she was last seen

By BOB UPHUES

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With the search for Brookfield resident Erica Thompson entering its third week, Brookfield police have revealed new information gleaned from cellphone data records about the location of the 53-year-old woman’s cellphone the morning after she was last definitively seen in the village.

On Oct. 14 police reported that they have obtained cellular data that shows her cellphone signal was picked up in nearby suburbs during the early morning hours of Sept. 26, and they are asking people both in Brookfield and surrounding communities for any information that can help them locate either Thompson or her vehicle.

According to police, Thompson was

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Chicago Democrat resigns as Transportation Committee chair

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Sandoval, whose 11th District includes Riverside south of the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad, also resigned from his post as chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, according to a spokesman for Senate See SANDOVAL on page 8

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Students try not to go down with the ship RBHS boat-building project focused on buoyancy and force

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Last week, physics students at RiversideBrookfield High School got some lessons in the engineering required to make a seaworthy vessel as they raced cardboard boats in the school’s swimming pool as a fun culmination of their first quarter of study.

The students first built tin foil models of their boats and then built a boat large enough to seat one person from cardboard and duct tape. They tried to design a boat that would float.

“Everyone’s floated, essentially, for at least a split second,” said RBHS physics teacher Kristi Sterling. “They learned a lot about the center of gravity.”

Students calculated how much water their boat would displace and calculated the impact of the weight of the pilot of the boat would have on the boat. After the race they measured how deeply the boat submerged in the water. Sterling said that they also learned that not all volume is the same.

“We were focused on buoyancy and force,” Sterling said. “We’re just practicing engineering concepts for physics.”

Teams of three or four students each designed the boats. Usually the lightest person in the group was chosen to try to pilot the boat across the width of the swimming pool and back. Many struggled to make it across the pool, but the boat designed by juniors Matt Patino, Clayton Stewart and Tyler Monahan made it across the pool and back in their seventh period class to win their race.

“I honestly thought I was going to drown, but it was very exciting,” Monahan said after steering his corrugated cardboard boat across the pool.

Students took three days or so to build their boat, but spent about a week and a half on the entire design process. Students also had to consider the weight, or mass, of the person piloting the boat in their design.

“We knew we wanted it to be a little bigger in the back because there would be more weight there,” Stewart said.

The fastest time of the day -- 39 seconds -was turned in by the boat piloted by Peter Kallas.

The students were graded on their designs and calculations. The race and the decoration of the boat was for extra credit.

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SHIP SHAPE: Tyler Monahan (top) piloted his team’s boat across the RBHS pool and back to win the seventh-period physics class race. “I honestly thought I was going to drown, but it was very exciting,” Monahan said. Above, Madalynn Georgopoulos, a junior, is in control and above water as she paddles her team’s boat across the pool. For more photos, visit RBLandmark.com.

“The initial goal was to just have it float,” Sterling said. “The racing is just for fun.”

All seven regular physics classes participated with about 50 boats being built.

Sterling and fellow physics teachers Sam Weiss and Kelli Holton strive to come up with interesting ways to teach physics concepts to students. Last year they took physics to an indoor sky-diving facility to teach them about gravity and resistance, an outing they will repeat this year.

“The cardboard boat thing is not unique to us, but this is the first time we’ve done it

here,” Sterling said.

Junior Maggie Sroka enjoyed the project, saying that she learned about Newton’s third law of motion and about balance.

“It was a different way to get out of the classroom, so it was pretty fun and interactive, a different way to learn,” Sroka said.

Sroka, who piloted her team’s boat, capsized just after launching from the side of the pool.

“It was fun until I tipped over,” Sroka said, adding that she didn’t thing she was positioned correctly in the boat.

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It’s Your Money

By Linda Sokol Francis. E.A.

TAXPAYERS MAY BE ABLE TO DEDUCT DONATIONS TO TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS ON THEIR TAX RETURN

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axpayers may be able to deduct donations to tax-exempt organizations on their tax return. As people are deciding where to make their donations, the IRS has a tool that may help.

Tax Exempt Organization Search on IRS. gov is a tool that allows users to search for charities. It provides information about an organization’s federal tax status and filings.

Here are four facts about the Tax Exempt Organization Search tool: • Donors can use it to confirm an organization is tax exempt and eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions .

• Users can find out if an organization had its taxexempt status revoked. A common reason for revocation is when an organization does not file its Form 990-series return for three consecutive years.

Taxpayers can also use the Interactive Tax Assistant, Can I Deduct my Charitable Contributions? to help determine if a charitable contribution is deductible.

Taxpayers may also want to decide

• EO Select Check does not list certain organizations that may be eligible to receive taxdeductible donations, including churches, organizations in a group ruling, and governmental entities.

• Organizations are listed under the legal name or a “doing business as” name on file with the IRS. No separate listing of common or popular names is searchable.

now if they’ll itemize their deductions when they file next year. Many individuals who formerly itemized may now find it more beneficial to take the standard deduction.

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Teen hitches ride on back of a tow truck A 59-year-old Berwyn man called Riverside police on Oct. 8 at about 4:40 p.m. to report that while he was driving his 2003 International tow truck northbound on Harlem Avenue from Ogden Avenue, a teenager jumped onto the flatbed of the truck and hitched a ride to 35th Street, where the driver stopped and yelled for the teen to get off the truck.

The teen jumped off and was last seen running westbound across Harlem Avenue and onto Robinson Court where he was met by two teenage girls waiting for him.

The trio were last seen running toward Delaplaine Road.

Police couldn’t find anyone matching the description of the teen. The tow truck driver said he didn’t want the teen arrested, only talked to for doing something so dangerous.

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■ Riverside police responded to the 300 block of Southcote Road on Oct. 9 at about 4:15 p.m. after a bicyclist called to report someone get out of an older gray vehicle with no front license plate and take something from a white van parked nearby.

When an officer arrived a 42-year-old Palos Park man who was doing work at a home on the block reported that someone had stolen a bag of tools out of his unlocked work van. The victim described the missing item as a black and orange bag with the words “Klein Tools” on it. Inside the bag were a Milwaukee band saw, a Milwaukee drill and various other tools, totaling about $700 in value.

■ A landscaping company employee doing work in the 3000 block of Prairie Avenue, Brookfield, called police on Oct. 9 at about 1:25 p.m. to report that while he was doing work in the backyard of a home on the block, someone stole an Echo trimmer, a Stihl backpack blower and a Stihl chainsaw from the unattended trailer parked out front.

The worker told police he was away from the trailer for just 10 minutes. The estimated value of the tools taken was $1,800.

■ A resident of the 4400 block of Maple Avenue, Brookfield, came to police on Oct. 13 to report that the Ring doorbell at the family home had captured video of someone trying to break into her husband’s work truck on Oct. 11 at about 1:05 a.m.

Footage reportedly showed a man walking around the truck, trying the passenger side door handles along with the tool stor-

age compartment on the bed of the truck.

In a second video clip time stamped at 1:34 a.m., the man is seen leaving on a bicycle.

Among the items missing from the truck were a Stihl chainsaw and a Stihl concrete saw.

Police also reported that the tools were discovered inside a Lexus stolen from the 4200 block of Elm Avenue. The date the vehicle was stolen was not immediately available.

Family quarrel ends with DUI charge Riverside police charged a 26-year-old Cicero man with drunken driving and cited him for several traffic offenses after officers were called to the first block of North Delaplaine Road to respond to a report of a fight in progress.

When police arrived they observed two women and one man standing outside a white 2011 Lincoln passenger car, which was parked in the middle of Delaplaine Road. Police reported that the man was attempting to get into the driver’s seat when police arrived.

The three people, all of whom appeared to have been drinking, were family members who had been arguing, police reported. The three, who reportedly had been coming from a bar in Berwyn, said the altercation never became physical.

Police observed an open beer bottle in the cup holder next to the driver’s seat and the odor of burnt cannabis. The rear passenger side window also appeared to have been shattered, with glass inside the vehicle, but not outside.

After talking with all involved, police determined the man had been driving the vehicle. He failed field sobriety tests, police said, but would not submit to a breath test.

In addition to DUI, the man was also cited for improper parking on a roadway, having a suspended driver’s license, no proof of insurance and transporting open alcohol.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Oct. 7-13 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 ordered to reinstate firefighter State labor board demands fired employee be ‘made whole’ for lost earnings

By BOB UPHUES Editor

The Illinois Labor Relations Board has ordered North Riverside to reinstate a probationary firefighter who was terminated in January and “make him whole” for any lost earnings he suffered.

The Oct. 9 decision affirmed the recommendation made by an administrative law judge in April in response to an unfair labor practice complaint filed by North Riverside Firefighters Union Local 2714.

In May, the village of North Riverside filed exceptions to the administrative law judge’s ruling. In their order issued last week, the

state panel of the Illinois Labor Relations Board rejected those exceptions as “without merit.”

We find that the [administrative law judge’s’] finding and conclusions determining [North Riverside’s] conduct violated the [Illinois Labor Relations Act] were wellreasoned and supported by the appropriate legal authority,” the order states. “Nothing in the [village’s] exceptions or supporting briefs compels to find otherwise.”

But, in addition to affirming the administrative law judge’s recommendation, the state panel went further. Judge Anna Hamburg-Gal had recommended that firefighter Robert Gill be reinstated as a probationary firefighter and to extend his probationary period.

Instead, the labor board ordered the village to reinstate Gill as a permanent firefighter, saying that extending the probationary period “will only serve to afford [the village] another opportunity to use the probationary period as an excuse to discharge Gill.”

Gill is to be paid any loss of earnings, in-

cluding back pay plus 7-percent interest.

Reached on Oct. 10, North Riverside Finance Director Sue Scarpiniti, in response to an inquiry from the Landmark, said she hadn’t seen the order yet.

“I have not had an opportunity to access the financial impact this will have on the village,” she wrote in an email.

Gill was one of three firefighters hired in early 2018. Just a month after the three were hired, the union filed an unfair labor practice complaint because the village refused to offer them the health insurance benefits outlined in the most recent union contract, which expired in 2014.

While the contract called for firefighters to be offered a PPO plan with low employee contributions and deductibles, the village in 2016 had moved away from that plan for its other employees, including union police employees, to PPO and HMO plans more favorable financially to the village.

Gill was in the midst of his probationary period with the department that June, when he injured himself while working out on a

patio next to the fire station’s workout room.

A barbell fell on his back, fracturing a vertebra and requiring surgery. His doctor ordered 32 weeks of rehabilitation and conditioning, but in January 2019, prior to the end of Gill’s probationary period, Mayor Hubert Hermanek Jr. terminated him.

At the termination meeting, according to the labor hearing records, Hermanek made a statement that appeared to link Gill’s termination with the union’s complaints over the insurance issue.

The labor board’s state panel also ordered in their Oct. 9 ruling that the village must offer Gill and the other two firefighters hired in 2018 the PPO health insurance plan outlined in the most recent contract.

The union and village officials continue to try and hammer out a new long-term contract after the village’s attempt to persuade the courts that it had the right to unilaterally terminate the old contract – essentially busting the union -- and then hire a private firm to provide firefighting services.

Riverside could raise water rates, liquor license fees With future budgets looking tight, attention turns to revenue

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Riverside trustees will soon consider whether to raise liquor license fees and water and sewer rates and mull imposing a local sales tax on gasoline for the coming 2020 fiscal year to boost operating revenues in the face of predicted annual budget deficits in the future.

Village Manager Jessica Frances and department heads are in the midst of crafting a preliminary 2020 budget, and on Oct. 3 Finance Director Karin Johns sought direction from the village board on where to look for raising that new revenue.

The preliminary budget will be discussed at the village board’s next meeting on Oct. 17. In addition to things like increasing water and sewer rates, liquor license fees and a possible gasoline tax, trustees will also consider raising the fee the general operating fund charges the parking lot fund to pay for maintenance of the village-owned parking lots.

The newly paved commuter parking lot, which now sports permeable pavers, is expected to cost more to maintain annually.

“We have structural problem because of

which ends Dec. 31. Total tax caps,” said Village Presexpenditures from the genident Ben Sells, “We can eral fund in 2019 are proonly raise revenue by 5 perjected to be about 6 percent cent or the Consumer Price over budget.

