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October 23, 2019

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TAKING WING Artist Danielle Casali marks out where one of the colorful mosaic mural elements should be positioned on the south wall of Hollywood School in Brookfield on Oct. 19. The new artwork, which overlooks the school’s butterfly garden is the result of a collaborative art project between Casali and students last spring. The project was funded by the school’s PTA. See story on page 3.

Resident holds out threat to challenge process in court

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Brookfield trustees are expected to vote to approve the Brookfield Public Library’s final planned development application at their meeting on Oct. 28, the culmination of an effort by library officials that began more than a decade ago.

Construction of the new 21,300-squarefoot Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library, named after the benefactor who donated $1 million to the cause last year, is slated to start next spring.

But, there remains the possibility that the project could be put on ice, at least temporarily, by a resident who has threatened to

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Riverside police seek mediation for juvenile offenses Enlisting Center for Conflict Resolution to divert kids from courts

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On the heels of its partnership, announced in August, with Youth Outreach Services to provide round-the-clock juvenile intervention services, the Riverside Police Department will begin utilizing the Center for Conflict Resolution to help divert juveniles from the court system by providing mediation for situations both criminal and non-criminal in nature.

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Police Chief Thomas Weitzel and Sgt. John Cairo, the department’s juvenile officer, rolled out the proposal at the Oct. 17 meeting of the village board. According to Weitzel, it was Cairo and Lt. Frank Lara who proposed utilizing the Center for Conflict Resolution.

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Mosaic mural a colorful addition to Hollywood School

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There are now some large, colorful butterflies on the south exterior wall at Hollywood School in Brookfield. And they’re not going anywhere, because they are made from mosaic tile.

The mosaic tile butterflies, as well as a caterpillar, chrysalis and prairie plants are the result of a joint project of artist Danielle Casali and Hollywood School students.

Casali, a St. Charles resident who was a friend of Hollywood School art teacher Ellen Valaisa at Elmhurst College, was brought to Hollywood School last spring as part of an artist-in-residence project funded by the Hollywood School PTA. “Mosaic murals are my passion,” said Casali whose work has been exhibited at Elmhurst College, Northern Illinois University and throughout the Fox Valley.

Hollywood School Principal Kim Hefner, who has done some stained-glass work herself, and the PTA decided that they would like a mural to complement the Monarch butterfly garden that was planted at the school a couple of years ago.

“They already knew they wanted a mural before they brought me in,” Casali said. “We were paying homage [to the butterfly garden], or accentuating that, with the space.

We knew going in we wanted butterflies, definitely a monarch, and then the monarch lifecycle.”

The mosaic mural butterflies overlook the butterfly garden and its free-standing sculpture, also crusted with tile shards, and installed in 2010. On a side wall is a representation of the lifecycle of a butterfly. The mosaics are made out of stained glass, Venetian glass tiles, ceramic tiles, and glass from broken mirrors.

Casali came to Hollywood School once a week last spring for about two months, working with students to design and create the mural. She designed the elements herself and she drew an outline on butcher paper to show students where to place the tiles.

“I basically designed everything to be like a color-by-number, so when they came

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IN FLIGHT: Mosaic tile butterflies comprise a new mural on the south wall of Hollywood School in Brookfield, the culmination of an artist-in-residence program funded by the school’s PTA last spring. Artist Danielle Casali worked with students to create the colorful objects from cut glass, ceramic tile and mirror shards. For more photos, visit online at RBLandmark.com in I would tell them what tile to use where, in what color, and they would come in and place the tiles down,” Casali said.

Fourth- and fifth-graders learned to cut glass and tile and shape the pieces using tools called nippers and scorers while all students placed the tiles.

“The fifth-graders actually learned how to use the cutting tools,” Casali said. “They would actually score and cut stained glass.

They had a lot of fun with it.”

Fifth-grader Charlotte Textrum was at Hollywood School on Oct. 19 for the final installation and helped place the last few remaining tiles on some of the pieces. She said that she enjoyed working on the project, and she liked the way it turned out.

“It was fun,” Textrum said, noting that she worked on the green butterfly. “They

look really good.”

The mosaic tiles were mounted on the brick Hollywood School south exterior wall last week with the help of Hollywood parent Luis Gonzalez, who works in construction and Gonzalez’s friend, Jorge Barragon.

Mounting the mosaics on the wall was no easy task as the art pieces were as large as 5-by-4 feet and weighed from between 30 and 50 pounds each. The mosaics were mounted on cement boards and attached to the wall with an exterior construction adhesive and tap-on screws.

The mosaics are meant to be a permanent, or at least long-lasting, addition to Hollywood School.

“The kids will come home from college, or wherever they go to, and they’ll be able to drive by and say, ‘I did that,’” Hefner said.

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A 24-year-old North Riverside man faces felony drunken driving charges after he crashed his 2003 Chevy Suburban into another vehicle at the intersection of Desplaines Avenue and Cermak Road, injuring four people, while allegedly attempting to flee police on Oct. 17 at about 12:30 a.m.

Forest Park police say an officer attempted to stop Frank M. Kaczmarczyk’s SUV, which was southbound in the 1100 block of Desplaines Avenue at a high rate of speed, passing other vehicles, weaving in its lane and striking the curb and nearly striking a light pole.

While turning right onto Cermak Road, Kaczmarczyk allegedly lost control of his SUV and plowed into a 2008 Honda Civic stopped at a red light in the eastbound lanes of Cermak Road.

The SUV rolled over on impact, according to North Riverside police, and came to rest after striking the curb on the south side of Cermak Road. The impact of the crash, meanwhile, sent the Honda northwest across Cermak Road, where it struck a concrete forest preserve district sign on the north side of Cermak Road.

Kaczmarczyk reportedly exited the SUV through the driver’s side window and attempted to flee on foot before being apprehended. All four occupants of the Honda, two men and two women, were taken to Loyola University Medical Center with injuries ranging from bruises to broken bones, according to police.

The driver of the Honda and his wife were returning to their home in Berwyn after picking up two relatives at O’Hare Airport, police said. Kaczmarczyk reportedly told police he had been drinking earlier that evening at a bar on Madison Street in Forest Park, but that he didn’t recall leaving the bar or being in a car.

Kaczmarczyk appeared to be intoxicated and police also reported finding three open beer cans and a nearly empty bottle of tequila inside the SUV. In addition to felony drunken driving, Kaczmarczyk was also charged with aggravated fleeing and eluding and cited for several traffic offenses. He also was charged with battery for allegedly throwing a plastic bottle at a police officer, hitting him in the back, at the hospital.

■ A man who Riverside police describe as a “habitual drunk driver” faced felony DUI charges after police pulled him over on Oct. 16 at about 2:15 a.m. on Ogden Avenue approaching Harlem Avenue.

According to police, Felix Hernandez, 54, of Countryside, was driving his vehicle at 22 mph in a 30 mph zone, and within the parking lane, when he passed an officer on patrol. He drove another two blocks, with the trailing officer behind him, until he stopped in the middle of the roadway.

Hernandez reportedly told police he was driving home from a bar in Lyons, even though he was traveling away from Countryside.

Police confirmed that Hernandez’s license had been revoked and that he was wanted on three warrants, two of them related to prior DUI charges.

ATM fraud A 51-year-old Riverside woman contacted police on Oct. 15 to report that more than $5,000 had been withdrawn from her bank account. All of the funds had been replaced by the woman’s bank, according to police.

The victim told police that the fraudulent activity took place at an ATM on Lake Street in Chicago on Oct. 7. In all, 23 fraudulent transactions had taken place, the victim reported.

Theft North Riverside police responded to the 8000 block of Edgewater Road on Oct. 15 after a resident reported that sometime between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., someone removed the rear license plate for her vehicle, which was parked in the east side of her building, on Desplaines Avenue.

‘Go back to Pennsylvania’ A man who didn’t drive in a fashion that pleased another driver in downtown Riverside on Oct. 18 was told to “go back to Pennsylvania,” due to his vehicle displaying that state’s license plates, and had things thrown at his vehicle, according to Riverside police.

The man told police he was southbound on Kimbark Road at Forest Avenue and “got confused” waiting to turn left. When he did turn a white pickup truck pulled forward in an attempt to stop him from getting in front. The man was able to turn in front of the truck, whose driver allegedly began yelling at the man and began throwing things at his vehicle.

Nothing ever hit the vehicle, the man said.

At Forest and East avenues, the truck pulled up next to him and the driver began yelling some more and told him to “go back to Pennsylvania.”

The man called police afterwards, but officers were unable to locate the vehicle and in any case told the man that while it isn’t pleasant getting yelled at, telling someone to go back to Pennsylvania was not illegal.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Oct. 14-20 and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.

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Riversider pulls flowers from parkway, decries process President says elected officials won’t cross staff on matters of code

By BOB UPHUES Editor

A Riverside man whose colorful hibiscus plants, planted in the public parkway in front of his home in the 300 block of Desplaines Avenue, succumbed to the demands of the village and pulled them up last week, he informed village trustees on Oct. 17.

Ed Buck said he decided to dig up the plants, which he said delighted neighbors and passersby for the past five years, after Village President Ben Sells indicated to him that the village board was unlikely to contradict village staffs’ directive, which was based on the village’s code.

Buck said he contacted Sells directly, wondering if he could wait until he could at least make his case to let the plants remain in the parkway before the village board.

