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Suburban Cook County’s positivity rate inches closer to 8 percent

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Suburban Cook County restaurants and bars must close their doors to indoor dining and drinking effective at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 28, Illinois Gov. J.B Pritzker announced Monday, after sustained increases in new COVID-19 cases in the county and elsewhere throughout the state.

In a press release issued Oct. 26, Pritzker announced that Region 10, “is the first region in Illinois to earn additional mitigations not because of its positivity rate alone, but because its positivity rate and its COVID-related hospitalizations have both seen a sustained increase over the last 10 days.”

As of Monday, Region 10’s positivity rate had jumped to 7.8 percent and had seen eight consecutive days of increases in test positivity and seven consecutive days of increased hospitalizations.

The spike in new cases means that no food or drink can be served indoors at bars and restaurants in suburban Cook County and all outside service must close by 11 p.m. Outside dining tables must be six feet apart and no standing or congregating either indoors or outdoors is allowed while waiting for a table.

Reservations are required for each party and multiple parties may not be seated at the same table.

See COVID-19 on page 8

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Zoo will close doors for two months to begin 2021 Holiday Magic days and hours extended to space out crowds

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Brookfield Zoo announced last week that it will be expanding the days and hours of its annual Holiday Magic lights

festival between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve, but once they turn out the lights on Dec. 31, they’ll remain off until at least March 1.

The zoo will temporarily close to the public during the months of January

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A bevy of Berwyn breakfasts Looking for a delightful way to start the day? Try coffee and Bloody Mary from Lavergne’s Tavern

The best way to the start the day is with a hearty breakfast

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Rise and shine hungry friends!

Berwyn is just to the south and ready to meet your early morning desires.

From pancakes to eggs and coffee to cocktails there is something for everyone to enjoy in Berwyn. Check out some of our recent discoveries!

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The breakfast bowl and brunch burger from Lavergne’s Tavern.

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Mission House Café:

Lavergne’s Tavern:

Known for serving up some serious burgers, street food inspired tacos and even decadent Chicagostyle eggrolls, Lavergne’s Tavern, 6546 Windsor Ave., also serves up a mighty fine brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Sunday.

Whether you are looking to soak up some debauchery from the night before or dine while supporting the Chicago Bears, the brunch menu at Lavergne’s is not shy. Most menu items will fill your belly for the better part of the day.

Breakfast purists can order eggs and toast and health conscious diners can order the vegan skillet or avocado toast, but folks looking to splurge should check out the brunch burger or Food Writer

Fruit topped pancakes from Tastee Corner Café.

A breakfast array from Mission House Café.

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loaded breakfast bowl. The brunch burger is a savory-sweet explosion featuring an all-beef patty served open faced on a bed of French toast. Topped with a smattering of cheese, maple syrup, bacon and a sunny side up egg the dish dabbles on the culinary dark side.

The loaded breakfast bowl features an assortment of breakfast meats, hash browns, veggies, eggs and a drizzle of house-made buttermilk ranch dressing.

Don’t forget a cocktail. Flavorful house made Bloody Mary mix forms the base for a classic breakfast cocktail garnished with celery and

skewer of pickles, olives and cheese — create your own chaser by ordering a 5-ounce beer to enjoy alongside the spicy drink.

Tastee Corner Café: Traditionalists will adore the timeless diner feel at Tastee Corner Café, 3207 Oak Park Ave. For the past eight years this family-owned joint in Berwyn’s Depot District has been churring out reliable breakfast favorites for folks working at the neighboring hospital or waiting to hop on the train.

Owners are particularly proud of their steak and egg options as well as their varied skillets.

The Mexican skillet, topped with eggs cooked to order, brims with chorizo, jalapenos, and cheese. Fruit topped pancakes will bring a smile to the young or young at heart.

Tucked inside a warm and welcoming home Mission House Café, 6818 W. 34th St., attracts guests with vintage charm, friendly service and a simple, yet confident, menu of morning fare.

The six-year-old business boasts tin ceilings, Edison bulb light fixtures and a whimsical mask-clad, wall-mounted faux deer head. In the space, customers work in the internet café while enjoying an array of gourmet coffee and espresso drinks like pumpkin spice lattes made with house-made syrup.

Hearty breakfast burritos come in two sizes to accommodate different appetite levels, while attractive oatmeal bowls topped with colorful fresh fruit appeal to health-conscious diners.

Barista, Z, enjoys working the collaborative environment and is proud to use the café to promote local artists and musicians. The café will host their next art pop up on November 7.

After expenses a portion of profits from sales at Mission House Café are donated to local and global organizations like Solutions for Care in North Riverside, among others.

Bananas and strawberries crown the oatmeal bowl at Mission House Café.

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The Mexican skillet from Tastee Corner Café.

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RBHS grad named a top editor at the Trib Riverside resident Michelle Lopez leads newspaper digital efforts

IN THIS ISSUE

By BOB SKOLNIK

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A new name appeared on the masthead of the Chicago Tribune this week, and it belongs to a 36-year-old resident of Riverside. Last week Michelle G. Lopez was named a director of content for the Tribune.

She is one eight directors of content, what used to be known as editors, at the Tribune.

Lopez’s promotion was first reported by media reporter Robert Feder. Lopez told the Landmark that her job is to be the director of audience.

“I will be leading a team that will be managing all of Chicago Tribune’s digital platforms,” Lopez said. “My goal is to grow and engage our digital readership, MICHELLE LOPEZ whether they are loyal digital subscribers to our website or readers who are just searching for something and stumble upon one of our articles.”

Lopez will be responsible for shaping how the Tribune looks online and on social media as the newspaper tries to appeal to a younger and more diverse audience.

It’s a dream come true for the daughter of Mexican immigrants. Lopez has loved newspapers ever since she was a young girl and delivered the Suburban Life in her native North Riverside when she was a student at L.J. Hauser Junior High.

Lopez was born in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, moved to Berwyn when she was 5 and to North Riverside when she was 10.

She has lived in Riverside since the summer of 2017 with her husband Juan Mario Lopez, a nuclear medicine and molecular imaging technologist at the Hines V.A. Hospital, and has two young sons.

“I love the area; I wanted to be close by to my parents.” Lopez said. “It doesn’t take much to want to live here. You just walk down the street and see all the beautiful trees and the winding roads and it’s like you’re in a movie.

I always dreamed of having a house in Riverside.”

Lopez’s mother, Florinda Gonzalez, died of cancer at the beginning of October.

“It’s been kind of a whirlwind of emotions this past month,” Lopez said. “I’m really, really sad, but then I’m having this big career

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BACK IN THE DAY: Michelle Lopez saw her first bylines in journalism, under her maiden name Gonzalez, in the pages of the Riverside-Brookfield High School newspaper The Clarion, where she also discovered her love of page design and her skills as an editor. milestone. But I did get to tell her before she passed away, so that was a really, really sweet thing.”

Her father, Artemio, still lives in North Riverside and is a sheet metal worker for the CTA. Lopez traces her love of newspapers to her parents, who learned English by reading the newspaper, watching the news on TV and listening to the radio.

“That was really inspiring to me,” Gonzalez said. “I thought how cool would it be to work for a newspaper,” Lopez said.

Her first language was Spanish.

“I learned English by watching Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street and basically any other kids programming on PBS,” Lopez said.

At Riverside-Brookfield High School, when her name was Michelle Gonzalez, she was on the staff of the Clarion, the school newspaper, for all four years. She did a little of everything, writing stories and a column, Michy’s Minute, and serving as a top editor as a senior.

While at the Clarion she learned about page design, which became her passion.

“I liked writing but I think being a reporter is a really, really challenging job, and I just felt the page design or copy editing was more my skill set, even back then,” Lopez said.

After graduating from RBHS in 2002 she went to the University of Illinois and majored in journalism. She became the design editor of the Daily Illini. Her first job out of college

was as a page designer for the South Bend Tribune before signing on as a page designer and copy editor for the Suburban Life before.

She briefly left newspapers to become social media director for Clear Channel Communications, now iHeartMedia, where she developed the digital skills that are now much in demand by running the social media pages for a diverse set of Chicago radio stations.

Those digital skills, and her strong background in newspapers, attracted the attention of a Tribune recruiter and she joined the Tribune in 2013, first serving as the senior digital and design editor for The Mash, the Tribune’s publication for teens. She moved on to become a digital editor for RedEye, the Tribune’s now defunct tabloid for commuters.

From there, she worked her way up the ranks of Chicago Tribune Media Group and Tribune Publishing.

She knows that the media landscape, particularly for newspapers, is a challenge, but she is committed to keeping the Tribune relevant, however the news is delivered, and to grow its digital audience.

“It’s very important for me to engage a younger audience, because not a lot of my friends have print subscriptions to newspapers,” Lopez said. “But everybody at the end of the day needs to get their news somewhere, and local news is so important whether it’s the Tribune or the Landmark.”

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BIG WEEK

Sports during the COVID era

October 28-November 4 EVAN WEINER

Brookfield Public Library invites you to join award-wining journalist Evan Weiner, host of the podcast Politics of Sports Business, for “The Politics of Sports: The ThreeLegged Stool” on Wednesday Oct. 26 at 6 p.m.

With many major sporting events canceled or altered during the COVID-19 pandemic, what does the new normal for sports look like?

The presentation will be conducted via Zoom. Registration required at brookfieldlibrary.info or by calling 708-485-6917, ext. 130.

Day of the Dead craft activity North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., invites you to sign up to participate in the grab-and-go craft activity Day of the Dead Flower Pots/Dia de los Muertos Macetitas de Calaveritas.

Sign up in advance to pick up the pots and black Sharpies from the library. If you wish to use colored Sharpies or paint, they must be self-provided.

Call 708-447-0869 or email bodenl@ northriversidelibrary.org.

No trick: Libraries handing out treats

Can’t wait to don your costume and go trick-ortreating on Halloween? You can get a head start by stopping by all three local public libraries on Oct. 31 and picking up some treats before heading out later in the afternoon to his the neighborhood.

Stop by the Brookfield Public Library, 3609 Grand Blvd., anytime between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. to show off your costume and get a treat (while supplies last). Be sure to wear a proper protective face covering and maintain social distancing.

Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, hosts

And more Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., continues a pair of exhibitions,“Humor Us,” a group show where art and humor intersect, and “In Time and Paradise,” an installation by Kelly Kristin Jones celebrating Illinois women and their fight for women’s rights around the time of the 19th Amendment.

The shows run through Nov. 17 and can be seen by appointment Thursday-Saturday from 1-5 p.m. Email to info@riversideartscenter.com.