Index, whichever is less, That deficit is largely rewhich has been around one lated to a roughly $500,000 and a half or 2 percent histransfer out of the general torically, and we have costs fund to pay for a variety going up double digits. And of capital expenditures, that’s what we are going to including new village surbe confronting in years to veillance cameras, a police come.” vehicle, the Guthrie Park Sells was referring to BEN SELLS veterans memorial imsix-figure operating budget Riverside Village President provements, computer softdeficits projected for 2022 ware and purchasing the and beyond. In 2021, the property at 43 E. Quincy St. general fund deficit is proThat money was taken jected to be about $40,000, from the general fund’s but from there they begin unassigned cash balance, to increase. By 2024, the which as of Jan. 1 had general fund deficit is progrown to about $965,000 due jected to be almost $400,000. to prior year surpluses.

Preliminary projections While few rate or fee infor fiscal year 2020 show creases were proposed on Oct. 3, trustees the village expects a modest surplus of about $25,000. But such projections are just agreed that they wanted to see recommenthat and can change due to unforeseen cir- dations for their Oct. 14 discussion of the preliminary 2020 budget. cumstances.

Johns and Frances estimated that a For example, the village’s 2019 budget projected the general operating fund, which 3-cents-per-gallon local sales tax on gasoline pays for day-to-day expenses like salaries would bring in between $25,000 and $43,000 and benefits of village employees, ending annually. There are three gas stations in Riverside, all along Harlem Avenue. the fiscal year about $4,000 in the black.

Elected officials appeared lukewarm to Officials now predict a general fund deficit of about $434,000 for fiscal year 2019, that particular tax, saying they didn’t know

“we have structural problem because of tax caps.”

if the relatively small amount of revenue would be worth the potential impact to those businesses.

While Trustee Edward Hannon said he’d like to an analysis on how much a gasoline tax “moves the [revenue] dial,” Sells said he favored a wait-and-see approach.

“We’re probably looking at a relatively small amount of money in terms of receipts,” Sells said. “Balancing that against the negative impact it would have on our businesses, I would want to wait for a while and see. If it turns out we become an island that hasn’t done this, it might be different.”

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BIG WEEK October 16-23

Harvest Bingo at Riverside Library

LTHS theater presents ‘Twelfth Night’

The Lyons Township High School Theater Board presents William Shakespeare’s comedy “Twelfth Night” on Friday and Saturday, Oct, 18 and 19 at 7 p.m. and on Sunday, Oct. 20 at 3 p.m. in the North Campus Reber Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Brainard Ave. in LaGrange.

All tickets are $5 and may be purchased at the box office beginning 30 minutes before each show.

The Riverside Friends of the Library invite those 21 and older to Harvest Bingo, a special BYOB fundraising event to help support library programs and initiatives, at the Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 7 to 10 p.m.

Tickets are $35 and can be purchased at the library or online at wwwriversidelibrary. ticketleap.com/harvest-bingo-2019. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Options Fair for those with disabilities

Students with disabilities are invited to attend an Options Fair for post-high school planning on Monday, Oct. 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Lyons Township High School’s South Campus, 4900 Willow Springs Road in Western Springs.

The fair will feature representatives from more than three dozen colleges and universities in addition to three dozen other agencies focused on options after high school.

For more information, visit optionsfair.org.

And more Nazareth Academy, 1209 W. Ogden Ave. in LaGrange Park, presents “Twelve Angry Jurors,” a courtroom drama by Reginald Rose and Sherman Sergel on Oct. 18 and 19 at 7 p.m. and on Oct. 20 at 1 p.m. in the Romano Family Theater. All seats are $15 and can be reserved by calling 708387-8528 or emailing ithiess@nazarethacademy.com.

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The North Riverside Players stage their fall production, “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” Oct. 18-20 in the gymnasium of the North Riverside Village Commons, 2401 Desplaines Ave. Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:30 p.m. Sunday matiness are at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults ($18 seniors, $16 students, $15 kids 12-under) can be ordered online at NRPlayers.com or by calling 708■

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Meditative nature walk

Join nature/photography enthusiast and Reiki practitioner Lori Kumskis as she leads a Mindful Meditation Meetup and Nature walk on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 9 to 10:30 a.m.

Kumskis, who is committed to healing others through a fusion of shamanic, psychological, energetic and ancient spiritual modalities, will help you connect mindfully to yourself and your surroundings.

Meet at the Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road. Bring a lightweight camera or phone for photography. For those 18 and older.

512-7015. Group rates (10 or more) available. Pre-show wine tasting included on Oct. 19.

Brookfield Zoo, 3300 Golf Road in Brookfield, invites families to its Boo! at the Zoo on 19-20 and 26-27. The not-so-scary event features candy stations, a corn maze, giant pumpkin carving demonstrations and Halloweenthemed crafts and activities each week. The event is included in the price of the zoo’s regular admission ticket.

Visit CZS.org/Boo or call 708-688-8000.

Join the Brookfield Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 17 and every Thursday through Nov. 21 at 4:30 p.m. at Joe’s Saloon, 9220 47th St. in Brookfield, for their weekly 60-to-Win prize drawing, the organizations biggest annual fundraiser. Each week the chamber gives away $1,000 – one $500 winner and five $100 winners. Tickets ■

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Compassion Factory Art Gallery and Studio, 9210 Broadway Ave. in Brookfield, continues“The Color of Music,”an exhibition of artwork by Ken and Robin Koukola through Nov. 2. Gallery hours are Thursdays from 4 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free.

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Brookfield Public Library, 3609 Grand Blvd., offers high school students a free SAT Practice Test on Oct. 19 at 10:30 a.m. Bring No. 2 pencils, calculator and snack. Register required. Call 708-485-6917 or visit brookfieldlibrary.info.

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North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., hosts a Senior Drop-in on Oct. 18 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Meeting Room. Play cards and socialize every Friday.

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For adults and seniors there’s a Writers Group, a sup-

Marionettes down on the farm

North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., invites kids of all ages to a family friendly Pumpkin Patch Review featuring Dave Herzog’s Marionettes on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 6:30 p.m.

During the Pumpkin Patch Review colorful marionettes will sing, dance and spread fun and merriment at Farmer Brown’s Pumpkin Farm. The performance is free and open to all ages. portive group for writers of all levels on Oct. 17 at 6 p.m. and Just Craftin’ Around: Ghosts in a Jar on Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. To sign up for senior and adult events, call 708447-0869 or visit www.northriversidelibrary.org/events.

For kids there’s Lapsit Storytime (toddlers through age 5) on Oct. 17 at 10:30 a.m.; DIY Craft Hour (ages 3+) on Oct. 18 at 4 p.m.; Yoga with Mrs. Bee (ages 3+ with adult) on Oct. 18 at 10:15 a.m. and Oct. 19 at 11:15 a.m.; Messy Mornings for Munchkins (ages 2-5) on Oct. 22 at 11:30 a.m.; and Every Child a Reader/Cada Nino un Lector (ages 6+) on Oct. 23 at 4 p.m.

The Brookfield Elks Lodge, 9022 31st St., hosts bingo every Monday night. Doors open at 5 p.m. and games start at 7 p.m. minimum cash payout of $2,275 a night, plus pull tabs, lightning, tic-tac and raffles.

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MWRD set for final phase of sewer repair project New shows at RAC

Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., opens a new exhibition, “Souths & Norths” in the Freeark Gallery, featuring the work of Mauricio Forero, with a reception on Sunday, Oct. 20 from 3 to 6 p.m. The show continues through Nov. 23.

A native of South America, Forero in three installations and three wall-hung pieces explores the cultural tug of war in the Western Hemisphere and how that seeps into societies struggling for a voice.

In the FlexSpace Gallery, take in the work of Andy Young and his solo show “Ominous Thinkly Devices,” reflecting on issues of power and powerlessness. The show continues through Dec. 19.

Gallery hours are Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m.

Oktoberfest at Ascension Lutheran

Ascension Lutheran Church, 400 Nuttall Road in Riverside, invites the community to join them for a little Gemutlichkeit at their Oktoberfest event on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 5 to 8 p.m.

Enjoy the beer garden, fire pit and some bratwurst and roast pork. Bring a non-perishable food item, which will collectively benefit local food pantries and Ascension’s “Meals Do Matter” program.

Tickets are $12 in advance ($15 at the door) for adults and $5 for children under 12. You can buy advance tickets by calling 708-447-2600 or emailing to ascensionriverside@gmail.com.

Traffic lanes will be reduced on First Avenue at Forest for three weeks

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Not only does the intercepting sewer branch off to the east and west there, the MWRD installed bypass pumps there to direct storm water runoff away from sections of the pipe being repaired.

In order to allow easier access to the pumps, the MWRD installed large steel plates over the entrance. The final job will be to remove the bypass pumps and steel plates in the roadway, restore the street surface and remove the temporary traffic signals that have been in place for more than three years.

The work will require Kenny Construction to close the northbound lanes of First Avenue at Forest Avenue and the right-turn lane on westbound Forest Avenue for about three weeks.

As a result, traffic lanes will shift west and there will be just one lane of traffic in each direction through the construction zone.

Bailey said the plan is for the intersection to be resurfaced with asphalt this year.

However, if weather makes that impossible, it will likely be patched with concrete and resurfaced with asphalt next spring.

In either case, said Bailey, the village

would like to see the temporary traffic signals removed when the intersection repairs are largely complete in November.

“That should be the last of it,” Bailey said of the project.

Riverside officials are recommending that motorists consider an alternate route unless they must travel through the area.

The work may also affect students crossing First Avenue to get back and forth from Riverside-Brookfield High School and Hauser Junior High. Riverside Police Chief Thomas Weitzel said he was not sure yet if students would be limited to crossing First Avenue in the south crosswalk.

That plan is still being worked out, but Weitzel said two crossing guards would remain at the intersection and he may bolster their presence with the village’s community service officer during drop-off and pickup times at the high school.

“Make no mistake, it’s going to be congested and it’s going to require a long period of time to drive not only north and south on First Avenue, but also east and west,” Weitzel said.

The good news is that work related to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s massive project to repair its Salt Creek Intercepting Sewer No. 2 below First Avenue and parts of Riverside, Brookfield and Lyons will finally draw to a close by the end of November.

The bad news is that the final phase of the work is going to result in a headache for motorists using First Avenue between Ogden Avenue and 31st Street next month.

The final phase of work was slated to begin Oct. 14, with workers from Kenny Construction repairing nine manhole structures scattered in Riverside, Lyons and on the Brookfield Zoo property.

According to Riverside Public Works Director Edward Bailey, the MWRD did not accept the initial repairs to the nine manhole structures and ordered them redone by the general contractor, Kenny Construction, hired to do the work.

Four of the manhole structures are along Riverside Road in Riverside, at the Blackhawk, Olmsted, Gage and Lawton road intersections. The fifth is located on Miller Road, just north of Ogden Avenue.

According to Baldemar Corral Jr., a civil engineer at Kenny Construction, most of the work will require minor detours around landscape islands at the Riverside Road intersections and should not be too much of an inconvenience to motorists.

Only one of the two manhole structures on Brookfield Zoo property are in what would be considered the “public” part of the zoo. Corral said workers would limit their activities to night time hours when the zoo is closed to the public.

Bailey said that Kenny ought to have the manhole structure repairs completed, weather permitting, by mid-November.

Then comes the real headache.

Once the manhole structures are repaired work will shift to the inFILE tersection of First Avenue and ForREROUTE: Traffic on First Avenue will be reduced to one lane in each direction next month est Avenue/Ridgewood Road. Since when work crews begin the final phase of the MWRD’s intercepting sewer repair project at the work began in 2016, the area below corner of First and Forest avenues in Riverside. the intersection has functioned as a critical juncture.

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Support building for ban on red-light cameras

Critics say devices are a ‘revenue grab’ for cities and source of political corruption

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois

SPRINGFIELD – Bipartisan support appears to be building in the Illinois General Assembly for a statewide ban on red-light cameras.

Those are devices that some municipalities, like North Riverside and nearby Berwyn and Forest Park, install at intersections to detect drivers running through red lights or turning right without coming to a full stop.

Critics of those devices, however, argue they serve only to generate revenue and are

a potential source of political corruption.