“The response I got was: ‘In all the years I’ve never seen the board object against the findings of our employees,’” Buck said during a roughly 10-minute statement at the Oct. 17 meeting of the village board.

With that message sent, Buck told the Landmark, he decided to pull up the plants the day before the meeting. He’s hoping to find another spot on his property to plant them.

“I took them out as carefully as possible,” he said. “They’re resting comfortably in a wheelbarrow.”

Buck, a 30-year resident of the village and a keen gardener and tree collector whose backyard is a veritable forest of conifer and other species, said he planted the hibiscus plants in front of his Desplaines Avenue home five years ago.

“For five years people have enjoyed them, myself included,” Buck said. “I saw it as a gift to the village to make the parkway look nice.”

This summer, Buck received a letter from Public Works Director Edward Bailey, informing Buck that the parkway plants were in violation of the village’s code regarding planting in the parkway. Bailey’s letter was sparked by an anonymous complaint.

The code states, in part, that any plantings in the parkway must be done by or approved by the village. A list of herbaceous plants that are prohibited by the code does not call out hibiscus plants specifically, although a village-published 2006 guide to planting in Riverside states “plantings having vivid colors or of an exotic nature” should be avoided.

In addition to the flowers themselves, which grew to about

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UPROOTED: Ed Buck’s large, colorful hibiscus flowers delighted passersby, but ran afoul of Riverside’s rule against planting on the public parkway without a permit. He dug up the plants last week and gave elected officials an earful at their Oct. 17 meeting.

4-feet tall, Buck also used wooden stakes and wire cages to support the stems.

In August, Buck appeared before the Riverside Landscape Advisory Commission to appeal the village’s order to remove the parkway plants or to pay for their removal by the village. The commission directed Buck to the village board.

In his statement to the village board last week, Buck argued that the village’s code regarding approved plants was “ambiguous” and said the village ought to employ a process where residents feel they have a fighting chance of prevailing. While he was invited to bring his concerns to the village board, Buck said he felt like he was facing a solid wall of opposition from the board, staff and village commissions.

“It’s like a door that says ‘welcome, please come in’ with two guard dogs that will bite you if you come near it,” Buck

said.

Sells, in a phone interview with the Landmark, said he didn’t want to set a precedent where residents can simply go over the head of staff to the village board to overturn enforcement issues.

“In my email to him, I said there was a process. If he wanted to advocate for a change to the village’s policy, he could do that and see if he can get any traction,” Sells said. “But we’re certainly not going to overturn staff and change an ordinance in the midst of a violation. His best route would be to come into compliance and, if wanted to facilitate a change in the ordinance, that’s his right as a resident.

“We’re going to stand behind staff or they lose the ability to enforce the code.”

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BIG WEEK October 23-30

Ghosts of the Great Chicago Fire

Local author and historian Ray Johnson shares haunting stories of Chicago’s terrible, devastating fire of October 1871 during “Ghosts of the Great Chicago Fire” on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. at the Brookfield Public Library, 3609 Grand Blvd.

Registration is required at 708-485-6917, ext. 130 or online at brookfieldlibrary.info.

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WWII on the home front

Join Barbara Warner Deane as she recounts how women, children and seniors boosted the morale of hungry, homesick soldiers at train stations across the nation during “Serving Soldiers at the Whistle Stop Canteen” on Thursday, Oct. 24 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road.

After Pearl Harbor was attacked, troops started traveling across the country for recruitment, induction, training and deployment, and many had never been away from home. Learn how the nation pulled together to help them out.

And more The Riverside Township Radio Players continue their season of recreating the Golden Age of Radio with their annual Halloween show on Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road in Riverside. The troupe will perform“The Mask of the Medusa”from Mystery in the Air and The Shadow People”from Hall of Fantasy. Free. For more info, visit riversidetownshipradioplayers.com.

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The AAUW-Riverside Branch invites the public to“The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap”by Lisa Cherry on Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. at the Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road. Free and open to the public.

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Aging Care Connections continues its Seminar and a

Snack Series on Oct. 24 at 10 a.m. at Aging Care Connections, 111 W. Harris Ave. in LaGrange with“How to be Your Own Advocate.”Learn from a hearing assistive trainer how to advocate for yourself whether in a noisy environment, at a movie or performance and the best way to have face-to-face conversation. Free. Registration required. Contact Renata Vitali at 708-603-2277.

T he Frederick Law Olmsted Society concludes its 2019 series of docent-led walking tours of Riverside on Oct. 27 from 2 to 4 p.m. Enjoy a guided tour of the village south of the BNSF Railroad tracks. Meet at east platform of the Riverside train station.The cost is $20 per person ($15 for 62+ and Olmsted Society members). Call 708-4477635 or email tours@olmstedsociety.org with questions.

Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., presents “Souths & Norths”in the Freeark Gallery, featuring the ■

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At the township hall enjoy a fun fest and other spooktacular entertainment. The all-ages event is free.

On Saturday, Oct. 26 head over to Brookfield for the 21st Annual Monsters on Mainstreet downtown trickor-treat event, sponsored by the Brookfield Historical Society and Brookfield Chamber of Commerce.

Kids can enjoy trick-or-treating in the Grand Boulevard and Broadway Avenue business districts from noon to 3 p.m., followed, beginning at 2:30 p.m., with refreshments and pumpkin and taffy-apple giveaways at the Grossdale Station, 8820½ Brookfield Ave. A costume contest for kids and adults with winners in four categories begins at 3 p.m. Bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the St. Barbara Food Pantry. work of Mauricio Forero, through Nov. 23. The FlexSpace Gallery presents the work of Andy Young in“Ominous Thinkly Devices”through Dec. 19. See the work of Jaclyn Jacunski in“Dream Additions”in the outdoor sculpture garden through the end of November. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. Free and open to the public.

Brookfield Zoo, 3300 Golf Road in Brookfield, invites families to its Boo! at the Zoo on Oct. 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. 24 and every Thursday through Nov. 21 at 4:30 p.m. at ■

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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 are sold out but join in the fun.

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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Have you met the Riverside Public Library youth desk mascot, Popcorn? Kids of all ages are invited to celebrate his birthday with party games and treats on Oct. 24 at 3:30 p.m. at the library, 1 Burling Road.

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Brookfield’s inaugural art walk debuts Oct. 24

A dozen local businesses and organizations participating

By JACKIE PISANO

Day of the Dead exhibit

Compassion Factory Art Gallery and Studio, 9210 Broadway Ave. in Brookfield, invites the community to its 2nd Annual Day of the Dead Community Altar Exhibition Oct. 24-Nov. 2.

Inspired by the altar-making traditions in Mexico, the project is designed to help build bridges between the individual and the community, life and death, sorrow and celebration.

Gallery hours are Thursdays from 4 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. A special event on Nov. 1 from 7-10 p.m. includes making a paper luminary in remembrance of a loved one, while enjoying horchata and Mexican sweet bread. On Nov. 2 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., learn how to make Day of the Dead paper flowers.

Chili Cookoff in Brookfield

The Brookfield-Riverside Rotary Club hosts a Chili Cookoff on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at Compassion Factory Art Gallery and Studio, 9210 Broadway Ave. in Brookfield.

The cost to enter the contest is $25 and judges will pick the top three entries, in addition to a People’s Choice winner, who will receive an engraved ladle.

Tickets to the event are $15 at squareup. com/store/compassion-factory. Babysitting is $5 per child. Kids activities provided

by The Leadershop.

All Riverside residents and friends 21-older are invited to the Riverside Sesquicentennial Celebration, hosted by the Riverside Dancing Club and co-sponsored by the village of Riverside and The Chew Chew, on Saturday, Oct 26 from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road.

Tickets are $45 each and include live music and hors d’oeuvres in addition to a cash bar. They are available online at riverside-150-event.cheddarup.com or make checks payable to the Riverside Dancing Club, c/o The Lehmkuhls, 110 Lawton Road, Riverside 60546.

You can also email riversidedancingclub@gmail.com for tickets and information.

up for Halloween with a series of events including You Draw with YouTube: Spooky Edition (grades K+) on Oct. 25 at 3:30 p.m.; Halloween Double Feature: “Murders in the Zoo”and“The Black Cat”on Oct. 26 at 1 p.m.; and Incredible Bats on Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. See bats up close and learn how they are misunderstood.

Registration required for all programs. Call 708-4856917 or visit brookfieldlibrary.info.

North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., hosts a Senior Drop-in on Oct. 25 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Meeting Room. Play cards and socialize every Friday.

For adults and seniors there’s Spanish Language Book Club for Spanish speakers of all levels on Oct. 25 at 10:30 a.m.; Intro to Android phones on Oct. 25 at 6 p.m.; and Meditation & Stretching on Oct. 28 at 6:30 ■

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Contributing Reporter

This year, several people in Brookfield have made it a priority to find new, unique ways to bring public art projects to the Brookfield community.

Earlier this year, the Brookfield Beautification Commission planned the temporary installation of three patriotically decorated crosswalks which were unveiled in July, promising to continue the concept with other temporary and permanent designs to coincide with other holidays and village events.

Then, in June, Brookfield’s Compassion Factory Art Gallery and Studio -- owned by the Rev. Karl Sokol, who is also a Beautification Commission member -- hosted its first of a series of meetings of local artists to develop further ideas for incorporation of public art in town.