The Hollywood Citizens Association invites you to order your Christmas wreath and holiday decorations during their annual HCA Wreath Sale fundraiser.

Orders are due by Oct. 30 and will be delivered Nov. 28. Visit hollywoodcitizensassociation.org.

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curbside Halloween trick-or-treating between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

Riverside Arts Center is gearing up for the holiday season -- and hoping to obtain critical funding to help it through the COVID-19 pandemic – by hosting an online Harvest Auction featuring a selection of items donated by local businesses as well as RAC members and friends.

Bidding begins Sunday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. and ends Sunday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. You can preview items up for auction – with more added daily – at 32auctions.com/rac2020. Proceeds from the auction benefit the organization.

You can also donate money through the “Cash Donation to RAC” auction item.

Call Jay Van Cura at 708-447-6500 with any questions.

Drive by, pop the trunk and library staff will place age-appropriate treats in your car. Kids of all ages welcome.

Finally, North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., invites you to swing by between 1 and 3 p.m. for their trick-or-treat drive-thru.

Drive through the parking lot for sweet treats and an optional photo-op with a special guest.

They’ll have special treats for adults, too.

Brennan Massage and Spa, 3700 Grand Blvd in Brookfield, continues its campaign to support nurses and hospital workers at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn by donating 5% of every sale toward gift cards for them. The campaign runs through the end of October.

The Brookfield Chamber of Commerce continues its 60-to-Win raffle drawings every Thursday through Nov. 19 at 4:30 p.m. at Joe’s Saloon, 9220 47th St. in Brookfield. You can also watch a livestream on the Brookfield Chamber of Commerce Facebook page (facebook.com/BrookfieldIllinois). Winners’names will be posted each week at brookfieldchamber.net.

Tune in to Lyons Township High School’s radio station WLTL (88.1 FM) every Friday at 7 p.m. for ■

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North Riverside Public Library is offering the following virtual programs through Facebook Live, conference calls and the teleconferencing app Zoom. Programs include Makerspace Mondays on the first and third Mondays of the month at 7 p.m. and Talented Tuesdays on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 5:30 p.m. both via Facebook Live on North Riverside Public Library’s Facebook page; and Game Night Wednesdays every Wednesday at 7 p.m. via Zoom.

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Brookfield Public Library offers virtual classes and programs for patrons of all ages throughout the week. Most youth activities will be presented live on the library’s Facebook page at facebook.com/BrookfieldPublicLibrary. There’s also Spooky Movie Night: “Happy Death Day” on Oct. 30 at 5 p.m. via Zoom.

Chat with friends, grab some snacks and get into the spooky spirit. Register for Zoom access info by visiting brookfield.evanced.info/signup or calling 708-4856917, ext. 130.

The Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, invites you to walk the path along the Des Plaines River near the library and enjoy a story during the “Bats and the Library” Storywalk through Nov. 2.

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Woman fights off armed carjacker at Riverside gas station A 57-year-old Lyons woman fought off an armed carjacking suspect early Monday morning at the Amstar gas station, 3346 Harlem Ave., suffering minor injuries during the scuffle.

According to Riverside police, at about 6:05 a.m. on Oct. 26, the victim had just finished gassing up her vehicle at one of the pumps when a heavyset woman armed with a handgun approached and demanded she give up the car.

Instead of complying, the victim began fighting with her assailant, striking her a few times and injuring a finger in the process. The armed offender reportedly ran across the parking lot and got into a waiting gray van, which was last seen leaving the area southbound on Harlem Avenue.

The victim drove a couple of blocks before calling 911 to report the incident. She reportedly refused medical assistance for her injuries. The village of Riverside operates a surveillance camera at that location and detectives are investigating the incident.

Cops report suspicious incidents Riverside police have charged a 65-yearold Summit man with disorderly conduct after he allegedly offered a child candy while sitting in his car and motioned for the child to approach the vehicle in the 300 block of Fairbank Road on Oct. 19 at about 8:20 a.m.

Weitzel said that at all times the child was in the company of an adult nanny, who picked up the child and walked away.

The incident was not reported to police until the morning of Oct. 20, according to Weitzel.

Detectives detained the man at his home on the afternoon of Oct. 21 after obtaining a license plate number of the vehicle from a security camera Police charged the man with the misdemeanor offense after detectives interviewed him on the evening of Oct. 21. Weitzel said the man stated that he was “just trying to be nice” by offering the child candy, adding that the man acted strangely during the interview, at one point saying he used to work out with former professional baseball and football star Bo Jackson and flexing his muscles at detectives.

Riverside police also continue to investigate two incidents where a man, reportedly driving a dark-colored vehicle, confronted a female jogger near Big Ball Park on the morning of Oct. 21 and near Ames School on the morning of Oct. 24.

The woman told police that while she was jogging in the 200 block of Nuttall Road around 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 21, a man jumped out of his car and yelled something at her, possibly “come here.” According to police,

the man never made any physical contact with the woman.

On Oct. 24, the woman was jogging on Southcote Road near Ames School at about 7 a.m. when a dark vehicle drove past, then reversed to where she was standing. The driver, a white male with curly black hair and gauge earring in his left ear began to “dance” in his seat and then drove away.

It’s unknown whether the same man confronted the jogger on both occasions. Police said there is no evidence linking the two incidents to the one involving the child.

Parolee hit with gun charges The Cook County State’s Attorney has charged 34-year-old North Riverside resident Cleveland Allgood with two felonies, unlawful use of a weapon and armed violence, after he was allegedly found in possession of a loaded handgun and drugs outside of 7-Eleven, 9205 Cermak Road, on Oct. 21 just after midnight.

A Lyft driver who had driven Allgood from Franklin Park to North Riverside, told police that Allgood had been acting suspiciously since she picked him up an hour earlier.

The driver reportedly saw a North Riverside squad car in the parking lot of Sawa’s Old Warsaw, 9200 Cermak Road and drove into the parking lot, stopping next to the squad car.

Allgood reportedly exited the car and headed into 7-Eleven while the Lyft driver went to the police officer, telling him to “stop that man” and indicating she feared for her life.

During the drive, Allgood allegedly gave the driver directions and after 45 minutes, the driver told him she was running out of gas.

At that point, Allgood allegedly told the driver that “we are going to have a serious f-----g problem.” Allgood apparently was not paying attention when the driver spotted the squad car and pulled into the parking lot for help.

Police detained Allgood as he left 7-Eleven and reported finding a loaded 9 mm handgun in his possession along with two bags containing cocaine, six bags containing cannabis and 46 individually packaged red and pink pills.

At the time of his arrest, Allgood was on parole for a 2018 conviction for aggravated battery to a police officer.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Oct. 1926, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.

— Compiled by Bob Uphues

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Riverside finalizes balanced 2021 operating budget More than $1.3 million in capital projects on tap for next year

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Riverside trustees will vote in early December to approve the village’s 2021 operating budget – balanced to the dollar – after the village board and staff hashed out various cuts to the preliminary budget over the course of the past two months.

Members of the public will have the opportunity to comment on the budget at a hearing scheduled on Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road.

Trustees are slated to vote on the budget at their meeting on Dec. 3.

During a brief wrap-up of the budget process at the village board’s Oct. 15 meeting, Finance Director Karin Johns, presented an operating budget that showed identical revenues and expenditures of $9,757,252 in the general fund, which pays for day-to-day expenses such as employee salaries and benefits.

That represents an increase over final projected revenues and expenditures in 2020, both of which felt the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Total general fund expenditures in 2020 are predicted to end up at just under $9.5 million, with revenues projected to exceed expenditures by about $50,000.

Riverside’s budgeted expenditures for 2021 are only slightly less than those budgeted originally for 2020.

When Johns and Village Manager Jessica Frances first presented the budget in September, the general fund showed a deficit of about $316,000.

At that time, however, village trustees agreed to slash a good part of that deficit by reducing the amount the village would be contributing to its police pension fund to the statutory minimum level in 2021, a reduction from the full obligation of about $171,000.

The village will also be able to realize sav-

ings of about $25,500 in health insurance premiums for 2021 and reduced recreation department expenses and adjusted that department’s revenue projections. The village will also save a nominal amount of money through the retirement of its public works director, which became effective earlier this month.

On Oct. 1, village trustees OK’d more tweaks to the budget, to close the remaining gap. Those decisions included eliminating a paid forestry intern for 2021 and reducing two public works seasonal positions from 25 weeks to 20 weeks. Those two line items will save the village about $22,500.

The village will also see a nearly $32,000 annual savings by inking a new three-year contract with its telephone service provider Call One after seeking competitive proposals, and will save another $4,000 by eliminating Riv-Inia, an outdoor concert event typically held in early fall.

Trustees also decided to increase the 2021 general fund revenue projection by transferring its cash balance in the North Suburban Employee Benefits Cooperative to an investment fund so that it can earn interest.

Riverside has also planned for roughly $1.37 million in capital improvements in 2020, including spending $40,000 to expand the village’s police surveillance camera initiative; $475,000 to construct a new walking path in Swan Pond Park (subject to available grant funding); $50,000 in design engineering costs for the East Quincy Street streetscape improvement project; $75,000 to construct a communications tower at the Riverside Public Works facility; $32,333 to fund the village’s share of the Des Plaines River Trail Extension Project engineering costs; and $325,000 to fund the village’s portion of the cost to repair and repaint the 26th Street water system standpipe that it shares with the village of North Riverside.

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Brookfield Zoo OK’s some parking for Hollywood teachers 10 spots in south lot available to faculty beginning Aug. 2021

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Beginning next August, the Chicago Zoological Society has agreed to rent 10 parking spaces in Brookfield Zoo’s south parking lot to Riverside Elementary School District 96 for use by Hollywood School teachers and staff.

The District 96 Board of Education unanimously approved the agreement last week.

The school district will pay the zoo $10 each month for each parking space.

The 10 spots reserved for Hollywood staff will be in the southwestern portion of the zoo lot near Rockefeller Avenue. District 96 Superintendent Martha Ryan-Toye said District 96 has offered to pay to put in a new gate near the parking area.

However, Hollywood staff will only use the new gate to exit the lot. Staff will enter the zoo parking lot at the South Gate entrance by Riverside-Brookfield High School, a spot that is already congested at the start of the school day with parents dropping off kids and students and teachers driving to school.

Ryan-Toye has been searching for additional parking for Hollywood School, because a new multipurpose room will be added to the back of Hollywood School next summer, shrinking the size of the existing school parking by about 10 spaces. The parking lot currently has 15 official parking spaces but more cars than that, sometimes as many as 23, squeeze into the lot on school days.