“Studies have shown that it does not improve safety. In fact, that it increases rearend collisions,” Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills), said in an interview.

“So this is really a revenue grab by local governments. And, as we’ve seen recently, this is obviously tied up, but likely with corruption.”

McSweeney was referring to recent news reports indicating that one private company, SafeSpeed LLC, which supplies redlight cameras to several Chicago suburbs, including North Riverside and Berwyn, is the focus of a federal probe that led to raids on the offices and home of state Sen. Martin Sandoval, chairman of the powerful Senate Transportation Committee.

In early 2017, in a sweeping two-part report on red-light cameras and SafeSpeed LLC published by the Riverside-Brookfield Landmark, the newspaper reported that Sandoval had personally interceded, on SafeSpeed’s behalf, with Illinois Depart-

ment of Transportation officials to get approval for a red-light camera in Oakbrook Terrace while accepting tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations from the company.

The village of North Riverside has collected more than $10 million from its two redlight cameras at the intersection of Harlem Avenue and Cermak Road since they were installed in 2014. The money is used to fund the village’s police and fire pension obligations, and without that revenue would be hard pressed to come up with an alternative.

McSweeney has introduced several bills in recent years to ban the use of red-light cameras. One of those passed the House in 2015 but died in the Senate. Another one, House Bill 323, introduced in January, is still pending in the House, and last week it picked up two new Democratic co-sponsors, Reps. Rita Mayfield, of Waukegan, and Sam Yingling, of Grayslake.

And on Monday, Rep. Grant Wehrli (RNaperville), introduced a virtually identical bill, House Bill 3909.

SANDOVAL

Tollway appointee out from page 1 President John Cullerton. But he still retains his leadership post as Senate Democratic whip, the person responsible for ensuring party discipline on key votes.

Federal agents raided Sandoval’s statehouse office, his district office in Cicero and his home in Chicago on Sept. 24. In response to records requests from news media, Cullerton’s office released a heavily-redacted copy of the search warrant, along with a list of items that were seized.

It indicated investigators were looking for correspondence and documents related to several individuals and businesses, but most of those names were blacked out.

Sandoval has not been charged with any wrongdoing.

The unredacted material, however, adds significant detail, and indications of where the investigation might be headed.

The warrant indicates agents were looking for evidence of crimes under Article 18 of the United States Code, which deals with “deprivation of rights under color of law,” or crimes committed by public officials.

It identifies specific statutes involving conspiracy, theft and bribery, fraud, wire fraud, and a statute, 18 U.S.C. 1951, “interference with commerce by threats or violence.”

The first set of materials listed in the search warrant identifies SafeSpeed LLC, a company that provides automated red-light cameras to several communities in the Chicago area, including North Riverside, Berwyn, Summit and River Forest.

Along with SafeSpeed, the search warrant lists several individuals including Cook County Commissioner and McCook Mayor Jeff To-

JERRY NOWICKI/Capitol News Illinois

HARD LOOK: Unidentified FBI agents carry material out of the Capitol on Sept. 24 in Springfield after searching the office of Sen. Martin Sandoval (D-Chicago). bolski; his chief of staff, Patrick Doherty; Berwyn Alderman Cesar Santoy, who was also on the Illinois Tollway Highway Authority Board until his temporary appointment was pulled Friday afternoon by Gov. J.B. Pritzker; a company named Technicraft Collision Repair; that company’s president, Sebastian Jachymiak; and a company identified as Arq Design Build.

The Illinois Secretary of State identifies Santoy as the president of Arq Design Build.

Chicago-area news outlets, including the Landmark, have reported that Sandoval personally intervened on SafeSpeed’s behalf to get Illinois Department of Transportation approval for a red-light camera in Oakbrook Terrace that IDOT had previously denied, all while taking tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations from the company and its owner.

That has prompted renewed calls to repeal state laws that allow municipalities to use red-light cameras to enforce traffic laws.

Pritzker withdrew Santoy’s appointment in a one-sentence letter. During an unrelated news conference Friday, the governor had urged Santoy to step down.

“I only just heard about this on my way in today, because I guess it was only released a few minutes ago,” Pritzker said. “The first thing I will say is that corruption and selfdealing are unacceptable and will be rooted out, whether it’s in my administration or in the Legislature. And so, from my perspective, Cesar Santoy should step aside from his position on the tollway board.”

Another paragraph in the warrant identifies items related to Puentes Inc., an EnglishSpanish translation service company that Sandoval owns, and Monarca Inc., which, according to the Illinois Secretary of State’s website, is owned by Sandoval’s wife, Marina.

The warrant authorizes a search for items related to public officials in the village of

In a news release, Wehrli also claimed the devices are a source of political corruption.

“As the FBI’s federal investigation into Senator Sandoval’s shady dealings intensifies, it’s time to re-examine the use of redlight cameras in Illinois and consider the type of ban he has repeatedly blocked,” Wehrli said.

Sandoval, who has not been charged with any wrongdoing, did not respond to a request for comment.

McSweeney, meanwhile, said that even without the alleged corruption, he would still oppose the use of red-light cameras.

“My issue is that I think the red-light cameras, again, are designed for a specific purpose of raising revenue,” he said. “Of course, if a policeman sees a person violating the law, that person should be ticketed, but it should be done like any other traffic violation, not through an automated system that is designed to produce revenue.”

Bob Uphues contributed to this report.

Summit, including Village President Sergio Rodriguez, Police Chief John Kosmowski, Department of Public Works Director Bill Mundy, road construction company owner Pedro Ramirez, and “Concrete Company A.” The warrant goes on to identify items related to the utility company ComEd and its parent company Exelon, Chicago-area real estate developer Vahooman “Shadow” Mirkhaef, businessman Michael Vondra and several of his associates, a number of real estate companies and other businesses.

Finally, the warrant calls for items related to a number of IDOT employees and “items related to any official action taken in exchange for a benefit.” Pritzker has said previously that no IDOT employees have been subpoenaed as part of the investigation.

The documents released Friday also include an unredacted copy of the list of items seized from Sandoval’s office. They include a file labeled “IDOT” with letters from the mayor of McCook as well as documents from the Burke Burns law firm in Chicago. They also included invoices and correspondence with Marina Sandoval’s company, Monarca Inc., and agreements between that company and “other entities.”

Tobolski, the mayor of McCook, is the commissioner for the Cook County Board’s 16th District, which includes North Riverside, a small portion of Riverside and roughly the south half of Brookfield.

The search warrant’s list of seized items also includes a reference to a flash drive with the word “Landek” written on it.

Steve Landek is a state senator who represents the 12th District, which includes Riverside north of the BNSF tracks and a substantial portion of Brookfield south of 31st Street.

Landek is also the mayor of the village of Bridgeview. The Chicago Tribune reported that Landek says he has not been subpoenaed in his capacity as a state senator or as mayor, nor has the village. He also said he had not been interviewed by investigators.

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Constance Morris House marks 40 years Started in Brookfield, agency has helped 30,000 seeking shelter from domestic and sexual abuse

By JACKIE PISANO

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In recent years, celebrities, politicians, schools and even houses of worship have ensured that the problems and solutions surrounding domestic violence and sexual assault are brought to the forefront of conversations.

But decades before international advocacy campaigns like the #MeToo movement shined a mainstream spotlight on the topic, one local nonprofit has dedicated its time and energy toward assisting domestic violence survivors — and most importantly, giving them a voice.

In line with October’s designation as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Pillars Community Health celebrated the 40th anniversary of its Constance Morris House domestic violence shelter with an open house Oct. 3 at Pillars Community Health’s LaGrange headquarters at 27 Calendar Ave. “What a special occasion, 40 years of service in our community providing domestic violence and sexual assault services to really, the most vulnerable members in our community,” said Angela Curran, CEO of Pillars Community Health.

The Constance Morris House traces its roots back to the late 1970s, when local police departments and communities reported an increase in domestic violence cases, inspiring the now-defunct Des Plaines Valley Community Center to seek funding to open a shelter for abused women.

The first shelter opened in Brookfield in April 1979, and later that year received a bequest from the Constance Rothschild Morris Foundation of New York City, prompting the shelter to be renamed Constance Morris House.

Though the original home has since been demolished, the current shelter -- which operates in an undisclosed location to ensure the safety of those seeking refuge there -- continues to carry out the original mission through partnership with Pillars Community Health, a new organization created in January 2018 through the merger of Pillars and Community Nurse Health Center of LaGrange.

While the first shelter could only house up to five women, the current shelter can serve up to 20 men, women and children from across the near west suburbs, and has expanded its services to include a 24-hour confidential hotline, crisis intervention, counseling, legal advocacy and community education, all at no cost.

And, in its 40 years, an estimated 30,000 domestic abuse survivors have been served through the Constance Morris House.

Lynn Siegel, senior vice president of domestic and sexual violence services with Pillars Community Health, has been involved with the Constance Morris House since its early days, directing the program since 1989.

“The services Constance Morris House

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LONG LEGACY: Angela Curran (far left), CEO of Pillars Community Health, speaks to staff and supporters at Constance Morris House’s 40th anniversary celebration on Oct. 3 in LaGrange.

All the activities are free and open to the entire community. For every child, there will be a free pie pumpkin—with a carving pumpkin going to those who show up in costume.

provides gives survivors a voice that affirms their value in the world,” she said. “Throughout my years of work with survivors, I continue to be inspired by their strength and desire for a life without violence.”

Siegel thanked attendees who served as volunteers over the years, sharing that while rewarding work, volunteering is not easy.

“It can be frustrating, stressful and difficult,” she said. “This group of staff, especially the outreach team, are really into going out there and telling everybody about the program and making us visible in all these communities.”

Curran echoed Siegel’s sentiments, saying Constance Morris House’s staff and volunteers should be acknowledged as community first responders alongside police officers and firefighters.

“You staff and volunteers are the first responders when it comes to the people who reach out to you for help, trying to escape domestic violence and trying to escape sexual violence,” she said. “I don’t think we recognize that enough. I know it’s a very emotional and stressful job.”

One volunteer who shared words about the importance of the mission of Constance Morris House included Mary Espinosa.

Espinosa, who grew up with a sexually abusive father and endured verbal and physical abuse by her first husband, spoke about

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the impact that moving from her home in Ohio to Illinois and seeking help and turning her life around for the better.

“I’m a big, big, big fan of therapy; it’s something you have to have,” Espinosa said.

Sister Marlene Schemmel, a Brookfield resident and former volunteer with Constance Morris House, stopped by the open house to celebrate the mission of the organization with other local residents.

“I like what [Constance Morris House] is all about,” said Schemmel, a Catholic nun with Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, who volunteered from 2012-16, following her retirement from pastoral work at a church in Naperville.

At Constance Morris House, she helped answer phone calls, coordinate meetings with survivors and social workers, and assist parents with childcare.

What Schemmel valued most about Constance Morris House was the people.

“The most important thing was the relationships with the survivors and the staff,” she said.

For more information about Constance Morris House and Pillars Community Help, visit pillarscommunityhealth.org. To reach the 24hour confidential domestic violence hotline, call 708-485-5254. To reach the 24-hour confidential sexual assault hotline, call 708-482-9600.

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Motorcyclist killed in Brookfield crash

Police say Lyons man blew stop sign, was not wearing helmet

By BOB UPHUES Editor

A police report obtained by the Landmark indicates that a motorcyclist, who was killed when his bike collided with another vehicle in the intersection of Grove and Windemere avenues on Oct. 10, drove through a stop sign and into the path of a silver Nissan Kicks, driven by a 59-year-old Lyons woman who had the right of way.

Both the driver of the Nissan and an independent witness, who was following behind the Nissan in another vehicle, reportedly told police they were eastbound on Windemere Avenue at about 1:15 p.m. when Michael Sobran, 50, of Lyons, who was northbound on Grove Avenue, failed to stop at the stop sign.

The intersection is only partially controlled, with stop signs on the north and south approaches of Grove Avenue. Windemere Avenue has no stop signs at that intersection.

The Nissan struck Sobran’s motorcycle, police reported, sending it sliding across the intersection where it came to rest after striking the curb on the south east side of the intersection. The motorcycle landed on top of Sobran, who was not wearing a helmet, according to police.