According to Jessica Tamburello, director of the Compassion Factory Art Gallery and Studio, one suggestion from the meetings included the hosting of an interactive art walk in town.

“We had a few meetings to just discuss what could be done to get more art in Brookfield, and then ultimately decided that an art walk would be the most doable before the end of the year,” she said.

After weeks of planning, the group -- calling itself “B. Creative Brookfield” -- is set to host its inaugural Brookfield Art Walk on Thursday, Oct. 24 from 6 to 8 p.m., all the way from the Prairie Avenue Metra station down Grand Boulevard to the Eight Corners Business District.

The evening will include art displays, art-

ist demonstrations, interactive art and live music located throughout shops and restaurants throughout Brookfield’s business corridors, including at the Brookfield Public Library, 3609 Grand Blvd. Artwork in a variety of media will be on display, from oil and acrylic paintings to block printing and drawings to jewelry, henna skin art and ceramics.

“The main goal is just to have a fun night in Brookfield, walk through town, [and] have customers maybe walk into a space that they’ve never been in before and see art,” Tamburello said.

Live music for the event will be provided

by The Chicago Swing Project, playing big band, swing and jump blues music (performing at the Compassion Factory, 9210 Broadway Ave.), and Falling Stars, playing a mix of Americana and BritPop (performing at Locha Mocha Café inside the Prairie Avenue Metra station, 8858 Burlington Ave.) With the eclectic mix of art and interactive displays, Tamburello says the Brookfield Art Walk is an event for the whole family and she hopes residents will turn out in support of encouraging inclusion of the arts in public.

“Why not check it out?” she said. “It’s something different that hasn’t been done in Brookfield, as far as I know.”

Other locations participating in the Brookfield Art Walk include Gosia’s Coffee Shop, 8836 Brookfield Ave.; Painted Studio, 3744 Grand Blvd.; Pink Caviar Boutique, 3751 Grand Blvd.; Christopher Mark Fine Flowers and Gifts, 3742 Grand Blvd.; The Little Owl Social Pub, 3747 Grand Blvd.; Burger Antics, 3740 Grand Blvd.; Pub 78, 3733 Grand Blvd.; Brennan Massage and Spa, 3700 Grand Blvd.; Odd Fellows Palacky Lodge, 9234 Broadway Ave. For more information about the Brookfield Art Walk, including a map with the business locations hosting artists, visit bcreativebrookfield.com or Facebook.com/ bcreativebrookfield.

p.m. To sign up for senior and adult events, call 708-4470869 or visit www.northriversidelibrary.org/events.

For kids there’s Lapsit Storytime (toddlers through age 5) on Oct. 24 at 10:30 a.m.; Spooky Bingo/ Loteria (for the family) on Oct. 25 at 4:30 p.m.; Makers Make-Fest Saturdays on Oct. 26 from 1 to 5 p.m.; Creepy Decorations (teen/tweens) on Oct. 26 from 1 to 3 p.m.; Messy Mornings for Munchkins (ages 2-5) on Oct. 29 at 11:30 a.m.; and Bilingual Storytime/Cuentos Bilingues (ages 2-5) on Oct. 30 at 10:30 a.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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HAVE A LOOK: Art lovers jam Compassion Factory Art Gallery, one of 12 sites for the Brookfield Art Walk, at an exhibition opening in 2018.

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The Landmark, October 23, 2019

D96 board not wowed by Hollywood Association offer

School board members prefer acquiring land east of Hollywood House

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Members of the Riverside Elementary School District 96 Board of Education welcomed the recent offer of land from the Hollywood Citizens Association, but did not immediately accept its proposal to rent about 10,000 square feet of land west and north of the Hollywood House for the token payment of $1 a year.

School board members said at their meeting on Oct. 16 that they are looking forward to a community forum that will be held on Oct. 30 at Hollywood School to have further discussions with the association and other Hollywood residents about ways to improve and expand the Hollywood School campus.

“I’m hoping that we are going to have some quality discussion at the end of October, because there are some very different ideas about what could be done or which section of property is in question or available,” said District 96 school board member Joel Marhoul.

School board members would prefer that the HCA rent or sell them land east of the Hollywood House, an area discussed previously with the HCA. “The west side versus the east side is really important,” Marhoul said.

School board member David Barsotti, who lives in Hollywood, said he wants to know why the HCA is now willing to lease the north and west sides of the property to the school district after having previously talked about allowing the school district to use the land east of the Hollywood House.

“I don’t know what changed,” Barsotti said.

District officials would prefer to obtain land east of the Hollywood House, because they are planning to add a multipurpose room to the rear of Hollywood School, which is closer to the east side of the Hollywood House property.

Students would eat lunch in the multipurpose room. If a new playground were built on the east side of the lot they could quickly and safely go from the multipurpose room to the playground.

Using the west side of the lot for a play area raises issues, because it pushes student closer to Hollywood Avenue, though a play area there could be made safe with a fence District 96 Superintendent Martha Ryan-Toye said.

If the district accepts the HCA offer to lease the land west of the Hollywood House a new playground would likely be built at or near where the current playground exists Ryan-Toye said. A walkway from the planned multipurpose room to the playground could also be created.

“It changes where we were thinking but still seems feasible and doable,” Ryan-Toye said.

Marhoul said a decision needs to be made fairly quickly, because the district would like to design a new playground for Hollywood School and build the new multipurpose room as soon as possible.

The HCA’s offer to lease land west and north of Hollywood House to the district for 30 years came after the HCA board rejected an offer from District 96 to buy the Hollywood House and the surrounding property for $350,000.

If it had been able to buy the entire property, the school district planned to tear down Hollywood House, which is located just south of Hollywood School.

The offer to buy the Hollywood House property, made in June, prompted the counteroffer from the HCA, made earlier this month. School board members are hopeful that a deal can be reached.

“The opening’s been made and we’ve got some opportunity,” Marhoul said.

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NO DEAL, YET: The District 96 school board was lukewarm to the Hollywood Community Association’s offer to lease land north and west of the Hollywood House (above) to the school district for $1 a year for 30 years. School officials will outline other options on Oct. 30.

School board members also want to continue to explore ways of creating additional parking for teachers and staff at Hollywood School.

Recently, Ryan-Toye recently met with Brookfield Village Manager Timothy Wiberg to explore the possibility of buying or using village-owned land. as a parking lot for teachers. Although Ryan-Toye apparently got a cool response, board members still want to pursue the idea.

“I know there is some hesitations about that property from Brookfield, but I do not think we should take that off the table because I do think that is an extremely viable option,” Barsotti said.

District officials would also like the village of Brookfield to create a few designated parking spots for teachers along the 3400 block of Hollywood Avenue where teachers could park during the school day.

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Special D96 board meeting on Hollywood School next week The Riverside School District 96 Board of Education will host a special meeting of t6he school board on Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. to outline the long-range facilities plan for Hollywood School in Brookfield.

The meeting will be held in the gymnasium of Hollywood School, 3423 Hollywood Ave. Members of the school board’s long-range facilities committee will discuss options being considered for expanding Hollywood School and will accept feedback from members of the community.

Among the plans for the school are creating a secure front entrance, building a multipurpose room that can double as a cafeteria, renovating and improving small-group learning spaces, separating play and parking spaces and improving play spaces.

The meeting is expected to last until 9 p.m.

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Revised term-limit question OK’d for March ballot Trustees’ 3-3 deadlock broken by president’s vote in favor

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Riverside voters will have the chance next March to impose term limits on the village’s president and trustees via a referendum question approved by the board of trustees on Oct. 17.

Village President Ben Sells cast the deciding vote in favor of placing a revised referendum question on the March 17, 2020 presidential primary ballot after trustees deadlocked 3-3.

Trustees Elizabeth Peters, Wendell Jisa and Edward Hannon voted in favor, with Cristin Evans, Alex Gallegos and Doug Pollock voting against.

The question that will appear on the ballot will read: “Shall the terms of office for those persons elected to the offices of village

president or village trustee in the village of Riverside at the Consolidated Election to be held on April 6, 2021, and at each election for such offices thereafter, be limited such that a person so elected may serve no more than three (3) consecutive full four (4) year terms in the office of village president, and no more than three (3) consecutive full four (4) year terms in the office of village trustee?”

The 4-3 vote on Oct. 17 also effectively repealed an earlier referendum question, approved by the village board in April before Evans, Hannon and Gallegos were sworn in as new trustees.

That question would have also limited village trustees and the president to three consecutive terms. However, that question would have made the law retroactive, meaning President Ben Sells and Trustee Doug Pollock – who are both in their second consecutive terms in their respective offices – would have been limited to just one more term in those positions.

This summer, however, the Illinois General Assembly passed new legislation mandating that any term-limit referendum ques-

tions be enacted prospectively.

As a result of that change, both Sells and Pollock, theoretically, would be able to run for three additional consecutive terms in their respective offices – for a total of five.

Asked whether five consecutive terms in the same job would be appealing, both said it would not.

“I would not consider that,” Sells said, who added that if the referendum passes, he would not seek any more than one more term, if he chose to run again.

“If it passes, it means the residents of the town don’t want anyone serving for more than three terms, and I’d honor the intent of the referendum,” Sells said.

Pollock told the Landmark, “I cannot imagine a scenario where I would serve five consecutive terms as a trustee. My hope would be that other qualified candidates file to run for trustee and that I would step aside after two or three terms.”