After the addition is built, there will only

Child reunited with parents after early morning ramble Brookfield police reunited a 4-year-old boy with his parents after he opened the front door of his home during the early morning hours of Oct. 24 while the rest of the household was asleep and wandered away.

A woman driving to work at about 4:45 a.m. called police when she saw the child, barefoot and wearing only pajamas, walking by himself in the 3800 block of Prairie Avenue.

A Brookfield police officer responded and placed the child in his squad car to warm up.

The child reportedly could not tell the officer what his address was, and so the officer began driving the child around the area to attempt to find his home.

be space for eight vehicles in the school lot.

Ryan-Toye said she would like to get a total of 22 to 24 parking spaces for the school split between the school parking lot, the zoo lot and some street parking that she is hoping the village of Brookfield will permit.

There are 34 employees listed on the Hollywood School’s staff directory, but not all of them are at the school at the same time. A number of faculty split their time between Hollywood and other district schools.

The school district plans to ask the village of Brookfield to issue permits to allow some Hollywood teachers to park on Hollywood Avenue on school days.

“We do anticipate asking the village of Brookfield for some street spaces, too,” RyanToye told the Landmark. “We’ve asked to be included on a [village board] agenda in November.”

Ryan-Toye said she hopes that the village would issue eight to 10 street parking permits allowing faculty to park on the street during school hours. Currently all-day street parking is not allowed in the area near the school.

Ryan-Toye went before the Brookfield Village Board a few months ago to discuss street parking for teachers. At that time, the village board deferred action, wanting the school district to see if it could get some parking spaces at the zoo.

Now that the district has obtained some parking spaces in the zoo lot, the village board could be more disposed to permit some street parking for Hollywood teachers, Brookfield Village Manager Tom Wiberg said.

Parking has been a sore subject in Hollywood for years, especially after a contentious two-year battle between the village and Riverside-Brookfield High School over a new parking lot the high school built in 2017.

At one point the child pointed out an apartment building as the one where his grandfather lived, and police began canvassing the area to see if they could make contact with a relative.

At around 6 a.m., police were able to locate the boy’s grandfather, who confirmed the boy was his grandchild. The man then contacted the boy’s parents, who were able to pick up their son from the police department at about 6:25 a.m.

They told police they were asleep and were unaware the boy had left. Only after getting the phone call from the boy’s grandfather did they observe that the front door was open.

“We are very thankful that the boy was unharmed and reunited with his family quickly,” said Brookfield Deputy Police Chief Michael Kuruvilla. “Officers that investigated this incident determined that it was purely accidental in nature as the parents did not know he had left their house, and it is their belief that this was not a result of neglect of any kind.”

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR THE VILLAGE OF RIVERSIDE and RIVERSIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS FOR YEAR 2020 I. A public hearing to approve a proposed property tax levy increase for the Village of Riverside for 2020 will be held on November 5, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. in Auditorium of Township Hall located at 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois 60546.

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

II. The corporate and special purpose property taxes extended or abated for 2019 were $5,019,953.

The proposed corporate and special purpose property taxes to be levied for 2020 are $5,257,395. This represents a 4.73% increase over the previous year.

III. Debt service and public building commission leases property taxes extended for 2019 were $621,194.

The estimated property taxes to be levied for debt service and public building commission leases for 2020 are $600,869. This represents a 3.27% decrease over the previous year.

IV. The library corporate and special purpose property taxes extended or abated for 2019 were $1,143,014.

The proposed library corporate and special purpose property taxes to be levied for 2020 are $1,169,303. This represents a 2.3% increase over the previous year.

V. The Library debt service and public building commission leases property taxes extended for 2019 were $0.

The estimated library property taxes to be levied for debt service and public building commission leases for 2020 are $112,000. This is the first time this has been levied.

VI. The total property taxes extended or abated for 2019 for the Village and library were $6,786,080.

The estimated total property taxes to be levied for 2020 are $7,139,566. This represents a 5.21% increase over the previous year.

Without the Voter approved referendum debt issued for library renovations, the total increase would be 3.56% VILLAGE OF RIVERSIDE Cathy Haley Village Clerk

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RBHS boys cross country season cut short after positive test Bulldogs forced to isolate and miss regional meet

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

A strange, but successful, season for the Riverside-Brookfield High School boys cross country team ended not with a bang but with stunned disappointment.

Last week, just four days before the IHSA Regional meet, the team was informed that they could not run and that they all had to quarantine, because one team member had tested positive for COVID 19.

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Frustrated business owners brace for impact While local restaurateurs and bar owners may have sensed the inevitable with positivity rates creeping up for the past two months, they nonetheless must face the fallout of another dining room shutdown just as cold weather began to reduce the number of people willing to brave the elements to eat outside.

“Obviously, we’ve been watching it,” said Dan Velcich, co-owner of Burger Antics in downtown Brookfield. “We told our employees two weeks ago to start saving their money, because if the dining room shuts down, we’ll have to lay off some employees.”

While some customers still opted to eat outdoors when temperatures plunged below 50 degrees, seating outside last weekend was light, said Velcich.

Velcich says Burger Antics remain open for curbside and takeout service, but they will be eliminating lunch service and their hours will be Thursday through Sunday from 3 to 9 p.m.

Scott Zimmer, owner of The Chew Chew and neighboring Sawmilly in downtown Riverside, expressed frustration at the latest shutdown, particularly after he invested thousands of dollars in the past several months to install a medical-grade air filtration system, including an ultraviolet light system that is able to disinfect the dining room air every 15 minutes.

“To our knowledge, the only buildings with better air-quality are scientific labs & operating rooms,” Zimmer posted on The

The team got the word Oct. 20 in a group message, just a few hours after what coach Tony Enright termed perhaps the best practice of the season.

“As soon as I found out [about the positive test] I alerted the administration. They followed up, they made the call to keep everyone safe,” Enright said. “Our guys are disappointed, but they’re more supportive of the runner that has it and following up to see how he’s feeling, and he’s doing a little bit better each day.”

If they had been able to run at the regional meet on Oct. 24, the team would have likely qualified for the season-ending sectional meet.

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Ames 5th-grade class told to isolate after second positive Less than two weeks after one student in a fifth-grade class at Ames School tested positive for COVID-19, a classmate has also tested positive. This is the first time that two students in the same classroom have tested positive for COVID-19 in our area and meets the technical definition of a school outbreak.

“The Department of Public Health defines an outbreak as two cases in the same classroom within a 14-day time period and this is at 13 days,” said District 96 Superintendent Martha Ryan- Toye.

Ryan-Toye said she didn’t know if the second student caught the virus from the first student. Contact tracing efforts are in effect and classroom transmission cannot be ruled out at this point.

In addition, both the morning and afterChew Chew’s Facebook page Monday afternoon. “Yet, under today’s announcement we are deemed ‘unsafe’ while casinos & big box retailers remain open? We will patiently wait for the science, here.”

While The Chew Chew does have a heated outdoor dining area, Zimmer told the Landmark that it would be open “weather permitting.” The restaurant will focus on the takeout/curbside service that it successfully introduced during the first shutdown this spring.

“Despite the obvious emotions, we promise to continue our work and provide you a quality carry-out experience,” Zimmer said on Facebook. “Our goal remains to keep everyone safe and the crew collecting a paycheck. We appreciate your support and understanding as we transition … yet again.

We will continue to provide daily specials and full-menu service.”

North Riverside Mayor Hubert Hermanek Jr. said Oct. 26 that the village’s establish-

LEADERS OF THE PACK: RBHS cross country runners junior Paul Proteau (left) and conference champ freshman Cooper Marrs led the Bulldogs all season. The team’s season was cut short last week when a member of the team tested positive for COVID-19.

noon sections of teacher’s fifth-grade class A have been told to isolate attend classes remotely. Ryan-Toye said the teacher is healthy and not the source of the infection “It is possible that the second exposure infection came from another source,” Ryan-Toye said. “At this point we can’t determine that so we really need to follow the clear guidance from the Department of Public Health.”

There have been 12 COVID-19 cases, nine students and three staff, in District 96 since the school year began. Four of the students who have tested positive attend Ames. The increasing number of positive tests in suburban Cook County has caused Ryan-Toye to consider switching to 100-percent remote learning or changing the hybrid plan so students attend school in person less frequently.

This week Ryan-Toye will meet with her district leadership team and then meet with the leaders of the teachers’ union to consider what to do.

— Bob Skolnik

ment owners were pleading for a reprieve but that North Riverside had to follow the state’s public health protocols.

“As it gets colder, people are forced to spend more time inside and I recognize that these measures are difficult, but remember they won’t last forever,” Hermanek said in a message sent to residents Monday. “Our compliance is key to getting this spike under control.”

Some Brookfield bar owners went directly to elected officials on Oct. 26, pleading with trustees to throw them some sort of lifeline in the face of another shutdown.

“Indoor dining is a wash for us,” said Loukia Giafis, co-owner of Little Owl Social Pub in downtown Brookfield. “It could be 10 days, it could be a month, we don’t know. I don’t expect you to fix all of our problems, but something is better than nothing.”

Giafis suggested the village perhaps waiving sales taxes or forgiving liquor license fees, which are due for renewal soon, to

help keep expenses down. Riverside waived liquor license fees this spring in the face of the first shutdown.

“Little cuts here or there, saving us a little on our liquor licenses, that may be what lets us move forward,” Giafis said.

Stafa Amin, a manager from Sebastian’s Ale and Whiskey House in downtown Brookfield, suggested that local establishments might seek restraining orders in court to prevent another shutdown and asked the village board for “guidance.”

“If it wasn’t for opening up the streets [on weekends for outdoor dining], we probably would have been done already,” Amin said.

“If you say you can’t stay open, we’re not going to stay open, but there is a huge chance that we might not ever open up again.”

Local COVID cases keep rising The governor’s announcement regarding indoor dining and drinking at bars and restaurants came amid another week of, for the Landmark coverage area, high new COVID-19 case counts.

In Brookfield, 25 more residents tested positive for the virus for the week ending on the morning of Oct. 27 – the third straight week with 20 or more new cases. It’s also the highest number of cases in Brookfield for any three-week period since the first cases arrived in March.

In all, 456 Brookfield residents have contracted the virus, with four people dying as a result.

Riverside matched its weekly high caseload of 18 for the second consecutive week, bringing its total number of cases to 252, while North Riverside saw its highest number of new COVID-19 cases in one week since late May. There were 11 more people who tested positive for the virus in North Riverside for the seven-day period ending on the morning of Oct. 27, bringing the total number of cases in the village since March to 152.