The witness, identified as a 58-year-old Bolingbrook man, and a Brookfield police officer who arrived at the scene were able to lift the motorcycle off of Sobran and place it on the parkway. Paramedics transported Sobran to Loyola University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 1:46 p.m.

Paramedics also transported the driver of the Nissan to MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn for observation. The police report does not indicate she was injured in the crash. Police issued no citations.

BOB UPHUES/Editor

AFTERMATH: The impact of the crash sent Michael Sobran and his motorcycle onto the southeast corner of the Grove/Windemere intersection. According to the police report, Sobran failed to stop at a stop sign while traveling north on Grove Avenue.

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Brookfield Chamber of Commerce 60 to Win drawings

10 weeks of drawings, every Thursday at 4:30pm at Joe’s Saloon.

See it on the Chambers Facebook page – LIVE.

60 to Win is the Chamber’s biggest fundraiser. Each ticket cost $20.

Each week we give away $1000; one $500 winner and five $100 winners. There are 60 drawings and each ticket remains in the drawing for all 60 drawings.

We greatly appreciate the support of Brookfield Chamber of Commerce. Each ticket purchased helps us to continue to provide the community with wonderful events like the Street Dance, Car Show, Farmers Market and the Art Fest. We also are proud to give back to the community with donations to different organizations and offer each High School annual scholarships.

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Tech headaches in D95 largely resolved after lightning strike Apparent near miss at S.E. Gross fried phone and fire alarm relays, elevator panel

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Officials at Brookfield-LaGrange Park School District scrambled to restore the fire alarm system at S.E. Gross School as well as phone and wireless service to Brook Park School and the district’s administrative office in downtown Brookfield after a lightning strike disabled those signals at about 6:20 p.m. on Sept. 27.

Full wireless capacity was restored to Brook Park School not until Oct. 10, but officials were able to at least restore phone service and some wireless capacity to the school by Sept. 30, using a decommissioned radio transmitter atop S.E. Gross Middle School.

“It made for an eventful weekend,” said

Superintendent Mark Kuzniewski.

Workers were able to restore the fire alarm system’s radio relay a week after the lightning strike disabled it.

While the system wasn’t wirelessly connected with the dispatch center for a time, said Kuzniewski, the alarm and fire sprinkler systems at S.E. Gross Middle School still functioned, and would have worked had an alarm been pulled inside the building or a smoke detector activated.

However, it would have taken a 911 call from the school to actually report an incident, like it did on the night of the lightning strike.

The call to West Central Consolidated Communications (WC3) on Sept. 27 was made by S.E. Gross School Principal Ryan Evans, who lives just a few doors from the school and heard lightning strike.

“It was tremendous,” said Evans of the lightning strike, which simultaneously produced a violent thunderclap.

“You could feel it, it was so close,” Evans said.

Almost immediately, Evans received a phone call from an S.E. Gross faculty mem-

ber who was inside the school at the time, informing Evans that fire alarms were going off inside the school.

Evans called 911 and went to S.E. Gross School. The alarm panel indicated smoke on the second and third floors. Firefighters and Evans inspected the building and found no signs of smoke or fire.

Firefighters and school officials don’t believe lightning struck the S.E. Gross Middle School itself. Kuzniewski and Evans said there were no scorch marks or exterior damage to the building. None of the rooftop mechanical units was damaged and a communications tower housing the radio transmitters on the roof also didn’t appear to have been hit.

“We’re not sure where it hit, but the staff member in the building heard an incredible sound, and as soon as it hit the fire alarms at S.E. Gross went off,’ Kuzniewski said.

The building never lost power, said Kuzniewski, and all the mechanical systems continued to function.

According to Evans, most of the damage to electrical systems was concentrated in the newly renovated east wing of the school.

Still not functioning as of late last week was the new elevator installed in that wing.

The elevator’s power panel was completely fried as a result of the lightning strike, knocking it out of commission.

Evans initially worried that the new computer and electrical equipment in the school’s brand new STEM lab on the third floor of the east wing might have been affected. Evans had a technology consultant come to the school on Sept. 30 to check out the equipment, which appeared unscathed.

“Definitely that was a huge concern, but that stuff was not impacted,” Evans said.

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draiser in the future.

Russo told the Landmark that he set the fundraising goal at $5,000, though the family likely will face costs greater than that.

“I’ve never had to deal with this before and from page 1 didn’t know what I needed to ask for,’ Russo said in a phone interview. “No one is prepared for last seen on video at about 4:30 p.m. on Sept. these kinds of things. It’s uncharted territory.”

25, making a bank deposit in Russo said he has been in Brookfield. Cellular data inregular contact with police, but dicates that during the early that there’s been nothing new to morning hours of the followreport concerning his mother’s ing day, Sept. 26, the cellphone well-being. travels from Brookfield to other “There’s nothing really communities, including Counnew,” Russo said. “As far as her tryside, Hodgkins, McCook, whereabouts or the vehicle’s Forest View, Summit and the whereabouts, nothing has come Bridgeview area. to light.”

“We’re hoping that someone The last time Thompson and in these areas might recall seeher vehicle definitively were ing Ms. Thompson or her dark seen in Brookfield was on Sept. purple 2014 Nissan Juke bear25. Her family reported her ing Illinois registration E27 missing on Oct. 1 after Russo 3380,” Police Chief Edward Pevisited his mother’s home and trak said in an emailed state- Erica Thompson found the back door open, the ment. air-conditioning on and moldy dishes piled in the Petrak said police “are not ruling out the possink and by her bed. sibility that she or her vehicle may still be in that Police who processed the residence for evivicinity.” dence at that time said it looked like no one Anyone with information regarding Thompson’s whereabouts or vehicle are asked to call the had been there in days. No one has heard from Brookfield police tip line at 708-244-4862 or email Thompson since she was last seen, and her vetips to the West Suburban Major Case Assistance hicle also hasn’t been seen.

Russo in a social media message posted on Oct. Team to mcat@mcatpolice.org.

1 indicated that police had pinged her cellphone in Springfield, Missouri. Until Oct. 14, police had Facebook fundraiser started declined to release any details regarding what is In the meantime, members of Thompson’s still an active, ongoing investigation.

In addition to worrying about their loved one’s family have started an online fundraiser to help them maintain her home, care for her three cats, whereabouts, Thompson’s family faces the burmake mortgage payments and any costs for hir- den of making sure mortgage payments are kept current and the utilities paid for. Kujawski, who ing private investigators to assist in the search.

Thompson’s son, Michael Russo, and her sister, did not have pets or the expense associated with Dana Thompson Kujawski, initiated the Face- them before, is caring for Thompson’s three cats.

Russo said his family is small and that few live book fundraiser on Oct. 12. Anyone with a Facebook account has the ability to donate to the fun- in the immediate area. draiser, which can be found at bit.ly/33sOkuO. “None of us are wealthy people. We’re strugThe family may start a non-Facebook online fun- gling to pay our own bills,” Russo said.

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Erica Thompson’s 2017 purple Nissan Juke, an example of which is shown above, has also not been seen since Thompson went missing after Sept. 25.

LTHS, township schools treasurer fail to reach deal Lawsuit to recoup fees from school district going to trial

ly $4.5 million. The TTO, which by state law manages finances for school districts in Lyons Township, claims that the high school has not paid its full share of fees to the TTO since 2000.

The TTO had filed two lawsuits against LTHS. The initial lawsuit,

By BOB SKOLNIK filed in 2013, was for money it claims Contributing Reporter that it is owed from 2000 to 2013. A subsequent lawsuit, filed last year, claims A recent ruling by a Cook County the high school owes an additional judge will ensure that the Lyons Town$420,000 it has failed to pay since the ship Schools Treasurer’s Office will first lawsuit was filed. recoup less than they Those two cases now have already spent on have been consolidated legal fees in their sixinto one suit. year quest to force Lyons LTHS claims that it Township High School entered into an agreeDistrict 204 to reimburse ment in 1999 with forthem for two decades’ mer Treasurer Robert worth of fees they say Healy to reduce the paythe high school owes for ments LTHS made to their services. the TTO because high In a pretrial motion, school didn’t need all the Judge Thomas Mulroy services that the TTO ruled that the statute of TIM KILREA provides. limitations will limit the D204 Superintendant Healy pleaded guilty amount that the Townin 2015 to stealing roughship Trustees Office ly $100,000 from the TTO, (TTO) can recover if it which claims there was wins at trial to damages no such agreement with incurred only during the high school district. the five years before the For nearly two decades LTHS has only lawsuit was filed, or approximately paid a portion of the annual bill it re$1.9 million. ceives from the TTO. The TTO already has spent more LTHS officials would like to withthan $2 million in legal fees on the draw from the TTO, saying that they case, while LTHS has spent about don’t need its services and that the $500,000. school can manage its own money.

The case had been set for trial in Once the case is resolved, LTHS will September, but Mulroy pushed hard be able to withdraw from the TTO. for a settlement. The two sides worked “There is certainly a disappointwith Mulroy for nearly a month, but ment that this is continuing,” Kilrea settlement talks have now apparently said. ended. Last week, Mulroy set a new TTO board President Mike Thiessen trial date of Dec. 16 did not return phone calls asking for “I think the trial date being set in- comment about the apparent failure dicates that will be the next step,” of the settlement talks. A call to Townsaid Tim Kilrea, the superintendent ship Schools Treasurer Kenneth T. of Lyons Township High School Dis- Getty was not also not returned. trict 204, who declined to go into detail During the settlement talks, the about the substance of the settlement judge instructed both sides not to talk talks. to reporters about the case. Neither The TTO sued the high school in side has been willing to talk about the 2013, claiming that LTHS owes it near- substance of the negotiations.

“There is certainly a disappointment that this is continuing.”

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nable to come to a settlement, the Lyons Township Treasurer of Schools and Lyons Township High School District 204 will argue their cases at trial in December to determine how much money, if any, the school district will have to pay to the township treasurer’s office (TTO) for work the township office never performed.

The TTO, an obsolete government agency that exists only in Cook County, tried to claim that the school district owed it about $4.5 million in fees during the past two decades. The school district says it doesn’t use many of the TTO’s services and had a deal with a former treasurer to handle many of the services itself, negating the need to pay the TTO for them.

Six years ago, the TTO filed the first of two lawsuits seeking payment from LTHS for those unused services, resulting in more than $2.5 million in legal fees – more than $2 million of it spent by the TTO -- that are being paid by taxpayers in Lyons Township.

Now a judge has ruled that due to a statute of limitations, the TTO can, at most, lay claim to about $1.9 million in unpaid fees. The judge wasn’t guaranteeing that reimbursement, just setting the limit on what the TTO can even ask for.

So, for those keeping score, the TTO is now suing for less money than it has spent in legal fees for this case. Instead of continuing to pick the pockets of Lyons Township taxpayers to justify its existence, the TTO ought to dissolve itself and save taxpayers and school districts the headache of having to deal with them.

Failing that unlikely event, we once again call on state legislators representing Lyons Township to pave the way to allow voters to put the TTO out of business. Their services, perhaps once a boon to fledgling school districts dotting the late 19th century prairie, are no longer needed by districts led by experienced administrators, including finance managers.

This lawsuit, which will change nothing about the need for the TTO’s existence, is a futile attempt to demonstrate the agency’s relevance. What the lawsuit has proven, however, is that the TTO it is a waste of taxpayer dollars and the court’s time.

Even in victory, should that even happen, the TTO’s lawsuit is a money loser.

Imagine that

It sure has been a couple of interesting weeks seeing where an apparently wide-ranging federal investigation into local politicians and their ties to companies who are also large campaign contributors will go.

One of the more interesting connections being made in a now-unredacted federal search warrant of Sen. Martin Sandoval’s office in Springfield is the feds’ particular interest in the red-light camera company SafeSpeed LLC. While there’s plenty of light shining right now on the firm, we’re just here to point out that in January of 2017 – almost three years ago – the Landmark issued what you might call a road map of connections between those involved in that company and local pols, like Sandoval.

We’re pleased to see that others paid attention to our small local paper, and started asking questions of their own.