When members of the village board discussed changing the referendum question so that it conformed with the new state law last month, Sells suggested perhaps waiting

until the presidential election in November 2020, where voter turnout was sure to be greater than a primary.

If trustees had agreed to do that, they would have had to wait until next month to pass the new question, because referendum questions can’t be approved more than one year in advance.

However, Sells said last week that after giving it a second thought, he didn’t think waiting was necessary.

“I think that we would get more people voting on the question in November than instead of March, but I don’t think we’d get a different outcome, is my hunch,” Sells said. “This primary season I think is probably going to be pretty active, so I think we probably will get a fairly high outpouring of voters in March.”

Riverside voters will have another referendum question on the March 17, 2020 ballot. The Riverside Public Library is placing a question on that ballot, asking voters to approve a $1.5 million bond issue to fund the renovation of the library’s lower level.

D96 eyes large operating surplus for 2019-20 Reserves likely to be used for building improvements in 2020

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Most area elementary school districts approved their budgets last month with projections of small surpluses. But one local district, Riverside Elementary District 96, is projecting a large operating surplus of nearly $1.6 million for the 2019-20 fiscal year.

However, the budget the District 96 school adopted on Sept. 18 doesn’t account for any spending the district is likely to do for a significant addition to Ames School, planned for next summer, and smaller expansions or modifications at the district’s other three elementary schools.

Most of that spending will likely will take place in the 2020-21 fiscal year.

This will be the second consecutive year that District 96 will run a large operating surplus. The district finished the 2018-19 fiscal year with an operating surplus of a little more than $2.2 million, far more than the

anticipated surplus of $800,000, according to the unaudited financial results presented to the school board last month by District 96 Director of Finance and Operations James Fitton.

In his report, Fitton said the much largerthan-anticipated surplus was the result of the district receiving more property tax revenue than had been anticipated and spending less than what was budgeted for salaries, benefits and capital repairs.

The surplus boosted District 96’s cash reserves to about $32.8 million, which exceeds the district’s anticipated operating expenditures of $27.2 million and is well in excess of the district’s policy to have cash reserves of at least 40 percent of operating expenditures.

A significant portion of the cash reserves are likely to be used to fund the Ames School expansion and the work on other elementary schools next year.

In 2019-20, District 96 is projecting operating revenues of about $28.8 million and operating expenditures of about $27.1 million. Eighty-six percent of the district’s revenue comes from local property taxes.

The teaching staff in District 96 was reduced by one position this year due to

slightly lower enrollment.

Other school districts see surpluses Brookfield-LaGrange Park Elementary District 95 expects to finish the present fiscal year with a surplus of about $100,000, because it will get about $200,000 more in state aid than originally anticipated, said District 95 Superintendent Mark Kuzniewski. Unlike most districts, District 95 approved its budget in June.

Komarek School District 94’s budget calls for an operating surplus of about $170,000, while LaGrange-Brookfield District 102 projects an operating budget surplus of $144,470 for the 2019-20 fiscal year.

Lyons-Brookfield School District 103 is the only local school district to not pass a budget by the state deadline of Sept. 30. The district did not post a required notice for a public hearing on the budget in time, forcing the approval date to be postponed.

The District 103 school board will hold its public hearing and vote on its budget at a special meeting on Oct. 25.

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Card skimmer in drivethru compromised debit cards over a weekend

By BOB UPHUES Editor

First National Bank of Brookfield’s president last week said an investigation continues into the use of a card skimmer on its drive-thru ATM to gain PIN numbers of a large number of debit cards used during the weekend of Oct. 5-6. The probe is ongoing and bank officials were “dedicated to making sure justice is done,” said Jan Schultz, the bank president.

In a letter to customers dated Oct. 8, the bank said that “a significant number of our ATM cards were fraudulently utilized.” The bank apologized “for the inconvenience and frustration this has caused.”

The letter stated that the only information compromised in the breach was PIN numbers and no other personal information.

“We believe we have stopped this particular fraud event and are working diligently with our card processor to implement strategies to mitigate future events,” the letter stated.

While it seems that numerous incidents of fraud occurred on the weekend of Oct. 5-6, the letter stated that “criminals appear to have been able to steal customer debit card information sometime in the past several months at our drive-thru ATM.” Asked how many debit cards might have been compromised, Schultz declined to

name a figure, saying, “The investigation is just starting and it’d be a bad idea for me to say too much about what we suspect and how we’re going to go about catching those folks.”

Schultz said that the bank has ensured that no customers lost money and that it has closed out the old cards and issued new ones.

“We appreciate the patience and understanding of our customers,” Schultz said.

“The silver lining is that the fraud alert system we have in place worked really well.”

He also said that First National Bank of Brookfield was not the only bank where an ATM was targeted, though he declined to name them.

“Several banks have had these skimmer incidents,” Schultz said.

Brookfield Police Chief Edward Petrak said First National Bank of Brookfield did contact local police about the incidents and that a detective “gave them guidance,” but the bank did not file an official report locally.

In response to a question from the Landmark whether any federal law enforcement agencies were investigating the matter, Schultz in an email stated, “I cannot confirm that the FBI or any other federal agency will open an investigation.”

The letter to customers stated that “First National Bank of Brookfield will actively pursue these criminals and prosecute them to the maximum extent allowed under the law.”

Any account holder at First National Bank of Brookfield who notices suspicious transaction activities are asked to call 708485-2770 or call the 24-hour After Hours Card Notification Center at 800-472-3272.

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Boiler failure shutters former St. Barbara School Pastor says building could be sold to developer or demolished

By BOB UPHUES Editor

The future of the former St. Barbara School, 8900 Windemere Ave. in Brookfield, appears to be in doubt after the building’s heating plant failed, forcing the parish to move both its religious education program and its emergency homeless shelter from the facility.

Rev. Denis Condon, pastor of the recently united St. Barbara and St. Louise de Marillac parishes, announced the news in the parish bulletin on Oct. 13. He did not respond to multiple phone messages left by the Landmark.

The building was constructed in 1951 and in the years following, enrollment would spike at more than 700 students. When St. Barbara School closed in 2012, its enrollment had dropped to less than 60 students.

The old school has continued to serve the parish as the site of its weekly religious education classes and twice a week during colder weather as an emergency shelter for BEDS Plus.

In recent years, maintenance issues have

cropped up, Condon said, including a leaking roof that caused tiles to fall from the ceilings of rooms on the top floor of the old school. Most recently, the boiler that powers the building’s heating system failed.

“The boiler rusted,” Condon wrote in his message to parishioners. “Not bits of rust popping up here and there like brown spots on an aging body, but total collapse. An inspector was able to push his finger from the outside straight through into the center cavity.”

The base of the boiler had corroded so badly, Condon wrote, that the boiler itself was only being held upright by some straps.

“That last indignity has resulted in the evacuation of all people from the building,’ Condon wrote. “Without heat, with constant leaking it has become uninhabitable, a safety hazard.”

In his message to parishioners, Condon laid out a couple of future options for the building.

The property apparently has drawn the interest of a developer who has pitched a plan for buying the old school and converting it into several apartments. If the parish’s conversations with the developer, which Condon described as “ongoing,” move forward, the parish would have to spend about $4,700 to winterize the building so it doesn’t deteriorate any further.

A second option would be to demolish the

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building and sell the land. While the value of the land has been estimated at $500,000, demolishing the school would cost an estimated $350,000, according to Condon.

The gamble with the second option is that with the expense of demolishing the school, the parish could lose money on the deal.

“The archdiocese will not help us with this option since, if they do it for us, BOB UPHUES/Editor they will have to do it for all the parishes Former St. Barbara School, 8900 Windemere Ave., Brookfield. and they haven’t got isn’t workable, the program may be moved the money for that,” to the St. Louise de Marillac School building Condon wrote.

Village officials say they have not in- in LaGrange Park.

The BEDS Plus emergency shelter, accordspected the building, nor have they had any developer approach them about a possible ing to the organization’s executive director, Tina Rounds, has also been moved to the residential conversion project.

In the meantime, the parish plans to move parish center.

“We are grateful for the space and partits religious education programs — which requires seven classrooms — to the old par- nership with St. Barbara,” Rounds said in ish center at 4015 Prairie Ave. If that plan an email.

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LIBRARY

Possible lawsuit from page 1 file a lawsuit claiming the library and its traffic engineer skirted state law in the library board’s rush to move the new design through the planning process.

Mark McCann, who lives in the 3500 block of Park Avenue where the new library would be built, blasted the library board and village officials, calling the development approval process “arbitrary and the outcome predetermined.”

“If you do approve this, I am seriously considering filing for an administrative review in the courts,” McCann told the village board at its Oct. 14 committee of the whole meeting. “I have absolutely no qualms about sinking this entire project even though I support a new library.”

Traffic Analysis and Design Inc. (TADI), the Wisconsin-based firm used to perform traffic impact studies in January and again in September, had let its Illinois license lapse in 2017. After learning of that oversight, the firm took measures to get its license to do business in Illinois reinstated. The firm had its license reinstated Sept. 30.

“Based on all available evidence, TADI was not qualified to perform engineering services in this state during the time both studies were conducted and no evidence has been provided to the contrary,” McCann told the board.

Michael May, a state-licensed TADI engineer who performed a new traffic impact study presented to the Brookfield Planning

MEDIATION

Mediator restorative justice from page 1 “This is the second initiative where officers themselves did the research and brought it to me,” said Weitzel, referencing the recent partnership with Youth Outreach Services. “I’m really proud they’ve gone out there looking for alternatives.”