Three North Riverside residents have died from COVID-19, while two have died in Riverside since Cook County started tracking those numbers in March.

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iverside-Brookfield High School senior Jack Jameson has been named a semifinalist in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program, and 15 other students were named commended students, the high school announced last month.

More than 1.5 million high school juniors nationwide entered the program by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of entrants.

About 16,000 semifinalists, representing less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors, were recognized for their exceptional academic promise. The semifinalists have an opportunity to continue in the competition for one of the approximately 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $30 million, which will be awarded next spring.

To be considered finalists, students must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist level. More than half of the finalists will win a scholarship.

The commended students won’t have a chance to advance in the competition, but they received letters of commendation for being among the top 50,000 scorers on the

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Brookfield fitness studio branches out Shawn and Victoria Groll, who started their boutique fitness studio business Strive 4 Fitness in Brookfield in 2016, opened their fourth – and largest – location at 712 E. 31st St. in LaGrange Park in August.

Last month, Strive 4 Fitness partnered with the Community Park District of LaGrange Park to provide new fitness classes and events for the dis-

trict and has pledged $25,000 to help the park district install a new fitness court in Memorial Park at Sherwood Road and Oak Avenue in LaGrange Park.

The outdoor court is the last piece of a comprehensive capital improvement project for Memorial Park and was approved by the park district board Sept. 14.

When finished, the court will host Strive 4 Fitness boot camps and other events.

gail Morrissey, Tess Obuchowski, Jovanis Prodanich, James Sacharski, Eric Watson and Emily Xu.

I’d be honored ■ Lyons Township High School math teacher Kristine Blachinski has received an Outstanding Educator Award from the University of Chicago after being nominated by a recent LTHS graduate.

KRISTINE BLACHINSKI All incoming freshmen at University of Chicago were given the opportunity to nominate a former teacher who influenced them, challenged them, or helped them along the path toward intellectual growth.

The university received letters from thousands of students, inspired by teachers who changed the course of their lives, who taught them to re-imagine texts, to delve deeper into problem-solving and to think beyond the borders of the classroom in the pursuit of their own education.

Award winners receive a certificate and letter that includes details from the student by whom they were nominated and will participate in a virtual event on Oct. 21.

■ Three Riverside police officers were recently recognized by the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists (AAIM) for their work removing impaired drivers from Riverside roadways in 2019.

Sgt. John Cairo, Officer-In-Charge Brian Greenenwald and Officer Isaac Hamilton received certificates of appreciation last month for making 60 total arrests for driving under the influence last year.

Riverside resident at St. Mary Catholic Church parishioner Peter Brown was one of 27 men ordained Sept. 26 by Cardinal Blase J. Cupich as permanent deacons following their completion of a four-year PETER BROWN program to prepare them for their roles proclaiming the Gospel, leading intercessions, preaching, preparing the altar, celebrating baptisms, conducting wake and funeral services and more.

Brown has been a Riverside resident since 1999 and has served at St. Mary’s as a religious education instructor and Eucharistic minister through the years as well as participating in parish life with his wife, Michelle Brown, and three children in many other capacities.

He works as a school administrator in Downers Grove.

Welcome aboard Hitzeman Funeral Home in Brookfield recently announced that Scott Sichta has joined its team.

Sichta started in the funeral industry in 2002, working in the private and corporate realms throughout his caSCOTT SICHTA reer. He graduated from Worsham College of Mortuary Science and was a classmate of Chuck Hitzeman.

“He will be an asset to our family funeral home, providing our families with compassion and experience during pre-arrangement and arrangement consultations, visitations and funeral services,” Hitzeman said in a press release.

Sichta, who is married and has two children, is a lifelong Joliet resident who graduated from Joliet Catholic Academy. He is a certified crematory operator and a past member of Rotary International.

On campus Engstrom, of Brookfield, graduated from Ripon (Wisconsin) College following the 2019-20 school year. Engstrom, a biology major, is the daughter of James and Joan Engstrom.

■ Riverside resident Richard Hertogs was named to the 2020 summer semester ■ Erin

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TOP COPS: Brookfield Police Chief Edward Petrak (center) and Officer of the Year Award winners David Kudla (left) and David Harrison.

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Brothers donate 72,000 face masks to LTHS

Lyons Township High School graduates and brothers Phil Cozza (Class of 1977) and Paul Cozza (Class of 1974) recently donated 72,000 face masks to their alma mater. The brothers own and operate Deslauriers Inc., a construction supply manufacturer and distributor in LaGrange Park.

The company acquired protective masks for their construction-related customers but decided to donate many of the masks to schools and charitable organizations in the area.

They contacted the LTHS Parent Teacher Council and donated the masks to the high school for the use of students and teachers. The number donated -- 72,000 -- corresponds to Paul

dean’s list at the Des Moines Area Community College for attaining a semester grade-point average of at least 3.5 on a 4-point scale.

■ Several Brookfield residents were among the 451 Lyons Township High School students named Advanced Placement Scholars in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the collegelevel Advanced Placement program exams in May, earning them college credit, advanced placement or both.

Named National AP Scholars for achieving a grade of 4 (out of 5) on all AP exams taken and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more exams were August Duwell and Cameron Trimborn.

Named AP Scholars with Distinction (avg. grade 3.5/at least 3 on five exams)

and Phil’s brother, Jim, who graduated from LTHS in 1972 and died in 1977 in a car accident while driving to DeKalb to visit his fiancé.

The Cozza extended family has deep ties to LTHS, with brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles and cousins all graduates.

Another brother, Jay, is president of the school’s Alumni Association.

“Even though LT has supplied each student and staff member with an LT mask, broken, soiled, and forgotten masks will undoubtedly occur on a daily basis,” said LTHS Superintendent Tim Kilrea. “As we finalize plans to return to in-person learning, the mask donations come a crucial time. Our thanks go out to the Cozza brothers.”

were Christopher Cordero and Benjamin Mathis.

Named an AP Scholar with Honors (avg. grade of 3.25/at least 3 on four exams) were Aileen Flores, Vladimir Krstov and Melaina Muth.

Named AP Scholars for completing three or more exams with a score of 3 or above were Ahmad Ayyeh, Abigail Church, Jordan Crespo, Jocelyn Liddell, Melanie Ocampo, Xavier Rios, Selah Rodriguez and Lazar Stevlic.

■ Among those listed as October 2020 Students of the Month at Lyons Township High School were three Brookfield residents, including senior Ahmad Ayyeh (AP psychology), junior Alexander Ledajaks (car care essentials) and senior Dylan Skrypek (adventure education).

Lions Club honors Brookfield police officers, firefighter The Brookfield-LaGrange Park Lions Club honored three Brookfield first responders at the Brookfield Village Board’s meeting on Oct. 12, belatedly awarding then with 2019 Police Officer of the Year and Firefighter of the Year plaques.

The awards were to have been handed out this spring, but the COVID-19 pandemic postponed the ceremony. At the village board meeting earlier this month, Lions Club President Jeremy Vitell was able to continue the 25-year tradition, recognizing police officers David Kudla and David Harrison as co-Officers of the Year.

Harrison and Kudla received the award based upon their CPR efforts, which helped save the life of a 73-year-old man who slumped to the floor unconscious while drinking coffee at Loca Mocha in the Brookfield train Station last December.

“These are two of our very best,” said Police Chief Edward Petrak in presenting the awards to his officers.

Both officers have been with the department for nearly 20 years. Kudla also serves as the department’s juvenile officer and serves as a liaison to local schools. Harrison, a military veteran, has also served as a detective.

Harrison has been involved in three lifesaving incidents in the past 10 months. In addition to the Loca Mocha incident, he was the first officer to respond to Prairie Avenue train crossing after 11-year-old Maxx Kusper was hit by an Amtrak train in March, rendering the initial first aid. Kusper was seriously injured and was hospitalized for nearly two months while recovering.

He was also one of the officers recognized

Brookfield Fire Chief Jim Adams (left) with Capt. Brian Baldwin for life-saving actions after responding to a fireworks explosion in July that seriously injured two men, one of whom lost both hands.

The Lions Club gave its Firefighter of the Year Award to Brookfield Fire Capt. Brian Baldwin, who stepped into the role of interim fire chief for more than three months following the retirement late last year of Chief Mark Duffek.

A firefighter for 29 years, Baldwin came to Brookfield in 2001 and has served in many roles, including as a fire investigator.

The Lions Club awarded Baldwin the same honor in 2003 and 2011.

“He is a great resource not only for me but the entire village,” said Fire Chief Jim Adams. “His passion and leadership is contagious as evident by the firefighters under his command.”

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Riverside honors longtime preservation commissioner Richard Ray retires after nearly a half century of service

By BOB UPHUES Editor

The village of Riverside honored longtime resident Richard Ray, who has been a mainstay on village advisory commissions since 1974, at the Oct. 15 meeting of the village board.

Ray is stepping down as a member of the Riverside Preservation Commission, on which he’s served since its inception in 1992.

He served as the commission’s chairman,

vice chairman and recording secretary during those years and contributed not only his expertise as an architect but his vast institutional knowledge of Riverside and its history.

“Richard has been a fixture in Riverside government and the commissions for almost 50 years, and he’s mentored countless people, including me, when I was on the Preservation Commission,” said Village President Ben Sells after reading a proclamation honoring Ray’s decades of service to the village on Oct. 15.

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presented Ray with their high“We will all miss his intelligence est honor, the Bill Jansky Distinand character.” guished Citizen Award. Richard Ray was not able to make it to and Juanita Ray, the village’s the Oct. 15 meeting, but Preserproclamation notes, “were instruvation Commission Chairman mental in providing designation Charles Pipal accepted a framed certificates to owners of landcopy of the proclamation on his marked properties, and assisted behalf. Pipal and Ray have served in the development of a published alongside each other on the combrochure of Riverside’s first landmission for two decades. marked structures.”

“Richard served as the curator RICHARD RAY According to Pipal, the Rays not of institutional memory for the only helped produce the brochure commission,” Pipal told the Landmark. “As many commissioners came and left, but “personally printed out designation cerhe was there to remind us of the importance tificates for owners of landmark properties.”

At the time the Lions club recognized Ray, of continuity.”

Ray and his late wife, Juanita, moved to Riv- he said he got involved because he “wanted to erside in 1973 and joined the Riverside Plan help where I had expertise.”