Opinion KOSEY CORNER

Thanks for the support, and the coffee

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here are things to be learned when one is up and about at 7 a.m., and I did learn a few things about what happens on East Burlington Street at that hour of the morning last

Friday.

I was stationed at Riverside Foods last week for the Lions Club Candy Days, and I smartly chose the location in the event of rain, which there was, or cold, ditto.

Also there is a nice bench to sit upon while collecting donations to support the club’s initiatives.

I will tell you that, at that hour, those who are shopping are focused, on a mission and not always awake.

By the time 7:30 had arrived, only three shoppers made their way in and out. Some were kind and tossed money into the can. I smiled at all and wished them a good morning, hoping to make their day or start it off right.

I was lucky to have a cup of coffee with me only to find out there is what I will call “a commuter special” at Riverside Foods -- coffee and a donut for $1.50 -- such a deal! I also learned that the coffee beans are specially roasted for the store. Now we’re talking gourmet.

Things started to pick up as parents dropped children

off at school and the hustle and bustle of another day in Riverside began. It also gave me a chance to observe the deliveries to the store. It is fascinating watching the truck drivers maneuver their big rigs around the lot, while some shoppers were have a difficult time just pulling into the parking spots.

By the way, take it easy zooming into the lot, there are people around.

I learned that we in this area are lucky to have Riverside Foods and the many choice items it carries; if you want something special they will happily accommodate and cater. Check out the domestic and imported cheeses.

Brookfield, you are lucky also with Tischler’s and their fine selections. Don’t have to go far for quality and service.

So next time I know where to get my coffee, I’ll make my purchase and sit on the bench at Riverside Foods to watch the people across the street working hard at Athletico as well as other goings on, I might pick up a story or two.

By the way, thank you to all who gave to the Lions Candy Days fundraiser to help the club provide for its programs to help the blind and deaf. The mints are good, too.

JOANNE KOSEY

OBITUARIES

Ronald Graf Jr., 48 Cicero firefighter, police officer Ronald Jerome “Butch” Graf Jr., 48, of Brookfield and formerly of Cicero, died on Oct. 9, 2019.

Born on July 26, 1971 in Berwyn, Mr. Graf served in the U.S. Navy. He was a police explorer for Miami Dade County and a police officer and firefighter in Cicero.

He was also a truck driver for Airgas.

Mr. Graf was the father of Wyatt J. and Whitney J. Graf; the son RONALD GRAF JR. of Ruth (Leonard) Bolec-Rutka and the late Ronald Jerome Graf Sr.; the grandson of Adolf “Joe” Kopp; special partner of Amy Cenan; the brother of Christina, Laura Jean, Ronald Jay, Pamela (Brian) King, Jeff and John Allen; the nephew of Richard Bolec; the uncle of Cody, Nick and many other nieces and nephews and a cousin to many.

Visitation was scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 15 from 3 to 9 p.m. at Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home, 2447 Desplaines Avenue in North Riverside, with a service at 7 p.m. Funeral Service 7 p.m. On Wednesday, Oct. 16 a funeral ser-

vice includes prayers at 10 a.m. at the funeral home.

Interment with military honors take place at noon at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, 20953 W. Hoff Road, Elwood. Family and friends are asked to meet at the cemetery’s public information center by 11:45 a.m.

Vera Lynch, 103 Retired Marshall Field’s store manager Vera Lynch (nee Indelli), 103, of North Riverside, died on Oct. 8, 2019.

Born on April 12, 1916 in Chicago, Ms. Lynch was a poet, ballroom dancer, expert bridge league player and “an accomplished business pioneer in the world of Chicago fashion,” according to her great nephew, George Indelli, as reported by the VERA LYNCH Landmark in 2016 on the occasion of Ms. Lynch’s 100th birthday.

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OBITUARIES

James F. Buresh, 76 Retired Sears executive J a m e s Francis Buresh, 76, a resident of Agoura, Califor nia, and formerly of Brookfield, died Sept.

30, 2019, in California.

Mr. Buresh was born in ChiJAMES BURESH cago on Oct. 30, 1942, and his family would later move to Brookfield, where they opened Frank Buresh’s Lobster House on 31st Street. At the restaurant, he learned his strong work ethic, often peeling 100 pounds of potatoes before he could go out to play.

It was when he bartended a party there that he was smitten with Carole, who walked in and asked him for a ride back to college.

The two were married a year later and they recently celebrated their 52nd anniversary.

They were blessed with daughters, Kimberly and Jennifer.

During the years the girls competed in swimming, Mr. Buresh not only attended their meets but also became an official, meet director and, ultimately, president of Illinois Swimming.

Morgan McGraw joined the family when he married Jenny, and grandsons Miles James (named after Jim) and Jack Tenzin became the sunshine of his life.

Mr. Buresh’s high school years were spent at Culver Military Academy in Indiana, where he developed the leadership skills that would serve him well his whole life.

He would become a steadfast and generous volunteer at Culver, serving on the Legion Board and chairing his 50th Class Reunion.

For all his work on behalf of Culver, he was honored with the Samuel Coles Butler Award, citing his dedication, service and leadership.

After Culver, Jim graduated from the University of Denver, where he served as president of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, and then finished law school at Denver and

job during college into a career as a fashion merchandiser/buyer, which required extensive train travel.

In 1962, she accepted the job as store manager for the opening of the retailer’s department store at the Oakbrook Center shopping mall. In all, she worked for the company for 45 years job before her retirement.

Ms. Lynch was the wife of the late James R. Lynch; the mother of the late Larry; the daughter of the late Frank and late Della In-

a business program at Duke.

After law school, Jim and Carole Buresh moved back to Chicago to be near family. Mr. Buresh’s career took him to Sears, Roebuck and Co., where he worked in corporate taxes for 23 years.

While at Sears, he headed the legal, finance and taxation team that engineered the company’s headquarter move to Hoffman Estates. Looking for a new challenge after taking early retirement from Sears, he moved to Southern California to become Western Regional Partner for Arthur Andersen’s state and local tax practice, growing it tenfold, while always serving his clients with the highest integrity and forging enduring mentorships with countless people along the way. After the demise of Andersen, he retired from Deloitte.

Throughout his life, Mr. Buresh served and chaired many organizations, including the Council on State Taxation (COST), the NYU Institute on State and Local Taxation and the Tax Executives Institute’s State and Local Tax Committee.

Of the many awards he received over his lifetime, he was most honored to receive the 2011 COST/Paul H. Frankel Excellence Award in State and Local Taxation, which recognized his deep talent and the tremendous role he played in changing the field of state and local tax.

One of Mr. Buresh’s greatest outside passions was baseball. After he ended his own playing days, he took up coaching, helping to lead a team to the 1965 Babe Ruth World Series.

As a spectator, he held Los Angeles Dodgers season tickets for 26 years, though he never gave up his love for the Chicago White Sox and deeply relished their 2005 World Series championship.

In retirement, he and Carole enjoyed traveling, experiencing places such as Russia, China and Cuba. A highlight for Mr. Buresh was riding in a 1928 Ford convertible in Havana.

He also took the time to keep in contact with so many people he’d known throughout his life and was renowned for his memory of stories and details that astonished everyone.

Anyone wishing to leave a memorial to the place that meant so much to him, donations may be made to The Culver Foundation/ Class of 1960 Fund, 1300 Academy Road #153, Culver, Indiana, 46511. There will be a celebration of life service in Los Angeles in January.

delli; the sister of the late William and late George Indelli; aunt of William (Jean) Indelli; the great-aunt of Bill (Jen), Frank (Terri) and George (Chris) Indelli; great-great-aunt to Bill, Nicole (Tony) Luna, Zach, Vera, Frankie, Anthony, Anna, Gracie and Joe; and great-great-great-aunt to Braeden and Xoe. Funeral services and interment were private.

Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home, North Riverside, handled arrangements.

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On Golden Pond

The Lake Theatre, 1022 Lake Street, Oak Park 10am, film presentation followed by discussion • Admission: $2

What the heck is the Wabi Sabi Film Festival?

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t the Lake Theater in downtown Oak Park! Friday morning, Oct. 25, 10 a.m. On Golden Pond. Tickets are $2 each. Yep, $2.00.

This is a film festival about aging, a film festival for older people, though everyone is welcome to attend. Following the film, stay in your seats; we’ll have an interactive discussion about topics from each film. Every three months we’ll show a different film connected to the theme of aging, with a guest celebrity, followed by interactive discussion (we reached out to Jane).

And the Lake Theatre popcorn is mouth-wateringly delicious! The first film to be shown in the Wabi Sabi Film Festival is On Golden Pond, starring Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda (with Jane).

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By the way, wabi sabi isn’t the green spicy stuff at the sushi restaurant. It is the Japanese world view that appreciates the beauty of impermanence. As I write in my current blog on the IONS website (noetic.org/blog/aging-is-inherently- noetic/): The Japanese aesthetic of wabi sabi is an appreciation of the beauty of impermanence — like the wooden banister in an aging house, stroked by thousands of hands over the years, wobbly, chipped, out of alignment, yet oh so beautiful. Teenagers strive for instant Wabi Sabi by buying already torn and ripped blue jeans, but they fall short.

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Three years later, RBHS senior a state contender Taylor Jurgens opens eyes in first year of cross country

By JAMES KAY Sports Editor

When Blair Jensen walked into Kennelly Athletic Complex three years ago, he thought he was simply there to cheer on Riverside-Brookfield High School’s girls soccer team.

That would change moments later when he witnessed one RBHS player flying down the opposite sideline chasing after a 50/50 ball with speed that turns a varsity cross-country coach from a casual spectator into a wide-eyed recruiter.

“All I could think was, ‘Who is that? Does she run? She needs to run,’” said Jensen. “I asked around to see if anyone knew and they said, ‘Oh, that’s Taylor Jurgens.’”

The cross-country world wouldn’t get to know that name for three years, but in her first season of running at RBHS, Jurgens finds herself as a state contender who has caught the eyes of college cross-country coaches.

While he wishes that Jurgens ran all four years RiversideBrookfield, Jensen is just happy that she wound up on the team.

“I always had this saying that the fastest girl on crosscountry plays volleyball,” said Jensen. “Thankfully, I am not saying that this year.”

Outside of Jensen asking the senior every year to join the team, the seed has always been planted for Jurgens to run at the high school level.

Her older sister, Hailey, starred as a state-caliber runner on the team during her four years at RBHS. Taylor would join Hailey, who graduated from RBHS in 2017, on longer runs as a way to prepare for the soccer season and has participated in the Riverside Independence Day 5K multiple times.

Though she loved running, Taylor’s desire to play volleyball (and team sports in general) kept her from forming a lethal tandem with her sister on the cross-country team.

However, last spring, Taylor’s waning interest in volleyball opened an opportunity for Hailey to try to convince her sister to try out for cross-country.

“I said to her, ‘Look, this is a great opportunity to try something new,’” said Hailey. “She’s always loved running, and she’s really transitioned nicely into this sport.”

See JURGENS on page 17

Photo provided by Taylor Jurgens

Senior Taylor Jurgens is getting college offers after only one season of cross country

Friars keep playoff hopes alive in win vs. St. Pats Danny Kent runs roughshod over Shamrocks

By JAMES KAY Sports Editor

After Fenwick’s 17-9 win against St. Patrick, one thing has been made clear: head

coach Gene Nudo will not be sporting his classic mustache until his team loses.

“The mustache is gone for right now, baby,” said Nudo. “If anyone wants to see me put the ’stache on, the other team is going to have to beat us. In 40 years of coaching, I am now 2-0 without the ’stache.”

Along with the superstition around Nudo’s bare upper lip, the Friars (4-3, 1-1 CCL) were able to get the job done on the ground while shutting down the Shamrocks’ (2-5)

banged-up offense. Running back Danny Kent led the team with 94 rushing yards on 16 carries while also finding the endzone twice for the Friars’ lone touchdowns.

“This week, I strained my hip flexor, so I was taking it easy at practice, but I knew I had to be good for today and O-line did a great job of executing,” said Kent. “I knew the holes were going to open up like they always do.”

On the opening drive of the game, the

Friars put together a 7-play series that ended with Kent breaking two tackles on the Shamrocks’ 14-yard line and taking it in for the score. Both teams exchanged punts back and forth until the Shamrocks started to get things going late in the first quarter.