A nonprofit created 40 years ago by the Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association, the Center for Conflict Resolution utilizes 180 volunteers to help resolve disputes that don’t involve crimes where weapons are involved or where orders of protection are in place.

In the last five years, according to its website, the center has mediated more than 10,000 cases. Riverside police became aware of the center’s services during a presentation the organization gave at a meeting of the Juvenile Officers Association of Cook County.

While the Center for Conflict Resolution mediates disputes involving all manner of people and cases – from tenant-landlord disagreements to co-parenting disputes -- in Riverside its services will be used to address

and Zoning Commission last month, acknowledged that the company’s Illinois license had, indeed, lapsed in 2017 and remained lapsed until it was recently reinstated.

He said the lapse wasn’t intentional and that company officials worked to get the company’s Illinois license reinstated as soon as McCann raised that fact in August.

“Certainly, our company is apologetic to the library and we apologize to the planning and zoning board for what has happened prior to our knowledge that we were not renewed, and we have taken the necessary steps to get ourselves renewed,” May said.

The Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission on Sept. 26 recommended approval of the library board’s final planned development application over McCann’s objections. While village trustees didn’t venture any opinions on the commission’s recommendation at their Oct. 14 meeting, Village Attorney Richard Ramello said that the village’s code required a traffic study as part of the development application, but that trustees could make its approval independent of the traffic study.

“Those standards can be met whether a traffic study is submitted or not submitted as part of the application process,” said Ramello, indicating that the traffic study submitted with the preliminary application might have run afoul of state law. “While the licensure issue may have some bearing on the credibility of the traffic analysis report, it clearly, with regard to the Sept. 26, 2019 report, does not invalidate the admissibility of that report to the plan commission, because it did bear the signature of a professional engineer.”

In response to an inquiry about whether he intended to follow through with his threat to file an injunction or request for ad-

ministrative review in the courts, McCann said he was torn.

“A part of me doesn’t want to, because nobody will win and I ultimately want the library built,” McCann said in an email. “But, I am very angry about how this has all played out. The library and village treated this study like a joke from the start, ignoring my and my neighbors’ concerns and our kids’ safety in doing so. …

“The library and village have ignored our right to due process as affected property owners by treating this approval as nothing more than a formality,” McCann added. “Ultimately, I hope we avoid the messiness and a solution can be worked out where the total impact of the library is properly analyzed and planned for, but that can’t happen if the library and village still recklessly believe that there were no improprieties in this process.”

Asked whether McCann’s threat to derail construction, even if it’s just temporary, was a concern, library board President Dianne Duner said she felt that library officials had made an appropriate response by commissioning the September traffic impact study, which was vetted by the village’s engineering firm and was accepted by the planning and zoning commission.

“We acted in good faith,” Duner said. “Mr. McCann obviously has a different opinion and we can’t speak for him.”

If the village board approves the final plan on Oct. 28, Duner said, “We will act on it.”

“Those of us who have been on the [library] board for a while will be elated,” she said. “We have been waiting for this a long time. … Hopefully, we will soon have the actual physical beginnings of a new library that Brookfield deserves.”

disputes involving juveniles only, at least for now, said Weitzel.

And while the center could be called upon to provide mediators in criminal cases like trespassing, vandalism, vehicle break-ins, theft, harassment and others, keeping juveniles outside of the juvenile justice system, the center can also be utilized to help mediate non-criminal situations.

The mediations do not have to involve police, although they can if both sides wish it, and no one is forced to seek mediation.

“We can just be the bridge to make that connection, or police can be involved along the way,” Weitzel said.

Rae Kyritsi, programs director for the Center for Conflict Resolution, said the organization in 1992 created its victim-offender mediation program, a form of restorative justice.

“It’s an opportunity for victims and offenders to sit down and have a conversation that’s focused and productive about whatever has happened,” Kyritsi said. “It’s a chance to repair harm and have open dialogue.”

The mediation can not only help victims, but also perpetrators, said Kyritsi.

“We also know that perpetrators are often victims,” she said. “Mediation is an opportunity for offenders or accused offenders to talk about their experience, to see the im-

pact of what’s happened, acknowledge the consequences of their actions and, where appropriate, take steps toward repairing that harm.”

Mediators are not counselors and do not provide advice or make assessments, Kyritsi said. They are there to help those involved come to creative resolutions themselves.

That includes instances where the issues may benefit from intra-family mediation.

One such example, said Weitzel, could be where a child simply refuses to go to school.

In some instances, said Weitzel, parents who can’t solve the problem call police, seeking them to force the child to go.

Weitzel said while police often can convince a child to go to school, “We haven’t had that avenue to get to the real root of the problem or dig deeper into the causes.”

The Center for Conflict Resolution’s victim-offender mediation service in 2012 spawned an offshoot program focusing on family mediation.

“Sometimes families come to mediation and they name what they think would help them move forward … and then we work with them to try to pair them with resources that would be effective for them,” Kyritsi said.

In that way, the Center for Conflict Resolution can be seen a complement to the services provided to Riverside police by Youth

Outreach Services. The Center for Conflict Resolution also differs from Youth Outreach Services in that the latter agency is available at any time to step in to provide emergency services – from temporary housing to mental health and counseling services.

Youth Outreach Services is there not so much to mediate disputes but put families within quick reach of social and mental health services that police aren’t equipped to provide. One of those services could be mediation.

The police department has already used Youth Outreach Services to step in to help solve situations, including one where parents reported their child missing but, when found, refused to take the child back into the house.

Police were able to contact Youth Outreach Services that night and set up a meeting between the family and the organization.

“We’re seeing many more calls for service where younger kids are dealing with depression, bullying and mental healthcare issues, and we’re being asked to deal with it,” said Weitzel. “They have the resources we don’t have.”

Anyone with questions about the Center for Conflict Resolution or to get a referral, contact Sgt. John Cairo at 708-447-2127, ext.

262 or email to jcairo@riverside.il.us.

More information on the Center for Conflict Resolution can be found at ccrchicago.org.

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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.

Wabi Sabi takes time, as does reaching our noetic phase of life.

And like that aged wooden bannister, older people can be wrinkled and wobbly and still be beautiful people.

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Flower power

he periodic clashes between Riverside residents and local government over flowers — flowers, for God’s sake! — induces eye-rolling and a familiar refrain of disdain for over-officious village employees who obviously have nothing better to do than tell people what they can and can’t plant in public parkways.

The most recent example — the village’s declaration that a Desplaines Avenue resident needed to remove some very beautiful hibiscus specimens from the parkway or pay to have the village do it for him — came with a public chiding by the offending resident, telling off the village board for its lack of imagination.

OK, here’s the thing: The entire village of Riverside is famously recognized as a national historic landmark for its landscape design, and the village has taken pains to ensure it maintains that designation by setting rules on what kinds of plantings can be used in public spaces, including parkways, and has outlined a process for getting permission for such plantings.

Simply put, if you want to plant something in the parkway, you need a permit. That may be a pain in the neck, but it’s a long-established, albeit long-flouted, practice.

The village doesn’t send its employees on plant scofflaw patrol, but when they get a complaint, they go check it out.

In this case, the village ruled that the hibiscus were in violation of the code and had to be removed. The man who planted them argued eloquently for their inclusion in the landscape. They are not only beautiful, they brought joy to passersby, who would stop and comment on their loveliness. And isn’t that what we’re all here for, a bit of joy in our lives?

The problem with this line of thinking is that it fails to answer the question of where to draw the line. You plant a few annuals around the base of a tree and no one really notices. You plant 4-foot-tall hibiscus plants with flowers the size of your hand, and that gets attention and some pushback. You plant a lilac bush in the parkway and you’re asking for trouble.

The village’s employees are in a no-win position. Faced with a complaint from a resident, they are forced to deal with it using the village’s code, which is the only fair way to do it.

If such parkway plants are desirable, the way to make them commonplace in Riverside is to change the code.

But is that really something you want to do? Does the village’s landmark status have meaning or doesn’t it? If that’s no longer desirable, then residents who feel that way can run for public office and convince voters that losing landmark status might be beneficial and open up new avenues to bring joy through parkway plantings.

However, we have a feeling that freedom in commandeering the parkways for planting is going to have a lessthan-desirable outcome. One man’s beauty is another’s eyesore.

Riversiders generally have ample private front and rear yards to satisfy their inner landscape designer, and that’s really where such desires should be played out.

Opinion KOSEY CORNER

Mater Christi readies for ‘trunk-or-treat’

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here will be spooky but happy happenings at 24th Street and 10th Avenue in North Riverside on Oct. 29, when Mater Christi Parish hosts its 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat event.

From 5 to 6:30 p.m., ghosts and goblins are invited to 10th Avenue where they will find cars lined up with their trunks open.

The trunks will be (g)hosted by costumed adults who will dispense treats from the decorated trunks of their cars. Open to all children in the community, costumes are not necessary but add to the fun.

The early evening ghosting and hosting will include what is being billed as a “not too spooky movie.” Trunk and Treat is a good way to get into the ‘spirit’ of Halloween. Get it?

Spirit?

While small, Mater Christi continues to be a vital and active group of people who are led by their pastor, Father Matthew Nemchausky, “reverently” referred to as Father Matt.