Pipal placed Ray alongside others who built Commission the following year, serving there until 1999. He also served on the Zoning Board the foundation for the Preservation Commisof Appeals from 1994-2000, and added a third sion -- Ted Smith, Dick Tryba and Nancy Foley commission to his plate in 1992 when the Pres- – saying, “Richard shares the same devotion to ervation Commission was founded. this special place as they did, and I wish him In 2008, the Riverside Township Lions Club well in his retirement.”

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The village of Brookfield has not yet kicked off its ambitious Ogden Avenue Corridor Plan initiative, but officials have launched a parallel effort to win grant funding to design future changes to the corridor’s streetscape, even though such changes haven’t been hashed out yet.

Village Planner Elyse Vukelich is working with Village Engineer Derek Treichel to complete an application, due Nov. 2, seeking a grant from the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program (ITEP) for up to $1.6 million to fund both Phase I and Phase II engineering for the Ogden Avenue streetscape design.

ITEP is making $105.6 million available to fund “biking and walking paths, trails, streetscape beautification work and other improvements designed to encourage safe travel across the various modes of transportation at the local level,” according to the program’s website.

The program will award individual grants of up to $2 million to pay for 80 percent of a

project’s cost, with the local municipality contributing 20 percent. If Brookfield is successful in obtaining the full amount they’re seeking, the village would expect to contribute about $410,000 for Phase I and Phase II engineering.

Grant recipients will be announced in spring 2021.

Brookfield already has $600,000 in funding earmarked by the West Central Municipal Conference for Phase I engineering for Ogden Avenue. That grant was pledged as part of the WCMC’s 5-year capital plan.

However, those funds won’t be released until 2023, meaning the village could get started two years earlier on the Ogden Avenue engineering design if they obtain ITEP grant funding next year.

If the village obtains an ITEP grant, according to Vukelich, it can use the WCMC funds for another project identified in that agency’s capital plan for Brookfield.

Even if the village does win the ITEP grant, it will be years before any construction would begin on Ogden Avenue. Vukelich said the village would not expect to seek construction funding until spring 2026.

The estimated cost of construction is $16.5 million to resurface and redo the Ogden Avenue streetscape from Custer Avenue to Eberly Avenue. Such an expense would obviously require additional grant funding through state or federal governments.

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Voters are turning out in record-setting numbers at Brookfield Village Hall and across suburban Cook County during the early voting period in the run up to Election Day, Nov. 3.

On Oct. 26, the polling place at Brookfield Village Hall blew past its single-day record of ballots cast, with 818 voters lining up to vote to begin the second week of early voting. That record-setting day came just four days after voters set a new record of 796 ballots cast on Oct. 22.

In each of the first five days of early voting in Brookfield, which began on Oct. 19, more than 700 cast ballots. Things slowed down over the weekend, when hours are slightly reduced, with 500 and 548 people casting ballots.

As of 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 27, nearly 5,800 people had cast ballots during early voting at Brookfield Village Hall. The location might have been able to come close to setting Brookfield’s all-time early voting turnout of about 6,600 by the end of day Tuesday – with six days of early voting still to come.

The record was set during the early voting period for the gubernatorial/congressional election in November 2018, which saw an unusually high voter turnout over-

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When the dust settles on early voting at the end of Monday, Nov. 2 there could be close to double the number of ballots cast in Brookfield compared to the 2016 presidential election, when 5,930 early ballots were cast.

On Tuesday afternoon after the Landmark’s press time, Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough called a press conference in Cicero to announce record-breaking early

voting totals throughout the county and an unprecedented number of mail-in ballots cast.

“Suburban voters have not only surpassed previous mail ballot request numbers – with over 555,000 applications submitted – but are also on pace to cast more early voting ballots than in any election in the history of Cook County,” the clerk’s office said in an email announcing the press conference.

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By BOB UPHUES Editor

Residents in the Lyons Township portion of Brookfield used to casting their ballots on Election Day at the St. Barbara Parish Center building on Prairie Avenue will have to vote at a new location if they wait to vote until Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Voters in Lyons Township Precinct 2, an L-shaped district that runs from Southview Avenue to Shields Avenue along the eastern border of Brookfield will now head west to Congress Park School, 9311 Shields Ave. to cast a ballot on Election Day. Those living in Lyons Township Precinct 45, which runs roughly between Southview and Shields from Prairie to Madison, will cast their ballots this year on Nov. 3 at the

LaGrange Community Center, 200 Washington Ave. in LaGrange.

Residents of Brookfield in Lyons Township Precinct 67, bounded by Custer, Elm, Shields and 47th Street, will cast their votes this year at Lincoln School, 4300 Grove Ave. in Brookfield.

The changes are in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The St. Barbara Parish Center site has been used as a congregate location to shelter those experiencing homelessness.

Those polling place changes follow on the heels of others made in March for the presidential primary election. So, if you live in Riverside Township Precinct 10 and Riverside Precinct 12 and you did not vote in the primaries, your Election Day polling place has changed since the last time you voted.

Both precincts, which comprise the northwest corner of Riverside and the North Riverside roughly south of 26th Street, had their polling places moved in March from Caledonia Senior Living and Memory Care to the North Riverside Village Commons, 2401 Desplaines Ave.

Those precincts will continue to vote at the Village Commons on Nov. 3.

The polling place has also changed for voters in Proviso Township Precincts 25 and 75, which are located in LaGrange Park. Previously, those voters cast ballots at St. Paul Lutheran School in Brookfield.

On Nov. 3, those voters need to report to the LaGrange Park Public Library, 555 N. LaGrange Road, LaGrange Park.

Of course, voters can avoid any Election Day memory lapses by casting their ballots early at any one of the 50 early voting sites in suburban Cook County, which are open every day from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Oct. 30; from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1; and from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 2.

Nearby early voting locations include Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave., and Lyons Village Hall, 4200 Lawndale Ave. You can find Election Day polling place information at cookcountyclerk.com/service/ polling-places and early voting information at cookcountyclerk.com/agency/early-voting.

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Opinion KOSEY CORNER

THE LANDMARK VIEW

Winter is coming

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he first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a scant seven-plus months ago, seems so long ago now. As the initial panic melted into resolve, at least around these parts, the rate of new cases began to ebb, although the virus itself always lingered in the background.

It was replaced at the forefront of our minds as summer dawned with new challenges before slowly slipping further forward again as the nation’s failure to confront the pandemic accompanied a second spike.

As the nation enters November – with a referendum on what sort of nation we wish to be on the ballot next week – there’s a sense of despair as COVID-19 cases are climbing at levels not seen since those early few months.

Holidays loom. For most, they are times of family solidarity and joy – loved ones crowded into small bungalow living rooms amid twinkling lights to share the gift of another year together and cherished traditions.

All the while, we’re wrapping our heads around how this year will be different. Family celebrations placed on hold, gatherings delayed. It’s almost enough to make you want to give up.

But, we can’t. That resolve we experienced in April and May, that sense of community-mindedness and regard for others is something we need to find in ourselves again.

For the first time since late June, local businesses are again feeling the squeeze. Restaurants and bars – for who knows how long this time – will be unable to open their doors for indoor dining and drinking.

Some have honed their takeout/curbside operations to help them subsist, but this is going to be a truly difficult and harmful period for these businesses.

Municipal governments are stretched to the limit, with their own revenues having taken a hit from the fallout of COVID-19. But, we think it appropriate, even necessary for local governments to do what they can to help local businesses who have had to close their doors through this period.

That might be, as Riverside did earlier this year, waiving liquor license fees for now. Those are typically very expensive, and rightly so, but a bar or restaurant being able to save a few thousand dollars when their income has been throttled back might buy some time.

Perhaps a moratorium on collecting business license fees or suspending the local places for eating and drinking sales tax on a rolling basis might help. Of course, that is going to affect the ability of local governments to deliver services.

It’s going to be a balancing act, but a mass failure of local businesses is in no one’s best interest.

The first few snowflakes fell across the area early this week, a sign that winter is coming fast.

As citizens, if we want to make sure local governments and business can fund themselves, we have to do our part to control the virus. We have to find that resolve and when those businesses can open again redouble the discipline to make sure we don’t slip back.

This isn’t punishment, it’s patriotism.

COVID has election judge sitting this one out

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or the first time in over 30 years I will not be at my post as an election judge in Precinct 8 at Blythe Park School.

It was a very hard decision and one that is not permanent. I intend to be back at the next election.

I had planned on being a judge when I was contacted a few months back and had even taken the online test, which I passed, I’m glad to say. The only other time I did not work the polls was when I ran for District 208 school board twice (I won both times) and my name was on the ballot.

So why this time? Those of you who are familiar with Blythe Park School know the library polling place is not a big room. It is rather small when all the voting equipment is in and does not meet protocols for social distancing.

Keeping people physically distant will be a problem, as well making sure the polling place has enough ventilation, although there are windows. We were crowded for the March election and the rules were not as strict.

My concern is for the voters as well as the other judges and myself. I have been encouraging people to vote by mail or do early voting, which can still

be done at Brookfield Village Hall or the Lyons Village Hall.

I will miss seeing the people and hearing how they are doing. I will particularly miss the first-time voters, congratulating them and explaining to them how the voting works -- once a teacher always a teacher.

The voters will miss out on their candy, which I always have set out -- starlight mints -- and this time probably leftover Halloween candy.

COVID-19 has had people making decisions they ordinarily would not like to make and, for me, this is one of them.

I contacted the Board of Elections to see if safer accommodations could be made, because the school was willing to cooperate. I also contacted Republican Committeeman Mike Dropka, who along with Democratic Committeeman Mike Zalewski bring the judges lunch.

Being an election judge is something I enjoy, and I believe in the system that so many fought for us to have. Is it perfect? No, but they are continually working to make it simpler and safe.

Your vote does count. I know of a case where a good incumbent lost by one vote. So voting matters, and so does kindness.

JOANNE KOSEY

LETTERS

A message to Illinois residents: B.E. W.E.L.L. As we approach the holiday season and we continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, now is the time to double our efforts to minimize our exposure to the virus and to do everything possible to prevent its spread.

Therefore, we would like to provide you with friendly reminders about health and wellness tips that everyone should constantly be practicing: Be Respectful: Wear a Mask! – Wear a mask when you’re in public to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Avoid masks that are made of materials that make it too hard to breathe. Also avoid masks with valves or vents that allow virus particles to escape and masks that should be saved for healthcare workers. Wear masks with two or more layers to help protect yourself and others from COVID-19.

Establish Social Distancing – Practice social distancing by putting space between yourself and others who are not from your household. As we move most of our activities indoor, this is critically important. The CDC recommends staying at least six feet or about two arms’ length from others.