St. Patrick found itself at the Fenwick 3-yard line after running back Eric Wozny Jr. broke off a 57-yard run to get the ShamSee JURGENS on page 18

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JURGENS

Her unofficial commitment to cross-country came right before summer from page 17 break during a bake sale when Jensen approached Taylor and her friends in RBHS’ lunchroom. After he made his donation, Taylor casually blew him away with the news of her joining his team.

“I said, ‘Thanks for donating, and by the way, I am going to try out for cross-country,’” said Taylor.

“I wasn’t planning on saying anything until I saw him. His eyes perked up, and he was surprised and said, ‘What?’ I repeated it and he was like, ‘That’s fantastic!’ He started talking really fast and he told me to keep the change after receiving his sweets. Me and my friends were laughing after he left.”

Even with the verbal commitment from Taylor, Jensen was worried that she wouldn’t end up running for him this season, since she was spending the summer in Costa Rica.

He sent reminder texts to her and the cross-country group about training regimens for the offseason. Because her trip was at the tail end of summer, Taylor didn’t get back home until a week before the season. To make matters worse, she didn’t get a chance to train while she was abroad.

“I didn’t breathe until after our first meet,” said Jensen.

“After that I thought, ‘OK she is for real.’”

A week before her first meet, Taylor had been dealing with an unknown illness and had to visit the doctor to be tested for strep throat. The tests came back negative and, with the meet only being a two-mile race, she thought she would try to run a few days later.

“I thought, ‘Why not?’” said Taylor. “We didn’t know what it was, and I thought I could get through it.”

It turned out that she made the right decision.

Taylor concluded her first meet with a first-place finish and the two-mile course in 12 minutes, 24 seconds. To add to her triumph, the doctors ended up calling her the next day

Path to state

FRIARS

Critical turnovers from page 17 rocks into the red zone. However, Fenwick stuffed St. Patrick on three consecutive plays to force a field goal to make the score 7-3.

Both teams struggled on the night to get anything going through the air and traded defensive stops until Fenwick had a shot to grow its lead with 2:24 remaining in the half. Starting on their own 48, the Friars chipped away at the Shamrock defense with short gains on the ground and through the air. With 1:18 left, Kent took a handoff from the five-yard line, weaved his way to the right, and broke the plane to increase the Friars’ lead before the half.

The Friar and Shamrock offenses couldn’t find any openings throughout the third quarter, keeping the score 14-3 heading into the last stage of the game.

St. Patrick’s first drive in the fourth quarter had Fenwick’s defense reeling aided by a few questionable calls. The first came on third and six on the Friars’ 26-yard line when it appeared the Shamrocks fumbled after a short completion

to tell her that she actually did have strep throat.

“I think I even shocked myself with that race,” said Taylor. “I was feeling sick that day, but I also had a lot of jitters before the meet. I just had to settle down and gut it out.”

As the season has progressed, Taylor has added multiple top-15 finishes and has respectively come in first and second place in her last two races. Hailey has FaceTimed Taylor before the meets to help with pre-race jitters while offering tips about the courses Hailey used to run through. They even have a friendly rivalry, with Taylor going after Hailey’s best times.

“Before this season, I would think about it and tell myself, ‘You don’t have to be as good as her and [cross country] is going to help with soccer,’” said Taylor. “But now that I’ve gotten to this point, yeah, I want to get to her times.”

While Hailey jokes about hoping Taylor doesn’t beat her times, she wishes Taylor had joined the team earlier. Even in the midst of her success, Taylor doesn’t have any regrets. “[Hailey] always nags me about not joining earlier when I talk about running in a positive way,” Taylor said while laughing. “Obviously, I regret it a little bit, but I really enjoyed my first couple years of volleyball. It would have been interesting to see how it would have played out.”

Considering that college coaches have reached out to Taylor before she has completed her first season of running suggests that the Jurgens sisters would have been a force.

Taylor has been in contact with St. Francis University, Lewis University, Benedictine University and University of Miami. She’s also had talks with Duke University about walking on next fall if she continues to improve.

Taylor has aspirations to continue cross-country but only if she can work it around her true passion: marine biology.

“As of right now, I am tempted by all the new things that are coming at me,” said Taylor. “It’s so flattering to have all these … offers coming at me, but I have to bring myself back to reality sometimes. If cross-country wasn’t a part of it, I might not consider some of these schools, since some don’t offer marine biology as a major. Anywhere I go, I want to pursue [marine biology].”

As far as this season is concerned, Taylor is focusing on

on the right side of the field. Fenwick recovered the ball, but the officials ruled the receiver down.

After the Friars committed an encroachment penalty on 4th and 5, the Shamrocks pushed the ball to the Friars’ 1-yard line. They scored on the next play on a quarterback sneak, but the Fenwick defense contested saying he didn’t cross the goal line.

St. Patrick failed to convert its two-point attempt, making the score 14-9.

“We had a couple of errors, but I am proud of the kids’ grit,” said Nudo.

“They could have folded there at the end but they are getting used to playing in those competitive close games.”

Fenwick couldn’t generate any offense on the ensuing possession and was forced to punt, putting the Shamrocks on their own 35 with 4:13 left to go. However, St. Patrick fumbled a clean snap before Friars’ linebacker, Danny Farnan, swooped in to recover the ball on the Shamrocks’ 27.

St. Patrick’s defense did enough to stop the Friars from gaining a two-touchdown lead after shutting down the run

Photo provided by Taylor Jurgens

FINAL STRETCH: Jurgens is competing for a shot at State. what’s in front of her -- regionals. In two weeks, she will get a crack at getting closer to qualifying for state. She wants to get her time down to an 18-minute three-mile time (Hailey’s is 18:18 which only spurs the sisters’ friendly competition).

Jensen believes that Taylor has the ability to get there.

“RBHS has had two all-state runners in the last 40 years,” said Jensen. “Taylor could be RB’s third. I hate to say that, because I don’t want her to feel any pressure, but I think she is a competitor and she may thrive on challenges.”

game on the 21-yard line.

Fenwick turned to its senior kicker, Bryan Dowd, to give them. The Friars took a low snap, which delayed Dowd’s stride, but he kept his poise to nail the 30-yard field goal for an 8-point lead.

“That is what he has done throughout his whole career here,” said Nudo.

“He’s going to Notre Dame for soccer and games like this remind you he could probably play football there too.”

The Friars’ defense took care of business on the last drive of the game when St. Patrick heaved a downfield pass that ended up in the hands of Greyson Cone.

He finished with two interceptions on the night.

Nudo doesn’t take wins like this for granted.

“I learned a long time ago that you never apologize for a win,” said Nudo. “I am happy for our boys and we are in the mix.

Our goal is to get to the playoffs, and we think we are right there.”

Fenwick will look for its third win in a row on Oct. 18 when it goes up against Leo High School on the road. The game starts at 7:30 p.m.

S C O R E B O A R D Boys Golf Regional at LaGrange (Lyons) — 2019-20 1. LaGrange (Lyons) 2. Chicago (Whitney Young) 3. Chicago (Payton) 4. Riverside (R.-Brookfield)

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Sectional Qualifier Will Caronchi (So.) Max Rockrohr (Sr.) Callum Mitchell (Jr.) Gabe Newman (So.) Griffin Pohl (Jr.) Trent Garrett (Jr.) Jack Jones (So.) James Berger (Jr.) Jackson Fields (Jr.) Stephen Berger (So.)

Lyons 74 Lyons 76 Lyons 76 Lyons 78 Lyons 78 Lyons 80 Riverside-Brookfield Riverside-Brookfield Riverside-Brookfield Riverside-Brookfield

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Boys Golf Regional at Chicago (St. Rita) — 2019-20 1.Fenwick 2. St. Ignatius College Prep 3. Nazareth Academy

Sectional Qualifier

Jake Wiktor (Jr.) Fenwick Jackson Schaeffer (Sr.)Fenwick Jake Owens (Jr.) Fenwick Clark Davis (Sr.) Fenwick Nick Scudder (Fr.) Fenwick Brad Domke (Sr.) Fenwick

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SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE NEW CONCEPT FOR MAYWOOD In this quiet residential neighborhood

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Reserve your own affordable 2 or 3 BR condo unit of 1000+ sq ft of living space being built on this historic site. You’ll benefit from a unique 12-year tax freeze and lower monthly living expenses from energy saving systems/appliances, and you can help design your own individual unit. Plans also include building 5 new townhomes onsite.

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AUTISM SPEAKS FUNDRAISER GARAGE SALE 2413 S 3RD FRI 10/18 & SAT 10/19 9AM TO 3PM

Holiday dĂŠcor, clothes, shoes, too much to list! All proceeds go to Autism Speaks.

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WANTED TO BUY WANTED MILITARY ITEMS: Helmets, medals, patches, uniforms, weapons, ags, photos, paperwork, Also toy soldiers–lead, plastic–other misc. toys.

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BID NOTICE The Village of Riverside will receive sealed bids for 2020 Tree and Stump Removal and Emergency Storm Damage Response services. Bids will be accepted at the Riverside Department of Public Works, 3860 Columbus Blvd., Riverside, until November 21, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at which time the bids will be opened and read aloud. A mandatory PreBid meeting will be held on October 29, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. at the Riverside Department of Public Works.

The Village of Riverside requires the payment of prevailing wages in accordance with the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, when applicable. Bid Packets and SpeciďŹ cations may be obtained at the Department of Public Works between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Questions may be directed to the Public Works Department at 708 442-3590. The Village of Riverside reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive technicalities, and to accept any bid which is deemed to be in the best interest of the Village of Riverside.

BID NOTICE The Village of Riverside will be receiving sealed bids for the 2020 Cyclic Tree Trimming Contract. A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on October 29, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. at the Riverside Department of Public Works. The Village of Riverside requires the payment of prevailing wages in accordance with the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, when applicable. Bids will be accepted at the Riverside Public Works Department, 3860 Columbus Blvd., Riverside, until November 21, 2019 at 2:15 p.m. at which time bids will be opened and read aloud. Bid Packets and SpeciďŹ cations may be obtained at the Public Works Department, weekdays, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Questions may be directed to the Public Works Department at 708 442-3590. The Village of Riverside reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive technicalities, and to accept any bid which is deemed to be in the best interest of the Village of Riverside.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS GRAND BOULEVARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, October 28, 2019 at 6:30 PM, at the Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois, 60513, a public hearing will be held to consider the approval of a redevelopment plan and project (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Redevelopment Plan and Projectâ&#x20AC;?) to be known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grand Boulevard Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Project Areaâ&#x20AC;? and the adoption of tax increment allocation financing therefor.