The two main groups within the parish are The Guild, which is the women’s group and the Holy Name Society for the men. Both groups meet monthly with meetings that mix fun and business.

The Guild, having just held their Fall Fashion Show,

are getting ready for their annual Raffle and Bake Sale to be held following all the Masses on the weekend of Nov. 2-3. It will be held in the Marian Room in the church basement.

The Holy Name Society, one of the largest and most active men’s group within the archdiocese, is getting ready for its annual Turkey Shoot, a great event where I have been known to spend $50 trying to win a Daisy brand prasky, all the while telling myself it is for a good cause. Follow The Landmark to learn more about the Turkey Shoot in November.

Mater Christi trivia: Did you know that the school basement was once known as the Marine Room? It was painted a light blue and had a large fish mounted on the wall. The fish was caught by the then pastor, Father Menarik, an avid fisherman.

The room was renamed Menarik Hall following his death. And the Mother of Mother’s Shrine on the parish grounds was once so busy that two women worked daily to staff the shrine office and keep up with requests including people like Jackie Kennedy and Mrs. Jerry Lewis.

Lots going on at 24th and 10th avenues that now you know about!

JOANNE KOSEY

LETTERS

Library opposition a matter of location I had a lengthy discussion with the person with the traffic study concern after the Brookfield Village Board meeting Oct 14. After we parted I kept wishing that I asked what he wanted.

He repeatedly said, “All I want is that it [the new library] is done right.”

In his public statement, extensively researched, the Park Avenue resident repeatedly expressed concern for traffic reports by companies with lapsed state registration and cost to the taxpayers. In our one-on-one followup discussion, he added his concerns for the foreseeable increased traffic on Park Avenue and for the safety of his children.

This local resident noted that he moved to Brookfield five years ago and that he would love a new library.

As I think about it, I did learn what he wants. He wants a (our) new library but not in his back yard. I don’t really think he wants to spend more public tax dollars by starting over again with a new traffic study company and by delaying the construction schedule.

He just doesn’t want the new library on his Park Avenue block. He acknowledged that he had not attended any of the many public planning meetings held by the library board or library board open meetings pursuing community input.

If our village’s legal adviser thinks the library board’s efforts are in line with state requirements, I urge the village board members to vote acceptance of the new library plans to proceed with their schedule to build.

I would ask the unhappy resident that if we didn’t build the new library on the former Methodist Church lot, where? If he had attended more meetings, even in the five years he has lived here, he would have realized that the library board has been in search of a site for over a decade. The Park Avenue site becoming available was a real gift.

Sandra Baumgardner Brookfield

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LETTERS

Urge no vote on arming school personnel As co-presidents of the League of Women Voters of the La Grange Area (LWVLGA) and under the auspices of the League of Women Voters of Illinois (LWVIL), we are writing to inform your readers about two resolutions before the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB) Conference in November. The LWVLGA opposes the arming of teachers and other staff in our community’s schools.

This November, the IASB annual conference will consider two recommended resolutions: Resolution No. 1 would provide school boards the option to allow district employees to carry a concealed firearm with qualifications. Resolution No. 3 would create and fund a school safety grant to help assist school districts in the hiring of school resource officers (SROs) or security personnel. SROs would be authorized to carry a firearm pro-

viding training is received.

The passage of these resolutions will lead to IASB support of and advocacy for state legislation to arm teachers and school staff across the state.

The LWVIL believes there is not adequate evidence to demonstrate the efficacy of such proposals. There are many areas of unanswered questions including standards for training, the impact on children and the need to fund social services for at-risk children. Such concerns must be addressed prior to pursuing these resolutions.

The LWVIL urges members of the community to contact your local School Board and urge a “no” vote on resolutions No. 1 and No. 3 at the IASB Conference in November.

GET IT. GET IT.

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League of Women Voters of the La Grange Area

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LEADERSHIP: Fenwick’s head coach Gene Nudo (center) addresses his team after the Friar’s homecoming win versus Marmion Academy on Oct. 4

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2016 loss, state championship keeps him motivated

By JAMES KAY Sports Editor

Before Gene Nudo took over the reins of Fenwick’s football program in 2012, there was an argument to be made that he could have retired and marched gloriously into the sunset with his head and notorious mustache held high. After all, few football coaches have racked up the accolades that Nudo has during his career.

He’s been inducted into the Hall of Fame in the Arena Football, Chicago Metropolitan, and Minor League Football leagues. He won a state championship with Driscoll Catholic High School in 1991, worked in the NFL during the 1987 strike, and recently recorded his 100th win at the high school level (for the entire overview of Nudo’s career, check out Lauren Recchia’s

article “Coaching with the stars” on Wednesday Journal’s website).

With all the success he has experienced, the question must be posed: What does Gene Nudo have left to prove? In his mind, it is abundantly clear.

“I want that state championship for Fenwick in the worst way,” said Nudo. “The kids on that 2016 semifinalist team will never forget that call, and I sure won’t forget it either.

To have the opportunity to play for a state championship ripped away from us just kills you.”

Given his track record at the professional and amateur levels, some might be tempted to dismiss Nudo’s comment as typical coach speak. But he describes the heartbreaking 2016 semifinal loss with detail that confirms Nudo is haunted by it.

Fenwick had seemingly wrapped up their bid to go to the state championship game as they entered the finals seconds with a threepoint lead. With the clock running and possession on their own 12 yard line, Fenwick’s quarterback threw a pass high and deep in the air on fourth down. It landed after time expired and was a play that Nudo had run

multiple times during his stints in the AFL when put in that position late in games.

However, one official ruled the play as intentional grounding and gave Plainfield North High School a shot at tying the game with a field goal. The game went into overtime after Tigers converted. Fenwick lost the overtime coin toss, and Plainfield ended up winning the game to go to the state championship.

“That is my toughest loss as a coach ever,” said Nudo. “I’ve won a state championship at Driscoll; I was on staff for the state championship win in Phoenix; I’ve won a world championship with the Arizona Rattlers; I’ve won a national championship with my minor league team. When I look at [the 2016 loss], that is the defining game for me when I look back at my career.”

The game garnered national attention and the intentional grounding ruling remains one of the most controversial calls in high school sports over the last two decades.

Nudo is still getting calls from Mike Golic (a friend of Nudo) to discuss the loss.

“He wanted me to come on his radio show to talk about it, and I wouldn’t do it,” said Nudo.

“Everyone wanted to talk about it because it was egregious. I didn’t want to go into the media to air it out since that’s not the way to handle business.”

For now, it seems like a state championship is the only thing that could pry Nudo from the sideline on Friday nights. Even then, he’s adamant that this is the level where he wants to coach and his passion for leading younger people keeps him motivated after all these years.

“This is what I do, man! This is what I do,” said Nudo. “How can anyone not be motivated by being able to work with bright, ambitious, hard-working kids who look up to you and trust you? That’s a lot of responsibility on a daily basis. I come to work every day to compete for my job.”

After getting his 100th win and adding to his long list of achievements, Nudo won’t have to worry about competing for his job any time soon. All that’s on his mind is getting Fenwick its first state championship.

Anything outside of that is a thought for another day.

S P O R T S

RBHS clinches playoff berth; Fenwick postseason eligible

By JAMES KAY Sports Editor

After securing their sixth victory of the season on Oct. 18 versus Wheaton Academy (4-4), Riverside-Brookfield’s varsity football team is headed for the playoffs.

“To get that opportunity to play in the second season is always going to be a goal of ours,” said head RBHS head coach Brendan Curtin. “But playing our best football by the end of the season is one of our top priorities. That’s hard to define and you know it when you see it. Every week, we are going to get everyone’s best shot and the kids are never flustered. I like where we are at.”

Key moment of the game: With seven minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs drained the clock with a 17-play drive that would seal their sixth victory. They didn’t score but they forced Wheaton to use all of its timeouts. The Warriors stopped the Bulldogs in the red zone but had too far to go to generate a late-game scoring drive and turned the ball over on the last play of the game, allowing the Bulldogs to win 20-17.

“We knew it was going to be a tight game,” said Curtin. “This is a team that we thought we shared a lot of similarities with to some degree and we went out and beat them in a game that went back and forth.”

Curtin continues success as HC: After RBHS recorded its sixth win of the season, this marks the fifth time that Curtin has coached his team to the playoffs (he took over as the Bulldogs head coach in 2012). He now has six or more wins in five of his last six seasons.

Friars notch fifth win Fenwick stampeded its way to its fifth win of the season when they beat Leo High School 49-12. The Friars scored 42 of their points against Leo (3-5) in the first half before the starters rested.

Fenwick’s head coach, Gene Nudo, knows there’s still a lot of work ahead for his team.

“I think we are playing more consistently than we were at the beginning of the season,” said Nudo. “We are a young team and at this point in the season we are making less mistakes than a younger team typically makes. We’ve protected the ball better the last couple of weeks and both sides of the ball played well against Leo.” After struggling to get things going through the air a week ago against St. Patrick, sophomore quarterback Kaden Cobb put on a show with a four-touchdown performance (all coming in the first half), completing 75 percent of his passes on the day. “[Cobb] was playing freshman football last year,” said Nudo. “It’s a major learning curve with the game being much faster and your opponents being much bigger and stronger. He’s done a great job of getting a

grasp of our offense and leading our teach which is difficult for a sophomore.”