Wash your Hands – Wash your hands often and thoroughly to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Encourage

your family members, particularly children, to wash their hands frequently.

Eradicate Influenza Risk: Get a Flu Shot – The CDC recommends annual influenza vaccination for everyone 6 months and older. Research suggests patients can get sick with both the flu and COVID-19 at the same time, which could amplify the effect of both infections.

Listen to Your Body: Don’t Ignore Routine Healthcare – Putting off regular visits to your physician or postponing care for chronic diseases may only exacerbate your condition. Be careful, but do not ignore your ongoing healthcare needs. And, if you think you’re sick, stay home! Monitor your symptoms, avoid close contact with everyone, and call ahead before visiting your doctor.

Limit Holiday Gatherings, Especially Indoor Events -When planning to host a holiday celebration, you should assess current COVID-19 levels in your community to determine whether to postpone, cancel, or limit the number of attendees.

Robert W. Panton, MD, president Illinois State Medical Society Elmwood Park

Shikha Jain, MD, co-founder Illinois Medical Professionals Action Collaborative Team (IMPACT) Chicago

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OBITUARIES

Robert G. Thomas, 65 Truck driver Robert G. Thomas, 65, of Brookfield and formerly of Mason City, Iowa, died Oct. 17, 2020 in Maywood.

He was born Sept.

16, 1955 in Mason City and was a U.S. Navy veteran. Mr. Thomas worked as a truck driver for a ROBERT THOMAS trucking company and enjoyed cooking, grilling, gardening and working on his house.

Mr. Thomas was the husband of Kim Thomas (nee Weber); the son Beverly (nee Niver) and the late James Thomas; the father of Nathan (Valerie) Westfall, RaeAnn (Glen) Maragay, Seth and Zachary; the grandfather

of Natalie Westfall, Rebecca Westfall, Margeaux Maragay, Sebastian Maragay, Loralei Westfall and Orion Maragay; and a fond brother and uncle of many.

Visitation is Wednesday, Oct. 28 from 3 to 8 p.m. at Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home 2447 Desplaines Ave., North Riverside. Funeral service is at 3 p.m. with a military service at 7 p.m. Cremation is private. Social distancing and a mask are required to attend the visitation.

Timothy M. Bennett, 68 Brookfield resident Timothy Michael Bennett, 68, of Brookfield, died Oct. 20, 2020.

He was the father of Timothy, Thomas (Kimberly) and Natasha; the grandfather of Jake; and the brother of Colleen, Sharon, Charles, Patrick, Veronica, John, Eileen, Mary Lou, Kathleen, Bonnie, Larry, Mau-

reen, Marie, Jimmy and Connie.

Private cremation services have been held.

Johnson-Nosek Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements.

Online condolences may be offered to the family at JohnsonNosek.com.

Myron J. Wimmer Jr., 85 Architect served on Riverside, Brookfield commissions Myron J. “Mike” Wimmer Jr., 85, of Brookfield, died Oct. 24, 2020 at his home.

Mr. Wimmer served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was the owner of M.J. Wimmer and Associates Architectural Firm. He was also a member of Riverside Township Lions Club, Riverside Historical Commission and Brookfield Zoning Board of Appeals.

He was the husband of Louise (nee Peters); the father of April (Craig) Korte,

Laura (Rick) Letmanski, Monica Henson (Leo Sanchez), Celeste (Kevin) Loeffler, Myron J. III (Virginia) and Jonathan (Meredith) Wimmer; the grandpa of 13 and great grandpa of 3; the brother of the late Leon (late Arlene) Wimmer; and an uncle to many.

Visitation is Wednesday, Oct. 28 from 4 to 8 p.m. and Thursday, Oct. 29 from 8:30 a.m. until time of services at 9:15 a.m. at Ivins/ Moravecek Funeral Home, 80 E. Burlington St., Riverside. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Barbara Church, 4008 Prairie Ave. in Brookfield on Oct. 29 at 10 a.m.

Military honors and inurnment on Friday, Oct. 30. Please arrive by noon by the Visitor Center at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, 27034 S. Diagonal Road, Elwood.

In lieu of flowers donations to Hollywood Community House, 3435 Hollywood Ave., Brookfield, 60513 or Rainbow Hospice (rainbowhospice.org) are appreciated.

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In 2017, on the other hand, a warm February weekend brought in 70,000 visitors over three days.

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Holiday Magic hours expanded

Layoffs, furloughs coming logical park at 8400 31st St. “Through these challenging times, the health and safety of our guests, volunteers, staff, and animals continues to be our top priority,” said Stuart Strahl, president and CEO of Chicago Zoological Society, which operates Brookfield Zoo, in a press release.

“The past seven months have been incredibly challenging as we all continue to deal with the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, yet we continue to be reminded of the perseverance, understanding, and tremendous support of our staff, members and guests. We hope zoogoers take advantage of the additional Holiday Magic evenings this year, and we look forward to opening to the public again in March.”

The COVID-19 pandemic forced the shutdown of Brookfield Zoo earlier this year, part of the governor’s statewide closure of most public gathering places, from schools to shopping centers to entertainment venues and museums.

Brookfield closed during the initial wave of the pandemic on March 19 and did not reopen until July 1, when it began admitting visitors on a timed reservation basis, a policy that continues to the present.

In April following the initial shutdown, the Chicago Zoological Society furloughed or laid off about 30 percent of its staff and two months later laid off 50 more employees. That number did not count foodservice

CHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY

EXTRA ‘MAGIC’: Before Brookfield Zoo goes into hibernation to begin 2021, it is extending the hours and increasing the number of evenings it will be open for the annual Holiday Magic lights festival to safely accommodate as many visitors as possible. and retail sales employees who earlier in the year were outsourced to a third-party vendor, SSA Group LLC. A number of zoo employees and SSA employees returned to work when the park reopened, but in late September SSA Group issued a mass-layoff notice to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, stating it would be letting go 211 employees at Brookfield Zoo. It is unclear how many Chicago Zoological Society employees will be furloughed or laid off when the park closes again in January.

While the return of visitors on July 1 pumped some much-needed revenue into zoo operations, physical distancing protocols have limited the number of people allowed into the park at any one time.

From July 1 through Oct. 21, zoo visitors totaled 460,228 compared to about 846,000 in 2019 for the same time period.

January and February are typically light months in terms of zoo visitors, and attendance is highly weather dependent. Just 69,617 people visited Brookfield Zoo in January and February combined in 2020.

In order to spread out the crowds during this year’s Holiday Magic lights festival, which will run for 24 nights between Nov. 27 and Dec. 31, the Chicago Zoological Society is adding more days and extending hours.

Holiday Magic will be held Friday-Sunday, Nov. 27-29; Wednesday-Sunday, Dec. 2-6, 9-13 and 16-20; and Saturday-Thursday Dec. 26-31 from 3 to 9 p.m.

In addition to the light displays, visitors can participate in scavenger hunts and purchase food and beverages from outdoor kiosks. Santa Claus will not be making an appearance this year, though families can take photos with a life-size cutout and can drop wish lists in a giant mail box.

Advance admission and parking tickets are required and can be ordered in 20-minute increments at CZS.org/OnlineTicketing.

Select free days October through December In October and November, zoo admission is free on Tuesdays and Thursdays. In December admission is free on Mondays and Tuesdays through Dec. 22. Tickets can be ordered online at CZS.org/OnlineTicketing in 20-minute increments between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. The parking fee of $15 per vehicle is still required and must be purchased online in advance.

More information can be found at CZS. org/KnowBeforeYouGo.

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CROSS COUNTRY Bright future from page 8 RBHS had been ranked 15th in the state in Class 2A, the division for medium-sized schools, by the website Milesplit.

“Safety first; it’s a tough situation,” said Brendan Curtin, the associate principle for athletics at RBHS. “I think it makes it tougher, because I think we had a pretty strong team.”

A week before, on Oct, 17, the Bulldogs finished second in the Metro Suburban

League conference meet with freshman Cooper Marrs turning in an astounding performance becoming the conference champion by winning the race with a time of 15 minutes, 36 seconds over three miles on a windy day in Kankakee.

Junior Paul Proteau, who has traded off with Marrs all season as the team’s top runner, finished second in 15:51. Wheaton St. Francis won the meet and dealt the Bulldogs their only loss of the season by placing five runners in the top 10.

Sophomore Alex Terry finished 15th for the Bulldogs (16:55), while freshman Hayden Marrs, Cooper’s twin brother, finished 16th (16:59) and senior Peter Kallas finished 17th (17:04).

Wheaton St. Francis went on to finish second at the regional meet where the top five teams qualified for the sectional.

The future looks very bright for the boys cross country team as they had only two seniors, Kallas and Cruz Herrera, in their top seven. Three freshmen were in the Bulldogs’ varsity top seven, which is very unusual in boys cross country. Freshman Jack O’Brien finished 26th at the conference meet at 17:36.

RBHS’ Pacourek advances to sectionals The RBHS girls team was able to run at the regional meet held at Cantigny Park in Wheaton on Oct. 24.

Sophomore Bryce Pacourek advanced to Saturday’s sectional as an individual by finishing eighth with a time of 19:46.1 over the three-mile course. The girls team finished eighth out of nine teams in the team standings.

Junior Carmen Guerrero was the Bulldogs’ second runner, finishing 31st with a time of 21:48.7. Sophomore Mia Wagner finished 43rd in 22:56.6. The final four runners for the Bulldogs finished one right after another with junior Molly Raymond finishing 47th in 23:09.5, senior Lena Brockway 48th at 23:14.1, senior Viktoria Hansen 49th at 23:23 and senior Samantha Perez finishing 50th at 23:26.4.