The Redevelopment Project Area consists of the territory legally described as follows: REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTÂ AREA THAT PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SUNNYSIDE AVENUE AND THE SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHTOF-WAY LINE OF GRAND BOULEVARD; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY, TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF GRANT AVENUE AND THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF GRAND BOULEVARD; THENCE EASTERLY, ALONG SAID SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF GRANT AVENUE, TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 51 IN BLOCK 18 IN GROSSDALE SUBDIVISION; THENCE SOUTHERLY, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 51 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT, SAID CORNER BEING ON THE NORTH LINE OF A 16 FOOT PUBLIC ALLEY; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY, ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINES OF LOT 51 AND THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF LOT 52 IN SAID BLOCK 18, TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 52; THENCE NORTHERLY, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 52 TO THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF GRANT AVENUE; THENCE EASTERLY, ALONG SAID SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF GRANT AVENUE, TO THE NORTHEAST

CORNER OF LOT 45 IN BLOCK 17 IN GROSSDALE SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 34, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 22, 1889 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 1119370, SAID CORNER BEING ON THE WEST LINE OF A 16 FOOT NORTH-SOUTH ALLEY IN SAID BLOCK 17 IN SAID GROSSDALE SUBDIVISION; THENCE SOUTH, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID ALLEY, TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 38 IN SAID BLOCK 17; THENCE WEST, ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 38, TO THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF PRAIRIE AVENUE; THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 31 IN SAID BLOCK 17; THENCE EAST, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 31, TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 31, SAID CORNER BEING ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID NORTH-SOUTH ALLEY; THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID WEST LINE OF THE NORTH SOUTH ALLEY, TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 28 IN SAID BLOCK 17; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY, ALONG A SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 28, TO THE MOST SOUTHERLY CORNER OF THE EASTERLY CORNERS OF SAID LOT 28, SAID CORNER BEING ON THE NORTH LINE OF A 16 FOOT EAST-WEST ALLEY IN BLOCK 17; THENCE WEST, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID ALLEY, TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE NORTH EXTENSION OF THE EAST LINE OF LOT 25 IN BLOCK 17 WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID ALLEY; THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID EXTENDED LINE AND EAST LINE OF LOT 25, TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 25; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY, PERPENDICULAR TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY RAILROAD RIGHTOF-WAY, TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID RAILROAD RIGHT-OFWAY; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY, ALONG SAID NORTH LINE OF RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, TO THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH RANGE 12 EAST

OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN; THENCE SOUTH, ALONG SAID EAST LINE, TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID RAILROAD RIGHTOF-WAY; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY, ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE OF RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF BLOCK 35 IN SAID GROSSDALE SUBDIVISION; THENCE SOUTH, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF BLOCK 35, BEING ALSO THE WEST RIGHTOF-WAY LINE OF FOREST AVENUE, TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BLOCK 35, BEING ALSO THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF BURLINGTON BOULEVARD; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY, ALONG THE SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE NORTH EXTENSION OF THE EAST LINE OF LOT 5 IN BLOCK 30, IN GROSSDALE RESUBDIVISION OF BLOCKS 27 AND BLOCKS 29 TO 34, RECORDED JUNE 26, 1890 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 1293625; WITH THE SAID NORTH RIGHTOF-WAY LINE; THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID EXTENDED LINE AND EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 5, TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 5, BEING ALSO ON THE NORTH LINE OF AN EAST WEST 16 FOOT ALLEY IN SAID BLOCK 30; THENCE WEST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE OF ALLEY, TO THE EAST LINE OF LOT 7 IN SAID BLOCK 30; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF LOT 7, TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 7, BEING ALSO THE NORTH LINE OF AN EASTWEST 16 FOOT ALLEY IN SAID BLOCK 30; THENCE WEST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE OF ALLEY, TO THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF PRAIRIE AVENUE; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY, TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 1 IN BLOCK 31 IN SAID GROSSDALE RESUBDIVISION, BEING ALSO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE NORTH LINE OF AN EAST-WEST 16 FOOT ALLEY IN SAID BLOCK 31 WITH THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF PRAIRIE AVENUE; THENCE WEST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE OF ALLEY, TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 7 IN SAID BLOCK 31; THENCE NORTH, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 7, TO THE

NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 7; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY, PERPENDICULAR TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY RAILROAD RIGHT-OFWAY, TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY, ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE OF SAID RAILROAD RIGHTOF-WAY, TO THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN; THENCE NORTH, ALONG SAID WEST LINE, TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY, ALONG SAID NORTH LINE OF RAILROAD RIGHT-OFWAY, TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION OF EAST LINE OF THE SUNNYSIDE AVENUE WITH SAID NORTH LINE OF RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY; THENCE NORTH, ALONG SAID EXTENDED LINE AND THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SUNNYSIDE AVENUE, TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BLOCK 19 IN GROSSDALE SUBDIVISION, AND INCLUDING ALL OF BLOCK 19 EXCEPT LOTS 39, 40 AND 41 IN SAID BLOCK 19; THENCE NORTH, ALONG SAID RIGHT OF-WAY LINE, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS The Redevelopment Project Area is generally described as the Village Downtown, a contiguous area approximately centered around the intersection of Grand Boulevard and Prairie Avenue and generally bounded by the southside of Grant Avenue on the north, the east side of Sunnyside Avenue on the west, certain property on the east and west side of Prairie Avenue to the east, and certain property south of Burlington Boulevard to the south and adjacent rights of way are also included.

There will be considered at the public hearing the Redevelopment Plan and Project for the Redevelopment Project Area. The Redevelopment Plan and Project, along with the Eligibility Report for the Redevelopment Project Area, as proposed, Published in Landmark 10/2 and 10/16/2019

are on file and available for public inspection during normal business hours at the office of the Village Clerk, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois, 60513, and are available on the Villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at https://brookfieldil.gov/departments/ community-and-economic-development/taxincrement-finance-policy/ village-tif-districts/ .

The proposed Redevelopment Plan and Project includes the acquisition and conveyance of land in the Redevelopment Project Area, demolition, clearance and related site preparation activities, the construction, acquisition and installation of certain public works and improvements, if any, including, but not limited to, streets, storm sewers, stormwater detention, water mains, sanitary sewers, traffic signalization, curbs, gutters, landscaping and parking facilities and related costs and expenses, rehabilitation of existing structures, interest rate write downs, school tuition costs, and job training, all as provided in the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, as supplemented and amended.

Prior to the date of the public hearing, each taxing district having authority to directly levy ad valorem property taxes on property in the Redevelopment Project Area and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (f/k/a Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs) may submit written comments to the Village, to the attention of the Village Clerk, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois, 60513.

There is hereby convened a joint review board (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;JRBâ&#x20AC;?) to consider the proposed approval of the Redevelopment Plan and Project, designation of the Redevelopment Project Area and adoption of tax increment allocation financing therefor. The JRB shall consist of a representative selected by each community college district; local elementary school district and high school district or each local community unit school district; park district; library district; township; fire protection district; and county that has authority to directly

levy ad valorem taxes on the property within the Redevelopment Project Area; a representative selected by the Village; and a public member selected in accordance with the Act. The first meeting of said joint review board shall be held at 3:30 PM on the 25th day of September, 2019, at the Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois, 60513.

the approval of the Redevelopment Plan and Project, the designation of the Redevelopment Project Area, and the adoption of tax increment allocation financing therefor. The hearing may be continued by the Village Board without further notice other than a motion to be entered upon the minutes of the hearing fixing the date, time and place of the continued hearing.

At the public hearing, all interested persons or affected taxing districts may file written objections with the Village Clerk and may be heard orally with respect to any issues regarding

___________________ /s/ Bridget Weber, Village Clerk Village of Brookfield Cook County, Illinois

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS AMENDMENT TO THE 8 CORNERS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on October 28, 2019 at 6:30 PM at the Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois, 60513, a public hearing will be held to consider the approval of a First Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan and Project for the 8 Corners Redevelopment Project Area which amends the Redevelopment Plan and Project to include additional real property in the Redevelopment Project Area (the “Amended Redevelopment Project Area”), increases the budget set forth in the Redevelopment Plan and Project, and makes such other amendments as are necessary to effectuate the same, approval of the Amended Redevelopment Project Area, and approval of tax increment allocation financing for the Amended Redevelopment Project Area.  The current Redevelopment Project Area consists of the real property generally located at the intersection of Broadway Avenue, Grand Boulevard, Maple Avenue, and Washington Avenue.

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 The additional property to be included in the Redevelopment Property Area is located near the intersection of Broadway, Monroe and Park Avenues, and along the east side of Maple Avenue, just south of Monroe Avenue.  All property is wholly located within the Village of Brookfield, Cook County, Illinois.

The Amended Redevelopment Project Area consists of the territory legally described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION BROOKFIELD 8 CORNERS TIF (as revised by the First Amendment) THAT PART OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF MAPLE AVENUE AND THE NORTH RIGHTOF-WAY LINE OF MONROE AVENUE; THENCE EAST ALONG SAID NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF PARK AVENUE; THENCE NORTHERLY, ALONG SAID EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE TO SOUTH LINE OF A 16 FOOT EAST WEST ALLEY IN BLOCK 19 IN BROOKFIELD MANOR SUBDIVISION; BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 34, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 13, 1914 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 5455853, SAID POINT BEING ALSO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 23 IN SAID BLOCK 19; THENCE EASTERLY, ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE OF ALLEY, TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 19 IN SAID BLOCK 19; THENCE SOUTHERLY, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF LOT 19, TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 19; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY, TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 6 IN BLOCK 24 IN BROOKFIELD MANOR SUBDIVISION, SAID CORNER BEING ON THE SOUTH RIGHT–OFWAY LINE OF MONROE AVENUE; THENCE SOUTH, ALONG

THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 6 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 6, SAID CORNER BEING ON THE NORTH LINE OF A 16 FOOT EAST AND WEST ALLEY IN BLOCK 24; THENCE WEST, ALONG SAID NORTH LINE OF ALLEY, TO THE SAID EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF PARK AVENUE; THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID EAST RIGHTOF-WAY TO A POINT OPPOSITE AND ADJACENT TO THE NORTH CORNER OF LOT 41 IN BLOCK 23 OF SAID BROOKFIELD MANOR SUBDIVISION, THENCE WEST TO SAID NORTH CORNER OF LOT 41, SAID NORTH CORNER ALSO BEING A POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF PARK AVENUE AND THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF A NORTHEASTERLY SOUTHWESTERLY 16 FOOT ALLEY LYING SOUTHEASTERLY OF BROADWAY AVENUE IN 2 SAID BLOCK 23; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHEASTERLY LINE TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 39 IN SAID BLOCK 23, SAID CORNER ALSO BEING A POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE EAST LINE OF A NORTHSOUTH 16 FOOT ALLEY LYING WEST OF PARK AVENUE; THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID EAST LINE AND THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION THEREOF TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH RIGHT-OFWAY LINE OF WASHINGTON AVENUE; THENCE WEST ALONG SAID SOUTH RIGHTOF-WAY LINE TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 47 IN BLOCK 7 OF GROSSDALE SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 34, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 22, 1889 AS DOCUMENT NO. 1119370; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 47 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THEREOF, SAID CORNER ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF A NORTHWESTERLYSOUTHEASTERLY ALLEY LYING NORTHEASTERLY OF GRAND BOULEVARD IN SAID BLOCK 7; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY LINE TO A POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE NORTHEASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF LOT 34 IN SAID BLOCK 7; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY EXTENSION, SOUTHEASTERLY LINE AND THE SOUTHWESTERLY EXTENSION THEREOF TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHTOF-WAY-LINE OF SAID GRAND BOULEVARD; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE TO THE NORTHEASTERLY CORNER OF LOT 11 IN BLOCK 8 OF SAID GROSSDALE SUBDIVISION; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 11 TO THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER THEREOF, SAID CORNER ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF A NORTHWESTERLY-SOUTHEASTERLY 16 FOOT ALLEY LYING SOUTHWESTERLY OF GRAND BOULEVARD IN SAID BLOCK 8; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY LINE TO A POINT THAT IS OPPOSITE AND ADJACENT TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT

53 IN SAID BLOCK 8; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG A LINE TO SAID SOUTHEAST CORNER; THENCE WEST ALONG 3 THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 53 AND THE WESTERLY EXTENSION THEREOF TO A POINT ON THE WEST RIGHT-OFWAY- LINE OF MAPLE AVENUE; THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID WEST RIGHT-OFWAY LINE TO A POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF A NORTHEASTERLYSOUTHWESTERLY 16 FOOT ALLEY IN BLOCK 1 OF PORTIA MANOR SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 34, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT RECORDED FEBRUARY 6, 1915 AS DOCUMENT NO. 5573274, SAID ALLEY LYING SOUTHEASTERLY OF BROADWAY AVENUE; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHEASTERLY LINE TO A POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE SOUTHEASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF LOT 7 IN SAID BLOCK 1; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHEASTERLY EXTENSION TO A POINT ON THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID NORTHEASTERLY-SOUTHWESTERLY 16 FOOT ALLEY; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG A LINE TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE NORTHEASTERLY 15 FEET OF LOT 8 IN SAID BLOCK 1, SAID POINT BEING 15 FEET NORTHWESTERLY OF SAID NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE NORTHEASTERLYSOUTHWESTERLY 16 FOOT ALLEY (NOW VACATED) AS MEASURED ALONG SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE NORTHEASTERLY 15 FEET OF LOT 8; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE TO A POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF BROADWAY AVENUE; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE TO A POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE SOUTHEASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF LOT 19 IN BLOCK 2 OF SAID PORTIA MANOR SUBDIVISION; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHEASTERLY EXTENSION, SOUTHWESTERLY LINE AND THE NORTHWESTERLY EXTENSION THEREOF TO A POINT ON THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE NORTHEASTERLY-SOUTHWESTERLY 16 FOOT ALLEY IN SAID BLOCK 2; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID NORTHWESTERLY LINE TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 1 IN CLARK AND JOHNSON’S RESUBDIVISION OF LOTS 24 AND 25 IN SAID BLOCK 4 2 IN PORTIA MANOR, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 20, 1948 AS DOCUMENT NO. 14426614; THENCE WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 1 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 1 AND THE NORTHERLY EXTENSION THEREOF TO A POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF WASHINGTON AVENUE; THENCE EAST ALONG SAID NORTH RIGHT-OFWAY LINE TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 36 IN BLOCK 53