Season’s turning point: Getting to the position to compete in the postseason wasn’t a guarantee for this team. After starting off 2-0, the Friars dropped their next three games to some of the elite teams in the state. However, Fenwick (5-3) has been able to bounce back after the loss to Marist on Sept. 27.

“All of us feel like we let the Marist game get away from us,” said Nudo. “We were only down four with 3:30 left in the game and were right there. I think the kids have shown they can play with the best teams and I don’t think there was a moment where they thought they couldn’t play with those teams.”

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RBHS Offense Passing: Nick Torres 13 for 22, 172 Yds 1 TD & 1 INT; Owen Murphy 2 for 4 13 yards Rushing: Christopher Doherty 4-69 Yds (1 TD 43 Yds), Luke Gentile 9-50 Yds ( 1 TD 21 Yds) Receiving: Owen Murphy 4-81 Yds, 1 TD Luke Gentile 4-21 Yds; Nic Novak 2 - 35 Yds

RBHS Defense Tackles: Luke Swiatek (6.5), Rahim Kouferijdi (6.5), Luke Gentile (6), Jordan Medrano (3)

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Rushing: Danny Kent 9-64 Yds, Kaden Cobb 1-17 Yds (1 TD), Zack Arroyo 4-24 Yds, CJ Hallerran 5-2 Yds (1 TD) Receiving: Max Reese 4-141 Yds, Jonas Capek 3-46 Yds (2 TD), Brian Moore 1-19 Yds, Eian Pugh 1-7 Yds (1 TD)

Fenwick Defense Tackles: Danny Farnan (2), Zack Arroyo (1.5), Greyson Cone (1), Bryan Legan (1 TD)

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Crosstown volleyball bout ends in Friar victory Vanderlaan puts on a show for Fenwick

By JAMES KAY Sports Editor

In a crosstown battle between Trinity and Fenwick high schools, the Friars (19-11) thumped the Blazers (11-17) on senior night in straight sets (25-15, 25-11). Junior Beau Vanderlaan led the charge with eight kills and two total blocks. Senior Alessia Mollo had 19 digs to go along with four aces on the night.

Vanderlaan, who has already committed to Northeastern University to play volleyball, had her coach Kathleen O’Laughlin raving after her dominant performance.

“I mean games like tonight show you why she’s our best player,” said O’Laughlin.

“Beau has been a force all year but we just haven’t been able to get her the ball enough.

At this point in the season, we are starting to learn how to set her up and give it to her.”

Trinity made things difficult for Fenwick in the early going. The Blazers’ outside hitter, Emma Jacobs, set the tone with a series of attacks that gave her team a 3-0 lead. Going into the match, the Friars knew they had to keep an eye on Jacobs, who tallied her 1,000th career-kill a few weeks back.

“We knew she was their go-to player and you have to game-plan for players like her; [she] was all-conference last year,” said O’Laughlin. “We really just planned our block around her attack. We’re glad it worked out tonight.”

Throughout the course of the night, Fenwick made an extra effort to tame the offensive prowess of Jacobs. After both teams went back and forth, exchanging points, with the score at 8-7, the Friars unleashed Vanderlaan.

“I have to give credit to our serving be-

cause we were able to put [Trinity] out of position,” said Vanderlaan. “That gave me some opportunities.”

Behind the junior, Fenwick took an 18-10 lead with Trinity unable to match the size and power of Vanderlaan. She would be responsible for five of her team’s 10 points during the 10-3 run. Trinity couldn’t bounce back and dropped the set after services errors did them in.

Going into the second set, Trinity seemed like it was going to bounce back. They held their own until the score was knotted at 3-3 when senior Alessia Mollo took things into her own hands. She had back-to-back aces to give her team an 8-3 lead.

Throughout the second set, Fenwick had multiple balls kept alive with diving plays and second efforts that overwhelmed Trinity. The Friars went on two more runs to finish off the Blazers.

O’Laughlin’s team looks like it is peaking at the right time.

“They have shown a lot of resiliency and poise in our last tournaments and we have turned up our fight and fire,” said O’Laughlin.

“This is a young group and they have done a great job figuring it all out.”

Despite the youth of this team, the Friars have found their way using their depth.

“I am really excited about our bench,” said O’Laughlin. “There are some years where you feel handcuffed when you don’t have players who can quite get it done and you don’t have the bench to turn to. With this team, I have lots of places to go. If someone has a rough day on the court, our bench is so strong that any of them can come in and contribute.”

Fenwick has one more match against Montini Catholic on Oct. 24 before they get set for the postseason. Trinity has a two-day event in front of it at the Jean Field Invite, Oct. 25-26.

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The requisite afďŹ davit for publication having been ďŹ led, notice is hereby given to you, the Respondent, that a Petition has been ďŹ led 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.

The requisite afďŹ davit for publication having been ďŹ led, notice is hereby given to you, JUAN F. CERVANTES Respondent, that a Petition has been ďŹ led 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.

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LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed bids at the Public Works Service Center, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 9:00 a.m. on Friday, November 8th, 2019 for the following: Village of Oak Park Village Hall Window Blind Installation Project Number: 19-150 There will be a pre-bid meeting at Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, IL 60302 on Wednesday, October 30th, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.

Bid forms may be obtained from the Public Works Customer Service Center by calling 708-3585700 or by stopping by the office located at 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents and specifications only to those vendors deemed qualified. No proposal documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of proposal opening. For more information call the Public Works Service Center at 708.358.5700.

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Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, ďŹ le your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the OfďŹ ce 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 13, 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.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,â&#x20AC;? as amended, that a certiďŹ cation 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, 10/23/2019

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,â&#x20AC;? as amended, that a certiďŹ cation 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

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF OAK PARK PLAN COMMISSION DOCKET NUMBER: PC 19-07 (Special Use Permit Amendment & Street Vacation) HEARING DATE: November 7, 2019 TIME: 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the Agenda permits.

LOCATION OF HEARING: Room 201 (Council Chambers), Oak Park Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, 60302 APPLICANT(S): Rush Oak Park Hospital, an Illinois Corporation, 520 South Maple Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois 60302 OWNERS OF RECORD: Rush Oak Park Hospital, an Illinois Corporation, 520 South Maple Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois 60302 SUBJECT PROPERTY ADDRESSES: 520 South Maple Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 7 IN THE RESUBDIVISION OF LOTS 1, 2, 3 AND 4 IN BLOCK 4 IN W. J. WILSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ADDITION TO OAK PARK, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF LOT 1 (EXCEPT THE EAST 40 ACRES THEREOF) IN THE SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 13, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN (EXCEPT THE WEST HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER THEREOF), TOGETHER WITH LOTS 5, 6, 7, 8 AND 9 IN BLOCK FOUR IN W. J. WILSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ADDITION TO OAK PARK, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF LOT ONE (EXCEPT THE EAST FORTY ACRES THEREOF), IN THE SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 13, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN (EXCEPT THE WEST HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER THEREOF), EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PART CONVEYED TO PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BY WARRANTY DEED RECORDED MAY 13, 1996 AS DOCUMENT 96360409, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 47 MINUTES 34 SECONDS WEST (ASSUMED) 5.00 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE THEREOF, SAID WEST LINE BEING ALSO THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF HARLEM AVENUE (ILLINOIS ROUTE 43); THENCE SOUTH 45 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 07 SECONDS EAST 7.09 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 21 SECONDS WEST 5.00 FEET ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE TO SAID POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. LOTS 12 TO 23, INCLUSIVE, IN BLOCK 2 IN THE SUBDIVISION OF BLOCKS 1 TO 9, INCLUSIVE, IN WALLEN AND PROBSTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ADDITION TO OAK PARK, IN THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 13, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN; ALSO: ALL OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH 16 FOOT PUBLIC ALLEY LYING WEST OF AND ADJOINING LOTS 12 TO 23, INCLUSIVE, LYING EAST OF AND ADJOINING LOTS 24 TO 35, INCLUSIVE, LYING SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 12 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 35, AND LYING NORTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 23 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 24, ALL IN BLOCK 2 IN THE SUBDIVISION OF BLOCKS 1 TO 9, INCLUSIVE, IN WALLEN AND PROBSTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ADDITION TO OAK PARK, IN THE

NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 13, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN; IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. LOTS 1 TO 16, BOTH INCLUSIVE, IN THE SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 1, 2, 3 AND 4 IN BLOCK 2 AND OF LOTS 1, 2, 3 AND 4 IN BLOCK 3 INCLUDING ALLEY BETWEEN SAID LOTS 1 AND 2 AND THE NORTH 43 FEET OF LOT 3 IN SAID BLOCK 2 ON THE EAST AND SAID LOTS 1 AND 2 AND THE NORTH 43 FEET OF SAID LOT 3 IN BLOCK 3 ON THE WEST IN W. J. WILSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ADDITION TO OAK PARK, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF LOT 1 (EXCEPT THE EAST 40 ACRES THEREOF) IN THE SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN (EXCEPT THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 THEREOF), TOGETHER WITH THE VACATED EAST-WEST ALLEY LYING SOUTH OF AND ADJOINING SAID LOTS 1 TO 14, BOTH INCLUSIVE, AND LYING NORTH AND ADJOINING SAID LOTS 15 AND 16 VACATED