LEGAL NOTICE VILLAGE OF NORTH RIVERSIDE ANNUAL TREASURER’S REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED APRIL 30, 2020 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF CONDITION

General

Special Revenue

Beginning Fund Balances/ Retained Earnings

$6,067,920

$686,651

$4,570

Revenues

18,368,831

811,784

-

201

(18,196,254)

(804,708)

(745,460)

(229,125)

Expenditures/Expenses Other Financing Sources Other Financing Uses Ending Fund Balances/ Retained Earnings

Debt Service

Capital Projects $513,331

3,750

-

746,000

258,000

(996,000)

(46)

-

-

$5,248,247

$693,681

$5,110

$542.407

REVENUE SUMMARY: MUNICIPAL SALES TAX-5,322,010; NON-HOME RULE SALES TAX-3,747,847; LOCAL USE TAX-238,469; PROPERTY TAX-549,273; PLACES FOR EATING TAX-1,011,471; UTILITY TAX-373,135; SIMIPLIFIED MUNICIPAL TELECOMMUNCATIONS TAX-118,235; VIDEO GAMING TAX326,380; INCOME TAX-723,141; PERSONAL PROPERTY REPLACEMENT TAX-53,744; CANNABIS EXCISE TAX-1,092; LOCAL AMUSEMENT TAX-257,581; LIQUOR LICENSES-226,138; BUSINESS LICENSES-229,946; VEHICLE LICENSES-151,228; BUILDING PERMITS-423,718; CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION-53,775; TELEPHONE FRANCHISE FEE-9,208; CABLE FRANCHISE FEE105,498; OTHER LICENSES & PERMITS-22,946; STATE AID ROUTE MAINTENANCE-28,122; GRANTS-250,710; RECREATION FEES-573,689; AMBULANCE FEES281,855; FIRE INSPECTIONS-73,882; ELEVATOR INSPECTIONS-20,960; PRESALE INSPECTIONS-36,966; HEALTH INSPECTIONS-25,825; ALARM CONNECTION FEES-34,631; SIGN INSPECTIONS-47,054; PLAN REVIEW FEES-68,080; OTHER CHARGES FOR SERVICES-43,786; CIRCUIT COURT FINES-26,217; PARKING & COMPLIANCE FINES-117,653; LOCAL ORDINANCE FINES-8,880; PHOTO ENFORCEMENT FINES-1,511,958; ADMINISTRATIVE TOW FINES-103,500; LOCAL DEBT RECOVERY COLLECTIONS-985,423; COLLECTIONS-109,405; MISCELLANEOUS FINES-10,433; INVESTMENT INCOME-551,220; SALE ON MUNICIPAL ASSETS-11,750; REIMBURSEMENTS-133,734; DONATIONS-18,945; MISCELLANEOUS INCOME-12,017; MOTOR FUEL TAX ALLOTMENTS-246,208; REFUSE FEES-555,442; FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAX-8,576; WATER SALES-3,337,807; STANDPIPE MAINTENANCE FEES-40,000; CELL TOWER ANTENNA RENTAL FEES-38,105; INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS-2,888,370; PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS-4,083,957; OPERATING TRANSFERS-996,000 TOTAL REVENUES: $31,226,267 VENDOR SUMMARY: AA RENTAL CENTER-2,730; ABC AUTOMOTIVE-4,900; ADMINSTRATIVE CONSULTING-8,000; AIR ONE EQUIPMENT-4,648; AIRGAS USA-6,803; ALAN R MEYER-59,444; ALTORFER INDUSTRIES-6,041; AMERICAN SOCCER -14,172; ANDERSON ELEVATOR-3,174; ANDERSON PEST SOLUTIONS-3,417; ANTHONY ROOFING-19,213; ARCHIE PELLILO-3,070; ARTISTIC ENGRAVING-3,892; AT&T-26,955; ATLAS BOBCAT-43,608; AXON ENTERPRISE-2,757; BADE PAPER PRODUCTS-2,633; BEACON SSI-13,911; BERWYN’S VIOLET FLOWER SHOP3,150; BEST OFFICIALS-3,978; BONNIE STEPAN-6,264; BROOKFIELD-NR WATER COMMISSION-1,340,744; BS & A SOFTWARE-17,152; C.O.P.S & F.I.R.E TESTING-6,725; CALL ONE-74,580; CAPERS NORTH AMERICA-7,200; CAPITAL GAINS-7,193; CARGILL-56,550; CDS OFFICE TECHNOLOGIES-54,104; CESAR RUEDA-7,100; CHAFEE CONSTRUCTION -37,300; CHICAGO COMMUNICATIONS-8,053; CINTAS CORPORATION-59,627; CINTAS FIRST AID & SAFETY-6,886; COLLINS & RADJA-3,000;

COMCAST-7,566; COMED-45,537; COOK COUNTY SHERIFF’S TRAINING-3,250; CORE & MAIN-32,754; COSTCO-3,474; CROWN TROPHY-2,501; CUMMINS NPOWER-4,458; DAUGHERTY SALES-13,130; DELL MARKETING-9,717; DIAMOND TOURS-46,004; DOOR SYSTEMS-3,208; ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR-10,707; EUGENE RUFFOLO-3,990; FACTORY MOTOR PARTS-10,354; FIREHOUSE SOFTWARE-5,710; FIREHOUSE SOFTWARE - ESO SOLUTIONS-2,855; FIRST ILLINOIS SYSTEMS-5,770; FIRST STUDENT INC-8,292; FLOOR COVERINGS INTERNATIONAL -2,500; FOREMOST PROMOTIONS-7,121; FOREST PRINTING-5,988; FOXIT SOFTWARE-2,941; FREEWAY FORD STERLING-6,084; FULL CIRCLE K9 SOLUTIONS-3,745; GALL’S-2,695; GBJ SALES-9,968; GLOBAL EMERGENCY PRODUCTS-11,126; GOLD MEDAL PRODUCTS-2,657; GONE TRAVL’N-16,603; HAGG PRESS-7,952; HEALTH ENDEAVORS-4,768; HENRY SWADE-12,174; HINSDALE NURSERIES-26,650; HOME DEPOT CREDIT SERVICES-8,366; IDES-25,198; ILLINOIS ALARM SERVICE-9,620; ILLINOIS FIRE CHIEFS ASSOC-6,790; ILLINOIS PUBLIC SAFETY-8,406; ILLINOIS STATE TREASURER-5,232; IMAGE PLUS-4,308; IMPACT NETWORKING-5,474; IMRF-207,244; IN PARTICULAR-15,250; INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION-6,116; INFRASEARCH-22,500; IPBC-2,517,791; IRS-244,805; ITSAVVY-26,480; JAMES & WILLIAMS JEWELERS-4,851; JOHN TOMAN-11,700; KARLSON GARZA, LLC-3,656; KARYN BYRNE-13,660; KEARNS DESIGN GROUP-5,541; K-FIVE CONSTRUCTION-7,428; KIESLER’S-15,061; KOMAREK SCHOOL DISTRICT 94-3,396; KONICA MINOLTA-2,591; KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS-8,055; KONICA MINOLTA PREMIER FINANCE-7,862; LAGRANGE PARK ACE HARDWARE -7,011; LAUTERBACH & AMEN-37,760; LAWSON PRODUCTS-9,878; LCW COACH-3,470; LEAHYWOLF-6,953; LEHP MANAGEMENT-7,605; LEONARD B. CANNATA-2,600; LEXIPOL, LLC-16,392; LIGHTNING PREDICTION SERVICE-7,800; LION GROUP, INC-2,653; L-K FIRE EXTINGUISHER-2,548; M & J ASPHALT PAVING-141,520; MABAS DIVISION XI-10,000; MACY’S -3,317; MARILYN MICHALS-5,559; MASTER J KIDD -18,540; MATER CHRISTI CHURCH-3,250; MEADE ELECTRIC COMPANY-49,810; MEEKHOF TIRE OF SOUTH HOLLAND-10,664; MEGGITT TRAINING SYSTEMS-5,537; MESIROW INSURANCE SERVICES-3,309; METRO COLLISION & GARAGE-15,165; MICHELLE COLUCCI-3,510; MID-AMERICA SPORTS ADVANTAGE-5,516; MIKE’S CONCRETE-50,294; MINUTEMAN PRESS OF LYONS-14,689; MITCHELL VAUGHT & TAYLOR-62,455; MPC COMMUNICATIONS & LIGHTING-4,205; MUNICIPAL INSURANCE COOPERATIVE-447,376; MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS-10,200; NICOR GAS-25,671; NORTH AMERICAN SAFETY, INC2,718; NORTH EAST MULTI-REGIONAL-3,050; NR GOLDEN AGERS-2,500; NORTHERN ILL POLICE ALARM SYS6,205; NOVOTNY ENGINEERING-145,214; ODELSON & STERK-178,438; OFFICE DEPOT-22,883; OZINGA READY MIX CONCRETE, INC-3,959; PADDLE PALACE-3,590; PARAMEDIC SERVICES-587,044; PARTS 3-13,097; PETRUCCI ORTHOPEDICS-2,700; PETTY CASH-22,876; PITNEY BOWES-7,438; PNC EQUIPMENT FINANCE-131,454; PREFERRED PLUMBING-5,465; PREMIER WORLD DIS-