OF S.E. GROSS’ FIRST ADDITION TO GROSSDALE, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 34, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 27, 1889 AS DOCUMENT NO. 1134257; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 36 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER THEREOF, SAID NORTHWEST CORNER ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF A NORTHWESTERLY-SOUTHEASTERLY 16 FOOT ALLEY LYING SOUTHWESTERLY OF GRAND BOULEVARD IN SAID BLOCK 53; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 37 IN SAID BLOCK 53; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG A LINE TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 48 IN SAID BLOCK 53, SAID CORNER ALSO BEING A POINT ON SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE NORTHWESTERLY-SOUTHEASTERLY 16 FOOT ALLEY; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE TO A POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE SOUTHWESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF LOT 16 IN SAID BLOCK 53; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHWESTERLY EXTENSION, NORTHWESTERLY LINE AND THE NORTHEASTERLY EXTENSION THEREOF TO A POINT ON THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHTOF-WAY LINE OF GRAND BOULEVARD; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF LOT 24 IN BLOCK 36 IN SAID S.E. GROSS’ FIRST ADDITION TO GROSSDALE; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 24 TO THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 24, SAID CORNER ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF A NORTHWESTERLY 5 SOUTHEASTERLY 16 FOOT ALLEY LYING NORTHEASTERLY OF GRAND BOULEVARD IN SAID BLOCK 36; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE TO THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF LOT 27 IN SAID BLOCK 36; THENCE NORTH ALONG A LINE TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 54 IN SAID BLOCK 36, SAID POINT ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF A VACATED NORTH-SOUTH 16 FOOT ALLEY LYING WEST OF MAPLE AVENUE IN SAID BLOCK 36; THENCE EAST ALONG THE EASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 54, TO A POINT ON THE CENTERLINE OF SAID VACATED NORTH-SOUTH 16 FOOT ALLEY; THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID CENTERLINE TO A POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE WESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 8 IN SAID BLOCK 36; THENCE EAST ALONG SAID WESTERLY EXTENSION AND SAID NORTH LINE TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 8, SAID CORNER ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF MAPLE AVENUE; THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID WEST RIGHTOF-WAY LINE TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

Published in Landmark 10/2 and 10/16/2019

There will be considered at the public hearing the adoption of the First Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan and Project for the Redevelopment Project Area, the adoption of the Amended Redevelopment Project Area and the adoption of tax increment allocation financing for the Amended Redevelopment Project Area. The Redevelopment Plan and Project and the First Amendment Redevelopment Plan and Project as proposed are on file and available for public inspection during normal business hours of 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM at the office of the Village Clerk, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois, 60513, and are available on the Village’s website at https://brookfieldil.gov/departments/ community-and-economic-development/tax-incrementfinance-policy/ village-tif-districts/ .

Prior to the date of the public hearing, each taxing district having authority to directly levy ad valorem property taxes on property in the Amended Redevelopment Project Area and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (formerly known as the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs) may submit written comments to the Village, to the attention of the Village Clerk, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois, 60513.

There is hereby convened a joint review board (the “JRB”) to consider the proposed First Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan and Project, the Amended Redevelopment Project Area and the adoption of

tax increment allocation financing for the Amended Redevelopment Project Area. The JRB shall consist of a representative selected by each community college district; local elementary school district and high school district or each local community unit school district; park district; library district; township; fire protection district; and county that has authority to directly levy ad valorem taxes on the property within the Amended Redevelopment Project Area; a representative selected by the Village; and a public member selected in accordance with the Act. The first meeting of the JRB shall be held at 3:30 p.m. on the 25th day of September, 2019, at the Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois, 60513.

At the public hearing, all interested persons or affected taxing districts may file written objections with the Village Clerk and may be heard orally with respect to any issues regarding the approval of the proposed First Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan and Project, the Amended Redevelopment Project Area and the adoption of tax increment allocation financing for the Amended Redevelopment Project Area. The hearing may be continued by the Village President and Board of Trustees without further notice other than a motion to be entered upon the minutes of the hearing fixing the date, time and place of the continued hearing. ___________________ /s/ Bridget Weber, Village Clerk Village of Brookfield Cook County, Illinois

LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed proposals at the Office of the Village Engineer, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday October 31, 2019 and at that time will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following Village Project: 20-11, Lake Street Resurfacing – Euclid Avenue to Austin Boulevard. In general, the improvements of Lake Street from Euclid Avenue to Austin Boulevard include the removal and installation HMA surface course, polymerized HMA binder course, PCC sidewalk, combination concrete curb and gutter, detector loop replacement, frame and lid adjustments, installation of thermoplastic pavement markings, detectable warnings, pavement patching, PCC driveway pavement, longitudinal joint sealant, landscaping, topsoil, sodding and all appurtenant work thereto.

Plans and proposal forms may be obtained from the office of the Village Engineer starting on Thursday October 17, at 10:00 a.m. A non-refundable deposit of $40 is required for each set of plans and specifications. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue plans and specifications only to those contractors deemed qualified.

No bid documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of bid opening.

All prospective bidders must prove they are pre-qualified in the HMA Paving Category by the Illinois Department of Transportation before receiving bid documents. The work to be performed pursuant to this Proposal is subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/0.01 et seq.

THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Bill McKenna Village Engineer Published in Wednesday Journal 10/16/2019

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y19002274 on September 27, 2019 Under the Assumed Business Name of PERENNIAL BAKERS with the business located at: 426 S. EUCLID AVE. APT. 2S, OAK PARK, IL 60302. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: ROSEMARY ELIZABETH LAPKA 426 S. EUCLID AVE. APT. 2S, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Published in Wednesday Journal 10/9, 10/16, 10/23

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LEGAL NOTICE LAW OFFICE OF SCOTT LEVY Attorney for Petitioner 1525 E. 53RD STREET CHICAGO, IL 60615 LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday evening, November 6, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter: Cal. No. 14-19-Z: 1036 Lake Street, Naiyana McCaffrey, Polished Nail Academy Property Index Number 16-07-120-025-0000 Applicant Naiyana McCaffrey filed an application pursuant to Section 8.3 (Table 8-1: Use Matrix) of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance, requesting the issuance of a special use permit authorizing an Educational FacilityVocational use to operate a nail academy in the DT Downtown District at the premises commonly known as 1036 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.

Those property owners within 300 feet of the Subject Property and those persons with a special interest beyond that of the general public (“Interested Parties”) wishing to cross-examine witnesses must complete and file an appearance with original signatures with the Village Clerk no later than 5:00 PM on the business day preceding the public hearing.

All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Administrator at 708.358.5449.

The Zoning Board of Appeals may continue the hearing to another date without further notice by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y19002273 on September 27, 2019 Under the Assumed Business Name of HONEST LIFE DESIGN with the business located at: 426 S. EUCLID AVE. APT. 2S, OAK PARK, IL 60302. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: ROSEMARY ELIZABETH LAPKA 426 S. EUCLID AVE. APT. 2S, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Published in Wednesday Journal 10/9, 10/16, 10/23

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STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the matter of PATRICE K. JOHNSON, Petitioner and TIMOTHY L. JOHNSON, Respondent, Case No. 2019D-008171.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before November 9, 2019, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter: Cal. No. 12-19-Z: 1140 Lake Street, Azim Hemani, Holiday Inn Hotel Property Index Number 16-07-119-014-0000 The Applicant Azim Hemani seeks a special use permit from Section 8.3 (Table 8-1: Use Matrix) of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Oak Park, which section requires a special use permit for Hotels/Motels uses located in the DT Downtown District, to operate a Holiday Inn hotel at the premises commonly known as 1140 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.

All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Administrator at 708.358.5449.

The Zoning Board of Appeals may continue the hearing to another date without further notice by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof.

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday evening, November 6, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter: Cal. No. 13-19-Z: 941 Garfield Street, Luisa Long, Oak Park Montessori School Property Index Number 16-18-304-001-0000 Applicant Luisa Long filed an application pursuant to Section 8.3 (Table 8-1: Use Matrix) of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance, requesting the issuance of a special use permit authorizing a day care center for children three to six years of age at the premises commonly known as 941 Garfield Street, Oak Park, Illinois.

Those property owners within 300 feet of the Subject Property and those persons with a special interest beyond that of the general public (“Interested Parties”) wishing to cross-examine witnesses must complete and file an appearance with original signatures with the Village Clerk no later than 5:00 PM on the business day preceding the public hearing.

All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Administrator at 708.358.5449.

The Zoning Board of Appeals may continue the hearing to another date without further notice by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof.

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.JOHN B. BERGEN, ANNE BERGEN A/K/A ANNE MATERN BERGEN, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, YODA INVESTMENTS LLC Defendants 13 CH 027299 128 S. LOMBARD 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 November 14, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 28, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 128 S. LOMBARD AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302

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Property Index No. 16-08-303-008 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

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

For information, examine the court file, 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. 14-13-31429 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 13 CH 027299 TJSC#: 39-6051 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 # 13 CH 027299 I3133416

Thursday, November 14, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-06-317-009.

Commonly known as 1109 Paulina Street, Oak Park, IL 60302.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Sale Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce, LLC, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. (312) 346-9088. 8473 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3133590

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, HEAVNER,

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION NORMANDY CAPITAL TRUST; Plaintiff, vs.

INVESTQUEST PARTNERS HOLDINGS INC.; JENNIFER PARRILLA; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 4445 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 Friday, November 8, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-18-208-005-0000.

Commonly known as 616 South Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60304.

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

For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455. W18-1595 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3132991 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF DANIEL GASH AKA DANIEL S. GASH; WILLIAM BUTCHER, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DECEASED MORTGAGOR DANIEL GASH AKA DANIEL S. GASH; JOANNE GASH AKA JOANNE M. GASH AKA JOANNE M. RATZA AKA JOANNE RATZA; SEAN GASH; RYAN GASH; CAITLIN GASH; MOLLY GASH; PNC BANK, N.A. AS S/B/M TO NATIONAL CITY BANK; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 10 CH 34908 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DBA CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST Plaintiff, -v.LINDA F. COLE Defendants 10 CH 36911 208 LE MOYNE PARKWAY OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 13, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 18, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 208 LE MOYNE PARKWAY, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-102-0290000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $474,475.34.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The

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BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL, 62523 (217) 4221719. Please refer to file number 2120-9146 - FT. 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.

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR IL, 62523 217-422-1719 Fax #: 217-422-1754 E-Mail: CookPleadings@hsbattys. com Attorney File No. 2120-9146 - FT Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 10 CH 36911 TJSC#: 39-3991 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 # 10 CH 36911 I3130846

NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2016 CH 16822 430 S. TAYLOR AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 19, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 13, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 430 S. TAYLOR AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-322-015 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $318,426.61.

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, Aaron D. White, Jr., CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 30 S. WACKER DRIVE, STE. 2600, CHICAGO, IL, 60606 (312) 444-9300. Please refer to file number 26890/62299ADW. 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.

Aaron D. White, Jr. CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C. 30 S. WACKER DRIVE, STE. 2600 CHICAGO IL, 60606 312-444-9300 Fax #: 312-444-9027 E-Mail: AWhite@chuhak.com Attorney File No. 26890/62299ADW Attorney Code. 70693 Case Number: 2016 CH 16822 TJSC#: 39-6469 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 # 2016 CH 16822 I3134642

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