BY ORDINANCE RECORDED NOVEMBER 27, 1959 AS DOCUMENT 17721850, ALSO THAT PART OF THE VACATED NORTH-SOUTH ALLEY LYING WEST OF AND ADJOINING SAID LOT 15 AND EAST OF AND ADJOINING SAID LOT 16 VACATED BY ORDINANCE RECORDED JUNE 1, 1922 AS DOCUMENT 7523912; ALSO: LOTS 5 TO 9, BOTH INCLUSIVE, IN BLOCK 2 AND LOTS 5 TO 9, BOTH INCLUSIVE, IN BLOCK 3 IN W. J. WILSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ADDITION TO OAK PARK, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF LOT 1 (EXCEPT THE EAST 40 ACRES THEREOF) IN THE SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN (EXCEPT THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 THEREOF), TOGETHER WITH THE VACATED NORTH-SOUTH ALLEY LYING WEST AND ADJOINING SAID LOTS 5 TO 9 IN BLOCK 2 AND EAST AND ADJOINING SAID LOTS 5 TO 9 IN BLOCK 3 VACATED BY ORDINANCE RECORDED JUNE 1, 1922 AS DOCUMENT 7523912; ALSO: LOTS 24 TO 35, INCLUSIVE, IN BLOCK 2 IN THE SUBDIVISION OF BLOCKS 1 TO 9, INCLUSIVE, IN WALLEN AND PROBSTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ADDITION TO OAK PARK, IN THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 13, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, TOGETHER WITH ALL OF VACATED WISCONSIN AVENUE VACATED BY ORDINANCE RECORDED OCTOBER 24, 1975 AS DOCUMENT 23269659, LYING WEST OF AND ADJOINING SAID LOTS 24 TO 35, INCLUSIVE, ALL IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. THAT PART OF VACATED WEST MONROE STREET VACATED PER DOCUMENT 20181526 IN W. J. WILSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ADDITION TO OAK PARK LYING EAST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 9 IN BLOCK 3 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 1 IN BLOCK 6 AND LYING WEST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 9 IN BLOCK 2 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 1 IN BLOCK 7 EXCEPT THAT PART DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 1 IN BLOCK 7 AFORESAID, THENCE NORTH 66.0 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 9 IN BLOCK 2 AFORESAID, THENCE WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 9 AFORESAID AND ITS WESTERLY EXTENSION AND THE Published in Wednesday Journal 10/23/2019

SOUTH LINE OF LOT 9 IN BLOCK 3 AFORESAID, 216.90 FEET; THENCE SOUTH, PERPENDICULAR TO THE AFORESAID LINE, 32.20 FEET; THENCE WEST, PERPENDICULAR TO THE AFORESAID LINE, 142.03 FEET TO A POINT ON A LINE DRAWN FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 9 IN BLOCK 3 AFORESAID TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 1 IN BLOCK 6 AFORESAID; THENCE SOUTH ON THE AFORESAID DESCRIBED LINE 33.80 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 1 IN BLOCK 6 AFORESAID, THENCE EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 1 IN BLOCK 6 AFORESAID, AND ITS EASTERLY EXTENSION AND THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 1 IN BLOCK 7 AFORESAID, 359.06 FEET TO THE HEREINABOVE DESIGNATED POINT OF BEGINNING, SAID ADDITION BEING A SUBDIVISION IN SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN , ALL IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. VACATION (MONROE STREET): THAT PART OF MONROE STREET LYING IN PART OF W.J WILSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ADDITION TO OAK PARK AND THAT PART OF BLOCK 2 AND 3 OF WALLEN AND PROBSTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ADDITION TO OAK PARK, LYING EAST OF AND ADJACENT TO A LINE RUNNING FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 9 IN BLOCK 2 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 1 IN BLOCK 7, OF SAID W.J. WILSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ADDITION AND LYING WEST OF AND ADJACENT TO A LINE RUNNING FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 23 IN BLOCK 2 OF WALLEN AND PROBSTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ADDITION TO OAK PARK, TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 1 IN BLOCK 3 OF WALLEN AND PROSTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ADDITION TO OAK PARK, BEING SUBDIVISIONS OF PART OF LOT 1 IN B.F. JERVISâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 13, EAST OF THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ( EXCEPT THE SOUTHERLY 16.5 FEET THEREOF), COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS REQUESTS: The Applicant seeks an amendment to Special Use Ordinance ORD 17-264 to allow for the construction of a parking garage with approximately 700 parking spaces at an approximate height of 78 feet to replace the existing surface parking lot allowed through ORD 17-264 at the northwest corner of Wenonah Avenue and Monroe Street, and the vacation of the north 49.5 feet of the 66 foot wide right of way of Monroe Street between Wisconsin Avenue and Wenonah Avenue for a length of 332 feet.

Copies of the application and each of the applicable documents are on file and are available for inspection at the Village Hall, Development Customer Services Department, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Persons with disabilities planning to attend and needing special accommodations should contact the Village Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office at 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, or call (708) 358-5670.

ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE INVITED TO BE HEARD. David Mann, Chairperson OAK PARK PLAN COMMISSION, Sitting as a Zoning Commission Oak Park, Illinois 60302

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The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed bids at the Public Works Service Center, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 9:00 a.m. on Friday, November 8th, 2019 for the following:

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 November 7, 2019 and at that time will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following Village Project: 20-12, Traffic Signal Mast Arm Assemblies and Poles. In general, the project consists of furnishing traffic signal steel mast arm assemblies and poles of various sizes and steel combination mast arm assemblies and poles of various sizes as indicated on the contract plans and special provisions. The steel mast arm assemblies and poles will be installed under a separate contract.

Village of Oak Park Village Hall Window Blind Installation Project Number: 19-150 There will be a pre-bid meeting at Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, IL 60302 on Wednesday, October 30th, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.

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Bid forms may be obtained from the Public Works Customer Service Center by calling 708-3585700 or by stopping by the office located at 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents and specifications only to those vendors deemed qualified. No proposal documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of proposal opening. For more information call the Public Works Service Center at 708.358.5700.

THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Published in Wednesday Journal 10/23/2019

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday 18 November 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Village Hall, 517 Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois, the Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a public hearing to consider a text amendment to Title 9 of the Forest Park Zoning Ordinance to consider amendment(s) to Section(s) 9-4B-2, 9-4C-2 and 9-5A2 to allow cannabis retail sales as a conditional use in the B-2 (Community Shopping District), DBD (Downtown Business District) and the I-1 (Light Industrial) zoning districts. Amend Section(s) 9-5A-2 and 9-5B-2 to allow cannabis cultivation as a conditional use in both the I-1 (Light Industrial) and I-2 (Industrial) zoning districts.

Amend Section 9-1-5 “Definitions” to include “Cannabis Retail Sales” and “Cannabis Cultivation”.

The purpose of this hearing is to consider a request by the Village of Forest Park, as petitioner, to amend the text of the Forest Park Zoning Ordinance, to consider or allow as a conditional use Adult-Use Cannabis Craft Growers, Adult-Use Cannabis Cultivation Centers, Adult-Use Cannabis Dispensing Organizations, Adult-Use Cannabis Infuser Organization or Infusers, Adult-Use Cannabis Processing Organization or Processors and Adult-Use Cannabis Transporting Organization or Transporters within the Village of Forest Park, and such other Zoning Ordinance changes consistent with and to conform to the proposed amendments provided for by this Notice.

The applicant for this petition is the Village of Forest Park, 517 Desplaines, Forest Park, Illinois.

Signed: Kerry McBride Zoning Board of Appeals Chairperson Published in Forest Park Review 10/23/2019

Plans and proposal forms may be obtained from the office of the Village Engineer starting on Thursday October 24, at 10:00 a.m.

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 Electrical Category by the Illinois Department of Transportation by the Illinois Department of Transportation before receiving bid documents.

THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Bill McKenna Village Engineer Published in Wednesday Journal 10/23/2019

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE 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 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.

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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

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, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL, 62523 (217) 422-1719. 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

FINANCIAL CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.ROGER A. SMITH, SHARON SMITH, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND 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

Commonly known as 7314 Randolph Street, Unit 4H, Forest Park, IL 60130.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g) (4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455. W17-0927 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3134852

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 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION REAL SOLID SOLUTIONS, LLC, A NEW JERSEY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AND ASIAN KNIGHT CAPITAL LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO GRANITE INVESTMENT GROUP, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE OF THE SECURITY NATIONAL MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 20061, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO NATIONSCREDIT FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST BY MERGER WITH NATIONSCREDIT HOME EQUITY SERVICES CORPORATION, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO FIRST FRANKLIN

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION ROUNDPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING CORPORATION; Plaintiff, vs.

JOHNNY J. WHITING AKA JOHNNY WHITING; 7314 RANDOLPH CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; RANDOLPH WEST NO. 2 CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; CITY OF CHICAGO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 18 CH 4383 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, November 26, 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. 15-12-426-023-1024.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION UMB BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS A LEGAL TITLE TRUST FOR LVS TITLE TRUST VI; Plaintiff, vs.

CAPITULUM LLC; JOHN MICHAEL COHAN; CFRE INVESTMENT FLIPS I CORPORATION; HOME SERVICES OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 1065 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, December 3, 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. 15-13-407-024-0000.

Commonly known as 839 S. HARLEM AVENUE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a multi-family residence.

The successful purchaser is entitled to possession of the property only. The purchaser may only obtain possession of units within the multiunit property occupied by individuals named in the order of possession.

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. 18-05185 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3135527

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