FLORES, FERNANDO; FORD, MOIRA; GABINO,SHERRI; GEORGOPOULOS, JETTE; GERSTNER, ETHAN; GOMORCZAK, CASEY; GONZALEZ, AMAYA; GONZALEZ,JOSE; Enterprise GRIFFIN, NORETTA; HALVEY, JOAN; HAMILTON, FIONA; HAMILTON, MIA; HERMANEK, HUBERT; HERRERA, DESTINY;JENSEN, TAYLOR; JIMENEZ, AARON; JIMENEZ, $4,236,646 $180,992 $27,380,601 AALIYAH; JIMENEZ, ANTONIO; KASPER, ROBERT; KERKE, MATTHEW; KRSKA,KENNETH; LITAVECZ, MORGAN; 3,537,807 2,888,370 4,526,849 LUKWINSKI, WILLIAM; MAHER, BRIDGET; MAHER, MAX(3,092,664) (2,872,154) (4,076,195) WELL; MANDEL, MARYBELLE; MARTINSON,ADAM; MASCITTI, NICK; MCDONALD, SAMANTHA; MENGONI, JO38.105 SEPH; MICHALOPULOS, KOULA; MILLIGAN, KRISTEN; (28,715) MOORE,JAMES; NIESLUCHOWSKI, MIKE; O’BRIEN, AMBER; O’BRIEN, DELANEY; O’KANE, KIMBERLY; O’KANE, PATRICK; PASSARO,NATALIE; PHILLIPS, KAREN; QUAID, $4,691,179 $197,208 $27,831,255 MICHAEL; QUAID, PATRICK; QUINN, GLEN; QUINN, JENNA; RANIERI, KATHLEEN; RIZZO, JUDITH; ROSA, COVERY-25,142; PUTTERMAN ATHLETICS-14,632; RC ADELINA; SALAMANCA, ABIGAIL; SARRO, THERESA; SYSTEMS-3,125; RAY O’HERRON CO-38,434; REGIONAL SAVAGLIO, MEGHAN; SCHROEDER, NICK; SPROVIERI, TRUCK EQUIPMENT-2,911; RESERVE ACCOUNT-14,500; EILEEN; STACK, CHARLES; SUBA, JOHN; SULLIVAN, RICCIO CONSTRUCTION-896,624; RIEKE OFFICE INTE- MICHAEL; SVENTY, GRIFFIN; TACCOLA, MARYLOU; RIORS-11,226; RIZZA ENTERPRISES-45,883; ROBERT TINTERA, JACK; VERA, GISELLE; WELLS, ADRIANA; WILL. 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RAN- BASEK, BRIAN; BIEL, RYAN; BOBO, DION; BUENEMAN, DOLPH, INC-10,000; WINKLER’S TREE SERVICE, INC- THOMAS; CHIAPPETTA, JAMES; CINKAY, WILLIAM; 120,496; WINTER EQUIPMENT COMPANY-3,076; WIRFS COIA, JOSEPH; DUREC, EDWARD; KOPACH, SCOTT; INDUSTRIES, INC.-4,656; WSSRA-74,401; WURTH USA, KRATOCHVIL, GEORGE; MARTINEK, RAYMOND; NIEINC.-2,664; ZEIGLER FORD-16,568; EXPENSE DIS- MANN, LANE; PEREZ, RUSSELL RANIERI, VINCE; BURSEMENTS UNDER 2,500-369,852 TAUER,THOMAS; VELAZQUEZ, OSCAR; WALLEY JR, JON; WEITZEL, PETER TOTAL VENDORS: $11,820,296 PAYROLL: 125,000.000 AND OVER ALLEN JR., ALFRED; BELMONTE JR, GUIDO; BOENZI, CHRISTOPHER; DEVINE, CHRISTOPHER; EHRENCOMPENSATION SUMMARY: BERG, CHRISTIAN; GAEDE, DANIEL; GARCIA, DEBOPAYROLL: UNDER $25,000 RAH; GARCIA, CARLOS; GRAY, RICHARD; JOHNSTON, ABALDE, DAVID; ALMAGUER, MARTHA; ALVARADO, CHRISTOPHER; JURCEKA, GARY; KISER, JOHN; KOPKA, ALYSSA; ANAYA, SELENE; ANGELINI, MARIE; ARROYO, DAVID;KRIBALES, CHRISTOPHER; KUTT, TIMOTHY; DIEGO; BANAHAN,MATTHEW; BERSHEID, MICHAEL; MCCARTHY, TERRI; NALBANDIAN, JOHN; NICHOLL, BINDER, MATTHEW; BISIULES, NICHOLAS; BISTYAK, AUSTIN; PELAYO, RAUL;PINELLI, KYLE; RAJK, DAVID; DORIS; BOULAHANIS, ERIC; BZDYL,JAMES; BZDYL, PA- ROBERSON, THEODORE; ROULEAU, KENNETH; SCARTRICIA; CASHIN, JAMES; COCHRAN, KENDALL; CUBIE, PINITI, SUSAN; TOUNTAS, DIMITRI; VUOLO, SCOTT; FREDDIE; CZAJKA, DEBORAH; DECOSOLA, JANICE; WEITZEL,ALEX; WILLIAMS, ROBERT; ZDENOVEC, DELANGEL, JOSE; DELANGEL, VALERYE; DEMAURO, DEREK KELLEY; DEMOPOULOS,HARALAMBOS; ESPOSITO, ANGELO; FARKASCHEK, JOSEF; FIORE, GENNARO; TOTAL COMPENSATION: $11,723,278 Internal Service

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Alternate Saturday schedule, must be exible. call 708-848-8500 BILINGUAL CCP SUPERVISOR Sahara Homecare is hiring a Bilingual CCP Supervisor for the Melrose Park location. We provide homecare services to seniors through the state-funded Community Care Program. Duties for the position include managing both homecare aides and client cases.

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SUBURBAN RENTALS FOREST PARK 3BR Jackson Blvd, 3 BR apt., 2nd oor w/dining room and breakfast nook.

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312-802-8291 OAK PARK 2BR 2BA CONDO Condo for rent on a great location near downtown oak park: 2 bedroom 2 bath condo, only electric bill not included. $1400 a month, $1400 deposit. For more information please call 224-475-7929.

OAK PARK: ROOSEVELT/ OAK PARK AVE. CORRIDOR 2BR 4RMS close to blue line. On site laundry, parking, heat & water incl. $1200/ month 708-383-9223

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PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y20004736 on October 6, 2020 Under the Assumed Business Name of MARISSA KELLEY VIRTUAL ASSISTANT with the business located at: 1410 N 12TH AVE APT 2, MELROSE PARK, IL 60160. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: MARISSA MARIAH KELLEY 1410 N 12TH AVE APT 2, MELROSE PARK, IL 606160, USA Published in Forest Park Review 10/21, 10/28, 11/4/2020

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE VILLAGE OF RIVERSIDE’S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Park District of Oak Park November 5, 2020, 7:30 p.m.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested parties that the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Riverside, Illinois will hold a public hearing on Thursday, November 5, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. in Riverside Township Hall Auditorium (2nd Floor), 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois, 60546 on the Tentative Annual Budget for the 2021 fiscal year of the Village of Riverside, Illinois, commencing January 1, 2021, and ending December 31, 2021.

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of the Park District of Oak Park will conduct a public hearing concerning the adoption of the Park District’s 2020 Property Tax Levy on November 5, 2020, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hedges Administration Center, 218 Madison St, Oak Park, IL, during the Board of Commissioners’ committee of the whole meeting.

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y20004939 on October 20, 2020 Under the Assumed Business Name of BLACK FAVES with the business located at: 4508 IDLEWILD LANE, HILLSIDE, IL 60162. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: TANISHA BLAKELY 4508 IDLEWILD LANE, HILLSIDE, IL 60162, USA.

LEGAL NOTICE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS RIVER FOREST, ILLINOIS Public Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) of the Village of River Forest, County of Cook, State of Illinois, on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. in the First Floor Community Room of the River Forest Village Hall, 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, Illinois on the following matter:

Published in Forest Park Review 10/28, 11/4, 11/11/2020

Section 4-8-5 of the Village Code provides the Zoning Board jurisdiction to hold public hearings and offer recommendations to the Village Board concerning variations to Zoning Ordinance.

Public comments on the Proposed Annual Budget are welcome at the public hearing. Emailed comments may be sent to Village Treasurer Karin Johns at kjohns@riverside. il.us. Written comments may be submitted to the attention of the Village Clerk at 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois. Emailed or written comments should be submitted prior to 5:00 on November 5, 2020.

While emailed or written comments are strongly encouraged, comments may also be made in person. Physical spacing will be observed, and public access to the physical meeting site may be limited due to the ongoing public health emergency, but public commenters will be accommodated.

The Proposed Annual Budget will be available for public inspection on and after, October 15, 2020 at the Finance Department of the Village of Riverside, Illinois, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois, 60546 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, when Village offices will be closed to the public, and for any day being a legal holiday.

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

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

PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES VILLAGE OF RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS By: Cathy Haley Village Clerk Published in RB Landmark 10/28/2020

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By: Commissioner Chris Wollmuth Secretary, Board of Commissioners Park District of Oak Park Published in Wednesday Journal 10/28/2020

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y20004905 on October 14, 2020 Under the Assumed Business Name of VONLONGMIRE with the business located at: 1639 N. LOREL AVE., CHICAGO, IL 60639. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: DAVONTE LONGMIRE 1639 N. LOREL AVE. CHICAGO, IL 60639, USA. Published in Wednesday Journal 10/21, 10/28, 11/4/2020

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y20004886 on October 14, 2020 Under the Assumed Business Name of ETEACH UEXCEL with the business located at: 2027 S. 17TH AVE. APT. 5, BROADVIEW, IL 60155.

The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: CHERIAMOR HOUSTON 2027 S. 17TH AVE. APT. 5, BROADVIEW, IL 60155, USA. Published in Forest Park Review 10/21, 10/28, 11/4/2020

PUBLIC NOTICE River Forest Park District Cook County, Illinois “Notice of Availability” Annual Statement of Receipts and Disbursements Fiscal Year Ended April 30, 2020.

The River Forest Park District has the Annual Statement of Receipts and Disbursements on file at Park District Headquarters, 401 Thatcher Avenue, River Forest, IL 60305. It will also be on our website at www. rfparks.com Published in Wednesdsay Journal 10/28/2020

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y20004951 on October 20, 2020 Under the Assumed Business Name of FLAWEDDBLACK with the business located at: 8141 S INGLESIDE AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60619.

The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: THENIKA NEELY, 8141 S INGLESIDE AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60619, USA Published in Wednesday Journal 10/28, 11/4, 11/11/2020

The ZBA will consider an application for a major zoning variation submitted by Daniel J. Brown, owner of the property at 1134 – 1136 Harlem Avenue, who is proposing to construct a new detached garage in the rear yard.

The applicant is requesting a major variation to Section 10-10-8 that would allow the new garage to provide a total of two enclosed parking spaces, thereby providing only one enclosed parking space per dwelling unit. The Zoning Ordinance requires two enclosed parking spaces to be provided for each dwelling unit on the property.

The legal description of the property at 1134 – 1136 Harlem Avenue is as follows: LOT 25 IN GREY AND BRAESE’S RESUBDIVISION OF LOT 1 IN THE SUBDIVISION OF BLOCKS 1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15 AND 16 IN BOGUE’S ADDITION TO OAK PARK, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. A copy of the application will be available to the public at Village Hall and on the Village’s website at www. vrf.us/zoningvariation no less than 15 days prior to the public hearing.

The Zoning Board of Appeals meeting packet will also be available at www.vrf.us/meetings no less than 48 hours prior to the public hearing.

All interested persons will be given the opportunity to be heard at the public hearing. For public comments to be considered by the Zoning Board of Appeals and Village Board of Trustees in their decision, they must be included as part of the public hearing record. Interested persons can learn more about how to participation in the hearing by visiting www.vrf.us/zoningvariation.

Sincerely, Clifford Radatz Secretary, Zoning Board of Appeals Published in Wednesday Journal 10/28/2020

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR FFMLT TRUST 2005-FF11, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005FF11 Plaintiff, -v.BRIAN HOLLOWAY Defendants 19 CH 00561 125 SOUTH LOMBARD AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 23, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 25, 2020, 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 125 SOUTH LOMBARD AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-302-0150000 The real estate is improved with a yellow vinyl siding, one story single family home with a detached two car garage.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 268445 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 19 CH 00561 TJSC#: 40-595 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 # 19 CH 00561 I3155753

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