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RIVERSIDE-BROOKFIELD Also serving North Riverside $1.00

Vol. 33, No. 25

June 20, 2018

In Memoriam Riverside mourns death of longtime police chief PAGE 9

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New principal hired for Lincoln School PAGE 3

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Audit shows Brookfield had tough 2017 PAGE 4

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Leaks prompt emergency Brookfield water repairs

WATER WORLD

About 200 million gallons unaccounted for in 2017 By BOB UPHUES Editor

ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

Brody Sherman, 2, of Riverside – water wings and life vest fully deployed -- has no problem staying afloat while getting some relief from the 90-degree temperatures on June 14 at the Riverside Swim Club. For more photos, turn to page 14 and online at www.RBLandmark.com.

The village of Brookfield has moved to repair a host of leaks in its water system after an annual report indicated that an all-time high of 28 percent of water delivered to the village by the Brookfield-North Riverside Water Commission went either unbilled or was unaccounted for. Public Works Director Amy Wagner told the village See LEAKS on page 11

Getty Jr. named new township schools’treasurer Will oversee money management for local school districts

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Last week, the Lyons Township Trustees of Schools, better known as the Township Treasurer’s Office (TTO), hired Kenneth T.

Getty Jr. as its new treasurer replacing Susan Birkenmaier who is retiring. Getty Jr., 37, is the brother of Lyons Village President and Lyons Township Supervisor Christopher Getty and the son of former Lyons Village President Ken Getty Sr., who

was convicted of scheming to rig bids in 1998 during his time in office. Getty Jr. has worked at the Lyons Township Treasurer’s Office for the past four years, starting out as a part-time special projects hourly employee, then becoming

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a financial analyst. For the last years, he’s been the office’s director of finance and operations. Getty Jr. has an MBA from the University See TTO on page 10

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